Show COUN r F VON s dis his last euid in particulars rf tf bis lis death THE nuoi raue ITS or thi mitt ha liei lies in state I 1 brief or u bis is Care tir A april 25 von moltke died in bis his study nt at his official residence on the lie ile appeared in bis his usual health early yesterday er evening ening lie ile supped cupped aa usual with a good appetite and rose from bis his beat seat with K ith tho the Intent intention intention io of retiring ret irine lie ile aud suddenly derly staggered and would have fallen bad had it not been for the fact that a servant sprang to his assistance was than thea carriell to toa lie bad roone and vice place I 1 u upon D n the bd b d upon which he be died ed I 1 in n a it te few w ml minutes the e emperor m r at wartburg telegraphed e expressions x pre 0 of I 1 sympathy to the family am all the german princes and noted person personages ages of the empire are bending be n ling message messages of condolence the the I 1 will ill of the count states that he d devires elires the burial to take placa at croisan Cro isau leau where bis his wife and child are buried the funeral if the cou counts tits request is followed will be strictly private ta too but it is thought possible th that at P the ea emperor eror will ill overrule the dead sold bondiett Bol diett T r P wishes ab e and id that the f funeral will be made the the occasion for a grand military display all the officers of the generals staff were informed of his death and assembled at the house before daylight the counts death was not generally known until the facts wen published 1 a be tile special editions of the morning papers it caused deep and universal sorrow sorrow the emperor on a account of the death of the count will return to berlin this afternoon the empress visited the death chamber this morning and laid a magnificent wreath of roses upon the bed upon which the great general rested the empress spent a quarter of an hour thyi trying nic to console the family splendid floral offerings are arriving at the residence from all parts of germany gernian A great crowd 0 of I 1 people T e respect flat and sympathetic surrounds a the counts late residence and throngs the streets many stores oi 03 the leading thoroughfares a are r 0 cl closed 0 a e I 1 and the city throughout is commena commencing I 1 ng to display emblems of mourning in the lower house of the prussian diet today to day the president of that body in announcing von Molt kes kele death to the representatives slid I 1 the he high value of the counts services service a to the tile fatherland would cause univ universal ersal a sorrow or and mourning mourn inz to be felt throughout garmany germany in the a laurel wreath entwined with black and white ribbons hangs over count von Molt Mol kes tires seat the president real read a letter from major moltke announcing the counts death and then delivered an address extolling the merits and services of the dead soldier as a member of the upper house both bouses houses ad J hurried until monday next lite labit night the lelo telo graphed gra graphed thed his sympathetic condo lecca to t the a von moltke family saying that the field marshals mard mani hals death was a great or loss to germany than the loes loss of an army corps would have been the emperor has summoned all the princes and crowned beads heads of the tile german states ti to attend the funeral which will take place thursday next and which will be attended by imposing military ceremonies the body will bo be escorted in state from Molt kea kes residence to the railroad station whence it will be taken to for interment the ceremonies at will be quiet and without display in accordance with ha tho late counts countis will A handsome oak coffin was taken to he the official residence of 0 the dead field marshal this afternoon the remains will lie in state in the apartment in the count died until thursday mo morning riling the coffin will ba be bur our roun rounded ded with battle nags flags and bo be in barge of guards of honor ur until itil it is finally finally placed bahe family vault at Cr carolean Cro isau olean in the course of the morning by t the he emperors orders the imperial standard 4 was conveyed from the palace to the room in which the remains of the great soldier will lie in state this was done as a special mark of the emperors favor an and d showing bow how deeply he tie teela feels the loss in the rel reichstag chatag this afternoon von Lovet levetzow president resident of that b body ody eulogized the pd dead sad soldier eol dier the tile reichstag then adjourned this afternoon Les lessing eing the abtil sculptor for took a plaster laster I 1 cost cast of the dead field field marshals face face kipe ripe with yearn years and weighed down w ith honors the greatest german captain answered to the last muster not at a Ife in patriotic fervor not a Fie frederick derick tha the great in resource not a blacher in dash general bolike was yet superior eu to any and all of the soldiers in the commanding genius that achieves matchless success 11 modest and retiring all through his life his observations in the turkish campaign in aien aign of 1843 were BO so clear and his ilia 12 deductions uti so logical that bis his report elicited general and instantaneous attention while he received rapid promotion in consequence the ahel his it of his ilia work can best beat ba be compre pretended bended when it la is remembered that every war since then waged in europe was fought on his theory then elucidated consisting of rapid in marches a relies in detached corps conveying ve ying upon a common center thus in 1864 ho he took doppel and aleen and thus in 1860 be he overran south germany and austria striking down la to one decisive battle the power of the allies just at the tile moment when benedeck Bene derk wired to vienna that the day of wag was won by him the crown prince of Pru prussia sels arrived on the scene of conflict just as moltke had determined and reversed the ilia feature of the conflict it was in franca prince however that his strategic skill wood a the critical test w when hen for the first time in the history 0 of the world two armies equipped with modern we ams pms p ins breechloaders breech loaders of the latest faced each other in a deader deadly scrugg struggle Is when napoleon da do clar blared et war and the news thereof reached moltke be quietly opened a private draper drawer of his desk and remarked PI I 1 we are ready and ready be was F from rom the first skirmish la in baden to the surrender eur render at metz strassburg Stra r sedan and paris he never miscal miscalculated cu ati a move in those four eng