Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13


NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-The big Teuton-
&c, with Henry M. S aniey and party on
board, passed quarantine at o'clock this
morning, but the fog was so dense that it
took the big liner two hours to come up
the bay. At quarantine Maj. Pond. man
ager of Stanley's tour, COL Thomas A.
Knox, Edward Quintard and Col
F.ndley Anderson. who while
on the New York Herald, sent
Mr.. Stanley to Greece In 1868,
. and afterwards to Spain during the Carlist
uprising in 1870, and who started him on
his first American expedition to find Liv-
ingstone, went on board and met the
party. Mr.. Stanley was overioyed to
meet his friends, and especially Col An
derSon.
Col. Anderson, in a brief speech, well
coined Mr.. Stanley to America. In re-
| ply Mr.. Stanley said:
Col. Anderson: | thank you from my
heart for your kind welcome TO my home.
| This Is far different date from the one
/ y years ago when / sailed away from the
! barbOr Of New York to report to You in
! London. | am delighted to return for the
! third time for visit to a land and people
to whose influence and hospitality am
| deeply indebted. Although | have been
absent so long. am citizen of the United
| States. you know, and am glad to feel that
L am citizen Of this country, but | must
| go and come whenever and wherever duty
calls me. Here am again back from the
gloom of country that was much I'M
known to the one that is the glory and
light of the world
Mr.. Stanley was asked to say something
| about the rear guard troubles and the
| stand the London papers have taken on
1t since Mr.. Stanley's departure from Eng
| land.
| Il do not wish to say much about it yet,
and have not read the London papers
carefully enough to express an opinion.
object to stir the matter up unless | am
| forced to do so. The log books of the rear
guard were signed day by day by the Off
GERS of the day-Barttelot Barre or Kings.
ton, while In camp, together with the Off
cial reports of the officers. This is the
whole affair as brief as possible and ex-
presses my convictions. | am justified
| by all in my censure of the rear guard
which was the cause Of the attack made
upon me in the book"
With Mr.. Stanley were his wife, who
was Dorothy Tenant, the English
artist; her mother, Mrs. Tenant; Hamil-
ton Aide, the dramatist, who will act as
historian OF the tour, and Lieut.. }.
Mounteney Jephson, a favorite of Stan
leys.
Stanley this evening received several re-
porters at the hotel and talked at length
about occurrences in Barttelot's camp.
| The sole cause of the killing, he said, was
the majors violent temper. As soon as he
re ched camp from Nyanza he had trouble
with one of the Arab chiefs because enough
couriers were not furnished Although
Bonney told him that he had already
plenty. Barttelot beat the Arab in h0r-
rible manner with sticks. Early on the
morning of JHly 10 he was awakened by
loud singing and beating of drums.
Being informed that it was the African
custom in saluting the rising sun, he said
with an oath that he would shoot the first
person that refused to stop the noise, and
taking his revolver, went out. Near the
! chief S hut he found a woman who was
singing and the men drumming. The
woman was the wife of the chief, and
when he commanded her to cease singing
she paid no attention, for all the natives
hated him. Bartellot then struck and
kicked her. Her husband took down his
rife and killed Barttelot on the spot.
From such reports as he could obtain
Stanley said that it appeared that Bartte-
lot made himself very distasteful to the
natives. He had habit of ridiculing
them which provoked them very much.
For these reports do not rely on BonneY.
Both Arab and native chiefs went over the
matter very infinitely. The log book of
the camp signed by Barttelot, Jameson,
Bonney and Ward was simply one long ac-
count of remorseless fogging and inhuman-
ity. BartteIot even kicked his own
attendant the little boy Soulti and the
boy died from injuries inflicted. One
man took piece Of raw meat beause
crazy with hunger, for this be received 300
lashes. As soon as he was able he ran
away but was captured and shot by Bartte-
lots orders. Stanley says Bonney told
him only short time ago that half the
horrors that existed in that camp are not
yet known.
Stanley when he retuns to England may
bring an action of libel against Bartte-
lofts brother in order to have the matter
sifted to the bottom,