& s j DEFEAT OF THE DERVISHES THE SOUDAN. RECONQUERED. "Chinese" G-ordon Avenged. OMPLETE and overwhelming is tbe defeat of the Dervishes. .T a n n a r y 27, 18H5 England was humiliated iu the Houdan by the rout of her troops, the assassination of Clordon and the fall of Khar toum, the capital of the Equatorial Provinces of Egypt and the centre of Hritish influence in Cen tral Africa. Hep tern her 3, 18'.i8 England and Gordon were avenged by the utter rout of the Mahdists, by the fall of Omdurman, the Mahdist capi tal, just across the Nile from the ruins of Khartoum, and by the complete re-establishment of British power in tbe rich Soudan ese province!. With the overthrow of the Mahdist empire the Inst strong hold of the slave trade in the world has been destroyed. The man who has routed the Der vishes, Major-General Hir Horatio Herbert Kitchener, O. U. 0. M. O., has rendered the greatest service to MAJOB-C1F.NERAI, ItERBERT KITI'HEXEn. bis country, both in a military and civil ' capaoity. He was born in Ire land, of good old Irish fighting stock, in 1851 and obtained a lieutenant's commission when twenty years of ago. He became captain in 1883, major in the following year, lientenaut-colonel in 1883 and colonel in 1888. After the Soudan campaign he was elected to recognize the Egyptian army and appointed Sirdar of the foroes, and atrikiug testimony to his ability has been given by theellloieuoy ' of the troops under his command dur ing the expedition which has culmin ated in the recapture of the strong- bold of the fanatios. The fall of Khartoum means that the power of the Khalifa Abdullah is practically overthrown aud that Kal dotan and the Soudan are restored to the rale of Egypt, and that a point of great strategic importance aud of vast commercial possibilities has been a gained. Heated at the confluence of the Bine Nile and White Nile, the city is bound to be a great emporium of trade. It is shaped like the head of nu elephaut, from which it derives its name. Iu the old days it was very beautiful, with white walls and domes v aud minarets gleaming through green palm groves. But the Khalifa's wild - i 1 OVDUBMAX. THE MAHDI8T CAPITAL, follower! Lave probably made the city desolate. ' The city baa had an eventful history inoe 1882. Baouf Paoha waa govern ing the Isle of Meroe for the Khedive iu that year. Newawaa beginning to 'arrive of a certain Dervish wandering ia the Soudan, who was drawing all the natives to him, and especially those Arabs wiio lived by the slave trade, whioh Gessi Paoha had been extirpa ting. ' This Dervish, Mohammed Ahmad by name, could turn, it is aaid, all rovernment bullets into water, and i, in truth, once and again defeated 1 7tiau. troops aeat to arrest him. Then, becoming bolder, the pretender of a sudden openly called himself the Mahdi, a name derived from a word in the opening chapter of the Koran. He called himself Mahdi Khalifat er Rasnl, ("the successor of tho Prophet"), while his adherents called him Hnyid ("The Master"); Havid na el Mahdi ("Our Master, the Leader"). This troublesome and extraordinary person, with no drill or military sci ence, no weapons to tpeak of, but plenty or ferocious lollowers.prineipal lyof thellaggara race, marched through the towns and villages of Kordofan, and with 30,000 men beseiged El THE KHALIFA ABDULLAH ON CAMELUACK AT THE ITEA.D OF Hid DEKVIHIIES- Obeid and took the town after one re pulse, cruelly murdering its brave de fenders. That conquest increased the name and fame of the Mahdi, who settled down like a king at El Obeid, while preparing for a further advauoe to Khartoum. By this time he had in flamed with his preaching aud success the whole of Kordofan and of Hennar. A DERVISH CHIRP. exoept that corner where the city of Khartoum sits upon the junction of the White aud Blue Nile. Before he could muster this oentral position he had to confront the expe dition under Hicks Paoha, sent by the Egyptian Government to Iiahad. Everybody knows the miserable issue. The Mahdi out that force to pieoes, so that hardly a man escaped, and by this CAPTURED BY 1BE BRITISH FORCE8. victory gained almost the entire Son dan, and opened the way to the con quest of Khartoum. Then the victorious and pious slave dealer set oat for Khartoum, where the hapeless people, deoeivud by the hope of English help, had lingered to welcome Gordon. 