Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1890, Page 2

1867-STANLEY IN OMAHA-1890 The Gate Oty Extends a Cordial Weloome to the Greatest of Explorers. AN iMMENSE AUDIENCE AT THE GRAND. History of the Emin Rellef Expedition ~The March Through the Jungles and the Story of the HKear Column, Tywenty-three years ago Henry M. Stanley, filled with the restloss longing for adventure which had led him to America from his Eng- lish home, fired by the tales of western yomance which were then crowding the columns of the eastern press, came to Omaha asa special correspoudent to the New York Herald. After almost a year passed among the then few residents of the metrop- olis, he left Nebraska and the scenes of early newspaper career to become war corre- spondent in Abyssinia, and two years later he started upon a perilous exvedition to as- certain the whereabouts of Dr. Livingstone, the famous African explorer. How he accomplished his dangerous errand and the measure of success that crowned the march of this new Napoleon of explorers is a matter of history. Last night Henry Morton Stanley came back to Omaha, but what & change in the condition of things! Twenty-three vears ago he lert the city virtually unknown except 0 a few Intimates who had learned to love the man for his frankness, his earnestness his bravery. Last night he greeted an audi- ence of 1,800 people congregated at the Grand opera house to welcome this intrepid spirit who had effected the relief of Emin Pasha, wecompassed by the hostiles lost amid the almost inpenetrable fastnesses of Africa. Mr. Stanley’s au embraced veople of I ranks, profession: ns in life. iterary people, lawyers, physicians, mer- chants, teachers and musicians were there, and to show the power the magic name of Stanley cxercises over adven- furous minds ~ might bo cited the Jarge number of youths and school boys that were in the auditorium seats. To the right and left of the stage, the boxes were resplendent in light and color. In the first box to the left of the stage on the lower tier were Mr. and Mrs. B, 1Y Smith, Miss Smith, Mr. Farnam Smith. In _the next box sat Mrs. Max Moyer Mrs Moritz Meyer, Mrs. Simon Iisher. The adjoining box was occupicd by Mrs, Miner, wife of the manager of the opera house, Mr. and Mrs. Blood, Mr. ana Mrs, C. B, Moore, Miss Margaret Moore and Mr. George Miner. In the last box on the left side sat Mrs. Cramer, Misses Lrene and Jessie Byrnes, In the right hand box near the “stage sat Mrs, Clement Chase and her mother, Mrs. Edwards. Bucthe next box was vacant. Mrs. Stanley aad her mother, Mrs, Tennant, for whom it had been' beauti- fully decorated with the English Jack prettily draped behind, were not there. They had decided to spend Christmas eve around a cosy grate fire in the Millard, ullowing Mr. Stanley fo fight his African battles over agaw alone, unaided by the presence of the divinity who has come i is life, is guest and relief of Edward X Emin Pasha. The third box was occupied by Dr. George L., Miller and Mrs. Miller; the last by Dr. Mercer and his family. In the body of the house which rejresented the culture ana the social life of the city were noticed Mr. and Mrs. B. E. B. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs, H. D. Estabrook, Judge and Mrs. McCullough, Judge and Mrs. Hopewell, Judge H. J. Davis, and Mrs, Fred Millard, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mr and Mrs. Elmer Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turner, Miss Turaer, Mr. Curtis Tugher, Mrs. C. H. Briggs, Mr. C. Henvy Briggs, Hon. A. J. Poppleton, Miss Popple- ton; Miss Kate Bell, Miiton Barlow, Charles Oftutt, H. B. Hodges, Charles Guion, Dr. Sussdorff, J. B. Fauce, past master of the Ancient Order of ['ree and Accepted Masons of Nebraska The andience began coming into the Grand early in the evening and by 8 o'clock the listeners were nearly all seated, “The stage had been very effectively arranged for the occasion, tnrough the excellent efforts of Mr. Louis Baer, the stage manager. Over theorchestra stalls was built a wide platform, upon either end of which two gas jets were placed, surmounted by y globes. Down the front the American and Enghsh tlags were interlaced, the whole rettily surmounted by the Engish Jack. 'he stage proper was set with a wood in- terior, suggestive of the fastnesses of equa- torial 'Africa, while in the distance a small body eof water glistened under the broad Lights, faintly recalling to the explorer Lake Albert Nvanza. Large luxurious arm chairs ‘were placed around the stage while two or three rows of seats stretched back to the third entrance. Occupying seats upon the stage were a number of Omahw's representative citizens, Among them were Governor Thayer and wife, Mayor Cushing and daughter, Hon, E. Rosewater and wife, ex-Mayor Charles H. Brown, Colonel Thomas Swobe and wife, Judge Dundy, Judge Wakeley, Judge Clark: son, Postmaster Clarkson, Hon. E. P. Rog- n, Henry W. Yates, Euclid Marti H, 3ulou, J. W. Paul, Thomas Boyd, Di Mercer, Julius Festner, Dr. O. 5. Woods, Judge Doane, H. K. Burket and wife, Benja- min F, Smith of Boston, Jesse Lacey and Reyv. Dr. Merrill, At & quarter after eight Governor Thayer, Mayor Cushing and Mr. Rosewater escorted M. Stanley to hisseat upon the stage, amid loudand long continued applause. Mayor Cushing very briefly addressed the audience, stating that the distinguished gentlemu: who wus to be the speaker of the evening was at one time a citizen of Omaha. That was twenty-three years ago, but the older settlers remembered him very well. In tho years that had elapsed since that time the gentleman had marked pages in history that would go down to the end of time. Omaha bad also experienced marvelous changes, but rejoiced to extend a hearty welcome to its old- time resident. g Hon. E. Rosewater was ncxt introduced. He said that it was now something like twenty-three years since a Joune Bohemian, modest, robust, vigorous and butlittle known, came ' to this oty. Ho wus sent here as correspondent by the New York Herald and the speaker, who was then local manager for the old Pacific telegraph company, was associated with him more or less from duy to day. The news- paper correspondent frequently visited the telograph_office to transact business, aud finally called one day to say that ho was about to start for Abyssinia. In the course ofa few days they parted company, and did not meet aguin until ubout three yoars ago in the city of New York. The first time that he heard from bis ubsent friend after his departure from Omuha was when the New York Herald received news of the Abyssin- fan war, even before the report was received by the British war ofice at London. He then recognized in the foreign wur corre- spondent a true newspaper man of the first magnitude. Years 1olled by and the discoy- ery of Livingston was reported, and it dawned upon tho speaker that Henry M. Stanley had achicved fame and was bound to go down the ages as the greatest discoverer of modern time Since then he had passed years in journalism and stood there as the representative of the Omaha press ana western journalism to la; tribute at the feet of that sawe Heury M. Stanley as the man whom Omaba was™ glad to honor. Mayor Cashing then ntroduced Governor Thayer, with the request that he would pre- side over the meeting. The governor nni«“ “Ladies and Gentlemen: It is deemied by me a distinguished honor to be called upon to preside at thxs meeting and introduce the gentleman who s to address you. We ure lad to hiave this opportunity of listening to gln. It 'was his privilege to godown into the of Africa and discover Livingstone. t was his privilege to found the freestates of the Congo and found & new republic, d it was also his priviege to iscover the scource of the Congo. Mr, Stanley, in the name of the state of Ne- braska, which I have the honor to represent, to & most hearty welcome, Mrlnu(nfl us no intelligence you to show whether you were still in land of the living or bad passed to the beyond. Word came to us later, how- the news of your wonderful discoveries, LI'now take ploas- | spiere of influence shall be. ure, lIad and gentlemen, injJpresenting to you Henry M. Stanley.", The distifiguished gpoaker was accorded a flattering rodopuion. ' o THE LECTURE. The Story of the March Through At ricn Graphically Told. € 2 Mr. Stanley spoke as foblows “Your Excellency; Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen —A great change has been made in the map of Africa this year. Somotning like 6,000 square miles, nearly double the size of these United States, have been appor- tioned among the Kuropean powers, and though I say it myself, it is probably duc ina great meastre to the Jarge intevest excited in Burope by our arrival on the east coast of Africa ~ with the object of our quest and _rescue, ermany has nerced with Great Britain what s It has S00,- wn square miles of the Dark Continent, Britain has taken 750,000 square miles of cast Africa, France has 000 square miles, jven littie Portugal has manageéd to take 850,000 square miles, while I\«lf‘ has been qiven nearly 1,000,000 square miles from the Job river to the houndary separati sinia from the frontiers of Ezypt. 2 Abys- The cause of this great change in Africa was the object of the quest. Small as be was, he was the cause of 4 tremendous effoct, und the cause of causes s knowledgeand knowledge is power “T will speak tonight wholly about the quest and rescue of Emmn Pasha, the great orests of equatorial Africa, the mountains of tne Moon, the pigmies and the cannibals. “Before starting, thie British forelgn ofice handed me printed copies of all of Emiu's letters from Africa and his reports to Egypt, and naturally, not knowing anything of the man, 1 studied these with the clos- est attention; and in consequence I soon' became an enthusiastic admirer of him myself. He appeared tome to be a kind of an amalgamate character, possessing cer- tain characteristics such as distinguished Cromwell, F'ancier, the dictatorof Paraguay, and Gordon. His sentiments were devout and noble; his loyalty was very evident, while his determination and his philanthropy were admirable. I was greatly touched by such expressions as these: ‘I shall reman myself at my post, with my black troops, until my government, informs me as to its wishes, We propose to hold out here against the Madhist people until we are overwhelmed ana perish.’ “In 1886 Emin Pasha was described as a second Gordon, as a model of firm-minded- ness, prudence and cou as & man having high administrative abi s and great sa- gacity, and as being somewhat devoted to the study of natural history and botany. Dr. Felkin of Edinburg, led, |)vlsslhly by pas- sionate friendship for him, sketched for the admiration of the world a tail military hero and invested him with the most splen- did qualities. According to him Emin had been the means of getting a sur- plus from the Soudan of over #4,000,- 000 per annum. As no oue at that time could possibly criticise such statements, they came to be generably believed and considerable en- thusiasm was excited for nhim. Emin was known to have been appointed to the {)‘nsl of governor of Equatoria by General Gordon and it was argued that as Gordon was a good judge of men, Emin must bea unique ¢ acter. Emin's letters also from overflowed with such beautiful sentiments of deyotion to his work, self abnega- tion, love for Afvica and its people, that the hearts of all true philan: thropists warmed toward him. After the re- ceipt of his appeals forhelp from Africasev- eral Scotchmen and Englishmen, under the influence of Sir William McKinnon, con- tributed several thousard pounds to form a relief fund, and the Eigyptaan government un- dertook to furnish an equal sum. Out of this relief fund an expedition was. equipped, and the command was entrusted to me. orders from the relief committee were mainly verbal. WPhey amounted simply to this: that I was to convey u certain ~quantity of am- munition "~ to him on am shore of toe Albert Nyanza, and lend such® other aid as U could, and then retire. But the Egyptian government having contributed one-half the money through Nuher Pasha, the prime minister, added that I was to take such men as were willing to return through Egypt, even Emin if he choose, but Emin was 1o be left to be guided by his own choico entirely; only he was to understand that if he rejected the aid that I brought to him by order of his government, he was to expect no aid from Egypt, inasmuch as Egypt and ireat Britain had resolved that the soudan should be abandoned. . “Having sketched out for you the manner of man wo conceived him to be, I now pro- pose to describe to you how we proceeded to effect his rescue and to suggest what kind of 4 character was developed before us—my of- ficers and myself. “Some of syou will remember, no doubt, that in November, 1886, I returned to New York, after an absence of fourteen years, with a view of lecturing. Not being quite prepared for such a warm welcome as [ re- ceived that year, for I remember only too well the hootings and the howlings and the skeptical cynicism thut manifested itself in the American press about, the assistance ren- deved to Livingstone~I had introduced in the lecture azrcement a clause that I could retire from the lecturing tour any timel should be called to resume my dutie Afriea. After delivering eleven lectures the call came and [ ibssed the lectures down and cried: **“Thank heaven for somcthing nobler than to play the montebank —ou the rostrum for skeptical, cynical people.”” +On Decemuer 21 1 had arrived at South- ampton and & month later the expedition was organized and cquipped. Had my means only been equal te my opportuuities I might have emptied the public schools, the univer- sities, the colleges, | ight almost say the nurseries of Great Britain, so numerous were tne applicants to bo joined to me in the adventurous quest I was about to undertake, “We arrived at the island of Zanzibar on February 2. Our goods were shipped and our men ware embarked and four duys later we set gut from Zanzibaxr on board the steam- ship Majahra, to sail around the Cape of | Good Hope aud areived “at the mouth of the Congo on March 15, Aboard our steamer we numbered nine white officors, Zanibars, sixty-four Soudanese soldiers, four Zumahles, Tippoo Tib and ninety-six of nis followers, altogether 796 souls.” Tippoo Tib, ia consid- eration of his promise to lend us the services of 600 carriers, was to be allowed froe board and passage all the way from Zanzibar to Africa | 3 “THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: IR THURSDAY, fi DECEMBER 25, 1890 . OMAHA IN 1867, Stanley Falls, 1,400 miles from the ocean. ¢ The mounth of the Congo, as [told you, we reached on the 18th of Marc and the next day we embarked ou board river steamers and a gunboat and steamed up to Mautumba, 100 miies from the sea, We then began a land march of %5 miles, which ended at Stauley pool. Above the pool we had a mag- nificent and uninterupted waterway of about one thousand miles, during which the course of the Congo spreads about three-qiarters of a mile sixteen miles in width. We chose to_ disembark at Yambuya, 1,400 miles from the ocean, at the head of naviga. tion of the Congo and at the foot of the rapids of that name on the Aruwimi river, one of the principal tributaries of the Congo. The steam flotilla reached Yunibuya on’ June 15. We had thus been 