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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-26

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-President
Roosevelt this afternoon signed a
proclama ton announcing the exchange
of ratifications on the Panama treaty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-26
Panama Canal Treaty Fact.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The for
NAL exchange Of ratificatons of the
Panama treaty took place at the state
department at II this morning between
Secretary Hay and Minister Bunau
Varilla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-26

u. S. Cruiser at Chemulp po.
epartment has been informed that
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03


IT was Io.21s. The increase was very
apid during the years 1884 to: 1887.
Inc number OF arrivals OF steam
BOATS was 80 IN 1861; $50 In 1888; 159
IN 1906; E965 IN 1881; l,090 IN 1893; SO2
IN 1898. ana us IN 1861. me earnest
steamboat IN 1883, the War Eagle, ar
rlV1ng on April II, brought Si4 passen-s
gers. In single day OF That year
seven STEAMBOATS, arrived az 81. fSaui,
each prlnglng@from 2Oo TO GU passen-
gers, and curing the entlre season OF
s2FiVef@ildslSations II was estlmated lnat
3o'ooo Immigrants caNle nys teaIapoats
70 settie III M Minnesota. Nearly Ill OF
them came TO or through St.sPaul.
Speculation in city lots, and In town.
SITES Tar and near, platled on paper,
Wherever setliemenIs hao EXTENDED,
with sfeverish development IN all INES
OF business and trade, grey. into
= boom, when burst IN August, 1891, Iol-5
lowing Ialiures$ OF large banking ana
business houses IN the East great
Hnanclal panic swept over all the
{ country out It was the most severe,
with the utmost scarcity or money or
employment. In this capital OF the ter
arllory, Wnich was tnen a the door OF
ADMISSION 70 the Union as stare
Although the legislature In 1891 had
permanently located the capltal IN St.
Paul, the university in St Anthony
CHOW the east part of Minneapolis), and
the prison In saltwater, an e1fort was
made In the legislature OF 1885, the last
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
ST. Paul a Frontier
Village.
| 1888 to 1854

coming In the sum 1e,e. ,eE
mer of 1888.
A little log house was built in the
autumn Of 1841, under the direction
of Father Lucian Galtier, for use as
Roman Catholic chapel, and was SO
dedicated by him on the first day of
November. Because st. Paul was the
Apostle of the Gentiles, or foreign ma
tons, these being represented here by
the Indians, Father Galtier named this
first house of worship the Chapel of st.
Paul, and, according to his wish, the
same name was given to the steam
boat landing and the growing village.
The humble log chapel, whence our
city thus received its name, was en-
larged by Father Ravoux in 1847, and
remained in use as chapel and after
ward as schoolhouse, until 1863 1t
stood on Bench street, close to the
verge of the river bluff, between Min
nesota and Cedar streets. It's site
should be marked, in this semi cen
tennial year, by an appropriate tablet.
The first merchant of st. Paul, Henry
Jackson, came in the fall of 1912, and
built a log cabin at the foot of jack
son street, which served as his dwell
anu oIOIS. l1lG -lSAIH year #OCQGr
stores of general merchandise were
opened by ]. w. Simpson and John r..
Irvine. The first drug store was
opened by DR.. John j. Dewey, in 1S45,
and the first hardware store by the
McCloud brothers, and the first dry
goods and clothing store by the Elfelt
brothers, both in 1849.
Miss Harriet E. Bishop, for whom
Harriet island was named, taught the
first common school, and also the first
Sunday school, in the summer of 1S47.
Her schoolhouse was vacant log
cabin on the northeast corner of Third
and st. Peter streets.
James M. Goodhue established the
first newspaper, the Minnesota Pho
neer, issuing the first number on April
%, 1S49, and this paper, with changes
of name, being now the Pioneer Press,
has been published continuously to the
present time.
An act to establish the Territory of
Minnesota was passed by congress on
March 8, 1849, and Gov. Alexander
Ramsey, who was so appointed by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

