The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-30

the exrosurs q Phelps. The Afdanv lobs,v-
Is. she drore this hrsber Of legislators ont
% tie stafe. ard 50 Tevrneefal Fas ise that
he enrsewea Detectives 10 shadow the bold
wy.ter srd learn who she was. Miss BLY,
had bern put on her guard. and elrssed
thee sAeuths 50 successfully that st the end
Ct three weeks they gzTe m tas chase.
hen ste received an anonymous letter
warning her that her lie was III danger aud
that il she visited Albany agaia she wonid
lie AsSaszinafe8. She defiFd this threat OF
going IN she state cAprEal in disguise and
uneaTshinc pipt which. had i been car
ried out, woald hare resulted in her bling
SINK . the bottom of the Hudson river.
Fosiowing this earae tie showing DIP OF
q notorious hsersine named Cleveland,
who iaxes country girls 70 disrepntable
resorts and ruined them. Central park
was Eis stamping ground The exposure
vas thorough snd complete. The modern
Minotaur vas furious with rage. and de-
fed the E0g1g 20 prove rs accusation. lie
claimed l. 20 be case OF mistaken isets-
tity. In order 10 provide for just such an
emergency, clever reporter had been de-
tailed 10 keep Miss BY in sight and afford
her protection If necessary. The reporter
carried detective camera. ald with This
he obtained at least a half-duzels excellent
views 81 Cieveiand's face. When tie
photographs were shown 10 the Youe be
wilted ike rag aud that night fed from
New York
The traffic in babies. and the ease with
which infants can be bought for from SO
to 50 in New York city. and ..no questions
esketl /" a ore OF the latest achievements OF
Nellie Fly.
About the misunderstanding accomplished
by Nellie Bly, was her talks with the widows
Of presidents.
The young woman is not what Eaay be
called 3 graceful writer. At times she is
given 70 veToosity, but as q rule handles
her subject entertainingly and with yigor.
Her ideas are for the most part original,
aad she has neYer yet failed in an under
taking. Size receives or an average go let
tiers a week. Out OF this number not less
than bali dczen are from women who
have conceived an affection for her and beg
for . personal interview. A dozen more
are from men making love or proposing
marriage. and the resi- are begging letters
and threats. The name Nellie bly," is
never used except as q signature. About
ten young women In different parts Of the
country have claimed to be the simon-pure
Nellie By and have gained temporary
notoriety. In some Instances hotel bills
have been contracted IN thai name and the
bills have been sent 20 the real Nellie. who,
by the way, never settles them.
Nellie By Is now on her way TO Hong
Kong IN her trip around the world, IN
which 1t Is proposed to circumnavigate the
globe in seyengy-l.ve days or less. Herreal
name Is Pink Elizabeth Cochrane.
NELLIE BLy's CHASER
On tome day of next month Miss Eliza
both Bisland and Miss Nellie bly, will ar
rive In this city. after having encircled the
globe in the iastest time on record. One of
the two will win the honors OF this globe
trot,ing event. Miss Bly, Is well.known to
the public, hut Miss Bisl and, outside of the
circle Of literature, has not been much
talked of.
This young woman il a Louisianian of
an old family ruined by the Ill fortunes of
the civil war. She Is as noted for her
beauty as for her literary attainments Al
though much OF her life was spent on
plantation. she has all the energy and tai
ent found among New York women. On
the Cosmopolitan MagaziAe Miss Bissand has
scored many successes as book-reyiewer,
and in addition TO this work she has con-
tributed TO the magazine series OF articles
on Life in New York. "Tne 0ntsora
Club" Tuxedo" "Co-eperative House
keeping" and The Flower Market of
OF New York" She lives In little home
which is said 10 be daintily arranged in ITS
interior. When she began her trip around
the world il was understood that she was
to be employed regularly afterward by the
Cosla0poiifaH Aagazigs. Being still quite
Young and u beginner she may be said to
enter on literary career wish bright pros
pectg