The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-24

followers, again threatens SuaKim
and Ii he attacks the town many neu
k trails will join him against the hateC
English.
S LONDON, April 21.-Gordon has
: notified the British government that
owing to the difficulty and delay ex.
! perienced in sending and receiving
communications, he will henceforth
act on bis own judgment and respon.
sibility.
LONDON, April 21.lSir E. Barring,
British minister to Egypt, has been
summoned to England to discuss
Egyptian affairs, the Soudan question
especially. He reports the Mahdi re-
cent defeats by the Tegeba tribes are
not believed, and says it is part of
the Mahdi's tactics to propagate false
hoods to cloak his own movements.
Gen. Gordon telegraphed Sir Samuel
Baker, under date of April 8, as
follows: I'VE have provisions for
five months, but are helnmed in by
five hundred determined and two
Thousand rag-tag Arabs, our position
will be much better when the Nile
rises. Senneor, Kassala, Dongola and
Beiber are quite safe for the present.
Do you think if an appeal was made
to the millionaireS Of England and the
United States for 100000 it would be
available? If the sultan of Turkey
would send two or three thousand
| NiZamS to Berber under Zebt hr Plsha
we could not only settle Affairs at
Khartoum but do for Elmahdi also,
in whose collapse the Sultan is neces-
| Sarily interested. / am sure if.it was
known how Loyalty the inhabitants
and garrison of Khartoum hold to me,
and how my lot is involved in theirs,
my appeal would be considered fully
justifiable.
LONDON, Eng, April 21.-The Times
publishes interviews with prominent
Irishmen in the French capita, among
them that of Patrick Casey. of the
Moniteur Universal, who is strongly
in favor of the dynamite policy, and
upholds the Irish invlncibles in the
doctrine they avow and the course
they pursue. He declares it probable
that the dynamite policy will be
extended to blowing up Allan
tic passenger steamers and mer-
chant men, and thus aid in running
England's commerce. Jas. Stephens,
formerly Fenian head center, however,
condemns the principles and practices !
Of the dynamiters, and advocates an |
armed revolution. The continuance |
of the dynamite policy, he thinks, |
means certain death to the revolu- |
tionaries' agitation during the pres
ent generation, and perhaps forever. |
1t may, besides this, lead to the expul- |
sion of Irishmen from England. John |
O'Leary, formerly editor of the New |
VArlr Tv-iC 1iIvnr7foo
proves the dynamite policy on the |
grounds of its inexpediency and GRIM
nal character. He favors open rebellion. |
thinks, would give the irish chance
sorry to say people in America were
Mantle. Father Hogan thinks explo-
sions do Ireland no good. but ALLEVIATE
from the Irish cause many honest peo- |
pie who would otherwise support it. |
" The action of the dynamiters," he |
cally a blunder and socially disaster"
Ireland will get home rule in the |
course of time. If recent concessions |
had been granted some years ago
Ireland would now be happy. Even |
IL UlIO IL INV AOu ActAA PAaJt IL S3chh
in few years will be one of the most |
prosperous countries in Europe.
LONDON, April 21.-Advices from !
Admiral Hewitt, dated April IL, say
he was then close to Adowa, and had
been cordially received along the
route from Massowah. He was es-
corted by Abyssinian borsemen and
had met with an unparalleled recep-
ton. Gen. Gordon will send Col.
Stewart. and Mr.. Bower to lower
Egypt.
LONDON, Eng, April 21.-The En-
glish detectives are returning from
France, and have failed to link any
1rish-Americans suspects with the |
dynamite plotl. The French authori-
ties deny they intend to expel the |
suspects. In the absence of positive |
proof of guilt the French government |
Will not interfere. Even the British
embassy at Paris holds aloof, and |
there is no trace found of the reported |
private dynamite factories on the |
north of France.
LONDON, Eng, April 21.-It Is re-
ported here that Prince Victor, of |
Wales, on attaining his majority, |
which occurs the beginning of next |
years, will be raised to the peerage as |
Duke of Dublin, and will thenceforth
reside in Ireland. 1t is also stated he |
will enter into the ranks of the Royal |
Irish Fusilers.
LONDON, April 22.-At $3.50 o'clock
this morning an earthquake shock of |
considerable force was felt in the |
eastern counties of England. LOCAL. |
ties in Essex and Suffolk were the |
scenes of the greatest disturbances.
At Ipswick the shock was so severe |
that the walls of houses were percept-
ably shaken. Plates and dishes were
ratified, and bells rung, and the people
were thrown into such state of con-
sternation that all business was for
the time suspended.
The shock was still more severe at
Colchester, where the conclusion lasted
half minute. The first symptom
was dull rumbling sound, porten-
tious and awe-inspiring, speedily fol-
lowed by quaking and shaking of all
large buildings. Church bells sounded
as though sWayed by unseen hands,
and the tall chimney stacks of fac
tories crashed in ruins to the earth,
while other lofty structures were de-
stroyed. The spire of one of the
largest churches in the city, 100 feet
high, fell with an awful crash to the
ground. 1t is impossible to estimate
the damage at present, but it is known
to be very great. In the private houses
the greatest confusion prevailed.
Chairs and tables were overturned. the
china and glassware in the cubboards
ratified together, and were frequently
shattered, while pictures and other
ornaments upon the walls were loos-
ened from their fasteniDgs, and fell
to the floor. The people were terror
stricken. Men, women and children
rushed shrieking into the streets where
their aganozied cries and pale faces
made piteous the unparalleled scene.
At Chelmsford, about thirty miles
from London, the shock was also Sc
we're, and the people were filed with
| terror and dismay. At the South End
| the earth trembled for miles around,
and. the windows of many of the
dwellings were broken, while Chin
neys were dashed to the earth, and
crockery and glassware were smashed
| in all directions. At Maldon, ten
miles east of Chelmsford, the
town hall and many private houses
were swayed to and fro several times,
as though some mighty wave had
passed from south to north, engulfng
and agitating everything within its