Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-11
STANLEY'S STORY.
TEE GREAT EXPLORER DELIGHTS RUNDRg[S S
At TBg OPERA house.
How He Found Liyiugstan-1hs Relief Of Emin
Bey-SOms Of tie Advantages Derived froa
the Gree. Explorations.

How Es Found Liyiugston-1hs Relief Of Emi
. Bey-SOms Of tie Advantages Derived fraa
the Gree! Explorations.
Wheeling and Africa shook hand
last night Across the thousands 0
miles that intervene the people OF tn,
Panhandle city were imaginativeil
transported into the heart Of the dari
r continent. 1t was the long looked fol
aud eagerly awaited Stanley lecture.
Much interest was attached to tn,
arrival OF the distinguished explorer
and shortly after four o'clock a large
crowd gathered at the c. ~ Z. station IN
bridgeport. The train was consider.
ably delayed for some reason
or other and did not get in
until ten minutes after six o'clock
when the crowd in waiting had
increased to great proportions. The
party arrived in their special Pullman
car attached to the regular train. and
the occupants in addition to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley and Major Pond
were Mrs. Tenant, mother of Mrs
Stanley, formerly Miss Dorothy Ten
nant, Mr. W. G. Glass. treasurer, Mr.
Earnest Kunth, and Saleh Bin OSman.
a Zanzibar boy whom Stanley brought
with him from Africa. There was
also
MAID TO MRS. TENANT,
4 cook aud two pOrterS, who live aboard
the car Two other gentlemen usually
travel with the party, but they are now
in Cincinnati awaiting the arrival OF the
car. They are Mr.. Hamilton Aide
the author Of doctor Bill" and
Mr.. MOntrey JepSon, who was
one Of Stanley'S lieutenantS in his Afr-
can expeditions.
The party was met at the tatiOn by
Major T. II. Norton, Mr.. o. c. Dewe y
and Lieut.. BraunerSreuther and driven
through the crowds To- the Hotel
/ Windsor, and at seven o'clock, Mr..
Stanley, as the guest OF Major Norton,
was escorted To the Fort Henry Club.
where brief ana informal entertain
ment followed Shortly before eight
o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley reached
the Opera House, and took seats upon
the stage in company with the following
persons: Major Pond, Mr.. and Mrs.
George X. McMechen. Major Norton
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gibson,
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Patterson, Rev. K.
K. Swope and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Il.
X. McMechen, Mrs. Mary Delaplain,
Miss Minnie LOring, Mr.. o. c. Dewey
W. =. Hubbard aud Mr.. l.. B. Franz
helm. All the gentlemen were in
full evening dress. and the la
dies looked particularly attractive
in pretty costumes. In Mrs. Stanley
was seen lady OF somewhat large pro-
portions and OF more than medium stat
ure. arraycd in costume of pale blue bO-
dice. trimmed with white lace. and black
silk skirt. The whole was embazoncd
with a magnificent diamond brooch.
She mas wealth OF sunny hair, aud it
most becOmingly aud artiStically ar
ranged, the front being Ia pompadOre,
and the back Of the Sciclian loop, por-
tiOnS of which were gracefully wavy.
Her coilfure was particularly admired
by the ladies, As indeed il is In every
city where she appears. Mrs. Stanley
has q face that is plain, marked by few
If amy contraStic features. yet brightcns
up considerably in conversation, and
for some time she delightfully."- enter
taned all' about with conversation
that was pleasing and fluent.
Wheeling was more hOnored than
most cities in having Mrs. Stanley
seated upon the stage, as it was her
first public appearance since the first OF
January, when she appeared at the
Auditorium in Chicago. There was
fairly large audience present.
Shortly after eight, Lieutenant
BraunerSreuther, in naval uniform,
advanced to the front Of the
stage, and after few wcll-choScn and
eloquent remarks, In which he referred
u the meeting of Stanley four years
ago i'm the harbOr Of Zanzibar. he grace
fully presented the distinguished eX-
plorcr to a Wheeling audience. A
white-haired, middle-aged man OF per
haps Just below the medium stature,
and with a pleasing face and a winning
smile. in full evening dress, then adj
vanccd 20 the front OF the stage. placed
IA big roll of manuscript on a music
stand. and began the recital OF his War-
yeious exploits, which were boo sub
stance. as follows:
After referring 10 the finding Of Liy-
ingstone, which was but briefly. the
speaker went on 10 relate his second
expedition % Africa. "While thus en-
gagged / received another commission %
20 % Africa. This time ! was 90 verify
or disproye the accuracy OF the state
ments oi previous explorers. was 20
find whether the Victoria Nyauza was a
series Of connected lakes or one great
sheet Of water, whether the river CON
nected with Lake Tanganeika was an
outlet or an ailluent, and
WHETHER THE GREAT RvEE
Of which have spoken in connection
with Livingstone was the Nile, the Nj
ger or the Congo. With q body of $50
men left Zanzibar in October. 1874, on
my second trip into the unknown conti-
nent. and lob days later we reached the
great lake OF Victoria Nyanza. We had
taken a large boat with Us and this we
launched and began our survey OF the
lake. 1t was trip fraught with dan
gers and adventures. The rocks about
us. the storms. the SavagcS with their
poisoned arrows, the wild beasts, all
these threatened US. But finally in
safety we completed our task. The
Victoria Nyanza was one immense lake,
measuring, aS we surveyed IL, 2l,G0O
square miles, second only to Lake Su-
pcrior.
Then we fulfilled our second mis-
sion. We proved that lake Tankancika
had no outlet, that the river connecting
with II empticd its waters into that
lake. At that time we predicted that
should the lake continue to rise IL
would soon bee compelled to discharge
its waters Ia Some way 10 the west.
This prediction has been fulfilled, aud
now a mighty river carries on the
water Of the lake.
TO discover the identity Of the great
river OF Livingston was
OUR NENT TASK,
aud we pushed westward The eastern
part OF Africa was pretty well known,
OuL 10 lH' "'st"dIu lA' ldhN Mdr
shrouded in mystery. A. We travelled
we came TO q dense forest, black and
forb.dding. into which daylight never
penetrated; the ground black with mold
and rottlng logs an almost uGearthly
stiffness hanging over all broken by the
cries " wild animals Now and then
and then we were startled by hideou-
snake or q yeuomOus triangular headed
pyth0n. wrthing and twisting Itself
before us. AT last We left the forest
and took to the water. padding