The herald., 1895-04-14

observations nwEng to thu fact that the
heavens were Overcast. The sky today
was somewhat brighter and hopes OF
pleasant Easter are revivng.
The sudden advent OF warm weather
led to a rapi6 rise of the rivers Elbe and
Oder, result ing in the inundation OF large
districts. fhe whole region around Ber-
lin is under water owing to the overflow
OF the rivers Spree and Havel The peo-
pie of SIandau are using boats to get to
their churches and schools. In Dresden
the waters of the Elbe are receding slowly,
after 'xoing much damage and attaining q
greater depth than for twelve years past.
The dykes broke near Wynse i'll spite OF
the military engineers, and seventeen
villages of Nerlande were inundated.
Vegetation in Northern Germany. is
month behind and the excessive moisture
retards agriculture still further.
Herr Won Kotz, the court marshal
whose acquittal by the court on the
charge of writing anonymous and insult
ing letters to the highest court person
ages, has been confirmed by Emperor VIII
liam has not allowed the matter to rest
there. He has determined to tiercely
yindicate his honor, and he and his family
are trying to find not only the culprlt. put
those who cast suspicion upon him. Won
kotz has already sent three challenges
and the first duel came off today with
Baron Won Reischsach, the court cham
DtIldl1l. I1SbOlS were Iue WedpolS uoOu
and Nop kotz received bullet III ms
hip. 1t, is understood Barons Won Reisch-
sach and Won Schrader, whose indiscre-
tionS are alleged to have caused injury to
Won Kotz, will be dismissed. Won kotz,
after settling his duels, will retire per
manently to his estates, where his wife
has already preceded Inn. His wound is
not serious one, and he is expected to
recover shortly. The conditions of the
duel required an exchange of shots until
one of the combatants were disabled.
Emperor William, when informed of
the acquittal of Won Kotz by the military
court, sent his adjutant, Won SchOtik, to
congratulate him.
The emperor will remove to the new
palace at Potsdam next week. He is go
ing on an eastern tour of Thuringa, Upper
Hess and Baden in order to enjoy some
shooting. The emperor is not writing a
military work, as reported. but is pre-
pairing u number of ESSAYS upon the cam
paigns of Frederick the Great, into which
hitherto unpublished material will be in
troduced. The military instructor OF the
crown prince is drawing a number of
plans of battles for these essays. The
emperor Twill read an essay to an audi
ence at the war academy this spring or
summer.
Towards the end of the month his ma
iesty will go grouse shooting in Alsace
Lorraine and will stay few days at his
chateau in Lorraine.
A laborer u years of age has walked
from Gumbinen II town of East Prussia
to Berlin. taking twenty days to
make the journey and arriving here on
Wednesday last in order to see the en-
peror and implore his majesty to grant
him an old age pension. The old man
! obtained an audience with the emperor,
who read his papers and promised to in
quire into the. case. The committee
charged with the arrangements to erect a
national monument to Prince Bismarck
has received over 250,000 marks in sub
scriptions and intends to erect the mon
ument outside Berlin on account of the
recent hostile exhibition of the munich
pal court of this city. The site will be
chosen on the summit of mountain,
probably the Zugspitz.
A curious case OF the punishment of a
great deal of attention here. A trooper
Uhlans deserted during the siege of Pairs
and fed to China, where he served with
the Chinese for fourteen years. He lately
returned to Germany and acted as an
overseer in manufacturing plant. He
was discovered and arrested. tried by Il
courtmartial and sentenced to five years
Imprisonment in fortress. John Jack
son. secretary of the United States en-
bassy here, and Mrs. Jackson sail for the
United States on Tuesday next.
DIR. Nutal. the young American
hygenist of the Berlin university, is to
be married tomorrow TO Frauein V II
Oetrtzeh, of the Mecklenburg nobility.