St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-12
REVIVED OLD MEMORIES
Meeting of the minnesota Chap
ter OF the Loyal
Legion.
Judge Caldwell Talks and DIR.
Neill Heads 4 Columbian
Paper.

The Loyal Legion held one of its
longest and most pleasant meetings
last night at. the Ryan. A large num-
Der of the members, augmented by in
vited guests, dined in the ordinary
at s p. M, after the business
of the meeting had ended. The
social features followed the dinner.
The guests present were Col. Henry G.
Caldwell. United States circuit judge;
Rev. Y. p. Morgan, DIR. S. d. Flagg,
Charles Nichols, Kenneth Clark, Gen.
X. n. Adams. eX-Gov. Austin and Capt.
Wilkins. of the Eighth cavalry.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, commander of
the department of Dakota and COM
mander of the Minnesota legion, presi-
ded. Among the members present we're
Christopher Columbus Andrews, j. z.
Allen, Reuben Clark Benton, of Min
neapolis; A. T. Bigelow, Judson Wade
Bishop, William r. Bourne, William
Wallace Braden, Herbert Clinton
Braden, Samu ell G. Brearley, Benjamin
w. Brunson, E. A. Campbell, Henry
L. Carver, l.. w. Collins, Edward
Corning. Judson n. Cross, Col. James Ii.
Davidson, Daniel A. Dickinson. Timothy
DOherty, William Duncan, Judge j. G.
Egan, E. j. Farnham. Ezra Farnzworth
ZACH, Judge James Giliillan, David w.
+. Gilmore, Levi Gleason, David Nj.
Goodwin, Joseph Hale, William d. Hale.
Charles Z. Hayes, Henry George Hicks,
Dr. Chester q. Higbee, Charles Hobart,
Matthias Hall, Jacob Ford Kent, Judge
Charles ID. Kerr, Charles Kittleson,
William Benton Leach. Elias d. Libbey,
Judge William Lochren, of Minneapo-
lis; Samuel Carson Mccormick. Putnam
Dana Mcmillan, Gen. WilliamR. Marshall,
Edwin Cooley Mason, Hans Mattson,
Warren II. Mead, Orlando Crosby Mer-
riam, James Power Moore, George H.
Morgan, Or: John Henry Murphy, Ed
ward D. Neill, ID. d.; John H: Patter-
Electus Abijah Pratt, AAel Ii. Reid,
John A. Reid. w. w. Rich. Gen. John
Il. Sanborn, Col. Albert Scheffer, Ed
ward Simonton, john Stearnes Smith.
Hon. Sam p. Snider, S. d. Sturgis,
Charles L. Sumbardo, John Thorn
burgh, James Nj. Tucker, of Hastings;
George Quincy White, Melville Cary
Wilkinson. Charles Henry Woods.
George Glover Terrill, the eldest son
of deceased companion. First Lieut..
Chesley Billings Terrell, was elected as
member of the order last night.
The Mendelssohn Quartette sang sew
applause. Prof. John Stahel pleased
the audience with either selections.
Rev. e. ID. Neill, d. D., read very ell
tertainlng paper on Columbus and the
new movement of commerce, and ex-
hibited large volume that embraced
an almanac for several centuries. The
book was published at Venice under
date AID. 1884. The paper was lengthy
and of special historical interest
throughout.
On motion of Col. j. II. Davidson the
thanks of the legion were unanimously
rendered Rev. Neill for his paper and
it was ordered printed. Col. Davidson
then made Il happy speech in commend
alton of the paper.
A collection was taken up to pay for
an oil portrait of Col. William Henry
Dixon, deceased, which was presented
to the family.
Rev. G. P. Morgan. of st. Johns P.
E. church, responded to call and
spoke in humorous strain for a time
and then discussed the feature of the
right of discovery during which he al
luded to the need of protecting the right
of discovery.
Judge Henry c. Caldwell. of the
Arkansas legion, was announced for an
impromptu speech. Judge Caldwell
alluded to the mistakes of Columbus.
He made mistake in discovering this
country at the wrong end. He should
have discovered it at Duluth. The meet
ing closed when the quartette had sung
"Marching Through Georgia."