New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-18
NEW WORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 49, 1898

, ~, oc..rs ~ tho Guards Cavalry high Government
officials bankers and members OF the hechs'ak' nas
existed In Berlin for some years suh"se' We
recently introduced by two highly respected mem
hers and soon became n favorte. All went swim
mingly until rumors about his antecedents began
to circulate I'D was noticed that luIK sevs ths
saHoneer so many young men Of the best families
in his power The whole affair VII shorty Io ee
immense and the aair i likely N to S. naT Hf
Os eNH 19r sf to Suppress
bling In the army
EMPEROR's VISIT TO ROME.-The Italian
papers say they learn that Emperor William will
pay ten days visit to Rome in January and give
n magnificent fancy dress ball at the German EN-
bassy in the Palazzo Canarei. The costumes 1t
appears, will all be of the time OF the Roman
Empire. His Majesty appearing in a Roman tunic'
with great, purple cloak
WHERE THE VIRGIN MOTHER LrvED.-Par-
ticu.ars Of the quistion of the legendary ABODE
OF the Virgin Mary at Jerusalem by the German
Catholics, which the Emperor announced In course
OF his Palestine trip. have thrown fresh l,snt
on the recent scandal in connection with the
sale OF cemetery In Jerusalem. Collins were
said to have been exhumed. and the bodies dis
membered and packed in small boxes. and re-
inferred elsewhere. The names OF the purchasers
az action ion have been Conceded It now comes light
that the cemetery formed part OF the ste or me me
German Catholics in confident anticipation OF en-
arrangement by which the sultan, In order 10
Dossesson Of the rest Of the property which
in the hands of Mussulmans. who were forced TO
sell under order Of the Sultan
NO THANKS FROM pROTEsTANTs.-T
Catholic press notes. in mock surprise. that while
the Catholic clergy and press formally and gener-
ally thanked the Emperor for what ne has done Tor
them in Palestine, the Protestant press and epis-
copacy have remained silent.
ia n
curohs fact that though Count Posadowsky-
Wehrer, in the Rechsag. asserted that Emperor
William had attained highly important results
through his Oriental tour about which the Secre-
otacal although present when the announcement
was made. did nothing Of the kind " MS supse-
quent speech.
POTSDAM PALACE IN DANGER.-The commit
tee Of experts appointed to inquire into the unsan-
tary condition OF the palace at Potsdam
hrberto n regular royal residence during the
greater part of the year. reports that the water
from the IIavel IS increasingly permeatng the land
around the palace. and that unless the river Is
regulated and extensive Improvements are made in
its banks the whole palace. which cost 2JVDf'o
marks and which the present Emperor has spent
GoNOe1 marks will become permanently uhihhab
liable The PruSsian Diet will be asked to vote
the necessary sum.
EMPRESS LOSES FLESH AND HEALTH-The
Empress Of Germany for some time has been
using as regular treatment FOR obesity. tablets
containing the active principle OF the thyroid glands
OF sheep which Is a specific for this trouble. While
she mas succeeded in reducing her weight she has
been suffering seriously In general health, Is be-
. coming nervous and IS threatened with heart
trouble The Emperor therefore, has Induced her
10 stop using the remedy.
GERMAN NAVY AS IT WAS.-Emperor William
has presented to the Rcichstag another series OF
wall maps showing the German Navy az 1t existed
in 1875. The election contests have begun for seats
i'm the Reichstag. The Conservatives have lntro-
duced a bill making IT penal offence to publish
secret official documents.
PUBLIC PROTEST AT KIEI.-A mass meeting
at KEEL attended by three thousand persons has
adopted a strong protest against the explosions
from Scheswig Holstein.
RUSSIAN PETROLEUM WANTED-The Ger
man Cabinet is working in conjunction with the
Russian authorities In order TO facilitate the I'M