Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-05

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TREATY.
Copyright, 1899. Associated Press.)
BERLIN, June Throughout the
past week the Emperor has shown ex-
traordinary activity. On last Sunday
he received the German and foreign
delegates to the tuberculosis congress
and conversed with them for several
hours, showing an intimate knowledge
of the proceedings and demonstrating
that he has an accurate idea of the
whole subject. To the German dele
gate he said, tersely:
More soap, still more soap, that is
what is needed to check the advances
of infectious diseases"
His Majesty was most pleasant to
the Americans and inquired with spe-
cial interest as to the meaning of the
American college robes which DR.. Won
Schweinitz donned for the occasion.
The two
GREAT SPRING PARADES,
Tuesday, on the Templehof, and We'd
nesday at Potsdam, were more bril-
liant than usual, owing to the presence
of many distinguished guests, includ-
ing Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir
to the Austrian throne; Duke Nicholas
Of Wurtemburg, Prince John George of
Saxony, and score of others. There
were more Americans present than on
my former occasions. Besides the
personnel of the United States embas-
sy and consulate general, Major Sher-
man and his piece, Mrs. Wyberg; DR..
Boyd, DR.. Vaughn, DR.. Nuttall, Prof.
Stiles, DR.. Won Schweinitz, DR.. Gahan
and DR.. Donohue, of the tuberculosis
congress-; Willard Merrill, Of Mil
waukee; George Starr, George Plies,
and Naval Attache Beehler were among
the guests at the parade dinner in the
evening at the Royal Castle.
Lieut.. Commander Beehler was also
present at the launching of the warship
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse, at Kiel,
on Thursday. On both occasions the
Emperor went out of his way to show
him attention.
The launching was
A SCENE OF GREAT SPLENDOR.
Besides the older imperial princes and
the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess OF
Baden, number of the highest gen.
erals and admirals were present.
Emperor William paid brief visit
to his new estate at Cadinen on Fri
day with the object of seeing the
whole place in working order. Thence
he went to Count Won Dohna-Schlobit-
tens for hunting. He will return to
Potsdam during the middle of next
week.
The new ironclad launched on Thurs
metres long, has 20 metres beam, has
$1,000 horse power, and will have a
speed of Is knots. She will be armed
with forty-six guns of various calibres
and eight machine guns, and will have
six torpedo tubes. Her armor extends
her entire length, and she is built OF
steel throughout. The Emperor is
especially delighted at the fact that
the whole material is Bremen made.
The vessel will be one of the most
powerful in the German service. 1t is
said that marriage has been arranged
between Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and Princess Mathilde, daughter Of
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. The Arch
duke is heir to the Hapsburg throne,
and had the warmest reception from
the German Emperor during his stay
in Berlin this week.
A guest at
THE KEEL FESTIVALS
tells the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press that one of the incidents
was the visit of the Emperor to the
new gunboat Jaguar, which is leaving
tomorrow for the purpose of joining
the German fleet in Chinese waters.
Assembling the crew, his majesty
addressed them, saying he hoped they
would try to rival the glorious crew
of Iltis in fidelity to the country and
Emperor, adding: And don't let the
Chinese out there spit in your faces"
'Lasst Euch bort NIGHT Won Won Won
den Chinesen ms gesicht spucken.'
The crew responded with tremendous
cheering
THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE
has largely occupied public attention
this week. All the papers have freely
commented on its doings. The news
that it had really taken up the subject
of international arbitration came as
great surprise to many. The leading
papers at first refused to believe it.
The Kreuz Zeitung, often the reflector
of the views of the army and upper
circles Acknowledged that Sir Iulion