The Portland daily press., 1888-09-17
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FLOOD AND FESTlVITY IN MEXICO.
Our Southern NeIghbors Heavy
Losers by the incessant Rains.
Mexican Independence Observed
with Great Pomp.
what Is Said OF the Prospects of the
Stanley Expedition.


CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 16.-Ineessant
rains continue all over the country. One of
the quarters Of this city called Colonia de
Los Arquitectos, Is flooded. The govern
ment engineers who have just returned over
the Mexican and Vera Cruz railroad say the
lines cannot be ready for traffic In less than
10 days. Several small washouts are report
ed on the Mexican Central railroad There
are many people and a large amount Of
freight at Vera Cruz awaiting transportation
10 this city. Railroad work Is handicapped
~ the storm. All the federal telegraph
nnes, excepting those TO Yucatan, have been
| ttePsa,iIeu. tPPs The water at Vera Cruz fell two
so1s sos' ,t iast night Reports from all sections
| sa{ tne crops are badly damaged
Inc anniversary Of Mexican Independence
| MMass Mas eele Drated today with great pOmp. Six
Thousand soldiers from an branches of the
SeaTloe sai f paraded under the command Of Gen
/ Jal Ia pSlrlOSeasal. The ball In honor OF Pres
1r,l 1ren. ~ Dlaz last night was a grand success.
| ents. '"'''''o pio'
stanIey's Chances,
LONDON, Sept. 16.-The murder Of Mai.
Barttelot, has greatly increased public
alarm as to the safety Of the famous explorer
himself, but the best opinion seems to be
that there Is as yet no absolute cause for
fear. 1t Is very possible that Stanley, who
thoroughly appreciates the romantic ele-
ment Of danger and uncertainty, purposely
keeps any news Of himself from leaking out.
IL. II. Johnston, one of the best authorities
at this moment in Europe on African explor-
alton, writes as follows:
1T may be that the district where Bartte-
lots murder occurred was the same part OF
the Mabode country whence Stanley's de-
serters have reported the obstinate fighting
which would seem to have presented further
progress toward Wadelai in the easterly di-
rection. My own theory in regard to STAN
ley Is that the dogged opposition Of the
MaDode to his progress through their coun-
try has turned Stanley northward into Mon
Dutter land and the region Of the Upper
Welle-Makuk, where he has directed his steps
toward the Bahr-elGhazal, preferring to ap-
pr0aeh the Nile In that direction, because
the MahdPs power Is evidently weaker there
tnan on the main Nile, between Lado and
tne Derka country, where some year and a
half ago the MahdPs influence was extending
ana his garrison was being re-enfOrced. /
believe myself that Stanley Is the cause Of
the white pasha rumOrs, and do not as vet
entertain the idea Of his death The as
sumption that Tippoo Tip had proved treaeh-
erons and that Stanley must also have fallen
victim Is premature, IL not absolutely false
Barttel0tSs murderers are reported 10 be his
own porters, but IL seems most likely that
they were not the Arab pOrters furnished by
Ilppoo lib, but supplementary pOrters en-
gagged DY Barttelot. 1t Is a universal custom
In African exploration to tighten the labor Of
regular porters and hasten the journey from
one halting place to another by engaging
supplementary help. That TiDpoo's guides
should have run away and left Barttelot
rhaInr IL
necessarily make Tippoo out traitor"
Capt. Nangele has Just returned from the
Congo country and says he is convinced OF
illlpp0o Tbs innocence Of the murder OF
Major BarttelOt. Tippoo lib, he says, Is en-
gagged entirely In commerce, and has had an
interest In the success Of Major Bartteot's
expedition. The porters, who accompanied
5ne expedition were furnished by TipDoo
I'D. They agreed that they should be paid
on reaching Zanzibar and to this fact Capt.
vangele partly attributed the murder, be-
cause the payment Of the porters depended on
the success Of the journey, He thinks the
sIrlet discipline preserved BY BaIttelot may
also nave aroused hostility. He believes
that Jameson will find 1t difheult TO organ
ize a new expedition. Capt. Vengele Is con-
Vineed that Stanley is safe
The ParnelI Commission.
The Parnell commission opens formally on
Monday, but only a preliminary meeting
~ NNA4t jill OndAiOo AhuoSCilt optdkluX
for Parnell and the other Irish members, will
ask for access to letters alleged to have been
written by Messrs. Parnell and Egan, and
for Photographic copies. He will ask that
the Times be. compelled to give particulars
81 charges, II any, alleged against each OF
the members Of the Irish party, and also Of
charges against other persons mentioned In
the act which created the commission. The
most important event at Mondays sitting
VIII be an application for commission 70
proceed to America to take evidence from
certain witnesses who cannot be brought to
England.
Must succor EmIn.
BERLIN. Sept. 16.-Dr. Peters. president
OF the Emin Bey expedition committee and
director Of the German East Africa COmpa-
ny, addressing a meeting at Hanover, de-
clared that Germany could not abandon
Emin to his fate. The committee, he said
would gladly accept the cooperation Of Eng
land, the Congo State or Egypt The extern
sion OF territory and trade monopoly were
excluded from the project, but Germany's
East Africa Company must not be cut of
from the territory In the rear. Tie was scep-
tlcal In regard TO reports OF the White Pasha.
He said line Of retreat was still open to
elai.
DeRraxza's Opinion.
PARIS, Sept. 19.-M. DeBrazza, referring
to the Stanley expedition, says he Is Of the
opinion that the natives laid the country
waste and decamped with provisions on the
approach Stanley, who was then compelled
to raid for supplies, but passed through safe
ly. BartellCt took the same route with a
smaller force, and M. DeBrazza thinks that
the natives compelled his eouriers to kill
Bartell0t, who had less influence with
them than STANLEY had.
Dr. Zuchinett, who accompanied General
Gordon to the S0udan, and other Afri-
can authorities at Cairo are inclined to be
lleve Tippoo lib guilty OF treaehery.
Foreign Notes.
Captain Becke, of Brussels, proposes, with
200 men. to explore the northern and eastern
regions Of the Congo State. II is hoped that
he wall hear something Of Stanley
Major Barttelot who Is reported murdered
by his carriers in the Congo country, was on
ly 20 years old, and was a son Of Sir Walter
Barvelot, member Of Parliament. His loss
excites profound sympathy. The London
Daily News says: STANLEY, who generally
Is credited with unerring penetration in his
Judgment OF men, did not misplace conf
denee In this Instance. Barttelot was faith
ful until DEATH"
The Prince Of Wales has to keep on squeez-
ing himself into new and untried uniforms
all the time. He has Just been forced by cir
cumstances to add to his wardrobe the gor-
geous trappings Of an Austrian hussai. The
Prince went to the races on Tuesday In his
latest uniform, and only those who have seen
him can imagine how funny he looked in a
gold frogged tunic, high red breeches, Hes
sian boots and white shake.
Timothy Healy has accepted brief from
the Parnell commission.
Advices from India say the widow Of a
Brahman recently burned herself 10 death in
her husbands funeral pyre.
Twenty-eight persons are known 10 have
been drowned by floods In the TyrOl. and
many others are missing.
a Clever Trick of Magic.