Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-29
LAYING OF The KEYSTONE
Harbor of KieI Presents an AMI
mated Appearance.
The London Spectator Cannot Fathcm
the kaiser's Motive la Inviting
the Nations to Display Their
Ships Of War.

Kiel, June 21.-Everybody was stir
ring at an early hour this morning,
securing places of advantage to see the
ceremony Of laying the keystone OF the
canal at Holtenau. Thousands hocked
to Holtenau by land and water. Never
did the harbor of Kiel present so ami
mated an appearance. The kaiser
went to H%oltenau early, on board a
steam launch. The entire highway
from Kiel to the mouth of the canal
had been befiagged. h,
At IL o'clock shouts OF Der Kaiser
kommt" arose. The emperor, whose
arrival was the signal of deafening
cheers, was In admiral's uniform aud
walked &c his place with martial bear
ing. He acknowledged the enthusias-
tic greetings smilingly. His majesty.
having taken a standing position be-
fore the dais, Chancellor
asked the imperial assent to
the proceedings and then G a docu-
ment relating to the ceremony after
which the kaiser approached the stone
and receiving a mallet from the Ba-
yarian plenipotentiary In the bundles
rath, tapped the stone thrice. The
stone also received blows from the royal
princes present, from the members OF
the bundesrath and other state officials.
The stone being laid, the kaiser re-
turned to his place at the dais. At the
conclusion of the ceremonies at the key
stone the emperor went on the Hohen-
zollern, where he tool luncheon. Sa-
lutes to his majesty were fired by sew
eral of the warships In the bay. Short
ly after the laying of the keystone the
80 ,a IL ~ oil fha Cnrmnn and foreign
warships took place, the kaiser on the
H~ohenzollern reviewing them. The
parade lasted two hours and was a most
brilliant affair. The scene IL ever has
rarely been equaled. Nearly every
type Of modern warship was represent
ed and a fail idea of the effectiveness OF
the various national forces was az
forded by the several squadrons sent
to the gathering of this mighty heet.
The solid masses OF steel and iron.
which for days had been lying motion
less I'm the placid harbor of Kiel In their
somber grandeur with their frowning
guns occasionally employed In render
ing peaceful salvos to the kaiser, now
suddenly became things of life and
action.
A Grand Naval Review.
1t was a grand sight to see the mighty
vessels move forward and take their
places in the line passing before the
H~ohenZollern. The International fleet
which took part In the parade consisted
of the following vessels: Germany
Hohenzollern, Kaiseradler. Kurfuerst,
Friedrich Wilhelm. B~randenburg, Weis-
senburg, Woerth, Baden, Baiern, Wur-
temburg. Frithjof. Hildebrand, Helm
dali, Hagen, Beowulf, Siegfried, Stosch,
Gneisenau, Moltke. Kaiserin Augusta,
Jagd. Pfeil. Blitz, Meteor, Grille, Mars,
Garcia, Bluecher and Hay.
Great Britain, under Rear Admiral
Lord Kerr and Captain Abingdon
Royal Sovereign. Empress OF India, Res
o~lution, Repulse. Blenheim. Bellona.
Speedy. Halcyon. Enchantress, Os-
borne. Total, Oslo tons.
Italy. under the duke Of Genoa, Vice
Admiral Accidi and Rear Admiral
Granville-Savoia, Reumberto. Sar-
dogma. ~Andreadoria, Ruggerio Dilario.
Stromboli, Etruria. Artrusia, Parten-
Total, 3S,3l7 tons, $50 officers, 3,S09
men.
United States, under Rear Admiral
Kirkland-New York, Columbia, San
Francisco and Marblehead. Total, 2l,-
fA7 tons. rs officers. l.4I9 men.
Russia, under Rear Admiral Skryd-
low-Imperator, Alexander III. Rurik.
Grosiastochy. seventy officers, 1906
men.
France, under Rear Admiral Menard
-Hoche, Dupuydelome, Sarcouf.
Spain-Pelayo, Infanta Maria Teresa,
Marquis de la Ensenada, ffty-six off,
GERS, 1,232 men.
Austro-Hungary, under Rear Admiral
Charles Stephen-Kaiserin
Konigin Maria. Therisia. Kaiser Franz
Josef /, Kaiserin Elizabeth, Trabant,
fifty-two officers, PIP men.
Sweden and Norway, under Rear Ad-
miral Won Kliteberger-Gota, Thule. Ed
da. Viking, Sleipter, boats.
Northumberland, Alkmaar, TWEEN
officers, 413 men.
Denmark, under Commodore Cad
Geiser. Hekla, Havhesten, Narhvlen,
Soloven, Storen, thirty-two officers, so
men.
Portugal-Vasco de Cana.
Turkey-Fuad.
Roumania-Elisabet -Mircea, twenty
three officers, 400 men.