'No notice was taken of that bero'a proclamations to the Soudanese. His communication were out with tbe north, and very soon a horde numbering 200,000 swarmed at the heela of the Mahdi into Omdurman and tbe outskirts of Khartoum. This waa in Ootober, 1884. The tow Nil .elk a part of tbe ram parts broken and indefensible. The vast mass of assailing Dervishes made thereby their rush, in two bands, just before the British relieving fore cr.me in sight of the white walls and green palm groves of the oily. Gor don died at his hopeless post. This undoubted triumph intoxicated his followers with faith, but demoral ized the Mahdi. He took to unbridled lnxnry, and died of its consequences on July 22, 1885. The desert ascetic, vhono bed had been mat of straw, expired upon Persian carpets in all the splendor and state of a great East ern prince, having founded in his brief career an empire built on the basis of slavery and reckless blood shed. Before death he had himself nominated Abdullah as his successor, who thus inherited a dominion utretchiiig from the Uahr-el-Ohaxal to Egypt, and from Darftir to the lied Hen. The new tyrant began with very great ideas. He proclaimed that he would conquer all Egypt, as well as Abyssinia. Putting all laws on one side, he made himself absolute master over life and death in the Soudan, Home idea of the innor life of the Mahdi and the Kahlifa is found in the remarkable experience of an Aus trian ofllcer named Hlatin, who, while acting as governor of a province in the Houilnn under Gordon, was captured by the Mahdi and held a prisoner many years. When Khar toum was taken Hlatin was living in a hut at Omdurman, heavily chained and exposed daily to the insults of the mob. After the taking of the city some Dervishes came to him with something rolled iu a cloth, and, com manding him to stand forth, they un rolled suddenly their bundle and showed him the gory head of Gordon. Afterward he learned how Gordon had died. When Khartoum fell and the Mahdists were swarming through the city, Gordon came down the stairway of his house and demanded the leader of the invaders. He was speared to death where he stood, and his head cut oft to show to the Mahdi. The return of "The Man Who Was" in Kipling's story was no more dram atio than the actual return to the land of white men of Ilndolph Hlatin, or Hlatin Pasha, aa he ia known. Six teen years before the yonng and dash BliATIH PASHA. iv ing Austrian officer bad gone ont into the wilda of Afrioa aa governor of the great province of Darfar. For twelve years be had been a alave in tbe bands of the Mahdists, Buffering every in dignity that the ingenuity of the Mahdi and bis auooessor, the Khalifa, could invent. One day a man dis guised as an Arab trader, passed him in the street and whispered to him that be bad been sent by Major Win gate, Director of Military Intelligence, Egyptian Army, and Baron Heidler. Austrian Ambassador in Cairo, to help him to escape. They managed to hare several interviews, and finally uue night, after the. Khalifa had gone to bed and the city was asleep, Statin mounted a donkey and rode to where the faithful Arab, Hussein, bad camell in waiting. Then a long and hazard oua flight began, whioh, after ranoh suffering and many perils, ended ia tbe officers' mesa at Aeiueu, . - - V - . i M I AUTUMNAL FABRICS ABB WORKS OF ART. 1 WAR COLORS IN THE GOWNS. If ATE fall and winter dress materials of 1RIIH ira irnl-lta PV-' -v-VPIIl I of art, and their jmbtij women lesitate to se lect fabrics for their winter gowns so early in the season, believing that new designs and materials will be brought out as the season advances. Those who plunge right in, however, have