davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1889-11-13
SIeepers.

The Union Pacific Ry., also known as
The Overland Route. has lately added to
its service a number Of new cars (Which
by the way are built by the World famous
Pullman Company entitled Colonist
Sleepers, and which for convenience and
comfort are but little behind the hand
sumo Pullman Palace Car. The cars are
designed for the use and comfort of the
ColoDist, who with his family intend NOV
ing West to grow up with the country.
The only difference between these cars
and the regular first. class Pullman is that
the Colonist sleeper is not upholstered.
There are fourteen sections in each car,
and separate toilet rooms for ladies' and
gentlemen. At night, by means of slid
ing headboards and heavy damask cur
tains as much privacy is secured as if in
the regular frst-class sleeper. Plenty OF
fresh, clean towels and a good supply OF
water are also to be.found. A uniformed
porter accompanies each car to look after
the comfort and attend to the wants of
the passengers. and no smoking is al
lowed. 1t certainly seems. that tor cheap
and comodious sleeping accommodations,
while travelling these cars canno be ex-
celled.
, 1889-11-13
Good Thing. on, OF rrnss.

When you read of the marvellous
feats and wonderful tricks which the
magicians Of the day, the Hellers aud
Bhtzes and McAllisters, play on as
tonished people in the banks, on tho
railway trains and in the market
places just for fun, don't you often
wonder why they don't sometimes
perform some of their good tricks en-
the stage, when you have paid a del
lar to see theml 1t seems to be Just
as it is in everything else, singing,
Grating, play acting and all-the best
part OF the best work is done by the
reporter and his easy riding fancy
Burhette in Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-11-13

ANOTHER ocean steamship record has
been broken. The new steamship Col
umbia, OF the Neutrality-suspicious. line.
arrived at Southampton at IL o'clock moor
on Thursday. As the Columbia sailed
from New York on Thursday OF last
week, crossing the bar at l o'clock in the
afternoon. she has thus made the run
across the Atlantic in six days, eighteen
hours and ten minutes, which is over an
hour better than her best previous record.
This time would be equal to an wei six
days TO Queenstown.
, 1889-11-13

A NEW register OF the Buffalo land of
hce was recently appointed, while the re-
ownership was left in the competent hands
Of Judge Orr. a Democratic appointee.
According to the Buffalo Echo there are
now three applicants for the position.
They consist of DR.. j. Q. Watkins, who
is backed by the influence OF Secretary
Noble, w. f. Williams, manager of the
Wyoming Land and Cattle company, who
expects aid from Eastern Republicans,
aud A. c. Gable, OF Powder river who
his Secretary Blaine at his back.
, 1889-11-13

A REPRESENTATIVE Of a Denver paper
is in town who gives it out that a special
train is - be run from Denver beginning
Sunday morning to reach here daily at I
O'Clock q. IN. and carry with it both morn
ing dailies. AS the papers are to bear a
very great proportion of the expenses OF
running the train they will probably not
find Cheyenne as profitable a field for
such an experiment as they could reason
ably desire.
, 1889-11-13

VIM. Timmons, postmaster of Idaville.
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for hat bad feeling arising
from kidney and liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stockman. of same
place, says: Find Electric Bitters to
be the 5ss. kidney and liver medicine,
made me feel like a new man." j. w.
Gardner. hardware merchant, same town,
says: Electric Bitters Is just the thing
for a man all run down and don't care
whether he lives or dies; he found new
strength, good appetite and felt like he
had a new lease on life. Only so cents q
bottle at B. b. David's drug store.
, 1889-11-13

about the Superb Pullman Dining Cars
which have been recently placed in SER
vice via the Union Pacific. The Over
land Route?" Ii you have, and "a to
get a sumptuous meal while travelling,
don't fail to take the train on which these
Diners run. They run on the fast Vesti-
bule Express between Council Bluffs and
Denver and on the Overland Flyer be-
tween Council Bluffs and Portland.
Meals, which cannot be surpassed in
any Of the first class hotels in the country,
are served in these cars at 75c each.
, 1889-11-13
Nor. Than IL. share Of raIl..

