Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-24
WIZARDS RETURN.

Ahort the Tumble in N.P.-A Chat With
Otto Brunfels, one of the Financial Ger
man Guests-He is Not Alarmed.
The first section of the Northern Pa
,ifc grand spike driving excursion reached
Brainerd promptly at noon yesterday and :
rolled into the union depot in this city at
80 yesterday afternoon. 1t was com
posed of Northern Pacific baggage car, !,
the palace car No. 5000" of the New YORK
Lake Erie & Western railroad, "47' of the
Wisconsin Central railroad, 5000" of the
PENNSYLVANIA & Ohio railroad, 800" of the
Northern Pacific railroad, the rear being
brought up by President Wizards special
car. The especial interest which gath
cred about this special was that
it was the first train which
had passed the Rockies on the new
line, reached the Pacific coast
and safely returned to its starting point,
the headwaters of tie Mississippi.
The portion OF the excursionists who re-
turned Friday morning were the first to
reach ST. Paul on the return trip, but their |
cars we're not the first to reach the Pacific |
Slope, the honor of being section one"
being accorded to Mr.. Willard and his
especial German guests.
The train arriving yesterday contained
Henry Willard and family and about forty
of the excursionists, who were in hurry
to return east, others being left behind
at Yellowstone park, in which were includ-
cd many of the German guests.
OF these it is understood that the park
visitors will make st. Paul by Wednesday
or Thursday next, and the section which
contains the press representatives, (who
will. of course, drop off for National park
sight seeing), can be expected by about
next Saturday.
The special stopped at the depot, tthe
excursionists not leaving it to visit the
city) until 6 p. NJ, when it sped onward to
Chicago over the Milwaukee and st. Paul,
where the several palace cars are to be
dropped to their respective roads on the
route. it being expected that the main
train would reach the latter city at noon
to-day. At 6 o'clock to-day after few
bours spent at the Palmer house, President
Willard will leave for New York On the
Michigan Southern and Lake Shore line
where he expects to arrive by Tuesday
noon and the foreign guests will take the
most direct route for Washington.
Ouite number of the foreign visitors
took train for California at Portland and
will return to Washington by the southern
routes. The arrivals yesterday looked
somewhat travel worn, and their clothing
and coaches somewhat soiled, but there
was no evidence of unusual WEAKNESS.
Quite a number of our citizens were at
the depot, and owing to the sudden tumble
in Northern Pacific and Oregon Traus
continental stocks, thought they might be
able in some manner to CLEAN information
of the real state of affairs from the great
railway chief.
But though President Willard did not
seem to be but of humor, he was not com
municative on these subjects so that il
was impossible to learn whether the "Wall
street mice had been on play because
) the old cat was absent" or whether this
unexpected change in the stock market
was another effort of Wizards jealous
rivals to hip him, or whether the big fish in
the Northern Pacific pool had come to the
! conclusion that the opportunity had ar
rived to swallow the shrimps in its shallow
waters.
Industrious inquiry developed the fact
that Henry was not prepared tc
show his hand, whether il
held aces or five spots, and all attempts
, | to gain information out of his secretary OF
, this subject, to whom the press was no
. very courteously referred in their attempts
y to bull the news market, proved unavail-
= ing, excepting it was learned from prom
: inent gentleman of the city that not ever
to him would Willard give down.
At this juncture GLOBE reporter, with
/ out exhibiting his note book, scraped &C
quaintance with Otto Brunfels, the vel
!. known Frankfort German banker and cap
italist, when the following conversation
took place.
Glow have you enjoyed your trip t.
: Portland?"
ell sit has Teen an exceedingly plessan
D one, and full of pleasurable surprises"
Q what were your impressions of tn
= country traversed by the Northern Pa
{ cifc?"
r ssThat for the most part, with natura
: exceptions to be found in every countr,
5 in poor lands, their fertility and promis,
: to settlers will in time give them as dens'
= settlement as in the eastern and western
, states
at having been matter of great sur
prise to our citizens after the auspiciou
opening of the Northern Pacific road, tt
have it's and the Transcontinental stock:
so badly depreciate in the market, and tt
steadily continue in the descending scale
have you heard Mr.. Willard give any ex
PLANTATION of the cause?"
"Nothing further than that he is also
> surprised"
= Gas being presumably heavily interested
or in thorough sympathy with the great
4 undertaking have you any anxiety relativ,
5 to the present state of its stocks?'
'sNot at all. Those who own stocks hav,
! a right to sell Them or give them away, al
they please, while others have right tt
= buy them. Those fluctuations, brough
:. about by some methods which cannot a
. present fathom, do not disturb my conf
dence in the least.''
''Mr. Willard has had several struggles
with those who have sought to take the
Northern Pacific management from his
hands. Do you have any idea that this de
!, preston of stocks has been brought abou
by this rivalry?"
81 have not the least idea. Quite posi-
bly, that is the case, but have no means Of
corroborating any such assertion. 1 car
, only say it is surprise to me, and tina
1 know that Mr.. Wizards desire is to reacl
Nav York at the first Dossihla moment -