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GLEANERS OF NEWS.
T^e Army of Correspondents Who fur
nish 4he Press With Washington
News.
X Very Hard Working and Highly Ee
spectable Class of Literary
Workers.
The Difficulties New Men Labor Un
der in Becoming First-Class
Correspondents.
How The News is Gathered and
Some of the Most Prominent Men
Who Gather It.
Correspondence of the Globe.
Washington. May '2B.— The TVaslung
ton correspondents are attracting quite their
usual share of attention just now. One or
two of them have been banished from the
White house for the crime of baying pub
lished a statement that Miss Cleveland bad
quarreled with her brother about the use ot
wine at the White house and was not going
to return. The New York Graphic has
published a page full of the faces of
the leading correspondents, and the
Washington Critic is "doing" them up m
comical cuts. They are a peculiar feature
of Washington life. They are übiquitous,
and are an interesting study. There are
scores of them, perhaps hundreds. No
body knows j ust how muii y of them there are,
for it is difficult to tell in some cases just
where the correspondent ends and the gov
ernment employe begins, it is a well
known fact that lots of them hold govern
ment positions at the same time they are
serving the press a thousand miles away.
A few of them succeed in carrying this
double load gracefully and well, but these,
are exceptions to the geniral rule. In most
eases the correspondent jvho takes a posi
tion in a department becomes a department
machine, and
LOSES HIS GRIP
as a correspondent. Ye* there are so many
who hold positions undor the government
and at the same time do more or less news
paper work that it is hard to count them.
There is, too, another reason why it is diffi
cult to count them. The reason is about
the same that made it difficult for the Irish
man to count his pig— because it frisked
about so. They frisk about a good deal;
this month they are here, jiext month they
are away. There are of course a good many
papers which do not want a Washington cor
respondent during the season intervening
between the sessions of congress. Many of
these send some of their men here to do this
work and withdraw them at the end of the
peason. This is bad policy, except for the
man who is sent, but the paper perhaps
doesn't know it The fact is that few men
we worth much as news-gatherers in Wash-
!>. R. M'KEE.
ington during their first year here. One of
the oldest and most successful corre
spondents in Washington, w r hose portrait
is, by the way, given in this correspondence,
said to your correspondent long ago that he
did not consider that he was of
iKY PARTICULAR VALUE
to the papers he represented during the first
three years of his experience here. So it is
a mistake in most cases that the papers out
of Washington send their best men here for
merely a session of congress. But they do
it, and the result is that there are numerous
new faces among the correspondents and
numerous changes, and that the correspond
ents, like the pig aforementioned, frisk
about so that it is hard to count them.
There are. however, over a hundred of
them who can be legitimately counted — a
hundred or two hundred busy news-gath
erers, hunting high and low for news, dig
ing up the records of statesmen, who are
always considered a fair target, andcombin
ing the results of their labors. Do you
wonder that some very queer stuff comes
out of Washington and is called "news'?"'
For there is a great interchange of matter,
and when you read this or that item you
never know whose actual production it is.
Tliis is especially true about the afternoon
dispatches. "The news clearing house" is
the name given to the AVestern Union tele
graph office just opposite the treasury. It
is the general resort of newspaper corre
spondents about nooii 6f each day. They
gather there and "swap"' news, it is
A CURIO I* 3 FACT
that for afternoon paper work there is much
greater exchange of news than at night.
This probably grew out of the habit that aft
ernoon paper correspondents generally fall
into of giving away their nutter after they
have had it sent to their own papers. A
piece of news sent to one city for afternoon
publication is often just as good the same
night in some other city. So there was a
system of interchange of news established
in this way. Then as there is uot much
news before 1 or 2 o'clock, those anxious to
make a good showing of their work were
ready to trade with other afternoon paper
men, and the general system of interchange
CHARLES 37ORDHOFF. \ ~
of afternoon news arose, and the *news
clearing house" was thus established. < An
old Washington correspondent said to your
correspondent on this subject not long since
that it was utterly impossible to' keep a
piece of news "exclusive" in the morning
here. This is not strictly true, but ;itis a
fact that there is a great deal more trading
in news in the morning than there is in the
evening. Old correspondents say, too, that
there ii not nearly so much rivalry among
news purveyors now as there was ten years
ago. . ' . " ';.",:.
x ~ The world of the newspaper correspond
ent is a complete one in itself. . It has its
duties and its pleasures, its studies and its
relaxations, its social joys and griefs, very
much the same as that of any : other class.
