The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17

Musketeer' Observation-Disclosures. Edwards
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." lorraine
Select Solos. Miss Eloise kingsley
Quartette, Messrs. Myron, Smith, Wilson
and McCaffery.
MENU.
Blue Points
Cream Of Tomatoes.
Planked Whitefish
Julienne Potatoes.
TenderlOin Of Beef Mushrooms.
Drowned Sweet Potatoes.
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes
Conductors Punch.
Haunch OF Nenison, Currant Jelly.
Green Peas.
Tenderloin Salad.
ice Cream. Assorted Cakes
Fruit. Coffee
In this connection the Glob e, while
cOngratulating the Order of Railway
Conductors on their prosperous condi-
ton, they now having a membership of
200, believes that it will be matter of
interest to the members of the frater-
nifty to present a few brief sketches of
some of their older associates. The aim
of the following article is not to present
dry biographical notices Of many, but
rather to give some of the stirring Incl
dents in the experiences of a few of the
older railway conductors now in the
Northwest. With this end In view it is
not considered inappropriate to begin the
series with
HENRY FINEHOUT.
Mr.. Finehout is. without doubt, the Oldest
railway conductor in the United States.
He IS now retired from active service
tho road hI1f inc s,, +I,o
office Of the Omaha. He resides in pleas
ant home, No 331 Grove street
Conductor Finehout was running away
back in New Hampshire in 1S45. He is
now eighty years of age, but looks at
least ten years younger. His first rail-
road service was between Concord and
New Salem, n. H, with headquarters at
Lebanon Center He was born In 1919,
and his father served in the war Of 1872
In 1856 he came West and entered the
service of the then Milwaukee & st. Paul
road. He has been an eye witness of the
stupendous studies in railroading and
the combinations of vast systems which
nave eVentuated during the past forty
four years in the West. For several
years Conductor Finehout's runs We're
on various divisions west of Milwaukee,
and it was not until 1872 that he first
ruary. He left Milwaukee in 1871. In
1870 he had been given a passenger run
on a division between TOmah and Eau
Claire. In 1871 he ran to MenomOnie. He
has remained with the Chicago ST. Paul
& Minneapolis road ever since
NO PASSENGER EVER HURT.
It is a remarkable fact that Conductor
FlnehOut, during his long experience in
railroading, has never had passenger
hurt on any of his trains, nor has he
ever run a regular freight train. At
times he has taken out a special freight,
but this has been merely temporary.
-Four railroad employees working under
him have. at different times been killed,
but these accidents We're not the results
Of wrecks. One man was killed by a
sandslide from an embankment that
threw him against a moving train An
other man fell from a train
The only collision in which Conductor
FiEehout ever participated in occurred In
1891, near Menomonie. He had received
orders to run to a certain point. Another
train bound In an opposite direction had
run on to a siding. Conductor Finehout
was to wait five minutes for this train,
which he did. He then pulled out and
caught the other train head end collision,
just as 1t had pulled out Of the siding on
to the main track. Conductor Finehout's
train was going slowly, and the wreck
h'Ss consequently not q Ddu one. HOW
ever, the mail car on Finehouts train
climbed up over the engine and tender Of
the other train, and when Finehout look
ed up the postal clerks were high in the
air, looking in establishment out of the
door Of the mail car. As illustrating the
light force of the collision a sick man in
an invalid chair, attended by his wife
was In one of the forward coaches The
chair simply rolled gently back to the
rear of the car.
The experience of Conductor Finehout,
covering so many eventful years, as 1t
does, has not been thrilling in the way OF
narrow escapes. As he expresses 1t, he
has not been engaged in the wrecking
business to any great extent
]. W. GILBOY.
The railway experience of Conductor J.
w. Gilboy. although dating back to 1867,
has been confined exclusively to the West.
It was on the old Lake Superior & Mis-
- sissippi railroad now the ST Paul &
Duluth, that young Gilboy began his rail-
way career carrying water for a track
laying crew. Subsequently to that he
learned telegraphy and worked at the
business eight years He first took a
train in 1877 on the Northern Pacific Con-
ductor Gilboy is now in the service of the
Eastern Minnesota Railway company,
and has been for the past eleven years.
he resides in a pleasant home, No 642 st.
Peter street. and is lover of field sports.
One room in his house is devoted to
trophies Of the chase ranging from the
beautiful pheasants of Washington and
Oregon to the huge moose and bear. all
game killed by himself Aside from these
beautiful specimens of the work of the
taxidermist, Mr.. Gilboy has large COL
lection of valuable Indian curiosities.
spears, arrows, clubs, knives, canoes and
pther gear. He has also sword once
carried by Filipino, and another ancient
Sword that was at the battle of Lundy's
Lane. Each season Mr.. Gilboy takes his
EIn and an outing regularly. Many years