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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-29
GEN. WOOD BUSY.


HAVANA, Dec. 2s.-Gen. Woods Office is
besieged daily by crowd of Office seekers
from all parts of the island. The applicants
want every thing or anything-from Cab
met secretaryships to janitorship. De-
spite the fact that the Governor General
receives on the average 200 people every
twenty-four hours. he manages to find time
to pay unexpected early morning visits to
the asylums and jails. Gen. Wood pre-
fers to take the managers of such institu-
tions unprepared. Tomorrow he intends
to inspect the leper hospital. To-day he
visited the Beneficiencia. He does not in
tend to interfere in matters of public pol
Icy before the new year. when the Cabinet
will be installed 1t is generally reported
by friends Of the men named that Senor
Villalon has been offered a Cabinet position.
A similar statement is made concerning
Senors Varona, Esteveza and Tamayo. Sen
or Villalon is the present chief of public
works at Santa Clara. Senior Verona was
formerly editor of the Patria. Senior
Esteveza, is the president of the National
party. Senior Tamayo is a Judge of the
Supreme Court. Most OF these appoint
ments il made would be met with public
approval out zen. Wood decllneS to con-
firm or deny in any case, asserting that
he will not give out informauon on the
subject until the entire Cabinet has been
decided upon.
Several correspondents of American
newspapers VINO have recently arrived here
are much stirred up by wonderful stories
published in the local papers regarding ap-
pointments. designations. assassinations
and other strange happenings. AS a mat
ter of fact, this is a sort of Cuban April
fool day. 1t is the day of the innocents
when lying is considered legitimate.
The barracks at Cienfuegos are to be
converted into an orphans home, and plans
and estimates are to be submitted for fit
ting up workshops for the training of
boys. A model cattle farm will be at
tached to the institution.
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Rumor that Great Britain Intends to
Close DeIagoa Bay, However, Has
Not Been Denied.
HOLLANDER ACTING AS SPY
SECRET INFORMATION FURNISHED
DIR. LEYDS BY HERR POTT.
Seizure of American Flour by British
Warships Referred to Our Agent
at LOurenxO Marques.

LONDON, Dec. pa Berlin newspaper,
the Lokal Anzeiger, has published the
terms of an alleged secret treaty between
Great Britain and Germany whereby, 1t is
said. the two countries will divide Delagoa
bay and other Portuguese territory I'm
South Africa. The story is ridiculed here.
A dispatch to the Times from Berlin says:
"When it is remembered that two Of Por-
tugars Asiatic possessions, Goa and Da-
mao, form enclaves of the province of
Bombay, the statements of the Lokal An
zeiger border on the fantastic" The
Standard says that no credit should be
given to the rumor from Berlin.
The st. James Gazette, in an editorial on
the reported treaty, says it is a mere
patchwork Of previous reports, some partly
true and some entirely false. The probable
truth is, as previously reported, the Port
uguese possessions in South Africa, north
and south of Zambesi, will ultimately be
left to Great Britain and Germany, re-
spectively.
A correspondent Of the Standard at LOU
renzo Marques says: ''Delagoa bay is the
residence of Herr Pott, a Hollander, who
is consul general for the Transvaal and
consul for the Netherlands. Pott is the
principal medium between Pretoria and
DR.. Leyds in Europe. He controls the
Netherlands railway through the Trans
vaal and is the head of the Transvaal Gus
toms. He is also head of the Dutch East
Portuguese governor. as well as the chief
of each department. 1t is openly asserted
that Pott has private wire to the from
nd
others what is happening. About him
gather all the other consuls, the Portu-
guese officials and the German forwarding
agents. If Delagoa bay is closed the Beers
will retailiate by raiding Portuguese ter
ritory."
The Standard says: Lord Salisbury
would be reluctant to bring pressure to
bear upon Portugal except in a case of
urgent necessity. Great Britain would pre-
fer not to place herself in the invidious
position of using force toward another
petty country, and there is no temptation
to raise any further international ques-
tions.'
1T is satisfactory" says the Times, ed
itorially, this morning, "to learn that the
Washington government is acting with re-
gard to the American cargo seized in Della
goa bay as We should have wished and
expected. 1t is matter of course that
We shall make full reparation if reparation
is proved to be due. In the meantime, it
may be noted, as the Americans them
selves admit, that the facts are in consid-
erable doubt. and that some Of them would
seem to be rather compromising to the
vessels seized. There will be time enough
to talk of the law and the policy of the
step when the facts have been authorita-
lively ascertained."
