The morning call., 1894-12-10
WITH GREAT POMP.
Honors to the Memory of
a King.
CELEBRATION IN SWEDEN.
Gustavus Adolphus Will Never
Be Forgotten,
CELEBRATION IN SWEDEN
GERMANS JOIN THE SERVICES.
Scenes of Great SpIendor at Stock
holm and Cities i'm Will
liam's Domain.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 6. The three hun.
dredth anniversary of the birth of Gus
tavus Adolphus. the great Swedish king
who died on the battlefield of Luetzen,
November g. 1852. was celebrated here
with a pomp and splendor which made it
one of the greatest festivals ever held
in this capital. The celebration COM
menced yesterday morning when the pub
lie school children gathered in their re-
specIive schools and marched to the
various state churches.
In three of the largest banquet halls in
Stockholm speeches were made by men
famous in the service Of their country aud
patriotic music was performed by the
various bands of the crack regiments. In
addition memorial services were held in
some of the churches.
This morning patriotic and religious
hymns were rung on all the chimes in
the city. The regimental bands also pla yed
similar music. In the Riddarholm Church,
the burial place of Gustavus Adolphus
and other famous Swedish Kings, where
usually no divine services are held, SER
vices took place at II o'clock in the morn
ing and were attended by King Oscar, the
royal Princes, the representatives of the
German Emperor and other deputations
from Germany, the diplomatic corps, the
Aldermen Of Stockholm and numerous
delegations. A few hours later a memo
rial service was held in the German church.
The sermon was preached in the German
language by Professor Fricke, president of
the Gustavus Adolphus Society of Ger
many. The King, the representatives of
Emperor William and all delegations from
Germany attended.
At s P. N. torchight procession
marched through the principal streets of
the city, the torch-beaTers consisting of al
the troops of the Stockholm garrison. All
the buildings in the vicinity of the Royal
Castle and Gustavus Adolphus Square
were Illuminated. The scene was a mag
nifcent one, the blue waters of Lake Mae
!arn and the Baltic rejecting the innumer-
able illuminations.
"A few -honrs later an other torehlight pro-
eession, made up of the various clubs and
societies Of the capital, marched through
the streets to the Royal Castle, where a
choir consisting of $50 voices sang patriotic
airs. Still later in the evening King Oscar
gave banquet at the castle, to which
about 100 persons were invited.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-To-day, the three
hundredth anniversary Of the birth of
Gustavus Adolphus, was generally OBJ
served by Protestant Germans Special
services were held in several of the
churches here. There was festal gather
ing at noon at Singadekemie, at which
Professor Trietschke, the historian. deliv-
cred an address on the career of Gustavus
Adolphus. The Swedish Minister and
staff were present.
Similar celebrations were held in all the
large German cities. Throughout the
Grand Duchy of Sake Weidmar- Eisenach
the day was kept as national festival.
Last night torchlight procession, con-
sisting of members of the various societies
of the town Of Luetzen. marched through
the principal streets out to Sch wedenst elm.
the memorial erected at the spot where the
King fell on the battlefield 262 years ago.
Early this morning the inhab bitants were
aroused from their sleep by heralds who
made it officially known that the day of
LIBERATION had arrived.
After divine services, a grand procession
made up of numerous German regiments
and societies, marched to Schwedenstein.
where an Grafton was delivered by Rev.
DR.. Kaiser of LelpZig. When the process
sion returned from Schwedenstein to Luet-
zen Mayor Lenzen made speech ending
with call for "Hochs" for Emperor Will
liam. In the evening banquet was given
in the Grand Hall of the Red Linn