| Show YON MOLTKES DEATH The Count Had No Premonition vof its Approach HIS LAST MILITARY WORKport Was a Plan for the Fortification of Heliogo landThe Emperor is Much Affected Incidents of the Generals Career BERLIN April 25Von Moltke died in his study in his official residence on the Konigsplat He appeared in his usual I health early yesterday evening suppered as usual and his appetite was good Ho rose from his seat with the intention of retiring re-tiring He suddenly staggered and would have fallen had it not been for the fact that a servant sprang to his assistance The count was then carried to his bedroom and placed upon the bed upon which he died in a few minutes The Emperor who was at Wartburg telegraphed expressions of sympathy sym-pathy to the family All the German princes and noted personages of the empire em-pire are sending messages of condolence The will of the count states he desires that his burial take place atCroisau where his I wife and child are buried The funeral if the counts request is followed will be strictly private but it is thought possible the Emperor will overrule the dead soldiers sol-diers wishes and that the funeral will be made the occasion for a grand military display dis-play All officers of the general staff informed in-formed of his death assembled at the house before daylight The counts death was not generally known until the fact was published in special editions of the morning papers It caused deep and universal sorrow The Emperor on account of the death of Count von Moltke will return to Berlin this afternoon The Empress visited the death chamber this morning and laid a magnificent cent wreath of roses upon the bed upon which the great general rested The Empress Em-press spent a quarter of an hour trying to console the family Splendid floral offer ings are arriving at the residence from all parts of Germany Great crowds of people respectful and sympathetic surround the counts resi L dence and throng the streets Many stores on the leading thoroughfares are closed and the city throughout is commencing to display dis-play emblems of mourning In the lower house of the Prussian diet today the president of that body in announcing L an-nouncing von Moltkes death to the representatives repre-sentatives said the high value of the counts services to the fatherland would cause universal rrow and mourning to be felt throughout Germany In the upper house a laurel wreath en twined with black and white ribbons hangs over Count Von Moltkes seat The presi dent read a letter from Major Moltke announcing an-nouncing tho counts death and then he delivered an address extolling the merits and services of the dead soldier in the up > per house Both houses adjourned until Monday next Late last night the Emperor telegraphed his sympathetic condolence to Von Moltkes family saying the field marshals death was a greater loss to Germany than the loss of an army corps would have been The Emperor has summoned all tho princes and crowned heads of the different German states to attend the funeral which will take place Thursday next and which next will be attended by imposing military ceremonies The body will be escorted instate state from Von Moltkes residence to the railroad station whence it will be taken to Croisau for interment The ceremonies at Croisau will be quiet and without display in accordance with the late connts will A handsome oak coffin was taken to tho official residence of the dead field marshal this afternoon The remains will lie instate in-state in the apartment in which the count died until Thursday morning The coffin will be surrounded with battle flags and be in charge of guards of honor until it is finally placed in the family vault at Croisau In the course of the morning by 1 the Emperors orders the imperial standard was conveyed from the palace to the room in which the remains of the great soldier will lie in state This is done as i a special mark of the Emperors favor and as showing how deeply he feels his loss In the reichstag this afternoon Herr von Levetzow president of that body eulogized the dead soldier The reichstag then adjourned This afternoon I Lessing the sculptor took a plaster cast of the dead field marshals face Honoring Moltkes Memory BERLIN t April 25Emperor William arrived ar-rived in Berlin at 515 oclock this afternoon after-noon having interrupted his visit to the I Duke of SaxeWeimer as soon as he heard of the death of Von Moltke The Empress and Chancellor Caprivi met his majesty at the railroad station and they drove to Von Moltkes residence A consultation was held at the dead generals house in regard to tho funeral arrangements and the si suggestion sug-gestion that the body be taken on Tuesday to the Von Moltke family estate for burialin accordance with the wish expressed by I the count was approved Religious services ser-vices will be held in the hal of the general staff department on Tuesday morning The coffin will then be carried with imposing military honors to the railway station for conveyance to Kroisau The remains vill lie in state tomorrow Details regarding the count disclose the fact that during the last few days ho worked with his wonted regularity He had no premonition of death He had I nearly completed a plan for the fortitl ca tion of Heliogoland and had sent a report on the subject Emperor William Tuesday last The work that had passed out of his hands showed no trace of any abatement in constructive genius and mastery of detail detai He walked to hishoma after he had finished his labors in the reichstag Ho dined with the Swedish minister and during the even ing was very animated Later while play ing his evening game of whist he was at tacked with a slight asthmatic spasm and rose from the table and left the room It was supposed by others present > he would return in a short time but as he did not come back his nephew went after him Major Moltke found his uncle in a sitting position gasp ing for breath On seeing his nephew the count attempted to rise and for a moment appeared to havo mastered his weakness He got up and then fell in his nephews arms seeming to faint In a few moments he breathed his last A doctor was hurriedly hur-riedly summoned but when he arrived he 1 declared life was extinct The cause of death was lesion of the heart He was not known to suffer from any pronounced car diac trouble The clockwork of life had simply run down Friends of the dead general permitted to see the remains today say the features bore placidity of deep sleep The Emperor accompanied by the Empress visited tho mortuary chamber and looked on the face of the dead Both were deeply affected The speech made by Herr von Levot Levet zewe president of the reichstag after afer announcing an-nouncing the death of von Moltke deeply impressed the house All the members rose to their feet when the announcement was made and remained standing During part of the day on which the funeral fun-eral will be held there will be a general suspension