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Show IMITIU iimi. ; The Affair Now Does Not Seem to Have Eein aa Serious as Was at First Reported. VAGUE3T0SIE3 OF THE FUGITIVE3 The Rrisonors nra Not Thought to ba in Any Immediate Danger Quintoa is Held by the Enemy, Cakttta. April 1 . Jt is officially annouiic d that Mrs. (iriinwood, wife of V. St. C. (irimw.vd, lSrilish political agent at ManiiMir, in company with Lieutenants (iurbon, Itoileau, liuteher. Woods, l.ugard and Culvert arrived safely at Lakhipur. with Crowley's dt ta,-hinnut A number of other British Brit-ish nillcers are held prisoners at Mani-pur. Mani-pur. Spi'.a, Apiil 1. Six hundred Choor-l- tn mul ( ow ley's missing detachment in lived at. Lakhipur on the direct route from Siiehor to Maniptir, It is believed all tho members of Chief Commissioner ( uitilou's stalf are safe, except lirae kenhurg. London. April 1. A dispatch to the Times from Calcutta says the fugitives stories of the Manlpur massacre are vague. It appears a sudden attack was made on the resiliency on the night of March "JIM. The report that the ammunition was exhausted and that Commissioner Quiuton gave the order "Same qui pent," appears of doubtful authenticity ami it is not bo-yond bo-yond hope that the party is still entrenched en-trenched and has lieen joined bv Cooley's force of ',MIO men, due March "iih, and (ii ant's of ck'hty men from Tammo, neither of w hich forces have been heard of. The Times correspondent at Hancoon siivh iti'it ( 'orti misMoner Duintim whs captured near Mow, where a narrow bridle track traverses the dense jungle. The lives of the prisoners, according to the fugitives, are not in immediate danger. |