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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
NEW YEARS IN ENGLAND.
Flowers blooming in Gardens, but
Shopkeepers WaiIing-Gossip.

Copyright, 1885, by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The year closed spring.
like, with bright sun, and the papers note
many instances in which flowers are bloom
ing in gardens of the south Of England.
The wall of the London shopkeepers at
the holiday business is long and loud. The
complaints, which are universal, are attrb-
uted to the baneful influence of the jubilee
festivities. The numerous country house
parties have also thinned the number of
West End purchasers.
The Queens New Years gifts to the poor
of Windsor were distributed to-day at the
riding school at the castle. There were
nearly one thousand recipients, and about
four thousand pounds of beef and one hun
dred tons of coal were dispensed
The Prince and Princess of Wales and
Princess Victoria of Wales will start on
Monday to pay weeks visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Devonshire, at Chatsworth
The prince and princess will occupy the
royal apartments, in the west wing of the
mansion. Fountains and cascades will be
Illuminated nightly. There will be theat-
ricals, in which Lady Randolph Churchill.
will take part, balls and other entertain
ments.
The marriage of Lady Anne Coventry.
second daughter of the Earl of Coventry. to
Prince Dhuleep Singh will take place on
Jan. f.
The United States ambassador Col John
Hay. and Mrs. Hay are visiting the Earl
of Grove, who was thrown from his horse
while hunting with the Cheshire hounds on
Monday last, sustaining a fracture of the
collar bone and injuries about the head.
The Daily Chronicle says that the late
Duchess of Teck left debts to the amount
of $4,000 ts15o0o0l. mostly household ex-
penses. The expenditures at the White
Lodge. which was the residence Of the
Tecks, exceeded. it appears, the duchess s
allowance of 5000 e$25, 000), by e2,000 (s1O-
000) yearly. Whether or not the effects of
the duchess will be sold to meet the dericit
depends upon whether the government will
apply 10 Parliament to meet the emergency
Judging from the Debreet's peerage the
Britisners' boosted contempt tor foreign
titles is only affectation az fourteen mem
bers of the household hold foreign titles.
while those of lesser rank are thicker than
blackberrtes. In this connection il Is inter
esting TO note that the Jubilee WAS a record
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
LEo's DIAMOND MASS.
The Pope Officiates, Receives DeIega-
tons md Is Given Rich Presents

ROME, Jan. 1.-The sixtieth anniversary
of the Popes first celebration of mass was
observed at the Vatican to-day. Fully
5000 delegates from the Catholic societies
and parochial committees were admitted to
the Saladella Loggia of the Vatican at $50
o'clock this morning. and shortly after that
hour his Holiness was carried in amid the
acclamations of the spectators The Pope
officiated at his own diamond mass, the
music being furnished by the choir of the
Sistine Chapel. The venerable pontif then
attended a mass of Thanksgiving, kneeling
on a prize dieu. AT the conclusion of this
mass his Holiness, in a strong voice, pro-
nounced the papal benedicton He then
took his seat on the trone and received dele
cations until 10:30 O'Clock, when he was
borne out amid the acclamations OF those
present His Holiness bad a NEST radiant
face. and it evident that he was en-
joying excellent health. He received hun
dreds of rich presents. Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria Hungary sent him 5000
forms in gold in a gold casket, and the
Queen Regent Of Spain sent a massive gold
and jeweled goblet. Ills gift from the
United States was a diamond cross. Presi-
dent Faure sent six Sevres vases, and the
present from the Sultan OF turkey was u
superb diamond ring. Every country sent
a large contribution to the Peters pence
fund.
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Alfred NebcI,s VIII.