of business in Berlin and other leading cities of the empire The Emperor has given directions that tho royal theatre shall be closed and doubtless it will be decided de-cided to close other theatres in the city asa as-a mark of respect All the papers join in eulogizing Moltke A note in the Reichsanzteger tonight re ferring to the report that tho prohibition against American pork would be immediately imme-diately removed says until some clearer idea can be formed concerning the practical practi-cal working of the meat inspection service in America a decision here must be postponed post-poned This official information is due to arrangements of dealers in Hamburg and Bremen who expect at an early date to import im-port large cargoes of American hogs Trade in American beef continues to boom A government proposal has been submitted sub-mitted to the bundesrath authorizing the acceptance of the invitation to take part in the Chicago fair The minors strike attaining formidable I proportions around Bochum Most of the pits are closed The strikers in Essen district dis-trict exceed 15000 Incidents of Von Moltkes Career Special to THE HERALDExamIner Dispatch I NEW YOlK April 25Von Moltkes connection con-nection with oriental military affairs was I purely accidental He sought to spend I three weeks in Constantinople and some months in the study of Grecian antiquities antiqui-ties returning by Naples and Rome He returned after four years absence without having seen Greece or Italy Tho all I powerful Leraskier Mahemed Chosref r Pacha fascinated with the clearness and charm of Moltkes conversation obtained permission to utilize his services and set him to reorganize theTurkish army on the Prussian system while tho Sultan commissioned com-missioned him to inspect tho fortifications of the Dardenelles and test their guns to examine the newly built fortress of Varna to prepare a map of the Dardanelles tho S Bosphorus and the capital and to construct palacesbrldgesreservoirs and waterworks A Turkish army under Hatise Pacha had been placed on the frontiers of Asia Minor nominally to quell the revolting Kurds though the pretext had not deceived tho Egyptian ruler who dispatched reinforcements t reinforce-ments to Syria With this Turkish army Mahemed dispatched Moltke and his countryman Muhlbach In the work of f exploring and mapping the country Moltke was tireless and enterprising On one occasion he rode over seven hundred and sixty miles of wild and barbarous country without an escort During this journey he encountered a ferocious Turk whose deeds at the massacre of the Janizaries had earned for him the sobriquet of Black Hell and so impressed him by entering the guest chamber making his servant take off his boots and seating himself in the place of honor before he saluted his host that the bey is mollified entertains him royally and sends him on his way with fresh horses From tEllS there are but two names in German history Bismarck in time of peace Moltke in time of war The chief of staffs omnipotence was even greater than that of the chancellor in peace William at r times resented or resisted Bismarcks acton But when once a serene and illustrious illus-trious highness went to him to ask for a detachment of cavalry tUcKing pointed to 1 his field marshal Thit man he said disposes of every German soldier in the field and I am thankful to him for leaving me my body guard Moltke prepared his plans for the French campaign in 1S71 covering all the contingencies contin-gencies of South Germany to aid neutrality or hostility The transportation and con centration of the troops were what he insisted in-sisted was most essential As Jregards strategy we will soon clash with the independent inde-pendent will of our opponent upon which limits can be put by n welltimed ahd determined de-termined initiative but he Is only to be 1 overcome by actual combat No plan of i operations can with any certainty reach beyond the first encounter with the main body of the enemy Political and geographical geo-graphical motives have to be taken into consideration in the flrst movement On the 16th of August was fought the severe actions of Vionville and Marsle Tour in which the French lost 230CO menthe men-the Germans 17000 the latter gaining the coveted road which further checked Bazaines retreat An incident little ro mcmbered in this bloody light was the de liberate repetition on a large scale of the Balaklava charge Credows cavalry being hurled against the French batteries which were punishing the infantry beyond en durance and almost silencing their fire though at a fearful loss The two latter took place at the final fight of Gravelotte Until evening the French fighting on tho defensive held their own but under the stress of the Gorman artillery fire and the second army corps flanking attack ho I right wing was broken and driven into Metz Your majesty we have conquered V I panted Moltke as be hurried up late at night to where the King was sitting on a seat extemporizing from a ladder supported at tho end bead y a d b-ead horse and platform scale and with a hurrah the party fell to a banquet of brown bread They had conquered for next morning Bazaine had withdrawn all his forces from before Metz Bismarck has told humorously hov when the Spanish question came up in 1 > 70 Moltke looked at once ten years younger When I told him Prince Hohenzollern had given the thing up he became all at once quite old and worn looking but when the French made difficulties he was fresh and young again immediately An English friend who called on the chief of staff on the day war was declared with France said he would make his visit short as his host must be occupied busily I have nothing to do was the reply all L L is done Concerning the British army Von Moltke said the purchase feature was the best of its features and concerning our own war that he did not consider the movement 5 of armed mobs worth studying though in point of fact he had studied the lessons of bur civil war His modesty was unaf fected I should have been out of place he said to a painter once who depicted him encouraging the charge of cavalry at Gravelotte leading soldiers in the presence pres-ence of an officer whose duty it was to command them At Kreisair ho undertook the management manage-ment of the civil registry for his district In Berlin he was the active president of tho Oberlin Verein for the education of forsaken for-saken children When past forty he won the love of a handsome and clever English girl of sixteen who conceived passion for him through hearing her stepmother his sister read hisletters from the east Their first love continued to the last Her death was the one great grief of his life and I in h is old age his favorite resort especially in the grey of the evening Was her tomb where under a clump of cypress an exquisitely ex-quisitely carved Christ stretched its snowy marble hands in benediction over the bier I inscribed Love is the fulfilling of the law |
