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was opened to Prairie du Chen, which
gave the first winter outlet eastward
to the young city, and wiIIoughby &
Powers put on vehicles to carry mail
and passengers between the rival Mis-
sissfppt villages. Other lines were soon
organized, and stages began running
to Saltwater and points In Wisconsin,
Illinois and Iowa. Competition sprang
up in the business between ST. Paul
and St Anthony, and for a year or two
the passenger rate was cut from rs
cents to 10 cents for the trip of ten
miles,
Stages and Steamers Arrive
In due time the various companies
engaged in the stage and wagon trade
were merged into the Minnesota Stage
company, of which J. C. Burbank was
general manager, Col Allen superin-
tendent of stock and traffic. and Capt.
Blakeley superintendent Of mail serv-
Ice. John L. Merriam afterwards be-
came member OF the company. In
1854 Mr.. Burbank organized the
Northwestern Express company. in
which he was associated with Messrs.
w. L. Fawcett, Ed HoIeombe and C.
w. Carpenter. and it became an i'm
portant factor in the business interests
of the Northwestern country. The
business of the stage company also
grew, and in 1861 the owners, Messrs.
Burbank Blakeley and Merriam, had all
of the mail contracts in the state of
Minnesota and gave employment to
hundreds of men and horses. The
stage company then served the people
of the Northwest as the railroads serve
them today. Its stages ran into Wis
consin, Illinois, Iowa, and into what
is now the Dakotas and up into Mani
toba- It Is said of Mr.. Burbank that
he laid out more new roads than any
other hundred men ever in the state,
and his interest in transportation mat
tiers did not end with stages, but ex-
tended to steam lines and street
car lines, he being one Of the pro-
motors of the ST. Paul street
railway and the first president
of the company. The operations
of the Minnesota Stage company, and
its work in the development OF the
country Is ancient history and well
nigh forgotten, but It flied a large
Pl1SC. <a1ecl pSlii5 OElN6Il lFOIn orig
inal routes by railroads, the stage COM
pany went back into the country into
new fields. The writer of this article
made his first trip into the Black Hills
on a stage belonging to this St. Paul
company.
In 1856 st. Paul was beginning to
spread along both sides of the river,
and regular ferry service was demand
ed. This was supplied in the spring of
that year by James NJ. and Isaac N.
Goodhue, and two years later D. F.
Brawley established another, and the
two ferry lines We're operated as sue
cessful business enterprises until
growth demanded bridge, which was
completed in 1858.
Regular navigation of the Minnesota
was begun In 1859, by Capt. Louis
Robert. for whom principal street In
this city is named. An attempt was
made late in the '50s to reach the Red
river by boat. but the venture eaded in
failure. the steamer being wrecked be-
tween Lakes Traverse and Big Stone.
The machinery, however, was taken
out and used in the International, the
first steamer to navigate the famous
boundary streana between Minnesota
and North Dakota. For the steam
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

