Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-27
IN EUROPE.
Bismarck's Illness Does Not Keep Him
from Work-Bomb in a Theater.
The Panama Canal Failure Bids Fair to be the
Means of Defeating the Carnot Admin
istration-FOreign Matters
GERNINY.
Christmas at the Capital.

BERLIN, Dec. 25.-The burden of
Christmas comment of the press and pull
pit reverts to the anxiety prevalent at the
same period for the last three years and
to the existing prospects of peace, Ger
many for the present expects peace, while
conscious the war drum still rolls affair.
The weather has not been Christmas
like. Instead of crisp frost. there has
been prolonged period of damp, cold
and rainy weather, and the streets of the
capital abound in mud. Trademen 5
hearts have been made lighter for the
past few days by an influx
of buyers that exceeds all expec-
tatons. The emperor has been
actively engaged in buying presents for
the court and the royal family. Last
evening after the imperial dinner at the
palace gifts were distributed. The house
hold officials of the empress and Dowager
Empress Augusta made unusually large
purchases for distribution among the
poor.
Until Lieutenant Weismann returns
from visiting friends at Lauterburg the
staff appointments for the Emin relief eX-
petition will be necessarily delayed and
the government plans assume more def
mite shape.
In connection with the report that
the government intends to appoint
an imperial commissary to the
colonial force, Lieutenant Weissmanu is
already named as the probable appointee.
Count Plat, agent of the East Africa
Fur Company, who is personally known
to Bismarck, is mentioned as the proba-
BILE governor of the territory.
The chancellor illness, which has
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gressive press and French newspapers,
does not hinder his work. He has
wired his congratulations to Lord Sails
bury regarding the English victory in
Suatim. Prince Bismarck ignores the
appeal of Sir r. D. Monor, British
ambassador at st. Petersburg TO author
ize an official contradiction OF the charges
recently made to the Cologne Gazette of
his having antI-Germau bearings and of
having, while at Darmstadt in 1870, sent
the first news of the advance of the Ger
mans to London, whence the news
reached BaZaine. The English embassy
do not expect Prince Bismarck will direct
the semi-oficial press to adopt more
royal tone; on the contrary, they think,
umess the objects of the ATTACK are
alta ned, he may order that Il more
aggressive attitude be assumed.
Herr BleichrOder, Il banker, visited
FREDERICKSBURG last week. 1t is sur
missed that his visit was for the purpose
of consulting with Prince Bismarck in re-
gard to the coming imperial loans. I'm
mediately after the visit a Frankfort syn
dicate, which was arranging loan of
Z 900 900 marks for the Bulgarian gov
ernment, received official notice that
the issue of such loan would be impos-
sible within German territory.
More changes are being made in high
military commands. General Winter
felt, governor of Mayone, has been re-
lieyed, General Reibenez replacing him.
Since the emperor began the work of re-
forming siXty-fve generals have been
placed on the retired list.
Herr Bonn, president of the ministry
of GOtha, is dying from blood poison,
caused by dyestuff in his hunting stock
ings.
The rife factories at Spenden are turn
ing out 80 900 repeaters of new pattern
every month. AT this rate two years will
be required to arm the regulars and the
landwehr
The French government during the
recent stay of the Russian grand dukes in
Paris offered to place the LebeI rife at
the disposal of the ear on the condition
that the whole Russian supply be made
in France. The car has yet come to no
decision regarding the proposal, although
neither the Austrian rifle nor the German
repeater smokes less than the Lebel rifle
Both are believed to be reliable.