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Cornish said and told him that her mother
was i'll: that she had a headache and
wanted him to give her some bromo-seltzer
He said he gave the bottle to Mrs. Rogers,
who took 1t out OF the room. A moment
later Mrs. Adams returned with the bottle
and said she could not open it. Mr. Os-
borne here interposed:
ION. yes, Cornish; 1 forgot to ask you IL
the bottle was sealed"
1T was" replied the witness, sealed
with paraffine wax"
THE FATAL DOSE.
Continuing his narrative, Cornish told OF
opening the bottle. while Mrs. Adams
brought glass for him to pour out dose
of the bromo-seltzer. He poured. out what
he termed a good, big DOSE" and Mrs
Adams drank ii, remarking at he time,
Cornish testified, that IL tasted sour and
queer"
II told her." continued Cornish. that
the stuff was all right and took dose or
ii myself, though may be not so large a
dose as she did. She then went out and
sat down and commenced reading my pa
per. 1t was not more than two or three
minutes afterward that she cried out to
me to come and help her. jumped up and
ran to where she stood in the dining room.
At the time / had felt no effects of the
stuff, but as soon as L got up my knees
failed me. Just as / got TO Mrs. Adams she
fell to The floor. L stopped over and tried to
lift her, but could not do 1t. She could
hardly talk, and her face was drawn and
ashy. left her lying on the floor and ran
to the hall and called to the hall boy to
run for a doctor. Mrs. Rogers and 1 then
laid Mrs. Adams on the lounge and / went
out to hurry the boy, but found he had
gone. Then 1 went over to drug store at
the corner of Eighty-sixth street and Co.
lumbus avenue. / told the druggist that
somebody was sick and that / thought it
was due to poison. He asked me what she
had taken and 1 picked up bromo-seltzer
bottle and said ii was like that. He said:
why, that's not poison; that's bromo-
seltzer.' Then l asked him what to give
Mrs. Adams, and he said he did not know;
that he did not know what she had taken.
Then went back to the house.
"Haa the doctor come then?" asked Mr..
Osborne.
'No. the doctor had not. The boy had
got back and said he had asked DR.. Hitch
cock to come and that he said he would"
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BERLIN, Dec. 2S-A German official
agent issued statement last evening to
the effect that the assertions of the Lokal
Anzeiger were arbitrary and erroneous
guess work
Official circles in Berlin describe the
statements made as "quite inaccurate"
A high official tonight authorized the
following declaration: There is no objec-
tion to stating that the understanding had
by Great Britain, Germany and Portugal
refers only to Africa and leaves Asia
wholly out of the account. 1t is quite GER
tain, however, that Germany under no con-
sideration would conclude such a bargain
with Portugal as the Lokal Anzeiger sets
forth Any one with the slightest political
sense ought to see that these tiny enclaves
In the midst OF E.Stish India are the last
colonial possessions Germany would
dream Of"
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MRS. WOODBURY. FINED.
Found Guilty OF Contempt Of Court
and Assessed $50.

BOSTON. Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Josephine Wood
bury was adjudged guilty OF contempt OF
court by Judge Braley in the Superior
Court here to-day in connection with the
case brought against her by Mrs. Mary
Eddy, head of the Christian Science
Church. for alleged criminal libel. Mrs.
Woodbury. was fined $50. which she paid.
The alleged contempt consisted in making
public through a Boston newspaper the
substance of her declaration in the suit
against Mrs. Eddy and in causing TO be
published certain statements about the
case or in submitting to interviews where
in she made certain statements, knowing
they would be published
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And Says Millions Too Much Have
Been Promised the Eastern Conn
pany for Its Good Will.
AFFAIRS OF HARPER & BROS.
STATEMENT PREPARED BY A COM
MITTEE OF CREDITORS.
Close Economy Necessary AZ Debts
Are to De Paid-Business Of the
Squires Much Involved.

