The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

fere in the MIDDLE in Any Way
RumOrs of Cabinet Crisis Are
Renewed, but Denied In Official
Characterization Pork Packers
to Have Competition From Siberia
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 30.-The opening of the
international geographical congress
Wednesday was d brilliant affair The
sessions hall of the Prussian house of
delegates was suitably decorated
and thronged with distinguished cosmo-
poitans. numbering 1900, including the
prime regent of Bruins wick, Prince Her.
mann, of Sake Weimar, and Princess
Therese, of Bavaria, who conversed with
Count Won GoetZen, Well known in Amer
lea, about his paper on the latest dis
coveries regarding the headwaters Of the
Nile. The representatives of the German
government included the aged chGucel-
Tor, Prince Hohenlohe. The United States
ambassador, Andrew d. White; Prof.
Davis, of Harvard; Prof. Boas, of New
York; Prof Bryant of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Watson, of Boston, and Arthur c.
GtlO ESOil, VI oedtlIS, were anlpHS Tie
Americans present. Included i'll the pa
pers this week were plans of Ancient
american Cities by Mrs. Zelia Nuttall,
of Cambridge, and the Geographical Cy-
cle," by Mr.. Davis.
Prof Bryant yesterday described the
Gr1ft chart for Polar mail, which, the
correspondent is informed, will be adopt
ed by the Drigalskie expedition IN 1901
Next weeks papers include that of
Poultney Rigelow on Colonial Admins
tration In Various Parts of the World"
Pl of. Boas on the "Jessup North Pacific
Expeditions" Miss Luella Agnes Owen of
st. Joseph, Mo-, on Bluffs of the Mis-
souri, River" and Prof Davis on Land
Forms Due to Glacial Erosion" OF spe-
cial interest will be Prof. Ratzelos pa
per on 1.-The Origin and Spread of Indo-
Germans" on Tuesday.
The press has cordially welcomed the
congress members, and many social dis
fractions have been offered them. Be-
sides Prince Hohenlohe'S dinner of
Thursday there was special perform
ance in honor of the congress al Urania
Yesterday. and the city gave a big fete
at the geological garden this evening,
which place was brilliantly Illuminated
" III o,oCu eISClI iC |aOOuI l.duu pSL-
sons sat down at the banquet, which was
served at sixty-four tables, each presfd-
ed over by member Of the municipal
council. Two big orchestras and mill
tHry band furnished the music
Tomorrow there will be two excursions
and Monday and Tuesday there will be
special performances, concert and a
ball at the Kaiserhof, and a gala per-
Torrance of the "Maistersinger" g: the
opera. Wednesday the president of the
congress, Baron Won Richthofen. will
give a big entertainment, and Mr.. White
will give a luncheon to a number of the
delegates. The emperor if he is back at
I0tSdam in time, intends to receive the
more distinguished delegates, but this Is
uncertain.
TRANSVAAL MIDDLE.
OF course, the Transvaal muddla con-
tinues to interest Germans, though this
interest has somewhat Tagged, owing to
the uncertainty Of. the situation through
out the week In the absence of anthem
tic information the papers have printed
many surmises, and much editorial guess
work The correspondent of the AssoCt-
ated Press hears from reliable source
that there IS absolutely no truth in the
report that the emperor has offered to
mediate On the contrary, it Is said that
neither lIle elIiptI VI pfSi SOiic'IIS, iOl OSA-
many as country, or as political or
military power, Is going to interfere in
the quarrel either now or later no mat
ter how things turn out. This is not &C
cordng to the plainly stipulated terms
of last years agreement between Ger
manv and Great Britain. But 1t was
tacitly understood that Germany vas to
let Great Britain have free hand in
the Transvaal. 1t is also implied that
ontes in East Africa Is to antedate Great
Rritain's fight with the Transvaal. and it
Is In order to bring this about. if pcs
sible, with no further delay, that Count
Won Hatzfeldt- Wildenberg, the German
ambassador at London, has been confer
ring repeatedly this week with Lord Sal
isburv. their negotiations not yet being
ended.
CABINET RUMORS
There are rumors Of new cabinet
crisis. The prediction that either Prince
Hchenlohe or DR.. MIGUEL, or both, will
have to CO. is characterized by the semi
official Berliner Correspondent as based
on air.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press hears authoritatively that the en-
peror earnestly desires to retain the ex-
listing cabinet and re-establish the old
though he deems it absolutely necessary
to reorganize the corps Of political and
government officials, SO far as those who
are In a position to sway and influence
opinion go that they may form a Ver1-
table bulWark for the government on all
imDortant occasions. The correspondent
also hears from the same source that the
emperor has not given up the plan or
passing the canal bill, but intends to
modify 1t so as to render the measure
more palatable to the Agrarians Of the
Eastern provinces, by providing adequate
conversations in the shape of large ap-
for regulating and improving
the Vistula Oder, Havel and Spree. These
figure up some 50,0O0oo0
marks The Agrarian newspapers, in the
meanwhile, declare that until they set
definite plans for really adequate COM
pensa tons for East Prussia, they will re-
main against the DILL
TO COMPETE WITH AMERICA.
The statement appears on good au-
thority that powerful company COM
posed of German, Franch and Russian
with a capital over M5O,000,-
600 has been formed for the purpose of
competing with the American pork pack
ers in Europe, particularly In Germany,
England and Scandinavia. The plan Is
TO raise hogs on large scale in Siberia.
IT is claimed this can be done cheaper
than in the United States. The hogs will
be shipped alive over the Siberian rail-
road to the Northwestern frontiers Of
Russia. where immense slaughter houses
on the American plan will be Established.
Thence the pork will be sent by water to
English ports, and by rail to Germany
and Scandinavia In spite of the i'm
mense distance it Is asserted that such
Siberian pork can be brought to Europe
cheaper than American pork. This, 1t Is
pointed out, Is due to the low cost of
production In Siberia, and the cheapness