Henry Smith, OF Brood Center,
Conn, was in the highway on his way
to his days work in the fields, when
he suddenly behed in the road what
seemed TO him a curious circus. A
black snake, a six footer, was curled
on the ground, but instead of having
a head, as the serpents Mr.. Smith had
been familiar with all had, this snake
seemed to begin and end in tails.
Eager TO know the mystery of his
queer construction, if possible, Smith
picked up a stone and hurled il at the
strange reptile. He didn't hit him,
but the mystery came apart in the
middle. The big black fellow had
swallowed about half of another one
that was nearly as large and of the
same species, but instantly he dis
gorged him when the stone struck the
ground. Both snakes were lively and
slipped into the roadside wall before
the man could find another MISSILE
Chicago Mail.
, 1889-11-13

The name of the Netherlands is at
present given only TO the kingdom of
Holland. But in the Sixteenth cen
fury that name denoted n cluster
Of provinces extending from the Zuy-
der Zee and the Dollart TO the north
ern frontiers of France. and forming
that tract of fertile and alluvial land
which is at present occupied by the
two kingdoms of Holland and Bel
GUM.
, 1889-11-13

THE house Of Foraker has not been en-
tirely neglected in the distribution of
public Offices. Mrs. Foraker, wife Of the
defeated governor. has been elected a
member OF the board of managers of the
Indianapolis Woman's Home Missionary
Son,atr
, 1889-11-13

I he largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and super6ne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1889-11-13

The best sausage maker 10 the town
works at Fl. F. Shuldt's market opposite
City hall.
, 1889-11-13

The finest sausage in town can be OBJ
tanned at Fl. f. Shultd's meat market
opposite City hall.
, 1889-11-13
ICE.

Lake Mahpslutah ice. j. l.. Murray.
1916 Ferguson street.
, 1889-11-13

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Hist
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10
EPIDEMIC OF DIPHTHERlA.
Children Dying Off Rapidly in
Western Pennsylvania.

PITTsBURG, Pa, March 9.-Black
diphtheria has become epidemic in
Cranberry township, Venango coun-
ty. Nine children have died within
the past four days, and a number of
others are down with the disease, which
has spread rapidly i'm the lower end of
the county. So violent has the disease
become in st. Petersburg, that the
schools have been closed and the coun-
Gil have passed an ordinance prohibit
ing the holding of any public meetings.
A number of fatal cases have oe-
cured there, and many new cases
are reported. Two little girls, daugh-
tiers of Ellis Lipley, died Thursday
night and three other children in the
same family are very low with the same
disease. In several other families there
are three and four of the members down
at one time. In nearly every case
where the disease has been allowed
to get a start, in has resulted
fatally to the victim. Prompt and Wig
orous treatment is required at the first
symptoms of the disease or there is but
little hopes of the sufferer getting well.
at present the disease is confined al
most entirely to children between the
ages Of five and fifteen years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10
ONE HUNDRED A YEAR.
What Becomes of All the Babies
Left in the Midwife's Charge,

What Becomes of All the Babies
Left in the Midwife's Charge.
At the city health Office it was re-
ported that Mrs. Stencil is rather neg
ligent about making her reports, follow
ing the course pursued by many ply
sicians and reporting all births at
which she is the attendant at the close
of each month. A clerk of the depart
ment stated that she usually re-
ported eight to ten births per
month. Health Commissioner Hoyt was
seen shortly afterwards, and stated that
he believed this number to be somewhat
exaggerated, and did not think twas
possible for that number of cases 70 be
treated each month in the place on
Jackson street. If the figures are cor
rect, however, he believed that outside
cases treated by the woman in her
practice of midwifery must be included: !:
although the woman claims that from
rheumatic affection she is unable to go
about the city to any extent to attend
patients, and pleads her disability as a
reason for receiving women at her
home. But two deaths have been re-
ported from the place during the past
winter, and these were of women who
died in childbirth, one case being that
of girl who came from neighboring
town. Both cases were attended bV
reputable physicians. Mr.. Hoyt thought
it would be impossible for any deaths of
infants to have occurred in the house
unknown to the department,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10

