Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-21
FROM OTHER LANDS.
THE DEATH OF PRINCE NAPOLEON,
Additional Particulars of the Eye1t-Eng-
land and France Insist on the Khe-
dives Abdication-The Walk
ing Match; Weston
Far Ahe4t.
Additional Particulars OF the Death Of
Prince Napoleon.

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Prince when found lay on is back.
There were eighteen asscgai stabs in it,
two of them piercing the body from the
chest to the back, two inside and one
destroying the right eye. \ iocket with
hair medallions and rcliquaries was
/ found around the neck, and the face
wore a placid expression. He had evil
IDENTIFY Intellectually tried to mount, and
the leather ofialap tearing, he ran along
to where two troopers lay near the body,
both asscgaicd. The Prince was very
adventurous official.
Another account says: The Prince,
with Lieut.. Carey, OF the 9Sth regiment,
six men and one friendly Zulu, left
| the camp ut kelitize Mountain, seven
miles beyond Blood river, on the LIST
| inst, for reconnaissance. The party
| halted and unsaddled when ten miles
| from camp, and Just rs the Prince gave
! the order 10 remOunt vOlley was fired
from an ambush in the long grass.
! Lieut.. Carey AM four Of the troopers re-
| turned 10 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 Seventeenth LanCers, with
an ambulance, started on the 2d inst to
recover the body of the Prince, which
was found and brought i'll on the same
| day.
A special dispatch says: At day-break
a cavalry patrol, under General Mar
| shall, left to search for the Prince and
went To the kraal. The body was discov-
cred three hundred yards from the kraal.
There were no bullet wounds, but sew
entcen asscgai wounds were on the
front OF the body. The clothes had
been taken, but around the neck was n
chain with locket. \ stretcher OF
lances was formed and the body borne
by General Marshall and Officers Drury,
! Low and Stewart, OF the Seventeenth
I.ancers, to meet the ambulance, by
which it was then brought hither with
an escort. There was a funeral parade
in the afternoon.
Deep sorrow prevails throughout the
column. The Prince did not mount
I
The corpse will leave with an escort for
transportation hOmcward. The news
of the death of the Prince reached Lon
don at late hour last night. About
II O'Clock this morning, it was circu-
lated in the lobbies of the House of
Commons, when, in reply to inquiries,
Col. Stanley, Secretary OF State for War,
read the foregoing official telegram.
The London journals, while deeply
dcplOring the Princes death, regard it
as an end Of Imperialism in France.
PARIS, June 20.-Most Of the news
papers OF Paris dcplurc the tragic end
Of the Prince Imperial. Prince Jerome
Napoleon is expected TO arrive to-day.
LONDON, June pa Paris CORES
pondcnt hears that eX-Empress Eugene
has summoned all Bonapartist leaders
to Chiselhurst.
The South African War.
LONDON, June 2O.-Thc following il
the latest concerning the War in South
Africa The movement OF the party OF
officers from Colonel Woods camp TO
reconnoitre was his first step in the new
invasion OF ZuluIand.
Lord Chelmsford, COmnander-in-chief,
and staff, will accompany General New
digate, after the main force shall have
pushed forward as far as possible, and
establish an entrenchei camp and se-
cure communication. Colonel Woods
command, with six weeks supplies,
will cut loose from the base OF
supplies. make dash at Alundc and
destroy the five military krasls there.
The plan of operations after this is un-
knOwn.F
The Walking Match.
LONDON, June 2l.-At 3 NJ. Weston
had scored 45S miles; Brown 400. Wcs-
ton is going well.
M.-Wcston 43S miles; Brown 400.
M-Wcston 4l2 miles; Brown 400.
Weston SAYS he will make $50 miles.
The race is almost won, Weston
lbarring some unlOokcd-fOr acCident) be-
ing the victor beyond doubt. He is
still in good condition, notwithstanding
the great effort he has been making.
The excitement is intense, and at every
lap both Weston and Brown are Chccred
most Justify. Brown shows traces Of
suffering, and his swollen leg appears 10
bother him greatly. Al this hour the
vast hall where the men are cOntending
is filled with an enthusiastic cOncOursc,
who shout and cheer and seem almost
wild with the excitement OF the hour.
The band PLAYS the livcliest kind of airs
a. the men trudgc around the track, and
| everybody, save Brown and those who
have been betting on him, appeais 10 be
| in the best Of humor.
At 10 o'clock the score stood: Wes-
! ton, 400; Brown, 4l4.
LONDON, June 2O.-At three o'clock
| this morning the score in the walking
match stood: Weston, I73; Brown, 420.
An Alternative Prese nted TO the Khedive.
CAIRO. June 2O-England and France
unite IN demanding the abdication Of
! the Khedive. Germany and Austria
| give the Khedivc the alternative Of
| full payment Of the floating debt, or
! their cooperation with England and
| France. The khedivc has asked for a
delay OF f0rty.cight hours, in order tO
communicate with the Porte, before re-
plying. The Cabinet is in council. All
! the ministers except the Minister OF
War favor abdication.
Russian Governmental Changes.
LONDON, June 2O.-A Berlin CORE
spondent writes from st. Petersburg
that important change, will be made in
the personnel ofthe administration. One
change will be in the Ministry Of In
| struction II is also stated that one ri
the Russian generals PROPOSES 10 allow
the freedom o. the press in his govern
ment. and desires to have a newspaper
established in which all ideas Of NIhii.st
journals, land and liberty can b. freely
discussed 1t is said that the Emperor
has sanctioned the idea.
Big GAINESVILLE Bell.
| Baltimore sun.
The large church bell sent to the
Paris Exposition in 1873 arrived in this
city yesterday, and to-day will be for
warled to Barnesville, o., where it will
b9 placed on very large public school
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