The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-16
INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.
Broker MObbed for Refusing to Keep
Open n Volunteers Position.

Open a Volunteers Position.
A disgraceful scene occurred on the Lon
don Stock Exchange yesterday. When
Maurice Herzfelder, of the big stock brok-
ing firm of Kahn & Herzfelder, doing
considerable New York business, appeared
on the exchange he was mobbed, knocked
down and kicked because, as alleged, he
had refused to keep open the place Of a
clerk employed by him who had volun-
teered for service in South Africa. Mr..
Herzfelder was so severely ill used that he
tainted and when he recovered he was
again maltreated. Finally he was rescued
from his assailants.
Webster Davis. the United States assist
ant secretary of the interior. visited the
Boer prisoners at Cape Town last Saturday
and subsequently dined with the admiral.
He then visited and bade farewell to the
governor. Sir Alfred Miner. previous to
starting for the Transvaal.
Charles z. Macrum. formerly United
States consul at Pretoria, left Port Said
yesterday, on board the steamer Koenig
for Naples. on his way home.
AT the regular weekly meeting of the
Presbyterian ministers of Chicago yester-
day, Rev. Arthur j. Brown, d. d., of New
York. secretary of the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions. made an address in
which he took strong grounds against the
Beers and in favor of the British in their
present conflict for supremacy in South
Africa. II am in favor of England in her
fight in Africa because 1 know she will
carry the spirit of humanity with her." said
&c a lyvo We hv-oa 4,
of civilization following the British flag"
The speaker also spoke in favor of the
retention Of the Philippines for the sake of
civilization and of the spirit of religion"
Following his remarks upon England in
Africa DR.. Brown commented on the inter-
national complications in Asia, and said:
1T is in Asia that England's real power
will be felt. With the menacing attitude
of France and Russia, England must look
well or she will be forced to a war with
those nations. But her hand will spread
the word of God and therefore we should
look with favor upon her..
The Robert Emmett Society, of Youngs-
town, O., has pledged $500 to the Boer fund
ana will raise $3.50 additional by subscrip-
ton. The Englishmen of the same place
have raised s., 200 to aid the British widows
AMI orphans funds
circular appealing for peace and plead
ing for the Beers signed by four hundred
clergymen of all denominations in the
Netherlands has just been delivered to the
ministers of all Christian churches in Great
Britain. 1t closes: I'VE beseech YOU
brethren, to use your influence that such
in England as on Christian principles dis
approve this may try whatever law
fully may be done for it's speedy cessation"
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All the foreign military attaches arrived
at Durham, Natal, on Sunday. They pro-
ceeded yesterday to Cape Town. where they
will join Lord Roberts.
The Hamburg correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says: IAN export firm here
has undertaken the immediate delivery of
three hundred thousand meters of barbed
wire to the Free state
Hugh Ryan. clerk In the city water-pipe
extension department of Chicago, has re-
signed his position TO join party of Chi
goans who will leave for the Transvaal
Jan. so to assist the Beers. A party of
thirty will go with hospital supplies which
have been purchased with money sub-
scribed in Chicago and remain in Africa
until the war is finished. 1t is said $50 O0O
has been raised to defray the expenses of
the party. $50
An agent of the Colt company SAYS his
company is working night and day on a
rush order for the British government.
principally a large number Of the Colt ma
chine guns, which are so light they can tc
transported by infantrymen. The Union
Metallic Cartridge Company has a rush or
der for several million Lee-Metford cart
ridges.