St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13
PRESS BOYS JAUNT.
Newspaper Men Enjoy an Ex-
cupSion to the Beautiful
Minnetonka.
Tourgee Delivers a Discourse
on "The Genesis of Gov
ernment."
Excellent HomilieS Delivered
by Revs. Simmons and
Wilkinson.
An Eight-Year-0ld. Boy Falls
From a ThPee-Story
Window.

Convention week In Minneapolis end
ed happily yesterday when the Press
club gave an excursion to Lake Mime
tonka for the visiting press correspond
ents. Enough correspondents had re-
manned in the city to make the occasion
q successful one in point of numbers.
1t was also most successful affair in
point of enjoyment. A special train
on the Minneapolis Il st. Louis road
which had been kindly placed at the
service of the Press club by Receiver
Truesdale, left the union depot at noon,
carrying over one hundred of the visit
ing newspaper men. AT the Lake Park
hotel a score or more of correspondents,
who had gone out the preceding even
ing, Joined the party. Here an excel
lent course dinner had been prepared
by Manager Wait, to which the news
paper men sat down at O'Clock. Shortly
before o'clock the entire party en-
barked on a steamer and made tour of
the lake. Music was furnished on
board by Danz' orchestra. Short stops
were made at the Hotel st. Louis and at
MinnetOnka beach. At the latter place
about thirty of the correspondents who
were to go on the Great Northern eX-
cursion TO Grand Forks left for Mime
apoliS in order to have sufficient time to
make connections. The remainder of
the party continued on the steamboat
ride, finishing the delightful tour of the
lake and landing at the Lake Park hotel
shortly after 5 o'clock. AT $50 the re-
turn trip to Minneapolis was begun.
An imprOmptu meeting of the visit
ing correspondents was held on the
steamer, and earnest thanks returned
for the courtesies extended by the Min
speeches were made by Maj. Carson, the
dean of the Washington newspaper
correspondents; w. Z. Adams, of the
Boston Herald; F. d. Mussey, of the
Cincinnati Commerclal-GaZette and
Maj. Fred Bracket, of Washington, ID.
Z. The compliments were acknowl-
edged on behalf of the press club by j.
Newton Mind and James Gray. The
party included many of the brightest
newspaper men of the country and sew
eral ladies. Among the prominent
MinneapOlitanS accompanying them as
invited guests were Mayor Winston,
George A. Bracket, and Col. McCrOry.
The Grand Forks excursion, under
Tile I'll n. hdS lllulS, SCI
retary of the chamber OF commerce of
that city, pulled out of the union depot
at $40 last evening, the following cor
respondents being among those who
went:
W. E. Adams, Boston Herald; W. E. Amin,
Omaha Bee; A. B. Atkins. Brooklyn Eagle;
George G. Balm, the United Press; E. W. Bar
rett, Atlanta Constitution; d. 5. Barry, New
York Sun; W. r. Bell, Pittsburg Leader; Z. l..
Bertrand. San Francisco Chronicle; G. c. Carl
ton. California Associated Press; John N. Car
son, Philadelphia Ledger; II. G. Clark, the
United Press; L. A. Coolidge, New YORK Re-
cOrder; 2. V. De Graw, the [ United Press; E. G.
Dunnell New York Times; F. p. Ferris Bal
timore Herald; Smith d. Fry, Detroit Trib-
une: Louis Garthe, Baltimore American;
Charles A. Hamilton, Sioux City journal; Z.
c. Rowland, New York Press; j. A. Hutch
inson, st. Louis Republic; K. NJ. Larner
Charleston News and Courier; Francis Z.
Leupp. New York Post; William L. McPher-
son, New York Tribune; Charles ". MetZgar
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette: John p.
Miller, Washington Evening Star; O'Brien
Moore st. Louis Republic; Frank B. Nor
gan, Brooklyn standardization; f. d. Mus
sey. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette; U. a.
Painter Washington Post; Charles e. Ran
dolph, New York Timee; j. B. Reynolds,
Boston Advertiser; NJ. g. Seckendorff. New
York Tribune; John s. ShIiver, New York
Mail and Express .. o. Stealey, Louisville
Coarier-JOurndI; Ii. L. West, Washington
Post; President Palmer, of the Worlds Col
umbian exposition, and Senator HansDrough,
of North Dakota