The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
CAME BY THE THOUSAND.
During All the Excitement the
Birthday of Hohenlohe Was
Not Forgotten.
EFFORTS FOB BIMETALLIsM.
There Has Been a Great Increase in
the Exports From Germany
to America.

BERLIN, GERMANY, April 9.-After the
excitement which marked the enthusiastic
celebration of Prince Bismarck's eightieth
birthday at the early part of this week the
end of the week appears to be unusually
tame. So far as the fetes are concerned 1T Is
generally agreed that they were fully
worthy of the occasion and were COM
plete success. Incidentally it developed
that Prince Bismarck received on Monday
last $500 kilograms, with total of 277,697
words. In addition he received $4,000 let
tiers and about 115,000 postal cards. In
spite of the excitement on Monday and
Tuesday the ex-Chancellor got over his ex-
ertions very well and remained in fair
health, although he appears to have aged
great deal since the death of his wife.
During the hustle of the Bismarck birth
day 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 Chancellor a lengthy
visit and the Empress presented him with
a splendid bouquet of roses and the En-
peror made him present of gold cigar
case adorned with the imperial monogram
in diamonds. AT the dinner which their
Majesties gave at the castle on Monday
last in honor OF the birthday of Prince Bis
marck, Prince Hohenlohe sat at the right
hand of the Emperor, who conyersed cor
daily with him.
1t was noticed on Prince Bismarck's
birthday that Berlin displayed more flags
and decorations than upon the occasion of
Emperor Williams birthday. Nearly
every American house in town flew the
stars and stripes. The royalist district
was almost bare of decorations. An es-
pecially pleasant side of the celebrations
has been the institution of number of
benevolent Bismarck funds.
In commercial and financial circles the
chief interest has been directed to the ex-
traordinary assembly of the German Com
mercial Congress, held on Tuesday. A
speaker contended that the existing de-
preston in husbandry must be ascribed to
the reaction which naturally followed the
exceptional rise in the value of agricul-
tural property.
1t was also maintained that COM
merce and industry had as much right as
husbandry to speak on the question of
currency, and an anti-bimetallic resolu-
ton was adopted. The bimetallists in the
meanwhile were not idle, and Count Bur-
bach, supported by forty-three of his col
leagues, introduced motion in the Upper
House of the Prussian Diet urging the
Government to require the Chancellor to
lose no time in taking steps calculated to
lead to an international regulation of the
currency question, with the final object of
Il l..
motion was referred to committee.
Countess Won Perponcher (nee Dross),
the AmericanAady who was arrested on the
charge of perjury, is believed to be inno-
cent. Her husband, young Count Won Per-
poncher, son of the ex-Chief Court Mar
shall of Emperor William, has deposited
with the authorities the sum of 10000
marks, which was required for her bail,
and is exerting himself to clear his wife's
reputation. Countess Won Perponcher
came to Berlin from the United States,
where she was married to the Count in
1898. The marriage was at first concealed
because of family opposition. The mother
in-law of the Countess became suddenly
i'll when she heard of the arrest of the
Countess and the scandal which followed.
Professor Behring, the dipththeria
serumist, is suffering from incipient con-
sumption. He has just returned from
Egypt and has resigned his professorship
at the Halle University.
The exports to America from Germany
for the quarter ending with March have
risen enormously. The chief articles
affected are chemicals, cloth carmen is,
plush, velvets, silks, glassware, hosiery,
lace, woolens and sugar. Confidence in
the re-established prosperity of American
commerce appears to have returned. The
exports from the Berlin district nearly
trebled and those of Frankfort doubled.
The imports only showed a slight increase.
Henry Willard, who is now residing in
Vienna, has been in Berlin this week, and
simultaneously comes the announcement
from the Deutsche Bank that Northern
Pacific seconds, which were left unpaid in
October, 1892, will be purchased under
certain restrictions. The Deutsche Bank
was Mr.. Wizards main ally in Germany
during his Northern Pacific career.
The bethrothal of Miss Lewis, wealthy
young lady of New York, to Prince Carlo
Isen5erg- Hirstein, is announced. The
groom is an officer of guard regiment,
and his family was once reigning one,
but mediatized at the beginning of the
century. Prince Victor, the elder brother
of Prince Carlo, was reported to have been
engaged to Miss Huffman in 1892. Prince
Carlo is handsome and moves in the fast
set. He met his bride at the races near