The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-07
NEW RISE OF HENRY WILLARD.
The Bismarck Birthday Celebration
. Complete Success.
Commercial Congress Cnfrfendiy to Sil.
yer, but the Agrarians as Active
as Eyer-An American Woman Ao-
cuscd OF Perjury - Prince Hohen.
lohe's Birthday.


from Germany for the quarter ending In
March have risen enormously. The chief
articles affected are chemicals. cloth gar
ments. pinsh. vclyets, silks. glassware.
hosiery. lace, woolens aud sugar. Conf
dence in the re-established prosperity of
American commerce appears TO have re-
turned. The exports from the Berlin dis
triet were nearly trehled. ana those Of
Frankfort doubled. The imports showed
only slight increase.
Henry Willard. who is now residing In
Vienna. has been in Berlin this week and
simultaneously comes the announcement
from the Deutsche hank that Northern
Pacific seconds, which were left unpaid In
October, is92, Will he purchased under cer-
tain restrictions. The peutsehe bank was
Mr. Wizards main ally i'm Germany dur
Ing his Northern Pacific career
After the excitement which marked tho
enthusiastic celebration Of Prince Bis
marck's S0th birthday the early part oe
this week, the end of the week appears TO
be unusually tame. So far as the fetes
arc concerned. it Is generally agreed that
they were fully worthy of the occasion
and were complete success. Incidentally
IL developed that Prince Bismarck re-
ceiyed on Monday last $500 kilograms.
with total Of 81. .es7 words. In addition.
he received 5o.oa letters and if5eo postal
cards. In spite of the excitement on Mon
day and Tuesday, the ex~chancellor got
over his exertions very well and remained
In fair health. although he appeared TO
have aged great deal since the death OF
ais wife.
During the hustle of the Bismarck
birthday celebration. the birthday
OF Prince Hohenlohe who was born
March 81, 1919. was almost overlooked but
the emperor and empress took pains to
do him honor. They both paid the cham
cellor a lengthy visit. The empress pre-
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roses. and the emperor made him pres
ent of a gold cigar case adorned with the
imperial monogram I'm diamonds. At tho
dinner which their matesties gave at tho
castle on Monday last In honor OF tha
birthday OF Prince bismarck Prince Ho-
henlohe sat at the right hand of tho en-
peror. who conversed cordially with him.
IL was noticed on Brince Bismarck's
birthday that Berlin displayed more flags
and decoration than upon the occasion OK
Emperor williams birthday. Nearly every
American house I'm town few the star ana
stripes The royalist district was almost
bare OF decorations. An especially pleas
ant side of the celebrations has been tho
institution of a number of benevolent Bis
marck funds.
In commercial and fiaanckai circles the
chief interest has h~en directed 20 tho
extraordinary assembly OF the Gesgnah
commercial congress held on Tuesday.
sneaker sontendef that the existing de-
v,reszion in husbariry must be ascrfl,@d
to the reaction which naturally followed
the exceptsodial rise In the valfe OF agri-
cultural property. IL WAS also natg1tafned
that ssommer,se and Industry had "a much
,5ghe as hiisbantry To speak o1 the ques-
tSpn OF currency. and an ann-oi~aeialac
resolution was adopted. The bi~metalists
An the meanwhile were not Idle. ana
c,plrst Nirbach. supported by foFty-threo
of his colbAagues, introduced a motion m
sl4e unper house OF the prusssian diet urg-
ing the ssovarnmenf TO require the ofisiai-
<selior to lose no time IN taking steps cal
,,ulated 10 laad to an International resii-
latfeql of the osrreucy question, with che
final object OF securing International hi-
rn.tallisn The motion was referred 20 q
committee.
Countess Won Per-poncher. nee Dnoss.
the American lady who was arrested on
the charge OF perjury and intimacy with
a physyician. Ia believed 10 ,-s innocent
KIer hsizFsand, young Count Won Perrsai-
rtear ssan Of the cx-chteg court marshal
OF emperor william. has deposited with
aa authorities tsle sum Of 10000 marks
weaEssh was required Tor ar@r hail. and -
.xerting hgsnself to ciear his wafes repti-
.atton Dr. Brurrer Nerghf fhe ply
Stefan I'm the case. was arrested at Munich
early an March last and was brought
harss an tho same charge OF perjury as talo
,.oantess The doctor Is being sued for
aavor@.. by alis wife, and tfe coalntsss. "
ts alleged committed perjury In denying
asl court her intimacy with him Countess
Won pssrf-pnehsr cane tO Berlin from fhS
FrnitaA Stairs where asle married To
The orsiras IN 1893 The marriage was at
first concealed bssan@e of family ofsso-
sftfon, The u.sther-in-ls. OF the countess
t,e-sar1e satstfenly fll when she heard OF
the arrest of the ssoaRaes~s and the scan
dial whiCa followed
The f.streahal of Mise Lewis. a wealthy
vouug lady Of New York. tp Prince Cario
Is~rYsrfrg- Bsy~tetn. - announced. The
aroenn ~ an offiocr of n guard reg1Enene
and ais family was oroe a resgning px1e-