Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-19

back 70 Wilt. rSsn that Tue river Is nayigabie
Nv stesmers "a high as Gondokuioo a.au ~
aen Wnlseley has requested the i1eN
ali the special correspondents ~ = 1870 81
,s.Ians This a In accord with Gen Moiss-
isria freoient expressions OF oishAe -
y norters lint indicates q more aespeiaee
.ondition OF affairs tbar has oeen hiouei"
sir Charles Beresford and party were zen
hours under fire before they were uiass
,~.one Cot wilson. The enemy nseu -.
is,m be6iad entertainments The hie iron
~ nnemyis cannon was effectlfe. IN auui,
~, ID n hole made in the boiler = sneai
bntsf an ths steamed. The Eritisn hre war
most elective. silenctng thc teosl gnnsa AM
forcing the men to seek shelter. a $500
postal service has been iormeu reoSment
has left Korti for Gubat The stormlng o,
Mcte,nneh by the British is expected .
Korti disnatch saws that Gubat Is strongLs
gnttiisd 10 resist a possible siege Atoft nae
been constructed. triangular IN shape' mis ~.
deem bitches in front. BrushWoou aha ~
work outside win impede tho enemy III N"'
event of an attack
THR MAHDI's LETTER.
The letter recently sent by the Nandl 10
rn,Iish officers on Col. Wilson's steamer con
fained a postscript saying it was me hanine
6rsI and last letter TO the English; anu ' tSa
unless they submitted be would 81 a. Az
a mir dora The bearer Of the lie tier, q uel-
yisn. urged the Egyptians on the steamer ~
iojn the Mahdrs army, saying that ood naa
saut the Mahdi TO convert the worId, any
tina Mahdi Intended TO march Su"isnu
10 the Steamboat On inc 10
after the teamer stranoeu y'hd
The Nahd's emlr landed on the island anu
~ Inc Dritish to surrender. Sunday
evening Itamid Bey, Gwo shippers anu
sasa,Tsen natives deserted the steamer Inc
s,samar soma, with Lord Charles befeslolu
an hoard. aFriFed ON Tuesday. during wy
engagement with the therrs tae nona'
( boiler was struck by a shell ana 8 grew ~
piosion occurred, followed py ING natcb had
roar Of steam. After a temporary paVou q
been 6xed on the boiler, the soma passed wy
cnarnyis works under a heavy nre, lowing
= n1au1r containing Col Wilson's luggage
Tie nu.ryar grounded 900 yards Deio" tne
fort Tho night was spent in trying 70 hoae
her Perfect Silenoe was IN arabs 60
baIgyd she had been abandoned; ana they
stunned firing and bVufbrenced beatlhR
drims Inst before daybreak the enemy
saw SHARKS emerging from the runner OF INC
steamer, and they at once began 20 AeHn
the hercest manner and opened a heoYS hIe
ON the vessel The steamer replied eHect-
iysiS and soon passed out of range. IL Is
estimated that the enemy numbered s;uuv.
/ Tbpv had three Krupp guns Col wilson .
| ibss on the island was two killed anu twenty
w6gndea Of the Egyptian troops, ana IouI
wounded Of the Dritish me oouuahes9
sIiiss fonphb well until they heard OF me tai
a. I'll EsnffI1, when they became democrat.
iZod me Mafidt kRuFcA the massacre OF an
- Goyron,s men. together With tfteT wives
"a chfldren Gen. Gordon was kllled or
tbs morning of the 27th. The garrison a
Gubat ia exaspera5ed over the news OF tne
massacre The Daily News apRears III 10
mourning for Gen GORDON anu P"o
following from Gakdu:
NatIVns who reached here from khartoum say
Gen, pordUu was killed while in the act Of ' 3
ing Ills House 10 tally tile Iaitbtnl ttovps' rs
latter we're cut abNb tSs -hoah- hna ~ ,nsrct-
Inc hest mart Of the town SEaa ssrae q LhStS.
ics. Slaughter, rot even women ana ehilorai oe.
ing spared. I'll H6tableS were killed except ths
treaoheTnus pashas anu tteti foilaNfrS
Gen. Earle's advance from DitN 70 berher
commenced Yesterday. Gen. Wolseley, WIZ
the British forces, started from horti LAST
evening 70 cross the desert TO Gubat only
portions 81 two regiments remain at hortL
THE Bombay correspondent Of the Times
reports that an Indian brigade has been
definitely ordered TO Suaktm. lG VIII con
sist of 200 infantry and D Cdvalrymen.
