Show THE FALSE PROPHET OP THE SOUDAN mohammed alio llio falso prophet of tho Soudan is alio product at buco of nn intense religious fanaticism and an oppressive of government aih aun is thus religious abul political liis religious pretensions nil probably assumed onla s a means to gain a political anil llo has posed ns 1 alio llio at alimo moslem fanaticism has become greatly revived and hu country was ripe for an tho worst clement of a discontented and naturally population have around him circumstances leavo favored hiim in the soudan much as alicy have favored arabi pasha in egypt h now at the head of a revolution which for alio egyptian soudan is as great it not greater than eliat which is mining egypt itself what connection lie may have it any with alic parly of revolution in egypt it is to say after again ami again defeating the troops sent against him ho is plato in isler of alio situation egypt lias for aliu present at least lost her hardly won possessions in tho soudan which if licy ever belong to her again or if alicy arc ever again opened to coin or to any and religion roust bo with a large army and much expenditure of 1 ifo and noncy it may be interesting therefore bricely to note sonic of the causes which have led to this revolution and to trace the caecer of its leader aliu is a general tann applied to thal vait and vaguely defined region of central africa lying between alio acqua tat on the south and the great adert on hie north and stretching from cast lo 10 across tho continent the egyptian soudan is generally supposed to begin at assouad As or tho first of alio nile on alic north but perhaps might morn properly bo said to com at the point where its great westward bend it extends to alio great on alio south abyssinia on the cast to and inclusive of and tho provinces of aliu bahr el ghazal on alio west this extensive legion many times larger than egypt itself was bol conquered by alio egyptians all at once but has been annexed picco by piece and at no lima can it bo said to have been thoroughly subdued or fully occupied alio egyptian government nt cairo was continually short of funds and alio llio soudan in company with of egypt was the victim of many abuses alie government assumed alio monopoly of almost everything on alie white nile even to tho sale of poor parrots one of was blind and another lame contracts acro sublet to tho banners of taxes each agent made a handsome profit for himself so that alio taxes which covered every conceivable means of industry down to alio wheel which raised alic water from the nile paid by alio laborer they were many larger alian the original apportionment and wo oven hc ird of eases on abo white nile where the same taxes two and three times over by different officials lucli being alio llio methods of alic government made doubly obnoxious by tho corrupt officials who carried out it is not to be wondered at that there was a very general spirit of but never had there appeared a leader alio for any length of lime could maintain a successful lion to alic egyptian mohammed achmet proclaimed himself the or successor of the great prophet tho expected teacher and savior of alic people aliis claim was suggested by alic belief existing among the eliat toward tho end of tho world a successor and expounder of alic prophet and a fuller of alio will of god was to appear this belief is founded on various passages and intimations in the koran like llie fol boving say unto those of mecca this is my dav I 1 invite you unto god by an evident demonstration both I 1 nud lio who me tho popular superstition prescribes signs and by which aliis prophet is to be identified somo of which mohammed Aclin iut is said to have shown while ho lias failed in others several such pretenders have already appeared one in aliu vicinity 0 luuis another in southern arabia but noue ot ilcin lave succeeded liko mohammed achmet this man was boru in tho region of dongola on alio western bank of tho cilc where it makes its great bend llo was 1 poor mau a and by trade llo arat camo into no on the laigo island of abbas situated about miles south of khartoum here after alio dishion fis hion of alio fakiri fakirs and holy men lie withdrew from devoted himself to prayer and meditation ho had a large following ond proclaimed himself alio llio expected ind deliverer of the people llo wrote lellard all over alio country announcing noun cing himself and his mission lie was recognized at as a loader while many of alic more intelligent moslems repudiated him others by religious anil political motives and who alavo all hoped that he would show them somo way to escape alic kiy rocel of their taxes flocked around h n standard lie was secretly encouraged aind abetted by enemies of tho government residing at khadouri his iuso commanding a position on the kilo eoon became obnoxious to the au at khartoum and an expedition was organized to dislodge him A detachment tach ment of 1 oman of army was sent him on the island men aro badly managed anil although were armed with alic best make of while mohammed achmet and his band hail only t heir speare they killed one after the other as fast as they landed till not one of ho was left not a shot vr u fired it was slaughter like tho sticking of 66 many pigs tho steamer with its crew and one or two officers back to khartoum with tho sad news of course after thiis exploit mohammed achmet knew that it would not do for him with his present forces to remain ho was lie gathered together all his following men women and children cattle and provisions crossed the nilo to tho west bank and bcd to a wild mountain called gobil LOO miles southwest of tho island ot ab has and about ninety miles northwest ol 01 the penal colony aud military station at fashoda Fo here in an easily defended and almost mountain ho took up liis abode