aipmoreat, ol IA LEGISLATURE Record last n rn wnt on Wednesda * BX to 4 April 6. I 4 ourg, w get Lv passen , were badly olution to place t cen reported adversel Came up upon a revue it ~who knew that he was ithdraw it. The resolution i by a vote of 181 to 2, Jones oting ves. Thu nmission to national resolution \VOr ernment f Pen Ivania raids nts o * Josses by wl 18 passed. In the senate i that companies and shall not engage in any bus- than that for which they were was recommitted, owing to the printer. The bill imposing s for a short weight of coal was ally. wuse Mr, Shiras' bill to repeal ay liquor selling of 1 \ be of liquor on that day orted adversely and the bill for i Penn Manor farm, was reported favor R59, pro- r the sa ase of in bu § counts ably HARRISBURG, April 4. senate the following bills passed finally: Hous bill authorizing the appointment of two collectors of labor statisti the secre. tary of internal affairs: m ment msurance companies secret frat ties lial insurar viding for the ap pointment of 1IS8Ion, composed of { the legisla members of t hes of ture, to charitable institu tions 1 rt from the state. In the lued insurance bill failed on final by a vote of 109 to 57 3 sod finally for the semi-m th nt of wage work ers: for t . of exemplifica tions of wills a o real estate and to prohibit Jopuiotin king assess other than ¢ under the 4 3 atu ch to sim; lif to third A 85 Press axe, sho bard & Pr OW? cently y thu rages Lo 1 in West the ga depred Ci hard to the for Is i and thinly § people hy town of A General Miners’ Strike Prob able Premsucno fil 5, «<The railroad coa miners of west nn Pennsylvania met in convention in thiscity, The question un Gar consigeration was the rate of wages for next year The conve ntion took finn stand againstany reduction in w Ae snd adopted a uniform rate of 104 cents per ton, The indications Are that tie perators will not acoept this rate and thal there will be a gene question is settled, Reading Selling Property, PriLAvELPHIA, April 9.—The Reading railroad managers expect to sell nearly all the needless real estate the strike before the | Sweat potatoes, yams, beans, ete STANLEY'S LETTER. A Graphic Tale of Privation and rerseveranoce. SURMOUNTING ALL OBSTACLES, Abworbing Ever Written-The Tells How He One of the Most Chapters of African Redoubtahle Adventure Explorer Forces of Resisting Prevalled Over the Nature and Superstitions and Suspicious Savages=—The Romor of His Death~~He Is Left Medicine, Sans Everything but Grit, April 3. chairman Sans Soap, Sans Clothing, Sans —-3ir Francis of the Emin P me, makes public the let from Henry M. Bungangeta LONDON, Winton, relief commi ter which he received Stanley, [It is dated on the Arumwhimi, Aug confirming his short dispatch aol 17, al ly published, annou he had relieved Emin, Stanley proceeds to relate the story of his movements OR. IRN] land, cing from June He says he had established a palisaded camp at Yambuya on the lower Arum whimi, just below the first rapid,and ap- winted DBartillot commandant, with en son associated with him. On the arrival of the men and goods irom Stan- ley Pool and the offi- cers were to report to Bartillot for duty, but no important tion was to be taken without con Messrs. Troupe and Ward, The admitted that the instructions were ex ilicit and clear. Bartillot had 257 men. le was to stay at Yambuya until the steamer arrived from Stanley Falls with men and goods, and if Tippoo Tib fur nished the carriers promised he was to march, following the track blazed out by Stanley's advance column. If the car Nd ee Bolobo, riers did not arrive Bartillot might dis- | begin short | regard these directions and Journeys until Stanley should down to his relief. Stanley's column set out June 23, 1887, come from Yambuya with 8589 officers and On the first day the natives they | men met FIRED THEIR VILLAGES FIGHTING AND The skirmish lasted only fifteen min. five | y the ad- | of, but | utes. The natives continued for days along the march to imped vance in every way they knew not a man of Stanley's party was lost The party reached the river again on July 5, and from that time till followed the left bank. one day for rest. On the twenty-fourth day they lost two men by They made only four halts in July, Aug. 1 the first death occurred. It was | from dysentery. They now entered a wil- derness which it took nine days to march through. Their sufferings began to in- crease and several deaths occurred river helped them, as the canoes relieved the men of much of their burdens Aug 13, on arriving at Airsibba, the natives i attacked them and five men were killed | was | suffered | by poi®mned arrows. Lieut wounded near the heart and greatly for a month before recovering, Aug. 15 Mr Jepson, commanding land party, got too far inland and lost. His contingent rejoined the . maining party on the 21st. On the 25th they arrived in the district of Air jedi and can ped for a while opposite th mouth of the tributary Nepoko Star ley saves: “This proved AWFUL MONTH member Stairs ant » wre, n & little faster They and entreatic driven by hunger and suffering, they sold their rifles and equipments for a few ears of Indian