The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-16
Grabbing ALI the Real Estate
He Can Secure.
PREPARING FOR HARD TIMES,
Doesn't Want to Be Len Psnnlle.
When the Empire Collapse,
Professor Koch's Csnsumption Cure s,us
Rsigning sensation IN Eureps-ue
Reveals Secret to Scientists Rsli~ieu.
Instruction in German Schools.

CoSsTANrrSorLE. Nov. l5.--[Special -
Much to the aiarn Of the Turks, the sultan
is still increasing his privats holdineu. 8
the Impeachment Of the statA Ha,f
the cultivated land in the villayet of Bne
dad and about the same proportion IN tha
villayet Of Alpho Is said to b the sultan,r
private property. In the provinces q
Damascus, Beirut and Jerusslem. Iiko,
wise, number of plantations and vil-
lagos belong to him. One Of his lsteee
acquisitions is title to the Jordan valiev-
between Lake Tiberius and the Dead Sea.
The sultan has also been investing u
mining property, and holds at this mo-
ment every mine in actual operation II
the Turkish empire. He also holds cor
cession for steam navigation on -
Euphrates and on the Tigris above pae
dad. Another recent acquisition ID t.
quay at Smyrna. an immensely valuahlo
property. The sultan IL also the owno1
of a number of mills in various Iocafiouau
Poor and bankrupt as Turkey q, hc0
ruler is enormously wealthy. Each montlB
increases his wealth, and a. al his prop.
erty is free from taxation, oeeh -
crease of his wealth involves diminution
in the revenues of the state. The eupon6|
sition was that the action on the uarf ~
the sultan was in . measure to outVit
foreign bondholders, but Turk Of the ~
fetal class. man well informed and odns
Gated, proposes the following startline ~
PLANTATION:
We none of us believe that or state EN- NJ
together much longer than ten yearx poennoo
twenty. possibly thirty years, surely 10 moao.
Padishah holds the same view, and u peopaxy
r. IT. -
out of the state TREASURY, and he pux1uoo th1e
method. Landed properties and concen11ono
acquired from the state. which euunt him Ittt1o
or nothing In the way OF preliminary oufln0,
yield him ct present . fair revenue, and Ii Z
few years can be sold for : groas prioA You
win see that presently when The lands ana co.
cessions become marketable one ~ ono - V111
dispose OF them. and invest the psooesds - -.
eign securities % prepare fce ths day = ~ -.
parture from Turkey.
Whiie this is only an individual optnioA.
it is considered here mot at all imposGfkln.
THE CURE FOR CONSUnPrI0M.
Greatest Discovery In the ulseoey =
Medieine-World-W Wide 1nAoreee.
BERLIN, Nov. H-(Assooiatsd Pfsous
Copyrighted 1890 Professor Koch hoh16
supreme sway over public interest," Pub
cation Of his statement at home and ahro1
has intensified the excitement and NJ
sagss are pouring in from u parb
Europe and America.
Many medical men. Including EnoIl
and American physclons. hayo -
ing the prooese pndee a3deD 81
Koch. Interesting reports q go -
of treatment of many casoo cuuolnuo -
made. To meet the pressure of casoo =
other hospital il about to b sstablinhod
The secret Of the lymph has besn oo1
municated to Koch's intimate colloagul
also to Prof. Wingsrt. of Frankfort 3
Rast, of Hamburg hospital. and Rrl
Nothengel, of Vienna university. NotE
engel. addressing his students o. IL
matter. said the discovery hes far vf1i1e
scope than Jenner's discovery At vacelnae
ton, and is perhaps the gfandeee toot
the history of medical science
Professor Billroth holds that DE. KoohaU:
method of curing consumption plocm !
beyond doubt that remedy VIII ~ oo1nH
before long for cancer. The only oritofolne
of Koch's discovery comes from 1booGA
medical men. some Of whom ady1De -
credulity until the nature Of the romody -
fully known. and scientific proof given =
its effectiveness.
The leading feature Of the primary edlnr
cation bill of the government concokDo -
ligious instruction. The bill provides -
every child shall be educated IN ~ ov1
creed, and that classes in religious knOWle
edge shall be conducted BY their reepeoov9
religious bodies, the Representatives & susn
bodies in each community being aulh1es
lied TO preside over the classes. The donees
for instruction in the Evangelical and one1r
olic creeds will 20 entrusted 70 The p0le4
pastor or priest
The will of Archduks John oe AusHie
has been opened in Vienna. He loayU
every thing 10 Miily 6tubsl. HE raergonie
wife. The will will b contested - invoaM
under the Austrian law
The Socialists were badly bsatsn = 80
eral commercial elections this week To
abolition of repression seams 70 y veaks
ening the party.
The German budget for ls91-0 VI -
man d a loan OF 81. .0CO. 900 maria