There is an idea that :; ; ': -
YOUR AVERAGE CORRESPONDENT ' .
is a Bohemian, with neither home nor fam
ily nor ambition, except to earn his weekly
salary and spend it. _ Of course there I are
some men in the newspaper world who have
this sort of record, as there are in any other
profession— for it is a profession— but they
are the exception, not the. rule. . Most of
them have their families, some of them live
in their own houses,' keep their own horses
and buggies, and have their ? own : pews in
church. It is a thing quite out of the usual
order in the minds of most people 5, to see a
newspaper correspondent passing the plate
at church,. or filling the position of usher at
one of the highly /■ fashionable churches,
but such things happen In Washington. It
; is no uncommon thing to see the names of
the wives and daughters of prominent cor
respondents figuring large. in the annals of
society, or to see them in person
taking part in, the doings of that
mysterious kaleidoscopic compound, the so
cial world. There is, too, more or less of
social relationship between the families of
the correspondents, though where there are
so many there is a tendency to divide up
into parties whose tastes run in similar
lines. There are among the correspondents
| some whose tastes and acquaintances run
in the line of tiie theatrical profession, oth
ers who
CULTIVATE THE LITERARY,
others who turn their attention to the social
world of Washington, aud still others
whose acquaintance takes a more conserva
tive line and comprises department people,
and even the families of members of con
gress. Of the hundred or' two of newspa
per correspondents who are here, it is prob
able that more than half live in boarding
houses, for so many of them are sent here
by their papers for so brief a time that it is
useless for them to attempt to establish
themselves. There are others, however,
who live here, who make Washington their
permanent home, who are here the year
round and one year after another, who
have been here for twenty years or more.
They have usually their homes, some of
them rented, some of tiiem their own.
There is one peculiarity about the Wash
ington correspondent that is worthy of no
tice, and much to be wondered at. That is
his reluctance to accept anything new as re
lates to his own personal methods. Per
sistent seekers after news as they are, they
reject anything new in their own line until
it is actually forced upon them through rec-
E. B. WIGHT.
ognition by the business world about them.
Take the type- writer, for instance. It is
universally . conceded to be an excellent
thing for those having much. writing to do,
yet these men, who make their living
by writing, who do nothing else from one
year's end to another, and who would
find it
A GREAT RELIEF
after a busy day in the "field," where they
are compelled to write more or less by
hand, reject it. There are a few who are
now beginning its use, a very few who
have used and commended it for years, but
they are, altogether, not 10 per cent, of the
whole. Take that labor-saving instrument,
the telephone. Here it connects with the
White house, the home of every cabinet
officer, the desks of dozens of department
officials who are always willing to answer
any inquiry you may desire to make, the
capitol, the postoffice, the hotels, the local
newspaper offices, the telegraph offices, and
every news center, yet you can count on the
fingers of your two hands all of the news
paper correspondents who have it at resi
dence or office. : The duty of the corre
spondent requires him to travel about the
city a great deal. He must, if success
ful and alert, visit all the departments, the
hotels, the capitol, the White house, and
often the residence of some official, besides
visiting his own home occasionally. Here
in Washington there is no method of travel
more popular, more swift, more comforta
ble, more inexpensive or more time and la
bor saving than by bicycle or tricycle. The
asphalt streets are .as smooth as a floor and
extend all over the city. You may go by
the "silent steed" in any direction with the
greatest ease and comfort, day or night,
a ter the street cars have stopped or while
1 1 ley run. By it you save time, labor and
money, and make that which would other
wise be a drudgery a pleasure. The bicycle
is sufficiently popular that the person who
rides it does not become
UNPLEASANTLY CONSPICUOUS
thereby, for there are hundreds and hun
dreds, probably thousands, in the city and
to be seen on the streets at all hours. De
partment officials, business men, physicians
and people of all classes ride them, and
many ladies use the tricycle with grace and
ease, yet with all of the recommendations
and practical advantages which the machine
offers the newspaper man, it is rejected.
There are but two or : three newspaper men
who ride the bicycle, and but one of these
who makes it of practical use in his busi
ness. It ■■ seems odd that these men who
are constantly seeking something new, who
may only make success by hard and con
stant work, who lead public : opinion in
many things of great importance, who
claim to be progressive in many things,
should reject the very things which would
aid them in their own success, simply be
cause they are comparatively new and be
cause their fathers and grandfathers before
them did not use them. rf£
In their office habits most Washington
correspondents , are gregarious. It is " not
uncommon to find two or three or four or
more correspondents occupying the same
• office.
THERE ARE ADVANTAGES
in it, and also disadvantages. There is op
portunity for interchange of news, and for
division of expenses, but the result is not
always satisfactory in every particular.
