St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-22
An Express Agent and Manager in Early
Days Three Million Dollars
Transported.
George Seibert and Twenty-Six Years Of
His Extremely Busy Mu
sioal Life.
A Popular Dry-Goods Man ana
Flooding Reporter for a
Daily Paper.
A County Attorney and How He
Succeeded in Climbing UP
in the World.
copyrighted by 7. M. Newson.

49,
f. f. WARNER.
Mr.. Warner is a gentleman of quiet char
acteristics, and yet a man of excellent bust
ness qualities. L remember him twenty
eight years ago as the manager of the
Northwestern Express company, and here
he was master of the situation, conducting
his affairs in prompt and highly-creditable
manner. He is a man of ordinary size, we'll
proportional physically, prompt, yet cool
and decided, never frustrated and managing
his affairs in his own peculiar, prudent way.
He was born III New York in 1886; was
educated at the common schools and also at
the Genesee Wesleyan college, and came to
St. Paul in 1857; was employed by j. G.
Burbank as manager of the Northwestern
Express company and made his run the first
winter from st. Paul to Prairie du Chen.
embracing nearly so, 900 miles in the aggre
gated various trips he made. When
the American Express company Sc
cured the territory south of st.
Paul, Mr. Warner entered into its serv
ices, and finally became superintendent OF
the division, controlling 1913 offices, SO
messengers and 291 employees. Mr..
Warner came into the field when dog
trains, Red river carts, stages and steam
boats were the channels of communication
from one place to another. but now these
are all ignored and the fastest trains are
employed to rush express packages from
one place to another. He has had some
twenty-five years of express experience,
and if any man can take packages safely
through into another world Warner can do
it. although just now he is engaged in an
other business, and has no inclination to
explore the moon.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
In February of the winter Of 1878 all
the lower country was flooded with water,
but MI. Warner was bound to get through
so he procured scows, and boats, and
horses and many times fording the rivers
in skiffs, he arrived at place where
he chartered four oxen at cost of
$50, and by swimming and wading
them they brought him on to
solid ground, and he made his way
rapidly to St. Paul, six hours behind time,
but full week in advance of the mail.
Business men received their documents the
editors the news, and oysters, which cost
S1.25 per can, were sound and delcious
Mr.. Warner informs me that during the
war Gen. Fremont made a requisition on
Gen. Pope, then stationed in this city, for
$3, 600, 900, and the funds were forwarded
to him by express charges $1,700.
During the time Mr.. Warner was mana
ger of the Northwestern Express company
not a package was lost. Some money was
missed but recovered.
Mr.. Warner resigned his position as man.
ager of the express company in 1882, and
the same year commenced dealing in furs,
which he continued to do for twelve months,
and in 1888 entered largely into the lumber
ing trade, which he now carries on quite
extensively. He also commenced the buy
ing of buffalo bones On the prairie, and
shipped East last year 100 carloads, or
1,500. 900 pounds to be used as a fertilizer.
Buffalo horns are not marketable now, as
cellulod takes their place.
BIG FARMING.
At one time Mr.. Warner was the mana
ger of the Rock County Farming company,
which owned 90, 900 acres. Last year 1t
cropped 5000 bushels of wheat. The
length of the turf broken in one day on this
company's property would reach from here
to Chicago, OF 416 miles. Twenty break
7 ing teams of twenty three horse power each
broke twenty miles per day. Mr. Warner
is very fond of hunting and has been the
t president of the sportSmen's club, and has
also been quite active iii securing laws to
protect game, holding to the theory that ii
people come here and find good hunting
they will also invest in our real estate. He
is well-preserved man, pleasant in his
ways, moderate in his movements and con-
sentative and closely devoted to business.
GEORGE sEIBERT.
! Hr. Seibert was born in Germany in
1886; received good common-school edu-
cation and emigrated to America in 1S49,
landing at New York and remaining there
six years, during which time he was in a
grocery store and commenced the study of
music. and he is indebted to his brother-in-
law, Frank DAM, for his first musical les
sons He soon after became connected
with rowing musical combination or circus
as one of the musicians and travelled quite
extensively, when the combination broke
up and in 1855 he removed to Chicago,
where he remained two years, giving his
time exclusively to playing in the Light
Guard band, studying music, etc. He came
to St. Paul in 1857 and opened cigar and
fruit store in a little building which stood
on the corner of Fifth and Jackson streets,
and here he paid SIT per month rent. He
continued in this kind of business for four
years, when he made up his mind that he
would drop peanuts and candy and cigars
and ginger snaps and 90 back to his favorite
profession of music, so he sold out and
commenced to teach bands of music
how to get harmony from their brass instru-
ments and he succeeded admirably. From
that time, 1860, up to the present he has
been engaged in music; has been the leader
of the Great Western band since 1868, and
leader of Seibert'S orchestra an equal num-
Der of years: was leader of the musical So
ciety for twelve years of which the late
Charles Scheffer was a prominent member;
was treasurer of the same sixteen years;
has played in various bands for twenty-six
years, thus placing him away UP on the top
round of the ladder in the musical world.
Some four years ago the professor was
thrown from carriage and his knee-cap in
jured, which causes him to walk little
lame, and then for year or two his health
failed him, so that he was obliged to give
up good deal of his favorite work, but he
is all right again now.
PERSONAL.
, Mr.. Seibert is not large man, nor is he
a small one, but he is man who has done
an enormous amount of labor in the musical
world; has fought against adverse circum-
stances and has conquered. He is very
, quiet in his ways; rather retiring IN his dis
, position, but is always prompt in his
musical career, and unceasing in his efforts
. to group together and hold the many
, musical elements at his command. He has
brought up an excellent family Of children,
and is himself a man against whom no evil
word can be spoken; an honest, honorable,
worthy citizen; first-class musician, whose
constant efforts have done much to advance
the musical tastes of our citizens.
A. H. LINDEKE.
Mr.. Lindeke was born in Germany in
1874; emigrated to America in 1856, locat-
ing in Sheboygan, Wis. and came to st.
Paul in 1857; was employed in the store of
N. W. Kittson in 1859 as bundle boy, and
remained with Mr.. Kittson's partner until