The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
BORN Ct YEARS AGO
Birthday Anniversary OF
Henry Morton Stanley,
EXPLORER OF AFRICAN WILDS
Rescued Livingstone on Assignment
of Newspaper Founded kongO
Free State-AFarriage 10 Lady DOFo-
thy Tennant False Reports of
Matrimonial InfeIicity.

Scientific men. students, explorers, and
men who love adventure honor this day as
the birthday anniversary of Explorer
Stanley, the man who found Livingstone
in the wilds Of Africa nearly forty years
ago.
Although a native of Denbigh, Wales.
where Henry Morton Stanley was born
January .. lS4l. it was as an American
that Stanley won fame as an explorer.
His original name was Henry Row
lands. his father dying when Henry was
babe. For ten years he was in the aims
house Of ST Asaph, where he received an
education, and at the age Of thirteen he
became teacher In a school.
He shipped as a cabin boy at Liver
pool and went to New Orleans. There he
found employment with merchant
named Stanley, who adopted him and
gave him his name.
Fought On Both sides.
Stanley enlisted in the Confederate army
at the beginning Of the civil war and was
captured. He then entered the United
states navy as volunteer After the
war be travelled in Turkey and Asia Minor
and later visited Wales
AT the 81. Asaph aImshouse be gave
dinner TO the children. and told them
that what success he had attained in life
De owed TO the education he had received
there
Returning to the United States Stanley
was engaged, in 1868, by the New York
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ton to Abyssinia as a correspondent
In the autumn of 1869 Stanley was com
missioned by the Herald 20 find Dr
Livingstone After visiting several
countries in the far East he sailed from
Bombay on October y. $50. for Zanzibar.
where he arrived early in January, ISL
on March q he set out for the interior
Of Africa with 1872 followers.
He found Livingstone on November 10.
reported 80 the British association in
1872, and the following year received the
patrons medal Of the Royal Geographical
Society.
Founder Of KOngo Free State.
StanIey's next commission was 70 ex-
plore the lake region Of Central Africa.
In November, 1874, accompanied 10y 800
men. be set out from the eastern coast
of Africa. When be reached Victoria
Nyanza. on February q, 1S75 he had
lost l94 men by death or deserJion.
He circumnavigated the lake. covering
about 1000 miles in the voyage, and maxi
ing many discoveries Of geographical
value After exploring the interior region
he entered the Kongo River. and made
a most perilous voyage along the stream
subsequently he established the Congo
Free State. At the head of another Afri-
can expedition he effected the rescue Of
the long missing Emin Pasha
Stanley returned to England I'm 1850 In
1896 he was elected 10 Parliament as
Liberal Uni6nist. lie died in London,
May 10, 1904
Stanley married Dorothy Tennant.
who, three years after his death. be-
came the wife of Henry Curtis, q fell
low Of the Royal College Of Surgeons.
Up to the time of her second marriage.
the widow Of the explorer had been
practically a recluse at her country
place in Surrey, Furze Hill, which
Stanley bought and laid out himself
and where he is buried.
Stanley brought nearly a quarter Of a
million dollars home with him from his
American lecture tour under Maj Pond
He put most of IT into Furze Hill He
reproduced there several bits of forest
scenery copied from Africa He estab-
lished also a lucrative farm.
False Reports of InfeIieity.
The second marriage of Lady DOro-
thy Tenant, at the time, revived the
Old gossip that her marriage with Stan
ley was unhappy. Stanley and his wife,
however. both regarded this gossip as
amusing.
One summer. when they were in
Switzerland for Stanley's health.
newspaper sent man all the way from
New York to interview the explorer on
the subject The reporter announced
his erraTd bluntly. by inquiriug If Lady
Stanley was expecting TO get a divorce
Stanley replied to the question by
shouting 70 his wife in the next room:
Dolly. come here"
She ran in, thinking he was in pain
Bending over him in the most affec-
tionate manner she asked him what
was the matter. and could she do any
thing.
Stanley took her hand and kissed it:
then, turning TO the reporter, he said:
You have my answer. sir"