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DELAGOA BAY NOW A EIS BONE OF CONTENTION. The Anomalous Position Occupied by Portugal In Eastern Africa—England Will Probably j Secure Control of Her Posses sions There. £ ** -mmm \ ft 1 Kv y r. xml i \\ 4 i |r - V f tr,«*t ar«<*nt liaHlin* l»h* *nj<»>a th** I unl iu* dietin' ti**« **f Mn* llw only •>«- ll.>n mhtmr rtnan. •» hate tw*»n *•• !•*« It to Malt* It Hfttwnl f*HT tfc* ■ *** of htt mty I** (win th<*tr ship* tti of* | d*-r to avert starvation Itoni" Ittr yin re ago w hlle two of lb* j «.•»*. la were fa tb*> h*H«>r of Y»in*ha- J tut Japan. th* ofllrer* toM *)tw of th* gun* and ttfit «>f Ih* nm»»»ftWi •«» | l«t fundi with which to buy f>«d ft* j IhrmolvM and thflr * rvnt Kvt*n th* furniture «•*» taken fr>*ra th- «.flier r* | qunftrit Md dft|*nt*d of. th bile mm* j of thi- oMrori were at th* rntted rlu* i at Yokohama thrv dined from th* fund* j from there bureau* amt three d-tarn h.immocka mid to a deilrr In mould* hand material. Everythin# on the vea *»ta that could be removed wan dln p *»d of and the tffflkwrp were oblig'd to leave oae of them behind In ord'-r to ateure enough fuel and tu|»pll*i to get the other to the home country. The navy, bnvtnn fa t'Ut a email part of the trouble of Portugal. *> far aa her financial condition la concerned, and now that It hue become ocoeaaary to ratae more money by th* aale of her African po**'*ssipna there la no doubt that they will be turn?*! over to Eng land, who ha* the flmt “Vail" on them There are aeveral rcanoti* why England v ill take the territory ofT her hand*. England han claim* ngalnat Portugal f**r targe amount* of m n* y loaned. Then ogadn th* re la a treaty between tiie two countries by which Pnrtuyttl U to cede the *Delh!*aa Hay territory to England when ahe Ihall decide to give It ui>, but there la also an agreement by ! which Cerpuahy must aunt tion th* , transfer of the territory. It la now fee- . lievcd that Etnpcror William would not , h -sitate to givg, England the property j and pcsaesslon of the .railroad to Pre- ! torla. a* he plans no great reliance In j the representations of the Transvaal j government In the matter and he has j learned that Dr. Leyda and the stale machine behind him at Pretoria have Interposed every possible obstacle to the Improvement of transportation fa cilities. England also has a treaty with j Portugal respecting the transit of goods In bond between the British South Af rican company’s possessions and the Transvaal, v, ■' -reby all articles landed In Delagoa Bay are sent into ihe Trans vaal In sealed cars, and then e over the new railroad from Delagoa Bay. which runs west by north to the terminus at Fort Salisbury, where there Is a June-, ton with the main line from Cape Town. The road has been surveyed as far north as UJiji, where Livingstone died. It w'as to this road that Hlr Her bert Kitchener referred when he tele graphed to Cecil Rhodes after the fall of Omdurman "When are you coming up?" Delagoa Bay is hot, swampy and fever ridden. Back of it are hilts, where the merchants and military and civil offi cers live and where the main barracks are located. It has been a Portuguese settlement for nearly SCO years, but lit- j tie has been done to develop it. Two years ago Cecil Rhodes obtained j a concession from Portugal whereby the navigation of the Zambezi river was , declared open to English ships. This i has given him a great advantage, for he now lias direct communication between Zambezi;*, and England. By the tame • hum * »'•# «w tor <**•»» «i * *** •* IhMMMM* Hurt •**» I* * *+*»+• 4MM ♦ *» M ***** (*• Wrt'- wrr *f «■*»*«•• ** «*—*# •«• W# ti» »■*»”>' «t r*»n m>wigi ««4 **• »<•«• ft-** #*t* #»*•** « ' INN* *M talk ]3n> ft* iMiNMM MUlbi 1..--- ia . i » iu> ■ii -> —a* 4 < A.^ tg% Imwlli irt > I*■-> i jjf ft. t^littH •«• *«**• p*» >*** t» Uw tv******l wyrnbw* it to t «* I w «t u* *»• | glo-Bnxon*. There are many English and American* these, and they desire ' England t<> have full control, The two j Dutch republic* are walled In almost ! completely by Anglo-Saxon peoples and ! possessions. On the west side Is a terri i tory formerly Known as the Khanaa ! country, which separates then from the German colonies and the Africa" west j coast. On the south hi Cape Colony, and | on the southeast and east Natal end . Swaziland, which were taken by Eng ! land about five years ago. On the north west and north h> Zambezi*. also know n 1 as ntiodesia. and to the northeast Is ; Delagoa Bay. These two republic* are like Dutch oases In British territory, and In th" event of trouble England could cut off all supplies from outside. In the | event of war they could not be re-en [ forced, and If necessary a tariff could be j enacted that would kill till commerce. In j ither case they would he under t he' ! complete control of the British parlia | ment. As it now their Isolation would I tend to strengthen the Anglo-Saxon ele j ment within their borders, and in the : course of two