Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-29
WEEKLY BERLIN LETTER.
INTENSE HEAT THE PAST WEEK
THROUGHOUT GERMANY.
Newspaper Comments ON the corean
Crisis--rhe Deer noyeott contin-
4 aes-EngiIsh rioracs sold Mt u
Loss--The Cholera Scare.

Berlin, July 2s.--(copyrightcd. 1891.
by the Associated Press)--The heat
throughout Germany has been intense
and much suffering and many sun
strokes have been the result. outdoor
work has often been suspended and
complete lethargy prevails in this city
today. Everyone able to do so has
left town, and those who remain arc
sweltering In the torrld atmosphere.
This hot wave is another fulnllment
OF Fables prophecies and he pre-
diets that tho warm weather Will last
for another fortnight. after which there
will be rain.
The German newspapers In COMMENT
Ing upon the corean crisis note the
reserved attitude Of France in the face
OF the fact that she would welcome
anything likely 10 embarrass China
This Is regarded as being due TO the
cars influence. and would seem to
indicate that Russia does not desire
to interfere between China and Japan
unless she Is forced TO do so. Refer
ence is also made to the long distance
Japanese rider who rode, Il year ago
from Berlin right across European and
Asiatic Russia 10 Vladivostock. visit
ing all the important military sta
lions along the route. He was 4
former military attachc and conse-
quently met with friendly reception
everywhere
Forty Socialist meetings were held
here yesterday evening for the pro-
motion OF tho beer boycott. But
twenty-five small halls or rOoms could
be obtained for the use OF the boy
cutterH. Tho landlords OF the larger
halls hnd combined TO thwart the boy
colt and they subscribed to fund
TO compensate the owners OF halls for
their losses. Everything passed OF
quietly. except In ono Instance, when
some dlForder was ocoagioned by an
anarchist, Identical resolutions were
adopted at all tho meotings promising
continued support of tho boycott
The Lcipuic University clubs are set
ting a laudablc example They have
decided to drop the ancient ncademlcul
custom OF morning beer drinking CONF
mers on the ground that 1t intcrfcrea
with work.
Tho newspaper comment favornbly
that the action OF tho Leipsic clubs
will be Initiated by those OF the other
universities. The North German Breed
era union. which by means OF per-
centage, levied on the totallsator sys-
TEN OF betting. has been enabled Ia
buy Engllah and French mares and
sell them here to the highest bidder
irrespective OF purchase value In dis.
playing great enterprise, Al Tues.
Ht,ffs nd
mares (Hyercs. F'lorrie. llucieunes Hn.
Golden and Faithful. which cost In
England 6s55 pounds, sold FOR A20I
pounds. iyorss cost $500 pounds In
England. but she only realised 1866
pounds Mt the auction ON Tuesday
The Prusslan commission ~ tho Wis
tula Basin reports twenty-five deRthH
from cholera and eleven new cases
OF TINT disease during the past wee,o
Tho sickness was mostly among IA,
borerF and raftamen AZ llmmfcb
on Rhine vessel, lowed from HJhhd' !
the bonlth commission found q ola
DlpGuth Riilct riva1ut9speGR ~
Cologne, sIsbfbiJhs cases havsv.cN
reported from Graubcs, Thornn lu0N
l3onsaclt, The cholera commission OF
the health office mot here yesterday NJ
order to decide upon the precnutiou,
10 be taken along the Russian frontier
The pioneer and forthcoming eNer.
o'ses Of the military on the Vlatula II
August have been postponed IN pre-
caution against cholera. In uunncc
ton with the equitable Insurance com
pnny OF New York doing business a
Russia, II must be said that publ,
opinion In Germany Mt present Is no
favorable TO American commercial on
tcrprise. This Mckinley. tho supn
and silver queatlons combined with Ia,
general commercial nspect, have ere
ated hostile effect.
II IL said that tho Mutual Life In
surancc company N IN the snmo Us
ns the Equitable Its tontinr httslneM
being built on the same hasia as thn
OF tho Equitable the demand OF tn,
Russian government for n report n
connection. with the workings OF Ger
tain subdivisions cannot be finnned
The director OF tho Berlin hrnnci
OF the Mutual LIE Insurance COMPANY
IL now In Now York In order 10 confol
with the home office. The other tw,
American companies, the New Yorl
Life and tho Germnnia are not In an,
way Effected hy the new orders a,
their business organization allows then
TO report aa demanded. IL must b.
added that the new poaitlon OF tht
government IL directed against al
companies, among which are man,
English companies and all the Ger
man companies.
Or. Peters. tho woil known German
explorer intends 10 contest the mrs
available Vacancy In the relchstag, l
is stated that HIS cAndidaturo Ia IA
vorcd by the government IA the OF
iicial prcas considers that his wild,
knowledge OF Africa would be service
able when colonial questions come nj
for discussion.
Emperor William continues TO enjo,
his trip TO Norway and Is doing nj
best 10 hit the popular taste. A
Drelntheim, the other evening he spen
some time In q cafe concert OF char
Rcter not generally regarded as beinl
haunt OF emperora.
a letter from stockholm says tina
w. w. Thomas, Jr.. late United state
minister TO Sweden and Norway, MIR,
Thomas and their boy. is spending IN
summer at LyseNil Sweden. and ON
ploylng his lolsure In writing fraud
on sweden and tho Swedoa" whic
he will deliver in various parts OF III
United States during the coming win
ter.
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