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Show HEATH 111' A 1-Al'l-l II Vtl.n lUln.rd lo lie the hm. or Ureal llniiapn,.,. I'lNHLAV, ()., De-c.S. Taul Jordan died at the county Infirmary yesterday. He was an old man who has always declared that ho was the Illegitimate sou of Napoleon Housiarlo aud that he waa born 111 Tarla lu 1760, which 'statement, If true, wuuld mike hlmat the time uf hfadenih lbO years of uge. Jordau'a story, aa told by hlui ou many uecuslons, waa tu Ilia ellect that he went to Kgypt lu 170 J with Nucleoli Nuc-leoli an his famous exiieJIllon tu the Pyramid,, aud that he (Hordaii) was captuiod by Tuiks and lived with them for soveral years a nomadlo life. Jordan has lived as an Inmate of tho Hauroek county luilrmary fur tho last ten years, having been futind bewildered bewild-ered lu the southern pari of the county nnd unablu lo glvo an account of hlm.olf. Ho afterward proved lo be abluto speak French lluuutly and was conversant with several of tho dialect! of the Tartars aud nomadlo Turks. Hlauaiuo waa given lilm by the Jews and wrut takeu from those ol Apostlu fa ill and illver Jordan, Thu story seems Inoredltable, Lut Jordan, who Wat a lino looking person with an unusual largu head uud brosd features, bore n remarkablu resemblance resem-blance to the distinguished Ilonaparto. Jordan had remarktbly small and delicate hands, the Ilouaparte's most charactcrlitto feature, and Itcoull be said that they were of feminine proportion. propor-tion. Other clrcumitancea also lead juoplu to believe that Jordan's story was correct and that he wss the ion uf the famous conqueror. aalulli lulrrvlewrd. Wasmi.vciio.v, Dec. 6. Montolgnior Hotulll, thu apostollo delegate, dictated dic-tated the following liiroplytua Haiti-more Haiti-more dispatch, saying that he had been appolutod to settle nil differences between be-tween the bishops aud priests lu this country. "The report is not oxacl. It Is true that by letters dated from the Un I lining of last month, I have received re-ceived the authority to examine and decldo without appual to controversies contro-versies arising between the blshopa and priests, etc., lu the United Btates. It II absurd to nsorlbo to mu thu placn and authority of tho Tope lu the American church. As to Cardinal (llbbons, for whom tho apostollo delegate dele-gate entertains high veneration nud especial ufloctlon, he preserves all the dignity aud authority whlih belong to bleofuce. There Is no reasou for sur-filsuiu sur-filsuiu this case as tho Tops Is accustomed accus-tomed to lend delegatea from tlmo to time to the various countries on similar missions with similar powers." Nsuetnr (llb.nir. Coudltlun. Hot H'liiMid, Arx., Dec. 6. Senator Sena-tor Gibson waa barely alive at noon, Thu doctors do not think lie can possibly possi-bly Ivlu through thu day. |