LONDON. Jan. 1.-The will of the late AL
fred Nobel. the Swedish chemist and expert
in high explosives. who died at San Reno,
Italy, on Dec. g. 1896. has been proved.
The personally is valued at e434 .093 ($2,17O,-
1851 About half the estate goes to relatives
and the remainder is invested, the interest
annually to be divided into five prizes of
about $4,000 $4,000 each. Prizes /, 2 and
are to be awarded to the persons making
the most important discoveries in physics,
chemistry, physiology or medicine. Prize 4
is to be given to the person making the best
literary contribution upon the subject of
physiology or medicine, and Prize is to be
awarded to any person who has achieved
the most or done the best things looking to
the promotion of the cause of peace through
out the world. These prizes, which are all
open to any person anywhere in the world,
will be awarded by the various Swedish
academies. except the prize for the propaga-
ton of peace, which is left in the hands of a
committee which is to be elected by the
Norwegian Parliament.
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How Perfectly Dreadful.


+r egyptian muInmies are being cruelty NAL
treated, according to Mrs. Elise Braurn q
theosophist and pastor of the Progressive
spiritual Church. Of ST Paul. Referring to
some mummies in Minneapolis she saws:
Ii those poor things were on sale. and 7
only mad money enough. would purchase
tnem and end their sufferings By inrine1-a-
tlon The lowest astral form of life still ex
lists In these poor old physcals' and as a
result they have been suffering for thou
sands Of years. Tho lowest astral does nor
leave the body of flesh and blood until II
mas entirely returned to its original con-
dition-dust. When a physical is embalmed
uslntegratton IS prevented. and the astral
cannot take its fight. For this reason alone
l neheve re practice of embalming is a
reno OF eArbarism. Describing the transit
ton OF the divine spark-the Il amp-from
the physical to the beyond-in other words
the deathbed-Mrs. Braun saws that astral
FORMS often left the physical with the great
est reluctance. Consequently the body fire.
queHtly TOOK on the semblance of death
Wnlfe lie yet remained For this reason
she ADVISES all people not to allow the burial
OF loved one until the fourth day after the
supposed. death--or until decom position had
SCI m As an instance, she cited the case
~ ~ 8 man buried when death was thought
- nave interviewed who had endured untold
agonles IN his grave for thirty years. The
asSrais mao not deserted the physical. THE
~a.ly proper way to set the psvchic free
s tts ,s tne body as soon as death has actually
Ds@n Ascertalned is by cremation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

BOSTON Jan. IA new law limiting the
production of goods in the workshops Of the
Massachusetts State Prison and other penal
institutions went into effect to-day. The
law provides that not over so per cent of the
number of inmates of any penal institution
in the State having more than one hundred
inmates shall be employed in any one in
dustry, except in caneseating and the man
ufacture of umbrellas The new law is like
ly to make end of trouble for the Off
Gals at the state prison, where $50 men,
who have been engaged in the manufacture
of shoes. have been laid off, fifty more
ceased making harness and the force en-
ployed in other industries was to-day re-
duced. The chief objection to the new law
is that it enforces idleness of the prisoners
and makes them restless and more difficult
to control.
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Caused Much Excitement.