110 days from Zanzi- bar, having voyaged 4,000 miles by sea, traveled miles by land and steamed by river 1,:0) miles, We were now at a point exactly 324 geographical miles due west of Lake ~ Albert. All this auce between Yambuya and Lake Albert was utterly un- known to any oné outside of Africa at this period, nor had 1 met an Arab or native who could give me the least information respect- it “Then for the first time we met natives of the forest region who seemed disposed to ex- change a few words with us. Hitherto they had artfully eluded us. We had passed num- bers of small villages, but their owners, after securing tho paths around the ages, had senrried into the darkest recesses to hide, leaving us to feed on the bananas and the plantains and the manioc comparatively un- molested. Wo burned to kuow whether there was any grass land or open country o the cast, the north or the south, We picked up u grass blade from the river side and held it up to view and asked them: ‘Is there any- thing likethis growing in your neighborhood Itwas _difiicult to make ‘them understand at first, but when they did so 1t struck them as being a very absurd question, for to them all their world was alike, with nothing but trees and taves and trees; a tree world crammed with count- less trees, under the foliage 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 view even more forbidding than the experieuces of the past month had been. U to this period they had been animated wit! the hope that the forest was but a decply 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 grows darker with the very gloomy fancies which they have of the 0ld oF tho “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 rolling through the cracked corridors of the forest, and the impenetrable darkness. As they lie cuddled in their little dawp huts ot night the wild winds roar above them—they come with the sound of overwhelming billows—the trees groan and grind and stageer and fall and crash to the earth with such shocks and sound that our hearts leap in fitful leaps at the dismal sound, What tongue can relate the horrors these poor people feel. I[t.may be that the next morning fvhen they hear the sounds of the whistle and the officers’ voices ring out in the dawn, and the blare of the soudanese trumpet is beard, and theve is a stiv and tumult of preparation and action, that the Tmorbid thoughts of the night and. the mem- ories of their terrible dream will be effaced for the time. But when the files have begun to move solemuly and slowly through the woods ngain, théy renew their morbid fancies and ask themselves, ‘How long! how long is this to last! Must the joy of our lives end thus? Must we jog on day after day througn this cheemess gloom and its joyless dampness, in which we stagger and fall! +On Janaar, ived at Bobo once more, at_a di miles from Lake Albert. Here we rested for thirteen days to recuperate and repair the waste of the wil- derness, and the effect was such on our peo- ple that most of the men increased in bodily weight at the rate of & pound per day. At this place the natives could tell " us of a [{n‘u» land they bad seen, which was five days’ journcy off, and this revived the people, but it was twelve days before we came to tne end of the forest, and finally, on the 106th day, we passed out of the eternal gloom and emerged into the light of broad day shining over one of the loveliest lands we had ever seen. “Tho nearer we drew towards the lake tho more warlike the matives seemed tobe; it was nolonger the lying in wait bohind a 1 t) drive the spear, or the crouching behin the buttress of a tree or stump; but they ran forward, in fighting mobs, the bravest i the front, each tribe or section of tribe. uttering the most frightful noiso, and all alike clamor- ous and rushing to the war. “After five days we came where we could look down on a-broad, deep valley. At ono end of it was @ portion of the southérn end.of the Albert Nyanza. Seventy miles south was the Albert Edward Nyanza, and before us, opposite the place where we st0od, #rose a mass of mountains, which I named the mountalns of the Moon; the summits and the slopes for 3,000 feet were covered with per- petual snow. The helght of these, mountains } and matter, and within | affords a never-en: was between cighteen and nincteen thousana feot above the levelof the sea. A singular thing about thess mountains is that the travelers, Sir Samuel and Lady Baker in 1564, Mason Bey in 1877 and Emin Pasha in 1888, should hayve been in observing distance and never had an opportunity to view them. Samuel Baker chose a hill five miles exactly from the south end of the lake and looked towards the position where the snowy mountains are to be found. He said in an elevated toneof voice, ‘I look towards the southwest and I see an illimitable fresh water sea_stretching beyond limits, and yet, he was within easy view of them had they not been covered by mists. “‘And still another discovery we made was that of the Albert Edward Nyanza., ln ancient times this was ealled by the Arab the sea of darkness, whose water was said to be swoeter than honey and more fragrant