Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 October 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY COUhT KL. jCUHREXT TOPICS.

t. DUAMB.

JASPER

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The prcmur of Now Zealand statt' tliat owing 'J UM apathy of the producers an 1 commercial BOWS it is not likely that N. w .aland will exhibit at t Ii f Paris CNposltloU. m ' Tho American commissioners have notified the Spanirh authorities in Havana that the United States will asDUM entire control, military ami governmental, of the island of Cuba December 1.

Gm. F. IX C.rant has signified his Intention of being a guest of the Army of the Tennesse at its annual reunion in Toledo. o on the 17th nud Mth inst. He will hv accompanied by his mother, Mr. U. S. tirant. A dispatch from Munich, Havana, on the 10th, auuounced the death there of lUanche Willi Howard, the American authoress. She was the widow of Dr. Van Teuffel. formerly physician to the king of W'urtemburg. n ' e " 1 The annual report of Commissioner Hermann of the general land office estimates that over lbOOu.ouO.ooo feet of public tiraler have been destroyed by tiros in the post 35 years, representing iu value many millions of dollars. . i - m 11

Hed Cross Agent Harnes cabled Stephen E. Barton, of the executive committee, on the 1-th. that all volunteers in PoTtO Kieo hau been ordered home, and IQjOOO regulars will be sent from the DnHd States to take their placec. On the lth Maj.-G. a. Hrooke will ussume absolute control of the island of Porto Kico. It is possible that all of the Spanish will not have left 1'orto Kieo at that time: if so. they will lie quartered in barracks until they can be taken away. ... i Q The reply of the Turkish government to the note of the powers on the evacuation of the island of Crete was handed to the ambassadors on the loth. Turkey accepts the terms proposed, but expresses a wish for certuiu modifications. Owing to Italy's financial straits the minuter of marine. Admiral di Canevaro, has renounced the sweeping uaval programme. Involving the expenditure of 540,000,000 lire, and will be satistied with a naval credit this year of SS.oOO.oOO lire. A dispatch from Paris says the United btatea aud Spanish peace commissioners are at entire variance regarding the question of the disposition of the Philippines, and that they have referred the matter to their re-Sp-OtiVe governments. ii Missouri day at the Tran niissiippi exposition opened, on the loth, in a blae of glory, Hy noon it was orticially estimated that MyOM visitors Mere in attendance, among them being a large delegation from Pike county. M. Lou; was rather sparsely represented. it is said iu Madrid that the evacuation of Porto llico will be completed during the week commencing on the lt'.th, and that the evacuation of "uba will be accomplished by the end of November. The government is employ lag -1 vessels in the repatriation of the troops.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The October report of the statktcian of tic department of agriculture shows tin- iVMNsm condition of ct It -H on OclObOl 1 to have been 71.4, as coiurnred vvrh TtJ September 1, u de. hue ot 4.4 points. It is reported in Paris that Madrid has instructed the Spanish peace commissioners to inform the Americans that If they insist upon the Philippines, in violation of protocol term. lien, ltlanco may be ordered not to evacuate Cula. 1 he failure is announced of Kniest Orger Lambert, a nuancier of Trafalgar Wilding, London. His liabilities are estimated at $5.000.000. A compute history of the operations of the United States coast Signul service has Wen presented in the report of t apt. .lohn R.' Hartlett. who was the superintendent of that service. 1 he Spanish government has aunounced its intention to maintain a strong force of troops in Cuba until the treaty of peace with the United States is definitely signed. The Paris (.uulois. referring to the publication of the Fashoda blue book by the British foreign othce, expresses confidence in a satisfactory settlement of the matter. Dnrittg the past six or seven weeks no less than ."0 carloads of beer and iiX carloads of cigarettes have been -. iit via San Francisco to Man. 'a.

Mavor Harrison has issued a pro

in reply to the American ooeasam sjnmril'l contention that there can be uo discussion of the principle upou which the protocol was bucd ths fmnltrlSl say that the piotocol was If ll at a critical tune, und iu the face of such imperious necessity that it can not Ik- regarded as sanctioned by the s. iv deign free will of the Span ih nation. Two elegantly dressed ladies entered Assistant Secretary Yandcrlip's otVice at the treasury lepartment ill Washington, on the Utk, and informetl Mr. Yan.lcrlip they wished to make mtntribotlm to the conscience fowl. Hiev dopmited m his desk four $:0 bill and departed. Tbousaiuls of people blocked the streets of Hurlington, la., on the Itth, to witness the great peace carnival. In the afternoon a How er parade was given, participated in by Hurlington

J society people. At Bight I represen

tation of the battle of Santiago was given m the river, followed by fireworks and a street masque carnival.

