Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-03
GERMAN NEWS NOTES.
Long Working Hours.-An Editor Jailed.
Sensational Item.

GERMAN NEWS NOTES.
Long Working Hours.-An Editor Jailed
Sensational Item.
LONG WORKING HOURS.
BERLIN, October 3O.-The reports of tn
Inspectors of factories which have just
been issued show that employees in most o
out reckoning overtime. With overtime
workmen in some districts, notably Dussel
dorff, work from SO to. 4S hours at a
stretch though they are supposed to have
liberty to leave after "a hours. The usual
hours OF boilermen in Dusseldorf are IL
and often "a hours. In Magdelburg arti-
sans work IL hours, in Hanover 10 and in
Omsburg II. Cotton spinners in Patsdam
and Frankfort on the Oder work IL hours
per day in the winter and II hours in the
summer. Steelware and iron apprentices
in Dusseldorf often work 16 hours. In
Eurth glaes works the men work 6 days
increasingly except for couple Of hours
when they sleep on benches or in dirty
straw stacks in the corners Of the work.
shop. The general impression from the re-
ports is that there is much overwork, bad
arrangement OF hours, with hideous sani.
tary conditions.
AN EDITOR OUT OF LUCK.
The Dortmund Tribunal has sentenced
Sherr Lansing, editor OF the Tremonia, to
six months imprisonment for an article
appearing in his paper in which he alta cked
Bismarck on his Polish social and religious
policies. The article in question said that
Bismarck wanted to make the Germans
happy in spite of themselves and by
methods that the people reprobated.
A SENSATION.
A sensation has been caused in Hanover
by the sudden flight OF an esteemed solici-
tor, DR.. Won Hartman, who left many
debts behind and who embezzled moneys
and securities to the amount OF 2OO, 900
marks. He has gone to America.
The Emperor William has given / 900
marks toward q fund for the Scheffel
monument.
The Diet OF SAKE Wiemar has abolished
the law exempting those of the military
profession from the payment Of communal
taxes.
KING OTTo's ILLNESS.
The illness OF King Otto, of Bavaria, has
reached crisis. 1t is rumored that he 10
in moribund condition from exhaustion
brought on by fury. The Queens mother
has sent for priest to await the end.
European Complications.
LONDON, October 3O.-It is learned on
high authority that the French Govern
ment has received little encouragement
from Turkey in it's agitation against the
British in Egypt. The French Envoy at
Constantinople attempted recently to
T,,rIov'o did in ovfnrfInO from
England a definite promise to evacuate
Egypt at an early day. The Sultan EN-.
phatically refused to be a party to such a
proceeding and informed the Envoy that
the Porte could not agree with him in the
structures on the English policy respecting
Egypt. To this action OF the Porte is due
Frances recent changes OF front. The
French government recognizes he fact that
Russia, although prepared to assist in
united action is indisposed to adopt a
course of which the Porte does not approve.
German Politics.
BERLIN, October 3O.-Preparations for
the next years elections for members OF
the Reichstag are actively proceeding. Ell
forts are being made toward effecting new
groupings Of different parties since the re-
cent declaration Of the leading principles in
the programme of the National Liberals.
which is to sever connection with the Pro-
gressists and to support the government.
The project has been discussed for an ALI
ance between tho National Liberals and
the Conservatives to form a middle party,
essentially national and governmental in
character and hostile to the Progressists
and to the center party alike.
Kaulbars' Threat.
SOFIA, October 3O.-Gen. Kaulbars has
issued an ultamatum to the Bulgarian
He complains that the Rus
slams in Bulgaria are maltreate ted and ter
rorized, and says that if in three days he
does not receive satisfactory answer he
will rupture his relations with the regency
and leave Sofia, taking with him the whole
personal of the Russian Consulate. The
government has sent q circular to the
various projects commanding them to
adopt strong measures for the protection
OF the Russians. A copy of the circular
was sent to Gen. kaulbars with the re-
quest that he furnish the names OF the
Russians whom he alleged had been
mOlested.
b. L. e. Convention.
NEW YORK, October 3O.-The Convention
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive EDgi-
neers to-day discussed the report OF the In
surance Committee. Several clauses were
adopted. The $4,000 life and accident
policies were divided into two policies OF
81, 500 each, assessments to be SO cents
for each death on a policy OF 81 800.
Another clause limits the age in taking
risks to As years and only to members
then. The change will 60 into effect May l,
1887.
An Intruder.
PARIS, October 31.-It is reported that
the Count OF Paris, one night last week
was sitting in his bedroom near Lodon
when man entered tho room. The Count
being afraid of waking his wife, did not
shout for her, but hurled a revolver at the
intruder, who fled. The servants had pre-
viously seen a stranger prowling around
the house. The man entered by ladder
which he had placed against the window In
the studio OF the Duke OF Orleans. Whether
he was a burglar or enemy OF the Counts
is not known.
Death of Centebarian.
HoLBRooK. October 3O-Samuel Lud
den, the oldest resident OF Norfolk county
died last evening aged 80. Mr.. Ludden haC
never lived over half mile from the house
where he first saw the light OF day. At the
time the signal war sounded in 1912. Mr.
Ludden was sitting in church. He went
home got his old gun and went to Cohasset
and helped to keep hack the British unit
the arrival OF the soldiers.
Arrival of Steamers.
LONDON. October 31.-The steamer Ore
gon, from Montreal, for Liverpool, passet
Moville October 80; Basins. from New
Work arrived at Hull October 30. thu