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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
WALL STREETS NEW KING.
q. Victor Newcomb, the Magician Of
Speculation.
A Man Who Buys Stocks by the Cart
load, and Makes "a Million of Dol
lars in one Deal.

II. Victor Newcomb. the new king of
Wall street, is magician in the art of
speculation. says the New York Journal.
He will rule in one of the widest periods
of stock speculation ever known.
A boom has been started. and sights such
as have not been seen in years in the 1inan-
cial mart, will be presented in the coming
fall and winter months. Fortunes will be
made and lost in twinkling. Betting on the
rise and fall of values, and the making and
unmaking of these values will be depend
ent largely on one mans will. Ii was his
power to mark up and down the prices OF
stocks, quite as much as his trick of water
ing stocks, that enabled Jay Gould to roll
up millions.
Mr.. NeWcomb is now millionaire thrice
over, but his position is so powerful that he
can add to his riches at prodigOuS rate.
He was master Of the financial situation be-
fore any one but himself was aware of it.
In the spring prices rose in an unaccounta-
BILE way, and people who were on the wrong
side of the market began paying
the penalty of their mistake. 1t did
not come out for a long time to whom
they were paying tribute, but at last it wa
revealed that the hand which accomplished
the marvellous work belonged TO Mr.. New
comb.
He had worked the New York end in a
silent way. and Phil Armour, the Chicago
end. in an Obstreperous manner of deal
in st. Paul that put thousands upon thous-
ands of dollars i'll the pockets of both.
Mr. Newcomb has been in Newport all
summer. but he has not been idle by any
means. While attention was directed from
him he was picking up stocks for the great
rise which he knew was sure to come. He
loaded up with Reading. for one thing, and
the mighty deal in that stock inaugurated
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
Not a ParaIytic.
w.
Blanche was at home.

Blanche was at home.
Charles had just been informed of hel
presence IN the home of her father anC
mother. sisters and brothers, by the domes-
tic who had answered his well-known ring
at the door-bell and admitted him into the
hall with its velvet carpets, grand staircase
and elegant appointments. He asked fol
the young lady of the household, as was his
wont, and the servant. after informing him
that she believed the person asked for was
in. started to inform her of his coming.
Charles was an observing young man.
AS he took off his hat and OvercOat and
deposited them on their accustomed hook.
he noted the exhibition of wealth every
where about the house and felt an inward
satisfaction in having made things so
agreeable and entertaining for the female
member of the wealthy household. He
walked into the parlOr and took his seat on
the sofa.
The rustic of silk smote upon his ear and
as the ruster came nearer he thought of
Some new fiction with which to regale her.
she came and, like the spider and Miss
Muffet, sat down beside him.
"Oh, Charley" she lisped in her most
fashionable lisp ''what do you thnk?"
Charley was not thinking and so told her.
Il had such dreadful dream. l thought
that you were paralyZed."
Had | been taking anything?" asked
Charley.
mo. thought that you came in the
parlor here and sat down"
How could be paralyzed if / walked
and sat DOWN."
"You were seated on the sofa when |
came in and sat down close to you. and
you rever moved. I thought, of course,
you were paralyzed-"
When Blanche got her breath she had no
reason to entertain the belief that Charley S
strong right arm was useless member of
society
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
THE L. IsON D,ETRE.

The same old sea and the same old sky;
The same old vessels sailing by;
The same old farmer raking the sand;
The same old fisher rowing to land;
The same old lane and the same old mud:
The same old COW and the same old cud;
The same old toad and the same old tree;
The same OLD terrier barking at me.
The same piazza. dusty and bare;
The same old woman taking the air;
With the endless stories of long ago.
of the same old ball and the same old beau;
The same old dresses ugly as sin;
The same old rush when the mailscomes in;
The same Old fools and the samefwise men;
The same old pig in the same OLD pen.
oil gobblers, cid men, old work. old play;
The same old night and the same old day:
The same old fog TO straighte the hair,
Antiquity's chestnut everywhere.
And it s eat AMI drink and sketchs and sew
And dress-for whom. I'd like toikuow?
For strata ard foss Is and hens.and reese.
Aud they call this health. aud;resr and peace
Oh. bother such rest and bealt ssyI
II rs her be ill-perchance to die
Than live in the DAYS before the food,
An antique clam in historic mud.
Dut CHS / Il sdd-tho' twill prove me bold
One nice yonng man would atone for the old
And take the mildew FROM lana and sea-,
And guess that what the matter with me.
-Eleaner Kirk
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
The EruitD ealer.