- Of course not all men who come to Wash
ington as correspondents succeed. It takes
one sort of talent jto succeed in one place
and quite another to be successful some
where else. Often the man who was a
successful editor or reporter in some city a
thousand miles away is surprised to find
himself a failure here. The man who would
be successful here must have a large
amount of industry, a full modicum of com
mon sense, a knowledge of public men and
public affairs both past and present, and a
"trace" of that quality designated in the
popular and expressive slang of to-day as
"gall." . But most of all he must be honest,
earnest, untiring, truthful, fearless both as
to politicians and as to the views and opin
ions of his fellow correspondents, and al
ways a gentleman. The key to success as '
a Washington correspondent may be given
in one small word, work. .
I It was not the intention in this letter of
entering upon personalities, and this will
not be departed from except to give the
faces of three out of the many widely known
and honored men who have made the name
of Washington correspondent an honor to
those who wear it. They are E. B. Wight,
correspondent of the Chicago : Tribune
and Boston Journal, • Charles Nord
hoff. the corresponflent of the .: New
York Herald, and D. R. McKee, the
I head of the Associated Press, who may be
properly termed successful in the field dis
cussed in this article, but not more so than
many whose faces and names, if all used,
would extend the limits of this article be
yond even the endurance of that most pa
tient and highly revered newspaper poten
tate, the managing editor.
: 0
A BENEDICT'S VICTORY.
, Get up now, John, and build the fire, -
You see it's half past live;
You'll find the coal out in the shed; '
Now, John, do bo alive. •
Oh, it is cord? Of course it is,
And cold yon don't admire?
You lazy thing:, if it wasn't cold
we wouldn't need a fire. ;■/.
Get up, I say, and hustle 'round,
You surely don't suppose
That I am going to do such work, , ..-.,• - :
While you lie snug and close? "
Oh, ah, indeed? What's that you say? •
, ■..:'•■ A bad word I declare
I never would have married you
If I had heard you swear.
You wont get up? I say you shall 1 ■
; ■ : ; Tj : Obedience is my due, :
. . And if you think it is so cold, •
■ : I'll make it warm for you.
Wait? Wait until the summer time,
r And lie here on the shelf ? ■
You hateful, good-for-nothing thing, '<
. I'll build the fire myself. , ",
■ ! k ".' * ' ••- - ' ■ ' ' ' ' '' '
' •,■•■-"•'•.'. ! W . ' . "- V L'ENVOI.
- ; Oh, brethren, do not weary.
! . Be patient under trial, ,■ , > : . ' . " i
• ; And,' though the way.be dreary, -' - '
.'* You'll get there in a while. '■,';
— Cincinnati Merchant Traveller. _ '
THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, SUNDAY MORNIXG, MAT 31, 1885.— SIXTEEN PAGES.
END OF THE SEASON.
G-ayeties of the Post-Lenten Period Draw
ing to an End in the Oapital
v City.
A Very Aristocratic Steamboat "High
Tea" for the Benefit of Sweet
Charity.
House Hunting Still tlie Edifying
Pursuit of Some of the Cabinet
Families.
Tlio Increased Interest Talcen in Bi
cycling---Mount Vernon
Regents.
Correspondence of the Globe.
Washington, May '28. — This has been a
sort of closing week to the post-Lenten sea
son in Washington. The wife of the secre
tary of state, who is recognized as leading
the social world, has given the word and the
performance is to stop. She announced to
her large list of acquaintances that this
week's Wednesday reception would be the
last of the season. This will be considered
a signal for a general end of receptions
until the return of society from the summer
recreations next fall. Then the fun will
begin again more fast and furious than ever
before. It is easy to see at this distance
away that this season will be a busy and in
teresting one in the social world.
There were a good many quiet receptions
and minor social events this week. There
are a number of the families of the supreme
court people in the city yet, and they began
the week with some informal receptions on
Monday. Then on Tuesday there were a
great many calls at the White house, for so
ciety was very glad to welcome Miss Cleve
land back, especially after the reports that
she had gone away mad and was not coming
back here any more. There seems to have
been no foundation for these reports, and
society is very glad of it, for Miss Cleve
land is becoming
QUITE A FAVORITE
here, besides it would have been very awk
ward to have had nobody as mistress of the
White house. The president is anything
but a society man, and the result would
probably have been the closing of the doors
of the White house to the social world.
Wednesday was a tolerably busy day, as it
was recognized as the close of the social
season. Mrs. Bayard's parlors were well
filled with callers, as were those of the
other cabinet people who found it conven
ient to receive on that day. Thursday was
devoted to the opera and preparation for the
great event of the week, the "High Tea to
Quantico." This came off on Friday. It
is an institution peculiar to Washington.
"Quantico" is a summer resort on the Poto
mac some thirty miles or so down the river.
