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VOL. VIII. OPENED TO TRADE. The Uew Duluth Board of Trade Building Duly Dedicated With Imposing Ceremonies. Full Texts of Several of the Most Notable Addresses Delivered on the Occasion, Among Them Those of President Forbes, E. S. Manger, D. G. Cash and Gen. Baker. Delegations Present From Chicago, bt. Paul, Minneapolis and Elsewhere. The Promenade Concert Attended by the JJcauty and Chivalry of the Zenith City. Soy. Hubbard and Many Other Xoted Men lienpond to Toufcts at the Huuqucl. Dulutk Board of Trade Opening-* Special to the Globe. Di'lith, Minn,, Jan. 6.— The formal opening of the new board of trade building ben took place with irreat eclat to-ilay. Delegates from the various boards of trade. n this country began arriving' last Moiid.iy. Fin delegates from tlie TaOOUUt. Washing ton Territory, board of trade amvint: tliat Hay. Tlih delejeation from the < bieaflo board of trade arrived here this morning in 'lie <-!"u;ant Pullman car Glen Eyre. A special train consisting of ten coaclie- ami private car arrived over the St. J J aul «fc Duluth road at:i::'»O this al'ternoon at the union depot, where its occujtauts were met b\ the reeeptioo oommtttpe and aaoorted up town. The closing hours of the board in the old building wen; full of interest. Trade euded slowJv. m* \M th e members were loth to leave their old quartan. Finally the word wai pafod to lull into line. The lint; old air "Lang Syne" was played, and then the members took a last look and then inarched gaily to the sound of the music. The members made a line display in num bers as they marched down to the new building, preceded by Seibert's Great We*t ero band, irbera they were met by the St. Paul delegation. After they were all in President M. J. Forbes called the great as semblage to order and Key. E. 11. Noyes was called upon to offer up a prayer, which he did. Ms. R. S. Muuger, cliairtnan of the building cotumitte, then handed the keys to President Forbes with the following speech: MR. MUNOEK'S ATJDUERS. Mr. President and Gentlemen: To those ■who know me best it is unnecessary to say that I may have some reputation as a talker, but none whatever as a speaker, and to those who do not know me 1 will repeat the old say ing, "Blessed are they that expect nothing, for they are not going to be disappointed." But, Mr. President, it seems to have fallen to my lot, as one of the building committee and its chairman, to refer briefly to the coustruc tion of this building we are now about to c»c cupy. Oue year ago to-day this organization had but flfty-fcix members. Our trading then was but in its infancy, yet at that time it be gan to be appareal that the nwiu we then oc cupied was Inadequate for our busiuess, and a lew of our members suggested the idea ot [•nii>trucliiig a building more suitable to on wants. Upon the loth of this month, one fear MO, a committee was appointed to rec ommend a site. On the 4th of February that committee reported in favor of the rite upon which this buldinir lias been erected, aud that report was approved and the site secured. Several prominent architects were Invited t<> submit plans lor the building, about ten of whom responded, and on Auril JJ the plans submitted by Messrs. Wirth A: Traphagen were accepted. These gentlemen were no strangers here; they had already furnished plans for many of our most prominent build- Ings, the Fargussou block, St. JLouis hotel. Oread opera boose, Metropolitan block, Will iamson block. Miles building, Haugh's build ing. Sllberstein& Bondy block. Bell 6c Rjratar*l bank, Costello building:, court house and sev eral of the FINEST RESIDENCES IN DFLUTH. On May 28 the contract was let to Messrs. Hennessy Bros., Agnew & Cox of Chicago, and under their management the building was progressed with as great rapidity as safety and a good construction would admit. All the plans and details were prepared by the architects as rapidly as required, tbo ma terials for the building have always been upon the ground at the proper time and a large force of men constantly employed; the resuit is, that in a space of less than seven months from the time the contractors com menced work we see completed a beautiful structure, beautiful alike in exterior and in terior, ready for cccupancy and an ornament to our growing city. Your committee have been ably assisted by Mr. Traphagen. the junior memlier ot the tlrm of Wirth & Trap hagen. who was selected as superintendent of construction. He has had large experi ence in this capacity, having had charge of nearly all the buildings heretofore mentioned, also the magnificent building now being erected upon the opposite corner. I take pleasure in stating that, to my knowledge, there has not an unpleasant word passed be tween the building committee and the con tractors, or ttie contractors und the architects during the entire construction of this build ing. Our thanks are also due to yourself, Mr. President, and to all the directors for their kind assistance at all times. And now. Mr. President, it is my pleasant duty to de liver to you the keys of this building. Trust ing we have fulfilled our obligations to the entire satisfaction of your honorable board. PRESIDENT M. J. FORBES. accepting the building in behalf of the board from the building committee, said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Build ing Committee: It is my pleasure in behalf of the board of trade to receive from you the keys of this fine structure which has been erected under your supervision, and tender to you, so far as I am able to find words to do so, our appreciation of your labors in our be half. Gentlemen, this has been with you wholly a work of love, bringing as it does no other reward than the thanks of your com panions and the thanks of having faithfully executed the trust imposed upon you. You were selected for this impoitant labor be cause of your ability and the confidence we had that you would faithfully perform the du ties required of you, and the result shows our confidence has not been misplaced. I doubt it the majority of the members of tbe board realize the amout ot labor you have expended on this work. Often to the neglect of your own business have you been called upon to devote your time and attention to this work and I have never heard a word of complaint nor seen the slightest disposition to shirk the re sponsibilities of your position. You are en titled to the hearty and sincere -thanks of every member of this board, which it gives me great pleasure to tender you at this time. Both Mr. Hunger's and Mr. Forbes' re marks were received with great applause. President Forbes then introduced Mr. D. G. Cash as the speaker of the day in the following well-chosen words: THE INTRODUCTION. _ Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: During the 'ears of 1869-70 DuJuth— then little more than name — first attracted the attention of the * cy*v-> i^.