Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-18

the city, were true. Sir Richard Asheton
Cross, home secretary, replied that if the
facts were as stated by the Gazette the full
est inquiry would be made and that he con-
.ldered it his duty to endeavor to go to the
bottom of the charges. During the discus
sion OF the army sup lementary estimates
Mr.. w. II. Smith, war secretary, on the
vote of $4,000 men, explained that the
government would continue in a state
of preparation, until the arrange
ment about to be concluded with Rus
STA was finally settled. There was, he
said, no intention on the part of the govern
ment to call up additional men, unless the
occasion arose. The Marquis of Harting-
ton, ex-war minister, referred to the inten-
ton of the late government to evacuate the
province of Dongola, in the Sondan, and
expressed wish to know whether the
present government meant to continue the
work of constructing the Nile railway. Mr.
Smith replied that the government would
not abandon the railroad behind the de-
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of increasing the British forces in Egypt.
Gen. Brackenbury telegraphs from
Fatmeh that letter which was received
there states that Ell Mahdi, the so-called
false prophet, is dead. The letter was
written by a merchant at Handuk on July
8, and says that since the prophets death
his followers have fallen to fighting among
themselves A refugee Egyptian soldier
who arrived at Fatmeh on the 18th, Gen.
Brackenbury says, asserts he saw an
Arabian on the 1st Of July at Abadom,
who told him Ell Mahdi was dead.
CENSUS OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Maj. Edwards, supervisor of the census Of
North Dakota, in the Fargo Argus of the
18th, said: The returns for NorGh Dakota
indicate that in this portion of the territory
the population will exceed 100000, while in
1880 the entire territory contained but 1885,
III, and North Dakota had 81, 465 of these,
showing an increase Of $50 per cent in five
years, while fifteen years ago the entire
population of North Dakota was only 1913
The schedules from enumerators already
received foot up to 1856 population, and
the rest of Northern Dakota from weekly re-
ports, show population Of 2s,S6O, making
total for North Dakota of 1886. This
summary is liable to vary 1900 or 5000
either way. The six counties of Red river
Nalley show over one-half of the total pop
ulation, the amount being SO,962. These
counties embrace about 7,725 square miles,
or one-eighth Of North Dakota, while the
fifty other counties have population of
about T,764. The following is the popula-
ton of some of the cities reported: Fargo
1894, Grand Forks 6,555, Bismarck 3,167,
jamestown, 1856, Lisbon, LOO, Wah-
peton 1,549 Glendale 573, La Moure 35S.
Thus far about 1, 1913 old soldiers have been
reported, and about fifty who served in the
Confederate army. One feature which is
especially important in sanitary view is
the small number of deaths. Everywhere
thep per cent is very small, but the following
counties report no deaths: Foster, Eddy,
Wells, Summer, Mcintosh, Stark, Willard
and Kidder. In many counties not even a
case of sickness is reported. The number of
farms reported thus far are 81 ,656, and when
all the schedules are in they will probably
show about &C, 656 in North Dakota, against
L, 435 in the enti9e territory five years ago.