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10 ! Romantic Stories From Cripple Creek Which Surpass jj i That of Monte Cristo. > < CRIPPLE CREEK, Aug. 13.—Thou sands fail in mining. Hundreds make a living. Tens amass a competency, but it is only now and then one who by a lucky stroke of the pick, finds an enor mous fortune and keeps it. David Mof fatt, the mining king, says that fail ures are not so great as in other bus iness. It is certain that the successes are more phenomenal. I write today not of the failures, but of the successes, the millionaires of Cripple Creek. Out of this gold camp, within five years, has come $13,000,000. The gold dug out last year was worth $8,000,000, and this year the output promises to be fully as large. The stories I hear of gold dug out and gold in sight make my avari cious mouth water, and, like the hun gry, ragged newsboy on the street out side the confectionery store, I press my nose against the glass and long for the riches within. STRATTON, THE MINING KING. Take, for instance, W. S. Stratton, who owns the great Independence mine, which has been turning out near ly $2,000 a day for the past year, and in which it is estimated there are from four to seven million dollars of gold in Bight. How would you like to own that? It ■would be enough for yourself and your family for ages to come. It is one of the richest gold mines of the world, and the man who owns It was ■working five years ago at the carpen ter's bench. Up to that time he would have been glad, I venture, to have net ted from the work of his hands $50 a month. His mine last year. It Is said, produced $960,000, at a cost of about ten cents on the dollar, and the ore is so rich that he has to keep back his work men for fear that he will not be able HOME OF MILLIONAIRE STRATTON . m ( With the Independence M Ine In the Background. to invest the money which he receives from the gold which they get out. So far he has spent his surplus in buy ing other mines, and he has today properties which I am told, make him the largest individual owner of gold mines in the world. I doubt whether he knows himself what he is worth. I know that no one can figure upon his possibilities. I am told that Marshall Field and other Chicago capitalists of fered him $7,000,000 for his IndeDendence mine alone, and long ago he refused an offer of $3,000,000 for it. He does not like to talk about it, and I doubt whether an offer of $10,000,000 would tempt him. He says that the gold is in the mine and can't fun away. It is safer there than in the safe deposit, and the best'bank for him is Old Mother Karih. HOW STRATTON^STRUCK IT. And still I would not like to be Win field Scot Stratton. 1 would not ex change places with him for all his mil lions. This thought came forcibly upon me as I sat with him in his little of fice over a bicycle store in Colorado springs the other day and watched him closely as I listened to him. He is only forty-eight years of age, but he looks to be more than sixty. His hair is as white as the driven snow, and his naturally drak complexion has been changed to a mahogany brown by the hardships of his laborious career and the anxiety of his hunt for gold. He is nervous in the extreme, and he has, 1 believe, little capacity for hap piness. The story of his life is that of a man who has devoted himself to finding a mine, and who after twenty years of failure has at last succe?ded.' He has succeeded by luck and work more than by any special ability, and though he is a man of good common sense, I judge you might find ninety men quite as good out of any one hun dred carpenters that you could select. Born in Indiana, having learned the carpenter's trade, he drifted out to Colorado Springs when he was only about twenty years of ag-e. He began fit once to prospect for gold. He work d at his trade in the winter to get the money necessary to keep him alive in the mountains in the summer, and day after day and year after year he climbed the rocks and wandered over the hills looking for mines. At one time he had saved $3,000. He invested this In a mine and lost it. He is a man of few amusements and of little intellec tual resource. He failed again and again, and up until 1891 he was worth practically nothing. He had at this time a house in Colorado Springs, which was mortgaged, and it was in May of that year that he, rendered al most desperate by his