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-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)
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