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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07

, the idea of power; the second, which
comes after a closer acquaintance
with his life, is that of unceasing en-
ergy or desire to be doing, coupled
with dauntless ambition. Self-pres-
ervation with him must extend to the
protection of and development OF
these original possessions of his ma
ture, which must have full scope.
That is, he must feel his power, have
scope for his energies, and realize his
ambitions. These are the most vital
parts of himself. They must be pre-
served and grow to their full vigor,
otherwise he has not realized himself.
Opposition is to him, therefore, but the
opportunity to use his power to beat
it down. He seeks to employ no unfair
ed methods. He does not stoop or bur-
row to accomplish his ends, but is
open and fearless. He is fair and lib
eral himself, and if he thinks any un
fair advantage is being taken by an
other, whoever is in the track of the
storm had better reef sails and look
out for squalls. Sometimes he is very
hot-tempered and excitable, giving
day to angry bursts of passion when
opposed or crossed in his purposes.
He is essentially masculine in his
nature. He is bold, original and ere
atiye. The predominant instinct in
him is not the art instinct, or the lit
erary instinct. or the scientific in.
stinct.. He is the active man OF
affairs. He is through and through
the shrewd, successful business man.
But he is also more than this. He is
man with a stern sense of Justice.
and is man with large human SYM
pathies. He has warm social side,
and takes pleasures in his home and
his club. He has had thirteen chill
dren, of whom only five are living
four sons and daughter. His man
sion has been built on a scale that is
in harmony with his other actions.
He is liberal in his religious views and
possesses a rugged simplicity of char
acter. He is big-hearted He likes
to see others get ahead as well as
himself, provided they do not get in
his way. He is benevolent, open-hand-
ed and generous, and has very large
sympathies for the working man and
small consumers. He believes that he
performs the greatest service to others
by employing his capital in productive
and helpful enterprises by which men
have the opportunity to keep them
selves. But his public and private
charities have also been many. He
appreciates the value of art and mu-
Sic
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07

local field gave way, and by 1883 Mr.
Spreckels was the unquestioned sugar
king of the Pacific coast. But the tri
umphs in his own field served only to
bring against his single hand the
colossal power of the the American
Sugar Refineries company, which has
since become known as the sugar
trust. This company viewed his busl-
ness jealousy and sought to ABSORB
it. They offered Mr.. Spreckels a mil
lion dollars for his interests. But Mr..
Spreckels did not prove the man to be
bought out of his independence for the
sake of amalgamation with an institu-
ton even Of such enormous wealth as
the sugar trust, nor to be neglectful of
the local welfare that was more or less
dependent upon his personality. He
said that SO long as he had dollar in
the world he would keep his refinery
running, and would never consent to
turn into the street men who had
faithfully served him, many Of them
for twenty and twenty-five years.
"This was sentiment, and it prob
ably did not seem to be good business
to the managers of the trust. But 1t
turned out to be better business for
California than the trust Of it's associ-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07

Victor l. O'Brien, in AinsIee's,
speaking Of the great western sugar
king, says: CLAUS Spreckels went
with his family to Europe, and there
entered into an exhaustive study of
sugar that has since made him the
undisputed master of the business in
America. He evn became workman
again, serving as an ordinary en-
ploye at Magdeburg. By 1867-ne was
again in the refinery business in Cali
fornia, operating, in connection with
his brother, the institution which still
exists to his honor, the California sug-
ar refinery. For this institution he
personally directed in New York the
building of the machinery, and after
ward participated in the training OF
every employee, as well as in the erect
ing of the buildings and the manage
ment Of the finances. He began with
a wooden structure, rather small,
adapted strictly to the extent OF the
current operations; but within three
years the building was enlarged four
times, and at the end Of four years an
immense brick building was put up,
which, with a capacity to turn out
800 tons of sugar per day, still stands
on the south bay shore of San Fran
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07
STORY OF JOHN MoRRIssEY.
Senator Henry L. Dawes Used to Tell
OF Meeting the Old Gladiator