<^^w«/ww>- > — * * younjr men of thin country, and many, be | from her geographical \- Ma- destined to become a city of note, came ban and located. Poor yea lurinjr our dark di.ya, the majority of them became «ii-eourajred and returned to the;r former homes or went el-ewh< re. There were a few, however, who even then bad faith in the fu ture, and with baaVtOBJ tenacity determined to ride out the storm: an^l they hir MOa t::fir hoj^es partially realized and I have tue plaaaSTC Of intrfhluciiig- Uj j<jU one of their number, a pioneer of 18«9, Mr. D. G. Cash. SPEECH OF D. O. CASH. Ladies and Gentlemen: We have met here 00 the invitation ot tJie Duluth board of trade to celebrate with appropriate eeramo ■• dedleatfcM of their newly-conipleud buildinjf, to the purport*- of trade and com merce. It has been made my pleasing duty to extend to you. on b(<:<tilf of the bn: trade, a moat cordial welcome, and to heartily thank all of you for kindly honoring us with your presence on this occasion. V> • 1 -["•'•iully to thank those of our guests who represent distant cities, and who have kit comfortable homes and braved the discom forts of travel at this Inclement season of the year.in order that we might have the substan tial assurance, afforded by their presence, that our undertaking 1 has the active moral support and sanction of ttao groat centers of tradu on this continent. Wo feel tbat it is unnecessary for us to apologize for Becking to give to the opening exercises of our new trado .building all of the significance and importance thai we can command. Nature ha» wisely implanted in the Dreast of every true American citizen a strong impulse to be an active factor in subjugating to the purposes of civilization the vast unoccupied portions of our territory, to 1 ■ a potent element in Eubduingthe wilder ness, in building up new cities and in devel oping all the natural and material resources of our common country. Without this im pulse the center of population on iii- conti nent would still bo cast of the Allegheny mountains, and the American people would in all probability have little in the way of WEALTH, POWER AND POSITION among the nations of the earth upon which to cougratuluto themselves to-day. We i.i lieve that in trying to build up a city hero at Duluth our citizens are only obeying this nat ural, and we think noble. Impulse, and that whenever substantial progress I: i- been made toward the accomplishment of their purpose it should be the subject of congratulation rather than apology. In the year lbtO we saw Dulutb a little hamlet, con la liii:' h-- than 3,500 inhabitants, live yiars later the population had increased to over 1.-,oju. la 1830 tberc^was bundled here less than ], 500,000 bushels of wheat, in 18S5 we handled nearly 15,000,000 bushel-. In 1880 our board of trade was composed of less than a dozen members, to-day it numbers over MO. All the modern appliances of civil ization have come with our rapid growth. We have excellent water works, gas works, elec tric light works, telephone t>\ stem and street railway, all in successful operation and on a paying basis; an elegant opera bouse with a ■eating* capacity of I.UOO, a metropolitan po lice and a free mail delivery. which latter fact is of itself sufficient to establish that our growth is of a solid and substantial charac ter. Wo do not claim that we have yet built a great city; we only claim th:it we have worked uut hi ully to lay deep and solid the foundations for a great city. We do not im agine for an instant that the building wo to day dedicate to trade and commerce can com pare favorably with the imposing edifices de voted to the same pui poses, which adorn scores of the larger cities of our land and in which we all take pride. We simply feel that t ie completion of this ■aun ami mecAinriAii building by a home organlzation.whoso avowed purpose it Is to inculcate just and equitable principles of trade, and to establish a high standard of business ethics, which shall reg ulate and govern commercial transactions throughout the vast region of which Duluta will be the future business and financial cen ter, marks an Important era in the growth of our young city, and shows that substantial progress has been made in our march for po sition among the great cities of tho land. Wo think you should bear with us If we bolt fora moment and ask you to rejoice with us be cause we have been able to take so long a step. Our older and larger sisters always do this kind ot thing when they take a particu larly big step, and want to make the world believe they are destined to bo the only great est city In the Northwest, and we ought to biS allowed the same privilege. If you* will kindly pat us on the back and encourage us now, we will promise that when we get larger and to running real fast, we will be careful not to step on our elder sisters, but will be kind to them, show them our biir ice palace and grand exposition, and thenceforth let them ride on our toboggan. A mistaken im oa has somehow got abroad tnat Du luthiaus are not of a modest and retirinir dis position, it is even said of us by some :e-p>r iug rivals that we want the earth. Ml i dOW Bright calumny. All that we claim i* the territory that lies north of a line drawn from the head of Lake Superior direct to the south west corner of the state of California. Tins large slice which we have carved out from Tiicle Sam's farm aud the Dominion of Can ada we call the "Mum NORTHWEST." and wo honestly believe that it all belongs to us. We don't see how a foot can escape, and we feel confident that we have the position and ability to take care of our Northwest la goodstjle. In the first place, wo know that we have commenced to build our city at the right point, at the point where tin- mighty waterway which, for all time to come will regulate the cost of transportation across this continent, comes closest to every acre of the vast territory wo huvu mapped out for our own, at the points where all the v eming products of the Dulutti Northwest and the immense quantities of return supplies and manufactured articles required by its inhabi tants must, of necessity, meet and break bulk in seeking the cheapest route. Then we have a magnificent and perfectly secure harbor of ample capacity to easily and eco nomically accommodate all the needs of the vast commerce that will assuredly center at this port. In the next place we are sur rounded by vast forests of the most excellent timber, every foot of which will be needed in the regions west of us; unequalled facilities are at hand for manufacturing this timber ready for market, and the same noble stream that bears the products of our forests direct to our city limits, forms in it 9 course a mag nificent water power capable of grinding into flour and manufacturing- into cloth sufficient of the grain and wool produced by the Duluth Northwest to feed and clothe all the people of this continent. We have inexhaustible de posits of THE BEST IRON ORE