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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21
Alleged to Have Shot Sixty Soldiers
of the Imperial Army and
Thirty Noncombatants.
PALACE PROBABLY LOOTED
PUNITIVE EXPEDITIONS IN VIOLA
TION OF AGREEMENT.
Joint Note Approved by All the Gov
ernmcnts, and ENJOYS Ready
to Open Negotiations.

LONDON, Dec. 2l.-"All the governments
have approved the British amendment"
says the Picking correspondent of the
Morning Post, land the demands will be
presented to the Chinese plenipotentiaries
without any suggestion of an alternative
On many grounds the Germans are gaining
a worse reputation for severity than the
Russians ever had. The country is prac-
tically in defenseless state. moreover, be-
cause Count Won waldersee will not allow
Chinese troops to do anything and the for
eign troops are absent or engaged in loot
ing.
''It is reported that five days ago the
German troops visited Tung- Ching and shot
sixty imperial troops who were engaged in
suppressing Boxers and also killed thirty
other Chinese, including three converts.
They took two hundred prisoners, including
thirty natives attached to the Anglican
mission. In consequence Of an appeal from
the magistrates, however, the prisoners
were liberated in return for the payment Of
10000 taels. This punitive expedition was
in defiance of the understanding that no
such measures should be taken pending the
negotiations. The Germans are said to
have looted the palace"
The Havas agency at Paris has received
the following dispatch from Peking, dated
Dec. 20: 1.-The foreign ENJOYS have signed
the joint note. with the addition of Eng
lands stipulation that China cannot be
allowed to foresee a cessation Of the occu-
patton of Peking or the province of Chilli
SO long as she has not conformed to the
conditions of the powers. Mr.. Conger has
deferred signing, owing to instructions to
insist on final moderation, but he thinks
Washington will not insist.
Lord Lansdowne, secretary of state for
foreign affairs. has concluded negotiations,
according to the Daily Mail, by which Rus
sia will. Jan. /, give Great Britain entire
control Of the railway from Peking to
Shan-Kwan.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram Com
pany from Peking. dated Dec. 19, says the
situation throughout the provinces is rap
idly growing worse, and is causing grave
anxiety. The dispatch adds that unless a
definite system OF government is speedily
installed a recrudescence of the anti-foreign
outbreak is confidently expected. The pres
sure of winter begins TO be felt by the peo-
pie, who are also suffering because Of the
blackmail levies by the native employees of
the allies, and the foreigners are blamed.
number of desperadoes imprisoned at
San-Chow-Fu by General Mel, whom the
Germans released, are now hurryfng TO the
Chi-Li-Shang-Tun border. burning houses.
numbering and pillaging women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21
CUIGNET IMPRISONED.
Dreyfus Case Witness Awaiting Trial
by Court-MartiaI.

by Court-MartiaI.
PARIS, Dec. 20.-Major Cuignet, who fig
ured in the Dreyfus court-martial at
Rennes, has been arrested and imprisoned
in Fort Mont Valerien, where he is await
ing a trial by court-martial on two charges.
The first is a charge of grave offense
against discipline in writing directly, with
out authorization, to the president of the
Council, NJ Waldeck-Rousseau, accusing NJ.
Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs, of
having told the Chamber of Deputies an
untruth when he said that Major Cuignet
had approved the Interpretation officially
placed upon the famous Pannizardi tele-
gram. The second charge is of being guilty
of disclosing a confidential document, name
ly, the statement signed by Major Cuignet
and General Chamoin. which was read in
the Chamber by NJ. Lasies. formulating
some reservations concerning the Panni-
bardi dispatch. NJ. Lasies pointed out that
the document did not mention that Del
casse had declared the fact to be that NJ.
Paleologue, the foreign office expert, had
refused to countersign il.
Gen. Andre Minister of War, drew Major
Cuignets attention to this conduct, and
asked for an explanation. which the officer
refused, declaring that he would withhold
his explanation for an officer of the judi
cial police.
Gen. Andre at once ordered him to re-
turn to his home and to await orders there.
A few minutes later an officer of the mill
tary government of Paris called upon
Major Cuignet at his residence and in
III h. Ial
surrender himself at Fort Mont Valerien
before o'clock that evening. Major Cuig-
net obeyed.
Gen. Chamoin was also questioned by the
Minister of War during the afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21

Plans Proposed by Messrs. Hopkins,
Burleigh and Crumpacker.

Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-Representative
Hopkins, chairman OF the committee on
census, to-day filed in the House the ma
jority report on the reapportionment bill
reported by his committee fixing the MEM
bership of the House for the next decade
at 357. Representative Burleigh, OF Maine.
filed minority report, signed by six MEN,
bers, in favor of House TO be composed
of SS6 members. and Representative Crum-
packer, of Indiana, who signed the Bur-
leigh report, also submitted an independent
report In favor of reducing the representa-
ton in the Southern States to the extent
of the abridgment of the suffrage. His in
posed of 374 members
Mr.. Hopkins in the majority report cites
many instances TO show that the loss OF
seats by States under reapportionment bills
was not uncommon. Massachusetts,, for in
stance. which under the third census had
twenty members, was reduced TO ten under
the sixth. seventh and eighth. and Virginia.
which had twenty-three in the third. had
but nine under the ninth. The report says
the committee followed the plan adopted
under the sixth census and followed con-
tinuously since. 1t has the sanction and
approval OF sixty years OF national exist
ence. The plan is TO divide the population
by 257. the proposed membership. The
quotient, 2OSS6S, is the ratio OF representa-
tives to population. This ratio applied TO
the population OF each State will yield I'm
the aggregate a number somewhat less
than 351 the number determined upon as
the membership of the House. The differ
cnce is made up by assigning TO the States
having the largest majority fractions ad-
ditional Representatives until a sufficient
number have been assigned 10 bring the
total up to 357 A membership OF more
than 357, the report says. would make the
House unNfeldv
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TEXT OF THE TREATY.
It's Provisions rs Amended and Rati-
fed by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-Following is
the text of the Hay y-Pauncefote treaty, as
amended and ratified:
1.-THE United States of America and her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress or
India, being desirous to facilitate the con-
struction OF a ship canal 10 connect the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. and to that
end TO remove any objection which may
arise out of the convention of April ls,
1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, to the construction of such canal
under the auspices of the government or
the United States without impairipg the
general principle OF naturalization estao-'
lished in Article VIII of that convention,
have for that purpose appointed as their
plenipotenuaries: The President of the
United States, John Hay, secretary or
state of the United States of America, and
her Majesty, the Queen Of Great Britain
and Ireland, Empress Of India, the Right
Honorable Lord Pauncefote. c.. c. B., @.
{. NJ. c.. her Majesty's ambassador extraor-
dinary and plenipotentiary 10 the United
States. who, having communicated to each
ether their full powers, which were found
TO be in due form, have agreed upon the
following articles:
Article lit is agreed that the canal
may be constructed under the auspices of
the government of the United States, either
directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan
of money to individuals or corporations, or
through subscription TO or purchase or
stock or shares. and that, subject to the
provisions of the present convention, the
said government shall have and enjoy all
the rights incident TO said construction. as
well as the exclusive right of providing for
the regulation and management of the
canal.
article 1.-THE high contracting parties,
desiring to preserve and maintain the gen
eral principle of naturalization established
In Article VIII of the Clayton-Bulwer con-
vention, which convention is hereby super
seded, adopt, the basis of such neutrali-
zation, the following rules. substantially as
embodied in the convention between Great
Britain and certain other powers, signed at
Constantinople, on Oct 90 1888. for the
free navigation of the Suez maritime canal,
that Is TO say:
II. The canal shall be free and open, in
time of war as in time OF peace, to the ves-
sells OF commerce and OF war of all nations,
on terms of entire equality, so that there
shall be no discrimination against any ma
tion or its citizens or subjects in respect OF
the conditions or charges of traffic, or 9TH
erWiSe.
"2. The canal shall never be blockaded,
nor shall any right of war be exercised. nor
any act of hostility be committed within it,
'3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall
not revictual nor take any stores in the
canal, except so far may be strictly nee
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4. COL. A.
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NIGHT wATCHMAN's STORY.
He Says Robbers Tried TO Loot the
Nebraska State Treasury.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 20.-An unsuccess-
full attempt made to rob the state
treasury early to-day. According to the
story told by Night Watchman F. NJ. Good.
he discovered three men in the treasurer's
office at the State Capitol at o'clock.
Three shots, he says. were fired at him by
the robbers. one passing through the lapel
of his coat He fired twice in return, ap-
parently without effect. and the robbers
escaped without having opened the treas
ury vault or secured anything of value.
State Treasurer Meserve was called. and
found his office in a state of disorder, but
the steel vault uninjured and nothing OF
value missing so far as he could tell.
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The Minority Report.