corn, deserted with the ammunition, and were altogether d moralized Perceiving that prayers food is abu get your n men: press deaf to #0 cheer up, boys; be OUr pravers the wretches the death penalty, Two of the worst cases were taken and HANGED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL. We halted thirteen days in Ibirwi and revelled on fowls, goats, bananas, corn, The supplies were inexhaustible. The people lutted themselves, The result was thas had 173 sleek and mostly robust men when 1 set out for Albert-¥ Nov. 34. “We were still 196 miles from the lake but with food such a distanc nothing. | must exhaust our stock BEGAN | Oct I8 | After seventeen | days’ continuous marching they halted | desertion. | On | The | were for, : | Nsburg. Ia, and | entrentios and mild punishment were of | no avail, I then resorted to Visiting upon | j lo the country of the powerful chim t Maram ona. Our road Tay through his numerons villages, The natives sighted us and were prepaced, Wa seized a hill fas soon as we arrived in the center of a 11] of villages " ied it, an AL 0 20 wool as fast dd cut it WAR CRIES WLHRE TI from hill to hill across the vil ple gathered by hundreds {1 and war horns and drums the struggle, We ol Yancy : mish and capt we had 1 “On the itd p.m, oon maribn of | nee leavice the orning of the 12th we tinued on Durin i had four littin On marched ht east and by new forces every hour when we halted for rod hme At p.m, we med our march and fift minutes later the word Vi i FOR SIGHT OF The men ir march NYANZA' muri vhy does way? N is a plain and ing? But r our four da ra was bel my hands in ve mar wth ere attacked during Hght ) we drove the atta Ror LWILY Vo'clock next morning we reached village of Kakongo, but were un able to make friends with the inhabit ants. They wouldn't be friendly be having NEVER Ase, HEARD OF A WHITE they feared we would scare their cattle away They wouldn't acces pt any pre sents, or indeed have anvthing to do with us, though they were perfectly civil They gave us water to drink, but n thing else, They showed us the path and we camped half a mile from the lake. My couriers from Zanzibar evidently had not arrived, or Emin Pasha would have ar rived at the southeastern shore of the lake. My boat was 100 miles distant, and there was no tree in sight large enough 1 make a canoe. We had used nearly all our remaining ammunition in the five days fighting on the plain and a long fight There was ne feasible plan except to retreat to Ibwiri, build a fort and send for stores and am munition, sending the boat to search for Emin. This plan, after a long discussion we resolved upon. “On Jan. 7 we were in Ibirwi again. Lieut Stairs being sent to Kilongahzas te bring stores. Only eleven men wer brought into the fort out of thirty-eight sick, the rest having died or deserted Soon after Stairs’ departure | was at tacked with gastritis and an abscess on the arm. 1 recovered, and after forty. seven days set out for Albert Nvanza “Un Aug. 10, we overtook Ugar rowwas with an immense flotilla of fifty-seven canoes, and to our wonds r ot couriers were reduced tosevention, The y related an awful story of hairbreadth escapes and tragic scenes. Three of thei number had been slain, two were still feeble from their wounds and all but five bore on their bodies the scars of arrow wounds Aug. 17, we met the reas column of the expedition at Banalava Mr. Benney met me and told me of BARTILLOT'S DEATH, and that Jamieson had Stanley Falls for more men and Mr, Troupe ha gone home sick. | found the rear ool umn a terrific wreck, Out of 257 i seventy-one remained, and of only fifty-three were fit for these were mostly scare or cording to Bowney, during the four months since | left the record h one of disaster Many There MAN. gone lo on the gervice ar wi Ad desortion letails uined still farn it the » sem road HEXRY STANLEY Armes Apologizes Prevssvno, April 9. The Times’ Has i special save Governot Beaver has recvived a letter from Maj Armes, who assaulted him in Washing ton. It contains a most abject apology for his outrageous conduct and begs him to interfere at Washington to prevent the court martial. Armes says thal rather than submit to the disgrace of be | ing court martialed he will commit sui cide, and plea Is that it will disgrace his famil Governor Beaver has not con descended to notice the communication Progress of Rhode Island's Kleot! on. Piovivascs, RL, April 9.—Burri ville elected 8 Republican representative yesterday by 87 majority. Bristol failed Wo elect a representative, there being five tickets in the field. The legislature now Sen blicans; 1# house I Presid dont A If Canadi lard, it will be vor 4 { then 5 % L ROYAL pout pass a law re B50 rey POR The boston not a United from New | tion to money { 3) | Lh) ; HA ean national i ly gare " be compared to ¢ Colored | that the race problem will be colonizing the n Certain Absolutely Pure. Pa JOS. HORNE & 00'S PENN AVE. S [ORES. // A V yA V4 dA otras” i OF PENNS) JS. HORNE & 0, 609--621 Penn Ave, PIT!'SBURGH PA A. BEEZER & SON'S MEAT MARKET | FOIL 206 oe wm n : : \ ¢ \ and UNION ROOFING OO. 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