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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-04
CITY NEWS.
.EULOGY BY GEN. BAKER
Eloquent Address Delivered at the
Ramsey Memorial Services
Last Night.

A large number of prominent citizens
of the state assembled In the senate cham
Der of the state capitol last night and
listened to an eloquent address delivered
by General J. H. Baker In eulogy of the
late Governor Alexander Ramsey.
On one side of the speaker was the bust
Of Minnesota's first governor. which was
viewed in public last night for the first
time. On the other side were two por-
traits, the latest having been painted only
recently by Miss Grace E. McKinstry of
Faribault.
General John B. Sanborn, president of
the State Historical society, introduced
General Baker, who said among other
things:
"The roster Of our seventeen governors,
territorial and state, comprises roll Of
admirable men, Of vigor and marked abil-
ity. But Alexander Ramsey is easily the
Nestor of them ALL His figure stands out
In bold relief, and his primacy Is univer-
sally conceded.
"On the 18th day Of January, 1853, he
was elected to the United States senate.
For twelve years he was a distinguished
and working members Of that illustrious
body. He served on its most important
committee, and no senator has left q rec
ord Of greater practical usefulness dur
ing the stirring period Of the war and
the reconstructive era following.
| 1T was his fortune to participate in
| those great questions Of reconstruction,
of resumption, Of constitutional amend
ments, which In their sweep involved all
the issues of the great civil conflict. Par
| ty matters were trivial; but these de-
manded wisdom and craftsmanship abso-
| lutte. In all Of these he obtained the high
water mark Of excellence His state was
proud Of him and felt a confidence in his
wisdom and pilotage felt in no other.
LAS illustrative Of his practical state
craft while he was chairman Of the COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads, some
Of our most valuable postal reforms We're
successfully achieved cheap international
postage was secured, and the celebrated
Ramsey bin corrected the old frank
ing abuse. Great improvements in the
navigation Of the Mississippi river, essen
| tial aid to the Northern Pacific railroad
and the most satisfactory assistance In
behalf Of the territories Of Dakota and
ing to the interests Of the great north
sedulous care.
lit Is proper for me here to remark tina
in the matter of negro suffrage he be.
lieved In q ballot based on intelligence
But in view Of the extraordinary course
of Andrew Johnson in pardoning and re.
storing to OWL rights those who hac
served in the rebel army, while all the
south were determined to refuse the ne
gro any rights whatever under any con
ditions, he felt that it was necessary tt
arm these wards Of the nation with thu
ballot that they might not be- utterly help
less, but in some measure become theil
own guardians" e..
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Mary E. w. Bowes to Robert P Anderson,
lot 21 block 1, Badger s. Penney's second addi-
Asahel H. Hussey and wife to Arthur G. Dan
enbaum, lot 8, block /, Boulevard addition, $3.50
Albert G. Bennett to Harriet A: Lambert, lot
81. block 1, Eastlawn addition, 5000.
Luella G.. Sawyer and husband to Samuel
Glading, lot 1, block SO, Calhoun Park, 1000.
Ellen A. NJ Selle Ludwig and husband to May
L.. Hart part Of lot l., Brewster's addition
Albert W. Davis and wife to Charles A. Her.
mann, lot 5, block IS, Calhoun Park, 81, 500.
I Andrew N. Brown and wife to Nels P. Holm
30, $500 anu -
Henry J. Gjertsen and wife to Nels Isaacson,
lot IA, block g. supplement to Forest Heights
Fred E. Barney and wife to John Johnson, lot
2, block g. McMillan's addition, 5000;
John Rrechfeldt and wife to Caroline Lewis
revised, 5000. ~. .a..- g.
Clinton Morrison to Ella s; Martin. part Of lot
/, block 2, Summit Park addition, $3.50.
Fl. J. Holmboe to Wilhelm Melos lot 2, block
8, Third Avenue addition, $1.271.
BENJAMIN F. Butler and wife to Alice NJ.
Mcintyre, lot II and ~, block 81, Calhoun Park,
Arthur 3. Boyce and wife ct al. to Emma l..
Converse, in section 49,. township III, range
Samuel Morse and wife to John J. Owens, part
of lots % and "a, block 2, J. T. Blaisdells re-
vised addition, 81 ,025.
Maria H. Welles ct al. to Anna D. Prentiss,
-
Martha Howlet and husband to Anna D. Prem.
tiss, part of lots 8, and 10, block Ii, Thwing's
q. A. Tbayer and wife to Henry G. Reeves
part Of lot 10, block l. Sunnysido addition, etc.
| 81, $50.
Addie NJ Libby to Charles G. Rosen, lot 49,
| block 2, Moffitt & Minds addition, ETC., $500.
| May e. Waite and husband to David Shepherd
| in section 81, township 11S, range 81, $1,550.
th poe P to add SRR H. se
| Congregational Home Missionary society to e
| A. Thayer, part. of lot Is, block 1, Sunnysidt
| American Bible society to E. A. Thayer, par
| of lot Is, block L. Sunnyside addition etc, 5000
| American Missionary association to E.. A
Thayer, part Of lot 49, block 1, Sunnyside add
Nettie L. Harlow and husband to E.
Thayer, part of lot 10, block 1, sunnyside add
] Congregational Church Building society to E
| A. Thayer, part Of lot IS, block /, Sunnyside I'D
| dition 5000.
! Henry G. Reeves and wife to Edwin A. Thayer
part of lot 10, block l, Sunnyside addition, etc.
| So, $50.
Lulu j. Field to Tyson 2: Thomas, lot II, blocl
| 8, Forest Heights, $1,000
| F. J. Blake and wife to Marten Young, par
of lots 1 and 2, block 2, Westphal's addition
$4,000.
| Twelve minor and unpublished deeds, 81, 904.
Total, forty -one deeds, $61, 446.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-04
BIRTHS.

