St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29

"The AlidOr," an opera, and the Ali
dor, one of those speculative contin-
gencies, ever contemplated, but seldom
realized to good fortune, were odd
twins. Alidor, operate. was conceived
by the mind of that eccentric genius,
Sig Janotta, of whom st. Paul has
heard, and felt much that it failed to
justly estimate, especially during the
years lss6-7-s.
Alidor Hematite was born in the fe-
vered brain of an over-proSpering COM
pany of st. Paul's prominent men.
Among these there was young man
"a gay fabric of social prominence,
who was eOurted for the simoleOns held
by his papa, and lionized by the fair sex
for the physical attractions which they
blindly conceded through prejudiced
eye. Summit avenue stretched to the
west OF his home, and now the cable
makes a nightmare of his empty sleep.
There were other society limbs,
of pecuniary and commercial powers,
behind the structure of the Alidor iron
mine, which boosted its promising bed
as lying on the veinOus ridge of the
great Gogebic iron range, which is stu
ated in Northern Michigan. between
GOgebIc lake. in OntonagOn county, and
a small hut-decked village in Wisconsin
called WelcOme-fOr the reason, sup
pose, that it was located at the extreme
western end of the range, where iron
was as scarce as religion, but from
where welcome could easily be ex-
tended to adventurous SusceptibleS.
While all was yet in the thrOeS of
itnrafnncitu in raal nsfafn
and brokerage circles, in which men,
women and children tossed in the whirl
of grab, the Alidor Mining company
was organized. Among it's stockholders
l remember the following gentlemen:
Mayor Shaw, Ned Putnam, Fred Bletch-
er, and john Kaufman, of Eau Claire;
A. K. Murray, Signor JanOtta, w. b.
Stevens, John Q. Haas, Mat Prendergast,
p. Ii. Rasche, r. F. O'Niel, D..
A. Turner, Luther E. Newport,
G. A. Stinson, III. L. Weber,
DIR. Schiffman, c. w. Johnson, Max
Strouse, w. f. Wilson. w. J. Fitch,
Charles Van Auken, Arthur Baugh. l..
s. Doble, w. Il. Booth, George l.. CreS
sin, NJ. w. MeteaIf, Lew s. Johnson,
Leo Guiterman. G. Ii. Murphy, George
Lamb, Thomas Russell. John Lynch. ii.
Stanley Chase, Philip Rose, E. X. Bry-
ant, .. I. COlliHS, -. .. dIluti,
myself and others. of st. Paul, all
of whom harbored presentiment that
the company might soon say m-i-n-t in
stead of mine, and bid in British Column
bia for the site of the next ice palace.
The company was stocked and capt.
talized for 100000. Mr.. A. K. Murray
was elected secretary; Mayor Shaw was
president, if memory serves me right,
and the treasury was cODfided to Du-
luth gentleman-that being his forte.
He has since purchased a business.
The stock was being sold While Sig
nor Janotta was perfecting his new
opera, the ''Alidor," by frequent re-
hearsai at the Grand opera house. Janotta
looked with pride upon both efforts, land
his enthusiasm over prospects was only
equaled by his appetite and consummate
relish of macaroni, which he INDUCED
in large job lots. The twin enterprise,
in both departures, so widely opposite
in nature, seemed destined to drown its
projectors with fortune. l remember
distinctly about the drowning, but as to
the fJrtune-'tWas like the letter.
The commercial life of the city was
up on its hind feet, and ''old conserva-
tives," who had lived 'yare sence 40, s"
| and were still wearing moccasins and
hats of that date, were busying them