ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Kaiser Wilhelm's Death.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 255, 14 April 1888, Page 5

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS .

Kaiser Wilhelm 's Death.

S^ dniov, April 9. The following nnvs ariivod per ' Orient.'

London, March '.). The KaiseiV illness be^an on Sunday with a chill, and on Wednesday there was a recmrence of the old malady — renal calculus — inch thieatened an end to his caiee' 1 . The M'mptonis became moie alaimin^ \esterday, thoio beiui; a conspicuous change toi I .he. woise. Dulls weie tolled while the communion was admnnsteied, which i^uvo lise to ihe liunoui tint death had oceuned. He afteiwaids sank into a deep slooj* Two news agencies at Puiihn teh li;i.»j>hed o\er the \\ 01 Id that the Kmpeioi «;h de.id, and the intelii^eiiee w is remuly ei edited. At nine in the e\enin;; the Queen received a tele^iani t.hat. hv \\:i^ still alive hut weak. The owning jU|HJi.s published edition^ c<itlectni^there^oi t,but.inany belic\ yd that, it. wa^ nieiel) a diplomatic trick, and doubts weie only dissipated by the jeeeipt. this momm^ of deliiut«; intelbAn hour and a-h.ilt l>ej«>ie de.ith the do (1 oi> i^- u«*il a bulletin showing lh.it tlie ca-e w.i^ de^peiate hen the Kmpeio? .t\\«»ke iiotn his sleep lie, seemed << little Mionuei, but h\ toui am. all hop I.^1 .^ wci' 1 <;i\(Mi up Theiewen' then ix t \ pel sons iciind the bed. lVneis viMt 1 OiVcied, and ihe old mon.r. cln ook lea\ eof cvci vbodx , -^peakmi; nidiN iduall\ tn in.i'iy 111- mind x\ ,ts pel lei t!\ cleai,.ind bi-> idi a< ennseeurue Kor neail\ halt an horn inspoJM* -,\ithonf a D.vise Then -iMmi-j, \u> he took 1 eti l'^'wniMii md cnnsi-i-o 1 au.un. When vi,(d 'o husband hw Kliiaiiii'iu; sfu'i'^th, Ik^ -ud -"I li.ae no ti-ebnu. I bi\ i' not much moie !o b\i', and jiietei l-> s,n all 1 v, i--h Addic -uil: William dneil!\ 'uetalked a miuut!' on the dei.tiU i>i (i\il and nnlitaiv albuis, \ ueimi niattei s and ie!atn>us \\ ith Kmiicc The etb'il \\ a> unk'M'i ib.tbie The docloi-. weie astounded .it his -tien^th, aiul lie did nor exhibit the slightest teai o\ death l ; o! rhe l.i^t, leu l»oui> theic \\ as no pain. Shoitly after ei^ht all the io\altie-. diu'nit mes, <j;eiiLials, and nuuisteis weie summoned t<^ the <l\in^ niouaich. who was half sitting on >» iMiitp bed. The loom was ciowded. I'lincj' William bending over the a«j;"d foim, (>ainestlv watched the I,lst moments Th<' expression o| the dead iacc \\as peacetul and placid