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"VOL. XI.
GIVE US_FA!R PLAY.
The Unfair Method of Legis
lative Representation in
This State.
Counties of Importance De
prived of Their Just
Rights.
Reapportionment Need3d at
Once as a Matter of
Honor.
The Largest Portion of the
State Without a Voice at
Present.
The gubernatorial vote of Minnesota
in ISSS reveals unmistakably how un
just and unreasonable is the present
legislative representation— system
which gives to 3,000 citizens in Fillmore
county one representative, and to 40,000
in and about Duluth one representative.
While it is admitted by those who are
posted that the state census of 18S5 was
padded for the sole purpose of securing
an unfair apportionment, it does
not disguise the fact that by the vote
cast ia 1888 certain prominent and im
portant sections of the state are prac
tically deprived of representation, while
others of less prominence and where
population has been on the wane have
more representation than in equity they
are entitled to. The following table
gives the vote for governor in 1888:
Aitkin 66-1 Marshall .1.664
Anoka 2,*J97 Martin..."....".: -1,812
Becker ........ .1. Meeker......... 3.29-1
Beltrami 0 Milie Lacs 662
Benton 1,33 91 Morrison ...:;. 2,404
Big Stone 1,10-1 M0wer......:.-: 3,«73
Blue Earth .... 0,457 Murray. .. .. 1.376
Brown 2,8 O Nicollet ...:.. 2,691
Carltou 1.311 Nobles :. 1,728
Carver 3.42-1 Gorman..:.. . 1,975
Cass 716 llmsted 4,671
ChiDpewa .. 1,51* merTnil. ....'. 6.347
Chisago 2.071 Pine 907
Clay 2.713 Pipestone 1,0 9
Cook 53 Polk 5.458
Cottonwood.... 1.124 Pope 1.9.»1
Crow Wiug.... 1.914 Ramsey 25,8>3
Dakota 4,258 Redwood ... . 1,761
Dodpe 2.552 Renville 3.147
Douglas 2,769 Rice 4.903
Faribault...... 3.514 Hock ...... ... 1.413
Fillmore 5,630 St." Louis : 7.242
Freedom ..... 3,674 Scott 2,952
Goodhue 5.882 Sherburne 1 2*3
Grant 1.350. Sibley 2.873
Hennepin. 37,8 3|Stearus 7,072
Houston 3.079 Steele 2.X30
Hubbard....... 305<;Stevens 1,229
Isanti ...... 1,403 Swift 1,977
Itasca... 172|Todd '. 2,478
Jackson l,s7l|Travers 1,0-7
Kanabec 411 Wabasha 3,879
Kandiyohi..... 2,800 Wadena 1,008
Kittson 1. : 57 Waseca 2.841
Lac gui Parle.. 1,936 Washington... 4,896
Lake 31 j Wilton wan ... 1,342
Le Sueur 4.l3s!\Vilkin 953
Lincoln 1,5/6 Winona 7,002
Lyons 1,81" Wright 5.353
McLeod 3.252 Yellow Mod'ne 1.640
There having been no census since
1885 it is practically impossible to say
absolutely what the present population
of the state is. The fairest basis for
estimating it that the Globe has ascer
tained is that which gives to the Fifth
district, or pioneer portion ot the state,
1 voter in every 4 of population, to South
ern Minnesota lin every and to the
Hennepin and Ramsey districts 1 In
every 0. This gives a population un
doubtedly close to the truth, with the
iiost-ible exception of Hennepin and
lamsey, the latter having. more popula
tion than the 0 basis shows. But on the
above basis the result is as follows, the
totals being given in round numbers:
Popula- Present
tion No. Sena-
Number Sen- No. Conn- based on tors and
atonal ties in it. vote 'Bß. Reps.
8. R.
First 1 15,000 1 2
Second 1 28.000 1 5
Third ... 1 19.000 1 2
Fourth 1 18.0 0 12
Fifth 1 10.0-O 1 1
Sixth . 2 16,000 1 1
Seventh 4 26,000 1 2
Eighth .....2 11,000 1 1
Ninth 2 . 22,000 1 2
Tenth 1 32, 00 1 4
Eleventh 1 14,0«0 1 l
Twelfth 1 14.000 1 1
Thirteenth. 1 12,000 1 1
Fourteenth .1 23,-00 1 3
Fifteenth ....1 35.000 1 .5
Sixteenth 3 22. 0 0 12
Seventeenth 1 13,000 1 l
Eighteenth.. .......l 14,000 1 1
Nineteenth .... 1 2(».0(.0 1-2
Twentieth 1 24,000" 1 4
Twenty I i 29 „ 0 2 3
Twenty cecond,'** 1 ~ J,U " *** 3
Twentv-thtrcl 1 19,000 1 3
Twenty-fourth 1 24.ui»0 1 3
Twenty-lift!) 1 21,000 1 2
Twenty-sixth.....), 150000 1 <7
Twenty-seventh.. f 1 100.000 2 v
Twenty-eighth.... )
Twentv-ninih.... --3 238,000 3 14
Thirtieth ) -:•-
Thirty-first 1 14,000 1 1
Thirtv-seeouc" 1 17,000 1 2
Thirty-third 2 32,000 1 3
Thirty-fourth. 1 10,000 1 1
Thirty 1 16,000 1 1
Thirty-sixth '..1 14,0 i 0 1 1
Thirty-seventh 3 25.000 1 2
Thiriv eighth 3 16.0 0 1 1
Thirty-ninth .... 5 32,000 1 3
Fortieth .....1 28.000 1 4
Forty-first 2 17,000 1 2
Fortv-5ec0nd.......4 17.000 1 1
Forty-third 1 25,000 1 2
Forty-fourth 3 20.000 1 1
Forty-fifth 4 31 .0 Oil
Foitv-sixth 9 43,700 1 1
Forty-seventh 1 15,000 1 1
Total 1,257,700
The population of the state was 1.117,
--798 in 1885/. By this table the increase
up to Nov. 6, 1888, had been 140,000, a
concededly fair estimate, since it is be
yond question that the caucus of ISSS
was padded. But to still further show
how the Globe's table is as accurate as
any that can be piepared at the present
time, the following comparison is made:
Popula- Pop. now
ton iv by Globe
Counties. 1885. Estimate.