approved the act creating the second
named company. and later approved
acts creating the remaining four COM
panfes. Nothing Of actual railroad
building came of all this legislation,
owing to the financial distress existing
at that time. The charters Of these
companies and the lands attached
thereto were kept alive by subsequent
legislation and incorporated into later
and existing companies.
Big Bond Loan Voted
The legislature of 1858 submitted a
constitutional amendment to popular
vote to loan the different companies
$5,o00,000 in bonds, the amendment
carrying by vote Of 25,o23 to 1888.
In 1859 Gov. Sfbley refused to issue
bonds without having mortgages with
first lien, but one Of the companies ap-
piled to the supreme court for a. man.
damus to compel the governor to issue
bonds without this restriction The
court, Judge Flandrau opposing, or
dered the governor to issue bonds as
soon as any company delivered its
mortgage bonds to HIM In obedience
to this mandate $4,000 Of bonds
were issued and not rail laid, and
only here and there fragmentary grad
ing to show for this vast bonded credit
of the state. The bonds were disposed
Of at all kinds of prices to outside par
ties. Then followed long struggle
with the holders and much dissensien
at home. A plan to settle was rejected
by popular vote, but later, by legis-
lative action, the bonds were redeemed,
the last one being presented for pay
ment in 1897. on which the interest
amounted to more than the original
face value of the bond-s1, 900. Then
the stigma of reputation which had
long attached to the state was wiped
cut.
The prelimfnaries for railroads had
been arranged in the way Of charters
and organized companies, bonds were
outstanding to large amount, and
the coveted land grant had been made,
but erfsfs-cfvil war-was impending
and no more money could be had in
the East to invest in the building of
railroads out in this little known eoun-
try west Of the Mississippi. This, how
ever, did not prevent the hopeful peo-
pie, through the legislature, from Gre
atfng companies As already noted,
the assemblies OF 1853 and 1854 had
chartered six companies. The assem-
bly, of 1856 added two more to the list,
the Minnesota & Pacific, empowered to
build from Saltwater via ST. Paul to
ST. Cloud. This company filed it's GER
tfficate of organization with the Sec
rotary Of the territory on May II, nam
ing the following as officers: Edmund
Rice, president; R. r. Nelson, vice
president; j. w. Taylor; secretary; J.
M. Slime, treasurer, and +. B. Bris-
bin, attorney. The first surveys were
made between st. Paul and St. An
thony, and charts showing the loca-
ton Of the line were filed with the gov
eFnor in November. and with the land
office in Washington in December. the
trip to the national seat of govern
ment at that time being question Of
weeks. Meanwhile the company was
trying to get money to begin actual
work. In October, 1857, 1t made con-
tract with Selah Chamberlain to begin
the work of grading between ST Paul
and st. Anthony, but he only had fair
II started when he had orders to stop
and the company soon after failed, the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

from four to five tons OF. freight or
from. fifteen to eighteen men. For
tunes in furs were carried each year
for long period In these fran crafts,
playthings when considered In COM
parison with the splendid steel built
steamships and monster sailing vessels
blowing the waters Of Lake Superior
and its sisters beyond. 1t was rare that
wrecks Of these canoes occurred In the
long years in which they were the only
means of communication with the out
er world, bringing in trinkets and car
rying away furs and pelts. They held
the business, however, until 1923, when
on the morning of May 20, the little
steamboat Virginia surprised the gar
rison at Fort Smelling and alarmed the
Indians in their tepees on the hills,
with shrill whistle which sounded the
death knelI of the career Of canoe,
barge, bateau and keelboat. The Vfr-
ginia was eighteen days in coming
from st. Louis, and cut down the time
of barge and keel boat travel from
forty to fifty days in making the same
trip. Previous to the coming Of the
Virginia the supplies for Fort Smelling
were brought up by this slow and tire
Some method, the boats being able to
make one round trip in a season 1t
was quarter of a century after the
Virginia arrived before regular line
of boats began running, the Galena
(RFN111T nor
Mendoza, being the Minnesota partner
In the company, putting on small
steamboat, which made a weekly trip
between Galena and Mendoza and Fort
Smelling. Other boats were gradually
added to the line and other compa-
MES were organized; one of them. es-
tabIshed in 1866, still existing. The
palmy days of steamboating on the
Mississippi were during the decade be-
tween 1850 and 1860. In 1857 and 1858
the number of boats arriving at st.
Paul exceeded 1000 in each year.
The Red River Valley Carts
While growth was in progress at
MENDOZA and ST Paul there were -four
tshing settlements along the Red river.
1t was in the fertile valley of that
Northern stream that the first actual
settlement was made in the NORTH
west and the growing of wheat began.
many years before Minnesota had
place on the map or St Paul was
known. This Red river region had a
route to the world by way of Hudson
bay; long, circuitous and difficult
journey, open barely two months in the
year. In 1874 Norman w. Kittson in
augurated cart trade with St. Paul
by sending down from Pembina six
Red river or "Pembina" carts loaded
with furs. These carts were of rude
construction, of wood and leather, no
iron being used, and able to carry from
500 to 1000 pounds. To the cart was
fastened an OK or pony, geared with
broad bands of buffalo hide One man
would manage several carts by guiding
the head animal, the rest being tied
TO the tail end of the preceding cart.
Grease was seldom used on the axles.
and the creakfng of the wheels could
be heard long distance, especially
when the train was made up of hun
dred or more carts. as was often the
case. The drivers were as picturesque
as their vehicles were crude.
For twenty years the cart trade was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