the ISag gara arabi now began to flock to his standard in great numbers this largo is noted for sl restless lawless unruly spirit tho Bagg araa alic former slave hunters of the walto nile and no doubt dreams of tho return of tho old times ol 01 murder and bloodshed acro not wanting tho present nt least wa au opportunity port unity that suited them and they determined to toko advantage of st wo saw great numbers of them with their spears gleaming in tho sun crowding along the banks with their horses anil their caillo to join mohammed ach his mountain fastness it was however tho policy of abo government to let tho alone now that they had left alio llio river thinking that they would soon lose their zeal and disperse lor want of provisions but a new of fashoda had been appointed alio considered it his duty to signalize his loyally by organizing another expedition against tho rebels contrary to orders from khartoum he gathered alio military forces from kaan fashoda and tho station at tho mouth of tho in all COO soldiers of tho regular army with these lio joined men of alio largo native tribe nt alio Shil looks under the kin of the Shil looks men all told with he marched six days across alm desert by forced marches on the seventh day when tho men were all tired out from alio llio long march and utterly andt for action they met the enemy mohammed achmet was again ictor ous tho fight asis turned into a slaughter sixty men taken prisoners by the rebels only seventy escaped by running for it and all alic rest were sanin the governor of Fasl ioda and the king of the were both killed soon after these events we traveled through the country as far as the As wo passed tho island of abbas we saw alio llio spot where alio llio landed and where they were slain wo siw tho deserted village already occupied by a colony of cluttering monk cis the hut chero lis career and a boat which his biad left half 1 wo found kaka ill a stale of siege by tho Shil looks who had taken alic killing of their king ih ho egyptian service as a good pretext for throwing oil tho yoke of tho government that had bicic r wholly subdued them when we landed at fashoda wo foaud tho town ill constant fear of an attack we saw the wounded and heard tho loud lamentations of those who mourned their slain at tho wo found tho Shil looks hostile twice on our way back wo were waylaid and lilly surrounded by mohammed aali iuchs men and owed our escape only to tho merciful providence of god ami our own presence of mind and agility in going away from there on our return to alio we learned that had bacu recalled a new method of governing the soudan nom cairo instituted and eliat giegler aslia had been authorized to proceed with more vigorous gnei a tho rebels while wo were alicto an army of somo men gathered and forward under bouef pasha wo saw them drilling after a fashion nearly every day somo ot them received their pay in our yard wo had a good opportunity to study their makeup make up from the first they had but little hope of about deserted just before alio departure none of them biad the first idea of discipline few of them biad ever hrad air their guns and 1500 of them were raw recruits who did not know was alio dangerous end of their rillas one man was asked liow lio would tiro if ho met alio enemy and lio held liis gun out behind lia bick aud said so another was asked if lio had bullets and replied that he thought his gun would hold a few more tho government throughout underestimated alio earnestness and strength of tho rebels at this limo they probably numbered near men the plan of attack as explained to us by giegler pasha was for a detachment of aioo men to march from Kar dofan and join the troops sent from khartoum at kaku and march in a solid column to mohammed achmet was kept informed of all these movements by bis spies before we left IChart oum a rumor readied us which was afterward confirmed that the detachment from kor dotan had been interrupted by the albeit achnick and killed private advises advices report eliat schaar on tho blue nile had been captured and all tho europeans put to and now the news is confirmed that tho army choso whoso defeat baj expected by all who knew much about it has bacun totally cut to pieces 2000 out of slain and four cannon cap with nothing to prevent alic rebels from marching into khartoum itself tho europeans there leavo hopelessly determined ter mined to make alio best resistance they can their plan is to barricade themselves alio llio alono walls of the catholic mission and fight it out to tho last mohammed is now complete master of tho egyptian soudan lie is hushed with victory having defeat he h now at the hend of an im manso horde of fierce fanatical and bloodthirsty arabs true eliat their method of maifare is primitive they even beat alio rifles they have taken into lancet but tho impetuous charge of arab horsemen armed with only cheso weapons rather to an ial army eg pt is in no condition 1 list now to work of tho soudan her trompa leavo repeatedly been ordered there and have as often refused to go unless it is and alic false prophet subdued that vast region must for somo time to come remain closed to tho outside world lica henry jf lold D din Ui ristian union in alida valley lyon county nevada tho other day i small band ol 01 indiana aa camping near somo willows where the mosquitoes acro very numerous A squaw left her papoose in the shade she poker with her companion tho gamo wa rather high and became so interesting thit sho forgot glicr unfortunate for hours when her was agaid directed to alic she discovered clial it had been almost up by mosquitoes they biad collected on the lillou thing in such that its face and arms were completely raw from heir attacks so many had bitten tho baby that it died next day from the effects of tho poison times |