NEWS FROM I MM ANA.

mation to the Chicago public colling ( ficta Is sai that the war will not

LATE NEWS ITEMS. The will of George D. Saxton was found on the tilth It bc.picatlis tU his estate, valued at Üuu.Wü. to Mrs. IL a. Harber, sister of isomied, a entailed property. After her death the estate is to be divided among the live children of the beneficiary, UeorgC) .Murv. .lames, John uud Ida Harber, lira, McKinley, therefore, receives nothing. 1 he war deportment la constantly in receipt of requests from soldiers usking to In- mustered out, stating that the war has closed, and they wish to go home. The war department of-

ue

A desperate battle between striking coal einen at Virden, in., and the authorities took place, on th" 1-th. hi which six miners nnd live dt-pnties were shot to death and a larire number nrare injured, some of whom will die. 'J he gov errior. scut troops to the Scene and aiartial law was declared. i - Maj. S. It, Beebe, ordnance officer, L". S. ., died, on the llth, of yellow f. -ver at Havana. He wa.- a resident of Thomson. Conn, where hi widow

lives. Maj. lteehe was a graduate of . m Point, and was made major in the ordnance bureau early in the year. Ainoni: army ofbeers who knew him he i pol ii of in the highest terms. Orden were n trod at the division headquarters in Chicago, on the llth, from Qen. Paeon, in command of the departrnein of the lakes and the Dakotas, to have the Fourth infantry, at Fort Sheridan, and the Seventeenth Infantry, at Coimnhmi ianai ks, held in readiness for immediate service at the scene of the Indian trouble.

for contributions for vellow fever suf

ferers in the south. The Lafayette monument committee of Paris has received a dispatch from President McKinley highly approving the project to erect a monument to Lafayette in connection with the Paris exposition of 1900. Mr. McKinley says the project ought to be "realized with grandeur." Samuel Ensign, an engineer of the old-time IIa. ine A Mississippi railroad, and a resident of Bockford, HI., many rears, has returned, old and broken In health, with a sad story of imprisonin. nt and suffering in Culm. The St. Petersburg newspaper urge that the question of the wssession of Fashoda. on the Nile, in dispute between (treat l'.ritain and France, be settled by arbitration. The Cap Colony ministry has resigned, the assembly havinp adopted a vote of want of confidence In the government. Cardinal Gibbons, who is in TAnsh-

bagton attending the meeting of the' archbishops at the Catholic university, received a cablegram from Home, on the 13th, announcing that the pope had appointed Archbishop Chappelle of N. w Orltans as apostolic delegate to Cuba. Howard Could has the dearest wife in AanericO. He married Viola Kathrme Clenunooa, in Kem York, on the 12th, without the consent of other UeaaberS Of the family , and the latter, iitider the terms of Jay Could's will, have it in their power to deprive) him of $.'.noo.()oo of his fortune, in which , sot he would have only $:.,000,000 left President McKinley probably never received a more enthusiastic greeting than that which awaited him at the Transmississippi exposition grounds at Omaha on the 12th. He delivered

a brief address, in which he poke of the new duties and responsibilities imposed upon us by the war. rnul paid a flowing trilmte to the patriotism and valor of our soldiers and sailors. (ien. Graham continued his testimony ln'fore the war investigating commission on the 12th. He planed the blame for the Mifferinir of troops on volunteer oflioers principally. Qen. t.raham said some of the olhecrs

from civil life had proved efficient, but that others were InoOTrlgiblc. Some

of them, he said, were loo old lO learn. The German emperor and empress started, on the 1 :th. on their journey to the Holv Land. They will go li-

reet to Constantinople and thence to

Palestine. The imperial eotiple were

accompanied by a brilliant entourage.

