The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-14
 FUNERAL OF EMPRESS.
Remains of the Mother of the Kaiser
 are Inferred.

Potsdam, Aug. 13.-The remains of the Dowager Empress Frederick were inferred today beside those of Iher hus- band in the mausoleum of Friedens- kirche. near Potsdam.
 Between 8 and 10 o'clock the bells in
 the churches were toiled this morn- ing. Shortly before 10:30 Emperor Will
 liam. the other members of the i'm perial family and the visiting Princes assembled in the royal hall at the Wild Park Railroad station.
 High court officials, military diRni- taroes. Count Yon Bueiow and other members of the Cabinet, the Knights of the Black Eagle and the members of the Richstag assembled at 1928 o'clock in an adjacent hall.
 Soon after 10 o'clock the special train ordered by the Emperor to bring the invited guests from Berlin reached Wild Park station. Amo is the guests the foreign diplomats m ,L, q striking figure, wearing their hignest oficial uniforms. The United States Ambassa. dor. Andrew D. White. however. was attired in simple black He looked pale and weak and showed traces of his recent bereavement by the death of his son. ---S
 At lO:3O the signal was given that the funeral train was approachinx which had hitherto been carried on in suppressed tones, entirely ceased and an air of solemnity possess ca the assemblage. The train rolled in slowly and noiselessly. Twenty non- commissioned officers of the Dowaper Empress's Hussar regiment, No. 20 came forward and bore the coffin to the royal hearse. which had in the meanwhile arrived from the new pal- ace. Chamberlains and courtiers with the royal insignia participated in the transfer of the coffin from the funeral car to the hears.
 Slowly and solemnly the procession formed. Eight staff officers seized the reins of the eight splendid black horses attached 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. Thanking these to the right. and left were two stan officers and twelve chamberlains. The procession formed in the shady ave nue extending from the park to the new palace.
 The public then had their only oppor- tunity to see the procession, but got only a slight view of it, although the immense crowds had assembled upon the streets and the people strained their necks to get a glimpse of the cortege.
 Preceding the hearse were squadrons of soldiers and marshals bearing the various insignias and orders of the dead Empress. Among them was General }on Waldersee, who carried the Dow EmnraQ9'q NImarnIIa members of the imperial court and the court of the deceased Empress also marched In the procession.
 Following the hearse came Emperor William and King Edward, Crown Prince of Germany, and other royal princes and royal personages. Then came foreign Ambassadors and Min isters, personages from the Emperor's and Empress's encourages, minister of the Government and parliamentary bodies. The procession moved through the tree-arched avenue to the new pal ace and then through the Fark to the San Couci Garden, all of which were closed rigidly against the public, though a few newspaper men were admitted by card.
 When the procession started, the bells In the Friedenskirche Church of Peace) began tolling and all the other bells in Potsdam joined in.
 When the procession reached the adjacent to the Frieden- skirche, all those in the procession in advance of the hearse took up positions beside the church. When the coffin was borne across the threshold of the the cathedral choir, from Berlin, intoned a solemn strophe.
 Only the Emperor and Empress, the other members of the imperial family King Edward, Queen Alexandra and the other members of the British royal party and the prices of the highest rank entered the mausoleum, which is small
 Dr. Persius, the chaplain. offered a prayer, after which the choir again sang.
 When their majesties left the mau- soleum. the procession dissolved. The Empress. Queen Alexandra and the other ladies went in carriages direct from the Wild Park to the mausoleum
 The correspondent of the Associated Press learns that Ambassador White return here for the funeral was upon the special invitation of Emperor Will liam. After the services at the mau- solem, MT. White was about to with draw with the other Ambassadors,