Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-24
NEWS FROM FlTHERLlNO.
A Brief Resume OF tho Most In.
portant Happenings In the
German Empire.

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young girls. by the capsizing OF two
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It is rumored that an engagement
between the Grand Duchess Olga OF
Russia and Prince Adalbert Of. Ger
many will soon be announced. The
princess is the cars eldest daughter
and is 16 years old. Prince Adalbert
Is the third son of the kaiser and Is
II years old. In the German, Rus
sian and French capitals great politi-
cal significance is attached to this ru-
NOR and it's importance is being eager
ly discussed.
The Frankfurt Zeitung says that the
meeting between Kaiser Wilhelm and
the car of Russia must have been
OF very friendly nature, for it was
agreed that the monarchs are to have
such meetings every year In the fu-
ture. Even their ministers are to be
present at such meetings, which
means that political matters will be
discussed. If the above statement -
correct, the two great nations must
be approaching each other in a closer
friendship.
A new Elsass-Lothringen sensation
has been turned up in the alleged dis
covery that the midwives OF the con-
quered provinces are engaged in sell
Ing 1llegitimate babies to orphan asy-
lums In France. Fifty such children
are said to have been traced from
Strassburg to Paris. The women are
said to receive fees not only from the
persons seeking to get rid of the
babies, but also from the French asy-
lums, which are anxious to counteract
race suicide in France by bringing up
the German children as soldiers of
France. The Kreuz Zeitung has
called on the government to stop this
baby traffic Immediately. The traffic
is said to have been going on since
1870.
A German merchant named Hinkel,
| resident in Moscow, has bequeathed
his fortune, amounting to $2,5OO,OOO,
to his employees. Through the dead
mans munificence, several dozen
clerks, bookkeepers, packers, porters
! and doorkeepers suddenly find them
selves raised to affluence and partner
| ship in we'll established and lucra-
tive business. All members of the
staff who have worked with the testa-
!or for ii least five years share in the
bequest. Their portions are to be
reckoned on the basis of the first an
nual wage multiplied by the number
OF years they have been in his serv-
ice. Those who have worked for the
firm less than five years are to re-
ceive joint sum of $4,000, which is
to be divided according to wages and
length of service. The testator also
left $4,000 to the poor of Moscow.
The staff has decided to organize the
business inherited by them into Joint
stock company. They have also de-
| cfded to erect a handsome tombstone
over their benefactors grave, to build
an asylum bearing his name, and to
continue contributing to various char
tiles which the merchant supported
during his lifetime.
Count Won Elphberg is authority for
the statement that Kaiser Wilhelm
has been preparing his personal
memoirs ever since he became kaiser.
In 1888. The memoirs are said to
be very frank. They deal with his
ministers, his children, and with his
| fellow European sovereigns. The
memoirs will include a pen portrait
of Edward the Seventh, which will
| throw strong light on the relation
ship OF the two men who for ten
years held Europe's fate in their
hands. The kaiser acknowledges that
the repeated achievements of Edward,
his easy, genial way, his success as
a diplomat, and even as dandy, dis
pleased him, for his natural gifts run
on quite different lines. Toward his
own family the memoirs are not over
tender. His wrath at the crown prince
after the latter's incautious demon
stration in the reichstag at the Moroc-
co debate is set down in vivid phrases.
Toward the kaiserin the memoirs bear
witness of unfailing affection and re-
spect. The kaiser, who so seldom
takes advice in certain difficult cir
cumstances, consulted his spouse and
acted with profit as she advised The
kaiser expresses regret regarding her
detestation of court functions, in
which he revels. She loves to retire
early in the evening, and looks on
the January court balls as tortures.
The kaiser often had violent discus
sions with his chancellors. Prince
! BueloW's retirement was the sequel to
wild scene which took place at the
Berlin palace several days after the
publication of the London Daily Tele-
graphs interview. From that day
Buelow's fate was sealed. The kaiser's
relations with Americans OF distinc-
t1on are curiously described in the
memoirs, which display a most vivid
interest affecting America and Amer
lean capitalists. He speaks also of
his interview with ex-President Roose-
welt, but confesses "he was immense
ly disappointed"
| DR.. A. Pepler, prominent meteor
ologist, expresses the opinion that
Germany and central Europe are en-
tering upon a period of IS years Of
drouth. In an exhaustive paper just
published, Analysing the weather con-
ditions OF the last year, he says the
late Professor Brucker established 4
35-year climatic periodicity in which
one epoch of warm and dry weather
succeeded a term of cold and wet
weather. DR.. Pepler, by tables and