At bansintr. Mich., on the 12th, in

over until the treaty is ratitied by the

I nitcd Mates sonnte, and that the soldiers may be needed tor further duty. A dispatch received from St. Louis. Benegambla, Continus the reported capture of Chief Saniory, all his famUj and his chiefs. Lieut. Jacpuin perSBttOlll pursuing am! seizing Saniory. This victory concludes the extensive French operations agninat this chief. The London board of trade has rendereo a decision eensuring the commander of the Hritish steamer Milwaukee. ( apt. Williams, for M accident which happened to her on September I1', and has suspended his certitieate tor three months. Ib nry Pnget, fourth Pnarquls of Anrlesev, died suddenly iu London on the l.lth. He was born in 1835, and succeeded his hu I f - brot her in b"U. His heir is his son. the earl of 1 xbridge, who was Inirn in W5. and is nnnmrrledk Advices just received from Samoa say the German war ship l'.ussard has taken Chief Mataafa and other exileH to Apia. MiHaafa. it in added, promised to be loyal to the government ami to ol. serve the lterlin conference, Mrs. .lohn Sherman, wife of the exsecretary of state, was taken suddenly ill in Washington, on the Llth. and Doctors Johnson and Hyatt were summoned. The nature of her illness was not disclosed. Four men were instantly killed and a doen others more or less seriously injured by til explosion of im in collierv I of the Lohtgh Coal and Navigation Co.. nt Cob-dale. Pa., on the 13th. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was the central fieure in the reception tendered

Litest Happenings Within the Bar ders of Our Own State. . Neoanof nanstew, Hichtnoi d, Ind., Oct. H. I his city in

, the home of a y omitf mim w ho . i tune I promise! to he h rival of S.uidow, I and who now is capable of many feats I of Strength much out of the ordinary, lie is IIa try L. William, weighs US

pounds, the ft e t fccxcn inches tall, and years old. lie can hold out a 17.V ponad dumbbell, lift l.OSO pounds with harness, twist two packs of playing cards iu two with the greatest ease, raise a l.Mi pouml iiiiin above the head, let two ordinary inen stund on his tu ck, drive aOO-peBnJT spike into a twoinch plunk with his hand, afterwards pulling it out with his teeth, crush a bowlder with his tbt, break by expansion of the chest a chain that will stand :;o pounds, break a clothesline tied around the bare breast and lift a barrel of dour with one finger. PSVgmttSl l lel.el ,ni I'll,-. Indianapolis, lud .Oct. 14. The state ticket of the populi-t party has been tiled with the gnveroor and will go on the ballot. Tbc st.it committee of the party, after an all-day session, decided to "stay in the middle of the n ad," and completed the party ticket by making the following nominations 'or judges of the supreme court Second district, John 0 Greene. Nivv Albany; Third, w I'. UkinsoB, Indlsoap olis; Fifth. NeN. i ,1. Poarth, Valparaiso. The Mftj lias named candidates for couctisk in 11 of the 13 uis t ricts. r.miol II nfn I'iMll. Fountain City . Ind.. Oct. 14. A fnm Hy here was poisoDCd from eating bologna saasage purchased from a batcher. The circumstances wi re so peculiar that a physician, securing a piece of ?he sausage, sent it to l)r. T. Henry, a member of the state board of health, who at once examined it and found hat pi ov ed to be a perfect cat's foot, A determined effort will be made to trace the sausage to the man who ninde it. i ti i iee ii.- i iu. Stefano. Indianapolis. I r.d., Oct . 14 The statt hoard of medical examination and registration I as decide.:, after consultatirn with the attor'.ey general, to proseeoi all the unlicensed physicians now practicing in this state. Heports seit in from I he different county orenntzatior.s showed that in the 80 co ue ties reporting there were iv physicians practicing Without authority. I rme r .' Instltnlra. T.nfnyette, Ind.. Oct. 14. The state cot-ference of the minify officers and

workers in the Farmers' institute Closed here with 100 delegates from 70 counties present At the present time the stntf conducts nt least one institute in each county in the state Ittd :n some counties more than one. ninking i total of 1.10 institutes during the year. i baSUSSl Uli Murder. Lnporte, lad Oct. 14. Henry Aigner was brotnrht to the jnil here.

I FRIGHTFUL ttllf.

The Atlantic Transportation Co.'a Steamship Mohegan Driven Ashore Off the Lizard. A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE DROWNED.

