The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-25


tosaF from Sir.la announces thaf Fart
MaWas, in the kzgher pass had been cap
tGfed - TIE Afrid.s after desperate 1zAr-
tAS- TIE garrison. watch & earn posed %
native isF9s<. known "a tsz Ehy5ew rfe@s,
IsLEsa With ths loss % three raen- The
AfTzdls a4rnsd IRE fort Tne fate OF Forz
All 8gss.6s wnicn was sirrGIfansoGsly at
lacked b. ire AEFssls l. unk=own-
The British ofHcsr commanding az
@sfaeSu1 moved a battery cf ARTILLERY.
escorted By the Fourth dragons. yestsr-
aAy % The mouth % Khyher pass and
saellee the enemy II q range of q - yards
TIE Afrs3Fz retired bat the battery re-
turned 20 Jamesad, the ofF1esr IN command
1eensing J; iraavisable 70 enter the pass.
5eE- KRIS VIII begin 4 concerted move
ssatnst The insglrgent trfhesnen today.
siAI.A. Aug. 2s-I4zter details - he
capture q Fort Nalsze by the gnsurxent
trio-snaen show that The garrison q taat
h'ace retired ~ 80 ? IN. yesterday and
re FORT was burned half an h0ar later.
ae gaTrascE Reached Col. Wesmarotts re-
tieI column. coming Eron kahat AZ II - ?.
n A the same time thai Fer M4EdR seas
abandoned. the khyhar rla 3. garrtsonEng
fogt Je~angera. were con re.lea 70 shan
aen tssat place The area q active fightlng
Is charging RAPIDLY.
Toe Afriais last evening attacked with
great discrimination TIE fortified posi- az
sldaa. but were not successful IN cap
turing r.
Parochinar was vacated today. The re-
suits 81 the attack ard OF tne nghtins al
roft All AusJld are no. knoUn- There are
two Eagslsa ladies with the garrison at
Farochinag. The british military authoTi-
uss have now nobllizsd q S2.e9 men for from
sisr operations which. with the frontier
garrisens, make t-.9o9 uea available for
use against the insurgents.
LONDON. AES a dispatch 10 the
Times from s3nia. dated Tuesday evening.
says:
The Afrldis have rot venrured upon ac-
tive hos,.litles today. but have remained
IN the hills about Ehalrhar Were for The
present tasy are practically sate from al
me a0daclGy "a suggest the terms under
wnlch they would agree 20 dispsrse 20
tleir homes These were the wah3rawal
OF troops from swat and from fhe Ssrnan
range the surr ndsr % al the Arid wa
men living within our border ard the re-
Slslon of tie salt reEa!atlon. Taey Do not
seesu q realize that their rising must inevt-
tahiy lead 20 a complete breaking down of
their power rs the douslE U. elan OF ths
Pesh&waF frontier
special dispatch from Bombay SAYS
there is an urconf3rmHd rlznnor in cf-sslla-
ton th5t The Afridis have attacked Fort
All MuSi4 %tt4 great determination. The
garrison rade a sortie in fun force. en-
ceavorfng % disnerse them but net with
a desperate resistance and lost 2ao killed
The remnants Of the garrison then atan-
donsa the post ard made rs way TO the
station az LouergaL
The rua1nr that % Of the government
force were killed az Fort All Musild lacks
confirmation The garrison was composed
81 Afridis, with Afriai officers. II. as one
repGrt SAYS. they died lighting desperately.
II may te regarded as proof of the coutin-
ued loyalty of the Afridis IN the Indian
army.
Eff~hahrf fz a vraff. .Lrssg-r e-o-sfo- .t.sos
II lss1. during q period Of similar 4. .Scon-
. tent be proclaimed himself king % Tfrah.
and began - raise and drill an army But
- became unpopular through imposition
81 taxes, aud his influence gradually melt
ed away.
BOMBAY. Aug. ss.-The bridges IN the
upper Puufah are str3etiy guarded ny
troops Is 8 reported shat when thr No
haameEans attacked Fcrt Shabsksa-
thev taTn~5 III tAe sacred books of the
S7ka teyuPic there This excited the great
ear excitement among ere Sskhs shrau-h-
eut tha province and the Sikh troops on
the frontier arc greatly licensed
LONDON. Aug. sA-TJ j. admitted even
GA Official circles. that che news from In
aa e. u the Eravest ds scrfpttor All
those wha are familiar vlth the situation
attach the greatest Importance 20 the
rising ~ the wargike Afrfsis who ere ez-
( tfrnated 90 number - 30 men. The A.
! Etat@- ttAftfftt.+f tttA1 -ta tA - IttEE 81 E1p
( in@1rrenfs.
! \ letter fren India. published IL the
/ STANDARD. emphasizes the bflsef that the
I sultan - Turkey Is At she back of the
/ whole uprising
| The newspapers comment severely On
/ what they term the Marquis u Salisbury 3
I haH HfDtonscy-
( PESHAHt-R Aug 1t-Ft is reported
+ that q large number q Afridis le7 BY ian
atl~si priests attacked IRE Seuavs nasr
T Pcrt AU Nu~5l3 as room veste--
rifles and shea rroeee1n.s in large fer-.
( % make an attack upon s1e British xarrs-
( son or shs LowerEat-
/ An uneasy feelnE prevails ln Quota
I where the cauns ERE under ar7e-s 90 h- l,
res liness 20 march 20 Nswchglou urhf-h
ls tAe extreme outpost @ ere Afrhan
fraufier rest &C kaaa3Ahar ans or the
eEge - che Eazistsn desert between gre
( provinces % T0ha and Pfsh3u