-RENCH traders, who accompan
In or followed hIack-rebed priests,
III sent hither to bear the banner Of
the cross among the Indians and
win them to its mild religion. inaugu-
rated commerce in the Northwest. It
was by the great lakes, In birchbark
canoes. that these jealous men and
their associates first came to what Is
now Minnesota. This amphfbious nav
tgation and commerce extended over
$50 years. The canoes used in the
early travel and trade were from TWEEN
ty to thfrty-five feet long, four to five
feet wide In the center. sharp-pointed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
DEvEL 0PMENT OF TRANSPORT ATlON---
HOW THE RAILROADS CAME TO ST. PAUL

All roads at one time LED to
Rome,
From Asia, Carthage, Egypt,
Gaul.
Look from our marble state house
dome,
Methin.ss all roads lead to st.
Paul.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-10-14
reux a'6chapper ct den apporter
la nouvelle q Monr6al. Aussit6t

reux d'6chapper ct den apporter
la nonvelle q Monr6al. Aussit6t
qu'on cut appris CO funeste acci,
dent, M. le chevalier de Vaudreull
SO NIT en- canot avec I'm d6tache-
ment pour aller q la poursuite de
ce parti iroquois; il fut suivl part
cent Canadiens ct par quelques
Sauvages allies. Je ne sais par
queI hasard il cut le bonheur de
les atteludre; il les surprlt ct les
attaqua avec vigueur; lis SO batti-
rent on d6sesper6s, mais la TN,
lis furent d6faits. II en- couta la vie
a plusieurs de nos Sauvages ct q
a trois de nos officers. Les lro..
quois qu'on prit furent amen6s q
la Vile de Monr6al, aupres de Ia
quelle on les r6gala dune salue
de coups de batons.
BENJAMIN suit E
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-10-14

/ le professeur Moebius s'extasie ma
pas appris autrement q frapper
4 o,lok an

lie professeur Moebius s'extasie ne
pas appris autrement q frappe1
cent fois le sol de son sabot 81 or
lui demande de comptsr Jusqu'a
cent. II ne volt ct ne conna1t que
son ma1tre qui, scion lie cas-, lul
donnera de la cravache ou de la
carotte. Tout le secret du maftre q
consiste, q laide dun dressage
| plus patient, d lui donner des or.
dres sans le secours de la cham
briere sonore. Mais, oiqu'il fas-
Sc, soft quill frappe douze fois le
sol de son sabot quand on deman-
de la somme des nombres 8 ct 4
inscrits au tableau, soft quill allie
d6crocher un 6oriteau rouge. soft
que, pour former un petit mot, il
choisisse deux syllabes dams une
s6rie, il ne salt pas CO quill fait on
du MONS il ignore le pourquoi de
ces acte automatlque. Aussl ne
peut,on s'emp6cher de ri1e quand
lie savant Moebius declare avec
gravit6 que "Hans est capable de
percevo1r nettement les sensations
que lu1 transmettent son cell ct
son oreille, de les enregistrer dams
ga m6moire ct de les exprimer avec
precision.
Hans est incapable, on peut en-
etre certain, d'6peler ou de COM
prendre quoi que &C soft, pas me
me les ouvrages du docteur Moe
bius, ct il est vraiment incroyable
que dams une vile s6rieuse COM
me Berlin on Sc soft laiss6 duper
par une vulgalre comedie au point
qu'un grand journal oavre ses CO.
tonnes 3 une 6tude don't la conclu-
sion est que le chevai Hans pour
raft presque etre un laur6at DE-
cole primaire.
BRAHO.
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Port Arthur
BRAHO.

