The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-06
Eldest Daughter of Queen Victoria
and Mother of Emperor Will
liam is Dead.
End Came at 6:15 Last Evening,
Bringing to Close a Long
Period Of Suffering.

KRONBERG, Aug. 5.-Empress Fred
erick died at 6:15 p. m.
The death of the doWager empress was
somewhat sudden. At 4 o clock her pfY-
slcians reported no change in her 2ondi-
tion. Emperor William and her majesty s
other children We're in the sick room
mos, of the day.
At o'clock this evening Emperor Will
liam conducted the members Of the dow
ager empress household into the death
chamber and led them, one by one, past
the bedside to take q last farewell Of
their mistress.
Closely following the annOunc 2ment of
the death from the castle the church
bells were tolied and the flags half mast
ed. Visitors to the castle began inscrib-
ing their names in a book placed for the
purpose lit the hall
1t is said the cause of death was
dropsy accompanying cancer. rhe re-
markabe vitality of the dowager cmr rress
astonished her physicians. She retained
consciousness to the end The castle
grounds are now surrounded b. soldiers
ami ai:ClieL by hussars and muurted
Iolicc.
NEWS REL EIVED AT HOMBTRG.
HOMBURG, Aug. 5-A premature
statement that the dowager empress was
dead was given out officiau, at HON.
burg castle shortly after nJon Copies
were posted in half the shop windows of
She town. The blinds were nJvn IT. the
widows of many residences and all flags
were half-masted Il lite la;e: the prIn-
cipal street of Homburg was filed with
shoppers buying black. Then caIre word
> that the news was false There seems
lille doubt that the rIessage came from
Friedrichshoff, although who sent 1t no
ole seems TO know. Count Marsn1l
Eaupt, wh) gave out the Inaccurate an
rouncement. has been summoned to Crr n
berg. The false news was teegraphed
widely, and many German cities display
Ell signs of mourning. When the Official
Cortradio uon was sent this was scarcely
te'..Nej Some of the mourning erablers
IN CronEerg were allowed to lemG n.
These We're greatly multiplied when the
Gag on FIedrichshof hutter4 d1wn to
hnlt-r.st One by one the little shops
brouehr out flag poles bearing German
Colurs OF half-mast, with Grape abb e ana
below. Even the cottages we e dctke1
with a scrap of black.
S"An after nightfall Emperor Wi.lia",
accompanied by the empress and the
crown prince, drove back to Homburg
Whether the body VIII lie in state has
not yet been determined. The details for
its removal to be inferred by the side
be discussed in Homburg tom brow
The dowager empress knew Ter days
We're few. She had said farewell 10 most
Of her servants. 1t is understood thA. she
has arranged for the future of nearly
every one Of them
She had expressed a des re that not
much should be known by the public con-
cerning her disease, lest some should pc
Eaddened by tie knowledge of Ler suf-
fer,ngs
There was much reluctcnce in summon
ing King Edward, as it was not desired
that he should have long wait.
Tonight the children of the deceased
placed floral offerings around the body.
The face wears a singularly peaceful ex-
preston, almost childlike, having shrunk
from its normal size.
In the course of the evening several
kilograms of coincidence arrived from
European sovereigns addressed to EN-
peror William.