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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-11
General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1O.-To-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $216, ISL, 25S;
gold reserve, $165, $685. ZIP.
The House committee on military affairs
has reported favorably the bill to restore
Maj. J. W. Wham to his rank and pay in
the pay corps of the army. The report
fully exonerates Major Wham of the charge
on which he was cOurt-martialed.
The House committee on Indian affairs
has reported favoraby bill to ratify the
agreement with the Comanche, Kiowa and
Apache Indians in Oklahoma.
The Senate committee on postoffices and
post roads is not likely to report the nomi-
nation of o. w. Petty to be postmaster at
Charleston, w. Va. A general understand
ing has been reached to that effect The
senator's do not want to displace Mrs. Ken
ma, the widow of the late Senator Kenna,
who is the present incumbent of the Office.
Arrangements have been made for Secre-
tary Alger to go to Fort Monroe next Sat
urday to accelerate his convalescence. A
special car will be provideds by the Penn
Sylvania Railroad, and the secretary will
be accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Alger. his
physician, DR.. Wood, and an attendant and
nurse
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NOT so BAD AS REPORTED.
Germany Has Not Yet Guaranteed
Our HOrses-.The Fruit Decree

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The following
statement was made to-day to the secre-
tary of state by the German ambassador:
Certain declarations of the royal Prussian
minister of agriculture have evidently been
distorted. The minister, in answer to an
inquiry made to him in the Prussian Diet
said the government would await any evil
dence that might be furnished of veterin-
airy dangers from the importation of Amer
lean horses. Only then in case such dam
gers should have been proved would there
be reason to take energetic measures or
impose a quarantine. This explanation was
called forth by the cabled statement that
the Prussian minister of agriculture had
said that American horses infected with in
fluenza We're being imported and it might
become necessary to forbid the further i'm
portation of horses.
The State Department to-day sent. to the
Senate the correspondence with Germany
regarding exclusion of American fruit. 1t
shows that Ambassador White and the
State Department both took vigorous and
prompt steps on learning of Germany's ac-
ton, and that Germany diSavowed any in
tention to avert competition saying it mere
ly intended to prevent introduction of a
pest. Secretary Sherman sums it UP by say
ing; From the foregoing report it will be
seen that the action of this government and
of itS diplomatic representative at Berlin
for the protection of all legitimate CONNER
cial and exporting interests injuriously af-
fected by the German prohibition was
prompt and effective, and that, as the mat
ter now stands, the admission of American
fresh fruit into Germany has been secured
in all cases, save where the actual existence
of the San Jose scale insect on the fruit or
in the pdckings thereof is ascertained.'
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LUETGERT NOT SATISFIED.
He DenOunces the Jurors Who Con-
victed Him as "a Pack of towards.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10-"The jury was
pack of cowards,'' said Adolph L. Luetgert
at the county Jail to-day. The big sausage
maker showed some anger as he spoke. IF
they had been men--men of nerve and char
acter," continued Luetgert, there would
have been no compromise verdict. They did
not decide the case on the law and the evil
dence. They simply compromised l am
either guilty or l am innocent. If / am
guilty / deserve death-they ought TO hang
me as high as Giroy's kite If am inno-
cent, / am entitled to my liberty. Luetgert
is as innocent of the crime charged against
him as any man who walks the streets of
Chicago There should have been no half
way verdict in this case. 1t is said that L
laughed last night when the verdict was
read That is true, | did laugh. / have
laughed since. l laughed because the YER
cowardly verdict. They did not have the
nerve to find me not guilty when they saw
the evidence did not prove my guilt, they
compromised. The case will go to the Su-
prene Court and eventually / will be free
Attorney Harmon, counsel for Luetgert,
and asked for thirty days time in which
to file his motion for new trial. Mr.. Har-
mon declared he had received information
to-day 10 the effect that Mrs. t.uetgert still
lives He also minated that sNme of the
jurymen should have been Unqualified.
Judge Gary allowed the defense mtil Feb.
10 to prepare its motion. Mr.. HarmD7 VIII
attempt TO secure aftidavits TO the eLe.S
that two Of the jurors expressed an opiil
ion on the case before being called for
animation. He will seek TO substantiate
these charges Of perjury and thus secure
another chance for the prisoner.
