The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

The Emperor Gong to IT. Petersburg to
Visit the Car.

RFRIIN, July Sl.-Emperor William
reached Kiol on board the Imperial yacht
Uohenzolern yesterday. On Thursday
next. accompanied by the Empress and
the entire fleet, under command OF Prince
Henry of Prussia, His Majesty will start
for St. Petersburg to visit the Car.
Prince Hohenlohe will join the Emperor
at Peterhof.
The municipal authorities Of st. Peters
burg will signalize the visit by presenting
TO their MaJesties slices Of bread on
silver dish, and salt in silver salt cellar.
both richly Ornamented in the Russian
style and engraved with the joint arms
OF ST. Petersburg and Germany Upon
the rim OF the dish is the following in
scription:
ITO their Majestios. the Emperor and
Empress Of Germany.
The grand autumn military manoeuyres
at Hamburg will begin on September %,
and win continue to the 10th. The Prince
OF Wales will be among the. guests OF the
Kaiser at the principal reviews He has
modified his plans, and viii take a cruise
OF the waters next month at Morienbad,
instead Of at Homberg as hitherto.
DR.. Arthur KOrtegarn, head master OF
the celebrated school at Frankfort. died
suddenly at Inierlaken last Monday. He
was hfty-nine years OF age, and until
a few years was head master OF the we'll
known school at .Bonn, where many
prominent Americans and Engishmen
have been educated. lie was a leading
authority on educational matters
throughout Germany.
The Empress has varied the monotony
of her stay at Tegernsee by a visit to
Munich.
-Sho was accompanied by the five Prin-
ces. visited all the sights, and lunched
with tho Prime Regent, who proposed
Her Majesty's health.
Prince oscar celebrated his ninth birth
day on Tuesday at Tegernsee. from which
place the Empress and her children will
return to-day to Berlin.
The rumors rife in London concerning
the possible retirement OF Secretary Sher-
man are echoed here. even In Official Ger
man and American circles. but with this
difference. Mr.. Sherman is 20 be sue
ceeded not by Mr. Whitelaw Reid but by
Ambassador White. Gossip even goes so
Tar as TO attribute Mr. Whites hesita-
ton TO leave tho kaiserhof Hotel for per-
manent quarters 10 the possibility Of his
having soon 90 return to Washington.
The comments of the German press
upon the Dingley tariff are extremely
acrid, but great satisfaction is expressed
at the fact that large quantities Of German
goods were sent TO the United States in
anticipation of the event
While wishing TO revenge themselves
upon the Americans. the most chauyenis-
TIC journals are not blind 10 the fact that
reprsals on the part Of Germany would
surely prove boOmerangs.
General Count Won Blumenthal, the only
surviving commander of the army of
hV-h completed to-day a term of sew
CufN years service.
Prince Bismarck is I'm excellent health.
ON wednesday he received Prince SchOa-
nalch-Carolat. the new commander of the
Halberstadt Cuirassiers of which regi-
ment the Prince is honorary colonel
Owing 10 the financial failure Of the
Berlin Exposition OF 1896. the committee
recently announced that the fifty per cent.
guarantee fund would have to be sacr-
feed. This resulted in large meeting OF
signers OF the guarantee on Monday. The
meeting dcClafed that unanimously
it did not recognize the right OF the COM
mittee 10 adopt such measure and des-
perate effort will be made to place the
responsibilities upon the shoulders Of the
cOmmitte.
The supposed Internal machine which
exploded In "A mail bag during the trans
fer Of mails al the POttsdam railway sta
tiOn early in the week, turned out TO be
only "a package Of large tOrpedoes Of the
kind used by cyclists to frighten dogs.
The whole Liberal press is in arms
against the act OF sentry who killed
am escaping soldier under peculiarly afro
cOus circumstances. The man, Saremba.
had over-steDped the boundaries OF the
fOrtihcations at Dantzig and was being
taken To the guard house when he broke
away and ran. The sentry fired and the
bullet passed through Saremba's head and
two walls Of an iron kiosk burying IT.
self 81 a brick wall This certainly proves
tn. s.iCisncy Of the German guns. but the
inc.ce,t adds fuel 10 the flames Of popular
Kay will return 10 New York in Septem-
her