The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-02
PRINCE B|SMARCk'S WILL.
A. ENORMOUS FORTUNE DIVIDED
AMONG HIS CHILDREN,
u.terment In the Cathedral ut
MERLIN. hat the Family Desire To
FOLLOW Dead sfatesman's Wish.

BERLIN, Aug. LIN regard TO Prince
p~narck,s testament, 1t iS known that
r,,.ar,chsruhe. with the title OF prince,
a.~eends TO Count Herbert Bismarck, The
.,arx, son, the family OF Count Won Rant
..n. the husband Of Prince Bismarcks
A.u~h.er. remaining there temporarily.
schosnhsuser goes 10 Count William Bis
uarck, the second son. The late princes
money. which is estimated to amour; 10
.sv>r., million marks. a larger amount
shsp was generally supposed. Is divided
.,,onx the three children ard young Rant
..u. This money is partly in the Bark
~ Ens.and and partly in the BIeidroeders
hank. The decorations. diamonds ana art
affects. valued At abou. a million MARKS.
are deposited at Berlin jewelers..
Dr.. Schweninger. Se princes private
,bys,csan, now says that the immediate
cause OF death was effugion OF blood on the
brain.
The remains CT tina great chancellor have
been dressed In the uniform OF the Hal
berstadt Cuira&s.ers. An enormous num-
Der of wreaths and other floral tributes
have already arrived at FREDERICKSBURG
So strict Is the exclusion az the schloss
that Count Posodowsk!. the minister OF the
Interior, mad 20 wai. twenty minutes be-
fore he was admitted.
The official Reichzanzslger, which ap-
pears today with black borders. publishes
the telegram which Emperor William sent
10 Prince Herbert B.Ymarck 1t Is as
follows:
IN deep sorrow ard sympathizing at
the grief which has struck you all for
your beloved great dead. / lament the loss
Of Germany great son. whose faithful
fatherand won for him the lifelong
friendship OF nv grandfather. resting IN
God. and the undying thanks OF the whole
German people for all tine. / shall pre-
pare last abode for his remains In Berlin
IL the cathedral by the side Of my an
cestors."
The emperor has ordered the court TO go
into mourning for ten days. and has or
dtred the army to 90 into mourning for
eight days.
The nsgs on all the imperial and state
buildings will be at half-mast until after
the funeral.
The ReIehsanzs.ger publishes a long ar
services and declaring the fatherland has
lost Der greatest son.
After saying that Prince Bismarck was
not only the unliier but the educator Of
his people. the Reichsanzeiger continues:
III It is true that states are maintained
BY the spirit and power in which they
are created. then the name OF Bismarck
VIII remain for us as a device and a reve-
htion at all times. As Bismarck once de-
ciared al Frankfort. a Prussion who could
renounce the inheritance OF the great Fred
er.ek does not exist IN Europe. In the
same way, the German empire could not
exist at any future time un.ess Ii held fast
90 the Legacy of its founders. the first Ho-
henxollern kaiser and his great chancellor"
A dispatch from Friedrichsruhe TO the
Hamburg Nachriehten says II has been
definitely decided that the remains e
Prince Bismarck are TO be inferred at the
spot selected by himself. where a simple
snansoleum will he built. and TO which the
remains of his wife VIII be transferred
from Farse.n
Until the mausoleum is completed the
funeral rites will be confined 20 the sim
PIE ceremony OF blessing the remains.
which will be- performed by the local pas
tor OF the village OF Brunstorf.
Prince B.smarck's final written instruc-
tons, signed by himself. express his de-
sire 10 he buried in a selected spot In tho
saehsenMaid. and concludes:
For an epiiaph | wish Prince Ven Bis
marek, born April I. fsiE: lied -
with 'he addition OF A Faithful German
servant OF Emperor William First
The Emperor sends Two Tcieg RIA ms.
BERLIN. Aug. THUS far Emperor
wil'am has ie.egraphed twice 10 Fried
rehsruhe. The first dispatch. sent on
SUNDAY morning, was addressed 10 Count
Frederick Bismarck. and set forth in very
cordial terms the merits or The late prince
ard EXPRESSED his ma iesty's undying gr At
hude 30 the deceased. who had been