The bee., 1884-03-01
Foreign.

The London Times, in an article on tbs
Lasker incident, implies that dislike OF tno
country which deprives Germany OF tnou-
sands of conscriptS is the basis OF Bismarck S
action. and that Mr.. Sargents resignation
would strain the relations OF Germany and
the Un.ed States
AFTER holding out for weeks against the
attacks of Ell Mahdi's forces the town of
Tokar surrendered to FL Mahdi's rebels be-
fore it could be relieved by General Gra-
hams expedition. The news was brought to
Suakim by five soldiers who hal escaped
from Tokar. It was stated that only the
soldiers at Tokar who had families had sur
rendered, while the others attempted to
reach Suakim. Upon reception Of the news
in London great excitement ensued and a
special cabinet meeting was calle1 FL
Mahdi appointed his brother, Ali Yussuf,
governor OF Barbour, and ordered him to
levy 1000 men, and march to Kordofan to
reinforcs the main body Of FL Mahdis
troops.
GENERAL GORDON announced that after
restoring order in Khartoum he would pro-
ceed to Kordofan, to interview the False
Prophet.
OsMAN DIGMA, the leader of the rebels in
the vicinity OF Suakim is exciting his follow
ers by quoting the Koran, saying that El
Mahdi, the False Prophet, is divinely inspired.
and requires little food and clothing.
NINE sailors belonging to the British bark
Ada Barton, from st. John, n. B., abandoned
at sea in a waterlogged condition, were
drowned.
BIsMARcK's action in returning the Lasker
resolutions of sympathy TO the American
Congress has excited much discussion among
the papers of Germany, the government or
gans praising and the opposition press con-
demning the German chancellor'S course.
Mr. SARGENT fba rraarioQr r, five af
Berlin, is also bitterly attacked and vehe-
mentlv defended by German papers for the
TART which be has taken in the matter.
NOTWITHSTANDING irrepressible Mr. Brad.
laughs reelection to the British house OF
commons, and his willingness TO take the pre-.
scribed cath Of Office, the motion denying
him his seat was reaffirmed by vote Of 2a
to l67.
AN association Of English authors has beer
formed ID aid in securing an English-Ameri,
can copyright law.
An Indian uprising has occurred in Mani
toba, British America, and twelve mounted
police sent to que1 the disturbance are re-
ported TO have been massacred.
The three men who murdered Count Vor
Mailath, president of the court of cessation
at Ofer, Hungary, last March, have beer
hanged in Pesth. A great crowd collected
about the prison and cheered the condemned
THE boiler of the steamer Kotsai, from
Hong Kong to Maca1, exploded. Seventeen
passengers eight of whom were Europeans,
the rest native5-were killed.
SEVEN THOUSAND Arabs have reinforced
the insurgent army of Osnan Digma in the
Soudan. He has altogether $1,000 mer
against 5000 British troops
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, and the
car Of Russia are TO have meeting in the
spring.
MASSES of stone fell upon and killed five
laborers in quarry at Bienne, Switzerland.
Ell MAHDI's emissarieS are busy throu gh-
out the whole of Egypt They go from vii.
age to village bearing the simp,e message:
"I am coming B. rea1yn This passes on
from mouth to mouth, AMI the situation Is
bee lming serious.
SHORTLY after l o'clock, A. NJ, terrible
explosion occurred in a cloak-room at the
Victoria railway station in London. Ths ex-
plosive agent was undoubtedly dynamite. A
large portion of the roof was blown OF and
nearly all the glass work in the station was
destroyed. Seven men were sent to the hos.
pital with severe injuries Extensive dam.
age was done TO surrounding property.
A RUSSIAN government committee which
has been examining the administration of
Turhestan has discovered a deficiency of
100000, 900 roubies about so, ,o00, COO in the
last fourteen years.