The record-union., 1896-04-02
EX-CHANCELLOR BISMARCK.
EIGHTY.FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF
HIS BIRTH.
How the Day Was Celebrated at
Frfedrichsruhe-Pre From
All Parts of Germany.

FRIEDRICHSRUHE April 1.-The
eighty-first anniversary of the birth of
Prince Bismarck was celebrated to-day
with great enthusiasm. The weather
is clear and cold. From the railway
station to the Postoffice, the castle gates
and buildings generally flags are flying
in profusion. By noon there We're evil
dences of a general celebration. Crowds
of villagers and strangers assembled at
the entrances to the castle park, which
were guarded by gendarmes, who rig
idly excluded the public. Cart loads of
flowers arrived at the castle, together
with great number of presents for the
ex-Chancellor.
The mail brought a package from
Naples containing present from the
Emperor.
Prince Bismarck was out of bed at II
o'clock as usual. After breakfast the
Prince was congratulated by Count Won
Waldersee and a delegation of three
officers of the Haberstadt Cuirassiers
and Ratzeburg Chasseurs. Presents
arrived throughout the day from all
parts of the Empire. They were costly
and varied and comprised many sam
piles of special industries.
Under the Elms at Friedrichsruhe is
going on to-day, the delegations coming
from this city as we'll as from Hamburg,
Bonn, Leipzig. Munich, Frankfort-on-
the-Main, Nuremberg, Bremen, Stutt-
gart, Chemnitz and other places. The
Iron Chancellor" received in the large
hall of his residence a delegation from
each of the deputations, with him being
Count Herbert Bismarck and wife and
his son-in-law, Count Won Rantzau,
and wife, and afterward witnessed from
the balcony procession of the delega-
tons
Three special trains which reached
here this afternoon brought about 1000
persons to take part in the torchlight
procession which was held this evening
in honor of the ex-Chancellor. The
paraders, with bands playing, marched
to the castle and halted in front of the
terrace. AT about 8 o'clock Prince Bis
marck, attired in the uniform of a
cuirassier, over which he wore a gray
cloak, appeared on the terrace and was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers by the
thousands who had assembled to do
him honor. The bands played thanks
giving hymn, after which Herr Stayln,
.
address thanking the Prince for what
he had done for Germany, which he de-
clared would ever be faithfully remem-
bered Prince Bismarck returned
thanks in brief address. in which he
quoted the words of Martin Luther that
1.-The good will of ones neighbors is a
necessity for a German Christian"
He rejoiced, he said, that his HAM
hod h i'm
their good will and grace, although he
had lost the good will Of the people in
many places. He was glad, too, that
they were not ashamed to display their
kind feeling for him, and saw in that
expression an acknowledgment of his
former deeds. He rejoiced that Ham
burg had f1ourished, finding in its pro-
gress proof that its hinterland was in
good state. No maritime emporium,
he declared, could prosper without a
prosperous hinterland.
The procession then resumed its
march, each division as it passed cheer
ing enthusiastically for the Prince, who
remained standing, supporting himself
by a table. The ladies, large number
Of whom were present, threw flowers
to the ex-Chancellor, and expressed a
vented from doing so by DR.. Schweni-
ger, his physician.
Before retiring from the terrace
Prince Bismarck, uncovering his head,
said: MY body is unable to stand long
fatigues," and added, in faltering tones:
MY heart goes out with you" At this
the women sobbed and the men cheered
and shouted, "Wiedersehen, ''Wieder-
sehen," and the cries were continued
until the last of the procession had
taken their departure.
The present of Emperor William,
which was forwarded by mail from
Naples, consisted Of a small photograph
of the Emperor and his family, upon
which was inscribed in pencil. First
of April. 1896. Wilhelm. Imperator
Rex"