The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29
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PROGRAM PREPARED FOR THE
VISIT OF GBRAIAN-ANIERIOAN
VETERANS.
THREATENING LETTERS RE
CEIVED BY THE EMPEROR
Caused the Public to be Excluded From
the Recent Corner Stone Laying-Big
Celebration Mapped Out for Sc
dan Day.

American veterans has been drawn up
On their arrival at Bremen they will be
the guests of the veterans of that city
and the fete there will include march
through the town to Warmon monument
which will be decorated with laurel
wreathes. They will then proceed to the
park, where there will be a number of
military bands and Examinations and
where aid the American veterans will re-
ceive commemorative medals, struck for
the occasion by the senate The veterans
ON August 30 will go by special trains to
FREDERICKSBURG and thence to Berhn
where they will arrive on the following
day. They will be met at Lehrer railroad
station by committee of the veterans
association; procession will be made and
they will march through the Brandenburg
gate and file before the United States en-
bassy. From that point, accompanied by
two military bands and followed by car
riages containing the women and children,
they will return to Inter Den Linden,
passing William rs palace and the SchlOss
to the Feen palace, where there will be a
concert. fts - s.'
On THE following date the German-Amer
lean veterans will attend the inaugural
ton of Kaiser Wilhelm's memorial church
and will then march to the Italian eXhi-
bition, where number of fetes have been
arranged.
On September 2 there will be parade
and review ON the parde ground and in
the evening there will be a military tattoo.
The veterans will see the sights the next
day. On September 4 they will lunch
with the emperor in pavilion at Wannez,
whence they proceed by steamer to Pots
dam. They go to Leipsic ON September
and from there to Mayence. They will
visit the battle fields and afterwards start
for home via Bremen.
Politically there has been nothing stir
ring during the whole week. The en-
peror has been busy reviewing the vet
Grams and making kind remarks to those
who attracted his special attention.
A private of the Eighth Hussars has
been pard0ned by his majesty under pc
culiar circumstances this week. The man,
whoes name is Otto Gerber, accidentally
killed the horse of a sergeant major dur
ing army manoeuvres and was sentenced
to six weeks Imprisonment. The emperor,
upon ascertaining that the man was other
wise good soldier, wrote upon the mar
gin of the papers: "In this case the man
is worth more than the horse to me. Set
Otto Gerber free"
The fact that the public was excluded
from witnessing the ceremony of laying
the corner stone of the Kaiser Wilhelm
monument last Saturday has caused much
comment and it is now understood that
this measure was due to the fact that
several threatening letters had been sent
DO the emperor the day before, and whose
authors the police were unable to trace.
His majesty, however, was DESTROYS of
the utmost publicity in spite of these
letters, but the new chief of police of err
lin persuaded the emperor to allow the
police to exclude the masses from the
ceremony.
The emperor next week will again take
up his residence at the new palace, where
the empress will shortly follow him. The
young princes are already there.
The emperor yesterday and to-
day attended the large cavalry
manoeuvers at Senne on the
plains of Westphila. The naval
manoeuvers have already begun. From
Wilhelmshaye the fleet will start on Tues
day for Kiel and during the three days
trip evolutions will be executed within
sight of the shore.
Sedan day, September 2, will be celebra-
ted by the fleet and the naval troops at
Kiel, $1,000 strong, for the first time in
the history of the German navy. The
eyolutions will be resumed ON the following
day and the final manoeuvers will occur
at Dantzic in the presence of the EN-
peror.
There has been complete turnover in
the high naval commands this week, the
only officer retaining his command of an
ironclad being Prince Henry of Prussia,
on board the battleship Woerth.
In the middle of October the emperor,
according to his present plans, will ENJOY
an excursion to the Reischland, where he
will reside on his estate, Urville, taking
part in the dedication of the protestant
church at Kurzel and unwilling the Em-
peror Frederick'S monument on the battle
field of Woerth and winding up with
brief stay at Strasburg where his majesty
willput up tait the formers perfect palace.
In spite of the measures taken by the
provincial government of Reischland to
prevent large bodies of German veterans
crossing the French frontier to view the
battlefelds and decorate German graves,
big crowds of German veterans of Grave
lotte and Amanvillas, etc., crossed over
about 5000 old soldiers depositing wreaths
with German colors attached to them on
the graves of their comrades. The French
authorities, however had the colors re-
moved. The imperial chancellor is spend
ing the rest of his leave on his Russian
estates near wilma.
The municipal council of Frankfort-on-
the-Main has refused to vote money for
the Sedan celebration, but instead has APP
propriated the sum of 10000 marks to be
distributed among the need incapacitated
veterans of the war. The veterans among
the laborers and mechanics employed upon
the government works at Spandau have
each received the sum of 100 marks and
leave to visit the battefelds of the Reisch-
land. --.. r,..t ID. ~, --
The Bismarck monument on the summit
of the, Rodolsberg,, erected by the stu
dents. will be unveiled on October Is.
Mr. Louis Stern of New York, who
was recently sentenced to t tWo weeks weeks i'm i'm
insulting a German official at Kissingen,
is now in Paris awaiting the result OF
his appeal to the prince regent Of Bavaria
to mitigate his sentence of Imprisonment
and make it another fine. This appeal
will Represented by Mr. Stems attorney
on Tuesday. The latest information
which reaches here, however is to the
effect that Prince Luitpold is not likely
to interfere directly in the matter, as II
is stated that information has been re-
ceived at the imperial foreign office which
it is claimed shows that Mr.. Stern PAID
only half of the fare for mis- son. on the
steamer from New York, having gwen ms
age as II years, while he now, claims the
lad is 10 years old. 1t was the question
of the boys age, it will be remembered,
which led to his being ordered from the