St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-02
HONOR FOR OLD BISMARCK
EICH7Y-FlRST BIRTHDAY cELEBRk.
7I0N F0R TIE PRINCE.
ENTHUSIASM IN THE EMPIRE
Letters and Gifts in Every Mail
For the Old Warrior One
Hundred Thousand Women
Sign an Address 40 the
Founder of German Unity
Addresses Deputation.
from the Sunday Globe !

| AuoTCSSCS a heDuVaLIOh.
| From the Sunday Globe
! Copyright 1894, by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 3l.-The eighty first
| birthday of Prince Bismark occurs to-
morrow, and will be celebrated with
greater enthusiasm and more generally
than ever before. The ex-chancellor's
reconciliation with Emperor William
has gIyen ali impetus to the celebra-
ton, which may be SAID to have COM
menced today and will last until
Monday. Every post is bringing letters
and gifts to FREDERICKSBURG, and these
come not only from all parts of the en-
| pire, but from wherever German is
| spoken. The gifts arriving are more
| handsome and numerous than ever, and
Include the customary plovers' eggs
| from lever. A feature of the festivities
Will be the extensive part which the
ladies' OF Germany will take IN them.
! AS a commencement. twelve ladies
yesterday presented Prince Bismarck
with an Illuminated address upon
which was the heading reading: TO
| the Founder of German UnIv." This
| address was signed by 100000 women
maldenS OF HeSse, Baden and Palatinat.
1t was enclosed Ill all exquisite
artistic casket, and was accompanied
by a gift of 400 bottles of
wine OF the rareSt and Oldest
vintages. Prince Bismarck, in -relurn-
ing thanks to the ladies, declared that
the lively interest taken by the women
in politics was great step forward in
the path of progress. At the conclu-
sion OF the eX-chancellOr'S response the
ladies competed for the honor of filling
anu lighting his pipe, proceeding
which caused, apparently. the greatest
! delight to the
| MAN OF BLOOD AND IRON.
Deputy Beumer, on Thursday last.
| headed Il deputaton from Dusseldorf
which presented the prince with an-ad-
| dress, stating that the iitw life boat, at
| the island of NOorderncy, in the North
sea. would bear Prince Bismarck's
name. The ex-chancelior, in reply. de-
livered 4 lengthy speech, reminiscent
| of his visits to various seaside
| resorts and cOvertly defending the criti-
clSm upon the part of his newspaper
organization of government measures,
which criticism, he said. was so far
from being Incompatible with monarch
lai sentiment that it would purify and
promote nonarchIc feeling. Tue prince
then invited the deputation to luncheon
and chatted freely Of various topics
with its members. ft.-,-tTf .
The 5000 tickets for the grand Bis!
mark kommers, held at the PhilharI
monte hail here tonight, were all sold
before Friday, and the greatest enthu-
stasm was displayed by all present at
the banquet. Several members of the
reichstag made patriotic speeches in.
| which Prince Bismarck was most SYM.
pathetlcally referred to, all the REFER,
ences to the aged statesman calling
forth loud applause.
Emperor William has not forgotten
the eX-chancellor's birthday, and is
sending his adjutant from Albania to
convey his personal congratulations to
the prince, ard, as further mark OF
the reconciliation which has taken
place between them. two forts GU the
heights of ST. Quentin, near Metz, will,
by
THE EAPEROR'S ORDER.
be renamed Bismark's Heights amidst
general public rejoicings. After his
usual visit to KisSingen this summer
Prince Bismarck will go to the baths at
Bruckenau.
All the members of Prince Bismarek's
family have arrived at FREDERICKSBURG
in order to take part in the birthday
celebration. SO many Populations have
been announced to arrive at Prince
Bismarck's home tomorrow, that it has
been found necessary to courteou sly i'll
innate to them that the prince will he
unable to receive all who desire to
call upon him.
The suppression, in Alsace, of the
Socialist organ Eolks Zeitune, by Prince
Won he-SchillingSfurst, the
lieutenant of the emperor In AL
sace-Lorraine, is strongly condemned
by the Liberal and Radical press,
which attributes to the prince the mo-
tive of a petty desire to show that the
dictatorial clause of the exceptional
laws, not aimed against socialism, but
against the persistent opponents of Ger
man annex alton and which has been a
dead letter for ten years past, still eX-
lists.
The women's movement in Germany
is making great progress. The congress
called by the lady delegates to the
worlds fair at Chicago met here ON
Thursday last. 1t is the intention of
the ladies 10 form union of all the
charitable and humane societies in Ger
many in order that the work of the So
cieties may be conducted upon
broader plan. A thorough exchange of
views between the different societies is
proposed, and it seems likely that the
movement will have a decidedly bene.
fetal effect upon the
FEMALE MIND IN GERMANY.
In order to avoid politics. the ladies
confined their discussions to questions
interesting women. but the delegates
decided to exclude Social Democrats
from their meetings.