The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-01


me play opens with a chorus recl,-
ing now the world emerged from chaos.
accompanied by an ingenious arrangement
OF scenic transparencies illustrating the
DAYS occupied in the creation.
4hese are followed by a series Of tab
leaux showing Adam and Eve in the gar
oeli' the sacrince Of Isaac by Abraham and
other Bible stories leading up to the an
nunciation and incidents in the life of
Chrlst until the CulgCtha ascension. There
are altogether nifty tableaux. Persons who
nave seen the play declare il to be most
remarkable In execution, rivaling in in
terest the Oberammergau production
A cowboy called Texas Jack" who
mas been exhibiting a wild west" show
IN the small German towns, abandoned his
troupe at Graz few days ago, leavins
the members of his company without
money. They accordingly seized all the
horses and other animals, tents, etc, and
sold them for their own benefit
The long-pending scandal connected
with Baron Won Hammerstein's manage
ment of the Kreuz Zeitung newspaper,
mas ended in his resignation from the
paper. Or. krOpatschek, a member of
| the Reichstag, has been appointed di-
rector OF the kreuz Zeitung 10 succeed
him. Baron Won Hammerstein has threat
ened to prosecute the Kleine Journal for
libel, in consequence of its criticisms of
his management Of the Kreuz Zeitung,
but he has not as yet ventured to 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 passes to the canal fetes,
with which they were furnished under spe-
cific restrictions.
Each member of the Reichstag had the
privilege of taking with him one personal
attendant, and each member of the press
was permitted to have with him one as
sistant. Instead of complying with this
regulation many of them palmed off their
personal friends as personal attendants
and assistants" and had them boarded
and lodged at the expense of the treasury.
1t is alleged that Herr Zimmerman, q
member of the Reichstag and editor Of
the Deutsche Wacht, published in Dres-
den, brought with him as personal at
tendant" Louis Kohler, an enormously
wealthy man and owner of the famous
Schiller restaurant in Dresden. Rector
Ahlwardt, the notorious Jew-baiter, IS
accused of having taken with him his
assistant" the wealthy hotel keeper Bo-
dek, who is the financial hacker of Ahl-
wardts paper, the Volksrecht. The Koel-
nische Volks Zeitung denounces these acts
as public scandals, the perpetrators Of
which, IL declares, ought to be punished
with the utmost severity permitted by
law.
King Leopold of Belgium is at Wiesba-
den undergoing treatment for his eyes
at the hands Of the famous oculist DR..
Pagenstecher. King Christian Of Den
mark is expected to arrive in Wiesbaden
shortly and remain three weeks for treat
ment.
The police at Altoona, in Holstein, ar
rested yesterday a saddler named Mic
zewsk, living in Uetersen, upon the charge
| Of setting fire to houses. NiczewslS was
OF one of the most active members of
the volunteer fire brigade, and was al
ways one of the first to reach the scene
| of the numerous fires which have recent
| ly occurred in his vicinity.
1t is alleged, as the result of investiga-
tion, that he set fire to twenty-five square
houses in Uetersen and Its environs for the
sole purpose of being first on the scene,
and thereby obtaining salvage.
At the provincial trades exhibition at
Posen Saturday the feature of the day
was band contest, in which nine militia
ry bands took part. The music played was
| Won Weber's Oberon overture. The first
prize was won by the band of the Sixth
Posen regiment.
The Berlin Handelsgesellschaft and vi
| emma Landerbank have concluded a loan
of $50, 100000 marks for Servia, which is Sc
cured by a monopoly of the customs du-
ties upon tobacco, salt, petroleum and the
| tax upon alcohol.
direct line of cotton steamers between
| Trieste, Austro-Hungary, and New Or
leans 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 a subvention to each
steamer in the Gulf cotton trade of $17,-
500 year.
The annual harvest in Hungary began
on Saturday. 1t is reported that the crop
of wheat and other cereals is below the
average in quantity and very bad in quail
| ity. Rye is especially bad, and the yield
of corn is uncertain. The crop of beet
root is the only yield that is good. The
| dykes of the Rhine and Ems canal gave
| way yesterday, flooding the districts of
Lingen in Hanover and doing a great
deal of damage to property.
A wooden package arrived Saturday
night at the parcel office in Oranianburg-
| erstrasse, this city, from Fuerstenwald.
The case was addressed to the chief ex-
ecutive of the police, Col. Krause. The
sender had given the name of Thomas.
LIQUID trickling from the bottom of
| the case aroused the suspicious of the
officials The bottom was loosened, when
# was seen the fluid was benzine The
police were summoned, and they found
that the case contained five litres of ben
zine and several bottles Joined together
with lint and connected together with an
alarm clock set at 1890. There was also
in the case a fve-chambered loaded re-
volver. the trigger of which was con-
| nected by cord with the lid Of the case
and the clock Thus. at 1880 o'clock, or
upon removing the lid. there would have
been an explosion. The police are search
ing for the sender of the Internal ma
chine.
Herr Won Jardoff a free conservative
member of the Reichstag, has resigned.
RAIL TOSsERs CONFER.