almost within our corporate limits, and an abundance of cheap fuel of all kinds to trans form it into its manifold manufactured products. Our position as a manufacturing and distributing center is unexcelled. Each decade adds to the population of the United States more than ten millions of souls, and we know that no part of our laud is increas ing more rapidly in wealth aud population than the immense region of which Duluth is the natural gateway. Knowing those toots, we feel coundent that wo shall build up where Duluth now stands a great city, which, by reason of its position and natural ad vantages, and the just and upright methods of business adopted by its representative business men. shall prove a blessing to the toiling millions whe will depend upon it to enable them to reap to the fullest extent the fruits of their labor. We know that many warm friends who would rejoice to see the fullest realization of our hopes, doubt our ability to achieve success. We ask all such friends to be patient and give us time. The story is told that at the most critical point in the "battle among the clouds" at Lookout mountain, that BUAVE OLD COMMANDER, Gen. Thomas stood intently watching: a strong detachment of his troops slowly and painfully scaling tbe mountain slope under a withering fire from the enemy. It seemed impossible that victory could be wrested from a foe in trenched in so impregnable a position, and the old general.who seldom knew sucb a word as "fail," finally exclaimed: "They can't do it, they'll never reach the top." His chief of staff who stood watching the gallant struggle as earnestly as he. placed his handoi bis com mander's arm and said, quietly: "Time, gen eral, (rive them time." and soon the moist eyes of the brave old leader saw his soldiers victorious on the summit. The same determi nation that nerved tho>e gallant soldiers in battle, turned to peaceful channels, animates the people of Duluth to-day. A little time and a metropolis to which Americans can point with pride will crown these hills. And in all the business transactions of its citizens with the outside world, will be felt the benefi cent influences of the just and equitable principles inculcated by the organization whose guests we are to-day. Again, we thank you for the honor of your presence, and cordially welcome you to our city . Mr. Cash's S|M»ech elecited great ap plause, he being frequently interrupted. THIS EXDEI> TUB PBOGRAM for the afternoon, and the large assemblage dispersed greatly pleased at the auspicious circumstances under which the great build ing had been opened. The trading room ST. PAUL, THURSDAY MORNING JANUARY 7, 18S6. presented a beautiful appearance. Above the Tribune building is the American fla& in all its Over this is a broad banner on which is inscribed: "Duluth — popula- tiou ISSO' 3.470; population 1885. 18.036; wheat shipments ISSO, 2,025,533; wheat shipments 1655, 15.984.847." Around the room are shields inscribed with the names of cities as follow-): Detroit, "City of Streets;" Tacoma. "The Accident;" New York. "Empire City;" Chicago. "Garden City;" St. Paul "Capital City;" Milwau kee, ''Cream City;" Minneapolis. "Flour City;" Cincinnati, "Queen City;" Cleve land, "Forest City;" Buffalo, "Queen City;'' Toledo. "Corn City;" St. Louis, "Bridge City." The colored glass In the seven windows Is grand. It represents ag riculture, mining, navigation, warehousing, fruits, wheat and raiLioads. HI XII KVE.MXG. Events of the Promenade Concert and Banquet. This evening a promenade concert was I given in the new building, from 7:30 to 10 |p. in., and was attended by about 200 of the beauty and chivalry of Duluth, who promenaded to the sweet strains of Seibert's orchestra. About 10 o'clock carriages commenced to arrive and the . ladies were taken home, and the gentlemen returned to Hotel St. Louis, where an elegant banquet of ten courses were served. Plates were set for over three hundred people. About 12 o'clock President Forbes called the assem blage to order in a few well-chosen words. Mr. Furguson. chairman, then read letters Of regret from the Toronto, Montreal, i Baltimore, New York, San Francisco, and Philadelphia boards of trade, Messrs. Mr. Hughett, .J. M. Whitman, T.M. (Jakes Senators Conger, McMillan, Sabin. W. T. ivttit. W. 11. Pharin and others. Col. C. 11. Graves was then introduced as house master. He gave the first toast—Minne sota, the North Star State— brightest in the galaxy, of the nation; responded to as fol lows by 1.. F. ni'BBABD: Gentlemen: On the several occasions whoa I have been asked to speak the senti ment bos always SOOT the state of Minnesota. My response has len in the nature of a pro test, but my protests, though somewhat mv i nous, do not seem to avail, and I conclude .it Is a part or my official position. Any Min nesotlan has been deemed disloyal unless be boomed Minnesota for all she is worth in the past years, but that time is happily passed, for extravagant praise. We have already seen accomplished such vast changes, almost beyond our wildest pre dictions. Our state baa passed from the homes of ravages to a state of highest civili zation. Wit hiu a period covering half a life time the chango from a wilderness to a state of 1,100,0U0 souls is significant evidence of its possession of extraordinary natural en dowments. In the progress which has been made in our experience, it has been demon- 6trated that its gTcat resources only necessi tate the agency to develop them, but people of energy and unconquerable will have made this state what sl.e Is. [Loud applause.] The toast, Dakota, the Land of the Da cotalis. the Land of Happy Women, was resi>onded to in a felicitous speech, as fol lows, by gov. pikbce: Gentlemen: It was hardly necessary for Longfellow to know the handsome women if tin- men know them. You have beard much <>f late of liakoia. I do not propose to iro into it* on this occasion, but to state the plain truth of tin mutter Dakota wuiit* t<> gH iutu the Union. She is a territory twenty five years ol<l. She may be called an old tM <<f the family. Her sinters look mih ••• married, conduct! ng their own hou&4 but she will marry the toiled States or nobody. She is irrowimr old. gvttlntr cor pulent and wants to male her own clothes and spank her baMM. She has 10,000 soldiers who have testified their devotion by service on the hustle field and has twice ten thousand widows cf soldiers, and Mie asks for the rijrhts her sons fought for. We ask It because property U not safe under the laws of the territory, but, rentleinen, while she retu:iiii» a territory the laws of the United States will be sustained. The representatives of the states of Minnesota, wiaaoaakm, Illinois and lowa, whose representatives ape here to help us in the sisterhood of states. Dakota, not bavin? a seaport of her own. places her hope Id Duluth and countless fields of grain benJ their heads toward Duluth. This toast was received with cheers, everybody rising. «.h.