The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-15

lawyer came to st. Paul in 1859 and
formed a partnership with the late Hor-
ace h. B1gelow. In 1854 he went 70
traverse des Sioux Nicollet county He
was notary public and deputy clerk. and
!ater district attorney He served In
the legislature Of 1856, but resigned after
Tlle session. and in 1857 served in the
1 aotlc branch of the constitutional
convention In 1856 he was annointed
indian agent for the Sioux, their agen-
CIes pelng on what Is now known as
Norlh Redwood, and near the no1,+b 90
the Yellow Medicine river. In 1877 h.
resigned as agent, and was made aeso-
clate Justice of the territorial srnreroa
court That fall he was elected to tbe
ealie positlon In the state government.
anu ne was also appointed by Gov. SibIev
judge advocate general of the STATE ' MI;
tary organization
Judge Flandrau was most active d.
ing the Indian uprising Of 1862. Imma-
uldteIy on receiving news of tha or
oIeah he went from his home at Trav-
eIse ues Sioux to St. Peter, a mile away
organized company of lis men and
s %en' 10 the relief of New Ulm, then un-
siege py the reds. The populace
az &c riaiiurau with one voice comman-
oer-1n-chief of the defensive forces
nm IN response to a dispatch from judge
with
for the relief of the town. bnt +ba Ia Ia
sleged residents of New Ulm were co1,o
peIleu 70 abandon their town three davs
aIter, Gov. Sibley having only reacbea
st. Peter. iiS reached
After the relief Of the New TrIr, oon
3ngent by Col Sibley's arrival Jndee
FIandrau wrote to Gov. Ramsey:
II you desire my services to conduct
matters on the west side or eIseWb oelcu cT
WISH you would give me some XIII iI of g -,
tnorlty' cannot hold any connissioc,
S en- uon want any, but desire to he uen-
soma a. ILLS Jrls CRISIS of the state Give me
mission S' u4ar com :
Inc answer to this was:
10 whom it may concern:
- me non. Charles E. Flandrau is here
py auth0rlzed to proceed with expedition
H. tlle Blue Earth country, embracing
Lle counties lying south of the Minnesota
river as far up as New Ulm, and to talIa
such measurse as, in his judgment, he
nay ueeIn advisable to secure that Dor-
store confidence to the the settiers e re- re-
this purpose he is authorized to emplov
such persons, organize such military com
Panes and to use such means as may
be necessary for the objects. He is fur
Their authorized to use and control for
the purposes above stated such compa-
mes or parts of companies as may now
be in that locality or such as NAV he
detailed for that purpose by the colonel
commanding the Indian expedition.
ALEX Ramsey. Governor
Two days later Gov. Ramsey sent an
other letter, the opening sentences Of
which were:
your letter of the 9th inst, inclosing
your report of the second battle of New
Ulm, has come to hand. Our entire popu-
lation feel grateful to you for the gal
liant part you have taken in the defense
of New Ulm and vicinity"
Judge F'landrau remained in the service
of the state until the outbreak was over,
being commissioned colonel of volunteers
In 1864 he resumed his judicial duties. but
soon resigned from the bench, and, with
his recent associate, Judge Isaac Atwatcr
of Minneapolis, went to Nevada, they
practicing law at Carson and Virginia cit
les. But 1867 found them back in Mime
sofa, in Minneapolis, where Judge Flan-
drau became city attorney and first pres
ident of the Board of Trade. In 1870 Judge
Flandrau located in st. Paul. and has
ever since practiced law here.