The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-03

A dispatch from Tangier. Morocco. says
the Shereefian army was recently defeated
by rebels in the SUI district, and took
refuge Timinit.
The population of the District of Victoria.
Australia, according to the last census re-
port. is 1856. IA. This is an increase OF
o5,469 in the last ten years.
The minister Of the Brazilian navy has
given an order for the construction OF a
submarine boat invented by Jacinto tonnes
an engineer Of the Brazilian navy. 4
General Won Hahnke. until recently chief
Of the Emperor's Military Cabinet. has been
appointed Governor of Berlin. He is sue
ceeded i'm the Military Cabinet by Gen.
Hurlsen Won Haesler.
Starvation and typhus are increasing
among the village population of Bessarabia.
Seventy per cent. Of the farmers OF that dis
trict have lost all their horses and have no
seed for the spring sowing.
4 case of illness has occurred at Galata,
the largest suburb of Constantinople. which
is officially pronounced 10 be bubonic
plague. Precautions are being taken to
prevent a spread of the plague.
An epidemic Of typhoid fever has broken
out In several of the fortihcations and VII
lagos in the neighborhood of Metz. TIE
Eighth Bavarian Regiment has alone lost
sixteen men from the disease and has 2l
men sick.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Simla announces that a high Of
fetal of the Russian ministry of nnancs
has arrived at Teheran and Is discussing
Will lIt I6IcldH allIDlltltC a. ely I'LL
pcrtant, new and special tariff between the
two countries.
A thousand men are out on strike at ths
Aguilas mine. In Spain. The company has
refused the mems proposals and there has
been serious disturbance. Some of ths
miners fired on the police guarding prop
crty and the gendarmcs charged the crowd.
killing one man and wounding several oth-
crs.
The Turkish mission under Enver Pasha.
composed of military officers and clergy,
charged with the establishment OF rela-
tiCnS between Turks and the Chinese Mus
sulmans, has embarked al Constantinople.
The delay i'm the departure OF the mission
vas due 10 Russian opposition. The scheme
Is favored by Germany.
The Captain Fiacassa. of Rome. an
nounces that King Victor Emmanuel Will
sign a decree next Sunday creating a new
order. 20 be known as the Order Of the
knights of Labor. which viii be conferred
upon citizens. including workmen. distin-
gGished in the study of labor questions or
the amelioration of the condition Of the
laborlng classes.
lie Petit Blcu. Of Brussels. announces
that King Leopold intends 10 create "A net
work of electric railways. requiring a cap
ital of "A miliiard OF francs. 60 be con-
Structed in the GLOWING order. Brussels
20 Antwerp. Brussels TO Ostcnd. and Brus-
sells 20 Paris. According 10 the same au-
thority tho consent of the French govern
r'ent has been secured.
The Duke and Duchess OF Fife opened thu
Glasgow exhibition yesterday. The weather
was fine and the town WAS beautifully deco
rated for the occasion. The Duke of ftia
declared the exhibition open in the name Of
the King and expressed his MaJesty's best
wishes for It's success. The Duchess Of FIls
unlocked the doors OF the art gallery with
"a golden key. A luncheon followed the
opening ceremonies.
Sir Walter r. Hely-Hutchinson. the Gov
ernor Of Cape Colony. has wired the colon
ial secretary. Ar. Chamberlain. that the
total Of deaths due 10 the bubonic plague
- Anri1 ~ - Oh This grrF,lar f4aI4fIaa
forty-onc Europeans. II the reported cases
at Mafeklng that have the symptoms OF
the plague are embodied in the report tns
total number OF cases would be 5lS, these
including l6 Europeans.