The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07
LORD ABERDEEN IN ST. PAUL
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CAN
ADA HERE YESTERDAY
Lady Aberdeen and n Considerable
Retinue Accompanied His Excel
lency-They Are En- Route to
Quebec, Where They VIII Spend
the Summer - His LOrdship's
Term Expires In November.

His excellency, the Earl of Aberdeen,
governor general of Canada; the Coun-
tess of Aberdeen, and a suite that was
modest enough for the encourage of
travelling vice royal party, spent yes
terday in ST. Paul. Their coming and
going was almost unnoticed. They
slipped into town and out without half
of the noise that would have been made
over the sojourn Of railroad magnate.
AS Lord Aberdeen said: I'VE just
dropped in to see my good friend, the
archbishop of ST. Paul, and now we
are going on about our business, which
is not very urgent 1 like the states
very much, and perhaps ought to spend
some time here now that I am over
but We are very tired Of travelling, and
1 think We will go direct to Montreal
from here. l want rest-we all do, IN
fact"
The party came in on a special train
Of three cars over the Great Northern
from Winnipeg yesterday morning.
ing in the governor generals private
car Victoria. Miss Mcleod the supe-
rior Of the Victorian order Of nuns for
the Dominion, was with them. The
Canadian Pacific special car Satsuma
was occupied by Capt. G. Thorpe, r.
A, aide-de- camp to the governor gen
eral; c. E. Moss, private secretary, and
the servants of the party, six in num-
Der.
Lord Aberdeen was in st. Paul once
before, about eleven years ago, but has
few personal acquaintance here. He
has very considerable personal inter-
ests in the Northwest, and at one time
was interested in some local ventures.
He is a dark man, on the sunny side
of fifty yet; wears black beard, which
is somewhat streaked with silver
threads. He does not look the Eng
lishman by any means, for he wore a
Prince Albert coat that fitted him very
we'll and a pearl-colored Fedora was
crushed well down on his head. He is
spare boned, loose jointed and looks
very much like an American man of
affairs. His reserved manner is not
different from that Of the busy man,
but when he speaks 1t is quickly and to
the point. Yet he has made something
of reputation in diplomacy as we'll
as an executive. He is a Scotch baron
and antEnglish peer, and has been in
politics all his life. He was in the colo
NAL office twenty years ago and was
later in Paris as secretary with Lord
Lytton, the British ambassador. His
first trip to this country was during
the time the Marquis Of Aberdeen was
his return to England he was appoint
ed lord lieutenant of Ireland by Glad
stone. That was in the SOS, just after
the killing of Lord Cavendish and
Burke. On leaving that post he re-
turned to England, and was out of of
fee until, in 1893, he was appointed
to the governor genefalship Of Canada.
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wealth, and the loss of income he SUI
fered by the shrinkage of rents in
Scotland he more than made up by
large investments in the lumber and
salmon canning interests in British Co
lumbia.
The Countess of Aberdeen is the Brit
ish matron as she is known through
the prints. She is a large woman,
quite commanding in stature. She was
a Miss Majoribanks, daughter of the
late Baron Tweedmouth and sister of
the present Lord Tweedmouth. She has
two brothers in the Northwest, one OF
them, Hon. Coutts Majoribanks, being
a pioneer in the cattle business in the
Mouse river country, where ne mace
an eminent success of the British
younger son system of feeding a steer
5000 worth of fodder and then seillng
the beast for SIS cash. This brother is
now in charge of Lord Aberdeen's lum-
bering interests in British Columbia.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen drove out to
call on Archbishop Ireland soon after
lunch. which they took in their own
car. On the box with the driver OF the
hired open barouche, was British
turnkey of the most pronounced type,
wearing a blue and silver livery, and
having a cockade in his hat 1t was
the only insignia of exotic origin about
the party. but the turnkey attracted
some attention.
Lack Of time in the city prevented
the visitors accepting any more than
passing Inequalities at the hands of the
archbishop, and he drove them about
the city to various points OF interest.
Later they returned to the archbiscopal
residence and remained there until $50,
when they took another drive and ar
rived at the depot at ITO to catch their
train.
A Glob e reporter found his excel
lency's gentleman On guard at the gov
ernor generals coach.
What, hees ex' referring thus airily
to the pctentate,' no, e 'asn't returned
as yet" He was the typical gentle
on each side of hts face that he could
grow lovely pair of mutton chops, If
it were quite the proper thing.
II say" he continued, don't you
know we like this part Of the country.
The railway service is really hex
Guisite. Why, they poke us h'along with
no trouble at ALL" and he looked be-
nignantly down on the reporter and
was getting ready to be interviewed
when a carriage swung into sight at
the foot of Siblev street. "Ha," he
calculated, losing his air Of superiority
at once. there's hess eX. now
Lord Aberdeen said that he was trav-
cling very quietly and not stopping for
anything in the way of formalities, and
he really did not know that he desired
to talk to the press.
you see,' he said, II am very nearly
through with my duties in the Domin-
ion now, and it>would hardly do for me
to talk about politics over there. My
official life in Canada comes to close
Nov. ~, and I just wanted to have a
look at the country before went home
That is all there is to my trip. l have
been to the coast and looked up some
Of my own affairs in the neighborhood
of Vancouver. We have made our way
back leisurely AMI have stopped only
at the territorial capitals. It is some
years since I was in the Northwest, and
l have done nothing but marvel at the
development OF a few years in the
prairie country on the other side of
the line I apprehend that the progress
has been equal to 1t, at least on this
size, but, YOU know, one must sleep
and 1 slept all the way down through
Minneeota.
Eyes, my successor has been named
the Earl of Mimic, and he will arrive in
the Dominion presently, before Nov
l, I expect. I like Canada immensely
I may say that I like everything on
this side of the water but nv time Is