"High tea" is a sort of cheap social enter
tainment, composed mostly of tea and talk,
as was described in this correspondence
some time ago. By combining the two ar
ticles the ladies succeeded in forming
A MOST SEDUCTIVE COMPOUND,
which has thus far proven very popular
and extremely able when the matter of rais
ing money for a new "noble charity" came
along. The high tea has become a yearly
institution. It comes off every summer un
der the patronage of some prominent society
ladies, usually for the benefit of the Garfield
hospital. Mrs. Logan was a leading spirit
in the work.
A steamboat was chartered, a lunch w r as
prepared, booths and fancy articles were
made ready to catch the dimes and dollars of
the unfortunate representatives of the male
sex who accompanied the party. Several
of the leading caterers of the city had given
a liberal supply of deviled crabs, salads and
all the substantials necessary to furnish
supper for a large company. For those
who did not care to partake of a hearty
supper, w r hichwas served for $1 apiece, ices
and strawberries were served. In addition
to the refreshment table there was
A GAY LITTLE BOOTH,
presided over by Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Self
ridge, assisted by a bevy of pretty young
girls, where dainty little knick-knacks and
souvenirs of the occasion were sold. Among
these were satin-covered fans, sachet bags,
bonbon-holders and scarfs for decorative
purposes in all the most delicate and aesthetic
colors, handsomely painted by several
young ladies of the West end who possess
considerable artistic talent. Bonbons,
cigars and cigarets ?were alse disposed of
at this booth. A handsome donation, and
one which received highest encomiums of
praise from competent critics, was a life
size head of George Eliot in crayon. This
was the work of a young* lady studying
art in Washington and who, though at
present an amateur, gives promise of mak
ing a name for herself at an early day in
the front rank of artists. A band having
been engaged for the occasion, dancing was
one of the features of the evening. Among
the number of young ladies were Misses
Waite, Rickets, Stith, Casey, Wilson,
Steujrt, Wallach, Miller, Howell and Em
ery. The high tea was a grand success.
Another incident in the early part of the
week, which was very much enjoyed by
society, was the bicycle races at Athletic
park. There is so much bicycling and tri
cycling here and it is
SO MUCH INDULGED IN
by people of prominence and those holding
rank in society that these races always at
tract attention. Those who attended them
found them highly interesting, much more
so than the races of horses at Ivy City a
week or so ago. The use of the bicycle and
tricycle is becoming extremely popular
here. Large numbers of ladies now use the
tricycle, and there is a tricycle club of
some forty people. One manufacturer has,
it is said, sold to seven doctors in Washing
ton his most improved tricycle, and in a
few days we may see seven of our city phy
sicians flying about town on these light and
fleet machines. The manufacturer believes
that if it had not been for Belva Lockwood
he would before this time have sold a
thousand tricycles in Washington. He
said that the notoriety of Belva as a tricycle
rider had prevented nearly everybody else
from using them, especially women. He
said: "Now if it had only been Mrs.
Logan who had bought a tricycle, then
everybody there would have been using
them before this time."
The families of some of the cabinet offi
cers are still engaged in the happy exercise
of house hunting. It is understood that the
reason why Senator Payne and his son-in
law, Secretary Whitney, declined to take the
Stewart castle was that
THE RENT WAS TOO HIGH,
38,000. Secretary Mann ing will probably
take the large house at the corner of Twen
tieth and F streets, which can be secured,
furnished, for $3,000 a year. Mrs. Dahl
gren:s new house on Massachusetts avenue
was offered to Secretary Manning, fur
nished, for $2,000, but it was not thought
large enough for his uee. The postmaster
general when joined by Mrs. Vilas went at
once to their new residence, No. 27 lowa
circle. It is not thought likely that Mrs.
Whitney will return to Washington before
next winter, and when she does there is a
probability that she will take ex-Represent
ative Lyman's house, which has been of
fered for rent. Secretary and Mrs. Endi
cott, with their daughter, who have been
West for some time, are now settled in the
house of Minister Peudleton, which they
have leased for four years at an annual
rental of 88,000.
An event of the past few days has been
the annual meeting of the Mount Vernon
regents at Mount Vernon, Mrs. Laughton
presiding. A greater number of vice re
gents have been present than any previous
year, though there are
SEVERAL PROMINENT REGENTS
absent, as Miss Longfellow, who is still in
Europe. The vacancies made during the
past winter by the death of Mrs. Yules of
Fiorida and Mrs. Herbert of Alabama, will
be rilled during the present session, the ap
pointments being made by the regent, Mrs.
Laughton. The bequests made by Mrs.
