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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

/; The bankruptcy bill has been agreed upon
by the Senate committee and will be report
ed on Monday next il an opportunity is Of.
fered. The members of the committee are
practically unanimous In favor Of the bill to
be reported, and il viii be sigorously pushed
TO it, passage. Senator Ipgalls will bave
ehsee Of the BIN.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

We Join the EAGLE In the demand for the
Eve congressman. etc for our part OF ksn'
vas. But why hasn't this bird been squawk'
| ing shout this internal Legislature outrage
long agof Have Just wade The discovery -
Hick.ls psiiy Times.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09
A SLATE.

Do you recognize the daddy Of bif Con
gressionsi slate: Z. y. Morrill,, Judge Holt,
Henry Boob aud W. r. Hsekuey; Ander.
SOB, Haskell and Rysp 10 be returped.--Ct0s
n ,sreabk.
10, We don't exscsiy, but bo~ Is lesses
everybody out u tbe cold.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09
EuPORlA BIDS.

Emporia makes bid for the Congression'
al convention for the nomination Of the four
candidates Ut large. The ides is good one.
Emporis 10 ~ accessible ss any point In the
state and Will. not quite 80 near the center
Of the states population as Wichita, IL s'i'l
more accessible. We vote for Emporia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

Wichita EAGLE demands Eve congressman
for Western Kansas, because the eastern
part Of the state has hitherto taken the bulk
OF the spoils.-ZSatenssorth Timer. = a-'""
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

In trial before justice at Dodge City,
Kan, witness, who was being bullyrAgged
by cross-examining lawyer, called on the
court for protection. The Justice handed
him pistol. "Ihave no further QUESTION:, u
said the lawyer.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

The Indians are making vehement fight
against the extention Of the st. l.. & s. +
r. r. across the Territory. Another dele
CATION Of Cherokees have gone to Washing
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

Senator Copkiihy, sfler conarmstion. De
clined q peduSp % the Supreme bench
; This ~ y. csbes eeipsyy. tarqishes rev
Coutlllgy.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

The Chicago later 0essa remarks: "What-
ever may be said about ex-Secretary Blaine =
diplomatic correspondence, it mag be Just as
we'll for the politicians who are attacking
him to note The fact that the american PEG.
pie are in sympathy with the spirit that IL
hreathed in that correspondence"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

No mose grlp n,ixipg. L = stated, viii lie
SLOWED ~ Kspfts City sfter y9'!lss. Please
Eeqfpber-h 10 stated.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

Harvey county does not seem to want
more railroads as bad as We were led to be-
lieve v-f-f z.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

John T. Campbell Il. brought out BY the
the Clay county TSmss for State Treasurer.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09

The Senate esnarnsd Rsscee csnkling
Associate Justice cf the Supreme Court oil
the United States, John A. Sargent Minister
to Germany, and william +. Huaton u. $.
Attorney for the western district Of Tenne.
zee.
The vote on Conkllng's confirmation Ia un'
derstood = have been - ayes to IL nays
eight Demscfats and four Republicans
namely, Hear, DAVIS. Mssrin and Hawley.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09
Steel Portrait OF
GARFIELD.

Engraved In inc and stippls from photograph
approved by Mrs Garfield Is correct Likeness.
4 beautiful work Of art. No composition. Size
lsx2l send for circulars and extra terms.
The Henry Hin Publishing Co.. Norwich, Conn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
THE HARBOR.

The modern harbor of Alexandria, in which
the trade of the port is now carried on. lies
within the uppe: curve of bay formed by
the two projecting headlands of Rss-elTeen
on the northeast and Cape Adjemi and Mara
bout Island on the southwest and measuring
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
Hostilities Begun.