Senator Henry L. Dawes Used to Tell
OF Meeting the Old Gladiator
Henry L. Dawes of Pittsfield, Mass.
successor of Charles Sumner in the
senate, told the following story:
when | was a judge in Pittsfield,
Morrissey and Yankee Sullivan fought
a prize fight at a neigl boring place
called Boston Corners. Sullivan was
arrested and fined $1,000. He handed
over the money and went his way. A
day or two later, while was sitting
on the bench, a fine looL ing man en-
| tered the courtroom and sent a letter
up to me. 1t was from / friend of
mine, introducing John Morrissey.
He, too, was fined $1,000, and said to
me that he would send ne his check
on his return to New York.
well, I didn't know what might
happen if he was let go on that under
standing, but | said to Morrissey that
ANY arrangement for settlement which
he made with the sheriff. would be
satisfactory. The sheriff, feeling as
did, insisted upon having the fine paid
in cash, and since Morrissey didn't
happen to have that much cash with
him the sheriff locked him up until
the amount was sent in from New
York.
IT fancied Mr. Morrissey felt he
owed me a grudge because of this in
cident. Years afterwards, in Wash
ington, a number of new congressman
were brought up to be introduced to
me. Among them was Morrissey
When he came forward he smiled and
said: Mr.. Dawes, believe we have
met before
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07

ates could have intended. Competi-
ton was at once inaugurated. The
trust attempted to coerce Mr.. Spreck-
els. But it did not know him SO well
then as it does now.
For while Mr.. Spreckels was at a
decided disadvantage because of the
enormous profits made by the trust on
it's business in the east and the con-
sequent possibility of selling in Cali
fornia at loss. But the disadvantage
was quickly met. With his usual re-
sourcefulness, Mr.. Spreckels con-
ceived the idea of carrying the war
Against the strenuous advice and OBJ
jections of his friends, who predicted
disaster if he attempted to fight the
trust single-handed, he erected an
which is the largest and most COM
plete in the world, at a cost of $4,000
900. Mr.. Spreckels then fixes prices IL
all the eastern markets of the trust,
and SO soon became such thorn in
it's side that the trust made overtures
for peace, and the terms finally agreed
upon involved the purchase OF the
Philadelphia refinery by the trust and
uninterrupted operation of the Ca1ifor
i MIA sugar refinery in San Francisco.
after career of such broad activ-
ity and such stress, Claus Spreckels is
now going toward his fourth score OF
years, seemingly almost untouched by
the unhappy consequences that usu
ally ensue from SO strenuous life
He stands straight, broad-shouIdered
and strong-a bit leonine in his rug
gedness, yet softened and kind as he
was in his boyhood. His has been an
iron constitution from the outset
ical endurance, and without the boiler
power of good many ordinary mer
combined, he could never have stood
the strain. He has never seemed tt
sanity and at all hours, frequently
laboring until one and two o'clock ii
the morning upon his affairs. He has
always risen early-at six or six-thirty
loclock- as he says himself, has
always wanted to be at work and do
ing something. His deep chest an(
his full, round trunk carry a large
head, firmly set, with mouth tina
speaks resolution; open, blue eye'
that look straight at one and betokei
warmth and constancy that have al
ways prevailed in his home life, a.
they prevailed in the home life Of hi
parents.
"The first impression that person
gains upon meeting Mr.. Spreckels il
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cisco-one Of the most conspicuous
manufactures on the Pacific coast.
"The men who had driven Mr..
Spreckels from the Bay Sugar COM
pany soon found they had created a
Tartar. The doughty German applied
his great foresight and his close judg-
ment to every phase of the sugar bus
mess. He not only operated upon
more scientific manufacturing prin-
ciples, but he reached out into the
general field of competition and
brought that within his control. At
sugar af1oat and almost shut up the
doors of his rivals by cutting off the
raw supplies, all of which had always
to be imported. He invented new pro-
cesses which reduced the time of MAX
ing of hard sugar from three weeks
to twenty-four hours, and introduced
into the American market the cube
and crushed sugars of today. His
competitors were helpless against his
ability and his cunning, and they
| eventually had no alternative but to
surrender.
1.-THE fight, however, went on for a
long time-in fact, until, by another OF
the master-strokes which had given
him such ascendency as he had gained
up to that time, Mr.. Spreckels went
to the Hawaiian islands and made
himself the virtual owner of the
sugar-cane growing of the Pacific
ocean. This was in 1875, just after
| the completion of the first reciprocity
| treaty between Kalakaua and the
| United States, admitting Hawaiian
sugar free of duty.
"T went to the islands for seIf-pro
| tection,' says Mr.. Spreckels, and soon
| became the largest sugar raiser there.
| He went over the local situation sci
entifcally with an engineer before en-
tering into operations. But when he
began work it was upon large scale
forming the Hawaiian Commercial
company, with paid-up capital OF
S2OO0,O00.
'"The report of the committee on for
eign relations of the United States, in
speaking of the advent of Spreckels
to the Hawaiian islands, says:
after a refusal on the part OF the
Hawaiian cabinet to grant request o.
Mr.. Spreckels for water. privileges, he
held a conference in the evening with
King Kalakaua and another gentle
man. with the result that the mex
morning the king requested the resig
nation of each member Of the cabinet
and the following day new cabine
was appointed, which granted Mr.
Spreckels his desires.
"Gradually the competitors IN tht
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07