The report of the minority is signed by
Messrs. Burleigh, Russell, Heatwole. Crum-
packer. Griffith and Wilson. Referring 10
the Hopkins apportionment the minority
report says:
THE anomalous character OF this pro-
posed apportiOnment, as well as its obvious
injustice, h clearly demonstrated by the
Iact that IL is necessarily based in part
upon majority fractions, and yet Colorado
with a majority fraction or III, 36l, Florida
with a majority fraction of lie. S07 and
North Dakota with majority fraction OF
.05s sSj do not receive representative based
OF such majority fraction. while every
other state with majority fraction re-
ceives a representative for such majority
fraction We believe that every State
should be treated alike with reference 20
rs majority fraction, as no valid reason
has or can be assigned for the discrimina-
ton between them We also believe that
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wreck and loot trains and commit depreda-
uons on other private property"
SUIT AGAINST THE cAsTELLANEs.
About Six and a Half Million Francs
Involved I'm the Case.

PARIS, Dec. 20.-The suit of Charles
Wertheimer, the London bric-a-brac dealer.
against Count Castellane and wife to re-
cover payment for art objects sold the
Count and Countess De Castellane began
to-day in the first civil chamber. The
transaction taken as test case involved
the sum of 1886 francs. The hearing was
devoted to the arguments of the counsel.
None OF the parties was in court. The to-
tai involved in the transactions is
6,5O00O0 francs.
The count and countess have replied
with filing a counter suit demanding full
statement of all transactions, claiming
that various objects admittedly authentic
were sold at scandalously exaggerated
prices, and that many articles were repre-
sented as authentic antiquities when they
were really limitations, modern or useless
while in a series of exchanges in 1889
Wertheimer took back number of articles
at prices greatly inferior to their true
worth. They therefore demand a re-
duction of the debt Professionally esu-
mated to be at least 100000 francs and the
restitution of the objects taken in exchange
by Wertheimer under the penalty OF a
thousand francs for each days delay In
the restitution on the Ody OF JuuSiuehl-
Finally he claims damages to the amount
of 100000 francs. The Castellanes also
ask, in case the judges decide it is neces-
sary to throw further light on the case.
that experts shall be appointed TO appraise
the articles involved. The appointment Of
these experts is the first act of counsel for
Count De Castellane.
Wertheimer's counsel, Maitre Foucauld.
in a speech lasting several hours, made
a most vigorously worded reply to the
Castellane contentious. Nothing could be
more painful, asserted Maitre Foucauld.
than the steps taken by the Castellanes. to
avoid the suits. Who could have expected
such an attitude from a Castellane? No
one could reproach Wertheimer for placing
confidence in the man who had contracted
marriage with the richest heiress in the
world, one whose fortune the press de-
scribed fabulous. The count, when hard
pressed, told Wertheimer that Mr.. Gould
would pay. The counts conduct at this
period, according to counsel, resembled that
of child. He was surprised at his wrong
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COL. g.
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FILIPINos SURPRISED.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-The following
cablegram from Admiral Remey, at Cavite
giving an account of a sharp brush with
Filipino insurgents. was received to-day at
the Navy Department:
Fifteen troopers, Fourth Cavalry, and
five or the crew were landed from the gum
boat Basco yesterday at Limbanes Cavite
province. They surprised eighty insurgents
A sharp skirmish lasting half an hour fol-
lowed. Thirteen insurgents were killed
twelve rifles captured and large amount
OF stores destroyed. One soldier was
wounded"
Corporal Samuel Nelson, Company +,
Twenty-fifth Infantry. was convicted by
ccurt-martial OF murder committed in the
Philippines and was sentenced to be exc
cuted by hanging. The President has COM
nuted the sentence TO Imprisonment for
life at hard labor in the United States
Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21