Houston 15:482 ■ 15,000
Fillmore 26,677 28.000
Mower 15,277 19,"00
Freeborn 17.364 18.000
Scott 14,181 14,000
Steams 28,712 28.000
St. Lonis,Cass.Cook, et 25,000 43,000
These are fair illustrations, based as
they are against the unfair census of
1885, which swelled the population of
certain counties for legislative effect.
These comparisons show what is the
truth, that except in the most progres
sive counties of the state population is
at a standstill. In the new counties of
the Fifth district, and in Ramsey and
Heunepin the increase has been most
marked. The inequalities revealed are
most shameful. Houston has 1 rep
resentative to each 7,500 population;
Fillmore is better, with Ito each 5.500;
Mower. 1 to each 9,500; Freeborn, 1 to
each 9,000; Faribault, l to each 10,000;
Jackson and Martin, 1 to 16,000; Hol*Je%
Murray, Bock and Pipestone, 1 to 13,000;
Watonwan and Cottonwood, 1 to 11,000;
Brown and Redwood, 1 to 11,000: Blue
Earth, Ito 8,000; Waseca, 1 to 14,000;
Stteele, 1 to 14,000; Dodge. 1 to. **~yon;
Olmsted. 1 to 7,000} Winona, 1 to 7,000;
Lyon, Lincoln and Yellow Medicine, 1
to 11,000; Nicollet, 1 to 13,000; Sibley,
1 to 14.000; Le Sever, 1 to 10,000;
Rice, 1 to 0,000; Goodhue, 1 to 9,500;
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Wabasha, Ito 0.000; Washington, 1 to
8,000: Dakota, 1 to 10,5u0* : Ramsey, 1 to ;
21,000; , Hennepin, Anoka, Isanti. 1 to
17,000; Scott, 1 to 14,000; Carver, Ito
8,500; Wright and Sherburne. 1 to
lo.foo; Meeker, 1 to 16,000; McLeod. 1
16,000; Kandiyohi, 1 to 14,000; Lac gui
Parle, Swift and Chippewa, 1 to 12,500;
Chisago. Kanabec and Pine, 1 to 16,000;
Crow Wing, Benton, Morrison, Todd
and Milie Lacs. -1. to .10,500;
Steams, 1 to 7,000 ; Pope and Douglas, 1
to 8,500; Big Stone, Grant, Stevens and
Traversal to 17,000; Otter Tail, 1 to
12,500; Wilkin, Clay and . Becker, Ito
20,000; Polk, Kittson, Marshall and
Beltrami, l to 31,000; St. Louis et al., 1
to 43,700; Renville, 1 to 15.000. This
ought to show plainly enough to any
legislator that, while there is no de
mand for an increase of legislative
members, there ought to be an imme
diate redisricting, such as will give
every section of the state absolute
/■quality of representation on the floor
of the legislature. - _
WHERE Is SULLIVAN?
The Indianapolis Absconding
Clerk Reported in Indiana."
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 3.— There
is reason to believe that John E. Sulli
van, the absconding county clerk, has
not got out of the str.te, and the police
•superintendent telegraphed in ail
directions to-day in •an effort
to effect his arrest. He is known to
have been at Michigan City yesterday,
but he left there before he could be ap
prehended. All points that he could
possibly touch in escaping, to Canada
have been telegraphed and he could
hardly have escaped arrest had he left
Michigan city for any point in the direc
tion of Canada. It is, therefore, be
lieved that he returned here and may
be at his home in this city. The au
thorities along the border, both in this
country and in Canada, have been fur
nished an accurate description of him,
and he will be arrested if- seen before
reaching Canada. Experts will begin a
thorough investigation of the clerk's
office to-morrow, and the developments
are awaited with much interest.
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THE CRUISER VESUVIUS
Wanted by a Power Across the
, Atlantic.
Philadelphia, Feb. The Record
to-morrow will say: "An offer has
been made- for the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius by a European govern
ment, and if the United States
government or the contractors shall not
take the vessel. Messrs. William Cramp
& Sons will dispose of her at a price far
in excess of the sum named in the con
tract entered into with the United
States government. The Cramps are
not in a position to accept the offer,
•s the cruiser has been partially ac
cepted by the navy department. The
members of the firm refuse to disclose
the name of the nation which made the
offer.but the Italian governments sup
posed to be the one, inasmuch as the
Cramps are now constructing a pneu
matic" dynamite gun boat for that
conutry." -V -:' :
SPLITTING I IIS.
Socialists Try io Define Anarchy
and Socialism.
Chicago, The socialists of this
city had a stormy time this afternoon at
their meeting in Waverley hall, trying
to define anarchy and socialism. Prof.
Orchardson read a paper in which he
pointed out all the evils of civilization,
according to socialistic ideas. At the
conclusion of his lecture a resolution
was offered urging the national execu
tive committee to susp-nd Prof. Car
side, the official lecturer of the Socialist
Labor party, from further lecturing, on
account of liis leaning toward anarch
ism. The reading of the resolution
caused a decided sensation. Several
exciting speeches followed, and the
meeting adjourned without, taking a
vote on the resolution.
— . -ess-
Suffering Settlers. :'V "..-.*
Portage La Prairie; Man., Feb. 3.
