The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-12
Nel ne Slain or Is He III Mahdfs
Prisoner
THE GOVERNMENT cENsuRED.
me Nuvs - Isiaim's Victory spreading
TO the Desart-Tho Cabinet In Coun-
ell General woisciey's Re
port On tho Disaster.
EGYPT BECOMING MUTINoUs.

tOum mas btcu CupluTeu ny ATaoidi
rebels. The whereabouts of Gen. Cor
don Is unknown. He Is probably q
prisoner in the hands OF tho yictors.
ANNoUNcEp BY THE PRESS.
The daily Chronicle says u telegram
was received at the war office last
night from GEN. Wolseley, announcing
the fall of Khartoum.
CONFIRMED BY GEN. woLsELEY.
Gen. Wolselsy telegraphs that Khar-
toum has fallen. He says when Col
Wilson, who went from Metemneh 10
Kharkoum, reached the latter place, he
found il in the hands of the rebels. lie
returned to Metemnoh under heavy
fire from both banks Of the river.
TALKING OF "TREACHERY."
1890 a. m.--rho Daily Telegraph, an
official authority, confirms the report OF
the fall OF KhartOum. 1t says the rebels
secured the city by treachery. Gen.
Gordon Is probably prisoner in the
hands of the victors.
NOTHING OFFICIAL.
IL m.-The morning papers issue extra
editions, in which they continue to al
firm the fall of Khartoum, but the war
office, as yet, has given out no official
intelligence thereto, and refuses to state
the nature OF the dispatches received
p6Us VI w
whether the report is true. Tho report
tha< Khartoum has been taken by the
rebels reached Korti by messengers
from Gubat, but il is said no official dis
patch from Col. Wilson confirming the
report has been received by Gen.
Wolseley. 1t is possible that Col. Will
SOL Is unable to reach Khartoum, owing
to the heavy fire of the enemy, and that
his return gave rise to the report that
Khartoum had been captured. At this
hour no official confirmation of the re-
port has been published, and so far it
rests wholly on the statements con-
tanned in the Chronicle and Telegraph.
IT'S OFFICIAL NOW.
1870 a. M.-Tbe war office has
issued the following telegram from Gen.
Wolseley announcing that the fall OF
Khartoum took place on January 20
He says: "Col. Wilson arrived at
Kbartoum on January %, and was
greatly surprised TO find that the enemy
were in possession OF that place. He
Immediately started on his return down
the river, and proceeded under a heavy
fire from the rebels. When some miles
below the Shublaka cataract, Col. Will
sons steamers were wrecked, but he
and his whole party managed to reach
an island in safety, where they are
secure. A steamer has gone to bring
them back to the British camp, near
Metcmneh."
WHERE'S GORDON?
Gen. WoIseley says he has no informa-
ton regarding the tate of Gen. Gordon,
and he don't know whether he is dead
or alive.
ONLY A HOPE.
Up. M.-There is no longer any doubt
that Ell Mahdi holds possession of Khar-
tOum. Some hopes are entertained that
Gen. Gordon may still be holding out in
the citadel of the town.
THE EXCITEMENT IN LONDON
and everywhere throughout the British
isles, where the news is known, rising
80 lover. Ihe clubs and public resorts
glt every description IRE thrOnged with
crowds OF people, lager to catch the last
sYile ole Of Intelligence from the distant
VI Dhan desert. Through Fleet street
and che Strand it is almost impossible
to make ones way, o crowded are these
and excited citizens. Most people take
q glOOmy view OF tho position of the
British TROOPS in the Soudan. The jubi-
liant giaGuQ5s watch has characterized
hnglaud IN regard TO Egypt ever since
the welcome news OF Gen. Stewards
: victories and ms drl val in the neigh
bcrhoOd OF MctSmneb was received, has
given wGy 20 universal depression and
exp cssions 0t
DISMAY AND FOREBODINGS
coma from almost everybody. 1t is too
sarly to estimate the influence of the
news upon the political situation. The
war office is besieged with army officers
throughout the country, asking assign
ments to rescue the expedition should
action. The capture of Kharteum has
created grave fears, especially in army
circles, for the safety of Gen. Stewart aud
Ibis army. A number OF military officers
of repute have even expressed the opin-
ion that unless achievements are hur-
ried forward to Korti the tall of Khar-
toum may lead to disasters to the forces
under Lord WOlseley and Gen. Earle.
A CABINET COUNCIL
has been summoned to meet at once.
Gladstone is fearfully disturbed by the
news and some people believe he will
resign.
Ell MAHDI's INTHE MAJORITY.
A native reports that lIl Mahdi had
10000 men in the vicinity of Khartoum;
that he introduced a number OF his
emissaries into the city, and that these
mingled freely with the ma
tive troops under Gen. Gordon, and that
by bribes, threats and working on their
religious feelings, induced them to mu-
tiny; that 1000 OF the garrison deserted
to the rebels, leaving Gordon only $500
faithful soldiers. With this small force
he attempted to hold the city against Ell
Mahdi's great army, but after severe
fighting, in which large number of
rebels were killed, he was compelled to
surrender.
81 WILSON'S STORY.
When Sir Charles Wilson reached
Khartoum, he found that Ell Mahdi's
'farces occupied both the town and the
citadel. He tried to land and ascertain
the fate of Gen. Gordon, but this step he
fur ud impossible. The enemy's guns
vere turned upon him in full force, and
4 he vas therefore compelled to turn his
p8ek upon the fallen city, and return to
Gnbat without finding out whether Cor
1OIi is dead orSAjve.
M GENUINE ALARM.
5 p. M.-The news of the down fall of
sion in regard to the whole Egyptian
problem among the members of the
cabinet. Gladstone and Earl Granville
artad for u )Ad)a ~ soon as the news
reached them. The cabinet council is TO
be held this evening. The military au
shorities are of the opinion that Gen.
Gordon sent the greater part of his
troops down the Nile to meet Stewards
forces, and so depleted his garrison in
the town and the citadel of Khartoum
that an attack by the enemy from Om-
dunnen was rendered mrch easier. The
greatest activity prevailed at the war
aeF irtment. Many of the officials re-
NAMED on duty all last night.
THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID OF KHARTOUM.
M.--Lord Wolseley telegraphs that
o,e does not consider the British position
al Gubat in any immediate danger.
" Hat THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED.
81 TIE government has given orders for
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