. Nelson, Alr. and Mrs. c.: W.. 1915 Humboldt
thinner, Mi: and Mrs. L. W.. 221e Kenwood
boulevard, girl.
Hermann, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L., 22o1 West
ern avenue, boy.
Anderson, Mi. and Mrs. August, e1s Marshall
street NE, girl.
Holton, Mr.. and Mrs. William, Ala Oak street
SE girl.
Washburn, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L.. 2soa
Fourth avenue S. girl.
Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles, 72o Ninth
street S, girl.
Rathburn, Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ, 271s w Fortieth
Nee Mi. and Mrs. John, 4s Twentieth avenue
s, girl.
N girl.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Charles N. Beidleman and Jennie Petersen.
Martin o. Mattison and Louise a. Pfeiffer.
s. Theodore Gustafson and Anna Herberg.
Daniel B. Hartroft and Florence Maude Nor
timer.
Curtis M. Broom and Laurcne P. Jacquist.
Charley Peterson and Minnie Fransen.
William Page and Martha A. Thacker.
Gust Nilsson and Ingri Nilsson.
George H. Record and Elizabeth S. Holman.
Jake Confeld and Ide Harwitz.
John o. Cleve and Mary A. Stone.
Josiah Shore and Ellen Lawson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-04
BUILDING PERMITS

Wendlin Drott 625 Marshall street Sc, dwell
ing alterations $1,000.
Gust Ekstrom, 27se Chicago avenue, dwelling,
/ 81, $50.
G. Stanley Mitchell, 100 Fourth street s, re-
modelling Oneida building, $4,000.
Hobart & Willis, S26-S26 Hennepin avenue,
" Oswald & Winston, rear 1922 Fourth street s,
alterations, 1000.
Seven minor permits, 81 ,416.
Total, $74,016
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DEATHS.

Tjostelson, Betty, 725 Tenth avenue s.
Watson, Zela A., st. Peter church. E. Twenty
Delen, Emil 1913 Tenth avenue s.
Wicklund, Ulla, 1917 e Twenty fourth street.
Worthen, Wesley Thomas, 1s161s Sixth street
Anderson L n w. S 24se :, Thirteenth avenue s.
McDana, Mrs. Barbara, city hospital.
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II sick headache is misery what are
Carriers Little Liver Pills If they will
positively cure It? People who have used
them speak frankly of their worth. They
are small and easy to take.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

