The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-15
MOURNFUL SCENES.
Impressive Services Over Remains
of Dowager Empress.

anu Oluer FOyal relatives OIL the late
Dowager Empress Frederick arrived
here. They We're met at the station
by Emperor William, the German
crown prince, Empress Augusta Vic
toria, Prince Ertel Fritz and other
members of the imperial household.
The kaiser embraced and kissed his
uncle on both checks and showed
great emotion atthe gathering of the
relatives.
The CHURCH bells were tolling
throughouE the city Saturday. The
empress/ the crown prince and
other princes drove over from HON.
burg Saturday and were present at
ting reading of prayers by the bishop
Of Ripon at the side of the coffin of
thedowager empress. A requiem sery-
ice was held in the old Catholic
church. Bishop E~ckerlwing elo-
quently ~discoursed on the virtues of
the deceased.
/. Emperor Leads the Procession.
PunctualIy at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
night the far-off sound of muff1ed
drums and the will-o'-the-wisp-Iike
twinkling sof torches through the dis
tant trees told the people of Cron-
berg that the procession had left
Friedrichshof. The glare of the up
lifted torches revealed a long, black,
massive line on the shoulders of a
dozen soldiers. Then another fare
revealed the w~ell-known figure of the
emperor pacing with somber tread
just behind the coffin. 1t was a
wierd, wonderful sight. On each side
for a mile along the road were the
glittering bayonets and helmets of
the Eightieth regiment of the line, of
which the dead dowager empress was
colonel in chief.
Behind the emperor followed the
royal family, say the ladies, none of
whom was in the procession; the
crown prince of Greece, the prince of
Schaumburg-Lippe, the hereditary
prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Count Won
Seckendorff (who was the secretary
of the dowager empress) and other
n~otables. A double. file of soldiers
bearing torches walked one each side
of the mourners.
Impressive Services.
Within the dimly lighted church
four officers with drawn sabers stood
as a guard of honor within the
chancel. The coffin was borne silent
ly down the aisle and deposited be-
tween the guards beneath the cruel
fix. The royal mourners followed.
The emperor, advancing to the head
of the coffin, stood with bowed head,
while DR.. Dryander, the court chap
lin, spoke a few solemn words. Fol-
lowing the chaplain's address, in the
deathlike stiffness, the emperor
stepped forward and deposited a mag
nificent wreath upon the coffin. His
majesty stood a moment ~motionless,
then dropped upon his knees by the
side Of his mothers body. The whole
congregation followed, and five min
utes was devoted to silent prayer.
Finally the emperor rose, a marshal's
baton in his hand, and silently left
the church, followed by the chief
mourners. Then sounded the clash
of side arms as the escort closed up
around the carriages, and the party
was driven back to Friedrichshof,
leaving the coffin to rest throughout
the night beneath the dim light of
the glittering candies.
Town Is Crowded.
People focked into Cronberg from
an early hour Sunday to see the au-
gust p~ersonages who would attend
the requiem service over the remains
of Dowager Empress Frederick.
Throughout the night and again dur
ing the day the officers of the regi-
ments of which the deceased was
honorary colonel. had stood guard
over the coffin. From II a. M, there
was an unbrOken stream of carriages
arriving from H%omburg, Frankfort
and other points, bringing those in
vited to the solemn ceremony. Con
siderable bodies of troops, both in
fantry and cavalry, also arrived. At
2:3O p. m, the Eightieth regiment
formed up along the streets, and the
band of the BockenHeim hussars took
its stand opposite the church. Every
window, balcony and housetop was
filled with people awaiting the arrival
Of the imperial ~personages.
At the Church.
Baron Won Reischach, court mar
shall of the dowager empress, super
intended the arrangements. Sir
Frank LascelIes, the British ambasss-
dor, was among the first to arrive.
He took a seat facing the coffin,
which was covered with wreaths. On
either side of the coffin were four
officers holding the standards Of the
empire of Prussia and of the de-
ceased. Between them and the coffin
were other officials, rigid and bearing
drawn swords. Gradually the church
filed with officers in splendid uni
forms and ladies ~.Rwearing deep
mourning. The congregation includ-
ed the duke of Connaught, the duke
of Cambridge and several members of
the British royal household; Count
Won Buelow, Count Won Waldersee, DIR.
Spielhagen and Gen. Won Lindequist.
Royal Mourners.
At four o'clock the roll of muf1ed
drums announced the arrival of EN-
peror William and King Edward, who
had driven together from Homburg.
The emperor, wearing the black uni
form OF the Empress Own Posen hus-
sars, led Queen Alexandra into the
church, while King Edward, in blue
uniform of the King Edward Prus-
sian dragons, conducted Empress