Paris-Un journal rappelle, q
propos du siege h6roique que Port
Arthur soutient depuis de 81 longs
mois, que cette place, chinoise, ]a-
ponaise, puis russo, failllt, un mo-
ment-il y a de celia vingt ans
devenir franchise.
C.6tait q P6poque de la guerre
entre la France ct Ia Chime, en-
1884, lorsque Pamiral Courbet
cherchait sur les cotes chinoises
un point don't il put faire une base
navale solide.
A ce moment, Port Arthur, alors
chinois, 6tait en- pleine periodic
Reorganization, sous ia direction
d'ing6nieurs ct d'omcier allie
mands. Des forts etaient d6]a cons
fruits ct arm6s sur les collines bor-
dant rentr6e du port, ct des mil
liers de Chinois travaillalent au
creusement de Immense bassin
qui a 81 bien servi aux Russes
pour la r6paration de leurs cuiras-
s6s.
Une visite q Port Arthur fate
par un des navires de lamiral
Courbet await r6v6l6 Importance
!des travaux guy poursuivait la
Chine; quaint q la valeur strategi-
que de la position, ellie etait con-
nue. depuis lopgtemps. ct ellie ne
pouvait, d'ailleurs echapper q
loeil clair voyant dun homlne tel
que l'amiral Courbet.
A CO sujet lie "Moniteur de la
Flotte', dams un fort interessant
article, rappelle qu'apres Ia victoi-
re de Fou Tch6ou, il s'agit de
pousser les chooses contre la Chine
ct de prendre le gage que notre
diplomatic jugeait n6cessaire, il y
cut plusieurs projects 6bauch6s ct,
dit.on, soumis au gouvernement
francais par pamiral Courbet.
| Les uns tenaient pour Annoy,
idont la belle rade ct la petite lie
de Kou Long Sen eussent 6t6 fort
commodes q occuper. D'autres
mettaient en- avant Kelang ct For
NOSE, d cause des charbonnages
qui en- 6taient proches. D'autres,
enfn, pr6conisaient loccupatlon
de Port arthur.
Cest ce dernier projet qui await
lies preferences de lamiral Cour-
bet; mais le gouvernement pencha
pour Kelung. Bt c'est Ia que fna-
lement, la France prit le gage en-
question, pour le compl6ter plus
tard par la mainmise sur les 1les
Pescadores.
L'incident est peu connu; il me-
ritait, certes, d'etre rappel6 II
montre combien les russes ont Gu
ralson de revendiquer Port Ar
thur, combien lis ont raison de
d6fendre la place avec rh6roique
6nergie que Pon conna1t.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-10-14
!Chiens de Guerre

La Russie Went d'acqu6rir en-
Ecosse trois collies, destIn6s q de.
venir des chiens de guerre. Tran
quillisez vous: ce que mont pu
faire Kouropatklne ou Shrydlof
r6duire les Japonais, ces braves
toutous ne le feront pas non plus
ct on ne leur demandera pas, bien
Que les deux stat6ges surnomm6s
aient dn souvent donner lenr Ian
que. aux chiens.
Ces chiens sont nDiquement
dresses pour aller rechercher les
bIess6s sur le champ de bataille
C'est d6ja tres beau eux ct tout
le monde sera d'accord pour leur
reconnaitre des sentiments v6rita-
blement humans. Mais il y a
mieux; Intelligence de ces ami
maux ne sc borne pas q d1stinguer
un homme bless6 dun homme
mort ou bien portant: lis savent
distinguer un Russo dun Japonais
rien qua l'odeur.
Gar, on ne l'ignore pas, les Rus
ses sentent CONNIE ci ct les Japo-
nais CONNIE Ga. ii paralt meme
que la tache des bons chiens sera
singuli4rement moins compliqu6e
qu'on ne croft sill est vrai que Les
Buses, en- leur qualit6 d'Euro-
|peens. sentent beaucoup plus fort
que les Japonais. Disons le tout
net, les Japonaais pretentent que
nous puons ct le m6pris qu'ils ont
pour nous est fait bien plus de
cette odeur que du reste. A quoj
|cela tient-il? A notre regime car.
nivore, parait.il.
! Les bons chiens, done, rappor.
teront les bless6s qui feureront le
moins bon ct, eurs de ne pas sc
tromper, SO diront: "Ca, c'est un
Russo. Quant aux Japonais, ils
mont qua s'arrager CONNIE lis
[peuvent. Uest tres pratlque.
Pourtant, Oh avons nous oui di.
re que les soldats:bless6s n'appar.
tenaient plus a aucun bellig6rant
let que tous, indistinctement
avaient droit aux m6mes soins et
aux memes secours? Nous avons
lu celia dams le droit dit ipterna-
tional, q moins que CO ne soft dams
un petit poeme qui se termine par
ces mots simples: "dbnne-lui tout
de meme q boire. dit mon pere."
Allons, bons toutous, les gems
qui sentent moins bons ne sont
pas toujours les plus grievement
bless6s. Ramassez tou]ou1s, vous
aurez bien le temps de renifel
apr6s.
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Le Movement Perpetuel