who had attended services in the small
chapel on Market street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets, were proba-
bly, moved to see the dissertation of the
sanctuary but the great majority of
the people hurrying past noted the
fact and paid no heed.
Indeed, probably few knew that this
little church is the oldest church build
ing in the city at the present time.
Erected in 1919 by the Methodists in
the village, then 1t remained the prin-
cipal sanctuary of that sect until 1875,
since which time it has been occupied
by many congregations, and it's walls
have echoed to discourses on the tenets
of many sects.
49, The church represents the efforts of
the early Methodists to establish in
their new community a home for their
denomination. The founding of the
church was due largely to the leader
ship of Benjamin F. Hoyt, who, though
not minister was a religious man.
and who, for many years, in addition
to attending to business affairs, broke
the bread of life to the children OF the
Lord on the Sabbath.
He was Familiarity known among the
people as Father Hoyt," for he al
ways protested against being styled
reverend" saying that he had never
been educated as a clergyman. Though
he was not a regular minister Of the
gospel, nevertheless, under his direc-
ton the affairs Of the church pros
pered.
Before the church was built weekly
services were held among the people
at their various homes, but as the pop
ulation Of the village grew, and as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

the new bell arrived the first one was
church, in the belfry of which it hung
for many years.
The Market street church was in
those days a conspicuous figure in the
village. Instead of being as now,
cramped between two large buildings,
1t was then set in a large open space.
Instead of an asphalt-payed street and
a city park in front, as now, in those
days there was a country road and a
clover field stretching for many acres.
Instead of being filled with bales of
merchandise and grimy with cobWebs,
In the days when it was a sanctuary
the little building was bright and the
interior was beautifully decorated. In
place of the dreary and dusty stiffness
that now prevails, there was heard the
devout voice Of the preacher expound-
ing the truths of life, or supplicating
the Most High for His mercy and
blessing. The anthems of the worship
ers no longer echo within the narrow
there sang of the glory of heaven are
now there. reaping the rewards Of their
lives of purity on earth.
The Methodist denomination increaS-
ed so rapidly that the church was not
long able to house all the adherents of
the sect In the village 1t was not long.
therefore, before parts of the congrega-
ton broke away and established other
churches Of its own. The original con-
gregation remained in the church until
1875, when the First Methodist church.
on Dayton avenue, near Summit ave-
nue., was finished. and the congrega-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
ton left the little Market street church
for its new home.
Has Seen Many CHANGES.

The church was then used for Vari-
Gus purposes. 1t was acquired by Austin
e. Dodge, who lived in the vicinity of
the church. He was noted as a COM
poser of music and secured the church
for ends Of his own. 1t was used for
some time as music school Later it
passed from the hands of Mr.. Dodge
and was sold at auction. 1t became
the property of =. G. Greenleaf. For
some time it was used as a drilling
place for the militia.
The church was purchased in 1876 by
Mr.. Edward H. Cutler for the Sweden
borgian congregation. and that sect
occupied the church for eleven years,
until 1887, when the church now occu-
pied by that denomination on the hill
was erected. 1t was then sold to Mr..
George Benz, Of st. Paul, who still owns
Ii.
Many were the changes that the little
church saw during the next few years.
1t was occupied successfully by one
sect after another. The Salvation Ar
my had the church for some time, and
1T was occupied for several years by
st. Peter Claver's parish. When it
was vacated by that parish in 1893 it
was used for gospel services and Rev.
L. Z. Horton and Rev. ]. S. Detwiler
preached there. It was then known as
the Gospel Tabernacle. Rev. Horton
was pastor for a few years and he was
succeeded when he went to Dallas, Tex.
by Rev. DetWiler. The Gospel Taber-
nacle vacated the little church during
the past year. 1t remained unoccupied
until two weeks ago when the final act
of the drama Of the little church was
enacted
1t is now a warehouse and bids fair
to remain so for some time to come.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
ST. PAUL'S OLDEST CHURCH
CONYERTEDINTO WAREHOUSE

wealth increased 1t was decided to Sc
cure a permanent house of worship.
Accordingly, the site of the church was
secured through the liberality of Mr..
Hoyt, and other prominent Methodists
in the village at that time.
First Brick Made in State Used.
The church was built with the first
batch of brick made in the state Of
Minnesota. 1t was finally completed In
October, 1S49, and it's dedication soon
thereafter was an event of moment in
the village. The church, as at first
built, had no belly. and that adjunct
was added later, when a bell was Sc
cured. The bell was secured from the
First Presbyterian church.
That church was built in the vicinity
Of the Market Street Methodist church,
and a bell was secured for it. The bell
arrived on a steamer one Saturday,
and it was Immediately conveyed to the
church and placed in position. So
impatient were the people to hear the
sound of the bell that, instead of wait
ing till the next morning to have the
DELL peal for the first time for the
summons to worship, it was rung that
Saturday night and created a great
sensation. Soon thereafter bell was
donated to the First Presbyterian
church by man in Ohio, and when
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

