The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-06
ACROSS THE WIRES.
Late News Cleaned From For.
eign and Domestic Sources.
Particulars Regarding the Cabi-
net Crisis at Berlin.

A cablerranI from Berlin, Germany, says
In regard to the Cabinet crisis: Since the
fall of BismarcS, two years ago, the political
tension here has not been 50 intense as 1t mas
been now. From the elegant Killers. Unter
den Lincen. to the bare csfes OF the harl
strssse in the studen5s' quarter the one topic
has been the action o. MiaiSter ledltI ana
Chancellor Caprivl.
There is NO room for doubt as to the
resigna ton OF Count Caprivi, although every
effort is made in high political clrc'es TO
keep the facts of the Cabinet Crisis aoso-
lutel7 secret Had the Chancellor not thrown
the whole weight OF his personality on
the side OF the School bill, which has caused
MI the complication, he might have escaped
the embarrassment of his position. ne mas
announced so repeatedly in and out OF
Parliament recently his advocacy or the
bill, aud has set up his opinions SO
persistentlY against the moderate aaVlce
of his rival in the Cabinet, DR.. MIGUEL,
that the Emperor's tendency toward the
course recommended by the latter left him
no alternative but to resign. 1t was thought
by the best informed politicians that the
Emperor would not accept his Chan,
esaefS tsae the fe'ss,' School bill, as a pure y
Prussiau matter, is not closely connected
with Caprivi's record as Chancellor or the
Empire. Caprivi, moreover, is needed TO
keep together the Ultramontane-C Conserva-
tive coalition in Parliament. In order
decision the Emperor retired to
his castle to Hubertusstock. Prince Henry,
the Emperor's brother, Joined the KAISER
there. The Empress followed next
dag. The semi-offlcial announcement
is made that the rumors OF the
Emperor's illness are greatly exaggerated,
and that his condition is satisfactory. Never
,heiess the physicians advise that he take
some rest. and that he seek the greatest prac-
1icahle quietude for the present.
Chancellor Won Caprivi was summoned by
a special courier to the Emperor at Huber
tusstock The Chancellor has made Sec
opd request to be allowed to retire. Only
under the utmost PRESSURE it is thought, will
Caprivi consent to serve longer, as he feels
personally aggrieved by his treatment at the
hands of the Emperor in the management OF
the School bill. In conversation with Albert
Won Leve,zow, First President OF the Reich
stag, yesterday, he said, with much feeling,
that be believed he had not been treated
fairly by the Emperor, and should therefore
insist lon being allowed to retire.
An Ossified Man Dead.
Edward Emmons, the ''ossifed man" Of
Port jefferson, Long Island, New York, is
dead. Although au ossiied man and living
curiosity, he never exhibited himself,
although he tried to get the museum man
ayers to show him. The three ossitied men
known to trequenters OF museums are Jona-
than Bass, William Sapp, and colored man
named Monroe.
Emmons's death was caused by the grip.
He was born in Port Jefferson tnlrty-eight
years ago. When quite young he went to
sea and was taken Ill with typhoid fever.
he got over the fever, but it lett him very
weak. When twenty-five years of age he
was taken i'll with rheumatism, and on his
return voyage home he suffered severely:
He never left t,ie house again, but lay in bed
for sixteen years, and his flesh gradually
became ossifed. For several years his suffer-
ings were terrible. His body was rigid ex-
cept one arm, which he could use. and his
Jaws were set. He was fed through hole
in the mouth, where a tooth was broken out.
Several years ago Emmons's pain ceased.
He could read, articulare after q fashion,
and was slightly deaf.
Emmonss father was afflicted the same
way, but the trouble did not come upon him
tlll late in life, and he died before his joints
were entirely set. All the family. which
now consists of mother. brother, and four
sisters, are afflicted with rheumatism, except
the mother.