0.A~
La piorre philosophale, cett,
marotte du moyen age ct des
temps qui suivirent, nest pas en-
core trouv6e, mails le fameux
movement perpetual don't Zam-
boni avec deux piles seches ct une
petite boule creuse de metal fit
une maniAre de reduction, nest
plus une fiction. Nous le devons q
Sa Majestic le Radium.
L'horlIge au radlum de Harri-
son Martindale pratiquement a re-
solu Get int6ressant probl6me.
Une petite quantit6 de radium est
enferm6e dams un tube de verre
Oh on a fait le vide ct .support6
par une baguette de quarts. A
l'extr6mite inf6rleure du tube est
attach6 un 6lectroscope de deux
tongues lanes d'argent. L'activit6
du radium produit un courant ne
gatif qui sc transmet aux lamelles
#d'argent qu1 s'6tendent etv1ennent
TOUGHER les parols du vase. Par CO
contact l'6lectricit6 est d6charg6e
ct les lamelles retombent. Ceci SO
r6pAte toutes les deux minutes par
un pendule oscillsnt pendant cette
dur6e, ct sill arrive aucun acci-
dent facheux, choc impr6vu ct yio-
lent. th6oriuuement faction doit
SO continuer jusqu'a l6puisement
du radium calcul6 dams ce cas-
CONNIE devant Sc produire dams
trente mile ans.
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NuM EXC 90
rARlF DES ANNONCE

Avis Cha4ue insertion 10 cts par lig
Tariff special pour los annonces au mon
ct 8 Pannee.
Demandes d'emplol-demandes de do
mestiques ou employes-annonce pour
chambre ~. .1,ension-annonces pour OBJ
Jets perdus ou trouves.
Au taux UN CENTIN par mot
Nous enverrons un numero du journal
4 toute personne qul en- fera Ia deman-
de.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-09
a Box Party.
SLAIN MAN IN CARRIAGE.
Victim Seen Alive Fifteen Minutes Be-
fore in u Saloon ROw-Two Ar
rested.
(NeW York WORLDLY

The police of North Tarrytown have
a mystery to solve in the murder of
George Daley, who was found stabbed
and hanging head downward from his
carriage on Beekham avenue about z
o'clock yesterday morning. William
kilday an ex-sergeant of police, and
Morris Hartnett were arrested and
lodged in White Plains Jail as suspects.
Although only fifteen minutes elapsed
between the time Daley was last seen
alive and when his body was found
the police acknowledge that they are
baffled.
Daley was driving the carriage for
James Kilroe, a liveryman. About
midnight he took a passenger to John
Halfrich's saloon, in Pocantico street,
and got into a fight with Hartnett
Kilday tried to separate them, and
Daley threw beer glass cutting Kill
days hands. Then Daley ran away.
Kilday, it is said, vowed to be re-
venged. Daley returned in about half
an hour and the fight was continued.
Helfrich elected the crowd, but Daley
and Harnett continued the fight. Daley
was getting the worst of it when he
slashed Harnett across the face with
a whip and then drove off. According
to Helfrich, Kilday and Harnett came
into his saloon again, had drink and
left. Fifteen minutes later Daley was
found. He had been stabbed half a
dozen times. One wound near the
heart was very deep and the breast
bone was severed.
When arrested at their homes, Xii
day and Harnett had blood on them,
but declared it came from I<ildayS
wounded hands after Daley threw the
beer glass.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-09
TO ERECT 4 MONUMENT.
The Dorsey Pendcr Daughters Of the
Confederacy's Work of Love.

