The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-04
THE ROYAL RECEPTION,
The suItan's Gorgeous Creotins to Emps'
ror williams Significance Of the Visit,

The Sultnn'S Gorgeous 0feotlhR 20 Ehpe
ror Williams Significance Of the Visit.
LONDON, Nov, S,-Kaiser Wilhelm ant
his wife arrived at Conslantinople yes
terday, and their reception was marked
by an average amount oiorlental ppgniti
cence, The meeting Of the two sover
eigns was quite change from what the
world has been used to witness Of late,
The Kaiser did not wear the Turkish
uniform, and the Sultan adhered TO his
native tuTban and baggy trousers. ttis
sublime majesty made no attempt to kiss
his German brother, and the latter con-
tentedly gripped the Spltan's brown
hand without proceeding to q closer per
sonal acquaintance,
The Sultan, accompanied by the great
officers OF state, including the chief
eunuch and hisextrRorlinarily goTgeou
suite, received his imperial visitors Un
the quay oi the Dolma BatChe palace,
whence their maitsties, the Empress
and the Sultan III the first carriage, the
Kaiser In the second, drove to the
superb palace known as the Yilldz
Kieosk, wherothey will be lodged sump'
tuously during their stay,
The streets all along the route had
been repaVed, the houses washed, the
muck heaps Carted away, and the un.
slightly ruins hidden by boarding freshly
painted, In truth, to conservative
oriental eye, the aspect Ot the place was
one OF painful and phenomenal cieanli.
ness.
After luncheon and a rest, the Kaiser
reviewed $4,000 lroops-hne fellows,
physically, US he could not fail TO note,
but q tribe veteran,likeIn regard to uni
form. They had not received single
plaster OF the loan, but nevertheless con.
tinued to make brave show. This
evening the city Is gorgeOusly illumina.
ted and their majesties are being enter
tained at grand State banquet
VISITING THE HAREM.
The incidents attending the Empress
visit to the royal harem are awaited with
interest, The daughter Of the Turkish
Minister at Rome aud the daughter Of
Muslin Astin PaCha, both OF whom
speak French, will attend the Empress
throughout her stay In the Turkish cap.
ltal. A gorgeous kaix, propelled by ten
oarsmen, will convey her to the entrance
of the harem gardens, The walls OF the
cabins OF the kaix are covered with
mirrors. The furniture is finished in
blue velvet and gold.
The oarsmen will wear garments Of
white silk, with gold Gmbroideries. The
Snlian aLtpndah- nv KtalnrnUa Chat nj
the EunuChs, will receive the Empress
on disembarkingand conduct her TO the
entrance to the sersglio, where he will
leave her, after introducing his mother,
the Sultan Valide. The seven recognized
wives Of the Sultan, all mothers OF
Princes, attended by 0dalisQue suites,
will receive the Empress in the grand
saloon. The other women OF the hRrem
will be excluded. The visit will last
three hOuIs. A musical entertainment
will be given, during which coffee will
be served, aud the Empress will then
make a tour Of the apartments aud
grounds.
The semi.ofllcial press OF Berlin no
longer denies the political Importance OF
the visit. The North German Gazette OF
tonight states that II the intentions oil
the Emperor are realized the conference
at Constantinople will create fresh guar.
antees OF peace, based upon tho general
principles OF Prince Bismarck's policy,
and will strengthen tho Dreiband, and
further assure the well.being and pros.
perlty OF the Fatherland, adding to Ger.
pany's debt OF gratitude to the Kaiser.