The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-23

fidence in him, and thanking him for his
honest adherence to the principles of the
party, and lauding his upright conduct
throughout his dealings with Baron Won
Hammerstein, formerly editor-in-chief of
the Kreuz Zeitung. The charges lodged
against Baron Won Hammerstein include
an accusation of embezzlement of the sum
of 100000 marks from the reserve fund of
the Kreuz Zeitung. Hammerstein re-
spends to this charge, by asserting that he
used the money to purchase and sustain
the Deutsche Tageblatt. The next cha rye
made against him was that of caluminously
accusing Herr Guttiein, now deceased, of
having embezzled funds which he himself
was guilty of taking. Another charge was
that OF classifying the assets of the news
paper, in order to conceal his populations.
The members of the British and Ameri-
can embassies here have formed golf
club, which meets twice a week upon
grounds near the city. The most expert
players among the American is DIR. Hitler,
and the next best is Secretary Jackson.
OF the British players Secretary Tower
takes the lead.
DR.. Won Rottenburg, Secretary of State
for the Interior Department, with his wife,
the daughter of the late William Walter
Phelps, formerly United States Minister
here, will start for the Riviera as soon as
DR.. Won Boetticher, Imperial Minister of
the Interior, returns from his vacation and
resumes charge of the Home Office.
Two Americans, representing a United
States syndicate of fruit-raisers, have ar
rived here for the purpose of studying the
cultivation of fruit in Germany, and also
of examining the conditions of the Ger
man market and the chances Of the sale of
American fruit therein.
The Emperor has taken a new departure
in the way of communicating with his
ministers and others while absent from
Berlin. While he is in Rominton he is fol-
lowed wherever he goes by a telephone-car,
by the use of which he is enabled to speak
from any part of the chase with the forest
ers, gamekeepers, ETC., and also to keep up
close communication with the Ministers
and other State authorities in Berlin and
elsewhere. The Emperor will return to
Berlin in the early part of October, when
the leaves OF absence of all the Cabinet
Ministers will cease.
According to advices from st. Peters
burg agents of an American company are
in negotiation with the Russian railway
companies with view of supplying them
with 800 new locomotives. The American
agents met the Russian representatives at
Mil Novgorod, when it was decided that a
Russo American company should be
formed for the purpose of establishing
a locomotive mandatory in Russia, the
works to be managed by Americans.
A company of peasants who have been
performing at the Theater Coupe here will
sail for America on September %. They
will give performances in New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and
ST. Louis.
DR.. Polini of Hamburg has contracted
with Maurice Grau TO conduct a series of
German operas in New York.
The foundation stone of new theater
in the west end of Berlin, to be called the
Kaiser Wilhelm Theater, has been laid.
The building is to cost 100000 marks.
The Residenz Theater has scored hit by
the production of the comedy der Ra-
benvater." Souzogne of the Milan Opera
house opened a season OF Italian opera in
the Linden Theater last week, but the
venture was not successful and the season
will be prematurely closed Thursday.
There was a special service in the Co
logne Cathedral to-day in the interest of re-
storing the Pope to temporal power. An
immense mass-meeting OF Catholics was
also held, at which it was resolved to re-
new the eneraI protests in favor of the
Vatican. Under intructions emanating
from the Bishops council at Fulda. sol
emn mass will be celebrated in all Catholic
churches IN furtherance of the Vatican's
claims TO temporal authority.