Herbert has been formally presented by
Gen. Herbert, and now hang in the main
hall. They consist of the sword worn by
Washington with his colonial uniform at
Braddock's defeat, 1755, an autograph let
ter of Washington, two bas-relief portraits
in bronze, one of Washington, the other of
Lafayette, and three old engravings, The
Death of Montgomery, The Battle of
Bunker Hill and St. Agnes, which hung in
the hall in the days of Washington.
MiM Cleveland is evidently glad to get
back. She has already become very much
attached to Washington, and one of her
first utterances upon reaching the family
sitting-room, as the Red room is called, was
' ilow glad lamto be home again, every
thing looks so bright and cheerful!" Miss
Cleveland was very much benefited by her
trip, and during her stay in New York she
made numerous additions to her wardrobe.
It is probable that Col. and Mrs. Lainont
will rent a house. He has been offered a
choice building lot in the West end, and
may conclude to build.
NOTES.
Dr. and Mrs. Cheatham and and Miss
Pauline Acklin of Nashville, Term., have
been here visiting friends. Dr. Cheatham
has taken a home on lowa circle, and they
thus add their pleasant home circle to the
social worid.
Friends of Mrs. Frelinglmyscn say that
she will return to Washington with her
family to reside permanently, as she is very
much attached to the city and her associa
tions are of the pleasantest character.
Captain Hoxie writes to friends in this
city from Montgomery, Ala., that both Mrs.
Hoxie and the baby have recovered from
the malaria with which they sulfered when
first making their home in the South.
Miss Foote, the sister of Senator Haw
ley's wife, has been writing the Washington
letters to the New York Independent since
booh after the death of Mrs. Mary Clennner,
who wrote them for so many years.
Miss Hattie Blame entertains her friends
at croquet fine afternoons on the grass plat
of Windoni home grounds, that lie on Scott
circle.
Justice Blatchford of the supreme bench
and Mrs. Blatchford have gone to Newport,
where they own a cottage.
Miss Nelson, who accompanied Miss
Cleveland, will be her guest at the White
house for several weeks.
Mrs. Pound, wife of ex-Representative
Pound of Wisconsin, is spending the month
of May here.
Gen. Van Vleet and his family leave here
for their summer home at Shrewsbury
June 10.
Solicitor General Goode and his wife will
go to housekeeping in Washington next au
tumn.
Justice and Mrs. Miller have rented a
cottage for the season at Block Island.
Ex-Speaker Randall's family left the city
this week for the season. -
Senator and Mrs. Eugene Hale have gone
to their home in Maine.
ALL ABOARD!
The Trip of tlie Conductors to the
Great Northwest.
Charmed "With the Country and the
Treatment Received.
Correspondence of the Globe.
En Route, May 29.— At 10 o'clock sharp
on Monday morning the cry, "All aboard!"
went up in vociferous tones from the healthy
lungs of Eph Evans, the veteran conductor.
It was caught up and re-echoed by about a
hundred other voices, and it must be ad
mitted that there was something about the
manner in which the cry was enunciated
that gave you the impression that these
gentlemen had made the same remark be
fore. It was the united effort of a party of
jolly knights of the punch, who, with their
ladies and entertainers, were starting for
the far West to learn a little of something
about the great country of which they are
useful citizens.
The engine sighed deeply and with a
mighty effort pulled out of the union depot
at Minneapolis as fine a train as ever rolled
on rails. It consisted of five elegant Pull
man palace cars, a special officers' car, a
very handsome Northern Pacific dining car,
a storeroom car for the use of the latter, a
breezy smoker and a baggage car. As the
train moved off loud cheers and "God
speeds" were raised by hundreds of friends
on the platform and answered by the ladies
and gentlemen tourists on the cars by wav
ing of hats and handkerchiefs. .
The train was in charge of Messrs. George
B. Clason, W. S. Kemp and D. H. Moon,
and soon after the start the former gentle
men announced to the inmates of each car
that ' 'the cities of St. Paul and Minneapo
lis had got through with them and that
thay were now the guests of the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba and the Northern
Pacific railways, and they were at liberty
to do as they pleased in the state of Minne
sota and in the territories of Dakota and
Montana." We were no sooner under way
than the Globe man proceeded to take the
census, not proposing that Minneapolis
should have a chance to count them on
their quota. Following is a correct list:
A. N. Aldrich, O. I. Bonham, D. Bur
leigh, Jennie M. Baldwin, M. Brinker
hoff, Mrs. D. L. Basquin, D. E. Bas
quin, Mrs. J. R. Blair, W. S. Bull,
G. D. Bowen, George Birch, wife and sis
ter, L. L. Chase, J. R. Clason and wife,
D. A. Crowell, J. F. Conant and wife, Mrs.
Frank Clark, Mrs. M. E. Chamberlain, J.
