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tives and the forward passenger coach were
demolished. A misplaced switch was the

demolished. A misplaced switch was the
cause.
OF the 2.sle velvet looms in crefeld. in
Rhenish Prussia. 1.216 have shut down in con-
sequence OF the enforcement Of tho Mckinley
bill. The rest Of tho looms are running on
short time. The suffering among the uncm-
ployed workingmon Is extreme. especially In
view OF the rise in bread prices.
Franz Scholz. a Berlin leather merchant. has
absconded with 250.OOO marks.
Commissary Of Police Laemen. in Kattowitz.
committed suicide last week. Money troubles
and tho illness Of his wife wore the causes.
The mysterious retirement Of the Prince Of
Thun and Taxis. Chief Master OF Horse in the
service Of Emperor Franz josef. has been ra-
Their tardily explained. Until recently En-
peror William was unable. owing to tho stiff
ness OF the leg injured on the yacht
Hohenzollern. to mount his horse with
out the aid OF little wooden step
ladder especially made for the purpose
At the Austrian manoeuvres in the Waldviertel
near Schwarzennu. this steplsdder was used
until the last day. when It could not DO found.
and the Emperor had to be lifted into the
saddle.
He'd with anger. the Emperor blurted out:
"This is fine thing to treat the Emperor Of
Germany as II he were baby or an old
womani'
The Chief Of Horse sent an apology to
William. but his representative Numbered
sadly in delivering It and succeeded only In
offending the Emperor moro deeply.
The matter was brought to the notico Of
Franz josef whose subsequent GOODNESS to the
Prince compelled him to retire. It is said that
Emperor William manifested great satisfac-
ton ut the foil OF the man whose carelossness
had caused the wounding Of his dignity.
A German surgeon In Chill who. throughout
the war there. worked in the hospitals. has
written to the Red Cross Society in Berlin that
he has found the wounds from small calibre
rifles much easier to heal than those from
rifles Of older models. OF sixty serious cases
that he treated. only one proved fatal.
Helena Druskowitz. who took her degree Of
Phi. D. at Vienna University with the highest
honors and was expected to make her mark in
scientific work. has gone to a private insane
asylum. Overstudy unbalanced her mind and
shattered her health.
Banker Friedrich Feustel. q friend and
patron Of Richard Wagner. died at Bayreuth
three days ago.
Judges schapke. Bressler. and Pultzig were
drowned by the cspsizinG Of q yacht In Lake
Skhwazan.
De Giers. the Russian Minister. is expected
to arrive In Wiesbaden shortly for a visit Of
two weeks. The avowed object Of his visit Is. Of
course. his health. but he will doubtless pass
most Of his time there in conferences with
diplomatists and politicians.
The Prussian architect Wiskow has been
appointed imperial architect in the German
possessions in East Africa. and will embark
on Oct % at Naples for his post
On Nov. II the Imperial Insurance Office will
publish statistics covering the first nine
mr. ha nj a NJ fho Ana nd
Invalid Insurance laws Claims to the num-
Der Of 155. 1888 have been made at the thirty
one offices and eight treasures connected with
them. The success OF the laws.as partly shown
by this record. is bitter pill for the Socialists
who asserted that there were not enough
workingmen over seventy years old In Ger
many to give the law any widespread influence.
The greatest number Of applicants have ap-
peared In the industrial centres Of Silesia. and
the fewest In Berlin.
Dr.. scotts will DO sent out By the Imperial
Government to study the phenomena Of the
Indian Ocean.
Prof Victor Won Richter. director Of tho
archaeological Institute In Breslau. died on
Saturday night. He had taught In that city
sixteen years.
Franz Hamel has given the city Of Dnssel-
dorf several fine portraits of Bismarck by Len
bach.
The Parliamentary vacancy resulting from
the death Of the National Liberal. Won Fuestel.
in Bayreuth. will be the object Of bitter polit-
ical fight. Social Democrats are making
great efforts to secure Won Fuestels seat but
It is probable that National Liberal will be
returned by q small majority The district
has been National Liberal since 1874. and the
lukewarm adherence Of many South German
Socialists to the principles Of the Social Demo-
cratic Campaign Committee gives little prom
Use Of great gains by them at the polls.