generations It Is safe to j say would make them English speaking j countries, and that is wlrat England is playing for. The government at Delagoa Bay is nominally military and civil combined, but rrally military only. The officials who govern the place consist mostly of former army officers, the only object in life of many of whom Seems to be to steal from the government. Since Por tugal practically went Into bankruptcy they have run things with a high hand. They draw their incomes from the cus toms and are said to play many fantas . tie tricks which enrich them at the ex i pens' of the home treasury. Among some of those reported to have been I worked at Delagoa Boy are the follow -1 ing; invoicing a cargo of American THE A.TJGTJSTA. ■ * - • **«*. tlx «»»•** *T Mx HMI ) «ax«Mt ***** -•»*•»* im* **» **3*»»; - <« # *»■«*• I**- •*» •*•*■* • r#**. MltfcMt **« M*w*« ***► IMt T**» * M M ****# •«*» •*# ••** nmrTii ww—* l'» Hx II**" ** »** **«•«*«* «t »• «***•»* M*» »-« I M • *» Ki*x • ft* .* •••' «►**»* -• ’ tkJM < *M- *»* !*• *•*+• **•« ***• (PH* MM* ** •**# I* **• «4h.*M* M «t» Ms k *•*»» ttw—WM* *1 •*» **• I «•** «* *<i «*• **PXH» t* ***** MX-** *»# liter* M ** t*«J«4** *•»*• Portuguese’Soldier halting zulu warriors. I the Portuguese anywhere In the world, i In Macoa they blond Insensibly with th« j Chinese, so t? Is difficult to tell where i the Mongolian leaves off and the Por tuguese begins. At Goa, on the coast of Hindustan, they have mixed with j the Tamils of that territory. Who ure i as black as negroes, until there Is a ! perfect .hanging of Portuguese color 1 ranging from blond .to black. On the j Amazon they mixed with the Indians ' in the snme manner, and at Delagoa • Bay with the various African types ! which are to be found about Delagoa Hay, which Is, by the way, a delta of I the Zambezi. The highest type of native in that | section is the Kaftlr-Zulu. The second’ | Is the Swazi, who, while powerful and I intelligent. Is inferior to the Kaffir I proper. There are four or five types below these. They are nonbelligerent and even timid in character. Many of the Portuguese marry the tribeswomen or the half castes In the district, while there Is a large number who live to gether without the formality of a mar riage ceremony. The result of this con dition has been the evolution of very mixed breeds. Men as blaek as negroes claim to be Portuguese. The Africans who have the slightest degree of Por tuguese blood resent as an insult any reference to their color or being called anything but Portuguese. The natives are skillful fishermen, and the fish market of Delagoa Bay is proverbial for the excellence of its food supply. There are many herds of cattle and an abundance of cheap beef and veal, though on account of the heat of the climate and tile xankness of the vegetation the beef is lean, tough and poorly flavored. Beet may be purchased for a cents a pound, while the poorer cuts sell for 2 cents. The vegetables, as. in all other tropica] climates, are very ; «■*** '- *-■"** **** JJ2 f-*t «*#** I**#«n9 A** IMP 1 ( * aL ft*.,* i^ft«, kftJi Ihnnh : •».,« #- 11ft r- •...#!* A A*. - --"ii|-it~ *• »•* ’ 2Ti «?*** ••# •«* -** <*#«** 4 C°pynght, 1898. PICTUPESOUE PHASES OF LIFE NEAP DELAGOA BAY. elsewhere, to Fort Salisbury. The lat ter has one great drawback so far as the proposed transcontinental road Is concerned. It was not constructed to comply with the regulation gauge, and consequently the trains that will he used on it cannot be sent liver the other roads. This, however, will be of little consequence when England gets control and Is in a fair way to complete her road from Cape Town to Cairo. England’s statesmen have proved their ability time after time. Here again she has shown it in the person of Cedi Rhodes. The Portuguese in their public work have paid the natives who have been employed on the railroads a minimum wage, when they paid any thing, and very often the work was stopped because the people could not get their money. They were compelled to apply to usufieirs, who were working, with the officials and who would buy up the claims of tie natives, charging them enormous The officials who had charge of the road did their best to pocket as much of the spoils as they could, and they Aid not care who was j the loser. 