The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-02
1e qa1iehita au Eae aMdnesaau aornng December 1896

abandon the imperial equaliza ton fund,
nn6 ne expressed the hope that the house
and the government would come 10 an
agreement so that the federal states
would be protected against excessive
claims and that the redemption of the
public debt would actively proceed.
Count Won Pasadowsky further said
that il would be rash at the present mo-
rnent to express an opinion relative to
me working OF the sugar tax law. con-
sidering tbs. sinortness of he time ii had
been in operation. but the government
had rot for a moment lost sight OF the
question o: the abolition Of the sugar
bountie1
Herr Passche, National Liberal, ex-
pressed delight at the thrifty budget and
said he hoped that extravaganza would
ever become rarer. n -
The speake alluded to the Hamburg
strike as being great injury TO the in
dustry of the alton, accused English ag-
itation Of being IN root Of the evil, and
rejoiced a the recent expulsion of Tom
Mann, the English agitator, from Germa-
ny. This called forth protests from the
Socialists.
TIE minister of foreign affairs. Baron
Marschall Won Bieberstein, referring to
Herr Schippelis, who pointed out that the
law against Polish associations was not
repealed, said the government scrupu-
lousy kept its promise on the subject.
An incident occurred in the reich5tag
during today's debate with reference to
a criticism by one OF the members to the
effect that TIC sailors OF the gunboat
Hts ought To have prayed TO God instead
of cheering the kaiser as the vessel went
down. In reply to this Vice Admiral
Holman, secretary Of the navy, said
t,o han ac c,i1 I1aA ha he
fore their eyes, they had their God be-
fore thei- eyes
Thse remarks met the cynical cheer
ing from, the Radicals and Socialists.
HAMBURG STRIKERS.
Hamburg, Dec. 1.-The distriSuiioa of
the strike fund began this morn.G:,.
Seven thousand men are receiving AID.
About 1880 lockers and others are nov
on a strike. TIE boatnen of the upper
Elbe have decided not to strike.
The SbipoUnerS union has replied to
the letter suggesting the appointment Of
a court of arbitration. that the matter
has been referred - the general employees
association. as all riverside industries
are now Interested in the question at
issue The Eoersenhalle says the en-
plcyes object TO the proposed composition
of the court OF s.bitra ton. 1t is stated
that 1.S0o men and thirty or forty ware
house cranes are working at Bremen to-
day.
Berlin, Dec. 1.-At a meeting of the.
United Trades representatives hero las;
e,tning. Herr Molkenbuhr, memret vf
the reicnstag, presiding, resolution WAS
i,assed assuring the Hamburg s;r;hers oe
tae solid support of the workir,.,nen of
Berlin and promising them financial aid,
while agreeing to prevent the departure
OF men from this city to take the places
OF the strikers.
BALMACEDA'S FUNERAL
New York. Dec. IA dispatch from
Valparaiso, Chill, says: The body of the
late President Balmaceda was buried in
lhe cemetery at Santiago yesterday.
Great pomp attended the ceremony at
the tomb. More remarkable still was
the popular observance of the burial.
More than 10000 persons attended the
body from the obscure place in which 1t
bad been inferred in S91, to the splendid
masoleum prepared by the family in
the cemetery. Balmaceda, after his
sudden death in September, 1891, was
hastily buried in a secret place, to pre-
vent proclamation OF the grave by politi-
cal enemies.