The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-25
Gas, Steam & Water

river. The collision occurred near MASH
kessi, on May II, between a Portuguese
force and the British South At
rica C~ompany's police; The Por-
Europeans and five hundred natives, with
four guns The South Africa Company's
police numbered sixty, and they had only
one gun. The Portuguese were repulsed,
seven of them being killed and a large
number wounded. 1t is believed that the
Portuguese, having occupied Massikessi,
which they had found duly evacuated. were
marching N Umtassa when the conflict
occurred.
In Love with an American Preacher.
BERLIN, May 24.-Rev. Mr.. Ayers. q
young American clergyman who has been
preaching in the English chapel here. has
been the victim of a peculiar persecution.
A young German woman took n strong
fancy to him and made lt q habit to attend
the church and gaze obtrusively in rapt
contemplation at the preacher. She fol-
lowed him about the streets, and finally
went TO his rooms. She forced him to
move from one clearinghouse to another
to elude her. She threatened to commit
suicide before his eyes unless he listened to
her suit. The American minister. Mr..
Phelps, was finally appealed to by Mr..
Ayers. Mr.. Phelps communicated with the
lady's family, and il being evident that her
mind was unbalanced, she was sent TO an
asylum.
Many Mala vitas Convicted.
ROME. May 24.-The trial at Bardi of 1s9
members of the Mala Vita society has
ended. Fourteen members are acquitted,
while 165 member are sentenced to terms
of Imprisonment varying from six months
to fifteen years
Cable Notes.
Hon. Charles Emery Smith, American
minister to Russia, Is in Paris.
The steamers Testers and Mersey coll
lided and sank in the river Mersey. yester-
day. Four persons were drowned.
1t has been arranged that the Gar will
visit Germany in August and will reside at
the Schloss Babelsburg. near Potsdam.
Placards have been distributed through
Corunna and the country. melting the peo-
pie to rebellion and threatening the Gov
ernor with death.
The Italian government has given an or
der to the Armstrong; for the construction
of eight eighty-ton guns and fifty smaller
guns and mitrailleuses.
Professor Gould. of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, has nearly completed his report on
the labor question in Europe, for the
United States Labor Bureau.
Ayacht containing a family named Dom
at B~eauvais. France. NJ. Dominant. his son
n daughter anG five others were drowned.
In the Spanish Chamber of Deputies. SAT-
urday, Senior Fable, asinister of Colonies,
that a commercial convention
had been arranged with the United States
Fever is raging among the officers and
sailors belonging TO the British fleet az
Malta. There is an average OF forty ofncers
and men sick on board each vessel The
naval hospital at Malta Is overcrowded
with sick sailors.
Bran we'll Booth. son of General Booth, OF
the Salvation Army. Is a creditor In the
named Taylor. The st. James Gazette
suggests st~ock-exchange gambling UPON
the part of Mr.. Booth.
The Brazilian Ministry has been modified
az follows: Minister of Justice. Senior
Carvalho: Minister of Finance, Senior
Brazllienze: Minister of the Interior, Sen.
hor Araripe; Minister Of Posts and Tele-
graphs. Senior Cavalcante.
The report that the late Archduke Johann
has left . considerable estate is denied in q
dispatch from Vienna. The fact is. he had
had been living of late on the generosity of
relatives. who assisted him 10 equip the
vessel in which he was lost.
Contributions are being solicited for the
relief OF the starving miners in Westpba-
liza. 1t Is proposed To assist as many as pos
sible TO emigrate. as the owners are stead
fastly determined not 20 give them work
again in W~estphalia. The men are nearly
all experienced miners. and. under ordi-
nary, circumstances. praceable people. who
would be OF advantage TO any mining
community. Ii Is said that agents from
America have visited the Dortmund dis
| trict with q view to procuring men for the
mining districts in that country.