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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
THE RETAIL BUSINESS OF MINNEAPOI

~ I,TAIL business Is always the
first to establish itself in a
TX new community and the re-
tail business Of Minneapolis
is. therefore, the oldest of
the several groups into
which the commercial activities of the
city are divided. For fifty-six
year merchandise has been re-
tailed at or near the Falls of st.
Anthony; for the first store was
opened in 1S47 by r. P. Russell. who
thus became the pioneer of all the
great business interests of Minneap
oils. Mr.. Russell's store was on the
wards became the village Of st. An
thony. There We're no settlers OH the
West Side at that time.
In 1S49 William r. Marshall, who
afterwards became governor of the
state, opened the second store in st.
Anthony. Franklin Steele and Colo
mel John H. Stevens, the pioneers of
the east and west sides of the river
respectively, established a partner
ship In a store on the East Side in
1851. These were the beginnings of
the mercantile business of great city.
Colonel Stevens built home on the
west side of the river and in 1853 had
so far promoted the interests of the
new town that a store was regarded
as necessary, and the want was sup
piled by Thomas Chambers, the pio-
neer of the retail business of Mime
apolis proper. During the following
year nine business establishments
were added. What was described as
the Largest stock Of goods outside of
Fort Smelling in Hennepin county"
was put In by l. I. Lewis q co. This
like the other early stores of st. An
thony and Minneapolis, was a gen
eral store" in which almost every kind
OF merchandise was to be found and
where barter was as common as cash
dealing-in fact, more common in
those early days. Not only the settlers
In the vicinity found trading convent
ent; the trappers and Indian traders
came in from the west and northwest
with furs and pelts obtained from the
Indians and exchanged them for goods
with which to carry on further trans
actions with the red men. Even the
Indians themselves were good GUS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
Pioneer Days-Condtions in 1878--The Develop
ments of Twenty-Five Years in Methods, Facil-
tiles and importance of Retail Trade.

b VI 1rSts
at 21s5 Nicollet avenue, and G. b. and
y. III. Smith were satYs20 and 70 L. City
market. Both these FIRMS ARE, still in
business. None ofSthe prominent cloth
ing houses OF the present day was in
existence and none fA,the shoe deal
ers Withthe exception of A. Knoblauch
& Sons. sstIns the book trade S. M. Will
l1ams was located at 224 Hennepin,
and Cushman, & Plummer at "a Wash
ington avenue S. The latter firm is
one of the very few which occupies
the same, location that 1t did twenty
five years ago. j. r. Hofflin and T.
K. Gray opened the drug store at
washington and First avenue S in
1873. With the exception, of Mr..
Grays store on Hennepin avenue, the
names-ef 1.-The remaining druggists of
1878 are not to~be. found in the bust
ness lists of to-day.
The city had two carpet stores, six
teen cigar stores, twenty-nine - con-
fectionery stores, nine crockery stores,
six fancy goods stores, eight gentle
mems furnishings stores three house
furnishing stores, thirty three meat
markets, I4twenty-four v1nilliners, sthir-
teen notion stores, seventeen dealers
On stoves and tfnWare and nineteen
jewelers. and Watchmakers. Laundries
were becoming well established. The
only one which is recognized as being
Still. in business is the Hennepin.
Bachner Bros. aand i; Henry KRUGER
weresins the, gun business ins'7S as now.
%. c. Babb, was jim, the ice business at
L Washington, avenue S.; this was
the business now known as the Cedar
Lake Ice company. There! were eleven
photogra piers In the city, ~but none
has survived the twenty-five years ex-
cept J. A. Brush, who was then at 223
Nicollet avenue. OF the four dealers
III pianos and organs none is identified
with the business of 1908. !, OF the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

