Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1889 — AN ACCIDENT TO EMIN. [ARTICLE]

AN ACCIDENT TO EMIN.

The Great African Paelia Fractures Die Slcull by Falling Out of a Window. After enduring tho hardships of many years of residence in the interior of Africa and the fatigues and dangers of his journey to tho sea.it has been the fate of Emin Pasha to roceive an injury which is likely to result in his death. The Pasha is very near-sighted and habitually wears glasses. Friday, at Bagamayo, he attempted to go about his room without them, and unconsciously walked out of a window, falling some distance to the grdund. He was immediately picked up and conveyed into the house, where it was found that he had sustained a fracture of the skull, which all of the doctors at Bagamayo except Stanley’s own physician pronounce fatal. Stanley’s doctor shares the opinion of his colleagues that Emin is in a very - critical condition, but expresses the hope that be may be able to save his life. As it is, the Pasha •can not, under the most favorable circumstances, be removed from Bagamayo for at least ten days. A later dispatch says that Emin misjudged the height of a balcony parapet, overbalanced himself and fell a distance of twenty feet. When found his right eye was closed and blood was issuing from his ears. His body is terribly bruised. Henry M. Stanley,Emin Pasha and Capt. Casati were met by Major Wissman at Oliti, on the Kinghani river, Tuesday. The occasion was duly celebrated by the drinking of healths and loyal toasts im bumpers of champagne. Wissman provided horses, and Stanley *and Emin made a triumphal entry into Bagamayo at IV. o’clock on Wednesday morning. The town was profusely decorated with bunting and verdant arches, and palms were waving from every window. Wissman’s force and the German man-of-war Sperber salutes. in sihk roadstead' woiV’Wn d ifom oiy.v(!eo|rat«d:’ ; ■ ; \y i th. Major pa*ty. iat luncheon, when We cSptaiii’oi'the SjSerWr -formally welcomed Stanley, and then congratulated Emin os s 'behalf of Emperor William. During the afternoon many Europeans came to greet the explorers. In the evening there was a champagne banquet. The German consul offered a /,v!TV' \ "'/•* • i *'. - x .•?* **'*: i"*

toast in honor of Queen Victoria. Wlssman toasted Stanley, calling him his master in African exploration. Stanley made an eloquent reply. He thanked God that he had done his duty, and referred with emotion to the soldiers whose bones ware bleaching in the forest. He said his motto had always been “Onward.” He testified to the divine influence that had guided him in his work. Emin toasted Emperor William; Lieutenant Stairs responded to a toast to Stanley’s officers. Brackenbury, proposed tbe health of Major W»swnan,, which was drunk with all the honuni, the company singing “He’s a jolly good fel ■ low.”