The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-02-20
FALL OF KHARTOUM.
Tho City In Possession OF III
Mahdrs Hordcs.
General Wilson Arrives Few Days Toe
Iate-rhc Pate 90 General Gordon an
known Gather Dead DIR - Prisoner
Fears for stewart.


sation was created here to-day by the re-
ported capture OF khartoum. The news
spread throughout the city, and crowds
gathered In front OF the War once, news
paper Offices aud other news centers for
the purpose OF obtaining the latest inior-
nation.
The report was subsequently confirmed
| BY the announcement. that a dispatch had
been received at the War ONCE from Gen
eral Wolsclcy, dated ut korli. which states
that a native conrlcr from Metamnch had
arrived at headquarters with Information
that Colonel Wilson had returned from
khartoum. to which place he bad been
dispatched with small force on steam
or found al Metamnch 4 It's capture,
and reported that khartoum had been
captured by the enemy and that Gs :Lon
had been made prisoner OF war.
Wilson said that all along his retreat
from the Inflated city he was constantly
harrasscd and subjected 10 heavy tire
from the cucmy's guns. Many shots
/ struck the steamer without doing serious
| carnage.
Everything went comparatively well
| until within short distance OF Metamneh,
when the vessel ran ashore on one Of the
many islands, and was total wreck.
| Colonel Wilson states tnat khartoum
| fell ON the 2Gth of January. lie arrived
OF the city two DAYS after the fall. lie
expressed the belief that the capture
was brought about by the treachery OF
some OF the natives that Gordon had
| pressed into service.
| Wilson, with light force at last &C
counts, was still on the island on wh.ch
he was wrecked, awaiting q steamer 10
take them TO Metamneh.
.sThe courier reports" adds Wolsclcy.
s'that the fall OF khartonm caused gen
cral feeling Of gloom throughout General
Stewards camp, and fears were freely
expressed that unless reinforcements
soon arrived their fate would IL all prob
ability be soon sealed.
EXCITEMENT IN LONDON.
LONDON, February 1.-The conhrma-
ton Of the fall OF Khartoum has caused
the widest excitement throughout the
city. far exceeding In intensity any that
has been reused by any Of the startling
events OF the past few weeks. Govern
mcnt officials and sympathizers hope the
news will turn out 10 be greatly cxagger-
ated, and express the belief that Gordon
has not been driven from the citadel, in
the center Of the city.
The streets are thronged with people
anxiously discussing the ominous inteli.
gcnce, and grave fears are entertained
that none Of Stewards little band will
ever fecfoss the desert.
Not since the passage OF the Darda-
ncllcs by the British fleet, during the
Turco-Russian War has there been such
excitement In this city On every street
corner groups OF excited people discuss
and speculate as 10 the result Of this new
disaster and the action Of the Ministry
III the present emergency Is eagerly
awaited. Many predict It will result In
the fall Of Glad>tone's government
TWO THOUSAND MEN SLAUGHTERED Ar
KHARTorM.
CArRo, February Ga rumor has
reached here that two thousand men
were massacrcd at Khnrtoum. The
news OF the disaster has cast gloom
over the entire European colony IN Egypt.
GoRDoN's rATE--FL M,HDI's PROMISE.
LONDON, February Opinions differ
greatly as TO the fate 81 General Gordon.
lie has always avcrrcd that he would
never be taken alive, and those who
know him best believe that he has been
killed still II is known that the one
point toward which III Mahdi has de-
voted his hest energies during. the past
wear has been the capture Of Gordon
alive.
As long ago as August, 1884, Gordon
wrote his sister in London that she need
have no fears for his personal safety, be-
cause he had charm for his life which
he would not explain to her beyond that
Il srosc from his trust In the Almighty.
Other private letters received al about
the same time, and only now made pub
tic, say that III Mahdi had ordered that
ali mis- soldiers must shoot wide Of Gen.
eral Gordon, and that any Of mis- soldiers
that killed or even wounded the great in
ildel should be punished with death.
The battlefield AZ III Obcld, where the
army Of Hicks pasha was slaughtered Is
stakcd off with posts 10 show where va
rious officers met their fate, and III
Mahdi has solcmnly assured his followers
that nc would some day show them Gen
cral Gordon chained 10 the post which
marks the spot where Hicks was killed.
But those who know General Gordon
believe that before he IL chained 10 any
post there will be many men Killed, and
he will be among the number. The be-
lief among army officers Is that II the
fight which resulted In the surrender Of
kharioum occurred after mutinuus up
rising Of atiyc troops, General Gordon
IL dead.
MUST DROP PARTY SPIRIT.
LoxDo~, February C.--Thc Standard