Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-22
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THE WAR IN EGYPT.
ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES,
AN ENGAGEMENT PROBABLE.
CAIRO CLEAR OF EUROPEANS.
THE INDIAN FIGHT IN ARIZONA.
THE RACES AT SARATOGA TODAY.
ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES,
AN ENGAGEMENT PROBABLE.
THE INDIAN FIGHT IN ARIZONA.
THE RACES AT SARATOGA TODAY.

THE RACES AT SARATOGA TODAY.
MARCHING ON ARABI PACHA.
Movement of British Troops which
May Bring On a Battle.
LONDON, July %, 1890 ANA dispatch from
Alexandria to the Daily Telegraph dated $50 this
morning, says: Major General Alison is lust
moving out with two regiments OF infantry and a
mounted squadron In the direction or Arab
Pachas intrenchmentS This movement will
probably lead to an engagement
British and French Troops for the Cam.
Paign i'm Egypt.
LONDON, July 22-The Times this morning saws
the force destined for Egypt will be 10000 men,
and this. with the troops already sent, make a
total strength Immediately available OF 1900
The Duke OF Connaught Major General Alison
ana Major General Sir Evelyn Wood will command
the brlgades- Gen. Wood has been ordered to be
ready to embark in a few days. The government
troops, including the national line steamers IIol-
land and France. The transport Nyanza has been
ttted as condenser for Alexandria She can
eondense $4,000 gallons of water daily. The en-
| barkation OF the whole force will be completed
within fortnight Cyprus will be the rendezvous
OF the force. A dispatch to the Daily Netcs from
Marseilles states that three battalions have ar
rived at Toulon for the formation OF a brigade OF
| infantry Other detachments are arriving daily.
Ihe British Vote of Credit.
In the house OF commons to-day Right Hon.
Hugh c. Childers. secretary Of state FOR war,
stated that the amount OF the proposed vote of
| credit for the Egyptian expedition would be
f2, OOO He said he would also ask for supple
Meh1ary me vote OF ten thousand men for the army
OF credit would be for the army and the rest for
the navy. Sir Charles Dixie, under foreign secre-
with France relative to the Suez canal Right
| Hon. Robert Bourke, conservative, stated that he
would probably ask Mr.. Gladstone on MONDAY,
| when the demand OF a vote or credit came up to
consent to report: progress Immediately after his
statement, SO rs to obtain further Information as
| regard to the SueZ canal
All Europeans Have Left CairO-ThOse
at Port Said Want Protection.
PORT SAID, July 22.-At meeting OF the foreign
| consuis held yesterday it was agreed to call on
| the admirals and the captains OF the men-of-war
| In the harbor to ask what steps are to be taken
for the security OF the Europeans on shore In the
| event OF an outbreak. Fresh earthworks have
| been thrown up by the Egyptians at Fort Guer-
mel, ABOUT SIX miles from here. The Arabs at
lsmailia are numbering the CoptS. Every Euro
pean has now left Cairo.
Troops for Alexandria.
LONDON, July 22-The troopship Euphrates left
Portsmouth to-day. She took ,695 men. Her cap
| tain received sealed orders before sailing 1t is
presumed that her destination will be Alexandria,
| not Malta.
British RecOnnOfssanceS-De Bodies
i'm the MahmOudieh Canal.
LONDON, July 22, 2:30 p.m.-A dispatch from
Alexandria says: Reconnaissance are making to-
day in the direction OF Ramleh and Mflaha. Sew
eral dead bodies have been found in the Mahmou-
dieh canal.
Said Pasha.
A dispatch to the Times. from ConstantInople,
says that Said Pasha, minister CT foreign affairs
has also been appointed delegate to the confer
ence OF the Powers.
LONDON, July 22.-The government has chartered
the GreciaD and Canadian steamships of the Allan
line. Each is capable OF accommodating a regi-
ment.
MALTA, July a2s-The troop ship orontes has ar
rived here. She will embark troops and return to
Alexandria.
British Raid and Capture.
ALEXANDRIA, July 22-Some correspondents hav-
ing reported that they were fired upon yesterday
at a village a few miles out from Alexandria. a
party OF military proceeded thither last evening
They found the houses filled With pIunder and
brought forty prisoners here for trial.
Governor of Alexandria.
The British have appointed Achmet Rifat gov
ernor OF Alexandria. His duties VIII be mainly
nominal; but his use as figure-head will enable
authority to be exercised without woundInp the
native susceptibllities
General Foreign News
THE ARREARS OF RENT BILL THE HOUSE OF
LORDS.
LONDON, July 22-In the house OF lords this
afternoon the arrears OF rent bill Ireland) was
read the first time
At the meeting of conservative peers at Lord
Sal1sbury's residence yesterday to consider the
course to be adopted on the arrears OF rent BILL
Lord Salisbury stated that I'm consequence of the
gravity OF foreign affairs he could not recommend
the peers to bring about a crisis on a domestic
question by rejecting the bill
EUROPEAN, AMERICAN, CANADIAN AND AsIATIC
CABLE COMPANY.
LONDON. July 22-The prospectus has been
l n.
Asiatfc Cable Company The capital is cl 5GOOOo
The company proposes to work at nine pence per
word rate The prospectus provides for the estab-
ltShment Of necessary land and water communica-
t1onS for connecting points in Canada with New
York City on the one side and for laying the COM
panyS cable from Canada to Europe on the other.
SHIP LOST AND THE CAPTAIN DROWNED.
LONDON, July 22-The ship Peruvian Congress
from Calcutta for Boston, has been totally lost
one hundred miles OF Diamond Island, British
Burmah. The captain was drowned.