Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-07
the WAR.
a. Situation Unchanged.
...w.r. Said to be In no
Immediate Danger.
u.x~n full PsweFs-Exfva-
.,..ry Essrts Beins Made By
s. esv,yusnent Excitement
.t..ssn asa Elsswhsrr.


Fsb. gs.-Advices from Korti
aambeY Of spies have been
~ .5 10 Rhartoum 70 ASCERTAIN
800 q General Gordon.
..nxz Kxl,rTKxKxT IN LONDON.
49,, has hardly seen such another
80 al blank amazement, pain
G.sh uithfn the memory of man.
~, ufopeg business has practi-
- saspended, and money vent
- . Iurpo. The clubs Sere all
ssriy ia the afternoon By men
;. gafhAg news. and exchange
- -. and forsbodinRs. All the
-. rnners bad their presses run
=. H. mad from ii O'Clock 10 the
..,.se 10 kesp pace With the vast and
-. strset and rural demand for ex-
- The strand and Fleet street
1s raai ai9ns of interest In the
....ss.. news a. the day wore on, q
.....-.ssnos which is the rarest i'm
nls..sss tkiuc In undemOnstfative Lon
I. uhieh buIIesin throngs are IN
The fall of KhsFtoum has
- 4, faef. the only topic discussed.
=. s-,smitsrs for the time have been
1,ssksrc into utter insiRnincanee.
- r,Es first came cot IN morning
s.-.1ieL ana DAILY HsieE extras at 10
$500 but Il was only generally known
- Al The latter hour the widest
- we're speedily set afiost. One
Z - ,aost uefsisteut vas that Gordon
" s.sn hanged. The official oOnfir-
- II tue original story, for which
-, spe vas waiting. appeared st 2
.,.i.ek Il il bsIieyed now that rumoF
- lard Wolseley reached the For
- OgIcs on Tuesday at midnight, has
- ssgt secret until the facts followed.
~ sshl further that Wolssley got word
,<aorieo's dire strait about the end of
i..s-ubsf. asd that this fact decided
- d make the periIous venture OF
.s-aIns General Stewart swiftly across
- da<srt. Moreover, it Ia said that
a sIlsasd message from Gordon that
Ftxrtqsm was ell right, which vas
,shiIabsd few days later, was fraud.
q ~ absence OF details of the Gala
nv tbs English mind IL not diverted
isgiu ~ full swing of fury against
aIs5s.aps and his ministry. Never in
81 ma have / heard q man denounced
an hsa been denounced today, seem-
-, b every one. The city proper IL
"a ous vast Kissing globnle OF wrath.
II word 10 heard anywhere In his
S,l.nse. In stores and shops, Ia public
akcsx ID railway compartments, and
r.enslly on the streets there 10 enc
EsIssrsal yoice heard eursing him and
a fhs savage PRESS attacks will have
~ Mhlsd 10 you. but they are as rose
s1lf sonapared with tie informal ex
uHesns OF public feeling. The whole
ssiznssf public rage, which has been
nitfifa for year past. forces vent
N nNif now in the widest denGncia-
tsa<k fortunately Parliament IL not
eiiIaf "a present, aud all the ministers,
uNaEir Charles Dixie and Chamber
kIs, are away, hence there ex-
II 20 fDrus for an outbreak: bat il
/ nog unlikely that there will be a
af5gisut demonstration when the Cab
nxs which has been hastily summoned,
sass 10 meet in Downing street. II
fsi4msnt were now sitting the opinion
hlkss The ministry would collapse like
ibcnse ef cards. Many people believe
~ The tsrFibie stress will either kill
FtreAk Gladstone, Who 10 particularly
a 70 sicken 10 q crisis, and stories are
ssulated Of the struggle for succession
81 viii ensue.
TINE FUTURE POLICY
4 Engiand in the soudan vas a puzzle
We're today. II IL q naddening ohaos
-. Tke emily thing certain is that two
pzos OF three pence will be clapped on
h Income tax, q eeta.nsy which will
pralszs businsss, kill investment and
hzhien everybody. The e. 1000. 900
sssi for 9orse than nothiag has invited
W. NE spending of thirty or forty mil.
kns 10 order 10 get back TO the original
Fsiiioa.
OLD kRaLo-ISDIAss
inieht say that really the gravsst fea-
zse Of the whole business 10 the de-
ls4.on Of British prestige In the eyes
4 ~ Indians. And that nothing short
4 douhiing the Indian garFisens and
hIine II Mahdi at any cost will prevent
slsspssais uprising.
Evan without this element the ques-
- b UeaAeing beyond precedent. ID
aeAt 10 b. evident by this time that FL
ht1fs resources and following have
-
nfuficAl.Lx ER.nsTEMATKn
I'm Ne mart. This grand stroke on
= pArt OF the rebels will turn every
tessflag tribe on the desert 10 the
~ n Il Mahdi. The wisest soldiers
tsa fsaF that Gen. Stewards force aud
= hoyai lrish fotca on the way will
ID y oyerborne By sheer weight Of
Elnben aud Enassaered and that even
I'D Wellesley may have 10 aght for his
% VIII The turn coat tribes Ia his
~. AZ Tor Genaral Earle, the previ.
g feclt1s tnrns nos 20 conviction that
aNA miracle can save him when the
&rs q Ne tall Of khaFtoum spreads
~ Ne ccuntry. Besides there is thu
FlAszsk pefli Of sndangering India The
HhenA q cruel one and there is small
es2pr hat he national yoies d lifted
h3slnss The muddlers and snarplots
- wat only 10 eel themselves and
- eea1try IN fix.
Tas CABINET
NJ q Il O'clock this morning 10 con-
~ snAt course shsald be taken m
sN 2 Tie present Egyptian enler-
u Wa decided 10 send tele-
49, efdefs 20 Indaa 30 dispatch in-
Hqeps . snakea,, and meanwhile
niezot sha garrison at Suakem hy
s<.e q ssocps ffom England and ihe
Ansan. There 10 an agreement
alaa " he Ministry In favor OF
sesiys md vigorous policy. Ths
VII sanction any demand of
-. ~ Nelzslsy which gill aid In the de-
= Mkhdi and win secure the
g HsnsfAi Gordon, II alive, or
NaHeAnos upon the Arabs II he
- vain. The telegraph line be-
tssenn and kessi 10 entirely oc-
elth dispatches between the
@ I'D Lord welselsy.
eksnsE COUNCIL ADJOURNED
asinf heen In session three and
hearA The residence Of
~ q Hayarden, has been
sessf special police protection.
zilH wAsTs INSTRUCTIONS.
FEB. e.--Astonishmens has
sea ~ tha report that the Cahi-
Ss.... - se.ion today, considered 9
81 ssEisea from wolseley asksag
H.a': tnnA Ia this dispatcn
49, nlotms The loveFnment that
e ~. <s4nie 70 reach khartoum In
= -. We weeks. when ske hos ssa-
1sss eommeneed. Hs assures
tAAs be feels ssill coakdens
A,.-c..s sltf % surcessfully attack
No. Z - dsfsai tAs False Prophet,
- M tes Operations necessary
~ - eaeee fesalts vii nos BE- diff.