St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-28
FREEDOM OF SIOUX FALLS.
1t Is Extended to Duluth and
PipestOne Business Men.

Special to the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, SD, June 27.-At 10:30
Wednesday evening the liz members of
sion from Duluth found their places i'll
the four sleeping cars of the Manitoba
railroad, after various amusing Incl
dents. Fat men exchanged upper
berths for lower with lean ones. The
city government delegation gradually
unbend, and the bulls and bears Of'the
board of trade lie down together, when
they don't succeed in pulling each other
to the floor. At 1880, jolly Aimes, in
the city government car, an alderman,
assisted by the hilarious fellows, get
the press representatives into very close
proximity and then call for a song.
Neither of them is in singing mood,
and music is furnished by the Glee
club. At 1880 quiet reigns along the
GrindStone river. But who are those
frisky fellows who are stealing through
the cars? They are seeking aldermen
But in pursuing their investigation they
came very near gouging out one of
Judge Stearns' eyes. They grasp the
foot of certain ponderOus electric
man and shake up the night robes.
Crash goes AGAR. Window. and again all
is quiet. at 5o'cI0ck this morning. we
pass through s. Cloud and reach. Will.
mar at 6 :45, where seventeen st. Cl0nd:
men are awaiting US. Aid. Powell,
Reinhart and Reychort, Rev. S. IS.
Hunting, w. B. Mitchell, j. Il. Smith,
Z: I. Troutman; ID: i. Calhoun; John
N. Benson, c. h. Crawford, E.. H. At
wood, NJ. d. Taylor, G., C.. Benson. V.
po+oc n GOrrnon T w Mif1orOth
and j. F. Boulter. : The excursionists
improved the two hours stay at Will
mar to call on Lieut.. Gov. Rice. For
once, at least, he. was caught mapping.
for the first intlmation he had of their
approach were the dulcet strains of the
band which woke him from sound
slumber. The 14O miles from Wiilmar
to PipestOne were covered in less than
five hours, and about O'Clock we, ar
rived at the latter place, a thriving
town OF 1,50O people, where everything
possible for the comfort and pleasure OF
the party was done. Dinner was served
at the Calumet house. Carriages were
then placed at the disposal of the
guests for a drive to the quarries and
the famous Pipestone diggings. Then
Charles Il. Bennett of Pipestone, called
for speeches from j. j. Costello, acting
mayor of Duluth; Prof. Phelps,
secretary of the Duluth chamber
of commerce, and the protector of
the excursion; President H. d. Minot,
of the Eastern Minnesota railway;
Page Morris, municipal judge of Du-
luth; w. 3. Mitchell, of St. Cloud; d.
G. Cash, representing the Duluth board
Of trader Thomas Brown, of Sioux
Falls; C. G. Godnow and l.. II. Moore,
of Pipestone; and Judge o. P. Stearns,
of Duluth. While the speeches were
almost all unusually good. that of Pres
ident Minot was especially so as semi
official expression of the proposed policy
of the Manitoba line. He said that
regular passenger trains would be put
on as soon as there was any prospect of
their meeting expenses; that the policy
of the Manitoba was not to follow, but
to lead, and he intimitated that so far
as the Chicago lines were concerned the
Manitoba would listen to no division in
the Northwest. At $3.50 we reached
Sioux Falls, where the excursionists
are now being royalty entertained. The
festivities will close tomorrow with a
reception at Germania hall.