The Portland daily press., 1888-12-22

eoonita until he has emerged from 1t with
Emin nothing but baseless rumors have been
heard. He has appeared at the place where
he was last seen; and his work is virtually
accomplished, as the journey from Aruwhimi
down the Congo although long, is over well
known region. From the time Stanley has
been gone from the Aruwhimi we may Judge
something of the difficulty he has had In go,
ing the four hundred or more miles to Wadela'
and in returning again. He would not prob
ably go directly, but must have made long
detours to avoid swamps, rivers and hostile
natives. A thousand miles Of travel would
not probably be too large an estimate OF the
journey from the Aruwhimi to Emin. He
has accomplished this since year ago last
July He has taken Emin out the back way,
while fanatical Arabs and wild negroes were
guarding the front approaches. 1t is one OF
the most skillful, daring and romantic
achievements of the age, accompanied by
tragic incidents like the murder Of Bartellot.
by ridiculous circumstances like the attempt
of Osman Digna to bluff the English out Of
Suakim and by hardships and adventures yet
untold that combine to make chapter that
will live In history with the exploits Of De
Soto Cortez and Pizarro.
And who is the man who has traversed
this wild and unknown country in the face
of obstacles scarcely to be conceived OF by
men familiar only with lands of civilization?
His birthplace is involved in uncertainty.
One story is that he was born IN Denoign'
Wales, and at three years Of age was placed
| in the poor house, where he spent his life un
| til he was thirteen years of age. Another is
| that he was born in New York. About the
earliest authentic knowledge Of him does not
| go back farther than the war of the rebel
| lion, when he was In the Confederate service
| Afterwards being taken prisoner by the
| Union troops he entered the United
| States Navy and became an ensign
upon an iron clad. After the wal
he Joined the New York Herald staff as
special correspondent, and in that capacity
witnessed the Abyssinian war and the Car
list rising in Spain. 1t was In 1863 sirut NJ
achieved his first success as an explorer o.
the Dark Continent Commissioned by the
New York Herald to find Livingston ne or
ganized an expedition at Zanzibar and disap
peared in the interior of Africa. Three year'
later. in 1871. he found livingston at Ujiji
and furnished him win supplies. He re
turned TO England in 1872, where h
was received vita high honors. Twt
wears later ne sas commissioned by thu
New York Hersid and London Telegraph tC
explore Central Africa, and crossed tn
: Atlantic SLssequrHss, spent thret
years as ageDs sr King Loopoid OF Belgirm
founding the Congo Free State which was
recogniz,d as a sovereignty by the Berlin
| Congress in 1884.
~ was in December, 1886, while lecturing
in this country that he was summoned to
undertake the mission which tie
telegraph now announces that he
has successfully accomplished Elk
perienced African travelles advised him
to start either from ZaEibar and move
northward, or from the Red Sea and move
southwark. But Staneychose the route up
the Congo to its branch, the Aruwhimi and
then overland to Wadeld, where Enin had
been shut up long betre the fall of Kar-
thoum. He believed tat he would have to
make his way by eithr of the other routes
in the face of hostile tribes. Whether he
escaped that opposition by the route he
chose remains to told. Stanley's force,
which was composd of 700 Zanzibaris, reach
ed the mouth of thu Congo near the end of
March, 1887, but lere the expedition was
much delayed In the work Of preparation.
April 18th it let Leopoldyille or Stanley
Pool and arrives at the Aruwhimi on the
seventh of Juns The last authentic news
from him was dated July I'd when he was
slowly proceeding toward Wadelai Since
then there lave been numerous reports
about his whereabouts. but the first authentic
news of him was received yesterday. When
he started he expected to reach Wadelai in
October 1887. That it took him much longer
than that is evident. else he would have been
back long ago. What delayed him we shall
soon know, unless his reported arrival back
at the Aruwhimi turns out to be an error.