The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-08

Inc contention of the Government
which has often been heard in the Reich
stag In the course of the debate on the
sugar bounty bill, that large increase Of
the premiums upon sugar was the first
step toward an international agreement to
aoollsh sugar bounties altogether, has re-
celved a nat contradiction in the action of
the Austro-Hungarian Government in
promoting bills in the Austrian Reichs-
rath increasing the amount granted for
the payment Of sugar bounties from 5000.
600 to 100000 fiorins per annum. The
measure introduced by the Government il
provisional and purports to be enduring
for one year only, but is certain to become
a permanent law, as there is strong
sugar interest in Austria. By the terms
of these bills the internal sugar tax is in
creased from IL to IS forms per 100 kiIo-
grammes, so that the consumers ara TINS
squeezed all around, paying more for their
own sugar and supporting manufacturers
in supplying cheaper sugar, the United
States and England being the principal
importers.
The Emperor held in the Royal OPERA
house on Wednesday full-dress rehearsal
of the court artists who are to appear at
the German embassy at Moscow on Mon
day, June s. The Emperor was received
at the entrance of the opera-house ov
Count Won Hochberg, the director of the
institution. The Royal Philharmonic Or
ehestra, under the direction of DR.. Muck.
conducted the concert part of the per-
Torrance, and Stage Manager CRUDE and
Herr Ludwig Barnay, the great German
actor, directed the dramatic part. The
Emperor expressed his entire satisfaction
and pronounced the performance excel
lent.
Crown Prince William and his next
younger brother, Prince Eitel Frederick,
who have been home during the Whitsun-
tide holidays, returned to Ploen on Tues
day, where they will resume their studies
in the college at that place. The princes
bade farewell to their mother and their
younger brothers and sister at the Wild
park station, impetuously kissing and EN-
being their mother and affectionately tax
ing leave of the younger members of the
imperial family.
The Empress was exceedingly gracious
and friendly toward Mrs. Uhl, wife oft
United States ambassador, upon the occa-
sion of that lady's first audience with her
Majesty on May 30. The Kaiserin con-
Quoted her conversation in English and in
every way made Mrs. Uhl feel at ease.
The Empress wore q pale rose and pink
silk morning demi-train dress, with bon
net to match. Mrs. Uhl wore dark hello
trope silk demi-train dress, trimmed with
cream lace, helietrops chiffon and bon
net OF heliotrope. On Friday Mr.. and
Mrs. Uhl gave their first reception to the
diplomatic corps at their residence in
ThieFgaFtenstrasse.
The Foreign Office has issued a commu-
nieation to the press in re ard to the NAL
practices INDUCED in by American timed
meat importers. Belgium and Holland
are alleged to be tampering with the cans
and sending to Germany under forged
declarations meats which have not been
certified to by the American inspectors.
As consequence of this practice restric-
tiens have been ordered which affect all
American exporters of meats.
The Deutsehe Fleiseher Zeitung makes
vicious attack upon the American lard
product, which, the paper asserts, is re-
fined chiefly with eotten-seed oil.
The series of trotting races on the Berlin
West End course has ended in discord,
which was wholly due to the jealousy of
the Berlin horsemen of the American
trainers and their horses. Through the
intrigues of a German trainer named
TreubeFz the American driver, Tappan,
was ruled off the course for year, it be-
ing alleged that he had pulled his horse.
The injustice of this action on the part of
the management was so fragrant that sew
eral Berlin newspapers have taken up Tap
pans case and violently denounce the
racing authorities for the manner in which
he has been treated.
Baron Won Heyking, the German En-
bassador to China, and his wife sailed from
Hamburg for New York on June 4, on
board the steamer Augusta Victoria, en-
route for China.
The King of saxony is seriously i'll with
renal calculus.
| Violent hurricanes, accompanied by rain,
have prevailed throughout Germany within
the last two days, causing great damage to
property. The telegraph and telephone
wires have been Frustrated, and eonmuni-
cation by wire, particularly through the
| telephone, is suspended.
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The word "bosh'' is simply Turkish for
"nothlng,n and came into England about
the time of the Crimean War.