The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-18

tration, she has not appealed to such a
court in the Transvaal matter or in the
Alaskan difficulty?
The Cologne Gazette expresses the be-
lief that the whole conference will
soon end in smoke" This view is sup
ported by a score of other influential
| papers. ..
The National Zeitung said it hoped
| the government would soon establish a
| method of regular and reliable daily re-
ports of the doings of the conference.
| The snub administered ito Germany
by rejecting her minister's proposition
at The Hague has been bitterly COM
| mented on by. the press here. The
Deutsche Zeitung remarks: This treat
ment of big power like Germany
strikes us as wholly Inappropriate. We
hope the government will find fit
answer to this lack of courtesy"
The Berlin Tageblatt, however, says:
IF the report is correct, we must as
sumo that Mr.. Zorn misunderstood his
Instructions"
1t now appears certain that the anti
strike bill will not find a majority IN
the reichstag. According to the gov
eminent programme the bill will come
| up next week, but strong pressure is
being eXerted on the government ito
postpone it until autumn. Besides the
radicals, the socialists, the national lib
erals and the larger part of the center
oppose the measure. 1t seems If the gov
eminent insists on the first reading be-
fore adjournment that the bill will be
defeated without the honor of refer
ence to a committee. The government
would thus meet a severe defeat.
The correspondent of the associated
press learns on reliable authority that
negotiations are really pending between
Spain and Germany for the cession of
the West African island of Fernando
Pc and some other important colonies.
The negotiations are at such a stage
that mutual secrecy is insisted on. It is
learned that the Canaries are also with
in the negotiations. Spain asks a big
sum, however, much higher than Ger
many is willing to pay
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the well-informed Kreuz Heitung claims
national crisis in Russia is fast APP
preaching, pointing out that the Rus
sian labor troubles at Riga, the dis
turbances of the students and the fam
inc in various provinces are symptoms
of the coming of greater trouble The
paper adds that it has inside informa-
ton enabling it to say that perfect de-
moraliZation prevails in the upper gov
eminent circles of Russia owing to the
influence of the car on one side and his
mother on the other. 1t recites recent
incidents as proving this.
From to-day the emperor will take
the imperial yacht for seven weeks
His majesty will attend the regattas at
the mouth of the Elbe and will be pres
ent on Monday at Dever-Heligoland
races He will arrive at Kiel on June
Y. where number of races for boats
and yachts will occur from Thursday
to Monday, closing with floral course
in the presence of their majesties.
Inc emperor has purchased of Profess
sor Maritus fine villa and ground at
Bonn for 100000 marks, to be used as a
residence for the crown prince and
Princess Eitelfrtz.
Low temperature has succeeded last
weeks heat. Several inches of snow
mas fallen in the Sudetic mountains.
Inc Press expresses alarm in the fall
OF price Of a number of government
securities Saxony put her per cent
eo'ooo,oOo marks loan on the market
ana was obliged to issue it at $685.
RUSSIAN 3 per cents are below 80 and
o12 per cents are down to 98
negotiations are proceeding between
the Italian and Prussian governments
to facilitate the immigration of Italian
agriculturalists into the eastern prov
inces of Prussia, where the lack of men
for work on the big estates is becoming
will begin in August
Government Meat Inspector Lehwald
at Brausberg, East Prussia, has been
| sentenced to Is months Imprisonment
| for causing the death by trichnosis of
the Werner family. Lehwald failed to
discover the character of the meat
| when 1t was inspected. 1t was German
| meat
| The highest court of Cassel has de-
| cided that a clergyman of a denomina-
| tion not officially recognized by the
! government is considered a layman.
| and for such persons to offer public
| prayer is crime. A clergyman named
| Wicke has been sent to Jail for this Of
| Tense.
Count Henckle Won Donnelsmark,
one of the wealthiest German noble
men, has gone into the manufacture of
celluloid materials for clothing He
! paid 100000 marks for the German right
| to do SO.
House owners and other residents of
Berlin have addressed a monster petit
ton to the emperor to prevent the con-
struction of the present elevated rail-
road as planned by the municipality
A lockout of Berlin bricklayers be-
gan this week. About 5000 men are
now out and 1T Is expected the trouble
will last for several months as both
sides are determined to fight to the
bitter end
Rev. DR.. Dickie, pastor of the Ameri-
can church here, has returned to this
city.