The herald., 1898-01-23
FAR FROM GAY
Because the Influenza Is
Epidemic
GERMAN COURT FESTIVITIES
ARE NOT ENJOYED so MUCH AS
USUAL
There's War in the Grand Dukes
Observation-Disclosures Missionary
Troubles Grow More Serious
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, Jan. 22.--(Copyright, 1S9S.)-
The court festivities of the week, in
Guiding two which are usually the
most imposing of the season, the deco
ration fete and the investiture of the
knights of the Black Eagle, were far
from gay, owing to the absence of the
empress and other princesses and the
prevalence of influenza in court circles.
The emperor himself is far from well.
The number of decorations conferred
was larger than ever before, totaling
20O9.
There is much comment in Berlin
court circles at the news from Darm-
stad of the matrimonial difficulties of
the grand duke and Grand Duchess
Louise. A fortnight ago there was a
terrible scene between them, the trouble
eliminating, it is asserted, in the grand
duke laying violent hands upon his
wife and ejecting her from the room.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
has been repeatedly appealed to by his
daughter, and letters of bitter COM
plants have been sent to Queen Victoria
by both the duke and her majesty pro-
Tossing their inability to cure the
trouble. The czarina, who was also
approached on the subject, is said to
side with her brother Duke Louis. The
quarrels are said to be largely due to the
national prejudices of the Germans and
English, and vice versa.
The announcement of the minister of
finance, DR.. Miguel, in the diet on
Wednesday, that Notwithstanding the
increased tax receipts and the large
surplus, new Prussian state loans are
necessary, has created sensation. 1t
is understood the new loans will be
largely used in improving the rolling
stock of the roads.
From information which has reached
the foreign office, it appears that the
German missionaries troubles in China
ing to new complications between the
two governments. The Protestants as
we'll as the Catholics have been at
tackled. Reports received by the Berlin
Evangelical Mission society show that a
critical state of affairs exists. Murder
GUS attacks have been made upon three
stations.
German emigration during 1897 was
tHc lowest since 1914. 1t tOtaled only
23,210 persons, against 32,115 in 1896, and
has steadily declined since 1898, when
over 10000 persons emigrated
The Colonial society has perfected an
organization for sending out German
women to Damaral, with the view of
marriage. The first batch sails from
Hamburg in February.
Throughout the Prussan provinces a
historical work of William 1, entitled
"Our Hero Emperor" which is greatly
approved by the present emperor, is be-
ing peddled out by the police, who are
securing thousands of subscriptions by
intimidating farmers. Herr Richter, in
the diet next week, will interpellate the
government on the subject. In the
Prussian diet Count Won Limburg Stir.
rum, discussing the budget, severely
attacked the government for selling
potassium from the state mines so
cheaply to foreign countries and to the
United States, which treat our products
SO unfairly.
A petition sent to the reichstag by the
Winners association, asking for the
abolition of the wine law Of 1892, states
that the law is a great detriment to
honest wine growers, who cannot COM
pete with the makers of artificial wine
costing So per 25 gallons and made of
chemicals.