The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-12
More Bad News from the
s Land of the Nile.
GEN. EARLE KILLED In BATTLE
Movements Toward Avenging the
Death OF Gordon and the Fall
of Khartoum.
khartoum.

General Lord Wolseley teIegraphs
government that scouts sent to Khar.
toum have returned. They confirm the
report of the killing of General Gordon
and the atrocities committed in Khar-
| toum by the Mahdfs men.
The war Office refuses officially to
confirm the dispatch which states that
General Wolseley autographed govern
ment that the scouts sent to Khartoum
to ascertain the fate of General Gordon
have returned with proof of his death.
ROME, February 11.-Negotiations be-
tween the British and Italian govern
ments With view toI talianloceupation in
the Soudan ar still proceeding. Chevalier
Negra, Italian Ambassador at London
has been instructed to assure Lord Gran
vile, British Foreign Secretary, of the
confidence that Italy has'in the power
of England to crush the rebellior in the
! Soudan and reorganizing Egypt, and to
state that Italy is willing toOecupy with
her troops strategetic posts SO as to
| enable England to mass her forces
against those Of the Mahdi.
GIBRALTAR, February 11.-TroopS have
already SAILED from here to- reinforce
| Wolseley's force in the Seudan, and
others will be dispatched immediately.
PARIS, February IL. = Figaro says
that the Mahdi's minister of war is
| M.Viret. He was formerly captain in
the French army. He joined the Mshdi
| in 1882, and taught the Arabs the way
to break squares when formed by troops
in battle. -s.eyt -ti Z
sCoNsTANTINoPLE, February Il.-Tuu-
kish newspapers have been officially
prohibited from publishing news from
the Soudan, or, comments upon the
| situation there. s 3t5
soRDoN's PREsENTIMENT.
LONDON, February 11.-General Cor
don, before his departure on his mis-
sion to the Soudan, told a personal
| friend, who now makes the story pub
lie, that he entertained a presentiment
that he would never return from Khar-
| toum. Gordon said the presenriment
was distinct and intense and he could
not, push it off, Throughout his
entire life, he said, he had
always been strongly and cor
rectly affected by presentiments.
During his military career in China he
was guided by them, but never, even in
most critical moments of that eventfnl
period, had he even expected death.
The friend also asserts that in pursu-
ance of his belief in the presentiment
which covered him with its shadow
before he started for Khartoum,
| his chosen friends an his trinkets and
mementoes.
1t is announced that a narrow gauge
railway will be constructed between
| Suakim and Berber- English firms
offer to undertake the construction OF
the road within fortnight by the use
of manufactured sections of rail lengths.
Government has decided to accept the
temporary services OF limited number
of officers of the militia and reserve
forces.
PARIS, February 11.-DeLesseps, in
an interview, considered the English
expedition doomed to failure. 1t may
reach Rhartoum, but the Soudanest
will not submit. The English, in going
or returning will fan prey to hun
dreds of thousands OF fanatics, who are
ready to die. i.-- r.
LoNDsN, February 1.-THE cabinet
to-day approved General Wolseley's
plan fer an early advance from suakim
to Berber.
THE MASSACRE DOUBTED.
There is still slight ground for hoping
that Gordon is still alive. The accounts
ot newspaper correspondents come from
common native sources. No wit
ness to the death of General
Gordon is mentioned. With General
Gordon were Hanzal, Austrian
yice-eonsul, and twenty Greeks
Alexandra, for whom the Greeks had
/ 10 Ial, he
story of the massacre at Khartoum.
In reply TO inquiries, General VOL
seley telegraphs that he has no more
authentic news than that brought Il
Korti by Colonel Wilson. -srs
f4t GENERAL EARLE KILLED.
LONDON, February 1l.-General Earl,
was killed on Tuesday. during thu
storming sof the enerny's position a
, EBirti. s-s-
ADDITIONAL or -sARLEs DEATH.
LONDON, February 11.--Another &C
count of the death of General Earle
dated Korti, says: General Earle wa
killed in the action of Tuesday. Tn
fight occurred near the Nile, a few
miles above Dulka Island. TIL
,, Arabs had fortified pass ant
, had built a small fort on the left banl
J of the river. When General Earle
/ forces reached the pass, they were sub
jected TO 3 heavy fire from field guns
which the Arabs had place.
in commanding positions. Genera
Earle had no artillery ant
commanded his troops to charge. /
was more of scramble than charge
e but the Arabs were driven from tn
r heights at the point of tn
: bayonet, and fell back slowly towar
1 the river. All that then remained I
ibe captured was little fort OF
the river bank. As the Brit
! ish column advanced, lit was met b
a steady and well-directed fire froI
o behind the sand and wattlings. whic
composed the Arab fort, and man
men of the attacking party were killed
!, General Earle again ordered his men .
: charge, and put himself at the head 9
y the column. He Was killed during thi
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