Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-10

CArRo, Feb 9 In an interview To-.
day, the khedivs said he believed
that Gen Gordon was still alive, as
El Mahdi was too wise q man to kill
him. FL Mahdi had no interest In
killing Gen. Gordon, but on the CEN
trarS would do all In his power to pre-
vent such an occurrence. Instant sc.
ton on the part Of England, he said,
IL necessary to prevent further pro.
gress OF III Mshd's cause and
10 AVERT NEW DISASTERS.
The abandonment OF the SUudan by
England under the present circum-
stances would be q grave mistake
The tribes hitherto friendly TO Great
Britain would then join III Muhdi If
England did not take immediate steps
to crush him, this Influence might BE-
rlously tnresten the stability OF the
British empire In E,ypt
THE RFutLs ATTACKED.
LONDON Feb 9 -Lord Wolseley tel
egraphs tho war Office to-day from
KOrti "a follows: "The advance
guard nj Gen. ERrle's column, consist
ing Of a quadrOn Of cavalry. under
the command OF Col Butler, surprised
a large body 81 the MoDassir tribe, uu-
der WsddRal, the murderer of Col
Stewart, eucamped at the SnakOob
wells. The cavalry charged he en-
campment The enemy fled In every
direction, leaving behind three men
killed "A large number OF camels, cattle
and many Remington rifles Col.
Butler captured six prisoners.n
THE REfNFORCtMGNTS DEPARTING.
Great activity prevails At Chatham,
tlons iorE sending relnfercements
TO Egypt are being rapidly
pushed. The Twentieth hussars aud
Third battalion Of the rifle brigade
are now At Aidershot. A battalion OF
the Scots fusileers n battalion OF the
Cold Stream guards and D squadron Of
iiftY lancers have been ordered TO pro.
ceed
AT OECETO sUARIM.
Three battGliOns ~ the guards and
four battalions Of infantry, including
two from VI ,lta and two from Gibral
tar, have been ordered TO Egypt Two
battallOns Of Infantry and "A regiment
OF cavalry have been ordered from Iu-
dia to Egypt The nine battaIons
OF troops ordered from England.
Malta, Gibraltar and India are sent at
the request II Gen. Wolseley. The
guards leave England at once, and
during the present week the two bat
talions OF Englirh infantry, at present
in Lower Egypt, will proceed i'm
medhtely
To THE sOUDAN.
IL IL stated that all the forces COM
priced within the nine batlalions TO be
sent 10 Lord Wolseley will, after
reaching SuHkim, operate between
Suaklm and Berber, with the object Of
securing the route between those
polnts aud then rffecting a complete
junction with the British forces on the
Nile, bOth above and below Berber.
THE PuRTE's PROTEST
CoNsrANTlHoPLE, Feb o 49, The
porte has sent protest to the Italian
government against the occupation
Of Bprlul. Count Corti, the Italian
ambassador, WAS about TO leave Con-
stantinople on a furlough and was
ordered 10 postpone his departure.
The rebellion In Yemen, Arabia, has
been revived because the porte sus
pended the payment of subsidies 10 the
tribes between J, ddah and Mecca A
number of caravans have been pillaged.
The military commander has asked
for 1000 reinforcement
TURK kY PREPARING 10 oPPosR ITALY
LONDON, Feb 0.-rhe fleet ot Turk
ish war vessels has been ordered TO pre-
pare for sea within a month. This
order Is Interpreted to mean the fixed
determination TO oppose Italy's en-
croRchment on the Red sea, aud to pre-
vent any aggressive movement by
Italy In North Africa.
ENGLAND WILL HAVElIER REWARD.
In AN interview between Earl Gran
Vile and Fehma pasha, the Turkish
envoy, the former told the latter that
the English government Intended, for
political aud financial reasons, TO evao.
uate Egypt, but that it was impos,i-
Bile to specify the exact period of with.
drawal. The British government beiug
constitutional government and de.
pendent upon public opinion, which
compelled the cabinet 10 send the ex.
pedi ion TO the soWdan, would not
permit the evacuation of Egypt with
out some reW ard
YOR ESdLAND's SACRIFICE
Earl Granville said that the pro-
posed Turkish expedition TO Suskim
was tnopportune, hat the sultRn's SOW.
ereignty over Egypt would be re-
spotted Earl Granville OOunseled the
porte not To raise question with
Italy In connection with tue anneXa.
ton Of Bertual He held that Italy's
commercial interest at Assab com.
PEELED her TO extend her authority
over the adJReentdistrlct.
GEN srhPHENseN's PROPOSAL.
The war ottioe mainlains tue ut
most silence In regard TO the plans and
movements Of Gen. Wslseiey. The
Cairo kilograms report that in the
council OF war Gen. Stephenson was
present. He advises the recall OF the
troops from Metemneh or Korti and
the concentration of the entire force
toward Berher aud after the capture OF
BeTber To await the expedition coming
20 Suaktm before making an advance Oh
Kharioum. The military authorities
estimate that this would involve a
delay an the advance upon Khartoum
until autumn The hot weather
which begins next month will make
itimpossihle fpr the English forces 10
stand marches.
THE ITALIANS AT MAssOwAH.
ROME, Feb Admiral Caimi tele.
uranha that Ia nnnhnr..a "a A