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time. and no has been exposed repeatedly BY
subsequent official reports


Everything shows the probability that Emin
has not reached point beyond Albert Nyanza.
and that various obstacles have prevented his
advance. Ehrlert has been equally in error in
reporting that the Wagagos had defeated and
wounded Borclert. Tho fact 10 that Borchert
reached only as far as Mpwapa and was there
stricken down with o second attack OF fever
Ehrlert has ceased to enjoy any reputation Tor
trustworthiness among colonial authorities.
They say that while he does not invent hoaxes
for which he is responsible. he accepts all
hearsay among tho Arabs and all coast gossip
as facts. and sends tho same to his newspapers
without discrimination.
The German Anti-Slavery Committee.
through their Chairman. admitted In an inter-
view with your correspondent that the Wiss-
mann steamer project has virtually collapsed.
More than eighteen months ago. on q flying
trip home. Wissmann declared to the Emperor
and the Colonial Ofllce that II was absolutely
necessary for the German interests In Africa
that tho Government should havo steamer
on Victoria Nyanza before the English steamer
got there. He spoke and wrote on the sub
ject until no had inspired all tho colonial en-
thusiasts OF the empire. Their enthusiasm
was dampened whom the estimated cost
was found TO be 10000 marks. yet
Wissmanns urgent representations won
eventually. and the steamer was built.
although no provision was made meantime
for defrayins the expense Of transportation.
The steamer proved to DO failure. the draught
being sevon feet aft. The machinery and
steering apparatus were cumbersome and the
process Of taking It to pieces and putting It to-
gether again was found to be almost as
laborious as the building Of a new boat. 1t
was also ascertained that the trane portation
Of tho steamer to Victoria Nyanza would take
three years at least, and that 1000 carriers
would be found necessary for tho undertaking.
Wissmann's alternative plan to place tho
steamer ON Lake Tanganyika. transporting it
by way Of the Zambesi and Shire Rivers. is
also unlikely to come to anything.
Bochert's expedition Is thought to havo
every chance OF success. despite the adversely
under which It has appeared to labor. The
money collected In Germany for the so.called
PetersstiftunR. amounting to 5000 marks.
was given into the Anti-Slavery Committees
hands. and they added to It part OF the profits
from the lottery. Tho building OF tho steamer
after special designs by Jansen. was intrusted
to Schmilinsky's shipyard In Hamburg.
Krupp gave to the enterprise three quick
firing guns and q portable smithy and iron
workshop. Other firms sent to the yard many
other fittings. It was decided to despatch an
expedition in advance to ascertain the best
route OF transportation. and to hire and to
bring to the coast 1000 carriers. This is the
expedition which Borcherts illness arrested
at Mpwapa. 1t was depleted by assertions and
illness but started out again under the COM
mand OF Borchert's assistant Count Won
| Schweinitz.
| The Strdssburoer Post declares that. despite
| ORDERS circulars. and oral pledges from the
| high commands. petty tyranny In the army
| has been hardly checked. The Post cites in
| support OF this statement the case Of one OF
the Mannheim grenadiers. The Sergeant
Major Of the First Company. after inspection
had been passed satisfactorily. noticed that q
recruit named Karz carried his rife over his
shoulder. as he was entitled to do after drill.
The Sergeant. Major roared: Lower your
gun. you idiot" and struck Karz heavy blow
with his sword. Karz fell bleeding to the
ground. When the oflcer commanded him to
rise Karz was unable. and was struck again
for disobedience. The recruit was then taken
to the hospital. where he Is being treated. A
month ago sergeant in the same company
cut man down with his sword under similar
circumstances. 30 far as can 5e asoertained
neither officer has been even reproved.
Frau Won Racowitza- Schevitch. wife Of tho
former editor Of the Ne,D Yorker Volks- Zeitun9
and once the nancee Of Ferdinand Lsssalle.
is seriously Ill in Berlin. As writer she is
best known through her work. Meme Bezieh-
ungen gu Ferdinand Lassalle." Her last
work. published last week. has created a small
sensation here. It treats Of the effect
Of hereditary predisposition upon the fate
Of the Individual and tries to indicate
the part this tendency plays In conflict
with the will and other conditions and princi-
pies Of life in building character. The chief
idea Is emphasized by the incidents In the
lives Of the heroines Marie and Tamara.
mother and daughter. The former Is q natu-
,ol - n, L., e.t,,a
lous Russian aristocrat The latter Is also an
illeeitimate child. but lays no claims to such
distinguished parent as the despot OF Russia.
She is obliged to work up her way laboriously
to social standing by high spiritual and scion
tito activity as female doctor in America.
Tho novel Is intensely dramatic, and. on &C.
count OF its startling revelations concerning
early Russian society. has excited unusual at
tention here. In Russia 1t has been prohibited.
Herr Kunze OF the Supreme Court in Berlin
Is charged By the newspapers as we'll as by
prominent clubmen Of his acquaintance with
attempting to bride. cajole. and coerce the
City Council into framing a resolution In
favor Of demolishiDg the group OF build
ings on the south side Of the castle He
has taken this course to curry favor. 1t
10 said. with tho Emperor. who is known
to bo determined to get the notorious
CLEAR view and pleasure garden" behind
his winter palace. Kunze now is said to
have acknowledged that the Emperor indI-
rectly furnished him with 100000 marks with
which to buy up the Council In the LandtaR
Eugen Richter. who has watched from the first
the clear view project with its lottery attach
ment, will insist that these reports be investi-
gated by Commission.
The American physician DolerIs and the
Frenchman Delors have long maintained the
existence OF epilepsy bacilli. and DR.. Gerdes.
Hrst assistant in the Pathological! Institute Of
Halle University. now announces that he has
discovered vast numbers Of these bacilli In the
liver. kidneys. and blood Of persons who have
died Of epilepsy. He has experimental with
the bacilll on mice and rats. and has found 1t
to have invariably deadly effect.
The long projected equestrian statue to En-
peror William L 10 at last In q way to be exc
cuted. Just before his departure for stettin
to address the Pomeranian nobility on satur-