The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

lflUO tne country. In reg ara 10 AIneTlCdu
oleomargarine he declared that control OF
the inspection of that product by Ameri-
cans was inadequate, Americans not
exercising proper sanitary precautions, as
their interests are solely commercial.
Freiherr Won Hammerstein-L Loxten,
Minister of Agriculture, replied that it was
impossible to inclose Prussia within Chi
nese wall. He said that the existing pre-
cautions were sufficient, and thought that
the Agrarians could make capital enough
out of the alleged cases of Texas fever in
German cattle said to be traceable to the
importation of American cattle.
The Freisinnige Zeitung says that the
intention of the member whose interpella-
ton precipitated the debate was merely 20
ask the Minister or Agriculture for an Of
ficial report upon American meats. The
debate closed before the question became
opportune and the matter will be brought
up again, as there is reason to believe that
the allegations made against the American
products are mere fiction.
The Kaiser was present last week at
conference of art experts. Ministers and
court officials. who had been summoned to
inspect site and plans for monuments OF
the rulers of Prussia which are intended to
be erected in the Sieges Alice of the Thier-
garten. The Kaiser critisised the designs
freely, and urged the artists intrusted with
the modelling of the statues to exercise a
rigorous avoidance of everything which
could possibly invite ridicuie. He said:
II know my dear people OF Berlin. Do not
give them a chance to joke over your
work." The artists who were present are
of the opinion that the Kaiser is very diff
fcult to satisfy.
Emin Pashas daughter. Farida, has won
her case against the claims to the explor-
er's estate made by his Constantinople
wife and by the decision of the court will
receive an estate valued at $4,000 marks.
There has been much auarreling over the
property left by Emin Pasha, the some
time Governor of the equatorial province
of the Soudan, to rescue whom from the
Mahdists. Henry M. Stanley made his last
trip to Africa.
After Emin arrived at the coast with
Stanley, he entered the service of Ger
many. Later he left this service and went
into the great forest with a few of his re-
tainers. Many rumors of his death were
circulated, but they proved to be untrue
until about two years ago, when it was de-
hnitely learned that he had been mur-
dered by an Arab chief named Kibonge.
No will of Emin's was found and this fact
led to much litigation. Emin, who had
become Mohammedan, had married q
native woman, by whom he had daugh-
ter, Farida, who is now about IL years of
and who iS hoinr od in
many.
Mr.. Mounteney-Jephson, who was with
Emin throughout the rebellion in the
equatorial province, :heard of the trouble
over Emin's property and then remem-
bered that he had will made by Emin in
his possession. A copy of this was made
and sent to the German Foreign Office and
the document put an end to the fight for
Emin's property.
In October, 1888, Mounteney-Jephson
and Emin were prisoners in the hands of
rebellious soldiers at the station OF Dufile,
on the White Nile. Both had been sem
fenced to be hanged. Thinking his end
was near Emin made his will, leaving
everything he had to Farida, who was his
only child. This will was given to Mount
should he be able to escape he should take
the child with him to Mr.. Stanley's camp.
They all, as it turned out, reached the
coast in safety, and Mr.. Mounteney-
Jephson, naturally supposing that Emin
before returning to the interior had exc
cuted another will, regarded the will in
his possession, which was made in Dufile,
merely as an interesting document with
out any legal value.
The annual banquet of the Reichstag
which took place in the Cupola Hall of
the Reichstag last evening is ignored by
large number of the Berlin and provin-
clal newspapers because their editors did
not receive invitations. The Neuste
Eachrichten says that the character of the
celebration was indicated by the fact that
Prince Hohenlohe felt obliged to stamp
out the toast to Prince Bismarck on the
ground that the ex-Chancellor was not an
official.
The National Zeitung says: "The pres
ent Reichstag has been a great disappoint-
ment to Germany and has proved itself
impotent. 1t has held seventy sessions
and not ten of them have had quorum
present. The body has lost all respect in
the eyes of the Nation
The surviving officers and men who
formed in 1870 the Emperor's Crosse
Hauptquartier held banquet to-day.
Herren Zetche, Hitler and 1schemert
have been convicted of stealing and fur
nishing to the socialist organ, the Vor-
waerts, copy of the Emperor's edict
granting amnesty to certain political pris-
oners on the occasion of the celebration of
the twenty-ffth anniversary of the foun-
dation of the empire on January s. Zetche
and Hitler were sentenced to three months
Imprisonment and Tschemert to one
month.
The Emperor in consequence OF his an
noyance at the disclosure of his intention
to visit Rome incognito at Easter has
abandoned the idea.
The German competitors in the Olym-
plan games at Athens will leave for that
city on March 26. They comprise the
champion eleven gymnasts of Berlin, two
skiff-sculling champions, four runners and
six bicycle riders.
Mrs. Evans. wife of Captain r. K. Evans,
military attache to the United States en-
bassy. will receive the members of the
American colony in Berlin on Tuesday.