Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-02
PRINCE BISMARCK.
Arrangements Making for the Flu
neral = Emperor Williams Tele.
gram---Tha Princes Epitaph.

has arrived here and will proceed by |
imperial command to Kiel in order to |
accompany the emperor to Friedsrich- |
rufIe
Emperor William is expected here at |
l o'clock tonight and it is reported
that the empress, who has given up
her intention Of attending her brothers
wedding at Coburg tomorrow, will
meet his majesty here and accompany
him TO Friedsrichruhe On Tuesday
morning. Thence their maJesties viii
proceed to Potsdam.
Baron ven Buelow tells the corre-
spondent Of the Associated Press that
nothing definite regarding Prince Bis
marcks funeral will be decided upon
till the wishes of Emperor William and
the family of the deceased are ascer-
tanned
The United States ambassador, Mr..
Andrew d. White, has formally re-
quested leave to present President Nc
kinley's message CT coincidence at the
foreign Office this afternoon and he
has also sent a copy of it to Count
Herbert Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe
Thus far Emperor William has tele-
graphed twice to Friedrichsruhe. The
/, first dispatch sent on Sunday morning
| was addressed to Count Herbert Bis
marck and set forth in the most cor
dial terms the merits of the late Prince
and expressing his majesty's undying
gratitude to the deceased who has
| been a model of the most faithful per-
| Torrance of duty"
/ The second telegram begs for the ia
mily's consent to bury the princes re-
mains in the Charlottesburg nausea
leum, where the body of Emperor Will
| liam T. reposes. This however, is de-
clined because of Prince Bismarck's
dearly expressed wish to be buried
near the Schloss.
In regard to Prince Bismarck's tesla
ment, it is known that FREDERICKSBURG
descends to Count Herbert Bismarck,
| the oldest son, the family of Count Won
Ratzau, the husband of Prince Bis
marck's daughter, remaining there
temporarily Schoerhausen goes to
Count William Bismarck, the second
son. The late princes money, which
is estimated to amount to several mil
lion marks, a larger amount than was
generally supposed, is divided among
the three children and the young
Rantzaus This money is partly IN
the Bank of England and partly in the
Bleidroerders bank. The decorations,
diamonds and art objects, valued at
about a million marks, are deposited
at Berlin jewelers..
DIR. Schweninger. the Princes physician.
now says that the immediate cause of
death was effusion of blood on the brain.
The remains of the great Chancellor
have been dressed in the uniform of the
Halberstadt curassiers.
| An enormous number Of wreaths and
other floral tributes have already arrived
at Friederichsruhe. So strict is the ex-
clusion at the Schloss that Count Posa-
dawski the minister of the interior, had
| to wait twenty minutes before he was ad-
mitted
The official Reichsanzeiger, which APP
pears to-day with black borders. publishes
the telegram which Emperor William sent
yesterday to Prince Herbert Bismarck. "
| 1t is as follows:
| I'm deep sorrow, and sympa thiZing with
| the grief which has struck you ALL for
! your beloved, great dead. lament the
loss of Gernany's great son. whose faith-
| full cooperation in the work of reuniting
the fatherland won for him the lifelong
friendship of my grandfather, resting in
God, and the undying thanks of the whole
German people for all time 1 shall pre-
pare last abode for his remains in Ber-
lin, tn the Cathedral, by the side Of my
| ancestors"
| The Emperor has ordered the court to
go into mourning for ten days and hes
ordered the army to go into mourning for
eight days.
The flags on all the imperial and state
buildings will be at half mast until after
the funeral.
| Reichsanzeiger publishes long leading
article to-day extolhng Prince Bismarck's
immortal services and declaring the faith
erland has lost her greatest son.
A dispatch from Friederchsruhe to the
Hamburg Nachrichten says it has been
definitely decided that the remains of
Prince Bismarck are TO be inferred at the
spot selected by himself where a simple
| mauso1eum will be built and to which the
| remains of his wife will be transferred
from Varzin. Until the mausoleum is
completed the funeral rites will be con-
fined to the simple ceremony of blessing
the remains, which will be performed by
| the local pastor of the village OF Brun-
| storf.
Prince Bismarck's final written instruc-
tions, signed by himself, express his de-
| sire to be buried in a selected spot in the
! Sachsenwald, and conclude:
For an epitaph, | wish Prince Won
| Bismarck, Born April I. 1876, Died -
with the addition of A Faithful German
Servant to Emperor William First
| WASHINGTON August 1.-Ambassador
White to-day cabled the State Depart
| ment:
/ BERLIN, August /. 1893.
| Adee, Acting Secretary, State Depart
| ment, Washington:
! / am requested to tender the sincere
| thanks of the Emperor and the German
| people to the President and people Of
| the United States for the message OF
coincidence referring to the death or
| Prince Bismarck.
| (Signed) WHITE.
| BERLIN. August 1.-Emperor William,
| accompanied by the Empress, who wore
| a mourning costume, arrived at Kiel
| this evening Baron Won Buelow. the for