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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

Of intellect Gates is a lucky chap
whose success lies in his ability TO
grasp, seize grapple, grab and freeze
on to opportunity.
Gates has grown so fast that he can
hardly keep track of himself. He did
not mean it at all. They say he used
to have little shop beneath the
southern Hotel, st. Louis, where he
retailed barbed wire to the farmers of
Missouri. At that time his sole ambi-
ton was to make a living. He had no
designs on New York and the stock
market. Drifting to Chicago, he went
into the employ Of ike Ellwood, after
whom Ellwood City is named, and
there ran into what we now style the
Steel Crowd" For a few years he
was on the road, earning $4,000 a year
Tor himself and $4,000 for Ellwood. He
saved money, married and settled
down.
The Reckoning of Opportunity.
A land agent induced him to buy
some acres near Chicago, and the re-
sponsibilities of landlordism quickly
developed an independence that had
oeen slumbering like the image on a
Photographic plate. Opportunity beck
Qhed. Gates rushed to the embrace.
naroed wire was a new thing. The
ranches of the West demanded tons of
~ mere were not mills to supply it,
odtes cut the timber off his land and
eoiu II Tor money to chip in with his
Cotene of friends and build a small
to.oIy. This coterie was much like
eldt with which Grover Cleveland used
70 fraternize in Buffalo--all good fell
wWs' up to any risk and equal to any
emergency.
me sum invested was $50, 700. In
sue sue hrst year the profits were nearly
w uInes that sum. Some of the part
. neIs desiring to sell, Gates generously
~ az their interests off their hands I'M
I'll ne owned the mill
among the friends he made were the
ILoore Brothers, Judge William H. and
IFT l Hobart Daniel C. Reid, Judge
H. Gary, e. G. Converse, Will
M Nan 4 Edenborn, Veryl Preston, Charles
D. D. Schwab, w. B. Leeds, w. E. Reir,
hi, rnard Trimble and ]. S. Keefe, all
men in the manufacture of steel.
MI Sates might now be making barbed
bae on a small scale if it had not
~ eI Tor the sudden desire on the part
GO q Ssoim,e.body to form a steel trust.
A.. ing interests continued to con-
,u.' until the name of j. Pierpont Nor
81 was mentioned as bonding mate
so,untry begged him to form a central
AZ T n, government, and for the sum of
wSvo0'OOO he did 1t. Every one of the
listeners had a mill or two to sell,
beo,uB them Gates. Opportunity
la hohed second time. The Moores
AZ p ,le way. Gates followed A plant
ulWood that cost some hundreds of
sr oJus "a was turned over 10 Morgan
n,s .ne Steel Trust for 81, 400, 600. other
s ste IN proportion. The independent
po,i una wire men made fortunes. The
a, w never before offered so golden
a.. onportunity.
Pine steel crowd met once week at
sr.Wood 10 play poker. Fabulous pots
a., Won and lost. The limit was the
IT,, 0chwab and Gates gave their
bo, ~ 10 charity. Neither know
r.H To lose They were doluged with
". WIN each Jackpot steel plant
AZ .nld 70 the corporation. or trust
h., le steel crowd pocketed a mill
Vs. H9ne OF the boys" came IN on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
"snake Bite" Deaths in India.

From the London News and Army.
A considerable proportion of the
deaths in India annually attributed
to snake bite are probably due to poi
soning of another sort. The explana-
ton is simple and interesting. When
a man in an outlying village dies evil
IDENTIFY from the effects of poison, it
is the duty of the headsman of the viii
lage to take in If not the body at any
rate the viscera, for examination by
the civil surgeons of the nearest civil
station, which may be some thirty
miles away. To avoid this tedious
tourney. the name of the deceased is
duly entered on the village records as
having died from snake bite, and the
entire village Is afterward ready to
swear that II saw the snake--a KARAT
a yard and a half long-which did the
deed. and which was subsequently
slain by several different people in sew
eral totally different sets Of circum-
stances
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
A MADONNA OF THE MINES.
The Extraordinary Career or
Southern Woman. Mrs. Murreh'
Who Has RecOme a Great Captain
of Industry in the Development of
Western Mining Property.

Southern woman Mrss MuHrch'
who Has BECOME a Great Captain
of Industry in the Development of
western Mining Property.
She was born down South in the edge
of Civil war times, baptized with
pretty frivolous name-Mary Bells
and duly graduated from a female
academy, to become teacher of art.
in another Southern female academy
situated bit further west.
To be exact, she was reared in Mid
die Tennessee. and became resident
of Acknowledging in the school at
Little Rock. She did not teach art
very long, Notwithstanding she taught
It very well. A fine young doctor,
Murrell by name. persuaded her to try
the art of home making before she
was twenty. His practice brought him
in contact with all sorts and condi-
tions-possibly it was by the insight
thus received at second hand. that the
wife became so eager to help every
woman to a home of her own.
From the helpful impulse sprang a
Womans Building & Loan Association,
whose first capitalization of $150,000
was in ten years raised to just ten
times that sum. Under the manage
ment of Mary Belle Murrell. IL was the
most successful thing of the kind
south of Mason and Dixon's line. This
success. published in association jour
Murrell TO address the Congress Of
nails. resulted in an invitation TO Mrs
Building Associations at Chicago's
Worlds Fair, also to speak upon asso-
citation finances in New York.
Along with the sweet came the great
bitterness Of Or. Murreli's death. His
widow was not by any means penni-
less-there was plenty OF unproductive
property. which might mean millions,
II she could somehow avoid sacrificing
Il. Besides she wanted occupation
and incidentally, an income betting a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

