St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-19
THE ZENITH CITY EHRAGED
Over the Manitoba's Action in Billiu1
Wheat.
REVENGE WITH A BIG 3
Is What The Business Men of Duluth
Want-A Case of Marital In
felicity.
Special to the Globe.

DULUTH. Sept. 1S.-The war by Du-
luth against the Manitoba railroad, in
the matter of grain shipments from
points along its line, has begun in an
inspired article. The Duluth Herald
says: ut is understood that the efforts
to induce the Manitoba and Eastern
Minnesota railroads to quietly withdraw
from their hostile movement against
Duluth by discrimination in the matter
of freight transfer have not met with
successful result, and the officials of
those companies are quietly sitting back,
asking the famous question, what are
you going to do about it?' The Herald
IS very much mistaken if the people of
Duluth will not have something to do
about it. About eighteen months ago
some of our leading citizens. realiZin g
the need of additional terminal facilities,
and the demand that would soon exist
by new railway companies for entrance
into Duluth. with no little labor organ
lied the Duluth Terminal Railway COM
pany, expressly to provide terminal and
transfer privileges for railroads then or
in future attempting to secure favOra-
Bile entrance to the city. 1t was realized
that entrance to Duluth was hard; that
there was
NONE TOO MUCH ROOM
at best for roads desiring to share the
great and growing business of this city;
and so large part of the available en-
trance room was secured by deeds of
free gift from the elevator companies
coal comnanies and other private owners
of right of way, and by the city of Du
luth of Railroad alley and part OF
Fourth and other Rice's point streets.
With this done the entrance of any fur
Their company to the heart of the city
was rendered dOubly difficult, if not i'm
possible, and it was believed there would
be no need CT more lines, as the termi-
nal company could care for all the traffic.
Then the Eastern Railroad of Mime
sofa, which is the Manitoba system
under another name, applied to take the
stock of the Terminal company, agree.
ing to lay the tracks and carry out all
provisions of the franchise, and holding
out as an inducement that this would
make Duluth the equal terminus with
West Superior of the Manitoba system.
Relying on this promise the stock of the
Terminal company and all its valuable
privileges were turned over 10 the East
ern, and it has proceed to make use of
the property as 1t desired.
Now. having gotten what it wanted,
and the road already receiving a hand
some passenger and freight business to
and from Duluth, business worked up
with no little care and skill, this great
company turns around and issues a cir
cular to its station agents throughout
Minnesota and Dakota. directing them
to bill no more wheat to Duluth, but to
bill all wheat
DESTINED FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
to West Superior. There is no mistak.
ing the intent and purpose of this cir
cular. while its immediate effect is sim
ply to keep grain from coming into Du-
luth and giving employment to eleva-
tors. lahoring men and vessels Oh this
side of the bay. Its great point is that
it attempts to set forth the principle that
Duluth is not the terminus of that road,
and if any freight is to be taken for Du-
luth it is an extra and special thing,
which may be discontinued at any time
at the pleasure of the company. In view
of this situation, the pertinent inquiry
is, what has Duluth received in eX-
change for the munificent gift of that
terminal company and its franchises
and emolumentS, gift now almost i'm
possible of duplication and worth nearly
100000? There can be but one
answer. Nothing. We have given
away franchises and rights worth
of thousands of dollars,
and if this railroad company be
allowed to carry out its high handed,
illegal and unjust course, we have moth
ing to show for it. Duluth must pro-
coed to take back that property with
the utmost CELEBRITY, and keep it to use
where and when it will do some good.
The charter and franchise of the Duluth
Terminal company is clearly violated
in many particulars. And Duluth
people must awake to the fact that in
the Eastern Minnesota they
are helping an enemy of their town.
whose knife is stuck deep. There may
be attempts to confuse the minds of the
people on the merits and the true basis
Of this question, but it is perfectly
simple and plain; the railroad is either
Duluth's friend or enemy. The people
do not ask discrimination in favor of
Duluth: they do demand, as is their
right, no discrimination against it. Ii
there is such discrimination, the people
will very soon take steps TO make their
power felt, not only in Duluth, but else
where"
WANTS HIS WIFE BACK.
Detective Benson has arrested Will
F. NEWCOMERS, Mrs. VelthOff and two
little children of the latter. all of Mason
City. 10. William NEWCOMERS and Mrs.
Velthoff left Mason City, Aug. II, TAX
ing the the two little Ve]thOff girls with
hem. They came to Duluth, where
NEWCOMERS was going into the teaming
business The woman says that for six
Or seven years past she has had to en-
tirely support her family by running
boarding house and laundry, and the
husband has never contributed to the
famiy's support. but has spent her saw
ngs in drinking and carousing. The
night before she left home he came
home very drunk, and beat her and the
and at last drew his revolver
and ordered her out of the house. as she
says, ''tO go and never come back" Mr..
NEWCOMERS offered her home in Du
Iuth. and promised to take care of her
children. the intention being eventually
to have the wife procure divorce and
marry NEWCOMERS. The little children
cried when the possibility of their
father again having control of them was
The woman says it is a
move of the husbands to gain posses
sion of the children. An officer from
Iowa with requisition papers is expected
here this evening.
ZENITH CITY NOTES.
George b. Harris, vice president of
the Chicago. Burlington q Northern,
was in the city this morning.
Thirty bricklayers have been sent
rom here work on the terminal
buildings of the Northern Pacific road
1T Winnipeg.
A fire in the oyster house of E. G
Thurston Tuesday evening, destroyed
t and the provision house of Frost &
Peachy. The loss is about 5000, with
total insurance of $500. The con-
Migration was caused by defective
1ue.
The Congregational church is arrang
ng a concert in which Emil Zoch, the
eminent Twin City pianist. will be the
principal figure. Mrs. Frank Nichols,
soprano, and Frank Hoare, violinist,
will also take part.
The Duluth street railway company
las fled amended articles of incorpora-
ion, making its capital sl,O00,O00 in
tead of $500, 900, with limit of indebted
less of 5000, 900. This extra sum will
re used in the construction of its cable
DAD up Seventh avenue, and to build
is electric road between Duluth and
Nest Duluth.