St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-19

stead" The speaker has command
ing and venerable presence, but he ad-
mitted he felt some embarrassment De-
fore an audience.
Mr.. Halstead began by saying that
there are two things that are very IN
teresting-those that they know about
and those that they do not knoW-the
new and the curious. Proceeding he
Ouoted estimates of the journalist as eX-
pressed by distinguished men i'll That
profession, and then he outlined his
own experience as Journalist
in this country and as cor,
respondent from abroad. The held
of The rerorter for daily newspaper
was the FIRST picture he drew. Then he
pointed out the striking points III the
great pictures drawn by the correspond
ent in great events within MS own eX-
perience in the great dramas OF the
world for the last thirty years or more.
In other words. he presented these pict-
lIres as If reading the headlines OF TIE
accounts Of nOled events and scenes.
Graphically we're momentous hlStor-
zeal events presented, beginning with
the scene where John Brown was hung
in The valley OF Virginia, near Charles
ton. now West Virginia. The Scahold,
surrounded by hollow square OF FED
eraI troops. commanded by ''StoneWalF'
Jackson. and the other surr0undlngS,t TO-
gether with picture of the noted aOo-
iitionists. were outlined. The adop-
ton of the frst ordinance OF
secession in the capital Of South caro-,
lima was the next scene. Then followed
pictures OF The firing OH Fort Sumter,
The call for volunteers by Lincoln, the
battle at Fredericksburg, the charge OF
the Irish brigade, ShermanS march 10
the sea, the surrender OF Lee, the re-
view of the troops in Washington at tlle
close of the War-all were portrayed
from the correspondents standpoint.
Then came
Pictures From Abroad.
The starting of Columbus to discover
America. war scenes in Europe. the
Franco-Prussian war and its great pat
files and the civil war i'll France thaC
followed we're clearly outlined. Then
he turned to natural scenes ana phe-
nomena. All earthquake Ill Iceland ana
volcanic eruptiOnS, the grandeur OF tAe
Alps, the rocks of Gibraltar. the clues
of the Orient and scenes III unclVlliZed
countries received the dement, OF lhe
word pictures by the noted edlt0r'
Proceeding, MIR. Halstead said: LAS
to tell what course the press will take"
In illustrating the progress made IN the
matter Of disseminating news III the
past. the speaker alluded TO two events
In New OrIeaHS-one the occasion or
Gen. Jackson defeating the British, the
other the contest between Sullivan and
Corbett for the worlds championship.
The news Of the former was slow in
reaching the people, while as to the lat
ter. thousands of people in different
cities stood around the telegraph offices
while the contest was going on to learn
the news of the event as it progressed.
Mr.. HalStead spoke in compliment
airy way of the successful work OF the
women in conquering Journalism: He
also spoke OF the greatness Of the North
west as it appeared to him and the New
York delegation, who had been in the
habit of looking upon this country as
the frozen desert. The speaker made a
pleasant impression Oh his audience and
was heartily applauded.