cry /. went, feeling the burdens of a
family man growing heavier at every
step. At the nursery | found that
while Mrs. Bardwell, the kind-hearted
matron, was willing to do so, she could
not in obedience to the constitution
under which she is hired, take
the child until I had seen
some one with the authority
to suspend the rule which provides for
the receipt and care of children during
the day only. The Catholic founding
asylum receives only Catholic children
and the Protestant asylum receives only
Protestant children. had not the re-
motest idea whether the
RELIGION OF THE CHILD
that darkened my horizon was entitled
to admittance at either retreat and
there was not time to hunt up
the parties vested with authority
to decide for me. l began to feel lit
tie bit desperate, and if the child had
not been nice, white, quiet baby that
looked good enough, if it had been
respectable enough, to kiss, don't
know but my heroic resolve would
have failed, and 1 would have
left 1t to the devil and luck
But when had half made
up my mind to do this. bethought me
of Rev. E. G. Mitchell. and to him /
went as to a last resort. A permit
from him to take the baby temporarily
to the day nursery was as great reliel
as mother experiences on getting heI
daughter married
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10

a NEWBORN BOY BABY to be given
~ away at 57l Jackson st.
Monday and Tuesday the advertise
ment still appeared, proclalming glut
in the baby market, and limiting at the
necessity of somebody's coming to the
front to prevent the unwelcome young
ster's meeting the common fate of
superi1uOus domestic animals-to be
killed and eaten, or carried off in bag
and drowned. Animated partly by
curiosity to learn the method of
getting rid of excess babies, and
partly by the sentimental i'm
pulse any woman must feel to know
that no heart opens to the poor little
human being that has come into the
world through no fault Of its own, Prudy
and / jumped into cab Tuesday after
noon and were driven TO 57l JACKSON
street. A comfortable-looking stone
house bears this number, a
couple of blocks above the
ultra-respecUable neighborhood of
DR.. Murphy and Capt. Russell Blake
ley. A tin sign advertising the place.
ornaments the wall to one side of the
front door, which stood wide open as
Prudy pulled the bell. a very good
looking young man stepped forward
from a rear room to answer it, and then,
catching a glimpse of US retired.
A SLIGHT CONNECTION ENSUED,
visible to US through the door ajar at
the opposite end of the room, and when
two or three forms had scurried around,
German woman of uncertain age, in
terrogative expression, and awfully cer-
tain disorderliness, came to the door,
carrying baby in her arms.
IL believe you advertise baby to be
given away" said in reply to the
What-do-you-want nod of greeting she
gave US.
Come in," he sreplied eagerly, and
led the way into the room at the end of
the hall. The first impression on enter
ing was that we were going TO catch
something-lt might be anything from
smallpox to babies-and then this
vague idea of contagion resolved itself
into horrible premonitory symptoms of
hydrophObia as [ discovered a villain
ous-looking bull dog taking an in
ventory of me within an inch of
my life. ''Call off your dog" l
at once implored, oblivious to all else.
Two or three voices spoke out of
chaos. assuring me that the beast was
harmless, but still stood quaking and
begged again to have the animal taken
out, confessing to a morbid dread of
anything that wears dog-skin. The
thing of terror was at last removed,
that is, one thing. AS it went out
1 fully awoke to the presence of a
woman to whom the one who had ad-
mitted us was introducing me. She
completely filled large old-fashioned
rocking chair in which she lolled as if
she had grown fast in it. She did not stir
hand or foot at our entrance, and ap.
peared to be dead in sloth, all but her
head. Her untidy gown was undone at
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10
AN OLD HAND AT 1T.
Mrs. Stencil h as Had at Least
Six Years Experience in st.
Paul.

