The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESULT.
JOHN MCCORMICK, AN AUSTRALIAN
ENTHUSES OVER THE NORTH
STAR STATE.
Would Like to Talk About a Certain
Matter, But Respects His
Landlord.

dian service, Is guest at the MeT-
chants, on his way from Washington to
the Sisseton agency, intending to make
a general tour of inspection of the
Northwestern agencies. The major
has been connected with the service
for twenty-seven years, most Of this
time as Indian agent. He was first
stationed at Devils Lake, N. D., and
in 1881 was transferred to the Standing
Rock agency. and was in charge there
during the exciting times of the ghost
dances in 1890. It was he who gave
the order for the arrest Of Sitting Bull,
and the soldiers Immediately started
out to make ''good Indian" of that
celebrated chief How well they sue
ceeded is a matter of history.
Maj. Mclaughlin was at FIT. Gibson,
Indian Territory, during the early part
Of the summer, and messed with Tams
Rixby, who is in charge of the Five
Tribes. He says that Tams formed
very strong passion for the collection
of centipedes and tarantulas, which
was especially remarkable as the near
est place where "antidote" is sold is in
Texas, $50 miles away.
"By the way, Tams just escaped
little difficulty in June For several
days after he left for home there was
a revolt of the Cherokee freedmen,
continued the major They were be-
ing paid off by the government, rece1V-
ing about $3.50 each, and owing to some
legal ENHANCEMENT the payment on
their checks was stopped. They re-
vClted and broke into a couple of
warehouses, stealing Winchesters and
ammunition, and then attacked the
marsha!s Several shots were fired,
= but none of them took effect, and the
marshals, fifty in number, formed in
line and charged on them. 1t was as
gallant a charge as l ever saw, the
opposing forces being many times
greater, but the niggers broke and ran.
Tams was out Of all this. and that's
why we call him Lucky Tams. ;"
john Mccormick, of Queensland,
Australia, is registered at the Wind
sor, with his two daughters. They are
on a tour around the world, and after
spending several days on the Pacific
coast, started for ST. Paul, but stopped
at Minneapolis for a few hours Tues
day. and in speaking of this, Mr.. Nc
Ccrmick said that while the reputation
of st. Paul extended to the artipodes,
he never heard of Minneapolis until he
got there. They leave this evening for
Chicago, and thence to Niagara Falls
and New York. They will then sail
for England, and after leisurely tour
of the continent will make the trip
through the Mediterranean and Red
seas for home. Mr.. Mccormick is
thoroughly in love with America, or at
least that part of it he has seen, and
in contrasting it with Australia said:
ST am a bridge builder. and have
built some of the greatest bridges in
Australia; in fact. l have just CON-
pleted two large bridges across the
Brisbin river, in Queensland. But
every mile I travel shows me now
much superior to ours is the Ameri-
can art of bridge building. Where we
put $500 tons of steel into bridge.
you put in 1900. and build it for half
the money with equal strength. l anu
just learning, too, that steel and lror
rails can he obtained cheaper here
than in England. Oh, we are too slow
and conservative in Australia; we
don't keep up with the times. The
panic of '99 nearly killed us. Our
great cities are losing in population,
and we are getting little immigration
My trip to America is as great sur
prise to me as though 1 had come
into new world Australia can new
er be a rival for the United States
except as a grazing country. We can
never support the population you do.
J. Adam Bede, of Pine City, rested
his satcnel on the counter at the Mer-
chants Yesterday, and turning around
to greet the friends who assembled to
congratulate him, GRATED as follows:
Last spring all those smart folks
up around Pine City kept joshing me
about the prosperity that was sure to
come if Mckinley was elected. and
they would yell at me a block away
to INQUIRE when the advance agents
show was coming along. Sa-a-ay.
since wheat went up to dollar ana
potatoes fifty cents a bushel, l have
got all those fellows so tame that they
will eat salt out of my hand.
you heard about the famous de-
bate 1 had with Col John Stone on
the financial question. Well, 1 would
fell YOU how badly 1 sewed him up,
but he might hear that had
been Dragging; 1 rent one of his hous-
es and he might raise the rent on me
or come arounds to collect it or do
something else rash if he found out.
Senator c. B. Bucl<man was down
| from Little Falls last evening, ami
when questioned at the Merchants If
he was a candidate for the appoint
naent of collector of internal revenues.
| the Morrison county statesman said
"Well, / am not making much of a
fight for it, but if it was showed at
me 1 wouldn't dodge.
One of the best known hotel men in
| the country, Hiram Hitchcock, of New
York city, was at the Ryan yesterday
on his way home from trip to the
! Pacific coast Mr.. Hitchcock built the
| famous Fifth Avenue hotel, OF New
York. in 1857, ard has been at the head
of its mara cement ever since. In the
| DaI1oy days Of that hestlery, its net
receipts often footed up over $1,000 per
day.
G. Sharp and WIFE Winnebago City; E. B.
Ma:nwaring. Superior; J. w: Beck. Detroit.
res: :stered at Hotel Metropolitan yesterday.
Senator Cronkhite of Argyle, was con-
spicuous figure in the Merchants lobby yes
terday.
nears en- the register Of the Merchants.
F J. Whitlock and D.. r. C. Whitlock, of
Belle PLANE, are at the Clarendon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Macdonald, of ortonville.
are stopping at the Clarendon.
Mr.. ard Mrs. George w. Young, of Win
dom, are at the Merchants.
T. O. A. Hubbard Of Boston, was guest
of the Ryan yesterday.
Merchants guest yesterday was T. E.
Adams, OF Melrose
!. s. Mcdonald of Rush City, was Wind
scr guest yesterday.
George Reckert. of Breckenridge, is a guest
of the Merchants
c. L. Alleman, OF Mankato registered at
the Ryan yesterday.
D. C. Coolidge. OF Downing, Wis. is a
Merchants guest.
W. P. Tearse. of wiaona is stopping at the
Merchants
Albert Cox, of .lequet. registered at the
Ryan yesterday.
A Clarendon guest is W. J.'Mooney. of
Langdon, n. D.