N. Climenson and wife, J. B. Danforth
and wife, J. S. Day and wife, F. P. Dar
lington. C. C. Davis and wife, W. C. Davis
and wife, C. S. Dodson and wife, J. F.
Dick, C. R. Evans and wife, J. P. Forrest
and wife, G. P. Ferry, J. R. George, Rob
ert Gibson and wife, A. H. Horton and
wife, J. E. Haves, M. M. Houlton, G. I.
Hamlin,R. Hayland aud wife,W. S. Hem
pertey and wife, C. E. Hurd and wife, J.
H. Hanson, J. E. Horrigan, Arthur Hiey,
Miss Ilorrigan, D. W. Jones, C. T. John
son and wife, C. -H. Jenks, J. G. King and
wife, Robert Kelly and wife, W. S. Kemp,
W. Lane and wife, J. Lane, wife and sis
ter. Walter Lackey, wife and
daughter, T. J. Lassiter, W. J. Lan
don, Miss Eva Mclntyre, F. S. Mc-
Keeley and wife, C. E. McDonough,
W. R. Morton, P. McFerren, Miss McFer
ren, W. J. Morgan and wife, J. H. Wissi
mer and wife, Mrs. E. D. McDonald, D. H.
Moon and wife, Miss Moon, A. J. Manley,
J. J. O'Neill, wife and daughter, Charles
Parker, Miss Parker, C. H. Porter, Andrew
Quinton, Miss Quinton, A. S. Ridlon and
wife, J. A. Rodgers and wife, John
Rice,, Mrs. J. H, Ross, H. P.
Robinson, J. H. Rogers, Jr..
Mrs. A. L. Scott. T. W. Shipley and daugh
ter, Miss S. C. Slinger, B. F. Smith, wife
and son, John Sullivan, C. Stringer and
wife, E. H. Smith, G. H. Swart, Mrs. E.
O. Thomas, D. Watrous, A. W. Williams,
S. S. Williams and wife, J. H. Wellerand
wife, H. Wolcott, C. H. Wilsey and wife.
Dr. J. D. Wyatt, A. H. Wilson and wife,
Miss Minnie Rozier, Miss Minnie Duke,
Peter Touy and wife, C. H. Warren.
For a few miles everything passed off
nicely and good time was made, but as if to
prove that conductors are no more exempt
from the mishaps of travel, it was discov
ered that we had a bad hot-box, and over
an hour was delayed in curing it. It was
amusing to see the great committee of con
ductors all wanting to boss the job. After
we finally got off we made good time run
ning in one place eleven miles in ten min
utes. A splendid dinner was served in the
dining car under tlie supervision of Mr. J.
J. Strong, chief of the dining car service of
the Northern Pacific railway, and it took
about three hours to serve the party. At 7
o'clock we arrived at Moorhead and found
a fine supper awaiting us at the palatial
Grand Pacific. The day has been beautiful
and the visitors are in extacies over the
country, which to them is a revelation.
J. H. H.
THE LU OF THE BOOTBLACK.
As I walk down the street,
Any morning: at nine,
Twenty bootblacks I meet
Yulling "Shine, mister, shine;
Shine up ycr shoes?
Please don't x-el'uso;
Gimme a show, boss,
Stand where you choose."
Still they pursue me,
DodariQff around,
Whilo they imbue me
With auger profound.
"Plenty of time,
Just half a dime;
Stand by the lamp-post,
We'll flx 'em prime."
A stranger draws near me,
He calls for a boy;
No longer they hear me,
Toward him they deploy.
Oh, joy! they surround him;
They fljrht for his feet,
As soon as they've found him
I hasto down the street.
TRESPASSING YOUTHS, j
The Disagreeable Ending of the Ama- j
■ tory - Adventures 'of* Two Fresh . ■
- Young Men.
Lured on to . the Seminary Grounds by ; j
the Ladies They are Sued for
''.".'."' , Trespass. . ' ;' : '"
A Medical Examiner for Secret So
cieties Tries His Hand at Grave
yard Insurance. .
The : Unparalleled Hands Which
. Showed Up in a Quiet : Game of
Poker-- Newspaper Change.
Correspondence of the Globe. , -
St. Louis, May 2.9.— F0r several years
Mr. B. Gratis Brown was the only great
man in St. Louis. ; It will be remembered
that he was' the candidate for vice president
on the Greeley ticket in 1872. lie has not
done anything' •particularly stupendous
since then, but during the present week his
son, B. Gratz Brown, Jr.; has achieved !
greatness at one fell .swoop. : The family
lives at Kirkwood,' one of the suburbs of St.