LONDON, jan 1.-The usual quiet of
New Years day was disturbed yesterday
afternoon by report that Prince Bismarck
was dead. This rumor. so emphatically
made by the Evening News, and shouted
throughout London by the newsboys, Gre
ated deep sensation in the minds of the
general public and great excitement in the
newspaper circles until a denial was re-
ceived by the Reuter- Telegram Company.
Most Londoners, however, went to bed last
night in the belief that Prince Bismarck
was dead, as the dispatch TO the Reuter-
Company from Hamburg was only pub
lished in this mornings papers. Inquiries
made in London bore out the denial Baron
ID Eckhardstein, attache of the German
embassy, said no news had been received at
the legation, and the officials were con-
WINGED that the rumor was untrue. Apart
from tSe absence of official news, g. per-
sonal friend of D'Eckhardstein was STAYING
at the home of Prince Bismarck, and would
certainly have telegraphed had the rumor
been true. AT the British Foreign Office il
was also said that no news of Bismarcks
death had been received, and the rumor was
discredited there. denial has also been
received here from Berlin. The feeling is
one of profound reticence.
The actual source of the report is not
known. but the rumor was readily credited,
in view of the fact that the eX-chancellor
has for the past fortnight been in bad
health and worse than before, though it
was not thought his life was in positive
danger Inquiries made by both telegraph
and telephone have elected the reassuring
statement that the prince is alive, and that
there is no reason to believe that his con-
dition is any worse to-day than it has been
of late. A dispatch from Hamburg says that
the rumor of Bismarcks death originated
in Berlin and received in Hamburg
with skepticism, which inquiry at Fried
rlchsruhe proved to be justified. There is
no doubt, however, that Prince Bsmarcks
health has been rudely shaken in the last
few days owing to his insomnia, which is
due to want of open air exercise and the
agony which he suffers from the govt DIR.
Schwenninger has ordered Prince Bismarck
to abstain from all mental eXertion.
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slowed on him was, OF course, due to his
gift of a25,OO0 ($125 OOO) to the Princess of
Wales's jubilee fund for feeding the outcast
Christmas eve sent Mr.. Upton magnificent
diamond scarf pin Incidentally, in 1895, a
syndicate offered Mr.. Upton (who is con-
tractor for the British army and navy, who
packs meat in Chicago, has a tea and coffee
business in New York. manufactures ginger
ale and mineral waters in Ireland, makes
CONNECTIONS in London and grows coffee and
tea in Ceylon) &S,000000 $40 .060,000) for his
business. In addition to the New Year hon
ors already cabled, Mr.. James Dred2e, who
was a commissioner of Great Britain to the
worlds fair at Chicago. gets c. M. G.
Companion of the Order of S. Michael and
ST GeOrge)
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TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 1.-The announce
ment is made to-day of the engagement of
Ex-Governor Thomas A Osborn, of this
city. and Mrs. Margaret Richmond of
Meadville. Pa. The wedding is TO take
place in the early spring. The announce
ment causes quite a surprise here. Mrs.
Richmond visited in this city some time
ago and Ex-Governor Osborn was quite at
tentve 10 her. but his friends hardly sus-
pected him of having matrimonial inten-
lions. Mrs. Richmond is the widow of Fl.
NJ. Richmond. an attorney, of Meadville.
years ago. while Respondent from i'll health
He was the son Of \. Is. Richmond of that
place. a criminal lawyer of note and the
author of several works on sociology and
spiritualism.
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many men who have helped to make Pres
byteIianism in America among the greatest
OF the denominations. At the Walnut-street
end of the structure is Witherspoon Han,
which with its gallery seats twelve hundred
persons At the other end of the Duiidlng
there IS smaller hall for ministers meet
ious services and for small committees. IT
is in this building that are prepared the
millions of copies of the Presbyterian sun
day school and other helps.
A college for the education of Jewish
teachers and the instruction of persons de-
sirous of obtaining a Jewish education win
be opened In Philadelphia on Monday, Jan.
g. There are two other Jewish colleges in
this country, the Hebrew Union College at
Cincinnati. and the Jewish Theological
Seminary in New York Both of these aim
senting the reform Jewish element, the
other the orthodox. The Philadelphia IN
lege. 1t is called the Gratz College, being
named after the late Hyman GratZ who
left legacy which became operative after
the death OF a nephew in 1888.
Hebrews have curious custom of main
tanning family boxes into which they drop
pennies from time to time These pennies
are family conscience fund. and are trib-
utes to a prophet" said to have lived two
thousand years ago. Each year the money
deposited in these boxes is collected and
sent to a central committee, to be dis
tributed among the needy poor in the city
of Jerusalem. There are said to be up
wards Of four thousand of these boxes in
New York city alone. many of them among
the very poor families on the East Side.
Recently it has developed that the money
collected from American Jews to aid these
dependent families in Jerusalem has not
reached them. The funds collected from
these queer conscience boxes amounted last
year to $3l 900, so the report says but it is
claimed that it really amounted to $50. coo
or more and that the difference found it's
way into the distributors pockets. Such
is, in fact, the testimony of the American
has just been effected in this country, and
an endeavor is to be made to see that
money collected here reaches the poor for
whom it is given.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
Gar Nicholas and President Faure.

