The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-20
THE KIM CELEBRATION.
The Town Crowded with Visitors
from All Parts Of Germany.
EMPEROR WILLIAM FOR PEACE

The German Rulers Significant Utterancs
at Banquet in Hamburg-De
of the Great Canal which Cost the Ger
man Government s3s, 100000.
KEEL, June 20.-All day long yesterday
there was a ceaseless incoming of trains
hither on the railroads, each one filed to
the last inch of available space with eager
humanity Visitors have fiocked in thou
sands in the streets of the town and in the
harbor, and every place is overfowing
with people The main streets are almost
impossible with the streams of men,
women and children.
The crews of the American, French,
Austrian, Roumanian and Spanish war
ships were allowed shore leave. The Aus
trians as the representatives of one of the
powers in the triple alliance, were the
chief objects of interest to the spectators.
Pleasure steamers, loaded to their ut
most capacity with crowds of sghtseers
made numberless trips all day In the har-
Dor, each one going the rounds of all the
warships, which are the central, feature
In the great spectacle Each pleasure
steamer as they came abreast man Of
war exchanged cheers with the jolly tars
on board, and none of them ever seemed
to grow weary.
The Empress Augusta of Germany ar
rived here at 8 o'clock last evening, and
was received at the station with great GER
emony and driven to the Schloss amid
salvos of artillery and the cheering of the
multitude which lined all the streets
The great event at Hamburg yesterday
was the arrival of Emperor William, who
reached the city at 4:15, accompanied bya
staff brilliant in uniforms. A company
Of the Hamburg regiment, with band and
banner rendered military honors at the
station, where also the entire senate and
burgomasters of the republic and Hanse
City of Hamburg were in attendance.
After the reception at the station the COM
pany was driven in open state carriages
through the principal streets of Hamburg.
In the evening there was a banquet at
the Rathaus with the emperor as the prin-
cipal figure. Burgomaster Lehman well
coined the emperor to Hamburg in pa
triotic address, and the emperor responded
in brief speech, in concluding which he
said:
1--WE have cast a glance upon the eter-
nal sea. Let us now direct our looks to
the sea of the peoples hearts. All nations
uplift themselves to US here today with q
questioning look They need and desire
peace. In peace alone can the worlds
commerce expand. In peace alone can 1t
thrive, and peace we shall uphold"
At the banquet the number of guests at
his majesty's table was sixty-four; the total
number of guests, including the members
of the diplomatic corps, who dined in a
separate room, was 800. The varied uni
forms of the guests, the contrasting colors,
the profusion of military and other deco
rations, and the general aspect of stately
magnihcence and power presented a
splendid spectacle.
The great canal which joins Baltic sea
to the German ocean was eight years in
building, and cost S38, 800, 0OO 1t inter
sects the peninsula of Schleswig- Holstein
from Brunsbuttel, near the mouth of the
Elbe, to Holtenau, on the Keil bay and
opposite that city, distance of about
tifty-nine miles The entrances at both
terminus have been provided with dock
gates for the passage of vessels both en-
tering or leaving the canal
At the Kiel end the gates will be gem
orally open. At the Brunsbuttel end they
will be opened in normal weather during
flood tide for period of three or four
hours each day. Each Of the gates is 271A
yards wide, ana the space inclosed by its
walls is 164 yards in length. The lowest
possible depth of water at Brunsbuttel
end is almost five fathoms and at Holte-
nau a trihe more
The whole canal is lighted by electricity,
and the light furnished is powerful enough
to enable navigators to plainly discern the
route by night. At all those points where
the canal runs through small lakes and
ponds, of which quite number lie along
the route, the buoys are lighted by gas
Steam tugs are stationed at each main
gate to the canal to assist the passage of
vessels, and inside the gates are harbors
for the accommodation of vessels which
have to wait for passage. At the lowest
possible water the canal has a depth of
four and half fathoms The breadth at
the bottom of the canal is twenty-four
and one-tenth yards. At several points
the canal is crossed by movable bridges,
which, when opened, leave a free space of
fifty-four and one-fourth yards. There are
also a number of ferries.
The men Of the German ironclads Helm
dali and Hagen regaled the American
and Danish sailors at the Waldweiz res
taurant on Tuesday. Yesterday the crews
of the German ironclads Sachsen and
Wurtemburg desired to similarly compli-
ment the crews of the French men Of war
Hoche and Dupuy Delomis, but the French
admiral declined to allow the Frenchmen
to go on shore, explaining that the French
crews are not permitted to land during
their presence in Kiel harbor.
Missouris Coming Silver Convention.