But these pioneer days saw the
establishment of business institutions
which We're to last to the present time.
Perhaps the very Oldest retail house In
the city which has continued without
essential change in name or charac-
ter of business is that of Knoblauch
Bros, which was established as A..
Knoblauch in 1857. The business has
always been that of retailing shoes,
and has been uninterrupted since the
beginning, forty-siX years ago. An
other very old business is the retail
hardware establishment conducted by
w. K. Morrison &, Co. Governor John
1855. He afterwards became a whole-
saler and in the seventies sold out his
entire interests, which were later
separated. Janney, Semple, Hill & Co.
now conducting the wholesale section
Of the business and w. K. Morrison &
break in the business, tho the name
has changed several times. w. w.
Wales opened a book store in ST. An
thony in 1854. The business was not
continuous. as Mr.. Wales was several
times called to public offices, which
interrupted his commercial career, but
it was practically the same interests
and good will which were the basis
of a more permanent business in later
years and which, subsequently, by the
usual processes of business evolution,
became the art store of Wales & Co!
and now the Beard Art and Stationery
company. S. M. Williams isithe oldest
bookseller in the city. He commenced
business in 1868 at 224 Hennepin
avenue. The drug, business of T. K.
Gray was established in 1856 by John
D. Gray and M. d. Greedy.
Several of the pioneer retailers Of
the tifties afterwards became jobbers.
founding houses which are now leaders
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
n the wholesale trade Of the north

in the wholesale trade Of the north
west. st55 d
The larger retail business, of the
present time Is almost entirely the
life of T he ] our5na L.. In 1873 the
two larger dry goods firms of the city
were Goodfellow & Eastman and G..
w. Hale & Co. The former firm was at
Eat and $40 Nicollet avenue and the
latter at the corner of Nicollet and
Third-so1-3 Nicoilet. Goodfellow &
Eastman had just started business.
since 1867. There were thirty-o ne dry
goods stores In the city, but most Of
them were very small establishments.
And they We're dry goods stores in fact,
in those days; the department store
idea had not arisen In the business
world.
In the furniture line one of the prin-
cipal stores was that of George f..
Warner & Co., at 325-7 Nicollet ave-
nue--long since discontinued. Phelps
& Bradstreet had just started IN the
furniture business at 1918 Nicollet
and from this business developed, the
house of Bradstreet, Thurber5 & CO.,
furniture establishments in the entire
west. Mr.. Bradstreet still continues in
the furnishing and decorating. line.
There We're 112 retail grocers IN the
city In 1878, but the list may be
scanned in vain for any names prom
inent in the trade to-day. One Of the
larger groceries was that Of i. A. Har-
mon & Co, at 247-9 Hennepin avenue;
and A. c. Haugan ran a large store
at 10000 Washington avenue S.
In hardware, Janney, Moles, Brooks
& CO. kept the largest store, at LOT
Nicollet avenue. This was the old
Pillsbury business now handled by W.
K. Morrison & Co.. Janney Bros. We're
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

present day jewelers. Eustis Bros. was
the only firm doing business here in
rs. Its number was 238 Nicollet ave-
nue..
In appearance the retail district Of
the city was vastly different from now.
The contrast illustrations scattered
thruOut the various sections of this
edition OF The ournal will give
very good idea of the style of archi-
lecture prevailing and the general
aspects of the streets. Minneapolis
was, In fact, in 1878. a country village
IN everything but population. Altho
there were probably $4,000 people or
more here, the streets and stores
would scarcely be a credit to any Min
avenue, as it is known in 1908, had not
yet developed as a retail street. The
principal stores were on lower Mic
ollet. lower Hennepin and Washing
ton avenue. A three-story brick store
was an exception; frame buildings of
one and two stories prevailed. One of
the best buildings in town was the
street occupied by G. w. Hale & Co.
A decided contrast may be observed
between this and the palatial Andrus
building where John w. Thomas &,
Co. Successors to Hale & Coz are
now located. Hale & Co. were almost
on the borders of retail trade on Mic
ollet. There were few scattered es-
Establishments between Third and Fifth
streets, but above the latter street
were residences. The old city hall at
Second street, then the home of the
postoffice, newspapers and various
lines of business, was the center of
the commercial life of the city and
retailers kept as close to it as was pos
sible.
years of retail development since 1878
no. phase has been more marked than
the change of base of the stores. The
center first shifted to Nicollet avenue
above Washington, and then gradu-
ally pushed UP the avenue until Nicol-
let and Fifth may be fairly regarded
as the most central point in the re-
tail district.
The change to modern store build
ings was the necessary result of the
great growth of the city. But
no other city has made the
change in SO short d time, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