\\ .1. 11. I-.AKEK made one of the best received speeches. In opening he sj*>ke of the fortunate situation of Duluth, by nature, and the vast resources that lay immediately behind the city, to gether with the enterprises and vigor of the men that li«V obeyed Grecley's call and had come to th. 'uilders. Continuing, Gen. Baker said: "To Benjamin Franklin more than t«» any orther man do we owe it that our national boundaries, at the close of the war of the revolution, included this superb region as a part of the domain. He alone of all the ;neat men making the gnal treaty of lTv; had read the story of that trader, Duluth. of Fathers Alluez and Marqucttc. aud he believed that great na tional wealth lay concealed in the darkness of that unknown wilderness aud it was his diplomacy and wisdom that pushed the boundaries of the new confederacy to the lar Noith\\e-t. to include the Michigan pen insula, Lsie Royal and the rich north shore of Minnoota. In the rest of that commis sion this whole region was a myth." Gen. Baker then dwelt somewhat on the history of the treaty and the boundary lines which it prescribed, and then proceeded to si>eak of the Great Lakes, which had been coup led within the grand Northwest — the great channel which Providence had provided by which ITS POSSIBLE PRODUCTS might be given cheaply to the world, the im perial waterway that stretches from the ocean to the very home of the greatest grain field of the world- These inland seas are of as much importance to the great tier of stales which border on them as the Mediterranean sea is to the south of Europe. At the present rate of increase, in a very few years their commerce will surpass the commerce of the Mediterranean. It is less than ninety years since the first vessel discharged its cargo at Chicago. The past year 1.000 marine arrivals mark the business of the port of Duluth alone, with a capacity of 600.000 tons. There is uo such other equal marine growth. Eng land was a thousand years in building and establishing her marine power. That of these lakes has sprung up as by enchant ment and prefigures the incalculable value of IhfM inland seas to the future commerce of the Northwest. The si>eaker then sub mitted the four propositions: That more wheat has been ndni in Minnesota and Dakota in the last live years than was ever before raised by any equal population in the history of the world; ttiat sixteen gross millions of bushels of that wheat was handled at the city of Duluth during the year IflfMk which is a greater amount of wheat than was ever before handled by any city of equal population in the history of commercial transactions; that this vast volume of wheat was carried to an Eastern market at a lower rate than any equal vol ume of wheat was ever moved a like dis tance inland in the history of transporta tion, and that all this wheat here raised is richer in gluten and superior In the quality ol its tlour product to any wheat raised anywhere else in the world. THKSK ARE 810 FACTS, and they underlie the whole situation of the Northwest. They briuif it to the fore as a tremendous power in the commercial world. Other superb things have followed, as the logical result of some of these Out of such resources have come such cities Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth, and the grand young republics of Minnesota and Dakota. The same reasons which ex ist in nature for the establishment of great wheat markets at Odessa, Trieste, Toledo or Chicago, exist for the establishing at the west end of the inland seas one of the greatest cereal marts of the world. This is 500 miles nearer the great grain fields than Chicago, and the great lakes insure cheaper transportation. Wito the necessities of commerce, with the al most open sea to the ocean, with the vast empire behind her. Duluth is a necessity of the situation. At the base of this noble sti -cture. this day dedicated to honorable trade, yon can almost bear the ebb and dow of old ocean 1.500 miles away! And the day is near at hand when vessels loaded at these wharves will deliver their unbroken cargoes at the dock of Liverpool. The Em press Catherine of Russia, inscribed upon the gates of one of the cities her army had conquered in the Crimea, "This is the Road to Byzantium." This city, so haj-pily sit uated at this great gateway of continental traffic, points her future not to conquests of men and nations but to the great triumps in the dominions of honorable traf fic Duluth gathers with one hand the mishty products ot the Northwest and with the other through the crystal gateway distrib ■ftal them to the East, to the ocean and to the ends of the earth. The toast of Duluth on the Shore of Kit'hie Gamie, by the Big Sea Water, was happily responded to by Mayor 11. K. Moore. The Chicago delegates were Arthur Orr, George Brinn, William Dunn. George Ward. P. B. Ware. C. A. Moire, H. B. Kellog-. C. 11. Gorham, C. F. Duight The Milwaukee delegates were J. H. Crittenden, L. l:. Hnd. H. W. Odgen. S. H. Seamens. Jam - A. Boyden, L. Bartlctt. (_'. Hoi l">ud. £. B: Simpson. The Cincinnati del ■■: James Hickson, John Gale, K. i>. Jones, L. C. Goodaby. The Board off Trade Building (of which an engraving is printed here with) stands on a site which has a frontage Of fifty feet on Superior street and 115 feet on Third avenue west. It has a sub-base ment for machinery, and a bisement, above which are four stories of pressed brick. In style the building is simple and to a certain extent ornamental. Its general appearance is in keeping with its purpose. The en trance is through a terra cotta portico, on which have been placed figures emblematic of agriculture and its products, •vbove the entrance is a balcony, also In terra cotta, which is a gem In design -end proportion. Over the second story are th« words "Board of Trade." and at the top of the building Is an entablature representing a steamer, which is a compliment to the navigation in terests that are so closely allied with those of the grain trade in Dulut ii. The trading room is on the third floor, and is a large room occupying the space of two floors. It is lighted by seven largo windows. Circu transom lights of stained- glass are placed over each of these windows. The Committee*. The committees are as follows: Executive Committee — M. J. Forbes, chair man. Owen Farpu--< v, <". H. Graves, K. W. Baker. CD. Wright, W. T. Hooker, A. J. Sawjer. HuilUiDtr Committee — R. 8. Munger, chair man, E. A.(iiltH-rt. K. W. Petre. Music and Itanquet Comtajfetec —W. T. Hooker, chairmua, R. S. MuiSr, E. A. UU bert. Invitation Committee — Owen Fargusson, chairman, J. y. Adams, 11. B. darken Keception Committee — C. fl. Grave*, chair man, S. H. iVxfcre. W\ W. Davis. J. McLeod, J. M. Smith, A. D. Thomson. F. S. Damett, J. V. Hunter, F. W. Paine, A. Blakisr Markell. C. P. Bailey, B. B. Do Voe. H. S. Munjrvr. B. B. Clarkson. Franklin Paine, F. —ilng, C. D. Wright, D. (J. Cutler, O. H. SiniomK N. L. Lentiam, J. H. Smith, A. J. Sawyer, U«-or>re Spencer, A. J. Whin-man, A. 8. Chate. A. R. Macfarlanv, E. 11 . Fuller. E. A. Gilbert, J. D. En Letter* of H«cret. JAT COOKK. Philadelphia, Dec. 2».