The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25
STANLEY HEARD FROM.

The Intrepid Explorers Letter to Tippo0
Tib-Thc Costa i;ican Earthquake.
BRUSSELS. Jan. 16.-The following letter
written by Henry II. Stanley has been re.
ceived in this city:
BONA OF BoNALYA. Muretia Aug IT,
Sheikh Hamed- Ben Mahomed. From his good
friend, Henry NJ. Stanley: Many salaams to
you. hope that you are in as good health as
am, and that you have remained in good health
since left the Congo. I have much to say TO
you but hope / shall see you face to
face before many days. reached here
this morning with IS, wangwana, three
soldiers and sixty-six natives belong.
ing to Emin Pasha. 1t is now eighty-two
days since left Emin Pasha on the Nyanza.
I only lost three men all the way. Two were
drowned and the other decampcd / found the
white men who were looking for Emin Pasha
quite well The other white man. Casati. is
also we'll Emin Pasha has ivory in abundance,
thousands Of cattle and sheep, goats and fowls
and food Of all kinds. found him very good and
kind man. He gave all our white and black men
numbers OF things. His liberalty could not
be excelled. His soldiers blessed our black
men for their kindness in coming SO far TO show
them the way. Many of them were ready to
follow me out Of the country, but asked them
to stay quiet Q few months that might return
and fetch the other men and goods left at Yam
bunga- They prayed to God that He would give
me strength to finish my work. May their
prayer be heard.
And now, my friend, what are you going to
dof We have gone the road twice over. We
know where it Is bad and where 1t is good;
where there is plenty OF food and where there Is
none; where all the camps are and where We
shall sleep and rest / am waiting to hear your
words. II you so with me it is well. 1 leave IL
to you. I will stay here ten days and will
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to Big Island. two hours march from
here above this place. There are plenty
Of houses and plenty OF food for the men.
Whatever you have to say to me my ears will
be open. with o good heart as it has always
been toward you. Therefore il you come. come
quickly for on the eleventh morning from this
I shall move on. All my white men are well,
but left them all behind except my servant
William, who Is with me.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
Sheikh Hamed Ben Mohamed, to whom
the above letter is addressed is the Arab,
Tippoo TIb. The letter. which was taken
to Stanley Falls by messenger and which
reached Brussels by post last night, is the
only one from Stanley which has reached
the coast of Africa. A number of other
letters which the messenger conveyed 10
Stanley Falls still remain there. but it is
expected that they will arrive in Europe
in two or three months.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN COSTA RIGA.
CHICAGO. Jan. 16.-Late advices from
Costa Rica regarding the earthquake of
December 80, last, mentioned in the cable
dispatches a short time ago, say the
shocks were the most severe experienced
since 1882 In San Jose both the National
Capitol and the magnificent Cathedral
fronting the public square. which required
ten years of labor to erect at an expendi.
ture of 81, 000.0 are in ruins. The Presi-
dental palace, city hail. National post.
Office and dozen other public buildings
were almost wrecked.
Advices from surrounding cities report
the shock even more severe and bring ac-
counts of loss both of life and property.
The latest estimate of the damage through.
out the country exceeded S5,00O,Oo0.
The Poas volcano has suddenly become
active. 1t is located twenty -eight
miles northwest of San Jose. It
had been sleeping for twenty years
and only couple of weeks
before the earthquake the crater was re.
ported entirely filled up. Now it has
broken out with all its old fury aud in an.
other place half mile distant from the
original mouth.