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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1915
He Came From Stock Which Helped
Make History.

He Came From Stock Which Helped
Make History.
Alexander Ramsey was born near Har-
risburg. Pa, Sept. s, 1915. On his fathers
side his ancestors were of good Scotch
stock, blended with the sturdy Pennsyi-
vania Dutch. His paternal grandfather,
Alexander Ramsey, was lieutenant In
the colonial army during the revolution,
and his father, Thomas Ramsey was an
officer in the American army during the
war Of 1912. His mother, Elizabeth KEEL
ker was a granddaughter of Lieutenant
Anthony kelker, a native of Switzerland,
and of Colonel Philip GreenWalt, Ger
man soldier Both these men served with
credit in the patriot army during the
revolution.
Governor Ramseys father died when his
son was 10 years of age, and the boy was
reared by his grand uncle, Frederick
Kelker, a merchant in Harrisburg. Gov
ernor Ramsey obtained his early elduca-
tion in a private school, presided over by
Professor Isaac D. Rupp. During his
youth he was a clerk in his uncle's store,
and later acted as clerk in the office
of the register Of deeds in Dauphin coun-
sty. Pennsylvania. While engaged in
this and other occupations, he was
diligently pursuing his studies, and
entered Lafayette college, at Easton, Pa,
in 1888. In 1887 he began the study of
law in the office of Hamilton Alricks OF
+ Harrisburg, and after course in Reed g
law school at Carlisle, he was admitted to
the bar in 1889. He began practice In
Harrisburg, and secured a. large el1entage,
but soon entered political life.
While a member of congress, Sept. 10,
1845, Governor Ramsey married Miss Anna
Earl jerks. a Pennsylvania, and a
daughter Of Michael H. jerks, her hus-
bands colleague In congress. Their two
CONS died in infancy, and the only sur
viving child of the marriage Is a. daughter,
Mrs. Marion Furness. Mrs. Ramsey was
for many years a leader in society in st.
Paul. and at different times was pronin-
ent in social circles at Washington. Mrs.
Ramsey died Nov. 20, 1884, at the age OF
IS.
His Early Political Career.
Governor Ramsey's political life began
with the presidential campaign of 1870
when General William H. Harrison and
Martin Van Buren were the opposing can
didates. Governor Ramsey took the
stump, on behalf Of the whig ticket. and
( by his powerful. speeches did much te
carry Pennsylvania for Harrison anu Ty.
ler. AS "a recognition of his services II
the campaign he was made secretary o.
the state electoral college, and In the fol
lowing January was elected chief clerk O.
the Pennsylvania legislature. He soo1
became prominent in the whig party II
!, his state, and in 1872 was nominated To-
Congress in a newly formed district. HI
received a large majority of the votes
cast, but it was afterward decided that tn,
district was illegally constituted and tn,
election was declared void
The next year Governor Ramsey wa!
nominated for the remainder of the tern
OF the Thirty eighth congress for the oil
Harrisburg district-Dauphin, Lebanon
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
A BROAD, VIGOROUS GOVERNOR
Territorial administration Showed the
Genius of the. Man.