— Owen Fargrusson, Esq., Chairman, Dear Sir: I regret my In ability to accept your invitation for the 6th or J urinary prox. 1 heartily congratulate you upon the completion of your new build ing 1 . Sincerely yours, Jat Coou. liEORGK L. BF.CKFR. St. Paul, Jan. S. — Owen Fargusson. Esq., Chairman Invitation Committee Duluth Board Traue. Dulutu. Miuo.. L> , -ir: lam in re ceipt of your invitation tr> am-uci tbe'openfug of your new building on the. Oth. 1 thank you most cordially for the honor of the invitation. I regret that engagements for the first week of the new year are such that 1 cannot wo!! get away from St. Paul. I congratulate the growing city of Duluth on having a board of trade worthy of her prosperity and linport anc.-. both present and prospective. And I congratulate the board of trade upon the suc cess of its efforts in procuring permanent quarters suitable to the lar^c and increasing volume of business which it has in charge. Yours very sincerely, Grorgb L. Becker. FKKDKKICK 811 I.IN(iS New York, Dec. 29.— Owen Fargnsson, Chairman, Dear Sir: I hare the honor to acknowledge the receipt this morning of your invitation to the opening of the new building of the Duluth board of trade. It would greatly plea.«e me to be present and rejoice with the Duluth people in their growing trade and prosperity, but at this season of the year I do noi feel like undertaking the journey. Thanking you lor your attention, I am very truly. Frederick Billinos. David m. non. New York, Dec. 30.— Owen Fargusson, Chairman. My Dear Sir: Many thanks for your courteous invitation to attend the open ing of your beautiful and commodious build in*. I think the Duluth board of trade may wtii l>e proud of this evidence of their prosperity. With my best wishes for your success in every effort to make your city a center of a large and growing trade, I am yours sincerely. David M. Stose, Editor in Chief New York Journal of Com merce. BOtND FOB DILCTH. "•l iiiiiekoia and Illinoi* Citizens En Route lor the /.rnitli City. At 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning a special train of nine coaches left the union depot for Duluth, containing the following citizens of St. Paul and Minneapolis and representatives of outside points to partici pate in the opening ceremonies of the new board of trade: Prof. W. F. Phelpa, secretary of the St. Paul chamber of commerce; Hon. W. P. Murray. E. W. Winter. A. G. Postlethwalte, J. A. Chandler, Lewis Baker. George Thomp son. George H. Moffcti, E. V. Smalley, George B. Finch, Thomas Cochran. Jr., P. H. KHly, Springer Harbaugh, George R. Griftgs, A. L. Larpenieur. F. R-Stennett, H. B. Giant, a A. Gilbert, John A. Tierney, John Macaaley, C. C. H. Smith, F. V. Hey derstaedt, F. E. Murray, P. M. Hennessy. J. H. Comins, B. A. Cox. J. S. Odell, J. M. Han naford. R. C. Burdick, James Smith, Jr., J. H. Baker. T. K. Kenney, P. S. Warner, J. J. Ejran. Wyman L. Banning, Got. Hubbard, S. S. Murdock and J. J. Uiil, J. J. Brown, of Brown's Valley; J. H. Hammond of West Su perior. In the Fargo car: C. Sweatt, P. B. Smith. H G. Finkle, R. S. Tyler, W. H. Fisher, 8. W. Nairs, J. D. Benton, A. D. Thomas, A. C. Jordan, Fargo Republican: Dr. Galloway. Mayor J. A. Johnson, Cbarl I Roberts. H. C. Plumly, Fargo Argus, all tff whom are the guests of G . L. Barnes of the Northern Pacific Elevator company. Peoria car: George Thode B. Warren, Jr.. W. Bnckley, Walter Barker, J. P. Greer, A- G. Tyng, Jr. From Minneapolis: W. O. Commons. W. F. Meader, J. H. Martin. D. Morton, M. E. Johnson, R. M. Burrows, George W. Porter, H. A. Smith, Geoiye J. Biren, James Marshall, J. H. Hiland, C. MoC Reeve, Charles J. Martin. George H. Christian. A. M. Bailey. John Washburne, C. M. Har rington, J. Brown. L. Christian, C. A. Christian, C. N. Palmer. Q. Hill, R. Barden, J. A. Brown and L.K. Brooks. a delegation from the Chicago board of trade left in their special car Glen Eyre, attached to the regular train, at 10 o'clock Tuesday evening. The delegation con sisted of Arthur Orr, C. F. Dwight Will iam Dunn. H. B. Kellogg, R. T. Ward, E. A. HamilL F. B. Wren, # C. A. Mair and S. 11. Gorman. The l orniiott Journal. Rushford Star. The St. Paul Globe Is now one of the fore most journals of the Northwest, and regard less of its politics, is growing in favor daily. Its Christmas number, consisting of twenty four paares, printed on tinted paper, reflected preat credit on the management and took well with the people. The fact is nowadays 'most everybody wants to see the Globk. An article headed "How a Chicago Law yer Smokes' is floating about We didn't take time to read it, because everybody knows how a Chicago lawyer smokes. He does it at the expense of his client — Chi cago Ledger. HIS WORK ROUNDED UP Speaker Carlisle Has His Committees Beady and Will Spring Them on the House To-day. Onrtin Displaying Much Anger Regarding His Displacement on Foreign Af fairs by BelmoDt. The President Expresses His Views Upon Tariff lie vision to Help the Poor. Sllrer. Mormons and Ctvll Serrlc* Discussed in the Senate-- House Introducing Bills. Carlisle* Work. Finished. Special to the Globe. Washington-, Jan. 6.— Speaker Carlisle again disappointed the house by failing to make official announcement of the standing and select committees, but he said to-night he had completed the list and banished the subject from his mind, and was only wait ing for the completion of the call of states for the introduction of bill>. It is under stood Mr. Curtin of Pennsylvania was re sponsible for the failure to make the list public to-day, lie had btt-n c-mitident he wonid not be asked to surrender the com mittee on foreign affairs to anybody, when be BWMM id that Mi. mout had - ppfa iteil him. he ex pressed his disgust in vigorous lan guage to his fellow BMmben. the chairmanship of tiiecoi.mntteeon bank ing and currency, he said h. woaJd per emptorily decline it. He knew nc about the subjects that would eOMO under the jurisdiction of that committ. too old to learn, if ha desireil to do .m>. Later he managed to inform the s\> throutrh ■ friend, tliat he would not accept the ' hainnanship of banking and currency. The speaker withheld the announcement of committee assignments, and meantime Mr. Curtiu's personal friends tried to reconcile him to the new adjustment of MecMßatffr tee relations, but he was incorrigible. H. went OW to IJandalTs scat and poured out his gftovaaeM in the ear of the ex-speaker, who appeared perfectly iuditTerent to the story of his disappointment. Perhaps Mi:. KANDAI.L REMEMBERED that Mr. Curtin. upon whose support he had been accustomed to rely under all circum stances, recently deserted him in the contest over the rules of the bouse. A Pennsylva nia member says none of Mr. Curtin'a col leagues are sorry that the