The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-06-01
]. ]. H|lL WILL Be
BURIED TOMORROW
Vicar General Of st. Paul win
0fficiate at Funeral. 80
EMPLOYEES TO VIEW BODY
Intsrment win Be In Private Mauso-
leum to Be Erected at North Oaks
:, Farm Near St. PauI-5lood
Poisoning Caused Death.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 30-The fu"
neral OF James J. Hill, who died here,
will be held at his Summit avenue
home at 2 p. m. Wednesday. An
fouucement Of funeral arrangements
was. contained in a statement issued
by the family. .-....
Contrary to expectations, interment
will net be in Calvary cemetery, but
IN private mausoleum to be erected
IL North Oaks farm, Ave miles north
Sast OF st. Paul, long the summer
home Of the empire builder"
Employees to View Body.
The general public will not have
an opportunity formally to pay trib-
ute to the leading citizen of the north
west. but Mr.. Hills associates and the
faithful employees who aided in his
great achievements will be admitted
to the house to view the body before
the funeral services.
4 The general offices OF the Great
Northern railway and the First Ma
tional bank and Northwest Trust COM
pany5 will be closed all day Wednes-
day. f.. q 81 " -: ...
Vicar General to offieiate.
The family statement includes re-
quest that no flowers be sent. .-
Rev. Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar gen
eral Of the Catholic diocese OF St.
Paul, who attended Mr.. Hill during
his last few hours, will officiate at the
funeral .:..
4AlI afternoon kilograms continued
to pour in from all parts Of the coun-
try with expressions of coincidence
Tor the family.
The active pallbearers will be: M
r. Brown, Ralph Budd, Charles W.
Gordon, j. NJ. Gruber, P. l.. Howe, w.
P.L.Kenney, Charles Maitland, George
A. Macpherson, Theodore Schultz and
III. Toomey.
The honorary pallbearers will be
announced later.
The immediate cause Of Mr.. Hills
death was an abscess, which formed
on the posterior part of his thigh some
time ago. .tt.Ess ,.,......... ..... 49,.
y Sooteh-lrIsh Descent. ~ aaaa
James Jerome Hill, who opened the
great Northwest to development, cre-
ated billions in values, did a vast
amount to improve railroad methods,
and himself amassed an enormous for
tune, came of poor Irish and Scotch
farmer stock.
BY his own genius he rose to the
top OF the ladder, became one Of the
mentors of the new world, inspired
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usefulness and we'll deserved his title
Of THE Empire Builder"
Mr.. Hill was born near Guelph We'll
lington county, Ontario, Canada, on
September 16, 1898! He was the son
OF James and Anne Dunbar) HILL His
childhood was spent in Canada. From
his seventh to his fifteenth year he at
tended lockwood academy, a Quaker
school. He intended to study medi-
cine. But his father died in 1853 and
the young man took q job In a coun-
try store.
After surveying the field of the
whole United States he selected St.
Paul, MINI, as the best place for his
start In life. In 1865 he secured work
there as a shipping clerk. He studied
transportation and fuel problems care
fully. > .- .. ..
His great opportunity came in 1873
and he seized II eagerly. The discred-
tied st. Paul & Pacific railway went
into a receivership. It was $50, O00, 900
IN debt, -,, ..... ,....
i Mr.. Hill took charge of this sick pa
tient and nursed 1t back to rudy
health. In 1873, with Donald A. Smith,
George Stephen and Norman Kittson,
he secured complete control and the
line was reorganized in 1879 as the st.
Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba Rail-
way company, with Mr.. Hill as gen.
eral manager. He became president
in 1883. ..'.. 81. v ...
Mr. Hill now proposed a railway
from the Great Lakes to the Pacific.
Many thought him visionary. He par
alleled the Northern Pacific, which had
been assisted by the United States
government, and the Canadian Pacific,
which had received vast grants from
Canada &'trA r So E.t
Without one cent Of state or gov.
0rnment money tne GREAT northern
system was constructed. From 1880
to 1893 5000 miles Of track was built
and equipped. = ~. d, ga ws 10
It was built at the rate of nearly q
mile a day for every day Of Mr.. Hill's
control and extends from Lake supe.
rior to Puget sound.
In addition Mr.. Hill organized a
fleet ON the Pacific and another on
the Great Lakes, as feeders to his
railway. His lake boats surpassed in
speed and size any built before. u
He married Mary Theresa Michigan
OF st. Paul on August 10, 1867, and
was the father Of nine children. three
boys and six girls.
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