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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

applied for an Injunction in Judge Kelley's
court. friendly suit had already been
put through the United States court at the
instance of Mr.. Hill and decision obtained
to the effect that the proposition for a con-
solidation was not unlawful.
In the state court Mr.. Chids was met with
United States senator He won a complete
victory, however. Judge Kelly decided that
the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern
roads were parallel and competing lines in
the meaning of the statute and could not
be brought under one management This
decision alarmed the German bondholders
whole project fell through for a time. Mr..
Hill is not the sort Of man, however that
accepts one defeat as final. His next move
was to enlist the backing of large English
Northern Pacific stock. In order to secure
such heavy ownership in the road that it
agement.
WINTERS RETIREMENT.
The stock purchased by Mr. Hill and
his friends, and he was again assured of the
cooperation of the Deutsche bank Presi-
dent Winter resigned as soon as he was ap-
string to serve under Mr.. Hill. The plan of
creating a Northwestern railway dictatorship
failed OF success, owing to the attitude Of j.
r Morgan, who was not willing to pass over
his own control of Northern Pacific affairs
to Mr.. Hill: When successor was appoint
ed to Mr.. Winter. compromise agreement
Charles s. Mellen. vice president of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, for
president of the Northern Pacific, and Mr..
Hill was allowed to select the vice presi-
dent, naming Daniel s. Lamont. ex-secretary
of war, who had been his choice for the pres
fdency of the road AS matters now stand
Mr.. Hill and his friends have strong in
fuence In Northern Pacific affairs owing to
their heavy holdings of the securities Of the
company, but 1t is announced that the man.
agement in the hands of Mr.. Mellen will be
entirely independent, and that the two sys-
TENS will continue to be operated in a COM
peting manner
The building of the Northern Pacific was
concident with the development of our en-
tire northern belt of territory, extending
from Lake Superior to the Pacific ocean.
When the road was started In 1870 there
were probably not 10, 900 people living in the
country it was to traverse. Now there abe
500, 600 In Northern Minnesota nearly 300, 900 in
North Dakota, 200 900 in Montana, $780, 900 in
IDAHO and 100000 in Washington, and 400 900
in Oregon. All this enormous settlement of
a recent wilderness can be credited to the
building of the Northern Pacific. The road
has thus been very great factor In national
growth The II, 900 men and women who
originally subscribed for It's first bonds at
the instance of Jay Cooke, have never re-
ceived any dividend for their investment
They have waited long time but as holders
of the new preferred stock they may expect
to get dividend next year. The road is now
well manged and has plenty Of business to
do, and ought to make a profit over its
fixed charges.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

listed was William B. Ogden, president
of the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road, who aided in drawing up fnan-
cial plan, afterward known as The Or
iginal Interests agreement, which di-
vided the enterprise into twelve shares,
each to be valued at $500, which was
one-twelfth of the money already ex-
pended by Smith and his associates.
Failing to obtain any money or the
Endorsement of their bonds from con-
gress, President Smith and his friends
now undertook to secure the services
of the great banking house of Jay
Cooke & Co. to sell the Northern Pa
cific company's bonds and to manage
it's finances. This house had success
fully handled the immense war loans
of the government, and was very fav-
orably known on both sides of the At
lantic. Mr.. Cooke agreed to raise S5,-
900 within thirty days from Jan. 2,
1870. The building of the road was
commenced at once, but as the bank
ing firm already controlled the rail
road then being built from Duluth to
st. Paul, it was agreed that twenty
miles of that line should be used by
the Northern Pacific. So great was the
influence of Jay Cooke in Philadelphia,
thirty days by forming a pool, the
members of which took the bonds at
par and were given the twelve proprie-
tary interests in the stock at $4,000
each. In this transaction Jay Cooke e
Co. made an immediate profit of $780,
coo on the bonds. for which it had paid
SIS cents, and $4,000 on the stock, for
which the firm had paid nothing. Mr.
Cooke went to Washington in the face
of strong opposition to secure the pas
sage Of another resolution authorizing
the mortgaging of all the property and
rights of the company and the issue of
bonds. This resolution also made the
Columbia river line the main one, and
that from Puget sound to the Cascades
a branch line. It also gave the COM
pany the right to select lands within
the limit of ten miles on each side of
its grant. The grant was thus prac-
tically enlarged to tracts Of thirty miles
in the states and of fifty miles in the
territories on each side of their line.
Next spring Mr.. Cooke met at din
ner party in Washington two young
bankers connected with good houses In
Amsterdam and Berlin, and interested
them so far in the Northern Pacific
plans that after visiting him at his
country house they drew on their
banks for a half million dollars and
deposited the drafts with Mr. Cooke,
agreeing that their banks would take
! SIS, 900, 900 of the loan. This plan was
on the point of being completed when
| the French emperor started with his
army for the Rhine and began his dis
astrous attack upon Germany. Then
the whole transaction came to an end
and Mr.. Cooke was compelled to fall
| back on the American market. He set
going his advertising and local agen-
cies which he had used in placing the
government loans and was successful
In making large sales of the Northern
Pacific bonds.
CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED.
The actual work of building the road
was begun in the summer Of 1870 at a
point about twenty miles west of Du-
iuth. called Thompsons Junction.
During the summer Of 1870 and the
whole of 1871 money poured into the
treasury of the Northern Pacific for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

