The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-19
CRUELTY TO NATIVES.
Another Colonial Scandal in
German CameroonS.
THE EMPRESS RIDING BICYCLE.
Army Omcers Must Not Refuse Chai-
lengcs OF Scoundreis-summer
Maneuvcrs XIII SoIdierx

Copyrighted By the Associated Press.
Berlin. July la-Another colonial scan
dai Is on the point OF exploding. Herr won
Puxtkar1e-. governor OF the German CAM
eroons, Is accused Of having committed
acts OF inhuuanity and cruelty similar
TO those alleged against Whslau and
Lest ana for " ieh those officials were
ordered TO be dismissed from the colon
ial service.
A bin has been introduced in the diet 10
increase the salaries OF all government
employees in Prussia This would involve
a total OF s0.as.ss3 marks TO start WITH.
A similar bill will be introduced in the
bundesrath and the reichstag TO increase
the salaries of imperial officials. and
likewise those OF any army officers from
the grade Of first lieutenant upward
A cavalry captain named Baron Won En-
erhardt and First Lieutenant Won ks-npz.
OF the garrison at Dusseldorf, have been
dismissed from the army because they
refused TO accept challenge TO fight
duel with pistols which was sent TO them
By a notorious scoundrei. Both officers
published the facts as an advertisement
in . Dusseldorf newspaper.
Empress Augusta and six OF the I'M
perial princes may be seen daily bicycle
riding Ia the park. This is a new sport
for the empress. but. under the tuition
OF her oldest son. she is making rapid
progress
During the intensely hot weather OF
the past week the maneuyers. drills and
marches OF the array In various parts OF
Germany were attended with many fatal
cases of sunstroke. At Mayenee, the long
distance march of the Thirty-seyenth and
Eighty-eighth regiments Was marked by
forty-eignt cases of sunstroke, of which
sixteen were immediateG fatal In the
maneuvers at Capulih, thirteen soldiers
fell dead Similar cases are reported
from South Germany.
A contagious disease OF the eyes, the ort-
gin and characteristics of which are puz-
cling the physicians. is spreading in upper
Silesia. At Bayreuth IL became necessary
to close the high schools. and a number OF
other schools have been closed throughout
the province. The victims of this disease
are rendered totally blind
Thunder storms, hurricanes and hail
storms have devastated various districts
in Germany during the past week. es-
peclally in Hesse. Meckienburg. the Mo-
selie region and around Colmar. In the
vicinity OF Lubbock wind and lightning de-
stroyed forty buildings and killed twelve
people The vineyards OF the Moselle AMI
Saar valleys suffered enormous damage,
especially those al Cartibre and Trevis.
Prof. Esiing. president OF the veterinary
surgeons college, will start for the United
States next week He is commissioned
by tho Berlin criminal court as an expert
TO examine the mare Bethel. which A. r.
kneebes. the American horseman, Is al
legged to have raced in'this country under
the name of Neilie Kneehes. The mare is
said TO be on kneebes' stud farm in Me-
braska. Prof Esling will examine wit
nesses and ascertain all the facts possible
bearing on the now famous kneebes case.
He Is expected to return 70 Berlin in Oc-
tober.