The herald., 1895-08-11
NEWS LETTER FROM BERLIN
Germans Celebrate Their Vict0-
ries Over the French
NEW CANAL MANAGEMENT
Kaiser Wilhelm Monument Corner Stone
Ceremonies
Dissatisfaction Among American Merchants
Regarding Obnoxious Regulations I'm.
posed by the Empire
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During the past week celebrations have
been held throughout Germany in COM
memoration of the battles fought py the
Germans.against the French during the
early part OF August 1871. The most
significant were probably at the foot of
the national monument at the Niederwald d
on Monday and Wednesday and yester-
day. Fifteen hundred members of the
Bayarian military bands made patriot
| &c demonstration there. For the big cell
ebrations of August 10th, on the TEN pie
hof field, 2S5 veteran organizations will
! march with banners before the emperor
and galleries will be erected to accommo-
date 20. 900 spectators. Unfavorable COM
ment has been aroused because the gov
| eminent will not officially take part in
| the celebration and Won Tiedman in q
| written refusal to join the Sedan parade,
said it would be against the dignity of
royal officials to march through the
streets as plain civilians.
Complaints at the unsatisfactory man.
! agement OF the new Baltic canal continue
to arrive from German ports, especially
from Dantzic and StGttln. Cases are cited
where the expense of passing through
the canal trebly exceeded the benefits de-
rived tnerefrom and ship owners strongly
appeal that the management be taken
out of the clutches of the bureau and be
governed on business basis. The gov
ernment however persists in declaring
that the traffic is increasing daily, espe-
cially in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian
vessels, and that the fees charged are not
ex cessiye.
The programme for laying the corner
stone OF the big Kaiser Wilhelm monu-
m ent near Berlin castle on August 18th
has been determi ined upon. The emperor
and empress will leave the castle on foot
and walk to the spot where the corner
stone has been placed. Prince Hohenlohe,
the chancellor. will the hand his majesty
a document to be placed IN the hollow
part of the stone. The emperor will read
this document aloud. The mallet will
be given him by Count Loucherfeld and
his majesty will perform the ceremony of
laying the stone. The Lutheran hymn
will be played by the bands assembled.
the officiating clergyman will pronounce
a blessing and the ceremony will be
ended.
Grand preparations are being made for
the celebration OF Sedan day, Septem Der
ID. Throughout Prussia the Protestant
King Albert of Saxony will come to Ber-
lin by special invitation of the emperor
and will be the recipient of unusual
honors, as he is the last surviving army
| commander in active service.
About a score of the other German
princes and rulers will be present.
among them being the prince. regent Of
Bavaria. A grand zapfenstrich will be
executed in front of the Berlin castle
during the evening, and preceding the
celebration both shores of the Rhine as
far as the Dutcn frontier will be illum-
mated by bonfires arranged by the veter-
ans.
The result of the Stern case has caused
the most unpleasant impression among
Americans at all the German spas. Sim
liar regulations to those infringed upon
by Mr.. Stern prevail everywhere, and the
punishment OF the New YORK merchant
serves to stimulate the German officials
to fresh annoyances. More than one of
them has already been heard to remark
in substance: You Americans mu st
conform to our customs"
AT Carlsbad a number of American
public men are stopping and they have
all been humiliated by the apparent fail
ure OF the United States EN- bassy to ac-
complish anything in the matter. They
add it is safe 10 say tnat the case will
have far-reaching consequences. Nearly
35, 900 patients have visited Carlsbad !
,
ord by 1000. The great increase in the
number of visitors has been among the
Americans, who are by far the largest
foreign element. Up to fortnight ago
all the hotels and lodgings were packed
with crowds of people, but the crowds
plant among the visitors at the xt rtion-
ate price charged at the hotels, and the
vexatious rules ana attacks imposed by
the local authorities which invite a CON
slant repetition OF the Stern case.
Mr.. Louis Stern has been advised to ap.
peal to the clemency OF the Prince Regent
of Bavaria, who. it is said, is sure to
change the sentence OF two weeks i'm
pirsonment and a fine of 800 marks to a
mere fine. 1t appears that the Bavarian
government itself did not expect that Mr..
Stern would be sentenced for insulting
the public official mentioned in the case.
Mr.. p. d. Armour OF Chicago completed
the Carlsbad cure and has departed.
Among the prominent A meriCans now
ct Carlsbad are Senator Vest OF Missouri.
Colonel Clayton McMcheal of the Phila-
delphia North American: Mr.. and Mrs.
Huntington Jackson of Chicago; Presi.
dent Ledyard of the Michigan Central
railway; Judge Dillon, leading couhsel
for the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, and Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Powell
Of Cincinnati.
burg where it is played on the grounds
near the lawn tennis court. There are
fewer Americans at Hamburg than there
were short time ago, but next week
there will be a big incursion OF tarnsat-
lantic visitors. Mrs. John W. Mackay ar
rived at Hamburg today with a large
party, including Mr.. M. II. DE Young
proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle
They engaged the whole of the second
floor of the Hotel de Russo.
Cbauncey M. Depew and his son are
expected at Carlsbad shortly, and the
princess of Wales, the Grand Duke
Michael of Russia and the grand duchess
of Mecklen burg will arrive there on the
18TH.
A Brunswick boycott, after lasting for
fifteen months has ended in the com
plete surrender of the workmen, who
number 5000.
Lieutenant Won Hagen OF the artillery
has com miitted suicide by shooting him
sell with revolver, owing to financial
difficulties during which he was conf
PEELED to borrow money at usurlous rates.
According to the new regulations OF the
istry or education, women Will be ad-
mtted to the university to study med
icine. dentistry and pharmacy.
The government has issued an order
that henceforth the German officials aie
only to admit such American pork and
sausage as is officially stamped and
labelled 'mioroscopically examined" in
addition to the regular examination.
DR.. Dunphy. we'll known physician OF
Chicago, arrived here to examine the
German clinics.
\ An excursion party o. eighty Amer
icaua is making 81 months StaV in Berlin.