The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-28
= RIVATB COLLECTIONS of ORR
- entail art treasures are not very


= numerous in Minneapolis, tho
each year is adding to the list. One of
+ tho very latest to come to the city is
owned and personally collected by Dr..
and Mrs. j. E. Engstad during re-
cent trip around the world. Mrs. Eng
stad is temporarily at -243l Hennepin
avenue, but will build home on. lots
already owned on Lowry Hill in the
spring, and will then be joined by her
husband, who is a physician of Grand
Forks, widely known thruout the Da-
kotas. o.
Mrs Engstad came to Minneapolis
nineteen years ago, and spent three
years in Central high school and the
Minneapolis academy, but has since
lived elsewhere and has spent great
deal of time travelling on the contin-
emit. She and DR.. Engstad sailed upon
their latest trip from Seattle in May,
1903, upon the Raga Maru, one Of the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, occupying
the cabin that Marquis Ito had had a
short time before, when he was j. j..
Hills guest. They had very stormy
passage and saw land but once, and
that was only one of the Aleutian
islands, Amantignac, so barren that
even a goat would need to carry ra-
tions to live there. They left the boat
at Yokohama, and it was shortly put
into commission by the Japanese to
convey soldiers to Korea, and was one
of the first to be captured by the Rus
SLAMS.
The Mongolia, Russian boat, in
which they sailed to Shanghai, was,
curiously enough, one Of the first cap
tured by the Japanese. @..
On the Siberian Railway.
Mrs. Engstad was the first American
woman to take the Russian transcon.
tinental railway trip from Dalny to
Moscow, tri p requiring thirteen and
one-half days.
The irst-class coaches are blue, the
second-class bright yellow. The for
mer have seats upholstered with leath
er, and walls and ceilings covered with
oiled paper. Only Russian is spoken
by the railway employees, tho the
menus are printed in French. The
porters are big Russians, with long
hair and beard, with blue blouses and
high topboots of soft leather, and with
an especial fondness for tips. Nothing
could be obtained without tip, not
even water. The same is true all over
the empire. M..
Six nationalities were represented in
the coach in which the Engstads rode
and among them were people of great
distinction. His excellency, M. Weber,
a personal friend Of the car, had beer
prominent in Russian diplomatic cir
cles for years, and had recently spent
six years as Russian ambassador to
Korea. He had just been sent as spe
cial envoy to Seoul, and with his
charming wife was returning to his
palatial home in St. Petersburg. Both
spoke English and six other languages
fuently. They were extremely friend
ly, and told of their first trip across
Siberia, thirty light years previously
which was made on camels thru the
desert, and by sledges, and required
three months. .s
Mr.. and Mrs. Wand Of Leicester
England, fellow passengers, were, like
DR.. and Mrs. Engstad, enthusiastic
travellers, had visited all parts of thu
world. Mr.. Wand is member Of the
Royal Geographical society.
At the Yalu< pass, Mr.. Wand wal
trying to photograph beautiful clea1
spring, when he CHANGED to point hi:
camera toward some Notifications; hi
was instantly arrested, and M. Weber Z
influence alone saved him from tern
in prison. His camera was confscated
and interest in photography wanet
during the rest Of the trip.
DR.. and Mrs. Engstad spent month
in Moscow and St. Petersburg visiting
objects of interest, but were Otter
warned not to ask any any questions re
garding Russia $ peculiar usages and in
situations. Ill.,. -
No one would discuss anything il
Russia. They kept off the well heater
usual paths Of travel during their 81,
months trip, these having been uset
previously. ~ E~. .-
The Sacred Bridge of Nikko.
Mrs. Engstad has beautiful piece Of
tapestry, representing the red-lacqueree
Sacred Bridge Of Nikko. This is the
bridge reserved for the Mikado ant
princess. When General Grant was OF
his tour around the world, he was mos
royalty entertained by the japanese
emperor. AS mark Of very specia
bnnor be was invited to cross this Sa