The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-01
BISMARcWS ROYAL BIRTHDAY.
HAMBURG RED WITH FIRE AND
sXVARHING WITH PEOPLE.


Six Thousand Students on Hand to
Take Part i'm TO-Day's Procession.
All the buildings in the City Gay
With Decorations and IIIumina-
tiOns-A Bridge Illuminated with
60,O0O Jets of Gns-PrOgramme of
the Prince.
Hamburg. March 3l.-At $50 o'clock this
evening. Notwithstanding the rain and
mud, the streets We're a black mass of
people. in which here and there could be
seen many colOred dots, these being the
caps of all hues worn by the 5000 students
gathered her to take part in to-morrow's 5
procession. on all the houses in the city
flags are already displayed and on most
of them wreaths and garlands add to the
decorations. Many of the shop windows
are converted into small temples for the
glorifcation OF Prince Bismarck. In these
busts of the ex-chancellor. surrounded
with suitable decorations and inscriptions.
are to be seen. There is hardly a house
without candles and tinted lamps in the
windows. Lomberds bridge is illuminated
with 5000 jets Of gas. The Disconto
Bank was made brilliant with 1900 gas
Jets and the Deutche Bank displayed
10000 On the Rathaus are 10000 candles,
on the Bourse 5000. while the Victoria ho-
tel has 1000 colored lamps. Roman can
dies win be burned on the roof of the
Bourse for two hours.
In the center of the inner Alster 100
barges are stationed from which fireworks
will be let off. The special features Of
this display will be the Bismarckian coat
of arms in brilliant colors More than
1000 rockets viii be fired from the quays.
The police will stop all traffic after Z
O'Clock tomorrow morning. At that hour
1900 students from the universities will
assemble in the Moorweid and at o clock
they win start on their march. proceed
ing through the Damthor, Glockengiessr-
wall and Steinwall TO the Klosterthorn
station where they will take train for
Amuahle. The order of the procession
will be as follows;
The grand marshal on horseback; a
band of students from Aachen, Berlin,
Bonn, Brunswick and Breslau; another
band from Charlottenburg. Darmstadt
Dresden, Erlangen and Freiburg; a band
from Giessen, Goettingen, Griefswald
Halle and Hanover; band from Heidel-
berg, Jena, Karlsruhe, Kiel and Koenigs-
berg; band from Lepsic, Marburg, Mu-
mich, Muenster, and Rockstock; a band
from Strassburg. Stuttgart, Tuebingen
Wuerzburg. All these delegations will
carry handsome banners. The unorganized
students, marching five abreast will bring
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and the city presented fairy-like spec
tacle. Magnesium lights on the old-fash-
ioned towers give a magical brilliance to
the scene and so numerous are the illum-
nations that they create the impression
that the city is on fire. The roadways are
crowded with sight-seers and in some
places are almost completely blocked,
and especially in and around the zoolog-
ical gardens, where the students are
having kommers. Fireworks of all colors
are being set off and the glittering pyro-
technics with their showers of sparks OF
various hues form a beautiful spectacle
over the Alster basin.
Rudesheim, March 3l.--At noon to-day
the people of the Rhine valley united IN
honoring Prince Bismarck at the national
monument of the Niederwald. The con.
servatives, national liberals, and centrists
took part i'm the ceremonies. A large mum.
the scene. but a stormy southwest WIND
and several days rain delayed them great
ly. 1t was found to be quite impossible
to decorate the houses on Rhine street
which was flooded with six inches of water
yesterday, and it was difficult to commu-
nicate with the left bank of the river.
The people of Rudesheim placed on the
national monument a laurel wreath on
which was inscribed. "A Greatful Rhine.
land"
The ceremonies began at 10 o'clock when
party of prominent people arrived al
the Niederwald The first president OF
Hesse- Nassau made the opening speech
and gave a toast to the emperor This
was followed by the singing of the ma
tional air Prof. Onken from GiesseI
made an address eulogistic of Prince Bis.
marck. which was followeds by the sing.
ing of "Deutchland Ueber Allies" and
then the "Kaiser Wilhelm and Fuerst Bis
rnarck" march concluded the mornings
programme.
In the afternoon there was a promenade
concert from to o'clock on Rhine street
A wine Kommers was held in the Rhine
hall, the principal features being a toast
to the emperor. a speech on the achieve
ments of Prince Bismarck, and a song
in honor of the ex-chancellor. At O'Clock
there was general illumination.
Immense crowds poured into the
city al day, excursion trains from
all directions arriving and de-
parting incessantly. The weather pre-
vented imposing decorations, but did not
prevent the festive character of the oc-
casion from being impressed upon the
crowds of visitors. Most of the houses dis
played flags and the wine houses Were
decorated with fir garlands. All the trains
to the Niederwald were overcrowded and
even then the accommodations supplied
by the railway management proved IN
sufficient.
The tr9bunes erected at the Niederwald
were occupied by military and singing
and athletic societies Of the Rhine valley,
while other accommodations had been
provided for the general public The Prin-
cess Louise of Prussia and most of the
eminent personages Of the Rhineland. oc-
cupied seats that had been reserved for
them. The first president Of Hesse-Nassau
in his opening address said he was glad
.uaYrnr,a thoGa who had corna IN 10