St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-21

ichantress, with a large party of Brit
ish naval officers; the French gunboat
Surcouf, with a party of French naval
and military officers; the Russian gun
boat Grossjasehtschi, with the Rus
sian naval and other officials; the
Spanish gunboat Ensenada, bearing
the Spanish naval and other officials;
the Swedish gunboat Edda, having
party of Swedish naval and other Off
Gals; the Norwegian gunboat Viking,
conveying Norwegian officials the
United States cruiser Marblehead, hav-
ing as passengers Admiral Kirkland
and staff and officers from the San
Francisco, New York and Columbia,
of the United States squadron; the
Roumanian guhboat Mircea; the Dan
ish gunboat Hekla, with the Danish
officials; the Turkish gunboat Al Kaa-
mar; the Portuguese Faud.
GROUNDED IN THE CANAL.
On the /%hole the passage of the
canal by the imperial procession was
a success, although there were three
slight mishaps The North German
Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II.
grounded for a short time, but sus-
tanned no damage. The Russian gun
boat Grossja sjashetzchi passed Rendsburg
at 4:30 D. m. in tow of a. tug, apparent
.ly having sustained some damage to
her machinery by grounding. The
British royal yacht Osborne grounded.
and all the vessels following had to
anchor for a long time. Eventually
she was f1oated and proceeded on her
way to Holtenau But the mishap
caused quite break in the procession.
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throughout by infantry and cavalry,
and behind the troops were gathered
crowds of people, who loudly cheered
the vessels as they passed. The dlf-
ferent points along the route of the
canal and about Kiel were decorated
in the most elaborate manner. The
war ships of the United States, the
New York, Columbia, San Francisco
and Marblehead, which latter vessel
took part 'in the procession, formed
striking features of the naval display,
standing out finely among the other
vessels, which, as q rule, have dark
colored hulls. The white sides of the
Yankee cruisers undoubtedly gave
them an extremely smart appearance,
and caused them to be greatly admired.
CHEERED THE FRENCH.
/; There was one feature of the pro-
cession which should calm the excite
ment among the members OF the
League of Patriots of Paris, who
raised such a hubbub when 1t BECAME
known that the French government
intended to send a squadron TO par
ticipate in the Kiel fetes. AS the
/ French gunboat Surcouf passed the
several points along the canal route
cheers.
and the different bands played the
..Marseillaise" as she went by proud
ly Haunting the tri-eolor of France be-
fore the drawn-up troops Of Germany.
The French officers acknowledged the
cheers from the shore by touching
their caps and bowling, and when flags
were dipped in honor of the passage
of the Sureouf the ensign of the French
gunboat was promptly dipped in ac-
krloW1edgmenteof the courtesy. AdTal-
raj Menard, coIpmander-o of the French
squadron, entertained the officers OF
the German battleship Bayern on
board the Hoche, the French flagship,
today, in return for a similar courtesy
extended to the officers of the Hoche
yesterday.
There was a. wonderful scene along
the shores at the mouth of the canal
at Holtenau. The immense crimson
covered stands erected for the accom-
mediation of sightseers were filled at
the earliest hours by interested spec
tatcrs in holiday garb, officers in their
best uniforms, and ladies in bright
summer costumes. There was great
excitement when the people first
caught sight Of the imperial yacht ap-
preaching with the emperor on board.
4 yI,t1 I,n fear
poured out of the sluices, the stately
vessel sinking slowly, but grandly, to
the level of the water of the harbor.
Z Then the gates of the lock were
opened, and the Hohenzollern steamed
out majestically into the open water.
GREAT GUNS ROAR.
Suddenly three shots were fired in
rapid succession from the German flag
ship Friedrich Wilhelm, giving the sig
nal for the saluting to begin. A deaf
ening roar of artillery commenced al
most before the flash of the last gun
from the flagship had spoken, the noise
of SO many guns from so many war
ships drowning the tremendous out
burst of cheering which arose from
tens of thousands of throats as his
majesty, Emperor William IL, was
seen standing alone on the bridge of
the Hohenzollern, in the full dress uni
form of an admiral of the fleet. His
breast was brilliant with orders and
conspicuous across it was the broad
orange ribbon of the Black Eagle.
When the salutes were finished the
band on each ship struck up Hell dir
RiegerhkranZ and following this was
the national anthem of it's own coun-
try. 1t is difficult to fully describe the
general enthusiasm which prevailed.
One must imagine the vast fleet of over
fifty war vessels, large and small, rep
resenting all nations, anchored in the
blue waters of F<iel bay, the sun shin
ing brightly and their masts flying
countless flags and pennants; their
sides belching forth fire and smoke in
honor of the German ruler, standing
apparently calm upon the bridge of his
magnificent yacht. To the ordinary
observer it seemed as if all the nations
of the earth had sent their warships
here to do honor to the German en-
peror, and the fact that the squadrons
had simply assembled to celebrate the
opening of a new waterway between
the Baltic and the North sea appeared
to be entirely lost sight Of, especially
by the masses of people ashore, who
pEOuuly CHcSISuy anu CiiOSiC GU again,
with wild enthusiasm, as the Hohen-
zollern steamed to her anchorage with
the emperor bowling from side to side
as the beautiful yacht passed the vari-
Gus war vessels, and acknowledging the
naval salutes by touching his hat.
After the Hohenzollern anchored din
ner was served on board and the Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia, the king of
Saxony, king of Wurtemburg and the
grand dukes and princes boarded her
and congratulated the emperor on the
success of the canal opening. The en-
press of Germany was not present at
the dinner on the Hohenzollern.
AT the dinner given yesterday to the
officers of the French flagship by the
officers of the German battleship Bay
ern the German commander toasted
the French president at the same time
as he toasted the German emperor, and
referred to the International feeling
of comradery existing among naval men
all the world over. The French COM
mander at the dinner on board the
Hoche today responded with a similar
toast, which was vigorously applaud
ed. Emperor William has addressed
an autograph letter to Carl Won Boet-