The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-20
PROGRAMME OF THE FETEs.
War ships That VIII Pnrtfcipate-The
Last StOne-Grand Banquet.

Last StOne-Grnnd Banquet.
Germany has about fifty large and small
vessels of the imperial navy at the open
ing exercises. while the other nations are
represented about as follows: Great Brit
ain by ten vessels. with total displace-
ment of 1850 tons. Ill officers and 1890
men: Italy by nine vessels, with total dis
placement OF 3s.3l7 tons $50 officers and
5000 men; the United States by four ves-
sells. with total displacement of 21,747
TONS seventy-five officers and 1497 men;
France by three vessels, with 1880 tons
displacement. sixty officers and 1850 men:
Russia by three vessels with 2OS72 tons
10 officers and 1895 men: Austria Hungary
by four vessels, with a total displacement
OF 1885, tons, fifty-two officers and 1,2l2
men; Scandinavia by FIVE. with fifty-five
officers. 675 men and s.5ci tons: Spain by
three. with fifty-six officers, l,232 men and
1856 tons: Denmark by SIX with thirty
two officers. 1870 men and 2.96O tons: Hol-
land by two, with twenty-five officers. 4l3
men and 4.575 tons: Roumania by two. with
twenty-three officers. 400 men and $50 tons
Turkey by one cruiser corvette. with ff-
teen officers. 500 men and 1850 tons. In all
about fifty-two foreign vessels, with Sif
officers and IL, 1853 men.
OF the grant of $4,000 more than half
was used In preparations, erecting ton
porary buildings. scaffoldings, IL. transpor-
tation TO and fro of the guests of the ma
tion, and of the material and provisions
needed for their entertainment, in hiring
small craft aud chartering large steamers
for the conveying of the eight hundred
guests Of the Emperor and OF their suites.
The balance. some 100000. will be used to
defray the cost OF the hospitality to be
extended to the officers OF the foreign
squadrons. including a grand ball for the
officers and dinner to crews. In view OF
the presence OF so large a number of YES
sells in the harbor extra precautions are
being taken, a new signal station having
been erected. extra buoys being anchored
and tugs and pinnaces being chartered.
Quays lighted by electricity. and numerous
temporary buildings for officials, etc. hav-
ing been erected. The most brilliant feat
ure Of the series OF festivities will be the
laying of the last stone i'm the building of
the canal and the international banquet.
. which is TO follow il. thus marking vir-
tually the close OF the official programme
OF festivities. This ceremony will take
place In the open air at Holtenau and not
At the lighthouse adjoining the sluices, as
first intended.
The spot where the Emperor will perform
the ceremony on Friday has been embel-
lished by handsome designs in landscape
gardening. and the lighthouse in close
proximity shows already three bronze re-
liefs OF Emperor William /. Frederick III
and William III. Beneath the relief me-
dalion OF the old Emperor is a black mar
bic tablet, richly oTnamented on which
Is engraved in gilt lettering: mis- Ma
Jesty. Emperor William I. laid the corner
stone OF the Baltic canal on June 3, 1857
and accompanied his blows with the ham,
mer by the words. In honor OF united Ger
many, to her permanent welfare, I'm token
OF her might and power The memorial
tablets under the other two bronze medal
lions show as yet no inscription. The light
house and the block OF masonry into which
the Emperor IL 10 place the finishing stone
surrounded by enormous scaffolding,
rising alphabetically in a semi-circle,
and affording seating room for about fif-
teen thousand. From these seats the whole
and the bay where the international naval
demonstration Is TO come of can be over
looked at ease.
The grand banquet. at which one thousand
guests will participate. including the diplo-
matte representatives. or me various ma
tons. will be given in a structure OF orig
tnal design. the latter being based on an