The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30
EAST AND WEST

EAST AND WEST
Romance in the Union Of Grinnel
and Mrs. Williams.
BISMARCK. NJ szD.-The end Of ro-
nance, which had the Missouri slope and
| the Standing Rock Indian agency for
part OF its scene Of action. is learned here
through cards announcing the wedding Of
| George Bird Grinnel, editor Of Forest and
Stream, the we'll known sportsmen's pub
| lication and Elizabeth Curtis Williams.
widow Of Emery Leverett Williams. q
| young artist who gave his life to obtain
inspiration for his chosen work, which
was the sketching Of the western Indian.
The wedding took place Thursday, Aug.
81, in New York city. Mr.. Grinnel Is
prominent in social circles in the east, and
Is a PERSONAL friend of President Roose-
welt, for whom he acted recently as special
commissioner to investigate the matter
Of leasing Indian lands at Standing Rock.
Several years ago Williams and his wife.
bride and brfdegroona. came to Bismarck
to study the Indian from an artistic
| standpoint 4 They were young, utterly
| inexperienced in the ways Of the west, but
| imbued with spirit Of determination
and halting at no obstacles. They We're
and their trip to Bismarck almost ex-
hausted their stock Of funds. There were
| two Indian agencies they desired to visit.
Blbowoods, 125 miles north of Bismarck,
and Standing Rock, about 100 miles south.
| They decided to visit the agency at Ell
| bowoods,: and not having the funds to
purchase a passage, started to walk the
entire distance through a thinly settled
! and unknown country. Their courage and
determination made them friends, and at
washbnrn.- General r. A. Williams, sur
veyor general of North Dakota, put them
aboard q stage for their destination.
| They did not find the material there that
they wanted, and returned after short
time = + - - ~ - *.ss., -
The state fair at Mandan was then in
progress, and many Indians were there
from the Standing Rock agency. Will
liams obtained several sketches, and from
occasional orders from his publisher, r.
H. Russell, the young people were able to
make their way. Friends secured them
permission to occupy a cabin on the
Standing Rock reservation and there they
| lived through the winter,abraving the Sc
verities OF cold and making friends with
the Indians. = H. - T."
The severe weather and the privations
and exposure incident upon this wild life.
told upon Williams health Naturally
delicate, he was unable to withstand the
and was finally removed to the agency
hospital, where he died after some months
Of suffering. The Indians grieved with
the young wife, and friends in Bismarck
did what was possible to help her. She
returned east, and shortly afterward g.
volume Of her husbands sketches was
/ brought out. It typifled Indian life with
the Insight Of ageniuse and was a success.
Mrs. Williams met many literary and ar
tistic people, and among them was George
Bird Grtnnel This acquaintance ripened
into mutual regard and eliminated In the
marriage. =" " ,-'-'>- ~
| Is EGAN, S. D.-The Egan' creamery,
which was burned several weeks ago, has
been rebuilt and opened for business yes
terday There was not d cent Of insur-
ance, but notwithstanding enough money
was raised In a few hours to rebuilt.-H.
II. sMaupin, Is putting up his local tele-
phone system and expects to have 1t ready
In three weeks. He starts out with be-
tween forty and fifty phones.-The next
enterprise Of citizens will be waterworks.
It Is the intention of the council to sub
NIT the question to the voters In a short
ttn1e.-Thts section has been visited by an
unusually heavy, rainfall and the result
has been that many farmers who expected
tosthresh out of the shock have not only
Ebeeil delayed, but some Of them have been
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the rain. The yield Of small grain is not
up to expectations, neither is the quality
as good as hoped for.-Will Bowers, who
! at one tirt1e was a resident OF Egan ar
rived yesterday, and will succeed Mr.. Gill
as station agent. ~ -, =
ABERDEEN, S. D.-The socialists Sc
lected a. campaign conmttte, with G. A.
Grant and Clark as chairman and W. A.
1 civilians OF Sioux Falls as Secretary The
Judicial circuits having branches Of the
I SOCIALIST organization were given members
Of follows: Second, ]. 0. johnson OF
Sioux Falls; third, e. L. Perkins Of Sioux
Falls; fifth, s. II. Cranmer Of Aberdeen;
sixth, Walter Price Of Milford eighth
Freeman Knowles OF Deadwood. The
committee was authorized to I'LL vacan
eies| Sioux Falls was selected as the
| campaign -s headquarters. Some of the
more, enthusiastic predict that the ticket
will get 5000 votes this fall and that by
/ 1904: the socialists will poll more votes
| than the democrats. To secure a cam
! paign organ, O. committee was appointed
! to raise money to buy the Dakota Ruralist
and Its plant In Aberdeen. This was the
paper Of w. d. Kidd and during hts life
#, carried the motto. Socialism in Our
Time" = r..
+ PARKER, s. D.-J. w. -Detwiler & Co.
| CO1lELdClOESl UI yDcS NOlH6S, nave com
pleted the brick work on the new court
house and have begun on the triple front
building OF Messrs Danforth, Cotton &
BurleW on Main street.-The Wentworth
house was opened to-day under the man
agement Of =. c. Robertson Of the firm
Of Charles Fowler & Co., druggists The
thouse has been refurnished and a gas
i light system has been installed.-The Par
ker house has recently been reopened by
A.. p. Lathrop, and has also been re-
! fitted and Is lighted with gas. Parker Is
better provided with hotel accomnnoda
tions than ever before.-The city schools
open. next Tuesday, Monday being labor
Eand prairie chicken day. p.
+ WiNAMAc, iND.-Andrew Rolling
a newspaper man of Washburn, N. d
and Miss Minnie Tnlle, Of Monon Station
Ind. were married.
During the war with Spain Rolling en-
listed as q volunteer from North Dakota
The special train on which he was travel.
Ing stopped at Monon for refreshments
Among the young women who waited on
the sotdiers was Minnie Tulle She prom.
ised to write letters to the boys durins
their campaign In Cuba. Miss Tulle was
true Ito her promise, corresponding witt
Rolling. When he was discharged fron
the army they continued to correspond
\ which resulted in to-day's wedding. 81