Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-16
q DBsraNGUssaE Ed GATHERING.
Neoersal Services shss Herntag ses ne
Late Ger0Aan E0pcro9.

Tne Ltue German Lutheran church. on the cor
ner OF q and 10th streets, WAS this morning the
center OF attraction for prominent ofnciAis and
ciety people the occason be memorial services for
tne iate German emperor Its high pulpit was
ofafsa WIN black The entire hack wall sss
hung with black The galleries had doutie frilis
az n. and The pillars was enshroudcd WIN C. AZ
the bsck Of The pulpit there ~ss fastened upoa
tho drspery capital letter W In smilax, and
above IL was caught buncho OF great Gala iiiIes.
The front OF the pulpit was niied with palms ana
other plants and bouquets " white nli-s, ana out,
In pots. The president Mas present aocompallt-i
By all the monters o( the Canincf eN-
ssgt secretary sSr kpa, ,, Baron Won zed,-
tary ot the German Legation dre<srd N,
splendid uniform, the nghf sleeves draped IN
Nearly all The foreign ministers and the
attaches OF The foreign legations hrre
wee. p,sssatsd in fun drc.s the Srses
and prominent society people were also pres
unguishsd sudienoe whsa the SERVICES bsesn.
1he choir sang funeral hymn and the clesXy ipsn
read portion OF psalm. The congregaticn then
MINI Sue sS eIs.rd ana .aa shO g5nssr
eulogizabg the late enp.ros, not Iueyeaung prsiee
MaeI ns msee an soar sr s r, n,I.s Mt
hour. ana which The lest sad riiss were Sssns SOL
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| emperor u Germany 20 pay tbeir rs<pccCA BE
spoke OF the excellence OF the simplicity OF the
late emperor's lie. and uresd upon ne psepls 90
live - As 70 be ready Ior the Summons Of the mas
! tet. The sangerbund sang and the conereeHiion
Joined In repeating the Lord prayer end wos thea
| dismissed WITT the benrdiction
Trains uaaning On an ROoAs.
LOSS OF LIFE AND SUFFERING o. sIocKApEp yAs-
1 sEssRn N NEW sERsEy.
The railroad blockade Ia the North was pretty
generally rsiseN last night, ana trains began 10
run on all roads IN and out OF Jersey City and
Philadelphia. They are DOT yet running on
schedule time as rJrie, but VIII be IN . day or
two The New York Central Railroad 10 also open,
IS well ~ the Ere. train, consisting OF an
engine and six NAH cars which left Philadelphia,
| Wednesday. arrived af Jersey city AZ Thursday
morning, aha the mail matter WAS tmmedlstely
sent arross the ferry 20 the metropolis. This II
| the nrst train which reached New YORK rrom phil
adelpbia since Monday morning. and The Pennsy D
yania officials clsun the credit a taking Into ths
| metropolis the first Biail maIter from the south
and West since the great block ocoasioned ID SUI
4 day nights storm.
There are many people missing In the region
about New io-t, par cularly IN New Jcrsey. IL ID
| feared that over twenty lives have been iosf IA
Essrx County. y. j.
New YORK on Monday morning was stopped ny sn
4 Immense drift - reet deep. shout 4 nile frosa
Pnnceton Junction The train Wa Obliged "a sir 8
| FROM O'Clock Monday afternoon 20 N O'Clock
| "Wednesday morning. when a re,ief plrtE SUI
eeeded Ia getting The hungry and hslf-fTdz-p pas
sengers back 70 Trenton. The experiences 81 uLs
travellers were HsiInL During two nights they
| were obliged 10 walk up nd down through tho
| cars TO keep IRON ne-zing. Fir's were kfpt bum
| Ing n tic ssoIcs, SGt iae wind blew 10 ierOel1
| that they did not warm the ears several af a. /.
men sJtcBlplcd 40 NaiA Princeton Junction, air
| a mite. and nearly persisted IN dTTfts. rhcy IT.
4 turned 60 Int tram with great dirncufy and d.
cded 10 await their rascue with al the patience a.
| their command. Many Of them when brought ~
Trenton I'D ihe:r cas- sad ieet badly frozen.
Tuesday Isoriaibg, waen some FARMERS brought
| sandwiches 10 The ears and asked 20 cents &c
them. DrlfLs ehurely covered he Ears
TIE sBoErs OF TEL cIEsAIEAKE STRswS wrH
wRECKAGE.
! The storm did Immense damage 20 small vessels
on the Chesapeake Bsy and IT'S trbutariea All
aiocg the bay the shores are sirewn with wresal-
| age. In the Pocomoke River there were a iargs
number OF small craft beached. Twenty-one boats
masIed, sunk and covered with Ice, though No
lives were lost. Eleven Schoonere are reported Ina
the same plight near Fords wharf, Great Annernes-
" River. The bodies at Fix dro1gcrs were found
the shores OF the Great AnpemesseX. The dreog-
ing pungy NiBey ard was iost In Chester River ana
SIX persons drowned. Five men were found frosen
70 death CA an unknown vessel near Crisflsid, No
Dr. A X. Bean. OF 81. Msry's County, was dro~nnd
BASE ISeRArrypE PrSIsHEn.-waiter Butler,
col ored. pleaded guilty IN the Police Court to-day
TO a charge OF assauiting HATTIE Price, coloced,
who lives IN willow Tree alley IL was shown that
Hattie let him IN her house al O'Clock Yesterday
morning 10 warm himself. ana he ibdecenry MS
saulted her. He was given one year 10 jail
For TEE POOR S. Bel sends eco to TEE srAs
Bruen SIS for the police fund; lady 81 h r ).
81, Y \. Y. 81 Division OF Accounts, 1reasurcrs
once, Treasury Department, tl5; {. W: A. s. \.
Fire in the nve-story double building At Nos
81 -3l3 Arch street. Philadelphia, Yesterday,
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