The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-11
4 SONS CRUELTY.
Tho Mother Of Stanley the Explorer
Q Pouper.
What She Alleges Regarding Her
Sons Harry Li1e He Change
Of Name-Undliol
Conduct.

Sons Dslly Lite His Change
Of Name Undlial
Conduct.
Among the most remarkable Of the
many curious stories which are heard
from time to time among the inmates of
charitable institutions Is the following,
which is just being whispered around
this city and the accuracy vi which II
beyond question Living In the Home
OF the Little Sister. Of the PtrDr, in tho
outskirts of Baltimore, is an old lady
named Johanna Eastway, who il proved
by irrcfragi6le evidence to III the moth
or of Henry NJ. Stanley, the w0rlll-rc-
nOwncd African explorer. Mn. East
way was born in County Cork, Ireland,
nearly seventy years ago. Her father
was u butcher named Haukens, and
lived until she had grown to woman
hood. She married Ca tain Henry
Eastway, seaman, In 1887, and shortly
thereafter the couple lett Great Britain
and came to Baltimore, from which port
the husband sailed on periodic voyages
accompanied by his wife.
THE SONS BIRTH AND REAL. NAME.
A few years later the couple moved to
New York, where, Oh OctOl'cr ::6, lS4%,
Henry n. Stanly, the explorer, was
born. He was christelsl by Father
Smith in st. James Roman Catholic
Church, William Henry Eastway, hut,
~ his good mother says: ''FOr some
name later in life tO Henry NJ. stan
Icy" When the hoy was years old thu
family returned tn England tn live, and
in 1855 the father .li.xi am.l was buried
away from home, ami his sOn ran away
to s<sl. This WAS the last the mother
saw Of her ..,,, until the funeral Of I4iv-
ingston in Westminster Abbey.
Ans. Eastwav r.rOgnizcu stanley III
her SON ut once. ami relates the *lllts&.-
',llent events in the following pathetic
manner:
My companion, Captain Lamont, to
satisfy me, asked who Stanley was, and
replied, "Why, that IL Henry Stanley.
the man who discovered Livingstone.
Shortly after the question had b<en
asked and answered, StNnley's eyes met
mine, lie trel,bled visibiy and hid his
face in the flag that covered Living
stones coffin.
DENYING HIS MOTHER.
The next day Mrs. E,,stway sought
where ilc Was stopping. Before the
messenger VIII" ,,slicrt~l her into Stan
ey's spacious parlOrs, hail time tO with
draw, Mrs. E:lStway, DECLINING his prof.
frN Ianl, OK claim ii, "Are you no:
nice SOL? ,"
"Wcli," he answered, ~ fancy there:
must liz some mistake here"
'"rlen you can tsa,i!;;; rstify it,"
- V..n
~ You. may want YOU MAY have"
not your mother: | not want aid only,
to relieve my distracted n,iltl."
''1avc patience, Mrs. Fast way, for II
year ar ~ and your s,ll will turn up"
With heart almost bursting, the ,lis-
trsa'tesi mother replied: HE may turn
"a, to ~. Il brother Of your brothers, but
never Il sOn al mine."
During this memorable interview Mrs.
Eastway says Stanley sttNnl in the cnl-
br,lsllrc Of u window with his face partly
turned from her. She asked if lie was
afraid t" Imk her straight in the face,
and he replied, ''Oh, no, ! am not, and
turned around facing her.
He asked her il her sl,m had any mark.
alN,llt his person Ivy which he could h.
recognized, and she returned quickly:
''Yes, on his wrist he has some peculiar
inlli:, ink marks made l,y u sailor dur
ing the voyage tO the ('riMea, and on
his neck II MOLE" Although she repeat
ely asked him to draw up his cuff in
order to n veal the marks on his wrista
ar to pull down his collar slightly To
show the mole he would not Ito it, and
the interview was ended l,y her leaving
the hotel in great anger.
THE rl.hDF'S.
After Stanley LETT England, Mrs
F:;.stWay had some tNrrt'<l n,lltlcna'e will,
james. Gordon Bennett aud some Of her
relatives In this country, with regnr) IT,
lDr,,viny that the now famous man was
her son. She sent documents proving
her assertions tn this side Of the water,
AMI shortly after crossed the ocean her.
sClf, with view tn sustaining her ale
CATIONS. She came to Baltimore, where
~i,c found many relatives holding prom
incnt l"~iti"ns in san.icty and business
circles, among them lMing Father
Cauxhey, Of st. I'ntrick's Roman Cath
OLE. Church; Charles Cauglcy, pub
Usher Of u weekly paper named ''Evcry
saturday." and j. Vernon Campbell.
ncl,!"r Of the City Council. Finding
that she could do little in the way -:
establishing her claims as the explorer:
mother, she prDln'>.sl t" take the matter
into court, rcta: limy u. her counsel
Charles J. Bona p,rtc. The old lasly'S
money gave out, however, before any
important legal steps had lnrn taken
and last June, Ir,'kcn down in spirit
and with heart made heavy by her
sons cruel treatment, she sought an
asylum with the Little Sisters of the
Poor, where she declares she will drug
out the few remaining years Of her life,
hoping that the hereafter will atone for
the suffering brought her through the
unnatural behavior If her "LDy," as
she terms Baltimore Dispatch to
Philadelphia Press, lhc. ~
II u man is not rising upwards to w.
IN angel, depend upon it he is sinking
llOwnwMrlls to liz devil.
He that spends all his lif. in sport is
like one who wears nothing hut frinyc<
and eats nothing but sauces.
He who reforms himself has done
n,Ort, town r,ls reforming the nullic than,