BLoEMFONTEIN, Dec. 1S.-General De
Wet had 5000 men and 5000 horses when he
captured Dewetsdorp. according to gem
tleman who was imprisoned there. The
Boer commander then declared that he was
not going to surrender without free par
don for all his men, including many Cape
Dutch. The force OF 5000 is now divided
into three sections.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21
DestructiYe STORM in COSTA Rica

KINGSTON, Jamaica. Dec. 2O.-News
was received here to-day of a destructive
storm which swept over the interior OF
Costa Rica last week. Miles of railroad
track was damaged, the fruit plantations
were injured and communication with Port
Limon was cut off. The full extent OF the
destruction wrought is unknown. but IL Is
believed to be. serious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21

MASON CITY, Ia. Dec. 20.-Thomas Ed
mundson was found dead to-day, hanging
head downward, on barbed wire. fence.
and evidence points strongly to murder.
The body was entirely stripped of its cloth
ing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-21

child will be returned as safe as when you
last saw him, but IL you refuse we Will put
acid in his eyes and blind him, then we will
immediately k1dnap another millionaire
child that we have spotted and demand
100000. and we will get Ii. for he will see
the condition of your child and will realize
the fact that we mean business and will
not be monkeyed with or captured
Get the money all in gold, five, ten and
twenty-dollar pieces; put in a white wheat
sack; get in your buggy alone on the night
of Dec. 70 at o'clock y. m, and drive south
from your house 70 Center street; turn west
on Center and drive back TO Ruser's Park
and follow the paved road towards Fre-
mont. When you come to a lantern that
is lighted by the side OF the road. place the
money by the lantern and Immediately turn
your horse around for the return home.
You will know our lantern, for ii will have
two ribbons, black and white, tied on the
handle. You must place red lantern on
your buggy where II can be plainly seen.
so we will know you a mile away. This let
ter must be returned with the money, and
any attempt at capture will be the saddest
thing you ever done.
IF you remember, some twenty years ago
Charley Ross was kidnapped in New York
city and $4,000 ransom asked. Old man
Ross was willing TO give up the money.
but Burns, the great detective, with others,
persuaded the old man not to give up the
money, assuring him that the thieves would
be captured. Ross died of a broken heart,
sorry that he allowed the detectives to die
tate to him.
This letter must not be seen by any one
but you. If the police or some stranger
knew its contents they might attempt to
capture US, although against your wish or
some one might use a lantern and repre-
sent us, thus the wrong party securing the
money, and this would be as fatal to you as
If you refused to give up the money. So
you see the danger if you let this letter be
seen.
Mr.. Cudahy, you are up against 1t, and
there is only one way out. Give up the
coin Money we want and money we will
get. If you don't give up, the next man
will, for he will see that we mean business.
and you can lead your boy around blind the
the-copper sympathy. Do the right thing
by us and we will do the same by you. If
you refuse you will soon see the saddest
CONTINUED ON PAGE s. COL. A.
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Heitfeldt for with Kyle against: Harris
for. with Clark against; Caffery and Baker
absent and impaired
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-07
NEW YORK BANKERS.
Important Gathering ut Waldorf
Astoria Last Night.


New York, February 6.-Men Of promi-
nence IN banking and monetary circles to
the number of nearly four hundred met
tonight at the annual banquet Of Group
VIII. Of the New York state bankers as
ISOLATION held at the Wsldorf-Astoris.
Ths banquet was presided over by Warner
van Nordan, president Of the bank of
North America. 10 had been expected
thar Secretary of the Treasury Gage
would be at the banquet bat telegram
was read from him IN which 1t WAS stated
that he could not be present. on account
OF his health.
Among those 1t the guest table were:
Hon. Henry q. Brewster, E. II. Perkins,
Jr., Rev. DIR. David II. Greer. J. Edward
Happen, Joseph q. Hendrix. Rev. NJ. W.
5trycker. J. T.. Morgan. Charles Emory
smith, Postmaster General; United
States Senator Aibsrt Beveridge, Morris
X, Jessup, Rev. DR. Andrew v. Ray
mond. Bird s. Colsr. Conard N. Jordan.
William A. Nash and II. d. Kilturn.
At ten O'Clock Chairman Van Dorisn
be spoke OF the events Of tho past year.
He proposed ths toast "Tbe President OF
the United States" which was drunk
standing, amid great enthusiasm.
Speeches were also made by Postmaster
General Smith, Simeon Ford, Rev. DIR.
Stryckcr and United States Senator
BeveridRe.
oompanisd by Former Vice President
Levi p. Morton. They were given a
rousing reception. Gov. Roosevelt spoke
briefly.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-07

