The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-20
Fourth Edition.
TIL E L A r E S T
AWFUL ASSEGAIS.
The Prince Imperial Pierced to
Death by Zulus.
Latest From Beyond the Sea.
AWFUL ASSEGAIS.
Latest From Beyond the Sea.
Egypt.
VASTLY CONTRADICTORY REPt

VASTLY CONTRADICTORY REPORTS.
National Associated Press to the Star.
LONDON, June 20.-Advices from Egypr
arc extremely contradictory. Those from
weil-inf0rmed English correspondents say
that the khediye has made up his mind tC
abdicate, and that manifesto announcing
this event is hourly expected. These cor
respondents say that the abdication will be
made in favor of the eldest son of the Khe
dive, Prince Mahomed But the German
ind French correspondents deny the trutl
of the rumor of intended abdication, anC
state that the Khedive has at his back
very strong party, and has no intention o.
resigning his throne.
OLD MAN, STEP DOWN.
LONDON, June 20.-England and France
have jointly invited the khedive to choose
between abdication and pension, or depo
ition.
VERY IMPORTANT STATEMENT.
BERLIN, June 20.-A very important
statement was made by Prince Bismarck
yesterday in Reichstag, respecting the in.
tentiOns of the Government concerning
the decentralization of silver He said all
that the Government had done in this
affair up to the present time was to sus
pend the sales of silver, in order to wait
until rise in the market value of metal
should occur.
SORROWS OF A SCRIBE
BERLIN. June 20.-The editor of the
Frankforter Zeitung has been condemned
to two months imprisonment for publish.
ing report of the trial of the Zeitung last
February.
PRINCE IMPERIAL KILLED BY ZuLUs.
LONDON. June 20.-Telegrams from Cape.
town, via Cape Vincent, report that the
Prince Imperial was killed While forming
accommodating party, who were surprised
by the Zulus.
Further advices from Capetown, via Ma.
deira, officially confirm the death of the
Prince Imperial. The Prince was out scout
ing with an officer and sixteen men only,
and after searching "Mealie' garden for
the enemy the Prince gave orders to mount.
The enemy, who had remained concealed,
then fired upon the party and killed two
troopers and wounded the Prince, who
fell from his horse
The Others were compelled to abandon
Che Prince. On receipt of the news at
headquarters Lord Chelmsford sent regi.
ment of lancers to recover the body, which
was found covered with "assegai" wounds
There is general mourning at the Cape,
and much sympathy is expressed for the
untimely death of the young Prince.
The Basutos surprised force of the
Colonial cavalry, who were investing the
Morosis stronghold and killed and
wounded many of them.
A portion OF the British force has crossed
the Buffalo River.
LONDON, June 20-Noon. advices
lars of the death of the Prince Imperial,
state that the scouting party which he
had accompanied had rested for an hour,
when Lieut.. Carry and the Prince saw the
Zulus in maize field. They Immediately
saddled their horses, when the Zulus fired
volley and rushed upon them. The
Prince had apparently grasped his saddle
Up, which, tearing in his hands, threw him
backwards and the horse escaped. The
Prince then started on a rum but was over
taken about three hundred yards away by
the Zulus, who slew him.
The Prince hal seventeen assegai
wounds, one through the left eye. The
members of his staff had opposed the
Prince accompanying the scouting party,
but he laughingly overruled their requests.
ABOUT three hundred vardS from the place
of surprise was deep cut, to which the
soldiers fed in their retreat. When Lieu
tenant Carry arrived safely across he looked
back and saw following him the Princes
riderless horse. The body of the Prince
was found in this cut stripped of all cloth
ing and ornaments, except neck locket
The body is coming to England.
Zulu scouts report that Cetewayo has
sworn in the presence of all his tribes
never to accept the British terms.
THE EMPRESS RECEIVES THE TIDINGs.
LONDON, June 90 P. sl.-The death of
the Prince was received here with univer-
sal feeling of regret. Lord Sydney to-day
tenderly notified the Ex-Empress Eugene
of the death of the Prince. The Empress
received the news with an agonized cry.
and nix into senseess stupor. She still
remains in an insensibc condition.
LIE PAYS IN MOURNING.
A dispatch from Paris says Paul De Cas-
sagnac's paper, lie Pays, to-day appears in
mourning. 1t says the Empire is not dead
The Prince Imperial had designated as lis
successor the eldest son OF Prince Napoleon.
FATAL AMMUNITION EXPLOSION.
MADRID June 20.-During q grand re-