The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-15

and in tone of hearty hospitality. The
Lol<al Anzeiger says:
General Harrison will take home a
favorable impression of Germany and
Emperor William. 1t us hope he will
utilize his visit for the purpose of i'm
proving the relations between the two
countries. With his influence and the
esteem in which he is held it ought not
to be difficult for him to destroy many
erroneous opinions held by his country
men regarding Germany.
To a fellow guest at the court fete
on Monday in honor of Queen Wilhel-
nina of The Netherlands, General Har-
riSon said:
Emperor William is most agreeable
in conversation and surprisingly Wei
informed regarding men and things in
the United States. He spoke at length
and with the greatest interest OF the
United States navy and expressed MS
admiration of the patriotism and far
sightedness of American public men
and Of the action of congress in 50
quickly and at such q, sacrifice creating
so powerful and so efficient a navy.
High Regard For Our Navy.
1.-The emperor said that after thor
ough study of the naval operations dur
ing the war between the United States
and Spain. he had formed the highest
opinion of the busineSs-like efficiency
of the officers and men of the Ameri-
can navy. remarking that it was a
splendid feature of American character
to fairly worship the nations heroes
His majesty spoke in English and
put many off-hand questions as to men
and matters. The empress also showed
the greatest attention to Mrs. Earri-
son. with whom she conversed in Eng
liSh.
Queen Wilhelmina also spoke re-
pea tedly during the fete to General and
Mrs Harrison.
The visit of the Dutch monarch has
puzzled the entire press. The fact that
the German minister of foreign affairs,
Count Won Buelow, hurried back from
his vacation and had several Ions pri-
vate conversations with her, subse-
quently receiving one of the highest
Dutch decorations, giving rise to sup
position that her visit had something
&c do with politics.
To Abolish Lese Majestic.
The socialist convention in Hanover
has resulted to move in the reichstag
next month for the abolition Of the leSe
majestic para graph of the penal code.
The socialist members of the reichStaS
have collected striking material in sup
port of the motion.
The PrusSian government has author
lied a lottery which it is expected will
produce 1,500, 900 marks to be applied in
embellishing the Siebengenirge, of the
range Of mountains skirting the Rhine
from Bonn to Coblenz. Three thousand
tickets will be offered, of which $4,000
draw prizes, the highest being 125, 200
marks.
The Berlin police have just been
hauled over the Goals for failing to dis
cover the perpetrators of a number of
sensational murders, seven of which
have been committed during the pres
ent year. The charge against the
force is of too much old fogyisn and
! favoritism. The Associated Press I'M
derstands that Baron Won Windhefm,
chief of the Berlin police, will soon
start on a circular tour of London, New
York and Chicago to study their de-
tective systems.
A case that has been pending in Ba-
varia for 800 years has just been de-
cided in the highest court at Munich.
The question under litigation was the
title to a forest claimed by Baron Won
-Fhuemgen from the village. of Burgs
Inn. The village won, and the baron.
in addition to losing the forest, must
pay the costs.
Fought a Duel.
A duel was fought this week at Stet-
tin between Lieutenant Won Forst of
the Thirty-eighth artillery and Captain
Adelbert Montt of Chile, who had per-
mission from the kaiser to study the
artillery tactics with the Thirty eighth
regiment Lieutenant Won ForSt was
mortally wounded in the neck, and the
Chilean officer has been expected to re-
turn home.
The naval budget has been completed.
1t calls for 60, 900 marks for vessels
in process of construction. The list
shows that rhirty-seven vessels are now
being built, of which eight are battle
ships and eight cruisers, the others be-
ing torpedo boats.
The Prussian minister of the interior
is now considering the question of in
surance against storms, foundations
and other forces of nature. He has re-
quested the principal companies to re-
port regarding the feasibility of the
project.
Emperor William today visited the
colonial museum. which is under the
management of Communications. a
number of American firms are taking
steps to establish iron and steel works.
one esta blishment is now being erect
ed near Berlin by the Niles Tool Works
company of Hamilton, O. Another
company is starting a machine shop
at Dusseldorf
The Commercial Relations.
Several pamphlets hive appeared this
week regarding the unsatisfactory COM
mercial relations between Germany and
the United States. One by Paul Raehe
is approvingly commented upon in the
Frankfurter Zeitung. Another by Wal
ter Borgeus. much more radical in tone.
is widely quoted Both condemn the
ALLEGED vexatious manner in which the
tariff is being applied in the United
states to German goods. The Cologne
Gazette and other influential papers
affirm the truth of the principal state
ments of the writer's and urge the gov
eminent to hasten steps to mend mat
tiers
The agrarian papers publish a series
of strong articles demanding that the
government should protect and promote
the fruit interests of the empire by
keeping out all foreign fruits, especially
American fruit.
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