CHICAGO, Dec 2s-Objection 10 the pro-
posed merging of the Wagner Palace-car
Company into the Pullman Palace-car
Company on the ground that it will create
a trust in and a monopoly of the sleeping
and parlor car business is made In a bill
filed to-day in the Circuit Court by Truman
A. Tyler of Alton, Ill, one OF the share
holders of the Pullman company. The
complaint, after reciting in detail the acts
of the directors and stockholders OF both
companies leading up to the proposed sale
of the Wagner company TO the Pullman
company. asks that the injunction OF tho
court issue to restrain the consummation
of the proposed purchase until the hear
ing of the suit and, until final hearing, that
a perpetual order be entered, restraining
the carrying out of the contemplated pur-
chase or from issuing or delivering any OK
its stock to the Wagner company or any
Of its agents.
The bill of complaint states that the
value of the property of the Wagner COM
pany, for which it is asserted stock OF the
Pullman company Of face value OF $40
0O00 900 and a market value of $4,000. 900 is TO
be exchanged, does not exceed the sum or
$40 900 and the difference between the ac-
tual value Of the property and the amount
which is to be paid represents what is TO be
paid by the Pullman company for the good
will and the control of the Wagner COM
pany. The clauses of the bill OF complaint
relating to the basis of the suit that the
proposed act which It decIsred has not
been completed, will tend to create
trust, are:
THAT the proposed purchase from the
said Wagner Palace-car Company OF all
it's property and good will is for the pur-
pose of enabling said Pullman Palace-car
Company to control the sleeping and parlor
car business done on the various RAILROADS
and that said purchase. IL consummated.
will create a trust in and a monopoly OF
the sleeping car and parlor car business:
that said purchase is in direct violation OF
the laws of the State of Illinois and that
the purpose of said purchase is to enable
low I'D and absorb it's only substantial
competitor; that the said purchase will en-
able the said Pullman Palace-car Company
to limit and reduce the operation and num-
ber of sleeping cars and parlor cars opera
ted on the various railroads and enable IL
TO regulate at its will the price for the use
Of the same and to prevent competition in
the manufacture, operation and use or
sleeping and parlor cars so as to prevent
free and unrestricted competition I'm viola
ton of the statutes OF the State of illinois,"
An application for the issuance Of the IN
junction will be made in the near future.
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THE BERLIN STORY,
Contents Of Alleged Treaty as Printed
by the Lokal Anxeiger.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Berlin says: "The Lokal
Anzeiger publishes the contents Of the
German-English-Port secret treaty
This double treaty will have executive
force as soon as the Swiss jurists. Messrs.
Blaesi. Hensler and Goldau, have given Il
decision in the Delagoa arbitration The
decision. it is expected. will be given in
January or February, and will probably
be in favor of England, in which case
Portugal must pay to England and Ameri-
ca an indemnity OF G., 100000 sterling. Eng
land obtained in 1891 from Portugal the
right OF pre-emption from Delagoa bay.
The cession Of Delagoa bay to England
may therefore be expected In March next.
1T is possible President Kruger may now
declare war on Portugal and attack Della
goa at once. In order to prevent any in
reference by France or Russia, England
concluded a secret treaty with Germany
regarding the complete partition OF the
Portuguese colony. Germany is to receive
all Portugal's Asiatic possessions-that Is
to say, Timor, Goa, Damaio, Macao and
Diu, with 10000 square miles of territory
and 100000 inhabitants. Germany further
receives in Africa all Portuguese territory
north of Mozambique except a strip os
land three miles wide for Cecil Rhodes
Transafrican Railway. For this the Ger
man government will pay Portugal % cGc.-
600 marks. The surprising part in this
statement is that it refers to Asia, when
it has often been asserted at the Foreign
Office that the treaty only referred 10 Af.-
rica and did not refer to Asia. 1t must
however, be remembered that the Lokal
Anzeiger was in a position to publish the
Samoan treaty twenty-four hours before
the official publication took place. Eng
land receives the remaining African pos
sessions Of Portugal. which contain 2.Ooo.-
600 square kilometers and have 100000 in
habitants. The consent Of Portugal to this
arrangement has already been obtained in
principle. The Lokal Anzeiger declares 1t
has its news from a reliable source.
The present town of Lourenzo Marques.
not infrequently termed Delagoa bay.
dates only from 1867. 1t is built on the site
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Statement Showing the Financial
Condition Of the welI-Known Firm.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-At the instance OF
creditors whose claims aggregate nearly
half the entire Indebtedness of Harper &
Bros, a committe of five. of which Alex
ander B. Orr is chairman, has underta-
ken to prepare and submit TO creditors
a plan of reorganization. Preliminary to
this task the committee has prepared a
statement Of facts, in which Il Is set up
that the total liabilities of Harper & Bros.
on Dec. 4. 1899. were $30s3.ooo. diminished
since the date named by the turning over
of sl5o.Ooo of bonds. which leaves the total
Indebtedness s2se3. 600. The secured iu-
debtedness is sl,Ool,OOO consisting OF notes,
an open account and mortgage of 5000
secured by bonds and real estate The un-
secured Indebtedness comprises commercial
paper and open accounts.
