The sun., 1890-11-17
CABLE NEWS FROM GERMANY
yonrUyEs oFFERKD TO PROF: KOCH
70 SELL HIs DIsoOIsRK.

FORTUNES oFFHRKD TO PROF. KOCH
TO SELL HIS DIscOTSRE
p-,,sess vieter,s 60 be Married This
ws.A-reaturss or Her Trsnsseas that
a. Germans Thiak Are 0aito Remark.
.S,e-spread Of Innerality Among the
I.vsr Ciassss-0ovsrrnsAt Ala for the
v.-,,,es OF so,aisrs-Bsrlin Must Get
A,o,s without the Court - Rhenish
vineyards I,sia = Bouatsess Hsrvsst
prntas. Nov. le.-It would bs difficult to give
an ,dea Of the mingled sentiments OF anxiety
and elation which have pervaded Berlin socie-
~ during tho last ten days while waiting for
the results Of DR.. Koch's great cure for CON-
sumption. Tho members OF the medical pro-
lssaion may literally be said to hayo been
robbed Of their sleep. The general public has
awaited the daily bulletins as II they had been
,.eords Of events from tho Franco German
ssat OF war. The capital has been and Is being
invaded BY visitors from every German town
and nom every part OF the world. as II con9re-
eating TO witness Roman triumph, and tho
sntire population has been intent upon cole
bratipg tho greatest moral and pacific victory
Of tho century. Now that Prot. Koch has pub
present. the idea OF lecturinR on 1t.
The Berlin newspapers say that It 10 tho duty
AZ Germany to prove, In substantial
manner. her deep gratitude to the great dis
eoyerer Of whom the Fatherland may we'll DO
sroud, and to whom belongs tho undying
honor Of having benefited mankind By his
careful and systematic investigations. Tho
rush for copies OF his articles was the best DOS
sible proof Of the intense interest in his dis
eoyery. Never. perhaps. has any publication
been awaited with such eagerness. Tho de-
msnd continues almost undiminished, and
more than 100000 copies have already been
sold Ono small Berlin bookseller alone has
ordered 1.20O copies. and thousands moro are
ordered from abroad. Representatives OF all
ths newspapers In the world besieaed the
pintins ONCE yesterday to get early copies.
Ope applicant even offered 10000 marks for
hs first issue. but both publisher and printer
vsre inexorable. on the ground that the Ger.
nan invention should be first published In
Germany.
The fact 10 that ono OF the most remarkable
Incidents about tho promulgation OF Prof.
Loch's great invention was that the Berlin
Bswspspers received the news By way OF New
York and London. quoting In several cases The
BUN and the London Nm0 twenty four hours
sitsrward. By cable. as the source OF their in-
formation. was told by Dr. Levy. In explana-
tion Of this curiously roundabout method Of
bringing Goals to Newcastle. that he. a. Dr..
Koch's assistant had bargained with the Ger
man press not to mention the matter until
they were officially notified Of tho results OBJ
tained Tho Official telegraph ofice and the
cable companies were either parties to this
conspiracy to suppress the news for the Ger
man press. or they were silent because their
only source OF Information. the local press,
proved to be muzzled. Tho National Zsit,fno
alone made any announcement on the subject.
based on Its own information. All tho other
Berlin reports were taken from foreign sources.
Dr. Koch was, from the day that the first In
tmation Of his discovery was published, over
vhelmed, not only by applications from
hvallds seeking cure for their ailictions. but
by crowd OF capitalists and SPECTATORS,
Offering him large sums Of money for his In
venton. which they proposed to manipulate on
spurely commercial basis. It was this fact.
and the knowledge Of DR.. Koch's poor financial
staLding, that prompted our young Kaiser to
practically acquire the invention for the
Prussian State. in order to render It beneficial
breh and poor alike. and to all countries and
lstonalities.
understand that abroad some misgivinga
lsye been expressed with regard to Dr. Koch'a
attitude in this matter. It is false that he has
ever intended to keep the composition Of his
hmph . secret His reticence Is simply due tc
bis desire that Its preparation should not fall
hto incompetent hands. 1t is indeed Idle to
talk Of rewards for tho man who has made
this revolution. Money and titles are trump.
~ recompense for such service to humanity
Germany Is great military nation; but what
arc the laurels Of any warrior. however distin.
Rulshed. compared with those OF tho physician
who has arrested the hand OF death and hurled
the flag Of pestilence from the walls Of the
citadel? From Rome. from London. and from
New York comes news that physicians are te
be sent to Berlin and that arrangements are
being made for the erection OF special hospita
wards to enable foreign physicians to give
practical effect to DR.. Koch's discovery.
The general aud absorbing interest taken ir
this matter can perhaps be well illustrated bl
tsludicrous side. On last Sunday in ser
mon at the Protestant church the preacher
seemed to fear he had lost ono Of the grea
means Of influencing his flock. He said h,
was surprised to SEQ the commotion createl
by the news that ono kind Of death was abou
bbs done away with. and hs impressively 70
minded the congregation that whatever DR.
2och might dlscovefFor invent he could no
sHSo oeath out OF tho world.
In the midst OF lecture to class of YOUTH
3she grammar school at the beginning Of tn,
Week. the professor. explaining tho afanitie
Of metals, took plunge when hs came to tn,
platinum group. and suggested that osmiun
uas the remedy DR.. Koch had found. sddini
mat II the suggestion turned out true he hopet
~sy would remember he had told them so
"A great social and court event will occup!
0s attention Of tho local citizens OF Berlin thi
wax when the Princess Victoria of Prussia
sAashtsr OF the Empress Frederick. is to b,
saited In marriage to Prince Adolph o
oenaumburg-Ll Llppe. The wedding festivitls
WI begin Tomorrow with dinner party Q
!ae royal castle. followed by special gala Dor
Iormanoe at the opera On Tuesday Dime
wuioe given blythe Empress Frederick at he
wn palace. ana on Wednesday at 4 o'clock Il
we Afternoon the civil marriage viii be per
w,med ct the palace, followed at $3.50 By tn
.osmnization In the Chapel OF the Royal Cas-
ue. Vne new Court Chaplain Dryanesr will on
sAs st the nuptial ceremony. On enter
Ing tns chapel the reiRning Empress an