The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-08-17
FUNERAL BELLS I0LLED.
The Remains Of Dowager Empress
Frederick Borne From Cron-
burg to Potsdam.
CHURCH BELLS OF P0TSDAM T0LleO.
Meanwhile a Distinguished ASSEM-
blore Of imperial, Military and
Diplomatic Dignitaries "a''ea
the Arrival of the Train, Receiv-
ing 1t in solemn silence.

Potsdam, Aug. 14.-Between eight
and nine o'clock Tuesday morning
the bells of all the churches in Pots
dam were tolled, with two intervals
of rest. Shortly before half past ten
Emperor William, the other members
of thee imperial family and the visit
ing princes assembled in the royal
hall at the Wild Park railroad sta
ton. The high court officials, mill
tary dignitaries, Count Van Buelow
and other members of the cabinet,
the knights of the Black Eagle and
the member of the reicnstag, assem-
bled at 1925 o'clock in an adjacent
hall. Soon after ten o'clock the spe-
cial train ordered by the emperor to
bring the invited guests from Berlin
reached Wild Park Station. Among
the guests the foreign ambassadors
made a striking figure, wearing their
highest official uniforms. The United
States ambassador, 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.
At 1890 the signal was given that
the funeral train was approaching.
Conversation, which had hitherto been
carried on in suppressed tones, en-
tirely ceased, and an air of solemnity
possessed the assembly. The train
rolled in slowly and noiselessly.
Twenty non-commissoned officers
of the Dowager Empress Huzzar reg
iment No. came forward and bore
the coffin to the royal hearse, which
had, in the meanwhile, arrived from
the new palace. Chamberlains and
courties with the royal insignia par
ticipated in the transfer of the coffin
from the funeral car TO the hearse.
Slowly and solemnly the process
sion 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 ~ royal chamberlains
held the supports of the canopy COW
ering the hearse, and four other
courtiers held the cords from the
corners. Thanking these, TO the right
and left, were two staff officers and
~ captains.
The procession formed In the shady
avenue extending from Wild Park to
the new palace. The public had there
the only opportunity TO see the pro-
cession. Preceding the hearse were
squadrons of soldiers, and marshals
bearing the various insignias and or
ders of the dead empress. Among
them was Gen. Won Waldersee, who
carried the dowager empress crown.
Numerous members of the imperial
court and the court of the deceased
empress also marched in the process
sion. Following the hearse came En-
peror William, King Edward, the
crown prince OF Germany and the
other royal parsonages.
Then came the foreign ambassa-
doris and ministers and personages
from the emperor's and empress en-.
tourage and others in the order Of
their rank
Potsdam, Aug. l4.-The remains Of
the Dowager Empress Frederick were
inferred yesterday beside those OF
her husband, in the mausoleum OF
Fricdenskirche, near Potsdam,
Emperor William and the empress,
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
OF England and all the members Of
the German royal family were pres
ent. The ceremony was most i'm
pressive.