The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-11

BERLIN, Aug. 10.-lSpecial Berlin
cable letter. Copyright, 1895, by the
Associated Press.]-During the past
week celebrations have been held
throughout Germany in commemora-
ton of the battles fought by the Ger
mans against the French during the
early part of August, 1875 The most
significant were probably at the foot
of the national monument at the Me
derwald on Wednesday, and yesterday
1900 members of Bavarian military
bands made a patriotic demonstration
there. For the big celebrations of Au-
gust 10, on the Templehoff field, 2S5
veteran organizations will march with
banners before the emperor. Galleries
will be erected to accommodate 10000
spectators. Unfavorable comment has
been aroused because the governmRt
will not officially take part in the cele-
brations, and Won Tiedmann, governor
of Bromerg, in a written refusal 10 join
in the Sedan parade, said that it would
be against the dignity Of royal officials
to march through the streets as plain
civilians.
New Baltic Canal.
Complaints at the unsatisfactory
management of the new Baltic canal
| continue to arrive from German
points, especially from Dantzic and
Stettin. Cases are cited where the ex-
pense of passing the canal trebly ex-
| ceeded the benefits derived therefrom
and ship owners strongly appeal that
the management be taken out of the
clutches of the bureau and be gov
erned on a business basis. The gov
eminent, however, persists in declar-
iv1cr a Ia frat Tio iC inRraa sing 6qilV
especially in Danish, Swedish and
Norwegian vessels, and that the fees
charged are not eXorbitant.
wilhelm Monument.
The programme for laying the cor
ner-stone Of the big Kaiser Wilhelm
monument, near Berlin castle, on
August Is, has been determined upon.
The emperor and empress will leave
the castle on foot and walk to the
spot where the cornerstone Has been
placed. Prince Hohenlohe, the chan
cellor, will then hand his majesty a
document to be placed in the hollow
part of the stone. The emperor will
read this document aloud. The NAL
let will be given him by Count Loeb
erfield, and his majesty will perform
the ceremony of laying the stone. The
Lutheran hymn will be played by the
bands assembled, the officiating cler-
3 y
the ceremony will be ended.
At Carlsbad a number Of American
public men are stopping and they have
all especially been Inundated by the
apparent failure of the United States
embassy to accomplish anything in
the matter. They add it is safe to say
that the case will have far-reaching
consequences.
Nearly 35, 900 patients have visited
Carlsbad since May, the number eX-
ceeding the record 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 a fortnight ago all the hotels
and lodgings were packed with crowds
of people, but the crowds are now
thinning There is much complaint
among the visitors at the eXtortionate
price charged at the hotels, and the
vexatious rules and attacks imposed
by the local authorities which invite
a. constant repetition of the Stern
Notes of the Nation.
Baseball has been introduced at
Hamburg, where it is played on the
grounds near the lawn tennis court.
one of the best players is M. Levitt
comte Leon de jane.
A Brunswick boycott, after lasting
for fifteen months, has ended in the
complete surrender of the Workmen
who numbered 3,CGO.
Lieutenant Won Hagen, Of the artil-
lery guards, has committed suicide
by shooting himself with a revolver,
owing to financial difficulties during
which he was compelled to borrow
money at usurious rates.
According to the new regulations of
the ministry of education, women will
be admitted to the university in order
to study medicine, dentistry and phar-
macy.
The government has issued an order
that henceforth the German officials
are only to admit American pork
that is officially stamped and labeled
'microscopically examined" in addi-
ton to the regular inspector.
The United States ambassador. Theo-
dore F. Runyon, has returned to this
city.
DR.. Murphy, a well-known physician
of Chicago, has arrived here in order
to examine the German clinics.
An excursion party of eighty Ameri-
cans is making months stay in
Berlin.