The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-01
DEATH OF PRINCE BISMARCK
LAST HOURS REPORTED WROUGHT
 WITH TERRIBLE SUFFERING.

LAST HOURS REPORTED WROUGHz
 WITH TERRIBLE SUFFERING. The Aged Chancellor Had Been Placed
 i'm Sitting Position in Order to Re-
 Heve Frightful Spasns i'm Rrea athine-
 His Powerful Constatution Fought to
 the Last-German Papers MisIead by
 Statements as to His Condition nIado
 by Dr. schweninger and Members of
 the Famtly-Details of the Ex-Chan-
 cellor's Last Days-Emperor William
 Said to be Deeply Affected.
 Berlin, July 31.-Midnight.-Wh Dr. Schweninger arrived at Friedrdchs- ruhe railway station shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday evening the two Counts Won Rantzau were in waiting Tn carriage and the physician was taken to the princes bedside. Accord ing to an unofficial report the death agony was prolonged. The prince died without taking leave of the family. For fully an hour he suffered terrible diffi- culty in breathing and he had been placed in sitting position in order to relieve the frightful spasms in breath- ing. His powerful constitution fought to the last. The family, gathered in an adjoining room, was plunged into the very deepest anguish by the moans from the death chamber. The despair of all was intensified by Dr. Schwen- ingers absence, although medical art was unavailing. The only consolation was that the prince was unconscious during the last two hours.
 Dr. Schweninger was only in time to afford some relief in the final moments, During the agony of dying the prince repeatedly pressed his hands to his eyes. His appearance in death is said to recall strikingly that of the first Emperor William, the smallness Of skull as compared with large body being especially remarkable. The, tsrongly contracted, small, pale feat ures, greatly emaciated, suggest how long and severely he suffered though the expression was calm. Count Her. bert Bismarck refuses to allow any, body to visit the death chamber until Emperor William has seen the dead statesman. pr. Schweninger and Dr.. Crysandter are personally attending to the embalming.
 special dispatch from Friedrichs- rune says: The room in which the prince died is of the simplest charac- ter, his oak bedstead occupying most all the space. Over the bed hang pic lures of his favorite dog Tyras, and his favorite horse. On two stands all sorts of bottles are distributed Two chairs and a sofa complete the furniture. It is said tonight, but the report is not yet confirmed, that Emperor William has telegraphed Count Harbert his de- sire to have worthy public funeral at Berlin and that in reply Count Herbert after thanking the emperor, declined the offer on the ground that his father long ago expressed distinct wish to be buried at Friedrichsrutle The en- peror also wired Prof. Begas to take a mask of Prince Bismarck's face. As the professor was absent, Madame Be- gas sent an assistant to take a mask in gypsum.
 Frau von Kotze. relative of the family, and Count von Henckel arrived at Friedrichsruhe this evening. Over 500 telegrams of condolence anI many beautiful wreaths have already arriv- ed. It may be recalled that Bismarck once expressed his wish to be buried at Friedrichsruhe in as nearly as possi- ble in the following words, T like best to think of my coffin under the tops of the German oaks on this height, whence the eye surveys the green woods in which Friedrichsruhe is enf- bosomed' It IS admitted that several times during recent months the prince had attacks rendering the family ex- tremely anxious, but his wonderful re- cuperative power always asserted it. self and it was quite believed on Fri- day that all immediate danger was past. It turns out however, that q regiment garrisoned at Hamburg had received warning to be ready to supply a guard of honor at any moment.
 London, July 31.-The news of Prince Bismarck's death, which occur red at Il o'clock Saturday evening. reached Berlin at a late hour and was only generally known this morning. A number of papers, including the Post, Vorwaerts, and the Deutsche Zeitung, did not contain the news of the princes demise. The Kreuz Zeitung and some others had only a brief notice. The Tageblatt this morning published a Bismarck supplement. The Lokal An- zeiger prints the fullest details from it's special correspondent at Friedrichs- ruhe, but the other papers, n1isled by Dr. Schweninger' and the fanily's statements regarding the princes con- dition, made no provision to obtain news of his death. A majority of the provincial papers did not contain the news. This morning no news of any kind regarding the funeral arrange ments is obtainable.
 The Hamburger Correspondent and the Nachrichten appear with mourning borders and publish long obituary mo- tices. The Nachrichten gives the full est details of the last days and death of Bismarck. It says: "On Thursday evening an improvement was noticea- ble in the princes condition, in which repeated changes for the worse had oc- cured since October last, and he was able to appear at the table and take part in the conversation, drinking champagne and afterwards smoking several pipes of tobacco, which he had