The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-08
FUNERAL NEXT TUESDAY
DOWAGER EMPRESS FREDERICK's
BODY To BE TAKEN TO POTsDAM.
Mourning Decree Issued by Emperor
William-king Edward to start
for HomburS on Friday.

BERLIN, Aug. 1T has been definitely
decided that the funeral of the Dowager
Empress Frederick will take place Tues
day next, Aug. -. The remains will be de-
posted in the Frieden's kirche mausoleum.
near Pottsdam.
Two squadrons of the Posen Hussars. Of
which regiment the late Dowager En-
press was honorary colonel. have been or
dered TO Potsdam TO take part in the
funeral procession.
King Edward. it is now understood, will
not 80 TO Potsdam- He will leave for the
continent by the way of Flushing Friday
night, accompanied by Queen Alexandra.
The British royal yacht will be escorted
by the cruisers Minerva and Hyacinthe.
The floral offerings at Cronberg now num-
Der hundreds. many of them magnificent
and highly artistic. Among the most note
worthy are wreaths from the Dowager
Queen MaTgherita of Italy, the Artists As
ISOLATION of Crcnberg. which the late
Dowager Empress particularly patronized,
and the townspeople who for years were
the recipients OF her bounty.
Some comment has been made in the press
upon the fact that few details OF the last
moments OF Dowager Empress Frederick
have been given to the public. The Frank
furter Zeitung now prints the following
particulars: emperor William and the
Empress were at the bedside from $50 a. m.
until the end. Frequently the Emperor held
his mothers hand warmly clasped. She was
fully conscious until noon and suffering
great agony. Then she gradually became
unconscious. Soon after 6 p. m. the physi-
clans gave a sign that dissolution was ap-
preaching. The Emperor grasped her hand
nn1 bA1I - .aN FhA lnat fhA tho on,a-
hers of the family kneeling silently around
the bed.
Emperor William has issued a decree.
ordering the army TO go into mourning for
six weeks, and giving minute details as to
how the mourning emblems are to be worn.
There will be no military music for eight
days.
Court circles have been notified as to
how the ladies and gentlemen of the court
must dress till Nov. 8. The ladies are to
mourning until Sept. 3 and minor mourn
ing until Nov. .. Some of the papers take
exception TO the mourning orders. one pa
per, referring to the prohibition of public
entertainments and musical and theatrical
performances until after the funeral, says
1t believes this will hinder TO a certain de-
gree the purpose for which il was designed.
1t contrasts with this order Emperor Fred
erick's order upon the death of Emperor
William |, in which he declined TO make
any mourning regulations, leaving the peo-
pie to show their sympathy in their own
way.
Inc IdiuDurSeT NdcHlrlcHlen tHrlnce
Bismarck's old organ) draws upon its
editors "reminiscences by saying that
Prince Bismarck repeatedly asserted in pri-
vate conversation that 1t was quite untrue
that the Empress Frederick caused him
great obstacles during Emperor Frederick's
reign, adding that. on the contrary, there
was no time in his entire career in which
he was freer from friction than during the
'ninety-nine days"
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten, an
influential Conservative organ. which also
cheriSheS BiSmarckian traditions. has re-
peatedly denied that Empress Frederick
took part in the intrigues which caused
Prince Bismarck's downfall, saying: "Sne
was much too shrewd a woman TO do So"