The herald., 1896-07-19
in THE KA|SER'S REALMS
Another Colonial Scandal Ready
to Explode
THE EMPRESS RIDES A BIKE
Many Soldiers on Parade Suffer Death
from Sunstroke
Various Districts Of Germany Devastated by
Hurricanes and HalIstorms- kne>bes
Case Nor Yet Ended
Associated Press Special Wire.

| Associated Press Special Wire
BERLIN, July 1s-(Copyright, 1885,
| Another colonial scandal is on the point
of exploding. Herr Won Puttkamer, gov
ernor of the German Cameroons, is ac-
cused of having committed many acts
of inhumanity and cruelty similar to
those alleged against Whelan and Liest,
and for which those officials were order
cd to be dismissed from the colonial
| service.
A bill was introduced in the diet to in
crease the salaries of all government
employees in Prussia. This would in
volve a total of 10000, 900 marks to start
with: similar bill will be introduced in
the bundesrath and the reichstag to in
crease the salaries of imperial officials
and likewise those of any army officer
from the grade of first lieutenant up
ward.
A cavalry captain named Baron Won
Ehrhardt and First Lieutenant Won
Kampz of the garrison of Dusseldorf
have been dismissed from the army be-
cause they refused to accept challenge
to fight duel with pistols which was
sent to them by notorious scouEdrel.
Both officers published the facts as an
advertisement in a Dusseldorf paper.
Empress Augusta and six of the i'm
perial princes may be seen daily bicycle
riding in the park. This is a new sport
for the empress, but under the tuition of
her two Oldest sons she is making rapid
progress.
During the intensely hot weather of
the past week the maneuvers, drills and
marches of the army in various parts of
Germany We're attended with many fatal
cases of sunstroke. At Mayence, the long
distance march of the Thirty-seventh
and Eighty-eighth regiments was mark
ed by forty-eight cases of sunstroke. of
which sixteen were Immediately fatal.
In the maneuvers at Capoth thirteen
soldiers fell dead. Similar cases are re
ported from South Germany.
A contagious disease of the eyes, the
origin and character of which is puz-
zling the physicians is spreading in
upper Silesia At Bayreuth it became
necessary to close the high schools and
number of other schools have been
closed throughout the province. The
victims of this disease are rendered to-
tally blind.
Thunder storms, hurricanes and hail
storms have devastated various dis
tricts in Germany during the past week,
especially in Hesse, Mecklenburg, the
Moselle regions and around Colmar. In
the vicinity of Lubbock wind and light
ming destroyed forty buildings and killed
twelve people.
The vineyards of Demoselle and Saar
pecially those at Cartibre and TreYes.
Prof. Esling, president of the Veter-
mary surgeons college. will start for the
United States next week. He is COM
missoned by the Berlin criminal court
as an expert to examine the mare Bethel
which A. r. Kneebes, the American
horseman, is alleged to have raced IN
this country under the name of Nellie
Kreebes. The mare is said to be on
Kneebe's stud farm in Nebraska. Prot.
Esling will examine witnesses and as
certain all the facts possible bearing on
the now famous KneebeS case. He is
expected to return to Berlin in October.