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DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.
to the Reply to the
Queens Speech Rejected.

LONDON, Feb. 10-In the House of Com
mons to-day, Michael Davitts amendment
to the address in reply to the speech from
the throne, calling attention to the distress
in Ireland and the failure of the potato
crop, was rejected by 2S5 to 153 votes.
Col. Howard Vincent, Conservative mem
Der for the central division of Sheffield.
moved an amendment praying the govern
ment to tyrn it's attention to the stimulus
given foreign competition with British
trade by tariffs and bounties, resulting In a
great increase of imports and decrease
of exports. He expressed the opinion that
the only remedy was the imposition of coun-
tervailing duties.
Rt. Hon. Chas. T. Ritchie, president of
the Board of Trade, replying, announced
that the government was engaged in en-
deavoring to convene a conference OF the
powers with view Of securing the aboli-
ton of sugar bounties. He said the gov
eminent was also making representations to
Germany to secure more favorable rates for
British trade over German railways Mr.
Richie declared his belief that British trade
was never healthier than now, adding that
foreign barriers We're less dangerous than
the barriers erected among themselves as.
for instance the recent engineers strike.
He concluded by saying he was convinced
that they could achieve nothing by aban-
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New Bedford Socialists Try to Break
Up a GOmpers Meeting.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Feb. 10.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, addressed a vast throng
here last night, and the meeting was almost
broken up by members of the Socialist la
Dor party, who branded some of the speak
er's assertions as false. James l.. Hancock,
organizer of the New Bedford section of
Socialists, had previously issued challenge
to Gornpers for a joint debate on the labor
doctrines of the Socialist labor party. In
referring to this challenge, President Com
pers said: ITO challenge comrade in arms
at the time of a labor contest like this is
tratorous" and he appealed for unity
among, the forces of labor. He declared there
are misguided men among the Socialists,
men urged on by stronger minds. Mr. Han
cock Jumped up and challenged Mr. Com
pers there and then. In an instant pande-
monium reigned in the hall.
Don't do that, said Mr.. Gompers.
"Dont sink to his level. / know this red
button brigade. You will find a Pnkerton
agent the paid hireling of the mill corpo-
ration here FRIDAY night to divide you
against yourselves.
This was taken as refernce to a Social
ist who is to speak here Friday night and
mingled applause and Kisses followed. But
Gompers continued saying that men who
would not fight together were traitors to
each other and further appealed for unity
in the ranks of labor. He was several times
interrupted and at length was forced to
break off to catch train for Pittsburg.
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Notes from the Far East.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb 1O.-Oriental
advices by the Empress Of China state that
with the arrival of the reinforcements to
the German squadron at Kiaochau the Ger
man forces will number 1920 men. There is
some disturbances at Chee-Foo.
When the Japanese steamer Nanyet SUI
meru recently entered the harbor of Che
mulpo, a British man-of-war STONED her
and made inquiries about her movements.
The Japanese government has contracted
for one large and eight small torpedo boats.
1t is reported that preparations are be-
ing made at Vladivostock for sending 800
men to the peninsula under pretext of a
body guard for the Coresa emperor
A Toxic paper states that on jan % a
quarrel took place between a member of
staff of the German legation in Toxic and
a petty officer on the S. S. 5. Olympia, in
YoEhirma. They came to blows. The Ger
man got the worst of the fight
Mr.. Matumin, a Russian officer, has been
appointed charge d'affaires at Seoul. The
court went into mourning for thirteen days
for the Corean Emperor's mother. who died
recently. The funeral will take place three
months after the day of sr death, accord
ing to the COrean custom
Count Inouye. Japanese minister of
finance, has in view the raising of a loan
in the United States of from 100, OO0, 900 to
10000, 900 yen through the instrumentality
of Mr.. Dun, ex-United States minister
The deatR is announced at Shanghai Of
General Jones. United States consul at
Chin-hang. The late consul was seventy
five years of age General Jones led an ad-
venturouS career before going to the far
East. He was born in Virginia and served
in the Confederate army, being at one time
on the staff of General johnson.
