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r -THE OMAHA DAI3UY BEE ; THURSDAY , DEOEMBER 25 , 1890 1867-STANLB ? IN OMAIIA-1890 The Qato Oily Extends a Cordial Wolcorao to tbo Qro.itr.8t of Explorers. AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE AT THE GRAND , ailitory oftlic ttniln Ucllrf Ktpcilltlnn The Mnruh Through the .Mni lcH ami tlio Story of the Hour Culiitnii. Twenty-three years ago Henry M. Stanley , Mod with tlio reMloss longing for lulventuro which had led him to America from hit Eng- llsh homo , llroil l > y the talcs o ( western romnnco which wore then crowding the column ) of the eastern press , cnmo to Otnahii as a special correspondent to the Now York Herald. After almost a yenrnasied among tbo then few residents of tlio u.ctrop- oils , ho loft Nebraska mid the scones of his early noiv.sp.ipcr career to hocome wnr corre spondent in Abyssinia , aud two years luter ho started upon n perilous cxncdltion to as certain tno whereabouts of Dr. Livingstone , tbo famous African explorer. How lie accomplished his dangerous errand and the measure of success that crowned the inarch of this now Napoleon of explorers Is a natter of history. Last night Henry Morton Stanley came back to Omaha , hut uh'at a change In the condition of things I Twenty-three years ngo ho lett the city virtually unknown except to a few intimates who had learned to love the man for his tranlmuss , his earnestness , bis bravery. Last night ho greeted an audi ence of 1,800 people congregated at the Grand opera house to wclcotnu this intrepid spirit who had effected the relief of Emln Paiha , . Hcompaased by the bostllcs lost unihl the almost inpcnctmblo fastnesses of Afiluu. Mr. Stanley's audience embraced ncoplo of , ? J1 ranks , professions unit stations In llfo. 3-ltcrary people , lawyers , physicians , mor- thants , teachers ami musicians wcro there , and to show the power the magic nntno of Stanley exorcises over auveii- turous minds might bo cited the largo number of youths and school hoys that wore la the auditorium scats. To the right and loft of the stage , thu boxes were resplendent In light and color. In the first box to thu left of the stapo on Iliu lower tier wcro Mr. and Mrs. B. R Smith , Miss Smith , Mr. Fiirnnm Smith. In the next box sat Mis. Max Mo.ver Mrs. Morltz Aioyor , Mrs. Simon Fisher. The adjoining box was occupied by Mrs. Minor , wife of the manager of the opera house , Mr. and Mrs. Blood , Mr. and Mrs. C. 1) . Moore , Miss Margaret Moore and Mr. George Miner. In the last box on the left sldo sat Mrs. Cramer , Misses Irimo and.rcssloHyrnps. In thu right band box near thu stngo sat Mrs. Clement Cliaso and her mother , Mrs. Edwards. But the next box was vacant. Mrs. Stanley and her mother , Mrs. Toimant , for whom it had been beauti fully decorated with the English Jack prettily draped behind , were not there. They had.decided to spend Christmas ovu mound a cosy grate flro in tlio Jvllllard , allowing Mr. Stanley to light bis African battles over again alone , unaided by tliu presence of the divinity who has como into hi' life , since his guest and relief of Edward Jr'chuit/ler , alias Emln Pasha. The third box was occupied by Dr. George L. Miller and Mrs. Miller ; the last by Dr. Mercer and his family. In thu body of the house which represented the culture and the social llfo of the city were noticed Mr. and Mrs. I ) . E. B. Kennedy , Mr. and Mrs. ri. D. Estabroou. Judge and Mrs. McOullough , Judge and Mrs. Hopowell , Judge II. J. Davis , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mlllard , Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brown , MrT and Mrs. Klmcr Frank , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner. Miss Turner , Mr. Curtis Turner , Mrs. C. H. Brlggs , Mr. 0. Henry Brlgcs. Hon. A. .1. Popnleton Miss Popplc- ton { Miss ICato Ball , Milton Barlow , Charles Offutt , H. B. Hodges , Charles ( Juiou , Dr. SusBdorff , J.H.J.\iucp , ' past master of the Ancient Order Of Free uud Accepted Masons of Nebraska The andicnco began coming into the Grand early in the evening and by 8 o'clock the listeners were nearly all seated. Tlio stage had been very effectively arranged for the occasion , tnrough the excellent efforts of Mr. Louis Baor , tlio staeo manager. Over the orchestra stalls was built a wide platform , upon either end of which two gas Jots wcro placed , surmounted by ruby globes. Down the front the American and English Hags wora Interlaced , the whole prettily surmounted by the Enellsh Jacic. The stage proper was set with a wood in terior , suggestive of the fastnesses of equa torial Africa , while In the dtst.mco a small body of water glistened under the hroail lights , faintly recalling to the explorer Lane Albert Nyan/a. Largo luxurious arm chairj were placed around the stage while two or three rows of seats stretched back to the third entrance. Occupying watt upon the stage were a number of Omaha's representative citizens. Among them were Governor Thayer and wife , Mayor Cushlng and daughter , Hon. E. Itosowator and wife , ex-Mayor Charles II , BOD , Henry W. Yntcs , Euclid Martin , C. II , Gulou , J. W. Paul , Thomas Boyd , Dr. S. D , Mercer , Julius Vcstncr , Dr. O. S. Woods , Judge Itoano , II. 1C. Burhet and wife , lienju- mlu F. Smith of Boston , Jcsso Lacey and Kov. Dr. Merrill. At a quarter after eight Governor Thayer , Mayor Cushlnp and Mr. Kosowater escorted Mr. Stimloy to hlsscatnpoa thu stage , amid loud and