I'urtleulwrt. of the MSSStSS Nl Vrt ltSSSVSSl rurllirr I lun tlotl n ! WM in iiik um 1 1 i.e sc BaMaNVaaj iiisu Vne Vsasefs KssaMasei bglnnsght tu iii He. 11 lllaitliletl. London, Oct. 10. The Atlantic l'ra nsport ( o.'s steamer Moliegan, foi Bnorlj the t Icopal I a, of the WilSOU und Furiiess-Ley land lino, vvhich left Foudon for New l'ork Dfl lliursday, with 50 passengers and a crew of IS0( is ashore off the Liard, between this Manacles and the Lowlands. Beessas)sffs tiro Wats' Uats Rata It is rumored there has been a great lows of life. A coast guard message reports that the passengers are 'drowning like ruts." Another account says: "Bodies are washing ashore, one liein g that of a lady, lashed to a plank, With both legs severed.' Particulars of the disaster arc dilliCUli to obtain. It appears that when the Mohegnn struck a gale was blowing and the sea was running high. Lifeboats to ihr Bascast Lifeboats boats put otT from the Liard and from Falmouth, one returning tilled with Passengers. Several were drowned, however, it is reported, on the pi sea gi of the lifeboat to the shore. Another lifeboat saved si persons, la IT b 1 1 snil j ilwsssfs riwssl Tin- nonet at that point is extreme! jf dangerOUS and has been the scene of numerous wrecks. Some years sgO there was a movement set on foot to 0 lightnhip placed there, but it failed. fessJiwJ sad PtwOaMf Blawa 4stiiif s A dispatch from Falmouth BayS the Moliegan foundered and was probably blown ashore by the heavy ea-t wind after her machinery was disabled. All the Falmouth tiu-s went out. hut

none Were able to approach the vessel. Ipsstii A lifeboat has landed no of the Mohegan's passengers and returned for more, (hie lady died after she was brought ashore. It is reported that the position of the Moliegan is serious, and that assistance is urgently needed, r.on.- Hasdrsd iol BtstV-MtM llr.iuneil, London, Oct. 15. According to a dispatch just received from Falmouth. out of -00 persons constituting the passengers and crew of th- Mohegnn. only 31 have been saved. The vessel has gone ash- iir off the Lia rd.

CKN. SHAFTfctt AT OMAHA. Oreele.l lijr I ll.illMUlla .if hnlhu.luili, mil. ia A I'IaIu, Mm I mr-.il-1- SS Ktl IIICIll. Oinahs, .Neb., Oct. 15. Maj.-..,,, iVui. b". Shaftei was accorded a ,M t generous Mreloome bj Utnahs duy. When bis tram arrived sj ths morning large number of people t , . . J gathered at the station to greet lbs hero of Santiago. Later, upon the exposition grounds, the manifestatiuui of love and respect for the feuere! were everywhere in evidence. Turned Out to (irrot t.en. BOSftar, The anticipated presence i,l Utn, Shatter tilled the auditorium will, crowd that Wnd as large and patriot 1 lut that which gave Qen. Miles smlj an enthusiastic ovation the cl, lore. Fvery seat was lille.l, and bundrede f expectant people stood

the lobbj and the vacant portions of the gallery. They were entertained l.y a short prograninu- In the Omaha Concert band until the speakers .urived. An Ovation of HawdrlssHns, Qen. B halter and President Wut t lei headed the party, and as s. !.s iM blue ami gold of the general uniform was perceived the audience rose to its feet spontaneously and greeted him with an ovation ,f handclappinj and cheers. Tin- band played a patriotic melody while the somewhat nuiucrous party was bein' Seated, ami then President Wattles Introduced tier, Newton M. Mann, of l?nlty church, Who delivered the invocation. Qen. Shelter was introduced as ih. tirst speaker, and the crowd rOSC sod eheered him again with a rigor thai

i fairly shook the buntiuLr that bunu

lavishly from arch and pillar. A Plata UavaralsOsd rats, (Jen. Shafter's address was a plain mat tcr-ot -tuet discussion of the Cul campaign, and bis simple preeentntioi of the main events of the cauipa was far more effect ive than the most exalted oratorical effort from one wU had not participated in the struggle One or two .statements made by tin general are new. He sai.i with tip lall of F.l Canej the campaign wa practically over. It was simply nee essary, he said, to convince the Span ish Commander that his eeee wai hopeless. "Me eventually surrender' .1 and w ith our small army we h-.'d a; tored 13,376 prisoners, 12,000 of whoa were beyond our reach. Why tht Spaniards surrendered when thej could have abandoned their position and kept up the war. I do not yet BO dentnnd, but I believe it vva boeaus thev hod been inforire.l that the .Spanish government had decided to giv Up the SglH and surrender their soltliers in the eastern part of the islBlld." ajsssMad tii sttsass at atstti aprtat and Volunteer. The general extolled the virtu. I "I the volunteer as well as the regular.

