New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-29
MONUMENTS TO THE KAISER.
GERMAN LAW DOES NOT FoRGET-Cosr oF
CLEANING THE STREETS.

late Kaiser Wilhelm has attained pop"Np T.
oven his sincerest admirers did not oAro~ nc
columns OF tho papers are hlled win suses'.'
which, were they all compiled with, woula easo 500
house standing In Berlin nor tree upflsn' ~ INC
broad long park stretching toward chario''ohpurs
Some would have the opera house TORN uo"n W.
stands now Il is hardly imposing edhce' hor " NoP
ing with the famous Inter den Linden' o'he,' .no
shaus piel Hans, still Others Cafe bauer u ~
trumphal Braudenburg gate. In short, the fancies OF
~. have seen every building along the
street razed 10 the ground. The proposal however
which meets with tho greatest approval Is the
OF the Dom or Protestant Cathedral on husou 9Iue
Tho Emperor Is said TO consider this the must n''"s
monument for his father. In Its preseh. .'n'''o"'
neither beautiful In architecture nor grand IN us age
,hs nom Is certainly out Of keeping with Its surround
tngu A MAGNIFICENT cathedral which tho patriotic
mnniacenco would build would be welcomed py All
lovers OF the beautiful, and make Museum squaro ono
of the handsomest In the world Tho CathoHos opp''o
the erection of Protestant church, claiming that hey
could not have tho same Interest in It as their Lutheran
brethren. stIll tho Hohenzollerns are lrototauls'
The final decision Is awaited with Interest
In the meantime, ordinary monuments arc sprihSne
ND all over Germany, that soon every city wiz Poh'
to its statue OF the restorer OF German UNITY ho
Princs of Luppe. Detmold-ono OF those Htte o'a'os
whose existence one Is promo to forget-hs aoqureu
an cphemeral fame by refusing to give ono square
foot OF his domlniorts' TO erect monument 70 the
prusstan Kinr. "Partcularsm," as can DO seon By
this f. not entirely dead. The difficulty was sur
mounted by tho donation Of park owned by private
gentleman. but His Hghness has been criticised ana
rIdculed the length and breadth OF tho land
The Minister Of Railways has issued an order ior-
Kidding the employees the cattle cars to accept ie
and the order has been welcomed by the members VI
the Humane society," The nuisance had pecoh'o 81
pronounced that It was impossible to have catue
shnncd and attended to properly without liberal dona
~ he
hanging TO men either unwilling unable TO Zee the
railway msn were compelled to suffer IN Hlsh'iui
way for want Of food, water and attention IN sc"e'a
This order It Is hoped, viii put All end TO the torture
Tho Society for Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals is
at last doing excellent work In Germany tnoush
there Is stIll room for much Improvement
Judging from warrant which appeared In tho Official
gazette few days ago, and has been since tneh 'no
subject Of comment In ell papers and IN every sao'
German law recognizes no statute OF hmita'oh'' ~
was on July T. I64s, the year Of the revolution Bet
lin was partly in the hands of the insurgents ana hou'
expectlng an uprisal which would prove beyond the
mower OF the welltranod soldiers 10 "lhstAhu-
regiment commanded by Captain Won hatzher was
stationed In the armory NOV the HAL OF fAnc' oP
posite the Crown Princes palace, and on the po'"
Of firing upon band OF the insurgents trying to force
their way through the windows Just at that moment
Lieutenant Techow appeared upon the scene ana per-
suaded Won Ratzner to countermand his order ana
withdraw his command 1t was done, but 10 tns us
aster of both. The case was at once reported anu
military court CONDEMNED Won Ratzner to ten years
imprisonment and Techow, who was at the hcad OF
the military Turn Halle" to fifteen The captain
was soon after pardoned, strange to say but echo"
escaped after a confinement OF ten months. lie heu
TO Baden taking part in the re- 1t there, winch was
suppressed by the late Emperor then Prince oil PRUSSIA
and proceeded thence TO London, where no Iounucu
the first Turn HaleD In 1859 he won't 10 Ausuaiia
tan In p n
tervenng years. Grown gray and aged In the mean
time the desire came 10 spend his last days IN MS
native land where sister awaits him. Landing IN
Geneva he wrote homo and In answer the following
warrant published
aThe ex.LIeutenant Techow, about seventy-thrce
vears OF arc. court-marallcd IN 1s4S, who escaped
from prison after ten months Incarceration Is wanted
Anv one finding tho said lieutenant is requested to 10
mort his whereabouts that he may be brought TO the
fortress of Magdeburg to serve 0lt the rest OF MS
sentence
The unfortunate old will appeal once moro 70 the
clemency of Emperor Frederick, believing that no WIN
be pardoned Should his hope be unfounded' he VIII
return to tho foreign land which, more than his naive
country, will at least give him home
Berlin has been visited by an unusual fall OF snow
this winter and it may be interesting to Ncwi orRcs
70 know the cost of removing It. Up to March 81,
not less than 500 900 marks (abou s125o0o had boon
used In this way ooo moro than had been granted
In the city budget Besides this 10000 marks were
used in paying the street eborers engaged In shoVeng
the snow 1t has boon calculated that $4,000 wagon
load, lay upon the streets, amounting to 1f5oooO
cubic metres which at tho rate It was hauled away,
600 waronloads day. would have takcn 146 days had
no mild weather set in The sun did the work more
quickly.
One of the most valuable commentaries uron the life
OF the late Emperor will be his pictorial diary lie
laid aside certain annually for the purpose oil
putting all the important OF his life on canvas,
and engaged the first masters in their execution Tie
gave the artists personal assistance their work, and
when there was any doubt to the appearance OF any
character or personality in the scene the Emperors
faithful memory supplied the lack; where he too
forgot his diary nevor failed This diary Is almost
amusing In its exactness, defining in great detail the
clothing even OF the persons who interested him, and
never ncglecting to add dress or undress uniform"
This diary stretches over AIDES, and viii be valuable
to many writing the history Of the last seventy or
eighty wears While searching the trunks OF Ills
| Majesty co 900 marks were nexpectedly found OF
which family had record, and 1t Is supposed that
the sum was DO used By the monarch for charitable
purposes 1t may interest some to know that The OLD
body servants have been pensoned on the same sal
| aries they received during His Majestys lifetime.
Societies theatres and churches have all been vieng
with one another during the last week in aid Of the
sufferers In the flooded districts. Aside from donations
by the rnilionares handsome sums have been raised
I'm this way and sent the needy districts. The most
concert that In the famous Kro Theatre
whose manager Herr Engel, is one OF the best hearted
Of men. Tereslna Tua, who has always Leen one Of
Berns favortcs since she studied under Joachim
travelled from Turin for the sole purpose of appearing
| there one yiolinst after another has grown into
favor I'm Berlin and then lost II rapidly, but they
| never tire OF Tua The applause which greeted old
Wachtel beggars description. He has been living in
retirement for the last few years and his temperance
was a matter Of surprise. wachtel chose his old mas
terplece from the Position and sang with such
eject that the audience forgot his years Tho
ended with Arthur Fredheim, Of LISTS most prom
sIng pupIls, who was the victim OF ridiculous false
| IMPRESSION Fredho!m Is very vain and morbidly
| sensitive While performing selection from List
with all the force of which he was capable the electric
lamp began to buzz hiss. Friedheim, thinking 1t an
expression of dlsapprovd, spiang from the STOOL
| horaA ana r.,red from the stage. No knew what
| LsT bannsned the surprise was universal and the