The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-07-09
STANLEY IN OMAHA.
a Chapter from the Great Explorers
Early Newspaper Career.

Early Newspaper Career.
In the year 1866 Stanley was sent out
to the Western country by the New
York Herald to report the war then rag
ing with the Nez Perces. Stanley was
not sent out to do this assignment be-
cause of any great fitness as war cor
respondent, but because he was faith
full and had the reputation OF getting
his matter to the paper sooner than any
other reporter on the staff OF that great
Journal He came, and the way he
did his work was the marvel OF the
country, as he constantly and repeat
edly sent in his messages day
before the other great papers of the
day had heard from their special CORE
spondents. This was done by Stanley
himself carrying his own messages to
the nearest telegraph station 1mme~
diately upon the termination OF bat
tie.
No matter the danger, no matter
what risk of losing his life he may have
to undergo he bravely carried his ac-
count right through country that was
practically in the hands of hostile In
dians, and capture meant death, most
probably horrible one, too. Nothing
daunted, and showing all obstacles to
one side, he bravely did his duty to his
paper, and he arrived in Omaha directly
after General Crook had etfectually
squelched the uprising, and handsome
check from his employers was awaiting
him. Ere the winter was hardly half
gone the young mans money had disap-
peared. In penniless condition he
was glad to get something to eat and a
warm place to sleep, and st. A. d. Bal
comb, who at that time was proprietor
of the Republican, permitted the young
fellow to sleep in his press-room.
This condition of affairs ran along al
most all the winter, but early in the
spring Stanley received word from the
Herald that he should report imme-
diately, as he was wanted-that they
were going to send him to report the
Grecian war, which was then raging.
Stanley Immediately started for Goth
am, and Omaha never knew him more.
He was sent to Greece, as history re-
lates, and an incident happened in that
country that made him the redoubted
explorer he is to-day. The story is a
long one, but can be shortened into one
word-loye. Stanley fell in love with
a beautiful Grecian lady, and the lady's
family investigated the young CORE
spondent's standing in his native land
which evidently did not conclude salts
factorily to the ardent young lover, as
his suit was afterward refused.
For some time after this nothing was
heard from him, with the exception o.
several letters written to friends in this
country, in which he avowed the inten
ton of doing something that ''woult
shed luster about his NAME" not APP
preached by any of the aforesaid young
lady's family. lie said that he hat
''lovod once and forever" and that hi
was going to become renowned or die.
1t was not a long period after thi!
that the report that a daring young mai
named Stanley was going as the repre-
sentative of the New York Herald t,
make an attempt to discover the where
abouts of Livingstone, who, it wa
thought, had lost his way in the Darl
Continent. Years passed and no new
from the brave but reckless man VIII
had thus exposed his life to every dan
ger Imaginable, and people had begun
to say that he, too, had persisted in tn
same way that the man for whom he wa
hunting had disappeared
At last messenger arrived at Cairo
- Egypt, which brought news of the safe
ty of the travellers, as we'll as brie
but vivid account of the trials and hard
ships endured by Stanley and his party
telling of the finding of Livingston
and later OF his death. This brough
the name of Stanley to the front as a
explorer, and there it has RENAME
ever since and ever will remain.-Oms
ha Republican.