Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-01

placed in hollow between the stage and
 the audience.
 The play opens with chorus reciting
 how the world emerged from chaos, ac-
 companied by an ingenious arrangement
 Of scenic transparencies Illustrating the
 days occupied in the creation. These are
 followed by a series of tableauX showing
 Adam and Eve in the garden, the sac
 rifice of Isaac by Abraham and ether
 Bible stories leading up to the annun-
 ciation and incidents in the life of Christ
 until the Golgetha ascension. There are
 altogether fifty tableauX. Persons who
 have seen the play declare it to be
 most remarkable in execution, rivalling
 in interest the OberammergTan pFoduc-
 duction.
 The American warships will remain in Keil until the 4th of July, when they will celebrate appropriately. They will proceed homeward from Keil July 6. cowboy called Texas Jack" who has been exhibiting "Wild Vest show in the small German. towns, abandoned his troup at Graz a few days ago, leaving the members of his company without money. They accordingly seized all the horses nd other animals and tents and sold them for their own benefit. The long pending scandal connected with Baron Von Hammerstein's manage ment of the Kreuz Zeltung newspaper has ended in his resignation from the raper. Dr. Kropatschizk, member of the reichstag, has been appointed di- rector of the Kreuz Zetung to succeed him.
 Baron Von Hammerstein has threat
 ened to prosecute the Kleine Journal for
 libel in consequence of It's criticisms of
 his management of the Kreuz Zeitung, but he has not as yet ventured Ito begin proceedings.
 The imperial treasury authorities are about to begin legal proceedings against certain members of the reichstag and
 members of the press for their fragrant misuse of the free passes to the canal fetes. with which they were furnished under specific instructions. Each mem
 Der of the reichst2g had the privilege of
 taking with him (one personal attendant
 and each memb9r of the press was per
 mibted to have with him one assistant. Instead ofj complying with the regula-
 tions HafIy of them palmed off their personal friends aS "personal attend l ants and assistants, and had them | boarded and lodged at the expense Of the treasury. It is alleged that Herr Ztm- | mermann, member of the reichstag | and editor of the Deutsche Watcht, pub | lished in Dresden, brought with him as l a "perSOnal attendant Louis Kohler, an | enormously wealthy man and the owner | of the famous Schiller restaurant in l Dresden. Rector Ahlwart, the notorious l Jew batter, is accused of having taken | with him the wealthy hotelkeeyer, Bodk, | who is the financial packer of AhlwaTts | paper, the NOlkSfecnJ. 1fe hoelIllSCHS | VolkS Zeitung denounceS these acts as l public scandals, the perpetrators Of | which, 1t declares, ought to be punished with the utmost severity permitted py law.
 King Leopold of Belgium is at Weis- baden undergoing treatment for his eyes | at the hands of the famous oculist, Dr. Pagcnstensher. King Christian of Den mark is expected to arrive in Weisbaden shortly and remain three weeks Tor treat ment.
 The police of Altona, in Holstein, ar
 rested yesterday a saddler named Mic zewsk. living in Uetersen, upon the charge of setting fire to houses. Nic- zewsk was one of the most active mem- bers of the volunteer fire brigade and was always one of the first, if not the first, to reach the scenes of the numerous fires winch have recently occurred in his Vicin- ity. It is alleged as the result of inves- tigation that he set fire to twenty-five separate houses in Uetersen and it's en- vironments for the sole purpose of being first on the scene and thereby obtaining salvage. At the Provincial Trades exposition at Posen Saturday the feature of the
 day was band contest. in which nine
 military bands took part. The music played was Webers Oberon overture.
 The first prize was won by the band of
 the Sixth (Posen) regiment.
 The Berlin Handesgesellschaft and the Vienna Landerbank have concluded loan of $50, ,000000 marks for Servia,
 which is secured by d monopoly of the
 customs duties on tobacco, salt, petrole- um and the tax upon alcohol A direct line of cotton steamers be- tween Trieste Austro-Hungary. and New Orleans will be started in September. The American cotton hitherto imported into Austria via Bremen and Hamburg
 will be carried direct by the new line. Austria has agreed to grant subven- tion to each steamer in the gulf cotton trade of $17,5 500 a year.
 The annual harvest in Hungary began on Saturday. It is reported that the crop of wheat and other cereals is be- low the average in quantity and very bad in quality. Rye is especially bad
 and the trade of corn is uncertain. The crop of beet root is the only crop that is good.
 The dykes of the Rhine and Ems ca nal gave way yesterday, flooding the district of Lngden in Hanover and do- ing good deal of damage to property