The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-22

One hundred sisters of the Order OF the
Daughters of Jesus have left Brest owing
to the closure of their establishment Thir-
ty of them are going to Belgium. thirty 10
Canada and forty to the United States.
The German Crown Prince Frederick Will
liam has so far recovered from the measles
that he has taken a two hours drive at
Cairo. Prince Eitel who suffered from the
same disease, has also regained his usual
health.
1t is considered certain that Mgr. Joseph
F. Mooney, vicar general of the archdiocese
of New York, will be chosen bishop of Buff
falo in succession of the Most Rev. James
Z. Quigley, recently appointed archbishop
Of Chicago.
The latest news regarding the condition
of former President Steyn, of the Orange
Free State, who has been i'll for some time
past at Clarens, Switzerland, causes
anxiety. Mr.. Steyn is suffering from in
somnia and is subject to fainting fits.
DIR. Won Holleben, the German ambassa-
dor will return to Washington TO present
to the President his letter of recall, proba-
bly, not later than May. Minister Won Stern
burg, according to the government inten-
ton, will succeed Immediately to the am
bassadorship.
M. Cavaignac. the former French min
lister of war. has caused to be posted on
the walls of Paris signed letter charging
NJ Jaures, the Socialist leader in the
Chamber of Deputies, with calumniation
and cowardice. The affair grew out or
minor political differences.
Father ]. 2. Callaghan, of East Orange.
n. j., while present Saturday at render
ing of Father Perosis OratOrio, Moses,
at the CONSTANT Theater, Rome, was Sc
verely injured by being struck on the head
by pair of opera glasses which one OF
the audience let fall from gallery.
The budget committee Of the German
Reichstag has made total changes in the
O00 The newspaper estimate is the i'm
perial loan will amount to 900 instead
of S55,OO0.000 The Berlin bankers, however.
say the loan will be issued towards the END
of April and will be over $75,0Oo0O0.
The handsome residence of the Humbert
family on the Avenue de la Grande Armee,
Paris, which was the scene OF its triumph
and its eventual downfall following the dis
ton on Saturday TO satisfy the creditors
of the Humberts. 1t brought S64 400. NJ.
Allaire, a lawyer, bought 1t for client
whose name was withheld.
The distress in north Sweden was dis
cussed in the Riksdag on Saturday. The
minister of agriculture declared that up to
a fortnight ago the government was con-
WINGED that 1t had undertaken adequate re-
lief measures, but later investigation
showed that a further sum of about S25SOOO
was required, of which $4,000 had already
been contributed from American sources.
The minister expressed his pleasure at the
fact that the Swedes in America had shown
that they did not forget the old country.
Offers of subscriptions from other countries
had been decllneO
In the Reichstag on Saturday the director
of the German Colonial Office, DIR. Steubel,
replying to Socialist inquiries, said house
hold slavery had been abolished in Togo
partly abolished in the Cameroons, German
equatorial West Africa. Children now born
there are half free and slavery will in a
measurable time be extinguished. Slavery
i'm German East Africa will be also in
| process of abolition since transfer or own
ership was not permitted. The slaves had
| two days a week for work on their own ac-
| count and were permitted to buy their free
dom.
Pierre Des Essars. director of economic
studies at the Bank of France, delivered a
| lecture at Paris Saturday night on the
| American trusts. The speaker declared his
| belief that the American combinations
would come to grief because OF overcap,
| italization so that what harm they did
would be readjusted. Trusts, he continued
| were advantageous when they cheapened
| products for the consumer, but were dan
/ Perols when they formed corners which
| brought about rise of prices. The remedy
| for the trust menace" TO foreign markets
was the raising of the tariffs In the coun.
| tries affected. and also the levying of coun-
| teryailing duties. Nj. Des Essars praised
| American workmen. who, he remarked
| COMPENSATE for the higher wages they re-
ceived by giving their employers larger
/ output.