The record-union., 1897-01-10
Few Members Present at the Opening
Session.
The Budget Statement Shows the
Existence of af1ost Favorable Con-
dition of the Finances of the Coun-
try and a Steady Advancement of
Its Prosperity.

OF the PruSSian UnterhauS after the
Christmas recess excited very little at
tention. The attendance of members
was small and the sitting brief. Some
surprise was expressed, however, that
SO few members We're present, in view
of the presentation of the budget by DR..
MIGUEL, PrusSian Minister of Finance.
The budget statement is replete with
interesting features, all combining TO
show the existence of an exceptionally
favorable condition of the finances or
Prussia and a steady advancement OF
the prosperity of the country. The de-
bate ON the question of the first reading
of the budget will take place next
week, and it is a foregone conclusion
that the budget proposals will be ac-
cepted without amendment. The only
adverse criticism to them has come
from the Radical "FreiSsinig Zeitung'
in an attack upon DR.. MIGUEL, charging
him with making the present suffer for
''Zeitung," all parties agree that DIR.
MipuepS present budget Will greatly
highten his reputation.
Lively times are expected in the
Reichstag Immediately after the reas-
sembling of that body next Tuesday,
the matters to be considered by that
chamber being numerous and import
ant. Among the measures which will
be submitted are the Governments de-
mands for army credits which, besides
providing for the addition of a large
number of quick firing guns, contem-
plate the purchase of a railway plant
for the purpose of accelerating the mo-
biliZation of troops, the extension of the
fort works at the Kiel and Hollenau
ends of the North Sea and Baltic Ca
nal, the construction of docks and other
additions and improvements of military
value. The sugar bounties ard cur
rency questions will also be brought up,
the former through the joint action of
France and Austria in arranging for
European conference ON a basis which
general producers contend that it
would be impossible for Germany to ac-
cept, France desiring to maintain a
system of indirect bounty though as
senting to the abolition of the direct
export premium.
In regard to the currency, it is given
out by the bimetallists that they intend
to exert pressure upon the Chancellor,
fluencing him to seize the opportunity
presented by the mission of United
States Senator Wolcott of Colorado,
who has arrived In England and will
visit the continent for the purpose of
sounding the sentiment of Europe upon
the silver question, to arrange for a BIZ
metallic conference either with or with
out the participation. of England
The election of the Executive Com
mittee of the Stock Bourse, which in
view of the operation of the new bourse
law was looked forward to with great
interest, took place on Wednesday as
appointed, but the result is not very
promising for the peace of the Govern
ment. The fifteen members of the COM
mfttee elected are already strongly op-
posed to the new law, and not a single
Cne of them is a representative of a
great financial house.
The appointment of Geheimrath Wen
delstadt, the Public Prosecutor of CO.
Ecgne, as the Chief of the Bourse De-
partment in the Prussian Ministry of
Commerce is taken as a warning to the
produce boursiers that the Government
irtends to take vigorous action in the
enforcement of the law.
The agrarian newspapers are de-
manding the dissolution of THE free as
sociations which have been formed in
the various German commercial centers
to take the places of the bou1ses and
further demand the prosecution of the
produce brokers who have transacted
time deals under the rules of the free
associations upon the charge of illegal
trading.
The Emperor and Empress Frederick
placed wreaths upon the tomb of the
Emperors grandmother, Empress
Augusta, in the mausoleum at Char
lottenburg on the anniversary of her
death on Thursday.
The German Protestant Church in
Jerusalem, which was designed by the
Emperor is expected to be completed
by the end of the present year. The
edifice, the construction of which will
cost 100000 marks, was originally
planned by the eminent German archi-
tect Professor Adler in 1873, but the
plans have since been modified
The hearing of the American horse
man Robert Kneebs against the judg-
ment of the court condemning him to
nine months imprisonment for entering
the trotting mare Bethel in races on
German tracks under the name Nellie
Kreebs, has been fixed for February.
The decision of the case will hinge upon
the testimony of the veterinary expert.
Professor Egglfng, who recently re-
turned from America where he exam
ined the mare Bethel which Kneebs
claims was not Identical with the mare
Nellie Kneebs.
Empress Frederick received United
States ambassador Uhl and Mrs. Uh1
at a special audience on Monday last.
and grand function was held at the
residence Of ambassador Uhl to-day
upon the occasion Of the Embassador's
reception of members of the imperial
court.
Nebraska Presidential Electors.
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