The record-union., 1896-11-02

Emperor is believed also to have had
some reference to the death, few days
ago, of his brother, Cardinal Gustav
Adolf Hohenlohe, the most liberal men,
Der of the Sacred College, and it may be
remarked, the second brother of the
Chancellor who has died within the
year, the other also having been a Car
dlnai The Chancellor was opposed to
the PRONUNCIATION of the dogmas of i'm
maculate conception and the infalibility
of the Pope by Pope Plus TX, and held
his brother, Cardinal Agustav Adolf, in
contempt as being light-headed and
shallow minded
Pope Leo XIII distrusted Cardinal
Hohenlohe as a dangerous intriguer,
knowing him to be personal friend of
Prince Bismarck. During the Kul-
turkampf, at the crisis of the quarrel
with Pope Leo Kill, Cardinal Hohen-
lobe left Rome and sought refuge in
Munich with DR.. Doellinger, the leader
OF the old Catholics at that time and
menaced the Vatican with a schism in
the ranks of the German Catholics. The
masterful tact of the Pope was the
only thing which prevented scandal
and the death of the Cardinal relieves
the Vatican of an enemy and Germany
of a doubtful friend. Latterly Cardinal
Hohenlohe has had a monomania that
the Jesuits We're conspiring to poison
him and he would eat nothing but eggs
which were boiled in his presence.
The thirty eighth birthday of the
Empress, which occurred on October
I'D, was celebrated on Tuesday in the
presence of only the most intimate mem
bers of the imperial family circle In
accordance with the old German custom
a large table was placed in the center
of the room in the Empress quarters
which We're deliberately decorated with
flowers. Upon the table, also decorated
with flowers, was a huge cake sur
rounded by thirty-eight lighted candles,
symboliZing the years of the Empress
life. The Kaiserin was the recipient
OF numerous birthday presents, among
which was the gift of the Kaiser of his
own new allegoric painting descriptive
OF the passage of the seasons and years,
the scene being drawn principally from
Italian landscapes.
Empress Frederick is now at Rum
penheim with her daughter, Princess
Frederick of Hesse-Cassel. Her ma
jesty will come to Berlin at the end of
November To TbIldlll the
season.
Count Herbert Bismarck suddenly
and Unexpectedly made his appearance
in Berlin yesterday and had an inter
view with Chancellor Hohenlohe after
the latter's conference with the Kaiser.
1t is impossible to learn the result of
Count Bismarcks interview with the
Chancellor except that he disclaimed all
I'll
the Hamburger "Nachrichten," his
fathers personal organ, revealing the
fact that from 1883 to 1890 Germany
maintained an understanding with
Russia contrary to the terms of the
Dreibund treaty. If the Government
does not take measures to ascertain the
exact origin of the disclosures and fix
the responsibility therefor before the
Refchstag meets on November Sth. it is
the intention of the Radical and Social
list leaders in the chamber to demand
that explanations of the Russo German
agreement be the first matters to come
up for debate.
Just before the Car started from
Darmstadt for st. Petersburg his ma
jesty wired to the Admiral of the Rus
sian fleet at Odessa, insisting upon the.
latters taking especial precautions to
guard the Europeans in Constantinople,
and also sent copy Of his telegram to
the Russian Embassy at CONSTANT
nople with orders that the full text of
his dispatch to the Admiral be sent to
the Sultan.
Considerable betting on the result of
the American election was done on the
bourse toward the close of yesterdays
session the odds in favor of McKin-
ley's success running up to 4 to 1. The
Frankfort and Vienna Bourses were
firm yesterday under the influence of
the favorable Mckinley forecasts, but
business was greatly restricted. es-
pecially toward the close. and specula-
tors operated with great deal of hest