The San Francisco call., 1895-11-18

carried to the Supreme Court at LeipSic.
before which the Imperial Prosecutor
pleaded that Zeime belonged to the re-
serves and therefore fell under the juris-
diction of the military authorities, and
also maintained that the military code
applied to socialist meetings where prob
able recruits were assembled. The Su-
preme Court reversed the judgment of the
Berlin court, and the decision fixes the
law enlarging the powers of repression
with which the authorities are clothed.
The matter will now be the subject OF in
terpellations in the Reichstag.
The election of new president OF the
Reichstag to succeed Baron Won Buel Ber-
enberg is already being discussed, and the
membe OF that body are generally agreed
that it is desirable to raise the prestige OF
the president of the Reichstag by select
ing for the position some parliamentary
notable like DR.. Won Bennigsen, though 1t
is doubtful whether he will consent to
leave the high and lucrative functions OF
President of the province of Hanover for
the troublesome and merely honorary post
of president of the Reichstag. The Cen
trists are in expectation of electiny a
member of their party to the presidency,
leaving the presidents to the Con-
servatives and National Liberals.
The Boerses in Berlin and Frankfort
have passed well through the recent crash
of fortunes. There has been no panic in
Berlin, but prices in Vienna and Buda-
Pesth fell to pieces. While the scare was
on the German bankers. attracted by the
recent high rates of interest offered i'll
Vienna. where Boerse operators had been
plunging recklessly, had very anxious
time until the panic was checked by the
Credit Anstalt and other Austrian houses,
which began buying all the good securities
that were offered. The settlement on the
Vienna Boerse, which began on Saturday
wiped out some of the weaker exchanges,
including the concerns run on the Ameri-
can "bucket-shop" plan-amons them the
house of Freund, the leading "bucket-
shop" speculator, who was found on the
Prater Friday with bullet from revolver
in his brain. He had killed himself on the
eve OF the settlement.
The ex-Empress Frederick is going TO
spend her birthday, November 81, with her
daughter, Princess Frederick of Hesse, at
Rumpenheim.
The Emperor has promised TO be present
at the Inauguration of the national mouu-
ment of the Kyffhauser, which ceremony
will shortly take place.
The Merchants Guild of Stettin has pre-
sented a memorial to the Government TO
the effect that since the opening of the
Baltic-Nor Sea Canal shipping at the
port of Stettin has suffered greatly IN con-
sequence of the high tolls charged by the
canal.
Doctor Ahlwardt, the anti-Semitic
leader and Jew batter, is making arrange
ments TO sail for the United States in De-
cember for the purpose of delivering lee
lures in all of the large American cities.
He goes to America upon the invitation of
a committee of German-American citizens
of Milwaukee
The Centrist party in the Reichstag has
presented an Illuminated address to DR..
Ernst Lieber, member of the Reichstag for
Wiesbaden, congratulating him upon the
completion of his twenty-ffth year of
service in the German Parliament.
Herman Denath purveyor OF the Berlin
Court, has absconded to the United States,
leaving an aggregate Indebtedness of 5O0,-
coo marks.
Father Cerebotani, an Italian priest,
who claims priority for the new Pantele-
graph, which was presumably invented by
Elisha Gray, is announced~to deliver a
course of lectures here. His programme
included series of practical illustrations
of the workings of the invention.
The Kreuz Zeitung asserts that the mill
tary encourage of the Emperor is actively
intriguing against General Bronsart von
Schellendorf, the German Minister of War,
who was pledged to carry out scheme
of military reforms, introducing a bill in
the Reichstag for that purpose, or resign.
The general is now charged with entertain
ing desire of hindering military reforms
and the Emperor's military aids are de-
termined that he shall keep his pledge
The boiler ofthe German steamer Schwe-
rim exploded while she was passing through
the Bar1c-North Sea Canal yesterday, kill
ing fireman.
A TIE Deum was sung in the chapel of tie
Russian Embassy here to-day in thanks
giving for the birth of the Princess Olga of
Russian to the Car and Carina Only the
officials of the embassy and the members
of the Russian colony in Berlin were pres
ent.
A bazaar was held here by the Ameri-
can Girls Club in Berlin, in the Kurfur-
stenstrasse last week for the benefit Of the
club and the American church. 1t was
conspicuous pecuniary and social success.
Mrs. Dickie. wife of the pastor of the
American church, gave an sat home" to
the American colony on Thursday. Mrs.
Clement Symmes has resumed her recep-
tions at her residence in Bayreuthstrasse
United States Vice-Consul Zimmerman
gave dinner to Secretaries Coleman and
Jackson and Mrs. Jackson at the Palace
yesterday.
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