Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
DECORATION LIST LARGER THAI
EVER THIS YEAR..
FRICTION IN A ROYAL FAMILY
GRAND DUKE LOUIS ACCUSED OF AS
SAULTING HIS WIFE.
Queen Victoria and the Cxarina APP
pealed To I'm vain-COalition
Rights of LabOrers to BE
Still Further Curtailed
Sherman Gossip.

Berlin, Jan. 22.-(Copyrighted. 1Se. by the
Associated Press.) The court festivities of
the week, including two which are usually
the most imposing of the season, a decora-
ton fete and the investure of the knights
of the Black Eagle, were far from gay,
ov ing to the absence of the empress and
other princesses and the prevalence of in
fuenza in court circles. The emperor him.
self Is far from well. The number of deco
rations conferred was larger than ever be-
fore, totaling 2.O09. The Vorwaerts there
r;pon ironically remarks: 1T Is evident
that the number of meritorious cousins in
crease year by year."
Among those decorated were Baron Won
Tnieiman, the minister for foreign affairs.
and Count William Bismarck. both of
whom received the star Of the Red Eagle.
His majesty also sent decorations to the
high officers of Quinam Pasha's army who
were militarily educated In Prussia
There is much comment in Berlin cour
circles at the news from Darmstadt of the
matrimonial difficulties Of the Grandduke
and G~randduchess Louise. A fortnight ago
there was a terrible scene between them.
the trouble eliminating, it is asserted. in
the grandduke laying violent hands upon
his wife and ejecting her from the room.
Duke of Saxe-Coburn and Gotha has
been repeatedly appealed to by his Gaugh-
ter and letters of bitter complaints have
been sent to Queen Victoria. but both the
duke and her majesty profess their inabil-
ity to cure the trouble. The czarina. who
was also approached on the subject. Is
said to side with her brother. Duke Louis.
The uuarrels are said to be largely due to
the national prejudices Of the Germans
and English and vice versa.
vhe announcement Of the minister of
finance. DR.. MIGUEL. in the diet on Wednes-
day that. Notwithstanding the increased tax
receipts and the large surplus. new Prus-
sian state loans are necessary. has treated
a sensation. 1t Is understood the new
loans will be largely used in improving the
rolling stock of the railroads.
to have been right in assuming that Count
Posadowsky, the minister of the Interior.
means to further curtail the coalition
rights of workers. The inquiry instituted
by him among German state governments
was the first move in that direction. 1t is
intended to shape state legislation and
practice in the different states uniformly
in such a manner as to serve two purposes.
namely. to render extended strikes more
difficult and to enable the authorities to
have more strict control over strike lead
ers and labor delegates, so as gradually to
drive the latter out of the country. 1t
would seem that the existing laws ought
to be sufficient to meet the requirements
from the fact that during the week. a
laborer at Renneberg was sentenced to
a year .,on in jail .. for the wb, verbal al
months in Jail for tearing up the time slips
Of two "scabs."
From information which has reached the
foreign office, it appears that the German
missionaries troubles in China are becom-
ing widespread and are leading to new