than musk, I regret w say that I couldn’t endorse the statement that it was as muddy as is the waters of the muddy Mississippi, it is infi- nitely preferable. Quitting the head waters of the Nile and ascending some 3,00) feet, wo come toa beautiful grass land extendine as far as the south end of the Victoria Nvanza, inhabited with people superior to the common African that you are accustomed to see, who have-come from the west and the castern coast and tho Iste of Madagascar. After along march of 500 miles, we were re- ceived by thekings with free, genuine hos- ptality,” Atthe south end of Lake Victoria, where we arrived August 31 last year, we found a large reserve of stores de. posited there, After enjoying an abundanc of good food and a long-needed rest we set out’ to undertake the last of our long journey across Africa. On Decembx 4, last yoar, we wore escorted on horsebac -just think of it, riding in state in Central Africs or in equatorial Africa on horseback. In the afternoon of that day a weary expedition filed in to lay their weary burden of sick and worn creatures down for the last time, our journey of 6,032 miles from the wostern 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 officers, consuls, captains, majors and lientenants after astyle Twould doubt whether Omaha, with all ‘its grand hootels, could excel. The utmost cor- diality and graceful specches, as thereshould be delivered after a banquet, were delivered there, but not tha- graceful and finished speech was that 6 he pasha, both in style ten minutes after- ward the pasha went away from the banquet hall and m‘svn:}_\' in some unaccountable manuer, fell over the wallof the balcony into the street, aljout’ eighteen fect below He came near tprminating his life there and then, the very first day hisown coun- trymen, after @n absenco of thirteen yéars lad embraped him. You kuow, of course, that he was' taken to the German hospital, and that }hvea surgeons ministered to him. ~ You know, of course, that in less than a month hd Wasisufiiciently recovered 10 sit up and attenfl, to his interesting ento- logical _collection, ‘and’ you know, of course, on the 6th of Febrpipr, 'ef this year he signed a similar contract nfi he German vern- ment to serve themy gaithfuily; and today you, have received the fnteresting news that he is to be recalled from his position, The Ger- mans have discovered ‘what I regret to say we discoverced at Lalke Albert. “Twenty-three yeats ago only one white man could have been found in central Africa, while today the banks of the Congo are stud- ded with villages. There you will find that the Bel, Ttalians, the French and the Br result of twen- there are three sin_with the also unite darkest zation. 1 have railways uniting the Congo b utic coast and the ca with the whitest civ much to do with all of this. “*And now let us hope that all of these pow- ors will use their eflorts to excrcise a bene- ficial power to relieve Africa from the dark state in which it bas too long remained.” An Informal Ieception. As the speaker concluded he was presented with a beautiful floral horseshoe, bearing the talismanic words, “1867—W elcome~-1890, and a card attached announced that it was a gift from the citizens of Omaha to a former resident of the Gate City. An informal reception was held upon the stage, and hundreds of people availed them- selves of the opportunity to greet the famous traveler. Mr. Stanloy was supported on cither side by Governor Thayer and Hon. E. Rosewater, the latter introducing the scores who pressed forward to grasp the hand of the discoverer. The recoption 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 tho depot oy a delegation comprising Mayor Cushing, Governor Thayer, Mr. E. Rose- water, Dr. George L. Miller, Mr. G. M. Hitchcock, Mr. Thomas Swobe, Mr. E. P. Roggen and Major Clarkson. The train ar- rived at 6:35 o'clock, twenty-five minutes late, and a crowd at ounce gathered around the private car containing the distinguished explorer and his party. Major Pond was the first to leave the car, and was met by Mr. Rosewater, who introduced him to the other members of the party. Mrs. Pond and Miss Pond followed, and then came Mrs. Stanley and her husband. Mr. Stanley recognized Mr. Rosewater and groeted him, and was by him conducted to the carriuge in waiting. The members of the party and the reception i']o?l;uillcu were then driven to the Mitlard otel. Picture and Prophecy. “Omaha city, the capital of Nebraska and the terminus of the Union Pacific railroad, is oeautifully located on a high, level plateau, forty feet above the highest water mark, cn the west banicof thd Mssouri. A low range of hills, gradually rising to an elevation of eighty to one hundred feet above this plateau, and about one mile from the river, affords flne locations for private residences. On one of these hills is the tevritorial capitol, sur- rounded by a pari 600 feet square. The pan- oramic view from, these hills, and especially from Capitol Hill, if rarply if ever surpassed in picturesque beauty, and even grandeu Below the city, widh.its wide, r ar streets, business blocks, ehueetrés and buildings