the wider choioe. In colored goods, pop lin and crepon vie with each other for first place. Many people understand by popliu a smooth one-toned ma terial worn by their grandmothers, and by crepon almost any soft stall' with a raised figure. Hitch will open their eyes in astonishment when they come to view the brilliant goods now displayed. Among poplins there are exquisite shadow plaids on a poplin ground, broken plaids, two-toned pop lin velours and plain two-toned pop lins in all the new shades and stand ard colorings. One thinks that noth ing in the way of dress goods could be prettier until the plain poplins in the new shades of red aud blue and purple, with bayadere stripes of black plush, come into sight. Home of these have a black stripe, between the plush stripes, in serpeutiue braid elTect. In fact there is more chance than ever for woman to be beantiful, since now there are war colors iu her gowns. She wears marine blue, inili- f.Rx fa I i t i I WtrilZ2M 1 LADIES' ADMIRAL BASQUE. tary gray and cavalry yellow. Artil lery red is also seen in the trimmiugs of her oostumes and wraps and there is a martial air about them. A Charming Design. A charming combination is here rep resented in steel grey and white broad cloth decorated with blaok guipure laoe and narrow black satin ribbon "frizzed out." The yoke and stand ing collar of white oloth is overlaid with blaok gnipnre lace applique to motoh deoorating the fronts, back and sleeves. The fashionable fronts are out low and crossed in "Indor" style, just enough fulness being collected by gathers at the waist to poueh becom ingly over the bolt, Glove-fitted lin AW "ikdob" waist. ings that olose in centre front support the deep yoke that ia included in the right shoulder arm, and closes with the standing collar over on the left shoulder. The over fronts lap to the left and olose invisibly with tbe shaped belt. Over the seamless baok that is smooth at the top a rounded yoke fao ing ia applied, the fulueiw at the lower edge being laid in overlapping plaits at the centre. A novel feature ia the smooth round bertha of white olotU that outlines the yoke edge with narrow blaok "frizzed" ribbon and the shaped belt that lengthens the waist Hue. The stylish sleeves are shaped with two seams, tbe upper portions being adjusted by gathers and taoking over tbe fitted lining to form a puff at the top. At tbe wrists a narrow pointed caff Is joined that flares downward over tbe band, Very satisfactory results are obtained by combinations iu a waistof this kind, whluh may either match or contrast with the waist. Turquoise blue with black in silk or velvet, oleander pink silk with olive broadcloth aud dark red satin with soft grey green poplin are new and artistic combinations in color ing that unite with black or cream guipure now so fashionable. To make this waist for a lady of medium sire will require two yards of material forty-four inches wide. Ladies' New Three riere Skirt. As broadcloth and other fabrics of wide width is tbe vogue for autumn Mi TFIB FAVORITR RKtr.T. and winter wear, tbe three piece skirt as here presented is the favorite model. it comuines grace of lorm and style in outline with economy of material and can be decorated in various ways, cross bauds as here shown being best for tall and lengthwise for short figures. Tbe narrow front gore ia set be tween two wide circnlar portions that meet in a seam at oentre baok. The fulness at tbe top is laid in two overlapping plaits at each tide of centre but gathers oan be employed if so pre ferred. Small darts fit the top smoothly over tbe hips, tbe graoeful flare to the foot resulting from tbe shaping that accords with the newest mode. Cloth, Berge, camel's hair, crepon, oheviot, mohair, etamiue and all wide novelty fabrics will give satisfaction when developed by tje mode; braid, ribbon or bins bands of the material providing suitable decoration. A skirt of black nuns, veiling, henri etta cashmere or diap-d-ete trimmed with bands of crepe or dupp ribbon silk in