Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-12
FOREIGN NEWS.
The War in the soudan.

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FOREIGN NEWS.
The War in the Soudan.
LONDON February 11th.-The War Office
refuses officially to confirm the dispatch
which states that General Wolseley tele-
graphed the Government that scouts sent
to khartoum TO ascertain the fate of Gen
eral Gordon have returned with proofs of
his death.
RAILROAD IN THE DESERT.
LONDON, February l1th.-It is announced
that a narrow gauge railway will be con-
structed between Suakim and Berber Eng
fish firms offer to undertake the construc-
ton of the road within fortnight by
the use of manufactured sections in rail
lengths.
The Government has decided to accept
the temporary services of limited number
| of officers Of the militia and reserve forces.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
LONDON, February 11th.-General Lord
Wolseley telegraphs the Government that
| the scouts sent to Khartoum have returned.
| They confirm the report of the killing of
General Gordon and the atrocities commit
! ted in khartoum by Mahdi's men.
PREMoNITIeN OF DISASTER.
| LONDON, February 11th-General Cor
don, before his departure on the mission to
the Soudan, told personal friend, who
| now makes the story public, that he enter
| tanned a presentiment that he would never
return from Khartoum. Gordon said the
| presentiment was distinct and intense and
| he could not push it off. Throughout his
| entire life, he said, he had always been
strongly and correctly affected by PRESENT.
ments. During his military career in China
| he was guided by them, but never even in
| the most critical moments of that eventful
| period had he ever expected death The
| friend also asserts that in pursuance of his
belief in the presentiment which covered
him with its shadow, before he started for
Khartoum Gen. Gordon actually bestowed
upon his chosen friends all his trinkets and
mementOeS.
W0LsELEYs PLANS APPROVED.
LONDON, February 11th.-The Cabinet
to-day approved General Wolseleys plan
for an early advance from Suakim to Ber-
Der. a narrow gauge railroad will be laid to
Ariab, thirty miles west of Suakim, where
an intrenched camp will be formed, with a
central depot for stores. Leaving Ariab,
the troops will proceed by forced marches
to Berber 1t is calculated that the advance
will begin about the third week in March,
and it is hoped that Berber will be reached
in six weeks. Arab, where the intrenched
camp will be formed is on the road from
Suakiln 10 Berbcr, and is described as " a
smiling oasis, where there is good pastur-
age and plenty ofwater.
STILL SLIGHT HOPE THAT GORDON Is ALIVE.
LoNDoN, February 11th.-There are still
slight grounds for hoping that Gordon is
still alive. The accounts of newspaper
correspondents come from a common
native source. No witness of the death of
General Gordon is mentioned With Gen
eral Gordon were HanZal, the Austrian
Vice-ConSul, and twenty Greeks and Leyan-
tine merchants. A firm at Alexandria, for
whom the Greeks had been acting as
agents, do not believe the story of the
massacre at Khartoum. 1t is known that
Mahdi holds fifty Greek prisoners in camp
or at FL Obeid, and that they are well
treated. In reply to an inquiry. General
Wolseley telegraplis that he has no more
authentic news than that brought to Korti
by Colonel Wilson.
REGIMENT OF MANIToBANs.
WISNIPEG, February 11th-A large force
is being gathered here by Colonel Smith,
for service in Egypt. 1t is expected that an
entire regiment will be raised here
VIEWS OF DE LEssEPs.
LONDON, February 11th.-De Lesseps. in
an interview, said he considered the Eng
fish expedition doomed to failure 1t may
reach KhartOum but the Soudanese will not
submit. The English, in going or return
ing, will fall prey to hundreds of thou
sands of fanatics, who are ready to die.
MAHDLs MINISTER OF WAR.
PARIS February 11th.-The Figaro SAYS
that Mahds Minister of War is NJ Viret
He was formerly Captain in the French
army, joined Mahdi in 1889, and taught the
Arabs the way to break squares when
formed by troops in battle.
CABINET IN SESSION
LONDON, February 1lth-Noon.-Th
Cabinet met at II o'clock this morning, and
is still in session.
GENERAL EARLE KILLED.
LONDON, February 11th.-General Earle
was killed Tuesday, during the storming of
the enemys position at Brit.
THE FEELING IN TURKEY.
CoYsTANTINoPLE, February 1lth. The
population are eXultant over the fall of
khartoum On the other hand the Gov
eminent express great anxiety over the
disaster in the Soudan, fearing that Mahdi's
success will lead to a serious movement in
FL Heaz. Arabia, where he has many fol-.
lowers.
THE FIGHT II WHICH GENERAL. EARLE WAS
KILLED.
LONDON, February 18th a M-The
StdndtudS correspondent with General
Earle's column sends the following dis
patch dated Dulka Island, Tuesday The
British troops advanced to attack the
enemy, who had a strong position on the
hills. After some fighting, the enemy were
completely surrounded. Finding it i'm
possible to dislodge the rebels from their
fortified position, General Earle ordered
the troops to charge. General Earle was
killed while leading the attack. The Black
Watch Regiment captured the position at
the point OF the bayonet, the cavalry taking
possession of the enemy's camp. General
Brackenbury, upon the fall of General
Earle assumed command, and ordered the
remaining positions of the enemy to be
stormed. The troops acted promptly, made
a gallant attack, and soon captured all of
the enemy's positions The fighting lasted
five hours, and there was great slaughter
among the enemy. Those who survived
escaped by swimming the river. The
English losses consist of General Earle,
Colonel Eyre, Lieutenant Colonel Gov
CiltTN llilit liltil VI tIIt Idiih anu
killed, and four officers and twenty-one
men wounded.
No OFFICIAL REPORT.
LONDON, February 12th--A. Mp to
midnight Wednesday the Government has
had no official advices confirming the re-
port of General G0rdon's death.
The French in Tonquin.
PARIS, February 11th.-A dispatch from
Tonquin states that the French column.
advancing toward Langson under General
Briere de Isle, has had three days of hard
fighting in the defiles of the mountains.
The French losses are heavy, but the troops
are making steady progress, despite the OBJ
stinate resistance of the Chinese.
The Revolution in Colombia Panama
Under Martial Law.
PANAMA, February 1lth.-Martial law
has been proclaimed in this city. The As
sembly closed its sessions, alleging the re-
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