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Show Cl'KICIlAI. MOLTUC. Petal's r Ilia lMh.-Kule(fsed by All. llEiiun, April 23. Kmpcror WIN Ham arrived I u llrrlln at 8:M o'clock this afternoon, having Interrupted hla visit to tho Duke of Hale-Weimar an toon na he heard of the death of Von Moltke. The 1'mprcM aud Chancellor Caprlvl met hla majraty at the railroad station and they OroTe direct to Von Mollke'a rtildence. A consultation waa held at the dead general' Iioumi In regard tq the funeral arrangements, and the auggesllou that the body bo taken on Tuesday to the Von Moltke family eatata for burial. In accordance with the wish expressed by the count, wu approved, Ttellglous service will be held lu the hall of the general sun dcpirlnicut on Tuesday morning. The oofllit will then be carried, with Imposing Impos-ing military honors, to tho railway staUou for conveyance to Crolsau. Tim reinalna will lie In state leaior-row. leaior-row. Details regarding tho count disclose the fact that during the laat four daya In, worked with wonted regularity. lie had no premonition of death, lie had dearly completed a plan for the fortUlt-atlou of Helgoland, and had aent a report on Uie aubjrct to En-ierur En-ierur William Tuenday but. The work that had iwm-M out of hla handa ehoaedilotieiwot any abatement In the constructing genlua and muter of detail. Ho walked to his home yes-ttrday yes-ttrday after ho had finished lili labor In the llelrliilag. Jlodlned with the HwedUh mlnlater, and during the even-Ing even-Ing waa very animated. Later, while playing his evening gatno or wiilst at home, ha waa attacked with a alight atthnijtlo eiaem, and rose frum the table and left tho room. It waa euiN poied by the nthera present that he would return In a abort time hut, a be did not come back, hla nephew weut after hliu, Major Moltke found hli uncle In a alttlng iweltlou irasplng for breath. On seeing hla nephew the count attempted to rise, aud tor a, moment appeared to have mattered hla weakness. Ilegot up ami then fell In III" nephew' anus, aeemlng to faint In a few momenta he breathed hla laat. A doctor waa hurriedly summoned, but when he arrived ar-rived bu declared life extinct. The cause of death waa lleaou of the heart, llewaanot knownto aullcr from any ionouuced cardiac trouble. Tho clock workqf life almply run down. The frlenda of the deceasnd general who were permitted to tee the reraahia today aay tha fealurea bora the placidity of a deep sleep. The emperor, accompanied by tho empress, visited tho mortuary chain-tier chain-tier and looked on the race of tho dead. P.th were deeply allected. The speech maile hy llerr Von Lev etiwr, president or the llelohstag, announcing an-nouncing the drltb or Von Moltke, deeply moved the Houec. All the members rote to tbelr reet when the announcement wuinadeand remained standing. During part of the day on which tho funeral will ho held there will beageueral suspension of buvlnete In Uerlln and otherleadlugcltlea or the empire. The emperor hna given dlrro-tlona dlrro-tlona that the rtoyal Theatre ahall be rlomand doubtleM It will be decided to clow the other theatrea In the city ya a mark of rcniwrt. AH tha paiiera Join In eulogltlng Moltke.. |