assert inir that nil did their w hole duty Assistant Secretary of War MeiUe ; john made an able address, compli menttng Kebrasha's part in the int. ' war nnd denouncing the tra.lucers o' he arinv.

DESPERATE PLOT DISCOVERED.

charged with the murder of his brother. Albert, whom he is said to have -truck on the heail with a e!uh. The

to armv heroes nt th- Omaha exposi- 'Vc-rd munh.er is but 22 rears of

In accordance with the general order of the military governor all the "Spanish civil courts within Philippine territory, now subject to American

control, have resumed tin- exercise of their jurisdiction, subject to the supervision of the American military

.'overnment. which reserves the ex

clusive right to exercise criminal juris diction.

tion on the 13th. San Francisco has been definitely selected ns the next meeting place of the Fnisoopal triennial council The ambassadors of the powers have Irnnamittcsj to the Turkish authorities the decision of their go.eriuuelits on Um subject of Mussulman evacuation of trete, which sets forth that, while adhering strictly to their Ultimatum, Turkey may poaalbiy, later, be permitteil to maintain a small force on the island as an emblem of Turkish authority . "The Atlantic Transport t'o.'s steamer M one gran, formerly the Cleopatra, of the Wilson ami Furnpca Ley land line. Which left London for New York, on the 13th, with SO poasengers and a new of l" i. went ashore ott The Lizard, between the Manacles and the Lowlands, and it is reported that Ut

of those on board were drowned. w . K. P. Hchreiner, the Afrikander leiuler, and toruier attorney -gjeiiernl of ( a pe Olony, vv hose mot ion Of Willi! of

confidence in the government recently

the presence of njreat wuHtsta . .ooi-1 Qordondlptigg miniassssssj for Um moat part of roterans of U.N IUCCeded in forming a new

tin- civil war, then

beautiful inonuni. 1 1 1

was unveiled a ;

to Austin Blair, 1

'cabinet, which is regarded us being

stroiic- Afrikander eonilanation.

F.xpress company officials from sev

era! Wentel ities met iu Kansas City, Mo., on the loth, and allied to act

together in aopprtaaing traiu robberies. Plans to that end were agreed upon, but they will be kept secret. The superintendenta of the Pacific, American. Wells Fargo. United States and Adams express companies from Omaha, tot. I'aul and Kansas ( ity were pi sent.

tin the 10th Aguinakia refused to permit a funeral pnrtj belonging to the Hritish lirst-eluss cruiser Powerful to go to the cemetery because they tarri d rilles with which to lire the usual salute over the remains of a member of the ship's company. Rep reeentatlona were made to the insurjfent leader, with the result that the funeral a- held in the manner ami at I'll' llUcc IU . ed.

Mi. l igatrs famous war g.-veriior. The , v;,,,..,,,,.,,,.,,,.,, yman of the ma

nu, nument is piacea in a ""ir ' . rine hospital service left Wushsairtori, portion on the state capitol grounds I g WfJ-( op fj i , Mrs. Anne B. l.eorge is hl Stark I i,,. p, ,.t ion of the work in the south iu county (o.) jail, where she will flighting yellow fever. Be intended to main until .January, when the grand j t jsjt( i n-i n i n n:i t i .and then go to hatjury will pass on her case as to w h-t h- ,.( ..j, Atlanta, Mobile, New Orleans

. r she is the slayer of ticorge i. axiom she sma committed without bnIL bp Justice tetgnet after the eom lu sion of the testimony ami arirument nt the preliminary cxaniiuatioii on the Mth. The rumors which have been imblisbe.l in Madrid as to the attitude of the I Ilited .-tales pea. ecollllllissioilt rs

are described as having caused a painful impression, especially the reported decision of the American commissioners not to recognie the ( uban and Pol to Uiesn debts. The battleship Oregon nnd Iowa Hid for the Pacitic on the 12th. The othcers ami crews are not altogether the same no. n who navigated and fought these famous ships through the war. About half of tin- complement! on the lown and Oregon have be n changed. More sheep and lnnd.s are 1 ttng hipped out ot Ken Mexico than in nny previous year. Sheep men soft ante that there will be in the neigh

borhood of .'Oi l,i .i i lambs shipped to pastures in Co oratio. Nebraska. Kansas and Mis-nun thi - fall.