President Zachary Taylor, organized
the territorial government on June i
of that year. His Office was in the.
Central house, a weatner-boarded log
building on the corner of Bench and
Minnesota streets, which was kept as
hotel by Robert Kennedy. In the
same building the first territorial legis-
lature met on Sept. 8, 1S49, and this
legislature incorporated st. Paul as a
town on the last day of its session,
Nov. l.
The first court house was built In
the years 1866 81, costing SIS, 009.
The first capitol was built in 1851 SO,
on the same site as the present old
capitol 1t stood until 1881, being then
burned.
The Minnesota Historical society
was Incorporated by the first legisla-
ture on Oct. 90, and was organized on
: Nov. Is, 1S49. Its first president, dur
ing fourteen years, was Gov Ramsey,
who also was its president from 1891
till his death, April %, 1903.
In the years 1913 to 1860 the earliest
Protestant churches here We're organ
lied, including a Methodist church, on
Dec. 81, 1848; a Presbyterian church,
Dec. 5, 1S4s; the First Baptist church,
Dec. 80, 1S49, and Christ church, the
Oldest of the Episcopal churches of ST.
Paul. in the summer Of 1850.
The population of ST. Paul in Sep
TENDER, 1849, was $40; and in July.
1850, it was 1,294
immigration poured in rapidly from
the East after the organization of Min
nesota as a territory, and the river
steamboats, had large freight traffic and
crowded passenger travel. From about
forty to sixty steamboat arrivals yearly
during the five years preceding 1849,
the number rose in that year to IS; In
1850, 1O4; in 1851, 11s; in 1852, III, and
in 1853. 235.
ST. Paul was Incorporated as city
by an act of the legislature on March
4. 1854. It had an area of about 256f
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During the next twenty years it was
passed and repassed again and again
by LIE Sueur. coming the last time
from France in the year 100 with q
party Of miners, and returning In f701
with cargo of supposed ore of cop
per from the Blue Earth river.
Many other French explorers and
traders, whose names are not preserved
by history, continued to traverse this
region, canoeing along the great river,
until in 1853, by the treaty terminal
ing the French and Indian war; France
lost all her possessions on this con-
tinent The part of Minnesota east Of
the Mississippi river was ceded to
England, and that on the west to
Spain. The two parts of our city area
on the opposite sides of the river were
thenceforward under diverse govern
mental ownership until by the Louis
lana Purchase, In 1903, the larger part
of Minnesota west of the Mississippi
was acquired by the United States
The first English speaking traveller
to visit and describe st. Paul was
Capt. Jonathan Carver, who here pur-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Period of English
speaking Ex-
piorers, 1853 to
1888

XII
Conn, and served as a captain in the
war or the English Colonies against
the French and Indians. When peace
was declared and Canada ceded to the
English, Carver began to consider /"
as he says, in the Introduction of his
book Of Travels, how he might con-
unue still serviceable, and contribute.
as much as lay in my power. to make
that vast acquisition of territory gained
by Great Britain in North America
advantageous to it." He therefore re-
solved to explore this northwestern
country, and he hoped to cross the con-
tinent to the Pacific ocean.
In the summer of 1865, Carver trav-
eled from Boston to the Minnesota
river, and he spent the next winter
there with the Sioux Cor Dakotas. as
they call themselves). He arrived at
the site of st. Paul at the middle of
, November, and visited the cave later
named for him in the base of Day-
toms bluff, of which cave and its
neighborhood he wrote:
1.-THE Indians term it Wakon-teebe
that is, the Dwelling of the Great
Spirit, At little distance
from this dreary cavern is the buryine
place of several bands of the Naudo-
j wessie (Sioux) Indians; though these
people have no fixed residence, living
In tents and abiding but few months
on one spot, yet they always bring the
bones of their dead to this place; which
they take the opportunity of doing
when the chiefs meet to hold their
councils, and to settle all public affairs
Tor the ensuing summer"
So long ago was the site of Mounds
park, or some other burying ground
very near it, used by Sioux bands com
ing habitually here once a year. with
the opening of spring, to inter the
bones of their dead, and on the same
occasion to hold legislative session.
ST. Paul was even then the established
seat OF government the capital, as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

der Ramsey, in 1856, and the third,
George L. Becker, in 1856.
Hon. Simeon p Folsom was the first
city engineer, and Rev. Edward D.
NeiH, the historian of Minnesota, was
the first superintendent of schools.
The population. according to the city
census, in July, 1865, was 4.716, and by
the United States census In June, 1860,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Third Decade,
1874 to 1884