A small man, an italian. and small
fruit store are familiar objects to the hun
dreds of people who daily pass up and
down Wabasha street He is a dried up
specimen of humanity. His face is wrinkled
and his form is bent with age. In his
small stall he has fruit and staple articles
of candy all about him. There is scarcely
room enough for him to move about. 1t is
not large enough for him to display all his
wares.
A shelf projects out on the sidewalk,
and on this he has arranged, in most
tempting order, samples of all his wares.
The largest and most luscious peaches are
here to be seen, alongside of the ripest and
most inviting pears. Here are the rosiest
cheek apples and the best samples of grapes.
The small man, when not conversing
with customer, busies himself in arrang
ing and rearranging his fruit. He takes
up each individual article, examines it care
fully and deposits it either among the finest
or among the inferior classes. He also re-
arranges the price cards that are displayed
on the different varieties.
lnterrogated on the subject of fruit and
its devotees in ST. Paul, he says that the
eating of fruit is an acquired taste which
st. Paul residents have not generally culti-
waited, although slowly coming thereto.
He says that it is business which grows
very rapidly, as is evidenced by the many
fruit dealers throughout the city who have
| fol- lowed in his wake. He claims that a
person once addicted to fruit eating never
outgrows it, but on the contrary, permits
| the habit to grow with years. In his opin-
ion, once fruit eater always fruit eater.
| He says that one reason why st. Paultes
have not taken to varied assortment OF
fruit is the difficulty in handling it; that
| the shipment is accomplished with great
difficulty and not a little expense to those
engaged in the business. and that as con.
sequence few have cared to start in the haz
ardous undertaking. He announces thai
the smaller dealers get their supplies daily
from the large produce and commission
houses, the purchases being made every
morning. LII this way the danger of fruit
spelling on their hands is reduced to the
lowest extent. and the produce man is made
to stand the bulk Of the losses. When a
small fruit dealer is overstocked with any
particular kind of fruit, or the day prove.
rainy and disagreeable after promising
morning, he keeps open until very late
hour in hope that some belated pedestrian
may. by the display and open store, be in
duced to come in and help exhaust the visi
BILE supply. There is more or less loss at
tached to the handling of fruit, he says, at
best, as some of it is bound to spoil, and tt
make up for this loss the prices are marked
up pretty high on the good and attractive
specimens.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
Gawks' Letters to Miss Palmer.

Pail Mall Gazette.
Mr.. Gladstone is not the only person who
suffers from plethora of correspondence.
That pleasing little American lady, Miss
Minnie Palmer, informs a writer in the Biz
mingham Mail that she has on an average
forty letters a day. some from admirers OF
the ''maSheT'' stamp or ''gawks," as they
are now called across the pond; otheIs from
gushing ladies, begging photographs, auto
graphs and locks of hair; some from stage
struck maidenS and incipient Irvings, and
not a few of the cadging order, requesting
the loan of a few shillingS to relieve
the temporary needs of an old actor
or impecunious actress. Here is an
extract from an epistle Of the ELUSIVE type
emanating from a Birmingham lady adj
mFer: ''Oh, that l could be near you if
only to touch the hem Of your dress. 1t
has always been nv desire to be an actress
and travel about, but suppose l must give
it up" And then she comes to something
practical: Il suppose you do not want any
one in your company to make up into any
thing, because l would not mind what it
was. If you have got any little thing that
you have worn, not of any value, if you
would give it to me as memento of your
visit to Birmingham should be delighted. :"
This ladyS request is somewhat vague, and,
as she does not say her tastes lie in the di-
rectiOn of a gold watch, diamond ring or
a sealskin jacket. Miss Palmer is rather in
aquandry to decide what to send her.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
SCENES IN THE CITY.
How the Innocent Looking Hall Of the
Singing Society Changes Its
Character.
The Members Get to Work On q New
Piece, and Much Noise
Results.
A Retired Fruit Dealer Gives His
Views and Opinions On That
Business.
Incidents, Usually Unwritten, That
Occur in the Course of Pro-
tracted Courtshtp.
SCENES IN THE CITY.
The singing Society.


