The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

thru prominent solicitor, Howard Pad
Olson. Smith at once called upon Pad
Olson, who informed him that "his
lordship was good for hundred thou
sand pounds.'
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Smith afterward thus described his
visit to the London solicitor:
ct saw his lordship's hat on one OF
the tables in Mr.. Paddison g room and
I suggested to Mr.. Paddison that | had
better see his lordship himself. He ex-
pressed his surprise that l should sup
pose his lordship- to be there, but
when he returned stated that his lord
ship had agreed to grant me an audi
ence, ushering me upstairs into an ele-
gantly furnished room which Lord
Glencairn called his. audience chamber.
He gave it that name himself to me.
He rose and received me very courte-
ously, expressed his pleasure at seeing
me and said was quite right to make
the inquiry-an the inquiries, but that
to his solicitor, MI. Paddison. He
called my attention to the books in a
bookcase in the room-the chamber, as
he called it-which were very beauti-
fully bound, and also to the plans OF
his estates which were on the walls.
After short conversation we parted
and I returned to Mr.. Paddison 9 own
room after parting with his lordship in
his audience chamber. In MI. Paddi-
tin boxes with the name Right Hon
durable Lord Glencairn' in gold let
ters.' ,>s...s
Mr.. Smith was, however, not entirely
satisfied with the general aspect Of af.
fairs until Mr.. Paddison assured him
that he was going to get back some of
the jewelry his lordship had purchased
and Paddison's check for the balance
"But,' Mr.. Paddison added, cit
would give great offense to his lord
ship and he therefore agreed to give
Of the account and that it would be
paid March rs (1S7O). On the day
named, payment not having been made
Smith wrote to Paddison, reminding
him of his promise, but received the
reply, 1.-The whole of us have beer
Glencairn had absconded, leavins
the solicitors Of his mythical estate!
in the lurch to the extent of over $25,
600, and mourned by many of the lead
ing shopkeepers of London and Edin
burgh, whose unsettled bills agains
him amounted to thousands Of pounds
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In September, 1871, distinguished
visitor took Minneapolis and tn,
northwest by storm. An English lord
with an income Of over million
dollars year and bearing the famil,
name of at least three Of the mobiles
families in Britain, Lord Gordon Cor
don, as he was called, was received o.
all sides with the greatest delight an
struction of the Northern Pacific rail
way, then being built under grea
: financial difficulties. The arrival of
millionaire and a British lord in on
, and the same person could mean onl
: one thing-investment in the will
prairie lands Of the embarrassed raj
ally by the officials. Excursions wer
$ made to prospective townsites, grea
buffalo hunt was arranged, and O
: many a site of now prosperous Mime
/ sofa and Dakota towns the histori
! banner of the Gordons Of Scotland an
: the Stars and, Stripes futtered side b
J. side before. the marquee Of man VIII
: was befooling a continent.
e Lord Gordon carried on extensiv
& negotiations with Colonel LOOMS, the
r land agent of the Northern Pacific, fc
d the purchase Of several hundred thol
{. sand acres of land upon which to bull
/, a city to be called "Loomis'' an
!, upon which he could colonize larg
portion of his tenantry, which We
: overcrowding his estates in Scotland.
!, During his stay in Minneapolis Lo1
9 Gordon was entertained and drive
. about the city by such prominent cit
Z zeDs as w. D. Washburn and w.
. Westfall, anu his deposit of sewers
thousand dollars in Mr.. Westfall
e bank, then situated at 200 Nicoll,
p avenue, served to strengthen the pop
IS lar and universal belief in him.
>; While Lord Gordon was at the zenit
n of his popularity in Minneapolis,
II Roberts of New York, a leading fol
n merchant Of the metropolis, came
a Minneapolis for business conferen,
Is with his friend and business associat
n, George A. Bracket. then mayor
n, Minnea polls. Mr.. Roberts was COZ
n pletely won, as was everyone, by II
II delightful manners and aristocrat
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