long continued applause. Mayoi Cushlng very brlolly addressed the audience , stating that the distinguished gentleman who , was to bo the speaker of the evening was at ono tlmo a citizen of Omaha. Thai was twenty-three years ago , but the oldoi settlers remembered him very well. In tin years that had clapped since that tlmo tin gentleman hod marked pages in history thai would go down to the end ot tlmo. Oman : had also experienced marvelous changes , 1m Tcjolcod to extend a hearty welcome to Its old tlmo resident. Hon. E. Itosewater was next Introduced Ho said that it was now something lilti twenty-three years since a young Bohemian modest , robust , vigorous and butllttlo Known came to this city. Ho was sen hero us correspondent by thu Nov York Herald and the speaker , win was then local manager for the old Pacllli telegraph company , was associated with bin luoro or less from day to day. Tbo news paper correspondent frequently visited tin telegraph ofllco to transact business , am finally called ono day to say that ho wai about to start for Abyssinia. In the COUMI of a few days they parted company , uud dli not meet again until about three years ago ti the city of New York. The first tlmo tha ho heard from his absent friend after hi departure from Omulin was when thu Nov York Herald received news of the Abyssln Ian war , oven before the report was receive * by the British war ofllco at London. 11 then recognized in the foreign warcorro spondcnt a trim newspaperman of thu lire ' magnitude. Years rolled by and the dlscov cry of Livingston was reported , 'and 1 dawned upon the speaker that Henr M. Stanley had achieved fame nni was bound to go down the age as the greatest discoverer of modern times Since then ho hud passed years la Journalist : and stood there us the representative of tin Omaha press ami western journalism to la' tribute at the * feet of that sumo Henry AJ Stanley as the man \\hom Omaha was glai to honor. Mayor Cashing then introduced Govcrno Thayer , with iho request that ho would prc side over the mooting. The governor said : "Ladles and Gentlemen : It is deemed b , mo a distinguished honor to bu called upon t preside at tni meeting uud Introduce tit gentleman who is to address you. Wo ar clad to have this opportunity of listening t him. It was his privilege to gndown Into' th l-ocosses of Africa .md discover Livingston * It was his privilege to found thofrcostates c the Congo and found a now ropubln and it was also his privilege t discover the scourco of the Congt Mr , Stanley , in thu imtnoof the stnto of Nt broska , which I have the honor to represent 1 tender to you a most hearty wuleoim Yean passed bringing us no intcllixcnc from you to show whether you were still I the land of 'tho living or had passed to th irreat beyond. Word came to us later , how ever , brfnginjr the nuws of your wondnrfi luccejsea and discoveries , i now take pica : tire , Indlo3\and 'gentlemen , In proscutlng to you Henry M. Stanley. " . The distinguished speaker was accorded , jk Haltering reception. t - * - - T i IK ijiicrrtm B. The Story of the March Tlirouah Af- < rich Graphically told , O C = J Mr.Stanley apoko iu follows : "Your Excellency" Mr. Mayor , Ladles and Gentlemen1 A great change has been made lu the map of Africa this year. Somctnlng like 0,000 , square miles , nearly doubles thosbo of these United States , have been appor tioned among the European powers , and though I say It myself , It is probably duo in a great measure to the largo Interest excited in Europe by our arrival on the e t coast of Africa with the object of our ( | Ucst and rescue. Germany has mrreed with Great Britain what its spicro of influence ) shall bo. It has SOD- ( M ) square miles of the Dark Continent. Britain has taken 750,000 square miles of cast Africa , France has fOJ,000 square mlloj. Even little Portugal 1ms manngc'd to take aiO.OOO square miles , while Italy has been given nearly 1,000,000 square miles from tbo Job river to the boundary separating Abys- slain from the frontiers ot E ypt. The cause OMAHA IN 1807. r this great change ! In Africa was the object f the quest. Small as ho was , ho was the rause of a tremendous effect , and the cause of causes Is knowledge and knowledge Is power. "I will speak tonight wholly about the luestand rescue of jEmm Pasha , tbo great "orests of equatorial Africa , the mountains of no Moon , the pigmies and tlio cannibals. "Before starting , the British foreign ofllco landed mo printed copies of nil of Emlu's otters from Africa and his reports to Egypt , and naturally , not knowing anything of tno nan , 1 studied these with tbo clos est attention ; and In consequence I sooa' became an enthusiastic namlrer of ihn mysel.C. Ho appeared to mo to ho a 1'lnd > ( an amalgamate character , possessing cer tain characteristics. such ns distinguished 3romwoll , Fancier , the dlctatorof Paraguay , and Gordon. His sentiments were devout mid noble ; his loyalty was very evident , while bis determination and his philanthropy were admirable. I was greatly touched by such expressions as these : ' 1 shall remain myself at my post , with my black troops , ) until my government informs mo as to its wishes. Wo propose to hold out hero against the Multilist people until wo nro overwhelmed and perish. ' "In 13SO Emln Pasha was described as a .second Gordon , as a model of tirin-mindcd- : ies3 , prudence and courage , as a man having Ulgh administrative abilities and great sa