The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-28

cratic families, among them Prince Salm-
Reifferscheit-D Prince and Princess
Bentheim Tecklenburg, Prince and
Princess Frederick of WED, Count Won
Furstenberg- Stamm helm, the Emperor
chief cup-bearer; Count Won PucKler,
Count Won bergh-Faulkenstein, the
Prince of Carolath Beuthen, the Prince of
Schonatch- Carolath, Count Won LehndorI,
Prince Max Egon of Fursten berg, who is
now the head of the house OF the Fursten-
bergs; Prince George Radziwill and the
Count OF Lippe-B who is the
claimant to the principaIity of Lippe. In
addition to these arrivals other society
leaders, including the Princess Bichette
Radzlwlll, the Hohenhaus, the Donhaus
ana the Assenburgs. of whose circle the
Emperor is an habltue, is expected.
Since the scandal which resulted in the
dual between Court Cham berlain Liebe-
recht Won KotZe and Baron Won Schrader,
the court master OF ceremonies, in which
the latter was killed, the EN- eror's par
tIcular circle has been broken up, but it
now promises to be brought together
again, which guarantees brilliant season.
Prince Bismarck gathered around him
at Frledrlchsruhe on Christmas day his
entire family, consisting of his son, Count
Herbert Bismarck, his wife and C lid of
the son, Count William Bismarck, his
wife and children. his daughter, the
COUNTESS Won Rantzau, and her husband,
Count Won .RantZau, and his confidential
friend, DR.. Schweininger, who arrived at
Friedrichsruhe on Tuesday. The ex-
Chancellor Is in excellent health consid-
ering his advanced age and takes part in
the work around his home daily.
Empress Frederick, who is now visiting
her son, Prince Henry of Prussia. and his
wife, Princess Irene, at Kilel, will arrive
In Berlin on New Years eve and remain
six weeks. Her Majesty has promised to
attend the principal court fetes during
the season and will entertain lavishly
Among her guests in Berlin will be Prince
and Princess Henry of Prussia, the Prince
and Princess of Schaumb burg Lippe, the
Prince and Princess of Saxe-Meiningen
and Prince and Princess Frederick Charles
of Hesse-Cassel, Throughout the pres
ent season the court of Empress Frederick
will be the scene of the most brilliant re-
captions that have been held there since
the death OF her husband, Emperor Fred
erick III, on June Is, 1888.
The strike of the Hamburg dock labor
ers is likely to assume an entire new
phase. The non-union laborers who have
taken the places of the strikers are them
selves threatening to strike unless they
are paid seven marks day for day work
and fourteen marks for night work. They
have already made demands upon their
employers LOT the pay menJ OF these rates
and have been informed that they may
expect the same resistance to their exac-
tons that was given to the old hands. A
meeting of the strikers was held on Satur-
day which was addressed by a numbe of
speakers who advised the men to continue
to hold out against the employers. In the
meantime agents of the employers have
sounded the local agents of the strikers in
regard to arranging terms of settlement of
the dispute upon which the strike was
made.
Reliable advices from Constantinople
say that the agreement of the powers for
the enforcement of reforms in Turkey is
complete with the exception of the mat
tiers of the methods to be pursued and the
time of putting the measures of the CO.
ercion agreed upon into operation.
Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chan
cellor, will celebrate his golden wedding
on February %.
The accouchement of the Czarina (for-
merly Princess Alix of Hesse) is expected
to take place about the end of February.
1t has been arranged 10 have the event
occur at Tsarkoe-Selo.
John Gregory Smith of Vermont is
among the Americans visiting Berlin.
Miss Leonora Jackson, the American
violnist, recently performed at concert
in KrolPs Theater, and was especially
honored by the presence of the Empress.