Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31
Ltndekes, Warner & Schumacher.

Ltndekes, Warner & Schumacher.
This is one of our largest Dry Goods f<ms,
and the names arc probably as familiar as
are those of any gentlemen in thu. city of st.
Paul. The senior, VIM. Lindeke, comes into
notice first rs the lessee OF. the old City mill,
erected on Trout brook by Mr.. Gibbons, who
was fatally wounded at Birch Coolie in 1862.
Mr.. Gibbons partner, Marshall, having
contract in the army, leased the mill to Mr..
Lindeke, and here was laid the foundation of
successful business career, which has fol-
lowed him ever since. He then built the
Union Mill, which proved itself q great mint
and is carried on to this day. The junior
Lindeke entered into the dry goods business
as clerk early in life with the late Louis
Blum, on the corner Of Third and Cedar,
where Warmers auction room now stands.
After years of apprenticeship he
became associated with Messrs.
Schafer and Zahm, under the firm name of
A. q. Lindeke & Bro. This firm after years
of successful trade dissolved, and its place
was taken by A. Fl. Lindeke & Bro, who
still oontinne to carry on large retail bust
ness under the Immediate supervision of
VIM. Lindeke.
Reuben Warner is one of the old, old set
tiers. The pioneers will remember him as
associated with his brother on the corner of
Third and Jackson in an old wooden build
ing which stood where the general Offices of
the @. NJ. & St. P. R. R. now are. r. War
ner erected the handsome block corner Third
and Wabashaw, known as Music hall. At
later date they removed to the corner of Waba-
shaw and Third streets, and there remained
until they built up on the corner of Third
and Cedar, where J. M.',Warner still remains
in business.
T. L. Schurmeier, the junior, is one of st.
Paul's children. His father, the
late @. 81. Schumacher, was an
early settler in St. Paul, and became the
counsel and banker of nearly all the Germans
who came to this part of the country. He
lived an honored life, was a consistent
Christian, substantial, trustworthy business
man, and lives to-day fresh in the memory of
all old settlers. His sons were left com.
potency and are both successful business
in st. Paul to-day. The one of whom
we write in this article gained ibis business
education in the First National bank, where
he was employed for number of years.
The firm of Lindekes, Warner &
Schumacher commenced business July
/, 1878. The field was looked over,
pronounced good-the men are
men of means and experience and they were
only called upon to enter in and occupy the
land. The building they occupy is 7ox16O,
with basement and four stories. 1t is large
and yet not moro than half adequate to the
demands upon it. This is no boast, for last
year the sales exceeded 81, 100000. In addi-
ton to the four members of the firm, they
employ seven travelling statesmen and thirty
nine in the store, while in the manufacturing
department are employed 120 men and wo-
men, who work on oyeralls, shirts and Macki
nav goods outside of the building. A resi-
dent buyer in New York watches the markets
closely and is assisted by at least oxe member
of the firm and occasionally the heads of the
several departments, who 60 to New York at
stated periods to replenish in their 'z.several
lines.
r. A. Durkee has charge of the first floor,
which is the dry goods proper; T. A.
Schultze, second floor, or domestics; J. w.
Warren, third floor, or notions; G. F. Put
nam, white goods, and j. F. Fraenbach of
the manufacturing department..