ex-governor has gotten into this predicament, because he has gone out of his way during the past summer to interfere with appointments de sired by colleagues in the other congres sional districts. It is a part of the political gossip at the capital th.it Mr. Curtin had been so urgent and unreasonable in his de mands upon the cabinet officers, especially upon Secretary Bayard, for patronage, that it was thought advisable that lie should not be retained at the head of the com mittee on foreign affairs. That committee holds delicate and confidential relations with the department of state, and the chairman might, it lie chose to exercise the power. seriously embarrass the pur poses of the secretary of state. Mr. Car lisle called Mr. Springer to the chair again to-day, and he held it almost to the close of the day. while the speaker was in con sultation with friends in respect to com mittees. It is inferred from Mr. Carlisle's remarks, quoted above, that he intends to announce Mr. Curtin as chairman of bank ing and currency, and leave him to take the responsibility of being without any chair manship if he chooses to persist in declin ing. It is understood that few changes, and none of tlieiu . important, have been made in the principal committee assign ments heretofore noticed in these dis patches. SENATORIAL M»i:ncil-:UAKIXti. S. S. Brown, Silver and HormonUni Receive Consideration. Washington-, Jan. «;.— The postmaster general sent to the house a letter in refer ence to Maine postmasters, alleged to have been appointed through the corrupt influ ence of S. S. Brown, chairman of the Dem ocratic committee of that state. Mr. Hale said the country desired a pure civil service. When President Cleveland came into office the business was generally well conducted. He made no appeal for the men who had been turned out. The Republicans expected to go out, but objection was made to the methods of Mr. S. S. Brown, who insisted upon persons receiving appointments pay ing something for the expense incurred in their behalf. He had never heard that under Republican administration public offices had been for public sale. He had heard that there had never been a summer in Washington when there were so many Democrats there, and the Indiana Demo crats had not gone home at all. Mr. Voor hees warmly denied the truth of the state ment, saying that of his personal knowl edge it was untrue. Mr. Vest said the ADMINISTRATION COULD NOT KNOW every man who solicited office. If it had not been for the Democratic successes of I*B2 there never would have been a civil service law passed by the Republican party. Mr. Vest said he and hit colleague (Mr. Cockrell) had found unmistakable evidences of the use of money by Republicans in the attainment of offices. After further re marks by Messrs. Voorhees, Vest, Logan and Hoar, the matter was referred to the committee on civil service reform. Mr. Hoar introduced a bill to iix the time for the meeting of congress in 1846 and every second year thereafter on the first Monday in October, and in ISS7 and every second year thereafter on the second Monday in December. Mr. Gray called up Mr. Beck's silver resolution. He said we were all em harked on the same great voyage — debtor and creditor. One fate awaited us all. We should therefore honestly endeavor to ad just our differences, in order that the inter ests of all our people may be honestly aud fairly advanced. Persistence in our present plan of silver coinage would bring us to a silver standard. We would be descending to the basis of an eighty-cent dollar, and thus the government of the United States would be SCALING ITS OWX DEBT. This would be a species of dishonesty. Mr. McPberson said we had now got to a point in silver coinage beyond which it was dangerous for us to go. The need of cur rency was created not by law. but business. Bad mouey drives out good money. A fluctuating currency encouraged speculation and hastened monetary ruin. Referring to the effect of silver in India, Mr. McPher son exclaimed: "God forbid that the American laborer should ever come to a condition like that of the laborer of India!"' The blow aimed at the "bloated bondhold er" would strike with tenfold force on the head of the laborer. Mr. Brown gave notice that he would ask to be heard on the Beck resolution to-morrow. The senate then took up the Utah bill, the pending motion being to strike out the section that would disfranchise the women of Utah. The amendment was rejected — yeas 11, nays 37. the teas mam: Messrs. Aldrich, Blair, Brown, Call, Dawes, Dolph, Hoar, Mitchell (Oregon). Palmer. Stanford and Teller. The section disfranchising women therefore remains a part or the ML Mr Edmunds' amendment providing that marriages within, but not in cluding the fourth degree of consanguinity, shall be deemed incestuous and punisha ble by imprisonment Mr. Van Wyck's amendment dischargine the Utah commis sion was rejected. Mr. Morgan opposed the provision for trustees. He character ized polygamy as an offense that "stinks in the nostrils of civilization." It should be torn up root and branch. Mr. Edmunds said the trustees were simply 10 deal with the property of the church. Mr. Teller thought they had but little property outside of their church. Polygamy would have been dead lons since had the right men been sent to Utah. The men sent had irri tated and persecuted the people of Utah. Two-thirds of the people of the world be lieve in polygamy. Great Britain had never put a hand on the polygamists within its dominions. The Mormons bad their faults, but he had seen Salt Lain City when not a grogshop, a gambling den or a house of prostitution could be found within its limits. It could not be expected that men, that had married wives thirty years ago. WOULD PUT TiIKM A<II'K now as so many prostitutes and declare thcr children bastards. The bill under :< -ration Mr. Teller loosed ou as full of bloods. It was too severe. We should treat the great evil existing in Utah rather with a velvety hand. Men who did not U lieve in poiygunu'had by the severity ot our government been driven into a couditimi oi opposition to the policy of the people of the United i?ute>. Mr. Kdmunus ileui>>d that there was anything oppressive in the bill. it was simply an attempt to cut off the one man power e\i*tini: among the i*»»>ple of I t id. Be would not discuss the crimes committed whether at Nauvoo or in Utah, hut Munnouis:n could not be sneeeasfnlly dealt with by tlie -'velvety bands? Ifr tend to by Mr. Teller. It wat I shame, a delusion and a pretense to cover crime. After further argument as to the provisions relating to the testimony of husband and wtfe tlie deliate went over until to-morrow. Mr. Edmunds saying he would than a-k the senate to "sit it out" and brin-; the bill to a vi.r.