Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-01
Night View Of the City.
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many Honors.
BERLIN. April L-Nothing preventing
and nothing except IA national calamity
can prcvcnt-today and tonight To-day is
the actual anniversary of Bismarck's
b-r,h-he is go years old) will witness
such popular demonstration as has not
been witnessed since the return to Berlin
of the conquering armies from France.
Every preparation has been made at
Fricdrichsruhe to accommodate the vast
crowds. The decoration of the station
has been concluded and the road way
from the station to the Schloss has been
transformed by willing hands into
vcr:table triumphal arcade. A beautiful
work of arr. the gift of inhabitants Of
Anhalt, who took up a subscription for
the purpose, has been erected in n field
overlooking the princes home. The
work, which is in bronze, represents q
large stag keeping two dogs at bay.
Thousands of visitors have arrived at
FriedrichsrUhe, hoping that they may get
n glimpse of the prince. Quite "a fair has
been established in tho vicinity of the Sta
ton. Retirement booths have been
erected, and here and there and every
where arcitincrant pu,veyors OF Bismarck
post cards. medals, portraits, and memen-
toes OF very description. Quite a thriv-
ing trade is being done. During yester.
day afternoon the sky became overcast
and then followed, of and on, drenching
showers, The rain, however was not
sufficient to dampen the enthusiasm of
the sightseers and holiday makers, and
between the showers crowds would watch
the grounds surrounding the princes resi-
dencc hoping that perchance they might
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honor.
Bismarck has received his first congrat-
ulatory telegram fcom a crowned heed
outside of Germany. 1t was from King
Oscar of Sweden, and contained n grace
full expression of his majesty's interest in
the occasion, with presents for the aged
statesman. Every post brings hundreds
OF congratulatory letters, not only from
people in Germany, but from Germans
and Others throughout the civilized world.
Thousands upon thousands of special Bis
marck post cards have been sold, and a
great number have been mailed to the
United States. Those in Germany who
have received them have put them care.
fully away to be preserved as mementocs
Of the iron chancellor and the great out.
pouring Of the public heart in his honor
One OF the most unique phases of con-
graduation will be the bonfires. Birth
day bonfires will he lighted on most OF the
mountains and high hills of Germany SO
as to form, as far as possible, chain Of
beacon lights covering the whole country.
In the Rhine country the people have ar.
ranged TO light all the high points from
Drachenfels to Rudesheim. The German
Alpine society will light beacons, at the
most conspicuous points in the Silesian
and Harfz mountains and in the Palati-
nate. Tho Nyffhauser, near Nordhausen,
will be ablaze with beacons. The author
titles Of Myslowiiz will light this evening
. big bonfire at the Three Emperor Cor
ner. a hill st which the Russian, Aus
tr:aa and German borders meet, and to
meet there with the people and sing "The
Watch in the East Mark"