St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-15

the offense. The president of
the Dortnund district to-day
convOked the provincial councillors
TO consider the grievances of the min
ers. Bunte and Schroeder, the delegates
OF the men, were heard by the council,
and they explained the demands of the
men. The president urged them to use
their influence with their comrades
for an amicable settlement of the differ
enees, and assured them the authorities
would not fail to impress upon the di-
rectOrs of the mines the necessity
of meeting as far as possible the
wishes of the men. Schroeder
reminded the president that men had
relied upon the governments promises
when they abandoned their movement
in the spring strike, and that these
promises had never been fulfilled.
The conference endeG, therefore,
without any encouraging result.
Many mass meetings to be held to-
marrow will probably approve the mani
feStO of the miners demanding increased
pay, reduction of the hours of labor,
and abandonment of all repreSsive
measures against the mems leaders.
The very general movement for strikes
everywhere has aroused discussion of
the project to import Chinese labor.
Economic societies merely look upon
it as thing of doubtful utll-
ity. The Stettin Politico-ecOnomical
society adopted an address 10 the au-
thOritieS saying that though the ell
cOuragement of Chinese immigration
was not at present advisable or Opp0r-
tune, it might be in the near future
desirable and necessary measure.
quaint menace, on account OF which the
miners will not
LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT.
The Portuguese government has APP
piled to the Frankfort and Berlin banks
To negotiate a loan of 100000 milreis,
ostensibly for Use in adjustment of the
floating debt and for the eXecu-
ton of various public works. At
the very moment almost when the con-
tract was about TO be completed the
bankers Withdrew and refused to sign.
They were alarmed by adj
vices from Lisbon touching
the negotiations there that
for their objective point
the declaration of Portuguese reDub-
lie. The mOnarchIst press in Lisbon
continues to deny that there is any
danger in the agitatiCn'. yet in
the same breath almost they
eral papers. Thus does a
course that may be only little stroke
of business throw doubt upon the value
of their opinions as TO the political agi-
tation. But they not only want
the Republican papers suppressed.
They want also 10 have the Republic; n
clubs shut up. the Republican lead, S
imprisoned, and all suspected military
men transported. The Official News
denies that the Republican party
has any strength. 1t states that
while disturbance is always possible.
yet the country is strongly conservative
and the monarchy is safe. The ViscOunt
d'OHro Preto, the Brazilian imperial
premier, arrived at Lisbon to-day, with
the ex-ntinister of finance, Olivlera.
PretO wired the Brazilian agent at Ham
burg that he will go to Paris and have
a consultation with the emperor. Dom
Pedro is preparing
MANIFESTO TO THE BRAZTLIANS
defending the acts OF his ministers, and
explaining the overthrow of the empire.
Q says he Will await TRANQUILITY
the expression of the will of the
people. hopeful that in the coming
elections the people will pronounce
freely in favor of his government. In
all illusions to Dom Pedro the semi
official press here continues to treat his
return tn Brazil as improbable and I'M
desirable. The Reichsbote maintains
the right of Germany to domi-
nant influence in Southern Brazil. 1t
says that there are over 100000 German
cOlOnIsts in the three provinces
Rio Grande do Sui. Santa Catharina
and Parana; that farming there is
exclusively in the hands of Ger
mans; that the language spoken is
chiefly German, and argues that if emf
grafton had not been checked the
provinces would have fallen ere
this as ripe fruit into the
hands of the German government.
Prof. Virchow has recovered from the |
influenza. Several members OF the iT- |
periaI family have had it. The Nation |
Zeitung denOunces those who
forth gloomy theories of the epidemic |
and shows that the health of Berlin |
is good. and the mortality is lower than |
in all other great cities save only one. |
The official estimate has been made of |
the cases of influenza that have Oc- |
Cured in the city. 1t is known that
FEW FAMILIES HAVE ESCAPED.
and it is thought that third the
population has been ill. The medical
press discredits the theory
that there is correla ion
and these of cnOlera, though it
is weIl-knOwn that several times
cholera has followed the other. The
court comes hithPr from Potsdam to-
morrow. Fetes begin i'll the middle of
January. The Prince of Wales. Arch
duke Francis, of Austria, son of Arch
duke Charles Louis, and the EN-
peror's nephew and the Duke of SAKE
Coburg Gotha will be the guests of the
emperor. DR.. Peters telegraphs that
Emin Pasha improves slowly; that the
bad symptoms are disappearing, though
the cough is still severe. and that now
he can move his limbs more freely and