The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
A PIONEER EDITOR GONE
DR.. Thomas Foster, an Early Min
neapolis Newspaper Man, Dies
in California. -.

DIR. Thomas Foster, resident OF. San
Francisco for several years, but identified
with the early history of Minnesota, died
| there yesterday, aged IS. He was one of
! the .oldst newspaper men in the country,
| having been connected in an editorial ca
pacity with the Philadelphia Public Ledger
in 1886 He came to Minnesota territory
| in 1S49, and in the fifties became editor Of
| the Daily Minnesotan, published in St.
Paul. Later he engaged in the practice
| Of medicine, and was at one time govern
| rnent physician for some of the Mime
| sofa Indians.
Dr. Foster was prominent character
| in pioneer journalism in Minnesota. He
was known to all the old settlers of Min
| nea polls, because Of his brief but brilliant
career as the editor of the Minneapolis
| Chronicle. At that time the owners of
that paper were Colonel L. P. Plummer,
Colonel John H. Stevens, Willard Whit
more and Fred L.. Smith, of the present
| firm of Harrison & Smith. Foster came
| up from st. Paul by request of the own
| ers to edit the paper in the interest Of
Ignatius Donnelly, who was running and
| was elected to congress that year. At the
end of the season he went to Duluth
| where he became interested in a news
| paper and was also either receiver or
register of the land office there. From
Duluth he went to California. :r.
MRS. E. r. JoHNsToNE-Thef funeral
| of Mrs. E. r. Johnstone was held yester-
| day afternoon from the family residence,
| 929 Chicago avenue. Only the imm ediate
| friends of the family were present. The
| floral offerings were of unusual beauty
and masses of flowers nearly covered the
casket. Rev. M. D. Shutter conducted
! the services. The pallbearers were H. p
Douglas H. c. Clarke L. T. Watson,
Lucian Swift, L. K. Hull, c. w. Sexton c.
| H. Hood and E. S. Woodwork. The re-
| mains were deposited in vault at Lake
| wood. a. b..
EDWARD TRoW, resident of Min
| neapolis for many years, died at ST..
Mary's hospital yesterday. Of diabetes.
He had gone to the hospital for the am
| putation of one of his toes, which had
been badly cut. causing blood poisoning.
Mr. Trow was an engineer on the Mil
| waukee road and member Of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers. He
| leaves a wife and six children. Funeral
from the family residence, 2606 Eighteenth
avenue S, tomorrow at $3.50 a.. m. and
| from the Holy Rosary church at 0
O'clock Members of the B. of L. E. and
the A. O. L. w. will attend.
THOMAS TRACY, formerly, a resident
| of Minnea polls, but recently of Omaha,
! died in that city. The funeral will be held
! from the residence of his brother. 713
! Twenty fifth avenue NE, Thursday at 8
| a. m. Services will be held at st. Glenn
| ent's church. -.:- =. s. -. ..
| HAROLD STENVAAG,. aged 10. died
Sunday at Hibbing, Mimi Funeral from
| Enger Brothers undertaking rooms, 4OS
| Cedar avenue, tomorrow at 2:30 p. m.
| Internent at Laymans cemetery.
MRS. MARGARET ToBIN, aged so
years. died at the residence of her daugh-
| ter Mrs. A. Schrader, 312 Aldrich avenue
NJ this morning. Funeral notice later.
NICHOLAS J. kEEFE, infant son of
John and Mary Keefe, died yesterday.
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