The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

Berlin, Dec. 1S.-(Copyrighted, 1897,
by the Associated Press. "A German
railroad official who was an eye witt
ness of the facts, tells the correspon-
dent here of the Associated Press an
unpublished story of the cars jour
ney from Darmstadt to Coburg in Oc-
tober last Information reached Rus
STA through the police of a plot of nj
hilists studying at German universe
ties to wreck the cars train, and most
extraordinary precautions were taken
to protect his majesty.
The train only Travelled 7 to q kilo-
metres per hour, instead of so, and
the whole trip consumed u hours.
Twenty Kossacks of the body guard
with rifles and revolvers constantly pa
trolled by gangWayS of the tram ID
the whole track, from Darmstadt to
Coburg, was guarded by several thous-
and of German troops under the special
command of Russian secret service OH
| GERS.
TIME FOR HER.
Marie Geislinger, long a leading SOU
brette on the German stage and who
has successfully toured America, will
appear shortly on the variety stage at
the winter garden, Berlin, where she
Will bid a final adieu to youthful roles.
She is So years of age.
Professor Richthoffen of the Berlin
university, has been invited by the
United States ambassador, Mr.. Andrew
D. White, on behalf of Johns Hopkins
University of Baltimore, to deliver Il
lectures there this winter
The official North American Gazette
refers to the case of Mgr. Schroeder, of
the Catholic University at Washington,
as furnishing evidence of the American
hatred for everything German.
Wagner is writing a comic opera,
which he expects to present at Munich
in 1898. The composition resembles
Humperdinic6s and the libretto is
taken from two fairy tales of the time
Of the 80 years war.
INTERESTING SITTINGS.
The past weeks sittings of the reich
stag were interesting. The govern
! ment throughout was an the defensive,
and Herren Bebel, Richter Lieber and
other oppositionists Haunted the fact in
Prince EIohenlOhe's face that he had
broken his word to the reichstag in not
securing for the WOrkmen the right of
coalition and in failing to secure the
right of inter afliliatiOn for political
clubs. The chancellor's replies We're
decidedly lame.
Herr Richter's speeches, however,
were devoid Of fire, While Herr Bebels
We're so impassioned that they forced
nearly the entire cabinet to reply.
Some of the admissions thus made are
valuable. For instance, such as the
statement of General Won Gossler, the
minister of war, who, on Tuesday,
when replying to Herr Richter's critf-
cism of the army, declared that the
government did not propose to change
the system of two years service nor
increase the infantry, adding, however,
that the reorganization of the field ar
tillery was urgent, and the statement
of Count Posadowski, announcing that
bounty regulations between Germany,
France and Austria were dead-locked.
RETALIATORY TARIFF.
Another important statement made
jointly by Baron Won Thielmann, the
minister of foreign affairs, and Count
Posadowski, was that Germany was
preparing an autonomous tariff to en-
able her to Immediately retaliate upon
/ countries enacting tariffs unfavorable
to Germany and commerce. The an
nouncement was greeted with wild
cheering and of delight from all the
agrarians.
The damage done by floods during the
past summer is officially computed at
5000 marks.
The emperor has been characterically
busy the whole week. Beside Kiel he
attended a number of banquets and i'm
portant meetings. While at Hamburg
and Kiel his majesty made several
noteworthy remarks.
For instance While inspecting the
Deutschland, he said he hoped the time
was not distant when Germany would
have such fine vessels afoat in every
sea. When dining with Admiral Won
Knorr, the emperor said:
China is like an artichoke. it has to
be eaten by the Bible
The government has decided to make
careful increase in the number of
consuls, especially in the United States
and in the British colonies, and in
South America. A number of recent
cases in these countries show the ne
cessity for maintaining trained consuls
Of diplomatic experience in many places
now served by local residents