The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
PANIC AMONG TOURISTS
RAILWAY WRECKS AND RoBBERIEs
FREQUENT IN AUSTRIA.
Recovery of the Body of Mountain
Climber After Thirty Years-Sena-
tors Gray and CuIIom Abroad.

LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Continental travelling
this summer has been The worst for many
seasons past and there has been quite a
panic among the travelling public of Austria
in consequence of the frequent railroad dis
asters and the continuous robbing of pas
sengers on the expresses. During the past
five weeks there have been fifteen acct
dents on Austrian railroads Belgium, Swe-
den and Denmark have been infested by
large gang of expert railroad thieves, who
have been robbing trunks in transit. The
losses which travellers have suffered in this
manner recently have greatly increased
over the amounts of any previous year.
The rain, cold weather and violent thun-
der storms which have prevailed throughout
Great Britain and the continent during the
week have interfered with pleasure at all
the seaside resorts, from many of which
the visitors are returning in large numbers.
Rev. W. H. Milburn, chaplain of the
United States Senate, delivered a lecture
at Aberystwyth, Wales, on Monday last, in
which he contrasted the "aristocratic hest
fancy of the English public speaker with
the 'spread-eagle, bunkum oratory'' of the
American politicians. The Globe thereupon
says: This is just the kind of thing we
wish our American friends not to say. 1t
may be true, and Mr.. Bayard said some
thing like it; but we want our American
friends to have influence on the other side,
and if they say these things they lose it al
together"
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, Mrs. Cullom
and their daughter, Mrs. Ridgely, and SEN
ator Gray, of Delaware, and the latter's
family have been travelling in England this
month. The Grays sail for home on Tuesday
next. The CullomS have gone to the con-
unent. Both senators declare there is a
surprising lack of interest in American
questions in Great Britain, except in the
case of the tariff.
Senator Cullom said: There appears to
be great rejoicing among the British over
the prospect that the tariff bill may not
yield sufficient revenue to support the gov
eminent. They do not realize that the law
has not been in effect long enough for judg
ment to be pronounced as to its effect
iVeness as a revenue producer l have
heard no opposition to the annexation of
Hawaii expressed by the British, for they
realize that the American rights are para
mount, but there is a general jealousy be-
cause the United States sees fit to in
crease its territory"
Senator Gray, referring to the tariff, re-
marked: 1T is most notifying for Amer
leans travelling abroad to find that we have
erected barrier against foreign nations
which provokes the i'll will of a nation
which would otherwise be more friendly
Capt. I1enIy ATkWr1SnC, VINO was d1Q-Qe-
camp to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, a
guide named Michael Simond and two por-
ters, Francois and Joseph Tournier, were
killed by an avalanche on the Grand pla-
teau of Mount Blanc, in October, 1866 The
bodies of the guide and the porters were
found after a week, but Captain Ark
wright's body was only recovered from the
ice on Sunday last, nine thousand feet be-
Jatxy how L,ol tod A Al
head were recovered. The right hand was
marvelously lifelike. The ice had preserved
in it the red tint of blood From the pocket
Of his gray waistcoat was drawn a white,
blue-bordered handkerchief as good as new
with his name on it. The deceased officers
collar had in it a gold stud and in his shirt
front was larger one, set with diamond
star. The debris of a silver cigarette case
was in his pocket and his watch was on the
ice near where the body was found. The
justice of the peace, the mayor, the doctor,
and local gendarmes held an inquest over
the remains, found after a lapse of about
thirty years in the shadow of Mount Elanc.
Tney will probably be buried at Chamounix.
The bimetallic commissioners who remain
in Europe are enjoying a holiday while
waiting for the reply of the British govern
ment to their proposals. Senator and Mrs.
Wolcott are in Carlsbad and ex-Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson and Miss Stevenson are So
Journing in Paris.
News from the Anglo-Egyptian expedi-
ton up the Nile comes slowly and unsatis-
factorily, largely owing to the absurdly
stringent and humiliating regulations of the
British commander, Sir Herbert Kitchener.
The newspaper correspondents are not al
lowed to mess with the officers of the eX-
petition and are forced to take forthwith
six months supplies and sign the slurring
regulations drawn up by Lord Wolseley
during the previous campaign. They are not
allowed to go to the front, but are kept
furnished wit
just what information the authorities
please.
Lady Haberton will preside at the con-
gr'ess of women in behalf of national dress
at oxford in September. All the delegates
are to wear boomers.