Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-03
LANCER IS IMMUNE
Higher Court Instructs Local Tribunal to
Leave Him Alone.
DEPARTMENT TO SEND WORD OF CAUTION
Trouble f. over Bill for Furniture
which LANCER Claimed Was Not
Up 20 the Contract Speci-
Bcations.
From a stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON. May Especial Tele-
gram. Joseph J. LANCER, consul to SOL
ingen. Germany, who was fined by a Judge
Of a local court OF that city recently for
disorderly conduct in the court room,
where he was present as a witness, is
not likely to suffer for his temerity in
antagonizing the local laws. The State de-
partment, when shown the story that APP
peared in the morning papers under a
Solingen date line. stated that while 1t was
to be regretted that any representative OF
the government OF the United States should
become involved in suits over debts 1t
could not possibly take action in the mat
ter unless there were SPECIFIC charges
fled against such ofncials. No such charges
have been made. For several days ON
cials of the State department have had
before them letters in relation to consul
hangers protestations against being made
subject to the local German court he
has explained In these letters that he
bought a considerable amount Of furniture
from local solingen dealers, for which he
was to pay some 5000 marks. when the bill
was presented. Mr.. LANCER stated to the
dealer that he would pay the amount In
quarterly installments and, according 10
his abatement. three or four installments
were paid, when the furniture COM
menced to fall to pieces. This exasperateo
the consul and he demanded that the tur-
niture should be made good. The local
furniture dealer objected and Mr.. LANCER
thereupon refused to pay the balance OF
the notes that he had given Tor payment
OF the property purchased. suit was
brought In the local court and during inc
trial of this case Mr.. LANCER. according 20
the press reports, became beillgereut Il
used the good, old American weapon the
sst Uhereupon he was promptly fined ny
the Judge. Consul LANCE protested against
the 6ne and had the case renamed 10 the
hIober court at Elberfeld, the presiding
,udge of which notified the Solingen court
NOT IN modest the consul further anu 10
| order an investigation looking into a com
nlete investigation OF the entire matter
Likely to He Reprimanded.
wbiis tbers is no international compi-
elton exnected to grow out of the Solingen
incident wherein Consul anger seems 10
have used natures weapons to advantage
AGAINST his former countrymen, the incident
| will not be passed over by the state Depart
mont. II is anticipated that a mild reprl-
mand will be inflicted upon MT Lauser
and he will be asked to be more clrcum-
srect In his conduct toward representatives
~ the foreign court. An official OF the
state department said today: make
a mistake when we accredit citizens OF our
own country TO the country OF their oirtn.
Incidents like this hurt instead OF help US
Iowa Man Gets Fat JOb.
Warren F.. Thummell OF New York, who
was appointed today as a member OF the
Board Of General Appraisers at the port Oh
New York. is a brother of George mum
mel. clerk of the district court OF Ne
braska and son-in-law OF Congressman
"Pete" Hepburn Of Iowa. Mr.. Thummel
has for several years been connected Win
one of the life insurance companies OF New
York removing to that city from Shenan'
doah. Ia. his former home. The position
NAYS & 1000 a year and is regarded as a life
lob. Mr.. Thummel was appointed to the
Mace through the earnest efforts OF his
fatbor-in-law, Colonel Hepburn, and sane
ton of Senators Plat and Depew.
Routine of Departments.
These rural letter carriers were APP
nointed today: Iowa-Remsen, regular; Ed
ward Breiholtz; substitute. Gus Boge. South
Dakota-Flandreau, regular. James A.
O'Leary; substitute, John O'Leary.
Contracts for furnishing fuel for public
buildings were awarded today as follows
For the public building at Beatrice, Neb.
M. T. Cummings at 1901; at Keokuk, la.
10 the Mississippi Coal and Ice company
at $500.
win e. Churchill OF Cedar Rapids and
Charles E. Moore of Villisca. Ia were to-
day appointed taggers in connection with
the Bureau Of Animal Industry.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska-C. W
Peters, Willard, Douglas county, vice II,
Kelsey. resigned. Iowa-William Beattie
Adelphi, Polk county.