repeated failures, went to prospect about Cripple Creek He realized that there was some gold In the boulders or float which lay upon . the grazing lands of this region, but up to this time no one had considered the rock to be worth much. As Stratton walked ever the roads he noticed one stone, the corner of which some former prospector had chipped off. He picked up the broken piece and sent it to Denver to be assayed. It yielded over $300 to the ton. This was a surprise to Stratton. He at once gath ered a wagon load of other stones lying about the place and sent these to the assayer's. They told him that the last was worth only $10 a ton. This, how ever, showed Stratton that there was gold there, and he staked out a claim about the big boulder, and went to work. It was the Fourth of July when he began to mine, and he named his proporty "The Independence." in honor of the day. He found gold almost from the grass rots. The ore grew richer as he dug down, and, after a short time he found pockets and fissures filled with gold. The gold did not run reg ularly. Sometimes there would be a pocket as big as the average parlor, and sometimes the rock containing the rich ore would extend only to the size of a tumbler. He sank the shaft, how ever, and ran into laterals from two to three hundred feet on either side. He soon began to find gold everywhere. Even the rocks lying on the surface of the ground netted him a fortune. There were some great boulders near his shaft. He had these broken up with dynamite, and from them alone he got $60,000. It was not, however, all clear sailing. At one time the gold seemed to have played out, and he offered to sell the mine for $150,000. His offer was refused, and within a few days after this he made another rich strike, and for twenty-five days he took out about $1,000 a day. At present he has gone between six and seven hundred feet down into the earth, and there is no doubt whatever that there are millions of dollars' worth of gold between the levels which have been already mined. The mine seems to be growing richer as it goes downward, and his refusal to sell it for $7,000,000 was in the minds of many here a good business decision. THE HABITS OF A MILLIONAIRE A man whose income has been about $o a day finds it hard to jump at once to the spending of from two to three thousand dollars a day. Mr. Stratton at present is not attempting to live up to his income. The little yellow cottage in which he lives in Colorado Springs, did not, I venture, cost more than' $500 and the servant girl, who with her sieevs rolled up, came to the door when I called, looked as though she might find it hard anywhere to get more than $10 a month. Just below the mine Stratton has another house. It has ouly five rooms, and it cost in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars I am told that he is building a house at Colorado Springs which will cost him something like $25,000. His offices are of the most unpretentions nature and he secludes himself in order to keep off beggers. For some weeks he had to have a policeman about his home at Cripple Creek to keep the crowd away from him and his private secretary tells me that he receives about two hun dred begging letters a day. He is not a mean man, but he has no idea of the possibilities nor the pleasure of giv ing. His charities so far have been purely Individual, and in most cases to • ** Nj^^^a^|jj^*j^^^^Sfl^lffiraK<W^^% is I £ r . lU T g . for gold b >' compressed air Fash light photo taken 750 feet below ground his friends. Not long ago his driver saved his life and that of his sister by keeping the horses in the road during a » attempted runaway. At the end o? the drive Stratton gave the man I check for $1,000. He has given h™ wife who »s separated fro ™ him, $50,000, and I am told that he frequently hands checks or bills to his sister who Te with him. He is said to be very sen sitive as to being aeked for money and a fnend of his tells me that his' sister never says a word about wanting a ff IZA aY6 t h6ard lt su^ested that if she did so it would not be forthcom nilF' i, / JUSt Waits and he yes her a check for one, two or five hundred dollars as the spirit moves him. HOW POOR MEN MADE MILLIONS. Stratton received more than $1"> 000 last year in dividends from his stock in the Port end gold mine. This mine lies just back of the Independence, and its enormous frame buildings can be seen for miles about Cripple wp~ -i ltß «* lef owners ■« three men, who were almost down on their uppers five year* l^itM* Wh Ti, thr ° U^ h H ' are SSw enormow™ wealthy. Their mine produced last year more than $2,000,000 worth of gold and hi preside. James F. Burns, says that if It were worked to its full capacity H could turn out £™n tha "H $10 - OCOO0 ° «»•>«*'• At the time Stratton discovered the Independence mine Burns was working at his trade as a pfuXr One of Ins partners, James Doyle, was then tr^n^n Plan )\ g a Y «£***. the Mk? ■•?