Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-14


Such Railroads and Such Crops.
The Sir John Rose party, consisting of
Lord John Rose of the upper house of Eng
lish parliament, Hon. K. c. W. He rbert,
colonial under-secretary, aud Mr.. w. N.
Osborn, ex-president OF the Illinois Central
railway, arrived at the Metropolitan hotel
at II O'Clock yesterday, three-quarters OF an
hour in advance OF a telegram which they had
sent from Anoka, to engage rooms. The
party were made as comfortable as the crowded
condition of the house would permit,
and after resting awhile dined at 2
o'clock. 1t was a subject OF
style of the man, that the noble lord did not
order private dinner to be served in his
apartment where the prying, curious public
could not count the mouthfuls that he ate.
He took seat in the public dining room, and
even the colored man and brother, who flour
lshed plate Of soup over his head,
did not once dream that by dropping il he
might scald one OF the conquerors OF Zulu
Land. Sir John was dressed in suit of gray,
the coat being OF the sack pattern. Before
entering the dining room, he took from his
head cady of straw, shaped square like
sailor hat, and SHE'D it gracefully upon
| shelf, as II he had no thought of its being
contaminated by contact with the miscel-
laneous collection Of tiles and sombreros
already there. After seating himself at one
of the tables, he looked like an American
gentleman, provided you didn't know whom
he was. Ii you happened to know that he
was OF the British nobility, then he
| looked lordly, for he is over six
feet long, aud has long,
smooth upper lip, and silky, grizzly side
| whiskers. His lordship's manner is very
courtly, which is again worthy of remark in
parliament man, though it would not he
noticed in an American gentleman.
After dinner the party went to their rooms
and rested as only party who have Travelled
upwards of 5000 miles by rail in less than
month eau rest. 1t had been rumored that the
reporters had helped TO fatigue his lordship.
and that he would not submit 10 any more
interviews. The name OF Bean, In this con-
nection, became temporarily notorious.
While Sir John was snoring the snore of the
just, report went circulating through
the corridors that his lordship would be
hedged about with a brass collar full OF tacks,
and that IL any audacious tramps of the press
wanted anything out OF him, they would have
| TO see man by the name OF Bean. But the re-
pOrters did not know Bean in the premises, and
when SIR John came forth from supper he was
nabbed in as polite way as was compatible
with brevity. There remained but five minutes
until train time, and in those few heeting
moments Sir John was required to take
mental journey over beaten track at the rate
OF a thousand miles q minute.
The Sir John Rose party left New York on
August l, in the gorgeous private palace car
of President IL. Willard, OF the Northern Pa
cifc railway. The president rendered the car
for the exclusive use Of the Sir John Rose
party on their great western tour. The splen-
did arrangement and furnishing Of the inte-
rior of this car has been often described in
glowing terms. 1t is one OF the most sub
al oil hnl md taht hnl
| coaches ever constructed in any country,
and it called forth from Sir John many
CALCULATIONS OF surprise and delight. The Car
is complete hotel on wheels, with kitchen,
dining room, wine lockers, ice chest, sitting
and smoking rooms, bed chambers, bath
room, etc. Ii is fit for the conveyance OF
| king, and Sir John appreciated IL.
| Lord Rose had never before made trip to
| the far west, and it was not until he reached
| st. Paul that he began to open his eyes. Like
ordinary mortals, he did not expect to sec
| such city as st. Paul, SO remote from the
metropolis OF the United States, and he kept
on seeing what he never expected throughout
his trip. In one coach he travelled from
New York to st. Paul, taking in
Lake Minnetoka, land going over the Canada
Pacific and Northern Pacific railways TO their
| termni.
| After the train left st. Paul it was joined
by Mr.. Geo. w. Cross Superintendent of trans
Mr.. Cross continuing with the Lord Rose
party. and running the train of the Rufns
| Hatch party by telegraph.
Lord Rose, in the five minutes interview,
expressed himself surprised at the rapidity
| with which railway building is carried on in
America. The trip from Winnipeg to Fort
| Capclle and back to Winnipeg had been full
OF interest, as had also been
the run to Glyndon and the
| Northern Pacific junction. Sir John,
| while en- route TO Billings was struck by the
| immense stretch OF railway and its admira-
BILE management. The beauty of the scenery
did not escape his observant eye. The
mightiDess of the tide OF emigration was
manifest on every hand. the prairies all along
the Canadian Pacific were dotted with tents
| He had never before seen such crops. Sir
John had seen oats growing six feet high and
wheat that ticklcd him under the chin. He
has with him single hand OF wheat-thirty-
one stalks which bore, by actual count, 3,2l5
kernels. Sir John was greatly pleased with
the Inter Ocean hotel at Mandan. The hotel
/ is owned by +. ID. Hagar Of st. Paul. From
Mandan to Mics City the distance is 300H
miles, which was traversed in the quickItime OF
eleven hours and four minutes.
The Hatch party were met at Big Horn last
Friday morning, and the two trains ran to-
gether to Fort Keogh in two hours. At Man
dan the Hatch party's train was cut off,
and the Rose party proceeded to Little
| Missouri, where they took ponies
and buckbeards and visited Cedar canon and
the buttes of the Bad Lands. The scenery
there spread out was surprisingly grand and
| picturesque. The Bad Lands were go named
| by the aborigines, because the ground is I'M
even and hard TO get over, not on account OF
sterility, for the land appears to be wonder
fully fertile.
| The run OF 155 miles from Little Missouri
| TO Mandan was made in quick time and the
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| and his gang were again sighted and ringing
cheers were exchanged. The train left Steele
farm at O'Clock Saturday night and passed
Fargo at $50 o'clock Sunday morning, reaching
the st. Paul union depot at 1150 a. IN. The
| train had run 500 miles in three days and
| two hours.
Sir John had begun to get SO full of news
| by Friday that he commenced sending tele
grams to London, Paris and Montreal, AMI
kept it up all that day and the following Sat
urday. In every telegram his lordship gave
the great northwestern section OF the United
States good send OIL.
Being questioned as to the respective mer-
its of the two Pacific lines, Lord John said
| there was no call for a comparison between
them; they are both good roads,
| there is ground enough along the
way for both, and he could
see no reason why their interests should con-
fict. He believed both lines would reach the
Pacific coast and have enough to do to keep
them busy. Sir John did not mention that he
owns a one fifth interest in the Canada Pa
ciac, but such is the case, and rumor
has 1t that his lordship is .going to have an
interest in the Northern Pacific also:
IAN effort was made to ascertain his lordship's
views as to the bearing of the Egyptian I'M
pleasantness upon the American grain market.
Sir John himself did not speak on the subject.
but representative-no Mr.. Bean, by the
way-intim ated that the noble lord had given
that phase of the subject some thought, and
had concluded that. if the war were kept up,
the supply of grain would be cut off from
England, which would increase the demand
for American cereals and greatly benefit our