The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-11
KAISER PRAYS OVER
BODY Of HIS MOTHER
Remains OF DOWager Empress
Removed to Church.
WAS IMPRESSIVE SCENE
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION AT
NIGHT LIGHTED BY TORCHES.

Cronberg, Aug. 1O.-Au day long the
heat was intense. From ? o'clock his
afternoon carriages and vehicles of
every description came into the town.
bringing sightseers from Homburg.
Frankfort, Nauheim and the country
for miles around. Mingling with the
soldiers and wOrkmen engaged in
erecting mourni, 2 masts, one found 2
HOtley gathering intsEI upOn seeking
points of vantage from when to view
tae doWager empress funeral proces-
From early this morning the military
held the streets, and none but most
privileged few were permitted along
the route>tS be taken by the cortege.
AZ the bend where the road reaches the
Old part Of the town is a great arch
with green bows and pillars. the sup
port OF which is four immense weird
torches,
PunetUaHy at $50 o'clock tonight the
Tar-OH sound of muff1ed drums and the
Will-O' wisp-like twinkling of
torches through the distant trees told
the people Of Cronberg that the rro-
cession had left Friedrichshof As the
glare of the uplifted torches drew
nearer down the winding road il re-
Vealeu q long, black, massive casbet on
the shoulders OF a dozen soldiers Then
another flare revealed the well known
figure of the emperor, pacing with
sOmbre tread just behind the coffin. II
was wonderful sight. appearing for a
moment and then dissOlving under The
haring torches, while on each side for a
mile along the road were revealed the
glittering bayOnets and helmets of the
EighUeth regiment of the line of which
the dead dowager empress was colonel
in-Chief. The deep mufT1ed oil OF the
drums added to the sOlemnity CT the
scene.
As the precincts Of the old medieval
town was reached the scene seemed
even more mystical Behind the en-
the ladies' none of whom was in the
procession. the crown prince Of Greece,
the Prince of -LipDe, the
hereditary Prince of SaXe-M eningen,
Count Won Seckendorff. who was the
secretary of the dOwager empress, and
bearing torches walked on either side
of the mOuTnerS.
Silent Scene in Church.
Within the dimIy lighted church four
officers with drawn Sabres stood as Il
guard Of honor. The coffin was borne
silently down the aisle and deposited
silently between the guards beneath
the cTuciflX. The royal mOurnerS fol- {
lowed.
ne emperor. advancing 20 the ue-1Q 7
OF the coffin. stood with bowed head /
while DR.. Dryander. the court chaplain, 7
spoke a few solemn words. It was an 4
impressive scene. The pickering of the /
candelabra cast great shad- 1
Dws Gz-Lhe floor. flashed here and there /
from the drawn steel of the military
guard and Internationally revealed AMI 4
the Roman traCery and bas- i
relief work Of the Italian ceiling, which +
were most striking
Following the chaplain's address in (
the death-like stiffness, the emperor j
stepped forward and deposited 2 mag
1ificent wreath upon the coffin His 1
majesty stood a moment mOtiOnless,
then drspped upon his knees Dy Inc side
Of his mothers body. The whole con-
yTegatiOn followed, and five minutes
was devoted 10 silent prayer.
It was an intensely dramatic scene
the more so because of its great sim
1licity. Not breath broke the stiffness
IF the church, not a abre GIIvered /
among the statuesGue figures OF the
guard till the emperor rose, a macshaIs
baton in his hand and silently left the
,hurcb. followed by the chief mourn
srs. Then followed the clash o. side
arms as the escort, without word O.
command. closed I'D around the car
-fages, and the party was driven D1ck
70 FriedrichshOff leaving the coffin to
est throughout the night between its
silent guardians. beneath the dim lfSnt
# the glittering candles