Church. see by the paper that
thirty-nine doctors arrived home re-
Gently from Europe on one steamer.
Gotham-Yes; you see, the football
season has opened in this country
Yonkers Statesman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07
CHAPTER XIV.

Before Her Stood the Husband She
Believed to be Dead"
They stepped out of the long, open
French windows onto the quiet lawn,
where the tall trees looked like giants
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07
Wide Awake.

Briggs-That medirSl doesn't know
a thing when she is in trance.
Griggs-Oh, yes she does.
Briggs-What makes you think so?
Griggs-Because the other day /
tried to steal away in the middle of
one-without paying. Free
Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07
CHICAGO Markets.

The following table shows the open
ing, highest, lowest and closing prices
of produce at. Chicago yesterday:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-07

A Boston judge freed a woman who
blinded a man with vitriol for revenge.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
schley Court

The attempt TO rebut the Schley wit
nesses failed. Mr. Rayner, Schley's chief
counsel, defended Sampson against the
charge of disobedience The testimony
has practically been concluded. II is
thought that Schley has made a strong
case
1t is believed that by Friday the pro
ceedings will have been concluded and an
adjournment taken for the preparation
of the verdict IN investigation by a
Congressional committee would doubt
less reveal more than has been limited at
vet. 1t is also noticeable that while the
Navy Department was formulating its
case against Admiral Schley the latter
was sent to the South Atlantic Station,
as far as possible from the papers and
witnesses in this case.
1t is doubtful il any man was ever con.
fronted with a harder task than that OF
Admiral Schley in attempting to prove
that he should not he censured for being
a popular hero.
Admiral Dewey does not think the re
port will be ready for the department be-
fore early next year. Probably two
months will be required by the court to
consider theenOrmOus mass OF testimony
and to reach conclusions. The report
will treat extensively OF the case, dis
cuss every specification of the precept
and present in full the courts reason for
It's conclusions on each article.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
SWANSON CHEF LIEUTENANT.
II Richardson is House Leader Virginia
Congressman WIN Be Prominent