— W. A. Webster, Dominion .agent at
Devil's Lake. Dak., in a report lb the
Canadian minister of agriculture regard
ing the condition of affairs in that por
tion of Dakota, gives a harrowing ac
counts of the suffering of settlers owing
lo the failure of crops in various sec
tions of the territory. Destitution in
many sections is widespread, and many
farmers see ruin staring them in the
face. The few discontented individuals
who left Manitoba have, assured Agent
Webster of their intention to return to
Manitoba. -
Let's Hope It's True. .-
Wiekesbarue, Pa., Feb. The
Wilkesbarre Record will announce
to-morrow morning that a crisis in the
anthracite coal trade is threatened.
There are a million tons at tide-water.
The consumers refuse to make con
tracts, as they have entered into a com
pact to hold off until prices are de
moralized. The large . companies
threaten to retaliate by ordering a gen
eral suspension among all collieries
from Carbondale to Shamokin.
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Cremation Unpopular. .
Baltimore, Md., Feb. That cre
mation is not regarded with much favor
in Baltimore is evidenced by the cause
of the resignation to-day of Ben
jamin Horwitz as president and
director of the cremation ceme
tery company. Four years ago, Mr.
Horwitz says, when the company was ,
formed it was thought the movement
would be sufficiently popular to raise
$15,000 for a crematorium in a year; but. .
after every effort it has, even at. this
iate day, been found impossible to se
cure little more than a-third of that
amount. y'.-' : -'- yy- ;■
Denounced the Government.';.
Dublin, Feb. 3.— Lord Mayor Sexton
presided at the mass meeting in Phoenix
park to-day called to denounce the
treatment to which Mr. O'Brien is sub
jected in prison. Mr. Sexton announced
that a memorial had. been signed -by
four arc'ibishops and a majority of the
bishops of Ireland calling upon the gov
ernment to discontinue- proceedings
which endanger Mr. O'Brien life and
imperil public peace.
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Prisoners Released.
Limerick, Feb. 3.— John Finucane, ;
M. P.. and others imprisoned for' of
fenses under the crimes act, were to
day released. A meeting . was held in
their honor, at which the mayor pre
sided. The mayor said that Mr. Balfour
might expect the vengeance of the Irish
nation, if anything happened to Mr.
O'Brien. .."...>
Sheehy Is Willing.
Joe Sheehy, who whipped Pat Har
rington at Hurley, Wis., expresses his'
willingness to meet. Frank Kelly, of
Rhinelander, Wis., for fi-dnr-JIGv-io-igoo
side and gate receipts." He says ho
has placed a forfeit in the hands -of the
Hurley paper. .'" -~y " ; . \ ;..
The Liabilities $1,000,000.
Toronto, Ont., Feb. 3.— Valancey R,
Fuller, of Hamilton, has made an as
signment. The liabilities of the estate
amount to nearly $1,000, 000; the assets
are estimated considerably lower.
SAINT PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1889.
DUPLiCSTY AND DEATH
Otto Kayser, of Philadelphia,
Ends His Existence With
V ..: W a Razor, -
After Having Murdered Anna
Klaus, a Young Woman
of Nineteen,
And Made an Attempt to Kill
His Wife and Chil- ~-V
dren.
Terrible Death of a Massa
chusetts Father at His
Son's Hands. \
"Philadelphia, Feb. 3. -The finding
of the almoot lifeless body of a young
woman at Hope street and Montgomery
avenue, with a bullet wound in her
head, has led to a tragedy which . has
few or any equals in recent* years.
Shortly before .11 o'clock last night an
unknown woman, subsequently identi
fied as Anna Klaus, aged nineteen
years, who lived at 1637 North Second
street, was found in an unconscious con
dition on the pavement on Hope street
between Montgomery and Berks street,
with a pistol-shot wound over her left
eye. Soon after the young woman was
sent to St. Mary's hospital, but. died
before her admission, without regaining
consciousness. The woman, when
found, had with her a basket containing
a few buns, and this was the only clue
which the police could work. The
woman's body was removed to the
police station of that district.and every
body who called was allowed to view
the remains in the hope of- establishing
the identity of the victim. In addition
the police visited every baker's shop in
the district in the hope of discovering
to whom the buns had been sold. About
2 o'clock this morning Henry Klaus,
the father of the unfortunate girl, hav
ing become alarmed at his daughter's
prolonged absence, visited the central
police station and furnished a descrip
tion of the missing girl. This tallied
with the murdered girl's appearance,
and the father, upon going to the
Eighteenth district station, was
HORRIFIED
to find that his child was a corpse in
that station. The body, after being
fully- identified, was removed to.., the
Klaus home and detectives were as- ;
signed to discover the perpetrator of
the deed. An all-night search revealed
several female friends of the girl, and
from them the information was obtained
that she had been keeping company
with a conductor on the Second and
Third Streets railway, who was known
to the girl and her associates as
Tom Linn, but no such person could be
found. . Further inquiry among some of :
Miss Klaus' young lady friends,; with '
whom she was employed in one of the
mills in the Kensington district, re
vealed the identity of "Linn" as Otto
Kayser, twenty-five years of age, who
lived with his wife and two children at
Kensington and Lehigh. V* avenues.
It V was also learned that . Kayser,
under the name of Linn, had been se
cretly paying attentions to Miss Klaus,as
he had been forbidden by her parents
to visit their house. He had presented
himself as an unmarried man. As he
had been seen in her company the po
lice suspected that he was the mur
derer, and went to his house to arrest
him. As no replies came to their re
peated knocking the officers were about
to break open the door when it was
hastily opened, and they were met by a
woman in her night clothing with
blood streaming from her throat; and a
baby in her arms. ' She " directed the
officers to the second story, where,
stretched on the bed, with yV^ y
A RAZOR AT HIS SIDE,
lay Kayser, the blood pouring from a
wound in his neck. Mrs. Kayser was
removed to the ' hospital, but Kayser
died before an ambulance could reach
him. The circumstances surrounding
the case were .fully convincing, that
Kayser was the murderer of Miss Klaus,
and when he saw the officers coming to
arrest him he seized a razor, and, after
making an ineffectual attempt to kill
his wife by cutting her throat,
he ended his own life with the
same weapon. The absence of the re
volver with which he shot Miss Klaus
is explained by the fact that when he
returned to his home after the shooting
he was intoxicated, and became so
boisterous that his mother-in-law, who
lived with him and his wife, was ebliged
to send for a policeman, who took the
weapon away from him. The most
plausible story of the affair is that
Kayser had been keeping company with
Miss Klaus under an assumed name,
and that she had discovered the real
truth of the matter; and, having met
him while on her way home from the
baker's last night, threatened him with
exposure. He thereupon shot her and
went home as already stated. Rather
than submit to arrest he killed himself.