tributary to Boston. This scheme met
with favor in that city. Stock to the
amount of $150,000 was subscribed there,
and the board Of directors was reor-
ganized. In place of Perham as presl-
dent, John Gregory Smith was elected.
He was then president Of the Vermont
Central road, and was well known in
railroad circles throughout the country.
All the other officers were changed.
The new organization was strong IN It's
personality and the capital 1t repre-
sented The new directors, however,
did not expect to put any money up Tor
building the road They only agreed to
pay off the debts of the Perham organl-
cation. Their object was to get money
from congress. Nobody at that time
would take the bonds of a Pacific rail-
road company unless they were in
dorsed by the government, and there
was no market for the Northern Pa
cific stock put out by the new directors
to pay Perham's debts. Perham died
in 1868, a poor man, having wasted his
fortune in fruitless effort to carry out
his grand Pacific railroad idea.
JAY COOKE TAKES HOLD.
J. Gregory Smith now came into &C
tive control of the Northern Pacific
company. His first move was to make
an effort to obtain from congress an
Endorsement of the bonds of the com
pany. 1t was bad time for such an
attempt. Hostility to land grants had
become a political cry throughout the
country. Besides, the Northern Pacific
had no local strength outside OF New
England and Minnesota.
All that could be obtained from con-
gress was an extension OF time TOT
building the road. An amendment was
put upon the Kansas Pacific bill by
Thaddeus Stevens, extending the time
two years for the completion Of the
Northern Pacific. There was already
strong opposition in congress, ORGANIZED
by the friends of the Union PACING
against giving aid to rival line, ana
the guarantee bill supported by Ste
vens was tabled by vote OF l6 to 90.
The company was then thrown upon
its own resources. Mr.. Smith could not
raise any money in New England, and
New York capitalists were wholly in
different to the scheme. Smith then
conceived a plan of creating a railroad
syndicate, embracing many of the lead
ing railroads of the country. He en-
gagged Thomas H. Garfield to interview
railroad presidents and to endeavor to
get their cooperation. The first en-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05
"a OMANTIC HISTORY
OF THE NORTHERN
4 y PACIFIC RAILROAD.

