The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Vice President Deutscher has been elected
president of the Swiss Confederation.
\ silver Elizabethan salt cellar of the
date of 1877 and weighing nine ounces was
sold at auction in London yesterday for
$4,000.
Count Boni de Castellane has purchased
for 10000 the historic chateau De Grigan,
near Mont Gilman. formerly the home of
Madame De Sevigne.
The Portuguese steamer Dona Maria.
from Lisbon, for New York. with immi-
grants on board. arrived at Bermuda yes
terday short of coal.
NJ. Rouvier. French minister. of finance.
Is suffering from severe attack of infu-
enza and will be confined to his apart
ments for a few days.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, DIR. Tenn
pie, who was overcome while speaking in
the House of Lords on the educational bill,
Is rapidly growing weaker.
Germany has nominated DR.. Sievking to
be a member of the international court of
arbitration in place of DR.. Binch, presi-
dent OF the senate OF the high court.
After a prolonged debate the Belgian
Chamber by 90 votes to 80 adopted the gov
eminent bill providing for the punishment
of persons using indecent or improper
language in any public place or at any
meeting
The late Rev. DR.. Parker. of the CITY
Temple, London, left property to the value
OF Sl25.000 His will provides handsomely
for his housekeeper and his secretary, but
wifes relatives.
William III. Norris, the English novelist.
has started for Paris in the first stage of
his journey around the world. which will
include year hence passage from Van
couver to Chicago and thence by Toronto
Washington and New York.
General Miles. accompanied by his aids
will arrive in Berlin, via the Siberian Rail-
road, Jan. 10. He presented to En-
perOr William at the maneuvers i'm 1897 and
probably will be received again if the EN-
peror is in Berlin when the general reaches
there.
Terrific snowstorms have swept the
southern provinces of Russia and the Black
sea. All railway communication over sew
eral large areas is interrupted. The cleo
trio lighting plants and the telegraph and
telephone wires at Odessa and Sebastopol
are crippled.
Robert Harding Milyard. formerly solicit
tor of the Duke of Marlborough and at one
time a leading lawyer of the English mid
land counties, was sentenced to six years
penal servitude yesterday after having
been convicted of misappropriating $4,000
from firm which became bankrupt in
June.
The startling increase in the number of
suicides i'm the Hungarian army has
aroused the military and civil authorities
and they are both prosecuting a searching
investigation. Six recruits belonging to a
single regiment, the First Hungarian Regi-
ment of the National Guard. committed sui
eide during the last two months.
Ambassador Tower, Mrs. Tower and their
two little daughters arrived at Berlin yes
terday. They were received at the railroad
station by the staff of the United States
embassy. The foreign minister i'm
mediately notified of the ambassadors ar
rival. AS Emperor William is at Potsdam
possibly two or three days will eapse be-
fore Mr. Tower is presented TO his Majesty.
Poultney Bigelow, addressing the Geo
graphical Society at Munich last night on
East Asian politics and commerce, advo-
shanghai fraa
from consular or other official meddling.
He said that what was good in Shanghai
was due to the energy of the self-govern-
ing merchants, principally Americans and
British, who for fifty years had taken care
of themselves and built up a seaport aptly
called the New York of the far East"
should be annexed to the city. The mer-
chants of the East, Mr.. Bigelow claimed,
need nothing but liberty
As the result of a statement made by
Premier Balfour in the British House of
Common yesterday the government ap-
parently finds itself in awkward diem
ma. Questioned as To whether the law
officers of the crown had ever given the
opinion that the imposition of a counter
vailing duty TO neutraIize foreign sugar
bounties would contravene the favored ma
ton clause In existing commercial treaties
the premier replied that he had no record
OF such an opinion. Yesterday, however,
he volunteered the statement that an iden-
teal opinion had been given in 1880 but
to the effect of this opinion in the present
circumstances. The premier's statement.
however. is regarded as justifying Russia S
threat 10 treat the imposition of counter
vailing duty breach of treaty.
Chancellor Won Buelow addressed the
Reichstag yesterday on the tariff bill and
said that IL the reduction OF duty agri-
cultural implements as provided In the
KardOrf amendment was adopted the fed
eral government would take the changes
into serious consideration They would not
consent. however, TO fixing minimum duties
on animals and meats The German gov
eminent in making the new commercial
treaties would guarantee 10 the domestic
animal industry protection enough TO in
sure its prosperous development, and would
accept no provisions in treaties which
would render IL impossible TO adopt the
necessary veterinary measures To prevent
animal diseases coming into Germany from
abroad The chancellor's statement was
greeted with applause from the Right par
~ and with derisive laughter from the
members OF the Left party. The bin finally
passed its second reading by lSi to l56 votes