Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-18
General Foreign News by Cable.

ENGLAND's EGYPTIAN ELEPHANT
,-1dlA, -1ALEAANDRlA, october lS-1he expenses OF the
cost England fl0,0O0000.
sEpIrIoUs PAMPHLETS srrzEn
VIENNA, october lS-Seyeral boxes OF seditious
pamphlets, addressed 10 Vienna socialists, from
Geneva, have been seized here.
SWISS EDITOR AsSAsSISATEp
GENEvA, october ls-1he editor of a newspaper
puollshed at Monat, in the Berncse ObeTland &as
puohcly asSasSinated yesterday In the marset place
In that town 10y the president or the ultralnontane
society The victim had made Objectionable COM
ments in his paper.
REINFoRCEMENTs FOR THE FRENCH IN roUIoN
PARIS, october lS-Three thousand reinforce
ments, with stores, viii leave Toulon for Tonquln
within fortnight.
RACING OF OCEAN STEAMERS
LONDON, October ls-The chairman OF the
Cunard steamship company has written a letter 10
the Times denying that the oregon raced with the
American In the last passage acrUss the Atlantic.
lie asserts also that no extra coal was consumed
The result was due simply TO the power and ability
OF the ship The chairman further speaks in strong
depreciation OF racing, and says the rules OF the
steamship companies are stringent against IT,
DIED FRIGHT
LONDON, October Is "A melancholy incident was
connected with the outbreak OF fire on board the
steamship Nevada 0ae OF the steerage passengers,
an Irish woman, was thoroughly panic stricken
and died OF fright
CHOLERA IN ITALY.
RoME, october lS-During the past 81 hours
there were 81 fresh of cholera at Naples and
81 deaths Professor Palmier Is I'll from cholera
but his case Is making favorable progress. At
Genoa no fresh eases were reported but there were
deaths. In Italy during The past twenty-four
hours there nave been l66 fresh cases OF cholera
and l02 deaths
ALEX. NJ. sULLrvAS's REMAINS.
LONDON, October ls.-The remains OF Alex NJ
Sullivan, who died in Dublin yesterday, viii be in-
Cerfed In GlaSreyen cemetery, near Dublin, on
Monday.
THE GERMAN MINISTER IN PERSIA
LONDON, october 1s.-A dispatch from Teheran,
Persia, announces the arrival there or the new
German minister. Great preparations have been
made for his reception The shah has assigned a
royal palace for his residence.
NA3THA AS FUEL FOR STEAMSHIPS
ODESSA, October 1S.-The government has pro-
Jected an experiment to ascertain whether naptha
residuum can be advantageousy used as fuel for
steamer engines III the experiment is successful,
the adoption OF this substance fuel the Rus
sian deet, instead OF coal, is contemplated.
DEATH OF A DUKE.
BERLIN, October lS.-Nilhelm l., Duke of BrunS-
wick, died this morning. The counsel OF regency
at Brunswick has decided TO carry on the govern
ment Professionally for the present The diet VIII
assemble with n short time.
DESERTED BY HIS BAGGAGE CARRIERS
BRUSSELS, october 1S.-West Afncan advices
state that NJ. DeiZie left St Paul de Loanda some
on Stanley Pool Some time after he started his
baggage carriers deserted him, but he succeeded in
reaching Manyanga, on the Congo He VIII there
organize fresh expedition.
GENERAL OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
PARIS. october 1S.-The Christian Brothers have
selected Brother Joseph as general He was for
education for France.
A NIHILIST CAPTURED.
ST. PETERSBURG, october Is.-The person rcspon-
Slble for the fnSureciOnaTy proclamations discov-
cred by the police at Riga, on board the steamer
kelso, from Hull, has been arrested He proves TO
be a German from Stettin.
RETALIATION DEPRECATED.
LONDON, october 1S-The counsel for tue con-
servatiye party at Manchester has adopted resO-
luton deprecatlng any retaatory acts on the part
OF the conservatives Tor the recent violent attack OF
the liberals at Birmingham.
THE DYNAMITE MINER HELD BY THE POLICE.
LONDON, October 1S.-Ihe Hungarian miner who
was arrested at Liverpool on the arrival OF the
steamer Lord Give from Philadelphia Tor having
dynamite la his possession, has been reInanded for
a week. He denies that the dynamite was 10 10
uSedwith feloniouS intent
THE NEVADA REACHES LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL, october 16-1he Guion line steamer
Nevada, from New York, on which fire broke cut
Wednesday, and which put into Queenstown yes
terday, has arrived in The Mersey.
Canada Doesn't Ecar the Cholera Now