In 1856 the corporation mortgaged
property to secure 100000 of per. Cd LI
100 year gold bonds. OF this amount s2.s45,oco
stands as collateral as referred to. The re-
mainder of the issued bonds $355.00o. are
outstanding and controlled by the COM
mittee for the purposes OF reorganization.
The mortage represented by the bonds
covers the property OF the corporation
cxcep' on hand. bills receivable, sup
plies cash on hand. Omitting the
asset good will and plates, estima-
ted st 100000 value. and deduSting the
bond and mortgage sssi.cco remains against
the outstanding bonded indebtedness OF
s2.cio.O0J, or 26 per cent OF their par value.
The estimated net available assets, not
covered by mortgage. TO meet unsecured
claims. are substantially $ii2.6O7 The ~
liabilities, in excess OF bonded indaD<ey
ness, is placed at s.962.el2 and i(kpris(
bills payable. general creditors. manj
scripts, advertising and unexpired sub
scriptions, leaving net available assets
equal to 22:5 per cent. OF net available
liabilities. exclusive Of cost Of receivership
and liquidation.
The committee regards the above esti-
mate OF value OF assets, except as a goins
concern. TO be very excessive. All of the
assets covered by the mortgage are deductl
ed in computing the probable excess of unl
secured creditors. because. in the comy
mittee's Judgment, the property covered b.
the mortgage would not realize under FORE
closure sale more than enough to satisfv
the secured claims. Wherefore, the com.
mittee concludes. IL the corporation Is not
continued as going concern, the unse-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-29
WUYAND WARY
BoERs STILL SHOWING MORE
STRATEGY THAN THE BRITISH.
Also Taking Great Precautions
Against a Sudden Attack on Their
Trenches i'm the Darkness.
LADYSMITH SHELLED AGAIN
BUT NO REPLY MADE BY GENERAL
WHITES BELEAGUERED FORCE.
skirmish in Which BuIIer's Patrol
Killed Nine Beers and Cap
. tured Sax Wagons.
HILLS TURNED INTO FORTS
EVERY KOPJE NEAR COLENso
BRISTLING WITH GUNS.
Change I'm the Tactics of Joubert's
Soldfers-Reconnoisan by Gen.
Methuen-Shots Exchanged.
Killed Nine Beers and Cap
tured sax Wagons.
HILLS TURNED INTO FORTS
EVERY KOPJE NEAR COLENSO
BRISTLING WITH GUNS.
Change I'm the Tactics of Jouberts
Soldfers-Reconnoisa by Gen.
Methuen-Shots Exchanged.

LONDON, Dec. %. - A dispatch from
Chievely Camp. Natal. dated Dec. q. says:
"A heavy Boer gun on Bulwana hill fired
steadily upon Ladysmith throughout the
morning. Ladysmith did not respond. The
enemy has been again detected attempting
to improve their trenches facing General
Butler. The British heavy guns opened on
them and the Beers scampered back into
the hills The British patrols sighted the
enemy in force on the extreme left. Nine
Beers were killed in skirmish that fol-
lowed and six Boer wagons were captured"
Further advices from Ladysmith say:
THE field fortifications would now with
stand any organized attack the enemy is
likely to deliver. There are sufficient food
stuffs for two months. The question of for
age might be troublesome. but since the
rains there has been some grazing within
the British lines. There is no horse sick
ness. The casualties caused by our shell
fire are increasing and the Beers are re-
ported to be becoming nervous. They fear
night serties and constantly open heavy
fusillade on imaginary attacks
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from PETER
maritzbnrg. dated Dec. %. says: Every
day reveals some new fact regarding the
strength of the Boer position at Colenso.
