Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-01
And All Germany Ready to Appro- priately Honor
THE IRON CHANCELLOR
Preparations for the Occasion. Students to Parade-Han-
 burg's Decorations.

FREIDRIcHsRuHE, March 31,-A beauti- ful, sunny afternoon brought thousands ofpeople to the castle gates, where they vainly sought admittance to the park in the hope of catching sight of the ex chan cellor. Dr. Chrysander, in view of the great crowds that have recently thronged The park, was firm in his decision not to admit the public. Prince Bismarck did not take his customary walk today, but had short stroll around the park to gather strength for tomorrow. Palisades have been erected behind the park to prevent marauders from intruding upon the pri- vacy of the ex-chancellor. Beer and champagne booths have been put up on the right and left of the station for the accom- modation of visitors. Along the triumphal way to the castle gates are numerous be- Jagged poles surmounttd by garlands of fir. Numerous presents of all conceivable kinds continue to arrive from all paris of the world.
 Prince Bismarck will rest tomorrow until 10 a. m., when he will take breakfast alone with his family. At noon he will re- ceive the cuirrassers of Madgeburg, the rectors of the universities and other off, cals who will come to cffer congratula- tions. He will not make an address, but one of the delegation of students will de- liNeI U lOuR OIdtlOu TUT tLc IElDCo euiu" cation. Aiter7 o'clock no one will be re- ceived. At o'clock the torchlight procession will take up its march. Count Herbert and Count William, Prince Bis marck's sons, with their families, arrived last night and Dr. Schweninger came to- day.
 heavy rainstorni, which came up sud denly al 2 'clock, made the roads of the Sachenwald almost impossible. The crowds quickly dispersed and took the trains for l., I~~.~ T.. celior's admirers remained steadfastly planted at the castle gates.
 HAMBURG CELEBRATES.
 HAMBURG, March 3l.--At 6:30 o'clock this eveping, notwithstanding rain and mud, the streets were a black mass of people, in which can be seen many colored dots, these beiug the cops of all hues worn by the COCO students gathered here to take part in topiorrow's procession. On all the houses in the city flags are already dis; played, and on most of them wreaths and gariands add to the decorations. Many of the shop windows are converted into tenn ples for the glorification of Bismarck. la these busts of the ex x-chanceilor, surrounded with suitable decorations ana inscriptions are to be seen. There is hardly house without candles and tinted lamps in the windows. Lombard's bridge is illuminated witt 69, 9,000 jets of gas. I he Discouto bank was made brilliant with 12 ,0C0 gas jets, and tDt DtutCD Ddu ujbptHy6a lU,UUU. OQ LDe Rathaus are 10, LOO candles, on the Bourse bI00, while the Victoria hotel has 2090 colured lamps. Roman candles were burned on the roof oi the Bourse for two hours. In the center of the inner alsier 1C0 barges are stationed, from which fireworks will be set off. The special feat nres of the display will be Bismarck and the Bism. rckian coat of arms in brilliant coiors. More than 2000 rockets will be fired from the quays.
 The police will stop all traffic after o'clock tomorrow morning. At that hour 40G0 students from the universities will assemble in the Moorweld and at 8 clock they will start on their march, proceeding through the Dammthor, Glockengiesser wall aud Steipwall to inc Klosterthorn station, where they will take train for Aumuehle. The order of the procession will be as follows:
 The grand marsbal on horseback; a band oi students from Aachen, Berlin; Bruns- wick and BresIau; another band from Charlotten burg, Darmstadt, Dresden, Err langen and Freiburg; a band from Giessen, Goettingen, Grieiswald, Halle and Han never; band from Heidelburg, Jena, Karlsrhue, Kiel and Koenigsberg; band from Leipsig, Marburg,. Munich, Muen- ster and Rostock; band from S.rassherg, Stuttgart, Tuebingen and Wuerseburg. All these delegations will carry handsome banners. The unorganized students, marching five abreast, will bring up the rear.
 At 9:3O to- night the rain ceased and the city presented fairy-li like spe ctacle. Mag nesium lights on the old fashioned towers give magical brilliancy to the scene, and so numerous are the illuminations that they create the impression thet the city is on fire. The readways are crowded with sight-seers and in some places are almost completely blocked, especially in and around the Geological gardens. Fire works of all colors are being set of, and the glittering pyrotechnics with their showers of sparks of various bues form beautiful spectacle over the Alster basin.
 RUDESHEIM CELEBRATES.
 "A GRATEFUL FAIHERLANDn INscRiBED