The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-01
GIFTS FOR BISMARCK.
Every Train Bears the Germans
Tokens Of Esteem.
VAST CROWDS ATFRIEDRICHsRUHB

In All Parts of Germany the People Are
wild with Enthusiasm in Celebrating
the Veteran statesman's Birthday-FIres
Burning on Every Elevation.
FRIEDR1cHsRUHE, April 1.-The Bis
marck celebration is in full swing, and
| every day seems to add to the enthusiasm
displayed by the German people over the
Goth anniversary of the birth Of the old
chancellor Every train arriving at Fried
riehsruhefis loaded with presents for the
IfRsed STATESMAN, and every post brings
.hupdreds of cqngratulatory,, letters, not
only from people in Germany, but from
| Germans and others, throughout. the civil
lied world Thousands upon thousands
| Of the special Bismarck post cards have
'been sold, and q great number have been.
mailed TO the United States Those in
Germany who have received them have
put them carefully away to be preserved
! as melnentpes Of the iron chancellor and
the great outporing Of the public heart in
! his honofgli : Egs -qaN' .-\ -' ~ s
! To-day, the actual anniversary of the
Isprince's birth,s witnesses such a popular
| demonstration as has not beena witnessed
| since the return to Berlin OF. the Prussian
army from gFtanceS Every preparation
had been made at Ffeidrichsruhe to ac-
coInmodate vast crowds, ~ The decoration
of the station had been concluded, and
the roadway from the station to the Schloss
had been TRANSFORMED by willing hands
into veritable triumphal arch.
4 A beautiful work of art, the gift of in
,habitants of Anhalt, who took up a sub
i scription for the purpose, has been erected
In q field overlooking the princes home
The work, which Is in bronze, represents
q large stag keeping two dogs at bay.
For the first time since the beginning of
the celebrations in his honor Prince Bis
marok on Saturday was somewhat fatigued
and indisposed, his old trouble, neuralgia.
troubling him slightly. A good nights
sleep, however restored his health, and to.
day he is as bright as ever.
Thousands of visitors arrived here yes
terday, hoping that they would get a
glimpse of the prince. Quite fair has
been established in the vicinity of the
station. Refreshment booths have been
erected, and here, there and everywhere
are itinerant purveyors of Bismarck post
cards, medals, portraits and mementoes
of every description. r ~
Yesterday the prince received his first
oongratulatory telegram from a crowned
head outside Of Germany. 1t was from
/ King Oscar, of Sweden, and contained a
graceful expression of his majesty's in
terest in the occasion and hearty well
wishes for the princes welfare and Ion
gevity.
One of the features of the Bismarck eel
ebration at Hamburg was the holding on
Saturday night of a ''commers," organized
by the reichstag electoral union. Sixteen
i
ent and hundreds had to be turned away
from the doors, owing to lack of room.
Several senators, the president of the
house, burgesses, officers and the elite of
Hamburg society were present. DIR. Sic
veking, president of the supreme provin-
cial court, proposed "hochs" for Emperor
William. His majesty's popularity has
been greatly increased here by his graceful
attitude towards the prince, and the
"hochs" were given with a hearty good
will. DIR. Sieveking then made an elo-
quent speech, in which he highly eulogized
the services Prince Bismarck had rendered
the empire. The speech was received with
storms of applause
Yesterday all the public and a majority
of the private buildings in Hamburg were
decorated with flags and bunting in honor
of the occasion. Last night there was a
general illumination on scale that had
not been attempted before in a quarter of
q century. In the window of every shop
there was displayed either a wreath por-
trait or bust of the great reichskanzler. In
addition some Of the windows contained
historic scenes and portraits of Emperor
William. Photographs of the meeting of
the emperor and Prince Bismarck last
Tuesday are being sold in large numbers.
The streets are thronged with stran gers,
and everywhere can be seen the ari-col-
ored caps of the students, with whom there
is no greater fsvorite than the prince
The students last night gave oommers,
at which seventy-nin corps and every Ger
man university was represented. Many
fold boys,H grey boards of from 80 to 7C
years Of age, We're also present. The pro
Iceedings were of the customary boisterous
character. ~'t-' , e-i s. ..~s--
4 The view OF the city last night from the
Aussen- alster and Binnen-alster was,
beautiful one, The Lombards bridge
which spans the connection between these
two bodies of water was change of glow
ing light. The Neuer Jungfernstieg, AL
sterdamm and Jungfernstieg, the wide
streets fronting the Binnen- alster, were
ablaze with myriad lights, while back OIL
bhoih 6ho ClOyi hho BtBduGlC hIo Opdl
white, red, green and other eolored lights
flashed in every direction. All the ship
ping in the harbor and the small boats on
the many canals of Hamburg were also il
Illuminated. There was a grand display OF
fireworks.
The main streets of the city were until
a late hour almost impossible. Many Wis
itors to Hamburg were early astir to start
for Friedrichsruhe.
kilograms poured in last night from all
parts of the empire, announcing that the
J Bismarckian fetes had been commenced
with great spirit There was specially
interesting gathering at the national
monument of Germania in the Nieder-
wald, in Berlin, whittier thousands of per
sons travelled from all parts of the Rhine
land Among those present were repre-
, sentatives of thirUy-six cities in the Rhen-
ish district
Throughout Germany last night joy fires