London, February Gin the House OF
Commons today. replying to question
Of Mr.. John Dillon, nationalist, as to
whether the government intended to
treat food stuffs as oontraband during
the present war, and II SO, under what
restrictions and limitations, MIR. A j.
Balfour, the government leader, said that
food stuffs. as such, had never been con-
sidered contraband by Great Britain.
But, he added. food stuffs intended to
supply an army In the field were by the
universal consent of international law
yers, regarded as contraband, and O
prize court would decide the facts con-
nected with the shipments.
Asked IL the government intended to
direct cruisers to seizs all cargoes Tor
Loursnco Marques until their ctaracte
was determined by prize court, Mr.
BaIfour declined to make any statement
in this connection.
George Wyndham, parliamentary secre-
tary for the war office, reply ing to ques-
tion, said there was reason to believe tina
many of the guns from the forts at Pre-
toria had been sent TO the front and that
some of them had a range Of over lo,O)O
yards. The British Siege train sent out
in December he added, had guns OF
equal range.
Z The president Of the hoard OF agricul-
ture, MIR. Walter Long, confirming the
outbreak OF the foot and mouth disease,
said the situation was y very grave one,
but he hoped to prevent the disastrous re-
suits which must ensue II IL became
epidemic.
The de bate on the amendment to the
address in reply to the speech from the
throne was then resumed by MIR. ID. B.
Asquith, liberal, (home secretary in the
tenor OF his remarks, might have held
Il brief for the government. He main
tained that the war was neither intended
nor desired by the government which,
naturally explained the country's un-
preparedness. Mr.. Asquith added that
the war could have been avoided by
President Kruger accepting the proposAls
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-07
Gen. Mcdonald Threat
ems Boer Right.
Troops Hurried Off as Fast as
They Arrive.

London, Eebruary 7-4.20 a. m.-Lord
Roberts has caused to be distributed in
the towns bordering upon the invaded
colonial territory an invitation to "Free
Staters and Transvsalers to 60 into the
desert. offering them good treatment and
a restoration to their farms on the Brit
ish occupation Of republican territory"
Tho manifesto guarantees that those
bringing horses can sell them. Foreign
ers win have their passage paid to Eu-
rope Colonial rebels are advised to sur
render In preference to being taken pris-
oners.
Not a word has been received from the
corrssr ondsnts with Gen. Butler for three
days. 1t is as though Natal had been
wiped on the n.p, erceptiug tts heltc-
gram from Lsdysmith saying that the
Beers are cannonading and that Eight
ing in going on"
Gen. Macdonald with 1000 infantry,
cavalry and ARTILLERY threatens the Boer
right at Magersfontein. This IL the nrst
sign of activity on the part Of Lord
Methuen for some weeks, and doubtless
has relation to the movements Of the
British further east.
II appears that Gen. Frsnoh's visit to
Cape Town WAS to ask Lord Roberts for
7OoO more men. Whether he got them or
not Is not disclosed.
Troops are no longer detained ut Cape
Town. They proceed immediately to
some point at the front Three thousan
disem barked Monday and were quickly
sent elsewhere. No public reception was
given to the arriving volunteers at Cape
| Town, because they had to leave imme-
diately. As Lord Roberts since the battle
Of Spion kop has had 20, COO fresh trc ops
to dispose, 1t Is probable that me have
gone TO Gen. Butler.
The World says 10 learns that Lor d
Methuen has disbanded Remington .
scouts, one OF the most useful colonial
commands, because he had asoertained
that some bers OF the corps had been
| communicating with the Beers.
Capt Walter Congrove, W ho received
the Victoria cross for gallantry In en-
| dsavoring to save the British guns AT
| Colenso, writes:
81 never saw q Boer all day; and l do
not think anyone else did. Thousands
| OF bullets pattered and shells burst all
over the place, but the Beers were inyisi-
ble."
The Transvaal special war tax of two
shillings and six pence per acre, affects
| 8, 900, COZ acres OF English owned land, q
| part of which 10 not " orth more than the
| tax.