The morning papers have columns bordsred
with black, as a token of the grief which II
universally felt over Gordon's fate. Some
papers confine the mourning emblems 70 the
editorial pages, but In most Of them column
rules are reversed on al the pages The
News says;
Tbe age Of chivairy Il revived again in Cor
don's hisGoryi and the whole world thrills viii
passionate grief at this Christisn warrior
death. -.
GordOnis dead, and clings TO the shadow o.
hope that he may be q prisoner or may nave
escaped south.
ROM, Feb. fo-The Italian expedition
recently landeda at Massowah has been ordered
to aid the English operations in the soudaI
by marching into the interior and relieving
the garrisons at Kassala and SEMINAR. Ih'
movement II successfully accomplished VII
open a line of communication 30 the eeGs
and to Rhartoum parallel with the routt
from Suakim 90 Berber.
LONDON, Feb 9.-Lord Wolseley telegraph
the war office to-day from hortl as follows
The advance guard Of Gen. Earle's column
consisting OF a squadron Of cavalry under com
mand Of Col. Butler, surprised a large body 0
the Mcenassir tribe under Nadgam. the murdere
= of Col Stewart, encamped at Shakoah Wells
The cavalry charged the encampment and tn
enemy fled in every direction leaving behtn'
> them thirty killed and alarge number OF camels
) cattle and many Remington rifles. Col Butte
Great activity prevails in Chatham, Wool
witch and Aldershot, preparations for sending
: achievements to Egypt being rapid,
; pushed. The Twentieth Bussars and tn
l Third battalion OF the Rife brigade arc nov
Y ut AluEThIOk luz udlbtAiOu VI ptpNb . ihsi
: Tiers, a battalion OF C0lGstream Guar Dis, an'
!, a squadron Of the Fifth Lancers, haye beel
: ordered to proceed at once 10 Suakim.
: ITALY's PART.
VIENNA, Feb i0-It is understood tina
Italy is contented 10 occupy Cairo, Alex
8 andria, Suez and a portion of Ismaila, so q
r to enable the troops of rs ypt to proceed Q
: once TO the frontier. .
EGYPTIAN FINANCE.
: LONDON, Feb O-Waddington, Frenc
ambassador, has presented to Earl Gran
@ vile amended counter proposals OF Franc
n regarding Egyptian affairs The proposal
: emhody increased demands on the part G
: France. They insist that an internationi
commission be appointed TO investigate IN
q inances of Egypt, and that an intenationa
e conferences be called TO meet at Cairo {
q neutralize the Suez canal. Advices froI
Paris say the notifications Of the Frenc
proposals We're made in such a manner q
: would. as far as possible. avoid woundin
the dBloag pr0pre of the English
MAssowAH, Feb. "a great battle WI
fought in the Gallabal country with a larg
: force Of Baggara rebels detached froI
senaar. After a severe struggle the Bias
garas were utterly routed, losing 5000 me
and -four emirs, one OF whom was a nephe'
1 OF the Mahdi
= AdvIces from Gnbat, dated Feb. /, civ
: gloomy statements about the conditio
: of Stewards forces These men have bee
paced on tnree-quarters rattOns. Inei
have been once supplemented with beans ar
!. fresh meat The camels have had plenty
forage. Shendy, on the opposite bank
Nile, and Metemneh, three miles from Cuba
y are occasionally shelled by a steamer. IT
: troops arc busily employed in clearing u
: ground In front Of the camp and in detach'
= work at the adjoining villages. The ma
!, earthwork erected for the protecti'
i of the camp from the river front b
already been greatly strengthened
|, was calculated That they would be col
= pletedthat night Several men wounded
= the desert battle have died in camp sin
the arrival of the army at Gubat The othe
are doivg well. The remainder of the Roy
a artillery and naval brigade, with ten CUR
including one Gardner, have arrived L
convoy has sent back TO Gakdul wells I
more stores, and have taken forty Of t
: wounded along. Nearly every night {
: pickets exchange shots with u~nfriend
Is Arabs. A second dispatch received fro
2 Stewards camp, at Gubat, states that @
!. Wilson had on the island where he W
stranded go refugees whom he found aloI
. the banks OF the Nile near Khartoum.
dispatch to-day from Wolseley's hea