Omaha daily bee., 1884-03-01
The Moving Of Hostile Armies In Egypt
and TOnQuin.
Gordon Issues o New and SEN
sationol Proclamation.
General Graham's Useless De-
mand Of the Rebels.
Murder In a Convent By a Dis
charged Gardener.
Glimpscs of tho situation In Egypt's
Rebellious Confines,
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
COUPONS PROCLAMATION.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
GoRpoN's PROCLAMATION.
CAIRO, February 29.-General Cor
don's proclamation to Soudan issued
Tuesday is as follows: Since my arrival
1 have given you sound advice. Every
thing has been done to insure quietness
and stop bloodshed. My advice has not
been followed. l am therefore forced
against my will to summon British
troops They will arrive in a few days
when l shall severely punish all who do
not change their conduct. You we'll
know that l know everything that ia
going on.
1t has caused a sensation here. No
demand for the dispatch OF troops to
Khartoum has reached the authorities
here. 1t is generally believed that either
General Gordon's object is to frighten
the natives into submission or that the
telegram has been mutilated in transmits.
sion.
OLD FLOODED MURDER.
PARIS, February 90 A gardener
named Chare, employed at a convent
near Marseilles was recently dismissed
for laziness. To-day while the sisters
we're walking in the grounds Chare ap-
peared and the Lady Superior asked him
if he had found work. Chare without
replying drew a revolver and discharged
six barrels, killing the Lady Superior
and mortally wounding n of her com.
panions. The other sisters fled. A
number of peasants gathered but Chare
reloaded the revolver and kept them at
bay. The Gendarmes arrived and Chare
fired at them twice. Chare was shot in
the ear and in his dying agony inflicted
upon himself a third mortal wound with
his own revolver.
CLAIMS ON SPAIN.
MADRID, February 30 The United
States government is pressing its claim
against Spain for 1898, 900 as the balance
of the award due on account of American
Losses during the rebellion in Cuba, and
also for So, GOO, 900 for estates embar-
COED during the same period and not re-
stored to their American wners. The
government, at the request of Minister
Foster, allows the transfer by sea of the
body of Mr.. Partridge, formerly United
States minister to Peru.
A sELEs FLA OF TRUCE.
LONDON, March 1.-The government
has a telegram from Suakim, dated March
l., ] a. M, saying; Suakilp is quiet and
there has been no appearance of the enc.
my nor any news of any engagement.
General Graham sent a flag of truce to
the rebels, as instructed by the govern
ment, warning them to dispense, 1t is
generally believed at Cairo that the reb-
els will not be deferred by this proceed
ing, and that tho British advance will
take place to-day.
FIGHTING NEAR BACNINH.
LONDON, February 20 -Advices from
Haiphopg state that the French gunboats
with 1000 men have occupied the ex-
treme post of the rebels in Tong Koi
river, ten miles below Bacninh. The
Chinese skiamishers were firing from
neighboring heights and burning sur
rounding villages, and the gunboats re-
turning the fire. Thirty thousand Chi
nese have returned to Bacninh.
II BOLD REBEIs.
TRINKITAT, February 29.-The enemy
were very bold yesterday and kept up a
the garrison were hit. Spies report the
rebels ~feasting and rejoicing because
they have received large renforcements
and that the rebels are erecting earth
works. A squadron of English cavalry
will act to-day as scouts, with orders to
retire to the main body when they touch
the rebels.
VICTORY CLAIMED.
SUAKIM, February 20.-The friendly
tribes which participated in the fight
Wednesday claim TO have won a victory,
and captured forty rebels and camels.
CAIRO, February 29.-Information re-
ceived from Kassalia states hat the gar.
rison made a sortie on the 10Th, ard to-
tally defeated the rebels.
EEKING DYSAMIrERs.
LONDON, February 29,-Orders have
been cabled by the government to Eng
lish detectives in New York to inquire
into the character and intenedents of al
persons sailing from New York and Bos'
ton for English ports since the LIST O
February.
BITTER SWEET.
LONDON, February 29.-Martin Turne
IL Co., merchants of Glasgow, engage.
in the East India trade, havs failed, liza
bilities between four and five hundred
thousand pounds. The failure is due h
heavy losses in sugar.
URIoU CHRISTIANS.
CoSsTANTTSorLE, February 29.-Th
porte has appointed HALL Pasha, a Turk
governor of Crete. The Christians ar
furious.
CHIOs AGAIN HAKBN
ATHENS, February 29.-The island {
Chios and the towns Chesame and Vourl,
upon the main land of Asia Minor, hay
been visited by an earthquake.
\ DIFFICULT ADVANCE.
LONDON, February 29.-General CIR,
ham telegraphs that the difficulty of az
vancing is 80 great that a forward NOV,
ment is postponed till tomorrow, whe
he expects to make a rapid march.
BISMARCK AND LAsKER.
BERLIN, February 29.-The Nation
Gazette hopes the seccessionists will n,