Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-03
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WELCOME FUTURE EAISERIN.
PATRIOTIC GERMANS MAKE
DEMONSTRATION.
An Extraordinary Display OF Bril-
fancy And Wealth And
Decorations.

Berlin. June 3-The Grown Pricne's
ante nuptial ssfetes whirl along with
bewildering impetosity. They have
converted Berlin into a city diffused
with rainbows. Pictures of the Grown
Prince and his future consort gleam
from almost every wall and window.
The patriotic Germans are making
bedlam of the streets, and visitors
agree that never before have they seen
such extraordinary wealth and bril-
lianoy of decorations.
Great silken flags, with red and
black steamers, remnants OF silver and
gold and festoons of cedar, choke
the air, resolving the sunshine into
partial night. The decorations hang
thick in every thoroughfare and
drape every public square. Today's
| link in the chain of regal festivities
was the arrival in the capital of the
bride to-be, the Grand Duchess Ce-
ellie, of Mecklenburg- Schwerin. The
| Grown Prince with q numerous suite,
met the Duchess, who was accompa
| MED by her mother and a number of
attendants.
The Duchess was received at the
Brandenburg Gate by the chief burgo-
master and the city fathers and by
one hundred young women of leading
| families. who presented flowers to
their future Empress. The girls were
| dressed alike in Gretchen costume,
with their hair in braids down the
| back Behind the Grown Prince and
his bride rode Populations representing
all trades and occupations There was
also numerous military escorts con-
sisting of picked men from all of the
a Nlas.F
tai and it's vicinity
The public understanding that this
| was to be the only spectacular feature
of the wedding festivities which
everyone would be permitted to see,
turned out in enormous numbers The
cayalcade moved through Inter den
Linden from the Brandenburg Gate TO
| the Bellevue Palace The route was
but three-quarters of mile long and
as a consequence every foot of the
way was filled with the crowds Win
dows and even single seats commanded
fabulous prices, while housetops, trees
and other points of vantage were all
occupied by persons DESTROYS of see
| ing the procession The Duchess Ce-
ella, riding in state carriage drawn
by eight snow white ponies with out
| riders in royal livery. was greeted all
along the route with hearty ovations,
which she acknowledged by gracefully
bowling to right and left all along the
way No less enthusiastic was the
reception accorded the Grown Prince
Large numbers of mounted and I'M
| mounted police and troops drawn from
every part of the Empire pitted their
strength against the masses of specta-
tors who struggled for positions in the
streets There was little or no disor-
der, however, and it was evident that
| the people have entered into the cele-
bration of the happy national event
with intense enthusiasm Singing So
cieties, workmen's societies and other
organizations, with bands of music.
marched past the Bellevue Palace in
the afternoon and early evening in
honor Of the bridal couple The Grown
Prince and his future wife, with the
Emperor and Empress and other mem
bers of the imperial family and dis
tinguished guests, showed themselves
on the balcony and were loudly ac-
claimed