The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
EMPEROR WILLIAMS
HEALTH IMPROVED.
GREAT UNIVERSITY CELEBRATION
AT HALLE.
American Colleges Are Represented
Trade Outlook in Germany is
Not EncOuraging-Move of
Americans-Eighty Corpses Used
in the School of Musketry-A
Youthful Expert Chess Player.

the Associated PreSS. emperor VIII
liam returned from his cruise in Nor
way waters looking bronzed and i'm
proved in health. He enjoyed his trip
immensely, and, according to all re-
ports, there was a very lively time on
board the imperial yacht Hohenzollern.
The maitre de plaisir of the emperor
was again Baron Won Heubezen, a
young army officer and art connois-
seur, who endears himself to the en-
peror by his charming manners, viva
cious talk and rare social talents,
among which card tricks and sleight
of hand are not the least Emperor
William, on his return, had long con-
| ference with Chancellor Won Caprivi
and the chancellor is the guest of his
majesty on board the Hohenzollern.
One of the results of the conference
was the dispatch of German warships
with Corea is small compared with
| that of England, and there is no pros
| pect Of other than neutral attitude.
The sympathy OF the people here is
rather with the Chinese.
University Celebration.
Halle has been en- fete this week, in
celebration of the bi-centenniary of
the university of that place. The
streets have been decorated with flags,
floral arches and festoons of flowers
in profusion. Over 100 foreign profess
sors were present at the celebration, in
Guiding delegates from most of the
countries of Europe and America. The
strange robes, hoods and picturesque
costumes of the different student corps,
| the elaborate decorations and fine
weather combined to form a most bril-
! liant scene. Banquets and receptions
followed each other in quick succession.
| From Norway, Emperor William wrote
a letter of congratulation to the author
lities of the university, in which ne oil
lated upon the epoch as marking the
progress of modern theologg, philQ tsC
nhv and classical philology. This letter
| has been much discussed for its pollt-
caj hearings. which are decidedly of a
liberal tendency.
Prince Albrecht who represented EN-
peror William at the celebration, an
nounced that his majesty presented the
university with his portrait ana oolld-
tion of sc 900 marks. America was rep
resented at the Halle fetes by PROBES
sor v W Jackson, the noted Orien-
+aIist who appeared for Columbia.
yaie and Harvard and DR.. Seiss OF
! Allentown. Pa, another noted man VINO
calls Halle the alma mater
Business Depression
Tho trade returns for the first SIX
! ,,o,,+be of 1894 do not look encouraging
when compared with those OF the SANE ne
neriod of 1898. There is decrease III
exnorts of sc, 000, 900 marks, ana an III
crease in imports of Isl, ooO,OVV lli ne ~
6 and 8 per cent. respectively oL ciIe
total The increase IN imports - t.i'1 80
lv breadstuffs, and the decrease III eA-
| i111Xy
The leasing theatre opened It's doors
on Wednesda y last, but the perform
ance. an adaptation by oscar blu blu, /,
thai of r. A. Jones "Bauble Shop,
under the title of ode Sittenrlchter'
fell fiat. bo,,i,,
through the financial collapse IN
| Greece One we'll known capitalist was
| forced to sell his splendid villa.
p D. Armour, of Chicago, rs here on
business and pleasure combined. HE
wants to examine into the meat con-
dition of Germany and the Scandlna'
Wan countries for himself.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice is here for hel
health.
Herr Wermuth and Ricther are now
ENJOYING a holiday. The former is II
Norway.
New Uses For COrpses.
Several newspapers state that eighty
corpses were iliegitimately obtained
and used in the school of musketry al
Spandau, in testing the new fire arms
The Reichsanzeiger semi-officially de,
MES this report and adds that Whal
was fired at was preparations wrapped
in linen, which belonged to the Ana
ttomical institute.
A chess match was commenced or
Thursday at the Nuremberg Chess
club between Tarasch and Walbrodt
of Berlin. The latter is only 10 years
old, but he is reckoned to be almost
the equal of Lasker. He has played
lin America and Havana where Laskel
declined to meet him. At Nuremburg
Walbrodt lost the first game through
playing nervously.