Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-15
GENERAL NE Tvs.
AggrieVed M0rmOnS Visit President
Cleveland.
HE PROMISES TO GIVE THEIR
REQUESTS HIS ATTENTION.
Great Sickness Among English Troops
at Suakim.
RIEl's WINNIPEG REBELLION UNDOUBTEDLY
SERIOUS.
A Pittsburg Lady. Prominently
Connected, Suicides.
NO FURTHER SOLUTION OF THE WAR
PROBLEM.
President Cleveland Interviewed

President Cleveland interviewed.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The Congress
sional Delegate John T. Caine. OF Utah,
John W. Taylor, "a son of the President OF
the Mormon church,, and John Q Cannon,
"a son of ex-Congressionsl Delegate Can
non), who compose the delegation sent by
| the Mormon Church to lay before the
| President q statement Of the grievances OF
| the Mormons and present an address re-
Gently adopted by mass meetings OF the
Mormons against the action of the Federal
Officials. called, by appointment, at the
| Executive Mansion this morning and were
received by the President in the library.
| As the delegation entered, the President
was seated at his desk. but Immediately
arose, shook hands with Mr.. Game. and
was then introduced to Mr.. Taylor and Mr..
| Cannon. Mr.. Game then read the address
| to the President, who remained standing
| during the interview. The President
| listened c%ourteously and attentively to the
| address, and upon its conclusion, said:
" Well, gentlemen, so far, OF course, as the
| Edmunds law was concerned had nothing
to do with that. OF course. il is my duty
to see that it is enforced, as well ss all
| o Their laws. You are entitled to fair con-
sideration and to have the law impsrtially
administered as you ask, and so far as any
appointments which I hall make are con-
cerned, I will endeavor to give you the
character of men who will see that
the law ia impartially administered l
hope soon to be able to get at these mat
ters, but it will require . little time"
The Presidents face broke into o smile as
he concluded, 81 wish that you, out there,
could be like the rest Of u.s."
"All we ask" rejoined Mr.. Game, els
that the law shall be impartially admins
tered"
"You are entitled to that" said the
President, "and, so far "a / Am concerned,
I shall see that it is done. / will give
these matters my attention 90 carefully as
possible"
Another delegation entered at that
time, and the Mormons saluted the Presi-
dent and withdrew.
The SOudan Situation.
MELBOURNE, May 13.-The Australian
Colonial Government intends giving medals
to their troops now serving at Suakim to
memorize the services of the Australian
CONTINGENT in the Soudan campaign.
SUAKIM, May 13.-There is a fearful
amount Of sickness among the British and
Egyptian troops here. The sick births in
all the ships are crowded with patients and
additional hospitals are being erected on
shore.
LONDON, May 13.-The Cabinet is medi.
tating on the recall of Sir Evelyn Barring,
Consul General ct Cairo, as he is not in &C.
cord with the Government IN the with
drawal of the British troops from the Sou
dan and the Suez Canal Observation-Disclosures
scheme. The proposal to appoint q COM
mission OF the powers of surveillance OF the
canal has been submitted to direct negotia-
tions between the European Cabinets.
Granville instructed the English delegate
to the Canal Conference to deny that the
Paris Commission had power to decide the
question.
SUAKIM, May 13.-One thousand ma
tives, who have been hostile. have SUBJ
mitted to the British authority and been
armed. 1t is feared, however, that the
news that the British forces are to be
withdrawn will defer further submission,
as q majority Of the natives consider that
every Arab who manifests friendliness
toward English occupation death is iney'
table at the hands Of Osman Digna az
soon rs the British have evacuated the
country.
RieI's Rebellion.
WINNIPEG, May 1S.-The telegraph line,
was repaired this afternoon. and some It'd
ings OF the fighting at Batouche have conn
through. All the dispatches indicate that,
up to last night, the contest was confined
to artillery firing on the rebels stronghold
and q few light skirmishes. The casualty
roll Of the troops. up to this morning, in.
cluded two men killed and fifteen wounded.
Dispatches to military headquarters and
Commissions Wrigley here are TO the effect
that fighting is still going on to-day. and
that General Middleton is anxious for
more troops, Colonel Scott's battalion has
been ordered north from Q~u'Appelle.
Advices tonight state that eight COM
panies OF volunteers and infantry school
troops have been ordered from New Bruins.
wick, and the Prince OF Wales Rifles from
Montreal. Another Ontario battalion ia
already on the way. This is taken to mean
that the Government has more alarming
news than has yet been made public, as nc
one here can see any great necessity for
bringing up more troops. II may be that
the Government has once more got into an
unnecessary panic. At all events. Middle
ton 10 evidently not prepared to storm the
rebel stronghold. and intends either to
starye them out. harass them into surren-
der, or await endorsements. How long
either plan will endure there Is no means
for knowing accurately. as the most contra-
dictory stories are afioat regarding the
rebels stores OF ammunition and provis-
ions.
Sad Suicide.
PrrTsBURa. May l3.-This afternoon Mrs
Annie Pershing, wife OF W. O. Pershing.
and daughter-in-law Of Rev. I. @. Pershing,
President Of the Pittsburg Female College,
8 prominent Methodist Episcopal educa.
tionai institution, shot herself In the right
temple and is now In q dying condition.