Louis, which is also the seat of Mrs. Snead-
Cairns' female seminary. The result of
this proximity has been the argument of the
legal- question before the courts whether or
not the defense that a : young <■ lady had
waved a handkerchief at a young , gentle
man was a valid defense to a charge of
trespass, The court has ruled that it is not
a good defense, and has assessed Mr. B.
Gratz Brown, Jr., $20 and costs, all of
which 'happened in this manner: , The
Kirkwood seminary is patronized by some
of the nicest girls in St. Louis, ; and. as a
consequence the road running by that insti
tution is much patronized by the jeuuesse
d'oree of the suburb. . Young Brown with
a couple of friends was taking his constitu
tional the other evening jj when | the sweet
faces, of Misses Ella | Barrett and Kansas
McKinley appeared at the seminary win
dow and fluttered their handkerchiefs. The
young men, led by Brown, crowded through
the fence and made their way under the
window, where they conversed with the la
dies above. ." "Did the Romeo and ; Juliet
act," as one of the witnesses described ! it.
Now the young ladies were looking out of
the second-story window, while Fate was
peering grimly down from the third, ver
tically above the billing and , cooing.
Fate was the principal Mrs. Cairns. Just
as things were . beginning to warm up this
latter lady upset a jug of water upon the
Romeos, drenching them : thoroughly, 1 and
making them so indignant that they walked
right. off . But | this was not the - end of it.
Mrs. Cairn s: had the young men arrested,
and charged them with : trespass. All of
them pleaded guilty, save Brown, and were
fined $5 a piece without any scandal or un
necessary publicity. ' He fought the case,
however, : and | summoned £in i his '■ defense
Miss Barrett and Miss McKinley, who ad
mitted tearfully having fluttered their ker
chiefs at the young man. The court ruled
that this was not a constructive invitation
to enter the seminary grounds, and Mr.
Brown contributed $20. A great deal of
useless trouble was employed to keep the
matter out of the newspapers, but | the
whole story came out in all its enormity
to-day.
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Sporting men in St. Louis are talking
about a game of poker played in a private
residence on Chestnut street on Wednes
day night, which :is said, to be almost, if
not quite, unparalleled in the annals of the
noble game. .: Everybody in the game is be
yond suspicion of crookedness. \ In one
deal two straight — straight flushes
are played in Missouri — .' one set of
fours were simultaneously jostled together.
It was a five-dollar-limit game, and an ex
circuit judge, with a king-high, straight
flush, collected ©380 from his friends, one
of whom rejoiced in a Jack-high ; piece of
deception, and the other, who grieved over
a job lot of five spots, and who remained
with ; the I procession for [ $100 worth and
over. It is said. that the same thing would
not happen again in millions of deals.
\ : -- :■. :; -.: *** ' ■ • ■
Our courts have been occupied during the
past week with a very singular and sensa
tional case of which the newspapers have
made very little. Dr. Whitmore was medi
cal examiner for the Knights and Ladies
of Honor and several other insurance socie
ties. He had a sort of relative and servant
in his house named Mary A. Mudd, whom
he had initiated into enough societies to
make the insurance on her life amount ' to
319,000. ' He paid the initiation fees • and
dues for her, and the I policies and certifi
cates were made out in favor of his daugh
ter, Belle Whitmore, his wife being named
as the trustee. Mary Mudd died with appro
priate celerity, and the different lodges de
clined to pay. the death benefit. Rumors of
a very serious nature filled the town, and
Dr. Whitmore consented after a time to
having the body exhumed and the stomach
analyzed. This was done, but with no re
sult. The lodges still refused to pay and
suit was . entered. Several people swore
positively that the corpse exhumed and ex
amined was not that of Mary Mudd, but of
a different and very much larger woman.
Naturally the inference was drawn that the
doctor had substituted another body for
that of the woman whose death was in
question. ; By agreement between counsel
on Wednesday of this week, the grave was
once more opened and the dead body once
more dragged into the daylight. Measure
ments were taken and everything done to
establish the identity of the corpse. . This
was done beyond the possibility of a doubt,
only a number of witnesses are ready to
swear, and are swearing, , that the . body ex
humed Wednesday is not the same body
as that exhumed last July. Of course the
complication is apparent and the mystery
is simply thickened. The case will hardly
go to the jury till Monday. ;
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Mr. Frank O'Neil, who has been for some
time past on the local staff |of the Post-
Dispatch, was on Thursday appointed man
aging editor of the Missouri Republican.
