The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-08
LATEST TELEGRAMS,
EGYPT.

C0nstanJlnOple, Z. - An imperial
civil commission will leave here on
a special steamer on Thursday. fol
Alexandra. DerViSch Pasha and
Baker Pashs, with their staff, will
start On Thursday for a rendezvous
in Crete. Turkish troops are as
sembling here as fast as possible.
Orders have been sent to Suda
Bey to forward the first detachment
of Turkish troops to Egypt.
It is stated that Lord ,Dufierin is
dissatisfied with the Sultan's pro
clamatnn, inasmuch, as while it
states that Arab Pasha deserves to
be declared rebel, it does not ex-
pTessly proclaim him such.
CIause.1O Of the military cOnyen-
tiOn between England and Turkey.
which names Port Said as the point
of Decentralization for Turkish
troops, has been reserved al refer
e71CJufl.
Alexandria, THE murderer of
the EngliShman was hanged this
morning by native police. He was
conducted from Seaptich through
the tOwd, escorted by a detachment
of English troops who formed a
square around the gallows. The
condemned man walked in a defiant
manner. Several hundred Euro
peans witnessed tie execution. but
few natives were present. When
the troops were withdrawn, how
ever, Arabs came out in large num-
berS.
An Arab was caught at Ramleh
attempting to spike gun. \ cor.
respondent Of the NelCS has
obtained from the most reliable
source the exact strength of Arab
Pasha's army. The grand total is
as follows: InfantryR44,6OO, cavalry
$4,000, guns 143, rocket tubes Is, Be-
dOuins $4,000.
It is rumOred that two months age
the Sultan offered Egypt to England
on the same condition that Cypru:
was taken. England declined.
The British have burned thu
house on the left bank of the Nah
moudich canal, signals having beer
made their to the enemy with
lights. All lights are now prohib
tied after o'clock at night in houses
beyond the outpost.
Kassassin, THE Egyptian los
in the outpost affair, yesterday, wa
heavy, considering the brief du
ration Of the skirmish. This wa
by far tlse most determined demon
stration made by the enemy sine
the battle Of KassaSsin, and ind
Gates the near approach of a decisiv
conflict. All our cavalry, with Gen
erals Low and Wilkinson, is nov
here.
The scouting party approached Il
within a mile Of Tel Fl Kebir, at
this morning, and took sketche
and made particular observations @
the enemy's position. The rebe
troops were apparently asleep, AM
none were seen by the British unit
the latter were retiring.
! Ismalia, THE troops at Tel L
Mahuta are going to Kassassin OF
Saturday, when those at Nefeh vii
push forward to Tel FL Mahuta, AMI
90 to the front on Monday. AL
| regiments will carry two days IA
tons. General Wolseley will pro
coed to the front on Saturday.
A general move to the front ha
been ordered. Our forces at Kas
sassin Locks will amount on Satur
day to 1890 men, with fifty guns
Only one correspondent at the from
! will be allowed to each newspaper
and each telegram will be limitei
| to 500 words. The attack on tn,
enemy is eOnfdentially expected o.
] Monday, or, at LATEST on Tuesday
| The troops here, including tn,
Highland brigade, will advance Of
| Saturday and bivouac on Saturda,
night at Fl Magenar. They vii
reach MahsRmeh on Sunday, an
Kassassin on Monday. One Eng
! lish and one native regiment will b
.. left to garrison ISmaila. The Be
| douin chief, Abou PaSha, has Gale
out 5000 men and joined Arab
Pasha.
Paris, THE rumor that Eng
land, Win the assent or Russia IA
a secret treaty with Turkey Telativ
to the ultimate organization i
Egypt, gains ground.
Port Said, THE water compan
suddenly ceased pumping to-day
without having given any warning
thus causing scarcity. They ha
promised to give three days motto
in case it should become necessar
to withhold the water supply.
A shell burst in camp, to-dal
The explosion was caused by an Il
dian soldier building a fire over
unexploded shell. The soldier VIZ
blown to pieces.
Arab Pasha receives stores b
way of Damietta. 1t is repOrte
that some Turkish officers joined Il
rebels ViG Damietta.