The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
THINGS TALKED OF IN BERLIN.
DANGER OF A MEASURE TO EN-
CLUDE AMERICAN PRODUCTS.


cnnt-AmbaSsador whites DipIo-
rnatic Dinner-A Bavarian Couple
BIed for Large Amounts to Get
Their Daughter Out of PurgRtOry,
and to Send IA DOwry Because of
Her Marriage TO An Angel In
Heaven.
Copyright, 1895 by the Associated Press;
Berlin, oct. 22.-An American diploma
tist, who is in n position 10 know the in
eide facts in the case, discussing the Ger
man proposition to practically exclude the
American meat products from Germany,
said: 1T is understood that there is dam
ger of the meat inspection bill 10 exclude
American products. under sanitary pre-
texts
'The agricultural department win un-
doubtedly present a bill to Congress, IL
American products are attacked providing
for the sanitary inspection Of adultera-
tions of Germany wines and the danger
Gus colors used in toys and woolens, etc,
and OF the adulterations In dyes, cheml-
Gals, and other such products"
The United States ambassador. An
drew d. White, referring to the same mat
ter, said; IF fair law was passed abol-
ishing the reinspection of meat In more
than one place, the United States would
approve Of It,"
Mr.. White gave his first diplomatic din
ner OF the season on Tuesday in honor of
DR.. Won Holeben, the German ambassa-
dor at Washington, who Is now on a visit
to this country. The function was a great
diplomatic success.
Emperor Williams tour Of the east Is
followed here with the keenest interest
One of the most significant political fea-
lures of his majesty's stay at Constantine
pie was the hoisting of the German naval
ensign, with the cross, beside the Turk
ish crescent. Since the conquest OF Con-
stantnople no flags having a cross upon
them have been officially hoIsted there.
The Sultan himself gave the order for
hoisling the colors.
A striking deviation from Mohammedan
custom was also noticed in the Sultan
kissing the hand or the Empress OF Ger
many In spite OF semi-ofiical denial that
the Emperor is asking anything from the
Sultan, advices received here from Con-
stantinople report that the Mussulmans
are convinced the sultan will make Ecnza
| peror William some great gift, the Island
! of Rhodes, or the port of Haifa, on the
| bay Of .Aore, at the foot of Mount Carmel.
! This would seem an appropriate gift for,
| one mile west of Haifa, at the immediate
| foot of the mount, is a German-American
| mission colony, having good school, six
! ty stone dwellings and manufactures of
soap and olive wood wares. The colony
has population OF over 800 while Haifa
itself has a population of over 4.o00.
| The Turks seem TO have displayed gem
! une enthusiasm over the visit OF the
| German Emperor and Empress TO Con-
| stantinople The mallahs of the mosques
! at Stamboul assembled on the eve of their
| maiesties departure to express by public
prayer their sympathy for the Emperor Of
| Germany.
Dispatches received here from st. Pc
! tersburg show that the Emperor's jour
| ney 10 the East Is viewed there with the
! greatest suspicion and it Is fully believed
! that Emperor William is desrous OF dc-
| quirng a portion Of Ottoman territory.
The NoVo Vremya, writing in this sense,
warns Turkey that even a slight cesslon
! Of Turkish territory VIII be the begin
| ming of the partition of the Turkish en-
! pire, If not it's ruin.
| An almost incredible instance of nine
/ teenth century superstition and gullibility
| comes from the town of Kempton, BaVa-
ria, where a married couple, named Wolff
art, have been sentenced to imprison-
/ ment after having been convicted of an
| extraordinary series of frauds on a we'll
to-do farmer and wife, living near by,
| whose daughter Crescence, recently died.
/ The Wohlfarts persuaded the farmer and
| his wife to believe that their daughter,
| Agnes Wohlfart received frequent visits
from the Virgin Mary, who tod her that
! Crescence was not in heaven, but in purg
atory They further impressed upon the
! parents of Crescence that Agnes could
! arrange their daughters release from
purgatory If the farmer paid 300 marks.
| The latter paid the money, and a little
! later Agnes was alleged to have received
| the news that Crescence had been mar
ried to an angel. and wished to have her
| dowry sent to her, together with 1000
marks Then Crescence was supposed to
have had a baby. and the farmer gave
more money to the Wohlfarts. In short
the farmer was bled in this manner until
he was ruined. But news Of the affair
reached the authorities, and the Wohlfarts
were arrested.
During the proceedings in court fifty-two
letters which Agnes Wohlfart was said to
have received from the Virgin Mary were
produced and the public prosecutor read a
receipt from the mother of Christ" for
| 150 marks.
Another document was letter of thanks
for a sack of potatoes and stir another
1 -
500 marks, which said that all the angels
in heaven blew their trumpets when the
money arrived
1t was also developed during the court
proceedings that Agnes actually gave the
| farmer a sofa, a milk loaf and other
things which she declared she had receiv-
ed from heaven, while the farmers wife
personally baked a fine tart for the Virgin
| Mary.
Frau Wohlfart. as the guiding spirit in
the frauds. was sentenced to two years i'm
| prisonment.
Three important measures providing for
1 an increase in the strength OF the army.
antb-strke regulations and imperial meat
| inspection, are so far advanced that the
bills embodying them are ready for in
| PRODUCTION In the Reichstag Immediately
| after the body convenes.
The first preliminary elections for mem
! bers of the Diet have been fixed for Oct.
q, and the final elections WIN take place
q week later. The parties are split in a
manner which makes It impossible to pre-