The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-04
MS TRIBUTE TO BISMARCK.
~rPEROR WILLIAM ISSUES A RE-
SCRIPT on THE SUBJECT.
The Departed German Statesman
Final Obsequies VIII Not he Had

EERI.TN, Aug 3.-An extra edition OF
,he Official Reichsanzeiger. just published
ren.atns ar imperial rescrlpt addressed %
IN. imperial chancellor. Prince Hchenlohe.
GATED from Fre.dricasruhe August 2 Il
nys;
with my high allies. with the whole
herman people. ! stand mourning at the
hsr Of the first chancellor OF the German
er,plre. Prince Otto Won Bismarck Duke
~ ISuenbuTg- We who witnessed his
sn,endH Iabors. who look up TO him with
samiratson az master OF statecraft. a fear
kss fighter in war and peace, Almost. de-
vpted son Of the fatherland and az the
mos; faithful seryent Of his emperor and
ling are deeply affected by the death OF
the man whom God the Lord fashioned as
His instrument to achieve the realization of
The undying aspirations OF Germans for
upity and greatness.
This Ii not the moment TO enumerate
all the achievements OF the grea. man who
has gone to his rest or 10 refer TO all
,ha cares he bore for the emperor and the
emnire and all the successes he won. They
are too mighty and too manifold. History
alone can do them Justice. and will engrave
th.m all or bFazen tablets.
II am. however. impeIled to give express
nan before the who'll world to the un.yer.
today anirnates the whole nation. and In
ths name Of the nation To vow that what
he the great chancellor, under William the
Great. created, ! VIII ms!n:ain and dsveI-
a., and If need be defend with blood and
tressnre In this way God help me.
II Instruct you TO make this rescr.pt
public"
ns.msrck's Children Leave for Home.
Yesterdays services at FREDERICKSBURG
VII be the only obsequies until the mau-
soleum on the right OF the famous stag
group near the schloss. Is completed, The
national obsequies have been postponed
until thai time
Count william Bismarck will return TO
Koengsburg Friday.
Next Prince Herbert will go to Vienna
where his children are.
The Count and Countess Won Rantzau
Will soon go to their estate at Debersdorf.
near KieI.
great memorial meeting has been ar
ranged for them. in wh.ch representatives
of all the Berlin academies and universities
viii participate. Prof. Wagner will be
the chief orator
The influx of kilograms. letters and
wrea;hs at Friedrichsruhe is unceasIng.
Already the sehioss overfows with wreaths
and those arriving later must now per
force be placed in the garden. 1t is as
serted that the family assembled at mid
night. after the empresss visit. for silent
prayers In the death chamber. and that
then Prince Herbert locked the room.
where the body will remain until proyi-
tionai repository is prepared in the park
Prof. Won Lenbach. the painter. thus de-
scribes "a the Lokai Anzeiger his view OF
the Friedrichsruhe:
The simple dwelling Of the prince Is
quite unified TO be ths scene Of any ma
nnnal and bubble ceremony In connection
With his burial. Thousands Of letters ana
kilograms covered all the tables Mann
were from soveregns and illustrious per-
sona2es. II would have been impossible
N admit anv but the intimate friends 10
the house. The members Of the family
were quite exhausted and confused by the
excitement. as well as by their sorrow. and
their difficulties were not diminished by
the kilograms OF the emperor and by the
divergence between the intentions OF the
deceased and those of his ma iesty.
Although the features were unaiterei
and the face looked as Il Bismarck were
about 10 speak. there was nothing which