An ordinary beer saloon looms up in the
the interior is not brilliant but the light is
concealed more or less and finds it way out
into the street between the chnks of the
lattice work arrangement that hides view
of the interior from the over-curiOus passer-
by. The show windows are also partially
curtaned and help to intensity what light
escapes through the opening high above
the heads of ordinary pedestrians 1t is a
cheap-lOOking place, with no particular at
traction, unless a ported evergreen tree.
that seems to support the screens, might be
termed an attraction. One or two signs of
different kinds of beer are visible about the
front door, while bottles filled, or at least
supposed to be filled. with beer are dis
played in the show window.
1t is harmless, quiet saloon. 1t Occu-
pies the first floor of twO-story building.
A narrow hallway opens out in close proX-
unity to the front door of the saloon. The
hallway is uninviting. Its outlines are
made apparent by the reflected light from
the second story, where a lamp is dimly
burning.
Men pass up the stairway and vanish in
one of the rooms. They come out of the
saloon and they dart in from the sidewalk.
They converse as they go up the stairs and
employ not the English language to ex
change their ideas. Cheap cigars are in de-
mand. The men are supplied Herewith
and the night air for some distance is
freighted with the odOr and smoke of the
poor excuses for cigars Big men with
deep voices and small men with high-Strung
voices are among those who disappear up
the stairway.
Everything is quiet. All of sudden the
peace and quiet are set at naught and the
singing society begins its nightly howl.
The so-called singers attack a gee. The
pianist first plays the score. Next he plays
the first tenor score and is speedily fol-
lowed by the first tenors trying to sing.
The second tenors take whi1l at the song
as arranged for their voices and the first
bass and second bass, in their order, try
their voices on the new composition.
They are energetic men, are the vOcalists,
and they keep right at the song until it
gives up in disgust and permits itself to be
sung by the savage and persistent asSail-
ants. People along the street. who chance
to pass by. stop and listen for moment
and then hurry along.
After long siege of vocal gymnastics
the foreigners come down and. after pat
ronizing the bar, pass out and away. The
saloon closes up and the buildin becomes
dark and quiet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03

wonders at the beautiful scene, more BEAU
tiful from the fact that it is so unexpected.
Going still westward on the street, the
stores are generally less attractive, until the
old and deserted Metropolitan hotel is
reached. 1t stands tenantleSs. relic OF
prosperous days gone by. 1t tells story
of poor Judgment in locating hotel in that
quarter, and of the rapid strides that busi-
ness has made in other directions.
AT this point the street takes turn, and
is no longer on the brow of the bluff, for
stores and blocks line either side The
Italian quarter is passed. Houses from
which emerge numerous lazy. black-haired
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03