LONDON, July lie a. m.
Admiral Seymour telegraphs as follows:
The ships opened fire at seven o'clock this
morning. The return fire from the forts was
weak and ineffective. An explosion in Fort
Marsa-elKanat had occurred by eight O'clock.
The ships engaged are the Infexible, Teme-
raire, Penelope, Superb, Sultan, Invincible,
Alexandria and Monarch
ALEXANDRIA, July 11-9:10 a. m.
The attack on the forts has now been kept
up two hours. Smoke hangs over the town
along the line of the shore batteries and
among the ships, and it is difficult t. see what
damage has been done. 1t is certain, however,
that the enemy has suffered very heavily.
Fort Marsa-el-Kanat has been blown up
by fire from other batteries. The forts
are slackening their fire. The top of the
tower of Fort Pharos has been carried
away and many guns have been dismounted
on that and other forts. The flag of the Gene
va red cross is flying over the hospital in the
city. Dutch and Greek flags are hoisted over
their respective consulate5. AT the begin
ming of the bombardment immense excitement
was visible. Crowds of people were seen wind
ing their way toward the palace. The streets
are now deserted, people having fled or taken
refuge in cellars. There are no signs of sur
render so far.
11:l5 A. M.-The bombardment still contin-
ues. The forts are gradually being silenced.
The Ras-el-Tin Forts are suffering severely
from the heavy and disastrous fire of the ships
Alexandria, Superb and Temeraire.
1P.M.-The magazine at Fort Ada has blown
up. The magazine which was blown up was
located close to the vice-regal palace, outside
harbor.
Leo p. M.-The fire of the feet commands the
railway to Cairo. Up to noon four forts in all
were blown up. No casualties to the fleet dis
cernible.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21

STATISTICS furnished by the Commits
sioner of Agriculture show that the
number of farms in the United States
In 1880 was 4,O0S,9S Of these 1884,
BOG were occupied by their owners.
1925, 1857 were rented at q fixed money
rental; 20, 224 were rented for shares
Of their products; 1852 farms were
less than 8 acres, 134, 889 above 8 acres,
and 10,254, 749 between 10 and
20 acres, 7s1, 474 between 20 and so.
LOSS, $40 between so and 100, 1885,
9S3 between 100 and 500, 1872 be-
tween 500 and 1000, and 2S,578 were
1000, acres in extent and upward.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21

six miles in length by an average of two in
width. 1t is landlocked on every side except
one-the southwest. The wind from this df-
rection is, however, the prevailing one during
eight or nine months of the year, and
from time immemorial the "sea" thus occa-
stoned has seriously impeded the loading and
discharge of vessels in the roadstead by stone
lighters, as the custom has hitherto been. The
importance of remedying this great drawback
on the convenience of his chief port has been
felt by the Khedive from soon after his acces-
sion, but it was not till the threatened rivalry
OF the Suez Canal had emphasized the necessf-
ty that he finally decided on carrying out O
work of such magnitude and cost.
Commencing at a point fifty meters south
west of the Ras-el-Teen Lighthouse, the outer
breakwater extends first in this latter direc-
ton for nearly lO0) meters, and then, curying
to south-southwest, runs in straight line 2, $50
meters further, orin all above two miles across
the mouth of the harbor, inclosing an area OF
more than !, 400 acres of still water deep enough
for vessels of the largest class. The principal
entrance to the port is now, therefore, round
the southwestern end of the breakwater,
which is 1850 meters from the shore,
while the narrow passage Off Ras-el-Teen
affords ingress and egress only to small craft
and shore boats. As in the case of the great
moles at Port Said, this outer sea-wal has
been constructed, up to the water level, of
huge blocks of concrete, manufactured at the
neighboring Mex Quarries of sand and Theil
lime and deposited pell-mell on the seaside,
with an inner front of rubble. The upper
portion Of the work, which is of solid masonry,
rises ten feet above the lowest, or seven feet
above the highest, sea-level, and is Of a uni
form surface width of twenty feet. In all,
about %, 200 concrete blocks, weighing twenty
tons each, and 10000 tons of large and
small rubble stones have been sunk
in the foundations of this great work. Shore
wards, the scheme comprises a broad mole,
stretching out 900 meters from the mouth of
the Mahmoudieh Canal and the harbor termi-
nus of the Cairo Railroad toward Ras-elTeen,
and line of quays, 1.2l0 meters long, extend
ing from the same point along the Marina to
close upon the Admiralty Dock. Like the inner
mole. these quays are based upon rubble
foundation, with a superstructure of solid ma
sonry, and when completed will have abutting
iron jetties, alongside which ships may load
and discharge in all weathers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
ALL SORTS.