Shortly before the assembling Of the
Fifty Seventh Congress the Republican
members will hold the usual caucus to
elect IA Speaker and to reorganize the per.
sonnet of the House officers and employees.
The Democrats will also caucus to vote
for n Democratic Speaker, though, of
course. he will not WELD the gayel, the
Republicans having big majority. The
Republicans at their caucus will without
doubt elect Gen. David b. Henderson, OF
Iowa, Speaker. 1t can readily be recalled
that Gen Henderson served in this ca
pacity during the fity-sixth session.
The Democratic caucus, it is believed
will select Representative James ID. Rich
ardson, OF Tennessee, as their candidate
for the Speakership. II chosen as the
Democratic candidate for Speaker this
will make him the leader on the Demo
cratic side of the chamber. At the last
session of Congress he displayed remark
able ability in conducting the legislative
fight on behalf OF the Democrats, was n
popular leader, and this will make him
the leading candidate for the place, even
If he is not chosen unanimously, as his
friends now believe he will be.
The chances are that il Mr. Richardson
il the caucus nominee for Speaker at the
coming session of Congress, Claude A.
Swanson. from the Filth Congressional
district of Virginia, will be his lieutenant
in all legislative contests with the Repub-
lican majority. In the event that the
lower House of the Fifty Eighth Con-
gress is Democratic and Mr.. Richardson
is elected Speaker, Mr.. Swanson, il again
returned to Congress from the Fifth dis
trict, will be the floor leader on the Dem
ocratic side OF the chamber
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
xansrovs Men Fight For Prize Money

A court of inquiry in the Nor
folk navy-yard is considering the con-
tention OF officers of the light
house tender Mangrove, an armored
gunboat during the Spanish war, who
claim that the capture OF the big steam
ship Panama, one of the largest prizes
taken during the war, was due solely to
the aleFtness of the Mangrove.
Lieut.. John II. Dayton, who was on
the Mangrove, testified that he was as
signed with a prize crew to the Panama
and ordered to bead for the squadron, as
the Mangrove could not spare a full
crew. He declared that neither the bat
tlesbip Indiana, gunboat Wilmington nor
cruiser New York have anything to do
with the capture, and that the Indiana,
the nearest vessel to the Mangrove, was
eleven knots away.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
Plans For Potomac Bridge.

Secretary of War Root has acted on
the plans of the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company for a bridge across
the Potomac River to replace the old
Long Bridge. He has approved the
plans for the bridge proper, but has de-
ierred action upon the approaches to the
new structure. He has, in other words,
consented to the construction of bridge
across the channel, but has withheld
action on the approaches to be con-
structed across Potomac Park. The
advocates of the Improvement OF
Potomac Park, in connection with
Washington's new park system, are
opposed to any action which would
throw the river park open to the use OF
the railroad company for other purposes
than merely crossing it.-Alexandria
Gazette
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER, ., 1901.

COLLEGE training may not be alb
solutely essential to success in life,
but it is potent auxiliary, if prop
erly utilized, and a desirability at
least. Its true that there have been,
and are, men who have accumulated
great wealth, and gained distinction
in the honorable avenues of life, who
were never blessed with collegiate
advantages; but the question arises,
Would they not have been more sue
cessful had they received college
training? We think the proper an
swer is in the affirmative. AS labor
develops muscle, so college training
develops the intellect and fits one
better for the higher stations in life.
1t is true that some men whose early
educational opportunities were very
limited have gained distinction in the
vacations of life-even in literature
but it must be admitted that they
are the exception and not the rule.
Generally speaking few men possess
sufficient innate genius to rise to
fame unaided by a college education.
Statistics evidence the fact that a
majority of the men who succeed in
life have had college opportunities,
and that a very large percentage Of
the men and women who have done
something OF note attended college.
1t is not strange that such is the
fact, fora young man or woman may
be never so ambitious, yet, deprived
of college training, they are forced to
fight the battle of life under many
serious disadvantages. It's not our
purpose to discourage the poor, nor
aspiring young men, whose pecuniary
circumstances prevent their entering
college. To the latter we would say
push on, and victory will crown their
efforts. We would, however, impress
upon parents the expediency-if not
the necessity-of giving their children
a college education. If knowledge is
power, the more wisdom one has the
greater will be his influence for use
fitness in life.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
DR.. ROBERT FRAZER.
He Resigns ss President OF the Virginia
Normal School.

