The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

growing tendency of the Prussian gov
eminent in favor of agrarian interests,
at the expense Of the interest of the
cities, and to obtain the abolition Of
the privileges enjoyed by government
ofncials, clergymen and teachers in
municipal taxation.
Emperor William has had excellent
sport at Rominton this week, killing a
big stag every day. On Tuesday he
shot a tweny-two-point stag, the big
gest killed in Germany for ten years
past and he royalty rewarded the
gamekeeper who enabled him to bring
1t down. His majesty shook the man
warmly by the hand sent him q bottle
of champagne to drink his health, and
also presented the other foresters with
a copy of his majesty's latest allegori-
cal picture, "St. Michael Standing
Guard Over the Blessings of Peace. ;"
Ten thousand of these pictures have
been reproduced in the imperial print
ing office.
The storms of the past two winters
nave done an immense amount of dam
age to the dunes and dykes of the
coasts of Prussia especially on the
coasts OF Heligoland F'resian island
and East Prussia. The government in
tends to ask the diet for large grant
OF money to be devoted TO building
new works and repairing the old ones.
Two mlli1on marks VIII be expended IN
this manner forthwith
Prince Bismarck has been sued by
his rural neighbors of the village Of
WitZhove, because of his closing the
right of way through the Sachsenwald.
The point at issue between them origi-
nally was the rebuilding of the bridge
over Billie creek Prince Bismarck offer
ing to pay half of the costs and the viii
layers holding that he should pay the
whole of the expenditure.
The socialist convention will open at
Gotha tomorrow and will probably last
a week The delegates will discuss
seventy-nine motions.
A sensational pamphlet has appeared
anonymously, purporting to be an open
letter to Emperor William, asking his
majesty to dismiss his unconstitutional
advisers in his civil and military cab
inets and, instead, listen to a select
body of members of the reichstag; rep
resenting the various factions of that
body. The pamphlet has been seized
by the police in Berlin, Schleswig,
Leipsic and elsewhere, but thousands
of copies are still in circulation.
Emperor William has granted COM
Portable pension to the wife and daugh-
ter of the historian Treitschke, who
died penniless. His majesty has added
another to the already large number
Of sensational pardons granted since
his accession. This time a sergeant
and an officer Of police were sentenced
respectively to three and five months
imprisonment for brutally ill-treating
prisoners. They were pardoned before
serving a day in prison and even the
court costs were RENTED. Papers. Of
every shade Of opinion have been dis
cussing these pardons and it is certain
that the prerogative of the crown in
this respect will be discussed both in
the diet and the reichstag shortly.
During the past fortnight, couple
of American swindlers, styling them
selves Capt. George Hubbard, Of New
Orleans, Capt. Fred Williams, of San
Francisco, showing papers which were
apparently genuine, have been victi-
MIXING scores of young men In this city
and vicinity by engaging them as re-
cruits for the United States army, in
sisting upon the payment of alleged
fees and promising to meet them at
the trains on the day Of their depar-
ture. The police have been unable to
locate these swindlers, who are con-
tinuing their operations In the suburbs.
The university professors from Goet-
tingen, Leipsic, Heidelburg and Mar
burg, start next week for Princeton to
take part in the centennial of the New
jersey university. The universities of
Goettingen, Koenigsburg and the Ber-
lin Academy Of Sciences will send
beautifully engrossed letters of con-
graduation.
The United States ambassador, Ed
win F. Uhl, is still suffering from rheu-
matism.