*< 1?5hl1 1 J ar| J ai \ W H. marking or. th,f roLd in Colorado Springs TioldTng I wK f ° r 15 J eT i tS an hour was Harlan who discovered the mine. His claim at the start was not bigger than the average cltv lot. frut the property surrounding it which has since been purchased by these three men, now embraces about 150 acres. Harnan had been working for some time on his little ettj lot claim, while Burns and Doyle had staked out a claim a little further "uj> the THE SAINT PAUt, GLOBE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1896. mountain. This claim was rather close to the Independence. They had worked at It for some time and yet discovered nothing. Har naii had been doing some prospecting for Stratton. He had been down In the Inde pendence mine, and he knew its wtfhderful riehe*. He thought that Burns and Doyle had a good thing, and he asked them how much they would give him 1? he would take the claim and show that it was worth some thing. They replied they would give him a third interest. He at once went to work and soon struck "pay rock," which was won derfully valuable. For some time they tried to keep the fact a secret, for they knew that if Dave MolTat and the other capitalists who were working about them should learn of the value of the property they would buy all the claims about It. So they got their ore out in secret and carried It down from the mine at night in saoks on their backs. As the ore got richer the sacks were not large enough to carry all they wanted. So one night they took a wagon up to the mine and prepared to haul it away by the wagon load. They overloaded their wagon, how ever, and it broke down Just as they were about to leave the mine. The next day the ore was found on the side of the hill with the broken wagon near it. This showed the value of the mine and from that time on they hauled their ore out. They had, how ever, to fight for their rights. Other miners tried to jump their claim and Burns took a shotgun and drove them out at the point of It. They had forty-seven lawsuits about their title, but their ore was so valuable that they ; were able to pay for the best legal talent and held their own. They got Stratton to go in with them and they added the Anna Lee and other mines to their property until it Is now one of the most valuable in the world. Pres ident Burns estimates that their average out put is worth $70 a ton and he says that there Is one streak of ore in the mine that is worth about $38,000 a ton, the rock running nine teen ounces of gold to the ton. At the sell ing value of the Portland stock, the property Is worth between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 and I venture you could not buy it for $5,000,000. They paid last year more than $480,000 in dividends and until last year they were pay ing three cents a share in dividends every month. They have given a pledge to their stockholders that they will pay 36 per cent in dividends this year and they claim that they have not begun to get near the end of their wonderful gold treasure. The mine has now. it is said, live miles of workings and its machinery is some of the finest known. THE DOCTOR MINE. Many of the best mines here have no stock on the market. The oldest miners of Colorado say that Cripple Creek will last for fifty years, and all kinds of fabulous estimates are made as to the amount of gold which will be turned out. Gov. Grant, the manager of the Grant and Omaha smelter at Denver, is reported as saying that in seventeen years Cripple Creek will produce $500,000,000 worth of gold. The result of this belief is that the own ers of the mines hold their property very high. There are mere holes in the ground here which have so far produced nothing, but which are capitalized for millions. One rather sanguine operator tells me that he does not believe you could