San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-26

plete, sufficient number of re-
ports have been received at the
department OF agriculture upon
which to base an estimate that
there will be medium crop of
wheat and rye in Germany and a
fine harvest Of both Of the grains
In Austria Hungary. The general
failure Of the cereal crops In Russia
and the prohibition of time opera
lions on the bourSes in Germany
are leading to speculative transac-
tions in import orders upon the
chance that demand for the
grain thus purchased will spring
up. The agrSrisn newspapers are
advising home producers TO hold on
] to their grain with the assistance
OF bank advances and the position
points to reaction with keen
competition between home grown
and imported grains. Concerning
the state of the crops in Russia the
concensus Of opinion is that the
harvest there is an absolute fail
ure. The crops in the great south
eru area are fair, but in the basins
of the Volga, Dnieper and Don,
the general average is very bad. 1t
Ia reported that famine exists in
the Kherson districts of Southern
Russia, and that the local authori-
ties are appealing to the govern.
ment for relief, else the people
must die from starvation.
The United States consular
agent at Kiel has informed the
representative Of the United ASS
ciated Press, that the United
States attorney general has taken
up the case Of the steamer Herr
man, which shipped at Libau,
Russia, on January 80, 1896, thirty
emigrants, who were put on board
the ship and treated in such an in
human manner that six of them
| died and the others narrowly es-
capped the same fate. 1t appears
that the six who died were locked
in close compartment of the ves-
sci and expired from suffocation q
few hours after the ship had left
the harbor at Libau. The bodies
OF the dead men were thrown over
board and the survivors were
threatened with being brought
back to Russia IL they revealed the
fate OF their companions.
The emperor gave luncheon to
the third regiment Of foot guards
Saturday after unwilling a monu-
ment to the memory Of the soldiers
of the German army who had fall
len on battle fields, and in the
course OF the entertainment made
a rather lengthy speech, ending
with his Eever ceasing theme of
Implicit obedience to the king. 81
hope" he said, "that this regiment,
in case should be forced to call
upon them to 60 to war, will 60 as
dutifully to death for me as they
did for my grandfather, the great
Emperor William l."
The ssDeutsche Landwirthschaft
Presse demands that the govern.
mont Issue a decree completely
locking out from Germany all ag-
ricultural animals, from horses to
poultry, coming from countries
where protective measures against
Germany exist.
The Hamburg Correspondent, a
semi-official organ, demands that
energetic steps be at once taken to
protect German interests in Samoa
against the encroachments of
American adventures. The paper
asserts that Americans are actively
selling the trade in Samoa, ignor-
ing the international arrangements
entirely. The Freissinnige Zeit-
ung, replying to this article, says
that Samoa Is not worth quarrel
ing over with the United States
and England.
Tho Russian police cooperate
with the Berlin police in the mat
ter OF guarding the car and car
ina upon the occasion of their
coming visit to Breslau. A large
number OF members of the Russian
secret, service police will arrive at
Breslau several days before the ar
rival Of the imperial party. The
railway touching Berlin will sus-
pend freight traffic during the
presence of the car in Germany,
and special watch will be kept at
Hamburg, Bremen and other ports
to prevent the entry Of suspicious
persons or explosives. These pre-
cautions are being taken upon the
strength Of reports that the an
archists In London have been
plotting against the czar's life.
The German government re-
quests Americans desiring to visit