The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-19

"Twenty-five years ago a foreign foe
threatened King William. This prince of
peace led Germany's sons from victory TO
victory. What Germany thanks the great
Kaiser for is engraved on all German
hearts. May Germany's sons ever stand
together. for the empire and the Emperor.
His Majesty then threw some mortar
into the bed of the stone, and was followed
by Baron Buali Won Berenberg, president OF
the Reichstag, who made an address. In
the course of his remarks he said:
aThis monument will be an everlasting
landmark that wherever German hearts
beat or the German tongue is spoken graft
tude to Emperor William l will never
vanish. May Gods blessing be on your
Majesty's hopefully commenced rule"
He then handed a hammer to Emperor
William, who said, amid the thunder of
cannon, as the stone was lowered into its
place:
ITO encourage the living, to the mem
DRY of the fallen, and as an example to
coming ages dedicate this monument to
the memory of Emperor William the
Great"
AS he spoke the words he tapped the
stone with the hammer, after which it was
also tapped by the Crown Prince, the
Grand Duke of Baden, the President of
the Bundesrath, the President of the
Reichstag and others.
The court chaplain then said the bene-
dicfion, after which Chancellor Won
Hohenlohe called for three cheers for the
Emperor. These were given heartily by
ali present and were taken up and re-
-peated by the crowds that were watching
the proceedings from the roofs of near
bv houses. The troops then marched by
the Emperor, after which his Majesty
walked into the castle. In the evening
the Emperor attended banquet given by
the First Regiment of footguards at Pots
dam, after which he started to join the
Empress at Willie lmshohe.
As the war celebrations progress the en-
thusiasm grows in volume. Tomorrow
the Emperor will review on the Temple
heff field the veterans of the Franco-Prus-
sian war, and all the officers, business and
factories have agreed to give holiday to
such of their employees as served in that
war; In. every instance the employees re-
ceiylng q holiday will be paid their wages,
and some prominent firms will mark the
occasion by presenting to the veterans in
their employ gratuities varying from to
so marks.
1t is stated that the Emperor is much
. vexed at the outbreak of anglophobia in
the German press, and especially as it &C.
cured while he was actually guest in
England. The prediction is ventured that
he will take an early occasion to publicly
deprecate the outbreak as it is generally
conceded that his relations with his grand
mother, Queen Victoria, have again as
sumed their old cordiality.
The Emperor has invited the King of
Saxony to attend the Berlin festival on
September ., Sedan day, and it is stated
that the King intends to be present in
memory of the part he took in the war of
1870
The health of the Empress continues to
improve, but she is not strong enough to
share in to-day's and to-morrow's cere-
monies. 1t is expected she will make her
first public appearance since her sickness
at the dedication of the Emperor William
/ Memorial Church, which takes place on
September. /. She will also attend the
subsequent celebrations in honor of the
victories of the German army.
The Chamber of Commerce of Kiel has
under discussion the winter tariff of the
North Sea-Baltic canal, which was re-
Gently opened to the commerce of the
world. The chamber voted against pro-
posed addition of % per cent to the tariff
as being likely to diminish the traffic that
would otherwise pass through the canal,
and prepared an address to the imperial
i
of the chamber contended that the tariff
was already too high and that it was de-
sirable to reduce the rates rather than to
increase them.
A representative of The United Press has
had an interview with Mr.. Dekay, the
American ul-General here. In the
course of the interview Mr.. Dekay ban
tered the American newspaper men in
Europe for missing the wedding of his
niece, which took place in Venice. Mr..
Dekay said it was one of the most poetic
functions he had ever witnessed, and
would have given unlimited possibilities
for high-fown sentiment. The wedding was
solemnized by the arch-patriarch of one
of the chapeIs of st. Marks. The party
arrived and departed in gayly decorated
SOH0OAdo3 ollC ny q SAuO
entrance near the Bridge of Signs. The
bride and bridegroom left the church in a
white satin-decked gondola, sitting be-
meath bower of roses, surmounted by a
floral crown. After giving all the infor-
nation concerning the wedding, Mr..
Dekay said he was personally glad that
newspaper men were absent, for he hated
to have his own family doings pried into
by reporters, especially female ones, who,
he declared, were re gular plaques.
The races at Baden for the championship
CT Europe were won by Spofford, the prop
erty of Marchez Berlingheris. The Amer
lean horses Eddie Hayes and Delmonico
ran three times, but did not get place,
and were drawn from the remaining con-
tests.
American visitors at Homburg have in
troduced baseball at that place, and the
first game was played during the past week
in meadow adjoining the tennis court.
The game excited much interest, many of
the German visitors never having seen it
played before.
The exports from Germany to the United
States OF the imitation of the astrachan fur
called krimmenfel. under the Mckinley