He was a tinsmith by trade, but has
been employed as a car conductor- for
some time. He has been married four
years and leaves two children, aged one
and three years respectively. Miss
Klaus is a mill hand and lived with her
parents in the same * neighborhood.
Mrs. Kayser's wounds, though danger
ous, are not necessarily fatal.' V_ V
;t' ; -' . For Bribing Juries.
Detroit, Feb. 3.— -Some days ago
John Nicholson, a sailor, was arrested,
charged with having attempted to bribe
jurors of the Wayne circuit court . to
bring about a disagreement in the case
of James Hughes against the Detroit,
Grand Haven _ Milwaukee Railroad
company. Yesterday Nicholson made
a full confession, which resulted in the
arrest ; of W. W. Laugdon, a. prominent
lobbyist. The authorities 1 are now at
work on evidence I which, it is hoped,
will bring down bigger game. :' '■"'-
Assassinated by White Caps. yy
Columbus, 0., Feb. B.— John Gin
aver, a dairyman, disappeared ten days
ago,' after having received a White Cap
notice. To-day his body' was found in
a well on his place.* being partially cov
ered with stones and % his head mashed.
He leaves a father and daughter, his
wife having died some years ago. His
hired man, Philip Souder, who discour- *
aged looking one the premises for the;
body, was arrested to-night. '■■ 'V-- i
BOWMAN KM BROILED. y
A Death-Bed. Confession ..Involves;
a Philadelphia Lawyer. -y.';
: Chicago/. Feb. 3.— The death-bed;
confession of Ella Schwartz, wife of the
brake-nan now serving a long sentence
in Joliet j for : comDlicity in - the great
Rock Island train robbery and the mur
der of Express Messenger Kellogg
Nichols, is made public to-day. Accord
ing to Mrs. Schwartz, her husband gave
her $18,500 of the stolen /money;:
which she concealed by rolling the bills*
up one at a time and packing ; them ;in
cartridge shells. This money, it is
alleged, was subsequently, on an order,
from Schwartz, turned ov**r to Col. W.
P. Bowman, of Philadelphia, Schwartz'
lawyer." An interview with Detective;
W. A, Pinkerton is printed, relating;
conversations in prison with Schwartz
and the latter's comrade, Newton!
Watt, which, if true, would . cor
roborate, in a measure, the charge
against Lawyer Bowman.' Pinkerton is:
also quoted as having accused Bowman
of receiving the stolen money. The
lawyer stenuouslj; denied the charge-
Mrs. Schwartz was some j time ago- re
pudiated by her husband. She died of
consumption within the past few days.
The expenses of the. funeral were de
frayed by the Pinkertons, who saw -that,
the woman was cared for up to the time
of her death. -
DENIED BY BOWMAN. -'"V
Philadelphia, Feb. 3.— ln relation
to the story telegraphed from Chicago
implicating Col. Wendell P. Bowman,
of this city, in some manner with the
money secured by Schwartz, one of the
Rock Island express robbers now serv
ing a long sentence in Joliet, Col. Bow
man was seen to-night. When the story
was related to him he immediately ex
pressed a wish that his boot extended to
Chicago that he. might kick the per
sons who made the charges. He. . said !
that he had been engaged by Schwartz',
father, who resides in this city, to goto !
Chicago to defend the young man; that
he never received a r penny outside of
his fee, and he did not get all of this.
He believed the story emanated from a
woman with whom Schwartz lived as his
■wife, -and; who •: declared that she. had
given.the colonel a large, samof.mbuey.
"I deny this now," as I did to Pinkerton
before," said the colonel, as his mili
tary blood boiled. "The woman never
gave me -any- money. - Why the ■ story
should be revived two years after the
trial I do not know." . v-:
POUNDED HIS FAIHER.
A Massachusetts Young Man Mar- <
tiers His Aged Parent.
Springfield, Mass., Feb. 3.— Benll i
Kenny, fifty-five years old, was arrested
at East Longmeadow last night for !
pounding his father, 'Isaac Keeny, so I
that he died. ; The prisoner came home |
drunk a week ago and began to smash ;
things in the house, where he lived ,
with his aged parents. He father was j
awakened" and expostulated with him. j
Finallv>Beull'Keeny,;.'who was a strong *
man, pounded his father as he laid in ;!
bed, breaking his nose, nearly gouging |
his eyes out and tearing his face. -No J
doctor was called until Wednesday, and '}
the old man lingered until Friday night. ';
Medical Examiner Brick, of this city, i
was then notified, and the son's arrest |
followed. The family live in a lonely
spot. .The officers have had difficulty '
in' getting at the facts, as the old woman -J
is evidently trying to shield her son. 'y j
EXCITEMENT IX ARKANSAS j
Over a Debate Regarding Ballot j
- Box Stealing. yy y
St. Louis, Mo., -Feb. Dispatches ]
from Little Rock, Ark.', say there was !
an exciting scene in the legislature yes- I
terday over a joint resolution intro- j
duced by Mr. Jove? , of Nevada county, j
requesting the governor to offer a re- j
ward of 5500 for the arrest and convic- :
tion of the thieves who broke into the l
vault of Pulaski county and stole ballot '
boxes and poll books immediately after
the state election in September . last.