gacity , and as being somewhat devoted to the study of natural history and botany. Dr. Fclkin of Edinburg , led , possibly by his pas sionate friendship for lain , sketched for the admiration of the world a fall military hero and invested him with the most splen did qualities. According to him Emln had been the means of getting n sur plus from the Soudan of over 1,000- JOO per annum. As no ono at that tlmo could possibly criticise such statements , they came to bo gcnorably believed and considerable en thusiasm was excited for him. Emln was known to hnvo been appointed to the post of governor of Equatorln by ( Joncral Gordon and It was argued that as Gordon was a good judge of men , Emln must boa unique char acter. Emln's letters also from Africa overflowed with such beautiful sentiments of devotion to his work , self abnega tion , * love for Africa and its people , that the hearts of * all true philan thropists warmed toward him. After the ro- celpt of his appeals for-help from.Afrlca sev eral Scotchmen and Englishman , under thu influence of Sir William McKitmou , con tributed several thousand pounds to form a relief fund , and the Egyptian government un dertook to furnish an equal sum. Out of this relief fund an expedition was. equipped , and the command was entrusted to me. My orders from the rcllof committee were mainly verbal. "They amounted simply to this : that I waste to convey a certain quantity of am munition to him on thu shore of the Albert Nyauzn , and lend suchN other aid as I could , and then retire. But the Egyptian government having ; contributed one-half the money through Nuhor Pasha , the prime minister , added that I was to take such men ns were willing to return through Egypt , oven Emln if ho choose , but Emln was to bo left to bo guided by his own choice entirely ; only ho was to understand that If he rejected the aid that I brought to him by 01 der of his government , ho was to expect no aid from Egypt , Inasmuch ns Egypt and Great Britain had resolved that the soudan should bo abandoned. "Having sketched out for you the manner of man wo conceived him to bo , I notv pro pose to describe to you how wo proceeded to effect his rescue and to suggest what kind of a character was developed before us my of- llcers and myself. ' Some of you will remember , no doubt , that In November , IhSti , I returned to Now York , after an absence of fourteen years , with view of lecturing , Not being ouito prepared for such a warm welcome as i ro- calved that year , for I remember only too well the beatings and the bowlings and the skeptical cynicism that manifested itself In the American press about , thu assistance ren dered to Livingstone 1 had Introduced In tbo Iccturo agreement a clause that I could retire from the lecturing tour any time 1 should bo called to resume my duties lu Africa. After delivering' cloven lectures thq call came and I tftssed the lectures down nnd cried : "Thank huavca for something nobler than to play the montebank on Iho rostrum for skeptical , cynical people. " 'On Decumuer 21 I had arrived nt South ampton and a month later the expedition was organized inid equipped. Hud my means only been equal to my opportunities I might have emptied the public schoolsvthu univer sities , the colleges , i might almost say the nurseries of Great Britain , so numerous were tno applicants to bo Joined to mo in the adventurous quest I was about to undertake. "Wo arrived at the Island of Zanzibar on February 21. Our goods wcro shipped and our men were embarked and four days later wo set out from Zanzibar on board thus team- ship Mujiihra'to salt urounU the Capo of Good Hone and arrived 'at tlio inoutli of the Congo bn March 18. Aboard our stenmor wo numbered nlno white otllccrs , 0 i Zauibars , sixty-four Soudanesosoldiers , four Zumahlcs , Tippoo Tib and ninety-six of his followers , altogether 7SHJ souls. Tippoo Tib , in consid eration of his promise to lend us the services of ( XX ) carriers , was to bo allowed f roe board and pass ago all the way from /.anilbar to Stnnloy Falls , 1,400 miles from the ocean , 4 The mouhth or the Congo , as I told you , wo reached on the 18th of March , and the next day wo embarked on board river steamers nnd u gunboat and steamed up to Muutumba , 100 ndios from the sea. We then begun a land march of 'J35 miles , which ended at Stanley pool. Above the pool we hud n mag nificent and unintcrupted waterway of about ono thousand miles , during which the oourso of the Congo spreads nbout threo-qnartors of a mile to sixteen miles In width. Wo chose to disombaik nt Yambuya , 1,400 , miles from-tho ocean , nt the bread ot naviga tion of the Congo and at the foot .of the rapids of that munj } on the Aruwlim river , ono of the principal tributaries of the Congo. ' Thostoam'flotilla reached Yiuilbuyn onTJuno 15. We had thus been 110 days .from Zanzi bar , having voyaged 4,000 miles by sea , traveled KG miles by laud and steamed by river 1/.03 miles. Wo were now at a polat exactly 3i4 geographical miles due west of Lake Albert. All this distance between Yambuya and Lake Albert was utterly un known to any one outside of Africa at this icriod , nor had 1 met an Arab or native who : ould give mo the least Information respect- nglt , ' Then for the first tlmo wo mot natives of the forest region who seemed disposed to ex change n few words with us. Hitherto they md nrtf ully eluded us. Wo had passed num bers of small villages , but their owners , after securing the paths around the villages , had scurried into the darkest recesses to hide , caving us to feed on the bananas nnd the plantains and the manioc comparatively un- nolcsted. Wo burned to know whether Lhoro was any grass land or open country to Lho cast , the north or the south. Wo picked up u grass blade from the river side and held t up to view nnd asked them : 'Is there any thing like this crowing in your neighborhood I1 It was dlfilcult to make them understand at first , but when they did so it struck them as being a very absurd question , for to them all their world was alike , with nothing but trees and trees and trees ; a tree world crammed with count less trees , under the follago of which was the darkness of evening and the horror of end less gloom. And no sooner did our men grasp the meaning of those words than they pict ured a vlow oven moro forbidding than the experiences of the past month had been. Uii to this period they had been animated with the hone that the forest was but a deeply wooded tract of uncertain extent which a few weeks' march would enable us to pierce through , And now they were told that the forest was without an end. "And the horror prows darker with the very gloomy fancies which they have of the cold of the early morning , * the comfortless gray of the dawn , the ceaseless dripping of the dew , the deluging rains , the tempest rushing through the tree tops , the terrible pealing sounds of the thunder. cannonading , reverberating and rolllnc through the cracked corridors of the forest , and the Impenetrable darkness. As thov Ho cuddled in their little damp huts nt night the wild winds roar above them they come with the sound of overwhelming billows the trees groan and grind nnd stnceer and fall nnd crash to the earth with snch shocks and sound that our hearts leap In iltful leaps at the dismal sound. What'tonguo can relate tbo horrors these poor people feel. It-may bo that the next morning when they hear the sounds of tno whistle and the otUcers' voices ring out la the dawn , and the blare of the soudanoso trumpet Is heard , nnd thorn Is a stir and tumult of preparation and action , that tha morbid thoughts of the night and the mem ories of their torrlblo dream will bo effaced for the tlmo. But whan the flies have bcmn to move solemnly nnd slowly through the woods again , they renew their morbid fancies and ask themselves , 'How long 1 how long is this to lost ) Must the Joy of our lives end thus } Must wo Jog on day after day through tills cheerless gloom nnd Its Joyless dampness , in which wo stagger and fall I' "On January 8 wo arrived at Bobo once more , at a distance of 1EO miles from Lake Albert. Hero wo rested for thirteen days to reeuuerato aud repair the waste of tlio wil derness , nnd the effect was such on our pee pin that most of thu men increased in bodily weight at the rate of a pound per day. At this place the natives could tell us of a grass land they bad seen , which was live days' ' journey olT , and this revived the people , but U was twelve days before wo came to tno end of the forest , and finally , on the 100th day. wo passed out of the eternal gloom and omovtrcd into the light of broad day shining over one of tbo loveliest lands wu had ovci seen. ' The nearer wo draw towards the lake th < moro warlike the matlves seemed to bo ; 11 was no longer tbo lying in wait behind a lot V > drlvo the spear , or the crouching bcnini the buttress of a tree or stump ; but they rat forward , in fighting mobs , the bravest in th < front , each tribe or boctlon of trlboutieriui the most frightful nolso , and all alike clamor ous uud rushing to the war. "After five days wo came-whero wo couli ' look down on a 'broad , deep valley. At emend end of it was a portion of the southern end.o the Albert Nyanza. Seventy miles soutt was tbo Albert Edward Nynnza , and bo fore us , opposite tha place whore wo stood , aroji a nnvis of mountains , which I named thi mountains of tlio Moon ; the summits'and tin slopes for 3,000 feet were covered with per pctual snow. The height of thoao.rnouutuln was between eighteen and nineteen thousand , foot above the level of the sea. A singular thing about thcso mountains Is that the travelers , Sir Samuel nnd Lady Baker In 18(54 , Mason Boy in 1877 nnd Emlu Pasha in 18SW , should hove been In observing distance and never had nn opportunity to view them. Samuel Baker chose a hill IIvo miles exactly from the south end of the lake and looked towards the position where tlio snowy mountains are to bo found. Ho said in on elevated tone of voice , 'I look towards the southwest nnd I see an Illimitable fresh water sea stretching beyond limits , ' and yet ho was within easy view of them had they not been covered by mists. "And still another discovery wo made was that of the Albert Edward Nyanza. In ancient times this was called by tbo Arab the sea of darkness , whoso water was said to bo sweeter than honey and moro fragrant than musk. "I regret u > say that I couldn't endorse the statement that it was ns muddy as is the waters of the muddy Mississippi , It Is Infi nitely preferable. Quitting the head waters of the Nile and ascending some ! JOJJ foot , wo como to a beautiful grass land oxtendlmrns far as the south end of the Victoria Nyanza , Inhabited with people superior to the common African that you nro accustomed to sco , who havo'como from the west nnd the eastern coast nnd the Isio of Madagascar. After a long