Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-02
BISMARCK'S FUNERAL
EMPEROR WILLIAM WILL GO TO
FRrEpRrcHsRUHE TO-DAY.
PRINCES TESTAMENT
Frfedrfchsruhc, with the Title of
Prince, Descends to Count Herbert
Bismarck, the Eldest son-schocn-
hansen Goes to Count william.


expected here at 10 o'clock tonight, an(
it is reported that the Empress. who has
given no her intention of attending hel
brothers wedding at Coburg tomorrow
will meet his Majesty here and accom-,
pany him TO Friederichsruhe on Tuesday
morning. Thence their majesties will pro-
coed TO Potsdam.
A naval order has been issued com.
manding that all the flags on warships b
half-masted on the day OF Prince Bis
marck's funeral: that a salute of nineteen
guns be fred at noon, and that all the
naval officers and officials wear mourning
for a week.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
BERLIN, August 1.-Baron Won Buelow.
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has ar
rived here. and will proceed by imperial
command to Kiel in order TO accompany
the Emperor to FREDERICKSBURG.
The United States Ambassador, Mr.. An
drew d. White, has received the Presi-
dents cable message from Washington.
MIR. White has formally requested leave
to present the message at the Foreign Of
fee this afternoon. and he has also sent a
copy Of 1t to Count Herbert Bismarck at
Friederichsruhe.
Baron Won Buelow tells the correspond
ent OF the Associated Press that nothing
definite regarding Prince Bismarck's fuue-
raj will be decided upon until the wishes
Of Emperor William and the family OF the
deceased are ascertalned.
EMPERoR'S DISPATCHES.
BERLIN, August Thus far Emperor
NartVlg,~z -. t1--.AzI Ag.- l. -
erichsruhe. The first dispatch. sent on
Sunday morning, was addressed to Count
Herbert Bismarck; and set forth in the
most cordial terms the merits Of the late
prince, and expressing his Majesty's un-
dying gratitude to the deceased. "who has
been a model of the most faithful per-
Torrance of duty"
The Emperor also mentioned Prince Bis
marck's domestic life, (which has been
his greatest joy" and assures the family
OF his most sincere sympathy.
The second telegram begs for the
family's consent to bury the Princes re-
mains in the Charlottenburg mausoleum,
where the body of Emperor William 1.
reposes. This, however, is declined. be-
cause Of Prince Bismarck's dearly ex-
pressed wish TO be buried near the
Schloss.
Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chan
cellor, took a special train for Freidrichs-
ruhe this afternoon in order TO convey to
the family the coincidence of the Prus-
sian Ministry Of State. and to place a
wreath upon the former Chancellor's bier.
The city councils Of Berlin and Munich
will hold special sessions on Tuesday, the
Prince having had the honorary freedom
of those cities.
The Cartsruhe City Council has passed a
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delegates to attend the funeral
THE PRINCES WILL.
In regard 10 Prince Bismarck's tesla
ment, 1t is known that Friedrichsruhe, |
with the title Of prince. descends to
Count Herbert Bismarck, the oldest son,
tho family OF Count Won Rantzau, the
husband Of Prince Blsmarck's daughter
remaining there temporarily. schoen-
hansen goes TO Count William Bismarck, |
the second son.
The late Princes money, which is es-
timated to amount to several million
marks, a larger amount than was gene
rally supposed, is divided among the
three children and the young R~antzaus.
This money is partly In the Bank of
England and partly In the Bleiroeders
Bank. The decorations. diamonds, and
art objects, valued at about a million
marks, are deposited at a Berlin jewel
ler's.
DR.. schweninger now says that the i'm
mediate cause Of death was effusion OF
blood on the brain.
The remains Of the great Chancellor
been dressed In the uniform Of the
Halberstadt cuirassiers.
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
An enormous number of wreaths and
other floral ributes nave already arrived
at Frledrichsruhe. So strict is the exclu-
sion at the Schloss that Count Posadow-
the Minister of the Interior, had to
walt twenty minutes before he was adj
The official R-eichsanzeiger. which APP
pears to-day with black borders, pub
fishes the telegram which Emperor Will
lam sent yesterday to prince Herbert
II was as follows:
In deep sorrow, and sympathizing
the grief which has struck you all
Tor your beloved, great, dead, ! lament
he loss Of Germany's great son, whose
cooperation in the work of re-
hitting the Fatherland won for him the
lifelong friendship of my grandfather,
'esting in God, and the undying thanks of
he whole German people for all time.
shall prepare a last abode for his re-
Mains in Berlin, In the cathedral, by the
ide of my ancestors"
The Emperor has ordered the Court 10
70 into mourning for ten days. and has !
the army to go into mourning
or eight days. 4,
The flags on all the imperial and state
buildings will be at half-mast until after
ne funeral.
The Reichsanzeiger publishes a long
eading article to-day extolling Prince
Sismarck's immortal services and de-
laring that the Fatherland has lost her
son.
A dispatch from FREDERICKSBURG TO the
Nachrichten says IL has been
efnitely decided hat the remains OF
'rince Bismarck are to be inferred at the 4,
pot selected by himself, where a simple
lausoleum will be erected.