The resolution was vigorously opposed
by some and ridiculed by Mr. Cordon,
who moved to substitute 25 cents for i
-$500. During the debate* Speaker Hud
gins left the chair and spoke an hour in
favor of the resolution.'-: -He denounced
in the most emphatic manner ballot box
robberies in general, and the Pulaski
county robbery in particular, scored the
grand jury for failing to report on the (
matter and handled the whole subject
with bare knuckles.' The resolution,
was adopted by a large majority. ~-y
EDITORS POOR SHOTS. ->
Result of a Street Duel in a Texas
;';':-' : ;. Town. ' -VyiV
Denison, Tex., Feb. The editors
of rival papers here, the Dispatch ' and
New Era; caused some excitement yes
terday by a street duel in which neither
were hurt. C. 11. Schall is editor of the
Dispatch and CM. Lane of the New
Era. The New Era denounced Schall
severely yesterday . morning. Schall ■
took a Winchester and, . meeting Lane,
opened the editorial debate. Lane
answered with a revolver. The shoot
ers were behind doors and barrels and
no one was hit. Schall's brother. tried
to shoot Lane, but a bullet through his
hat sent him away. \ Both editors, were !
arrested." Lane is from Sedalia,Mo. . -,- ■
Troops in Readiness. ; ... V
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 3.— A com
pany of the state militia is being held in"
readiness in this city to go to the scenes
of the reported Indian outbreak in Mono
county, -if required." The sheriff " of i
Mono county has telegraphed that there)
is no immediate danger and that it is
not likely that the troops will 'be •;
needed. y ".■"'' ;
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Dress Better, Look Better. *$S i
London, .Feb. 3.— British ma-'
tron," writing to the Observer on : the
subject of the ; American girl, insists
that the real reason 'why so- many .of;
them marry Englishmen is that the'lat-;
ter are better dressed, better bred, and i
altogether finer looking specimens of |
humanity than the average New Yorker,
Californian or Bostonian. The Bos
tonian, according to the; writer's view;!
is the best educated of all Americans.!
but even he lacks the polish which!
comes naturally to his English brother^
A Bloodless Duel. * j
Paris, Feb. 3.— Deputies : Laguerre,
and Lacroix fought a duel this morning :
with pistols. Neither of the combatants »
was injured. The challenger was M A
Laguerre, who claimed that he had been v
interrupted in an offensive manner by lsl
M. Lacroix while speaking in the cham- 1 "
ber of deputies. Changes in the min-i
istry are imminent, but they are not due'
to the new bills proposed by Premier •
Floquet, the > present * cabinet ; being
unanimously in favor of those measures/
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Dined With Reid. V V
New York, Feb. B.— Russell Harrison
arrived "at the ; Gilsey house to-day. He *;
and Mrs. ; Harrison ; and Mrs. ' McKee
dined at the mansion of Whitelawßeid.
It is said at the hotel that Mrs. Harri
son ;, will probably leave for ■ home • to
morrow night or Tuesday morning." .-';*
ONEOFTHE MANY
: Handsome Churches fop Which
Minneapolis Is Fa- :; v
y mous.
The Fine First Congrega
tional on the East i 3:
'" V- Side. H- : -
A Society That Dates Back
Into Territorial vv
Days.
Sketches That Include the
:• Pastor and Volunteer
Quartette.
Prominent Citizens Who Hold
Pews in This Edi-
V; . fice.
Yesterday's Sermon and the
Parishioners Who Heard
Its Delivery.
ylt Is a beautiful structure, in the
midst of happy homes, whose inmates
gather weekly at the great doors opened
on the corner of Fifth street and Eighth
avenue southeast, ; Minneapolis. The
massive edifice of the First Congrega
tional church is of Lake Superior
brown stone, erected in a Romanesque
style of architecture, and even from the
outer view awakes a feeling of : rever
ence in the beholder. There is some
thing so elevating -in the lofty spire, as
it towers 168 ' feet above the wicked
world, something so hospitable in the
three -great doors, with towers above.
'■ that open on the two thoroughfares as
though inviting every one to enter, that
it is a very ideal of a place of worship;
and' yet, withal,' the spaciousness and
widely -spreading wings are but a fur-'
- tlier . assurance to the more lowly of
: God's creatures that there is - a place
Tor all high and low: within. On
entering the impression received from
i the outer view is hot dispelled, in fact,
\ the homelikeness of the place divided
into many apartments would go to in
crease the feeling. The main audi
torium is "seventy-Six-feet square, with
■ the pulpit in the opposite corner from
' the main entrace. The .grand organ,
i extending from floor to ceiling, rfur
; -riishes an .appropriate^background for
! the pulpit and the massive oak ' pulpit
! furniture. The solid oaken seats are
arranged in am phiteatrical form, those
\ in the rear. being elevated so as -to give
! every person the same, angle of view of
5 the speaker. The dome above is .dec-'
i orated in soft shades of- blue, .amber
i 'and gold, the colors growing less ! -and
: less intense and imperceptibly blending
I into a light gray toward the ceiling,
[■'•which is "of the same gray with a green
i ish cast, ornamented in light tones of
j amber and gold. The oak-finished walls
j grow more and more : somber in color
! from the ceiling to the floor. This room
, has a seating capacity of 800, and ar
; rangements were made to allow of con
| struction of a gallery ..when more room
I was needed. .
i-V Opening from the main auditorium is
: the chapel, . 50x100 feet, radiating from
.which are two stories, divided into
[many rooms for the use of classes, and
' societies. By the means of large drop
! doors the whole building can be thrown
into one room, with.a seating . capacity
k of '. 1,400. The basement contains a
kitchen and dining room. The edifice
was planned to fill not only a temple of
~ worship, but of a home for its members
tin- whatever-' social gatherings they
should deem fit to hold.. The windows
thrc ughout the structure are of olive
.and brown tints, with light blue inter
mingled, casting throughout the interior
a soft, warm light. f .'V ; .'• ?f
' ITS HISTORY.