".. Genius of the Man.
AS chairman Of the Pennsylvania whig
state committee in 1848 Governor Ram
sey had contributed largely to the elec-
ton of General Zachary Taylor to the
presidency. When President Taylor was
inaugurated it became his pleasant duty
to tender the governorship of Minnesota
territory to Mr.. Ramsey, which he ac-
cepted. His commission was dated April
g., 1S49, and Immediately after its re-
ceipt he removed with his family to his
new home, arriving in St.[Paul May 27,
1S49. ~ r. IL .-.' -: :. 5-..- 49,. .. =
The governors entry into the territory,
over which he was to exercise executive
control for some years, was so modest as
not to attract general attention. Tenn
pOrarily for one day, he and his bride
secured accommodations; at Bass Tavern,
where the Merchants hotel now stands.
but were rescued from that primitive hos
telry by Henry H. Sibley, who took
them. by canoe. to his handsome home at
Mendoza. Here the governors family
tarried until the house that had been se-
1ected as, the gubernatorial home in ST..
Paul, located on lower Third street near
the corner Of jackson, was completed.
Subsequently he built the fine house
which has since been the home of the
family and where he died yesterday.
During those first years Of the territory
it was Governor Ramsey's duty: to keep
nlInSSll, SlHIGIneu- Ol E+til6 COllUlLlOl OIL al
fairs at the! several Indian agencies, hear
all the complaints, and by correspondence
keep HIMSELF in touch with the bureau at
Washington and do all this in addition to
his duties as governor Of the territory,
the governmental machinery Of which he
had to adjust and put in operation.
The position required a man of COM
prehensive mind, sound judgment and SUI
perior executive ability, but Governor
Ramsey proved himself equal to all these
complex and difficult demands and ad-
ministered the affairs Of the territory
satisfactorily to all concerned.
! With the labor Of organizing the ma
chinery of government, securing officers,
managing Indian affairs, and administer
| ing various trusts, the governors chair
was no sinecure. When the first legis-
| lature met, in September, it bestowed on
one of the first counties created, and at
/ that time the most populous and wealthy.
the name Of our first governor, a deserved
land just compliment.
/ Treaties With Indians.
i Governor ramsey took early measures
4 to procure the extinguishment of Indian
titles. by treaty, ETC., and by the negoti-
iations made at Mendoza and Traverse de
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23

4
In 1861.
Sioux in 1851, 40,00000O acres of land
were thrown open to the settler. In the
fall Of the same year, he visited the Red
River colony and made, at Pembina, a
treaty with the northern Chippewas, for
the cession by them of thirty miles on
each side Of the Red river: This treaty
was not ratified by the senate, but in 1865
Governor Ramsey, then senator, made
another treaty, accomplishing the in
tended results. $50. II" * ~: z-...-.
Some of the extracts from his early
messages, predicting the future growth Of
the territory seem almost prophetic. - s@E
The success of the treaty of 1851 with
the Sioux at Traverse des Sioux which
the governor, assisted by Luke Lea me-
gotiated early in his career, stamped him
as a man of affairs and if he had ac-
complished nothing else of Importance
during his incumbency as governor of the
territory that act would Of itself entitle
him to the thanks of the millions who now
till the soil in the great northwest. He
and his associates made possible the early
development Of the agricultural resources
OF this great commonwealth and the
building up of the cities and towns which
followed the incoming of the pioneer set
tiers. In his first message to the terri
torial legislature he suggested a petition,
asking congress to extend the pre-
emption laws to the unsurveyed lands and
to limit the sales of public lands to actual
settlers, both of which requests were IA
vorably replied to by the national legis-
1ature and the evil of non-residence land
ownership was measurably averted floIn
| this part of the country. z.~7 i
- Father Of the School Fund. . :
Another luminous star in Governor Ram
| sey's crown Of honor as governor is the
school fund Of this state, which is largely
due to his presc1ence and prudence. Con-
gress very, generously voted to Minnesota
| double the amount of public lands preVi-
| ously given to new states for public sclloo
purposes; while heretofore only one sec
tion in each township had been allotted
for schools, Minnesota and Oregon for the
| first time received an additional section
! the thirty sixth in each township. Min
nesota was then but little settled except
| In the southern part of the state; the lands
donated were deemed Of little value; out.
side Of that region. The state was ir
need Of money; a powerful syndicate was
formed to buy up the school lands at 81. 2s
an acre; a bill was pushed thru the legis-
lature favoring this sale;, but was vetoed
by Governor Ramsey. Attempts were
made by combinations of Influential poll
ticians to ALLEVIATE these lands, but the
governor was infexible He insisted thai
the maximum price, If sold at all, should
be at least three times the price then put
on them, and thus preventing the herit-
age from being squandered. He is, there
I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
EXPLOSION FELT ON 'cHANGE
Fire May Affect the Milling Situation for

