The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
TO CELEBRATE SEDAN DAY.
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS BE
ING MADE FOR THE COMING
EVENT.
AMERICANS LEAD SOCIAL LIFE
AT HAMBURG.
A Dashing Young American Widow of
the Bicycle Species Caught the Eye
of the Prince of Wales at
Hamburg

Berlin, Aug. 31.-(Copyrighted 1895 by
the Associated Press. )ASedan day will
be celebrated in more general and en-
thusiastic manner than ever since 1870.
No business will be done ON Monday after
noon. The Siemens and Halske people
will pay the 5000 workmen double wages
on that day and will let them enjoy them
selves Many of the other firms will do
likewise.
The government employees will get their
holiday with full pay and all the schools
will be closed.
The celebrations will commence with
very impressive ceremony-the dedica-
ton of the Emperor William memorial
church. A platform capable of seating
300 is being erected for the accommoda-
tom of the favored guests. The emperor
and empress will arrive at the spot at
10 O'Clock in carriage escorted by q de-
tachment of cuirassiers of the guard and
will be handed the golden key of the
church by deputation when their majes-
ties reach the inside of the building.
Hymns will be sung and patriotic ser
mon will be preached and when the EN-
peror and empress leave, the bands will
play the "Wacht ann Rhein."
"A Gordon of troops and veterans, includ-
ing the German-American veterans, who
are now visiting this country, will sur
round the church and will be reviewed by
the emperor.
1t is a noteworthy fact that not only
the Protestant, but the Catholic churches
will have special Sedan day services to-
morrow. On Monday the fetes will be i'm
augurated by full parade, headed by the
emperor, on the Templehoff field. There
will be an unusually brilliant display of
troops and the kings of iSaxony and Wur-
temburg will be present. The veterans
will be out in strong force and line of
81 900 school children, with banners, will
be drawn up near the Schloss, which the
emperor will pass on returning to town
with his retinue of colors, banners, etc.
During the early morning a patriotic
festival will be held i'm the various pub
lie schools; a gala performance will be
given at the royal opera ON Sunday even
ing, Including ballet military, composed
25 years ago to- greet William l on his
return from the war, and the patriotic
drama of 1872" will he performed at the
Schauspielhaus by order of the emperor.
The Berlin Turner societies have arranged
"a series of games and popular sports for
the afternoon of Sunday ON the Temple
hoff field. The American colony will be
present at the parade ON Monday and
there will be Examinations upon a splen-
did scale in the evening.
The mayor of Berlin has invited the
whole of the population to join in the IL
Nominations. The two central points of
the night display of lights will be the
Schloss and the reichstag buildings. The
emperor has given $4,000 marks out of
his own pocket for the illuminations of
the Schloss. Every window of that huge
pile will be aglow in addition to magni-
ficienlt electrical effects from the cupola,
balconies and portals of the public build
ings, parks and squares, and every business
firm is doing something i'm the same line.
Almost every building will fly flags and all
the other big cities will be decorated and
illuminated ON "a similar scale, especially
Dresden, where the main fetes will be
held ON Sunday.
A big celebration will be held at the
NeiderWald monument. A torpedo boat
has assembled the Rhine to the foot of the
monument i'm order to carry the imperial
flag there. Considerable indignation has
been felt at the fact that the Socialists
of Berlin and elsewhere are arranging q
counter demonstration on Monday. Six
meetings of Socialists have been called
by Herren Bebel, Liebnicht, Signer, Aue1
and other leaders, in order to protest
against the commentators OF the VIC
tories of 1870.
"A QdTRe VI pOllCc NClCSbiNSS
have been ordered to Stettin and its
vicinity in anticipation of trouble.
Upon the occasion of the imperial
manoeuvres from September 5 to II, at
which Emperor William, Emperor Fran
els Joseph, the king of SaXony, and the
crown prince of Naples will be present,
the French officers will leave during the
Sedan fetes.
The emperor, upon the occasion of a
recent review of troops at Mayence, is
reported to have said to his officers:
do not forget that we must be strong
in order to maintain peace, and the
stronger we are the more respect others
will have for u.s."
incidentally it may be noted that al
though the emperor has been near
Mayence repeatedly he has never entered
the city proper and the following curious
explanation is given for this:
On the wall of the Mayence cathedral is
sculptured hand, raised as if taking
an oath. When Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria was still a German emperor
he visited Mayence and was SO Hospitality
received by the clergy that he solemnly
promised and vowed that the next Ger
man emperor who visited Mayence must
pay for the privilege of building two
towers to the cathedral, and as a sign of
this promise the hand referred to was
carved in stone and no German emperor
has since visited Mayence.
The Catholic congress which was held
at Munich during the past week has done
nothing extraordinary. There was a
large attendance and resolutions were
adopted in favor of the restoration of the
temporal power of the pope, the abolition
of duelling for the furtherance of temper
ance and for the stricter observance of
Sunday.
In Hesse the villages of Berken,
Rreudenthal and Vdenhausen have had
their entire crops destroyed by cyclone.
At Hamburg the American visitors
seem to lead social life. The brilliant
cotillion at the Kusaal on Thursday last
was organized by Americans. Mrs. Girls
void Gray and Mrs. John B. Davis gave
the dance and Mr.. Clarence Mckay led
the cotillion with Miss Gray. Those
present included Mrs. John w. Mackay,
Captain Fitzgeorge and Mrs. Fitzgeorge,
Mr.. M. II. De Young, proprietor of the
San Francisco Chronicle, and Mrs. DE
Young. Dinners were given previously
on the terrace of the Kursaal and one
of the tables was occupied by the Prince
of Wales. At the next table were Mrs.
John w. Mackay, Mr. and Mrs. De
Young and Mrs. John B. Davis.
Quite sensation has been caused at
Hamburg by the attention which the
Prince of Wales has paid to a young
American widow. Mrs. Roach. nee Colt.