Nearly Thirty-Nine Years Since Its
Organization.
I It was nearly forty, years ago that the
church was organized, and it claims the
honor of being the first of the denomin
ation the territory, there were at
that time but 7,000 people in the whole
territory, but twelve hardy pioneers of
St. Anthony entered into a covenant
under Rev. Charles Secombe,. as
their leader, on the 10th day of
. November, 1851. The services of. the
church were held for a time in a school
building between University avenue
and whatls now known as Majaiesler
JfIRST'CDNOREGA'TIONAtrCHURCfIJ' "
~£o»w_Ef_'_t. and Eighth &s_s &■ V '
"college. The i house of worship -first
built by the society was located near the
corner of ; Central avenue • and Fouith
-"street, where it still ' stands. The first
services were held in this church Jan.
16, 1853. It was formally dedicated Feb.
•15t?1&4,' Rev. = Richard j flail preaching
#he sermon.. For twenty-one years this
■building was the temple of the : church.
-During the first fifteen years of > its ex
istence the church received: yearly aid
from the American Home Missionary
society. On , the 28th of June, 1874," the
edifice- which stood at the corner of
Fifth street and Third avenue south
east ..was i- dedicated, Rev. 'J. E. - Roy,
D. D., of Chicago, preaching the sermon."
Sunday, the 6th of May, 1880, this build
ing was burned to the ground, and the
congregation betook themselves to the
large skating rink that stood at the cor
ner ol Fifth street and Twelfth avenue
southeast. This, they reformed . into a
place of worship, Plans were speedily
made for the "erection of a more appro
priate edifice, and on the 4th of March,
1888, the splendid church now occupied
was dedicated with becoming services,
at: which Rev. -Merrill preached the
sermon, and, though the expense had
amounted to $76,000, the church was en
tirely free from debt on the day it was
first used. : . •- - ■ • .
The following reverend gentlemen
successively, assumed: the care of the
church -after the retirement of Rev.
Secombe: Revs. Orlando Clark, Jay
Choir Quartette and Organist.
Clizbe. Gabriel Campbell. Egbert B. j
Bingham, James Tompkins, George M. I
Landon, Edward M. Williams and John
L. Scudder. y"".' . . ;
THE PAhiOR.
A Sketch of the 'Lit of Key. G. A.
Merrill.
Very much honored and loved by his
flock o is ■ Rev. "George A. . Merrill, the.
present pastor. - Over 300 families now
look to him as their pastor and leader in
spiritual life. Rev. ; Merrill believes
that ''the man is known by his works,"
and works silently and also so system
atically that he accomplishes an incred
ible amount of work for the good of his
people. In speaking of him a lady, said:
"He teaches no rule of life that he does
not himself practice."
Rev. Merrill is a native of Newbury
port, Mass., and is now in his -forty
third year.. At a remarkably early age
he had perfected his education, having
studied at Bangor,- Me., and -Amherst,
iiass. When asked where and when
lie preached his first sermon, he an
swered: "Ah, my friend, that is a hard
question to answer. 1 have preached
all my life." He was ordained Jan. 2,
1807, at Henrietta, N. Y. After twelve i
years at ditlerent Eastern pastorages,
he located at Painesville, 0., and after
seven years of faithful work at that
place he came to Minneapolis to take up
ins work Dec. 1, 1880. Rev. Merrill has
a beautiful home and a happy family of
five children. The eldest son, John, is
in his sophomore year at the university,
though bnt sixteen years of age. George
is a beany lad of fourteen, in the grad
uating class at the academy. Mary is a
bright lassie of eleven tusseling with a
schoolgirl's troubles' at _iarcy school,
while Unis and Robert, of three and
one. respectively, are the .joy, of ; the
mother's heart, at home. Mrs. Merrill
is a model minister's wife, a' general
favorite with all in the church circle. .":
THE MUSICAL
A Prominent Feature of the Serv
:; ice — The V Personnel of the
Choir.
The music of the church is a most en
tertaining feature.being of a novel char
acter. . It is furnished by the Metzilotte
Male quartette, or, as it is sometimes
called, the twenty-tour-foot quartette.as
the gentlemen are voluminous in body
as well as in voice, not one of them be
ing less '-than six feet in height. The
quartette are famous in Minneapolis for
their fine music, and they greatly en
hance the ; beauty of the services.
.Though ; in themselves' sufficient, they
are greatly • aided . by the pure-tone i
organ, which under the masterly fingers'
of Prof. Gilbert fills thd church with
melody. " The ; organ is. a gift to the
church from ex-Governor Pillsbury, and
was put in at a cost of $5,500. The fact
that the auditorium - has no gallery
makes it the finest place in the city for
perfect rendering, the acoustics being
perfect. The quartette was ; organized
eighteen months ago. -
-*: The pare of first base was originally,
carried by J. M. Robinson, who is
now. in - Oakland, Cal. On his re
mbval his place was filled by C. W.
Bowen. -With this exception the quar
tette hae sung together foi the year
and a half, which is the more remarka
ble, as they are not professional mu
sicians- but business men of the city.
Since their organization they have ap
peared many times before the Minne
apolis public at different entertain
ments and are looked on by musicians
with much favor.
J. E. Richardson, the first tenor, is a
Temple B court lawyer. He has a voice
of*. peculiar strength and impressive
nessand is always sure of. carrying Ins
audience with.him. For: five years he
studied under J.-* J.'- Woolett.; of.. Dcs ,
Moines, He is a" graduate of 'the!
