The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-07
GOSSIP OF GERMANY.
WEEKLY CABLE TO THE HERALD
FROM BERLIN.
Fierce Heat Has It's Effect Upon the
Attendance of the Reichstag-
Many Matters of Moment.

III cocul dt It's OpSHlllS, dIIu IHSl - IL
tie prospect, in spite of the emperor's
expressed wish. that the civil code will
be adopted before the reichstag adj
journs.
During the remainder of the session
the Centrists intend to introduce and
rush through a resolution to re-admit
the Jesuits into Germany; but though
its adoption by the reichstag is GER
tain, the bundesrath will reject it,
In the Hesse diet similar Jesuit bill
was defeated on Tuesday by four
votes.
The bundesrath will also reject the
association reform bill, which was
passed by the reichstag on Wednes-
day, although popular opinion through
out Germany is
IN FAVOR OF THE MEASURE.
A large sum of money spent upon the
governments representation at the
Moscow ceremonies and fetes, was Sc
verely criticised in the reichstag on
Tuesday, even by the orthodox Centrist
leader, Count Won Limburg-Stirum.
The bundesrath is now considering
measure providing for the transport
of convicted and discharged criminals
to the German colonies in Africa, and
especially to the southwest of Africa,
where the former are to be employed in
railway building and other public
works. Prussia alone spends 26,000,0O0
marks yearly on prisons.
The theft and premature publication
THE AMNESTY DECREE
by the Socialist organ, Voerwaerts,
has induced the war department to
make provisions to establish its own
printing office.
Two monuments to Emperor Will
lam [ will be decorated this month,
one on the summit Kyffhauser, on
June II, and the other at Breslau. His
majesty will attend both ceremonies:
After the Kiel regatta, June 10 TO 70,
the emperor will be present at the
launching of the new big iron-ciad
Ersalz-Preussehum
At the spring parade of the troops at
Potsdam on Monday last the three
Oldest of the imperial princes were en-
rolled as officers of the body company
of the First regiment of guards.
His majesty has ordered the whole OF
the Berlin garrison to visit the Berln
exposition at his expense.
The North German Gazette says that
the steerage fare to Galveston, Tex,
will be 1e0 marks.
NO DUELs.
The provincial synod of Meresburgh
has requested the supreme council to
inform his majesty that the Evangen-
cal church disapproves of duels ana re
quests that he take steps to aoonsh
them.
PROFESSOR Won Soden is to be tried
for heresv because of his recent lectures
before the Evangelical Social congress
at Stuttgart. in the course of which ne
severely criticised Baron Won Stumm
the emperor and the Evangelical
church.
Fritz Friedman, the we'll known
lawyer whose absconding from Berlin
caused such a sensation at the time
has since his arrival at Berlin Jail
after having been extradited from
France, sent orders to his parish pub
Usher Ollendorf, to eliminate certain
passages from his book on
THE Won KoTzE SCANDALS
or else to refrain from publishing the
work until after his trial. 1t is learn
ed from a good source that the pro
jected revision of the American-Ger
manic extradition treaty at the in
stance of the German government is
at a standstill owing to failure tt
agree.
The congressional efforts to change
immigration laws are attentively fol
lowed in Germany. The educationa
test is regarded as totally useless tt
materially alter the character.
Policeman Doehrmann of Stegliez
has been promoted and rewarded witt
money for promptly killing a fugitive
prisoner. On the other hand The
emperor has pardoned two police ser
geants at Ostrowo for torturing {
prisoner to death in jail.
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''iron king" has purchased Biermann':
famous painting Queen Louise anC
Prince William" and presented it K
Emperor William.
A FRESH LOAN.
It is currently reported in cour
circles that his majesty has contracted
fresh loan of 100000 marks from
Baron Won Stumm-
The emperor has donated fin,
building lot to the vicarage of thu
English-American church on Monbijol
Platz, this city. near the castle.
There is much dissatisfaction in of
fetal circles as the result of TIL,
Moscow celebrations and the lack o
attention paid to Prince Henry O
Prussia, (who represented William a
! the cars coronation) and to the fete
given al the German embassy. com
| b1ned with the apparently undiSturbet
France-Russ determination, ar
| cited in support of this feeling of dis
| content.
Emperor William was kept minutel,
| informed by letters and kilograms o
| all CT the features OF the fetes an,
had lengthy interviews CT the subiec
with Baron Marschai Won Biebersteir
the minister for foreign affairs.
| YANKEES IN TROTIRT r.
Six young Americans who have bee
studying music at Leipsic were sen
! fenced this week for breach of peac
! in resisting a policeman Their leader
named Forest, belonging to California
| was sent to jail for six weeks and thS
others were condemned to minor term:
of imprisonment One of the youns
men escaped, Neither the United State.
consul at Leipsic nor the United
States embassy here was asked to in
/ tervene.
Mr.. Uhl, the new United States am
bassador to Germany, gave his frs
reception to the diplomatic corps yes
terday at noon.
Mr.. Jackson, secretary of the United
States embassy here, leaves tonight OF
a short vacation, which he will enjo,
in Paris.
Budd Doble, the well-known hors,
man, is now in this city, introducing az
aluminium horseshoe.
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