the past week will before it is over add
million or more to his heap. He has load
of Lake Shore stock it is said which on
the settlement of the trouble on It's auXlll-
airy line. the NickelPlate. will show hun
dreds of thousands profit for him.
He buys and sells stock by the CARLOAD.
but with no more display than if he were
buying and selling so much paper. He is
the Pied Piper of Wall street in one re-
Specific smaller traders dance to his play
ing and follow whittier he leads.
He is different from Jay Gould, Deacon
S. V. White and operators of their ilk who
contine their speculation to a few stocks in
which they have more than mere specula-
tive interest The whole market is his
speculative domain.
He first came into prominence as the
president of the Louisville d Nashville
Railroad. He doubled the stock of the road
without impairing the property. christopher
Columbus Baldwin succeeded him IN the
management of the road and wrecked 1T.
Mr.. Newcomb was the manager OF the
Louisville before he was so years Old, and
was called the boy President" His con-
summate ability was the wonder OF the OLD
heads at railroad management. he organ
lied the United States bank and conducted
it for time. 1t was uncOngenlal TO his
adventurous spirit and he sold the control
of it to Cyrus w. Field.
Charles f. Woerishoffer was considered
the most daring Spectator the street ever
knew. Mr.. NewcOmb is eqally daring. but
less reckless. He never would be taken for
the figure in speculation that he is. He is
thoroughly uuassuming and likewise thor
oughly agreeable and approachable.
He is of medium height, with full
beard and mustache, now turning gray, and
wears eyeglasses. He invariably carries a
walzing-stick, and dresses with great care,
though in anything but a dandited fashion.
His head is full of figures. and he is
veritable clycop@da of railroad informa-
ton. He always has the first information
of forthcoming events.
He is very abstemious in his habits,
which he considers to be necessary for a
clear head. He is fond of reading to
which he devotes great deal of time. He
likes the theater and opera. He has an
Office in the Mills building. in Broad street,
but sometimes months elapse without his
entering it. When downtown his time is
spent at his brokers office. His home is in
Fifth avenue, few blocks below Central
park. 1t is magnificent in its appointments.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03

with the trade in his particular locality.
Originally associated with Mr. Chapin in
a business way, he. at the death of the lat
ter. formed Il e present company, of which
he is the business head. His residence in
st. Paul is numbered by a score of years.
and during that time he has been in the
hardware trade. His knowledge of the
needs of the growing Northwest has proved
of great benefit to him, financially. and
new, in the prime of life. he has the
pleasant satisfaction of knowing that he is
one of the many wealthy men of Mime
sofa capita. city.
church member is Mr.. Haekett. He is
seen al the Plymouth Congregational
church nearly every Sunday morning. and
takes a prominent part in all the choral
work that comes to the lot of the attend
ants.
L. n. MaXfield is type of the young
and progressive business man of the North
west. Tall and sinewy, he impresSes be
hgiders as being on the street to make the
most Of existing times. lie acts as though
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
SCENERY

Across the street the panOra ma OF Min
neSOta'S
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
opens to view. A railing on the sidewalk
nearest the river is the only thing that keeps
the pedestrian from stepping off and down
the steep embankment. On the first ledge
of rocks, some distance below. are the re-
mains of what was once the foundation OF
buildings. They are crovered with weeds
and moss an d show but too plainly that
years have elapsed since the upper Struc-
ture parted company with the stone sup
port Bey ond this ledge, still lower is the
river bank. along which are the railroad
tracks. Occasionally a train dashes along.
and viewed from the top or directly over
head the sight is rather peculiar.
The river. with steamboat either steam
ing up or down the stream or tied I'D to a
landing, next attracts the attention of the
ghtseer. The island with its lighthouses
looms up. One or two crews are ON the
river practicing. The regular strokes pro-
pei the shells through the water, and. save
for the sparkling of the oar blades as they
come into the direct rays of the sun. the
OarSmen are soon lost to sight
The addition to ST. Paul, across the river,
bustling little city of ITSELF spreads out in
bold relief. The eye of the observer tires
of the sight and finds relief in the castle
like abiding places
ON THE BLUFFS
further up the river. The hills and dales
are blended into one another as the dis
lance increases, and the observer looks and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
POLAND AND THE DRINKS.
Senator Blackburn Made a Mistake.
but ReciifIed 1t in Time.