Tarboro, N. c., Sept. THE regu-
lar monthly meeting of the William
Dorsey Fender Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. was held last
Tuesday at the residence of Miss
Lanier, the secretary. 1t was an I'M
usually interesting meeting. After
the usual business was attended to,
Miss Lanie1 read letter from Gen.
Julian S. Carr. accepting an invitation
to be the orator of the occasion, at
the unwilling of the monument to be
erected in honor of the Confederate
soldiers of Edgecombe county, Octo-
Der 10th, was decided upon for the
date oe the unwilling.
Mrs. X. H. Spcight had a very good
paper on Henry l.. Wyatt, the first
Confederate soldier killed during the
war.
Delegates and alternates were then
chosen to represent the chapter at the
State convention, to be held at Colds
bOro, in October. Mrs. Franz powell
and Mrs. l.. l.. Slaton were CHOSEN as
delegates and Miss Reba BridgerS and
Sallie Station as alternates.
The children viii give a lawn party
Wednesday afternoon, the benefits to
go toward the monument ana the
ladies will have n social entertainment
Thursday afternoon for the same pur-
pose.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-09
WITH The EDITORS
He Who Conceived the
Banquet Arouses
Enthusiasm.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
New York, Sept. 7.-Happening to
be i'm New York on business, / attend
ed by special invitation the banquet
given tonight by the National Demo-
cratic Executive Committee in the ele-
CANT banquet hall of the Waldorf
Astoria to the Democratic editors of
the country. The banquet together
with the pilgrimage tomorrow to
Esopus, was the conception of
Josephus Daniels, the North Carolina
member of the Nationa! Executive
Committee and editor of the News
and Observer, and was, when sug-
gestcd by him cordially and enthu-
siaSticaliy approved by Chairman Tom
Taggart, and by August Belmont and
others of the committee and received
the warm endorsement of such news
paper men as James Creelman, of
the New York World and others.
| am writing this amid the clinking
of glasses, wreaths of smoke and the
hearty Dlaudits given to the speakers.
There are about six hundred editors
present from all parts of the country,
of whom about twenty-five are from
North Carolina. The enthusiasm is
great. Mr. Daniels has been warmly
congratulated upon the success that
has crowned the mastery execution of
his conception. lie IS Il CellIfd. IlS uIe
and his name is upon all lips. Col.
Johnson, of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
and toast master. referred to the con-
ception and achievement of Mr..
Daniels in the highest terms and to
the mOdcsty which prevented his APP
pearing among the speakers. The
allusion to Mr.. Daniels was applauded
to the echo.
One Western editor said to me to-
night: "JoSephus Daniels is certain
ly st on this OCCASION
The clubs in the headquarters here
and the bell boys in the hotel are
saying Mr.. Daniels is certainly one
fine man. Tom Taggart, too. is
hypnotized BIZ him.
The subway company gave to the
editors this afternoon a ride through
the tunnel. which has not yet been
opened for traffic. The bulletin
boards at Mr.. Daniels headquarters
are covered with invitations for the
editors to attend all sorts of enter
tainments.
Tomorrow morning at S:45 the
editors will start for Esopus and re-
turning at D. M. will leave by spe-
cial invitation of the Lama Park Com
pany for Coney Island.
r T. GRAY.