The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

Minnesota club to the capitol by the fol-
lowing escort:
Mounted Police.
Band.
Gov. Lind and Mayor Kiefer in Carriage.
Governors Staff
Battalion Veterans Spanish War
Capt. Sigsbee and President Pruden in
Carriage
Battalion Veterans Spanish War
Battery A.
The line Of march of the escort will be
on. Fourth street to Sibley, Sibley to
Sixth, Sixth to st. Peter, st. Peter to
Exchange, Exchange to capitol The es-
cort viii disband at the entrance to the
capitol, only the band and governor
staff entering the building. During the
! reception, which will be held in the hall
of the house, chorus of school, children,
under the direction of Miss Elsie Shave,
will sing patriotic airs
Wednesday night, Thursday and Fri
day Capt. Sigsbee will be entertained
privately, and either Friday night or
Saturday morning he will leave St. Paul
for his home. During the days he is in
st. Paul all members of the Commercial
club will, in honor of the guest of the
club, wear white silk badges bearing the
inscription Remember the Maine" and
the club button.
There Is a possibility there wilisbe a
delay in getting the tablet cast, as the
war department has none of the captured
Spanish guns on hand at present. The
law provides that the guns may be loaned
to municipalities upon the application
of G. A. r. posts, or a recommendation,
but says nothing regarding melting. them
into bronz tablets.
1t is quite likely that a special act of
congress will have to be secured before
a bronze gun can be secured. Congress
man Stevens is working on the matter,
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In few days. Congressman Stevens
will try to secure one of the guns from
the flagship of Admiral Cervera, Cristo-
bal Colon.
gThe interest which the Commercial
club of this city has taken In the steam
ship St Paul eliminates In the visit and
reception of Capt. Charles Dwight Sigs-
bee to this city, and the selection Of a de-
sign for and the preparation of bronze
tablet which will be pfaced upon that
vessel to commemorate It's brilliant war
record. During the presidency of Mr.. ].
j. Corcoran, who was one of the organ
izers and the first president of the club,
he suggested that an effort be made to
have the government name one of it's
cruisers (Which was then in course of
construction after our city. Senator c.
X Davis sought to accomplish that pur-
pose; but was informed by the navy de-
partment that it was not regarded de-
sirable~ or proper that war vessel should
be given the Sanity name.
At the time that this answer was re-
ceived it was announced that the Inter
national Navigation company had let the
contract for the construction of two first
class steamships to be engaged with the
Paris and New York (Which vessels had
! been given an American registry in the
| Atlantic passenger trade. 1t occurred to
another member of the commercial club,
| e. S. Chittenden, that 1t would be more
| desirable for the city to have one of these
hrst-class ocean steamships named after
! the city than to give its name to a war
vessel which would be much less heard
| of and attract much less attention than
a vessel whose comings and goings across
| the ocean were constantly heralded at
home and abroad.
| AS the result of this suggestion Sc
made, and of the efforts of Senator Davis,
! the name was given to one of the two
| magnificent steamers, then the largest
| and best upon the ocean. The sister
! ship the Saint Louis, was launched In
! 1894, Mrs. Cleveland christening her; and
| In 1895 the Saint Paul was launched, Miss
| Csriscom, the daughter of the president
| of the international Steamship company,
| performing the ceremony. On the oc-
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