The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-26
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| bearers of good wishes and likewise Of a
fine gift; splendidIy mounted j. addressesif sei;
of the Conservative, National Liberal and
| anti-Semite parties on. April l. The Ma
| quiet at the Kaiserhof, April !, at which
| the eulogy on bismarck will be pronounced
sa by pr sse viii receive Z, Tue
| rial medal. The Conservatives will nave
| commers''' at the Feenpalast at the same ann,
/ time, and the Bismarck committee VIII
| have a. similar celebration; but even on a
| larger scale, on the eve of his birthday :,
have we nothing Shiis' to do do With with politics The
| grandest of all promises to be the one az
ranged to take place around in the vicinity
| OF the Germania monument in the Nieder-
/ wald. on the Rhine. which will be partici-
/ pated in by representatives OF thirty-sN
cities in the Rhenish district, men belonging
| to every shade of political opinion The
| central part of the celebration will DC AT
| occasion Professor Quicken. of Giessen Uni
4 versity, will deliver the Grafton A grand
nation eaS Of the m hills Ills and mountain peaks near
! by, together with great fireworks on the
/ Rhine will also take place. In the Black
SUBMITS of the mountains in that region
| will show bonfires in the evening of
i March 81.
| THE HAMBURG "COMMERS.'
In Hamburg the municipal celebration,
| outside of that arranged for by the Ger
! man university students, will be very ex-
| tensive. A political committee has assumed
/ charge of a s'commers, to which everybody
| is invited the night OF March so. ON the
| night following there will be great fire
| works on the Alstervand. On the night of
| April / torchlight procession, in which
5000 will share, is to proceed to Friedrichs-
! Will undertake a procession to Friedrichs-
| ruhe the birthday morning and serenade
! the Prince, and on April the same society
| will Witness at a special reserved perform
| ance in the Stadt Theater, patriotic
drama anu lestivai pay wlt,eh % i hor ,.9,i ,nG
/ be illuminated on April L..
1 Lubbock. which ancient Hanse town con-
i ferred civic honors ON Prince Bismarck
4 some time ago, will also have a special ceie-
bration. consisting Of an address M sent. sent by
and and an an Illumination ii Of the town. At noon,
r ee viii pesa oesu on Man Market W
| Munich, too, will celebrate. A musicale
viii be given on March srhra ~ in the nceom ,
| the next day on the Konigsplatz; with res,
tivai. "comfners', in the Lion Cellar and and
the laying of the foundation stone of the
| Bismarck tower on the Rittman peak, near
| Sternberg lake.
| marck is already an honorary citizen. eel
| ebration will occur, consisting OF iiiunina-
s9ns Many 81 ther rns Cites have
made similar arrangements. In Spandau
Bismarck monument II to be ereG,ed ten ;asa In
| place; also at Potsdsm
The German Alpine Club intends erecting
| Bismarck house on the zdsspitze, in the
The faithful ones Of Oldburg send this
many n ones IN hnep low pioxer er
| man dialect in which they wish Bismarck
another score OF years.
| elers have been busy executing many orders
| for birthday gifts coming from private adj
The factnlties of all the universities in
Germany will send a joint address of wei
cellor on April /. The address is a splendid
work of art. and the deputation to bring II Il
| will consist of tho rectors and projectors OF
the various universities.
TRIBUTE OF CORPS STUDENTS.
BESIDES undertaking a pilgrimage to
Friedrichsruhe on April /, in which some
twelve hundred of the corps students of
Germany will join, the latter will also lay
the foundation stone to a Bismarck monu-
ment on the summit of Rudelsburg. in
Thuringia, to which the Emperor has con-
trihuted 1000 marks. Among the guests
/ with the tleputation of corps students will
be the sole surviving member of Bismarck's
old corps in Cos sttingen. Mayor Fromme
of Luenberg, will present to the Prince
some cherished menentos of that time
Special Bismarck memorial medals, made OF
silver and the size of a dollar. have been
coined. They show. Bismarcks head on the
The Federation Of Agriculturists will
present Bismarck with shield of honor,
merous symbolicai engravings and enamel
ings, as well as Bsmarckian notices and
yanae sf aaqrss The Society Of German En
gineers will hand Bismarck some day in
April. handsome address, consisting of
The executive committee of the Fedora
tion of German Turner's will present sill
yer wreath resting in oaken plate en-
bellshed with notices.
The Berlin Academy of Arts, of which
Bismarck is an honorary member, will pre-
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the device: "Salus Germaniae supra lex.
The Society of Berlin Artists will appoint
special celebration on his birthday, and the
Berlin society of the German Art Associa-
ton will present Bismarck with peculiar
gift-an iron plate, bearing in Runic
Characters a prize poem by Julius Wolff;
Prussia will present Bismarck with an adj
lin will have a ''commers on April 1. The
director of the Berlin gymna sum of the
"Graz convent whose pupil bismarck was
in his boyhood, will present number of
interesting personal mementoes of those
school days, remarks by teachers on the
Bismarck of that time, ETC., and the present
pupils of that school will send photographs
of the interior of the building to the ex-
Chancellor.
PROPOSED MONUMENTS.
In Altoona a committee is collecting
funds for Bismarck monument The peo-
pie of Scheswig- Holstein will undertake,
ON Ascension day, a pilgrimage to Fried
richsruhe, and erect out OF voluntary con-
trlbutions from the whole province a Bis
marck monument in FIensburg on Ascen-
sion day. too, a large number of members
of the patriotic club of Leipsc will present
their congratulations
I The oyations planned by several thou
sands of the people of Westphalia will oc-
cur in Friedrichsruhe in May, those by the
people of Silcsa May 49, and those of
east Prussia on May ). A visit masse,
with banners and emblems, VIII be under
taken on April II by all of the Berlin trades
organiza tions and the affiliated bodies of
otner cities, and number Of them have
chosen him honorary member. The singing
societies will have a grand 'commers'' in
the philharmonic.
Koenigsberg will present the Prince with
an artistic miniature reproduction of
Friedrichsruhe, carved true to life. The
women of Siesia will send many gifts,
products typically representing the indus
tries of that province, such as carpets,
linen etc. The people of the Duchy of An
halt will present the ex-Chancellor with a
fine bronze group Admirers of Prince Bis
mark in Oldenburg Will present him with
an calx wreath of silver and two rnagnifi-
cent mares.
The conferring of honorary citizenship on
Bismarck has been done by a large num-
Der of cities and towns. The magistrate
of Berlin has resolved TO send an address
TO Friedrichsruhe. Munich resolved by ~
votes against II to appoint Bismarck an
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