The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-13

No. of Vol. / of the Glencoe Register
Is IN the Historical library, and is dated
Aug 10, 1851 It was started therefore,
on Aug. 3, 1857. Hon. L. L. Baxter start
ed the Register. 1t was four-page six
column Republican paper at the begin
ning: William R. Baxter, who was killed
was editor, and Horace Baxter publisher.
The last week of November, 1857 Col.
john III. Stevens and William S. Chap
man bought the Register and it became
mond appeared as the first publisher I'M
DER Stevens and Chapman, Col. Stevens
being the editor. May 1, 1858. Hammond
retired, and May Is, Marshall Robinson
became publisher. In September. 1862.
Robinson enlisted to help quell the In
dian outbreak and, as a measure of safety;
Inc Tn Reg1ster o suspended publication until
January, 1868, when it was printed a
short time by Frank Baggett. Col ste.
vens still remained editor, however, until
August, 1869, when he sold the paper
TO u. K. Gilbert and A. ]. Snyder. They
ran 1t about six months. when it was sus
pended. In November, 1854 Gilbert sold
his interest to Snyder. In May, 1866 Sny-
der leased the paper to c. A. Bennett,
who published 1t as the Glencoe Weekly
Register until Feb. 81 1868, when he sold
It 10 frank sBelfoy, who ran it until April
Mcleod County Rssister. but at Vol. 1,
No. 13 OF the new issue, it ran into the
g ground g. or. as Sci Stevens tersely
in Meeker county.
lcoI,4John H. Stevens.
Col. John H. Stevens was born in Can
| ada June 10, 1920. educated in the COM
mon schools, enlisted in the United States
through it and, came to Minnesota in 1S4S,
and was the first settler on the west side
of the river at what is now Minneapolis.
ground now occupied by the Great North
ern railroad depot. 1t stands at present in
the park belonging to the city, near the
falls of Mfnnehaha, having been drawn
there by thousands of the school children
| Of Minneapolis. working by relays in the
spring of 1896. The excitement of the day
was too much for, Col Stevens. and he
suffered a stroke of paralysis in conse-
quenee, from which he never recovered.
He died May Is, 1900.
Col. Stevens was a born farmer. He
loved the vocation as he did his life.
Many a time, while editor of the Express
over on the st. Anthony side of the river,
l have gone to him for local items. He
never failed to respond with from one to
two columns, and the best stock and big
gest squash, pumpkins and watermelons
of the farms around Minneapolis were pro-
Life subjects of his graphic sketches. Be
sides the Glencoe Register. he conducted
the Minneapolis Chronicle, Farmer and
Gardener Farmers Tribune, and, the
Farm, Stock and Home. AS president of
the Minnesota State Agricultural society,
he did much to introduce superior meth
DDS Of farming and stock raising. He was
the first register of deeds of Hennepin
county, and served several terms in both
branches of the legislature of Minnesota.
His book of personal recollections is full
of valuable chronicles of early days and
Will become more and more useful as the
years go by. During the Indian uprising
of 1862 he served as brigadier general of
the militia sent to the front to subdue the
savages. Through his position as the first
claim holder, where the largest part of
Minneapolis now stands. Col. Stevens had
the chance of his life to die a million
aire. His unselfish efforts to foster and
upbuild Minneapolis, however, prevented
this. He died in comfortable circumstan-
ces, however, the same genial, free-h hand
ed noble-hearted man that he had lived
through his long life of nearly eighty
years.
But One of Nineteen Survives.
OF the nineteen newspapers established
in Minnesota between Jan. 1 and Aug. a.