The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-01

Frankfort-on-the-M Main, March 3L-Last
night the Saalbau was crowded with
guests Of the OCCASION Of the Kommers in
honor Of Prince Bismarck. Hans Blum
Of Leipsic and Prof. Roharhurst of Heidel-
berg were the orators To-day the festiv-
ities were continued. A feature Of the
celebration was the uncovering of a MEM
mortal tablet in the house on Crosse Cal
bus Strasse, where Prince Bismarck
dwelt when Prussian ambassador to the
German diet in 1852.
Festivities in honor Of Prince Bismarck
were held yesterday in wittenberg. Es-
senruhr Brunswick and Posen.
Friedrichsruhe. March s1-A beautiful
sunny afternoon brought thousands Of
people to the castle gates, where they
vainly sought admittance to the park in
the hope Of catching sight of the ex-chan-
cellor Dr. Chrysander, in view of the
great crowds that have recently thronged
the park, was firm in his decision not to
admit the public. Prince Bismarck did not
take his customary walk to-day. but had
a short stroll around the park to gather
strength for to-Tnorrow. Palisades have
been erected behind the park to prevent
marauders from intruding upon the priv
acy of the ex-chancellor. Beer and cham
pagne booths have been put up on the right
and left Of the station for the accommo-
dation of visitors. Along the triumphal
| tagged poles surrounded by garlands OF
fir. Numberless presents OF all concelva-
Bile kinds continue to arrive from all parts
of the world.
Prince Bismarck will rest tomorrow un-
till 10 a. M. when he will take breakfast
alone with his family. At noon he viii re-
ceve the Cuirassiers of Magdeburg, the
rectors Of the universities, and other Of
ficials who will come to offer congratula-
tions He will not make an address, but
one OF the. delegations of students will de-
liver a long Grafton for the princes edi-
fcahon. After o'clock no one will be re-
ceived. At s O'clock the torchlight pro-
cession will take up It's march
The Counts Herbert and William, Prince
Bismarck's sons. with their families, ar
rived last night, and Dr. Schweninger
came to-day.
A heavy rain storm which, came up sud
denly at 2 O'clock made the roads of the
Sachsenwald almost impossible. The
| crowds quickly dispersed and storrned the
trains for Hamburg, but a small knot of
the ex-chancellor's admirers remained
steadfastly planted at the castle gates
Some of Prince Bismarck's admirers,
| evidently enrolling the story that when
a student the Prince cured himself of a
fever by eating two pounds OF sausages
and drinking several litres OF beer are
| sending the ex-chancellor beer and sau-
q
rison. The platform of the railway sta
tion has been piled up with barrels and
| boxes which men have been busy all day
carting to the castle.
large Japan incense burner which
arrived from Toxic has been set up in the
! garden opposite the principal entrance,
| The sword presented by the emperor lies
on a table in the room where the chief
| presents are displayed. Surrounding IL
are clocks, pipes, walking sticks and
| beautifully illuminated addresses in en-
bossed leather, wooden, velvet and metal
| cases.
Over a million special birthday postal
cards Intended to be sent to Prince Bis
marck have been sold. Thousands of them
have gone to America.
A monument subscribed for by the in
habitants of Anhalt has been erected. 1t
consist of a large bronze group on a
/ granite base. showing a stag and two
| dogs at bay one Of which the stag has
rolled over. Prince Bismarck was rather
indisposed yesterday, being a sufferer from
neuralgia, but he was better to-day.
In several tents around the railway sta
tion a thriving business was done this
afternoon by venders of postal cards, med
! ais, portraits and biographies of Prince
| Bismarck and other articles appropriate
to the occasion. To-day several hundred
thousand postal cards arrived.
King Oscar of Sweden sent the first
royal congratulations.
Berlin, March Sl.-All the princes, dlplo-
mats and members of the Bundesrath will
attend the emperor's banquet In honor OF
Prince Bismarck tomorrow evening. The
Bismarckian press laughs at what 1t con-
| siders the emperor's satiric wit in invit-
| ing the president and vice president of the
Reichstag to the banquet and say that
the best wine in the imperial cellars would
turn to vinegar in the mouths of these
unworthy guests. Baron Won Boul-Baren-
burg, president, and Herr SPAIN, second
vice president of the Reichstag, are not
expected TO go to. the dinner.
Special prayers for Prince Bismarck
were offered in all the Protestant churches
in Germany to-day. The school children
Will have a holiday Tomorrow. The teach
ers yesterday spoke to their pupils about
! Prince Bismarck, extolling the ex-chan-
| cellor's services to the Fatherland.
Sixteen hundred persons including SEN
ators. military and civil officers and the
the elite of Soy attended the Reichstag' s
electral unions kommers in Hamburg
yesterday.
London. March 31.-The Berlin cores
| pondent of the Daily News says that
/ among the presents sent to Prince Bis
rnarck is a lock of George. Washington s
! hair incIosed in a little golden box. This
| is the gift of an American lady
| The Standards Berlin correspondent
| says that Emperor William viii christen
| the new warship Bismarck
| The ex-chancellor, the same dispatch
saws, still dresses and undresses without
| help He weigh about 200 hundred pounds
| and looks better than he did after has
| Illness at Kissingen in 1893.
During his reception Of the students
corps tomorrow the Prince win wear the
hood cap Of the Goettingen Hanoverians,
TO which body, as student, he belonged.
A sergeant major who served in the war
with France has sent to Prince Bismarck
a tablet shaped Hike a Prussian iron cross
and consisting Of eighty squares, each the
size Of a postage stamp. on which Prince
Bismarck's name is written 1920 times,
being the number OF days he has lived.
blaze IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.