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THE KIEL CANAL FETES. 3 t V r. With Pomp and Pageantry Germany e Opens Her New Waterway. r i GREATEST OF NAVAL REUNIONS. J>CN.'r.ptioii ??r llii. lllnhArntv Dedicatory Conducted by KnUer ffll- \ lielin?-All the Oreat Nation* Assist in the Festivities?Th? Clilted States Kejiri'Hentei! I?y lour Mcn-of-War. ? Tli.? greatest naval rouuion of I ho ceutury occurred during tho three-day fetes which . commemorated the spoiling to tho .--hips of the world of the Kiel Canal, tho stupendous waterway?just completed hy tho German ? Empire? that forms the connecting link la*- it tw.-on tie* North and tho Ilultic Hons and ;i iuhkos it possible for vessels of all dimensions ^ to avoid the daugcrous l>auish coast aim ;l gaiu from three to live days'time when uuvi- i p gating the Northern waters. The whole j alTai- was planned and executed hy the hidelatigalile Kaiser, and his land and water en- , -j tertainnionM and pageants surpassed in magnificence and olaborateue.ss the barbaric splendors that attended tho dedication of the Sue:: Canal, upon which tho Khedive of o JEgyp- spoilt *10,030,000. fa answer to the o C!errant Emperor's iuvitatious fifty-two war- f UNITED STATES WA.U (Taatost vessel of its class at (lie opcuin*. nf llto iwturouf iuoaa <> > ??? ? ? .* I admirals ami 2i>,000 sailors, assembled at the In war port Kiel to celebrate tho completion of w the canal. They were welcomed by twenty- a oijrht German men-of-war, manned by 10.COO ti .sailors and marines. The United Nlales were I? represented by theironclnd cruiser New York. the flagship of Commander Evans; the h< cruiser Columbia, Captain Summer the C cruiser San Frnneisco. Captain Sbepnril. and ( n; the cruiser Marblchoad, Cantain O'Neill, Kear-Admlral Kirk'.and was in command, tl The #reat American cruisers duplicated tho Ji triumphs ot their recent visit to Eutfland, hi when the whole town and numerous distin- vi Kuished citizens of London did rl. cn honor, ol The fireworks taken over oil tho New York f? wore displayed at Hamburg and created a cl ifreut sensation. During the pyrotoohnicai exhibition the New York displayed a picture. iu fire of President Clot eland from her foremast. FIRST DAY. The Kinperor anil His <;itexl* Ktilrrlaiixitl l.iivislily by (lie 11 a in l> u ixc i *. On the tlrst day of the ceremonies the Kaiser, tlie Herman Kin^s and Princes and the representatives of foreign rov.ilt ic.- notably the Unke of York, (Ireat Britain's royal representative, who w< lit to the scene of the festivities on the yacht Osborne?assembled at iliunhurp; as quests of the Free City, wlii'-h had appropriate I .M0.1.000 for au entertainment, which was on ilie prmtulest pos -ublescale. The royalties, their suites and the members of the Senate numbered H'M, and for these, and for nobody else, covers were laid at the ofllcinl dinner in the City Ilall. After dinner all repaired in special boat.- and steam launches to the Alster Islund in the Alstcrbasin, all ingenious affair. "re.-tei| on stilts and pests, and covered with plants, trees and shrubbery, it had room. for ldoo persons. There lliey found 'vailino for them 200 Wencn and uirls, tvi' cs oid dauifhler- and triends of Hie Senators. In the middle of the island the liuperi.al'cut had been raised for the Kaiser, the Kaiscrin and their foil:* eldest he.,.-, and alter the royal party ami their auc.sp, had rest oil awhile all attended a sole li(1iil concert tfivii in their honor. At its ooiietusion an exhibition ol beautiful ami elaborate fireworks was ma In. Then tin* Ihnperor am! all tim Kinas ami Kinglet-, with their suites, ami tin' Senators with their wives, liauithlers autl friemls, went on a tour of the Alstor ami the harbor, tlieoiilhill'.ktlients whteh were llliiininateit. 'I'lie Kniperor spent the ni^lit mi hi-yaeht ll')lien/.ull"rii. His .llca^nes Of the purple aeeepte I the hospitality of tllO j wealthy Hamburgers, some of whom hail I ** ?? fighting for that honor for mouths past | SECOND DAY. Tlit' ami Hall in a Tent .AioilcMcd Al'li'i' a Wii rsliip. ' '.a. \ tin* ii"Xi tif* royal p.'r.euiag.'s I .i,t,| I?. r .mtaUlr.s oiul>:irkoil at Hamburg for Kiol, wlioro tlio culminating ceremonies were to take plnee. They were several nliij?loads in iitimIter, for tlio liii|>cri(i 1 Court Mar-tlml hail chartered a numlierof the crack _ steamers of the Hamburg-American Packet <*<<1111?:iny and tie' Norlii-Oertnaii Idoyd to convey the Kaiser's quests ami those of the j| tiermiin Empire from Hamburg to Kiel and K through the canal. The route timy took was t< by the Kibe. The Kaiser ran ahead of his u quests in order to be present at the reception v of the (Iraml Duke Alexis, the Czar of Bus- y sia's personal representative, who traveled ,?