The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-02
Charlotte Crane Saved Her Sweetheart,
Dismissal Disgrace
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

beautiful Coincidence, handsome
young cadet and an assistant secretary Of
the treasury were the principals in lit
| tie drama of true love that has just come
to it's conclusion, says the New York
World
The cadet, r. L. Peterson, has resigned.
under pressure, from the revenue ma
/ rine service of the United States. -e
The comedienne, Miss Charlotte Crane.
Of the Shenandoah company, has
thrown up her engagement with Manager
| Jacob Lit, and Assistant Secretary
| Spalding, of the treasury department,
| sometimes thinks of lovely young girl
"a girl with great masses of siken
| brown hair and big, sorrowful eyes-who
| shattered all the traditions of the de
| partment for a brief interval last week
| when she pleaded for her lover so elo-
quently greatly to modify the severity
| Of his punishment.
| Departmental discipline was stronger
| than a woman's devotion, and though
| Cadet Peterson's sentence of dismissal
| was committed to the acceptance of his
| resignation, he is out of the service, and
| his marriage, which was to have oc-
! Cured this summer, seems Indefinitely
postponed.
The unluclzy hero Of this romance is
! stalwart young man from Michigan,
who was appointed to the naval acad-
envy. about five years ago. After two
years at Annapolis he resigned to enter
| the revenue marine service, and has been
| on the schoolShip Chase in her voyages
| to Europe and South America.
He is an exceptionally brilliant and
active officer, and passed fourth in a
| class Of seventy last June in the COM
| petitive examinations for appointment
| MT M tnr hir {oI
by the exigencies of the war. Peterson
had no strong Republican backing, how
| ever, and, in spite of his high average
| was not appointed.
THE SCENE IN CHARLESTON.
While the Chase was stationed at one
of the ports of the Atlantic seaboard
the young officer met Miss Charlotte
| Bowes, whose stage name is Charlotte
Crane. The girl is talented and beauti-
! full, and young Peterson promptly fell
| in love with her
She reciprocated his affection and the
1 pair had arranged to marry upon the
! graduation of the cadet this summer
Their courtship has been necessarily car
| ried on largely by correspondence The
most was made Of the few precious days
when Miss Cranes company was In the
town where young Peterson was. sta
| toned.
| Ills unWillingness to be separated from
| her on those occasions led to scene In
/ Charleston, S. c., year ago, that was
/ widely noticed.
The young officer was invited to at
tend the ball of military college in
| Charleston and bring a lady. He ap-
| peared with Miss Crane. Her beauty at
once created a sensation, and inquiries as
| to her identity followed.
When the society women of Charleston
the most exclusive of Southern cities,
| learned that Cadet Peterson's companion
was an actress they became indignant
/ that member Of that profession should
| be allowed to participate in a function
| dignffied by their presence, and demanded
| that Miss Crane be excluded from the
ballroom
MEN WERE INDIGNANT.
The men took up Miss Cranes cause
anil threatened to leave in a body If she
was required to go away.
There are those who say that this in
| cident caused a policy of severity which
| almost drove young Peterson to insubor-
| dfnation.
1t would be difficult to prove this. It is
| not even known what his actual offense
was, though there is a report that he
rebelled because he was ordered to Sar
| Francisco, there to take service on the
cutter that cruises among the seal poach-
ers in the Aleutian sea.
| This is the hardest detail in the service
1t was especially hard for Mr.. Peterson
| as 1t would prevent him seeing Miss
Crane for long time He could not ever
write to her except at rare intervals
owing to the lack Of mail facilities.
MISS CRANE BEGS MERCY.
Treasury department officials having
accepted PeterSon's resignation, abso
lutely refuse to disclose the nature of hi:
offense or the character of the charges.
When Miss Crane learned that actor
had been taken to the injury of the cade
she hurriedly went to Washington, reach
ing the city on the morning Of March II
She enlisted the sympathy of LADY
friend in Washington, who accompanied
her to the treasury department
} When Capt G. +. Shoemaker, chief o.