marcli of f > 00 miles , wo were re ceived by thn kings with free , genuine hos pitality. At tbo south end of Lake Victoria , wherevo arrived August HI last year , wo found a largo reserve of stores de posited there. After enjoying -abundance of good food ana n long-needed rest wo setout out to undertake the last of our long Journey across Africa. On December , last year , wo wcro escorted on horseback Just think of It , riding in state in Central Africr. or in equatorial Africa on horseback. In the afternoon of that day a weary expedition lllcd In to lay their weary burden of sick nnd worn creatures down for the last tlmo , ourjournoy of O.IKJ-J miles from the western ocean to the Indian sea was fairly at an end. That night the German imperial commission gave a banquet to thirty-four military and civil oftlccrs , consuls , captains , majors'mid ' lieutenants after astyle I would doubt whether Omaha , with nil Us grand hootcis , could excel. The utmost cor diality and graceful opecghos , ns theroshould bo delivered after a batfquet , were delivered there , but not thq-lofia graceful and Mulshed speech was that 01 " * the pasha , both In style nnd matter , nnd withhi ten minutes after ward the paslui went away from the banquet hah a'nd presently' , ' ' in some unaccountable manner , foil over } th9 , wall of the balcony into the street , nljout eighteen foot below. Ho came near terminating his life therq and then , the vcrj llrit day his own coun trymen , after im'-r almcnco of thirteen jcars had embraceil him. You know , of course , that lie ivhs taken to the German hospital , nnd that 1)vonsurgeons ministered to him. You kno\ \ ' , of course , that In less than a month hon wasisuflidently recovered to sit up nnd atten l.to bis Interesting ontological - logical collection , nnfl1 you know , of course. on the Oth of Fcbi inry p f : this year he signed a similar contract \Hth\l t Gorman govern- mont to serve thei .fcxlthfuilyj and today you. , have received the ntercstthg news that he is to bo recalled f ron his position , The Ger mans have discovered'what I'rcgrct to say wo discovered nt Lalcg Albert. "Twontv-tbrco years ago only ono white man could have been found lncentr.il Africa , while today the banks of ttio Congo arc stud ded with villapes. There you "will find that the Belgians , tbo Italians , the French and the Biitish have settled as a result of twen ty-two years of labor. Today there are three railways uniting the Congo basin with tbo Atlantic coast and they nKo unite darkest Africa with the whitest civilisation. I have much to do with all of this. "And now let us hone that nil of tbeso pow ers will use their eftorta to exercise a bene ficial power to relieve Africa from the dark state In which it has too long remained , " An Informal Krceptlnn. As the speaker concluded he was presented with a beautiful lloral horseshoe , bearing the taltsmanic. w0rds18Gr-\Vclcomo-lS90 , ' ' and a card attached announced that It was a gift from ( ho citizens of Omaha to a former resident of the Oato City. An Informal reception was hold upon the stage , and hundreds of people availed them selves of tlio opportunity to greet the famous traveler. Mr. Stanley was supported on cither side by Governor Thayer and Hon. E. Uosowater , the latter Introducing the scores who pressed forward to grasp the hand of the discoverer. The reception lasted less than a quarter of an hour , and Mr. Stanley sought his hotel to obtain much needed rest. Stanley's Arrival. Mr. Stanley and party were met at the depot oy a delegation comprising Mayor Cushlng , Governor Thayer , Mr. E. Uoso water , Dr. Gcorpo L. Miller , Mr. G. M. Hitchcock , Mr. Thomas Swobo , Mr. E. P. Uoggen and Major Ciarkson. The train ar rived at 0:3.'i : o'clock , twcnty-ftvo minutes late , and a crowd at once gathered around the private car containing the distinguished explorer and his party. Major Pond was the first to leave tbo car , and was mot by Mr. Rosowntcr , who introduced him to the other members of the party. Mrs. Pond and MissPend Pond followed , and then came Mrs. Stanley nnd her husband. Mr. Stanley recognized Mr. Kosowater and greeted him , and was by him conducted to the carriage in waiting. The members of the party and the reception committee were thoa driven to thu Millard hotel. I'lctnro and I'rophrcy. "Omaha city , the capital of Nobrasita nnd the terminus of the Union Pncillc railroad , is oeautlfully located on a high , level plateau , forty feet above the highest water mark , on the west bahk'.of ' thTlfllssourl. A low range of bills , gradually rising to an elevation of eighty to ono hundred feet above this plateau , and about ono mile from the river , affords fine locations for private residences. On ono of these hills is the territorial capltol , sur rounded by a park GOO feet square. The mn- oraralc view from..tlcso ) hills , and especially from Capitol Hill , H rurply if over surpassed In picturesque beauty , nnd even grandeur. Below the city , wUtv-lts wide , regular streets , business blocks , ctiurchrosand buildings there , thcrnilroad winding from huge machine shops around the city , then cutting through the hills , passing on its voly mills , warehouses nnd gardens. fl-i . "Tho eye then takes in thq darkly-colored river , making n grcai'nend dl ten or llfteen miles around lowaiBluffs tbo steamboats coming , going or unloiidlug f might and pas sengers on Us bank's , litro and there a raft or I log carried down