there, therailroud winding from huge machine shops around the city, then cutting through the hills, passing on ' its waly mills, warehouses and gardens. \ “The eye then takes ip the darkly-colored river, makinga great®Bend of ten or filteen miles around Iowa 1Bluffs the steamboats coming, golig or unlgiling (gt und pos- seugers on its banks, hyre and tnere a raft or log carried down by thb swift ent of the river. Three miles buekof th r, directly east of Umaha, Council:Bluffs, hall 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, soures of pleasure to the beholders; Omalilvis situated very nearly on an air line, ana almost half way between Now York and San Francisco. = Her cof munding position as: terminus of a raillway destined to carry the great traffic between the Atlantie and “Padific, probubly to reyolu- tionize the Chinese and an trade of the world, #ives her comme advantages which in the last twelvemonths have doubl her population, and which soouer or later will make her one of the leading cities of tho great northwest. Preparations for building business blocks, churches and private dwell- ings next season are being made on @ large scale, ud aithough hundreds of mechanics are expected to arrive heve in the spring, T doubt whether the supply will be equal to the demand.” The above is from a letter of Mr. Stanley tothe New York Herald, dated February 4, 1 It describes the *Omaha City" of his time, of which, however, buta part is repro- duced in the above cut. The view is taken from the lot on which now stands Tur Bee’s palace of marble and granite, on which, at the tirme, stood the humble cottage of Mr. E. Rosewater, TuEe Bee at the time had not come into existence, yet it will not now be considered a stranger to the distinguished visitor, The large building designated by a store is the block on the south side of Douglas be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets in which were located the academy of music and the Republican office with both of which Mr. Stanley was identified. Aside from the graplic description of Omaha, Mr. Stanley seems to have viewed Omaha's future with no uncertain eye, cause his every reference to her prosperity and the trade which should pass through her gates has been more than realized. The Territorial Capitol. The accompanying cut represents the terri- torial capitol to which Mr.Stanley makes rofer- ence in his letter on Omaha city. It occupied the sito on which the high school now stands. The area which he spoke of as being 600 feet square has been graded, studded with trees, laid out with walks and surrounded by a mas- sive stone wall, the whole forming one of the most beautiful school grounds in the country. The great exolorer will find little resemblance betweon the old capitol and the present school structure which suceoeds it, which is one of the imposing edifices in_the 'city, and may be seen by the traveler long before he enters the gates of the trans-Missour: capitol. The Stanley Desk. The “Stanley Desk” bas been a legend in the Republican office for many a day. On it, in years gone by, Stanley did considerable of his writing when the desk was not other- wise oceunied by some of the regulur attaches of the place. ‘When he left, the city some other itinerant claimed it. It was taken in pieces. Part of it did service as a closet and another part as a folding table. At night it frequently af- forded restto the weary limbs of the over- worked city editor or the compositor who was “roo tired'’ to go hoise. Some mortal at length reunited the parts they have since remained joined in wedlock. "“Editors have come, editors have gone; the paper has changed hands 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 even tenorof its exist- ence heedless of the changes. Sometimes in the editorial sanctum, sometimes in the cel- lar; oecasionally in_the composiug room, and at others in the office it has been cut and hacked, bedaubed and pedizened at the caprice’ of the,mortal who has exercised temporary ,coufrol over it. Upou it have been pasted, calendars, funny paragraphs, time cards and even orations. Some of these the genoration of writers the old relic has accommodated. What tales of border lfe, what casualties, what horrors it enabled Stanley to bring’ nto oxistence! And what stories lns it not since given to the world stories of life, death, misery, happiness, de feat, victory! For a_time it hos boen of little use to wnybod: n a re tired spot in tho garret Hepublican oftice, where it was discoverod by an attacho of Tiik Bek who, years ago, worked upon it frequently from daylight to daylight. Its future may not be n_pleasant one, but what- ever be its fate, it will be dificult to deprive itof the distinction it has attained as the “Stanley desk.” The curio is now on exhibition 1n the rooms of the Press club in Titk Ber builaing. “The Savannah firo and marine fnsurance company wound up its affairs today, The company W nized in 1857 with a cash capital of §: Threatened adverse legislation was the princi- pal causo of closing up the business, AL A r ey A Bogus Divorce Lawyer Arrested. NEW York, Doc. 24— William Dury Hughes, a lawyer, who ran abogus divorce o back to the very days of Stamey fSmscit” ana peep out in an uacertain manner from benesth broken layers of of other sheets which successively represent mill on Broadway, was arrested this after noon on a beuch warrant issued on complaln t of ex-Mayor Pendleton of Fort Worth, Tex., one of his vietims. It was intimated that Campbell and Buttner, Hughes’ ex-partners, would be arrested soof NEWFOUNDLANDERS FURIOUS The Colonial Government Denounced for Its Namby-# Hiupax, N. 8., Dec. gram to Tne Bee.]