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 don for confirmation, 276; opens Oregon immigration bureau in New York, 277 (1875) To Oregon, elected president of the Oregon & California R. R., and Oregon S.S. Co., appointed a receiver of the Kansas Pacific, 278 ; revisits Denver, 279 (1876) To Colorado and California, 279 ; desperate illness in San Francisco, 280 (1877) Con test with Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon over Kansas Pacific, 281 ; dislodged by Gould from his receivership, 282 (1878) Triumphs over Gould, 283; negotiations with Union Pacific, 284; buys out credi tors of Oregon S. S. Co., 285; conceives Oregon Railway & Navigation Co., 286; buys out Oregon Steam Navigation Co., 289; builds first steamship lighted with electricity, 290 (1879) Negotiations for traffic division with Northern Pacific R. R., 291 ; builds feeders to his Oregon system, founds Oregon Improvement Co., 292; buys the two Oregon railroads, 293, 294; contract with Northern Pacific, 295 (1880) Acquires New York Evening Post and Nation, 338; scheme to control Northern Pacific, 297; the blind pool, 298; founds Oregon & Transcontinental Co., 299; elected president of Northern Pacific, pushes its completion, 300 (1881) Builds branch lines, 301 (1882-83) Fast trip across the continent, 303; organizes Ter minal Co. at Portland, Oregon, 303 ; builds &quot;The Portland&quot; hotel, supports and en dows the State University, and saves the University of Washington Territory, 304; eastward overland j ourney, transcontinental scientific exploration under R. Pumpelly, 305; forms Terminal Co. at St. Paul, and organizes St. Paul & Northern Pacific Co., 306 ; builds branch line to Canadian boun dary, learns of underestimates of N. P. engineers, 307; publishes history of the Northern Pacific, leads international excur sion to witness completion of the road, 309 ; lays cornerstone of Capitol at Bismarck, Dakota, hammers down the last spike (September 3), 311 ; by the waters of the Pacific, 312 ; efforts to avert catastrophe of Northern Pacific, 313; hostile comments of the Street and the press, 314; losses from collapse of West Shore R. R., practical in solvency, 315 ; resigns presidency of Ore gon & Transcontinental and Oregon Rail way & Navigation Co. (December 16), 316, and of Northern Pacific, 317; nervous prostration, 317 (1883) To Germany: ovations for former public benefactions, 318; residence in Berlin, 319 (1884) Re signs presidency of Oregon & California R. R., 319 ; invitations to build railroads in Asia Minor and German East Africa, 319 (1885) To New York as financial repre sentative of the Deutsche Bank, 320 ; sells his New York home to Whitelaw Reid,32i ; saves Oregon & Transcontinental Co., 322 (1886) Reenters Northern Pacific board, 324; efforts towards understanding with Union Pacific R. R., 328, 329 (1887-88) Founds Edison General Electric Co., 326; contest with Union Pacific for control of Oregon & Transcontinental, 330 ; final re tirement from Oregon Railway & Naviga tion Co., takes chairmanship of finance com mittee of Northern Pacific, 332 ; effects consolidated mortgage, 333 (1889) Fails to buy St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba R. R. of J. J. Hill, 335; effects lease of Wisconsin Central, 337 ; renewed benefac tions abroad and at home, 340; founds North American Co. to absorb Oregon & Transcontinental, death of Hilgard Villard, to Germany, 341; trouble over danger to North American Co., 342, and his brokers failure (Decker, Howell & Co.), 343; invi tation to call on Chancellor Caprivi, 343; urged by L. Bamberger to visit Bismarck, 345, and by Dr. Schweninger, 346; the visit, 346-356 ; return to New York, 357 (1890) To Germany: lays cornerstone in Zweibriicken of orphan asylum, memorial of Hilgard Villard, 358 ; last official tour of Northern Pacific, 358; warns the people against disaster from Sherman Act, 359 (1891) Efforts for repeal of the Act and establishment of gold standard, 360, and for renomination of Cleveland, 361, and re election, 362; dinner to the President elect, 362; vain efforts to induce him to call an extra session of Congress, 363; conference of engineers looking to electric locomotion, 326 (1892) Retires from Northern Pacific and North American boards, chairman of New York committee to receive nation s World s Fair guests, 365; visits World s Fair, 367, and sends over German artisans to visit it, 376 ; op poses postponing default of Northern Pa cific, 367 ; designates receiver on behalf of Deutsche Bank (E. D. Adams). 369; family tour of the Mediterranean, 369