this stylo will be very appro priate for mourning. Tbe skirt measures four yards at the foot in tbe middle size. To make this skirt for a lady of medium sizo will require three aud a half yards of material forty-four inches wido. An Autumn Military Eneet. Military elTdoU dominate the new soasou's styles, braid and brass but tons entering largely iuto the decora tions. All shades of blue are worn from the light greyish cadet to tbe darkest navy. A perfeot glove-fitting adjustment is the pitoinineut characteristic of the "Admiral" basque shown in tbe large illustration. It U fitted with the nsual doublo darts, under-arm and side baok gores, that curve higher on the baok than ia usual aud may be made with or without a ceutre baok seam. The frouts lap iu double breasted style to the neck, dosing with graduated row.i of brass buttons. The lower outline reaches a trifle below tho waist at the sides curving over the hi pa to pretty points front and baok. Shoulder straps are iuoluded in the neok seam, the pointed lower eud be iug secured by smgte brass buttous. Tbe high military o llar is trimmed with braid and all the free edgea of the basque are similarly outlines. The sleeves are shaped with upper and under portions, the moderate ful ness being gathered at the top and tha wrists have enffa simulated by doable rows ot braid. rain state mi mm PRISONER RETURNED. wlliia tr Una Jail as! Iirtt lis Wife Will Awaltlag Trial. True to his promise, William Hollar, who about a ninnth ago escaped from the Columbia County Jail, and after ward wrote to Rhcrlff Hlax k that he would return In time for trial, turned up at the prison Inst Friday. The Hht riff was greatly surprised. Hollar nonchalantly remarked: "I said I would be back, and here t am." Hol lar Is charged with robbing the Nur emburg store and pnstolllce. He broke Jail with Stephen Mensingcr, another prisoner. Then he wrote back to the Sheriff thnt his) wife waa sick and needed his support, but that he would put In an appearance for the Septem ber term of Court. A pnase sent out failed to find track of him. The following pensions were (ranted Inst week: Madison A. Tlmlilln, Penfleld, $8; George W. :ift, Etna. $8; Isaac Rich ardson, Altoonn $8; Levi Huchman, Last Hranch, Wnrren, IS; Michael 8. Sehryer, Sellns drove, 6; Mnson J. Leonard, Queenstown, Armstrong, $; Demns Crumrlne, Zollarsvllle, Wash ington, 14 to $8; Samuel C. Cnmpton, Wllllnmepnrt, 18 to $8; William W. ferry, Itlnggold, $:tn to $50; Henry Hoffmaater, Spring Mills, Center, $6 to 18; Leonard M. Ilmmley, fill City, $8 to $8; George W. Klefer, Pittsburg, $8 to t!0; George F. Norrls, Simpsons Ptore, Wnr-liliigton, IS to $8; Harvey Kinder, West llrownsvllle, 8 to $12; Mary K. Conrad, Onllltsln, Cambria, x; Clara H. Ilallnntyne, Huntingdon, $8; Isabella C. Iiecker, Huntingdon, I2; John I. Illchardson. Clearfield, $8; John Cornish, Klllottsvllle, $12; Kidney II. Armour, Hpartansburg, $10; William O. Meyers, Clearfield, $; Thomaa Clark, Carrs, $B; Conrad H. Walter, Tlllle, $8; Peter ITpdegraf, dead, Iwlstmrg, $12; Henry K. Hornlff, Holes, $8; Wlllium Mull, Wuh Ington, $8; Andrew Kdlnger, dead, Ht. I'etersburg, $17; Phnrtel Crow, White Ash. l to $8; Kllisabeth I'pde-rraff, Lewlsburg, $8; Emma Ellnger, fit. Petersburg, $12; Kllsaheth Hensel, Ijevansvllle, Somerset, $8; Elisabeth K. Hamilton, Pittsburg, $8; Mary Williams. Mcnch, lied ford, $12; Lewla Coleyenti, Hrndford, $8; Jos. Hawk, Leechburg. $N; Jacob W. Palmer, Al toona, $8; James 8. McElroy, Pitta burg, $6; Adam Itlchter, Hlossburg, $s; Kdward S. Hteek, dead. Greens- burg. $17 to $24; J. C. Evans, Kbena burg, $8 to $12; John II. Phillips, Clar ion. $8 to $12; Mollle Stock, Oreons hurtt, $S; Karbara Lang, Allegheny, $8; 8arah J. Plerson, Deep Valley, Greene, . K. P. Myers a few days ago took possession of a house at Oarrett left to him by his mother. Mrs. Chrlstley Myers, who died five months ago. The deed waa not signed by his father, who had a life tenure In the property. When Cbrlstley Myers arrived he found