The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-06

ling the cloud OF Ignorance and prejudice
which obscures their judgment.
The eiRhtieth birthday OF Gen. Alexander Won
Pspe, commander Of the Gsrde du Corps. was
celebrated with considerable ostentation on
Thursday. The Emperor sent to him by Frei-
herr Won Mirbach a conRratulatory message
in the carly morning and a massive silver
drinking cup bearing the imperial coat Of
arms. The Empress Augusta victoria's pres
ent was a porcelain flower dish containing
eighty white roses. with q red rose emblematic
OF the Generals eighty-frst year at the centre.
In the afternoon the Emperor and Empress
and Prince Henry Of Prussia called at
Gen. Won Pape's home to repeat their
congratulations. Among the other callers
were the Duke OF Hesse. the hereditary
Prince OF JAKE. Meiningen. the hereditary
Duke Of Baden. all the Generals OF tho stan.
officers from other cities who were present In
Berlin. Populations from several regiments.
and the Commission OF National Defence.
Dispatches OF conRratulatlon were received
from Emperor Franz Josef. the King OF Sax
ony. the King OF Nuremberg. the Grand Duke
OF Baden. the Grand Duke Of Saxe-Weimar.
and scores OF others. Immense quantities OF
" were delivered at tho house from oil
parts OF the empire. As Gen. Won Pape was
i'll Of a cold. his wife did for him all the
honors OF the day. In tho evening an officers
banquet was given to celebrate the day. and
Gen. Won Kaltenborn-Stachan proposed the
toast to Gen. Won Pape.
The Poliische Ndchrichten says that the
draft Of the imperial bill for the control Of in
fictitious diseases lies in the Emperor's Cabinet,
and shortly will be submitted to the Bundcs-
rsth.
Col. Won Rithkirch und Panther died on
Thursday OF heart disease in Prot. Berg
mann's hospital after undergoing an opera.
ton on the tongue. He was commander Of the
Cuirassisr Regiment Of tho Guards in Berlin.
1t 10 believed that Adjt.- Col. Natzmsr Of the
First Foot Guards will succeed Count Won
Schlieffen. resigned. as commandant in Ber.
lin. Col. Natzmer's place in the Foot Guards
is expected to fall to Col. Kassel.
While hunting near Romansweiler in Lower
Alsace on Wednesday. Major Buehlsr OF the
12eth Wurtembere Infantry. stationed at
Strassburg. fell while crossing q ditch and
struck his gun against a stone so that its con-
tents were emptied into his head. He was
dead when his companion. but q few rods be-
hind him at the time Of the accident. reached
tho ditch. He was an officer Of exceptional
ability.
Freiherr Friedrich L%ilisnkron. intendant Of
the Court Theatre In Altenburg. one OF the
foremost authorities In theatrical matters.
died last week. He was born in 1906. In 1850
he lived in Denmark. AMI left tho Danish SER
vice only because MS pro-German tendencies
rendered him SO unpopular that he was
ordered to recant or leave the country.
The Royal Academy in Dresden has decided
not to exhibit In Chicago. as 1t Is already moro
than occupied with the completion Of It's now
art building. which will be opened In 1894.
The Art Society Of the Rhineland and West
phalia will send to Chicago q fine collection Of
coppsrplate engraving. prepared under the
supervision OF . special committee. The Chi
csgo exhibit Of the Prusslan Ministry OF Public
Worship will contain q section intended to
illustrate methods Of instruction in anatomy
at tho Berlin University. The drawings and
casts are almost completed.
A workman In y village near Dresden re-
Gently had trouble with a registrar who re-
fused to record Robespierre Danton as the
name Of the workman's baby boy. The work.
man eventually declared that II he might not
christen his boy Robespierre Danton he would
not christen tho child at all. At the instance
Of the registrar he was fined twenty marks for
nsGlecting to chrlsten the boy. He took An
appeal to Q higher court in Dresden. whore the
case was dismissed on Tuesday. tho Judge
holding that In . country both Christian and
monarchical no man has the right to name his
| child after avowedly atheistic and republican
scoundrsls."