"A bald-headed man says his hair
reminds him of fool and his money.
-.Vod yer ask by der week for dose
rooms?' he said to the Seabright hotel
keeper. ave get $40 day for ono
person and S25 for two," said the boni;;
face. "Som exclaimed the applicant;
"vell, / doand drinks der seaside agrees
NIT my families und 90 by der mount.
aims anyhow. "-Hotel Mail. ]
Il The wife of man in Blair County,
Virginia, gave him her promise that she
would endeayor to carry out the terms of
his will, and after his death gave to the
executors paper with similar agree
ment. Being notified that by this docu-
ment she had surrendered 81, 200 of her
dover. she revoked her agreement, and
brought suit for her third of the estata,l
which was valued at $4,000. A lower
and upper court have decided the case
in her favor.
An Allegheny Pa.) baker was set
ting off Roman CANDLE the other
night, and by his clumsiness betrayed
his ignorance of such pastime. A wac
standing near him called out: "Turn f.
around" The poor baker, instead of
turning the thing around in the wsy
meant possibly by the joker, took hold
of the wrong end of the candle and
literally shot himself in the stomach
with such force that he retired in a
frame of mind anything but patriotic.
"A man attired in sailor costume
was before the court. He was penni
less, and the Judge appointed counsel
for his defense. The attorney upon
whom the duty fen spoke of his client
as "a child of the sad sea waves. d
nursing Of the storm, whom the pitiless
pillows had cast. q forlorn and friend1
less wait, upon the shore of time, aftel
a life spent in fierce and heroic contests
with the raging elements The testE
mony showed that the "child of the
sad sea waves" was the cook on .
canalboat. Six months. = BrooklyA
Eagf
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21

SERIOUS discussions are reported to
exist in the British Cabinet, not only as
to the policy of the Government to-
ward ireland, but also as relates to af-
fairs in Egypt. The late vote in the
House of Commons by which his Gov
eminent was defeated, nettled Glad
stone to that extent that he threatened
to resign, and he doubtless would if he
felt that he could do so without dis
credit to himself, but his flight from Of
fee would be disgraceful. and much as
he would desire q pretext for resigna-
ton, he can hardly accept the defeat of
his Government as sufficient cause.
MIR. Bright has practically admitted that
great division exists in the Cabinet on
the coercion policy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER

| OPERATIONS in and about Alexandria on
the 18th may be briefly summed up as fol-
lows: The Americans, Germans, Russians
and Greeks who disembarked from their
respective ships Of war, acted as a police
force in the different districts, while the
British occupied the forts and bastions, and
were stationed at the gates. The American
marines were the first to land and help re-
store order, and the Germans followed.
Both landed without any particular instruc.
tions from their respective Governments.
All the vessels in the harbor, except those
of Austria and Greece, landed men. The
American marines occupied the great
square, with their headquarters in St.
Marks buildings. Capt. Fisher, Of the
Iniexible, (British,) commanded the forces
landed. All Calling and field guns were
carried ashore. Comparative order
had been restored and cafes and shops were
lreopening. Arab Pasha was believed to be
encamped within twenty miles of Alexan.
dria with a reduced and disaffected army.
No Arab soldiers in Alexandra are allowed
to carry arms. Four who refused to give
them up were shot. According to the &C.
bands of murderers, during and after the
bombardment, found their way into almost
every house. Plundering and burning
were begun on the 18th. Scarcely any Eu-
ropean dwellings were spared. 1t appears
large stores of petroleum, sent to Alexan-
dria the week before the bombardment,
were used especially to fire the town.
The incendiaries state that they received
instructions to set fire to the houses.
The fires in town were undoubtedly direct.
ly instigated by the principal supporters of
Arab Pasha, il not by himself. After the
looting commenced the soldiers attacked
the original plunderers and robbed them Of
their prey. Altogether Alexandria presents
such q spectacle as is seldom witnessed in
history. Under the most favorable circum.
stances twenty years cannot restore it to its
former state. A famine is apprehended,
also an epidemic, because of the unburied
dead. Advices from Cairo state that san
culinary rioting prevails there, despite the
endeayors of the authorities to maintain Or
der.
THREE masked robbers entered the house
of Charles w. Key, a wealthy man near
Pappillion, twenty miles west of Omaha,
the other night, and by threats, firing re-
volvers and choking, compelled him to
give up his pocket-book, containing small
sum of money. The robbers had expected
to make big haul.
Mr.. WILLIAM B. STRONG, President Of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
on the 18th waslying dangerously Ill At Bos-
ton, having suffered q surgical operation for
tumor of the eye, believed to be cancerous.
Slight hopes of his recovery were enter.
tanned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21

The Irish problem seems to be work.
ing itself steadily toward one solution,
viz: Irish independence, judging from
the tone of some of the English press.
The London Spectator, for instance, in
. late number, says: With Great
Britain, never stronger than she now is,
and Ireland in reality weaker, the pos
sibility of Ireland breaking away never
seemed SO great" Right on the heels
of this come dispatches from Dublin
that it is generally believed there that
q rising of Irishmen is imminent. The
crisis in Egyptian affairs and the con-
sequent military embarrassment of the
Government at the present time are
regarded by the Irish Revolutionist
leaders as furnishing the long sought
opportunity. The Orange Societies
throughout the country have published
a circular warning all Irishmen that a
rising is threatened, and asking them
TO preserve the peace by refusing to
participate in the movement.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
THE WAR IN EGYPT.

THE war cloud which for some time pas,
has hung over Egypt, burst about half-pas,
seven O'Clock on the morning Of the 18th,
when Admiral Seymour, of the British
Squadron, opened the guns Of his fleet upon
the Notifications of Alexandria. The pre-.
liminaries for such action had been COM
pleted in detail previously, and Arab Pashs
had been warned to cease work on the forts
or he would be fired upon, but instead OF
disseminating, he pushed the work with
more vigof.
From early morn until late In the after
noon . continual stream Of fire poured forth
from the English fleet and shot and shell
fell thick and fast upon the Notifications
and dropped into the doomed city. The
Egyptians replied with spirit and many Of
their well-directed shots pierced the En-
glish vessels, but when the first days bonn
bardment ceased, several Of the forts had
been destroyed and their guns rendered
useless.
Upon resuming the bombardment the
second day its deadly effect was plainly Wis
ible from vessels in the harbor. Crumblirg
walls and burning buildings could be seen
everywhere within the range Of the English
aim, and still the Egyptians stubbornly
stuck to their guns. A flag of truce about
this time was displayed by Arab Pasha, but
1t led to no satisfactory negotiations, and
the firing was resumed. Reports were cur.
rent that shots from the English feet. aimed
too high, fell in distant parts Of the city and
many civilians were killed, including nu.a-
Der of women and children. At the close of
the second days battle 1t became evident
that Arab Pasha could not long continue
the unequal contest as many of his fortifi.
cations had been reduced to ruins and his
most effective batteries silenced, besides his
forces had been greatly reduced by casual
tiles.
On the morning Of the third day Gully 13)
the City of Alexandra presented scene Of
turbulence and anarchy which had hardly
been anticipated. The whole civil popula-
ton and troops had been withdrawn, and
the whole of the Grand Square had been
burned. A party that had been sent ashore
to ascertain the meaning of the last flag Of
truce could find no one on board the Egyp.
tian vessel, Marhroussa, or in the arsenal.
The town was penetrated for some distance,
but with the exception of the roar OF fire
from the burning buildings. all wss silent.
1t was believed Arab Pasha had concentra-
ted his forces outside the city to oppose the
advance of the British. Is was apparent
that the work Of the ships was over and
that further operations would have to be on
land.
After daybreak number Of person were
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