—Papers from Newfound- land represent. the people of that island as being in a furious state of indignation over the officiul, announcement that. the modus vivendi between England and Franceis to be extended another year and that mean- 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 us the mnost namby-pamby state paper ever issued from the colonial office. Tk Vi the transfer of the colony to writer in the Herald says: *We are deter- mined that only one flag shall fly ovor New- foundland and that flag will be the stars and If tngland does not do he s & movement on foot in conneetion s matter that will startle the people ‘when parliament meets.”” gt g Fun Ahead in Hlinois. Cmicaao, Dec. 24.—Chairman Jones of the republican state central committee gave notice tonight that the right of five demo- cratic state senators-clect to sit in the' legis- lature would bo contested, This is the latest maneuver in the fight for the United States sfenatorship. Thenotices were with- neld 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 upon whom notice was served are Noonan of the First district, Caldwell of the ‘Thirty-ninth, Arnold of the Fifteenth, Day- kins of the' Seventeenth and Coppinger of the Forty-first. General charges of bribig voters with money and promises of office in the organization of the gencral assembly are the main grounds set forth in_the contest. ex- cept as to Dawkias, who is alleged to be in- eligible because of foreign birth, With the contest against Merritt of Springfield there is now u controversy raised us to haif a dozen democratic seats and two republican, The legislature is almost ovenly divided be. tween democrats and republicans on joint ballot, with three farmers' alliance men ap- parentiy holding the balance of power. The avowed senatorial candidates so far are Pal- mer, democrat, and Farwell, republican, the present incumbent, i Rusk Expresses Regrets. WasmxGroy, Dec. .—This evening Secretary Rusk said that he was sorry to see his name connected with the article recentl; published giviug the farmers’ vote on pre dential candidates for 1802, Ho sincerely ro- gretted any attempt to turn the attention of repuvlicaus away from President Harrison asa candidate, ilis administration, he said, had been a clean one, directed to the best in- terest, of the whole people, and he confidently looked for his renomination and re-election, S — Chicago's Rotten Public Building. Criroago, Dec, 24.—The continued settling of the walls of the government building re- sutted today it breaking the water pipe_and flooding the basement with water. There s a vast amount of Christmas mail in the build- ingand thousands of Christmas _presents, many of them costly, will be ruined. e, 24.—At 2 o'clock this morning the safe of the oat meal mill was blown open and robbed ¢f a large amount of money. Watchman Robert Smith, who caught the cobbers at work. was ~boumd, @ sack putover his head and he was tied in a chair. r. Boymy, Dec. 24— Special Cablogram to Tuk Bee.] —The czarewitch has arrived here onhis tour of the east. Upon landing the czarewiteh was received with much pomp and ceremony by British civil, military and naval authoritie o A R She Docsn't Want Much, Cricaco, Dec. 2. — Miss Mary Patrice Whitheck, an actress, began sult today against A. P. Blakeslee,n young board of trade man, for §20,000, fcr breach of promise. Cane Fields Look Promising. Havaxa, Dec. 24.—The cane flelds v all the sugar producing districts continue to ex- hibit & splendid appearance, excepting those 1 the eastern part of the island, which suf- fered from drought. B st The Firm is Embarrased. New Youk, Dec. 24.—A private dispatcix from London says the resources of Pixloy & Abell precluded” a loss to their ereditors, This s interpreted in tinancial circles here to mean that the firm is embarrased. They were large dealers in bullion, P e i The French Budget Adopsed, Pans, Dec. 24, Thochamber of deputies, by @ vote of 360 to 20, today adopted the budget with all the senate's modification, - Will Be Oreated Cardinal. Pans, Doc. 9. —[Special Cablegram to Tur Bek.|-The Gaulols today announces thatat the meeting of the next consistory the pope will create Father Monsabro cardi} nal. Father Mousabre belotgs to the Dot miniean order A e Natural Gas Must Pay Du WasHINGToN, Dee, 24— Assistant Seero tary Spaulding has decided that natural gas piped from Camda wito the United States skail b subfect (o tho duty aseribed for un- enumerated manufactured articles, viz, 10 per cont ad valorem, eciierlesin Thanks for Small Favors. St Perensnvee, Doc. $4.