The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-19
AN INHUMAN GERMAN
HER Won PUTTKAMER CHARGED
WITH MANY ATROCITIES.
Accused Of brutal Treatment OF Male
and Female Natives of the Cam
erOOns, and of Vile Excuses.

many acts or humanity and cruelty
similar to those alleged against Whelan
and Leist. and for which those officials
were ordered to be dismissed from the
colonial service. Won Puttkamer's accus-
ers are Won Stettin, late Vice Governor,
and Goezbrecht. the same British jour
nalist who exposed the abuses in the Cam
eroons under Whelan and Leist. A large
number Of affidavits of eyewitnesses and
victims Of Won Puttkamers brutality,
with the strongest of corroborative evil
dence. now in possession of a Ger
man paper and will soon be published.
The evidence is so strong that it will be
impossible to avoid an official investiga-
ton. Won Puttkamer, who was appointed
to his office only eleven months ago. is ac-
cused of having committed the most nor
| ribie atrocities on both male and female
natives Of the Cameroons. of vile excuses
and of financial speculation of "a shady
character. Rumors of this have been cur
rent in colonial circles for some time.
Additional evidence against the Governor
is IN the hands OF two members OF the
Left, and it will be laid before the Reichs-
tag when that body reassembles in the
form OF an Interpolation of the govern
ment.
The rejection of the margarine bill by
the Federal Council has deeply angered
the whole agrarian party. The Deutsch-
lagos Zeitung. the organ of the Federation
of Husbandry, bitterly reprcaches the gov
eminent for its failure 10 support suffer
ing agrarians with either big means or
little means.
A bill will be introduced in the Diet 10
increase the salaries of all governmental
employees in Prussia. This would involve
total of 20000.0 600 marks TO start with.
4 similar bill will be introduced in the
Bundesrath and in the Reichstag to in
crease the salaries Of imperial officials and
likewise those OF army officers from the
grade of first lieutenant upwards.
A cavalry captain named Baron Won
Ehrardt and First Lieutenant Won
Kamptz of the garrison at Dusseldorf.
have been dismissed from the army be-
cause they refused TO accept a challenge
TO fight a duel with pistois. which was
sent to them by notorious scoundrei.
Both officers published the facts as an ad-
vertsement in a Dusseldorf newspaper.
Empress Augusta and six of the imperial
princes may be seen daily practicing BIZ
cycle riding in the park at Wilhelms-
robe. This is new sport for the Empress,
but under the tuition of her two oldest
sons. both of whom are expert bicyclists,
and on a machine specially built for her,
under the Emperor's direction, she is MAX
ing rapid progress:
Evans. the military attache of the United
States legation, made a bike trip to
Heringsdorf and back, a distance of four
hundred miles this week. The United
States ambassador, Mr.. Edwin F. uhl am
his family made trip to the seashore for
d few days this week.
During the intensely hot weather of the
past week the maneuvers, drills and
marches of the army in various parts of
Germany were attended with many fatal
cases of sunstroke. At Mayence. the long
distance march of the Thirty-seventh and
Eighty-eighth regiments was marked by
forty-eight cases of Sunstroke. OF which
sixteen were Immediately fatal. In the
maneuvers at Caputh thirteen soldiers fell
dead. Similar cases are reported from
South Germany.
The Reichsanzeiger publishes statement
of the fiscal operations of the government
for the year 1885, showing an excess in
the ordinary revenues of the empire
amounting to "a. 227 3s7 marks over the esti-
mate, of which sum 1857, 796 marks will be
used to cover increased expenditures and
13ooo,coo marks applied to reducing the i'm
perial debt.
contagious disease of the eyes, the
origin and characteristics of which are
puzzling the physicians, is spreading in up
per Silesia. At Reuton it became necessary
to close the high school and a number of
other schools have been closed throughout
the province. The victims of this disease
are rendered totally blind
Herr Richter, the German commissioner
to the Paris exposition of 1900, was the
first of the commissioners on the spot and
met with a cordial reception from Director
Picard and other officials of the EXPOSE
ton. Herr Richter reports that the space
allowed Germany, while not quite as much
as was occupied by this country at the
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1899.
is more than has been given to any foreign
nation. The Emperor and the German gov
eminent intended to make the section inner
and intrinscally more valuable than that
at the Chicago exposition. The appropria-
ton for the Paris exposition Is much
larger than that made for the Chicago ex-
position, which makes the proposed i'm
provement possible. Herr Richters report
of his preliminary visit will be rendered to
divide the German exhibition into four de-
partments, and that instruction in hygiene.
chemistry and electricity shall be among
the strongest features.
Thunderstorms, hurricanes and hail
storms have devastated various districts in
Germany during the past week, especially
i'm Hesse, Mecklenberg. Moselle regions
Lubbock wind and lightning destroyed forty
buildings and killed twelve persons. The
vineyards of the Moselle and Saar valleys
suffered enormous damage
Prof Eseling, president of the Veterinary
Surgeons College, will start for the United
States next week. He is commissioned by
the Berlin Criminal Court as an expert to
examine the mare Bethel which r. X.
Kneebs the American horseman, Is al
legged to have raced in this country under
the name of Nelly Kneebs. The mare is
now said to be on Kneebs's stud farm in
Nebraska. Prof. Eseling will examine the
witnesses and ascertain all the facts pos
sible bearing on the now famous Kneebs
case He is expected to return to Berlin in
October.
Among the Americans who are in Berlin
at present are Ex-Governor Frank Brown
of Maryland; Mr.. A. ". Mann, of Muske-
gon. Mich: Mr. j. o. Lane. president of
the Boston Chamber of Commerce. and the
Rev DR. McVicker, of Philadelphia. HON.
burg is fairly full of those who prefer 10
avoid the crush of the society season at
that famous health result. Many of those
present are participating in tennis tour
nament organized by officers Of the Ger
man army and in which Prince Albert. of
Schleswig- Holstein, is an active spirit. The
Prince of Wales is expected to arrive at
Homburg on Aug. IA and to remain two
weeks.
1t is understood that negotiations for
floating a Russian 3-per-cent. gold loan of
400 600 eco francs have been concluded with
Gesellschaft, Mendelssohn. and a number CT
July &c.