St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
THE OLD WORLD.
Further Particulars of the Battle of
Teb, and the Taking of Tokar.
Gen. Gordon's Doings at Khartoum- The
Porte and the American Treaty.
THE MARCH on ToKAR.

THE MARCH ON TOKAR.
SUAKIM, March 2.-The British troops en-
tered Tokar at noon on Saturday. fey
shots were exchanged with the enemy, when
1000 rebels holding the town fed. Osman
Digma is encamped eight miles distant from
Suakim. battle with him is expected when
the British return to Suakim from Tokar
All reports commend the steadiness with
which the British moved on Teb. The
square in which they advanced to the battle
was never broken. The determination and
bravery of the rebels are shown in the fact,
that when they were charged by the cavalry,
great numbers threw themselves upon their
backs on the ground, and speared the horses
of the troopers as they dashed over them.
The march to Tokar was accomplished in
four hours from Teb. The hussars secured
the country and kept up desultory skirmish-
ing with the enemy, who retired in a disor-
ganized march in the direction of Tamanieb
The Arabs lost l, 100 men, dead, on the field
at Teb, besides guns and other munitions
The whole camp, including 375 tents and
many camels, was taken. The condition of
the camp showed that the Arabs relied upon
being victorious. General Graham sends
part of the Tokar garrison to Trinkitat, and
destroys the Notifications. He will then
march to Tamanieb, where he will convoke
the sheikhs of the friendly tribes, and those
submitting to him, to make arrangements to
keep open the route between Suakim and
Berber.
GOING TO RoUMANIA.
PARIS, March 2.-Prince Napoleon has de-
cided to postpone his American tour with his
son Victor. He intends to send the prince
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army.
A REFUSAL.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, March 2.-The porte has
refused the French ambassador permission to
establish at Beyrout a French college, on
the ground that public instruction would in
terfere with the rights of the government.
The minister sent indignant protests to the
sultan.
STRICT WATCH.
LONDON, March 2.-The railroad officia 5
insist upon an inspection of all baggage left
at terminal stations Meetings of the Irish
organizations in London and the province
to-day were watched by Irish detectives.
Nothing unusual was discovered.
LIKELY TO PROVE FAILURE
CAIRO, March 2.-The government is con-
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and his life be put in imminent peril. They
offered Add Ell Kader Pasha, minister of war;
under sanction Of Barring, the British min
lister, the governorship of Khartoum. Add
Ell Kader refuses the office, unless Gen. Cor
don assents Gordon has ordered Col
Stewart, commander of the expedition sent
up the White Nile, not to attack the natives
unless attacked by them. but to try and nego-
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go to Khartoum. If that Sheikh prefers
to fight, he will precipitate rising of all the
tribes of Darfour and Kardofn and attack
Khartoum. Nubar Pasha, prime minister,
under the influence of the British minister
has suppressed the Bosptore Fgypten, the lead
ing journal in Cairo. Giraud, editor, who
recently received the decoration of the legion
of honor, appealed to Barrere, the French
consul general, protesting that the only
charge against him is that he denounced
with energy the faults of English rule.
THE DYNAMITERs TO BE EXPELLED.
PARIS, March 2.-The French government
have decided to expel from France all sus-
pected dynamiters.
REAPING HIS OWN SOWING.
LONDON, March 2.-Cornwa,lis West, in a
letter to the Times, says the time has come
for England to demand of a friendly govern
ment protection from the attempts of
O'Donovan Rosa and his blood thirsty crew
The German newspapers, referring to the
dynamite outrages in London, say, England
is now reaping the fruits of her hospitality
OF the anarchists and cut throats from all
parts of the world.
THE NEWS SENT TO GORDON.
CAIRO, March 2.-The garrison found at
Tokar numbered seventy men and were half
starved, and the remainder joined the rebels
The bodies of Morice Bey, Surgeon Leslie
and four other Europeans, killedin the route
of Baker Pashas troops, were found at Teb
and buried. Sir Evelyn Barring telegraphed
the news of to-day's victory to Gen. Gordon,
and used the Arabic language, that the news
might spread all along the line. Baker
Pasha's wound is not serious. 1t is believed
that Osman Digma's power is broken.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, March Isaac Todhunter, the
well known mathematician, is dead, aged
sixty-four.
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
BERLIN, March "A box containing clock
exploded work in the postoffice at Green to-
day, and one official was severely wounded
/ THE AMERICAN TREATY.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, March 2.-The porte de-
clines to accept Minister Wallace's view, that
the treaty with America was not denounced
at the proper time. The porte maintains the
legality of the denunciation, thus making
the treaty expire on June 4. The govern
ment is willing, however, to let the existing
tariff remain in force till the negotiations
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grants America, in the new treaty, the same
advantages accorded to other countries.
DoINGs AT ToKAR.
LONDON, March. 2.-Admiral Hewitt led the
marines in the attack on Teb. The surgeons
behaved nobly. Queen Victoria has sent a
telegram congratulating etroops on the VIC
tory. Gen. Graham telegraphs as follows: To-
kar is relieved The rebels had held the town
since February 16, expressing the garrison
and inhabitants. The rebels have fled to the
mountains. The rebel guns at Teb were
served by Egyptian soldiers. The Arabs at
Hodeida have declared in favor of Ell Mahdi
The governor telegraphed to Sinnaar for
troops. After the battle at Teb Baker Pasha
and Admiral Hewitt returned to Suakim
The soldiers and sailors heartily cheered
| Baker Pasha, who was so severely wounded
| as to be unable to walk. The veterans who
took part in the battle say they never met a
more resolute foe. The enemy's trenches
were found completely filed with corpses.
BRADLAUGH's OPINION OF NoRTHCoTE
LONDON, March 2.-Bradlaugh 2. has sent a
letter to Northcote, charging him with having
violated the law, in having had Bradlaugh
excluded from the house of commons, and
that the act, Bradlaugh says, was mean and
spiteful, and unworthy of an English gentle
man.
AN IMPRACTICABLE SCHEME.
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