buy all the mines of this region today for $100,000,000 cash, and the man who expects to come to Cripple Creek and get something for nothing will go away sorrowful. One property which prom ises well is the Doctor mine. It is situated on Raven Hill, and is as yet barely more than a prospect, but its owners, I ani told, would not take a million for it. It is the property of two men who came to the Rockies with a little money and bought the Chief mine and the Doctor mine, two claims which lay s*de by side on Raven HiH. They spent their first money on the Chief. It failed to pay. and they at last got $40,000 in the hole. They thon pave the work up for a time In disgust. Shnrtlv after this a miner came to them and offerwi to lea^e the mines and to give them a nortiop of the profits. They acauiescd. and he went to wit-v. Within, a few weeks he. had taken out JSO 000 from a single great lorip which he discovered. He struck crystallized p-old in the auartz by shootim* down the sides of the'r old worV -Ings with dvramite. ar<i the result is that the Doctor is row f> vuluabi" r>rrvnertc HOW MINERS STEAL GOLD. It is generally known that a large part of the Cripple Creek ore is of a very low grade. Much of it has to be reduced by the cyanide process in order to pay, but there are spots in nearly every mine v.-here amonts of high grade gold have been found. The high-grade ore of vhe Victor mine averages about $200 a ton, and 'the average value of the ship ments of Cripple Creek ore last year is es timated at $60 a ton. Now and then a rich pocket is struck, however, which will pay a a thousand dollars and upwards a ton, and such places n the mines are carefully watched, for fear the miners will carry away the gold. The manager of one of the big gest gold mines told me that he often had his miners searched before they left the mine, and in certain parts of the mines they were always required to change their clothes upon coming in and going out. Not long ago a miner was suspected of stealing ore. His cabin was searched, and more than $1,50j J worth of rich gold-bearing rock was found. I He had carried out- the richest pieces from time to time in his pockets, and all together had taken out ninety-s.x pounds, which was worth $16 a pound, or $1,536 worth of ore. LEASING MINES. Speaking of the leasing of the Doctor mine, the custom of leasing mines is \ery common here. Men will take mines and work them tor a certain time for a hxed price, or lor a proportion of the gold gotten out. There are many men who have good prospects who have not the money to worn, them, and one with a moderate amount of capital can either gel a lease on such prospects or buy a share in them. Take, tor instance, the Anchoria Le land mine, the stock of which was celling for four cents a share about a year or so ago. it has this year sold for $3 a share, ana it is practically not for sale in the exchanges. This mine was opened up by a lease. It was not considered worth much until a man named Maloney Jrom Dakota, came through Cripple Creek on his way to Leadville. He looked at the mine and leased it. He spent $7,500 in opening it up, and in one year, I am told, he took $400,000 worth of gold out of it. His lease has now expired, and the mine will be worked by the stockholders. CRIPPLE CREEK MILLIONAIRES. I could give numerous other instances of fortune-making in mines. I could find per haps ten thousand times as many instances of men losing in mines, but mining is in | reality a legitimate business, and I believe I if followed with the same care, investigation j and business ability as are required to give | success in other businesses, the chances of making money are good. Here, for instance is a list of millionaires of Cripple Creek as given by an old miner. I do not vouch for the truth of his estimates: W. S. Stratton was worth nothing, is now worth $10,000,000. James F. Burns, James Doyle and John Harnan, each worth more than a millio: --made out of the Portland and other prop erties. v James R. McKinnle. a friend of Stratton and one of his advisers, has made a milTon David H. Moffat, long a millionaire has easily made two or more millions out of Cripple Creek. He owns the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad, which cost a million but which paid for itself in six months' and is still making money. Irving Howbart, of Colorado Springs the owner of the Anchoria