The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

The population of Burmah, India, shows
an increase of 80 per cent. during the last
decade.
Quiet has been re-established in Cata-
lcnia, Spain, through arbitration on the
part of the project.
A dance at the Hotel Savoy has been
arranged for the young people of the Amer
lean colony of Berlin, TO take place next
Tuesday.
The Berlin -Reichsanzeiger has published
the text of a law adopting the American
letter box system for the German Postal
Department.
The Dutch minister of war, Keland. has
resigned in consequence of a recent an
tagonistic vote in the Chamber. He was
appointed July 3, 1897.
Many of the Spanish ambassadors abroad
have offered their designations on account
of the change in the Ministry, and it is be-
lieved all will be replaced except Senior
Leon y Castillo, the ambassador in Paris.
Miss Sibyl Sanderson's appearance III
Berlin has been successful. Although the
public at first was cool it is now apprecia-
tive. Another American, Theadore, now
sings Carmen" at the Theater Des West
erns.
The marriage of Mr.. ". Bayard Cutting.
Jr., private secretary to Mr.. Choate, the
United States ambassador at London, and
Lady Sybil Marjorie Cuffe, youngest
daughter of the Earl Of Desart, will take
place April so.
Prof. w. B. Atwood, special agent of the
United States Department of Agriculture,
who has been studying cider making in
France and wine making on the Rhine,
has arrived in Berlin. He will soon return
to Washington.
Andrew j. White. the United States am
bassador to Germany, is on his way to the
Riviera He will stop at Florence TO pay a
visit to Prof. Fiske. Mr.. Whites me-
moirs are almost completed, but they Will
not be published until after his death.
The case against the Heidelberg Assist
ant Station Master Weipert, who is held
responsible for the accident as a result
OF which twelve persons were killed and
eighty injured, has resulted in his being
sentenced to eight months in jail.
General Ponza di Sanmartino. Italian
minister of war, replying TO a question yes
terday, said there was ne foundation for
the statement that England had recruited
men for the Transvaal in Italy. He added
that the Italian workmen who had en-
barked at Antwerp sailed for Halifax.
Die Woche. of Berlin. prints an article
from the pen of a noted military writer,
Capt Fritz Hoenig. regarding the posi-
bilities of the effect of a hostile landing
in England. Hoenig considers that France
is particularly the only power from which
Great Britain might fear a successful land
iLg, but only in contingencies not likely to
arise.
Emperor William is slowly but steadily
recovering, but it is probable that ten days
more will elapse before he is able to ap-
pear in public. His Majesty receives Count
Won bQClOWs GtUtTdi Won 1dQnke, cnleI OF
the military cabinet, DR.. Lucanus. chief of
the civil cabinet, and other intimates daily.
The pains from which the Emperor SUI
fered have ceased.
There is a movement on foot among Ger
man women 10 issue a gigantic protest
against the threatened increase of agricrl-
tural duties as rendering the necessaries
of life much higher. especially for the
poorer classes. which comprise 81 per cent.
OF the whole nation. A call issued at Ores
den by the most noted women leaders has
already received millions of signatures.
James Gordon Benefits new steam yacht,
Lysistrata. designed by George L. Wat
son and built by W. Denny & Bros, has
just completed her trials and is said a.
hav given the greatest satisfaction Il
her owner, designer and builders. Over