u Il
1874 to 1884 ratifying the leg.
islative act of
March 5, 1874, thereby adding four and
half square miles to ST. Paul, as its
Sixth ward. The total city area then
was twenty square miles, or little less
than tWo-fifths of its present area.
Among the buildings of this decade
were the present church of the First
Baptist society, built in 1874-75; the
union passenger depot, built In 1879
81, but burned and rebuilt in 1884;
the old capitol, still in use, built in
1Ss1-82, and the Central high school,
built in 1883, but enlarged in 1888.
The city market CHOW the Library
building1 was erected in 1SS0-S1 1t
was at first occupied by the state de-
partments, after the burning of the first
capitol on March l, 1881. 1t was
changed into stores below, and occu-
pied by the city public library on the
second floor, in 1899
The Mercantile Library association,
organized Sept. 16, 1857, was united
with the Y. M. c.. A. library in 1853,
and these collections were transferred
to the city as its public library in Oc-
tober, 1882. The state law library was
opened on June 5, 1881.
John Fletcher Williams, who was
the secretary Of the Historical society
from 1867 to 1893, published in 1876
"A History of the City of st. Paul and
County of Ramsey, Minnesota
The st. Paul Choral club was organ
lied in June, s1S75; and the Society for
the Relief of the Poor, May 6, 1876.
Hanlline university, which had been
founded at Red Wing, in 1854, was re-
moved to st. Paul, and reopened to
students, Sept. %, 1880.
The population of this city in 1880
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was 41,473, and it's valuation was $27,-
955,008. BY the census of that year
593 manufacturing establishments were
enumerated, having So, 738, 900 capital.
$3.50 employees, receiving $2,254,0 900 in
wages yearly, with $5,71g,o0e value of
materials used. and $1o,286,0o0 value of
products.
During this decade the progress of
st. Paul and other Northwestern cities
was accelerated into general boom,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Period of French
Explorers,
1860 to 1868

D
ers and pioneers of the fur trade. COM
ing by the way Of Lake Superior, held
councils with bands of the Sioux and
Crees in the wooded country of Mile
Laos, in the late part of the winter of
1659-60; and in the early spring they
visited the Prairie Sioux at their VII
lagos on the great prairies, probably
going UP the Minnesota river valley to
the neighborhood of New Ulm. On
their return to Lake Superior they APP
pear to have Travelled with canoes down
the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers,
and up the ST. Croix, passing thus in
the spring of 1860 by the site of st.
Paul.
Twenty years later, at the beginning
/ of May, 1880, Father Louis Hennepin
and his two French companions, with
their Sioux captors, left the Mississippi
river, which the Franciscan priest
had assembled by canoeing from the IL
linois river to the great bend in the
east edge of st. Paul, and thence pro-
ceeded by a wearisome overland jour-
ney to the region of Mile Laos. This
<as two months before these French
men, coming south from Mile Laos
with the Sioux, saw and named the
Falls of ST. Anthony. Later in the
summer and autumn of the same year
1850, Hennepin and also Du Luth re-
peatedly passed this place in canoe
Voyages up and down the Mississippi.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Fifth Decade.
1894 to 1904

acquired in 1897; Phalen park and
Shadow Falls park, in 1900, and the
Harriet Island park, with public baths.
largest and most beautiful, Como park,
was enlarged in 1900. In total, the city
parks now Hccupy more than 1000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

acres, or 70 ur
square miles, and
was divided into
three wards. The
first mayor was
David Olnsted, in
1854; the second
was Gov. Alexan-
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chased from the
Sioux a large tract
of land, including
the greater part of
our city area. Car
yer was born IN
1732.in Canterbury
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thence up the Minnesota river and
along the Red river valley to Lake
Winnipeg, and thence eastward along
our northern boundary
The first white settlers here were
Pierre Parrant, Abraham Perret (an-
glicized to Perry, Benjamin and Pierre
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
Fourth Decade,
1884 to 1894

depression. 1t was -
less severe, however, than that of 1857,
land four or five years afterward, in
1897 and onward, came the present
good times of less rapid but safer adj
vance.
The area of this city was increased
by the annexation of 1928 square
miles on March 4, 1885, the total then
being 1884 square miles. Two years
later, on Feb. 8, 1887, it was finally
increased to it's present extent of 55.44
square miles, with division, on Feb.
16, into the present eleven wards.
The Hotel Ryan was built in 1883S5,
costing $1,000,000. The present court
house and city hall was built in the
years 1884-S9, also costing $4,000
The Globe building, the earliest of our
''skyscrapers, was erected in 1887.
and the Pioneer Press building in 1889.
In the last named year, also, the Cen
trail Presbyterian church was built.
After use during thirty years, the
Wabasha street bridge was rebuilt in
1898; the Robert street bridge was
completed and opened to travel in
November, 1886, and the high bridge,
crossed by Smith avenue, was finished
about three years later.
Manchester college and st. Thomas
seminary were opened to students in
1885, and the st. Paul Medical college
in 1886. The city and county hospital
was founded in 1887.
Gen. c. c. Andrews published
History of st. Paul" including many
Biographies of it's citizens, in 1890.
Hon. Elias F. Drake, a prominent rail-
way builder, died Feb. IA, 1892; Rev.
Edward D. Neil1. the historian, died
Sept. &c, 1893, and Hon. Henry NJ Rice.
who had been one of the first two Unit
ed States senator's of Minnesota, in
1S58-63, died Jan. 10, 1894.
The population in 1890, according to
the national census, was 1886. On
the same date the manufacturing es-
adjustments numbered LAP, with
2,501, 900 capital and 1858 employees.
receiving $1o,S73,OOo in wages for the
year. The value of the materials used
in the manufactures was SIS, S67 900,
and the value of the products, s33,035,-
900.
Within the last ten years Increased
attention has been given to the city
mark system for which q board of park
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Gervais, Edward
Phelan Cor Pha-
len), and others
coming in the sum-
ner of 1888.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

