The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01


from Berlin to the Associated Press says
the news of Prince BisInarcks death
reached there at late hour last night
and was only generally known this
morning. A number of papers. includ-
ing the Post, the 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 issued a
| Bismarck supplement. The Lokal An
Zeiger pfints the fullest details from it's
| special correspondent at Friedrichs-
rune, but the other papers, misled by
| DR.. Schweninger's and the .familys
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 was obtainable.
| The Hamburger Correspondent and
| the Nachrichten appear with mourning
borders and publish long obituary no
| tees The Nachrichten gives the full.
| lest details of the last days and the
death of Bismarck. 1t says:
ION Tuesday. an Improvement set in
| in the princes condition, in which re-
! peated 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, which he had not done
| for some time.
His condition was so satisfactory
| that DIR. Schweninger, after the prince
had gone to bed, left, with the inten-
ton of returning on Saturday. His
| condition was good Saturday. lie read
- ~I-& II
| tics, particularly referring to Russian
affairs In the forenoon he took lun-
| cheon, grumbling jocuiarly ae>Ine small
/ proportion of spirits in hiss drinking
water. Then a sudden change for the
worse occurred, in consequence of an
acute attack of pulmonary Oedena, and
| in the course of the afternoon he fire.
| quently became unconscious. Recently,
/ after brief periods of usual mental
| clearness the prince has had intervals
| of drowsineSs falling into long, sound
and beneficial sleep, on awakening from
which he would be completely re-
/ freShed.
DEATH WAS PAINLESS.
ION Sunday evening grave symptoms
| appeared. Death came easily and
painiessly. DR.. Schweninger was able
to remain to tighten his last moments
| by wiping the mucous from the pa
1
breathe more freely.
The last words Prince Bismarck ut
| tered were addressed to his daughter,
| Countess Won RantZau, who wiped the
perspiration from his forehead They
were: Thanks, my child
THE whole family were assembled at
the bedside at the time of his death,
and DIR. Schweninger, DR.. Chrysander
| and Baron and Baroness Merck were
also present. AS no breathing move
ment or pulse was perceptible for three
minutes DR.. Schweninger declared
quietly and. simply that the prince was
dead.
DIR. Schweninger telegraphed the
news to Emperor William in Norway.
1.-The prince lies as he used to sleep,
| in an easy position, with his head in
clined to the left. The expression on
his face is mild and peaceful. 1t was
remarked that his head remained warm
for an unusually long time.
I'm accordance with Prince Bis
marcks wish, he will be buried upon
the hill opposite the castle in the vi
| cinity of Hirschgruppe."
SORROW AT BERLIN.
Berlin, July S1.-The news of Prince
Bismarch's death, which became gen.
orally known through special editions
of the papers, produced profound sor-
row, as so sudden a realization OF the
| fears of his demise was not expected.
Several papers this morning published
special articles with mourning borders,
expressing in feeling terms the ma
tional sorrow and dwelling on the bril-
liant and immortal services Of the
prince to the fatherland; his heroic
greatness and his truly German char
acter.
Sorrowful sympathy over Prince Bis
marck's death is manifested in many
| he. &c discussed
in public places and a feeling OF sad
ness prevails among all classes OF
people. Particulars of the last mo-
ments of the prince and other circum-
stances attending his death are eager
Iy sought Many private houses show
flags at half mast. Secretary of State
Won Bulow will return from Skinner
ing, Austria, Immediately.
THE DEATH SCENE.
\ special dispatch to the Lokal
Anzeiger from FREDERICKSBURG, says:
THE death chamber is on the ground
floor of the castle. The prince died on
an oaken bedstead, made specially for
him of wood from SachSenwald. The
end was preceded by a severe death
struggle and terrible pain As he lies,
his head is slightly fallen forward on
his breast and the hands are. folded on
| the counterpart. At the foot or the
bed stand two watchers
The city looks hardly different from
its wont, except that flags are at half
mast.
United States Ambassador White at
noon today sent the following dispatch
to Count Herbert Won Bismarck, at
FREDERICKSBURG: ION behalf of the
whole American people, whether Of
fetal or unofficial, and of whatever
birth or descent, I tender congratuIa-
tions upon the mighty career now end
ed and assurances of the most sincere
sympathy for yourself and your mourn
ing family
Pastor Dicky, in the course of his
| sermon today at the American church