Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
HUNTING NEAR RUSSIA.
Berlin Taking Stricter Precaution
Against Cholera Now.
THE SPREE A SOURCE OF DANGER.
Other States Jealous of Prussia on the
Military Question.
HONEY METALS IN CENTRAL EUROPE

yesterday for Rominten on boar and deer
hunt The members of the court circles
profess anxiety about His Majesty going
there to hunt. The lodge lies in a dense
woods four miles from the Russian frontier,
and is far distant from any railway His
Majesty has few attendants and no German
roops are near him. Numerous bands of
lossaCks are scattered along the frontier
Iesr hich the hunting preserve lies, and
is argued that in the event of sudden
iflicuIty with Russia some reckless Cossack
night swoop down upon the lodge aud carry
the Emperor to Russia,
He will return to Berlin at the end of the
eek, and will go to see Emperor Franz
osenh at Vienna on October g. On the
5av to Vienna be will stop to attend the
o'iea wedding of the Grand Duke of SAKE
Veimer he will stay in Vienna long
aoCEh to greet the German officers, finish
z the long distance ride from Berlin.
Be ore the Emperor started on his hunt
ng expedition he received Lieutenant
Ward and Captain Bingham, the retiring
naval and military attaches of the Ameri-
can Legation here, and also Lieutenants
Sergeant and Evans, their successors
Berlin Nig1lant Against Cholera.
The people OF Berlin accept the chance
OF. CD lera becoming epidemic very quietly.
a careful watch is kept upon the water
EuriHIv. The unceasing vigilance of the
Sc. tJsry authorities gives the public conf
De Ice that the outbreak will not attain
Sc ous proportions
has been clearly shown that those
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imported cases, owe their illness to the
rremely Llthy water of the Spree. The
Hlouncement that the river is infected
% the cholera bacilli has set the people
Berlin on their guard The inhabitants
the city now filter and boil all the water
y use OF drinking.
lle Sanitary Committee has stationed
lrIuels along the banks of the Elbe,
1ree, Odor aud Havel to keep watch upon
e oarges, which are now recognized as
IRVING infection. Along the banks of the
svel. IL front of the marble palace at
tsdam, patrol guards have been placed to
went boatmen from landing
Lhe hamburg Board of Trade to-day is
ed c notice OF the establishment of two
atrial sanitary stations on the upper and
'Gt A-lSOs AClO tdeeluS IlNCI CIhlG
be subjected to inspection and where
rtifcates OF health are given.
Watching the Barges on the ETbe.
The passage of cargo RATS and boats on
the upper Elbe is prohibited between 8 p
IL and A NJ. River boats intending to
leave for the lower Elbe during the night
must report themselves for medical in
spectiOn before o'clock the same after
loon on the boundary between Hamburg
RnC Altoona. The examination commenced
to-day Of merchandise passing between the
towns, and also of all vehicles e1-
cepti1g tram cars No restrictions are
placed upon the passenger traffic, but visi- |
tors remaining in Altoona for IL hours must |
report themselves to the authorities Even |
residents of altoona working in Hamburg |
sre obliged to provide themselves with |
passes These details show the extraor-
dins-y care now taken to limit the cholera |
area.
Despite the declared discomfort on every |
side against the new law restricting SUNDAY |
trading, The Government has decided to en- |
force it, but Will authorize communal |
authorities 10 relax its provisions where /
they really interfere with the personal COM
fort Of the inhabitants. The Emperor, |
speaking to a member Of the Berlin corpora
tion, said that the working people would |
Eoo1 learn the distinctive value of Sunday |
repose, and once tasting it, they would |
never desire to relinquish it.
The other States Jealous of Prussia.
Before placing the new army bill, on
which hangs the fate of the Government,
before the Bundesrath, the Emperor has
sent State Secretary Maltzahn to confer
with the Finance Minister of Bavaria,
Saxony and Wurtemberg. Herr Maitzahn
first went to Stuttgart and thence to Carls-
ruhc. To-day he is at Munich.
Unon the reduction to two years mill |
tarv service concurrent upon raising the an
nual contingent by $4,000, he found the |
Govrrnments of the Federal States ready to |
give their assent; but on the financial prof. |
ects for meeting the extra budget there was |
extreme diversity of opinion.
One important feature of the bill, pro- /
posing to unity military legislation in sc |
corGance with the Prussian law, met with |
the Iiveliest opposition of the Federal |
States The Bavarian Government brusquely
declined to discuss the proposition. The
present state of the negotiations leaves the
period of the introduction of the bill un-
certain In official circles it is believed
thai the Government will wait the results
Of the Landtag's vote on taxation reforms
before asking the Reichstag for the in
creased Imperial taxation arising from the
army bill
The foreign Offices have notified William
Walter Phelps the american Minister here,
that the Government viii take measures to
have Germany represented at the various
congresses to be held in Chicago next year.
Germany and the Monetary Conference.
4 committee of the German Union of
Bankers has approved the participation of
Germany in the International Monetary
Conference The banks eagerly watch the
movement of silver and gold, and are now
,peclally interested in the Austro- Hun
earian conversion toward gold
eurrencv. The gold received by
the Austro-Hungarian banks within
the last six weeks amounted to 81, 600, 600
sorins, including 3, 500, 600 forms of Ameri-
can eagles. The minting of the new gold
.oins is about to commence, The Austrian