The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

Rhodes's country house. near Capetown.
was burned. that a desperate attempt had
been made by Boer or other agents to
thus destroy the important documents.
When this was suggested TO Mr.. Rhodes,
who was then in the field against the Mata-
beles, he Is reported 10 have laughed and
TO have pointed TO a black bag which he
had with him, intimating that the papers
were safe. This mysterious black bag Is
alleged to have been the object OF his con-
tiEual solicitude while on his way to Eng
land recently.
DR.. Jameson and the Chartered Company
will also be represented by counsel at the
inquiry. and a colonial office attache will
formally produce the Cape Colony blue
book. A copy of the charter of the British
mitted by Mr. Rhodes. The evidence will
deal entirely with the circumstances OF the
raid into the TransVaal and not into the
alleged maladministration of Cape Colony.
Ii Is expected that inquiry will last couple
OF sessions. -
The French Chamber of Deputies will
soon deal with a bill for the taxation of
foreigners, which the Vicomte de Mont
ford and several Of his friends have just
submitted. 1t provides that all male for
eigners pay the military tax upon French
men who are exempted from service and
foreigners exercising "A profession calling
will, if the bill becomes law, pay supple
mentary tax. In the case of workmen this
tax will amount to less than ) per cent.
of their earnings, while the tax on profess
SIGNALS is calculated on the license duty
taxes Will be devoted 10 the assistance o.
the needy wives and families of soldiers.
The convocation of the University of
Oxford has authorized the vice chancellor
to nominate American bishops to preach at
the university this year and the arch
bishop of York has invited all the colonial
and American bishops attending the Lam
beth conference to visit York minister, or
cathedral, and accept his hospitality.
Great Britain is really honey-combed
with charity. The famine fund is now
nearly 9275,OOO (s1,375.O OO) and is increasing
at the rate of $4,000 (s5O,OOO daily. The
Prince of Wales diamond jubilee scheme to
extinguish the annual deficit of the London
hospitals has been taken up with enthusi-
asm by the press and the Daily Telegraph's
shilling fund, started on Monday, now
amounts TO 10000 ShillingS, and Is increas-
ing daily by about 5000 shillings. All The
tons.
Mr.. Wolfe Barry. president of the Institute
of Civil Engineers, warns British manufac-
turers that they must wake up TO the
fact that American castings being used
in the new underground tunnels of Lon
don. Mr.. Barry says: "A decade ago the
idea of America exporting castings to
England would have been laughed at. Now
II is a fact. l do not believe that the
United States can seriously compete; but,
nevertheless, the thin edge of the wedge is
a cutting one, and must be respected"
The annual dog show at the Agricultural
Hall. Islington, has 1902 entries. The
sensational features of the show were the
purchase of the collie Ormskirk Emerald
for 41,5O0 ($1.5O0 and the fact that the
fox terrier puppy Donna Fortuna, bred by
Redmond, the famous fox terrier breeder,
carried all before il, and was eventually
placed over its illuStriouS dam, hitherto re-
garded as unbeatable.
To celebrate the Queens diamond jubilee
the teetotalers here propose to secure d
million additional signers of the pledge On
a selected day every home in England will
he visited by their canvaSSerS. The Queen
is a patroness of the movement.
The Duke of Marlborough is going in for
extensive racing. His horses will be
trained by Marsh, of Newmarket, who
trains for the Prince of Wales. The
duchess is interesting herself i'm the stable
as well as in all the other departments OF
the duke S estate.
One of the most interesting features of
the Paris exhibition will be the exact re-
production of a colliery. Life under ground
with its many details will be depicted.
Thirty-two colliery companies will take
part in the work, which will be constructed
on TrocadeIo hill