S6uatOr ttfaCAOtfn NA80e a
but ReciifIed 1t in Time.
National Repu blican.
No member of congress of recent years
was better known to the galleries than
Judge Poland, of Vermont. The blue
dress-coat with brass buttons which he al
ways wore made him conspicuous among his
colleagues. He is above the average stat
ure; his features are as clear cut as a
cameo, with an expression of severity that
masks his humOr and good nature. His gen.
eral appearance, dignifed bearing and correct
manners convey the idea that he is one of
the most straitlaced of men. Senator
Blackburn tells good story that illustrates
the manner of man Judge Poland is. Po-
land and Blackburn were members of the
house during the forty-eighth congress
One day some friends Of Blackburn while
on the way to the congressional to Obtai
liquid refreShment met the Kentucky mem
Der as he was passing across the hall of the
house, and invited him to join them.
''Wait minute" said Blackburn, ''until |
speak to Judge Poland. and l will join
you" bring the Judge with you,
said one Of the party. Judge Poland
never drinks" said Blackburn. At this
some of his friends laughed. and one
replied, ''YOu don't know the man, ask
him to join u.s." Blackburn repaired to
Poland's seat. transacted his business, and
then invited him to join the party. Poland
accepted. much to the surprise and gratii-
cation of Blackburn. and as they were
preceding to join the party who had pre-
coded them, Blackburn informed the judge
of the conversation here related. Poland.
without changing his countenance said:
Il don't know why you should entertain
such an opinion of me, and yet L am not
surprised, as many men have heretofore
acted upon the same belief. and in conse-
quence Of this erroneous belief | have lost
many good drinks in my time" From that
time forward Poland never missed a drink
when Blackburn and he were where drinks
could be obtained
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
Too Previous Impressions.

Rambler.
interviewer Ito famous English actor,
who is about to land in this cOuntry'for the
first time)-What do you think of Amer
lea?
English Actor-You are too late, my
young friend.
Interviewer-TOo late!
English Actor-Yes; I gave my impress,
sions Of your great and glorious country tC
the correspondent of Chicago paper wher
we boarded ship.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
A GROUP OF FOUR.
Sketches of a Quartette of Prominent land
Influential Residents of MinnesOta's
Capital City.
Something of Judge harles E, Flandrau
and How He Would Honor the
Federal Senate.
Holm g. ouinby, the Business Man.
the Citizen and the Leader in the
Methodist Church.
Charles w. Hackett, the Successful
Hardware Merchant, and l.. H.
Maxiield, the Grocer.

In the event of the Demoerats carrying
the state and getting control of the leglSla-
ture no one would loom up more promin-
emily as proper person to represent Min
nesota in the upper branch of the legiSla-
ture than Judge Charles E. Flandrau. whose
picture accompanies this sketch.
A distinguished looking man, he attracts
attention wherever he goes, whether
among friends who know his marked abill-
ties and testify their admiration, or amons
strangers who judge him by his appearance.
A tall and erect man, he carries himself
like military man, the seeming severity
of his carriage being mitigated by courtly
bearing that makes friends while it COM
mandS respect.
4 LAWYER he is sean 10 the best adYant-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-03
MABASHA BRIDGE.


Beyond this point the stores are less pre-
tentious, and, although including a few
wholesale concerns are mostly of cheap
grade. The street extends along the brow
of the hill and commands a magnificent
view of tie gently-fiowing Mississippi
river. way down at the base of the bluff. of
the hills and valleys across the river and of
Fort Smelling in the far distance. The
stores are only on one side of the street
most distant from the edge of the bluff. so
that nothing mars the beauty and granduer
of the view, up and down the river, as the
pedestrian or occupant of the fast-fying
vehicle traverSeS the route.
On one side are the onerstory- and a-half
frame buildings occupied by men whose
sign generally is three brass balls suspended
in front of their place of business. The
shOw-windOwS contain a various assort-
ment of cheap jewelry. old clothes and
other articles that are wont to be displayed
in such establishments. Small children
with sore eyes are playing about the side
walk in front of these miniture halls fol-
the exhibition of a motley collection OF
secondhand articles. The stores show a