toners. There We're many of them
Within easy distance of the falls and
they We're frequently to be seen in the
pioneer stores.
The first record Of store devoted
exclusively to one line of goods is
that of e. III. Davie and John Califf-
a hardware store, started in Minne-
apolis in 1854. In the same year
book store was established by John
M. Anderson, a harness shop by Will
liam 6. Murphy, a gun shop by John
Morrison, and a millinery store by
Mrs. A. Morrison. st. Anthony was
also making rapid progress, and in
this same year of 1854 boosted Of
list OF stores kept by the following
firms and individuals: r. p. Upton,
Henry Reynolds, Walker & Gardner,
gar Nash, DR.. H. w. Whitemore,
James A. Lennon, Richard Fewer. S.
Stanchfield, r. Ball, j. c. Mccain, j.
Piddington, Samuel Ross, N. Hendry,
John Orth, John G. Lennon, j. P.
Wilson, n. Hohler, T.. P. Mills,
Holmes & loser, A. King. James c.
Tufts, John Holland, Joseph McAlpin,
J. r. Mcfarland, A. Bacon, S. G.
Clark, John Wensinger. J. j. Ken
nedy Vanderpool & Wolds. William
Spooner, o. w. Stoughton, w. f. Ca
hill and S. L. Vawter.
Notwithstanding the rapid increase
In the number Of stores business
methods were very primitive in the
two villages for years to come. Bar
ter was not outgrown for decade or
more. The advent Of the first dray
upon the streets of Minneapolis was
a great event in business circles in
1854. Goods had been hauled from
the steamboat landing in farm wagons
or on sledges, or perhaps in the over
land freighting wagons which were
used to a considerable extent before
the day of railroads.
Buildings were almost invariably
rude frame structures of the type
seen in the newer country villages at
the present time. In front were
wooden sidewalks and frequently a
wooden awning extended to the side
walk line. The stores were lighted
with oil lamps and heated by great
wood stoves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
EMPLOYERS ARE
IN FOR A STRUGGLE
Kansas City Business Men Propose
to Have all NOn-uniOn Discrim-
mating Ordinances Repealed.

Kansas U1Uy, June 29-The Employ
ers' association, with a membership of
nearly 5000. including most of the bust
ness men in Kansas City, has started
movement to repeal all city laws that
discriminate between union and indie
pendent labor. Among the laws that
will be attacked are several that favor
the product of union labor exclusively
the most obnoxious to the Employers
assOcia ton being that which forbids
the letting by the city of printing con-
tracts TO any but unionized shops.
1t will also oppose the eight-hOur
law now enforced by the city admins
tration as well as the ordinance re-
quiring an applicant for engineers If
cense to be examined by a board COM
posed entirely of union men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
SCIENTISTS MEET In
MOTHER CHURCH
Gather From All Over the World
to Hold Services in
Boston.

Concord, \. H., June 29.-Christian
Scientists numbering 10000 to $4,000
assembled here today in response to
an invitation of Mrs. Baker-Eddy to
visit her home.
Boston, June 29.-The annual com
munion' service of the Mother
church of the Christian Science sect,
the First church, Science, was held in
Mechanics hall, the three congrega-
tions aggregating over $4,000 persons.
Professor Herman S. Herring, former
ly of John Hopkins university, andwho
is a son of DR.. Constantine Herring,
ono of the founders of homeopathy in
this country. officiated as first reader,
and Mrs. Julia Z. Williams was sec
ond reader.
There was no departure from the or
der of service fOlloSed at previous an
nual communions in the mother church
and it closely followed the service in
the individual churches of the denom-
ination. There was no communion as
it is generally knOwn-no meal or
wine. Before each service was brought
to an end Professor Herring read a let
ter from Mrs Eddy, in which she ex-
pressed her love for her church, and
invited members to visit her today at
her home in Concord, II. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
JoL1ETs MUNICIPAL ROW
Mayor and other officials In Hot Dis
agreement and Talk of Impsach-
ing His Honor.

Joliet, ILL.,, June 29.-Mayor Crolius
caused a sensation when he replied to
public letters issued in which City At
torney McKeown characterized the
mayors action in signing an alleged
dram shop license as an act of perfidy.
The mayor declares that it was fight
between rival breweries and says that
the Anheuser-Busc of st. Louis, and
local breweries are in conspiracy to
keep the Schlitz people, of Milwaukee,
from local trade.
Mayor Crolius calls attention to the
fact that the attorney for the state in
the proceedings instituted against the
dram shopkeeper to whom the mayor
issued an alleged Illegal license is
son of one of the largest stockholders
in the local brewery The mayor says
he will not back down, although he
says he issued what the city attorney
claims is an illegal permit, and pro-
ceedings TO impeach the mayor are not
at all improbable in the near future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
LORD HARRINGTON"
HELD FOR A CRIME
Charge OF Murder in the Killing
of McCann at st.
Louis.

