St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-25
MIDST THE MADDING THRoNG.

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ENll6kN Hlffl Pre- by tie r ian
HFA lEE11 XII VElSH~hOuSe Of worship
FrM llgI Hl JEl\ ever came to be
1-EA@ lEllUEIA> known as 1.-THE
H-6NTsN QhANsM\> House of Hope -
HrNfSfH fHd I VI lEll\ Yet such is the
1TEisEtIf%t5} ba vi Wi1\\name Of the
H,TENsI SE3t W luil NM -church.
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T'cN AWl FN\CS Othe elief on
Ef>&A Y ~ n SD, >mhearing the name
rl., n~sGynY!r T~LN Wfor the first time,
M TnNh tMMIV.s66amsa it a TsfsSs s
institution where the physically infirm
and heavy laden can find rest for the
body and hope for the soul. They are not
prepared at first to believe that it is place
OF worship. When enlightened on this score
they naturally jump at the conclusion that it
is an Episcopalian church, knowing that the
latter members are in the habit of christep-
ing their church edifices in most attractive
and pleasing manner.
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The House Of Hope Presbyterian church
was founded by Rev. Edwin D. Neill, who
came TO st. Paul in April, 1S49, from instruc-
lions issued by the presbytery of Galena, ILL.,,
With which the territory of Minnesota was
eccleslastically associated. He was engaged
IN missionary work. After organizing the
First Presbyterian church in 1850 and remain.
ing as the minister for five years, he organ
lzed the House of Hope church. The first
meeting was held Sunday afternoon, Nov. %,
1893, in the lower room of the district school
house on Walnut street. near Fort, and was q
success from the very start.
At that time the Rev. Mr.. Neill was reading
the voyages of De Vries,'' a Dutch captain
who visited the new world more than 200
years before. The voyager described his
visit to the isle of Manhattan and Long Island
sound, and his subsequent trip up the Con-
nectfcut river until he reached the present
site OF Hartford, where he found House OF
Hope, with Gysbert Van Dyck in command
of fourteen soldiers. This redoubt,'' con.
tinues the voyager, islands on the margin of
the river, where the English, in spite Of US.
have begun to build up small town, and
have already fine church,
The description of the redoubt and the
name made very strong impression on the
reader, and as consequence the new Pres
Hope.
Ex-President R. B. Hayes was delegate at
rection, which was held in this city. AS he
sat in the senate chamber of the state capitol
his hair and beard whittier and his face more
wr1nkled and careworn than when he, in con.
nection with his wife, occupied the White
house at Washington, numerous spectators
at the gathering had him pointed out to them
and gaZed on him with some curiosity.
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"a har 1rhn fr
see the ex-president as to listen to the papers
read before the conference, was an eX-army
officer. The latter looked long and intently
sion.
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''That's the man," said the military man
HE looks it, too"
''Looks what?" inquired bystander.
Looks like man who would see another
fellow suffer for his own shortcomings and
never say q word in his defense. When he
was president, l suppose you remember, il
was known as cold water administration
No wine, or liquor, was allowed Old the White
house table. Many believed that Mr.. Hayes
or his wife, was moved by desire to set g
good example. Others, including those peo
pie who know Mr.. Hayes very WELL thought
Hayes was not a total abstinence man, bu,
was, and probably is now, in the habit OF
drinking on the sly. While at Washington he
was in the habit of visiting an old college
chum, who was stationed there in the ordnance
branch of the army, and on these visits the
president invariably took something to drink
The host comprehended the situation and
made il point to keep a good supply OF
liquor on hand and never failed to invite the
president to help himself. and so far as is
known, the president never failed to accept
the invitation
On one of these visits the president took
that he became tipsy; so much so, in fact,
that his host felt called upon to escort him
back to the White house. On arriving at the
charge started upstairs, when Mrs. Hayes
met them. She was not tickled to death at the
sight, either. She did not even thank the
army officer for assisting her husband home,
but intimated that if left alone Mr.. Hayes
would not touch anything, thereby forcing the
conclusion that the officer was the cause of
the whole trouble. Mr.. Hayes said nothing,
but went straight to his room and got himself
ness. He did not explain anything in the
morning, but permitted his old friend to suf-
fer the odium of having led him from the
narrow and economical paths of temperance.
The very next day the army officer was re-
moved from Washington to Rock Island, Ill.
And to this day he-for it is Maj. Paine of the
ordnance departments still at the latter
post, all on account of having given presi-
dent all the liquor he desired.
e. B. Northrop, the real-estate man, was
once young and innocent and pure as the
snow in Pittsburg. In those days of limo
cence and purity, as might naturally be ex-
pected, he was newspaper man, and news
paper man in Milwaukee at that He got to
dabbling in real estate, and soon was trans
formed from the conflding young man into
the cold, calculating speculator.
AS an evidence of the change that came
over him, it is but necessary to relate
little incident connected with his
reportorial career. He was in the Cream
City and possessed friend, Sullivan.
The latter was not trifling with real estate
or else he had invested and had lost; but at any
rate he was blue even unto dependency. Sc
far in the depths was Sullivan that the world
and he seriously contemplated suicide. He
told Northrop of his troubles and of his
thoughts of self-destruction. Did Northrop
cheer him up and advise him to give life
another CHANGER
Not much. Northrop knew that Milwaukee
was very quiet and that first-class suicide
would be godsend to the newspapers. Sc
he agreed with his friend and with him con-
cluded that suicide was about the best thing
to do under the circumstances.
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Being friend, Northrop insinuated that
inasmuch as Sullivan was going to die, il
wouldn't make any difference when ant
where; while if Sullivan would only kill him
self, as requested, Northrup might have q
scoop" on the other papers. Sullivan as
scented to this, and it was agreed that he
should go out to the cemetery at midnight
and shoot himself.