Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-10-26 | Page 1 | The Mahdi'S Tomb in a Mecca

The IMahdi's Tomb is a. Mecca. Caibo, Oct. 27. Sister Cipriani, who has arrived here from Khartoum, 6tates that Statin Bey, Lupton Bey and CuzzaBey have been cast into chains at Omdurran. That place she says has become a second Mecca, and thousands of Arabs are visiting the Mandfs tomb there. She also states that the garrison at Senaar were surprised while on a foraging expedition. Their retreat was cut off, and they were obliged to surrender to the rebels. -