Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
DO|NGS IN THE OLD WORLD
Political Affairs in the Ger
man Fatherland.
How 1t Is Proposed to Defray
Army Expenses.
A Tax on Alcohol, Beer and News
paper Advertisements.
How Quack Doctor F1eeced and Killed
the Russians-A Flimsy Excuse
for the Kaiser's Latest
Bad Break. =

Associated Press Dispatches.
BERLTN, May 14.-[Copyright, 1892,
by the New York Associated Press.]
Discord among the Conservatives is
great, and Kleist's withdrawal from the
platform committee will influence a
number of the party who are now hesi-
tating, and who, joining the Moderates,
will create right and left Conservatives.
The latter will be closely allied with the
National Liberals, and the split will dis
pose OF Conservative opposition for
some time. The members of the Frei-
sinnige party argue that the fiscal reform
recently introduced implied the amend
ment of the electorate, by assimilating
the present Prussian system, which is
complicated one of indirect represen-
tation, with the imperial system, which
is one of direct manhood suffrage. II
the Freissinige party succeeds, the re-
suit will have potent influence in the
coming election.
RAISING MILITARY REVENUES.
The new army bill, proposing an in
crease of the effective, is not likely to be
introduced in the reichstag until au-
tumn. The resources required for mill
tary reorganization will be derived from
a duty on alcohol, which has already
been decided upon. 1t is reported that
a duty will also be placed on beer, and
that proposition to tax newspaper ad-
vertisements is likewise under consid-
GRAFTON.
A CATHOLIC PETITION DENIED.
DR.. Boz, minister of ecclesiastical af-
fairs and instruction, refused Catholic
petition protesting against the erection
of an additional non-sectarian school at
Dantzic and demanding the establish
ment of Catholic school instead.
DEADLY vrTALINE.
Before the ''vitaline cure" killed
General Gresser, project of st. Peters
burg, and others high in Russian 80
ciety, it was regarded by the Russians
as panacea for tuberculosis and gen.
eral debility, though the doctors de-
clsred it without effect for good or evil.
Its inventor, Gatschowsky, declared
that he procured the secret of the COM
position from Chinese savant. Cats.
chowsky received enormous fees from
the rich and took weekly installments
from the poor till the quack nature of
the composition became known and the
Gresser and Barovof fatalities disclosed
the dangerous nature of the stuff.
WHY THE KAISER PRAISED LUECK.
Some papers print articles in extenu-
alton of Emperor Williams public ap-
proval of Lueck for shooting civilian,
stating LHeck was threatened with mad
ness, owing to anonymous threats he re-
ceived. The emperor desired to coun-
teract the influence of these communica-
tions. Despite this explanation, the
Cologne Gazette affirms the truth of the
reported words of the emp eror en-
couraging soldiers to the free use of
arms against civilians.
AMERICAN DRIED APPLES SEIZED.
The Hamburg authorities seized 100
cases Of American dried apples, claim
ing they contained oxide of zinc, having
been evaporated in galvanized frame.
A gang of American sharpers have
succeeded in passing large number of
confederate notes.
The international wine exhibition will
open on Friday next. California pro-
ducts will be well represented.