Show 1 faar rhal by german alib ilist specials new sept 20 howard douglas a business man of cincinnati who arrived here irom leuropa by the steamer city of pans had an unusual ence while abroad although tinned with gaiters of introduction from hiis tiis friend the secretary of state james 0 luaine ha djs arrested in germany on of being a nihilist and to make matters worse the german police claim to have discovered in one of his trunks something whick they dynamite 1 I am a suffer ar from aithea and that is what led to my arkeat said mr douglas last evening the direct cause was tho remedy that I 1 use for the complaint I 1 abit to to see the aana exposition and also to make a tour of the continent being well provided with letters of introduction tro I 1 congratulated myself upon the prospect of having many courtesies extended to me this proved to be trie tr ie up to the time 1 left i aria to make a tour of germany arriving on the german border of course I 1 bail to submit to an inspection of cry bagade ba gaie in ona of my trunks was a preparation of saltpetre salt petre and other chem cila which I 1 used as a cure for asthma mixed together the stuff is of a backish color I 1 bad also in my trunk an apparatus asad in preparing it I 1 inhale lie fumes of the preparation to relieve my asthma althere As there w as nothing dutiable in the trunk I 1 paid little a tent lon to the man who was inspecting it until I 1 saw him ruh away in an excited sort of way presently he returned with four other official sand they approached in the most cautious m inner the olTi till who had first inspected the contents took a pinch of the asthma remedy between bis fingers and it to hia brother officials then there was a very animated conversation among them I 1 could only understand a word here and there of w bat they said presently I 1 mada out that they were calling roy asthma medicine dynamite then the official w ho discovered the supposed dynamite pointed me out to abe and they eyed me with great curiosity I 1 ro did make out just enough of what they were saying to that they acl eved I 1 was a nihilist whom they had caught red hacked and that they b they would bing great distinction upon themselves by CAUS bog my arrest 1 regarded the matter as a joke and calmly awaited developments before very long two of tha biggest officials pounced upon me and after satisfying themselves that I 1 was not armed marched me off before another of superior rank the officials explainer explain el my presence and exhibited some of thel asthma medicine 1 exhibited my letters of introduction but the officials only shook their beads and said among themselves that the letters were forgeries I 1 insisted that they should simply keep me under guard until the letters were sent to the united states consul and an analysis of the supposed dynamite was made after considerable hesitation this was agreed to and in the meantime I 1 remained under a strong guard and separated from my wife after several hours of tedious waiting the lesterj were pronounced genuine and an analysis of the medicine proved that it was what I 1 had claimed |