The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
ELABORATE MEMORIAL EXER-
CIsEs HELD AT LYCEUM.
Addresses by DR.. L. Wehlau, Rev.
F. E. G. Haas and Judge r. w.
Gunster-Resolution Of Coincidence
Adopted for Presentation to the
Family of the Deceased Chancellor
Stereopticon Views Aid in Depict
ing the Life of Bismarck.

anu idlUtHteu II was an
event that will be long remembered
by the participants, and when por-
trayed to the family of the widely
mourned chancellor will undoubtedly
call forth from their heart tokens of
appreciation.
The exercises consisted Of addresses
by prominent German citizens, por-
traying Bismarck's life, eulogizing his
virtues and lauding his achievements;
a representation of famous scenes in
his career by the aid of stereopti-
con, and the adoption of a set OF
resolutions bespeaking the sympathy
of this community for the family of
the dead prince. Appropriate music,
vocal and instrumental, interspersed
the exercises.
The assemblage was large as well
as representative, the theater being
comfortably filled in parquet, balcony
and gallery. In the boxes were near
ly half hundred veterans of the Fran
co-Prussian war; a prominent figure
among them being Wilhelm Lutz, Of
426 Prospect avenue, who wore on his
breast the Iron Cross" the medal
given to private soldiers for especial
deeds of valor and which was won in
the instance by rallying a company
and completing a charge at Sedan,
after the death Of the captain had
fairly demoralized the command.
GERMAN VETERANS.
The others of the veterans, many Of
them wearing their caps and other bad
ges, who occupied the boxes were:
Jakob Adler, 627 Hamm court; Peter
Bohr, 625 Brook street; Conrad Belier-
sheim, 1923 Prospect avenue: Christian
! Bluege, 723 Maple street; John Bluege. Lo-
Gust street; julius Christ. Behnke, 5l5 AL
der street; Fritz Brauer, 113l Washington
| avenue; Mic. Bohn, 53I Elm street; John
Deininger, $50 Maple street: John Diet
rich, corner Brook street and Crown ave-
nuo; Adam Frantz, $40 Hickory street ;
Jacob Fuchs, Birch street; Leonard Fcsal
1907 Meadow avenue; Daniel Fuchs, III
| Cedar avenue: Nicolaus Fisnee, Sloan
| Patch; Max Gebhardt, Archibald: Ferd
| Hagen. 526 Alder street; Caspar lfIianI
| 1928 Price street; John Kraemer, lis IIick-
| airy street: Charles Kellerman, $40 Brook
street; Matthias koelch, 623 Maple street !;
| Albert Kuehn, 12l Irving avenue: Fried
| Klatt, 617 Locust street; Friedrich Katz,
| Alb Maple street: Friedrich Koss, 3U5 Nep-
| tune court; Gottlieb LenZ, 9lS Maple
| street. Franz Lessing. 10l5 Stafford ave-
nue.: Heinrich Weber, sr $50 Irving ave-
! ,
j. MadensDacher care of L. Robinson;
william Meister, i37 Hickory street; John
nOttl. Neubauer. 6i2 Adams avenue; Otto
| Pittack, 617 Willow street: W. II. A. Prue-
mers 6lS Quincy avenue; Albert Rauden-
| berg, 526 Maple street: Val. Rosar. 14l2
South Irving avenue; Joseph Schulz, 1O5
| Elm street; Anton Stallknecht, Neptune
court, Henry Weyardt 1913 Prospect ave-
nue.; Heinrich Weber jr., $50 Irving ave-
! nue.; William Zorn, Dunmore.
BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS.
The stage was tastefully set with a
lobby scene, embellished with a wealth
of palms. A marble bust of Bismarck
surmounting a tall, black pedestal was
the central figure. In the back ground
were two large flags, the red, white
and blue, and red, white and black
their poles crossed Just at the rear of
the PEDESTAL holdingl Bismarcks bust
Bauers band of forty members with
their rich uniforms seated in semi
circle on the stage, added much to the
pretty effect of the setting.
The programme opened with Beeth-
ovens Funeral March," by the band
after which DR.. Ludwig Wehlau, pres
ident of the evening, made the initial
address. In a few appropriate words
he mentioned the occasion of the meet.
ing and then proceeded to explain why
Germans love. revered and honored
Bismarck. He sketched the bloody
history of the land now comprising the
empire, describing the scenes that lee
to the conditions which confronted the
Iron Chancellor when he first con.
ceived United Fatherland, and ther
briefly went on to tell how from thi.
chaos Bismarck brought order, anc
how by his wonderful will, foresight
and valor made a reality of what hat
been the fond dream of poets, a unit
ed Germany. a Fatherland powerful
and tranquil, occupying her proper
place among the nations of the world.
DIR. WEHLAU'S ADDRESS.
In concluding his address, DR.. Web
lau reverted to the occasion itself il
these words:
Many people in American cannot com
prehend our love and reverence for tn
old country, and think II even wrong an,
dangerous. / wish to say our love TO
the fatherland is a law of nature as tn
love of the child to its mother. Only tha
man, in following the good impulses o
his nature, preserving a grateful remam
stood, who chershes deep within hi
bosom the memory of his mother, he
words OF comfort, the loving hand whIcl
would fain protect her child in all hour
Of danger, the heart that beats for tn
absent one until the last throb, that MAJ
who reverences the memory of his fath
er, OF his watchful care and guidance
with loyalty until grim death calls him
only such man can feel a fitting iov
for the country of his choice, that low
which is always ready to sacrifice al
worldly possessions, yes, even his heart
blood, if need be- Only such a man
worthy to be called true and faithfu
citizen.
The audience sang Die Wocht al
Rhine" to the accompaniment of tn
band after which Rev. f. f. Haas de
livered in German a blographicS
sketch of Bismarck. 1t was an elc
quent and scholarly effort.
ChronolOgically he depicted the iii
of the great statesman from the da
of his birth, April !, 1915, to his dc
mise July 81, 1898. He pictured Bii
march during his first school day
from 1921 IL 1885. followed him in HI
military eduration, received in tn
years 1896 and 1887; his managemer
of his fathers estates and his electio
to the Prussian Landtag.
He dwelt at length on the ardel
love of Bismarck for the house of Hof
enzollern and the decided position
took in the revolutionary spirit of lS4'
1850
He next traced Bsmarck's diplomat
carer, telling of his serving as a
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