St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-14

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s 81 OuI par Willis A. German came as the
second governor of the territory He was from
na j. Traverse Rosser. from virginia.
nIe as secretary Of the territory under Cor,
H NiaI administration: Wescott WiIkin frorn
We" 1ork, who presided over the distrIct
! contn- r.;anuulsey county for a quarter Of a
-. - win distinguished honor and abil-
| ny; T. C. Palmer who became tho Gnu Fr. az
trict Judge OF Ramsey county. Wiiiia- - o. e Its
49, 80 I. ~ Maryiand. who became the frst
Judge OF the court OF common pleas Of Ra1a
sey county s. ]. r. Mcmillan. who SiloS IN
position OF associate and chief Justice ~ ~
supreme court OF the state. and served two
terms in the United States senate; Horace ~
Bigeiow and myself arrived IN 1853. Alexan
aer T. Jones. who was judge Of probate OF
ramsey county, and has for many years
represented our country in China and japan:
Jonn d. Sanborn. much distinguished as a
nshting general in the civil war; John PEN
man a Methodist preacher. turned lawyer
VINO was Judge OF probate OF Ramsey county:
Morris Lamprey. once regent OF the state
university; Oscar Stevenson Judge OF nrobats
OF ramsey county; John N Gilman. lanes
SInLIh Jr;, George l.. Otis. Henry j Horn
William p. Warner and many more qantIa,'
men whom l will have to omit for want OF
time and space -
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
The business meeting of the society
was held at the society rooms in the
capitol last night. After the DISPOSE
tlon or some minor routine business
the report of Librarian Kingsbury was
SNHilIAtICu- L lie formal report
pretaced with remarks Of some length
relative to the general work
de stated that during the past three
years the attendance at the society
rooms of those engaged in historical
research had increased over ten fold
ana that at present the interest taken
on the part of the general public nor
olly IN the cities, but throughout the
state, was correspondence greater.
!hree years ago four tables sufficad
LOT the use of those in daily attend
| ance Now thirteen are provided. and
at times that number is not sufficient.
This increase in the patronage nP
| the library is largely due to the inter-
est now being taken by people in their
family genealoges and the colonial
ana Revolutionary records of their an
ceStorS. This interest is commenda-
pie In that it fosters a patriotic pride
IN the history of our country. making
other citizens worthy descendants Of
worthy SlreS. Teachers, students and
writers OF history and other subjects
| ma on the society's shelves many rare
and valuable books, maps and mann
scripts for reference that cannot be
round elsewhere in the state or in the
Northwest. This class of readers has
greatly increased, and will doubtless
| continue to do so as the value of the
soctety's collection becomes more gem
orally known
The newspaper files, particularly
those of early date, are in constant
demand. THESE files contain records
of events and legal ana general notices
that become especially important as
time passes. Newspaper Offices are de-
stroyed by fire or surrendered to cir
| cumStanceS, and often the home files
are destroyed or lost. The Hinckley
/ fire demonstrated more fOrcibly than
any other event the value and the ne
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| ing, by systematic methods and in an
! accessible place for research the news
! papers and documents that pertain to
| the history of the state. Besides the
| files of the Hinckley papers now in the
! vaults of the society none others are
| known to exist. Within forty-eight
! hours after the fire parties were in to
refer to the files of the papers pub
! hshed at that place. The question Of
room presses. 1t will be probably six
or eight years before the quarters in
the new capitol will be ready, and
measures should therefore be taken
to provide suitable room in the mean
| time.
The report was as follows:
Donations Received-Books. 116S; pamph-
let's, 2,l51; total 1919 Aliases. 15 maps 80;
photographs, portraits and other pictures q;
manuscripts, q. With the gifts received for
the museum, the grand total is 3.469.
Especially noteworthy gifts made by
NJ.
A. Robertson. 404 books. and about 1000
pamphlets; by James J. Hill Esq, 81 vol
umes; by, Rev. e. c. Mitchell. 10 books and
us pamphlets; by Dr. Samuel a. Green. Of
Boston, Mass, 30 books and 1873 pamphlets;
by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,
50 books, 10 pamphlets; by the secretary of
state OF Iowa, Is books, Il pamphlets; by the
! State Library of Indiana, q books; by Hon.
J; Brewer, 40 volumes; by the United
States government. Washington, D. c., 1850
! books, 80 maps; by Prof. T. II. Lewis arch
geological collections for the museum.
! On the Library Accession catalogue, the
| additions in 1880, by gift, were 6l3 books ard
! 252 bound volumes of newspapers; and by pur-
! chase, 357 books and 80 volumes of newspa-
pers. The total by gift, $50, and by purchase,
umes on the library shelves Jan. l. 1896
were 25,330; of pamphlets 81 POI; in total
50, 537. The newspaper collection now has
1928 bound volumes. The card catalogue
comprises 90. 432 cards
report of the obituary committee
was then called for. ]. d. Ludden.
chairman of the committee, reported in
reference to the life of the late ]. Fetch
er Williams, that he had written to
Gen. j. Fl. Baker, of Mankato, asking
| him to prepare a memoir. Gen. Baker
was therefore called upon He stated
| that he had not understood that he was
to submit the obituary at present. and
| had therefore not prepared it. At the
| request of the society, he made a few
remarks upon the life Of the society's
IOi liiSl SECRETARY. he stated that he
first became acquainted with J. Fetch
er Williams as a college boy at the Ohio
| Wesleyan university, Delaware, o.,
from which both graduated Immedi-
ately upon his graduation, Williams
came to st. Paul. secured a position
upon one Of the daily papers, which he
held for twelve years. He was then
made secretary of the society and oc-
cupied the place for twenty-six years.
He resigned his position upon the paper
and gave all his time to the society and
with no reflection upon other officers.
had done more good for the society
than any other man. He was univers-
ally liked
Mr.. Ludden asked for further time In
which to prepare a memoir of Gov. Mar
shall which was granted.
| The monthly meeting was held early
in the evening. After the disposition
or routine business the secretary for
mally announced the death of Gov. Mar
shall.
Neil Currie. of Currie, MINI. was
elected life member Of the society.
Cen Sanborn moved that all mem
bers Of the society attend Gov. Mar
shalls funeral, and the motion was
adopted.
WOODHIEIN or TEIE .xyoDr1