The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-07
TOO WARM FOR WORK
ONLY THIRTY MEMBERS ATTENDED
THE REICHsTAG LAST WEEK.
Scheme for Establishing q German
Penal Colony I'm Southwest Africa
-Dofngs Of Emper or William.
(copyright, 1sss, by the Associated Press.l

BERLIN, June 6.-There was a very poor
attendance in the Reiehstag this week. ow-
ing TO the fierce heat. less than thirty
Members being present at its opening. and
there is little prospect, in spite Of the En-
perors expressed wish. that the civil code
will be adopted before the Reichstag' ad-
journs. During the remainder of the ses-
sion the Centrists intend to introduce and
rush through a resolution to readmit the
Jesuits to Germany. But, although its adop-
ton by the Reichstag is certain. the Bun
desrath will reject it. In the Hesse Diet
a similar Jesuit admission bill was defeated
on Tuesday by four votes. The Bundesrath
win also reject the association reform bill.
which passed the Reichstag on Wednes-
day. although popular opinion throughout
Germany is in favor of the measure.
The large sum of money spent on the rep
resentation at the Moscow ceremonies and
fetes. was severely criticised in the Reichs-
tag on Tuesday evening by the orthodox
leader, Count Won Limburg-Stirum.
The Bundesrath is now considering a
measure providing for the transport OF con-
victed and discharged criminals to the Ger
man colonies in Africa. and especially to
southwest Africa. where the former are to
be employed in railway building and other
pubic WOrkS. PRUSSIA alone SpcnuS 0osVVo,-
900 marks yearly on prisons /.
The theft and premature publication OF the
amnesty decree by the Socialist organ Vor-
waerts has induced the War Department
TO make provisions to establish its own
printing office.
Emperor William is busy attending 10 the
field maneuvers of the Guard Corps in the
vicinity of Spandau. The heavy fort artii-
lery is being used in these maneuvers In
the open field. The plans for the operations
Of the big field maneuvers Of September
next have been drawn by the Emperor him
self. Night cavalry attacks will be the
Two monuments to Emperor William will
be dedicated this month. one on the summit
Of Kyfrhaeuser, on June IL. and the other at
Breslau. His Majesty will attend both cere-
monies. 3S
After the Kiel regatta, June 10 to 26. the
Emperor will be present at the launching
of the new big ironclad. Ersatz Preussen.
Al the spring parade Of troogs at Pois.
DAM Ian on Monday MONDAY last srs the en .aLee o'aest o q tne
Of the body company of the First Regiment
of the Guards.
His Majesty has ordered the whole of the
Berlin Garrison to visit the Berlin exposition
at his expense.
The Provincial Synod of Mereberg has re-
quested the Supreme Council to inform his
Majesty that the Evangelical Church dis
approves of duels and requests that he. take
steps TO abolish them gss
Professor Won Soden is to be tried for
heresy because of his recent lectures before
the Evangelical Social Congress at Stuff
CARTE in. the course of which he severely
and the Evangelical Church.
Fritz friedman. the well-known lawyer.
who's absconding from Berlin caused such
a sensation at the time, has since his ar
rival at the Berlin jail. after having been
~extradited from France, sent orders to his
Paris publisher, Ollendorf, to eliminate GER
tain passages from his book on the Won
Kotze scandals or else to defer publishing
the work until after his trial
1t is learned from a good source that the
projected revision of the American-German
extradition treaty at the instance Of the
Germon government is at a standstill, ow-
ing to failure TO agree. The congressional
efforts to change immigration laws were at
t~entively followed in Germany. The educa-
tional test is regarded as totally useless to
materially alter the character.
Policeman Dohermapn, Of Steglitz, has
been promoted and rewarded with money
for promptly killing a fugitive prisoner. On
the other hand. the Emperor has pardoned
two police SergeaQtS al OStFeWO, VINO tOI-
tured a prisoner to death in jail.
Baron Won Stumm. the s~o-called Iron
King" has purchased Biermann's famous
painting, Queen Louise and Prince Will
lam" and presented IL 10 Emperor William.
IT is currently reported in court circles that
his Majesty has contracted a fresh loan OF
1000 900 marks from Baron Won stunm-
The Emperor has donated a fine building
pJot TO the vicarage of the English-Ameri
can Church on Monbijou-Platz' t9is city,
There is much dissatisfaction in official
| circles at the results of the Moscow cele-
| braticns, and the lack of attention paid to
| Prince Henry. of Prussia (who represented
| Emperor William at the Cars coronation),
| ard to the fetes given at the German en-
bassy, combined with the apparently un-
disturbed Franco-Russia an fraterniaa "a lon
content. Emperor William was kept minute
" informed by letters and kilograms Of ali
Of the features of the fetes and had
lengthy interviews on the subject with
| Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein, the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs.
six young Music Am ne faInsic VINO Were nave ssn,e Deed
this week for breach of the peace in re-
| sisting a policeman. Their leader. named
Forest tN ,s;s f6 6els siY Weeks TO e and pbe o,b was w sens
| condemned to minor terms Of imprisonment
One of the young men escaped Neither the
United States Consul at Leipsic, nor the
United States Embassy here was asked to
interfere. 49,
Mr.. Uhl, the new United States Embassa-
| dor to Germany, ave his first reception to
the diplomatic corps yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Jackson, secretary of the embassy.
leaves tonight on a short vacation, which
he will enjoy in Paris.
Pudd Dohle fne welI-known horseman
is now in this city introducing an alumni
MUM horseshoe.
Perfectly HOrrid.