Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

 deprecate the outbreak. as it is generally conceded that the relations with his grandmother, Queen Victoria. have again assumed their old cordiality.
 The emperor. has invited the King of Saxony to attend the Berlin festival on September ?. Sedan day, and it is stated that the emperor 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 today's or tomorrow's eel ebration. It is expected that she will make her first public appearance after her sickness at the dedication of Bmper- or William I memorial church, which takes place September 1. She will also attend the subsequent celebrations in honor of the victories of the German armies.
 The imperial maneuvers, which begin on September 9. will occupy four army corps-namely, the guards and the Sec ond Third and Twelfth corps. All will be on full peace footing OF sixteen com panies to each infantry regiment and the full number of cavalry divisions. Almost all the officers of the grand general staff have been ordered to attend the maneu- vers. The emperor will ply act as supreme arbitrator unless he decides to assume chief command, in which case Prince Albrecht will act as arbitrator. One of the most Important features of the maneuVers will be the experiments that are to be made with the 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 darkness.
 The chamber of commerce of Kiel has had under discussion the tariff of the North sea and Baltic canal, which was recently opened to the commerce of the world. The chamber voted against pro posed division of 25 per cent of the tariff as being likely to diminish the traffic that would otherwise put through the ca nal, and proposed an address to the im- perial home office to this effect The president of the chamber contended that the tariff was already too high, and it was desirable to reduce the rates rather than tb increase them
 The representative of the United Press had an interview with the American con- sul-general here. In the course of the interview MT. DeKay bantered the Amer ican newspaper men in Europe for miss ing the wedding of his niece, which took place in Venice. MT. DeKay said it was one of the most poetic functions he had ever witnessed, and woudl have given un- limited possibilities for hgh-f1own senti- ment. The wedding was solemnized by the arch patriarch in one of the chapels of St Marks. The party arrived and de- parted in gaily decorated gondolas, enter ing the church by a side entrance near the bridge of sights. eThe bride and bride groom left the church in white satin decked gondola, sitting beneath bower of roses surmountcd by floral crown. After giving ail.this information concern ing the wedding, Mir. DeKay said he waa positively glad that newspaper men were absent, for 'he hated to have his own fam ilys doings pied into by reporters, ,espe- cially female ones, who. he declared were regular ?iagues.
 The races at Baden for the champion ship of Europe were won by Speenford the proper ty of MarcheZ Rerligheris. The American horses, Eddie Hayes, Hadland and Delmonico, ran three times, but did not get a place. alld were withdrawn from the remaining contests.
 American visitors al Hamburg have in troduced baseball at that place, and the first match was played during the past week on field adjoining the tennis court The game excited many of the German visitors, they never having seen it played before.
 The exports from Germany to the United States of limitations of astrachan fur. called krimmer felt, under the Me Kinley act amounted to $500, and Sl336 during the third and fourth quarters, respe ctivc ely, Of 1894. During the second Guar;er oe 1895 these exports roce in value to $2a,siO from the R-?lin district alone This is typical of mary German manu- facturers English houses trading with Gcrn'an dyers ai.,l flhr:c men complaln that tiey are unable to get thelr ofders executed j., causa America, immediately the taiife was p,o;!if:ad. swamped the Flu ropcan market with orders greatly ex- ceedirg those which the best English houses were wiling to pay.
 At 1 o'clock thi5 afternoon Emperor Wl.ierr raviev'cd the First brigade of the guards. infantry, on the Moltke Plat2. which faces the new palace in the Wild park the occasion being the tWen- ty-fiftf anniversary of the battle Of GraVellotte. After the review his maj esty made a speech to the troops. tie said that the heroism shown by the First and Third regiments of guards at Cray ellotte was an ever imperishable exam pie for the troops to follow. He added that he was glad to see present so many of the old veterans of the three cam paigns They were the nucleus Of the entire army of today. His majesty con cluded by saying: Viewer forget dis cipline. which is the foundation of all success"
 The weather today was intensely hot During the review thirty of the regulars tainted and many of the veterans were led away suffering from the effects or the heat.
 The veterans of the Sixth regiment dined the veterans of the Tenth regiment under the trees in the old castle park at Potsdam The park borders on the river Havel and was about as cool place as could be found.
 Many patriotic speeches were made After dinner the emperor walked from the new palace to the park, where he was received with a storm of cheers. He talked with many of the old soldiers and seemed to be but little fatigued by the heat He took in the days ceremonies At night there were displays of fireworks t1a a..lx nd he.
 At 30 o'clock this afternoon the em- peror gave dinner to ninety guests in honor of the sixty-ffth anniversary of the birth of Emperor Francis Joseph The Austrian ambassador had the place of onor as the representative Of his sovereign.
 HUNTSVILLE.