The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
GERMANY'S GREAT FETE DAY.
HOW THE BIRTHDAY OF THE EN-
PFROR WAS OBSERVED.

Complaint on Account of Require
mcntS of the Rigid Court Ccremo-
ninIs-Old Gentlemen with Hheu-
mati~m and Govt in Knee Breeches
and silk neutrality-suspicious. Coats
cost LOO yIarLs-tIiSsion of DR..
Leyds-HumboIdrs Grave Desc
Grated.
Copyrights 1900 hy the Associated Press)
Eeum. Jan. 21-ENceptng that il was
Ia k ng in cour. fe,es. the EmpeTor's
blrthiay to-day was kept in the usual
way. Flags were displayed everywhere
end the papers publish congratuIalory ar
tieles u which Ills Majesty is praised
as the champion of peace. the promoter Of
civiHzat lion and the vigorous heimsman Of
Germany desunies.
The Kreuz zenuugs house poet again
publishes his usual congrau,atory ode.
The Center organs remind the Emperor
that the Jesuits are not yet recalled, and
say we would earn The Catholics lasting
gratitude by signing the jesuit recall.
The court mourning on account OF the
Dowager Empress dean also stops all
projected festivities among the higher
classes, where the Emperor was 90 have
been present.
Tuesdays court reception, which was
the only one this winter, was more bril-
liant than ever. The ladies' costumes dis
played unusual elegance, many OF them
being of peculiar design.
Among The older court element com
plants this winter were specially strong
because of the rigid new court ceremonial,
the style Of reception being copied by the
Emperor more and more after the Court
of St. James, old gentlemen specially COM
planning about being forced to wear knee
breeches with thin silk stockings, induc-
ing rheumatism and govt They also com
plain at the increasing costliness of the
Fala coats, which, for high officials, now
cost 1,400 marks.
Munich celebrated the Emperor's birth
day by banquet, in which all the Bava-
rian Princes shared The heir to the
throne, Prince Ludwig, toasted the Empe-
ror and spoke in favor Of the naval in
crease.
DIR. Leyds Mission.
Though DR.. Leyds, the diplomatic rep
resentative of the Transvaal, claims that
he came here principally to celebrate the
Emperor's birthday as in previous years.
the Associated Press understands on au-
tho ity. a he also came to consult with
the German officials about PortugaFs al
legged breach of neutrality in stopping
travel to the Transvaal from Delagoa
hay.
The Berlin elevated railroad intends to
introduce electric motive power at the
expense of 100000 marks
The roles for the passion play at Ober-
anime gau have now been awarded, the
CT alacter Of the holy mo her to be repre-
scented by Anna Flunger, and that of
mist by Anton Lang. Edward Lang re-
mains as the musical director.
The grave OF Humboldt. the naturalist
and traveller, al Tegel, near this city. has
been desecrated by miscreants, who want
ed 10 stea. the metal ornaments The
offenders were frightened and fed, leaving
their tools
The German Evangelical Women's Fed
era ion has petitioned Prince Hohenlohe
TO cal conference for the purpose of in
ternat.onahy see ing upon preventive
measures against traffic in girls for i'm
moral purposes.
During the coming week begins the SEN
sational trial of Bank President Won
Kriegshem and his confederates, who are
charged with a long system of swindling
practiced by international "disconte se-
eeilscraft' prejudices and forgeries Sew
eral prominent society ladies' are involved.