The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-12
EMPEROR DETERMINED TO IN
CREASE THE STRENGTH OF
THE GERMAN NAVY.
is INTERESTED IN CRETE.
HOHENLOHE ANXIOUS TO STOP
GREECE FROM CAUSING IN
TERNATIONAL TROUBLE.
RAILROADS IN GERMAN AFRICA.
Reichstag Will Consider Granting
Important Concessions to Syn
dictate of British Bankers.

BERLIN, July 1.-THE members of
the cabinet have nearly all gone on their
summer vacations. The chancellor
Prince Hohenlohe, spends his time al
his estate of Ausse, near Ishel, Upper
Austria. where, if--his health continues
good, he will do some mountain climb
Ing and chamois hunting. The birth
day of Emperor Francis Joseph OF
q Austria will be celebrated by the Ber-
lin court with the usual eclat. Before
leaving Berlin, Emperor William ex-
pressed to Prince Hohenlohe hiA high
regard and great satisfaction at y-hat
mas been accomplished in the reich
stag and in foreign politics through
him. The relations between the en-
peror and Prince Hohenlohe are at
present most cordial.
The prince is now occupied with the
Cretan question and is devoting his
pest efforts to prevent Greece from
creating international difficulties. The
chancellor's health is at present good
pCt IL is known that he has made his
continuance in office, after next fall.
dependent upon his majesty's consent
TO military court reform, and so has
mad the Bronsart bill drafted and made
ready for Introduction in the reichstao
But the Dill still lies in the emperor's
private military cabinet, where Gen
Won Hasnke, on whose judgment the
emperor greatly relies, wishes it to
remain
The bundesrath this year reconvenes
carrier than usual, probably on Sept.
~ out there is no doubt that the eleo-
margarine bill as passed by the reich
stag and which would make the i'm
portatlons of all oleomargarine impos-
siple, will be rejected by that bodv
Both DR.. Won Boetticher the secretary
or state for the interior, and Baron
Won Hammerstein, the minister of ag-
r1cuiture, urge it's rejection
one of the most important bills he
Tore the refchstag. this fall will be a.
measure to authorize the building of
railroads in the German colonies in
Africa. 1t provides for the building Of
several small railroads in German
southwest Africa, and they will be
DulIt entirely by British companies
Inc Dill also provides for the construc-
t!oh OF Dig road in German east At
VIA Tabora, to Victoria and Tanga-
nyika lakes, altogether about 1900 Kill
ometres. A syndicate has been formed
oy the Deutsche Bank, the German
East AFRICA Company and the colonial
department to raise the 80 0OO. 900 marks
required. The empire guarantees the
interest
Another Important bill provides for
ans increase in the strength Of the navy
LIE emperor insists that a much larger
num1erI rof fast cruisers must bee built
ana the usual fall manoeuvers next
mcnth Will be made to demonstrate the
necessity thereof and win also show
whether it is desirable to build more
large ironclads.
Cloudbursts and hail storms deyas-
tated many districts of Silesia on Mon
DAY and Tuesday Hail stones the size
OF Walnuts fell in the Landsberg dis
lfict, destroying crops and the Oder
rose eignt feet within day at Ranis
boar and six feet at BresIau. T,arga
districts were inundated. Prince Bis
marck is well, but he is unable to re-
celve large delegations. He is Just now
engaged IN arranging the manuscript
letters from monarchs and princes in
ms possession. which will be published
in book form after his dtath.
me police throughout Germany, dur
ing the past week have been searching
the book stores for copies of two
pamphlets ascribed to DR.. Fritz Fried
mann, entitled 1.-THE Revolution from
Above and the Won Kotze Case I"
In Lubbock all the copies were confis-
Gated and several thousands were
seized in this city, Cologne and Kon-
igsburg. A sensation was caused on
Wednesday by the suicide, by shooting
himself with a rife, of a guard before
the palace at Potsdam. A love affair
was the motive of the suicide.
Inc conviction on the charge of
forgery OF Hermann friedman. di-
rector of the Observation-Disclosures
bank and his subsequent sentencing to
SIX years Imprisonment, has thrown
light upon a big usury scandal inyolv-
ing seventeen large Berlin and Han
over banks The state attorney is pre-
pairing to prosecute the offenders.
elaborate preparations are being
made for the unwilling of the great ma
tlonal monument to Emperor William
at Porta, Westphalia,. on the summit
Of the Wittekin mountain. The em-
peror and empress and about thirty of
the reignlng princes and royalties will
be present
The returns show that all exports
from America during the past quarter
nave decreased, excepting sugar, in
which there has been a large increase.
Henceforth Russian ernigrants viii en-
bark on the Hamburg line steamers at
Stettin, instead of at Hamburg or Bre-
men. The Russian government has
sent a commissioner to Stettin@te per
fecf the arrangements. Large bar
racks will be built for the temporary
housing of the emigrants.
Agnes Reinhold. the anarchist, after
spending SIX years in prison for circu-
Iaung reasonable literature, will be
feted tonight by the anarchists of This
city, and presented with 1,5O0 marks
LAUREL CLUBS RUNS.