The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-22
ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF LATE
EMPEROR OBSERVED.
MANY FLORAL OFFERINGS
Monuments to Late Empress Freder
lex and to Emperor Will
liam Unveiled.

. Berlin, Oct. 19.-The SEVENTEEN
birthday of the late Emperor Freder-
lick was quitely celebrated yesterday.
In the morning Emperor William plac-
ed a wreath of violets on the sarco-
phagus. The wreath had attached to
it a white satin ribbon with the init
ials Of their majesties in gold. The
entrance to the meusoleum and the
monument were beautifully decorat-
ed with flowers, as was the monument
representing the late empress. Early
in the day delegations from the diff
ferent regiments placed wreaths on
the sarcophagus. The city of Pots
dam sent a laurel crown. At noon
princes Ethel Frederick, also Auguste
and Oscar brought flowers to the
tombs. Conspicuous, among the floral
tributes was a wreath sent by the
British colony at Rio Janiero to be
placed on the tomb of the late EN-
press Frederick.
During the day the purple standard
of the queen of Prussia was flown at
half mast over the palace of the EN-
press Frederick. An equestrienne
statue of the late empress was unveil-
ed at Norhausen, Prussian Saxony,
the ceremonies including a procession.
There were only two editorials in
the papers here on the event. The
Post says:
The nation remembers with sorrow
the chivalrous parsonage whose trag-
ic destiny it was to die when he had
scarcely entered upon his high Of.
flee. His political views, when he
was crown prince, differed from ours,
he embracing liberalism IN the forties.
But, he had a praiseworthy and high
regard for his Office and subordinated
his individual ideas and inclinations
to the common interests. He will
not be forgotten as a noble man, popu-
lar prince and heroic officer. The
laurel browning his forehead secures
him a place of honor in our history.
The Berliner Zeitung eulogizes EN-
peror Frederick's liberalism, depict
ing the good which he might have
done had he lived longer.
Three monuments to Emperor Will
liam I. were unveiled yesterday. One
Of these was unveiled at Aix-La-Chap-
ellie, in the presence of the crown
prince, Frederick William, who after
ward returned to Bonn. The other
monuments were unveiled at Allen
stein and Freidenau, Prussia.
The Berliner Neuste Nachrichten
complains that the Bismarck monu-
ment is invisible after sunset, ex-
cepting by the light furnished from
two old fashioned gas lamps saying
that the Count Won Buelow accepted
it June 16 in the hope that it would
be Illuminated in a manner worthy of
his great predecessor and adding that
the chancellor may. appeal to the city
magistrate who Eliminates the stat
ues on the Sieges-allee "even that of
Otto the Lazy, electrically, and he
should be willing to do the same for
Otto the diligent."
This was Virchow week. The cele-
bration of his eightieth birthday was
still going on yesterday. The city au-
thorities dined the honored citizen at
the Rathhaus, which was beautifully
decorated. There were no foreign Of
fetal ~perscnages or uniforms present,
the assemblage being made up of cit
liens of Berlin and friends CT the
professor. The chief speaker was
Herr Kirschener, the burgomaster.
The Berlin Hand-worker-Verein will
welcome Prof. Virchow as an honor
airy member.