gress with a profusion of cuts and
numerous maps. AS was expected,
Jefferson Davis, in summing UP his re-
port to congress from the information
obtained. strongly recommended the
most southerly route, dwelling especial
ly on it's freedom from obstruction by
snow.
The gold discoveries in California
concentrated public interest In that
state. When opinion in congress had
progressed so far as to make legisla-
ton for a tranScontinental road re-
garded with favor by that body the
northern line was abandoned in favor
of Benton's line from the Missouri riv :
er to San Francisco by way of the
Great Salt Lake. An effort to COM
bine in legislation the northern route
with the middle route then strong in
favor, was unsuccessful.
In the midst of sectional jealousies
and the confusion of local projects
for railroads to the Pacific coast, which
prevailed in Washington previous to
1860, there appeared upon the ground
a man of definite purpose and strong
will, who knew exactly what he want
ed to do and had sufficient earnestness
and enthusiasm to convert other men
to his views. This man was Josiah
Perham, of Maine, born at Wilton,
Franklin county, and in early life
country storekeeper and wooden manu-
facturer. Failing a second time, he
former a partnership with a painter,
who had produced what was known
as the seven mile mirror, taken from
the great lakes, Niagara falls and the
st. Lawrence river.
FAVORED USE OF PRIVATE CAPT.
TAI.
Perham again accumulated money
and possessed a considerable fortune
when the vision of a railroad to the
Pacific dawned upon him in 1858. He
did not first go to congress for aid.
His idea was that the people of the
whole country would rush forward to
subscribe small sums for stock which
would aggregate enough to construct
the road.
Even the most discouraging expert.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05
NEW ENGLAND PLEASED.
Farmers Delighted by the Rise In
Their Products.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Col Brig
ham, assistant secretary of agriculture,
has returned from trip to New Eng
land. He reports that the people Of
the section generally express them
selves as pleased with the change that
has taken place in industrial condi-
tions. While the farmers are especial
ly delighted on account of the en-
HANGED value of their products, there
is no disposition on the part Of others
to grumble because they have to pay
more to the farmers. as they realize
that their markets will improve as the
condition of the agricultural interests
improve Col Brigham holds to the
opinion that the aggregate value of the
entire crop Of the country will be al
most If not quite half billion dollars
In excess of that Of last year, and says
that such a turn in the affairs of the
farming community must of necessity
produce improved conditions through
out the country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05
specia1 Carnival Trains.

For the accommodation of the peo-
pie of Oakland, Highwood, Red Rock,
Newport and ST. Paul Park, who wish
to witness the Carnival displays dur
ing. State Fair week, the Burlington
will, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday evenings, Sept. Z, 8, 8
and 10, run a special evening train,
leaving Pullman avenue at 7:25 p. m.
and returning leave st. Paul union
depot at 11:20 .. m. The late train
Saturday evening will run as usual.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

How the Great Transcon-
tinental Line Was Built
and It's Eventfu1 Finan-
cia1 Career-Cause of Two
Bankruptcies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05
RUSH OF INVESTORS.

Men thronged Mr.. Wizards office
and pleaded for participation in the
scheme that had been allotted to the
others and became angry because he
would not take their money without
security for investment in a project,
the nature of which had been care
fully concealed. The Sc. 900 900 was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

A second mortgage was now placed
upon the road, and an extensive
scheme of building branch feeder lines
was undertaken. Mr.. Cakes close
familiarity with the topography and
resources of the country traversed by
the Northern Pacific enabled him to
influence the board in favor of build
ing numerous branches, which had TO
depend largely upon future develop
ment for their earnings. At that time
the great railway systems of the West
were all engaged in branch construc-
ton. The Northern Pacific went too
far in this direction, but it can hardly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

The actual work of building the road
was begun in the summer Of 1870 at
point about twenty miles west of Du-
luth, called Thompson's Junction.
During the summer Of 1870 and the
whole of 1871 money poured into the
treasury of the Northern Pacific for
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

The name OF the man who WAS the
actual cause OF the foundation of the
Red Cross Society, which has done 80
much 10 mitigate the horrors of war,
is little known 20 the present genera
ton. However, he is still alive, aud.
unfortunately, il is said. In bad
circumstances. His name is Dunant.
aud ne was born in Geneva IN 1s2S.
A man OF means, he appears 70 have
devoted large portion OF his wealth
TO works of charity IN connection with
his native city. The admirable labors
of Florence Nightingale, which at
tracted the attention Of all Europe,
made q strong impression on Nj.
Dunant, which was further increased
by his own participation in the war of
Napoleon III against the Austrians
IN 1859. There he witnessed war IN
all its horrors, and il resulted IN his
publishing book on the subject
which at the time attracted much at
tention. In 1868 he started on a pill
Crimage. at his own expense. to
various countries. 20 stir up men into
influencing the various governments
into q conference which should have
for its object the formation OF some
means for the mitigation of the hOr-
historic conference in 1864 az Geneva.
1 the outcome OF which was the conven-
tion which has made modern warfare
comparatively humane.-Ncw York
/ Ledger
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

