The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

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ony to attend the Berlin festival on Sept.
2, Sedan day. and IL is stated that the
king intends to be present in memory OF
the part he took in the war Of 1870.
The health OF the empress continues to
improve. but she is not strong enough
to share in tO-day's or to-morrow's cere-
monies. II is expected she will make her
first public appearance since her sickness
at the dedication OF the Emperor Will
liam 1. Memorial church, which takes
place Sept. l. She will also attend the
subsequent celebrations in honor of the
victories of the German arms.
The imperial maneuvers in Pomerania
and adjoining districts, which begins on
Sept 8, will occupy four army corps.
namely, the Guards, and the Second,
| Third and Twelfth corps All win be on
a full peace footing of sixteen companies
to each infantry regiment, and the fun
number of cavalry divisions. Almost all
the officers of the grand general staff
have been ordered to attend the maneu-
vers. The emperor will probably act as
supreme arbiter unless he decides to as
sumo chief command, in which case Prince
Albrecht will act as arbiter. One Of the
most important features of the manue-
vers win be the experiments that are to
be made with cavalry at night These
are designed to prove whether large
masses of cavalry can be employed in
the dark in a district without roads and
how they can be best directed in dark
ness.
The chamber of commerce of IIiel has
had under discussion the winter tariff of
the north sea-Baltic canal which was re-
Gently opened to the commerce of the
world. The chamber voted against a pro-
posed addition of % per cent. to the tar
iff as being likely TO diminish the traffic
that would otherwise pass through the
canal, and prepared an address to the inn
perial home office to this effect. The pres
ident of the chamber contended that the
tariff was already too high, and that it
was desirable to reduce the rates rather
than to increase them.
The representative of the United Press
has had an interview with Mr.. Dekay, the
American consul general here. In the
| course of the interview Mr.. Dekay ban
| tered the American newspaper men in
Europe for missing the wedding of his
niece, which took place in Venice. Mr..
Dekay said it was one of the most poetic
| functions he had ever witnessed and
would have given unlimited pos
| sibilitites for high-fiown sent-
ment. The wedding was sol
emized by the arch patriarch in one of the
chapels of st. Marks. The party arrived
and departed in gaily decorated gondolas,
| entering the church by side entrance,
near the Bridge of Signs. The bride and
| bridegroom left the church in
a white satin decked gondola,
sitting beneath a bower of roses,
surmounted by floral crown. After CIV
ing all this information concerning the
wedding, Mr.. Dekay said he was person
ally glad that newspaper men were absent,
| for he hated to have his own family's
doings pried into by reporters, especially
female ones who, he declared, were reg
ular plaques.
The races at Baden for the championship
| of Europe we're won by Speenford, the
property of Marchez Berhngies. Ihe
| American horses Eddie Hayes, H. Hadei
and Delmonico ran three times, but did
not get a place and were withdrawn from
| the remaining contests.
American visitors at Homburg have in
| troduced baseball at that place, and the
| first match was played during the past
| week in a meadow adjoining the tennis
court The game excited much interest,
many of the German visitors never having
seen it played before
The exports from Germany to the United
| States of imitation astrachan fur called
Skrimmer felt. under the Mckinley act,
| amounted to $1,000 and 81, 1886 during the
third and fourth quarters respectively of
| 1894. During the second quarter of 1895
these exports rose in value to $2S,94O from
the Berlin district alone. This is typical
/ of many German manufactures English
| houses trading with German dyers and
| fabric manufacturers complain they are
/ unaDle TO get lnelr OIQGTS executed because
| Americans, Immediately after the tariff
was modified, swamped the European
markets with orders at prices exceeding
those which the best English houses were
willing to pay.
At o'clock this afternoon Emperor Will
| lam reviewed the first brigade of the
| Guards, infantry, on the Moltke platz,
which faces the new palace in the Wild
| park the occasion being the twenty
fifth anniversary of the battle of Grave
| lotte. After the review his majesty made
a speech to the troops. He said that the
heroism shown by the First and Third.
regiments of Guards at Gravelotte was
an ever imperishable example for
the troops to follow. He added
that he was glad to see so many
| of the old veterans of three
campaigns. They were the nucleus of the
entire army of to-day. His majesty con-
cluded by saying: Never forget disci
| pline, which is the foundation of all
! successes"
The weather to-day was intensely hot
During the review thirty regulars tainted
| and many of the veterans were led away
suffering from the effects of the heat.
The veterans of the Sixth regiment din
| ed the veterans of the Tenth regiment un-
| der the trees in the old Castle park at
| Potsdam This park borders on the River
! Havel and was about as cool place as
| could be found. Many patriotic speeches
were made. After the dinner the empe-
ror walked from the new palace to the
park, where he was received with storm
of cheers. He talked with many of the
old soldiers. and seemed to be but little
fatigued by the part he took in the days
| ceremonies. At night there were displays
| of fireworks in the park and on the river.
At 1870 o'clock this afternoon the en-
peror gave a dinner to ninety guests in
honor of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the
| birth of Emperor Francis Joseph. The
! Austrian ambassador had the place of
honor, as the representative of his SOW
! eregn.