PARIS. Jan. 1.-The Gear, il his own
name and in the name of the Czarina has
sent President Faure an effusive telegram
expressing their sincere good wishes for
the President and friendly France >
President Faure replied that the words Of
their imperial majesties touch the hearts
Of all Frenchmen.' The official New Year
receptions were held at the Elysee Palace
to-day with the customary ceremonies.
President Faure, at the New Years re-
ception Of the amba ssadors, replying to
their congratulations, said: Faithful to the
principles which have constantly guided the
republic, France will not be wanting in the
task she has set herself in the work of
civilization and peace. The results obtained
in 1897 were not such to discourage our
efforts and hopes. Thanks to the firm spirit
of union which has constantly prevailed in
the council of the powers. the supreme in
terest attaching to the maintenance of
peace has emerged intact frcm difficult
trials
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Grabbers May Agree ON spoiIs.

LONDON, Jan. There is some reason
to believe that France and Great Britain
have about reached an agreement on the
subject of West Africa by which the Lagos
Hinterland will be determined by prolong-
ing 1t northward to the Niger the present
Lagos-Dahomy frontier. France would thus
secure Say, and about one hundred kilo-
metres on the right bank of the river. and
Great Britain would have Boussa and Nikki
possession of other claimed points
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Haraased by the zakkn-NbeIs

CALCUTTA. Jan. 1.-The Zakka-KheIs
have blocked the road from Ali-Musjid to
Lundi- Kotal. preventing the establishment
of communication with General Sir william
Lockhart. The enemy is very active and
has fired on the Oxfordshlre Regiment
which IS engaged in convoy duty at XIV
per pass, wounding Colonel Plowden and
Lieutenant Owen. Some of the men. be-
ing hampered by the task of removing the
wounded, had difficulty in gaining shelter
Three men We're killed and twelve inclJd
ing captain Barr. were wounded in subse-
quent hghting. Finally they were Joined
by another company and retired into the
reinforcements. A5
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british Troops Sent to the Front.

CAIRO, Jan. 1.-The Warwickshire and.
Lincolnshire Regiments of the British army
have been ordered to start from Waddy
Halfa for the frontier.
The ordering of troops to the front was
occasioned by reliable news from Omduran
(the khalifa's great camp. near Khartoun).
20 the erect that the Dervishes are prepar-
ing northward movement. Though the
movement has not yet actually begun great
excitement prevails here.
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Woman Guilty of Manslaughter.

BOSTON, Jan. IA verdict of guilty was
returned this forenoon by the Superior
Court jury which has been hearing the evil
dence in the case of Mrs. Nellie Peterkin.
of New York, charged with manslaughter
in causing the death OF Mrs Catherine f.
Murphy. at the latters home in the West
End on Oct. 30 last The death of Mrs.
Murphy was the result OF jealousy on the
part OF Mrs. Peferkin The case has been
on trial since Wednesday last, the jury re-
firing about clock last evening.
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Hungary's Duty as Banny Sees 1t.

BUDA-PESTH, Jan. 1.-Baron Banffy, the
Hungarian premier, received the Liberals
Of the Diet to-day, according to custom He
said that thirty years experience had
taught Hungary that she must not dissolve
the present economic alliance with Austria.
Though, of course, there might be bounds
to Hungary's desire for its mainten91Sa
recent events in the Diet he claimed. were
entirely unjustified. shook parlialnentarisIn
Continuing, the premier remarked that no
words were strong enough in expression Or
sufficiently energetic to condemn these pro-
ceedings. But, he believed that with the
help. Of the King. the Liberal party would
be able to find a way out of the diificultias
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Paris Murderers.

PARIS, Jan. 1.-The police during the
course of the week secured another of the
organized gangs of murlerers and robbers
which have terrorized the suburbs of the
French capital for months past The new
arrests number thrty-three and the Oldest
prisoner is only twenty-one years of age.
Within three months the bodies of fifty
three murdered persons have been found in
small section of the River Seine and it
IS oeueved most of these murders are
traceable to this gang
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LONDON, Jan. 1.-The New Year honor
list is weak and decidedly partisan. 1t at
tracts little interest from the public. out
side of the knighting Of Mr.. Thomas ]. Lip
ton. the millionaire provision merchant
whose knightage established the fact that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

