The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
Mr.. JOHNSTON
MAKES CORRECTION
Referred to Glencoe Register
Number One in His History
of the State Press.

In the address of D. S. 3. Johnston,
read before the Historical society on
the evening of Oct. IL, reference was
had to the Glencoe Register. To this
address, which was printed in full III
The Globe on the morning Of the
18TH Mr.. Johnston adds the following
regarding the Register. He says that
there were two Glencoe Registers and
that his address had reference solely
to Register No. /. Mr.. Johnston says
that he ought to have explained more
fully and that he will amend the part
referring to the Register before it goes
to the Historical society for publica-
ton.
Mr.. Johnston makes this statement
and explanation now because the pres
ent editor of Register No. 2 has writ
ten him saying that "the Glencoe Reg
lister is still very much alive" and has
continued in existence since its estab-
liShment in 1851"
Did Not Have Continuous Existence.
The continued existence of the pres
ent Glencoe Register back to 1857 Mr..
Johnston denies, and produces in PROOF
of his denial the history of Glencoe
Register No. l, as written and printed
by James C. Edison, in volume l, No.
1, of Glencoe Register No. 2, dated Feb.
proprietor of Register No. 2 and wrote
this history in less than year afte1
the death of Glencoe Register No. L.
Register No. was continued by Ed
son to volume 4, No. IL, May l6, 18l2,
when he sold the plant to Liberty Hall,
who ran it without break to volume Z,
No. Sc, Nov. 4. 1875. Nov. IL, 1875, the
paper was enlarged to eight columns,
and then, without explanation, the vol
10 1 with ha
probably intention of covering Regis
ter No. /, while as fact Register No.
l ran from Aug. s, 1857, to volume 9,
No. 81, making only nine years and
thirty-seven weeks of continued exist
ence, and about ten years and eight
months of time, including temporary
suspensions meantime.
The history of Glencoe Register No.
1, as printed in the first issue Of Glen
coe Register No. 2, Feb. rs, 1859, is as
follows:
In May, 1857, two strangers made
their appearance in Glencoe, seeking q
new village to start a paper. These
gentlemen were Hon. L. L. Baxter and
his cousin the lamented Capt. w. r.
Baxter, who fell in that awful disaster
of Gen. Sturgiss at Guntown, Tenn,
in 1864 Upon consultation with the
citizens Of the village a bonus was de-
Messrs. Baxter agreed to bring into the
village the material for a paper, as SOON
as the roads would admit of the trans
portation of the press in the summer.
Accordingly the middle week Of
July of that year, the Glencoe Register
made its appearance. The late Horace
Baxter was the publisher, and William
R. Baxter the editor. These gentlemen
continued their connection with the
Register until the last week in No
vember of that year, when it was pur-
chased by Col. John II. Stevens and
William S. Chapman, now OF Cali
fornia. 1t was started by the Messrs-
Baxter as a Republican sheet, but I'M
der the auspices of Col. Stevens and
Mr.. Chapman 1t sailed under Demo-
cratic colors, though it was more of a
local agricultural than a political pa
per.
'In March, 1858, the services of Mar
shall w. Robinson, Esq, the present
publisher of the Carson (Nev) Daily
Appeal, was secured. He printed the
Register and Col. Stevens edited it I'M
til the fall of 1862. During this time
the Register was one of the most pop
ular papers in the state. In Septem.
Der of this year Mr.. Robinson enlisted
in Hon. e. M. Wilson's (our member
of congress- elect) company, and, in con-
sequence of the Indian difficulties, the
Register was suspended until January,
1863, when it was printed during the
winter by Frank Daggett, of the Wa
basha Herald. Col Stevens still edited
the paper until August of that year,
when he sold out the material to
Messrs Gilbert and Snyder, Of this
town, since which time 1t has been
conducted by half score of different
persons. During the winter of 1858,
Rev. John Pugh was the editor, at the
time Col. Stevens was attending to his
legislative duties at the capital of the
state Mr.. Robinson associated with
him the late William F. Elliott for
some two years, while he was engaged
in printing it.
''Messrs. Gilbert and Snyder publish
ed it six months in 1854. Their typo
went to St.Paul for stock for the paper,
got on a spree and forgot to return;
consequently they had to suspend pub.
LEGATION. In November of that year G..
K. Gilbert, Esq, sold his interest in the
material to A. J. Snyder.
'FIn May, 1866, Mr.. Snyder leased the
office to C. A. Bennett (our present
typo went to ST. Paul for stock for the
paper, got on a spree and forgot to re-
turn, consequently they had to suspend
publication. In November Of that year
G. K. Gilbert, Esq, sold his interest in
the material to A. J. Snyder.