The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-05
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AlFormer Queen or the Lobby Eek
/ pires in an Almhopse,

AlFormer Queen or the Lobby Eek
pires in an Almhopsc,
There died tn the. hospital of the
'almsbouse ut Philadelphia last week a
woman who was known. on the register
as emma Thompson" bntwhose career
a quarter ola century ago, under the
name Of emma Jacobs" had a national
notoriety. She was born in Lancaster
county yer seventy years ago. Her
life i'll Philadelphia, says the Times. be-
gan at an early age. and it vas in this
city that she, started her remarkable
career. Her powers of fascination were
marvellous and some of the most 3pIoin.i
inent men in the country We'd with each
otter to win her amile and favor. The;
amounts Of moEsy she received from
these men aggregated thousands of doll
lsrs a year. Her beauty is said by those
who remembered her in her best days
to have been ola type that compelled
admiration from all who saw her, and
Daniel Webster said of her: ''She has
the most perfect carriage of any woman
/ hav ever seen" ta7"it s@"''AE' !
She rapidly acquired wealth and multi
several houses in what is now Bryan's
court, a little street running off from
Cherry between Seventh and Eighth.
The houses she rented, and by reinvest'
lng the income her meanS increased I'M
[ til at one time her property Vas valued
at BO,OOO, a large sum in those days
The corner house she occupied herself.
He-e she held court fo- gentlemen Of
leisure, as. well as lawyers and gentle.
men of letters, her house being the re-
sort at times for some of the bryhtest
.intellects In the country. While congress
was in session, it was her cnstomito 70 to
! Washington, and il, was there that some
Of her most remarkable c~onquests' oc-
cured. She is said to have completely
fascinated at least one president of the
Is United States, and nearly N4l the leading
men in Washington from lS50t to go made
hersrocfns d Rendezvous. $50 great was
her influence over the members of con-
.tgress that her value as a lobbyist was
known to corporations and individuals,
and many important bills, were passed
through her instrunehtality.E Probably
the only man who W. Won her, 7af1ec-
ton was a preacher named Thompson a
Nirglnian, whom she married. Ihomp.
son afterward lost his reason and was
placed in the insane ward 8 f!the alms-'
house, where he died three years ago.
PREVIOUS to, this event Mrs.
i~Thompsonls charms began, to fade and
she had Disappeared from public notice.
her old true shreweness 's%vemeatoldis.
appear, and in q few months she lost
nearly. all that she had spent her life in
acquiring. Her properties ,on, Cherry
street were gradually encountered vita
mortgages, and, fiaally loslnglthem. She
became absolutely in want, During
Thompson's Incarceration in the mad
house his wife visited him nearly every
visiting day, constantly supplying him
with an abundance OF tdelicaties.s Herr
face was well-known by the OFFICIALS Of
the institution and she was supposed to
be worth considerable money al II
On the 2sth day of November. 1881,
she presented herself at the gateway Of
the ms tuition with the remark that she
had come to stay. The g%atekeeper was
surprised, and refused to believe her
statement. at is trle," said she, and
pulling out a card Of admission signed
by Guardian Chambers, she handed tito
the man and burst into tears. She lei,
enough money to pay for her tunera..
expenses.-New York Star. sG. W.