-. Mr. Voorhees -raw notice that mWednesday, the 90th of January, he would call up his resolution exposing the sense of the scnaie on the death of the late" • lent Hendrieks. Mr. Hoar and obtained unanimous consent to have the judicial salary bill stand over as cnfinlsbed business till Monday n»-\t at I oYiock. Mr. Blair, from the committee of education and labor, reported favorably a bill to aid in the establishment of common schools, the NM ;.-. the bill that passed the senate last confess. The senate adjourmtL IN I 111 I ou I it HOI si . The Good Work of lntrodurinjr Bills lioe» Mirrilj Ou. Wasiiixgton-, Jan. C— ln the house the Joint resolution of thanks for the Garfield statue was laid on the table. The call of states was resumed, and the following were among the bills Introduced: By Mr. Seney of Ohio, to repeal the civil service act; also to make bank shareholders Individually liable for the debts of the bank; by Mr. Wilkins. his Forty-eighth congress bill to provide for the issue of circulating notes to national banking associations; by Mr. Koran of Ohio, to provide for the restoration of wages in the government printing office: by Mr. Kelley of Pennsylvania, to provide for the further limitation of tho coinage of the silver dollar; by Mr. Brumin ot Penn sylvania, to provide for a uniform paper currency; by Mr. Btngham of Pennsyl vania, extending the letter-carrier service to cities of 10,000 inhabitants; also to pro vide for the establishment of a postal tele graph system; by Mr. o'.Veiii of Pennsyl vania, a resolution against tariff revision; by Mr. Storm of Pennsylvania, for the re tirement of the trade dollar; by Mr. Xegley Of Pennsylvania, for the relief of the merchant marine and for the building of a gun foundry at Pittsburg to cost not to ex ceed Sl,000,000; by Mr. llandall of Penn sylvania, providing for filling vacancies in the office of President and vice president; also, limiting the time within which claims against the United States may be tiled and prosecuted: also, proposing a constitutional amendment giving the riIESIDKNT POWER to veto specific items in appropriation bills; by Mr. Mills of Texas, directing the secretary of the treasury to call 550,000,000 3 per cent, bonds and pay them in coin of standard value, as is specified in said bonds; by Mr. Keaganof Texas, to Atlantic & Pacific Ship Hallway company. Before the con clusion of trio call the house adjourned. There were BS3 bills introduced to-day. During the greater part of the day Speaker Carlisle was absent from the chamber, the chair betner occupied by Mr. Springer or Mr. Wellborn, and the impression was that the speaker was engaged on the final revi sion of his committee list. So far as can be learned, no changes have been made on the formation of the committees since yes terday mornimr, though some minor changes may be made before the announcement. It is thought to be the speaker's intention to complete the call of states before naming the committees. Only two states and terri tories remain to be called, but the recogni tion of members who were absent upon the recent bill days may occupy a couple of hours. VfiW Mexican Volunteers. Washington; Jan. o.— Delegate Joseph of New Mexico will introduce in the house to-morrow a bill to provide for the organi zation of a regiment of volunteers in New Mexico and Arizona for the purpose of sup- Dressing outrage* on settlers committed by hostile Indians. Such company shall be composed of 30 native Mexicans, 10 Amer icans and 10 Pueblo Indians. They shall each be mounted and furnished with two native horses or Indian ponies and armed with weapons suitable to Indian warfare. Each private shall receive 330 per month and the officers shall receive the amounts allowed for such officers in the regular army. All officers and privates shall be mustered and subject to and with the benefit of all pen sion laws of the United States now in force as to themselves, their wives, children and dependent relatives. For the purpose of carrying this act into effect the sum of 8500,. 000 is appropriated to be immediately avail able. Cleveland \oi Superstitious. Special to the Globe. Washington*. Jan. 6.— A recent diner out called attention to the alleged fact that there was a melancholy vein of superstition running through the president's mind about his life. He said that the president had never yet filled out any term of office for which he had been elected. This diner said Mr. Cleveland was elected mayor while yet sheriff, and while he was mayor be was elected governor. He reached the presi dency before he had served out his term as ' governor. Now he is president and can go no higher in political honors. This gentle man said* he had understood the president had a superstitious idea that he might not serve out his full term as - president. I asked a gentleman who is very near to the president about the truth of this, and he said there was nothing in it. He said the president is not at all superstitious, and al though there was a strange parallel in the circumstances related, he thought it best to leave the subject of speculating about the continuance of this parallel to those who are fond of the mythical and the supersti tious. The president is apparently the very opposite of the superstitious type. He is very matter-of-fact, and is the very re verse of nervous. He is not at all inclined to melancholy. He still retains his habit of going to sleep easy when he is through his work. He does not take as much phys ical exercise as he would like, but his physical condition is much better this win ter than it was last spring. The President on the Tariff. Special to the Globe. Washington, Jan. 6.— A friend of the president, who bad a conversation with him the other night, says the latter made a practical suggestion regarding tariff legisla tion, which should commend itself to Col. William li. Morrison. The president is reported to have said he had noticed the tariff bills of the past had been defeated through attempting to conciliate too many interests. The only practical way, he thought, would be to have the committee unite upon a measure without listening to elaborate arguments from outside interests. The ways and means committee in the NO. 7 preparation of tariff bills generally spend a large part of the Marion in hearing argu ments of the paid attorneys of monopolies. grown rich on our tariff laws. It is per fectly clear in advance what they an- | to say, and the listen::)'* In them hi a waats of time, as they Maori none of the membetl of the committee in their conclu elaborate arguments have more of a ten dency to confuse and delay matters and intended. The average tariff mo nopolist is always against any agitation of the tariff question. It" the ways and Beam committee could sit down as so many busi ness men and take out of the present tariff i.iv- tne protection of tho>e interests that need no protection and prepare a bill in thd interests of the poor and those who have to work, and then come before the house and ■uieh a bill for passage, refusing firmly to accept any amendment, such a IHUajIUU could undoubtedly be passed during the session. It is propable that public opinion would be strong enough to force such a measure through the senate. ■Minor !'»