The black plague has broken out in East
ern Yunnan. AT Chan-IICheo 600 deaths
occurred in two months The people are
throwing dead bodies to the dogs
A collision between the German cruiser
Donan and the Japanese sailing vessel
Kokichi occurred Jan. 16. The Japanese
ship was rammed and sent to the bottom.
The crew was saved.
A new office for advising the Japanese
Emperor and Ministry in military and
naval affairs has been created to be known
as Gensui Fu the members of which will
be chosen from among the adrniraIs or
field marshals who have rendered special
services.
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NELLIE NEUSTRETTER.
The Notorious Partisan WantOn Per-
mitted to Land at New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-Nelle Neustretter,
she of the beautiful face and the wondrous
ewes she who has had all Paris at her feet
is i'm New York. She is living i'll luxurious
apartments in an uptown cross street. In
all the history of mad, extravaganza, heart
less Paris no other woman has played the
dizzy part that has fallen to the lot of this
beauty Nellie Neustretter is rather tall
blonde of twenty-eight or twenty-nine
wears. She is part Swedish, and is known
as the luckiest woman in Paris William
K. Vanderbilt met her in Paris five years
ago and was at once smitten with her beau
ty Paris looked on with amazement. She
and the millionaire were often together
They went to the races, they dined, they
went TO the opera, they walked and drove
together The American colony began to
take cognizanee of the association, and
then came the news of the imminent separa-
then Mrs Vanderbilt began the divorce
proceedings. Nellie Neustretters name was
frequently mentioned. This gave Paris
more 10 talk about in connection with the
dinners. and drives. And this is the woman
who has come to New York. United States
Commissioner Of immigration Fitchie, when
questioned about Miss Neustretter's land
ing said: 81 know of no law prohibiting
her landing. Nobody complained to me that
was likely to become public charge. She
bore all the evidences of wealth and refine
ment, and until an objection was raised /
could not refuse to let her land. If any OBJ
lection is raised i shall start an investlga-
ton and shall do as the law Directs"
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PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
An Important Pension Bill SheIved-
Yellowstone Park.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The contest
which has been waged in the House
committee on invalid pensions ever since
the assembling of Congress over the
question OF barring from the pension rolls
the widows and children of soldiers who
marry hereafter came to an end to-day in
the defeat of the proposition A measure
with this end in view was introduced by
Representative Samuel Smith, of Michigan,
and it had the Endorsement of Commissioner
of Pensions Evans. The question has been
agitating the committee at each of it's meet
ings, and to-day, after a very spirited dis
cussion, Representative Norton an Ohio
Democrat, brought il to a sudden close by
demanding a vote on the question of favor
ably reporting it to the House. The vote
disclosed five members of the committee in
favor of ii and seven against it. the divi-
sion not being on party lines. The division
was as follows: Yeas-Ray New York
Smith Michigan Republicans. and briggs
(Democra), New York. Nays-Sulloway
New Hampshire; Kerr. Ohio; Gibson, Ten
nessee; Sturtevant, Pennsylvania (Repub-
licans); Norton. Ohio (DemocraD. and Bot
kin. Kansas, and Castle. California (Popu-
lists.) This probably ends the effort to Sc
cure the enactment of a general measure
along this line at this session. Chairman
Ray. who was instructed at the last meet
service pension bill, notified the committee
to-day that he would appoint the committee
in u few days.
The subcommittee on internal revenue of
the committee on ways and means gave a
hearing to-day to George w. Harris. rep
resenting the Kentucky distilIers; j. f. Me-
Namara, of w. w Johnson & Co.. Cincin-
natl; j. H. Holmes. of Cleveland; j. e.
Pontefriest, of Pittsburg and s. j. Lana
han. OF Baltimore. who appeared to advo-
cate the passage of the BromweI bill, ex-
tending the period in which whisky in bond
can be regauged from four to eight years.
The contention of the delegation and its
principal spokesman. Mr.. Harris was that
both abe government and the distiller would
be benefited by this extension. Mr.. Harris
asserted that the government had lost $780,
100000 IN revenue in the last four years
from the kentucky distiIers alone. owing
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NOTED PAINTER A PAUPER.