He will begin his new? duties on Monday
next. r Mr. O'Neil will be the , best paid
managing editor in St. Louis. . His salary
has been fixed at $4, 500 a year. Mr. Hyde,
the editor of : the Republican, who is at
present in Europe, continues to v hold his
position as editor-in-chief, rumors to the
contrary | notwithstanding. I happen to
know beyond question that there has been
up to the present time no serious difference
between the proprietors of the Republican
and Mr. Hyde. There, is no doubt, how
«> ver, that Mr. Hyde is being gradually
helved. Mr. O'Neil left- the Republican
two years ago, after a piece of particularly
small business by Mr. Hyde, and his return
.'will be a very bitter dose to that gentleman.
It will make a new paper of the Republi
can, however, because there ,is but one
opinion about Frank O'Neil's merits among
those who know him best, and that is that
he is without question the i best all-around
newspaper man in St. Louis. /t?'i
■" ; '^'- ' : Asmodeus. . ;
, /. • .",'■. A Great Discovery. .
Mr. William Thomas of Newton, la.,
says: "My wife has been seriously affected
with a cough for twenty-five years, and this
spring more severely than ever before. < She
had used many remedies without relief, and
being urged to try , : Dr. King's New Dis
covery, did so with most gratifying, result-?.
The first bottle relieved her very much, arid
the second bottle has absolutely -cured her.
She has not had* so < good health ; for thirty
years." ; ' Trial Bottles Free \at ' Lamble &
Bethune's and J. P. Allen's drug store.
Large size SI. , .
, . Emerson says: "All ■ mankind : loves a
lover.". It may be so, it may be so: but if it
is, why is it that so many fathers wear cop
per-toed I boots and ; give; savage bull-dogs
the run :of their : front yards at [ night?"—-
Boston Courier. .* , -- ,1
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Who of us are without "■ our troubles, be
they small or large? The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are « sick and
in pain. v A hacking cough, a severe cold or
any throat or lung diseases are very trouble
some; but all j these ? may >be -. quickly and
permanently cured by Dr. ,: Bigelow's Posi
tive Cure. Safe and pleasant for children.
Price 50 cents. - Trial > size free. P. J,
Dreis.
DRY GOODS.
MANNHEIMER BROS.
■
Have Made Sharp and
) Decisive
During this week on all articles contained in their
]loak and Suit Department
1 lot Cloth Newmarkets, plaited backs, best sailor finish,
in all sizes, $6; worth fully double.
1 Lot Ladies' Jersey Outside Jackets, tailor-made, plaited
backs, best all-wool cloth, $4.50; sold everywhere at $7.50.
1 Lot Ladies' Braided Jersey Waists, fine quality and pure
wool at $2.
1 Lot Ladies' White India Lawn Suits, well made, an un
usual bargain at $3.
1 Lot Ladies' White India Lawn Suits, made of the very
finest material, during this week at $5.
Special and Eiceginal Pies.
On Jetted Mantles, Brocade Velvet Mantles, Drap d'Ete & Crepe Fichus. Embroi
dered Cashmere Scarfs, Raglans and Newmarkets, Tailor-made Suits, White
Lawn and (xhurham Dresses, Children's Cloaks and Children's Dresses.
PARASOLS & SON UMBRELLAS
1 Lot 10-Ribbed Pongee Coaching 1 Parasols $1.50; worth $2.
1 Lot 10-Ribbed Satin Coaching Parasols, in all leading colors $2; worth 53.50,
1 Lot Black Satin Parasols, Spanish Lace Trimmed and Silk lined, 82.50.
Excellent bargains in Escurial Covered Parasols, Spanish Lace Covered Para
sols, Lace Trimmed Parasols, Fancy Coaching Parasols, Sun
Umbrellas, with ivory, pearl, silver and gold handles
-1 Lot Lunch and Picnic Baskets 25c; worth from 75c to SI.
1 Lot Fine imported Baskets 50c; none worth less than from $1.50 to $2.
TOM ail Minnesota Streets 1
CARPETS, UPHOLSTERY, CURTAINS, ETC.
JOHN MATHEIS!
No. 17 East Third Street, and
Corner Pine and Seventh Streets.
LARGE MIES OF II GOODS
THIS WEEK I
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THE
Prettiest Carpets
In the City, largest stock and variety in the Northwest.
Remember there are two immense stores filled from top*to
bottom.
All Kinds of
CURTAINS
The Lower Grades as well as the very finest. Some of the
designs are extremely beautiful, and none shoiflcbfaiMo
see them.
THE
Wall Paper Department
Is complete, and contains a great variety of patterns,
which are the handsomest to be found anywhere. Every
thing in the stores is worthy of inspection.
We are pleased to show Goods and present
prices, and cordially invite the inspection of our
friends.
JOHN MATHEIS,
17 East Third street, and
Corner Pine and Seventh streets.
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