Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-26
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. GERMANY AGAIN INSULTS US An American Vessel Is Fired
 Upon. A BIG EARTHQUAKE IN COLORADO. The Mutual Life DefauIter
 Interviewed. THE INAUGURAL PARADE. America Can Hold Her
 Own.
GERMANY AGAIN INSULTS US.

GERMANY AGAIN INSULTS US. Damaged by . German Man-ef-war. PARIS, Jan. 25.-A despatch from zsnzi- bar to the Temps says: "An American sail ing vessel bound from Zansibar to Madagascar was fired into by German vessel and one of her masts were broken"
 THE MUTUAL LIFE DEFALTER. A Reporter Succeeds i'm ,ebtaIning An . Interview with MT. mesre--He
 Talks Freely and Says He Wi1l ace
 she MusIc, and Will Nos Commit
 Suicide.
 INDIANA1otIs, Jan. 2J.-A reporter to- day succeeded in obtaining an interview with Mir. Moore, who is at present closely confined to his residence in the oity. He talked with considerable freedom, denying the 1umors that depositors in his bank would to the Connecticut Mutual proper ty worth two hundred thousand dollars. When asked if he knew what course the officers of the insurance company would pursue he said:
 ''I have no idea of their plans. I am sim ply waiting for developments and am en- tirely in ther hands. I want it understood that I have remained here to face the con- sequences of my acts of my own accord. When was informed that Mir. Abbot, the secretary of the company, was coming to investigate my affairs, had plenty of time to leave the country and save myself com pletely. I decided to stay right here, and when MT. Abbott arrived I told him the ness.
 did not conceal anything however trivial and then said to him that proposed to re- main here told him that he could always find me and promised that would not eom init suicide either, so here I am waiting for anything that may come."
 Moore stated that his troubles dated back 1880. s'In 1890," said he, ia law was pass ed prohibiting foreign corporations from bringing suit in the federal court. That de- stroyed my business. For two or three years did nothing at all and became very de- spondent. Just short time before that <. had gone into bankruptcy, and an intimate friend of mine who had endorsed my paper was heavy loser. I always considered that was in honor bound to repay him, and it was in the attempt to do this that my present troubles really began. had no business yet had heavy running expenses, and at the same time was striving to repay my friend the money he had lost by me. had loaned great sums of money for the company represented, taking real estate security. After the panic the borrowers were unable to pay off the mortgages and the property fell back into our hands. It had depreciated greatly in value and was run down and in very bad repair. I felt myself more or less at fault in having placed the loans SO badly, though in reality had done the best could. was extremely sensitive on this point. I saw the company losing thousands of dollars on investments that had been made on my judgment. All these things piled upon me, and as time passed on became more and more burdensome. Many 8 time felt as though should lose my mind. I was beset on every side and felt bound to do something to relieve myself, and yet there was nothing I could do. At this point went to New York and began to spec ulate had fair success, too, and made money, but whenever came back here lost my head and everything went wrong"