GEN. LEEcH of North Carolina, who
has recently announced his intention of
supporting the Liberal movement in
that State, it is announced will be a
candidate for Congressman in opposi-
ton to the regular Democratic candi-
date. Gen. Leech has been prominent
~ identified with the politics of his
State, and his friends say, will receive
the united vote of the opposition to the
regular candidate.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
WORLD'SDOINGS
\ Summary or tho Daily News.
CoNoREss1oNAL NOTES.

CONGRESSIONAL NOTES
THE Senate confirmed the nominations Of
Lewis Wallace, Indiana; Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Tur-
key; Henry c. Hall, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Pienipotentiary to Central
America; ]. p. Wickersham, Pennsylvania,
Minister Resident and Consul General to
Denmark; NJ. j. Cover, Kentucky, Min
lister Resident and Consul General to Siam ;
A. T. Sharp, of Kansas, Consul at Msnila;
S. B. Axtell, of Ohio, Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court of New Mexico; Commo-
dore A. K. Hughes, Rear Admiral, and
Capt. VIM. Mayo, Commodore United States
Navy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21
The Egyptian Army.

ALEXANDRIA, July 10.
The Egyptian army, as at present organized.
consists of nine regiments of infantry, two
| regiments of artillery, three regiments Of
| coastguard, three regiments of cavalry. and
| four regiments of gendarmerie. Every
| Egyptian between the ages of nineteen and
| forty, and regardless of religion or race, is
| liable to military service. The term Of service
| in the active army is three years for the in
fantry and four years for the cavalry and ar
tillery. After leaving the active army the
soldiers retire to their villages, and for a
period of six years ara inscribed in the first re-
serve; after the expiration of, the six years
they are inscribed in the second reserve, which
can only be called out in case of invasion.
This organization was introduced in 1S12 so
that the troops of the second reserve are just
beginning to be inscribed.
The infantry regiments are composed Of
three battalions of eight companies each. In
time of peace only two and sometimes four of
these eight companies are present with the
colors. The cavalry regiments have six
squadrons each. The artillery regiments are
each composed of six batteries of four guns
each in time of peace and eight guns In time
of war. Two Of the six batteries are mount
ed and four are foot batteries. The infantry
there are about 10000 in Egypt. The cavalry
are armed with sabers, revOlvers and Reming-
ton carbines. The field artillery are supplied
with rified breech-loading Krupp guns, of
which there are about 100 in the magazines.
The garrison and sea-coast artillery are pro-
vided with heavy Krupp and with Wahren-
droff guns of eight-inch and ten-inch caiiber.
The powdermills and cartridge factory at
Tourah, near Cairo. render Egypt practically
independent of foreign supply OF ammuni-
ton. The Quartermaster's Department and
Commissariat are in sad state of chaos, and
are the weak points in the organization. A
firman of the Sultan limits the number of
troops to 1e,OO1. At the present moment there
are, perhaps, 1000 or 1900 men will the col
ors, but the regimental cadres of commits
stoned and non-commissioned officers are 80
maintained that in five weeks the effective
strength of the army could be increased to
IS 1000 men by calling in the first reserve. In
case of invasion the Bedaween contingents,
who furnish their own arms and horses, and
the second reserve would enable Egypt to
place in the field 10000 fighting men.