St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-28

would be all right again in a little
while. He reached Victoria Wednes-
day, apparently fully recovered from
his indiSposition. He went about the
place in happy frame of mind, and, to
all appearances. well as ever in his life.
Bot in the evening he took ill suddenly,
retired and called i'll physician. The
doctor recognized at once that he was
seriously stricken and devoted his en-
tire attention trying to administer re-
lief. In spite of every effort. Mr.. Mel
len declined rapidly, and expired at
midnight.
From the moment of the attack to the
end he suffered the most agonizIng pain
for humanity TO endure. Physicians
say that i'll all the list of diseases ncu-
ralgia of the heart is about the most in
tensely torturing. What induced the
disease is not known at st. Paul. but it
is believed that he may have caught
cold.
With Mr.. MelIen were J.. W. Kend-
rick, chief engineer of the Great North
ern, and E. S. Alexander, Tacoma
capitalist, who was his personal friend.
1t was the intention of Mr.. Mellen to
return to st. Paul-witA- MI X e +ftlrfeiz-
about ten days hence.
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Kendrick
and Mr.. Alexander boarded the steamer
Kingston with the remains. and started
for Tacoma. where the boat will arrive
this morning. Mr.. Kendrick will at
once leave Tacoma with the body for
ST. Paul, and he is expected to arrive
here Sunday night or Monday morning.
Mrs. Mellen and three children, con-
Sisting of Miss Gertrude, grown, Master
Harry and Marguerite, an infant, are
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j.
Jones. of West Superior. She was
wired at once upon receipts of the news
in the forenoon, but up to last evening
no word was received from her. Mr..
Jones is prominent lumber merchant
Of West Su perlOr.
The news of MIR. Mellen's death was
most startling to st. Paul railroad cir
cles, in which he has been a cOnspicu-
Gus figure since the middle of 1882 1t
will be no less startling In Chicago cir
cles, where he was for years one of the
most prominent characters. Though the
deceased had national, in fact an in
ternatiOnal, reputation as a railroad Of
fetal, he was comparatively little known
outside of railroad circles. AS a railroad
manager he probably had no superior.
But the life of the successful railroad
manager is devoted assiduously to an
endless mass of detail, and his trials
and triumphs are understood and ap-
preciated only by men of the profess
sion. There is not in his work that
which makes display for the outside
world, and about all that is known
of him by people outside the
profession is that he holds high rail-
road Official position. They little real
iZe that all the vast machinery of a
great railroad moves in harmony
through the skillful management of
one man; and they little know the mas
ter brain the man must possess who
holds the position. The man who
founds railroad receives great public
applause, for there is in his work what
the people can see and appreciate; but
the one who manages the road after it
is founded has generally greater task
than the one who brought it into being.
Mr.. Mellen was especially fitted for
railroad manager. Having no vanities
to crafty, he cared nothing for public
applause. With a cool head, mar
velouS memory and a quick and keen
perception, he was able to grasp world
of tangled details, bring order out of the
confusion, and make all the vast system
of his road move smoothly, as though it
were mere toy. Nothing at the most
remote and Out-of-the-way point was
overlooked; the most trivial matter was
dealt with and disposed of properly. He
was as systematic and careful in deal
ing with the complaints and interests
of the farmers and shippers along the
lire as he was shrewd in caring for the
compaDy's interests in the deals with
other railway lines. He was absorbed
i'll his work, and satisfied to know that he
was serving well the interests of his
employer.
Judge Thomas Wilson, attorney of
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha road, said of him yesterday aft
ernOon: II have known Mr.. Mellen
good many years, and | can say of him
that he was comprehensive, thought
full and careful railway manager. He
was a-tireless worker, and one of the
most successful men III that line l have
known. He was also a gentleman of
high rank, very companionable. and an
excellent friend. he was devoted to
his work. and few knew him we'll out
side of railway men,"
E. W. Winter. vice president and gen
eral manager of the Omaha road, said:
death has taken from us one of the
brightest of railway managers Mr..
Melien had a marvellous ability to grasp
situations and details. and to deal with
them to the best interests of his road