Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-01
ITS LIKE never seen.
Germans Show o Heartfelt and Spon-'
t;lneOns Exhibition Of Love.
Great Enthusiasm Through
out the Empire.
Man Of Blood and Iron Has Today Reached
!. Ms Eighheth Birthday

BERLIN, April l.-Telegrams are pour.
ing in from all parts Of the empire an.
nouncing that the Blsmarckian fctes have
been commenced with great spirit.
There was n specially interesting gath
ering at the national monument of Ger
mania IN" the Niederwald, whittier thou
sands OF persons travelled from all parts
Of the Rhineland Among those present
were representatives of 80 cities In the
Rhenish district. Professor Aucken Of
Giessen university delivered an Grafton ut
the foot Of the monument.
In Munich, the Bavarian capital,
musicale i'm honor of the occasion was
given in the 0deon. Throughout Ger
many last night Joy fires were burning on
the highest mountain peaks and hills from
the Baltic and tho North seas on the
north to the Swiss and Austrian frontiers
Nh the south, from the Russian frontier
on the east To the frontiers Of France, Bel
gium and the Netherlands on the west
Never before in the history of the en-
pire has there been such n heartfelt and
spontaneous exhibition OF love by the Ger,
man people.
All the schools and most OF the civic
and state offices are closed today in honor
of him TO whom the empire owes its exist
ence.
Hamburg Rsjoices.
A dispatch from Hamburg says that one
of the features of the Bismarck celebra-
tion was the holding Saturday night OF
'commers" organized by the reichstag
electoral union.
Sixteen hundred admirers Of the prince
were present and hundreds had to be
turned away from tho doors for lack Of
room. Several senator's, the president of
the house OF burgesses, officers and officials
and the elite OF Hamburg society were
present.
All the public and a majority of the
private buildings in the city are decorated
with flags and bunting in honor of the oc-
casion Last night there was general IL
Elimination OH scale that had not been
attempted before In a quarter OF GEN.
tury. In the window OF every shop there
were displayed either wrsathcd portrait
or bust OF Bismarck.
All the shipping i'm the harbor and the
small boats on the many canals OF Ham.
burg We're aSo illuminated. There was
grand display Of fireworks. The main
streets Of the city were, until a late hour al.
most impossible. Many OF the visitors to
Hamburg were early astir and started for
Friedsrichsruhe today
At FriedriclisruIie.
Every train arriving at Friedrlchsruhe
is loaded with presents for the aged states
man, and every post brings hundreds of
congraiulatory letters not only from peo.
pie In Germany, but from Germans and
Others throughout the civilized world
Thousands upon thousands of the spec
ial Bismarck post cards have been sold,
and great number have been mailed to
the United States. Those i'm Germany
who have received them have put them
carefully away to be preserved as memen-
toes Of the iron chancellor and the great
outpouring of the public heart In his
honor.
Today, the actual anniversary Of the
princes birth, is witnessing such popular
as has not been witnessed
since the return to Berlin Of the conquer
Ing armies from France. Every prepara-
zion has been made at Friedri chsruhe to
accommodate vast crowds. The decora-
tion Of hesitation is magnificent, and the
roadway from the station to the schloss
has been transformed by willing hands
into veritable triumphal arcade.
The prince yesterday received his first
telegram from crowned
head outside OF Germany 1t was from
King Oscar OF Sweden, and contained "a
graceful expression Of his majestys in
terest in the occasion and hearty well
wishes for the princes welfare and lon
gcvity.