PARIS, Jan. 1. - The conclusion of the
French racing season finds NJ Menier. of
chocolate fame, at the top of the list of
winners, with G36,C09 CslsO,o0O) The next is
the the Vicomte D'Harcourt. el7OOO (SS5 600
dIen n comes Baron Schneider with el5. 200
Sfo'VVv) Among the owners of French
steeplechasers Mile. Merry the actress.
leads. with G14,0OO ($70,0s0.)
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whose Gown Correspondent" ut Ber-
lin Announced the Death of the
German Ex-ChanceIIor.
HOLIDAY WEEK IN EUROPE
EVENTS OF INTEREST IN LONDON,
BERLIN AND ELSEWHERE.
How the British and German Hoyal
Families spent New Year's-Pope
Leo's Diamond Mass.

LONDON, Jan. 1.--Britishers had an ex-
ample of yellow journalism to-day. Real
news was scarce here and on the Continent,
and the Evening News of this city ana us
correspondent at Berlin manufactured SEN
sation. This afternoon the News announced
that Prince Bismarck, ex-chancellor OF the
German empire, was dead. and later SAID
the news had been confirmed in several quar-
tiers, but discredited in others. 1t also print
ed the following dispatch from its own cor
respondent at Berlin:
THE one remark on the lips of everybody
is Bismarck is dead Although expected
for months, the event has caused great
shock. 1t is the sole topic of conversation
in the hotels, cafes and streets. To-day be-
ing public holiday, everybody is about the
streets asking Of the sad event. When the
news was first received in Berlin 1t was
generally discredited, and when confirmation
was received from various sources there was
the deepest grief everywhere. 1t Is uncertain
whether death was due 10 apopleXy or govt
of the heart. Telephoning to Hamburg could
not obtain continuation, but mere II is
generally believed
Later in the day the Associated Press re-
ceived the following dispatch from Berlin:
Owing to disquieting rumors an official
agency says: Count Herbert and Count
William Bismarck and DR.. Schweninger are
at present on visit to Prince Bismarck.
There has been no change in the prince s
condition during the last few days. He APP
pears regularly at meals"
This evening the following was wired from
Hamburg; The report that Prince Bis
marck died to-day is unfounded. The prince
to-day received no personal visits. Callers
left their cards. Frledrichsruhe, where the
Bismarck estate is situated, and where the
former chancellor is living, is situated eigh-
teen miles by rail from Hamburg
The last report received regarding the
health of Prince Bismarck was contained in
a dispatch from Berlin dated Dec. g. 1t read
as follows: 1t is asserted that, owing to
his insomnia, the medical attendants OF
Prince Bismarck have advised him to abb
stain from all work and excitement for some
weeks to come. DR.. Schweninger believes
in the poSs biiity of a cure, but not rapid
one" A dispatch from Berlin Dec. II said
The Hamburger Nachrichten denies that
Prince Bismarcks govt is better and says
he cannot walk or sleep, and is unable to
read or answer his friends letters. The
former chancellor is described as being very
irate at the statement that his health is
satisfactory and is quoted as saying: If
the gentleman who wrote that were my
place he would be able to get an idea of
what satisfactory condition is.
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LONDON. Jan. delegates representing
100000 trades unionists held convention
here to-day and passed resolutions congrat-
ulating the engineers upon their asnlenlsd
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stand in defense of trades unions" and ask
ing all trades unionists, of whom there are
weekly levy of minimum Sd 6 cents) to
support the engineers, whose fight, it was
said. is the fight of labor against capital
all the world over" A resolution was also
adopted thanking the American and other
subscribers for their contributions to the
fund for the aid of the strikers.
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DUBLIN, Jan. 1.-The lord mayors show
to-day passed off quietly. Lord Roberts OF
Kandahar the commander of the forces in
Ireland, had accepted an invitation to take
luncheon with the lord mayor but with
drew his acceptance, owing to the latter
acceding to the demands of the Nationalist
that the lord mayor dispense with the usual
military escort and bands of music. The
Conservative members of the corporation
thereupon made public a letter to the lord
mayor declaring that his action was intend
ed by his advisers as an insult to the
Queen
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