St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-26
THE BERLIN BUDGE EFT.
The Snow Storm and Blockade a
Gcdsend TO the Unemployed.

GOdsend TO the Unemployed.
BERLIN, Dec. 25.-Although the railway
service was restored yesterday morning.
traffic is still seriously blocked. especially
in connection with Christmas delivery.
However the snow storm was Godsend to
the unemployed Thousands Of men are
employed in clearing the streets of Berlin.
For this work they receive 80 marks per
day. The trains were running all last
night and the streets were lively with
traffic. The thaw is only partial. The
weather is pleasant. Advices from SaXony
and Silesia say that much work was sus-
pended during the snow storm. In the
mines of Silesia the men were compelled
to stop work In Nuremberg the snow is
three feet deep. A number of
TRAINS WERE SHOWED UP
and passengers suffered great prvation be-
fore being released. Emperor William has
not been able to drive out in his carriage
since Sunday. He mad Christmas gifts sent
to the palace. The crown prince and
princess made daily visits to the stores for
the purpose of selecting Christmas gifts,
and were followed from place TO place by a
mob of onlookers. The official press has
abated its attack upon the Center party,
while predicting the acceptance of the mill
tary bill without delay when the reichstag
reopens. The report that there is a COM
plete entente between the government and
the leaders of the Center finds general be-
lief. The state Of siege is being severely
enforced in Frankfort. Letters from social
lists of that city say that even the possession
of prohibited publications is deemed sutfl-
Gent cause for arrest without proof that
the person arrested is connected with a
secret society. The official press defends
the present measures on the ground that
discoveries have been made of anarchist
plots in industrial centers. They say that
since the murder of Officer Rumpff by
Lieske, the Police of Frankfort have traced
the ramihcations of an anarchist conspiracy
TO these centers.
Minister Won Puttkamer's circular di-
recting the authorities to prosecute persons
found circulating forbidden publications is
construed by the police to include persons
who circulate such works without knowl-
edge of their contents. The progressioniSt
papers declare that II the law is applied as
Herr Won Puttkamer directs,
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
throughout Germany will be suppressed,
even political economists being debarred
from free exposition of socialist theories.
The papers point out that an evil-dispoSed
commssary of police can arbitrarily arrest
men who have no relation with socialism,
and they assert that virtually Herr Won
Puttkamer is trying to establish political
inuuisition with an index eXpurgat0rlus.
Herr Exner, the agent of a syndicate com
posed of the DeutSche bank. the DiscountO
company and Herr Krupp, has arrived here
from China whittier he was sent to en-
deavor to secure railway construction from
the Pekin government. He reported that
he had not obtained the required contract,
but that he was promised
A SHARE OF THE WORK
when the government railway schemes are
ripe. Baron Schienitz, governor of Ger
man New Guinea, has sent from Hoon bay
specimen of gold quartz, which gives
promise that a rich field has been discov-
cred. The German Goethe society will
soon issue a second series of memoirs.
The work will contain Goethe'S letters to
Frau Won Steinherder and extracts from
the journal kept by him during his travels
in Italy. DR.. Erich Schmidt will write a
preface to the work. AdviceS from Vienna
say it is reported there that serious diff
ference exists between the cabinets of
Vienna and Berlin. 1t is claimed that
Prince Bismarck is serving Russian designs
without regard to the interests of Austria.
Herr Won Tisza, the Hungarian premier,
it is stated, will soon hold conference
with Count Vralnoky and will insist that
the situation be cleared up and that
Bismarck be asked to declare whether Ger
many is an ally of Russia or of Austria
Hungary.
The Frankfort Zeitung says that num-
Der of socialists, including Herr SAILOR, a
member of the reichstag, have been warned
TO leave the district included in the state of
siege. by Tuesday.