The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-12
OUR BERLIN CABLE LETTER.
EXTENSIVE DEVASTATIONS CAUSED
by CLouDBURsTs AND MIN
DATIONS.
EFFECTS Of NEW TARIFF NOTICED
epBiciaI Of the Foreign once -
Quoted rs Saying Tint Germany
* too weak to Enter Into
IL Tariff War.


statistics. 1OJ persons were Killed IL
:SIlesia alone, and in SaXony the casual
+ias will not fall short OF lSO. NJ
financial losses foot up over lJO,OUo,oV
marks At Pllmitz, the country resi-
Jence of the queen of SaXOny, the river
Elba rose so fast that it Hooded the
royal castle. forcing the king and queen
10 seek refuge at Dresden.
Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial ciai
o,ellor. who was then on his way from
Ausses to Berlin, had TO leave the Train
at Aussig and was conveyed ten miles
I'm a sedan chair to another railroad sth-
.jon. Through landslide OF the hlSh-
,sst summit of the Silesian mountains
the Hotel Schneckoufe was carried down
and buried with all of its occupants
Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria
mas granted 10000 forms from ms pr,
vate purse for the relief OF the sufferers
and the queen of SaXony mas grhnten
IN 600 marks. and the regent oil BaVarla
I50o0 marks for the same purpose.
Emperor William of Germany has not
made n donation to the people VINO nave
suffered from the floods in the eastern
carts of the country, although ne mas
given $4,000 marks to the HOOD suher
.ars in Alsace. The newspapers are call
5pc for special sessions of the relchstag
and diet. so that these bodies may make
extraordinary grants OF money ior 'ne
relief of the suffering families, nut, as
the suggestion was hrst hiaue ny um
Yoerwaerts and other soclallst news
.naners. II is being discouraged by the
government ,,t
The municipality of Berlin has grant
ed 700 600 marks for the relief oil the
thousands of people rendered hohieIess
and penniess by the storms, ana the
city of Dresden has voted lUo,OoO marks
for the same good work.
The German newspapers continue 10
discuss the new United States thrlli ahI
TO can for reprisals. but the Associated
"press learns from the foreign Office that
the government of Germany has no IN
tention of beginning tariff war. n
nigh official of the foreign office said to
the correspondents
There will be 10 tariff war as Ter
many is too weak to carry 1t out, ana
because n large variety of the American
imports of foodstulis as well as cotton
and other raw materials are indispehsi-
BILE 70 our Industries.
'"rhe formation of large continental
tariff union with its ram pointed ut the
United States would miscarry, because
Of England's opposition. AS matter
of fact, our hands are tied, and even
Baron Won Thielmann tthe German ann
bassador to the United States, who has
been named as the successor of I'osa-
slowsky-W elmer ms imperial secretary OF
state for the treasury, though his ad-
NJ anu ' t,,sr All H"o fnan1i,, orrairs
i'i, - ~, "l.,l III, 49, Nv, J,,ri,,r ~
Mouiu NC vi s'ea. ,e,P y" "" w. w. f ,,
,o'ninS .,ls.'' va" "'' '"""7' '''e '"'''
~ ,iie use r..u - ,,,, ,,,,. .,,,r ma
already noticed. The manufacturers of
Soingen are complaining of Il lack of
s sI number OF lneir eh,pioyes, III lne
uuunii anu Snen,n.M a's I,t ."ete ~
a.. h,uon inu"s.riIl u,s'rcsS, sunni
ira imorists, ossn"iatiom boa cont ,
memorial to the imnnri,i chonnaI,o,
.nrotecting o%,inst ,ha tnrirr ,, soriomsI,,
,n;nrin,, tr,Ia ~ 90 "I
,,I9n,. Wv eNi''' ''"'' VI 'e'''' '"'
pants.
William receiveI q, numhor Of thrantan. |
inc letters from nihiii.ts and r"n .S Siaw
ISIS I'm consenuenre of tbis ono Of tho
shrewdest criminal commissionere nr
Henninger, with section of the Rer, |
lin noIitic,i notice ,,", somt ~ ~ n i,,t n
naIdca Veal 'o oho "IS SeI! 10 re.e W
ijam and tbiS " "nrns 81 ,i ,'nl'e.or WI
accompanv him eyerv w Jurin,, WIZ his
stay in Russia ''"7 "''
The pnst week has recorJod . nr,,,o,
of fatalities nj tbe roco. rnunt Va,
Fiefhe n wealthy ,antion,, o nIh WI
at one time the fr,eva ', nr ,ha ' p ana
sisters, and Iieut RnrtoIs nIsn ''',, a, I,
tleman rider i' wor: rIii aiso gen
at Kreuznorb "e At , E,l'e T uurlns race
most successful rentIemnn " ,iI n"tes .ne
many / iont Se"lle,nan rluer III Ter
and Cant. Won SmernnmIt ~ ,,., MaS Killed
jnmred ''' "o"''' WAS seriously |
Two jockeys also mot oco,,,n.,,
deaths. met "ccluehtal
In Emperor William, o,.,.,
new air purifying onmoro, "p"ta'lents |
operation. Ii Is tbe invonti IL now IN
.cousis,, hlgh court official, and |
INTO the surroundi"% a o or nTe ozone
germs and gases by ~, sr "nn nestroying
mum which is brongbt ssS.e,n OF plati- |
by electricity, w "hlte eat
The emperor recently, ,li.o,
sailor of the IIohenyoIiorm' '.oNered III |
meier, native of UoIon nnilleh ,'ber-
talent for painting ANY 81, a. remarkable
his majesty has Sent ' biN HNttchinS' and
academy of Berlin ohn ' 10 the art |
with the sailors a,iuoot;',Si'S himself |
q. The retiring miniete,. en
fairs. Baron Marsrhnil lor foreign af- |
Will Ice appointed an,hi Won bleberstein, |
portant post. probohiy 'S T at an inn |
ION or Constantinonia ZONE Washing
Baron Won Rotonba,,,, III october.
rotary for the fnro;m,, la, Tue under sec