St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-15
Mrs. Bloom and Her Thrilling
Experience on the Mon
tana Plains.
Col. Morse Says Montana
Stands Pat on the Shep-
man Coinage.
Some Idea Of the Wonderful
Changes in the Booming
Gemini.

anu ObU0T DdSRdg0. luey oil UOlO iudlho
and placards announcing that they be-
longed to San Francisco residents and
people from other portions of Califor-
MIA.
A party of about 100 arrived in the.
city yesterday noon from the West over
the Canadian Pacific line. They were
all from California and were en- route to
the worlds fair. The party was under
the guardianship of Capt. French, Of
the Canadian Pacific line, man we'll
known to tourists as being familiar
with all travelled paths in the civilized
world.
The party spent the afternoon in a
drive about the city, during which all
the principal points of interest were
visited. The afternoon train to Chicago
over the Milwaukee line took them to
Chicago, where they will spend some
time at the fair. Every one expressed
pleasure at the results of the drive and
see med pleased with the city generally.
A neat appearing and plainly dressed
little woman sat in the parlor of the
Merchants yesterday afternoon reading
newspaper. Her appearance was that
of quiet, homelike person, and her
dress, while being plain, was of fine ma
terial.
She is one of the best kno wn women
in the state of Montana, and there is not
resident of the state who would not
rally at her standard should she be in
need of assistance or protection. Not
that she cannot take care OF herself
either under ordinary circumstances.
She has handled rifle in cool manner
in the very face of death, and her own
life, as we'll as the lives OF her three
children, are due to her courage.
Mrs. Anna Bloom was one of the plo-
neer women of the state of Montana,
and with her husband she rode huE-
dreds of miles in rickety old wagon
across the prairleS and hills to the
Western land. They had given up The
hope of digging prosperity and fortune
out of the BLACK soil of Illinois, and,
after selling Their household property
for what they could get, the COW was
tied to the rear Of the wagon, the old
home was closed and locked and the
wagon rumbled westward.
1.-The trip was pleasant one in a
great many things, but would like to
take it again, under the same clrcum-
stances" said Mrs. Bloom. ''Some-
times the horses gave out. and we were
compelled to remain for days in the
same place. At other times we would
run short of provisions. and all kinds of
worries and troubles were with us. We
carried everything we possessed IN the
world in our wagon, and every night
we camped out and cooked our supper
in some place where there was supply
of water. The horses would be pickeled
out for the night, and with no one TO
guard us except the dogs, we would sleep
a. soundly as though we were secure
from any intrusion.
"One night the Indians surrounded
our little camp and we thought we
would all be killed. but luckily they
were few in number and we drove them
off, | shot one of them, and still have
at home his head dress of feathers and
beads. That is not the only man have
shot, but hope | shall never have the
life of another one ON my hands. 1t
was necessary for the Western women
to fight as we'll as the men, as there
were bands of marauderS, white and
red who preyed off the others. My
husband was a sheriff for number of
years, anu III WIS Wull6 Will Hllu JldL L
shot a man. He had prisoner in the
house and some of his companions
came to rescue him. was in the house
alone, and l kept them off with my
rifle. | was good shot, and even now
| can pick off an animal at good dis
tance away / have also herded cattle
and spent the entire night in the saddle
after steers which had escaped.
lit is not necessary for Inc TO do this
now, as we discovered gold mine on
our ranch and the children and myself
are now OH the way to Chicago for the
purpose of spending some of the money
we have made. My husband has been
dead for four years, but we have kept
on with the ranch. The children have
never been East. and they will enjoy
the new sights in Chicago"
The children turned out to be three
bearded men, each of them measuring
in the vicinity OF six feet i'll height 1t
will not be healthy for any of the Chi
cago bandits to attempt to rob this
Western family. They departed for
Chicago on the evening train over the
Northwestern line.