The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-21
BADGERS 60 In STATE
SPECIAL TRAIN CARRIES SEVENTY
WISCONSIN FOLKS TO THE
PACIFIC SLOPE
TRAVELLING IN ROYAL STYLE
As Becomes Their Triumphant Err
rand, the Launching of the Bat
tIeship wisconsin in Pacific Wa
ters-FOrnaer Congressman Ste
phenson Is Host to Number of
Prominent Badger State People.

Hrosn1nenr Badger state People.
The special train bearing the Wis
conSin battleship party to San Fran
cisco arrived in this city at O'Clock
yesterday morning. Very few of the
seventy passengers We're astir at that
hour, but they rose about an hour later,
and. after breakfasting, many OF them
STARTED for tour Of the city. There
was no one at the depot to welcome
them, so they had to find their way
about as best they could, but, as they
had seven hours to roam abroad, they
mad ample time to see the town. A
number of them continued on to Min
neapolis. where they joined the party
in the afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, the young
lady who is to break a bottle of cham
payne over the bow of the battleshfp
as it glides into the water. was one of
the earliest to abandon the train and
start on a sightseeing tour of st. FhuI.
Miss Stephenson, though still in her
teens, is great traveller. She has just
returned from a tour of Europe, and
she was anxious to visit all the inter-
estfng points about this city. She and
per cousin. Miss Hattie Stephenson,
and other members of the family went
away together and did not return to
the train until it was nearly time for
1t to leave.
Miss Stephenson is handsome
blonde and bears her present honors
modestly. Though the central figure
in the party, she is perfectly self-pos-
sessed and apparently unconscious Of
the interest she arouses. She was at
tired yesterday in a travelling gown of
brown, and gray fedora hat Miss
Stephenson's father former Congress-
man Isaac Stephenson, who is the host
on this occasion, remained in the train
while it was at st. Paul. Mr.. Stephen
son has the honor of bearing most of
the expense of the christening. The
state Of Wisconsin, through the neg
lect of the Legislature, did not ap-
prcpriate money for the ceremony, and,
when Miss Stephenson was named as
the young lady to perform it, he gen.
| erously offered to foot the bill. Forty
members of the party are his personal
guests.
Senator John L. Mitchell and ex-Sen-
ator Sawyer are in the rnrty, which in
cludes Lieut.. Gov. Baensch and the
| members of the governors staff. Sena-
tor Mitchell will deliver a speech in re-
Spouse to the toast of the battleship.
and Lieut.. Gov. Baensch will speak for
the state of Wisconsin.
The most interesting object on the
train is the bottle of champagne with
which the Wisconsin is to be christen-
ed. 1t is an ordinary bottle of extra
dry, but 1T is decorated with trI-colors
and gilt inscriptions, and a network
| of gold wire surrounds 1t. The precious
| bottle reposes in a handsome silk-lined
| leather case. There are two duplicate
! bottles-one to be drunk and one to
be kept by Miss Stephenson as a SOU
Venir Of the occasion.
The train is certainly the handsomest
that ever started for the coast. 1t IS
made up of six cars, and from observa-
ton car to diner it is an unbroken sue
cessiOn Of elegance and comfort. The
! decorations are simple, but rich in eff
| feet, and the compartment cars are
marvels Of ingenuity. Each compart-
ment car contains a bath room with
onyx tub and trimmings. The observa-
ton car Fhcific is the finest specimen
of work ever made by the Pullman
company. 1t is a drawing room on
wheels. Each car was decorated yes
terday with smilnx, which was fes-
toened along the borders and windows,
and the choicest specimens of chrys-
anthemums We're p.nced in corners and
on every table in the dining room. The
diner was further decorated with
American flags, and the effect Of the
whole was very beautiful.
At every other stop which the train
will make the citizens will accord the
Enrty reception and entertain them
as far as limited time Will permit. They
will arrive in San Francisco Friday.