River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-04
ALL REJOICE.
Germans In the Fatherland and
America Honor Bismarck.
His soth Birthday Celebrated - Great
Crowds Gather In Various Cities In
Both Countries-Gifts and
Congratulations.


BERLIN. April special prayers for
Prince Bismarck We're offered in all the
Protestant churches in Germany Sun
day. The school children were given'a
holiday Monday. The teachers on Sat
urday spoke to their pupils about Bis
marck, extolling the ex-chancellor's
services to the fatherland.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 1.-The Bis
ma rex celebration is in full swing, and
every day seems to add to the enthusi-
asm displayed by the German people
over the eightieth anniversary of the
birth of the old chancellor Every
train arriving at Friedrichsruhe is
loaded with presents for the aged
statesman, and every post brings
hundreds OF congratulatory letters
not only from people in Germany
but from Germans and others through
out the civilized world Thousands
upon thousands of special Bismarck
post cards have been sold and great
number have been mailed to the United
States. Those in Germany who have
received them have put them carefully
away, to be preserved as mementoes of
the iron chancellor and the great out
pouring of the public heart in his
honor
Sunday the prince received his first
congratulatory telegram from
crowned head outside of Germany. 1t
was from King Oscar of Sweden and
contained graceful expression of his
majesty's interest in the occasion and
hearty well wishes for the princes
welfare.
BERLIN, Arril 2.-Telegrams are
pouring in from ali parts of the empire
announcing that Bismarclxian fetes
have been commenced with great spirit.
Throughout Germany Sunday night JOY
fires were burning on the highest noun
tain peaks and hills from the Baltic to
the North sea and to the Swiss and
Austrian frontiers on the south,
from the Russian frontier on the east
to the frontiers of France, Belgium
and the Netherlands on the west.
Never before in the history of the en-
pire has there been such heartfelt ex-
hibition of love 10y the German pc ople.
FREDERICKSBURG, April ,. - Prince
Bismarck arose at 9:4j Monday morn
ing feeling vigorous and refreshed.
DIR. Schweuinger was the first to con-
graduate him and presented him with
bouquet of roses. The prince pro-
ceeded to the morning room where the
members of the family were assem-
bled. Each member presented him
with birthday gift. DIR. Schwenin-
ger gave him a cask of Pschorr beer.
Over thousand parcels, containing
presents for Prince Bismarck, have ar
rived at the castle here. Tween ty-three
postal clerks were engaged all day
Sunday and until late Sunday night
sorting the messages of congratula-
ton, the number of which is given Of
ficially at over 200, 900.
Seven thousand students with six
brass bands took part in the demon
stration. After the reception Bis
marcll went To his room and rested for
two hours. All the afternoon the scene
outside the castle grounds reminded
the onloolxer of crowded fair.
Booths lined both sides of the
road. Among them surged uncounted
thousands, cheering, drinking and
singing. Uniformed musicians wan
dered about, playing in groups and
singly; organ grinders with instru-
ments full of patriotic melodies per-
formed necessarily, and tramp aero
bats. bear trainers and singers had
pitched their tents every few rods from
the castle to the station.
About & o'clock when the hula baloo
was just beginning to abate, the spe-
cial trains of the Hamburg Electoral
association and several other societies
drew into the station and unloaded a
throng of fresh shouters. Bismarck
received the Hamburg deputies half
hoyr later.
The torchlight professions formed at
s o'clock. kilograms of congratula-
tion have been received from Emperor
Franz Joseph, Count Kalnoky, King
Humbert and Premier Crispi.
BERLIN, April ALI of the public
and most of the private buildings are
bedeclSed with flags and bunting in
honor of the sOth birthday of Prince
bismarck At all the schools the
pupils assembled Monday morning in
order to hear special bismarck adj
dresses. The pupils were then given
n holiday.
II A MBl Etf. April III hiSDidICh
fetes have been repeated with re-
doubled zest. The banks. bridges.
state buildings and most of the private
houses were ablaze with candles
and electric lights until midnight
at FREDERICKSBURG. After leading
three cheers for IIamburg's prosperity,
Prince Bismarck mufficd his throat
and descended from the terrace. Five
bands struck mp march, and the torch
bearers began to file past The prince
stood half an hour at the foot of the
terrace watching the parade. All
the torch bearers cheercd him and oc
casionally group from some Ham
burg singing society would slacken
their pace and give him a stanza from
the new birthday song.
BERLIN, April 3.-The emperor and
empress were present at grand ban
quet given Monday evening in the
white hall of the castle in honor of
Prince Bismarck's birthday. All
the royal princes and princesses,
court officials, generals, mem
hers of the bundesrath, chiefs
of the different bureaus of the reichs
tag and of the diet and other distin-
guished officials were present En-
peror William, i'm toastihg Prince Bis
mark, said: His serene highness,
Duke Won Lauenberg. Prince Won Bis
marck, hurrah. hurrah. hurrah.'
New YORK, April 3.-The Germans in
New York celebrated the s0th anniver-
sary of the birth of bismarck Monday.
Flags were flying throughout the dis
tinctive German district on the east
side. All the German societies and
hosts of other Teutonic organizations
celebrated in some form or other, most
of the events occurring in the evening.
The two big German societies, the
Ariou and the Leiderkranz, held fcs-
tivities in their headquarters. The
two societies united in sending the fol
lowing BILE message to Bismarck
To the man who united Germany:
Thanks and greetings on his birthday from
the singers and the boards OF trustees OF the
Arion and LeiderlSranz societies.
ST PAUL, Mimi, April 3.-The legis-
lature Monday morning passed reso-
luton congratuiating Prince Bismarck
on his s0th birthday. II is 10 be ca bled
10 the prince.
ST Louis. April 3.-As many of the
i75, 900 German population of this city
as could be accommodated assembled
At tbeir MANY reubiic halls Tuesday