The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-11
m EYES ON CRONBERG.
..,,s,t Of Germany Centers 10 Ar.
aagements for the Funeral.
|u.1IyEs ARE STILL cONGREGATNG
!. Van Waldersee's Arrival Over
\ s,dowed-Proposed Tariff Bill
Live Topic for the Press.

n -, August 10.--All eyes in Germany
p'' .-rned today on Cronberg Public
n the deceased dowager empress
- Nor widoHhood was slight and she
& s.. .sorything possible TO retire from pub
N Jaw and avoided every semblance OF
~ IN, activity. The latter fact has
n ~sned the judgment Of even the unbend.
,nrter organs. which once prosecuted
"A n.iesty. assalllng her most sharply
a ~ the very acme OF her power
IN. dowager empress death reveals the
4 !, that the autocratlc extremists had
"a w modified their Judgment or nj least
n / IGNORED their points OF difference.
II = nroise her for her humanity, her
;.r nursing of the sick In the war, her
a ,srsst in industrial art, and the prtc-
n 81 advances she made In these lines.
III education and In the advancement
. ,rop,sn The most conservative papers
. ,,,ed the latter feature of her charac-
q rnstintedly. The newspaper comments
a rSkp largely Of "reminiscences, pointing
a hst the deceased was one of the links
S.ding Germany Of today with the great
E.,orieai events Of thirty or forty years
@Thue the nation has thus been engaged
Il recsupting the story Of the life of tae
%Tseer empress. her relatives have been
INNING al Cronberg for the funeral.
MI there today and Prince Henry of
&sssIa Is expected to arrive at Bremen
<yeu Sunday or Monday. too late for the
Uryces at Conberg, but In time to at
III the burial~at potsdam
'Erat crowds of curious people are ar
&ing at Cronberg. All the hotels are
asrdowing and all the windows are en-
tged for tomorrow Cronberg is over
an With English people in deep moruning
Epg Edward and Queen Alexandra go to
Hkdam. Then the King will return &c
1pmbarg alcre where ne will take the
fers. living at his accustomed hotel in |
II Eme style MS when he was prince Of |
flAs
biz coffin Of the dowager empress is Of |
h English style with Hat cover, not |
Il German pyramldal style. Tho deceased |
trsef designed the rosettes ornamenting |
II cover and also designed the coffin
While Field Marshal Count Won WaIder-
" arrival in Germany was naturally
sfrshadowed by the sad event Mt Cron
b. The whole tone of the press and the
t,tude OF the crowds during Count Won
fldersees trip yesterday from Hamburg
\ Hanover Indicates that Germany takes
.much more sober view of Won Wrldrr-
fs mission now than was the case
" ago
PIE more influential newspapers review
feld marshal's work a preciatiyely, but
Plying that everybody In Germany had
Il him. Won Waldersee is described as
ply bronzed, but ms having his usual
@siic step and buoyant spirits.
Ihe weeks tanff discussion took largely
form Of sharp attack on the part o.
agrarlans and conservative organs
n semi-ofhclal news ~sency for the
fi nI. publication Of the foreign pres
altacks upon the bill Some o. III,
.ae papers 90 TO the length of oDenl-
posing the foreign office as being re-
.|ns s,O lor the above. since all the polit
dispatches are censored there be ore
encauon, insinuating that Count Won
Nv i lnslncere In his tariff bill attl-
ana Is trying to kill II.
lie United States continues 10 play nm
spltanl role In the tariff discussion. fThe
~, leltung quotes today approyiuglv
oeciaration Of the chamber of com
~ OF Eupen (Rhenish Prnss.a) that
' '@isay must EXPECT to be flooded With
WIZ tgn ,g gSods. Inc paper adds that the
tsuc industry Is threatened by keener
'Ina. competition, especially American,
'iAe greater the danger. the more mr.
I, rnu lheAoraDle the demand that the +,
N market I Is surrounded with Arm pro :
' Y. a, me United States itself. prece les O
~ ms respect with an example i'm
Pug 10 misunderstood" !,
/. emperor has ordered a change in the {
easements of all launchings and has ;
E 's.s q sketch showing the lines Of =.
I'M must be drawn up while he is !,
~ +
u are unusual numbers of Americans Il
.'4s Berlin, All the hotels are crowded p
mem. 1t Is impossible TO secure tick n
n .ne Herman steamers before Octo- i
among the latest arrivals are Dr. Il
r,,S tne agricultural department. a a
~ p NO 70 the geological congress. and ed N
hi, warren Of iioston, who is Studying "
,Dee method Of abatiug tbs smoke
\ ~ al
r es''ed States training ship Hartford "
mel tells afternoon.
,,.as eng the heat was intense. From :,
80 lnls afternoon carriages and We In