L°,land. has made a million. Eben Smith, Moffat's partner, has also made a fortune out of Cripple Creek. J. F. Maynard. of Utica, N. V.. paid $1 000 for the Moose mine on Raven Hill. This I mine is said to produce now from $6 000 to $8,000 a month. An offer of $600,000 has been refused for it, but Maynard and his partners ask $2,000,000. R. C. Shannon, who beat Amos Cummings for congress, is said to have made a quarter of a million out of the Anehoria Leland and the Portland, and the El Paso Gold King mine,, which cost its owners $300. is said to be worth nearly a million. In short, there are about ten men who have made something like a million dollars | out of Cripple Creek. There are one hundred ; men who have made more than $50,000 apiece I and there are perhaps one thousand men i who have made $20,000 apiece. Nearly all of this money has gone to Colorado people thouch the French are now investing largely and have some of the best properties here. —Frank G. Carpenter. GRASD OLD MAX. Li Hong Chang; and Mr, Glndntone Meet. LONDON. Aug. 15.— The Grand Old Man of China., Count Li Hung Chang, went to Hawarden this morning and paid a visit to the Grand Old Man of Great Britain, William E. Gladstone. The Chinese envoy drove from Chester, where he was received by a guard of honor and was heartily cheered by large crowds of people. His Interview with Mr. Gladstone lasted three-quar ters of an hour. They discussed through an interpreter, a variety of topics, and. after enjoying tea, were protographed together. The veteran statesmen seemed to enjoy each other's company. Mr. Gladstone "told Li Hung Chang that he was glad China had generally followed a system of free trade. Li Hung Chang asgemed, but said that it had been found necessary to place some restrictions on mer chants. The finances of China Were in a condition requiring grea*t care. More railways were necessary to develop commerce. He intended to do all in his power to secure more railways. Mr. Gladstone presented LI Hung Chang with a set of his own works and the. Chinese envoy presented Miss Gladstone with his photograph and some packets of highly prized tea. The Chinese statesman then proceeded to Barrow-In-Fumea to inspect the ship building yards and the large iron and steel works. THEY WERE STRANGERS. The Old Man Refo«ed to Be Concili ated by a Mere Stranger. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Both were walking at a rapid pace, and as they turned the comer they bumped into each other. There was a rebound, and for half a minute they stood off and looked at each other without a word. Then the chunky man held out his hand *nd said: "Uncle 'Rastuß, I hain't mad at yo'!" "Who am yo', aah?" demanded the . old man, with much dignity. "Come, come, Uncle 'Rastus— yo' knows who I am. Let's shake hands." "No, sah; no, sab! \ nebber shake hands wid total strangers. If I ebber seen yo' befo' I doan' disrecholect de occasion. Was yo' from de town of Pilreville, sah?" "Look a-heah, ole man," replied the chunky man, who was evidently nettled over the situation. "1 want yo' to understand dat I has got Jest as much dignity as yo' has. 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The tra^k [ winds along tl:e banks of the beautiful ■ river after wfifch th^ tor:n- Is named, ! and the famous Or~en R'ver huttes ; tower tlioufancis of feet above thirty ; miles west of Grren River. -A briei j stop is m?.de at Gr? npe". tbe junction I point of'thf Uh*«n P'oifi: and its Ore gon Short line division. ov. r r which, in vestibulert train*-:. pfisr°Tifrers destined for Spokane, Pottand, Taroma, Seattle, and the whole sound country are run through on a fact schedule. From Green river, the trip across the continent to Kan Fiancisco is con tinued. Three miles west of Green river is Fish Cut. Green River buttes are. objects of interest, and are within fight for miles. After passing Grang er, Evanston is soon reached. From Evanston to Ogden the train passes the finest a»d wildest scenery in the world. At Wahsatch station the sum mit of the Wahsatch range of moun tains is reached. The elevation is 6,824 feet, and at this point the road enters Echo canon. Echo creek, which runs through the canon, is crossed thirty-one times in twenty-six milr-s. Three and a half miles west of Wah • satch the train runs into a tunnel 900 | feet long. One mile east of Castle I Rock is a queer formation of rock