GOttIieb Fischer, Chevalier of the
Golden Cross, to BE Sent Home.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.--Gottleib Fischer,
chevalier of the Golden Cross, painter of
kings, and an artist of European fame, is an
awaiting pauper transportation to the
fatherland Beside him, her hand in his,
with the faith of forty years of companion
ship is his wife Anna. Fischer is an old
man, sixty-eight, he says He was portrait
painter in Stuttgart and years ago was in
vited into the house Of royalty to put on
canvas the faces of the royal family acl<
in 1879 he had his greatest triumph When
he painted portrait of King William III,
of Holland, who was also prince of Omje-
Nassau and grand duke of Luxembourg.
That portrait is to-day one Of the prizes in
the royal gallery at The Hague. He did a
portrait of Prince Karl OF Wurtemburg and
executed commissions for various other
members of the royal family of his country
Fischer'S son, Louis, came to America, To-
eating in this city, and became decorator
He was able and clever and succeeded so
well he sent for his parents last october.
py in his home. Then it is said Louis became
infatuated with an actress who led him
away from home and he began to neglect
home and parents. Louis one day took the
Eiskant, at No. 427 Second avenue, and left
them there paying three weeks board.
Since then neither Fischer chevalier of the
Golden Cross, nor Anna, the mother, has
set ewes upon the son. EiSkant cared for the
aged couple as long as he could-up to to-
day in fact-and then the chevalier stood
in the barge office with Anna beside him
and petitioned to be sent back to Stuttgart
al a pauper. Both were sent to the Lutheran
Home to await the sailing of the ship which
will take them.
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allen AssAILs REEp.
The Nebraska senator scores the
Speaker for blocking Legislation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-During almost
the entire session of the Senate to-day the
Indian appropriation bin was under discus
sion. The reading of the bin was completed
and all OF the committee amendments were
adopted Subsequently several amendments
OF a minor character were attached to the
measure Mr. Allen eniivened the proceed
ings few minutes before adjournment by
making an attack ON Speaker Reed for pre-
venting the enactment as the Nebraska
senator declared. of ineTitorious legislation
sent to the House of Representatives by the
Senate. He denounced the speakers action
81 this regard as a disgrace To Congress
and TO the American people. When point
OF order was made against him for the use
OF improper language concerning the other
branch OF Congress. Mr.. Allen said that he
was stating only the truth. and that he
was responsible here or elsewhere at any
time for his statements. II was expected to
conclude consideration of the pending billy
to-day, but when an appeal was taken from
a ruling Of the Vice President by Mr. Allen,
that an amendment offered BY Mr. Thurston
was rot IN order. thsi point or order was
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Important Strategic Port which She
Has Held since the War as Security
for Payment of Indemnity.
LOAN QUESTION SETTLED
POWERS NOTIFIED CHINA WILL NOT
NOW NEED TO BORROW.
at Singapore Because
Britain Has Purchased All Supplies
of Coal in the Far East.

PARIS, Feb 1O-Official advices received
by the Foreign Office from Picking say
Japan has notified China that she intends
to keep Wei-TIai-Wei permanently. China,
in notifying the Chinese ministers abroad to
this effect, directs them to notify the pow
ers also that in view of this no foreign loan
is required as the purpose of the loan was
solely to pay the Japanese war indemnity.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-Neither the
Chinese nor the Japanese legation here has
received notice of Japan's purpose to hold
Wei-Hai-Wei. 1t is stated at the latter
that Wei-Hai-Wei is now occupied by the
Japanese under the terms of the peace set
Element, by which this strong point is to re-
main in the possession of Japan until the
full indemnity is paid. OF this indemnity
specific payment of 100000 taels has al
ready been paid for Japan's evacuation of
Port Arthur. Another 10000 600 taels has
been paid in bulk as part of the indemnity.
Still another 1O0,OOO.O00 taels was included.
This last was to be spread over six years,
and the first installment of about IA 900 900
taels has been paid. The balance due is
five annual installments of about 100000
taels each. Legation officials say that If the
reported arrangement is made it will apply
to these five installments.
