Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 60, Number 118, 7 January 1889 — IS KHIN A CAPTIVE? [ARTICLE]

IS KHIN A CAPTIVE?

-tanley Said u> Huvv Kren the Mysterious White Fa-ha. LoNOoir, January Stb.—lnformation was iv ceivedrecently by the Kinin Bey Relief Committee, which Incrades reports irorn a Sergeant of tbe old Egyptian army, who tor several yean has been a prisoner at Khartoum. A dispatch trom Agent Ward at Leqpoldville confirms the opinion of several Ifiadlng African explorers that Stanley was the wbiw Pasha i-.i Biiirel Gi'.azvl. and was at Homilya on tho Cppei Amwimi on August 17th ia~h" that he iiid not leave there on August 2&h, "presumably to rejoin Kmiu I'asha.' but that be set oil' at the tatter date either to explore the Welle Hakua or n> cross the continent toward Late i had or the fpper Bcnue. A large expedition of the African Lakes Company baa successfully accomplished the task ol ascending the Zambesi aud Shiri to reach the scent' of the recent troubles at the head of Lake Kyassa. ■Mart utoktb) cajtu&k. Siakim, January i.;h—One of Oman l'igna's Lieutenants has deserted nil ieadarand arrive.i here. '1 he deserter ,re;orts that the rebels a>e enraged with C-sman Digna for sozing their effects and their wives. He wives as his reason lor such a course that the rebels chewed tobacco, which is contrary to the pnoepts laid down by the Madhi. The deserter also reports that the 2.000 dervishes at Haudoub are squabbling with Osman Digua concerning the evacuation ol the place, the majority of the dervishes being desirous of retiring from tbe town. The iloserter declared that Kmin Hey bfSbeen captured, and that he is a prisoner a' Khcjrtomn, where he is well treated by his cspto:s.