Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1914 — DOWAGER EMPRESS IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

DOWAGER EMPRESS IS DEAD

State Funeral to Be Provided for Widow of Mutsuhito of Japan Western in Ideals. Tokyo, April 10.—The Dowager Empress Haruko, aged sixty-four, died suddenly at the imperial villa at Namazu in the presence of Emperor Yoshiliito, the empress and other members of the royal family, who had been pummoned from the capital. Court officials proceeded Immediately to arrange for a state funeral. Bright’s disease was the direct cause of death. The dowager empress was the widow of Emperor Mutsuhito, who died July 30, J 912. Simple in her tastes, Haruko presided over court functions with dignity, on most occasions wearing western dress, especially when she came in contact with Americans or Europeans.