Nowhere in the world is the mutabil-
tty of things more stridngly apparent
than in America, and especially is this
true of the West. In st. Paul, where
the advancement has been so rapid and
the development so revolutionary, has
the process of change been given full
scope. Within a comparatively few
years a village has grown into a me-
tropolis, and as a consequence, the
buildings and landmarks of the early
days have of necessity been torn down
to make way for newer and more COM
modious structures. In this age things
are quickly disregarded when their
utility become exhausted
The demand for improvement is so
great that no regard is had for the old
and venerable. The spirit of CONNER
clallsm stops at no sacred memento of
the past, spares no relic of the early
days when it is in the way of a money
making project. The public is essen
TALLY practical, and no sacrifices are
spared when conditions may be bet
tered and incidentally profit may be
gained by those behind the enterprise.
No Note Is Taken.
Consequently but little note was TAX
en- two weeks ago when the oldest
church in St Paul was converted into
furniture warehouse. Old settlers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

then burn the house after sacking it.
This had happened time and again, and
the settlers We're just about Disguised
when the big uprising of 1862 came on,
Just as II civil war were not enough.
Appalling News Is Brought.
The news was brought to Anoka by a
couple Of OJlbwa Indians who had seen
the dreaded Sioux coming down the river
from their stronghold up near Brainerd.
Of course the village was in an uproar
best and strongest houses. Our house
was one of the best and largest in the
place, and 1 never will forget the sight
one woman presented as she came run
ming toward the house She was the
mother of very young twin babies-they
We're probably about three months old
arm while on her back. clinging about her
neck. was a boy Of two or three years
Ihat boy is today a wealthy citizen of
he wouldn't like it,
From all the surrounding country
they came in every conceivable manner OF
conveyance, One horse had four women
astrlde of It's patient back. The Chip
peWa or Ojtbwa. Indians came In also,
and would have fought till the last drop
of their blood was gone. Our fear and
dread or the Sioux was nothing COM
pared with the fearful hatred the Chip
pewas had for them.
"0ne family named Waters told US that
as they were coming along they saw one
place where the Sioux had been and all
the inhabitants had been killed. They
dared not stop, but as they passed the
house they could see quite plainly a little
boy whom the fiends had killed and. not
satisfied with scalping him, they had
crucifed him on the door OF the house
Then they had fired the house, but the
flames had died out after blackening
one corner.
One little girl told me a few years
after that the Indians had come to their
house and said that all they desired was
something TO eat. This was given then
and as soon as they had finished eat
ing they deliberately fell upon the de-
fenseless women and killed them all but
this one, who related the incident to me.
Escaped by FeIgnina Death.
THE manner in which she escaped was
by the merest chance. A great chief
had knocked her down in the first rush
and she had presence of mind enough to
lie quiet and hold her breath. The old
fellow bent over her and listened for her
breathing, and she said in telling me
of it. that one of his eagle feathers had
tickled her ear, and it was all she could
do to keep quiet. They went away and
She crawled into the underbrush, where
she was found days afterward almost
persisted with exposure and hunger
Among the Chippewas who came In to
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saw numberless deer. and I recall that
In the hurry of starting, he had not
thought to bring his gun.
I'VE were 'spliced'-folks called 1t so
then-and took UP housekeeping IN the
village, which was mere scattering Of
houses and shanties.
Then came the news of the firing on
Fort Sumter, and the work of prepar-
ing men for the field began And l tell
you it was work and no mistake. Prob
ably you will remember from your his
tory that Minnesota was one of the
very first to send men to the front and
that was not done without some fear
full hurrying. Long into the night the
women sat preparing clothes and other
necessaries for sons. fathers, husbands
and brothers. Indeed 1 know of cases
where the women sat up all night after
hard days work making what we
called housewives for the soldier boys
Those housewives We're bags which
contained a little of pretty nearly
everything that ever was. Many of
. these same housewives saved more
lives than you or l will ever know
about.
Few Men Left at Home.
We'll, the men marched away, leav-
ing only those who really had to stay
to protect the homes against the In
dams. Many and many home was
left without man about at all, and in
case of an outbreak the women would
have to run to the neighbors It was
through this 1 suppose that Ambroye
Bryant. near Monticello. built a sod
fort located pretty centrally to a large
settlement. Half of 1t was under
ground, and I'm told that the hole
Yhar c-tC h.
Then, when he knew Of the defenseless
condition of the country, Little Crow.
at the head of his Sioux warriors, start
ed on the warpath. and 1 tell you what
he spared none. He was the third chief
of the name, and think he had all the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
RECOLLECTIONS. OF The
SIOUX MASSACRE OF 1862