Mrs. Stencil II as Had at Least
Six Years Experience in st.
Paul.
Mrs. Stencils first appearance in st.
Paul in her peculiar line of business,
SO far as present records show, was in
1888, when she occupied a small one
story dwelling at No. 44O Wacouta
street. Here she lived and.pursued her
calling until October, 1883. 'sLower
town. was not as aristocratic at that
time as now, and Seventh
street was the main artery
for innumberable cess-pools of crime
that lurked in dark places just off that
busy thoroughfare. Mrs. Stencils
place was within stones throw of a
drug store-alsO church-physical and
spiritual remedies were therefore
always near at hand. The nelghbor-
hood is not largely given to residents.
and the few tenements that are offered
are occupied by transitory class, and
but slight trace could be discovered of
Mrs. Stencil, or the extent of her busi-
ness. A dozen business men on Seventh
street knew her, and remembered that
she was midwife; but none could be
found that traced any resemblance be
tween her and Little Buttercup,"
whose baby-farming practices long
since became notorious. The occupants
of 440 Wacouta street directed the re-
porter to the present location Of Mrs.
Stencil on Jackson street, and they also
were familiar with her business.
"Haf you a paby to dispose of?' was
the query.
! The answer was sufficiently vague to
guarantee further information.
''Vell, Mis- Stencil is de woman you
wants toSee."
G. E. Dickerman, who owns the Wa
couta street property. said he knew that
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10
CUTTING TO THE CORE.
Railroads oentering in St. Paul


Take a Serious Fit of Economy.
From testimony taken before the rail
roads committee of the house, testimony
given by the attorneys of roads and by
employees, it is apparent that the finan-
cIal condition of every railroad center
ing in st. Paul is anything but stable.
This is further substantiated by the
sweeping reduction in expenses being
made, apparently in concert, by all
these roads. The Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul issued a secret order re-
ducing the wages of large num-
Der of its men SSY per cent.
Immediately following this comes the
Chicago, st. Paul d Kansas City with
so per cent reduction in the number of
employees in its West st. Paul yards.
The Manitoba either has or will reduce
Office expenses so per cent. The Burl-
ington, Omaha and Wisconsin Central
will all make corresponding reductions
at an early date. The reason for the
Manitoba's reduction is apparent in the
loss it has sustained on the Helena eX-
tension, which was undoubtedly built
in the expectation of absorbing the
Northern Pacifc's business. The rea-
son for the reductions on the others
is to be found in the number Cf roads
centering here. With six roads com
peting for the traffic between st. Paul
and Chicago. it is only question of
time before financial crisis occurs in
one or more of them. That this is ap-
preaching, the sudden reductions III
wages, as intimated by railway men be-
fore the railway committee, is an indi-
cation. One consequence of this radical
reduction is certain to be serious labor
troubles in the fall. Then Minnesota
may look out for startling developments
i'm railroad circles,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10
A TRAP FOR THE UNwARY.
Fictitious Mrs. Terry Offers to
Take the Baby.

rake the Baby.
Accordingly Wednesday morning 1
wrote the following letter:
To 571 Jackson Street;
Your advertisement of newborn boy baby
in the GLOBE is noted. Will you let ME have
the child without knowing who l am. and
will the parents agree never TO lay claim to
it? Let me know this and am ready to take
the child immediately-the sooner the better.
Address MRS. F. HELEN TERRY, City.
P. SIN case this child is disposed of.
could you get me another? F.H.T.
This l sealed and addressed to 571
Jackson street. and sent by special de-
livery.
There was no connection between
this inquiry and that Prudy and had
made i'll person, so far as would be evil
dent to the woman. This was simply
an answer to the advertisement, giving
no clue as to whether the person send
ing it was black, white, saint or sinner.
Thursday noon | received postal card
addressed to Mrs. f. Helen Terry as
follows:
Everything is satisfactory. Come emeid-
idly. [Signedl MRS. II. STENZEI.
The handwriting corresponded with
that of the card on which the young
man had written Mrs. Stencils name
and address for my friend out of town.
| Immediately sent another special de-
livery letter, saying:
Your postal is received. Have the child
ready to hand out the door to me at 80 this
evening.
Then there was grand skirmish to
find place for my contracted young
ster. A visit to the headquarters of the
White Shield league developed the fact
that the good women of that society had
been at their wits end to know what to
do with a forsaken baby they had
in charge until they found quarters for
it at the day nursery. 70 the day nurs-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10

