The record-union., 1896-11-30
The communications which have.

| The communications which have
passed between the Berlin and Lisbon
| Governments in regard to the report
| that Great Britain was negotiating with
Portugal with a view of obtaining con-
| troll of the Delagoa Bay Railway have
resulted in a denial on the part of the
Portuguese Government that any step
was taken by them in that direction,
and the discovery that the report origi-
mated in Pretoria, the capital of the
| Transvaal Republic. Concerning this
report, the "Nueste Nachrichten" as
serts that through the medium of the
| wires from Pretoria President Kruger
appealed to the Governments of Ger
many and France to secure the neutral
| ity of Delagoa Bay
| The Executive Committee of the Ger
man Bimetallic Union has issued a
circular in regard to the recent election
| of Mckinley to the Presidency of the
| United States, which says that some
| German bimetallists were of the opin-
+, ion that the election of Bryan would
have shown the European States how
| the free coinage of silver in America
alone would have been a menace to the
trade of the world. Now that McKin-
| ley is elected the circular adds, the
| German bimetallists expect an interna-
tional bimetallic agreement upon a
reasonable basis which Germany must
| support.
| 1t is reported that Princess Fedora
the youngest sister of the German EN-
press, is to be married to Prince Max
imilian, cousin and heir to the Grand
| Duke of Baden, I'D an officer in the
German army. Prince Maximillian is
81 years of age and Princess Fedora
%.
The editor of the "Frankfurter lei
| tung" has been fined 200 marks for re-
fusing to reveal the source of the in
formation which he published in his
paper in regard to the increase of the
Governments military budget, and the
| editor has given notice of his intention
to appeal from the judgment of the
court.
| Henry Hilgard, a wealthy German
American citizen who was visiting
| friends in Sheyer Phenish parish in
| October, promised upon that occasion
| to donate the sum of 100000 marks to-
ward the building of a children's hos
pital in that city, with the stipulation
that if Mckinley should be elected
President of the United States he
should be reimbursed for the erection of
the hospital out of the proceeds of the
institution; otherwise the money was
| to be donated as free gift.
The statements originating from
French sources that the German mil
itary camp at Elsenborn, on the Bel
| lcra frnV i- 70 hn 1oy
untrue. On the contrary extensions in
the railway communications are about
| to be undertaken, which will link FL
senborn with all of the stragetic lines
on the German border.
Frosts are prevailing throughout
Germany;and early falls of snow in Ber-
lin and Elsewhere give promise of
long and severe winter
The design of the proposed Wagner
monument at Beyreuth has been fixed
upon. 1t consists of temple with a
round cupola on pillars with statue of
Wagner in the center.
Miss Josie Shaw Of New York gave a
concert last evening In the Sing Acad-
emy, accompanied by the Philharmonic
Orchestra of Berlin There was a
large attendance and the performance
was great success.
Miss Leonora Jackson. Miss Mary
Howe and Miss Katherine Linn will
| take part in a charity concert to be
given at the Hotel de Rome December
18th. Miss Jackson will perform on the
violin.
United States Consul-General Charles
d. Kay and family have returned from
sojourn in Italy