re j sembling the ruins of an old castle. ! "Hanging Rock" is what its name mi i dicates. Two and a half miles west of j Emory, on top of the bluff, is a rock I called "Jack-in-the-Pulnit." and farth | er on can be seen the heights of Echo canon, on top of which are the old Mormon fortifications. Then comes "Stramboat Rocks." Just before reaching Echo are seen the "Amphi theater," "Pulpit Rocks," and "Brom ley's Cathedral." At Echo station, Weber canon is entered. One and a half miles west of Echo can be seen the "Witch Rocks." Five miles farth er on is the 1,000-mile tree, and a mile farther on is the "Devil's Slide." Echo and Weber canons compare favorably with the celebrated Colo rado canons. Three and a half miles west of Croyden, the canon broadens out, and to the left are noticed the first of the Mormon settlements. About one-half mile away, between Peterson and Uintah station. "Devil's Gate" is to be seen, and shortly after the coun try widens into the Great Salt Lake valley, when Ogden is reached. The first view of the valley after the sur feit of mountain scenery, is one of striking contrast, quiet and pleasant to the eye. No passenger should go to the Pa cific coast without taking the side trip ' to the Mormon capital. Salt Lake is a beautiful city. Garfield Beach Is located on the Great Salt Lake, eighteen miles west of the city, on the Utah & Nevada rail road, which is owned by the Union Pacific company. It may seem preposterous to talk of the finest sea-bathing on earth a thou sand miles from the ocean, but truth Is no less truth because it appears absurd. The sea-bathing in Great Salt Lake infinitely surpasses anything of the kind on either the Atlantic or Pacific coasts. The water contains many times more salt and much more soda, sulphur, magnesia, chlorine bro mine and potassium, than any ocean water on the globe. It is powerful in medical virtues, curing or benefiting many forms of . rheumatism, rheumatic gout, dyspepsia, nervous disorders, and cutaneous diseases. It Is a prompt and potent tonic and invigorant of body and mind, and then there is no end of fun In getting acquainted with its peculiarities. Returning to Ogden, where the train is transferred to the Central Pacific railroad, the traveler resumes his journey to the Golden Gate. This will be Incomplete without a description of the great Golden Gate, its grand and majestic scenery, ■ beautiful valleys, rushing rivers, and grand old moun tains. GREAT WESTERN UNDECIDED, But Will Meet New Ferry Rate at Some Time. CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-The Chicago Great Western announced today that it had not yet decided what action it would take in relation to the cut rates put in by the Lake Michigan Car Ferry company. It was positive in the as sertion, however, that the rates would be met, but at just what time it was not prepared to say. When the Soo line was still a member of the Trans-continental Passenger as sociation, it gave notice of its intention to put in reduced rates from St. Paul to San Francisco by rail and steam ship via Portland. The other roads insisted that this action was contrary to the association obligation of the Soo line, but it persisted in its intention. It has now changed its mind and given notice that U will advance its rail and steamship rate, by the route named, to the same basis as the authorized rate of all rail lines. The advance will go into effect Aug. 20. The chairman of the Transcontinental Passenger association today granted permission to the competitors of the Northern Pacific to meet the action of that road in making a $50 first-class, and a $40 second class, rate from points south of Portland, Ore., to Ash lar.d, and thence via Portland to Mis souri river Roads in the territory of the Central Passenger committee have agreed to sell tickets good for continuous passage in both directions, at a rate of one fare for the round trip for the national Democratic convention to be held at Indianapolis". KICK OF MINNEAPOLIS. Local Patmeng-er Men 'I'll ink None la Due at Thin Time. The cry of "discrimination" which has ?one up from the Minneapolis Knights of Pythias encampment man agement over the proposed establish ment of a joint city ticket office in St. Paul during the G. A. R. encampment, is listened to with some disgust by local general passenger agents. The ! Minneapolis people claim that the Western Passenger