East, as the navy department has an
officer stationed at Auckland for the
very purpose of forwarding information
respecting Samoan events, and it is not
to be supposed that he would overlook
a matter like the sinking of the Nipsic.
SECRETARY TRACY
was intercepted on his way from Wash
ington to his home in Brooklyn at 1O:3O
tonight. He was shown the latest San
Francisco bulletin respecting the al
legged destruction at Samoa of the
United States steamship Nipsic by the
German corvette Olga, together with
the remarks thereon of Commodore
Walker. The secretary said that on the
journey from Washington to New York
he was not in telegraphic communica-
tion with anybody or any place and
could not be expected to know more
than Commodore Walker who was in
Washington. He fully subscribed to
the statement of the commodore. who
stamped the story as an absurd fabrica-
tiOn. He had not sent any private in
formation to any one.
NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
1t is learned that the reported de-
structlon of the Nipsic was not even
mentioned at the cabinet meeting this
afternoon, which fact is additional proof
that none of the executive departments
are in possession of information which
would confirm the rumof.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10
Damaged $4,000 Worth.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, March 9.-Con-
gresham S. '. White, of this city, has
brought suit against the New York
Times for libel, laying the dam
ages at $4,000. The alleged libel
consists of a dispatch from
Washington which recently ap-
peared in that paper charging Mr..
White with prostituting his high office
for personal and selfish ends. The DIS
patch in question charged Mr.. White
with presenting a resolution author
izing the president to declare war
against the Venezuela government, if
necessary, to collect the indemnity
for certain damages sustained by the
Venezuelan Transportation company
when some of their vessels were seized.
Mr. White says he had no interest in the
matter, but simply presented the reso-
luton as it came from the senate. He
charges that the dispatch was published
for the purpose of injuring his reputa-
tion and good name.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10

FOUGHT TO A DRAW. :
A Fifteen-Round Mill Between
Moore and Murray.


About 100 well known sporting men
and theatrical people went out to sport
ing resort just beyond Shingle Creek,
Minneapolis, last night to see a
fifteen-round glove contest be-
tween Dick Moore and Tom Murray.
The place of meeting was kept secret
until IL O'Clock, when the party met on
the corner of Nicollet and Washington
avenues and took hacks. Both men
were in good condition and used two
ounce gloves. The referee was a
local celebrity we'll known in sport
ing circles. Both men opened
with cautious sparring for an opening.
Moore scored the first hit, getting in
three in rapid succession on Murray's
neck and chest. Murray also scored
once or twice, but no harm was
round was an active one, both men re-
ceiving some heavy blows. Round three
was about even, so far as honorS were
concerned. Both men got in one or
two handsome swinging blows. No
fighting to speak of was done in the
fourth round. In the fifth round some
hard slugging was done, both men COM
ing in for their share of it.
Murray got the worst of the
sixth round, being lifted off his feet
once by a swinging Highlander. In
the seventh round hardly a blow of any
consequence was struck. Murray got
five stingers in the face in the eighth
round, bringing the claret and
making him wink hard. Moore was
hit once. Round nine was marked
by heavy slugging on both sides.
Murray was knocked all over the room
and bled like a. pig. Only the call Of
time saved him from complete knock
out. Moore was not injured to any ex-
tent. In the teuth round Moore
landed on Murray's face at will and
knocked him all around. He could
not, however, get in Knockout blow.
Murray's eyes were nearly closed. The
eleventh round was also MoOre'S and at
one time it looked as though Murray
would go down. The twelfth round
opened with rush, which ended
in a clinch. Moore got in hard
one between the eyes. which almost
closed the left one. His lip was also
badly cut, and Murray was hit once in
the face. The thirteenth round was
marked by cautious sparring. Moore
landed twice on his opponents face.
In the fourteenth round only four
blows were struck. Two of these
Moore caught in the face and
two Murray stopped with his visage.
Both men came up smiling for the fif-
teenth and last round. Moore led and
caught Murray in the neck, but the
next instance he himself got a right
handler in the face which staggered him
for a second or SO. The referee de-
cided the fight a draw.