st. Louis, June 29.-The nude body
of man discovered floating in the
water of a deserted stone quarry near
BonfiFs station, st. Louis county, has
been identified by his wife as that of
James z. McCann, who had been miss
ing since June IS. When Mrs. Nc
Cam saw the articles, she exclaimed:
''Oh. my God! He has been murdered"
McCann was once well-known horse
man.
The police have taken into custody
Lord Darlington" with whom Nc
Cam saw the proof, she exclaimed:
awaiting the result of the investiga-
tion being made by the police. Lord
harrington" came into the public view
some months ago posing as a British
noblemAn, and as such married wom-
an from Kansas City named Cochran,
who soon left him, besides which her
brother kicked Darlington out of the
house. The circumstantial evidence
against him is very strong, but he de-
clares he is innocent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
RELIEVED BUT MORTIFIED
Probable Condition of the Man Who Was
the Victim of This Joke on
Himself.

New Haven, Conn, June 29.-''FOr
heavens sake send for an ambulance,
for have just run over this poor boy
with my wagon and cut his foot off"
shouted James ]. Doyle in an under
taking shop as he held in his arms D
year-old George McDermOtt. At the
same time he clutched tightly at the
trousers that covered the footless leg
and wound cloth around the stump.
THAT will save him from bleeding to
DEATH" said Doyle. pressing hard
against the Jagged ankle.
The boy was crying at the top of his
voice Just then the ambulance clat-
tered up to the undertaker's. Doyle was
excited and pleaded for haste. Here's
de kids foot" yelled one or McDer-
motifs chums, as he threw wooden
foot into the undertaker's office. Then
Doyle unwound the trousers leg ana
found that he had been holding on to
a wooden leg all the time to prevent
it from bleeding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
ARE STILL AFTER
INDIANA ASSASSIN
Coroner Reopens Inquests in
Sutton and Yeager
Cases.

KOkomo, Ind, June 29.-Coroner
Harrison has reopened the inquests in
the Sutton and Yeager murder cases
and facts have developed that are like
~ to result In four arrests. The first
witness was Miss Nina Eaton. who,
with Goldie Garretson, Nit" Girard,
and Claude Arbuckle, alE of Sharps-
vile, were buggy riding On the same
road, at the same spot and hour when
Louis Yeager lost his life near the
home of his betrothed, Myrtle Finley,
on the night of May 10.
Miss Eaton was reluctant witness,
and denied seeing Yeager that night 1t
f. said that Girard has left the country,
and Arbuckle could not be found. Miss
Eaton is credited with saying: IF get
in trouble over this Yeager death there
will be trouble for others.p Prosecutor
McDaniels is conducting the examina-
ton, and believes that the double muir
der mystery will be solved within a
few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
NORTHCOTT CALLS
MOB WORK MURDER
Attitude Of Acting Governor Re-
specting the BeIleville
Lynching.

Greenville, H., June 29.-Lieutenant
Governor Northcott, now acting chief
executive of Illinois. in the absence of
Governor Yates. will today address
letter to Circuit Judge II. w. Holder
asking him to call a special grand
jury TO investigate the lynching of
David =. Watt, the negro school teach
er 1T Belleville The acting governor
said: when Wyatt vas lynched plain
murder was done. there is no other
way of looking It the matter" He
expressed astonishment at the laXity
of the officers i'll not trying to save
Wyatt's life.
Acting Governor Northcott dictated
Il statement to the public in which he
says: ''4As acting governor / have no
authority to compel action on the part
of the judicial department l assumed
that the circuit judgeOr state'sattorney
andother law officers of st Clair county
would do their full duty in bringing
to justice the perpetrators of the out
rageOus lynching of this man Wyatt.
cannot in too strong terms on my
own behalf and on the behalf of the
good people of the state of Illinois
and st. Clair county denounce lynch
law wherever it may appear in this
great state Whenever the people sur
render the form of lawful procedure
to mob rule life and property are no
longer safe and the fair name of the
state is stained and dishonored."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
THIRTY KILLED ON THE RAIL
Crain Overturned on q Spanish Road
Fourteen Bodies Recovered, with
Fifty Injured.

