Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-14
imperial POMP MARKED
FUNERAL Of EMPRESS.
THE RETAINS PLACED BESIDE
HOS OF HER HUSBAND IN
MAUsOLEUN At PRED
ENsKIRkE.
ROYALTY ALONE PRESENT.
THEoNGs FILLED INTERsECTING
STREETS, TT THE MAIN
THORoUGUFABE WAS
KEPT PEN.

POTSDAM. August 13.-rhe remains
of the Dowager Empress Frederick
were inferred to-day beside those of her
husband in the mausoleum Of Frieden-
skirche, near Potsdam.
Between s and Q o'clock the bells of
all the churches in Potsdam were toll
ed. with two intervals of rest. Shortly
before 10: 30 Emperor William. the 9TH
er members of the imperial family and
the visiting princes assembled in the
royal hall at the Wild Park Railroad
station. The high court officials, mill
tary dignitaries. Count Won Buelow
and other members OF the cabinet, the
knights of the Black Eagle and the
members of the reichstag assembled at
1872 0 O'Clock In an adjacent hall.
Soon after 10 o'clock the special train
ordered by the emperor to bring the in
vited guests from Berlin reached Wild
Park station. Among the guests the
foreign ambassadors made a striking
figure. wearing their highest official I'M
iforms, United States Ambassador An
drew D. White. however. was attired in
simple black. He looked pale and weak
and showed traces of his recent bereave-
ment by the death Of his son..
The People Shut out
AT 1890 the signal was given that the
funeral train was approaching. Con-
versatlon ceased and an air Of solemn
ity possessed the company. The train
rolled in slowly and 20 non-commis-
stoned officers of the Dowager En-
press Hussar Regiment came forward
and bore the coffin to the royal hearse.
Chamberlains and courtiers. with the
royal insignia, participated in the trans
fer of the coffin from the funeral car to
the hearse. Eight staff officers seized
the reins of the eight black horses at
taehed to the hearse and four knights
of the Black Eagle took hold of the
points Of the pail cloth, while twelve
royal chamberlains held the supports
of the canopy covering the hearse and
four other courtiers held the cords from
the corners. Flanking these, to the
right and left, were WI staff officers
and twelve captains.
The procession formed in the shady
avenue extending from Wild Park to
the New Palace. The public had the
only opportunity to see the procession
got only the slightest view of
it, although immense crowds had as
sembled upon the streets intersecting
the road at right angles, and the peo-
pie strained their necks to get a glimpse
of the cortege.
Only Brief Services.
Preceding the hearse were %squadrons
of soldiers and marshals bearing the
insignias and orders OF the dead en-
press. Among them was Gen. Won Wal
dersee, who carried the doYager en-
press crown. Numerous members of
the imperial court and the court of the
empress marched in the procession.
Following the hearse came Emperor
William, King Edward the crown prince
of Germany and the other royal princes
and ~personages. Then anne the for
eign ambassadors and ministers and
p~ersonages from the emperor's and en-
press encourage; members of the gov
eminent and the parliamentary bod
les.
Thn nrOaCrgfCn p1nyld fbrOIO oh +hn
tree-arched avenue to the new palace
Gnd then through the park to the Sans
Souci Garden. all OF which were closed
against the public.
When the procession started the bella
in the Friedenskirche Church of Peace)
began tolling and all other bells in
Potsdam Joined in. When the procession
reached the m~ausoleum, adjacent to the