and other points. The White Star Line steamship Ftritannlr, which left New York, on the Ith, for Liverpool, by way of

Queenstown, arrived at Liverpool, on the llth. without ha v i ng communicated, ovvintr to the bad weather prevail

ing Ht the time, with QnCtOCtOWII It is stated on l'oo.I authority that the Northern Pacific Steamship Co. is arranging to pot under the American Mug six Hritish steamers which it is operating to China ami Jnpnn from Tncoma, Wash. An eartlnpiake felt at Yisnlia. CaL. on the Hth. rocked the houses ou their foundations, broke crook erjf ami aroused manj people The floor of a In :im Raft was closed by the force of the shock. Calvin Fairbanks, the abolitionist, died at Iii home in Angelicas N. V., on the llth, aired s) ,. vnH twice aenteneed to pfiaoa in Kentucky for violation of the slave laws. The Condition of Mr Sherman, wife of ev Secretary of State .lohn Sherman, was reported, on the Mth, to be

Islighth Improved; still her condition

was erit ieal.

w . s .a

llie trageoy was ine resuu oi a family quarrel. PnoSMMI Awny. ' Indianapolis. I ml.. Oct. 14. Oliver T. Morton, son of the war rnveriior.

(Hiver P. Morton, and for many years I welMmoWl y oung man in this city, iirn) iinexpeetecüy in Chicago, aged 49 v. ir. He was born at Centt-rviile, thia state. t i.tlliue lleil lenle.l. Muiieie. Ind.. Oct. 14. Four hundred ind twelve people from this city went to Lafayette on a Special train and took part in the dedication of the Dela-

vvare count cottage at the state sollitrs' hou. IsiOtaaa Matal Kasnwea. ndianapolie. Ind., Oct. J i. The fifth annual meeting of the Indiana Hotel Keepers' nst'icintinn vm.s beid in this city. About members wero in attendance and enjoyed an elaborate program me. Deatwl Law VntW, Indianapolis, tad Oct. 14. The supreme court litis upheld the constitutionality of the law requiring II den'ists to reirisier and be licensed hy the state board of dental examiners. ritm-eU.iii.i' 1 i aarefcss. Terre Haute, Im!., Oct. 14. The annual meeting of the Central Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers of Indiana will be held iu this city October 2.1 nnd 26. tili leopie 0o Law . M Uncle Ind Ott 14. -Mrs. Juliet Ford, aged 18, has tiled suit for breach of protn'-e. demanding $n.coo damages from Rogens Rlehardeou, a carpenter contract r, aged IS, Mn.l Vinn) I lill.lrrn. Colombwa, Ind.. Oct. 14. Mmas T.ovv', nped T.'t. a prominent pioneer citien of this city. Is dead. He had b. en married t href times, and was the father of CT children. itrS Does Dnmnir. I? diaiu.pnlis. Ind.. Oct, 14. Fire caused $'fi,nnn datnügt to the plant of the T. H T.ayeoek Mantifncturing eomiany in 1 Lis city. no- mot iellonmia. Mureie. Ind.. Oct. 14. The anntinl meeting of the Presby terisn Synod of Indiana adjenmed to meet in Lafayette text vrar. llnek nt snip Haunt. Inrtinnapoll. Ind , Oct. 14. Thfsj enty -eighth Indinrn battery Im returneo1 to Cnmn Mount from Fort TV i vne.

The Preach viuintry Detsraslaeal t overthrow the t.i rrio.ie.it t PfSVOal Iramsgtaj Wssesaaessi London, Oct. 15. A Paris dispatch says that letters and documents written hy a general holding a high position have been intercepted, which are aid to leave no doubt of the Intention of that officer to bring about the overthrow of the ministry, A pronunciamentavj it seems, was t Im- issued on October IS) which Would have 1 h -ffect of n seizure of the civil govern men! by military authority. When M. Brtaeon was warned las! night of the existence of the conspiracy be -aid the news coincided with prior information from private BOUCceS, It U an-

i nounced that in oonaequence of these

revelations tien. ChsnoitlC will not leUVe Pari-, as he had intended to do.

