The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-10
LIVES WERE LOST
INTENSE COLD CAUSES MANY
DEATHS IN &C.. MANY.

Old 40 4u VI u AN IL
Great Suffering is Reported and Storm Sta
tIstics Read Like Those of a Western
Blizzard--WOlvesD Descend Upon Villages
Ice Pack Along the Coast--Germans Red
Hot Over the Alleged Misconduct of the
Craithies Officers in the Elbe Affair."
Bismarck snubs the Anti-Revolution
BiIl--Bismarck's Birthday.
copyrighted 1885 by the Associated Press.)
Berlin, Feb. 9.-Throughout Germany
during the past week the cold has
been intense and in several places the
thermometers have registered 20 de-
grees below zero, Fahrenheit. The
Rhine, Neckar and the Main are frozen
over for long distances and the south
ern part of the Cattegat is also frozen.
Heavy snow drifts have completely
stopped traffic about the Eifel noun
tins and the Rhineland, where the snow
is six feet deep. Breat misery has been
caused in many parts Of Germany and
numbers of people have been frozen in
Berlin. Railroad traffic is especially
There have been several
cases in which the tires of wheels have
broken on account of the extreme cold
and have thus caused the derailment Of
trains. From AltkirSch, Alace, it is
reported that wolves, in some cases
driven by the extreme cold, have come
to the villages in order to seek food,
N n
renee is recorded. Steamers have ex-
perienced the greatest difficulty in fore
ing their way through the great belt
of ice along the coast and the mail SER
vice from Keil to Kosoer, Ireland, was
yesterday.
ANGLCPHOBIA BREAKS OUT.
For some time past distinct feeling
Of animosity towards Great Britain has
been evidenced by a large section of
the German press, and the Elbe disas-
ter has been the occasion of quite
display of Anglophobia. The Kreuze
Zeitung led the onslaught with a highly
preJudiced article, in which it was
claimed that the catastrophe has again
shown that the English have a brutal
disregard for other peoples rights, the
blame of the cillision entirely falling,
according to the Kreuze Zeitung, on
the British steamer Crathie. Other
followed with severe de-
of the Crathie, embeIlished
with shower of abuse against Eng
land, and the statement appeared in
some OF the newspapers, and remains
that the emperor, on
receiving full particulars of the coils
ion, characterized the conduct of the
Crathie ruffianly and inhuman.
In the reichstaS this afternoon, Baron
Won Stumm-Halberg introduced the
- loot af q hi ~
the government what steps would be
taken to prevent loss of life and ship
wrecks. In so doing he expressed the
opinion that the conduct of the cap
tain and crew of the Elbe We're ire
proachable. He addedthat he construc-
ton of the ships ought to be supervised
by the state and that the rule of the
road on the high seas should be def
litely regulated
STATE CONTROL OF SHIPS.
The chancellor. Prince Hohenlohe, in
replying said that the federal govern
nents were directing atteition to the
subjects OF lnsuring the Seaworthiness
ii ships by state control and he hoped
hat all the mercantile nations before
leXt winter would give effect to the de-
,ision arrived at by the international
at Washington in 1889 in
'egard to rules of the road at sea. The
also said that the federal
governments shared in the grief Of the
nation at the horrible accident which
lad befallen the Elbe, adding that the
approaches heaped upon her officers by
he foreign press were quite unfounded.
Herr Jebsen, National Liberal. who
s snip owner, objected to state con-
rol of the construction of ships and
proceeded TO severely denounce the con-
iucA of Captain Gordon, master OF the
British steamer Crathie.
Herr Singer, Socialist, said that the
nsuranceand technical maritime asso-
cations could not adequately supervise
building ships and in his opinion state
control of that work was needed. He
added that the imperial government
must also see to the matter Of life saw
ng appliances and pay no attention
o capitalists, contractors and ship
,WnerS.
MAKE SEAMEN COMPETENT
DR.. Won Boetticher, imperial secre-
airy of state for the interior, in reply
aid that a knowledge of the regula-
ions for the prevention of accidents
It sea was incumbent upon every sea-
nan. In his opinion, the government
supervision of ship construc-
ion, through the Insurance and tech
lical Maritime association, was the on
Y practical system. However, il ever
his sympathy was shown to be faulty,
tate control would be introduced, but
n the meanwhile the present course
hould have a fair trial.
Herr Lieber expressed the view that
he main thing was to secure internal
equations for navigation as seawor-
Illness, he added, would not avail a
ship when q British vessel dashed
avagely into her and run her down.
To this DR.. Won Boetticher added
hat the international regulations
would come into force in the autumn.
The Crathie, he added, ought to have
,iven way, and in Germany, her master
would have been deprived of his GER
ificate.
Baron Won Manteuffel, Conservative,
the attitude of Great Brit
lin in the matter of the rule of the road
md advocated state control of ship
building and a reduction of the rate Of
peed.
AND HIS BIRTHDAY.
Baron Won Stumm-Halberg, during
he early part of the week. paid visit
o Prince Bismarck at FREDERICKSBURG,
n order to seek the veteran statesmans
advice as TO the best method OF pushing
he anti-revolution bill. But he receiv-
d cold comfort, for Prince Bismarck
declared that the measure was still
,orn child, which while intended to
estrain one dangerous element OF the
population, threatened the liberties Of
IN. and hence was acceptable to none.
Preparations for the celebration OF
he s0th birthday of Prince Bismarck
m April Lis proceeding on large scale
in Germany. The students
# all the universities and high schools
lave been offered prize for the finest
de to Bismarck, the judges 70 be the
poets Heinrich Seidel, Julius Wolff
md Johannes Rojan-
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