St. Paul daily globe., 1885-12-27
CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY.
Emperor VILLA m i'm Good Health-
The Coming Celebration.


BERLIN, Dec 26.-Emperor William is
is the best of health and spirits. He spent
Christmas evening in the company of other
members of the royal family. On Christ
mas day he was at the palace of the crown
prince, where his imperial majesty presided
at the family dinner given by the crown
prince. The city presents the usual
Christmas week aspect, squares and streets
are literally converted into a forest of pines.
Fully 100, 600 trees arrived in the city and
were sold in the two days preceding Christ
mas. Shopkeepers express themselves as
satisfied with the amount of business done
during this and the preceding week and
especially so with the demand for holiday
goods from the country districts, where it
was generally believed that owing to
agricultural depression but a small business
would be done. Intensely cold weather
prevails throughout Germany. The wolves
which infeSt the provinces of East Prussia,
Alsace and Lorraine, have been driven by
hunger to commit unusual depredationS on
the inhabited regious of those provinces.
Emperor William and Empress Augusta
received DR.. Finch, the New Guinea eX-
plorer, in the early part of the week, and
LISTENED TO HIS NARRATIVE
respecting the condition and resources of
that island. The doctor illustrated with
photographs the most conspicuous points
and objects of interest. The crown prince
and his family attended tree festival at
the Froebel Mandel Kindergarten. The
ministry have issued a circular stating that
it is repugnant to the feelings of Emperor
William to celebrate the twenty-fifth ami
versary of his succession to the throne
of Prussia on the I'd Of January next be-
- II. Of ri not
of his brother and predecessor, Frederick
William ". The festival is therefore post
poned until January 8, as previously an
nounced. The circular concludes as fol-
lows: The emperor expresses thanks for
the cordial expressions of sympathy, and
wishes the manifestations of joy on the day
appointed for the celebration restricted as
much as possible so as to conform with
the recent announcement of the
curtailment of the royal program. Accord
ing to the later announcement the Sd of
January nsxt will be celebrated by religi-
Gus services in all the garrison churches and
then by a gala festival. On the same day,
his majesty will also receive the cOngratu-
lations of all his generals, instead of on
New Years day, as usual. Spain has an
nOunced her intention of sending general
officer to attend the festival
THE INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
will open in Berlin on May IS, 1886. The
historical department will be prominent
part of the exhibition and will cost $3.50, 000
There will be buildings and costume pro-
ceSsions to illustrate Greek works of art
and a diorama of the German African pos
sessions and the Egyptian temple, an cleo
tric light being used in connection with the
diorama. On Tuesday last the emperor
received Count Herbert Bismarck and
afterwards his majesty attended
the royal theater. Prince William. who
has been i'll with the measles, is now con-
valescent. Prof Leopold Won Ranke, the
historian who celebrated his Goth year on
Monday continues to receive cOngratula-
tions on the event. Congratulatory callers
are still frequent at his modest residence.
During the week the professor has received
a sack full of letters from his admirers
throughout the world. Numerous tele
grams were also received, among them
one from the King of Wurtemburg
congratulating the professor as "One of
your former pupils" and another from
Prof. Sybel, 70 years of age, as ''YOur
youngest pupil" Prof. Won Ranke dis
coursed for nearly an hour with his callers
on the early events of 1900 as embodied in
Ills Y HINelSdI llSUOly. Ho 1tOuidu I1lS-
torical society telegraphed in Latin their
congratulations. Deputy Rickert addressed
political meeting at Blemen this week.
after which resolution was unanimously
adopted. opposing the Brady monopoly
scheme of the government. DR.. Ernwald
will return to Zululand in February. Re-
mier's diary will appear in January. The
German papers express the hope that the
government will protect German CONNER
cial interests in Madagascar. which they
say will be compromised if the provisions Of
the Franco Madagascar treaty should prove
to be the same as announced in the French
chamber of deputies by NJ. de Freycinct.
The Ministry Will Resign.
PARIS, Dec. ga cabinet meeting was
held to-day, at which President Grevy pre-
sided. NJ. Brisson, the prime minister,
was i'll and did not attend tho npatinp