The Russellville Democrat., 1888-12-20

-Emin Bey and Henry M. Stanley Said l to be Ills Prisoners--The Evacuation of l the soudan the Price Of Their Ransom
 Death the Alternative--King Milan's | Speedy Downfall Predicted, Etc.
 osMAN DIGNA's TRUMP CARD.
 LONDON, Dec 15.-It is evident from the non -committal reply Ar. Smith gave in the uosisr of Commons yesterday after 2oon to questions regarding the capture of Emin Bey and Henry M. Stanley that l the government is completely non 1 plussed, and have no accurate informa- tion in the matter, further than is gener- ally known. It is generally conceded that 0sman Digno holds Q trump card, against which his opponents are powerless to | play, and that the government can only yield on the formers own terms. It was believed in the Hobbies of the House last night that England will be forced to treat with the successful commander for the evacuation of Suakim, for the government will not dare to sacrifice the prisoners whom Osman Digna threatens to | kill unless the town is abandoned Public opinion in England already re- volts against the Soudan expedition, and this latest phase of the affair intensifies
 
 doubt that the white traveller mentioned as surrendering with Emin Bey is stan 1 ley, as everything thus far tends to con- l firm this opinion. The balance of opinion | among African experts has for some time past accepted the theory that Stanley had been working towards Emin, and if not actually with him, was near him. Intense 1 interest is felt here in the fate of the in- trepid explorer, and no one for Q moment beliyes that the government will allow his 1 life to be sacrificed in order to hold Sua-
 kim. Further developments in the mat ter are awaited with much anxiety.
 THE CAPTURE OF STANLEY AND EMIN. BRUSSELS, Dec. 15.-The King of the Belgians is exceedingly agitated regard ing the capture of Stanley and Emin Bey. He receives numerous dispatches in ref erence to the matter. The King admits
 that he was the largest subscriber to the expense of Stanley's expedition, The h. | dependence Belge sars England doubt
 less will do every thing that is possible to
 be done to hberate the prisoners. Mir. Gladstone too bitterly regrets abandon ing General Gordon for Lord Salisbury to
 abandon Emin Bey and Henry NJ. Stan | ley"
 
 LONDON, Dec 15.-Dispatches from Sua-
 kim state that General Grenfell has recog- nized the letter inclosed in Osman | Digna's as the original of the one which he drafted for the Khedive, which the lat
 ter handed to Stanley at Cairo. Thus | Stanley's capture is virtually placed be- yond doubt. The authorities of the Congo Free State have received no infor- nation regarding the capture as yet.
 KING VILLAINS DOWNFALL CONFIDENTLY PREDICTED.
 | LONDON, Dec. 1.-The royal welcome | given by the Roumanian Prefect at Jassy to Queen Natalie of Servia, together with the action of the Czar ill ordering that the l lady shall be received with all the honors | due to Queen upon the occasion of her arrival at Kischineff, the capital of Bessarabia, can not be regarded in any | other light than that betokening the | speedy downfall of her prohigate husband
 and the ultimate complete Russianizing | of Seryia. Already Roumania is as | friendly to the northern empire as even | the autocrat of Russia could desire,
 and the people of Bulgaria are | in state of transition from quasi independence of Russia to unqual- | flied submission to Russian dictation. l King Milan, strong in the belief that
 Austria must of necessity protect the in-
 terests of Seryia, has long conducted l himself in such way as to dis | gust his imperial protector, Francis l Joseph, and outrage the dull sensibilities | of his subjects. That his abdication, | in any event, is merely matter of incon- siderable time there can be no doubt, but k,t | that he will be overthrown by the influ- ence he has so persistently defied. His | proclamation as King was never favored | by Russia, and his reign as such has since | been tolerated by the Russian bear | because of the lstter's loglcal conclusion | that it is quite as easy a matter to accom- 1 plish the downfall of King as of Prince, when the opportune time should arrive.
 That time is near at hand, and so thor oughly tired have the people of Servia be- come of submission to the despotlc rule of petty King, who apes the absolution of
 a Czar, and would even emulate the King of Dahomey if he dared that they will 1 gladly welcome the day when Milan 1 Obrenoyitch is hurled from his throne | and a ruler subservient to Russia placed | there in his stead.
 1 In the troubles which have beset her during the last few months Queen Ma | talie's friends have made little noise and l given small indication of what they have l sought to accomplish, but they have
 worked methodically and well, as the
 ostentatious friendship displayed by the | Czar for the lady attests, and If her brutal | husband does not now see the handwrit= | ing on the wall he must be blind indeed. l THE PANAMA CANAL COMPANIES LIABILI- | TIES.
 | PARIS, Dec. 15.--In the Chamber of l Deputies yesterday M. Peytral, Minister
 of Finance, offered bill providing for a l postponement for three months of the | payment of the Panama Canal Company's | liabilities, including interest and the re- | demption of bonds. NJ. Peytral said that
 the lottery for prizes attached to bonds | issued under the law of 1888, would | continue according to the guar
 antees. He urged that com | mittee be immediately appointed | to consider the bill. He insisted upon
 urgency in regard to the measure; other
 wise, he said, it would be useless. Sev-
 eral members opposed the bill, and M,
 Rergariose said he feared that the gov ernment would be led to guarantee the | operations of the company. Premier Floquet said that if the bill was rejected the company would be bankrupt, but if it was adopted the company would have time to make necessary arrangements. A vote for urgency was carried by 333 | against l55.
 Platt says It's All Eosh.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Telegram pub IBI..