St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-06

IN business. social ana pOiltlcal circles.
Stone by name, he is anything but
stony by nature, and is approachable
even in his busiest moments. and he is
a very busy man, indeed. He has as
many titles and offices as a European
prince-titles and Offices won by his
own merit, too. He has been a resident
of Minnesota for twenty years, and
ranks with the influential men of the
state. As president of the chamber of
commerce, he holds position of>great
Importance in the business world. 1t
is an office of honor, and has never be-
fore been held by so young man. Mr..
Stone was unanimously elected mem
Der of the last legislature. and was one
of the Republican leaders of that body.
He is one of the pillars of the North ST.
Paul Land company, and although not
practical farmer, is so alive to the ag-
riculIural interests of the state as TO
make him most desirable and compe-
tent man for another Office he holds
that of first vice president OF the state
agricultural society. He is a member
of the Town and Country club, and
often seeks relief from the cares of BUSH
ness in the pleasures the rural club
house affords.
The vice president of the Bank of
North st. Paul is E. j. Luger. Mr..
Luger is not st. Paul man, strictly
speaking. but is widely known through
out the West. He has lived in Mime
sofa for great many years, and was
till late years one of the most promi
nent business men in WabaSha. He
holds the offices of secretary and treas
urer in the Luger Furniture company,
one of the largest manufacturing and
jObbing establishments OF the kind in
the West. The company's factory is
situated at North st. Paul, and it con-
trolls the largest retail furniture house
in Fargo, n. ID. Mr.. Luger has made
his home in North st. Paul for the past
four years, where he not only looks
after the interests of the Luger Furni-
ture company carefully and success
fully, but finds time to boom North st.
Paul little.
Samuel r. Murray IS the cashier of
the bank. He is, perhaps. not so we'll
known as most of the other men inter-
ested in the bank, but he is man who
is bound to make his influence felt in
banking circles in time. He is COM
paratively a new conner to Minnesota.
What he knows of banking, and he has
the reputation of understanding the
business thoroughly. be learned inWake-
field, Wis, where he had control of
considerable banking business for some
years. Four years ago. when the Bank
of North st. Paul was established, the
position of cashier was taken by MI.
Murray, and in that capacity he has
continued to serve till the present time.
He is one of the directors, is young,
handsome. and has unbonnded conf
dence in the future of North st. Paul.
Beside the three officers. the list of
directors includes four other prominent
men. Frederick Driscoll Jr. is name
familiar to everybody in st. Paul and
to most people throughout the North
west. Mr.. DriScoll was born and reared
in st. Paul, and has seen the city grow
from an Insignificant village to its pres
ent magnificent proportions. He is
secretary of the Pioneer Press company,
and devotes himself to the counting
room interests of the paper. He is
keen, far-sighted man, and is one of the
rising young business men of st. Paul
who will in few years control the
business of the city.
III. A. Castle is better known as Capt.
CaStle.A man of more varied experience
it would be impossible to find. He en-
tered the Union Army when mere
bow, and served in two regiments of his
native State-the Thirty-seventh and
One hundred and thirty-seventh Hi
noiS. As remembrance of those days
he has his military title, and a string of
entertaining stories of the war. He is
an enthusiastic member of the q. A. r.,
and no meeting of the organization is
complete without Capt. Castles pres
enee. Capt. Castle practiSed law for
season, and during his twenty-five
years of residence in Minnesota has
held as many Offices of honor as six ordi
nary men. He is known to all the news
paper men of the state, and is identi-
fed with the journalistic fraternity
through his nine years. active news
paper work as proprietor and publisher
of the Dispatch. Everybody knows
him, and he has as many friends as ac
quaintanceS.
n. S. Lane is a practlcing physician
of long experience and great success.
He has not only all the sympathetic
qualities that 90 to make up success
full physician, but has a great deal of
business ability. He is one of the
pioneer settlers of North st. Paul, and
has built up a remarkable practice in a
short time. Before he came to North
st. Paul he was resident of Eyota,
where he practiced medicine for a
number of years.
}. G. Earhuff is a director who has
all Ine prOVerDlal push. enterprise ana
business energy of the typical Chicago
man. He is an IllinOisan, and gained
his knowledge of business and start i'll
life in Chicago. About three years ago
he came to the Northwest in search of
a suitable location for starting a factory.
North st. Paul was the town of his
choice, and he founded the Earhutf
Organ company, one of the largest con-
Germs of the kind in the West. lie is
the president of the company. and one
of the most influential men among the
North st. Paul manufacturers.