The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-11
NEWS FROM FATHERLAND
A Brief Resume Of the Most I'm.
portant Happenings In the
German Empire.

Mediterranean for ten days longer, but
whether this incident will result in
changing his plans canno be learned.
Oldesloe, Prussia. - The ancient
castle Of Schulenburg was completely
destroyed by fire. 1t was erected in
1643 and was filled with many objects
Of great historic interest.
One of the German representatives
in the German-American potash con.
~troversy stated that all American in.
terests would participate in the nego-
tiations at Hamburg on May 10. 1t is
believed that the coming conference
will result in a settlement of the whole
matter.
A sad accident is reported from
K%oniggratz Bohemia. Fifteen men
who were employed in regulating the
Elbe took a boatride. The BOAT tipped
over, Inc nine of the occupants who
did not know how to swim were
drowned. The others managed to
save their lives.
A bulletin says hat Kaiser Franz
Joseph's illness Is not serious, and that
the only reason his engagements have
been cancelled is that the Kaiser's
throat affection makes ii difficult for
him to talk. For this reason he re-
Quested King Peter of Servia to post.
date than May s.
Many dailies are in the habit OF
devoting much space to show how
Germany is scheming to get so strong
In Brazil that they can control the gov
eminent of that country. Here is a
morsel Of news for newspapers of that
class: the German government has
advised the people of Germany not to
emigrate to Brazil.
Berlin wants more fun, and very
expensive fun at that. Among the
coming pleasure resorts will be two
immense summed skating Kinks with
real ice. If the burg on the space
keeps up her pace she will soo put
gay Paris in the shade. There is no
use in concealing the fact that such
expensive Injuries as ice skating
views in the warm season are planned
for catching American and other for
eign trade.
A dispatch from London contains
the following information: While
Kaiser Wilhelm's yacht, Hohenzollern,
with the Kaiser on board, was cruis-
ing off the island Of Karfer, three rife
shots were fired at it. The bullets
whistled over the imperial cabin, and
caused excitement among the men,
bers of his majesty's suite. Although
the outrage is attributed to disaffected
Greeks, diplomats cannot understand
why Greeks should be displeased with
the Kaiser.
Crown Princes Cecilie Of Germany
and Princess Eitel Friedrich were in
great danger the other day. They
were riding in an automobile from
Potsdam to Berlin. AT a curve they
suddenly faced a street car running
against them with great speed. A dis
aster seemed imminent, and the eye
witnesses who knew the princesses
were terror-stricken. But the motor
man on the street car proved equal to
the occasion. In an instant he threw
his whole weight on the brakes, and
they worked to perfection, reducing
the speed Of the car SO much that when
the two vehicles touched each other
there was no crash, and the auto
mobile was but slightly damaged.
Gutenberger's Bible, a superb i'm
preston from the types of the father
of printing, n of the seven vellum
S,n1,,nnao 4f Sc 1tnd sn The uynrId y,ac
bought for $4,000 by Henry E. Hunt
ington. of California, at the sale Of the
library of the late Robert Hoe. This
Is the highest price ever paid for any
printed volume in the history Of man
and Is practically double the sum
which stands next to 1t, the $24 700
which Pierpont Morgan gave for the
psalter from the same press. The
sale of the Gutenberg Bible, which is
In two ponderous pigskin volumes, was
attended by sharp competition, which
finally resolved itself into a duel of
thousands between Joseph E. Widener,
of Philadelphia, and Mr.. Huntington,
who was represented by George d.
Smith, a dealer of New York.
Inc IdltSI Ccu5ub VI tuc StTu1du
empire shows a striking change in
the relation between the male and the
female population. Like all other old
and densely peopled countries, Ger
many has a surplus of women. In 1905
there were 1888 women for every
1000 men; but in 1910 the number OF
women was only 1,02s for every 1000
men. During the decade, the male
population increased 7.18 per cent,
the female population only SIS per
cent. This difference Is the more re-
markable because the death rate was
1871 per thousand for the men and only
1872 per thousand for the m The
German death rate is falling all the
time. In Russia it is Ill per 1000,
the lowest on record.
The crown prince and crown prin-
cess of Germany are going to st.
Petersburg to make a visit which was
planned long ago In connection with
the crown prince to the far east. The
visit is not only to be a demonstra-
ton an ocooupf ~ tho uow Rusoo-Cor-