Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-01
QUEEN NINA AONORED
German Emperor and His Sub
jects at Berlin Welcome
the Fair Monarch.
GRAND PARADE OF THE MILITARY
Expert Foreigners Astounded at the
Marvellous Drill and Marching
Greeted by the City.

Berlin. June Queen Wilhelmina
ami her husband. the Prince of the
Netherlands. witnessed the emperor's
review of the Berlin garrison yester-
day. The queen afterward drove to
the royal castle with the empress. the
emperor riding AT the heed of the First
Guards regiment. with the Prince of
the Netherlands on his right hand. On
eturning the procession was met on
Inter den Linden 10y the chief burgo-
master. the city officials ana a band
of twenty-four white-robed maidenS
The burgomaster presented an address
to Queen Wilhelmina and handed her
bouquet of flowers of the Neither
lands colors-red. white and blue. The
queen replied with few words of
thanks.
Queen Nina Enth husins sticnlIy Cheered.
The public throughout the day en-
Enthusiastically greeted Queen Wilhel-
nina. Immense throngs witnessed the
parade Owing TO the Sultry weather
there were a score of SunStrokeS. the
sufferers including number of sol
dierS. Many Dutch flags were dis
played. The newspapers are unani-
nous in extending a welcome TO the
queen. The parade itself. i'm spite of
the most successful held in years. All
the military attaches. with General
Bonnat. kept in a cluster near the en-
Ieror. who led a brigade past the re
view stand. near which was stationed
n carriage containing the empress aud
Queen Wilhelmina. The foreign eX-
perts agreed in saying they never had
seen such marvellous drill and march,
ing.
Many OF Our Citizens There.
Several hundred citizens of the Unit
ed States attended the review. mostly
i'm carriages. among them being An
drew ID. White. United States ambas-
sador. and Mrs. White. with United
States Senator Beveridge. +. w. Hollis,
f. V. Morgan (of New York;, ex-
Mayor Schieren tOf Brooklyn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Landis (of San Franciscol. Com
mander William III. Beehler uhe Unit
ed States naval attache) and Mrs.
Reehler Mrs. Kerr (wife of Lieutenant
Colonel Kerr. the United States mill
tary attache). Admiral and Mrs. Smith.
DIR. Angel (of Rochester, and Mrs.
Shakespeare and Miss Rutter (of Phil
adelphiaD.
Impressive Military Ceremony,
The ceremony of the emperor accom-
panying the regimental flags back to
the Schloss, with his large suite. was
most impressive. his majesty holding
his field marshal's staff. The crowds
cheered with great enthusiasm. The
municipal ceremony of welcoming
Queen Wilhelmina was quite simple,
but the floral decorations around the
spot were most gorgeous. The lunch
con at the Schloss was participated i'm
by all fhe members of the royal fami-
lies. including the ladies. the foreign
guests and the military attaches.
Train Robbers Banied.
Minneapolis. June 1.-The Journal
says: Passengers arriving yesterday
on the Burlington limited from Chi
cago report an attempt to rob the train
by a band of robbers. who attempted
to board the train when it was run
ming slowly. but were baffied by the
engineer, who threw her wide open"
and thus prevented the robbers getting
aboard. This was just outside Savan
ma. Ills.
Another Delegation for Gummins.
Sioux city. Ia. Iuuc 1.-The. Kos