The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-05
Willard at st. Paul.

Willard at st. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 3.-After the guests
had partaken of the banquet, the
chairman called on all present to rise
to drink the Health of President AT
thur. This was done with enthusi-
asm. The President spoke as fol-
lows:
MI. CHAIRMAN: thank you cor
daily for your kind greetings. l am
glad to take part in these festivities;
the great work accomplished and
which they commemorate, may we'll
be celebrated. And, Mr.. Mayor, we'll
may the residents of your city, which
stands at the gateway of that high
way stretching far cut into the west
ern sea, congratulate themselves as
they are about to enter upon a career
of renewed prosperity. Coming to
yOuifrOm that wonderland OF America
l have travelled 1000 miles by the
Northern Pacific railroad. Nothing
that I have read, nothing 1 have ever
heard, has equalled that space. 1t
has served to convince me of the i'm
portance of this great enterprise, and
that it has not been Overestimated by
its most Sanguine friends. All
honor then to the zeal and energy
which have given to that enterprise
such tremendous success. cloud
cheers. followed by three cheers for
President Arthur.)
At the conclusion of Arthur's
speech, MI. Willard in reply said: 81
am almost staggered by the weight OF
the expressed gratitude you have
heaped upon me during the last few
days Already once before to-day (at
Minneapolis) ! have been compelled
to protest that honor was being show
cred upon me beyond my merit. 1t
was my good fortune to conduct this
enterprise, that started thirteen years
ago, to successful CONCLUSIONS; but
there are others who r entitled to Il
great deal of the credit for this sue
cess besides myself. Circumstances
called me to the direction of the
Northern Pacific al a most suspicious
period Of prosperity. The times could
not have been more favorable. Then
the negotiations for a great amount
of the capital needed to COM
plete the enterprise had been already
conducted to a successful issue by
others.
But for them success would hardly
have been possible. But for them
the enterprise would have slept; and
but for their patience, their persever-
ance, it would have been buried out
of sight years ago. My success is so
far due to my predecessors on the
Northern Pacific and to that OF my
associates in the directory, that !
found a living body and not a dead
one. l found a body that had been
restored to full life by the successful
negotiation of a loan of $4O,OOO.OOO:
this was cOnsummated before l be-
came president. and it assured the
success of the enterprise.
MI. Willard said on the 10th OF July,
1881, he had the honor to deliver an
address to the citizens of st. Paul,
and in that address, as many would
remember, he had ventured to say
the road would be complete to the
ocean within two years from
that day. On the 22d of last month.
the promise made two years before
was more than fulfilled. [Enthusias-
tic cheers greeted this statement.
He said now that the road was COM
it was incumbent upon the
management to make a satisfactory
report to the stockholders and the
io%%pn'' forward wn0 to "" its com rs
as the beginning Of an era Of
great prosperity. He was a great be-
lever in the future of the Northern
Pacific as they were aware; but they
should remember that a great deal OF
work yet remained to be done. He
was also a believer in the future OF
the West, and he would keep in mind
not only the welfare OF the stockho!-
lers, but the people living along the
inc OF the road.
1t had been a great satisfaction to
him that there were more believing
n the Northern Pacific road in the
than Wall street. JCheers.
He felt that he had been emancipated
rom the demoraliZing influences of
Wall street; he breathed a fresher
lir; he saw evidences around him
hat his faith was as well founded as
anything human could be. An Eng
ish guest remarked to him yesterday
hat these festivities reminded him
II the opening OF the SueZ canal. He
vas free to confess he could see little
resemblance in the enthusiasm of
he community through which the
Dad passes. 1t is not artificial, it is
lot worked up for effect, therefore it
vas the more gratifying to them.
Mr.. Willard concluded by abiding
n fitting terms to the generous
hospitality extended by st. Paul and
minneapolis to the foreign and Amer
can guests.
AS he sat down he was loudly ap-
'lauded.
The lateness of the hour has rem
lered it impracticable to give a ver-
'atim reportof Mr.. Wizards remarks.
The Hon. Lionel Sackville West,
Minister to the United States,
eplying to the toast, Our foreign
spoke IN high terms of the
Isefulness of so great a highway as
be Northern Pacific.
CINCINNATI, sept. H. Late inves
swells the number of mis- =
ng at the BRENNAN rag factory fire
D nine.
GALVESTON, Sept. IA Sun Saba
pecial says such a drouth has not
cen experienced in the surrounding
ountIy for many years. From San
aba through Mccullough and
oucho counties, extensive prairie
res have ragged destroying a vast ex-
INT of pasture. The stock mel will
lffer a heavy loss.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.-George
was convicted of pension
;auds in the district court this morn
~, and sentenced to two years i'm
produce Market Report
BUTTE, NJ. T., August 81, 1888,
The following are the wholesale
rices paid by merchants and hotel
.epers for the commodities enumer-
ed, delivered from the wagons
rice list carefully corrected every
aturday:
Flour Ruby Valley, xxx, $500
per cWt.
Mill Greek, xxx, $3.50
percwt.
Kansas xxx $3.50.
Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Greek, New Process, 81. UO.