The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-02
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\ PRIVATE letter from British soldier
generals told Sir Frederick Roberts that
Eakoob Khan hir'self signed the death
warrant Of the en- Nsy, AID ordered the
bodies OF the nurd, :ed men 10 be dragged
through the streets II 'abul. Tie letter re.
itrrates the statement - $4,000 worth OF
Russian gold vas found ICsbui.
A CASpAHAR disps III, dated the Goth
says: To-day being a Mohamedsu iesti.
val, the fsnatical portion Of the population
is much excited. Some mounted Ghi'rsis
ran smuck through the British camp. Gen.
Tyler was wounded and four OF the fanatics
killed"
A DISPATCH from Valparaiso says that
the allies, after their defeat at Dolores, con.
centrated at Tarapaca, where they were nt-
tackled by the Chilians and driven FROM
their position with heavy loss. la Buenos
Ayrss the prevailing opinion is that the war
is practically over, the allies being in a state
OF complete disintegration,
4 CoLLIEEY explosion near Bolton,
England, on the cath, injured eleven men,
one fatally. Several are no. expected to
survive.
THREE THOUSAND GhilZais attacked
Col. Norman az Jugdulluk on the afternoon
OF the 2S I, but were beaten of with loss, and
dispersed.
The steamship Borussia from Liver.
pool for New Orleans with $50 passengers,
!o5 OF whom embarked al Liverpool and -
at Corunna, fouldered during violent
gale on the 81 instant. about $50 miles west
Of Fsynl. The vessel was abandoned 81
night, i've boats leaving the steamer, but
owing TO the darkness and heavy sea they
lost sight OF each other. Nine OF the sur.
yivors one boat load have reached Liver.
pool, having been picked up. The other
boats are still missing. One is known TO
have been capsiIed and its occupants
drowned oaly sixty persons left in the
boats. The majority OF the crew, .oge Gher
with the captain and the remainder OF the
passengers went down with the ship. Over
one hundred lives were lost
A COURT martial having sentenced
three Russian ofsndt rs to be hanged, they
were executed on the 10Th. Four others
were condemned TO imprisonment for terms
ranging from ten TO fifteen years in the
mines. The police at kiea recently sur.
prised = secret N.hilist meeting and cap
tured 9S men.
THE Afghsns have completely sur.
rounded Gen. Roberts command in the
Shirpur cantonment, and his position Is
! considered extremely critical. Fuel 10
| abundant, but forage n scarce, aud the sup.
ply OF water is doubtful. IL is expected
that Roberts will be compelled within a
month 20 fight his way out, as there is no
possibility OF reinforcement until February.
lie has 5000 effective men with about the
same number Of camp followers.
THE Chilian minister at Paris tele-
graphs that the recent pretended victory oil
the Peruvian and Bolivian allies over the
| Chilians is officially denied. He says "the
entire province OF T@rapaca is IN ouI
power"
The Egyptian government continues
military preparation, though little doubt il
felt Us TO the favorable issue OF negotiation,
with the Abyssinian government
REQUIsITR measures have been taken
by the German government 20 prevent any
dangerous extension OF the prevailing
| famine and disease in Silesia. Relief 10 the
extent Of =, 7s0, 600 marks isto be distributed
KILOGRAMS from Sophia state that
sixty Mohammedan refugees which the
Bulgarian govern ment had refused 10 admit
TO their former homes, died OF cold anc
starvation in open fields.