b-iVw swift current of the river. Throe miles huokof the river , diruclly cast of Omaha. CouncilBluffs , half hidden among the ravines , leaning up against the high walls of the green bluff , This charm ing view of the river and city , hill and plain , affords u novcr-onding sourc'i of pleasure to tbo beholders ) Otnafla-issituated , very nearly on an air line , aim almost half way between Nuw York and Saw Francisco. Her com manding position asV terminus of a railway destined to carry two great traffic between tho. Atlantic and Pacific , probably to revolu tionize the Chinese and Japan trade of the world , Jilvcs her commercial advantages which In the last twelve months have doubled her population , nnd which sooner or later will make her ono of the leading cities of the great northwest. Preparations for building business blocks , churches und private dwell ings next season are being made on a largo scale , aud although hundreds of mechanics a folding table. At night It frequency af forded rest to the weary limbs of tbo over worked city editor or the compositor who was ' "too tired1'to go homo. Some mortal at length reunited the parts and they havo"slnco remained joined hi wedlock. Editors have come , editors have ponot the paper has changed bands and its policy has been amend ed and changed to suit the controlling Inter ests , but that old desk has remained always and maintained the oven tenor of Its exist- enca heedless of the changes. Sometimes In the editorial sanctum , sometimes In the cel lar ; occasionally In the composing room , nnd at , others in the ofllco It has been cut and hnckcdj bedaubed and pcducr.od at the caprice of tho.mortal who has exorcised temporary .control over It. Upon It hnvo been pasted , calendars , funny paragraphs , time cards and oven orations. Some of these go back to the very days of Stanley himself and peep out In an uncertain I mnnnor from beneath broken layers of of other sheets which successively represent the generation of writers the old relic lias accommodated. What tales ot border life , what casualties , what horrors It enabled Stanley to bring Into oxistotirol And what stories has it not slnco plvcn to the world stories of life , death , misery , happiness , de feat , victory I For a time , however , it has been of little use to anybody , being In n re tired spot In the garret in the Hcpubllcan oftlco , whorolt wits discovered b > " an nttncho of TUP. DUE who , years ngo , worked UIMII it frequently from daylight to daylight. Its future may not bo a i > lcaant ono , but what ever bo ItH fate , it will bo difficult to deprive It of the distinction It tins attained ns the "Stanley dcsK. ' The curio Is now on exhibition in tlio rooms of thu I'rcssclub In Tin ; BKI : building. An Insurance Company Winds Up , SAVANNAH , Gn. , Dec. 24. The Savannah flro and marine Insurance company wound up its affairs today , Tbo company was or ganized in 1SSTvlthn cash capital of &JOO.OOO. Threatened adverse IcRWntlon was the princi pal cause of closing up the business , A IlogUH Divorce Lawyer ArreHtcd. NHW YOIIK , loo. 24 , William Duryea Hughes , a lawyer , who ran a bogus divorce are1 expected to arrive hero in the spring , I- doubt whether the supply will be equal to tha demand. " The above is from a letter of Mr. Stanley to the New York Herald , dated February 4 , 1807. It describes the "Omaha City" of his time , of which , however , but a part Is repro duced in the above cut. The view is taken from the lot on which now stands TUB DEP.'S palace of marble and irranite , on which , nt thq time , stood the humble cottage of Mr. E. llesswater , Tun BKK at the time had not come into existence , yet it will not now bo considered a stranger to the distinguished visitor. The largo building designated bva storo-is tbo block on the south Bide of Douglas bo- twcoii Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets in which were located the academy ot' music nnd the Republican ofllco with both of which Mr. Stanley was identified. Aside from the graphic description of Omaha , Mr. Stanley seems to have viewed Omaha' ? future with no uncertain 03-0 , because - cause his every reference to her prosperity and the trade which should pass through her gates has been moro than realized. Tlio Territorial Capitol. The accompanying cut represents the terri torial capitol to which Mr.Stanley makes rofer- cnco in his letter on Omaha city. It occupied the site on which the high school now stands. The area which ho spoke of ns being GOO feet square has been graded , studded with trees , laid out with walks and surrounded1 by a mas sive stone wull. the whole forming ono of the most beautiful school grounds in the country. The gieat exnlorer will find little resemblance between the" old cnpltol and the present school structure which succeeds It , which is ono ot the imposing edifices In tlio city , nnd may bo seen by the traveler long before ho enters the gates of the trana-Mlssoun capltol. The Stanley Desk. The "Stanley Desk" has been a legend In the Republican ofllco formally a day. On it , In years gone by , Stanley did considerable of his writing when the desk was not other wise occunlod by some of the regular attaches of the placo. When ho loft the city some other itinerant claimed it. It was taken in pieces. Part of It did service as a closet and another part as mill on Broadway , was arrested this after noon on n bench warrant Issued on complain t of ox-Mayor Pemlleton