association has dis criminated against their city in or dering all holders of tickets, who desire J on extension of time, to deposit their coupons with the St. Paul agents. It may be the fear of the Flour City pat j ricts that if their gue3ts ever get to I St. Paul they will never return. In stead of working against the Minne apolis event, the Western Passenger [ association has done all in its power to further the Mill City encampment, even going as far as refusing to grant ■ special rates to the Cleveland meeting, in order not to detract from the Min nesota encampment. It it believed that if the Minneapolis kickers will go about | the matter in the proper way, tlr-y can j secure a joint office for their town. WILL, ISE THE BRIDGE. South St. I'aol Belt Line Will Be Opened. The South St. Paul Belt Line bridge I and tracks connecting the Union Stock yards with the Burlington and Mil waukee roads, will be operated within ten days. President M. D. Flower, of the Union Stock yards, said an amic ! r-ble arrangement had been made be j tr/een the Union Stock Yards company, the Belt Line road and the tvvo rail | roads named, to operate the road, and I tho stockyards engine has been turned over to the Belt Lino for that purpose. , The read has been completed for narly two years,- but has never been used be | lore and it will prove a great benefit ito the stockyc-rda. -. Live stock billed to I the yards froriv rivei^ points south will ! save considerable time by coming through Newport t>ver**the bridge, and Western cattle, especially, going East over the two roads' mentioned, will save time by -going directly East and South j from the yards without delay. SEABOARD SQXABBLE. ! Arguments in the Case on for Heur i ii g. GREENVILLE, S. C, Aug. 15.—Ar gument was begun today in th^ United I States circuit court, Judge S. H. Simon ton presiding in the injunction case to prevent the Seaboard Air line from cutting rates. The case is docketed i under the title, the Port Royal & j Augusta railway against the Southern j and other roads. The Seaboard Air line made a cut rate of 35 par cent. j which was met by the Southern Traffic association with a cut of 80 per cent, | whereupon, A. T. Smith, representing j the Port Royal & Augusta railway filed ! a bill of complaint, and a temporary j injunction was granted by Judge j Simonton, restraining all parties from continuing tfhe cut' rates. All the rail roads Interested are' • 'represented by prominent officers arid attorneys. Ar j guments were begun this afternoon as I to the jurisdiction of this court, but the case is not likely to be concluded I today. RAILWAY NOTES. Among the arrivals in St. Paul, yesterday | was Steamship Agent Kock, who has returned j from a European tKp. * Assistant General Freight Agent Pearce. of j the Northwestern, is back from Chicago, j where he atttended a rate meeting. General Passenger Agent W. A. Russell, of- the St. Paul & Duluth, went to Duluth last evening. A. L. Palmer, agent of the St. Paul & Du luth, was in the city yesterday. Judge Chandler, of the Milwaukee, left yes terday for Vermont via the Great Lakes and the Canadian Pacific. Phillip Hitchcock, traveling passenger agent of the Delaware. Larkawanna & Western, will spend Sunday in St. Fatfl. Burton Holmes and party left yesterday on | the Northern Pacific for Yellowstone Park. ! Mr. Holmes is a well-known lecturer and will ] prepare an address upon the wonders of the j park. General Ticket Agent Middler, of the Pull man Palace Car company, was in the city yesterday en route to the West. Among {hose who take the steamer China i from Duluth Monday are M. B. Carpenter, ', W. Brown, Mrs. S. Walsh, Mrs. William i Walsh, F. Wilson and S. R. McKinley. Judge Grosscup and party of Duluth peo ple were in the city yesterday en route to the Yellowstone Park over the Northern Pa cific. G. N. Bosworth, general traffic manager of the Central Pacific with headquarters at Montreal, was a guest of local officials yes terday. General Manager Street, of the Blue Line I freight, with headquarters at Rochester, N. V., was in the city yesterday morning. Vice President Finley and General Freight Agent Sommers, of the Great Northern, have returned from Chicago, where they were in | conference with other railroad men on rate matters. J. E. Hull, traveling passenger agent of Illuminations and Decorations r^ The Great 5 State Fair ;|Qj|fr^f an d the U. fe-L-A) Encampment THF (IT ORF wants you to come. 111 L( ULrl/DC, Seeoui offer of Free Railroad Fare and Free Admission Tickets on An other Page. the Lake Shore road, and O. J. Lovell, who represents the Wabaah in the same capacity, returned to St. Paul yesterday via Dulutft and the great lakes. The gentlemen came) up on the Northland, which had an enormoua passenger list. Among the passengers on tha boat were Gov. Clough, Frank H. Platt, son of Senator Platt, and a son of Senator Quay. m , Lee Campaigning. Special to the Globe. ABERDEEN, S. D., Aug. 15.