Twenty members OF the Ladies Cir
Gle of the G. A R., who met last week
in conjunction with the Grand Army
state encampment, are surely worthy
daughters OF the free and boundless
West Twenty of them were among
those who endured the horrors and
trials of that terrible uprising of the
Sioux Indians under %Little Crow in
1862.
From Mrs. S. H. Colwell, of Anoka,
T e GIL o b e obtained a graphic ,ac-
count Of some of the experiences that
fell to the lot of those brave men and
noble women who, in the days of Min
nesota's infancy, penetrated into the
trackless wilds of the territory to carve
out the destinies of what was to be,
within less than two score years, the
granary Of the world, In Mrs. Col
Wells words one can read a drama of
the people, a tale Of the days when
men chased the buffalo along the taw-
ny paths, the days of maSSacreS and
curdling Whoops over which the mel
lowing, diamond dust of romance has
been sprinkled.
One would not imagine that the tall,
sweet-faced woman who told so calmly
of those time had sheltered trembling
women and sobbing children in her
stout home, while the stealthy savage
crouched in the brushwood without.
waiting Tor darkness to come that they
might destroy all within.
.s7su Tells of Early Days. -
:" Yes, 1 remember thoseudays quite.
WE'LL" said Mrs. Co1wel1 "At that time
l was seventeen. years old, and, tffough
much of it has gone from me, there are
some incidents that are as fresh in my
memory as though they happened yes
terday.
I'm a state Of Manner as all from
the Pine Tree state " sTe called ins the
West In those days When was very
young my father, Barton Keene, con
ceived the idea of moving westward.
and in due time he settled near Anoka
"ei re nave tiVeq all my i've I'VE; was
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married in 1861. tortle village gun
smith OF Anoka, James MeCreedy,
Scotchman. 1t Seems strange 1 sup
pose to the people of these -tiHfes0 to
near that the girls of that period were
nearly all married and settled in their
own homes at the age of sixteen. but,
posesmen wanted them more then thans
they do now
There may be something init, a3too,
that they made better wives than the.
young ladies' of today. There was lit
tie enough of romance in The matter of
our eourtship and marriage. We just
decided that we would get married and
one day We found ourselves on the way
10 the justices shop. On the way we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

help us was young squaw, I should
Judge ABOUT a quarter-breed, the prettiest
girl L ever saw in all my life. It is so
long ago now that 1 forget her name in
Indian, but 1 have not forgotten al
1 do not think 1 will ever forget, that
1t meant Nodding Flower. What a Won
derfh tact those Indians had for naming
each other!
But the uprising passed and once more
the friendly Chippewas and Illinois In
dams passed along the roads with their
trains. They had very peculiar method
of travelling. The tent poles We're strap
ped to the horses sides and the ends
allowed to drag. Upon these was built
slender platform OF sticks and all they
owned-tent and everything else-was
piled on that. The small children rode
upon the horses backs and the sauaws
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

carried the little pappooses strapped to
boards to make them straight.
Years after the raid OF 60 I met and
talked to the leader OF It, old Keg-a-
dosh-ee. He thought 1t was great fun
and didn't appear to be at all repentant
for the lives he had taken so wantonIy.
or the precious blood that had soaked
the ground around Anoka. And. by the
way. I'm told that the old fellow Is alive
today. L have every reason to believe It.
but If he is he must be a great deal
over 100 years old. No. 1 wouldn't care
to go through those days agaiu-they
were exciting enough, but 1 never was
one who loved excitement Of that kind"