Evening star., 1901-08-13
Remains of Ex-Empress Laid Away
at Friedenskirche.
AN IMPOSING CEREMONIAL
Members of British and German
Royal Families Present.
GENERAL PUBLIC SHUT OUT

the Dowager Empress Frederick were in
tered today beside those of her husband,
in the mausoleum of Friedenskirche, near
Potsdam.
Between and 8 o'clock this morning the
bells of all the churches in Potsdam were
tolled, with two intervals of rest. Shortly
before 1870 o'clock Emperor William. the
other members of the imperial family and
the visiting princes assembled in the royal
hall at the Wild Park railroad station. The
high court officials, military dignitaries,
Count Won Buelow and other members of
the cabinet, the Knights of the Black Eagle
and the members of the reichstag assem-
bled at 1925 o'clock in an adjacent hall.
Special Train Arrives.
Soon after 10 o'clock the special train or
dercd by the emperor to bring the invited
guests from Berlin reached Wild Park sta
tion. Among the guests the foreign ambas-
sadors made striking figure, wearing
their highest official uniforms. The United
States ambassador Andrew d. White, how
ever, 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. COnversa-
ton, which had hitherto been carried on in
suppressed tones, entirely ceased and
pany. The train rolled in slowly ami Noise
lessly.
Twenty non-commissioned officers of the
dowager empress Hussar Regiment, No. 2,
came forward and bore the coffin to the
royal hearse, which had in the meanwhile
arrived from the New Palace. Chamber
lains and courtiers with the royal insignia
participated in the transfer of the coffin
from the funeral car to the hearse
Slowly and solemnly the procession
formed. Eight STAFF officers seized the
reins of the eight splendid black horses at
tached to the hear>e, and four knights of
the Black Eagle took hold of the points Of
the pall-cloth, while twelve royal chamber
lains held the supports of the canopy cover
ing the hearse, and four other courtiers
held the cords from the corners. Flanking
these, to the right and left were two staff
officers and twelve captains
View of Public Shut Out.
The procession formed in the shady ave-
nue. extending from Wild Park to the New
Palace. The public had their only oppor-
tunity to see the procession, but got only
the slightest view of it, although immense
crowds had assembled upon the streets in
tersecting the road at right angles, and the
people strained their necks to get 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
Won Waldersee. who carried the dowager
empress crown. Numerous members Of
the imperial court and the court of the de-
ceased empress also marched in the process
sion. Following the hearse came Emperor
William, King Edward. the crown prince
of Germany, and the other royal princes
and royal personages
Then came the foreign ambassadors and
ministers and personages from the en-
perOr's and empress encourage, members
of the government and the parliamentary
bodies.
The procession moved through the tree
arched avenue to the palace. and then to
the park and to the Sans Souci garden, all
of which were closed rigidly against the
public, though few newspaper men were
admitted by card.
When the procession started the bells In
the Friedenskirche (Church of Peace be-
gan toning and all the other bells in Pots
dam joined in
Ceremony Mt MausOleum.
When the procession reached the mauso-
leum, adjacent to the Friedenskirche, all
those in the procession in advance of the
hearse took up positions opposite the
church.
When the coffin was borne across the
threshold of the mausoleum the cathedral
choir from Berlin intoned a solemn strophe.
Only the emperor and empress, the other
members Of the imperial family, King Ed
ward, Queen Alexandra and the other
members of the British royal party and
the princes Of the highest rank entered the
DR.. Persius, the chaplain. offered a
prayer, after which the choir again sang.
When their majesties left the mausoleum
the procession dissolved.
The empress Queen Alexandra and the
other ladies went in carriages direct from
Wild Park to the mausoleum.
Memorial Service i'm London.
LONDON, August ia memorial SER
ivce was held today in the Chapel Royal.
st. James Palace, simultaneously with the
funeral of the Dowager Empress Frederick
at Potsdam. Among those present were
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lord
Salisbury, the United States ambassador,
Mr. Choate; Sir VIM. Vernon-Harcourt and
Lady Harcourt, Lord and Lady Wolseley,
Lord Lansdowne, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain, Mr.. A. j. Balfour and many
members of the diplomatic corps. AS the
opening sentences Of the service were
chanted royal salute was fired In st.
James Park. followed by the firing of six
ty minute guns.
Dispatches from al parts of the conti-
nent announce the celebration of memorial
services in honor of the Dowager Empress
Frederick Queen Wilhelmina, her husband
and the queen dowager Of Holland at
tended the service in the English church
at The Hague Services were held at all
the capitals of the German states and
were mostly attended by the reigning
princes.
AMERICAN CLAIMS PRESENTED.