The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-14
In Fact, the Whole Region
Around Berlin Is Under
Water.
Won KoTz ON THE wARPATH.
Already the Court Marshal Has Had
One Duel, and Is Seeking
Others.

tons, remain IN state OF torpOr. The
bright, warm sunshine gave every promise
of an agreeable Eastertide, and the dis
paraging weather prophecies of Professor
Falb were met with bantering skepticism.
Excursions to the Grunewald and other
suburban resorts were widely planned by
Berliners for Good Friday, but the profess
sor's predictions were unfortunately veri-
fed by the return of a cold northern wind
and clouds, and the day was generally
cherries. Therefore the holiday makers
mostly preferred to remain in Berlin rather
than risk the inclement weather in the
country.
The fact announced here that the planets
occupied on Good Friday exactly the same
position as on the day Christ was crucifed
aroused a good deal of curiosity among
curious and religious folk, who, however,
were disappointed in the observance,
owing to the fact that the heavens were
overcast. The sky to-day was somewhat
brighter and hopes of pleasant Easter are
reviving.
The sudden advent of warm..weather led
to a rapid rise of the rivers Elbe and Oder,
resulting in the inundation of large dis
tricts. The whole region around Berlin is
under water owing to the overflow of the
rivers Spree and Havel. The people at
Spaudau are using boats to reach their
churches and schools. In Dresden the
waters of the Elbe are receding slowly
after doing much damage and attaining a
greater depth than for twelve years past.
The dikes broke near Wynse, in spite of
the exertions of the military engineers, and
seventeen villages of Verlande were inun-
dated. Vegetation in Northern Germany
is a month behind and the excessive mois-
ture retards agriculture still further.
Herr Won Kotz, the Court Marshal, whose
aceuittal by the court on the charge of
writing anonymous and insulting letters
to the highest court personages has been
confirmed by Emperor William, has not
allowed the matter to rest there. He has
determined to fiercely vindicate his honor
and he and his family are trying to not only
find the culprit, but those who cast sus-
picion upon himself.
Won Kotz has already sent three chal-
lenges, and the first duel came off to-day
with Baron Won Reischsaeh, the Court
Chamberlain. Pistols were the weapons
used, and Won Kotz received a bullet in
his hip. 1t is understood Barons Won
Reischsach and Won Schrader, whose in
discretions are alleged to have caused in
jury 10 Won Kotz, will be dismissed. Won
Kotz, after settling his duels, will retire
permanently to his estates, where his wife
has already preceded him. His wound is
not serious one and he is expected to re-
cover shortly. The conditions of the duel
required an exchange of shots until one of
the cembatants was disabled.
Emperor William, when informed of
the acquittal of Won Kotz by the military
court, sent his adiutant, Won Schotick, to
congratulate him.
The Emperor will remove to the new
palace at Potsdam next week. Emperor
William is going on an eastern tour of
Thuringia, Upper Hesse and Baden in order
to enjoy some shooting. EmperorWilliam
is not writing military work, as reported,
but is preparing number of essays upon
the campaigns of Frederick the Great, into
which hitherto unpublished material will
be introduced. The military instructor of
the Crown Prince is drawing plans of
battles for these essays. The Emperor
will read an essay to an audience at the
War Academy this spring or summer
Toward the end of the month his Majesty
goes grouse shooting in Alsace-Lorraine
and will stay few days at his Chateau
d. Arville in Lorraine.
A laborer, Y years Of age, has walked
from Gumbinnen, a town of East Prussia, to
Berlin, taking twenty-nine days to make
the journey and arriving here on Wednes-
day last in order to see the Emperor and
/, g. b L.
age pension. The old man obtained an
audience with the Emperor, who read his
papers and promised to inquire into the
case.
The committee charged with the arrange
ments to erect national monument to
Prince Bismarck has received over $50 200
marks in subscriptions and intends to
erect the monument outside Berlin on
account of the recent hostile exhibition of
the municipal court of this city. This site
will be chosen on the summit of noun
tain, probably the Zugspitz.
A curious case of the punishment of a
deserter from the army has attracted a
great deal of attention. A trooper belong
ing to the Fourth Regiment Of Uhlans
deserted during the siege of Paris and fed
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for fourteen years. He lately returned to
Germany and acted as overseer in a manu-
featuring plant, was discovered and ar
rested, tried by court-martial and sem
fenced to five years imprisonment in a
fortress.
John B. Jackson, secretary of the United
States embassy here, and Mrs. Jackson,
sail for the United States on Tuesday next.
Mr.. Jackson is on leave of absence. He
and his wife will return on July 1. They
gave a farewell dinner tonight to the
United States ambassador, Theodore Run
yon, and Mrs. Runyon, and the personnel
of the United States embassy and the
United States Consul General Charles De-
kay, and Mrs. Dekay. DR.. Nuttall, the
young American hygienist of the Berlin
University, is to be married tomorrow to
Fraulein Won Oertzen of the Mecklenburg
nobility.
TO LESSEN THEIR HARDSHIPS.