the house barricaded, his son re fusing him entrance. He at once went to Somerset, swore a warrant for forcible entry and detainer, and on hi return here secured service for the writ. Young Myers fired at the ap proaching constable, fatally wounding Mlchnel Kearney. Then he fled to hla boarding house. Immediately adjoin ing, where Constable Nelson Lenhart,. end his brother, John Lenhart, fol lowed him. He fired again, killing John Lenhart Instantly. Sheriff Martin Hartiell, of Somerset, In a short time arrived with u posse. Myers was finally overpowered, and while being taken down the steps of the house was struck by a gun In the hands of some body In the crowd. He was knocked unconscious, but later recovered and was removed to SomerHet. Michael Kearney died and John Lenhart. tha other victim, was scarcely recognis able when found, the entire front of his face being blown off. The other morning as J. Vf. Mclntlre and wife, of (leneva, driving sing e and leading another horse, they were held up by a gang of highwaymen. Th hus band thought of a Bum of money he bandthouulit it some money he rarr'ei. Jumped from the buggy and ran. His wife gave rein and whip to the horse and dashed through the gang, bring ing shots from three revolvers, tihe waa untouched, but the horse she waa leading received a bullet in Its flank. A hundred thousand dollars' worth of farms and private residences be longing formerly to the directors of the Taylor Manufacturing Company, . and the big engine works of the com pany were sold at Chambersburg, re cently by United States Marshal ; Kellly, of Philadelphia. The property had before been sold by the Sheriff of Franklin county, and a clash between State and national authorities in the court la likely. While preparing to attend the funeral of his father who was killed on the railroad at Euston last week, John Hogart became Incensed at hla stap sou, John liurns, and stabbed him on the head with a knife. Indicting an ugly wound, which may result fatally. Kogart then attempted to make his es cape, but was captured by an officer und committed to Jail to await the result uf Iturna' Injuries. John O'Neil and James Clark, two veterans gray In crime, and notorious cracksmen, were sentenced by Judge Hemphill at Media to terms of ten years ench In the Eastern penitenti ary. They pleaded guilty to an at tempt to break In the house of Mra. (Jeorge Mitchell, at Lansdowne. They did not get anything and were caught by Officer Itementer when trying to enter at the kitchen window. The construction and repair) of country roads by contract system wai strongly advocated by Human D. Addis at a meeting of the Northamp ton Farmers' Club at Doylestown o few days ao. He would have the loads properly put in order by sec tions, and would throw out the super vleorB" gang altogether. The George M. Neville fcund d. al In a freight car at Blalmvllle last week waa a realdent of Mt. Union. Hlj body waa satisfactorily Identlfle.l. Ha waa going west In search of work. He leaves a widow and one chl d. George Bartlett, who anot and kl'll Jamee Mofntt and mortally wounded Warren Richmond at Pitiatcn the eth er night and fled, waa arrested, at hla home, having hidden In a eorn field all night. He says he baa no recollection of the ahooting. George Ewlng of Sugar Grove town snap, near Greenville, shot a bald eagla that measured 8'4 feet from tip to tip. Governor Wolcott, of Massachusetts, and party, numbering over 100, visited Gettysburg battlefield recently, aa dtJ also 200 war veterans from Cheater and Delaware Counties. Five hundred men employed at the Mansfield Coal and Coke Company's No. i mine, In the Pittsburg district last week marched out on a strike, de manding an Increaaa ot 4 cents a ton to the -cent rule. T. H. Ofrtel, of Lorettn, waa arrested .charged with attempting to burn the bed on which hla mother waa lying. He fired two shots at Constable feu ward Humphreys while being talun, but both missed their mark. V
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