« t in t s :.■•«. Wa-him/iuv, .I;m. •;.— Tho executive committee of tlie third tad fourth postmaster^ convention, which meets hi Chicago on Feb. 15, arrivt-il in Washington to-day, lor the purpose of inviting senators nd lapreseiilatheii to address the oonyen tion. They will pay ttu-tr respeeta to the the postmaster general to-mono* ■ „ Washington Wai The bill Introduced by Mr. Hill of Ohio, to provide for the construction of pOStOfIIOM In MM United States, authorizes the postmaster general to construct fire-proof postoflico buildings In all places having postotllces of the second and third class. The cost of the building is not to exceed $30,000 in towns of the second class and 315,000 In towns of tb« third class. The buildings are to be of uni luna size and constructed under tho direc tion of a chief architect of the postollice de partment. Mr. i\Kkr<<ll Introduced a bill awarding to the- heirs of Juiues Moiihh' a pen-ion, OH BO eoutit Of the latter liuvinir been a OOtooeL ii" saui that he hud mtrodaosd tiie bill by re <iue-t. bat that hi< own vote always had been favorinjf sueli lulls and always would. My. Logaa remurked that PieatdaM Monroe wa- a colonel and never was m the aimy ul all. Mr. Morrti said Mr. Monroe had gone home to a ragnnent, but gave np and went to study inK law with Thonwi Jeflenon. ttO* Van Wyck offered the petition of the National Labor league, praying thai l.ieut. 8«n. Philip 11. Sheridan be made a full Keneral. He astod that It he priuted oa the record and also that it be refatioil to tim committee on military affairs. It was so or dered. The pseeMent yesterday transmitted to congress the dmft off the MO rormolated by the mwaialatlooer of fadten affairs, intended to protect timber on Indian lands from spoli ation, la his tetter of tntnsmtttal tatt pnst deiit gays ttiut the Stthjeet is ltnportiint and <(.tniu"uded. to the early consideration of It is understood that Secretary Whitney 13 entirely satisfied of the sea-worthiness of the Dolphin, as shown in her recent trial trip, and will formally accept the vessel as soon as certain preliminaries can be arranged. It is not thought necessary to havo another sea trial. A Railroad President Kill* Hiinaelf. Tiskn r<>\, >'. .!., Jan. 0. — John G. Stev ens died this evening from the effect of a pistol WOOnd in the head. It is generally believed be ooamtfttod suicide, as he had been in depressed spirits foe some time ow ing tu-lin;inri:il difficulties. The relatives' \er*ion vi the tragedy is that deceased was arranging a trip to West Virginia to inspect coal and iron lands and that he had bought Urn revolver let ssif-proteetlea and \n amlning the weapon, when it was accideut ally discharged. The shooting occurred ia thf Pennsylvania railroad building in this city. Mr. Stevens was president of the New Jeuey Ballioad and Canal company and had been nttmiting to official frrailnmii all day. This afternoon he was talking to Treasurer Anderson, t<» whom ho showed the pistol, requesting Mr. Anderson to pro cure some oil with which to clean it. Air. Anderson stepped out of the office to pro cure the oil, When the report of a pistol was heard. Mr. Anderson rushed back and found Mr. Stevens lying 00 the floor with a wound <>\er the right temple from which blood oozed. Mr. Stevens never spoke alter the snooting; He was GO years of age. He leaves a widow and five chil dren. Be was a son of Tamos A Btomni of Hoboken. and a nephew of Engineer Stevens, the inventor of the Stevens bat tery. He was president Of the Pennsyl vania railroad Bjmtem in New .Jersey, and had been connected with the Erie road. He. was one of the few experts in canal engineering in the country. It is said he bad attempted suicide several times before. He dwindled the Vovernment. Montreal, Jan. t>.— ln connection with the case of the absconding jeweler. Ficard, who left the city about two months ago, the tin-tees and guardians of the estate have discovered that tor three years he has been carrying on a swindle upon the customs house, and that he had succeeded in defrauding the revenue out of 150,000 francs. Picard succeeded to the business of Vidal & Co., and the investigation shows that the swindling was inaugurated by Picard's predecessors ten or twelve years ago. It is also alleged that the watch man ufacturing house of E. Sanders <& Co. of Geneva, Switzerland, were in the conspir acy. The plan was to furnish oue set of invoices for the government inspection at 50 or T") per cent, below the actual value, and the genuine invoices to the firm. Iv the case of Picard the invoices containing the real values were addressed to his private residence, where he kept a separate set of bocks. The discovery of the fraud came about through the revelations of a young man who answered Picard's advertisement for a partner and to whom he imparted the secret of the customs evasion. Who Snail Have the Zttoney? Clkvklaxu, 0., Jan. 6.— To-day the body of Lewis li. Barker was taken to Op peuham, N. V., for burial. Barker was a bookkeeper for a leading glove factory, and had accumulated considerable property. Christinas day he went to call on a Miss Maggie Norton and was taken ill suddenly. Next day he was removed to his room in a down-town block, and towards evening married Miss Norton. Barker was unable to raise his head and the bride was com pelled to sit on the bedside. The widow claims his effects, including a life insurance policy, but Barker's friends decline to give up his property, saying that she. married him for gain only. Miss Norton claims that she was enraged to Barker for three years, aud married him because he insisted that she should do so. Carried a Sailor. Baltimore, Jan. 6. — Miss Kate B. Davis, daughter of ex-Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, was married this afternoon to Lieut. Robert M. G. Brown, U. S. N. The ceremony took place at the ilotel Bennett and was witnessed by a most brilliant gathering. Chester A. Arthur, Jr., was best man. The bridesmaids were Mi>s Warlield of Washington, Miss Sallia Elkins and Miss Grace Davis, sister of the bride. Messrs. Walker Blame, A. C. Oli phant, Lieut. T. S. Rogers, U. S. N., and Sherloch Swarm were the groomsmen, and Dr. J. C. Bovd. U. S. N., and Truxtuu Beak* or California acted as ushers. Among the notable people present were Senators Cainden, Ransom aud Gormaii, Mr. and Mrs. W. P, Collins and Mrs. Fappen of Boston, Mrs. Gen. George Crook aud Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrett. Mills Mi ui Down. Norwich. Conn., Jan. 6.— The weavers of the Shetueket mills are on a strike- for an advance of 10 per seat in wages. This morning tin 1 mills slmt down, throwing 500 operatives out of work. Herman Water & C 0. ,, dealers In jewelry and watehnmkfrs' materials at 414 Washing ton street, Boston, have failo«]. Their liabili ties are 527,000.