St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-20

A romantic Irritation with one beneath
her level, ripened into dream of love
by parental opposition, ended in the
divorce court.
Such in nutshell seems to be the
story of the acquaintanceship of Mrs.
Katherine S. Schiffmann, the beautiful
daughter of Hon. A. B. StickneY, with
DR.. Adolphus F. Schiffmann.
Miss Katherine Stickney was little
more than school girl, and had hardly
made her debut in society, when she met
by some illchance the young dentist,
who enjoyed fair proctice. although,
as subseq uent event proved. he was
poorly schooled in his profession. Dr..
Schiffmann aspired to social recognition,
and as means to gain an entree to the
Four Hundred he sought admission to
the Minnesota Boat club. He was strong
and an excellent oar5man, and several
members of the club, recognizing In him
material for strengthening teams,
favored taking him in.
Although now a member Of the club
his entree to society was but all indif-.
ferent one. But it mattered not. Miss.
Stickney had met him. Her tender
impulses had responded to some mys.e-.
rlous influence, and she cared not if the
whole world was against him.. Her
parents were secretly grieved and her
friends were astouished. But all hoped
that the novelty would soon wear off
and leave her weary of his attentions.
At length some one ventured to remon-
strate with her. This only made mat
ters worse. The affair was growing
serious when an incident transpired
that gave renewed hope to those that
disapproved of the step she was taking.
In the summer OF 1885 there was
regatta at Minnetonka between the
Lurlines. of Minneapolis, and the Min-
nesota club. DR.. Schitfmann and Nor
man Wright were scheduled to row a
race with two of the Lurlines. The
| rowing abilities of the two Lurlines
were considered far below that of the
two Minnesota oarsmen, and heavy odds
/ were laid ON Schffmann and Wright;
| in fact, the Minneapolis pair, it is said,
| could get no backing except with heavy
| odds. The Lurlines won the race hand
ily The charge was preferred against
Schifmann and Wright that they had
| sold the race. The two were summoned
to appear before the club to stand trial
upon the charges. Schiffmann re-
| sponded to the summons, but Wright
| defaulted. The result of the trial was
| that Schiffmann was found guilty and
| expelled from the club. This expulsion
| barred him from all social recognition.
Now. the friends of Miss Stickney felt
sure that she would also throw him
overheard. but they were doomed to
| disappointment. She took an entirely
different view of the matter, looking
| upon Schftfmann's expulsion as perse-
cution. Her sympathies were aroused.
! and her love proportionately. Her par
ents resorted to every means except
| force TO break up the match. At length
| they yielded 10 the inevitable, and,
rather than drive her to runaway mar
| riage, they accepted her suitor and gave
their consent. She was then but eight
| cen years old.
The wedding took place at the Stick
| ney residence on the evening of Dec. 81,
| 1885. In the presence of immediate
| friends.
Like the practical and sensible man
| Mr.. Stickney is under all circumstances,
he now proposed to elevate his son-in-
| law to prominence. He took him into
the directorate of the Kansas City rail-
| way, and. after the young man had had
| some Office experience i'll the various
| offices at headquarters, elevated him to
| the presidency of one of the branch
! roads. 1t is said that the experiment.
was faithfully tried for some time, and
was only given up when it was found
| that he was an absolute failure in every
| position. 1t is said that DR.. Schiffmann
seemed to have no heart in anything
he was given an opportunity to UNDER
take, and that he developed not the
slightest business ability. He was at
length retired from any connection with
| the road.
DR.. Schiffmann and wife then went to
Europe and enjoyed rather protracted
visit on the liberal allowance that had
| continued to come from Mr.. Stickney
from the time of the marriage. Return
ing from Europe, the young husband, so
| 1t is said, was offered an opportunity by
Mr.. Stlckney to 90 into some business
on his own account; but he was so in.
different to the offer that Mr.. Stlckney,
so it is said, concluded that he. would
| not attend to the business il 1t were se-
cured for him, and. gave up the idea.
Later DIR. Schitfmann expressed desire
to live in California. This gave Mr..
Stckney hope that he could find the
young man some. congenial line Of busi-
ness in that state. 30 he went to Cali
fornia and bought him an. orange
grove. 1t is said that the Yong man