Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-20
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THE WALKING MATCH.
Weston Far Ahead.
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S DEATH,
Interesting Particulars.
KHEDlVE'S ABDICATI0N DEMANDED.
THE HULL MURDER INQUEST.
'FRISC0'S WORKINGMEN'S NOMINATIONS.
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S DEATH.
Interesting Particulars.
KHEDlyE'S ABDICATI0N DEMANDED.
THE HULL MURDER INQUEST.
'FRISCO'S WCRKINGMEN'S NOMINATIONS.
THE KILLING OF THE PRINCE
IMPERIAL.

Xnteen StaDS IN the BOdVe
LONDON, June 2O.-A special dispatch to the
Daily ne,cs adds the following particulars as to
the death OF the Prince Imperial: The BODY of
the Prince, when found, lay on its back There
were eighteen assegai stabs in it, two of them
piercing the body from the chest to the back.
two In the side, and one destroying the right
eye. locket, with hair medallions and re-
HQuary, were found around the neck. The face
wore placid expression. He had evidently in
effectally tried to mount, and the leather OF the
flap tearing he ran along the path where he
both having been assegaied. The Prince was
very adventurous.
The New Invasion Of Zulu Land.
A Times special says:-'The movement OF q
reconnoitre was the first step In the new inva-
sion Of Zululand. Lord Chelmsford, the COM
mander-in. chief, and his staff, Will accompany
Gen. Newdigate after the main force shall have
pushed forward as far as possible, established
an entrenched camp and secured cOmmuni-
cations Col. Woods command, with SIX weeks
supplies, Will cut loose from the base, make a
dash at Ulpndi, and destroy five large military
kraals there. The plan of operations after this
Is unknown. Gen. Crealock will advance from
the lower Tugela simultaneously With Gen.
tachment to connect with him at st. Pauls."
Official Account Of the Princes
Death
The official account OF Prince Napoleon's
death says" The Prince, with Lieutenant
Cary, OF the 9sth regiment, six men and one
friendly Zulu left the camp at Kelet1 mountain,
seven miles beyound the Blood river, on the 1st
instant, for reconnaissance. The party halted
and unSaddled when ten miles from camp.
just as the Prince gave the order to remount
vOlley was fired from an ambush In long grass.
Lieutenant Cary and four OF the troopers re-
turned to the camp and reported that the
Prince and two troopers were missing. From
their statements there could be no doubt that
the Prince was killed. A party OF the 18th lam
GERS With an ambulance started, on the I'd inst,
to recover the body of the Prince, which was
found and brought In on the same day."
Finding Of the Body.
A special dispatch to the Times, says: +" At
daybreak, cavalry patrol under General Mar
shall left to search for the prince and went to
the kraals ten miles further on. The body was
yards from kraal. There was no bullet
the front Of the BODY. Tie clothes had been n
taken, but round the neck was chain with
a locket. stretcher Of lanceS was formed,
care ana the % nody borne oy o General Marshall ana
lancers, to meet the ambulance, by which it
was then brought hlther with an escort There
was funeral parade In the afternoon.
DAILY Ne,cs: " The Prince Imperial had been
sent forward by the quartermaster general to
sketch a site for the next camp. When the
volley was fired not single Zulu was to be
under cover. The Prince was never seen alive
again. His horse joined Lieut.. Careys party on
the road back to the camp"
The End of Imperialism i'm France
Occp SOAIOW pfcNdllS UuIOuSuOuG UQ6 COLUMN
The Prince did not mount after the attack. His
horse beirg restive, he ran on foot The corpse
will leave with an escort for transportation
hOmeward. The news OF the death of the Prince
reached London at late hour last night AT
about one O'Clock this morning it was circulated
In the lObbieS OF the House of Commons, when
In reply to inquiries, Col. Stanley, secretary Of
state for war, read the foregoing official tele-
gram. Lord Sydney, an old tried friend OF the
Imperial family, has left for Chiselhurst te
break the news to the ex-Empress Eugenia
London journals while deeply deploring the
Princes death, regard it as the end Of imperial
ism In France. Prince Napoleon, who has be-
come the head OF the line, is q democrat In poll
tics and Is distasteful to the entire Bonapartist
following. He has two sons, aged II and IL
years. respectively. Party loyalty may fasten
around the name OF one OF these sons but for q
time imperial c0unsels must be distracted and
mora shad0vcy than ever