In Otner quarters the reported action of
Japan is considered as most significant,
1t accomplishes the purpose Japan had in
view when the China war closed, namely,
to secure a permanent foothold on the MAIN
land of Asia. Russia resisted this extension
of Japan from her present island condition,
and it required the combined protest of
Russia. Germany and France to induce
Japan to give up Port Arthur and her foot
hold IN tha T,iaO-T11no raDincuIa
Wei-Hai-Wei is less important as STRAIT
egic position, but it has always been held
by China as second only to Port Arthur
as naval station. The defensive works,
although badly shattered from the great
naval battle at that point, have been kept
in fair state of preservation by the Japan
csc force now maintained there
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Gen. Booth at the white House.

WASHINGTON, Feb 10.-Gen. William
Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation
Army, and his son-in-law, Commander
Frederick D. Booth-Tucker, Of the Ameri-
can army, arrived here to-day, and this
afternoon called on President Mckinley at
the White House. They were accompanied
by H. B. f. MacFarland, correspondent of
the Boston Herald and member of the To-
cal entertainment committee, who made the
introductons The President received his
callers very cordially, and in the course of
minutes, he expressed to General Booth his
great admiration for him and for the great
work of the Salvation Army, especially in
the United States.
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POISON In THEIR DINNER.
congressman and others Made liz i'm ~
Washington Boarding House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-The boarders
and servants at 215 East Capitol street,
large boarding house several blocks from
the Capitol, were badly scared last night
as the result of poisoning following dinner.
Twenty-six of the boarders and servants
were made i'll, and some are still suffering
severely from the attack, but it is thought
all VIII recover. Representatives Bodine
and Lloyd, of Missouri, were among those
attacked but were able to be out to-day.
Miss Bodine and Mrs. Lloyd and the latter's
two children were not so fortunte and were
Shelton and 7. S. O'Ferrell, private secre-
tary to the two congressman, and Capt. Will
liamS, a door-keeper at the House of Rep
resentatives, were also badly affected. The
physicians summoned have been unable as
yet to tell the cause of the poisoning.
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PITTSBURG, Feb. 1O.-Rev. j. NJ Buck
ley, editor of the New York Christian AdYer-
cate, arrived in Pittsburg last Monday night
from New York and shortly after register
ing at the Hotel Lincoln was attacked with
symptoms of poisoning. After several hours
of intense suffering he recovered sufficiently
to go to California, Pa, where he delivered
a lecture Tuesday night. He returned to
Pittsburg yesterday and left for home last
night. His illness was ascribed to canned
corn, which he had partaken of quite free
ly on train while en- route to this city.
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NEW YORK, Feb 10.-The semi-centen-
NAL celebration Of the Theta Delta Chi fra
ternity, succeeding the annual convention
of that body which closed yesterday, was
begun to-day in the Windsor Hotel The
gathering was public one Bishop L. N.
Gilbert, Of Minnesota, WAS chairman. Pres
ident Capen. OF Tufts College, delivered an
Grafton on the early Gays of the fraternity.
Rev. DIR. Cameron Mann CT Kansas City,
read Il poem. Colonel William L. Stone. the
veteran of Theta Delta Chi and author of
1.-THE Saratoga Battlefelds." recounted the
history of the fraternity for the first quar-
ter OF century after its organization.
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England Corners Coal Market.

LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Singapore says: England
has bought up all the Welsh coal available
here and at Chinese and Japanese ports
for the British fleet. There is much ex-
element in the foreign community over the
fact"
The British battle ship Victorious started
from Malta for China to-day, and the
cruiser Gibraltar will follow. When they
arrive in China seas the British squadron
will be larger than ever before in those
waters, even i'll time of war;
Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Butler. the
commander-in-chief of the China station Of
the British fleet, has sailed from Shanghai
ON board the cruiser Pique, for the island
of Causan, where he will transfer his com
mand to Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hobart
SEYMOUR
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PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 10.-The officials
of the Carnegie Company were shown a
dispatch from Cleveland to-day, in which
il was stated that the Carnegie Company
was making an effort to form a pig iron
trust and they pronounced 1t false in every
particular. The story was probably founded.
they had recently made large purchases Of
pig iron.