Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-31

EMPEROR WILLIAM FIGHTING M
TEMPERANCE.
~ telegram to tho NEwN
"DEurscuE NAcHuIcurEs."
Hens OF Interest nom the German
Capital.

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Capital.
BERLIN, August go.-Oriers have
been Issued by the government calling
upon the agricultural district officials
20 report as % the condition aud prob
nDle yield Of wheat aud rye. i
Judging from tho altered tone OF
members II the official circles, u sus-
pension or the import duties on grain
IL becoming recognized necessity.
The minister will not walt I'LL Novcm.
her To submit tho question In the
Rcichstag, but Immediately upon the
conclusion OF the gathering and digest
ing VI tbs statistics will declare the
duties suspended.
Tho North German 6a.citc has pub
llshod an article on the subject, In
which II avowed that
TIE MAIS REASON
Of the government In hitherto refusing
to lessen or suspend the duties was the
fear that the l,eiohr,ag would, once
they were abolished or reduced, never
allow them 10 be- restored. This state
mont raised u storm Of protests, In
which the agrarian journals Joined.
The notion that suspension OF the du-
ties meant the permanent abolition IL
denounced ~ absurd, In view OF the
fact that the Rcichetag, which has yet
three ycam 10 live, has declared for the
protection theory, and isready TO I'm.
pose the duties whom the government
desires. In the meantime what meas
urcs are possible will be taken TO light.
On the harishlls resulting from the
dearness OF rye.
THE RFiCiisBASt
has been authorized 10 make advances
up TO two-thirds OF the value Of the
grain placed In depot. Importers have
made every eXcr,ion 70 supply the de-
pots, Until yesterday, when the
Russian prohibition CAME Into force,
tho frontier railways did agreat carry.
Ing trade. The mixing VI rye with
wheat has already beon largely resort.
ed 10, and nothing but this mixture Il
now used for making bread for the
army.
RErREsioS oP DRuNRESEss.
The Erelsignige zeitun0 has decided
/ 10 oppose the main clauses OF the gov
eminent bill for tho repression Of
| drunkenness. The ultimate fate Of the
measure may bc predicted, ms II IL
modelled after a bill Of similar Import
which was introduced IN the Rcichs-
ting In 1851 and dropped In committee.
/ The leading minlsterialls.s are the only
support OF the present I'LL, aud their
support 10 due simply 10 the fact that
| the Emperor, who IL the father Of the
! bill, IN In earnest In his Efforts 20 sup.
press the growing evils OF intemper.
ance.
THE FAIR.
Handy, Peck and Hutler, three
members Of the foreign commission OF
the Chicago Columbian Expedition,
who have been visiting Russia, de-
scribe their reception by NJ. Dp(iiers,
the Russian prime minister, IN Of the
most cordial nature. Nishnegradsky,
the minister Of Finance, promised that
he would at an early date appoint an
Imperial commission to attend 10 all
matters pertaining 10 the proper repre-
sentallnn Of Russian art, Industry and
manufacture.
Fhe eleven days. tour Of Mcs.r..
Grosvenor and Lindsay In Switzerland
covered every industrial center.
Everywhere they were told that they
could rely upon n representation Of
Swiss products.
Percy Tilghman, who at one time
was United States consul In this city,
hut who subsequently became nOtDri'
Gus for his swindllng operations, has
been vt his old tricks again, having
swindled Banker Landry at Hague oul
Of $500.
THE FALL OF PRESIDENT nALMAoEDA
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