The resignation of DR. Robert Frazer,
president OF the State Female Normal
School, located in Farmville, came rs n
great surprise to theiaculty and the pub
lie at large. lie succeeded the late DR.
Cunningham three years ago as president
Of the institution. hich has every session
from 300 TO 100 women students from
different counties of the State. The board
Of trustees of the school, after vainly try
ing to induce DR.. Frazer to withdraw his
resignation, accepted it, to take effect at
the close Of the half session, February |.
No consideration of DR.. Frazers success
sor was had by the board. DR. Frazer is
a brother of Messrs. John and William
Frazer. of Orange, and was born and
raised in that county.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
Judge John Paul Dead.

Hon. John Paul, Judge of the U. S.
District court for the Western district of
Virginia, died at Harrisonburg Friday,
aged 81 years. lie retained his faculties
almost to the last, conversing with his
family and recognizing those who were
admitted to the sick-room. He realized
that there was no hope OF his recovery
and expressed desire to be at rest.
During the Civil war he was a member OF
the Fifth Virginia Cavalry. He was Sc
verely wounded at Catlett's Station pre-
vious 10 the second battle OF Manassas.
In 1864 he was taken prisoner at the
battle of the Wilderness and was confined
in Fort Delaware until the close OF hos
Utilities. At the bar his ability and per-
sonal popularity soon secured for him a
good practice, and in 1870 he was elected
Commemorative Attorney for the county
of Rockingham. During his political ca
reer Mr.. Paul was an idolized leader in
the Readjuster party. On the stump he
was bold and aggressive. Judge Paul
was appointed in 1888 by President
Arthur.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
The Elections Today.

The other States besides Virginia in
which State officers are to be chosen to-
day are Iowa. Maryland, Massachusetts,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Legis-
latures are also to be elected in Virginia,
Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachu-
setts, Nebraska. New Jersey, New York
and Ohio, those in Iowa, Kentucky, Mary
land and Ohio to have the choice of U. S.
Senator's. Only six of the States will
choose Governors. These are Virginia,
Iowa, Ohio. Massachusetts, New Jersey
and Rhode Island. Maryland will vote
for Comptroller of the Treasury and a
Clerk OF the Court OF Appeals; Mississippi
will fill vacancies in the offices OF Secre-
tary OF State and Treasurer; Nebraska
will choose a Justice OF the Supreme Court
and two regents of the University, and
Pennsylvania is to elect a Justice OF the
Supreme Court and a State Treasurer.
There will also be held in Pennsylvania.
New York, South Carolina and Texas
elections to fill vacancies caused by the
death of members of Congress.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05
object Lessons in Making Good Roads.

The Go od-Roads train operated by the
Southern railway is exciting great inter
est. The train is equipped with
road making machinery and carries
experts, who use the machinery in
making specimen pieces OF road
at every stopping place. 1t teaches
the way to make good roads at
moderate cost The railway is showing
the people how to make good roads at
a cost within their reach, expects to in
crease the number of such roads and
so improve the producing capacity and
general well-being of the territory
through which the road runs as TO add
to its freight and passenger business,
The Good Roads train will have a good
effect. The Southern railway cannot be
too highly commended for its enterprise.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-05

Nor the least remarkable among
the developments OF the campaign
Just ending is the unanimity with
which all factions OF the Democracy
came together and Landed thepresent
State government and it's officers as
having records equalled by few and
surpassed by none. This is strange,
since only a few months ago the peo-
pie stood aghast at the crusade be-
ing made against the party admins
traitors by one of the Democratic FAC
tions in the fight for the ascendancy.
Today the members of this family
faction have been loud in proclaim
ing the virtues of the State admins
tration from the stump. If sincere
in their former denunciation the
mantle of charity that has been
woven by success is indeed great
one.