This plumber, whose name is Earle, sold
them to a dealer in old metal.

The plumber and the man who bought the cannon have both been arrested,
and, if the charge is proved against them, they will both be severely
punished; the plumber for stealing the cannon and the dealer for buying
stolen goods.

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Mr. Havemeyer and Mr. Searles have both escaped punishment.

The jury decided that neither of these gentlemen had been guilty of
contempt of the Senate, and so they have not shared Mr. Chapman's fate,
but have been set at liberty, to return to their homes and business.

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The United States Consul at Zanzibar has sent word to the Government in
Washington that the Sultan of Zanzibar has issued a proclamation
abolishing slavery in the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar.

This good work has really been accomplished by Great Britain, for
Zanzibar has been under the protection of England since the year 1890.

The country ruled by the Sultan of Zanzibar is on the East Coast of
Africa, and consists of the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar, and a strip
of the coast, which runs from the commencement of the Mozambique Channel
to Somali Land. The Mozambique Channel is the arm of the Indian Ocean
which separates Madagascar from the mainland of Africa.

The slave trade has been carried on very extensively in Zanzibar, and
despite the attempts of the British to prevent it ships full of natives
have been brought from the mainland to be sold into slavery in Zanzibar.

These slaves were employed in the cultivation of cloves; Zanzibar grows
four-fifths of the clove crop of the world.

The inhabitants of the islands are principally Arabs, a race of men who
have always been prominent in the slave trade since first the shameful
traffic in human flesh began.

These Arabs have pleaded that the freeing of the slaves in Zanzibar will
destroy the clove industry, and that their trade will be ruined.

After carefully looking into the matter, the British decided that the
industry of the islands would not in any way be injured, and informed
the Sultan that they wished him to free the slaves.

The British power in Zanzibar is very strong, and while the Sultan is
the ruler of his kingdom in name, in actual fact he has to obey the
wishes of the British without hesitation or question.

England, therefore, prepared the decree freeing the slaves in the
islands of Zanzibar a