The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-07


meat intended for export to Germany
is from diseased and otherwise unfit
animals. Wagonloads of such meat,
he asserts, are delivered weekly at the
leading packing-houses for ''embalm-
ing purposes" Inspection, the writer
wholesale bribery. The writer added
that he hoped Germany would not al
low the importation of such meat.
This letter has been wideIY repro
duced in the German press. and is
quoted as conclusive proof from head
quarters against all American meat.
The failure of the Filipinos TO secure
an armistice is generally regarded here
with regret, and the hope is expressed
that an amicable understanding will
soon be reached.
The sending of commissioners from
Germany for the purpose Of STUDYING
the status and methods Of New York
life insurance companies has been much
commented on by the insurance and
general press. The KreuZ Zeitung
SAYS:
1t is to be hoped that if the govern
ment again grants companies the right
TO operate in Prussia, certain conditions
will be attached, and that especially
no tontine features be permitted in Ger
man policies, such features parraking
Of the nature of a lottery
for a long cruise along the coasts Of
Denmark, England and Portugal. is the
largest that ever sailed from a German
port. 1t includes four large ironclads
two second-craSs ironcladS, one coast
ironclad and two smaller cruisers. The
total tonnage is 81, 500, and 300 men
are aboard the ships.
During the cruise some recent inven-
tons of Admiral Thompson. the COM
a nf
tically tested. One OF these CONSISTS of
an electrical-worked apparatus by
means of which an officer on the bridge
of a warship is enabled to automatic
cally move and point guns below and
on the deck. 1t is believed that this
contrivance will be of vast Importance
in facilitating the fighting power of a
vessel.
Bavaria's Bad King.
\ committee which has visited King
Otto on behalf of the BavaIian cham
Der of deputies. found his majesty as
crazy as ever. although in robust health
physically. He passes entire days in
fine weather in the garden and park
of his palace. His Authorizations mostly
consist in imagining himself n dog,
when he crawlS on all tours and car
ries flowers in his mouth.
The crown prince of GERMANY and
his brother, Eitel Fritz. following the
HOhenZollern tradition, are learning the
trade of joiner and woodworker. At the
Chateau Pleon, where they are now
staying, a completely fitted workshop
has been established for their use.
The United States ambassador to
Germany. Andrew d. White, will start
for The Hague on Tuesday, May Is. to
attend the peace conference, at which
he will be one of the representatives
L..
not accompany the ambassador. but will
go 10 The Hague later. Mr.. White es-
timated that the duration of the con- /
ference would be from one month to
five weeks. and says it is likely that af- /
ter adjourning for a time. in order that /
the delegates may have time to report
to their respective governments and re- 1
ceiVe new instructions, the conference /
will reconvene for a final session The /
American delegates will be housed to- !
gerher in a fine and suitable building !
that has been rented for the purpose.
Imprisoned For Dueling.
Lieutenant Doering has been SEN
fenced at Cologne to thirty months
Imprisonment in the fortress for kill
ing a student named Kloevekorn in u
duel.
The high-class periodical, the Deutche /
Wehrenblatt, publishes today an article
by Jacob Heckler entitled "A Proposal
for Improving the Reichstag Fran
ehise," in which the writer suggests di- !
viding voters in three classes, accord /
ing to age, those from % to 40 having
one vote each; those from 40 to So, two
votes, and those over SO three votes
The argument in favor of this PROPOSE
ton is based upon the supposed in
crease in political wisdom and cool
judgment that comes with age.
The correspondent here of the Asso-
ciated Press learns that Emperor Viii
liam read the manuscript of Heckiers
article and highly approved of it, be- !
lieving that the adoption of its propo-
sitions would abolish the most objec- /
eXcrescences of the franchise
and incidentally render socialists less |
Prince Hohenlohe and other |
members of the imperial cabinet have
also expressed approval of the scheme !
for similar reasons. The plan will be
seriously considered by the cabinet, /
with a view to introducing it in the /
H., .,