St. Paul daily globe., 1890-05-29
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Kaiser Williams Persistency
Commands the Admiration
of All Europe.
His Schemes May Be Utopian,
But He is in Ear
nest.
William O,Brien's Foreign
Fianeee Feeds the Poor Of
New Mpperary.
CIR easer Politicians Feign HI
ness to Hold Down Two
Fat Offices.

LONDON, May 2S.-'Though there are
still few who doubt the ultimate sue
cess of the labor. policy of the Emperor
William of Germany nobody questions
his sincerity inlhise eendeayors to amel-
iorate the condition of the workers,
while his personal activitysin.t super
vision of labor matters. at:hOme and III
quiry into them abroad commands gen
eral admiration. 1t is stated upon good
authority in Berlin that.the kaiser has
decided to ask the assistance and Coop
Grafton of the English trades unions in
the formation of a workingmen's
priyy council, to have immediate con-.
troll of the preliminary 5wofksef form
ulating:the regulations governing trade
matters in Germany, and to ADVISE and
pass upon such questions as may arise
from time to time affecting the relations
between employer and employees.
Each of these councillors is to receive
an annual salary of 1900 marks and the
body is toibe known as the Arbeitzrath.
Upon the arrival of the steamships City
of New York from New York. sMay21,
at Queenstown to-day,za female pas
senger, who gave her name as Mrs.
Nugent, was discovered when passing
the customs Office to have a loade. re-
yolver concealed in a secret spockat in
one of her skirts. She sdisclaimed
ownership of the weapon and DECLARED
that a fellOW-passenger, named De
vine, had requested her to carry
it ashore for him. sDeyine could
not be found, and Mrs. NugeDt
was arrested and arraigned before
a magistrate who sfemanded :her
for further fexaminationsf0rl violation of
the law prohibiting the bringing OF
firearms into Ireland.
The strike of 800 timber shandlerSfon
the Liverpool docks, which began yes
terday, to enforce their demand fforan
increase. of wages to 6.shillings "a day,
was of short duration. Asthe strikers
were backed by the doekmen'S union,
and the employers were unable to pro-
cure=men= to take their places, the de-
mands of the men were conceded to-day,
and work resumed. Mile. Raffaleyitch,
who is to become the wife; of William
O'Brien, NJ. p, gave a dinner to 800
poor children at New fFipperafy to-day,
and eroWnedsher charitable work for
the day by donating a large sum
to the support of the school CON
Quoted by nuns at that place. The
dinner was most successful affair, and
aroused the enthusiasm of young and
old to ahigh pitch. The vineyards in
the valley-o the Rhine are being dev-
astated by worms, which infest the
vinesin SuchsnumberS that their exter-
mination is impossible. Its estimated
that hundreds of thousands of vines
have already been destroyed. and the
destruction of.the entire crop is threat
ened. Three laborers were kiiledby
lightning while workingfi i'll a5field near
Kelheim, Bavaria. to-day. Fhetrial by
court martial of Cemmander.Willi M.
Annessley, of her maJesty's wartship
Iearus, for excessive and illegal pun
ishlnent of seamen under his command,
ended to-day. The charges against
Annessley were sustained by. the eyi.
dence, and he was sentenced by the
courtit to receive a public feprimand.