Last night a great man named James J. Hill builder of the northwest empire passed away in his home in St.Paul, Minnosota at 9:30pm. He was born on September 16, 1838 in Emerosa Township, Ontario. He left behind a wife, Mary Theresa Mehegan and 10 children.

Mr. Collis P. Huntington builder of the central pacific railroad died last night sometime around midnight at camp in Adirondack, due to heart disease. Huntington was born on October 22, 1821 in Harwington, Conneticut. He left behind wife Arabella D. Worsham and two adopted children. His body will...

This morning railroad tycoon Cornelious Vanderbuilt passed away in his home in New York, New York. The reason being is that he had become very sick in the week before his death and his doctors said that he had very few days to live. He was born on May 17, 1794 to Cornelious Vanderbuilt and Pheobe...