Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-18

candle power each; Brunsblettel barbor with thirty-four lamps of twenty five can de power each, five of fifty candle power each aud twelve oi sixty candle power each.
 The official asked the United Press cor respondent to correct the impression abroad that the foreign naval vessels would steam in procession through the canal. Only German warships will take part in this pa rade The imperial dispatch boat, Hohen- zolern, will go fir.', it s be Woersh, Au- gusta Victoria anu K K,,ser Wilhelm III following her. Upon leaving the canal and entering Kiel bay the emperor will pass along the line of foreign and German war ships lying at anchor from Fort Fried. richsruhe to Keil city. The immense shed which the railroad authorities are building 2 at Friedrichsruhe to shelter the Bismarck pilgrims will be removed later to Kiel to accommodate visitors during the oaval fetes.
 The report hat he D ike of saxe- Coburg- Gotl a tDuke or EIinburgh) will abdicaie soon in iavo. Of hIs sou is discredited at the Berlin court. Even if the duke de- sires to give up his duties and return to England, the duchess is too fond of reign ing to let him go.
 Admiral Prince Henry entertained Wat son, the Scotch " | designer, at dinner in Kiel last week. Dinner was served at the Imperial Yacht club and aiterward MT. Watson and Messrs. Benson and Marshall, the two other guests, inspected the empe- rors new racing yacht, Vineta. Mr. Watson then came to Berlin to give the emperor h opinion of the boat.
 The inde pendent social democrats of Ber- liG will celebrate tomorrow with eighteen meetings the anniversary of the Paris com mune. The police win be well represent ted at every one of ,h. eighteen halls.
 Ths Grand Prix horse races established by the Prince of Thurn and Taxis will be run at Regensturg. The entries will close on May 15. The prize Is 7500 marks aud a cup. Only 3.year-old may be entered.
 fhs Koelnische Volks Zsitung says that the czar and czarina will visit Berlin in May, proceed thence to Paris and return to St. Petersburg via Vienna.
 Eugene Richter's Freisinnige Zeitung gives moving picture of the misery sui fered by the council of state under the em- peror's chairmanship. Richter says the members have got to the point where they pray that the emperor will stay away and thus leave them free to say what they think. His majesty has a list of the speak CTS in his hand and dictates the order In which they may take the floor. As nobody dare go out when bored, all are obliged to remain fixed for hours in their chairs and listen to the most notorious discussions of trifles. The most trivial speeches must be cheered. As the emperor has forbidden in- terruptions and cries of dissent, there Is only dreary waste of ready made applause for those taking part in the debates.
 The Strassburg correspondence says that the report of the Texas fever in the Reichs- land-one of the principal reasons for the prohi biton of American cattle-has been found to be utterly false. In April, 1894, two cows died of milbrand, but DO others were affected, and there certainly has been no grounds to suspect the presence of the Texas fever.
 The Vorwaerts, the organ of the demo- cratic committee, came out with blood red issue today in memory Of the Paris commune. The motto at the head Of the first page is, "Ours Is the World in Spite of All ,t