The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-20
GERMANS HAVE JOY
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representatives Of one OF the powers in
| the triple alliance, were the chief OBJ
| jects of interest to the spectators
| Pleasure steamers loaded to the ut
| most .capaciety with sightseers have
been making numberless trips all day
| in the harbor, each one going the
| rounds Of the warships. Each pleasure
steamer as il came abreast OF a man
of-war. exchanged cheers with the jolly
/ tars on board, and none Of them ever
ceeded in making enough noise TO do
justice to the occasion A large num-
Der Of private yachts have also arrived
| in the harbor and add much to the
grace and animation of the scene
The EmpreSo Augusta of Germany
arrived here at O'Clock this evening
l and was received at the station with
great ceremony and drove to the
Schloss amid salvos of artillery and
I the cheering OF the multitude which
| lines all the streets.
The festivities began at Hamburg.
when the emperor and imperial party
! arrived at the latter city. The foreign
/ war ships went direct to KieI, and
/ anchored there at places assigned
them. Only the imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern. the dispatch ship Kaiser Ad-
Ter and the first-class warship Woerth,
comprising the imperial squadron, Wis
! tied Hamburg.
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at the North sea end. viii be inspected
and the imperial squadron will then
pass through the slIees to the monster
bridge at Guenenthal and on to Rens-
burg. when the second day OF the fes-
tival will close. At the latter city the
festivities will be at their height.
Friday morning the first event at
Kiel will consist Of military evolutions
! by the Ninth army corps. and a review
J of the troops by the emperor. Prompt
| ly at noon that day the emperor will
| board his yacht and move eastward to
| the Levensau bridge. and then TO Hel-
| tenau, and here the laying of the cor
| ner-stone will take place at the very
SURGE of the canal, and all the foreign
vessels will give the imperial squad
ron salute on its arrival at Holtenau,
and the impressive cornerstone serv-
ices which follow will be participated
in by sixty German warships.
In the evening the emperor will re-
ceive the officers of the visiting war
ships on board the HohenZollern, and
imperial receptions will be held on the
yacht and on the warship Koenig Will
helm. There will be countless dinners.
parades. balls and banQuets at Kiel for
the benefit Of the visitors. One of the
great 'banquets will be that given in
will attend, also Ministers Won Bot
ticher and Won MarSchel.
THE GRAND BANQUET
One hundred and fifty arc lights win
furnish the illumination for the grand
banquet. The table arrangements
have been entrusted to Boarchardt of
Berlin, who receives 100 marks, ($25),
per plate, or $4,000 in all, which sum
includes wines, meats. etc The kitchen
in which the meal will be prepared is
part Of the structure, but divided from
the banquet hall by a wall screened
from view. During the whole festivi-
ties the naval orchestra of the Second
German naval division viii be on board
the imperial yacht Hohenzollern.
At the banquet the emperor will toast
the United States navy and the band
will play Hail Columbia"
His majesty is expected to make an
important speech The French ad-
miral. Menard, will sit on the emperor's
right hand, and the Russian admiral,
Skyrdloff, will be seated on his left.
Some 800 yachts and other private and
leisure and passenger crafts have been
assigned positions in keil harbor and
immediate vicinity. To enable the
Hamburg-Berlin railway line to bring
the thousands of visitors form every
part Of Germany to the scene of the
dedication, all freight traffic was or
dered suspended on that line during
the three days from June Is to %
The newspapers of the world are, of
course. represented, but of the go who
expressed a desire to participate by
some representative, but $50 could be
accommodated by the government, the
steamer assigned by the government to
the newspaper men being unable to
convey more than that number. OF
the $50, nealy one half represent news
papers of other countries than Ger
many. At the imperial banquet but
fifteen representatives of the foreign
press will be admitted.
At Hotenau there was a scene OF
feverish activity throughout the morn
ing as the workmen put the finishing
touches upon the decorations at this
end of the canal The splendor Of the
preparations is the object of universal
admiration. The imperial tent is rich
ly decorated and stands out an object
of great interest to right or the light
house opposite which lies the last stone
of the canal. which the emperor will
lay on Friday next In this tent his
majesty will entertain the invited
guests as already stated and will make
speech which is likely to attract
much attention.
SHIPS OF WAR
There has never been such a gather
ing of warships as will blow of steam
here during the celebration Fully 100
fighting ships Will rendezvous here.
Germany alone will have more than If
ty fighting craft Here is the way the
nations will be represented:
Austro-Hungarian Kaiser
Franz Josef, Kaiserin Elizabeth, Kai-
serin Maria TERESA.
British battieshipslRoyal Sovereign |
Empress OF India, Repulse. Resolution. !
Cruisers-Blenheim. Endymion, Bel |
Iona. Torpedo vessels--Speedy, Haley |
a L..
yacht-Enchantress
Danish-Cruisers-He Geiser; four /
torpedo boats.
-Battleship-Hoche. Armor- !
ed cruiser-Dupuy de LONE Cruiser /
%Surcouf
United Sta te@Armored cruiser-New \
York. Cruisers-Columbia, san Fran !
cisco. Marblehead. Minneapolis. Admi- /
raj Kirkland Will be in command OF the /
American feet, with the San Francisco 4
as his flagship The Yankee boats /
will have elaborate electric iuumina-
tons.
Italian Batsleships- Re Umberto. I
Sardegna. Andrea DORA. RuEierio ii I
Laura. Royal yacht-Ssyoia- Cruis-
Etruria- Torpedo yes
sels-Aretusa, PartenoPe-
Norwegian-Gun veSsels-V.king,S iei- !
pnsr Six torpedo boats
Portugese-BattIsship da Ga
ma
MISUNDERSTANDING ndria II /
ArmoreSi cruiser-RuTik- ATmoTed gun
boat-Grosiastchy
Roumania-Cruiser-E Gun
Battleship-Pelayo. Arm
ored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa.
de Ensenada.
SwedisA-Coast defense slips-Gots.
Thule. Gun5oat-Edda-
Turkish-Yacht-Feya
German-Ba;tleships- Frei-
irich Wilhelm. B-adenourg. Worth. We
semburE. Baden. Payern. SSchse-. Wu-