Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1890 — THE EX-EMPRESS DEAD. [ARTICLE]

THE EX-EMPRESS DEAD.

THE RELICT OF WILLIAM L OF CER. MANY EXPIRES. Sad Scenes About the Death-Bed—The Destruction of the Lacken Palace at Brussels—Portugal Placed in a Corner by a Note from the Marquis of Salisbury. Berlin cable: The Dowager Empress Augusta of Germany died on the afternoon of* Tuesday, the 7tb, from the effects of influenza, from which she had been suffering for several days. The patient, who improved somewhatMonday, had a relapse early Tuesday morning, and her physicians at once declared that her condition w’as critical. Her respiration was difficult and members of the Imperial family were hastily sent for. At 2 o’clock Emperor William and the Empress, with their two eldest sons, Crown Prince William and Princo Frederick, and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden, son-in-law and daughter respectively of the Dowager Empress, were grouped at her bedside. Count Von Moltke left the palace at noon, much affected at the alarming condition of the Dowager Empress. A large crowd assembled in Uuter den Linden before the palace, and much sympathy was shown for the sufferer. The family remained at the bedside until the end. The death of the Dowager Empress was immediately announced to the people. The dowager Empress Augusta was Dorn Sept. 30, 1811, being the daughter of Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimer. Her children were Friedrich William, who afterward became Emperor and died, and Princess Louise, who married Grand Duke Friedrich of Baden. Edmund Yates, in his London cable to the New York Tribune, says: “The Lacken palace is an irreparable loss to the royal family of Belgium, for it was practically the only residence of the King and Queen, who greatly dislike the palace in Brussels, where they live very little, and the King’s chateau in Ardennes is a mere shooting lodge. The loss of the building is not to be regretted, for it was an edifice remarkable only for its size, but it was literally crammed with priceless tapestry, china, and statuary, and the library contained a rare and splendid collection of books, prints, and manuscripts. The pictures were of great value and 'included, a large number of verv interesting family portraits, among which were fulllengths of Queen Victoria,, the prince consort, the Duchess of Kent, the Prin-cess-Charlotte.' There was also a very fine collection of miniatures and family archives, and the whole of the King’s correspondence was also destroyed. The gobelin tapestries were unique, having been sent by Marie Antoinette to her sister, the Archduchess Marie Christian, and they had remained at Lacken ever since.” London cable: The* Times’ Lisbon correspondent says another note from the Marquis of Salisbury was delivered recently. It is believed that this note threatens that unless prompt satisfaction is given for Serpa Pinto’s action there will be an immediate rupture of diplomatic relations. The cabinet was immediately convened and Senor Gomes was charged to answer at once. The Portuguese claims and pretences were ignored somewhat cavalierly in the Marquis of Salisbury’s former note.* A dispatch from Kiel says that the Portuguese government has employed German engineers to lay a torpedo mine in the Tagus in view of possible action: by the British fleet. The Berlin Kreuz-Zeitung has an article on the strikes and labor troubles in which it declares its belief that, in spite of their unwillingness to desert their long held position, the German employers will be obliged sooner or later to grant to the workmen privileges akin to those which are enjoyed by the workmen in England. They will be compelled to permit,, particularly, says the Kreuz-Zetung, the formation of trades unions; and the persistent witholding of this concession is certain to result in convictiohs iiv theindustrial world which cannot fait to work injury to the employers in the long; run.