University. of lowa, and .while in lowa
City was a leader in the Students' Choral,
society,. taking the leading part in the
Oratorio of : Belshazzer. rendered by
that body. Mr. Richardson has sung.as
first tenor in the principal churches of
lowa City, San Francisco and Stockton,
Cal., also filling that position in St.
.Mark's Episcopal church.of this city.
Because of his experience and the part
he carries the quartette look to him as
leader. - 7 . '
'1 he second tenor is carried by A. M.
Stuart, with the firm of.'Bradstreet,
Thurber & Co. Mr. Stuart has voice
of great pathos and beauty and has the
faculty of touching his audience. He
has taken part in the music of the church
since '87. Before coming here he filled
positions in the principal churches of
Grand Rapids, Mich. On coming to
Minneapolis he immediately identified
himself with the musical circle of the
city.
C. W. Bowen, first basso, though oc
cupied a great part of the time with his
business, is a noteworthy musician. He
has studied with Prof. A. VV. Porter for
several years and has sung with the
choirs of several Minneapolis churches.
His voice is powerful and gives great
volume to the music of the four.
E. P. Loye, second basso, makes the
quartette complete with a strong, well
trained voice, and goes a great way to
ward giving the quartette its great pop
ularity among the fair sex. Mr. Loye
was a member of the choir of the First
Baptist church, and sang under Prof,
fatten. Before joining the quartette,
he was in the Freewill Baptist church
choir. Prof. S. C. Gilbert, the organist
and director of the church music, is a
natural artist, and has for six years fur
nished the church with music. He re
ceived a year's training in the New
England conservatory of music.
Yesterday's music was impressive in
its character and peculiarly adapted to
the rest of " the service. The opening
piece was "Te Deum," by H. R. Thayer,
and the second, by H. M. Dow. was en
titled, "Alone I Stood Outside the
Gate." In every instance the music, as
it swelled through the auditorium from
organ and quartette, helped to bring
over the audience that feeling of praise
and reverence that naught else b ut
music can. "V VVV'r
NOTED IN CHURCH.
Some Prominent Members — A
:..'■ Glance at the Congregation.
V* The church is notable for its hosiiital
ity to all. and is proud of the character
istic in which it differs from other prom
inent churches: the seats are all free,
and the rich and.. the poor are happy to ;
mingle together in true brotherly- love,"
with no intimation or ; class dis
tinction i made by , what money ' is
capable of -purchasing. . A stranger is
impressed with thecordiality with which
he is received and the way which
every r one ,*. seems to be at home in the
temple of worship. Formality is clothed
in a gracious cloaK of friendliness. - It
would be a - cold heart that would not
be forced to " respond to I the burst of
eloquent music at the opening of the
service. Rev. Merrill puts so much of
a spirit of praise into his prayers,' and
throughout -the service there is such a
unity that one is unconsciously lifted \
into a devotional frame of mind. . --.""'
Among- the congregation as they
gather together are to be seen many ol
the prominent business men of Minne
apolis, and with them -.' several ; of the
scholars of the city . in ' the persons of
the university professors,
r Ex-Gov. John ;S. Pillsbury, with .-. his
wife and son, occupy a seat directly in:
front of the pulpit, but well toward the
back of the church. Mr. Pillsbury is
looked upon as one of the pillars of the
church, and it is true that ; its- prosper
ous condition is largely due to \ his gen
erosity, i It'- is this, and •no matter of
dress or bearing or high pew distinction,
that makes the family looked upon as
one of the first in the church. >
Three or four seats in the rear lis F.
B. Snyder, the attorney, the ; son-in-law .
of Mr. Pillsbury, with his - young wife.
Mr. Snyder is &<. rising young ; lawyer,
very popular; both i within the church
and among the members of the bar.' •
; A neighboring seat was occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glessner and -two
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golden-haired maidens, making a mosl
pleasing picture. Mr. Glessner. is a
well known and popular business man
of the East side.
P. D. McNullan with his wife occu
pied a seat on the extreme right of the
church and near the front. Both; man
and wife are known as energetic work
ers in the church, and are ever ready to
advance its interests. In business .life
and city work Mr. McNullan is also one
of the foremost. '■-'.-
On the other side of the . room are to
be found each Sunday equally earnest
workers in the persons of Mr. and Mrs.
C.H.Pratt and their daughter. Mr.
Pratt is a prominent real estate and
lumber dealer and for ten years has
been identified with the church work. -
Mrs. A. W. Hastings is a faithful
churchgoer and looked upon as one oi
the energetic ladies of the church. * •-;
Prof, and Mrs. C. W. Hall are of those
always ready to do their part in any
part of the church work. They are of
the University circle and are able
church people. A Sunday ' seldom
passes that does not find them in their
places. President Northrop, of the uni
versity, is also an active memberfin the
church work. s
Mrs. Leon Lane and Mrs. T. F. An
drews, president and secretary of the
Ladies' Benevolent society, are among
the foremost in the work of charity and
Christian aid.
A noticeable and pleasing thing to an
observer is the appropriateness of the
dress of all the church goers. Though
- the costumes were of the richest ma
terials there was nothing in style or
color offensive to the place or circum
stances. .y-y; * -
When the services were over an the
congregation was dismissed it was a
pleasant sight 'to witness the cordial
hand-shake and greetings as a part ol
the congregation sought the large Sun
day school rooms and others departed
for their homes. y- *;
AUXILIARY WORK.
The Three Sunday Schools and
Their Officers.
The church v has " many auxiliary
societies which are. supported by it.
The Sunday school is one of the largest
in the city, and in the building of the
church especial attention was given to
the construction so as to provide es
pecially for it, and though " allowance
was made for growth for years, the
school is now so large that there is
scarce room for it in the roomy apart
ments. The following are the officers
of the school :
Superintendent, C. E.Dyer; first as
sistant, Franklin Lyon; second assis
tant, S. F. Little; secretary, Frank W.
