The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-02
NOT TO SLEEP WITH KING
PRINCE BISMARCK'S WISHES
WILL BE RESPECTED
EmperOr's Offer of a Re.ti,~ p,.
IN the Tomb Where Lie the
oaies or Germany's Former RuI-
eFs Declined by the BtsmarcL
S-WiH Be Buried in a
quiet Spot Selected by Himse,s


declined by the bismarck
Be Buried in a
euiet Spot Selected by Htmsers
oEtLlN, Aug. LIN regard to
frince Bismarck's testament q ..
known that FREDERICKSBURG with tho
titie Oh prince, descends to Count Her
oert bismarck. the eldest son. the fam
ny OF Count Won Rantzau. the bus-
pano or Prince Bismarck's dauphtnr
remaining there temporarily. Schoen.
nausen goes to Count William Bis
narck, the second son. The late prncn's
money winch is estimated to amount
a ~ svptra Am million marks. a larger
amount than was generally supDosed
Is divided among the three children
ana the young Rantzaus. This money
Is partly In the Bank of England and
partly in Bloedersroe bank. The dee
orat1ons, diamonds and art objects, val
ued at about million marks, are de-
posted at Berlin jewelers..
Dr. Schweninger, the princes physi-
clan. now says that the Immediate
cause of death was effusion of blood
on the brain.
Inc remains Of the great chancellor
nave been dressed in the uniform of
the Halberstadt cuirassiers.
An enormous number Of wreaths and
other foral tributes have already ar
rived at Friedrichsruhe So strict is
the exclusion at the schloss that Count
Powadoski, minister of the inferior had
10 walt twenty minutes before he was
admitted vas
Inc o1Ilcial Reichsanzeiger, which an
pears To-Day with black borders. pub
nshes the telegram which Emperor
William sent yesterday to Prince Her
oert Bismarck" 1t is as follows:
EMPERoR'S CONDOLENCES.
IN deep sorrow and sympathizfng
with the grief which has struck Won
all Tor your beloved great dead, I la
ment the loss of Germany's greatest
ana most faithful co-operator in the
work of uniting the empire, and for
nm, IN the lifelong friendship of INV
erandfather. resting in God, and the
unoylng thanks of all German peoDIe
Tor all time. 1 shall prepare last
apooe Tor his remains in Berlin, in the
caIneoral' by the side Of my ancestors"
Inc emperor has ordered the court
TO go into mourning for ten DAYS. and
mas ordered the army to go into mourn
ing Tor eight days. The flags on all
the imperial and state buildings will
pe at half-mast until after the fin
neral!
Relchsanzeiger publishes an open
Ieadlng article today extolling Prince
Slsmarck,s immortal service and de-
caring the fatherland has lost her
greatest son. After saying that Prince
bismarck was not only the unifier. but
also the educator Of his people. the
Reichsanzeiger continues:
III 1t is true that souls are maintain
ed by the spirit and power in which
tney are created, then the name of
will -, o..
ana a revelation at all times AS Bis
marck once declared at Frankfort. a
Prussian that could renounce the
inheritance of the great Frederick does
not exist in Europe. At the same time
the German empire could not exist at
any future time unless it had the leg
acy Of it's founders, the first Hohen-
zollern kaiser and his great minister"
A dispatch from Friedrichsruhe to
the Hamburg Nachrichten says it has
been definitely decided that the re-
mains of Prince Bismarck are to be
inferred at the spot selected by him
at simple mausoleum to be built. I'm
til the mausoleum is completed the
funeral rites will be confined to the
simple ceremony of blessing the re-
mains, which will be performed by the
local pastor of the village of Bruins
torff.
Prince Bismarck's final written in
structions, signed by himself, express
his desire to be buried in selected
spot in the Sachsenwald, and con-
clude:
For an epitaph 1 wish. Prince Won
Bismarck, born April 1, 1915, died -
with the addition of "A faithful Ger
man servant of Emperor William l."
The ceremony of blessing Prince Bis
marck's remains will be performed to-
morrow. Only the near relatives will
attend. The coffin will be then closed
and will remain in the castle until the
meusoleUm is completed, which will be
in October.