The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
MIMIC NAVAL BATTLE
FEATURES OF THE ANNUAL MANEU-
VERS OF GERMANY's FLEET.
IroncIads RepuIsed in an Attempt to
Capture HeIigoIand-Casual
ties mt GorIitE.
lcopvright. 1sas. by the Associated Press.l

Copyright, 1896, by the Associated Press)
BERLIN Sept. 1a.-Never before have the
German naval maneuvers either in the
Baltic or in the German ocean, been con-
Quoted with SO much secrecy as during the
autumn of the present year. There has
always been a rule strictly enforced to ex-
clude from witnessing these maneuvers the
naval attaches of the various nations ac-
credited to Berlin and to prevent, as far as
possible, accurate reports of the evolu-
tions reaching the press. But this year
these regulations were more rigidly en-
forced than ever before These maneuvers
which lasted three weeks, We're ended on
Tuesday last at Heligoland. The evolu-
tions there commenced on Sunday and con-
sisted of an attempt upon the part of seven
ships, including three huge ironclads, to eff
feet q landing. At one period the iron
clads Sachsen and Wurtemburg, favored by
a. dense fog, approached within two miles
of Heligoland, but were driven off after
shelling the island for hours by the
effective, fire from a battery of howitzers
placed there last summer by command of
Emperor William. a. The long-range Krupp
fortification guns were also satisfactorily
tested by Commodore Stubeurauch, the
commander of the island. 1t was shown
that a single shot from one of these big
guns at distance of over mile can in
stantly disable the most powerful ironclad
On Tuesday night the fleet was declared
hors de combat. =
The national meeting of the beet-sugar
manufacturers was held in this city early
in the week and a resolution was passed
asking the Reichstag to amend the exist
ing law so as to eliminate the paragraph
restricting and localizing the amounts
manufactured by each factory. The direc-
tors were also requested TO prepare a plan
for creating German sugar svndicate lin
view of the dire needs of the industry"
and the government was also asked to
al ffaf infaa
with France and Austria for the abrogation
of direct and indirect export bounties, the
uSeleSsneSS whereof 1t was asserted, was
plainly demonstrated.
The army maneuvers just concluded were
unusually prolific of fatal and serious ac-
cidents, owing to the weather and the bad
roads Count Won kanitz, of the Fourth
Dragons, had a fatal fall during a charge
and seven other cavalry officers We're seri
ously injured
The International Congress of Womans
Rights assemblies in a few days in the ses-
sion hall of the city hall or Berlin Six
hundred. delegates are expected to be pres
ent, including an American. Miss Frances
The dismissals of employees of the Krupp
factories which have attracted considera-
BILE attention were in the cannon depart
ment. 1t appears that some of the employ
es sold to a representative of the Austrian
government the drawings of the new gun
which can be moved laterally in every
direction without moving the carriages.
The return of the grip epidemic is feared
in this city. Ten deaths from the disease
have occurred during the week.
Captain r. Evans, the United States mil
istary attache here, was rendered a fare
well dinner at the Palace Hotel on Thurs
day last by the other military attaches, and
United States Embassador Uhl gave a din
uer in his honor last Thursday. The
included ex-Solictor-ge Maxwell and
Mrs. HaXweli, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Ull-
man, of Chicago, and Mr.. and Mrs. e. n
WyIie, also of Chicago. Captain Evans and
Mrs Evans start for home on Monday.