— Andrew Leaf, Democrat-Populist candidate for governor, and Melvin Grlgsby, candidate for attorney gen* eral, addressed a fair sized meeting here to« night. LOCAL NOTICEST { * Tuesday, Aug. 18th, Also Tuesdays, Sept, 1, 15 and 29, and Oct. if' and 20, Chicago Great Western Railway (Ma ple Leaf Route) will sell Homeseekers' Ex cursion tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip, with $2 added. Tickets will b<j sold to nearly all points in the South and West, and will be good twenty-one days. Stopovers- will be granted, under reasonable restrictions, on the going trip. C. E. Hobb, City Ticket Agent of Chicago Great Western Railway, at Fifth and Robert streets, will be glad to furnish any further information desired. Bookkeepers and Cashiers Bonded! By the National Surety Co. W. B. Joyce. N.« W. Mgr.; E. S. Tuttle, gen'l agt., 26 Mer chants' Nat. Bank Bldg., St. Paul. Railway Clerks Going to Tt* tonka. After full consideration of the merits o£ the different places for an outing, the Rail way Clerks' association has selected Lake Tetonka. at Waterville. They, with their lamilies and friends, will go down by special j train over the Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. , leaving St. Paul at 7:30 and Minneapolis 8 a. m., Sunday, August 16, returning train will leave Waterville In the evening. All friends of the association are cordially In vited. One Fare For round trip, plus $2.00. Homeseekers* j excursion tickets at this rate will be sold Aug. 18 by Northern Pacific at St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, West Superior and Ash land, to Staples and points west up to and including Milnor, Pembina, Leeds, James town, Edgeley and Oakes. For tickets call I at Northern Pacific Ticket Office, 19 Nicollst House Block, Minneapolis; 162 East Third St., St. Paul. | Homeseekers' Excursion via Soo Line, Aug. 18th. On above date Soo line will sell to points' in Minnesota and North Dakota at single fare, plus $2.00. Call at 398 Robert street (Hotel Ryan). G. A. H. Decorations. Probably no man in this country has a more enviable reputation for artistic decora tions than J. Alex. McClunie, proprietor of the Hartford Decorating Co., who Is now at L. L. May's, on Fifth street, making contracts for beautifying various buildings for the G. A. R. and state fair week. The firm has the reputation of having done excellent work in Eastern cities for years and prides itself on the material used, as well as the artistic ar rangement of the national colors, together with drapings emblematical of the event. Mr. McClunie has already contracted for beauti fying Newspaper Row, Market Hall, Paul " Martin's Hall, L. L. May's and other build ings. TO TRAVELERS. When going to AshlandT Milwaukee, Chi ! rago, the East or South, bear in mind the | WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINE runs two ] daily trains, with through Pullman sleepers 'on night trains. Cafe Parlor cars on day trains. Service first-class. CITY TICKET ; OFFICE, 373 ROBERT ST. Grand minstrel entertainment will be given' ! at the Arion hall, 71 West Third Monday,, Aug. 17. Tickets for sale at Lutzs drug ftore. g . :Idied.-' I NOYES— On Saturday, Aug. 15. 1896 at the res dence of Mr. J. A. Rafftery, No. 491' St. Anthony avenue, Mary El zabeth Noyes. ■ Funeral services will be held at St. Jo seph's church, on Monday, the 17th, at 4 p. m. Remains will be taken thence to' depot for shipment to Mystic. Conn., whero interment will be made. Connecticut pa pers nlease copy. ANNOUNCEMFNTS. i 4 MOS. INTEREST ALLOWED JAN. 1. 1897, on deposits made on or before Sept. 3, j L'fe Bdg.. 4th and Minn. sts. Jul. M. Gold smith, Treas. MARRIAGES. BIRTHS. DEATHS. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Charles W. Johnson Nellie E. 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