The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-06
LEUTzOW. LECKERT TRIAL.
Clean Sweep Of the ln,rinucrs and
Culprits to Be Made.
lNSTlGATED BY BRITISH AGITAT0RS
Gcrmans Claim the Dockcrs' strike
Was auaurated An the Interest
of English shipping Entirely.

OF EhHlthh shipping EuttrcIy.
Berlin, December 5,--(Copyrighted 1895 |
by the Associated Press. )--rublic attention |
during the past week has been equally d.
vidod between the lockers strike and the |
Leutzow Leckert trial. The latter inter- |
ests the emperor particularly and special
reports have been made TO him by Prince
ilohonlohe and Baron Marshall Won Dien-
erstoin the minister for foreign affairs
The foreign office had IA corps Of short
hand reporters to take testimony verbatim
with the view to prosecution against other
persons involved in lntrigues Of tbs prosCnt
and past cabinets. The foreign onice and
| Prince liohenluho are determined TO make
clean sweep OF the iuirguors and prose-
cute all the culprits. About fifteen persona.
| including newspaper men. detectives aud
officials Of various offices are likely TO ne
arragued and sent to jail on the CHARGE
of calumuy or blackmail. His majesty IS
especially incensod at the fact, Incidentally
brought out in the trial, that his confidence
| in certain persons has been misplaced or
abused In tho past aud that the emperor
will require very satisfactory explanations
of Count Won Fulenberg's connection with
| the matter
| baron Marshall Won nicberstein also
| intends to weed out a number of unreliable
minor officials wherewith the foreign o.
nee has been honeycombed, In Addison
the editors Of several Berlin newspapers
have string OF correspondents who have
been posing as repositories OF special CON
ndence from high places, also branded az
| impusltors.
4
ed as having been instigatcd by British
agitators acting in the interests OF British
shippers The whole industrial press is
yoicins this conviction and the whole So
c!alist press rofutes II. A large ship owner
declares that he has ample proof OF this
charge The emperor is having special re-
ports OF the strike developments sent 10
him and he has expressed the opinion OF
Prince iIoheulohe that If the striko is not
settled at the end of the coming week the
imperial government is TO intervene AID
insist upon arbitration.
The budget debate In tha reichstag was
not as heated aud interesting as those OF
prey,ous years and tho attendance was
small The most striking feature OF the
debates was Herr Riohter's arraignment of
the government and Herr R'ckcrts charge,
supported by proof that the cabinet %
oivided nm the most essential points.
| As to the navy Herr Richter said II Is
Governed hy tho shin owners. the naval
department tho private naval cabinet o.
,ha emperor and the cmpenr hmseif and
that each has arrived at different con
olusion.
crank named Neumann from strass.
hurr tried on TUESDAY to rain foroibie &C
oess to the emperor at Potassium under the
impression that his majen'y was able 70
. communicate to him exact Information
about an imaginary murder lie was sent
to an asylum.
vmneror william on Tuesday attended
ho ers, performance OF Wilbur Burchs'
oo, drama "Uenry " ~ Germany ana
nersonally congratulated the poet
Prince Henry Of Prussia VINO on "euh'"'
aav started on a fortuights cruise IN scan
a,naylan waters with small squadron oil
,rorc,nas Ia to have command OF the home
,ao, which ia to be formed next spring.
n will consist Of ak divisions, OF when
a., ,rnnclad and two dispatch boats VIII
CORN, Tho FIRST and an ironclad ana Tue
rc.erve divisions Of the German ocean hal
,,c ana Dantzio and flotilias OF torpedo
hoots and watch boats form other diNfieh
The emperor has not approved OF the
sentence imposed upon Lieutenant hrueI'
! witz-four years Imprisonment III ioi-
tross and dismissal from tho arIny~ioi
liiItna A mechanic, by running him through
, the hack with his sword, who Mad aoei
! deptnIIy knocked against the lieutenant
chair white entering cafe. some new ana
, ugiv evidence is said TO have come 10 it1
surface and his majesty mas prlnFrn VIZ
I rnse 10 no reopnned with D new trial. Perl
~ Inc fresh evidence IL said to refer u
the damaging anteCsdenl3 OF brheA VIZ aht
| Inc rest is reported TO show inc iaei' "hisi
was not disclosed at the trlal' mat tht
",nccr ran ,bo man through the body afle'
listening TO the apologies OF his victim an(
appeals for mercy
I The first annual official report of the
( Baltic canal has just been Issued II show
that 1854 vessels passed through II, viii
4 tonnage OF |, sos $50. Of these ships 1888
! we're steamers With tonnage OF Tao as
/ lThe German vessels numbered i.aoi, IN
) nrnish sI7 the Swedish 336 aud the britis,
E isI. The dues amounted to Sa7,SI0 MARKS
7 which is 7s0. 900 marks below the tAasna'
Of running the canal
nr sohewenlngcr is COW a-aln IN at
tendance on Prince Bismarck, lilo wal
, summoned to aliay tho distinguished ntn'i
Insomnia.
The Russo German tariff commission ha
concluded its sessions. but the report vii