Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-21
THROWN OPEN TOC0MMERCE
Thousands Line the Bank to Witness the
Ceremony.
WHICH WAS OF SO MUCH IMPORTANCE.
How the Magnificent Pageant Lined Up.
The Marblehead Great Favorite
With the Multtude-The
Emperor's Greeting.

Kiel, June 20.-With imperial pomp
and ceremony and amid the plaudits of
thousands upon thousands of people the
great canal connecting the Baltic and
North sea was opened to commerce to-
day The weather was perfect and the
Inauguration ceremony was highly sue
cessful save in one particular, the
grounding in the canal of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II,
one of the vessels that took part in the
naval parade She took bottom near
Levensau, near the eastern extremity of
the canal. but she got off without dam
age. At o'clock this afternoon the dis
patch boat Grill entered the lock at
Brunsbutel, the western extremity of the
canal and went through as scout, eX-
amining the banks and locks and taking
soundings in order to prevent, If possi-
BILE the occurrence of an accident when
the great parade naVigated the canal TO
Kiel.
s Long before the hour set for the start
ing Of the parade every available space
along the river front was pre-empted by
eager crowds. all anxious to see the en-
peror, the German princes and the other
royal personages than which larger
gathering has never been seen in thus
part of the empire. The scene as the en-
peror and four of his eldest sons drove
along the river front last evening to en-
bark on the imperial yacht Hohenzollcrn
was one to be long remembered. Every
thing capable of being decorated bore
masses of flags and varl-colored bunt-
ing and the crowd filled with holiday
fever cheered incessantly Is the ein-
peror and princes passed.
The Hohenzollern passed into the west
ern water gate at 345 O'Clock this morn
ing As the Hohenzollern passed into
the canal, the entrance to which was b.
tagged at every point a salute was fired
by a company of artillery stationed
little distance from the entrance to the
lock, while the soldcry. composed OF
cavalry infantry and pioneers. lining
both banks, presented arms. AT the
same time military band played the
German national anthem. The ap-
proaehes were crowded with military.
students, visitors and residents of the
vicinity, who chcered loudly. The en-
peror was on deck and bowed in response
to the ovation he received, exhibiting
much emotion.
The Hohenzollern at A o'clock cut the
thread which had been stretched across
the entrance TO the canal and began her
passage through to Kiel, the bands on
shore playing national airs and crowds
cheering. The other vessels in the pro-
cession followed in this order:
IlG ydCUl 1NelStI AuItI, ndNlIS Oli
board Prince Luitpold. regent of Bava-
ria; the King of Saxony the King OF
Wurtemburg and Grand Duke Alexis OF
Russia. Then came the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm H. with
the German princes and the foreign
ambassadors and ministers; the Lam
sahn, with the Duke of Oldenburg; the
British royal yacht Osborne, with the
Duke of York, representing Queen Vic
toria; the italian royal yacht Savoy,
ir1fF
King Humbert the Austrian torpedo
catcher Trabut, with Archduke charles
Stephen, representing Emperor Fran
els Joseph; the Hamburg American line
steamer Augusta Victoria, with Inc
members of the bundeSrath and OF the
diplomatic corps; the same lines steam
er Columbia, with members OF the reich
stag; the North German Lloyds steam
er Tr-ave, also with members OF the
reichstag and the Prussian landtas. anu
the Hamburg American line steamer
Rheatia, with members of the relchstag
and landtag.
The warships steamed through in this
order: Grille Arethus, Suroff, Groslas-
itchy Marques dc lInscnade, Edda, YAK
ing. Marblehead. IMircca, Hecla, AK
mar. The rear of the procession was
brought up by the Turkish yacht Fe-
valid.
At 1880 O'Clock last night every one
who was expected to go through the ca
nal on the AfIlAIliSn ~ t'.N'
head was on board that vessel. though
she did not leave her berth until this
morning Among those on board were
Admiral Kirkland and staff. Captain
Evans, Captain Shepard, the lleutenants,
ensigns and marine officers from eacn
ship of the American squadron, the Rev.
Mr. Trpp, chaplain Of the cruiser san
Francisco: Mrs. Louis ii. Moore, repre-
senting the United Press, and the fleet
surgeon and fleet paymaster. Ihe Mar
blehead sailed slowly down the EIDE ana
anchored at Brunsbuttel at q O'Clock,
awaiting her turn to so into the canal.
The Marblehead is very popular, owing
to the fact that her officers have shown
every possible courtesy to visitors, and
she was cheered last evening by the oc-
cupants of hundreds of steam and cleo
tric launches and thousands of people on
shore
AT 1870 D. m. the Hoenzollern was in
sight of the Holtenau locks at the east
end of the canal. The immense crowd of |
people who had assembled on the Hol-
tenau fest platz to witness the specta- |
Gle set up mighty cheer as the inn |
perial yacht was sighted. Five minutes
later she had steamed up to the locks, |
which she entered at 1885.
The emperor stood upon the high |
bridge behind the main mast, attired in |
the full uniform of an admial of the Ger |
man navy suggesting the well-known |
picture. with Full Steam Ahead"
The bands of sthe regular and veter- |
ans troops struck up Hell Der Rieg- |
erkrans," which fhe kaiser acknowl- |
edged by salute. AT 1910 all of the |
ships in the bay fired an imperial sa-
Lutte 1t was a grand spectacle. On |
each side of the lock was drawn up a |
company of the First foot guards of |
Potsdam with a band, and company |
Of the Kaiserin's Flensburg regiment |
were lined on the north shore in front of |
the harbor officers with the marine band. |
The admirals and generals stood upon /
the center rampant which divides the |
sections of the lock. The immense |
crowd kept up continued cheering as the |
Hohenzollern passed through and went |
to her anchorage, followed by the Kaiser