The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07
GOSSIP ABOUT WILHELM
GERMANY's EMPEROR ENTERTAINED
BY COUNT Won GUTENBERG.
Boar speared by His Majesty During
the Annual ST. Hubertu's Hunt
In the GrunewaId.
tcopyright, 1897 by the Associated Press.)

Copyright. 1897. by the Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Nov. 6.-Emperor William, of
Germany, spent the fore part Of the week
at Liebenberg the estate of the Eulenbergs,
where he was splendidly entertained by
Count Philip Won Gutenberg, who has for
a long time past been a great favorite of
his Majesty, On Monday, after their return
from the hunt, there was banquet, dur
ing which an invisible choir of youthful
voices sang one after the other, the songs
composed by the Emperor, with a test writ
ten by his host A string orchestra Of
picked performers, specially present from
Berlin, furnished a low accompaniment
The Emperor was in great spirits, and pro-
posed a toast in impromptu rhyme.
The Emperor and Empress on Wednes-
day attended the annual ST. Hubertus
hunt in the Grunewald. During the after
noon big wild boar, after having been
hunted for over an hour and having swan
through the lakes in the forest, was APP
preached by a group of riders among whom
were their Majesties. The animal, having
spent it's strength, clumsily rolled about the
ground under the hoofs of the Emperors
ground and finally rolled under the hoofs of
the Emperor's horse which thereupon bolt
ed. His Majesty, however finally stopped
his steed, dismounted and speared the boar.
A church, which will be dedicated on Mon
day at Wilmersdorf, a suburb of this city,
has been built after the plans of the royal
architect, considerably modified by the EN-
peror. In fact, the architect admits that
nearly every plan submitted to his Majesty
is largely changed.
En1nerOT yVillia m &c. daUotirO much IF hiS
time to the study of Russian. The letter
which he wrote to the Gear during the lat
ters stay at the Darmstadt was in excel
lent Russian.
A book written by a former judge of the
imperial court, Herr Otto Mittestaedt, has
appeared under the title of Before the
Flood and creates a sensation. 1t criti-
cises in detail the political development of
Germany under the present Emperor, and
uses vigorous plain language in condemn
ing his Majestys meddling in every sphere
ministers and the higher classes for their
reactonary views and lack of constitutional
action. The book has started storm of
press criticism, commendatOry and adverse.
The decoration of the German section of
the Paris exposition of 1900 will be deter
mined on after a national competition, in
which all the decorative artists of Germany
The editor of the volksbwacht, of Bres-
lau, who commented OH the frequency of
railroad accidents. in Germany. has beer
indicted for insulting Herr Thielen, the
minister of public works.
Baron Won Thielmann, secretary of the
imperial treasury, has returned here after
a trip during which he visited the various
courts of south Germany and Saxony. In
conversation with the correspondent here of
the Associated Press he said there were no
important new financial plans under consid-
Grafton and expressed confidence that the
pending tariff questions with the United
States will be satisfactorily solved There
could not be any doubt of that he added
IF the same conciliatory disposition existed
at Washington as exists on the part of
Germany y
A meeting was to have been held here on
Friday next to express sympathy with the
German minority in the Austrian Parlia-
ment. The plan contemplated addresses by
Austrian delega ties who were known to hold
extremely Radical views. Fearing that
speeches by these men might give oftenSe to
the Austrian government. the police issued
an order to-day prohibiting them from adj
dressing the meeting In consequence of
this action the projected meeting has been
abandoned
According to statements made by the
United States consuls in Germany, the Ger
man bicycle manufacturers will now begin
to import parts OF American bicycles and
use them in the construction OF their own
wheels
DR.. w Copuals. of the Pathological Insti-
tute of Goettingen, has accepted call to
the chair of professor of pathology in the
University of Missouri.
The Magdeburg Zeitung, the leading or
gan of the German sugar manufacturers
complains bitterly of the unjust treat
ment'' of the United States in imposing
import duties on German sugar. 1t claims
German sugar is differentiated in favor of
France, Belgium and Dutch sugars, which
countries, the paper mentioned continues,
openly grant export 6ounties' as Germany
does.
Count Won Rottenburg, the son-in-law of
the late Mr.. William Walter Phelps, former
United States minister to Germany is be-
ing made war upon by Baron Won Strumm,
in his newspaper organs, for the purpose
Of ousting him from his present offce-that
of curator of the Bonn Observation-Disclosures
the count publicly declared himself in favor
of the right of combination fhe part of
the workingmen. The Post thereupon calls
him revolutionist.
The Agrarian Press warns the public
against purchasing or using American
wheat and -four claiming that the latter
is admittedly grossly adulterated with
maize, thus rendering it inferior in quality
and injurious to health
The United States ambassador, Mr. An
drew D. White, returned here from his
leave of absence to-day. and Major John B.
Jackson secretary of the United States en-
bassy and Mrs. Jackson started on
months leave to Italy.
A bazaar for the benefit of the building
fund of the American Church was held to-
day at the Kaiserhof and will last to-
morrow.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung says the artil-
lery branch of the German army is to be
11or To hos