The bee., 1884-02-16
Foreign

TEwFIK BET, an Egyptian officer. and 100
Of Ms trooDs. have been surrounded by the
insurgents and massacrei.
TIE slaughter OF Baker Pasha's troops By
the False Prophet's followers continued al
the Tay-tack 10 TrIakitat The Egyptians
were uanic stricken and feil upon their knees;
but their appeals for mercy were fruitleSs
The Arabs seized them bv the necks, thrust
their SPEARS into Their backs, and savagely
cut their thrCat. Six British transports
living a. Trinkiiat took ab0ard Baker Pasha
AID the remnant o. his army, and conveyed
them 70 SuaEm-
Al the great carnival in Montreal the
mcck attack on the nagnific sDt palace, built
O. ioe b-Ceks, was witnessed by l25,000
people
OFFICIAL adTicss from Cairo announces
that the total number OF Baker Pasha troops
killed near Toker was 2,250. This includes
nlnety-siK officers, sixteen Of whom were
staff officers. The rebeIs lost coo men.
RESOLUTIONS condemning the govern
ment's policy In Egypt were introduced by
the opposition party in the British house OF
or3s and the house Of conmonS
II a discussion in the British house of
commons on the importation OF foreign cat
tie e member quoted statistics which de-
clarei that the number OF cases OF disease
among cattle imported from America in 1888
was 536, against Ga cases among cattle from
all other countries.
4 DISPATCHES from TonQuin announce that
the rebels in the provinces Of Namdinh and
SOntay have been dispersed with a loss Of
between 400 and So The guEboat Parceval
has destroyed nests OF pirates at Savalow
and Fowtainson, killing and wounding
many. Excellent feeling prevails at Hue,
the capital of Anam. The king has ap-
pointed two delegates 70 assist Admiral Cour-
bet, Of the French feet, in pacifying the
country.
DURING a fight between whites and ma
tiyes In the pToE inoe OF Angola, West Africa.
an explosion Of gunpowisr killed forty of
the latter
PARNELI, ths Irish home rule leader, de
clarad in an amendment 10 the Queens
speech. proposed by hfm in the house Of
commons, thai Eng.a1dS policy IN Ireland
had 1allel to tIanguiiiZe the people, wautolly
prohibited public meetings and incitei i'll
viii and strife between the different classes
Of the countTT-
A PROCESSION Of 1909 striking Eeavers
az Blackburn, England. carried the effigv Of
a manufacturer with the intention OF hang
ing it in front OF his residence. They were
charged by the police and several persons
were injured
Miss CLARA BARTON, president Of the
American National Association OF the Red
Cro5s. accom- aaieI by Doctor Hubtell, the
spec al field agcut OF the asspciat ton, has
gene from Washington t0 the scenes Of the
food along thu Ohio for tie purpose of af-
foTding relief b. distributing supplies to the
sufferers.
NEARLY 5000 bills. most of them of a
private nature, have been introduced SO far
II the present session Of Congress.
GREAT dissatisfaction has been created
throughout Great Britain by the govern
nient's yaciliatins policy concerning the
crisis In Egypt. As one dispatch puts it:
People cannot unders;anl a policy OF in
difference TO n Is res in a country where
England rules. and Of Indifference likewise
10 the defeats Of armies which Engiishmen
officsl."
A BASDof 500 Indians murdered all the
prircIal residents OF 0mitlan, Mexico, and
pIUndered the town.
Ar banquet given IN Paris TO leading
members Of the scientific Tress, NJ de Les
seps stated tiaS the scheme for creating
sea in the great Sahara desert, in order to
transform the arid sand into fertile country,
would shortly he commenced.
Mr. BRADLAUSH. elected TO the British
house Of commons. but refused permission
10 take his seat because he declined to take
the presl r4bed cath for members, entered the
chamber during a session aud administered
the oath TO himself. Upon motion he was
ex luded from the precincts of the h5use
1t is announced from Sicily that Mount
-Etna is IN a state of eruption
( THOMAS CHESERY, editor Ct the London
+ Times, is dead.
WHILE a wedding party was crossing the
River Theiss, near Domrad, Hungary, the
ice broke and thirty five members of the
party were drowned.
THE French bish9pin Tonauin reports that
one priest, TWENTY-FIVE catechistS and 2l5
Christians have been massacrei, and that
los mission houses have been destroyed
! QUEEN VICTORIA has Just published book
containing a record of ner life for the past
twenty years, describing her personal emo
tions. and State affairs and family matters.
and highly eulogizing her late body guard,
John Brown