7 On the other lstnd, Cecil Rhodes Hired whole armies of Kaffirs and raid them , IstHStSrsS 4 I#- —3: \Mc% "j/ ' * i % : \ : .uA ■“ - ! iL.ah'L-1' ■ ;i IW7 spzgayil nj I MM\ b M ,’ !fl >! Mfj u % *M Fx Mm b- yJ3 Pi *’ h \W// I V DWARF JESTER the time the Portuguese protest arrived at Cape Town two more forays on a larger scale took place and struck con sternation to the Portuguese heart. A courteous letter was sent to Cecil Rhodes by the officials of Delagoa Bay abandoning their former position und allowing the goods to go Into Zambezi* under the original agreement. Strange as It might seem, the forays stopped as suddenly as they had begun. Mr. Rhodes of course denied having any thing to do with the outbreak of the savage freebooters, yet many of them had worked on his various enterprises, and it is evident that there was sums connection between the two event*. There were other things of a similar nature which had their origin outside of the camps of the natives, hut it could never be positively proved who were the instigators. The natives, as a rule, are large and powerfully built and make a striking contrast to the Portuguese troops, who are very small. It is Indeed a comical sight to see one of the troopers try to stop a couple of husky natives who ore 1 doing something against the regula tions of the place. Sometimes the na j lives will brush the soldier aside and HERALD. .?•* «ft.« ft# Mh- <►,*»»*##•«•<•'' # %ft %»« «h»»4 *« •*•*#*!•« n**« In * ftrtft 1 #* 1 tfc>* ft**## HMI i» <*<• Him M*l* ** tt A n*4 t»4 h # h«mii#4 I * Id* fr* «n Ihft An Itillil nßrcf, tfa)nf Mu hftltnl. Nltct and rlfta». Has «lUrumA that ft*ti tail A* killed roof* eaatljr IhM |x I- \ \ p» \ b■ i \ 1% 'Mi 4 ilif / 1 jSfH^ DOCTOR / or / DELACOA DAY. / even by the dynamite cartridge. Th* Italian rifle, which is but .25* Inch in i diameter, proved very efficient in stop ping power at the battle of Allow ah. Nevertheless, at short ranges, tic very high velocity of the bullet gives rise to a powerful explosive effect. Major Mlchellnl one day fired one of these guns Into water at an angle of about 4a degrees. A 'lead fish utmost immediately rose to the surface. On ex amination no wound was discoverable in the body, the death being due entire ly lo the hydraulic shock arising from the Impact of the bullet with the water. This view was amply confirmed by fur ther experiments, and many fish were killed by the blow of the bullet, on the water exactly as if by an explosion of a dynamite shell. The effects of the hy draulic shocks se med to be sufficient to kill all tlsh within 2 feet to 2 feet 6 Inch es of the point of Impact. Very Frenrli. With the French sense of fitness a bullfight was got up recently for the benefit of the Bourgogne sufferers at Toulon. Four thousand people crowded round the hull ring, and after waiting for an hour and a half were informed that the managers of the entertainment had disappeared with the entrance money and that the bullfighters would not fight until they were paid. The spectators thereupon began to tear down the woodwork of the building and set it on fire, and there was a panic in which women and children were tram -1 pled underfoot. 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Ordered lll« I.lHrurr hr .he l oot. There l» a true irtorr tolil of a mem i tier of one »f the rrernt pr -M'lentlal . ahlnetr. who had moved to Wa.hlna* ion on hi. appointment from a rountry | town. He wan a mail of mean, and tie ,;an at one* lookln# around for a *ulta aide hooa* in which to InataM hi. fami ly Klnally. after ronalderattf* iwareh. he the heu*e he wanted, fina an,l Ifiriret anil In a inowt eonvenient io , aiijr, v ilb r p«-ct to Ihr White Houad an I tb| wßirtMt of which he was chief. . - Th ■ odMI tcly furni.hed except * tn* on,' )K«| Ha owner, who hnil Jual MHinttlociJ to repre**nt thia ihnlwraatehkl# afcdlplomatte pnat, had choaen to lake hi. hooka wrlth him. Thu litirary .helve, were vacant. Hard ly a ‘government report or a cen.u. record nie toviwntnatc the liter ary I ihmofl'id IhVt once ,oay roqm. Th" cabinet ninn win* Ju.t a little vexed —mil} lof .Aidmfcd however. He knevv\ he tfould buy l twiv .if thr<- libraries at lh - Wunhin/tlon alorcH If he wanted them, itu«. lift* *8 ,W! the ««P- r,ut hls alert mind mdveil tic problon in n liur ry. ond tn a whorl Uinc ull the shetyi*a u r« filial In rewpoft*- to this telearum. which n* Vent lo aty al hi. homo In—w«H, It Is not so far west as Manila, or even so far distant us Ponce: ••Send.me by freight 250 running feet of books for library.” Then he went to the cabinet meeting and told the president and his rol lenguca how he hud solved the problem. And he has never understood to this day why the grave president ond his K, i lous cabinet smiled when he told hmv he had ordered a library by tha yard. . Wealth of'the Xutlons. Mulhall, the ISngllsh statistician, has just made a calculation of the weuith of the principal nations of the world, based on values shown by real estata records, build ngs. merchandise and railroads, us well as the circulate ' medium of each country, and places the aggregate wealth ' Ihe United St' - at *S 1,750,000.000. Thl" Is 422.290.0''"- '•■•«* larger than the aggregate of U’-mr Britain, which holds second place: dou ble that of France, equal to that of Russia, Italy, Austria and Spain cc-.ia bined, and more than seven times great er than that of Spain. In connection with his tabular statements Mr, llul hall calls attention to the fact that while most European countries have attained their growth, the United States is apparently on the threshold of an Industrial development of an extent of which it baa never Uteamed. , ■ - <