Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-08
A BARoN's UGLY THREAT.

Extract from letter Of October l. 1885,
There are at the present moment from 4, 900
TO 5000 persons that have taken refuge within
the limits of our mission at Bagamoyo. The
chiefs themselves have advised the natives to
shelter with us themselves. their families and
their goods. { The Baron Gravenreuth has de-
clared that If he lays hands on the chiefs he
will spare none but those for whom Father
Bauer will intercede. In the coun-
try there is no longer any business whatsoever.
Already the famine is ravaging Bagamoyo, and
we are obliged to distribute aid to those who
have taken refuge with us.
If the Germans insist upon maintaining the
measures taken with regard to the custom
houses, 1t is to be feared that the great cara
vans OF ivory from the interior will forever
turn away from Zanzibar and take another
route in the direction of the Portuguese colo
MES of Mozambique. With their ivory these
caravans will likewise transport their slaves
1t will not be, indeed, as we would hope, final
extinction of the degrading slave trade, but a
mere changing of the market
tExtract from the letterof November2I
We are now at the commencement of No
Vember, ana things are still in the same state
as they were month ago. The Germans, al
though expelled from all the stations in which
they had placed their collectors and agents
(some of whom have been massacred), have
taken possession of Bagamoyo and Dari-Salam.
Each of these posts is guarded by a man-of-war,
without the protection OF which the members
of the German company and their handful of
native soldiers would be at once attacked and
maSsacred.
As for Bagamoyo, the entire town. formerly
so populous, is now almost abandoned by its
own former inhabitants. The Indians with
the entire population of Arabs, have left for
the island city Of Zanzibar, carrying with them
their entire stock of goods and furniture, Just
now, however, there are at the mission house
about l,5OO individuals. men, women and chill
dren from every tribe, to whom Father Bauer
distributes daily rations.
The explorer, Bans Mayer, who had gone to
Kllina Ndjaro by Pangani has been able to re-
to Zanzibar only with the greatest diff
Guilty. He was plllaged, ill-treated and ram
somed for the sum of 1000 rupees The Ans
trian explorer, Count Teleki, who left here
more than year ago, has come back from the
direction of Usamburu The lake, which is
marked on certain maps, does not exist: but he
discovered another lake which is large enough
TO REQUIRE 80 days.
He ascended the steep sides of Mount Kania
70 a height of 1900 feet. The summit of this
beautiful mountain is covered with perpetual
snow while from its sides numberless strs4ms
pour into the river Tana, flowing through the
valley below, where there dwells a mild and
hospitable population.
Extract from letter of Novembers
The Germans have Just begun the lombard.
ment of Winde, a seaport town north of Bag
amoyo: Although none OF the inhabitants
oner and condemned to be shot. Before hi1
death he received the sacrament of baptism
from the hands of Father Bauer, who had tried
in vain to intercede for his life, with the stern
invaders.
EXTENSIVE CHARITY DEMANDED.
Extract from letter Of November 20
am just after returning from the
town of Bagamoyo. where L found
our fathers embarrassed with the bur
den of nourishing from 1900 to 5000
persons who have taken refuge at the mission.
This charity of our Door missioners of Bag
amoyo has 50 affected the hearts Of the people