The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-12
MUNYON'S
RHEUMATISM I

| the United States furnished 10 the United
| States treasury, and those apparently
| drawn from German Official sources and
! quoted II the Agrarian press. This ex-
| plains the different conclusions reached.
The fore part OF the week was spent by
Mr. Porter al Magdeburg, studying the
sugar question from the German point o.
view. man principally interested n the
industry told Mr.. Porter that IL is haped
! the United States will waive the discrim-
nation tariff on German sugar as a pre-
liminary condition TO the conclusion OF a
/ commercial treaty. He also furnished the
statements apparently showing that the
large German manufacturers can produce
sugar as low as cents per pound, which.
If true. viii enable them TO compete sue
sessfuily with Cuon sugar.
The testimony in the MiIes-Eagan dis
pUte az Washington has furnished The
Agrarian press here with welcome mater
ial for the war on American meat Some
OF the comments are extremely uncompIi-
rentary to the American packers. The
Kreuze Zeituug SAYS: Since the tesu-
mony Of General Miles has proved that
the packers are 50 constituencies as 10
furnish totally unfit meat to their own
soldiers a the front. they would certainly
not scruple TO sell similar meat 10 foreign
ers. We hope these facts viii not be lost
sight Of when the new meat inspection bill
is considered in the reichstag."
As the reichstag a5i0urns for Easter on
March %. the meat inspection bill VIII not
be discussed unu the middle OF April.
The chances Of its passage in the present
shape have diminished la-terly owing 70
the revelations OF General Miles and also
to the vigorous agitation OF the Agrarisn
press. The correspondent OF the Associ-
ated Press learns that the government
viii not object seriously 10 slight changes
in the wording Of the bill. but an amend
ment IN the manner sought BY the
Agrarians would render It unacceptable.
Changes which have been contemplated
in the administration Of the navy which
have been considered for a long time. the
correspondent IS Informed. Will 90 into
effect on the retirement Of Admiral Won
Knorr, the present commauder-in-chief Of
the navy. The emperor viii then assume
command Of the navy as he has exercised
that of the army; an admiralty and gen
eraI staff will be created similar 70 the
general staff of the army, the admiralty
staff to have a separate chief, while the
functions and Importance Of the COM
manders Of the naval stations at KLel and
WiIheIms Haven viii be enlarged The
naval cadet system will be reorganized
and the number Of CADETS Will be doubled.
Some OF the newspapers said that Ad-
miraI Won Rnorr is retiring because OF
personal differences with the emperor on
the subject Of changes in the cadet sys-
TEN. This, the correspondent OF the AssO-
ciated Press is informed, is untrue. On
the contrary, intimate cordial relations
exist between theemperor and Admiral
Won Knorr who is addressed by his
majesty by his christian name, Edward.
ana these relations WIFI continue IN
broken L is asserted that the admiral
is not the only high official thus honored
by the emperor. Baron Won BueIow IS
also Familiarity dubbed Bernard b his
majesty.
Interesting tests OF wireless telegraphy
have been made at KeiI recently on board
a number Of vessels three German miles I
apart on the whole the experiments
have been successful
Emperor William mas presented the aged 7
painter, Adoiph Mcneil. with a bronze I
statuette OF Frederick the Great. modelled /
after Tphues' heroic statue intended for (
me Sieges-Allee Of the Hohenzoiern T
,etralogy series. Three historical plays de- I
1.cting stirring scenes in The history Of 4
the HohenzoHerns by Captain Laun VIII. /
az the emperor's suggestion. be performed I
with great >smp in the presence Of num- !
Der 0 fcrowned heads, including the en- /
7er0r, az Wiesbaden. beg uuihg May Il.
The Two meat importers ot Mannheif I
Scht-z and OecheIhauser. have been ar /
rested on the charge Of having sod trich- /
nous pork in counterfelted packages. /
initiating American origin. The case goes /
osc kto sundry similar occurrences years 4
ago.
Count LehdorT has resigned from the I
Union club because admission vas re-
fused TO q friend u the British consul .
general named Schewbaeh. because ne was /
4 Jew. Another resignation Is pending
--r the same reason.
The of1cia,s Of the United States con-
sliate general are doing a heavy business,
invoicing exports, mostly su1dries and 4
hardware, for Cuba, Porto Rico and The
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