engagements e en to over a million men laid d down a t their 11 air arms more than caesar or bonaparte Bona gnap a ito ever commanded 4 bismarck raised tho the arm roon sharpened tho the sword and joitke struck the blow said william I 1 when crowned emperor at versailles I 1 in 1871 koon and bottke are dead a and nd bismarck alone a survives airy I 1 ves Is there another joitke in germany she may need him any day india and it is 11 possible that bis his precept is contagious and nd yet it may not be 4 I 1 S t ate bach such men as napoleon on wellington grant and sad 31 koltko do not exist in pro freion emperor william arrived in berlin at this afternoon having interrupted his visit to the din duke k of f saxe celimar es as eoon soon as be he bear beard d of of the death of 0 von koltko the ile and chancellor caprisi Cit met bia his majesty at tho the railroad elation station and they drove direct to von Mo Molt Itkes kea residence A consultation was held at t the dead generals bonee house in regard to to funeral arrangements and the on that the body be taken 0 on 1 tuesday to the von moltke fam family il Y estate for burial in accordance with the wish expressed by the count was approved religious services will ba be held in the bill of the general staff department on thead tuesday a y morn mor horneg neg ng the coffin will then be c carried with wil imposing military honors to the railway wa y station for conveyance to croisan Cro isau the reE remains hains will 11 lie e in state till tomorrow details regarding the count dir disclose close the tact fact that during the last list few days b a worked with wonted regularity I 1 aie nad n no premonition of death lie h had ad nearly comple completed tAd the plan for I 1 the ho fortifications of Heli goland and had sent a report on the suba ct to emperor william on tuesday last abe work that bad had passe cassad out of his hands showed no trace of any abatement mentia in his conger ile tive gent genius usand and mastery of d detail t all lie walked to bis his home yesterday ster say after bo be bad had finished hia his labors in the reichstag lie ile dined with the swedish minister and during the evening was very animated later while playing his evening game of whist at borne home ho he was attacked with a slight asthmatic spasm and rose from tho the table and left the room it was supposed by others present that be would return in a short time but as bo he did not come back his nephew went after him major moltke found hift hia uncle in a bitting sitting position gasping for breath on seeing bis his her nephew how the count attempted to rise an and for a moment appeared to have mat mastered ered hia his weakness lie ile got up and then tell fell in his nephews arms seeming to faint in a few moments be he bre breathed thed his lad laet A doctor was hurriedly summoned but when be he arrived bo he declared life was extinct the cu uso of his death wa was loison of the heart he ile was not known to suffer buffer from any pronounced cardiac trouble the tile clock work ol 01 life simply run rundown down friends of the dead general per betted to tea see the remains today to day eay say the features bore a placidity of deep sleep the emperor accompanied by the empress visited the mortuary chamber and looked looks on the face of the dead both were deeply affected hie ilia speech made by ifera von levetzow Leve trow president of the reichstag tag after announcing the death of von mo moltke ditke deeply impressed tho the he house use all the members rose raze to their feet w when benthe the announcement was made and remained standing anding ft during part of the thed day ly on which he the funeral 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 the royal theatre shall be closed and doubtless it will ba be decided to close the other theatres theartres the atres in the city as a mark of respect all the ap P join ia 1 8 1 Iol tk biographical count belmuth von moltke formerly ay iy chief marshal of tho the german empire and chief of the general staff was born in mecklenburg on october 20 26 1800 lie ile belonged to an old family who bad their seat for centuries in the place where he lie was born while he lie was a bov boy bis his father settled on an estate in then in denmark lie ile and a brother were sent to copenhagen to receive a military education and in 1822 be he entered the prussian army as a cr carnet net after a period of study in the prussian military t a r Y academy As A a member of the general staff be he passed several years in turkey where be lie served in one campaign he lie returned to Pru prussia in 1843 1845 when be he was appointed adjutant to prince henry after rapid promotion in tho the subordinate Bub ordinate offices offic 38 in 1853 von moltke was made chief of the general staff of the prussian army the next year be he became a I 1 lieutenant loutenant gln general oral in the tile successful wars with denmark 01 61 with austria 1866 and france 1870 71 von Molt kea kes powers wore of the prea greatest test service to the side be served ho ile not only sketched the FIRD plan of these campaigns but assisted m carrying a them out for his services against austria in 1863 1865 especially lys as holding the chief command at th the decisive battle at he was decorated with the order of tho the black eagle ills title of count was given him in 1870 the same year ia in which he was decorated with tha the order of st Geor george the highest military georae decoration 0 ol 01 je kuaana the year fol following loing 1871 the ia emperor of germany conferred on him the grand cross 0 of f the order of the iron cross and made him chief marshal of the tile german empire von moltke was a very tall thin man a with I 1 light III yellowish hair and a M sallow allow board beardless ais P wrinkled face out of 1 which hldi shown a pair of stony grey eyes no one it ia is said evir ever saw count von voa moltke excite excited a not even at sedan where the greatest victory of modern times decided dec tiled the fortunes of the two moet moat powerful empires of the continent on the battlefield ill his cold clear eye parsed slowly from one point to the other and his cold i clear mind weighed the chances of victory and defeat with ith the intensity and serenity of a pondering over the solution of some grave problem ills his wife did some years yeara agnand ago and his nearest dearest relations with the exception of nephew and a niece seem to have been baen kept at a distance by him lie ile was kno n as moltke the silent and hia bla appearance appe aranca waa was BO so mysteriously quiet and cold that ho he seemed tobe to be the incarnation of concentrated thought |