Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-21
HIGH-HANDED.
The Portuguese Authorities
Anxious for Fight.
TYRANNY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The Portuguese Fire on Two English Vessels.
British Settlers Preparing for War.
Three Thousand Hebrews Expelled From
Russia-Shameikin's Confession of
Conspiracy Against the Gar.
Stamina Ridge Captured.
Ready to Fight Portugal.

Special 10 the Gazette
LONDON, April 20-Advices from Cape
Town confirm the statement previously
cabled that the British settlers in MashOn-
lad and Manicaland are everywhere pre-
pairing for q fight with the Portuguese.
Gungunhama has sent messages repudlat-
ing allegiance to Portugal and asking TO be
taken under the protection OF the British
government. The chief is said to be deeply
enraged at the abduction by the Portuguese
of two of her sons and one daughter
as hostages. The sons were taken 10
Portugal TO be educated and the daughter
is detained at Mozambique. Gungunhama
was frightened into submission at first, but
u British trader has informed him that the
Portuguese would not dare to inJure the
children and now he wants to fight. Young
Chief Umbati, of Gungunhana's Braal, 10
whom the daughter was TO have been mar
rled shortly has already started with band
of warriors TO fight the Portuguese.
The British South African cOmpany'S lead
ing representatives in London held It meet
ing to-day to discuss the South African sit
uation. The opinion was freely:eXpressed
that unless Portugal promptly ceased her
high handed measures the company would
have to take action in defense of its char
tered rights.
AN ASSASSIN.
Shameikin, the would be assassin of the
car, is said 10 have implicated number Of
Jews in his confession, and, as result,
1900 Of that race have been expelled from
Kieff, where the plot to murder the car
had its origin. Shameikin, 1t is now
known, is not real Russian, but
Lithuanian in origin and
his family, prominent once, had been re-
duced to poverty by unfortunate specula-
tions. He has told the police that he did
not care to live, and he had forfeited his life
when he agreed to kill the ear, he and his
fellows being pledged that the one chosen
for the task must die whether he succeeded
in his mission or not.
A Vienna dispatch says that Count Taafe,
Austrian premier. is accused of favoring
the anti-Jewish movement in order to draw
anti-semiticS to his support. He has sue
ceeded for the present in holding together
a majority for the government III the
reichSrath. The Young Czechs have pre-
scented their demands that the emperor
shall be crowned king of Bohemia and that
other changes be effected in recognition Of
Bohemian nationality.
The German East African company have
coined an immense quantity of silver Tor
use in that colony, and this week VIII see
the new coinage on its way to Africa.
Tho Germans declare that they viii hold
TO Damaraland whether the English help
them or not, and that the country will be
developed both for its agricultural and min
eral value The announcement is a diSap-
pointment to an English syndicate that had
been formed for the purpose of Selling
Damaraland as soon as the Germans should
give up, and which has resorted to con-
temptible methods in order to rid Africa in
that quarter of Germans.
The St. james Gazette to-day expresses
the hope that Lord Randolph Churchill's
journey to South Africa will have valuable
results The St. James Gazette predicts
the growth Of a great Anglo-African empire
in the south part of that continent.
Gen. Booth has issued anappeal in behalf
of the Salvation army and his work The
general says he is short 10000 in
his current expenses, and fears
that much of his work may have
to be abandoned as he had already gone as
far as he dared to go without substantial
assistance.
All parties in parliament are rather hop
ing that Cobain, the Irish Conservative
member, viii not be brought to trial. as the
developments would be of a nature to shock
the country and could hardly fail to have 4
demoralizing influence.