Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-24
MALICIOUS FALSEH0OD.

Relative to the Changes in the Manitoba
Officia1s-President Hill Denoances the
Liars vigorously-No Truth in the Re-
ported Displacement of BIZ. MARVEL.
Yesterday morning thoroughly unreli-
able morning paper gathered up all the
odds and ends of the wild and false stories
that have been set afoat in st. Paul daring
the past week or two and put them to-
gether in the shape of a special
dispatch, and dating the bunch of false
hoods at Chicago, published the same. The
bogus dispatch was in substance string
of malicious falsehoods, set afoat and then
published as a special Ito conceal the au-
thorship) for the purpose of injuring a
gentleman connected with the st. Paul &
Manitoba road. The substance of the string
of falsehoods is that Mr.. A. L. Mohler is to-
be general freight agent of the st. Paul 81
Manitoba road, while Mr.. W. S. Alexander
is to be promoted to the position of traffic
manager of the same, that Mr. A. H. Bode
is to be assistant to the president and
controller of the st. Paul & Manitoba road.
The bogus dispatch still further stated
that these changes and some others were
made by Mr.. Hill, president of the road,
while General Manager Marvel was absent
in the east and without the latters knowl-
edge. The reason given for these changes
is one of the most unblushing, insulting,
and reckless specimens of downright falsi-
flying ever offered for a misrepresenta-
ton. The substance of this falsehood
is that Mr.. Marvel allowed Gen. Haupt to
secure an important advantage IN GER
tain matter that was pending between the
st. Paul & Manitoba and the Northern
Pacific roads.
Of course, this fictitious dispatch, when
read by the people of st. Paul, set the
to what it all meant, and 8 good
many of them called at the
general officer of the ST. Paul and Mani
toba road to learn something about the
statement. Mr.. Hill the president of
the road declared them to be false and
malicious and calculated to make trouble.
So far as Mr.. Marvel is concerned, the bo-
gus dispatch was peculiarly inju-
rious and unjust. Mr. Marvel,
enjoys the full confidence
of the board of directors ana of the presi-
dent of the road, and is to day in the east
could not attend to if there was any doubt
in the minds of the directors in regard to
Mr.. Marvel The idea of Mr.. Marvel
| leaving the road is one that has never
bean entertained by Mr.. Hill or any of the
directors, and what is more, he is Tot go
ing to be superseded or removed Mr..
| Hill was quite indignant in regard to the
publication, and did not hesitate to de-
nounce it in strong terms as pure fabri-
| cation. He said the business of the road
was increasing very rapidly, and it was
necessary to increase the force Of active
and reliable men from time to time as
the service required. The terms he
used were unmistakable. He declared
over and over again that Mr.. Marvel had
the unbounded confidence of the board of
directors and the president of the road,
and that he fully deserved that confidence.
In regard to the alleged advantage
| gained by the Northern Pacific over the
st. Paul & Manitoba, Mr.. Hill said there
was no truth in it. No such adyan-
tage had been gained, and there was no
opportunity for any snch to be
gained, as all the negotiations that have
occurred between these two roads had re-
suited satisfactorily to both and there
was no falling out of any description be-
tween the two. Mr.. Hill regarded the
| false statement made in the bogus special
| (concocted in ST. Paul. as most unfortu-
nate and unjust toward Mr.. Marvel, and
wholly without any foundation whatever,
especially as Mr.. Marvel is far away in the
east, where he will remain for some time