The herald., 1895-06-20
THE CELEBRATION At KEEL
Opening of the Great Baltic
Ship Canal
GERMANY'S NEW FETE DAY
Thousands Crowd the Streets of
Hamburg
The Emperor Proves a Royal Entertainer.
The Banquet at Hamburg-Nota-
bles Present


Associated Press Special Wire.
KEEL, June 19.-All day long there
has been an unceasing incoming of trains
on the railroads, each filled to the last
inch df available space with eager
humanity. Visitors have fiocked in
thousands on the streets of the town and
in the harbor and every place is overflow
ing with people. The main streets are
almost impossible with the streams of
men, women and chilrden.. The crews of
the Am erican. French Austrian, Rou-
manian and Spanish warships were allow
ed shore leave today. The Austrlans, the
alliance, were the chief objects OF interest
to the spectators.
Pleasure steamers loaded to the utmost
capacity with sightseers have been max
ing numberless trips all day in the har-
Dor, each one going the rounds of the
warships, each pleasure steamer as it
came abreast of man ofwar exchanged
cheers with the tars on board and none
of them ever seemed to grow weary or
to have succeeded in making enough
noise to do justice to the occasion. A
large mum ber of private yachts have also
arrived in the harpor and add much to
the grace and animation OF the scene. :
The Empr Augusta of Germany ar
rived here at s O'Clock this evening and
was received dt the station with great
ceremony and drove to the schloss amid
salvos of artillery and the cheering of
: HAMBURG. June 19.-At the Damn
thor railway station during the morning
arge numb beIs of people gathe. ed from
the surrounding country, anxious to OBJ
tain a glimpse of the emperor and his
sons upon their arrival. Throughout the
from all parts. and between II and
clock traffic through the main thor
oughfares was entirely suspended.
The pedestrians concentrated along the
route to the Rathaus and around the
Alstock, Alsterwall, Neurwall and other
leading thoroughfares. In spite OF the
immense crowds Assem- bleu throughout
the gaily decorated city the most perfect
order was kept by the mounted police and
| there were no soldiers visible except the
soldiers in front OF hotels whore the im-
perial guests are entertained.
Al the luncheon given at noon today
| in the banqueting hall OF the Geological
| gardens, 10 persons were entertained, in
| cludng the king of Wurtemburg. the
! visiting prince. Prince Hohenlohe, the
| imperial chancellor. the German minis
ters and the members of the Hamburg
senate. The guests afterwards drove to
the Elbe, barked on board steamer
and made tour of the port. They wero
greeted everywhere with great enthus
iasm
At 2:30 the military and naval guards
were drawn up about the railroad station
| and at 2:45 Prince Henry OF Prussia ar
rived and drove off amid tremendous
| cheering.
Meanwhile the platform of the station
was thronged with military offic ers and
| representatives of the press and in a
large and shady beer garden adjoining.
citizens and soldiers mingled. chatted
and drank beer and coffee while others
buwlei.
The imperial train steamed into the
depot at 2:12 p. m. and shortly afterward
the emperor and h is four sons stepped
upon the platform. Their appearance
was greeted with an outburst of cheers.
The emperor. who appeared to be i'll the
best of spirits, wore white garde du
corps uniform crossed with the broad
ribbon of the Order of the Black Eagle.
On his head was a sparkling gold helmet
surmounted by a white eagle. The four
young princes were dressed in white
sailor suits and wore straw hats. On
the lawn i'll front of the railroad station
was Drawn up company OF the
Seventy sixth regiment of infantry. The
soldiers presented arms with wonderful
precision and the band played Hell dir
Kaiser as his majesty appeared.
The emepror upon leaving the station
inspected the guard OF honor referred to,
walking up the line of motionless soldiers.
accompanied by the young princes ana
by Burgomaster Moeneckenberg and eX-
Burgomaster Lehman. both of whom had
served his majesty at the station. The
mperor, accompanied by Herr Moenec-
kenberg, then drove off in a four-horse
carriage with outriders and escorted by
q detachment of the Fifteenth hussars.
The young princes and his inalesty's
suite followed in other carriages.
On the way to Ratliaus his majesty was
cheered by the immense crowds OF people
lining the route.
One hundred and fifty arc lights will
furnish the Illumination for the banquet.
The table arrangements have been en-
trusted to Bourchardt OF Berlin who re-
ceives 100 marks l$25) per plate, or $685.
900 in all, which sum includes wines.
meats. etc. The kitchen in which the
meal will be prepared is part OF the struc-
ture, but divided from the banqueting
hall by wall screened from view. Dur
ing the whole festivities the naval orches-
ira of the Second German naval division
will be on board the imperial yacht
Honenzollern.
..sSome 300 yachts and other private pleas
ure craft have been ASSIGNED positions
in Kiel harbor and immediate vicinity.
o enHDlc tue idliNdy
line to bring the thousands of visitors
from every part of Germany to the scene
of the dedication, all freight traffic was
ordered suspended on that line during the
three days from June Is to y.
The newspapers of the world are, of
course, represented. About $50 expressed
desire to participate by some representa-
tive, but only $50 could be accommodated,
the steamer assinged by the government
to the newspapers being unable to convey
more than that number. OF the 100 nearly
one-half represent newspapers of other
countries than Germany. At tha imperial
banquet but fifteen representatives of the
foreign press will be admitted.
AT Holtenau there was scene OF fever
ish activity throughout the morning as
ths workmen put the finishing touches
upon the decorations at this end Of the
canal. The splendor of the preparations
is the object of universal admiration.
The imperial tent is richly decorated and
stands out, an object of great interest, to
the right OF the lighthouse. Opposltelie
the last stone of the canal. which theem-
peror will lay on Friday next. In this
tent mis- majesty will entertain the invited
guesJ', as already stated. and Will make
a speecn which is likely to attract much
attention.
The emperor arrived TAT the Tahaus at
$50 p. m. and was received by a guard