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Show VON MOLTKE'S, BIRTKCSfc The Old Field Manhal Will ba 00 Yeara Old Tomorrow. Berlin, Oct. 25. Special. -Tomorrow Field Marshal Von Moltke completes com-pletes his 90th birthday, and the whole country has prepared for the celebration celebra-tion of the event in a becoming manner. Emperor William has decreed that the day shall be observed as a national holiday and it is said that he also proposes pro-poses to confer a dukedom on the famous fa-mous strategist. Every city will hold special festivities in honor of the occasion. occa-sion. The venerable soldier will spend the day in this city by the special invitation invi-tation of the emperor. He will be presented pre-sented with addresses of congratulation signed by representative citizens in each town of the country and bound in book form. The volumes will bo enclosed en-closed in a magnificent bookcase bearing bear-ing Von Moltke' s monogram on each panel and surmounted by two bronze . busts, one representing Germany and the other the emperor. The busts are made from bronze cannon captured from France in 1870. Munich has conferred con-ferred the freedom of the city on the great soldier and will in addition tomorrow to-morrow present the veteran warrior with a silver laurel wreath bearing on Its leaves the names and dates of his victories. General ' Von Mo'tke, if & dukedom is conferred upon him, will probably take his title from one of the victories with which his name ' associated. |