The record-union., 1897-01-04

the lamentable results of his disorderly
life. Some correspondence which the
Arch Duke left fell into the hands OF
man who did not Scruple to have part
Of it photographed and sent to the EN-
peror with am offer to restore the orig
lnals for a large sum, the alternative
being publication. AS the letters CON-
tanned some of the rank CRITICISMS OF
the Emperor's secret policy and of the
peIsonageS around the throne, the al
fair became a matter of reference to
the Cabinet. Arrests and legal prose-
cution 'in camera" were talked Of in
Austrian court circles for a time, but
now it is understood that there will
be no public scandal, the matter hav-
Ing been arranged privately.
The members of the Berlin Produce
Exchange began business yesterday
Under the new bourse law, which went
into effect on January 1st, as free
institution, instead of a close organ
ization as formerly, but very little busi-
ness was done. The Berlin association
exchanged communications with the
free associations formerly the bourses)
cf Halle, Stetting, Brunswick and 9th
er centers and some future transactions
We're recorded. The day was a partial
holiday, however, and consequently less
business was done than otherwise could
have been transacted. Public opinion,
as we'll as the opinion of the entire
press, with the exception of the Con-
servative and agrarian journals, are
in complete sympathy with the bours-
iers in defiance of the law. The Ma
tior al Zeitung' applauds the action of
the German bourSes and declares that
it was necessary for them to act as
they have done as matter of self-de
fense against the junkers.
The ''Tageblatt,'' in an article under
the caption '"The Fight Commenced"
sees no end to the warfare unless
the agrariaps, frightened at the result
of their own folly, assist the Govern
ment to Chamber down from the posi-
ton they have assumed
The "Vossische Zeitung' predicts
that the fight will ultimately end in the
victory of the mercantile community.
In the Government circle the hope is
expressed that the coming election of the
Executive Committee and Chairman Of
the Bourse may influence the bour-
siers in the direction of some form of
compromise, the nature of which, how
ever, the official mind is not yet able to
fOreShadoW. In the meantime the only
possible compromise that the bourse
operators will accept will be the sup
preston of the clauses which interfere
with their business. The stock bourses
of Berlin and Frankfort were stagnant
yesterday, in view of the uncertainty
of the effect of the prohibdtory clauses
of h1s To- hI1xr if1cr
was consequently confined to Govern
ment stocks. Upward of 600 members
of the Produce Exchange have joined
the newly formed free association
Professor Guy Thompson of Yale
University and his wife, formerly Miss
Lucy Uhl, assisted United States En-
bassador Uhl and his wife in receiving
the American colony ON Thursday. A
great number of guests were present.
Popular airs We're played by band
stationed in the dining room.
The Rev. Mr.. Dickie, pastor of the
American Church, received the Ameri-
cans in Berlin. on New Years Day.
Lieutenant Count Uexkuil Won Gylle-
band who was wounded in the fore
head in duel with Baron Won Wan
genhein, Secretary of the Prussian Le-
cation at Stuttgart on December 22d,
is in a dying condition.
Baron Won Wangenhefrn, who was
also wounded in the abdomen, is pro-
crossing favorably. His wound is heal
ing and the prospects are that he will
recover. The extremely slight chances
of the suppression of dueling in Ger
many may be judged by the fact that
the duel between the Count and the
Baron was umpired by General Won
Schott, the commander of the troops at
Stuttgart and that General Won Holle-
ben, the Prussian Minister to Wurtem-
burg, acted as Wangenheim' second.
After the duel Minister Won Holleben
came to Berlin to narrate the details of
the affair to the Emperor.
The Duke of Cumberland, who has
been suffering from nephritis at his
home in Gmunden is now out of danger