St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-05

the shaft were read and action upon
them taken, and the stock fluctua-
ton set. AS rule these reports
were most flattering-at least always
encouraging, and Ofteutlmes accompa-
MED by specimens Of good ore-which
[ now believe were dug at the Colby,
but which created furore nevertheless.
Barter was active one day, and Jackson
street, between Third and Fifth, held at
lee lsg score Of Aiidor brokers, fall dis
cusSing the latest find, and making pre-
dicti0ns which would have astounded
the prophetic Maj. NewsOn, when call
was circulated for special meeting on
the evening of that very day.
The AlidOrS crowded the meeting
room and jostled for seats-many
shifting bright accounts from the music,
others prOmulgating reports invented
from a diseased enuui, and some listen
to anything but doubt or probable col
lapse of the entire undertaking. The
call to order huShed the crowd into a
dead silence. The door was closed,
curtains were drawn and the object of
the meeting announced. The secretary,
in words of unmiStakable import, all
nounced the receipt Of several conflict
ing reports, in alls which he placed
some reliability, and it was, as he said,
for the purpose of considering these re-
ports, that the meeting was so promptly
called. The presiding officer that even
ing was an imperturbable man.
who sat calmly and coolIy on the
marble perch of the office WaShstand.
But the roar and rabble about and be-
meath him was indicative of heated con-
troversy and opinionated discussion.
Each stockholder had q theory, and
each demanded the floor in yells gra-
dated from All ordinary MIR. President
to ely! there!" bowIed from the top
Of SeVen-fOOt private Office partition.
In second of smothered silence, the
Office door ratified boisterouSly and the
crowd listened in mute alarm. Some
suggested that the knock for admission
be ignored, others urged that the visitor
be welcomed, If he proved to be a stock
holder. Outside of the boIted door stood
the signor muttering malediction upon
his hesitant fellows within. The door
opened, and, with the stride of prince
aud the sway of gaunt ostrich, the
auStere form of JanOtta pressed through
the aisle to the secretary's desk. The
room was quiet now. as if reverence
had bound the tongue Of every man!
The macarOni champion said a few
words to the secretary in tone inaudi-
BILE to those about. then, raising himself
to his full height, wheeled around and
walked out with the grandeur and pomp
of peacock. This iInperious intrusion
by such an eccentric individual,
dressed, as he always was, in
the helghth of fashions oddi-
ties, was SO ridiculous to ordinary
observers, that ii threw the meeting into
uprOarOuS laughter-a timely mirth-
for it brought the conclave to close,
after brief discussion, in which 1t was
cided to appoint q committee which
should make its way to the mine, investi-
gate and hurry back with an unbiased
report. My regrettable position as di-
rector and my constant contact with the
principal executives of the project. held
me forth as a candidate for committee
man. The appointments were promptly
made, and toward the GOgebic two deS-
perately involved Alidor men turned
their st0gieS. BY rail TO Ashland, thence
over the Milwaukee, Lake Shore &
Western, we sped. Hurley greeted us
witha charred hand, for it was just after
the city had been laid waste by flames.
Continuing on an accommodation train,
which didn't accommodate anything
but Time. we made our way to Wake
field-the town nearest to the Alidor
property. A sight of it with one eye
was enough! 1t was five miles from the
Alidor pit, about half mile south of
Sunday lake. and further from heaven
than Chicago alderman. The place
made me tired without notice. and l
very uncereDoniously broke into a
hotel and livery stable and applied for
thirty minutes, lodging, with the privi-
lege of staying all night if found the
enemy off guard. Early the next
morning l fell in line for chance at
the lunch counter. saw and heard a
great deal which gave me an idea that
the study of character and manners and
all that life on the range contained,
would be to me most gratifying; and
while slipped the weed-iuice disguised
as coffee L resolved to aid romance