The Forrest City times., 1895-04-05
PRINCE BISMARCK.

| birthday Continued with Redoubled
Zest-Hamburg Ablaze with Candles and
Electric Lights-The Torchbearers' Pro-
cession Reviewed-Emperor william
| Celebrates with y Dinner.
HAMBURG, April 1.-The Bismarck
fetes of yesterday have been repeated
this evening with redoubl zest. The
banks, bridges, state buildings and
most of the private houses have been
ablaze with candles and electric lights
| since o'clock
After leading three cheers for Ham,
burg's prosperity, Prince Bismarck
muffied his throat and descended from
the terrace. Five bands struck up \
march with terrible crash of passes,
and the torchbearers began to file
past. The prince stood half an hour
at the foot of the terrace watching
the parade. All the torchbearers
cheered him and occasionally a group
from some Hamburg singing society
would slacken their pace and give him
stanza from the new birthday song.
About $50 women carried torches,
and most of them threw bouquets to
the old chancellor. Count Herbert
collected the flowers, while DR..
men formed around the prince was not
broken by any of the hundreds who
pressed forward for the purpose of
shaking hands.
Green and red lights were burned
throughout the Saxon forest. The
park was wildly illuminated as the
| procession wound along the road un-
der the trees and round the pond. The
weather could not have been more pro-
| pitious. There was clear sky and a
| magnificent moon.
Before retiring for the night Bis
marck appeared on the verandah and
thanked all for their kindness. He
begged indulgence for retiring SO early.
Age and infrmity, he said, were his
excuses. Amid cries of sympathy,
cheers, burst of music from the bands
| and shouts of "Auf Wedersehn," the
old man waved his hand and went into
the house with DIR. Schweninger and
Count Herbert
The excursionists were taken back
to Hamburg in fourteen special trains.
| The streets are filled with merry
makers. All the societies that did not
go to Friedrichsruhe are having Bis
marck dinners. Bands of music parade
the streets, and patriotic songs are
heard from every hall and place of
public resort.
The students who visited Friedrichs-
ruhe to-day gave Bismarck a carved
beer barrel, inlaid with gold and sill
yer, and bearing in relief portraits OF
the prince in his eighteenth and
eightieth year.
The Emperor's Bis marck Birthday Dinner.
BERLIN, April 1.-Emperor William
gave his Bismarck birthday dinner in
the White hall of the old castle.
Among those present were the en-
press, Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe,
| Prince Alexander Hohenlohe, the
Princess Hohenlohe, the high officials
of the court, the members of the fed
eral council and numerous naval and
military officers. The president and
vice-presidents of the landtag were
there, as were also Freiherr Won Buol,
president of the reichstag. Schmidt,
the radical first vice-president of the
reichstag, declined his invitation.
The emperor and empress received
their guests with unusual gracious
ness At the banquet the emperor
gave the toast ITO His Serene High
ness, the Duke of Lauenburg. Prince
Bismarck.
The emperor's hurrah for the old
chancellor was accompanied with a
flourish Of trumpets and cheers from
the guests. AT o'clock the imperial
party went with their guests to spe.
cial performance at the royal theater.
The empress sent long message to
Bismarck this morning. The sultan
expressed his congratulations through
the Turkish ambassador.
The Freisinnige Zeitung says that
Schmidt absented himself from the
banquet for political reasons.
Greetings to the Manwho United Germany.
New YORK, April 2.-The Germans
in New York celebrated the eightieth
anniversary of the birth of Bismarck.
Flags were displayed throughout the
distinctive German district on the east
side. All the German societies and
hosts of other Teutonic organiza tions
LIBERATED in some form or other, most
of the events occurring yesterday even
ing. The two big German societies,
the Arion and the Leiderkranz, held
festivities in their headquarters.
DEMENTED.
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