The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-09
GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK. Men Who Are Making Our Industrial History.
 Edwin HawIey Becoming Great Central Figure
BY JOHN MARTHoL.

| serene, indomitable, whatever the occa-
 sion may be. 1t Is well remembered that
 when by the failure of the Moore Broth
 CTS his great fortune hung trembling In
 the balance he attended a meeting of
 bankers in the house of Philip D. Ar mour. When he entered, he noticed the grave faces and laughingly said; We'll
 this Is the largest collection of straw hats [ ever saw at Q funeral
 Yerkes is the son of Quaker. He was born in Philadelphia He began as office boy and finally became banker. After some difficulties he went to Chicago and began his great career, buying and sell ing gas. street railways and Dakota towns. In 1891 he sold out his great hold ings and removed to this city with mii7 lions to his credit, building a palace on Fifth avenue. Mrs. Yerlxes who is beautiful woman, entertains handsomely and is a leader in fashionable society
 
 At last Colonel Partridge has begun to do the work for which he was appointed Police captain after police captain Is handing in his resignation. It begins to look like an exodus. Whether the gallant Partridge had gathered evidence these trusty guardians dared not face, or whether District Attorney Jerome had obtained the evidence, can be only sur missed Sufficient Is to know that the old will give place to new. 1t Is to be hoped that the old order has changed and that the law will be enforced.
 A pretty fight Is on in Montana be- tween F. Augustus Heinze and Senator w. A. Clark. The fight is for the control of the legislature About that there is | no doubt. The Clarke faction declare that Heinze Is seeking to control the legislature and the courts, for the pur- nose of influencing decisions in pending law suits; and that if he wins the Heinze faction will force Amalgamated Copper to buy up the Heinze properties,
 which will yields Heinze a profit of over eight millions This statement makes the fight peculiar. But Heinze denies all charges and laughs at these outbursts or
 bad temper. If Heinze controls the leg islature it Is plain to see that the seat in the United States senate will not be occu- pied by Senator Clark. It would be just | like F. Augustus Heinze to take that seat for himself. Heinze is close to the | people. he has been a spender of money; he is democratic in his ways, and he en- joys an enormous popularity. But the Clark faction does not go without the suggestion of offering Inducements for decisions. Judge Harney of Montana points his finger at the Amalgamated | Company; and so does Mrs. Harney' wno comes out with a statement. Montana elections remind one of Devery cam paign for a Tammany Hall leadership' and vet there are a few thousand holders of Amalgamated Copper certificates Tn this city and elsewhere who are inter- ested in the Heinze-Clark politico-eco- nomico duel.
 Tn the course of my travels I fell in with a man who was well informed as to the real work dene by the army and navy in the recent war game. It IS well known that the official report has not been made, and I dare venture the opin- ion that it never will be. The reason fo rthis is that the administration does 1 not propose to inform foreign govern ments as to the weakness of our fortin- 1 cations It was demonstrated that our | coast line defenses, unsupported py navy. are lamentably weak. The east ern entrance to Long Island Sound IS virtually unfortified One night, the heet | divided into two squadrons, battleships | and cruisers. The searclights caught up I the cruisers and held them for the pre- 1 scribed fifteen minutes, during which 1 time they were officially declared sunk, | but at the same time the powerful pat
 tleships sailed down the Sound to Fort | SS
 wondered at that the authorities make | no report and that President Roosevelt
 desires more real fighting ships.
 I Tn the great Equitable building in this | city there Is a young man who Is mak- | ing his way as a lawyer. He Is not con- l tent to be known as the son-in-laW or a
 very rich man, even though the father l in-law happens to be J. Pierpont Nor | ta IjUfORSf0no l Satterlee. About three years ago he married Banker Morgans daughter; and | long before that he had well established
 himself in a lucrative practice. He l comes of an old revolutionary family, which had since colonial days given to 1 the colonies and afterwards to the union | soldiers and sailors who served with | distinction in many wars. Perhaps 1t was due to the inspiration of family his-
 tory that Herbert l.. Satterlee lent him. l self so zealously to the organization of
 the naval militia of New York state. l Certain 1t is that much of the credit for 1 the formation of this splendid arm of | the national guard Is due to MT. Satter- lee He served until he became navigat- | ing officer. During Governor Morton's s
 term the state military code was amend ed, admitting of an aid to be appointed | from the naval reserve. Governor Nor 1 ton selected Mr. Satterlee and appointed
 him on his staff, with the rank of cap-
 tain, which Is equivalent to colonel. He was reappointed by Governor Black. The
 demands made upon his time by the ex- | actions of his legal practice caused him | to reluctantly resign from the militia
 service MT. Satterlee was said to have l been "the handsomest man in the | guard" He has charming manners, is | brilliant taiker and is exceedingly pop 1 ular.
 To the many race tracks around New 1 York, a new one vii be opened next | spring, near Jamaica. The track was projected and financed by Senator Tim
 Sullivan. During the past summer the
 work was done upon it. and the grand stand requires only a few finishing | touches to complete it. Taken as a
 whole the track, the grand stand, club house, stables and paddock are not only
 picturesque, but represent the perfection l in this class of work. The course will be
 known as the property of the Metropoli- | tan Jockey Club.