, 1894-01-31
FROM The Daily Telegraph 1M Jan.

gentleman absent from IarlS last night, and
were busily engaged looking for plumber
~hen suddenly one of them uttered a piercing
shrek and fell to the ground. His COM
panion. thinking that the other had dropped
dead, or. fearful of the Consequences of the
shrek, took to his heels. The concierge OF
ths house. accompanied by a policeman,
having entered the rooms, found the burglar
bruised, bleeding and unconscious ON. tho
sAoor before q large wardrobe. It appears
that he had been trying tosopen the waCdrobs,
and while shaking it a Bronze bust, which
was on the top of it. fell down ard struck
him "n che skull, thereby causing q serious
wound. This neoessitated his transfer to the
inh'mary Of the Depot.
We regret TO announce the death Of Sir
Samuel White. Baker, the eminent African
traveller and..explorer, which took place, after
q prOfracted illness, at his residence, Sand.
ford Orleigh, Newton Abbot, on Saturday
afternoon, at the age Of seventy-two, in the
presence Of Lady Baker, who had shared
with him many If the psrils Of an adventurous
career. and his only daughter. Sir Samuel
BikerswI be best remembered for his dis
covery. nearly thirty years ago, of the great
Central African fresIwater lake TO which be
gave the name # Albert Nyanza. His first
prominent achievement dates back to 1917.
VA0AA AO OobdO4IouCQ HI al ICuICuFHI settle
meTt and sanatOriutn at Newera Ella, ir the
mountains Of Ceylon. LII 1854 he retired
from Ceylon, and in the following year
proceeded to the Crimea, being subsequently
engaged in Turkey III the organisation of the
fret railway. In 1861 he commenced al
enterT rise entirely at his own cost for the
discovery Of the Nile sources. For nearly a
year he explored the regions of Abyssinia,
whence comes the Blue Nile; and in June.
1862, he descended to Khartoum. where he
organised a party of ninety-six persons to
explore the course of the White mile. They
set out in December. 1862, and reached Con
doSoro in Februa ry. 1863. Here Mr. Baker
met Captains Spoke and Grant, who had
succeeded IN reaching Lake Victoria Nyanza.
which they belle we'd to be the primary source
Of the Nile. Mr.. Baker supplied them with
the necessary vessels for the voyage to
KhartoUm, and started from Gondokoro BY
land on March 26, 1868, without either
interpreter'or guide, in defiance of tho oppo-
s'tIon OF the ve-huntsrs, who attempted 20
bar his progress. On March ii. 1864. he
came in sight of the "Mwootan N'zige."
until then unknown. which he named Albert
Nyanza. He reached GondOkoro on March
81. 1865. This was the first successful.
expedition directed from the north in the
history of Nilotic discovery. .
&eoydi geographical OOC10ty awarded 10
him its Victoria Gold Medal, and on his re-.
turn to England in 1866 he ssas created MA.
OF the University Of Cambridge and. receissd
the honour OF knighthood. In September
1863. he undertook the command OF a military
expedition TO Central Africa under the auxpi>
ces .of the. Khedive. Who entrusted
him Cor . four years with absolute and
uncontrolled pswer'ofli life and death He un.
dsrtook and accomplished the sub1ugation' of
tee wilderness. { he partial suppression Of the
slave trade, and che opening u6 to cjvilisation
OF the equatorial territory. Sir Samuel, hav-
ing 6rst received from the Sultan the Order
O. he Medjidieh and the rank Of Pasha and
Major-General. left Cairo With his party
on Dec. 2, 1869. and returned in 1873. In
1879. shortly after the British occupation of
Cyprus. he visited every portion of the island
thoroughly 70 investi gate its resources, The
result Of which journey he published in a
volume entitled Cyprus as 1 Saw It in 1879"
Thence he proceeded through Syria, India,
Japan, and America. He was the suthor of
numerous works of travel resisting to the coun.
tries be had visited, and was a Fellow of the
Geographical Societies Of Great Britain,
France. Germany. Italy, and America. He
was the eldest son Of Dir. Samuel Baker of
Loplatt Park, Gloucestershire, and was twice
married. His first wife, Henrietta, daughter
Of the Rev. Charles Herbert Martin, died In