Time.
The explosion at the plant of the North
Star Oil company was distinctly felt on
change. In the midst of trading and
above the noise and din of the pit, the
sound of an explosion reached the floor.
accompanied by slightly perceptible
jar. Is
There was d rush for the window, and
when the columns Of black smoke began
to arrive back of the Galaxy mill. the
fear became general that there had been
an explosion In that mill and that the
milling district was in danger. There
was another rush to the tenth floor and to
the roof and reinsurance came promptly
when the fire was seen to be on the ops
posite side OF the river.
& The fire may affect the milling situa-
tion temporarily. The big "a mill Of the
Pillsbury Washburn company is on the
tracks that pass the rear OF the oil cons
pany's plant Some twenty cars OF wheat
Intended for the mill were tied up tens
porarily on the track, while cars loaded
with flour could not be taken out. Unless
the tracks are cleared by tonight. which
seems unlikely now, the big mill may
close again.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23

and Schuylkill counties, and was elected
by a large margin. He was reelected in
1874 and declined a third nomination in
1886. In 184S he was chairman of the
whig state committee which helped to
caryr the staet for Tyler and Fillmore.
- Governor Ramsey's work In congress is
described as useful rather than orna-
mental. In 1849 he was appointed by
President Taylor as governor Of the newly
constituted territory of Minnesota.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23


a houth this fernoon
CAUSE WRAPPED MYSTERY.
The of
The office force
building
from he
in o to
oil COM
ES#E STORY OF AN EYE WITNESS.
ali
building
of
away
- aE@%## STRUCTURE ALARGE
ground On the first floor
: : .
the containing Link LIVINGSTONE the paint
their duties
leved is escaped
. RECOVERED
/
man 3
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
THE UNINJURED

JACOB JACOBSON, foreman, 1909 Eleventh avenue 8.
THOMAS CRAIG, engineer, 3o1 Fourth street Sc.
zERAH c. coL1oRN salesman, III Fifth avenue Sc.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
/. A CONDENSED BIOGRAPHY

e Es- PERSONAL. ""
Born Harrisburg, Penn, Sept. 8, 1915. a..
Entered Lafayette College, 1885,. ~
Admitted the bar, 1889.
Married, Sept 10, 1s45, to Anna Earl Jenks
Minnesota May 27, 1s4e.
children, of whom two died In infancy
Ramsey died, Nov. 20, 1884.
O. Ramsey April e. 1909
daughter, Mrs. Marion Furness, ST. Paul.
POLITICAL.
Chief Pennsylvania legislature, 1e41.
Whq congress, 1912; served one term.
Chairman Whg state committee, Pennsylvania 1885,
First territorial governor Of Minnesota 1s4s.1s53
Mayor Paul. 1885,
Republican candidate for governor, 1857.
Elected governor 1852 reeected, 1861
senator, 1863 1875.
Secretary Of In Hayes cabinet 1s7s1ss1.
Member o Utah commission, 1882 1886.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
FULL OF YEARS AND HONORS
ALEXANDER RAMSEY FALLS ASLEEP
at the Family Residence in
st. Paul

Ahe Minnesota With Which His Name Is 1nsepar
ably Connected for Him for FatherAs Governor
the Territory and of the Newstate He Left Lasting Imprint
Upon the United States Senate and the
Presidential Cabinet His Services the Nation
Whole.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
Treaties. With Indians.

Governor Ramsey took early measures
to procure the extinguishment of Indian
titles by treaty, etc, and by the negoti-
ations made at Mendoza and Traverse de
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23

1875 to-day
when the Q the North
!.
ing
The explosion at
E@
oil
ndan
in
Of the ennploy
all
of
Q hundred n
devoted
al adjo s - :.
*%%
South Side patrol
the
lfrem a + =
one Of the
frewan
the burned Another strange thing
the bricks
I~s-T' =, -. FlREhaEN HELPLESS.
intense all they could
without interruption
in
die to
time
threatened with
mgsw swoudh hav 49, ~
the heat terrific The
within feet Of the burning building while
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
STORIES OF THE SURVIVORS
Injured They agedy-Hurled High the
Air the Force Of the Explo sion and Dropped the Midst
r Of the Flames. :.

