The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-28
BIRTHDAY OF THE KAISER.
THE CELEBRATION MARKED BY A
GREAT SPECTACLE.


beautifully Illuminated at Night.
The Day Opened with an ArtiI-
Iery salute and the ReveiIIe by
the SIassed Bands Of the Garrison.
Berlin. Jan. &.-Emperor William has
made his birthday celebration great
spectacle. Apparently his object has
been to dazzle the people and dspel
their suspicious Of strife between him
and the other allied monarchs in Ger
many Only on supreme occasions has
the city seen such a gathering of crowned
heads. The Kings Of Saxony and Wur-
temburg, the Grand Dukes of Baden,
Hesse and Oldemburg, and the Dukes
of Saxe-Coburg-G -Gotha and Mecklenburg-
Schwerin are here. In fact every note
worthy German prince. except the regent
of Bavaria, has come to lend pomp to
the fete. With the princes and their
suites there have arrived many families
of the court nobility who have filled
the big hotels and overfiowed into the
private palaces OF high Berlin society.
All yesterday the city had a holiday
aspect. Carriages with out-riders rolled
along the double rows of lindens. The
larger business houses put up their shut
ters early and let their employees out
to see the great people from the provin-
cial capitals. Decorations, hastily or.
dered and executed. transformed the
Friedrich strasse, Leipzlger strasse and
Unter den Linden. Every house and
street of pretensions was gay with the
flags of all the federal states. The even
ing brought the finest illumination seen
since the old emperor's 9Oth birthday. All
the big buildings We're ablaze with electric
lights arranged in patriotic designs. The
finest effects were produced on the large
government buildings, but the illumina-
! tions of the Dresden Bank, the Ham
burg American Steamship Company, Ger
| terozgs Bazaar and the electricity offices
were hardly less splendid.
At s o'clock this morning 10l artillery
saIutes announced the opening of the birth
! day festivities. Then the massed bands OF
| the garrison regiments marched down the
| Inter den Linden and up to the Lustgar-
| ten, where they played the reveille. The
! streets through which they passed were
| filled with early risers, among whom were
| hundreds of excursionists from nearby
! towns. The emperor began the day by at
tending religious services, after which he,
! all the allied monarchs, the princess OF
! their families and their suites went TO the
| arsenal. There the royal visitors and the
| assembled officers of all the troops sta-
toned near Berlin, heard an imperial Or
| der to this effect With a view to giving
| the troops a visible sign of the proud mem
| ories left to them by the glorious war
| twenty-five years ago, all military stand
ards and flags, whenever unfolded be-
tween July Is, 1895 and May TO- 1895 shan
| be decorated with fresh oak leaves Nor
| over the first guns of all batteries which
| took part in the campaign between July
| Is. 1870 and May 10, 1871, shall be wreathed
| in oak leaves whenever used or displayed
| in public during the period already named.
The weather has been very favorable
| since early morning-clear, sunny ana eA-
! hilirating There is some snow IN the
streets, but not enough to keep anyoody
at home. AS the day advanced the crowd
| in the streets increased. The police did
| not enforce the Sunday closing law ana
many shops did an enormous business.
The emperor was cheered loudly whenever
he appeared in public
The Reichzaneiger publishes this letter,
which the emperor has addressed to the
| berlin CITY government: 1T is quarter
of a century since the German nation IN
| obedience to the summons of its princes
repelled unitedly the foreign aggressors
| and gained those glorious victories ior
| flnitV and the taIneilduus Wlltll 8tA ~
| the re-establishment of the empire. AS
| lasting monument to the glorious past, l
will erect, out Of my own purse, statues
| of Rrandenburg's and Prussia's princes
| from the Margrave Albert to Emperor
| William /, in Victoria avenue, IN the
| Thiergarten Each statue viii be hanked
| with figures of the men especially rehoWh-
! ed in the period in question
| The emperor will decree that the minis
try of education award annually a costly
| Jewel to be worn on neck chain, 10 the
winner in a contest of German song. only
| mems glee clubs VIII be admitted TO ths
| contest. Several consolation prizes ana
decorations also will be given
Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe observed
! the day by given dinner to the diplo-
matte corps at the chancellery this even
| ing Brilliant as all the receptions ana
! dinners during the birthday week VIII be-
/ thev will hardly surpass the schloeppeh-
cour which was held In the Hlttersaai OF
the old castle on Wednesday. The report
! from court is that the splendor of this re-
ception has not been equaled at any func-
| ton in william III's reign, or, in other
words, at any function since the house OF
| Hohenzollern began to rule. The emperor
received standing at the front OF lhe
! throne dais He wore the red gaia uni
| form of the garde du corps with eleven OF
/ his orders and decorations in glimmering
rows across his breast. The empress
gown, with it's enormous train, was OF
eold-woven mat embroidered with silver
! She too, had on all her decorations, be-
| sides 2 collar and crown studded with dia-
nonds. long white veil fastened under
! the crown. hung down her back TO her
| train. Tho ladies OF the court yielded lit
tie to her in magnifcence Of costume
/ The Princess Henry, the emperor's sister
/ in-Iau. who stood near the empress, wore
a light blue brocade with a train Of the
same. one step lower was the Princess
! Frederick Leopold in a white satin gown,
1 with a silver embroidered train. Her
! diadern was Of great emeralds and chased
gold. The Princess Albert Of Prussia
wore purple and diadem Of diamonds and
large pearls The Princess Frederick
! Charles appeared in white satin and dia-
dem of diamonds.
/ Princess Frederick of Hohenzollern and
/ Princess Victoria of Schaumburg Lippe
| stood near the first step of the dais. Like
| the Others, they were glittering with dia-
1 monds. The doyenne of the diplomatic
! corps, Lady Malet, wife Of the English
/ ambassador, presented Mrs. Runyon and
/ her daughters to the imperial couple.
! Among the other Americans who filed past
| the throne were Mr.. and Mrs i r lack