| to the Italtie port by rail, though he is Grand ?, Admiral and (Commander in-Chief of the p Czar's navy. Alexis presented to the German k Kaiser aniograpn letter from Nicholas, j| congratulating the Einporor on the coin pie- t< tion of the epoch-making event, l'he t< Imperial yacht Hoheu/.ollcrn and ,s| the train of warsliips and pleasure craft ci dropped anchor towards evening at Holte- nr nan, near the place whore the canal unites A with the Baltic. There the Imperial tent was raised on the Kiel side of the canal. It was (l onslructod after the model of the okl warhip Niobo, one of tho llrst vessels of which lie modern Prussian Navy could boast, 'hree immense masts supported the tent rhieli measured 420 foot in length and 130 let iu width. Tho mast of the old ship V??u loltke served as the bowsprit. The tout ontained salons and bedrooms and a bunuot hall 310 feet long and sixty foot wide, t was lighted by electricity and furnished in ivish style. The Berlin Dolmouieo, fieri (orchardt, furnished the dinner. < lovers rore laid for 1200 and Borcliardt received 5K ^ .... nninoE ovr.n the canal at ono eventual. 25,00 ) for the job. Tho dinner was fol>wed by a grand ball in which the Emperor ml Empress, many Royal Princesses, the .mbassadors and their wives. Ministers o! tatc and their wives, foreign diplomats ami host <if others distinguished for t.irth and "sition participated. THIRD DAY. * 'lie Kaiser Taken Formal Possession o! the N?w Waterway. The caimax of the splendid fetes occurred n the third day when the actual dedication f the giguntie undertaking was held at the loltenac -Mid of the canal iu (rout <f '.lie \ ) z UIIL' COLUMBIA. { of tho Baltic and North Sou Canal.) nyor that marks tho spot whore, in lSt.f. tho ito William I. broke ground for the canal ith a spado of gold. The Kaiser first formliy took possession of the new water route, :o projector and constructor of which, fieriaenseb. was thou especially honored by his clightod sovereign. This gentleman, when t* uii-leriook to construct t he North-Kust Sea anal, which is (he longest in the world, manuring tilmiles, ealculatod the eosl at 39,000,000, and not only did ho keep within io limit, but saved $175,000. On the 5th of une Heir Baunsch celebrated his seventieth irthday. The most powerful (leet <>f war L'tsols ever assembled numbering upward f 100, took part in the naval display which dlowed. Tho list of fighting ships of all lasses was as follows: r ? & \% o TONDURN %^-r ^ \jl ml^il fcensoi SCHLE^ HU3UM +^w *y v| / (if %LGLU ?-^ IliS nA^^ Xs V\ !^>ffl at<0> 'A J I ^aS: \!\t^ ROUTE OF (icrnmti, 8 I>nttWhips, t> const defence lips. It cruisers, 5 despatch vessels, 8 trainig ships, roynl yacht Hohcnzollcru, yacht aiscr Adlcr, 4 torpedo division I mats, 24 irpcdo boats, numerous small crafts, ritish, 4 battleships, 8 cruisers, 2 torpedo cssols, royal yacht Osborne, Admiralty acht Exchantrcss; Italian, 4 battlelips, royal yacht Sarvia, 2 cruisers, 2 toredo vessels; United States, 4 cruisers; roach, I battleship, 2 cruisers; Russian. 1 atiSesliip, 1 cruiser, 1 gunboat: Austro[ungarinn, 4 cruisers; Danish, 2 cruisers, 4 ?rpcdo boats; Norwegian, 2 gun-vessels, 0 >rpedo boats; Hwcdish, 2 const defenco tdps, 1 gunboat; Spanish, 1 battleship, 2 ruisers; Portuguese, I battleship; Itoutnnian. 1 cruiser, 1 gun-vessel; Turkish, dmlralty yacht Fevoid. The grand proceasion of this formidable otilla through the canal wasted by the Uor man dispatch boat Grille, followed by the Emperor's steam yaobt Hohenzollora, with His Majesty on hoard; after which camo his other yacht, the Kaiser Adlcr, convoying the rulers of Saxony Wuhtemburg, Bavaria and the other sovereign States of the Confederation. The long procession was closed by the Prussian iron-clad Worth, commanded by Prince Henry, the Emperor's brother. After this ceremony all the ships of the German fleet passed through the canal, and paraded i before the Empcrorin the big Kiel war port, l the basin of which is from 14')0 to 1700 feet broad and from forty to fltlv-live feet deep. The other royalties pnasod through the canal on the Lloyd steamer Kaiser Willielm II. The Ambassadors, Ministers and other diplomats were accommodated on the Augusta Victoria, the Meml?ers of the Iteich*tag, the House of Lords and the Diet on the Trave aud on the Columbia, tlie latter of the Hamburg line. All the ships drew up in battle lino attired in their gayest colors and the sightseers wero allowed to pass (hem and take in the magnificent sight at short range. One of the vessels which attracted great enthusiasm was the steamer TantalUm Castle, having on board Hon. W. E Gladstone and a party who . wero the gucs.s of Kir Donald Carrie. The presence of tho "Grand Old Man' of England called !orth universal regret that Ger| man's Grand Old Mini. Prineo Bismarck, was ' I unable on ac ntut of tho feeble state of Ii l.