The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-25
ABSOLUTELY uNTRusTwoRTHY.
Zanzibar Accounts Of Stanley's
Meeting with Enin Bey.

Meeting with Emin Bey.
LONDON, Dec. "A despatch to the tele-
graph from Zanzibar says: ''All reports
from here purporting to give details of the
meeting Of Stanley and Emin are absolutely
untrustworthy. Even the place Of meeting
Is unknown. Rnmors of German aggres-
sion and projects Of conquest are exciting
the natives between Stanley Falls and Albert
Nyanza and Victoria Nyanza. and also
throughout Ujlji from the Ripon to the East
coast"
The Chamberlains at Birmingham.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
| Chamberlain arrived at Birmingham today.
They drove from the railway station to
Highbury, Mr.. Chamberlain's residence, in
a closed carriage. They were not expected
until Thursday and were not recognized.
Mr.. Chamberlain's son, Austin, welcomed
his father and stepmother at London and ac-
companied them home.
Mr.. Bright Weaker.
LONDON, Dec 24.-It is announced tonight
that Mr.. Bright's lungs are in a worse con-
dition than for a fortnight past, and he is
becoming weaker. Renewed anxiety Is felt
at the existence Of organic disease.
Foreign Notes.
A despatch from Handoub reports that
| Osman Digna intends to give battle to the
| Egyptian and English forces.
| English factories on the French shore of
| Newfoundland gave the French senator's
| something to talk about yesterday. NJ. Cob
| let said that steps would be taken to prevent
infringements on French rights.
| The Pope in addressing the Sacred College
| yesterday, urged Catholics everywhere to ag-
| itate, in legal manner, for the restoration
| OF the Papal supremacy, and spoke in depre-
| cation of recent liberal enactments in Italy.
His address throughout was unusually vi0-
/ lent and bitter.
Owing to the protest of the British repre-.
sentative at Zanzibar the Sultan has can
| celled his order for the wholesale execution
| of criminals. The German warship Leipzig
has captured another dhow with 140 slaves.
/ given veciferous welcome by the students.
| King Milan has appointed fifteen repre-
| sentatives to report to the Skuptschina a
draft OF revised constitution. Radical
members vehemeDtly oppose the new con-
i stitutlon.
NJ. Martin, the French Siberian explorer,
i soon starts on an expedition to Central
China and the unexplored regions of Eastern
Thibet. He will have small escort and
carry complete outfit of astronomic and
| Typographical appliances. He will be gore
| three years.
Adyices from Australia report that Broken
| Hill,. mining town in New South Wales,
was nearly destroyed by fire Nov. 9Th. Sixty
buildings were destroyed, comprising the
main business houses.
The great strike of coal miners at New
castle has ended. 1t lasted three months.
Eight thousand men were idle and $780,
600 were lost by masters and men.
Hon. Honore Mercier. premier of the
province and leader of the Liberal party in
Quebec, is at present combating fierce at
tack by Conservative newspapers which
charge that the election fund Of the Liberals
| in the last campaign was augmented by
large sums of money sent by American
manufacturers on condition that the Liberals
on attaining power would bring about free
trade with the United States, or falling in
that would open vigorous crusade in favor
| of annexation.