JDHNSQH THE MlJ
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TEST OF. THE. CLERMONT.
Replica of Historio Vessel to Partici
pate In Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
Piping a thin treble note in response
Human Side of Minnesotan Twice 1 to complimentary salutes of the sturdy
tugs, launches aud ocean going steam
ers ber 'original made possible, the re
plica of Robert Fulton's first steam-
HARD WORKER AND STUDIOUS boat, the Clermont, which Is to steam
up the Hudson river ahead of the
Elected Governor.
DREAM
Instance That Depicted His Great Love
For Reading Devotee of Baseball.
'One of His Witty Stories How He
Settled a Strike Without Riots.
Much has been written of the-political
career of John A. - Johnson, gov
ernor of Minnesota, but very little has
been said of the man himself, little
that is descriptive of his personality,
bis earlier career, bis traits and habits
In short, nothing that gives a con
crete idea of the man himself.
'The term "self made man" can be
applied to Governor Johnson In Its en
tirety. At the age of twelve years the
ourutu ui lire uume ucvuivtu upuu uis
young shoulders, and he even . then
demonstrated that be was made of the
material of which the heroes , of , the
"United . States have been fashioned.
Idncoln in his hardest days never had
to endure more as a boy than did the
governor of Minnesota. The boy's life
was filled with the thorns pf, life, and
the ..roses , were sadly , lacking. His
rpareots. who a short time before his
irti left Sweden and settled at St
Peter, Minn., a small town in the south- J
erh part of .the stats, were shiftless
and. Improvident. At the age of twelve
be was taken out . of school and ap
prenticed to a printer. Here love for
learning developed,- and he arranged
to attend the country school "during
half sessions until he finished. Twe
terms at the high school finished bis
education, but for years afterward he
studied until he mastered the speech
.vi ivui languages uuu uixii uit? uue ui
the best read men in the state.
After finishing school he remained
with the country publisher who aided '
liiiu iu intra uHiue una . tearoea rue
mechanical end of the newspaperbusi-
Tiess. For years his life was a weary '
struggle. Hard work and domestic
misery were all young Johnson knew
during his boyhood .days: but his love
foe literature opened to him a land of
- .delight and" golden promise.
ii.v. JH.'s Love For Reading.
V X etoTy As told of him at St. Peter
"which shows Ills love for reading.
" When he was first apprenticed to the
i 'printer he slept In tne rear or tne
shop. His employer was Kina neartea.
but thrift often got the better of him.
So, seeing that his kerosene bill was
about doubled with the advent " of
young Johnson, "he. called the :boy to
task and forbade him burning the J.imp
At 'night for .reading purposes. John
us'on solved the problem by, buying a
supply of candles. This went well lin
tii one night he went to sleep and left
the candle burning. A small. fire was
'4he result. . When the man. asked him
itthe cause of the fire he confessed the
entire affair and further added that he
would gladly work and pay for the
damage If he might be permitted to
till burn candles so he might read at
night This touched the employer's
beart. and the boy was provided with
a lamp for his own private use.
As a boy Governor Johnson was a
dull scholar and did not love work any
more than any other boy of his age.
but when he came to the age of reason
and realized that his life would be
what he made it himself he devoted
blmself to his task with ardor." , While
he made many friends, he made no
.enemies. '
Baseball Enthusiast.
.. Young Jonnson ; lert scnooi. to oeip
bis mother. She took in washing, and
John delivered the washing. Two
years later be got a job as clerk in a
-grocery store and then prevailed upon
his mother to quit her job and let him
support the family.
One would think that an early ex
perience of this sort would have hard
ened and soured the, boy's character.
put there was one fact that saved him
.irom an excess of ridicule and perse
cution. There wasn't a lad of , his age
in St Peter that could beat him play
's ing baseball. He would come: from
I bis work day after day and make his
brother stand up against the wall in
Tthe back yard while he practiced
straight arm pitching. , '..'
k Fond of 'good, clean, witty "stories.
the kind with a laugh In them. Gov-
great water pageant in the Hudson
Fulton celebration, went through her
official trial the other day In the Kill
von Kull off Staten Island and. -though
the trip very nearly ended disastrous
ly. It was a great success In every
way. Under her own steam tind pro
pelled by an engine an exact dupli
cate of the one Fulton worried over,
the new ClTmont did more than nine
THB CLKBMONT.
miles up and down the Kill in the re
markable time of two hours. . The trip
satisfied the committee thoroughly, and
the boat was accepted.. .