-< health to be present. In tho evening there i wore fireworks and torchlight processions i and tin* Emperoragainuntcrtnineii his friends | at a state dinner. The German Empire at I the same time entertained the members oi ! the Germuu Itoiehstug in a specially con' j .stri:eted hall near Uolteuau. At thoeonc.iui si"n of the.so functions the mnuonivrcs of the . Imperial Cermau Navy took place, ending ! I>y tire Hoh 'uzollorn signalling the Kaiser's j adieu to the departing foreign men-of-war. This hit of sentiment marked the end of the ceremonies and the Baltic Canal, one of the grnudest waterways ever const ru-tod, was I open t'> the ships of the world. DESCRIPTION OF THE CANAL. One ?>t the >lont Stupendous Works i?t Modern Engineerluc. i Nearly eight years have now passed since. on June 3, 18s7. Emperor William I laid tho j foundation stone of the Holtonau look of ' this canal, near Kiel. Tho President of tho Reichstag handed the Emperor a trowel and hammer, and the Emperor, tapping tho j stone, pronounced the work to ho one of , pence, honor, defence and progress. Then | various Priuces, Ministers, members of tho I Bumh.sruth and other fnuetionarie.s oacli struck the stone three times. The practical I task was pushed forward vigorously, and it ! is said that nearly 8000officials and men were kept ? . work upon It continuously. Tho canal :a about sixty-four miles long. Its course from Holtenau is through the route of the old Eider Canal and thence by a course as direct as possible, and yet with not ! a few decided swervings from a straight line, . il reach.'s tiie Elbe a little east of ilruushutI tel. The Eider Canal, which w;is, of course-, I a Danish enterprise, had existed over a ccn IllllJ, I III' iClMllllH'v ' CM ilVUl'llll^ iu<t IUUK uctou~ around Cape Skugen having been obviius for generations. Germany, in taking uw tho new project of a ship canal, hndluegei ly in view its strategic uses, but it also had its advantages ou the commercial side, and these, to a greater or less extent, the whole world can share. In order that tho canal may he constantly employed and earning money, it will be lighted i?t night by electricity. The level is flxe<S for that of tho Celtic; and in order to protect it from ouri rents so strong as to impede progress, huge I locks have been built. The width of thec.iual | at the top is sixty metres and twenty-two at I the bottom, and, as is obvious, large morchant thins can meet and pass each other, while, with a view to the demand of tho very largest warships or other vessels, there are half a dozen side stations in which to accommodate one of the passers. Very high tides are to he feared only rarely, and tlie heavy locks provided offset this source of trouble. As a compensation for the currents in the canal, there is less danger of ice forming, although, of course, it is expected that in excessively cold weather it will be entirely frozen over. The canal is 200 feet broad between the tops of the embank^^FUNEM Jkj i/!G 0 A L r rcjr K Q PA j^* I t_ IJ '71" * t CK.STADT ^?0^ i ^v. THE CANAL. monts. At its bottom it is seventy-tlvo foot broad. Tito average d?pth Is thirty foot. The walls nro oonstruotod partly (>f sand, uncut stones and masonry. Itcwanl of the Peacemaker. Yang Yu. tho Chinese minister at Washington, called at the White House and presented President Cleveland with a document of yellow silk orn?mer tcd vrill. tibbons of the same color, and about two feet wide and several feet in length. It contained tho official thanks of the Chinese Government for the friendly offices of tho President in trying to secure peace botweon China and Japan. Patriots Successful In Ecuador, Nearly all the interior of the Guayas Province of Ecuador has submitted to the revolution. 1 k Walking uud Dyspepsia. "Half tho dyspopsia and indi tion and general debility from w so many people seen) to bo suflerii due to nothing iu the world oxce lack of exercise," said an old wl cinn with a wise shake uf his h "Take all these department clorks instauco. Moro thau half of ( lose from twenty to thirty days a of Government time on accoun siekness duo to these causes. It it remarkable that they should, eit They get up in tho morning, h i through breakfast and rush out get aboard a street car. When reach tlieir offices, instead of climl upstairs they get in tho elevator i rfde up. At noon they dawdle art ! instead of taking a brisk walk of or fifteen miuutos to expel the e air they have been breathing all morning from their lungs, and ci ' ing them out witb the fresh art After office hours they are listless worn out, or feel that way, ntfd home again to eat dinner with no petite, and lie around idly till i time. I telL you that everybody or t-r* H -- ' " - 1 ' i, / > luuii uji iuh'b ur lour iliglli j stairs at least oueo a day iti orde j bring importnut muscles into play, I every bo Jy, too, ought to take u b l walk of at least a quarter of an L j ever day with 110 other object than ' walk iu view. There'd be more ; stomachs iu this vicinity if they d | ?Washington Post. 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