The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

chan's younger brother had changed the
circumstances Of mis- father,
BrOISe His Arm and Went TO College.
1t came about in this way: When the
youngster was 16 or II, a stranger VINO
had heard of David s prowess as wrestler
visited Henderson's prairie for the purpos e
of trying conclusions with him The
stranger was taller and heavier than h 5
boyish opponent, but Henderson threw him
repeatedly, the stranger finally admitting
that the boy was the better man. Fina Iy
the stranger said that If he could have
what was called the right hand under
hold" he would try again. II was against
all precedent to give an opponent such an
| advantage, the left hand going with the
under and the right with the upper hold
l bu+ henderson consented and after a long
struggle the stranger got the "trip-lock, e"
the boy was thrown, his right wrist being
| dislocated and one of the bones of the
| forearm broken. The doctor called TO look
after the injury failed to discover the
fracture The fracture healed slowly, and
| young Henderson was sent to Rockford,
H., where another surgeon could be con-
suited
David was able to do no manual labor
| for long time, and 1t was while he was
| thus incapacitated that serious thought
was taken of college course. Before he
went TO college, however he taught a term
of school in his home district.
Col Henderson looks back upon that
summer as one of the most enjoyable in
| his whole career. Never before had he been
able TO devote his entire time TO intellect
ual pursuits, and he read and studied with
! an enthusiasm that helped him 70 make
wonderful progress.
His First Speech-MnIxinE.
That fall D. b. Henderson entered the
| Upper Iowa University as freshman. There
| he studied for three years, working on the
| farm in summers ana living with the greaf-
| est frugality in winters. He and chum
rented quarters and kept house for them
se.Ves, cooking their own food, sweeping
their own floors, making their own beds.
Young Henderson got special standing
| among his fellow students through an in
| cident which haG a feature suggestive OF
| the incident in which his father aud the
| Earl of Buchan were principals. lis skill
| as a debater was al great as his superior
| lty as a wrestler. He had begun when he
| Was only years old, his oldest brother
| George being his opponent generally and
| his father the judge. His reputation in
| this line had preceded him at Fayette, and
| he had not been in the college a week
| before he was chosen to lead a discus
| sion before one of the debating societies.
| on his first appearance he was interrupt
| ed by a senior who asked a fippant ques-
| ton. Henderson stopped and looked at
| the fellow, but soon resumed Three or
| four minutes later came another inter-
| ruption, much more hippant in tone--in-
| sulting even. Henderson turned again and
| looked at the fellow. This time the young
| man from Hendersons Prairie spoke up.
| Mr.. Chairman" quoth he, IF you can
not preserve order in this room, will"
Then he upset the senior and piled him
| up In the woodbox There were no more
interruption at Upper Iowa University
when David Bremen Henderson was max
| ing remarks.
How He Went TO War.
Though he enjoyed student life at Fay
cite immensely, he did not finish the
course of study there. 1t was interrupted
| by the civil war. One of his best friends
| was a student named w. w. Warner.
| In August, 1861, while the war was still
young Henderson and Warner spent a
Sunday evening with Warmers sister.
| Later In the night Henderson told Warner
he was ashamed of himself because he had
| not enlisted as a volunteer in the army of
the North. 1t would he a pity to leave
school. he said, but the country needed
young men just then. The friends talked
long and earnestly over the situation ana
the result was plan that elimination of
which occurred at Fayette on Sept. Is.
| Henderson was then q.
On the morning of that day, just after
prayers, young Henderson, who with War
ner and another student named Burr, had
been working quietly among the students
at their conspiracy" arose and asked
permission to say few words "on a
subject of vital interest TO every one
present" He had no complaint, no pro-
test to make, he said but he wished ear
nestly to be heard. This was an entirely
novel proposition, and the faculty hestat-
ed but permission was finally given Then
the youngster stood cut upon the floor and
made his first war speech" He dwelu
upon the governments need for the serv-
ices of its strong young sons, and declar-
ed it to be the duty of all who could rush
to the front His effort eliminated in a
whirlwind OF passion and patriotism ana
when ne had finished he read a series of
resolutions setting forth the situation in
sober phrase and concluding with this
paragraph:
I'VE therefore drop our books to fight
our countrys battles"
To this was appended a muster roll bear
ing the names of twenty-five students, the
flower of the schools student body.
Before he went to the front Henderson
enlisted 104 more volunteers, and thus the
career of this typical American soldier,
professional man and statesman was be-
gun. His war record is known to all the
world Though offered a captains place,
he said he was too young and so was
made second lieutenant. Twice he was
wounded, once in the face when he was
first under fire, and once below the knee,
which made amputation necessary. New
! ertheless he returned to the 'front.' though
wearing a timber leg, and when the war
was over was colonel, at %. After that
he studied law, served as internal revenue
collector for the Dubuque district and
seventeen years ago was elected to Con-
| gress.
Col. Henderson is now only 50, with what
may be the most brilliant part of his ca
reer before him. l. ID. Marshall
|
W0MAN'S WORLD.