of Fort Worth , Tex. , onoof his victims. It was Intimated that Campbell and Buttuer , tluch.es' ex-partners , wquld be arrested soon. NKWFVVXI > L.l XlHift.1 fUttlOUS The Colonial Government Denounced for Its Nnniby-l'uinby Course , HALIFAX , N. S. , Dec. 24 , [ Special Tele gram to TUG BEE. ] Papers from Newfound land represent the people of that island ns being in n furious state of .Indignation over the oftlclal.announcement that , the modus Vivendi between England and Franco Is to bo extended another year and that meanwhile - while England undertakes to effect a settle ment with or without the assent of the New foundland parliament. The colonists de nounce Lord Knutsford's dispatch as the most namby-pamby state paper overissued from the colonial olllce. Tbo Times advocates the transfer of the colony to Franco. A writer in the herald says : "Wo are deter mined that only ono flag shall fly over New foundland and that flag will bo the stars and stripes. If England' docs not do her duty theie is a movement on foot in connection with this matter that will startle the people when parliament meets. " Fun Ahead in Illinois. CHICAGO , Dec. 21. Chairman Jones of the republican state central committee gave notice tonight that the right of live demo cratic stnto senators-elect to sit in the' legis lature would bo contested. This is the latest maneuver in tbo fight for the United States fenatorship. The notices were with held until the last moment allowed by law , the motive for delay being , It Is understood , to avoid stirring up the demo crats to possible reprisals. The state senators UDOII whom notlcis was served nro Noonano ! the First district , Culdwollof the Thirty-ninth , Arnold of the Fifteenth , Daw- Klus of the Seventeenth and ( Joppinger of the Forty-first. General charges of bribing voters with money und promises of onlce In the organization of the general assembly are the main grounds set forth In the contest ex cept as to Dawklns , who is alleged to bo In eligible because of foreign birth. With the contest nuulnst Merrill of Springfield there is now a controversy raised as to half a docn dpmocrntlo beats and two republican The legislature Is almost evenly divided bo- twccn democrats and republicans on joint ballot , with three farmers' alliance men ap parently holding the balance of power. The avowed senatorial candidates so far are Pal mer , democrat , and Farwcll , republican , the present Incumbent , Husk ISxpresHcs Hpgrels. WASIIINOTOV , Dec. 24. This evening Secretary Husk said that ho was sorry to see his name connected with the article recently published giving the farmers' vote on presi dential candidates for 18 ! > 2. Ho sincerely ro- grcttod any attempt to turn the attention of republicans away from President Harrison as a candidate. His administration , ho said , had been a clean one , directed to the best in terest of the whole people , and ho confidently looked for his rcnomlnntlon nndro-clcctlon. ' Chicago' * Hfittcn I'nblio llulldfnir. CiucMfio , Ueo. 2-1 , The continued settling of the walls of the government building re sulted today lit breaking the water plpo and flooding the basement with water. There Is a vast ninount of Christmas mall In the build ing and thousands of Christmas presents , many of them costly , will bo ruined. A IVorln Halo Itobbury. Piom , 111. , Deo. ll.-At 3 o'clock this morning the safe of the oat meal mill was blown open nnd robbed f.f n largo amount of money. Watchman IJobcrt Smith , who caught the robbers at woik. was ' bound , a sack put over his head and ho was tied hi a chair. Tim Coining Czar. llosnuv , Deo. 21 , | SpecIal Cablegram to TUB BEE. ] The czarowltch has arrived hereon on his tour of the oast. Upon landing the czarowltch was received with much pomp nnd ceremony by British civil , military and naval authorities. Kli < > llot-Hii't Want Much. CHICAGO , Dec. 2 < . Miss Mary Patrlco Whit beck , an urtross , began suit today against A. P , Blakeslcc , a young board of trade man , for 20,000 , , fcr breach of promise. Cnno Fields Look I'ramlflliitr. HAVAN'A. Dec. 21. The cano ilelJs In all the sugar producing dlstilcts continue to ex hibit a splendid uppcuranca , excepting these n the eastern part of tbo island , which suf fered from drought. a lie Flrii ) IH NKW YOIIK , Dec , 21 , A private dispatch from London says the resources of Plxloy & Aboil precluded a loss to their creditors. This Is Interpreted in llnniiclnl circles hero to menu that the firm Is cmlmrnwcd. They were largo dealers In bullion , The I'rouuh IlmlKot Adopted. PAUIH , Dec. 21. The chamber of deputies , by n vote of 00 to 29 , today niloiitod the budget with all the senate's modification , Will o Created Cardinal. P.UI ! ? , Deo. 21. [ Special Cablegram to Tun lJr.i.1-Tho GnuloU today announces that at the meeting of the next consistory the ) pope will create Knlhor Monsabro cnrdlj nnl. Father Monsabro belongs to the Do minican order. Natural flan AliiHt 1'ny Duty. WASHINGTON , Dec. 2J. Assistant Seen ) tary Spnulillnti has decided that natural gas piped from Canada Into the United States shall bo sublf ot to the duty ascribed for tin * enumerated manufactured m Holes , vU , lo per cent ad valorem. IliankH lor Knmll Favors. ST , Pr.TKiisiiuiio , Duo. 21. An ofnVInl mossenper says the czar has convoyed to the American colony In this city , through the United States minister , his thnnks for their resolutions expressing gratitude for the full liberty