The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
ALL HONOR VIRCHOW
GERMANS GRAND OLD MAN OF
MEDICINE IS EIGHTY
YEARS OLD
WEEKS GOSSIP OF BERLIN
German Press Hold That There Is
Still Hope for the BOers-The
Vineta Incident I'm
noticed.

BERLIN, Oct 12-The name of Prof
Virchow was on all lips today. Ihe civ
iliZed world paid homage to him, ana
the papers were full of comments on his
life and achievements. The Vess.sche
Zeitung says:
seldom celebrated, but delegates from all
countries will be here Sunday CVirchow
was born Oct. Is, 1920 to congratulate
Prof. Virchow the octogenarian, sound
and no city which has not mentioned
admIringly and thankfully his accom-
pllshments for the glory of Germany and
the benefit of mankind All fields of
medical science have been influenced by
him, and all physicians are his disciples
on both sides of the eeean. His name is
second TO more. Therefore, the digna-
taries of science gather and honor them
selves in honoring their well-deserving
leader
Prominent men of science from all
parts of the world assembled here to-
day to join in the celebration of the
eightierh birthday of Prof Virchow.
The newspapers this morning devote
columns to eu!ogy of the professor, re-
views of his life, instances of his re-
markable vitality and incessant WORK,
referring to the fact that he only allows
himself four to five hours sleep daily.
Count Won Posadowsky-W ehner, secre-
tary of The imperial home office; Baron
Won Richthoff, the secretary for foreign
affairs; Herr Thielen, the minister of
public works; Herr Moeller, the minis
ter Of commerce. and other officials as
sisted at the ceremonies which took
place at the pathological institute. Be-
sides the entire faculty of medicine Of
Berlin there were present populations
from all the German universities.
Prof. Vircfow on entering the hall re-
ceiveo an ovation. The octogenarian
made a speech which lasted nearly two
hours. 1t was mostly devoted to the
development of pathological science.
Surgeon General Schaper then tender
ed his congratulations. He referred to
the gratitude of humanity for the bless.
lngs bestowed on the world at large by
him whose motto had always been tSa-
ius populi suprema lex estou."
the chief function in the evening was
banquet given in the lobby of the
lower house of the Prussian diet, which
was attended by gathering equally as
distinguished as that present at the cei-
emonies during the day. Prof. Waldey-
er, secretary of the Academy of Sci
encc, presented rrof Virchow with 5O,-
900 marks subscribed by the medical
men of Germany to increase the endow-
ment OF the virchow institute. Dr.
Studt announced that emperor William
had conferred upon Prof. Virchow the
great bold medal for science, and read
the emperor's letter accompanying the
decoration, which says in part:
You have broken new ground and
laid fresh foundations for medical sci
ence. Your name is written boldly upon
the tablets OF history and is honored
far beyond the borders of the father
land
The king of Italy sent Prof vir-
chow a gold medallion bearing a por-
trait of himself.
During the afternoon three Americans,
Messrs. Hogan, Dickie and Burtis. call
ed on Prof Virchow and, after rendering
their congratulations Intercepted him
as to when he would visit the United
States. In reply to their inquiries the
professor said he would make them a
visit when he was ninety years old
SYMPATHY FOR BoERs.
Most OF the newspapers here referred
feellngly to Mr.. Krugers birthday. The
papers also comment with sympathy on
the two years war, pointing out that
the remarks of the British war secretary,
Mr., Brodrick, and the chancellor of
the exechequer, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, furnish proof of the desperate
situation of the British, and show there
is still hope for the Beers.
The Deutsche zeitung closes an article
on the subject as follows:
The whole civilized world thinks of
the Beers with pride. and hopes for in
te: ees IS Our hearts greetings and
Kruger, who has lost his wife and favor
ite son, and with the iron willed Steyn
and Botha, and the other heroic fight
ers.
The Kreuz-Zeitung eulogizes the hero
ism of the Beers in the following words:
iJo,,
desperate struggle of the pastoral tribes
with the great power Even the strug-
gle of the Netherlands against Spain
cannot be compared with it. They (the
the case in South Africa Though Eng
land wastes milliards and sends armies
against them, the Beers resist, and IT.
fact. they gain ground. The question is
raised, beyond the channel, how will 1t
end?'
THE vINETA INCIDENT.
The papers make light of the cruiser
Vineta incident at Porto Cabello, Vene-
zuela. The National zeitung says:
fuffid9ubt9dIy Venezuela viii give sat
likely to have been a fight in which
sailors are frequently involved ashore
The attack on the German merchant ves-
sci obviously places the blame on Ven-
ezuela. In official circles here no impor-
lance is attached To the incident as
nothing has been heard from the cap
tain of the Vineta on the subject
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
says:
Undoubtedly the imperial govern
ment will ask for the punishment of the
guilty No definite idea, however, can
be formed upon the reports received
as to the cause of the incident This
will first be ascertained through iaiils
from a reliable source
GOSSIP OF GERMANY
The Roumanian minister here de-
clares that there is no truth i'm the
newspaper report that the Roumanian
government will be unable to renew is
commercial treaty with Germany if the
latter country adopts the tariff bill.
The colonial society will establish an