Foster; assistants, Frank Boyd, A. F.
Pillsnury: treasurer, George A. Whea
ton; librarian. W. Moreton; assistants,
George Boyd. Milton Wheeler; reading
committee. Mrs. W. W. Rich, Miss H.
M. Kittredge, Miss Louise Bailey;
chorister, 0. E. Wingate. Primary
Department Supeiintendent. Mrs. L.
VV. Campbell; assistant superintendent,
Mrs. W. F. ..Decker;" chorister, Mrs.
Thomas F. Andrews; librarian, Arthur
B. Church., '," . - • V.-.
Other -"societies within the : church
: with their officers are: The Ladies'
! Benevolent Society— Mrs. Leon Lane,
; president; Mrs. T. F. Andrews, treas
urer. The Flower Mission— Mrs. O. A.
. Gardner, president: ; Mrs.: J. S. Dodge,
- secretary; Mrs." G." L. Reynolds, treas
: urer. The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society C. E. Leavitt, president;
Mrs. G. E. secretary: ; Mrs. G.
E. Church, treasurers The Woman's
Home Missionary Society— Mrs. W. W.
Rich, president; Mrs. E. Nexsen.sec-
I retary; Mrs. G. E. ■ Church, treasurer.
I The Young Ladies' Missionary society
Miss Mary L. Wingate, president;
Mrs. , ' J. S. . Dodge, r secretary;
Miss Nellie P. -Chapin, .treasurer,
'ihe' Opportunity Club— W. 'F.
Decker, president; Miss Eilie J. Ken
nedy, secretary; Miss Nellie P. Chapin,
treasurer. The Heart and Hand Soci
tty---W. C. Rowell, president; A. :.•_..
Church, secretary; E. W. Pratt, treas
urer. The Earnest Workers, in charge
of Mrs. C. VV. Hail. • The U. S.
Boys' brigade, First Minneapolis com
pany, Capt. 11. A. Norton. "The Fort
nightly"— C. 11. Pratt, president; C. N.
Hainblin, secretary. The Gleaners,
In charge of Mrs. H. G. Fales. The
King's Daughters, First Ten, Second
Ten. The Kings Sons, First Ten. The
Kitchen Garden committee, Miss A. W.
Watson, Mrs. G. A. Wheaton, Mrs. H.
M. Kittredge.
The officers of the society are George
E. Church, president: J. W. Perkins,
secretary; Joseph E. Ware, treasurer
(215 Central avenue southeast); trust
ees, J. .S. Pillsburv, G. A. Wheaton,
D.-M. Clough. C. H. Pratt, P. D. Mc-
Millan. The officers of the church are:
Deacons. L. G. Johnson, C. E.VVingate,
Franklin Lyon,: 11. A. Norton, C. W.
Hall and W. F. Decker; deaconesses,
Mrs. L.G. Johnson, Mrs. G. E. Ham
mer. Mrs. J. M. Berry, Mrs. P. D. Mc-
Millan; clerk, W. Powell; and treas
urer, A. B. Church. The salary of the
minister is *?3,000, and the quartette re
ceive $1,200 as compensation for their
work.
YESTERDAY* SERMON.
What Is Essential for the Soul's
•'' Eternal *»alvation.' v.
Rev. Merrill's style of address is at
once impressive and convincing. IHe
states .facts' in" so earnest a way that
though the hearer may differ from-, him ..
in belief, he can but feel that there Is
i truth in his words, and that the speaker
believes and follows what lie preaches.
Yesterday morning his sermon was ap
plicable to every hearer, and he carried
'.their undivided attention from first to
last. The following is a brief outline
of the address, the text being: John
Hi., 3: "Rabbi, we. know that Thou art
a teacher cook.' from God." r ;,
"We have a special matter to refer to this
teacher to-day. ... Last. Sunday we reached
three rational conclusions on which a divine
indorsement rested. (1.) .- No peace between
God and a sinner who does not quit his sin.
(2.) Forsaken sin of itself | does not i make
peace between God^aud man: (3.) - Peace
between God and a repented sinner Is possi
ble after the due penult? of sin has been
paid. •: Yet our last word was: "1 believe m
the forgiveness of sin," because of the mes
sage of the gospel that the eteruiil Son of God
has made an atonement for the I sins of the
world. If this is a fact- it 1 < no ' barren one.
There is no providence of - life or endeavor,
no relation of people to each other -or the
world that it will not. transform. It is this
question of fact, not of ■'doctrine," that Iwe
take to the leet of the Great Teacher. He
may answer us: . '
First— By pointing to his tacit acceptance
of certain ideas and expectations of his time,
summed upnin the word of John, - "Behold
the iamb of uod." . ;--.-y
-.'. Second— By pointing us to the last supper,
with its "My blood— for the remission of
sins." '■■'. :: . *..
*• Third— may recall nis allegory •of the
good shepherd, with Ills expressed intention
of dying for the flock. -'•.-"•• .* ■ y -.
" Fourth— He may remind ijs that He spoke
of His death as a ransom for many. ■
Filth— lv the chapter of the text He makes
it clear that the world's hope of life is in His
death. . y . . -.-.-.. '....-.
'. Sixth— I," said He, "If I be lifted up
from the earth will draw ell men unto Me,
even he could not without dying. - * •>.*'.:;
So this teacher answers oui ; ouestion. We
are no*, explaining or justifying his teaching,
but de' taring it. If, on sufficient grounds
we are satisfied as to the | trustworthiness of
the tea,:her, we shall "accept the teaching.
\ Our three facts will have become " four, • and
this the fourth ;\ peace between -. God and a
penitent sinner -is possible • through Jesus
Christ our Lord. ; "Let . us - therefore ; have
peace with God."' Then '-we shall be peace
makers.-;: After this all social, political and
personal good follows, nor can be secured, In
perfectness by any other path.
