The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-02
BERLIN.
King williams Cap taI-Its Wonderful De-
velopment During the Present Century-The
Population at Present.

King williams Cap taI-Its Wonderful De-
velopment During the Present Century-The
Population Bt Present.
The last census of the Prussian capital-that
of 1S67-showed that the city had 7O2, 437 in
habitants. The development of the city COM
menced in the thirteenth century; before that
time 1t was little more than fishing village. In
the middle Of that century the population was
at most 5000. At the commencement of the
thirty years war the population was $4,000; at
the end of that period, 5000. At the close of the
great Electors reign the number had again in
creased to 1900, of which 5000 were French.
At the commencement of the eighteenth CEN
tury Berlin, with its suburbs, had $4,000 inhabi-
tants. When Frederick the Great ascended
the Prussian throne Berlin had 5796 houses and
10000 inhabitants Qncludihg 81 300 solders).
The seven years war reduced the population
from over 100000 in 1755 to 81, 900 in 175S. The
war times from 1906 to 1912 reduced the Berlin
population from 1872, 900 in 1904 to 1884 in
1908. After that period a new life was
awakened in Berlin, and the city has since en-
joyed an uninterrupted growth. From 1868 TO
1928, sixty years, the population doubled The
cost at least two and half centuries; the
second eighty years; the third, only sixteen
the last figure being reached in 1889, the era of
railroads. In 1S4S the fourth hundred thousand
of the population had been added; therefore, in
nine years. The second period of doubling the
population had been reached in twenty-five
years. The third doubling period, from four
hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand,
has not yet been reached, but this number will
probably be recorded before the close of 1870,
unless, indeed the war should prove q check to-
its prosperity.
In regard to the religion of the inhabitants,
the census of 1867 showed 630,27l evangelical
Protestants, 1922 Roman Catholics, 1866
Jews, 1926 dissenters, and 1877 belonging to
other religions. A comparison with the figures
for 1861 shows that the Catholics and Jews are
winning ground at the cost of the Evangelicals.
UisSere Zeit explains this phenomenon in the
increasing tolerance of the times; though un-
doubtedly the attractions offered by chances of
work to the lower classes, and, in regard to the
jew, the business advantages OF large city,
have q great deal to do with it. Judaism has q
strong footbold in Berlin, and the Jews belong
to the wealthiest, healthiest, and best educated
classes there. The Berliners are not considered
good church-goers. 1t has been estimated that
on an average only twelve thousand persons
attend divine worship in the Berlin churches on
Sundays.
The entire city budget, which amounts to
5000 600 tbalers, is distributed as follows:-
Schools, 100000 thalers the poor, 900 000
thalers; police, 800 900 thalers; building, 100000
thalers; Interest and city government, 100000
| thaleTs.
! The Enthusiastic Welcome of the King on His
Return, After the Declaration Of War by
| An American student writes from Berlin
under date of July 16, lively account of the
! excitement in that city when the declaration o.
| war by France was received, and King William
made his entrance into the capital on his return
from Ems. He says.
! From the Brandenburger Gate, almost directly
| east to the palace of the King and the Univer
sity of Berlin, stretches the street sumter der
| Linden" one of the very finest streets II
Europe, nearly a mile in length, being in fac
two streets with broad mall (ifty feet) in tn,
middle, shaded by lime trees, from which
derives its name. Upon this street arr
Crown Prince, the University, the Academ.
OF Arts and Sciences, the residences of the Rus
sian and French embassies, and many othe
important and imposing structures, beside
the fashionable shops of the city. The mall i
the popular promenade of the idle hours, ant
the natural resort in case of public excitement
AS the evening drew on yesterday vast crowd
of people began pouring from all the adjacen
streets into this, the focus of all-absorbing in
terest Long before 8 o'clock about every inc
of standing room within easy sight OF the King
residence Il say residence, because he does nc
live in the great royal palace) was occupied b
a human foot, and those who were not fortunat
enough to come within this magic distance kel
moving as far as a great surging mass of being
and the palace. .
For two or three long hours the vast crowd :
the palace waited discussing the probabilities
war, cracking local jokes and occasionally hoo
ing rather good-naturedly at passing French
man. No martial strains filled the air, and n
popular orator relieved the tedious moment
A lew 'old boys" some of them gray-headet
begged the assembled men to buy the little exit
sheets which had just been issued from Il
press. This vending of the public news In sui
dued tones was so strange 10 my ears and
those same little sheets stood the declaration
war by Francel
am RECALLED from my wandering thoughts /