The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-13
THE DEATH OF GORDON.
Stabbed in the Back by Arabs at
Khartoum.
Horrors Rivaling Those of the Sepoy Mutt
ny Witnessed Within the City walls
Colonel Wilson and His Command
Rescued by Lord Beresford.
A HERO AT REST.

A HERO AT REST.
| KORTI, Feb. 11.-Colonels Wilson ant
Wortley, with the expedition to Khartoum,
arrived here yesterday. They made the
journey from Gubat in four days. They
bring the news of General Gordon's
| death. One of the Pashas among
General Gordon's forces marched the
garrison to the side of the town nearest
to Omduman, saying that the rebel attack
was expected at that time Meantime an
other traitorous pasha opened the gates at
the other end and allowed Ell Mehdi's troops
to enter, when they easily captured the
town. General Gordon was stabbed as he
| was leaving the Government house.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE following ad6i-
tional details of the killing of General Cor
don and the fall of Khartoum are at hand:
On the day of the capture, which is various
~ stated as the Goth and 27th of January,
General Gordon's attention was attracted
by tremendous tumult in the streets.
lie left the SO-called palace, or
| Government building, in which he had
made his headquarters, to ascertain the
cause of the disturbance. Just as he
| reached the street he was stabbed in the
| back and fell dead. The tumult was
caused by El Mehdi's troops, vino had gained
| access to the interior of the town through
! treachery and who were soon in complete
| possession of the place, including the eta
| del. A fearful massacre of the garrison
| followed. The scenes of slaughter are de-
scribed as surprising the Bulgarian atroei-
ties, and as rivaling the worst horrors of
the Sepoy mutiny. The panic-stricken
Egyptians were captured in their flight,
and put to death with the most fiendish
| fortunes. Some were transfxed with
| spears and left to bleed to death. Most of
| the victims were mutilated in most horri-
| bic manner. Their eyes We're gOuged out
| their noses slit, and their tongues torn out
| by the roots. In many cases the mutilated
| parts OF the victims bodies were thrust into
| their mouths while they were still living.
The massacre included many non combat
ants and Egyptian women, who were sub
| jected to the most shameful indgnities.
More than one hundred women and young
| girls were given over to Ell Mehdi'S follow
| eTs to be used as slaves After the Slaugh-
| ter many Arabs were seen rushing about the
streets with the heads of Egyptians
lmpaled upon their spears. The next
| night was spent in a satuInalia of
blood and debauchery Since the capt
ure of KhartOum Ell Mehdi has re-
paired the Notifications and made the place
well-nigh impregnable. He has made it his
| permanent headquarters, and is said to have
an abundance of guns, small arms and am
munitiOn. Both of Colonel Wilson'S steam
erS were wrecked, owing to the treachery of
| tie pilots, who will be court-martlaled.
Most of the morning papers have their
columns bordered with black as token of
the grief which is universally felt over
| Of 4bn
fine their mourning emblems to their edi-
| torial page, but in most of them the col
MN rules are reversed on all pages. The
| Daily Nel0S says: "The age of chivalry
is revived again in Gordon's history and
| the whole world thrills with passionate
| grief at this Christian warriors DEATH
| The Standard alone refuses to believe that
Gordon is dead, and clings to a shadow of
hope that he may be prisoner or may have
escaped south.
| 1.-THE story of Chinese Gordon has been told
| so often that it has become familiar even in
| the remotest corners of the Western Hemis-
| phere. He was sent to Egypt by the English
| Government on the 10Th of January 1S84-a
| little over one year ago. On the 18th of jan
uary he left Cairo to assume the duties of Gov
ernor General of the Soudan. He arrived
| at Khartoum February II and at once as
| sumed direction of affairs. On March 80 of
| the same year the first disastrous news to him
| was I0ctlN0us IL D0lIg MS QGI0dU at HQlDy0f
| on the 10th. The capture of Berber by Ell
| Mehdi occurred May %. This spurred the En-
| glsh Government to active measures, and on
| August the House of Commons voted 940O-
| 100 for the Khartoum relief expedition.
September s2l information of numerous
| victories by Gordon was received and
October 3 Berber was recaptured.
On the Goth of January, the present year.
Khartoum was taken by the rebels. With the
| details of the campaign of the last few weeks
the reader is familiar. The fate of Gordon has
been awaited with suspense ever since the
| news of the fall of Khartoum was given out
| Conflicting runors of his massacre and of his
being prisoner have followed the rising of
| every sun.
| He was chosen for the important mission on
account of his familiarity with the country
having acted in the capacity of diplomatic
agent OF the Khedive in the Soudan for five
years. He was born soldier, his father be-
| ing Major-General. He was entered at
Woolwich for the Royal Engineers, and in
1855 went to the Crimea with his commits
| sion. He was heard from with credit in
the trenches. In 1860 he was sent to
/ China, and there achieved the name which has
attached to him ever since. He was remarka
bly, successful in the affairs of that campaign,
and returned to England in 1864, still a Cap
tam OF Engineers. In 1874 he was summoned
by the Khedive. Since that time
he has returned to England sew
eral times and has always been
He was noted for his exceeding modesty, and
refused the attentions of London society,"
He was everywhere sauted as the ''Un-
crowned King" He dictated his own terms
IN assuming the GOvernorShip of the SOudan
He went to Egypt without any assistance
and proceeded to Khartoum without any
hindrance. There he has remained fighting
| under a Christian proclamation. He is de-
ScrlDed as being an exemplary Christian, as
well as an indomitable worker and stubborn
soldier. He has always said that he would
never be taken alive. His popularity in his
own country has reached the highest degree
WO0lWieh
January 27 1888
LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch from
Korti, February 9, says: Lord BeresfOrd
returned in safety to Gubat, bringing with
him Colonel Wilson and party, who were
stranded on all island some distance up the
Nile while returning from Khartoum.
Some difficulty was experienced in fetching
away the stranded party. The rebels on
the river banks kept up constant
firing and shortly after the party embarked
a bullet from a rebels rife pierced the
boiler of the steamer. 1t was necessary to
anchor under fire and make repairs. The
British fire. however, now took effect and
| the rebels were repulsed.
Immediately after reaching Gubat Col
| onel Wilson started for Korti, where he has
now arrived to report in person to Lord
Wolseley the details of his reconnaissance at
knart0llm.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-General Wolseley asks
that the advance from Suakini be made
within month. He sees no necessity for
waiting until autumn, or for the construe-
ton of railway across the desert from
Suakim to Berber. General Stephenson,
General Dormer, and other members of,
military council held at Cairo, however,
opposed the dispatch of an expedi-
G1a CHI rf n
time on the ground that it can not be
put in readiness to start before. April.
They say that the march to Berber will
take month, and be severe test of the
endurance Of the men, who will suffer from
the intense heat and the want of water.
Isolated attachments would moreover be
exposed to attacks from OSman Digna.
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