I'roiiiliieiit I rem ti OSSslalS i niieeri.e.l In I he awsplWM I Paris. Oct. I.".. The LilM-rte asserts that the military men alleged to have been concerned in the conspiracy are Generals Uoissdefre ami Fellaux. Attempts, it is added, were also made to com prom Use, Qen, Kurlinden, the military governor of Paria, who was for u abort time minister of war. but it appears the present minister of war. (.ii. Chanoine, refused to countenance it. According to the .lour, the rumor of the plot arose from a forged letter purporting to have been sent hy ien. Boisodefre to tien. Kurlladen, containing the words: "Let us to ready for Saturday." The semi -official Temps yesterday evening minimised the atTair. and said the effictula of the ministry of war formally deny that a plot existed. The Temps suggests 'bat misinterpretation was placed on some of the numerous dispatches now being exchanged between the different garrisons in connection with tin' present movement of troops, which led to strange reports of plots. Kar ' LI Import. New York. (et. it, Lnanrd Freren announce that they nlll import 5otV t)oo more gold. Ily ourlcy of the Itinlsli Ooverion, lit. Cairo, Oct. 15. A steamer having on board an oilier belonging to the French force under the command of Maj. Marchaiitl, now at Fawhoda, on the Nile, baa arrived at Khartoum. This other is (he bearer of tin- r port Kent for bv the French minister ol foreign affaire, M. DetesHnsCi bj conr ti -v of the British jroeernsaent, orei tin Anglo -Kgj'ptlnn lines afoommunl cation. It is presumed the odic. rs who proceed to Cairo in order to be able to Ml the otheial cipher id the Fier.h consulate here for transmit ting the report to Paris.

ON SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. The -rt Amount of Nlrknrss Anions thi Knllatr.l Men ( n.ialu ( iimiueSM MIO I Vim Ii t II. I Til. Chiiriestoii. s. c., Oct. is, The great amount of sickness among the enlist ed men stationed at Sullivan's islam is causing the comuiau.iant. Col Bawhra, much concern. During tie summer many of the men were ill ami typhoid and malaria1 fever eimoal assumed the proportions of ai epidemle, (irrst N umher if l ever (nrs. Conaidering the great number ol fever POSTS that have been treated ir, the garrison hospital, however, tin mortality has been liht. Mill, 11 present, there are a number of vers dangerOUS cases being treated in tin hospital, ami the death roll may h considerably swelled, Hilles-, there il an Improvement in the conditions, par tlcularly a conn tion of rain. Regarding the sickness. Col. Rnwlei said : BeaM Niil t.l,. wu I Ilm. He if the I'llXirut "I neknowk'tlge there luu- been great deal of sickness, but I could not really jjivc an estimate of the fever pa tlenta, At present Ihrop-fourtha ol the garrison are contincd to their quartern Some arc fever patients. ami besides these there are tpiite a number with other ailments. Fever hai caused much f the trouble and it b entirely due to the great amount ol rnin water that has remained for davon the surface. I have done eventhing to keep the temporary barrackwell draim-.l. and only recently linn ft large cistern built. .Typhoid feVel has not been so widespread as malarial, but it is the most deadly ' tried boiling the water to prevent tin spread of the fever, and to n .leere it slopped it. The fest ajate af the isteasl Continuing, Col, Bewies said: The obi building tolled the Moni trie house, which I believe was a hotel, is the Beet hole of the island lint of "loo and odd men ipiartered on the isi tnd. 1 am forced to put Mi in tins place" BJarelM's Neertsry lMiie Some Kerl i nnrrnlng la., I.rnernl. Havana. Oct. tfcV Cosine de la Tor"iente. aide-de-camp and sec ret ;i r;. of lien. Calixto tiarela, is quoted In an interview as saying that the general ins not accepted any post from lien Law ton or the other niei ican 01 bids, and that it i not true that he s milk inc; a tour of the eastern part f ( uba, advising th. disbanding ol 'he ( ufaht army, and that then is no truth in the statement that Goreia s going to the Ctlited states fcr th mr)OSe of endeavoring to raise I oan. which he has no authority to do