Thanks 20 the services OF continental Of
ficers. the character of the campaign has
changed We are no longer fighting a foe
who relies upon guerrilla tactics, but we
have to deal with what is rapidly becoming
q discipltnsd army, enjoying the advan-
tages Of knowing the country and of select
ing the scene OF contest without the bur-
dens Of cumbersome commissariat. The
Beers have converted the hills near Colenso
into fortresses OF immense strength. Ev-
erywhere they have splendid trenches,
many OF them bombproof.- Tramway lines
permit the shifting of guns with astonish-
ing rapidity. The main positions are con-
nected with the outlying positions by un-
derground passages and the forts proper
bristle with machine guns that command
the approaches. Probably mines are laid.
One hears less nowadays about Boer shells
not bursting. Observers OF the Colenso
fight say the Boer shell fire was very ef-
fective. This Is due largely to the fact that
the distances are marked off with white
paint. The enemy's discipline is improving.
The trenches represent great manual labor.
for which the Beers have keen dislike.
and the way in which they restrained their
IRE when our troops were advancing is an
other proof OF improved soldering"
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NURSE MADE A MISTAKE.
Hospital Sued by q Woman, Who
Claims 100000 Damages.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Mrs Henrietta Phil
lips, Of Racine, Wis, has entered suit I'm
the Cook County Circuit Court against the
Presbyterian Hospital for 100000 damages.
She claims to have been made an invalid
for life by the mistake of nurse i'm CIV
ing her dose Of medicine intended for an
other patient. The hospital authorities ad-
NIT that an error was made by one of the
nurses. but declare that the medicine was
harmless. Mrs. Phillips went to the hos
pital on Sept. to be operated - for
tumor. The same day another wo.au was
admitted to the ward One of the attend
ants was given directions for the admins
tering of medicine to the two patients. The
next morning the nurse confused the two
patients and gave each the medicine in
tended for the other.
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They Want $1Oo,ooo,ooo Indemnity
and Much Territory.

DURHAM, NATAL. Dec. 2S.-Winston
Churchill. on arriving here after his es-
cape from the Beers. received a tremendous
ovation. He says that from conversations
with members of the Transvaal executive
at Pretoria he learned that the Beers be-
gan the war with trepidation. but that
President Kruger is now confident Great
Britain will sue for peace.
In the highest Transvaal circles Mr..
Churchill asserts, there is serious talk of
a compromise. by which Great Britain
would cede the territory now occupied by
the armies of the two republics, pay an
Indemnity of e2o.OOO.OOo Cs1Uo. OOo OOo). and
acknowledge the complete independence of
the Transvaal.
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TO PATROL THE ATLANTA


NEW YORK, Dec. "a special to the
World from Halifax, N. s., says: Great
Britain is apparently preparing to patrol
the Atlantic. The report that the larger
part Of the British North American and
West Indies squadrons have received or
ders concerning the alleged violation of the
neutrality laws by vessels leaving Ameri-
can ports with contraband Of war seems
to be we'll founded. One of the officials
OF the navy yard here when asked by a re-
porter If the two war vessels would be dis
patched from the British North American
squadron declared that he knew for an
absolute certainty that communications
touching upon the matter had been ex-
changed between Halifax and the COM
mander Of the feet at the West Indies.
Arrangements are being made. he said, for
the dispatch of at least two vessels to do
patrol duty on the south and north At
lantic coast. The cruisers will sail imme-
diately after receipt of final orders.
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of an old village named in honor of the
navigator, who in 1544 planted the first
Portuguese factories there. The harbor
has been compared with Rio and Sydney,
and, properly developed, it would become
the best port of the states occupying the
plateau of South Africa. Great Britain
from 1920 onward disputed the claims of
Portugal to the ownership of Delagoa bay
and based its own claims on an occupation
by the Dutch, of which reversion fell TO
her. Captain Ownes. carrying out surveys
in 1893 obtained concession from the native
chiefs concerned in its shores. The dispute
was ultimately referred to the arbitration
of President MacMahon, of the French
republic, whose award in 1875 was given in
favor of Portugal. Britain, however, did
not relinquish her aims, and she consoled
herself for the loss of the actual owner
ship by obtaining a right OF pre-emption
under the nglo-Portuguese agreement of
1891 Under this instrument Great Britain
and Portugal agreed that in event of one
Of the two powers proposing to part with
any of the territories to the south of the
Zambesi the other shall be recognized as
possessing a preferential right to the terri
tories in question or any portion of them
This is held to give to Great Britain the
right of pre-emption whenever Portugal is
in such financial straits as to need to sell
her rights in the bay. She was said to be
in such difficulties last year, and only
domestic political considerations in Lisbon
stopped her action upon the agreement"