St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-10
CIVILIzING THE REDS.
Miss Sybil Carriers Great
Work Among the White
Earth Indians.
An Address to the Members
Of the State Episco-
pal Club.
No Second Trial for Dis
charged Employees OF Fire
Department.
Annual Meeting Of the Mana
gers of the Babies
Home.

Minnesota did hood thing when they
organized state club. The object was
we'll illustrated in the Easter meeting
of the club held last evening at the
Ryan. There were present over $50
men and women, prominent among
whom were the guests of the club
Bishop Whipple, Bishop Gilbert and
Miss Sybil Carter, the noted mission
airy, now of White Earth. The entire
company dined in the ladies' ordinary,
and after that betOok themselves to the
enjoyment of the evening in listening
to several excellent speeches. The meet
ing was presided over by Hector Baxter,
of Minneapolis. He made several happy
references in Introducing the speak
erS of the evening. Before the speak
ing was inangurated the following gen.
tlemen were named to select names to
be voted for as officers of the club: DR..
Alden. G. IL. Childs, G. Ii. Evans, Col.
George o. Eddy and Mr.. Ladd. Later
in the evening this committee reported
the following ticket, which was elected
for the ensuing year: President, Judge
r. r. Nelson, of Christ church, st.
st. Marks church, Minneapolis; secre-
tary, f. o. Osborne, of st. PauPs church,
st. Paul; treasurer, Edward Hopper, of
st. Pauls church, st. Paul; council, DR..
w. ID. Lawrefice, of Gethsemane
church, Minneapolis; George McDougal
of All Saints church, Minneapolis;'
George s. Quincy, of Holy Trinity
church. Minneapolis; w. III. Lightner,
of Christ church. st. Paul, and Peter
Badly, of st. Johns church, st. Paul.
welcome to whIppie.
The venerable Bishop Whipple re-
ceived all ovation when he arose in re-
Spouse to an invitation to speak Oh the
missionary work among the Indians, or
rather to the request to Introduce Miss
Carter. He took occasion to refer
TO the progress made in Indian
missions and to impress upon his
people the Importance OF the work.
When he came to the diocese twenty
years ago he was told that it was abSO-
lutely useless to xattempt to do
cause they hated the whites more than
did any race on the earth. Two years
after that they wiped out whole settle
ments of whites. killing eight hundred
of them. A few Indians did what they
could to save the whites and did save a
few of them. The bishop also spoke of !
tie work that has been accomplished
and urged people TO give their aid to
prosecute the work of civilization.
Miss Sybil Carttrreferred to her work
among the Chinese. the Mormons and
the Indians, but especially the latter.
She has been a missionary for ten years |
= the last tive of which have been at
White Earth. When she went among
| the Indians in 1886 She did not know
what she could do to help them along.
She went to Japan soon after and there
the ~ 35i'fv ~ n4l< Al-H 4
Idea Struck Her sol
that they might be taught to do lace
work. She has since found that's true.
and she exhibited work done by the In
dian women and girls at White Earth.
Some of the lace sells readily at $3.50
per yard. She also exhibited passamen-
terie work done by. them and asserted
that they do the work. excellently. In
her opinion the solution Of the Indian
question is in putting them to work.
Attempts to teach the smen trades will.
result as it does among the whites
| some will learn and others will not. She
| has class of sixteen girls at White
| Earth, and is organizing schools at Red
| Lake, Lynch Lake and Pine Point. She
| spoke of how the women become more
| cienly little by little as they are taught
to work. Her talk was interesting and
was enthusiastically applauded:
Excellent speeches were also de-
| livered by Bishop Gilbert, Rev. II. 7.
| Nichols, of Minneapolis, and Rev. L. L.
Morgan. of st. Johns church, st. Paul.
The evening was very pleasantly
passed. Judging from the zest with
which the people entered into the pro-
ceedings and applauded the speakers.
| Several selections were sung by the
| Mendelsshon quartette. Among
Those Present Were
Bishc2 Whipple, Bishop Gilbert Miss Sybil
| Garter. Rev. and Mrs. II. P. Nichols, of Min
| neapolis; MIR. and Mrs: Hector Baxter, Mr..
| and Mrs w. B. Folds. Mr.. and Mrs. C. II.
| Childs. Mr.. and MIS- Charles l. Carpenter,
| W D. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs Charles
| II Pake, Mr.. and Mrs. George. o.
Eddy, William and and Mrs f II. NJ
Mrs. and Mrs. John Parslows, Mr.. and Mrs.
| John W. Prosser. Mr.: and Mrs; George A;
McDougle, Mr. and Mrs. +. b. Stoneman, all
of Minneapolis; Archdeacon and Mrs. Fl: ]
Mr.. and Mrs. " r. Laird Mr.. and Mrs. G..
II Aiaid. Mr.. and Mis-. Theodore Senur
meier. Fl. McLufkin. Rev. C.. E. Haupt, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward. Hopper: OF st: Paul; Dr..
Rev. j. c. Forth, OF Merriam Park;
| Mr. and Mrs. T. Glaskell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
iamin F. Beardsly. Excelsior; Rev. Edward
Warren. Edward Meyers. OF Hastings; Rev.
A @. Reukaw, of Litchfield; Rev. NJ. j. By
wafer. of Albert Lea; Rev. Mcbride Serrett,
of Faribault: Mr. and Mrs. K. c. E.. Lock
hart of Detroit: Mr.. and Mrs. E. Sonthworth,
of Shakopee: Mr. and Mrs Geo. H. Chris
tians. of Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs.
G B. Bronson, III. FL. A1bin
Charles Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Eyaus of Merriam Park; Mark Joke, of An
Okla: Mr.. and Mra. Charles IL. Strobeck, Mr..
and Mrs. F. o. osborne. Mr.. and Mrs. W. j.
SIeppE Mr.. and Mrs. 6. NJ. Casey, MIR: and
Mrs S C. Olmstead Mr.. and Mrs. F. ?. Bass,
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Badly F. j. Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs P. II. Litchield, OF Minneapo-
lis: Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Peet, John
Whittier. Rev. E. E. Hixon, of Minneapolis:
C. B. Frosbroke, of Kenyon; Mr.. and Mrs,
John Dale, Russell Freeman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Paine, of Minneapolis; f. Albeek,
F. B. Millard, Rev. w. ). Wilkinson, OF Min
peapolis; Rev. John Wright d. D., MIR. and
Mrs. c. II. Benedict, of Minneapolis, Miss
Ruth Gifin and Miss Ella Giffin, OF Mime
apolis.
The Mayors Secretaryship.
MI. Costello. OF the Dispatch. is not
and never has been a candidate for the