his owl vlae and fg tree Is 70 build .
school house, equip il well, put good .
conscientious teachers IN charge Of II,
require every Indian Of school age 10
attend Il, and thus push on the work
81 civilizing the Indians right IN the
heart OF the reservation The Indian
school question has for some years en-
gagged more than any other the thought
Of those interested IN Indian work
And 1.-THE Schools 70 the Reservations"
vas the policy Of the last administra-
ton, aud viii. ! presume. remain the
policy Of the present administration.
The Fort Berthold reservation Is on
both sides Of the Missouri River In the
northern part OF North Dakota 1t
contains about a million and a quarter
acres and j. a. far from civilizations
hal.nts a. any similiar-sized piece OF
ground outside Of Africa. The nearest
railroad train passes by nearly a hun
dred miles away. The nearest tele-
graph instrument ticks a. the same dis
lance The agency employs a few
white men who have married squaws,
and a missionary or two are the only
whites on the reservation.
There are three tribes on this reser
walton. the GTos Ventres, the Mandans
and the Arickarees There IL a sub
tribe Of GrOs Veatres known es the
baud Of Grow Flies High. They long
ago cut loose from all other Indians
They had 20 be brought with troops
from their mountain fastnessess down
90 the reservation They call them
selves ''Hoshkis" ihuskies). which
means bad lands" They still refuse
10 affiliate with any other tribe.
II was 20 this unreconstructed band
that had to make allotments. Grow
Flies High had been deposed as chiei
\ and Long Ball put in his place. Old
y Crow now calls himself Chief Medicine
man. He still has great influence and
j. said 70 use all Of il for the bad.
The Indian chiefs are great sfickIers
a for dignity. Crow Plies High has &
i saperabundance. The frat time bi,
:. baud cane dowr 70 have a connci
% with me ne assumed marsbalship o
y them although Long Ball. dressed IL
% fall regimsntals, was Spokesman. The,
Il halted their horses and wagons withil
u few hundred yards Of my camp an,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

Web to the length Of two and
quarter miles has been drawn fron the
body of single spider.
A newly discovered spot on the sun.
which il visible just now, is said to be
so. 900 miles in diameter
A complete electric blowing plant
has been installed on an estate ir
France. in the Department OF the
Tarn.
Telegraph wires will last for forty
years near the seashore. In the
manufacturing districts the same wires
last only ten years. and sometimes
less.
Mutton is more mutations anc
digestible than beef, although some
physicians hold that broth made from
beef Is more nutritive than that from
mutton.
Warships were originally dis
tinguished from merchantmen by
their greater size Now this distine
ton does not obtain. and the war yes:
sel is of totally different constrnc
ton.
A combined fountain pen and clinic
THERMOMETERS has been invented fot
doctors use, consisting of a double
cylinder with place for the thermo.
meter in the inner one and a reservoir
between the two to contain ink.
The eyes Of bees are made to see
great distances When absent from
their hive they go up IN the air till
they see their home. and then fly TO
ward it in a straight line an6 With
great speed The shortest line be
tween two places is sometimes called
a ''bee-ine.
The New South Wales commission
which was appointed 70 investigate
the causes Of spontaneous combustion
/ In coal cargoes has reported that the
Iron pyrites and sulphur theory Il
wrong and that the characteristic
/ quality Of coal 10 absorb oxygen freely
causes the mysterious fires. The
oxygen combines with the carbon.
aceous elements OF the coal, and when
circumstances are favorable combus.
ton begins.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

