New-York tribune., 1889-12-19
orrRRING TIMES IN AFRICA.
,ou AND STANLEY TO SAIL FOR CAIRO
h1'' ON TUESDAY NEXT.
,,vryG HONOR TO THE PAcHAs IN
,p,n REscUER-BUsHIRps FATE-PoRTU'
AFRICAN TERRITORY THE
CONGO STATE.

.;har Dec lS.-It is announced that Emin
Tho was injured by falling from window
fS1n" movo. is entirely out Of danger and is max
DID nrogress toward full recovery.
ing i.r rn hanouet given on Monday night to Henry
s...,sv LEY by Colonel Evan Smith, the British
M u General here, Mr.. Stanley highly praised
NVNIy y.n,haris who accompanied his expedition.
u' "a that when all the members of the eXpedi-
he s starving in the forests the Ianzibaris
'iO1 ..,leeted fungi which had kept the Euro
nav .Iiye. The Zanzibaris touched nothing
psn .,ter the Europeans had eaten.
IT.. Indian community here, at nearly spon-
....ous gathering, to-day presented to Mr.. Stan
- silver casket containing an address praislng
.;s snsrry in opening Central Africa TO commerce.
n. Stanley gratefully thanked them for the
.,;oue compliment and dwelt upon the prospects
s.- an carly commercial development of the Brit
~ Fast African Company's territory lie urged
,t. imnortance of connecting Mombasa, on the
.,sst with the Victoria Nyanza by q railway
-n,cb would pass into the heart of region
N narts of which teemed with dense popula-
am and would consequently open for European
..,ufsctures vast markets now dormant and un-
Known. -,
The Mansourah. the yacht of the Khedive, will
.,0hab'v sail on Tuesday next with Stanley,
rmia l'acha and others for Cairo.
Details Of the occurrences just previous to the
r-cutinn of Bushiri the Arab leader Of the ill
Y,sents in their revolt against the Germans. show
d. there had been an engagement between the
cs-mans and Bushiri's forces, in which thirty
% tbe latter were killed. Bushiri was captured,
ct succeeded in escaping and reaching the jungle
n, was subsequently, captured by Wasega. VINO
nryndered him TO Major Wissmann, and received
h return for the prisoner reward Oh Io'ooo
npecs. , ...,o... 1,os or
med here from Quillimanc, at which place he
r,sntlv arrived after crossing Africa from Lo-
,see. on the West Coast. He travelled by way
Tthe Shire River and was an observer OF the
sevemerts of the Portuguese in that section. lie
sstes hat they are displaying extraordinary ag-
frpssiveless along the river
lisbon. Dec. 1s.-Thc Government has ordered
that two runboats be built for service on the
zsrbesi River and two smaller vessels for use on
Lake Nyassa.
Great interest is taken in all parts of the
Kingdom in the dispute with England over the
,;rhts of Portugal in the African country between
lake Nyassa and the Zambesi River. especially
the valley of the Shire River, which the Portu-
ruese engineers are now surveying for the purpose
Of building a railway. This adds much to the ex
element about the difficulties in the Deagos
Raw country. The municipal government o.
Oporto has taken the lead in communicating u
Senior II. Barros de Comes, the Minister OF FOR
eign Affairs. its congratulations upon his reply
70 the MARQUIS of Salisbury in the Delagoa BaN
dispute. in which he successfully maintained Una
there was no ground for the English pretence Una
the claims of Portugal TO the country had lapse'
because certain traders had abandoned their posts
BRUSSELS Dec. 1s.-The Supreme Council OF The
Congo Free State recently created body hel(
its first sitting to-day. King Leopold presided
The King urged members of the counc1i 10 gram
supplies to enable the State TO achleVe GLORIOUS
The council appointed committees to compile
State civil code and to establish forms OIL Iuuicl'
procedure. l.,
London. d.. 19.-The Marquis OF SALISBURY mas
received Colonel Evan-Smith's report giving Vp'
details of the Serpa Pinto incident showing 'nH'
II occurred in November, and was reported ny
Pinto in a much modified form.
The Lisbon papers publish the letters OF MT
Johnston. the British Consul at Mozambique
written in July last, in which he asks tor a pass
,ort or safe-conduct for journey TO the interior
the country offers 10 carry letters to portuguese
,mcers there and thanks the Governor OF MOzanl-
hone for his assistance and courtesy 1he saie-
.onduct was given and Mr.. Johnston used 10,
md the Portuguese allegation is that while Dear
hr il he excited the Makoolo 10 revolt