, 1886-10-31

SOFIA. Oct. 30 Gen. Kaulbars has
issued an ultlmatuiu to the Bulgarian
government. Hecomplains that the Rus
slams in Bulgaria are maltreated and ter
roIized. aud saws that if in three days he
does not receive "A satisfactory answer to
his ultlinatum he will rupture his relations
with the regency and leave Sofia. taking
with hun The whole persurel of the Russian
consulate The government has sent. "A
circular TO the various projects command
Ing them To adopt stringent Measures for
the protection of Rl4,itnS. A cupy Of
the circular Was sent to Gen Kaulbars
with the IT quest that he furnish the nalnes
of Russians whom he alleged had been
moleslcd.
BERLIN. Oct. 30 Preparations for the
next years election for members o: the
reIch>tag are actively proceeding Efforts
are being made toward etfecting new
groupings of the different parties. Since
the recent de '~laraTiun Of the leading prin-
cIples of the programme of the National
Liberals. which Is u sever connecticut
with Progressis:s and to support the gov
%rrntuent. Il project has been discussed
tur AN alliance between Matt raj liberals
and Conservatives To form Il middle party
essentially national auI government in
character and hostile to Progressists and
to the center party alike.
The REPORTS Of the inspectors of factories
which have just beeh issued. show that
euIpluye- IN must OF the Factories work
eleven hours daily, not reckoning over
time. " nh overtime. WORT men in some
districts. notably Dusseldorf. work fruu
thirty six to forty eight hours at "A stretch.
though they are supposed 10 have liberty
To leave alter twenty iuur working hours
The usual hours of Il builrrman in Duss,l
durf are twelve anil often twenty-iuur
hours; in Magdeburg artisans work
twelve hours. IN Hanover ten and in
Amsberg eleven. Cotton spinners in
Potsdam and Frankfort on The o Ter work
twelve hours per day in winter and four
teen hours in summer. Steelware and
IRON apprentices in Dusseldorf often work
six cen hours daily. In the Furth glass
works men work SIX day increasingly cx-
cept for a couple OF hours, when they
sleep OF benche, or on dirty straw stacks
In the corners OF the workshops. The
general impression from the reports is
that there is much Overwnrk, a bad ar
rangem,nt of hours, with hideous SAM
tary conditions.
The Dortmund tribunal has sentenced
Iierr Lensing, editor vi the Fremo,,iit, to
six months imprisonment Tor an article
appearing IN his paper in which he at
tackled Prince Bismarck on his Polish,
social and religious policies The article
in question saii that Prince Bismarck
wanted to make Germans happy in spite
Of themselves aud by methods that the
people repudiated.
a sensation has been caused in Hanover
by the sudden fight OF an esteemed solic-
itnr, DR.. Won Hartmann. who left many
debts behind him and who embezzlcd
moneys and securities to the amount OF
300 900 marks. lie has gone to America.
DR.. Dekind. who was arrested on a
charge of high treason. has been released
Emperor viii am has given OOO
marks toward the fund Tor the Sehefiel
monument.
The diet of -Wcimar has abolished
the law exempting those Of military pro
fession from payment Of communal
taxes.
The illness of King Otto, OF Bavaria,
has reached a crisis. Its rumorcd that
he is in a moribuni condition from ex-
hau-tion, brought on by the fury Of his
malady. The queens mother has sent
for a priest to await the end.