Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-15
English leagues have already promised

English leagues have already promised to send delegates.
 Another mad house scandal similar to the Mariaburg affair has arisen in Bre- nsen in the protestant hospital, con ducted by the Rev. MT. Bodeschleswings. The charges against the institution are made by Herr Schultz, the director of the Bremen police, as the result of an inves- tigation by Dr. Scholtz, who asserts that he has protested that cruelties greater than those pfaeticed on the patients in the Mariaburg institution have been common in the Bremen hospital for long time. The managers of the insti- tution have made energetic deuials of these charges. but pr. Schoftz persists in them, and the doctor of the police at Scholtz' instigation has laid his com plaints before the magistrate of public inquiry.
 Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has made his reappearance at Carlsbad, which cir cnmstance is regarded as indicating some important change in the administration at Sofia. It is one of the peculiarities of Ferdinand that when he Is about to al- ter any of the rules. regulations or cus- toms or the Bulgarian government he leaves his ministers to face whatever popular displeasure that may arise. Con sequently whenever he leaves Sofia it is assumed that there is to be another change. the responsibility for which he desires to shirk. It is reported and gen orally believed that he asked Bishop Clement. the head of the Bulgarian mis- sion, now in St. Petersburg, to inform the czar that he (Ferdinand) is ready to make any sacrifice, even his personal conversion to the Greek faith, in order to obtain a conciliation of the religions or Bulgaria with Russia. Prince Loban- off -Rostosvisky, the Russian foreign min ister, received the mission on Friday and the St. Petersburg authorities have per
 ant tn hl n ont V telegraph that Prince Lobanoff had asked Bishop Clement if there was any danger that Ex5Premer Stambulof would return to power and that the bish- op replied there was. Indeed he gave the prince to understand that the danger would exist as long as Bulgaria and Rus sia remained unconciliated. Prince Lo- banoff is reported to have responded that he was in favor of a policy of reconcil- iation, and further said that the ezar had no personal feeling against Prince Ferdinand. The Bulgarian mission will be received by the czar on Wednesday. The general opinion in diplomatic circles is that the submission of Bulgaria to Russia will change the whole situation in the east.
 A marriage has been arranged between Prince MaXimilla of Baden, heir to the Grand Duke of Baden. and Princess Vic tora of Schleswig- -Hostein. daughter of Prince ChriStiana. The pair met at Windsor recently and the queen gave her assent to the betrothal.
 The ship which was sunk in the Baltic canal yesterday lies upon her side near the right bank of the waterway
 Canal pilots are notified that the pas sage of the canal is open, but that eX- treme care must be observed.
 Chancellor Hohenlohe has declined to accept the resignation of Count Von Rot tonburg. which was offered because of his i'll health and has given him a pro longed leave of absence.
 The archbishop of Freiberg has issued a circular to the-German bishops calling upon all Catholics to assist in the es- tablishment of an university at Freiberg in Breisgau. The university will be the only purely Catholic institution of the kind in Germany, although there are sev- eral, notably those in Baden, Bona and Tubergen, which have Catholic faculties in theology. The pope has given his hearty approval to the plan. The studies in the university will include theology, philotgy, sociology. civil and canon law, natural science, history, sciences and philosophy. The Catholic press hail the establishment of the university and call attention to it's importance.
 Tho Turkish government has failed to- pay the arrears due to the KruppS for guns which they supplied to the foria in the Dardanelles. The gunmakers have refused to supply any more under the contract, and have asked the government to intervene automatically to compel settlement of the portes indabt teilness