The Clermont is a big boat. There
is room for two to pass along the nar
rowest part of her deck and for fully
fifty persons to stand upright. In her.
larger cabin aft She is 150 feet long
and 18 feet wide, fiat bottomed and
has two masts. 4 .', ',
The boat's boiler, shows well above
her deck. One remarkable thing about
the engines is that in all the main
parts, except the transmission to the
paddle wheels, which is by large cog
wheels, Is very similar Indeed to the
engines still being used In tiv.er steam
ers. The walking beam is at the bot
tom instead of at the top:
, When the new Clermont steams up
the Hudson the Rev. C. S. feullock of
Stratford, Conn., will represent Robert
Fulton, and Ulster Davis, an old river
pilot will be the captain of the boat
Harriet Livingston, who sailed on the
first trip with the inventor, will be rep
resented by Evelyn Bullock, and Chancellor-Robert
R. Livingston, the backer
of "Fulton. Vrlll be represented -by bis
great-grandson, Robert E. Livingston
of Chevlot-on-Hudson.
Financier; Planned One Great
Railroad Trust For America."
TO REACH EVERY. BIG . CITY.
Would sail to the pole.
Amos Bonsail Says Peary's Discoveries
Confirm Kane's Theories. .
In .commenting qp Commander Rob
ert E. Peary's story of his dash to the
north pole Amos Bonsail. the sole sur
vivor of the Elisha Kent Kane expe
dition, declared recently - that he be?
ileves it Is possible to sail to the pole
in a properly equipped vessel. .
"Peary's narrative simply confirms
the theory I have had .since the Kane
expedition," continued the aged arctic
explorer. "1 believe, and Dr. Kane be
lieved, that there was an Open polar
sea. The tides, the currents and the
movement .of the Ice all seemed to be
strong presumptive evidence that be
yond the straits discovered by our ex
pedition in 1853 at the north of Green
la rid lay a great open body of water. ; ;
"That my theory is correct is dem
onstrated not only by the number of
lends that at times threatened to baf
fle Peary and which constantly imper
iled him and his men;- but by the very!
significant fact that he failed to touch
bottom at the north pole with a 1.500
faihotn line. ;wtth these facts demon
strated it is my firm belief that a ship
as well equipped and protected as the
Fram or the Roosevelt should be able
to weather the passage to the farthest
north.": r r ." '.,. - , i : vj
APPLE DINNER FOR TAFT. :
Spokane Plans One to Rival the Cele
brated 'Poisum Feast. , '1
Spokane, Wash., is preparing to give
President Taft a dinner that may be
come as famous as the possum' dinner
of the south. . ' .. .
J In" one of the finest banqueting'rooms
in tJio wnrlcl "thV nresident will be lm-
rnor Johnson on one occasion .was w.ith tho fnrt -that Sriokane is
asked if he proposed to be a candi- ; the home of the bSg red appie. The
finest specimens of apples grown in the
date for the Democratic presidential
m ami nation.
All Ready For a Strike.
"I an .best answer ,that,"fc he re
sponded, "by telling you of the expe
dience of a Minnesota farmer... This.
man of th,e soil took a load of grain to
the city and exchaed it for a few
.barrels of rye. the liquid variety, 'fie--burning
home, he transferred a part, of
,-the load, and by . the. time he arriv-
' xi at his place "he was leeling very 1
comfortable. Walking f.tpward. , his
' (house, he ran into a rattlesnake colled
mp ready for business. He stuck out
)bis leg. 'Strike, gol durn ye!' he ex
claimed. 'I'll never be in "better shape"
for ye. than I am nowf " .
1 1 The-way Governor Johnson settled a
'trike one summer shows' his! J6wer s
a conservative f officlaL The jnlners in
. the .Mesaba range went out'ahdhere"
i " was imminent peril of violence.' In
stead of sending his state militia to
the scene Governor Johnson himself
- went alone. 'He' talked with the' stf Ike
- 'ieaders, and with the employers. He
-visited the - strikers 'and 'heard 'their
- grievances. - He gave them good ad-
. vice. If they ; remained' ordefly. " he
.-jsald no , trogps .would JSe,sentt Jbut.lf
' they" became vlbleht he' would be forc
ed to quell their violence with soldiers.
; The strike was settled without riots.
Inland empire will be used In the dec
orations, "nearly 20,000 apples being
us'for'thlspurposealone, , ,.
Apples will be served wnerever pos
sible on the elaborate menu. Various
Viands will be served in the hollowed
out shells of apples. ; :
Menu cards and special table jdeco-
rations will be beautiful and artistic
designs or tne proauct 01 ine orcnaja.
and the 'bumper crop" will be suggest
ed by ''bumpers of elder." , , .
" : Amethysts For Brides.