they have enjoyed during Iho pre/sent halt century.t A I'rcnmtiiro Advance. AIIKANOAS CITT , Knn. , Dec. a I. A rumor gained currency hero today that the prcsi * den liail issued a proclamation opening the Cbcrokco strip to settlement , and some 200 families bad moved over the line and staked their claims. They learned tonight to their regret Unit the rumor was untrue and will move back In the morning. Michigan's ( Iriulod Hallway Knroa. DKTUOIT , Mich , , Doc. 24. TIio supreme court'of Michigan today Imndod down nn mportant decision establishing the validity of the graded railway faro act. This pro vides that nil Michigan roads whose gross ES WI passenger cacnings nro 1,000 per mile per miium are limited to 2 cents a mile , earnings between $ . ' ,000 and 1,000 tnSK cents and nil others ! l cents , special provision being made , nowover , for upper peninsular roads , The Hallway Strlko in .Srotlaiul. CJMsnow , Dec. 21. The board of dliectors of the North Jirltlsh railway today decided to prosecute the strikers to the fullest extent of the law. 'Choy also resolved to completely eloao their lines rather than yield to the strikers' demands. The directors of the Northeastern railway are ondo.ivorlng to ar range a conference with the strllcors. The North British company lias entirely closed its underground station here. Pla cards announcing promotion and advanced pay for men loyal to the company hnvo bocn posted conspicuously , The strikers , how ever , maintain a defiant attitude. Tbo loss to tlio railway companies will bo enormous. Tlie strikers hnvo Issued a manifesto do. mnndlng ten hours a day and M per cent extra pay for Sunday work. It Is estimated that 9,000 persons nro now out. Work a most of the coal pits In Lanarkshire 1st stopped In consequence of the strlice. A STOIIV OF THE SEA. Terrible Snirarings of the Crow of the 'Shipwrecked Atlanta. Virronu , B.C. , Dec. 2) ) . [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BKI : . ] The coasting schooner , Katie , returned from the west coast of the IV island today bringing Captain Moshcr nnd eleven men of tbo wrecked barlr , Atlanta , which went down during the recent teirlflo gales. Captain M.oshcr tells a story of fright ful sufferings of the crow of the Atlanta which was owned by Pope & Talbot of Saa Francisco. She left Port Gamble on Decem ber 8 with a cargo of lumber. On December 11 when off Capo Fluttery a succession of heavy gales wcro encountered which carried away all sails. On December 10 thu ves cl commenced leaking. On December - comber 10 the main topmast fell and tbo vessel begun to settle down. On December 17 the ship broke In two , leaving the crew with nothing but a cabin to iloat upon. She drifted all night and on De cember 13 managed to reach Claquoquct , where she was shipwrecked. The crew ro- ceivdd every attention .at the bunds of the men employed In the trading station there. While atClaiiuoquet , Captain Mosher learned that another vessel must have been lost as the Indians had found part of a ship's name , I. S.V. . T. on it. 'J- GKit31 AX Kmperor AVIIliam Becomes Sponsor to tlio Clilltl of a ilolncr. Bniu.i.v , Dee. 21. fSpocIul Cablegram to Tun Bnn. ] Umporor William has consented to act as sponsor of the seventh son of a Slloslnn Joiner , Thy child that Is to bo thus honored was born on tha aamo dny and hour as the youngest child of the emperor. Dr. Peters Las abandoned his lawsuit re garding the seizure of the steamer Neijraby Admiral Frcoirantho , the commander of the British licet on thu east coast of Atrlca. The government's refusal to support him in tbo suit hhs caused Dr , Peters to toke this action. Tbo National Xeitung says that the reports of projected fortifications nt Brcslan had their origin in the fact that the government has planned to erect store depots nt that place. A petition is being circulated against tbo rcadtnlssion of the Jesuits to Germany. The editor of the IClberfuld Frolo I'rosso , a socialist paper , Ls being prosecuted for pub lishing an article ridiculing tho/ears of the Protestants In regard to the Jesuits and pointing out that the Protestants recognize the rules of the Uoman Catholic church. Two thousand weavers of KuletiKohcrg , Silesia , have sent a petition to Emperor Will- lam urging him to Institute nn Inquiry re garding the wages paid to persons employed lu the textile industry. The petition's say that married hand weavers now receive less than 5 marks weekly. I n'EHTKIt\ .tKI\ti The Three landing C < ; nlcrH Hhow a Great Increase Over lmnt Yenr. * CINCINNATI , O. , Deo. 2J. [ Special Telegram - gram toTiiu BISK. ) Tomorrows' Price Cur rent will say The week's packing In the west has aggregated about JCO.OOO hogs for all points against .110,000 the preceding week , 4S5.000 last year , making a total of 3,705,000 .since November 1 , against ! I,2r ! > ,000 last year. The undermentioned places compare ns fol lows : Cltloi. ' I BO ) IM3 Chicago. . , . . . . , , 1 , ? 15,000 , 1,070.00) Kansas CUT 4 , 4iiUOU nu.oou Omulin Stf.lJOU 17l' . ( XXI BlouxClty U'l.OOU iw.oun lmlliin.iiuUa | , , I , VI , 000 Cincinnati IHI.UUO 11:1,01x1 Milwaukee 117,01111 bt. l.oilH , .j. . , , ISI.UIJO 157.0UI Ccdur Unpl ( is 111.000 IOJ.OOO Uuvnlnnil UJ.OOO (7.0011 Ottiiinwn. . . . , . , . . . . . * , . . . . . , . W.KX ) 7,01X1 N'elirnnlia City U.WJO 31,001) POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baklnc powder. of leavonlng strength U. B , Oovtramtnt tort Auc. 17 , ISO *