Madrid. June 29.-Fourteen bodies
and fifty injured persons have been ex-
tricated from the wreck of Bilbao
train which ovel turned at NejeriIla riv-
er. According to official inform9 ton
thirty persons were killed and sixty
others seriously injured. Many of the
latter will die. OF the 300 passengers
on the train it is stated that only six
escaped unhurt.
The train, which was composed of
two engines and sixteen coaches. was
crossing bridge when the couplings
between the engines broke. The sec
ond engine left the track and fell, fol-
lowed by the entire train, into the bed
of the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
Davenport Capitalist to Be
Appointed Rich ReIa-
tiVe'S Guardian
TO SUCCEED VAUGHN
Late Cardinal Held the
Trust at the Time
of His Death.

San Francisco. June 29.-Richard
Burke, of Limerick, Ireland, who mar
ried into the Donahue family, arrived
here from Ireland few days ago to
take a hand in the proceedings involv-
ing the guardianship of the person
and estate of Peter J. Donahue. the
demented capitalist, now left vacant
by the death of the noted prelate,
Cardinal Vaughn, appointed by the
London courts last year.
Col. DOnahue to Be Appointed.
Information now given out Is that
all the interested members of the
families viii agree to the appointment
of James P. Donahue, of Davenport,
Iowa. and it is believed he will prob
ably be appointed without any oppo-
sition from the heirs.
An Extensive Estate.
Peter DCnahue's estate is said to
be worth in the neighborhood of a
million and half and largely situa-
ted in this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
K,nq Pet.r coe. to church.

Belgrade, Servia, June 29.-king Pc
ter attended the services at the cathe-
dral without any escort. The official
account of the recent demonstrations,
based on an investigation made by the
war minister, is expected to be pub
lished shortly. 1t is understood that it
will say that the conspirators did not
intend to kill their majesties' It only
to deport them; but they v ncited
to the murder by the att Lieu
tenant Petrovics, the kiI secretary,
who fred the first shot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
NEGRO DEGENERATE
DESERVES HANGING
Shoots Out of Revenge Into an EIec-
trio Car and Wounds
Many People.

Media, Pa. June 29.-FOur women
and two men were shot and severely
wounded in an interurban car be-
tween Media and Chester. \ negro
who is believed to have been seeking
revenge because the conductor of the
car recently elected him, discharged
both barrels of a shotgun from a
elump of bushes at the car as it pass
ed lonely spot in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
He WIN BE Hanged Vet.

Marion, ILL.,, June 29.-Silas Jones, of
Herrin, lad Is years old, appeared
before Judge Duncan in court, indict-
ed for attempt to murder his mother.
The boy entered plea of guilty, and.
owing to his age, received reform
school sentence. Jones has appeared
as defendant in several criminal cases,
but this deed surpassed all others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
RELATIONS CORDIAL
WITH COUNT CASSINI
State; Department Authorizes AssO-
ciated Press to Deny Enron
eOus Report.

Washington. June 29.-The Associ-
ated Press is authorized to state that
the reports in circulation to the ef-
feet that there is friction between
the administration and Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador. are absolute
Iy without foundation. 1t is stated
the relations of the president and the
state department with Count Cassini
are officially and personally entirely
cordial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
CHICAGO TROLLEY CAR IN
FATAL COLLISION

Chicago, June 29.-As the result CT
the brakes refusing to work an Arch
er avenue trolley car plunged into
Belt Line freight at the FOrty-seventh
street crossing early this morning.
Minnie Malstrom and an unknown
man were killed and nine passengers
seriously injured. 4 number Of 9TH
ers were slightly hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
Are To Be Brought in
Against August w.
MaChen
FOR TAKING A BRIBE
Another Little Chapter
in PostoffiCe Scan
da1S.

Washington. June 29.-The district
attorney announced that the grand
jury will today bring additional in
dictments against August w. Machen
for receiving a bribe, and Croft Broth
ers for giving a bribe.
To Put All on One Footing.
The indictments are brought to put
the first Indictment on the same foot
ing as the second. which latter in
volved the Lorenzes, of Toledo, in the
charge of conspiracy to defraud.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
CONFERENCE CALLED as
TO RUssIA's ATTITUDE

Pekin, June 29.-The Russian min
ister, NJ Lessar, has been suddenly
summoned to a conference with Gen.
Knropatkin, the Russian war minis
ter. and Admiral AleXieff, in COM
mand of the Russian feet in the Pa
cific, Pekobiloff, manager of the
Russo-Chinese bank at Pekin, and
other officers at Port Arthur regard
ing Russia's position in Manchuria.
Lessar leaves here July 1.