The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-08-12
Very Impressive Services Emperor an
King Present.

Cronberg, Aug. 11.--People flocket
into Cronberg from an early hour to
day to see the august personages VIII
would attend the requiem service owe
| the remains of DoWager Empress
Frederick. Throughout the night ant
again today the officers of the regi
ments of which the deceased was hon
orary colonel had stood guard over thu
coffin. From II a. m. there was an un
broken stream of carriages arriving
from Homburg, Frankfort and Other
points, bringing those invited to thu
solemn ceremony. Considerable bodies
of troops, both infantry and cavalry
also arrived.
AT 2:30 p. m. the 18th infantry form
ed up the streets and the band of the
Beckheim Hussars took its stand op
posite the church. Every window, bal
cony and house top was filed with peo-
pie awaiting the arrival of the imperia
personages.
Baron Relschasch, court martial Of
the doWager empress, superintendent
the arrangements. Sir Frank Las
celles, the British ambassador was
among the first to arrive. He took a
seat facing the coffin. which was COW
cred with wreaths. On either side of
the coffin were four officers holding~t he
standards of the empire, Of Prussia
and of the deceased. Between them
and the coffin were other officials, rigid
and bearing drawn swords. Gradually
the church filed with officers in splen-
did uniforms and ladies wearing deep
mourning. The congregation included
the Duke of Connaught the Duke of
Cambridge and several members of the
British royal household; Count Won
Buelow, Count Won Waldersee, DR..
Spielhagan and General Won Linde-
quist.
At o'clock the roll of muf1led drums
announced the arrival of Emperor
William and King Edward who had
driven together from ~Homburg. The
wearing the black uniform of
the empress own Posen Hussars, led
Queen Alexandra into the church,
while King Edward, in the blue uni
form of the King Edward Prussian
dragons, conducted Empress Augusta
Victoria Princess Victoria, with
Crown Prince Frederick William and a
number of her suite followed.
Their majesties occupied a pew to the
left of the chancel, the one in which
the deceased used to sit, while grouped
around the chancel stood the other inn
perial and royal personages mentioned,
together with Prince Adelbert of Prus-
STA, Prince and Princess Schaumburg
ippe, the heridtary prince of Sake
Meingenen, Prince and Princess
Charles of Hesse, the Grand Duke of
Baden, the Crown Prince and Princess
Of Greece, with their children and the
Prince of Reuss, together with the
suites of all.
Baron Won Reischach stood at the
right and Count Won Seichnendorff who
was the grand chamberlain of the de-
ceased at the left of the coffin. AS
the organ played the funeral march DR..
Dryander advanced to the head of the
coffin. The choir from Berlin cathedral
sang II Know That My Redeemer Liv-
eth and DR.. Dryander read a spe-
,ially written prayer, after which EN-
peror Williams eldest four sons
stepped forward with drawn swords
and stood close to the coffin. DR.. Dry
ander then delivered an Grafton extoll-
ng the virtues of the dowager empress
md dwelling upon her trials and sor-
COWS The chair then sang the an
hem, THE Spirit Sayeth They May
Rest From Their Labors." Then fol-