-Four of the survivors. of the explosion
are at the city hospital, namely, Will
Larson, Walter E. Scott, E. J. Link and
Joseph Dronick. They are badly burned
about the head and hands, They suffered
agonies when they We're first taken to the
hospital, but were bathed in oil and
dressed with extreme care, SO that all
were soon retsing quite easily. Scott suf-
fered some pain on account of a broken
rib, while Lick and Larson complained
some Of bruises. All were more or less
dazed when seen by The Journal reporter,
but could talk.
There were thre of us in the paint
room p explained Will Larson, speaking in
q muffled voice thru small aperture that
the surgeon and nurse had left in the ban
dages. THE last remember was la
beling, McGinty was filling, and Scott
wac mixing. There was an explosion,
and everything went up. When we came
down, McGinty and I landed close to each
other among lot of barrels and bricks
which were falling around us pretty lively.
We gotaout some way, I don't know how,
struggling, running, climbing, and finally
got away from the fire. haven't the
slightest idea of what caused the explo-
sion nor how many are saved, but hope
that all got out, I saw McGinty after
ward. We came out together at the back
end Of the building"
In Midst Of Blazing OIL.
Edward j. Link was at work in the
cooper shop on the second floor when
the catastrophe Came. Now he Is on a
cat in the city hospital with his hands
and face sWathed in cloths soaked In
antiseptics, and bound around with BAN
dages so that nothing can be seen of
him except his hair and lips. When asked
about the fire he said:
ssyxya11 fJ,o,ot afst y,,,1cI, r., fo1f r x,o<
at work in the cooper shop with James
Livingstone when there came a crash
and up went. guess we didn't go ovel
ten feet when we fell or jumped to the
ground where we were right In the blaz-
ing oil. Il don't know how we got out
but we finally got clear OF the flames and
went down to the American Bridge com
pany. Livingstone was taken to his home
The only one Il remember seeing after
ward was Bob Gray. the driver.
| Waiter Scott, having a broken rib. could
not speak without pain, but heard what
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
Northwestern Star Oil Plant Explosion the
Worst Minneapolis Disaster Since the
9 NELL Horror ii 1873.

Shortly Huge Irresistible
Sheetof Fatal FameThe Plant Destroyed Though by VOL
Fire Follows and It Is Feared That None
Of the Missing Has Escaped Ave-survivo Horribly Burned
Cause the Disaster Mystery. Es1@zs- ,s~.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-23
TH ARE dead
OR AMONG MISSING
DEAD OR UNAcCoUNTED FOR

DEAD OR UNACC0UNTED FOR
G. T. DoRRIN general 1915
STANlSLAUs W. MITcHELL
JACOB DoMM, Harriet avenu
MISS CAROLINE A.
: HAROLD avenue s
MISS ELLA M niversty
DAVID nAcEY, Fourth avenu
JOHN ber, Of stree
JOSEPH LA9REcHE, Iavenue s#
INJURED
WALTER burned,
- ~
JOSEPH hands
o -
E. LINK, to
JosEPH LIVINGSTON hands
0 home
UNINJURED
JACOB JACOBSON brennan Eleventh
THOMAS CRAIG, Fourth stree
ZERAH cOL9ORN, saesm I s.#
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TIOfks ron THE DEsk.
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THE SOLE or HER FOOT.
by II . Woman's Fortune Can BE Told
as Well as by the Palm.