When vas ailotsing lands to In-
dams in North Dakota I lived in tents
out on the Fort Barthold reservation
about hundred miles srom a railroad
o. q civilized settlepe1t
With me was surveying corps IN
clading several Indians aud An Irish
man. = German. n Suaniard sud mem
her OF one Of the first families Of Nir-
ginia We joyously entertained any
body who CHANGED 70 come by our way
without regard 10 bis present or pre-
Nious condition.
One dav 8 boastful stranger hauled
MP with hungry look. IN front Of our
dining tent and without 50 much as
ssCOoG morning for a preface. sprang
of his horse aud remarked:
- biE syndicate i paving me - a
dsy and expenses 10 sell land-no diff
fereace what I &c. for Il or whether
sell 1t a. al OF not.
He seen med about 70 follow this an
aoaucsment 81 ms Importance by ask
ing the price OF bite when l re-
piie.l:
Picket your bronco aud sit down
10 a feast This surveying crowd con
Aot> ~ tAt N-lAiitl y. AA WI - Al
for = bigger syndicate than You are AMI
1t pays rae bigger wages than You gsi
Just % give iaad away"
TIE invitation needed no repetition.
but the statement that I was being
paid - give land away required con
siderable explanation 70 the visitor
And the explanation may not be with
01t interest 20 Won
The Indians. vo1 know. were Ion.
accustomed % have everything IN com
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

Government shall keep the Indians
allotment in trust for him for twenty
FIVE wears. Then he Is allowed u do
as he pleases with IT. X l. supposed
that by this time he will he able 70
hold his own against sll settlers in the
competition for homes just after
getting an allotment. the average In
dian would be strongly tempted 70
give a hundred aud sixty acres OF lsui
for a weeks rations
The next step after dividing out the
lands aud placing each Indian under
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

The area Of the earth is 1917, 500, 40
rausre miles, OF which l45, 900, 600
are of water and 5S, 800, 425 Of land.
its circumference at the equator Is
"a, 500. S2l4 statute miles. The
diameter OF the earth az the poles is
1888. $500 statute miles, and at the
equator 7,924911l statute miles. OF
the principal land divisions. North
America comprises S,l55, 43S square
miles, South America Z. 4lO,O42 square
miles, Europe 3,S07. ll5 square miles,
Asia Is, 42S, s5i square miles. Oceanics
5,l9s, All square miles. Among the
highest mountains are Mount Everest.
India, %, OO2 feet; Mount Dapsang,
Thibet, %, 27S feet; Aconcagus, Chile,
24.422 feet; Chimborazo. Ecuador.
81, 42O feet; Arequipa. Peru, 20, 800
feet; Kllima- y aro. East Africa, H.
COO feet; Logan, Canada, 1880 feet;
Elbouz, Russia, Is, 526 feet; PoPoca-
tepetl, Mexico, II. 7S4 feet; Mt. Blanc,
France, Is, $40 feet; Whitney, Cali
fornia, IA, sos; Rainier. Washington,
Ia, 4f4 feet; Pixies Peak, Colorado,
Ia, LAT feet; Fremont's Peak, Wyom-
ing, $3.50 feet. The largest lakes
are Lake Superior, with an area OF
thirty-two thousand square miles. and
Lake Michigan. 20, GOO square miles
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

Common plains, 20 get their wood
from the common forests; 70 stack
Their tents where they pleased; 10
huut or work and appropriate the com
mon reserve as freely a. the fish use
che sea This was their old time aud
natural way Of doing things Il
violates every principle Of the rights
Of property AMI Was correspon dinghy
coadaclve % savagerv- Il - the
desire % the Government % get them
entirely out Of .his state aud 20 make
them citizens
One Of the means 20 this end is 10
divide up the reservations that they
have held IN common and 20 allot the
lands IN severslty. That l., 20 give
each Indian homestead, mark II of
by distinct boundary lines. require him
% build q house on X. teach him -
>altiTate IL, AID ia various ways help
ain along until be j. able - support
himself Aa1 his family upon II. OF
course the indians have 10 be suffi-
cientiy advanced 20 be willing 20 do this
before Il can be done with any degree
Of success. A portion OF laad - ailot-
TED 20 every man. woman aud child.
When the child grows mp. instead OF
fnding the Land around belonging L