St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-19
it off. A weaker man would have sue
cumbed long ago.
A sad ending for wonderful man,
think you will agree.


cumbed long ago.
A sad ending for wonderful man, l
think you will agree.
From time to time the Whisperer has
chrOnicled the success with which eX-
Senator WINDOW has been meeting in
the business world. He has been, and
is now, in a dozen different schemes,
varying in location from the Superior
mining region to Central America, and
in the main has been immensely sue
cesSful. But he recently met with a set
back which is peculiar, not for the
amount of money involved, $50, 900, as
much as fOr'the fact that it was clear
matching of brains against brains, in
which WINDOW and his partner, Dor
sEY, were badly Outwitted by some
Milwaukee capitalists. 1t seems that
WINDOW and DORSEY had a
people, but it fell through, leaving them
to recover. They had possession
of the new deeds, which were to be the
outcome of the deal, and placed them
on record. The Milwaukee associates
objected. Discussion enSued, and a
meeting of the projected company was
appointed for certain day and hour in
Milwaukee, at which it was agreed the
matter should be finally decided. The
day came, but the train was late and
MesSrs. WINDOW and DORSEY did not
reach the city in time for the meeting.
a majority of the stock was repre-
SenteG, however, and the meeting pro-
ceeded without them. In a shorter time
than it takes to tell it the deeds were re-
pudiated, and when WINDOW and Dor
sEY arrived they found all hope of Sc
curing their $50, 900 gone.
There are cute tricks in the business,
as we'll as the political world.
Reading about the detection of opium
smuggling operations on the New York
and Canadian border, the Whisperer is
reminded of what an old customs Off
Ger, who has also seen a good deal of
life on the frontier, told him regarding
the possibility of opium being struggled
into the Northwest over the Minnesota
and Dakota border. 1t seems that be-
tween st. Vincent, Mimi, and Bis
marck, Oak, a stretch of country that
is SparSely inhabited, there are not more
than five inspectors. 1t is obviously
impossible to adequately patrol such an
extent OF territory with so few men. 1t
was this excursions officers idea that,
taking advantage of this fact. good
deal OF opium came by way of the Cana
dlan Pacific to some convenient point
north of the Minnesota or Dakota line,
was brought south, struggled in
and then carried to st. Paul, where
it was shipped both East and West as
merchandise" to market. He had
never detected any of it himself, but he
claimed that there were several persons
III the Twin Cities who could tell
great deal if they only wanted. Of
course, the possibility and the oppor-
tunity exist, and there are men enough
IN the Northwest, particularly in the far
Northwest, who have been in even more
dangerous schemes for turning a dis
honest penny.
Perhaps it would be just as well to in
crease the force of inspectors, anyway.
Since stories of prominent peoples
pecullarities seem to he becoming popu-
lar, the WhiSperer is reminded of one
which Senator "CUsH" DAVIS told
about himself recently, and which we'll
illustrated the junior Minnesota sena-
tors diplomacy. Generally am good
at remembering names,'' said the sena-
tor, but got badly stuck once. l was
sitting in my Office once, when in came
man L was delighted to see. We had
Deen raised as boys together, had en-
listed III the same company and served
=. I" eiiS wei ItC DClliS tllc
lieutenant of the company of which |
was captain knew him we'll. and as
had not met him for years, was sin
cerely glad to see him. but to save my
life couldn't think of his name. in
vlted him to stop at my house. and
ne accepted. AS it approached dinner
time grew nervous, for, of course, it
would be necessary to introduce him to
my family, and couldn't ask my old
chum what bis name was. Finally l
had happy thought. Getting pen and
paper, suggested we write joint let
ter to another cOmrade with whom we
were both intimate. He assented. [
wrote couple of pages of pleasant Cos
sip, signed the letter, and turned it over
to my friend, who at once affixed his sig
nature, and my embarrassment was at
once relieved, but it was close shave.'
The faculty of remembering names
is almost as valuable to a politician as
the possession of ''bar'l''
THE WHISPERER.