St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-28
MINNEAPOLIS.
IT is A GREAT LOSS.
Rev. William Wilson Satteplee
Passes Away Rather
Suddenly.
His Death Traceable to a Cold
Caught at Lake Min
netonka.
The Spring Regatta Of the
Lurlines Proves a Great
Success.
Result of the Pillsbury Prize
Contest at 0livet
Church.

At 10 O'Clock yesterday morning oc-
Cured the death of Rev.William wilson
| Satterlee, vino has for the past twenty
five years been so prominent not only
| in this city, but over the whole country.
as temperance lecturer and re-
former. The death is very sudden
| one. as all who knew Rev. Satterlee
| thought he had still many years TO
spend in usefulness. He died at the
residence of his daughter. Mrs. James
Pye, 924 First avenue north.
The deceased was born on May IL,
1887, at La Porte, Ind, where he lived
with his parents and secured common
school education. Mr.. Satterlee never
attended college, but by special courses
of study by himself he acquired a good
education, and in his early manhood he
went to Wisconsin, where he engaged III
the work of the ministry for number
of years at various places. About
twenty years ago he took up his abode
in this city as the pastor OF the First
Avenue Methodist church on the East
side At a later date he became the
DdSOOt VI IIIC L liiA lS0ilh y VIM -AS@'%O
dist church. which place he held until
he was called by the conference of the
state to take a lecture trip in the inter-
est OF the temperance movement.
Six years ago he accepted the chair of
political economy and scientific temper
ance at Athens college i'll Tennessee,
which position he held at the time of
his death. While teaching in the South
he has been accustomed to come to this
tity,, where the larger portion Of his
children and family live. TO spend his
summer vacations, and for this reason
he was at Minneapolis at the present
time. Last fall he was especially act
i've in the prohibition campaign. Last
Tuesday evening he took slight cold
at the lake, where he was staying, and
owing to this he came back to this city
to the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Pye. On Wednesday morning he
awakened with singing pain In the
left side, and from that time he began
sinking very fast until this morning,
when the crisis came.
The deceased leaves a wife and five
children, three sons. NJ. p, w. E. and
II. E. Satterlee, and two daughters. Mrs.
L. II. Everts and Mrs. James Pye, all of
this city.
Mr.. SatterIee was the editor of the
Liberty Blade, published in this city in
1879. and more recently published
political Prohibition Text Book" of
great value and merit. He was also the
author of book entitled"Wh | Saw"
being an answer to Bellamy's Looking
Backward" and several other books and
pamphlets. The funeral takes place to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Wesley Nj. E. church. At the time of
his death he WAS the secretary of the
Prohibition state central committee, and
The members are requested to attend the
funeral IN body.
Thit was the best race Of the after
noon. Both crews roWed well and the
steering was straight as a rule. Libby
ard his men had the telling stroke.
however, reached the turn and were
squared off for home before the oppos-
ing crew could make the turn. On the
home stretch Libby crossed Earle'S
course and it was evidently his inten-
ton of making the defeat as complete as
possible.
Brown. Burlington and Grosskotf
rowed i'll the senior single and Butfing-
ton won with Brown second. The
time for the mile was Gas.
The junior fours were Libby, bow;
Gaze q Kerr 8, Londen, stroke; Earle,
bow; Pegler 2, Jones 3, McLain, stroke.
The Earle crew won by foot.
Burlington, bow; Grosskoff, stroke,
rowed against Brown stroke, and Tay-
lor, bow, the former winning by a
length and half. Time, five minutes.