and Radisson, the earliest white ex-
plorers within the area of Minnesota
or on the upper Mississippi river. In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
PRICE FIVE CENTS


country, was annexed to this city and
to Ramsey county on Nov. Is, 1874
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

two centuries before the
EMI first settlement by white men
EIW on the site of this city, it was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

CUIIIIllISSIUlEIS WdS
established on Feb.
Is. 1887. Indian
Mounds mark WAS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

the second of their
two far western
expeditions to this
region these hardy
French adVentur-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

h was follow
n 1S92-93 by
neral financial
assian II wa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

The Civil war was
followed by a great
IRA of railway
building. and many
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-05

nenced when the raw material shall
be available al q price bearing rea-
sonahle relation 10 the cost OF produc-
ton but meantime the large stocks
II mauuta ctured goods now unsolo
must he disposed Of al loss the
present business depression in America
and the presidential election must have
passed and the Russo-J japanese War,
which is destroying wealth al The rate
o. about one thousand million dollars
per annum and reducing the world s
purchasing power 10 that extent must
Be brought 10 a close Theodore H.
Price -ad
uiddling fair. which was &C lower.
The future market opened barely
steady and al q decline Of s 10 Is
points from the close Of Thursday.
Trading was active and the ring was
excited. The market displayed q weak
undertone although Liverpool came in
about as conservative traders expect
Cd New York opened weak al wide
declines and the bears displayed con-
siderable sEEressiveness, selling heaV-
lily IN anticipation Of beaTish re-
port The bearlshness Of the repor.
WAS in measure discounted by the
decline in the first half hour Of trad
ing. When the government bureau re-
port came in the ring was In q frenzy
Of excitement and IL was with diff
Guilty that The report was read The
figures were Immediately written on a
large blackboard which was hung high
above the ring, where every one could
See them. With howl Of JOY the
bears started the selling and their Of
ferIngs coupled with some unloading
by frightened longs sent prices down
- points IN few minutes. The mar
ket had been oversold and many shorts
TOOK advantage Of the decline to real
ize profits this steadied prices 10
Some extent. July fell from II 47c to
II &c a decline Of = points, this was
followed by a recovery TO II 3sc.
Other active months showed similar
fluctuations Net losses were July j.
points, August 16, September. %. while
points.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-05

The government bureau report on
the cotton marker was the feature Of
trade in the staple yesterday. The
report both as 10 acrea e and The con-
diuon Of the crop was one that i'm
noediarely made itself felt in The New
York future market with corresponding
effects al all other markets. The
break in The market occurred almost
as soon as The report was made public
and the decline was SO rapid that Tor
awhile il looked as # July would go
TO lie The fact that il didn't was
IF little reinsurance TO the trade who
are u The opinion that that level Will
he res ched yet unless something to
Offset The burea Is report shah hap
pen shortly.
IN he local spot cotton market prices
were quoted q cent lower than they
were Thursday. As matter Of fact
the official quotations with The market
in its present condition are not always
used as the basis Of trade and some
sales veral DAYS ago were made al
or near the present quotations.
in the Z. 0. 3. department prices
are stin based on 1254 for good mid
ding and the offerings are very fair
though purchasers are holding of.
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DAILY COTTON MARKET.

