St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-27
WHISPERS.

Minnesota people are aware that he
who was once the states favOrite son.
ex-senator WINDOW. has spent but lit
tie time of recent years in Minnesota.
From time to time rumors of various gil
gantic schemes in which the former
Minnesota politician was supposed to
be concerned have come West, accom-
panied by stories of the enormous prof
its which MI. WINDOW had derived
from his connection with these enter
prises. The Whisperer is informed that
ne has recently engaged in scheme
which dwarfs all others with which
rumor has connected his name. Years
ago certain j. G. LANDREAU, of Phil
adelphia, became interested in inn
menSely valuable guano deposits in
Peru, which his brother had discovered.
BY the laws of Peru 10 per cent of the
value of such mines belongs to the dist
coverer. The Peruvian government,
however, was in financial straits,
and. though it formally recogr
niZed LANDREAU's claim, was UNI
able to pay it. Then the war came on,
negotiations were closed, and at the
end of the war Chilli had appropriated
most of the guano mines. Peru's debt
to LANDREAU of some $5O,OO0,OO0 still
remained, however, and he has sue
capitalists in it. That is where ex-Sen-
ator WINDOW comes in, the story goes.
lie is the hacker of LANDREAU, and as
ISOLATED with him were JAY Cook, eX-
Senator DORSEY and several other prom
lnent men. The Peruvian government
was approached to see if it would still
recognize the LANDREAU claim. The
reply was that, if LANDREAU would get
up company of American capitalists
that would advance money for the pres
ent needs of Peru, the government
would recognize the LANDREAU claim
at one-half its former basis, a tidy sum
OF S25,000,000. AS security for payment
OF the loan and the claim, the govern
ment agreed to give its guano lands,
certain gold and silver mines and large
deposits of nitrate. A stock company
with capital of S100O0,000 has been
formed to accept the offer, and Ian
DREAU, with two associates, has sailed
for Peru.
Let US hope Mr.. WINDOW will find
that all is gold that glitters.
His First II. C. VAN TAssLER
is prominent miller
Visit. of Huron, OAK, who
has lived in that terri
tory for fifteen years, and who has
iuiiOIOuS CuSlOulCIS UuEOuSDOut MlIlllc-
sofa and Wisconsin. You would natur-
ally suppose, then, that Mr.. VAN TAs-
sLER would be about as familiar with
ST. Paul as with Huron. Yet when the
Whisperer met him the other day he
was making his first visit to the SANITY
City. He had entered Dakota from the
southeast, and as his business has al
ways run along smoothly, he has never
happened to have occasion to visit this
city. Naturally, he was amazed at it's
extent. He told me he had no idea that
such massive business blocks and such
sumptuOus residences existed west of
Chicago. He had been in the habit of
running down to that city before either
for business or for pleasure, but would
in the future come to st. Paul. He also
said he was enabled to compete with
the Minneapolis mills in this market,
because he was able to getall the wheat
he wanted on much more favorable
terms. He thought, great as ST. Paul
was, that it had even greater future
before it, and was only sorry that he,
had not had a personal acquaintance
with the city sooner.
Probably there is not another full
grown Dakotian who hasn't made more
than one visit to ST. Paul.