There is an amethyst craze at pres
ent"; Amethyst : Js the only gem per
missible for the"brlde. and It is used
in a variety of ways. It is found even
In 'hatpins. belt buckles ' 'and 'shofes,
while necklaces faurly blaze, with the
stones.' The "craize does not end "there,
however, for" stockings, shoes, ": para
sols and gowns , have taken on the
amethyst shadet 1 ,
Transcontinental Trunk Line of Ex
ceptional :. Efficiency Which - Would.
Subordinate All Independents Pro
jected Syndicate". Being Formed to
Carry Out Late Millionaire's Plans.
The waging dream of the late Ed-r
ward H. Harriman, the railroad genius,
was to organize one dominating rail
road system in the United States with
authority oyer all 'transportation busi
ness of the country. One powerful
group of financiers is being" organized
to carry out the financier's plans. The
lesser groups of railroad owners and
the independent systems are- trying to
organize to combat these capitalists. '
It was the Harriman idea to estab
lish one magnificent trunk line between
New York and San. Francisco, . The
freight and passenger "service of this
grand transcontinental trunk line Was
to be-so superior to all other railway
services between the two oceans- that
it conld command the cream of all
the high class transportation business,
at good rates. The low grade busi
ness was to be left to other lines,
which would get just as much business
as was allowed them by the master
railway . men controlling the parent
trunk, line. . .
Hoped to Subjugate Big Lines
HaVriman's plans included the "redac
tion to a. state of commercial vassalage
of all. lines 'not included in his system.
The branches of his own system Were
to reach every Important district of the
United States and give good service
from every first class city. The subju
gation of the independent lines was to
be brought about by the power of the
grand trunk line to allot the quantity
of business which was to be given- to
the other systems.' He expected; to
make the Pennsylvania railroad treat
with the !blg trunk line jnst as'abject
ly as the- owners of a tittle spur con
necting at some faraway point bri the
Union Pacific. '
an? big business or Urst Class traffic
would natiiraliy yield an immense rev
enue to the long and splendidly 1 equip
ped ' ime- which could render superior
service. This would double and treble'
the ' value of the investments in the
lines whlcb were to 'eo to make up! the
transcontinental system, the big fa-'
ther of all railroads. There would! be
ehotighiTinone"y left" in the treasury to
do- alt "necessary fighting ln"the'"early
stages 'against ' systems which might
oppose the thraldom. ' With this treas
ury reserve always available the own
ers of the big system would be'abl to
dictate, railway development . 1n all
parts of the country. . -
. 'Mr. Harriman was especially "desir
ous that his plans should be carried
out. as their realization would make It
immensely, valuable for his heirs hav
ing bis holdings in .the companies which
were to make up the grand trunk line,
or' 'this "reason he 'did not " want the
accumulations in the treasury distrib
uted, as they Wer to be used In carry
ing out his plans. ' Those who opposed
his policy of piling up in bis treasuries
large ' reserve stocks of needed lines
were those who desired to 'engage In
independent development on their own
account In various sections of the land.
Independents Seek to Forestall.
The independent railway owners. and
exploiters are moving aggressively
now with the hope that they, can show
enough strength to successfully ; live j
against the men who will try to carry
out the plans of Harriman-and secure
tsnisl tt oil tha tMiftcnnrfatlrtn r top. H
V ' VTA. Ml lilb VI UUOU I US.AVU f ' '
e'sts'of the country. 'It is understood
in Washington that they have no or
ganization, but by Working along the
"same-lines In 'opposition to the men
Hvho want to own all the railroads they
wtll ?h'ave 'en'ough Tower to force the
'Harriman "and allied interests to per
mit independent 'development and op
eration. 'f 0ne bf 'the-' reason's fwhy Mr. Harri
man ' wanted ''and his ' associates now
want4:h'e 'B(itIve,' co-operation of Mr.
Morgan is that he is in high favor In
Washington. Just at present Morgan is
most 'active- In' digging Into the savings
of the French to - get financial support
for his various enterprises.' "To 1 have
i his assistance "Or " even '"domination at
this crltlcal'time 'would be of immense
aid to the men who are trying to carry
to success the vast-plans of the dead
manager. - Harriman knew better than
any -that .there were differences -of
'opinion in ' his financial camp. While
he was alive be held the opposition 4n
subjection, y Some 'one- like Morgan is
needed now to keep them in line. . i
- Hot Ffght Begun. -,' "
Tfietiside ODbbsition to Harriman' is
being ' encouraged by the ' independent
railway owners and 'developers. Tney
contend ; tlutt 'It' Is' better fpr'the'raU
ways' to thrtw down the bars and per
mit the big systems'to fight their own
battles. ?!'' - ::"';"'''
, These "men have tnllllons 'affd millions
of their own and thousands of miles of
aMi?68dt; Tfiey 'do'fiOt relish the Idea'
ffB6Sittin fnttWl men-'of the Mr rail-f
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way 'owners "who 'are to' Make them
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