Daily Cotton Market
GHlveston-Easy; middlinE, llssc; net
receipts, 5g7, gross. 5g7; sales. 81
stock, 12.352 Exports-CoRstw-ise p:
continent. 2.296.
Norfolk-Net receipts. ITS; gross, 10;
Balrtmore-No-ninal; middling, 12.25r.
stock 1.552
Bos1 on-Cauier. mi5dlinE 1l75c:
gross receipts, 326.
w1lnington-No minal; net receipts.
p gross. .: stock 6.277.
adelphia-Geuiet. middlinE, 19c;
stock 1226.
Standardization; middlinE. 1l%c.
net receipts. zga; gross. 40s. sales. s.
crock sd.S41.
New Orlsans-steBdy. rniddlinE.
Ike net receipts. 656; gross, 65s
sales, 4.99D; stock 1s3. 403. Exports
Great Britain. 3.1R0. coasrw-iss. 1880
Northumberland; niddling, llSsc:
Etnrk, l,922. Exports-Great Britain.
1,508.
Memphis-Quiet, rniddling. 11ssc.
net receipts. 81. gross. ~: stock, "a
81
@Augusta-N orninal: net receipts. 10.
gross, 10. sales. Sg2: stock, 1908.
Charleston-No rainal. stock. 9271
EKpurts-Coastwise, u
@Cincinnati-Ns receipts. !: gross. 1.
sales. 200; stock. 5Dsz
'Louisvllle-Quiet. middling. 12Ac
ST Louis-Nominsl. mlddlinE, 1l&c.
net receipts, 70. gross, PISS: stock. IL
O76.
~Houston-Easy rniddlinE. ll%c.
net receipts, 299: gross, 2ss: sales. So:
stock B.637
New York-Quiet; middling. l175c:
gross receipts, "a. sales. 100, stock.
s.. TsE
Total To-day al All Seaports-Ne
receipts Leg. Great Britain. COS.
continent 2.29s; Mexico. 1000. stock.
26g, 5lB
Consolidated. al All Seaports-Ne t
receipts 1879; Great Britain. 4.ssS.
continent. 2.29s: Mexico. !. 600
TOTAL Since Sept. !. al All Sssports-
Net receipts. 7.005.579: Great Britain.
1851 92; France. $50. 052. continent. ~
sso,SSe. Japan, 1885. Mexico. a6s7l.
Not included in totals
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-05
sAVANNAH'S CURRENT MARKETS

Sot=These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
In accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Ohcial quotations are not
used when they disagree with the
prjces wholesalers ask.
POIITRY-Market, good demand:
springers, 2564Oc per pair; three
quarter grown. 5od60c; hens, zoo 75c.
EGGS-14dIsc-
BUTTER-The tone Of the market Is
ern Quotations: Extra Elgins. 60
tubs, 24d25c: choice Elgins, 22G2Sc;
renovated butter l9c.
CHEESE-Market firm; New York
state. 21d22c: fancy full cream cheese,
22d25-pound, 1l1xG12c; 80 TO 35-pound,
WHITE PEA BEANs-s2 40 bushel.
POTATOESs2.5 0Q3 90.
ONIONS-Egyptian- in sacks, $500
Breadsrun, Hay and Grain.
FLOUR - Patent, $500; straights,
81 81: fancy. s4.75d450; family, SASS;
sn-inE wheat, best patent Sc. 40.
MEAL-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per
sark sl.15: water ground. I.55; Pear
rritr. per sack, s1.55; Pearl grits, per
barrel. $3.50: city meal. $3.50.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-05

condition and acreage report was pub
lshed al the end q me first half
hour he declines were increased in
sensational manner with leading room
operators Offering large blocks q cot
ton al along the line. New Orleans
appeared 10 be ar active seller here
On the decline Closing last night al
u sc July opened al u 55c. ana
broke 10 i SIC before The report Was
published after which i sold al II &c
net loss q about 81 points and
decline from the closing price Of last
week Of nearly "A. cents & pound.
r-tober sold as low as 9.g5c. q net
loss q 50 points and December at soc,
against 10-22c al the close yesterday
The heavy covering q shorts Chico ked
me decline toward the end Of the first
hour but the undertone Of the mar
ket showed little Improvement.
During The later trading the mar
ket continued very nervous and was
more or less irregular. July sold as
high as II 45c on covering after the
report was issued. but sase6 off aga IN
latei and closed al Il 36c, or u points
W from The bottom. October and
December had descended. however, and
Continued very weak selling as low
as So and 2 &c. respectively and
closing within q point or two Of the
lowest. The market was finally steady
al a net decline Of 26 to a points.
Sales were estimated al 500 600 bales
representing one Of the most active
Saturdays in the history Of The trade.