Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-17
FATE OF EMIN AND STANLEY.
Little Doubt Remaining that they are In
the MahdPs Hands.

The latest advices from the Soudan seem to
leave no doubt that Emin Bey and Stanley are
In the hands of the Arabs. The khalifas let
ter to Osman Digna stated that a steamer expe-
dition to the equator, commanded by Oman
Saleh, on arriving at Lado had Emin Pasha
and white traveller delivered to them in
chains by Emin's officers and troops. Oman
Saleh, in his letter to the khalifa, stated that
he reached Lado on October IL. and that the
khedive had sent a white traveller named STAN
ley with a letter telling Emin to go with STAN
ley, and offering the remainder of the force
the option of going to Cairo or remaining
They refused to enter the Turkish service, and
gladly received Oman Saleh. Oman Saleh
found large quantity Of feathers and ivory
He heard that another traveller had visited
Emin, but had gone, and he was searching for
him.
Mr.. Johen Coles. librarian of the British
geographical society, expresses the belief that
Stanley is a prisoner in the hands of the Mahdi
This theory, he asserts, is the only one ac-
counting for Stanley's long silence. The Mahdi
Is friendly to the Zanzibaris, and this fact he
assumes, renders it likely that Stanley and
Emln were surrounded in their stockade by the
natives until their provisions gave out, when
they surrendered to the Zanzibaris to save their
own lives, and were turned over to the Mahdi
for a consideration.
A dispatch from Saukim to the London Times
says: The natives do not believe that the
equatorial provinces have submitted to the
Mahdi. If they had, the natives say, proclama-
tions to the people of Emin's territory and
other official acts OF the Mahdi would have been
made public and the surrender of Saukim
would have been demanded. A coast guard
steamer which has just arrived from the south
heard nothing of the alleged capture of Emin.' ~
Story of Stanley's Latest Expedition.
From the Philadelphia Press
1t was on March IS, 1887, that Henry NJ. Stan
ley arrived. at the mouth of the Congo from
Zanzibar and started up that river at the head
Of his expedition for the relief of Emin. In
his following were 9 Europeans, 81 Soudanese,
IL somali, 62O natives of Zanzibar, and lastly,
the Arab merchant, Tippoo-Tibb, with 40 men.
who had to provide Stanley with an additional
hundred carriers from the stations on the up
per Congo. From Banana, at the mouth of the
Congo to Matadi. it was possible to make use
OF ships; beyond that point it became neces-
sary to go by land by the usual southern route
along the river. At Stanley Pool the passage by
land came to stop, and the expedition had
now to be continued by means of the small
river steamers supplied by the Congo govern
ment to the mouth of the Aruwimi river.
Little way was made, however. for the vessels
had been too heavily freighted, and finally a
part of the cargo had to be left behind at the
station Bolobo. Nevertheless, Stanley, with the
greater part of the cargo, succeeded in reach
ing the mouth Of the Aruwimi-Bijerre river on
the 2sth of May. At the Aruwimi Tippoo-Tib
parted from Stanley, intending in the first
place to proceed to his commercial stations
and then to procure carriers for Stanley, while
the latter, on the I'd of June, continued his
passage up the river with $50 Africans and !
Europeans, and on the 10th reached the Fam
buga Falls, spot that he had already visited
l in 1888.
Here acamp was erected, placed under the
command of Major Barttelot, and garrisoned
with about 100 men. Stanley himself broke up
ON the 22d of June, 1887, with a suite of some
$50 persons, following the course of the river
IN northeasterly direction. On July / Stan
| ley reached the domain of the great tribe OF
the Mabade, whose chief, Ssanga Mombele, is a
| very influential man. From the capital of this
| country Stanley now wanted to travel in a
northerly direction to the people made known
to us by Schweinfurth-the tribe of the Mon.
buttu
This is the latest reliable information from
Stanley. Many conflicting reports have been
received. the latter on November 2 last, which
located Stanley year previous at a point west
OF the Albert Nyanza, and southwest of Sanga
at which time his force was reduced to $50 men
and he hoped to reach W adelai about the mid
| die of January, 1888.