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and Portrait Collection" He said:
This society's library contains many
volumes, mostly nowhere else to be found
cal history of all those older parent
states.
"Our collection strictly relating to Min
nesota, however, far exceeds that here
gathered for any other state, if we in
clude the variations of explorers, visitors
and the many observant travellers who
i nave written yri, about us, and the books
ernment-as the journals and laws of the
legislature. reports and proceedings of
the departments of state executive af-
fairs and similar publications Of our uni
Versfttes, colleges, commercial, charitable
and religious institutions
These Minnesota books and pamphlets
although of inestimable value, are yet
very far surpassed In respect TO num-
bers, magnitude and historical impor
lance, by this society's great depart
ment of Minnesota newspapers. A com-
plete series Of nearly all newspapers pub
Hshed In Minnesota during the past fifty
years has been collected and preserved
by our society. We are now receiving by
donation from editors and publishers, AL
newspapers Of this state daily. weekly
and monthly They are preserved with
derous volumes, the yearly increase of
this department being about 300 bound
volumes. Their number on Sept 1, Of this
year. was 4,25O volumes. They are
priceless treasury Of materials for fu-
ture historians, being in fact a detailed
history of the development of the state,
townships from their beginning to the
present time.
PORTRAITS OF PIONEERS.
But must hasten to add a few words
concerning the society's collection of por-
traits A hundred and twenty portraits
society, besides twenty group pictures
which comprise 788 portraits Nearly ali
these are of pioneers and founders of
Minnesota, or Of citizens who In more re-
cent years have had a. prominent part in
the history and development of the state.
There are also many other pictures. as
OF ancient buildings, monuments, paint
tngs of historic scenes, etc, and many
framed documents, including letter of
George Washington, written in 1884 which
Il eha in the case holding the Washington
1.-THE men and women of the half cen
fury which We review today have built
shall vanish, but our work as citizens of
this state and as members of the Min
nesota Historical society will endure and
will be carried forward by others. Let
them rightly value their heritage, and
transmit 1t, increased, to their success
orS."
BISHOP WHIPPLE'S ADDRESS.
Bishop Henry B. Whipple spoke With
ferver upon "Recollections of Persons and
Events in the History of Minnesota" ct
VIII preface my address,, said the bishop,
with declaration of firm, unfaltering
faith in providence and God. Since the
mobiles of England, led by Stephen Lang
don, wrung from King John the Magma
Charta the English-spealing race has
stood for constitutional government This
government Of ours is made up Of the
best blood Of the northern races of Eu-
rope, and, as to character stands for low
atty to government and the protection
~ IA rio 1fcf - 4N,5 Tits,
dred and fifty million people speak the
English language. The loyalty of the
Notwithstanding people and love Of IN
dfv1dual rights is pre-eminentIy charac-
teristic Of the North Star state"
The bishop told of the rapid growth of
Minnesota and the whole fertile North
west. When the first census was taken
it recorded>but $3.50 in the entire vast ter
r1tory west OF Detroit, including all the
trading posts.
Gen. Sibley, the boy clerk of the
Northwest Fur Trading company" con-
tinued the bishop, brought the mails
from Detroit once week on horseback
st. Anthony Falls was the last OUTPOST
of civilization. You can judge of the es-
innate which people had of the North
west IN 1854. friend of mine was inter-
ested in the town site of Minneapolis. and
took as his share several lots upon which
the N1collet house in MINNEAPOLIS now
stands. He traded the lots for a span of
horses and received for the horses $3.50
He said he had thought the matter over
and knew where the future city of the
Northwest would be and reinvested the
$l50 in lots at Point Douglas And he has
them to this day"
The bishop gave some very Interesting
"reminiscences brought to mind by his
early clerical duties in this state while
conVen1ences for travel were meager and
times hard. THE character of the early
population was best demonstrated by the
citizen soldiery," said the speaker az
remember one Sunday in 1861 stood unon
dry goods box to address a regiment
and that night the First Minnesota en-
listed for three years. The next tina
l saw the regiment was on the battle
held at Antietam. That night, at the re-
quest OF Gen. Mcclellan I returned
thanks The general said to me: Il
shouid wrong brave men If I said that
your First Minnesota was the bravest in
the army, but I can say that no gen era1
ever commanded drawer regiment than
your First Minnesota
In closing Bishop Whipple said that he
could go on indefinitely eulogizing Inon
the memorable past and with a brief
eulogy of the judiciary and press and
some interesting statistics regarding the
INDIANS, he closed his address. In regard
dams IN the United States could snaok
English, $4,000 were being educated and
$4,000 were Christians. anu
MRS. Jane Huntington Yale sang ssrrb
Song of the Flag" accompanied by Prof
Titcomb. = W.
JUDGE FLANDRAU.
Judge Charles e. Flandrau was the
last speaker He opened by telling a
Iaushaole story upon Bishop WhippIe. He
then said to compress into half hour,s
address history Of the last ffftv vears
was IKE holding man up and asking
MIN to write history Of the world ubiIo
you wait. Since the organization of tbo
society railroads had taken place of tho
Red river carts, and two transcontinnnta1
lines, the Great Northern and Nortba,.r
Pac1f1c, had been built as virtually Min
neSota Institutions
In passing to more CHEEKY branch of
MS subject Judge Flandrau stated +bo+
the Ohlteo states had used more Justice
ana less arbitrary force in civilizing the
Is tnah any other country of the
world Judge Flandrau drew an eloouor+
comparison of the advanced facility nS
today and the unbroken forests and nm
trodden plains of the fifty years passed,
EVENING PROGRAMME
AT the evening session the hall of ra,-
resentatlves and gallery was -conpletelv
nIled with old settlers, their fami les ana
friends Besides the Twin City members
Oh the society, quite number from out
OF the city were noticed in the audience
among them Hon. Theo. S. Parvin of
Cedar Rapids, To-; Hon. Horace B. WI
son, of Red Wing, and Mrs Charlotte
van CleYe. An excellent likeness to Mrs
van CleVe executed in water color NV