The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-06-22
Keystone of the Canal Laid at
nOltenau.
ASSEMBLED PRINCES TOOK PART
In THE EXERCISES.

Columbia's Launch.
Kiel, June 21.-Everybody was stirring
at an early hour this morning securing
places OF vantage to see the ceremony of
laying the Keystone of the canal at
Holtenau. Dozens of steamers went from
kle1 to places near the lock, among them
being the press steamer, which was
allotted good place. Invited guests and
those who had secured tickets for tribunes
arrived between 10 and TO- 3d. Thousands
flocked to Heltenau by land and water.
Never did the harbor of Kiel present so
animated an appearance e. The warm sun
from early morning shone upon hundreds
of gaily decorated vessels and majestic
looking warships at anchor.
The Kaiser went to Holtenau early, on
board a steam launch Innumerable
triumphal arches, bearing mottoes and
portraits of the Emperor, have been
erected, and the villages and hamlets on
the short route showed a profusion of
flags and bunting.
Holtenau, which gives it's name to the
ne W lock, is picturestquely situated four
ttilI d lletll IlllCS lIOIu hI0l dUu nearly d
mile from the mouth of the canal, where
the foundation stone was laid.
Prettier rustic foundations than those
of Holtenau could hardly be imagined.
The arrangements at the scene of the
ceremony were .excellently devised A
small sandstone oblisk here commemo-
rates the construction of the original
canal century ago. Two grand stands
of vast proportions had been erected for
guests and ticket holders. The principal
one took the form of a crescent at each
end of which Kiel students in gala dress
were grouped. Venetian masses in great
number supported banners and pendants
of all colors, and here and there the Ger
man eagle flag waved above the animated
Scene Special places were set apart for
the Chancellor, the members of the
Bundesrath, the Prussian ministry, the
president and vice presidents of Reichstag
and Landtag and other state and pro-
vincial dignitaries. The navy and army
were also largely represented by officers
in brilliant uniforms
At ten o'clock shouts of s'Der Kaiser
Kommt" arose. The Emperor, whose
arrival was the signal for deafening
cheers, was in admiral's uniform and
walked to his place with martial bearing
III e acknowledged the enthusiastic greet
ing smilingly. His Majesty having taken
standing position before the dais,
Chancellor Hohenlohe, asked the imperial
assent to commence the proceedings, and
then read document relating to the
ceremony, after which the Kaiser ap-
preached the stone and after receiving a
mallet from the Bayarian plenipoten-
tiary in the Bundesrath, tapped the stone
thrice. The stone also received blows
from the royal princes present, from the
state and a score of other state officials.
The stone being laid, the Kaiser returned
to his place at the dais.
AT the conclusion of the ceremonies at
the keystone the Emperor went on board
the Hohenzollern, where he took
luncheon. Salutes to His Majesty were
fired by several of the warships in the
bay.
1t had been arranged in the course of
the preparations for the celebration that
the assembled warships should steam past
the Hohenzollern in the review, but for
some unexplained reason it was decided
later that the Emperor's yacht should
merely steam through the lines of the
German al and foreign fleets lying at
of the ships saluting the Hohenzollcrn
as she passed. All of the ships were
literally covered with flags and made a
magnificent spectacle.
The international fleet which took part
in the parade consisted of the following
vessels:
Germany = Hohenzolle1n, imperial
yacht Kaizeradler, imperial yacht Kur-
fuerst Friedrich Wilhelm, belted cruiser,
flagship; Brandenburg,. belted cruiser
flagship Weissenburg, belted cruiser, flag
ship; Woerth, belted cruiser flagship;
Baden, barbette ship, flagship; Baiern
barbette ship, flagship; Sachsen, barbette
ship, flagship; Wurtemberg, barbette
ship, flagship; Frithjoof. coast defence
ship; Hildebraid, coast defence, barbette
ship; Helmdall coast defence, barbette
ship; Hagen, coast defence, barbette ship;
Beowulf, coast defence, barbette ship;
Siegfricd, coast defence, barbette ship;
Stosch, frigate; Stein, frigate; Creisenau,
frigate; Moltke, frigate; Kaiserin Au-
torpedo dispatch vessel Pifeil, torpedo
dispatch vessel; Blietz, torpedo dispatch
vessel; Meteor, dispatch vessel; Mars,
training ships Caor1a Corvette, training
torpedo; Hay, transport.
Great Britain, under Rear Admiral
Lord Kerr and Captain Arlington-Royal
Sovereign, armor-clad barbette, flagship;
Resolution, armor clad barbette; Repulse,
armor clad barbette; Blenheiin, arlnor
cruiser Edymion, armored cruiser;
Ballona, armored cruiser; Speedy, tor
pedo; Halcyone, torpedo; Enchantress,
yacht; Osborne yacht. Total, so, $40 tons
Italy, unucf uno LUKE OF GENOA tNlVe
Admiral Accidi and Rear Admiral Gran
ville-Sayoa, Royal yacht; Reuberto
Turret, ram barbette ship, flagship; Sar-
dogma, turret ram barbette ship; Andrea
Doria, turret ram barbette ship; Ruggiero
Di LAURA, turret ram barbette ship;
Stromble cruiser; Etruia, cruiser;
Artusa, torpedo cruiser; Partenope, tor
pcdo cruiser. Total 3S, 317 tons, 1870
officers, 5000 men.
United States under Rear Admiral
Kirkland-New York. cruiser, armored
flagship Columbia, deck protected
cruiser; San Francisco deck protected
cruiser; Marblehead cruiser Total, 81, 747
tons. IS officers 1879 men.
Russia under Rear Admiral Skrydlow-
lmperator Alexander IL turret ship, flag
ship; Rurik, belted cruiser; Grosiastochy,
armored gunboat. Total 20, S72 tons, 70
officers, 1905 men.
France, under Rear Admiral Menard-
Hoche, turret ship; Dupuy de Lome
broadslde cruiser, total, IS, no tons.
Spaln-Petayo, turret ship, flagship;
lnfanta Maria Tersa, belted cruiser;
Marques de La Enssenda, cruiser. Total
II, S66 tons, Sc officers l, ,93a men
Austro- Hungary, under Rear Admiral
Archduke Charles Stepben-Kaiserin and
Konigin Marai Theresia, ram cruiser,
haOGhir. X E'ro,e Jc.o4 -.