Character readers believe that the sole
Of the. foot is ms good an index Of personal
traits and the individual destiny as the
palm Of the hand.
The life line in the normal person should
run without break from the base Of the
big toe TO the base OF the small toe. The
inequalities in this line signify the illnesses
the person will experience and whether
those illnesses will be in youth, maturity
or late in life. IL the line ends abruptly
midway across the foot and cannot be
discerned further on, the breakaRe means
death at middle age.
The lines on the average heel are generally
indistinct, but in persons of remarkable
intelligence or tenacity these lines are
plainly distinguished. Numerous lines on
q snd IN many
qualified to take the initiative and achieve
success in whatever pursuits he elects,
Such lines appearing in confusion also
signify versatility. ...,, d..
dictates love Of family and truthful, loyal
temperament. The more marked this
line the better index II IL that the individual
will excel in the domestic virtues. be a
good wife or good husband and faithful
In hlial or parental relations.
Persons with slight dent in the centre
OF the sole are apt to be Of a sanguine, en-.
thusiastic nature with a tendency 10 90
all lengths in love. in religion. pat riotism,
or whatever engages their interests The
deeper the dent the more intense the nature.
The moderately plump. somewhat short
foot In index Of a steady going. practical
person, systematic and 20 be trusted
long. slim, Napering foot indicates re-
fined sensibility and a logical mind. The
owner Is usually a person Of a conservative
taste and correct standards.
The plant. delicstely moulded foot
joined 20 a small ankle generally belongs |
to person who Is unreasonable and a |
good deal controlled by impulse The |
owner Of such foot will have strong in |
stincts toward Independence and will prize I
variety and intellectual stimulus.
The thick. blunt foot. Joined TO an ankle
rattle large and stiff -set. belongs 10 the /
industrious plodder OF not over-quick
perceptions,
The termsgan,. tho peace lover, the /
crank, and the fanatic can all he told by !
heir feet. The shape and length or short /
ne-s OF the toas II considered la oonjunc-
Ion with the contour aud size OF the foot
iself Unoommonly long and unusually
short toes, whether thick OF thin. indicate
erisiio. out 81 the normal The
oes Of the well-balancsi. judicious per-
son are Of medium dimensions only and
moderately tapering
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even a small percentage Of the receipts
goes TO the specified charity the promoter
does not come In touch wi, b the law.
But this is not all. Encouraged by the
success OF the so-called charity eychres.
some other women have concei we'd the idea
OF running progressive euchres as a means
OF livelihood. According to New York
city Magistrates, there Is very little evil
dence to prove what some people insinuate,
that some women In Manhattan, as we'll as
themselves by giving card parties. Most
OF them. in fact. scout the idea
don't mean." explained Magistrate
Deuel.. that women are not equal TO con-
nlving at gambling, but simply that few
W Naoe tns sSe 10 put on the
instinct In woman is. In my opinion. quite
az strong. II not stronger, than In man.
But the fact Is, women are too easily
spotted to succeed in running any sort OF
gambling affair. 1t Is next to impossible
for any number OF women to 60 regularly
In and out Of any room or building with
out being noticed and their business there
ascertained.
Every now and then some woman more
daring than the rest tries to run a gambling
place, but she never continues In the bust
ness longer than few weeks. During the
last year there were as near as can re-
member only three women who started
In the gambling business. One Of these
place.. the largest. was ostensibly dress
making establishment. The matron Of one
OF the police stations got all the evidence
we needed easily enough
Another Magistrate pooh-poohed fatty
the idea that women in New York are sup
porting themselves by giving progressive
euchres.
THE promoter, / grant, said he. may
be actively at work. She generally Is and
we can't interfere with her. But all adj
vertlsed euchres are watched and none but
large euchres would pay well enough after
dcducting for the prizes to make Il worth
while for the protector to run up against
Perhaps the Brooklyn captains Of police
are more energetic than those Of New York.
80 far. at least, the latter have failed to
run In any euchre givers.
One thing am sure Of, though, and that
Is wG San appetite for gambling is grow;
classes. We're It not that none OF the clubs
or houses where men meet to gamble or
play cards will admit women. think we
should hear pretty often OF a good many
u the latter coming to grief financially