The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-24
AFFAIRS IN OLD BERLIN
Action of The R3iChstag TOVlrdS Bis
marCk a Matter OF MOm3nt.
THE ELBE INVESTIGATION
The Evidence Shows She Was
Thoroughly Appointed and Sea-
worthy - The Emperor Will
Visit the iron Chancellor.


copyrighted 1855 BY the Associated Press.l
BERLIN, March 23.--The rejection in tho
reichstag of a motion to congratulate
Prince Bismarck on his birthday, is liable
to cause great deal of excitement in the
country. Renter, the radical leader, fore
saw this when, few days ago, he ex-
planned reasons why the radicals would
oppose the proposition when he said it was
not question of politeness toward an
aged statesman. Bismarck, he claimed,
still represents certain political principles
and his great personality cannot be d.
vided into Bismarck who achieved SO
much in behalf of German unity and the
Bismarck who has been so thoroughly
hostile to liberalism. Richter says: "He
does not regard his political career as
finished. He takes every opportunity of
| influencing public opinion by the auhor-
ity of his name in favor of a policy which
liberals have to combat almost daily"
1t is now decided that Emperor William
will visit Bismarck next Tuesday, taking
with him his eldest son in order to make
the personal acquaintance of Prince BIS
marck, with whom the emperor will stay
six hours, instead of three as at first ar
ranged.
The formal inquiry into the loss of the
! gan at Bremerhaven to-day. The court
room was crowded with interested spec
tators. The statements of the survivors of
the Elbe we're read and various experts
| deposed that the E be was thoroughly APP
| pointed and seaworthy and that ner cargo
| was properly stowel. The survivors of
the crew, Thomas Stolber, third officer; A.
Neuzel, the first engineer and 5. Seiberi,
seaman, repeated their former state
ments. The present court announced
that the inquiry would not end in that
| court as three lawsuits we're pend
| ing in connection with the dlsas-
| ter He added that in spite of the
efforts of the German consul at Borden,
the statements of the crew of the Crathie
could not be Obtained and indeed, a depu-
tation of the crew of that vessel refused
| to testify. The captain of the Crathe adj
mitted the soundings of his well, which
| he had taken after the collision showed
| the Crathie was not leaking. Herr
Badrow, superintendent of the North
| German Lloyd Steamship line, deposed
| that the Elbe had sufficient small boats
to accommodate 34 persons, and that
therere were only 352 on board. He also
said the water tight bulkheads of the
steamer were intact when she sailed.
| The inquiry was then adjourned. Thomas
| Solberg, third officer, SAID that at the
time of the collision he was on the bridge.
He saw the foremost light and the green
side light of the steamer Crathie. The
! first officer also saw these lights.
Tue Elbe, according to rules, continued
on her course. A minute afterwards he
saw. Just behind the bridge, a red light
and then almost instantly occurred the
collision. Witness ran to the side of the
vessel to ascertain the extent of the dam
| age and without delay reported to the
| captain, who had appeared on the deck.
According to instructions by the captain
| he ordered boats and to be placed in
| readiness. The sea by this time had
| reached the aft deck. 1--WE had only time
to Jump into the small boat before tho
] Elbe went down. Until morning broke
we did not sec the faces in the boat, be-
coming aware for the first time who had
been saved. On board the Elbe there
| had been no rushing, no crowding, no
disorder and no cries for help. There
had been no squabbling among the occu-
| pants for positions in the small boat at
the time the EIbe went down."
The Berlin radicals and socialists
| again commemorated the victims of the
uprising of lSis by decorating their graves
on Monday last and holding IL big meet
| ings. The Vorl0aerts published memoir
ial issue, but as 1t was sanguinary, il was
| confiscated by the police. The issue of
| the VorlVderts of March IL, was also
seized on account of an inflammatory
| article on the militarism which il con-
| tanned.
One of the cases remained unsettled
during the present revision of the Ger
man n-Amercan extraditIon treaty rs that
of man named r. of Chicago, who fed
| from the state of Illinois about c year
ago. charged with forgery and embezzle-
ment. SIX months ago he was arreste
at Hamburg and he is still in Jail await
| ing the decision of the German govsrn-
ment whose Interpretation of the existing
extradition treaty is disputed by the gov
.ernment of the United States.
| The epidemic of influenza is slowly sub
| siding but there are still numerous cases,