The sun., 1892-02-22
Zurich passed Sunday In SchafYhausen. There

Zurich passed Sunday In schafYhausen. There
they met two Germans Of the Constance gar
rison. and they all got drunk together. In the
evening they Quarreled. and the Swiss beat
the Germans badly In rough-and-tumble
saloon fight The Germans complained In
Znrich. and the whole affain was placed In
diplomatic hands. The correspondence lasted
until recently. when It resulted In the issuing
OF an order by the Emperor that no German
officers in uniform should pass over the from
tier. This order was especially hard for the
Constance officers. who virtually are confined
thereby to a small peninsula. being forbidden
even to frequent roads through which the
frontier line passes.
Tho Swiss newspapers answer the COM
plants OF Germans that French officers In uni
form arc allowed to throng the streets OF
Geneva by saying that there are more than
5000 French families In the city. that most OF
them have relatives in officers corps OF the
French army. and that the French officers seen
in Geneva are there almost without exception
to visit their friends and kinsmen.
Tho son OF Government Councillor Bordele-
ben OF Frankfurt on-the Oder came to Berlin
a while ago to 60 into trade. He became dtsst-
pated and ran deeply in debt. His father set
tied with his creditors six times for large sums
OF money Last week the young man tele-
once or he would shoot himself The father
went to Berlin and told his son that only by
embezzlng trust funds could he secure the
money needed. and he did not feel that no
could thus ruin the lives Of the whole family
for the sons sake.
Here is my revolver" the father continued: :
take it and do as you feel you must do for
your honor"
Young Bordeleben tried to borrow money
elsewhere. but failed Then he went to the
Thiergarten at 10 o'clock at night. sat down
on the pedestal OF the Flora Statue. and shot
himself dead.
Franlein Elizabeth Barnewitz, a young Polish
telephone girl OF great beauty. ran into
Mehles's shop for firearms on Thursday and
asked for loaded revolver Herr Mehles sus-
pected that something was wrong. and loaded
the revolver that he sold her with blank cart
ridges. She went directly to the rooms OF her
lover, with whom she Ind quarrelled. but he
was out. She crawled under the bed and thoro
fell asleep. When she awoke her lover was
asleep in bed. She crawled out. put the re-
volver close to his breast, and fired three times.
Believing that she had killed him. she
ran away. leaving tho revolver on the
bed, When her lover recovered from
the shock he made complaint which led to
her arrest. At her trial Herr Mehles appeared
unexpectedly and told the story OF the blank
cartridges which was borne out by the full
chambers OF tho revolver which tho girl left on
tho bed She was discharged from custody by
the Police Justice. after having promised to
make up her quarrel with her lover.
The German steamship companies arc de-
batting the advisability OF refusing to trans
port Russian Hebrews to America. This dis
cussion is the result OF the typhus scare and
the uncertainty as to tho time OF landing the
emicrants at New York. Asteamship commit
toe In Hamburg has called q conference and
has invited the public bodies OF Berlin. Frank
furt, Koenigsber9. Breslau. and Danzig to
send delegates.
The Bremerhaven tribunal appointed to in
vestigate the circum instances OF the death OF
coal trimmer Argembeaux. has decided that
he voluntarily took his life. This conclusion
has excited deep Indignation throughout the
country. as the impression is abroad that the
man was driven to suicide by abuse. He was
working his way home and. it is said. was sub.
jected to constant till-treatmen ent from the ships
engineer. Book. Argent beaux fell on his knees
several times before the engineer and prayed
that he to allowed to do an occasional
days work on deck. Tho last time no
did this Book is said to have thrown
him down. kicked him. and smashed his face
until he was unrecognizable The first chance
he got after that. Argembeaux jumped into
the sea. Many newspapers say this Is a typical
case OF maltreatment OF poor Germans who
try to work their way home on shipboard. and
there is loud call for Government interfer-
cnce to suppress such abuses.
Tho KGlnische Zeitun0 comments at length
on the presence in Berlin OF the French scholar
and politician. Godefray Cavaignac. This
comparatively young man is regarded In Ger
many as possible successor to Carnot. and
his appearance at tho Berlin court. therefore.
has attracted considerable attention. The
French Minister introduced Cavaignac to En-
peror William at a court ball. and the latter
talked long and earnestly with his guest.
Cavaignac is completing his researches for a
great work on the progress OF Prussia since
1906 He has been treated with the greatest
by tho Prussian Government.
and full access to the pertinent archives has
been granted to him.
In drilling his men in the Metz barracks
last week Sergeant Lantzsch OF tho both Regi-
ment ordered each In succession to stop out
and take aim at his eye. raw recruit named
Mungersdorf innocently used ball cartridge
in his rifle. and when he fired tho Sergeant
dropped dead Tho recruit is under arrest.
At Hebron. Dr. Lipp. editor OF local
daily. has been acquitted after trinl for writing
an article concerning tho abuse OF soldiers by
potty officers In his examination no showed
that ono hour after tho particular case OF
abuse in question the non-commissioned
officer concerned blew out his brains
Tho Bavaran mail coach. between Breiten-
CGssbach and Untermezbach. was blown over
n nrecipice on Thursday. and two women and
three men were killed.
FANNY STRUGGLING FOR LIFE