—An oMeial messonger says the czar has conveyed to the Amorican colony in this city, through tho Unitea States minister, his thanks for their resolutions ox prossing gratitude for the full liverty they have enjoyed during the present half century. et i A Premature Advance. Ankaxsas Ciry, Kan,, Dee. 34—A rumor gained curremcy here today that the prosi- den bad issued o proclumation opening the Cherokee strip to settlement, and some 200 families had moved over tho line and staked their claims. They learned tonight to their regret that the rumor was untruo and will move back in the morning. pERISTH T Michigan's Graded Rallway Faros. Demrort, Mich, Dec. 24.—The supremo court of Michigan today handed down an important decision establishing the validity of the graded rallway fare act. This pro vides that all Michigan roads whose gross since November 1, against 3, passenger eagnings are £3,000 per mile por annum are limited to 2 cents a mile, earnings between 32,000 and £3,000 to 215 cents and all others 3 cents, special provision being made, however, for upper peninsular roads. - The Ra Strike in Scotland. Grasaow, De 1.-The board of directors of the North British railway today decided to prosecute the strikers to the fullest ext of the law, ‘They also resolved to complet close their lines rather than yield to tho strikers’ demands. The directors of the Northeastorn railway are endeavoring to ar- range a conference with the strikers. The North Bri company has entively closed its underground station here, Pla- cards annouucing promotion and advanced pay for men loyal to the company have been posted conspicuously, The strikers, how- over, maintuin a defiant attitude, The loss to the railway companies will bo enormous, T'he strike have issued a manifesto de. manding ten hours a day and 50 per cent extra pay for Sunday work, Itis estimateq that 9,000 persons are now out. Work a most of the coal pits in Lanarkshire ist stopped in cousequence of the strike, ASTORY OF THE SEA, Terrible Sufferings of the Crew of the Shipwrecked Atlanta. Vicronn, B, Dec. 24.——([Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee. | —The coasting schooner, Katie, returned from the west coast of the island today bringing Captain Mosher and eleven men of the wrecked bark, Atlanta, which went down during the recent terrific gales. Captain Mosher tells a story of fright- ful sufferings of the cre of the Atlanta which was owned by Pope & Taibot of San Francisco, She left Port Gamble on Decem- ber8 with a cargo of lumber. On December 11 when off Cape Flattery asuccession of heavy gales were encountered which carried away al sail On December 10 the vessel commenced leaking, On De- cember 16 the main topmast fell and the vessel began to settle down. On December 17 the ship broke in two, leaving the crew with nothing but a cabin to float upon. She drifted all night and on De- cember 18 managed to reach Claquoquet, whore she was shipwrecked. The crew r ceived every attention at the hands of the men employed in the trading station there. ‘While atClaquoguet, Captain Mosher learned that another vessel must have been lost as the Indians bad found part of a ship's name, LS. W.T. onit, eI, - " GERMAN GOSSIP. Emperor William B the Child ot a Berniy, Dec. 24.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bee. ] —Emperor William has consented to act as sponser of the seventh som of & Silesian joiner, The child that is to be thus honored was born on the same day and hour as the youngest child of the emperor, Dr. Peters has abandoned his lawsuit re- garding the seizure of tho steamer Neera by Admiral Freeranthe, the commander of the British flcet on the east coast of Africa. The government's refusal to support him in the suit hhs caused Dr, Peters to take this action. The National Zeitung says that the reports of projected fortifications st Breslan had their origin in the fact that the government has planned to ercct store depots at that, place. A petition is heing circulated against the readmission of the Jesnits to Germuny. The editor of the Elberfeld Freie Presso, a soclalist paper, is bein prosecuted for pub- lishing an article ridiculing the fears of the Protestants in regard to the Jesuits and pointing out that the Protestants recognize the rules of the Roman Catholie church, Two thousand weavers of Eulemgeberg, Silesia, have sent a petition to Emperor Will- fam urging him to institute an inquiry re- garding the wages paid 1o _persons emploved in the textile i stry. The petitions say that married hand weavers now receive less than 5 marks weekly. mes Sponser to i O I WESTERN PACKING INTERESTS The Three Leading Centers Show a Great Increase Over Last Year. Cincinsan, O., Dec. 24.—[Spocial Tele-" gram toTse Bie,)—Tomorrows’ Prico Cur- rent will say: The week’s packing in the west has aggregated about 400,000 hogs for all points against 510,000 the preceding week, 485,000 1ast year, making a total of 3,7 )00 last year. The undermentioned places compare as fol- lows : Citles. Chicago Kanuas City. [ e Milwaukee. St Louls. . .. Codur Kaplas. « Absolutely Pure. A oremm of tartar baking powder. Hi| of leavening strength—U. 8. Government Aort Aug. 17, 1800 e RBe-