The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-17
FUNERAL BELLS I0lLED.
The Remains of Dowager Empress
Frederick Borne From Cron-
burg to Potsdam.
CHURCH BELLS OF P0TSDAM ToLLED.
u.anvhiIe n DISTINGUISHED ASSEM-
hinge of Imperial, Military and
diplomatic Dignitaries Waited
the Arrival Of the Train, Receiv-
ing II in Solemn Silence.

potsdam, Aug. 14.-Between eight
and nine o'clock Tuesday morning
tho bells of all the churches in Pots
dam were tolled, with two intervals
of rest Shortly before half past ten
rmperor william, the other members
Of thee imperial family and the visit
ino princes assembled in the royal
hall at the Wild Park railroad sta
tion. The high court officials, mill
tarv dignitaries, Count Van Buelow
and other members of the cabinet,
the knights of the Black Eagle and
the member of the reIcnstag, assem-
bed at 1925 o'clock in an adjacent
hall. Soon after ten o'clock the spe-
cial train ordered by the emperor to
bring the invited guests from Berlin
reached Wild Park Station. Among
the guests the foreign ambassadors
made striking figure, wearing their
highest official uniforms. The United
States amba ssador, Andrew ID. White,
however, was attired in simple black.
He looked pale and weak, and showed
traces of his recent bereavement by
the death of his son.
At 1873 the signal was given that
the funeral train was approaching.
Conversation, which had hitherto been
carried on in suppressed tones, en-
trely ceased, and an air of solemnity
possessed the assembly. The train
rolled in slowly and noiselessly.
Twenty non-commissioned officers
of the Dowager Empress Huzzar reg
iment No. came forward and bore
the coffin to the royal hearse, which
had, in the meanwhile, arrived from
the new palace. Chamberlains and
courties with the royal insignia par
ticipated in the transfer of the coffin
from the funeral car to the hearse.
Slowly and solemnly the process
sion formed. Eight staff officers
seized the reins of the eight splendid
black horses attached to the hearse,
and four knights of the Black Eagle
took hold of the points of the pail
cloth, while ~ royal chamberlains
held the supports of the canopy COW
ering the hearse, and four other
courtiers held the cords from the
corners. Flanking these. to the right
and left, were two staff officers and
II captains.
The procession formed in the shady
avenue extending from Wild Park to
the new palace. The public had there
the only opportunity to see the pro
cession. Preceding the hearse were
squadrons of soldiers, and marshal.
bearing the various insignias and or
ders of the dead empress. Among
them was Gen. Won Waldersee, whC
carried the dowager empress crown
Numerous members of the imperia
court and the court of the deceased
empress also marched in the process
sion. Following the hearse came En-
peror William, King Edward, tn,
crown prince of Germany and th
other royal parsonages.
Then came the foreign ambassa
dors and ministers and parsonage
from the emperor's and empress en-
tourage and others in the order o
their rank.
Potsdam, Aug. 1.-THE remains o
the Dowager Empress Frederick wer
inferred yesterday beside those o
her husband, in the mausoleum o
Friedenskirche, near Potsdam.
Emperor William and the empress
King Edward and Queen AleXandr
of England and all the members o
the German royal family were pres
ent. The ceremony was most in
pressiye.