camped in the hosiery of Herr Boldt.
Gates lives there when in New York
and creates sufficient interest to at
tract mobs to the cafes and dining
rooms. He has made some of the wait
ers rich.
To illustrate his influence. One night
he was chatting with Charles NJ.
Schwab, of the Steel Trust, on a sofa
at the end of Peacock Alley" 1t Is
not necessary to tell what they talked
of. 1t may have been a reminiscenIe
of poker at Ellwoood. But the next
day there was a big boom in Colorado
Fuel & Iron. The shares rose ten or
twelve points. Wherefore? Because
Gates being seen in the Waldorf AS
toria, chatting with the president Of the
Steel Trust, was supposed to have
made a dicker with Sckwab to turn
over the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
pany to the Steel Trust at tremend-
Gus advantage.
The Coates Face"
The Gates face is as prevalent just
now as the bicycle face, the automO-
bile face. OF the Ping-Pong ankle. 1t
indicates a man breaking his neck to
find out what Gates is doing IN the
market.
Most of Gates great successes on
Wall street have been accidents. He
was, dead wrong" on Northern Pacif-
ic, losing a million and a half. In the
Louisville and Nashville deal he was
the creature of conditions that he did
not know existed. His intention was
to make a quick turn in the market,
to buy something instrinsically good
and sell it again ut a profit. To his
own amazement, he found himself in
possession of the road. The discovery
nearly gave him stage fright. 1t would
have given a more excitable man heart
disease. Instead of perspiring. Gates
drank two quarts of wine and ate three
pounds of beefsteak with "embellish-
ments'
He is magnetic His voice is not that
of man who has fed on fats. Rich
GRAVES usually produce huskiness.
Gates baritone, soft and mellow, and
just a trif1e metallic, is S clear as a
bell and we'll modulated. He could bel
low like bull if he took mind to,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

Necessarily there was Pale Lady
who loved to read and who stuck to
the Patterns that appeared in Godey's
Magazine soon after the War.
Then there was the Married Couple,
without any Children or Furniture of
their own, and the only reason they
didn't take a House was that Henry
had to be out CT Town so often. Hen
rvs salary had been whooped $500 a
Year and she was just beginning to
say Gown instead of Dress She had
the Society Column for Breakfast and
things looked dark for Henry.
For many months this conventional
Group of ordinary 6A Mortals had
lived in a Rut. At each mealtime
they rounded up and mechanically de-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
The Pail Mail Gazette.

4 'FII @'I'EII W.
A most interesting experiment in sur
gerry has just been effected at Reggie
Emilia on a lioness belonging to a
travelling circus. For some time the
animal had been affected with bad
cataract in one eye, which was having
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

Once there was a home-like Beanery
where one could tell the Day of the
Week by what was on the Table.
The Stroke Oar of this Food Bazaar
had been in the Business for 20 years
and she had earned her Harp three
times over. The Prune Joke never
pleased her and she had herself trained
so as not to hear any sarcastic Cracks
about the Oleo. She prided herself on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

The steel and wire crowd burst upon
New York at the time when the Ma
tional Steel American Steel and Wire,
National Tube, American Tin Plate,
American Steel Hoop and one or two
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

-Patience-"Is your minister liberal
in his vicws p" Patrice-"Oh yes: he Of
ten breaches for two whole hours
Yonkers Statesman
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
FOR EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Mo-, Jan. %, 1902

st. Louis, Mo-, JAN 23, 1902.
Editor TallahaSS6ean: Dear Sir-We,
the undersigned former residents of
Florida, having been appointed by the
Worlds Fair Managers, and Auxiliary
Committee for Florida, do most earnest
fy mrge upon it's citizens the necessity
for an earnest and united effort to make
at this, the worlds greatest exposition,
an exhibit that WIFI attest the eH6eTz
prise, energy and public spirit of its
citizens; an exhibit that will advertise
to the world the virtues of its balmy
and health-giving climate, its unsur-
passed citrus fruits, its various other
fruits and vegetables, its fisheries, it
9umber interests and the numerous in
dustries within it's bgrderS-an eXhibi
SO unique and beautiful that il wOult
excite the admiration uf the world; thai
would attract TO the State the investor
the honseseeker, the invalid and the
tourist, its banny climate offering ad-
Vantages that no other place possesses.
AS the Legislature does not meet un-
til April, 1903, it will be necessary for
the money necessary tN be raishd in
other ways. AS the law allows each
county appropriate from $500 to $500
annually for advertising purposes, it
would be possible in this manner to
raise $4,000, there being forty-fve
! counties in the State. An additional
100000 could be raised by privaue sub
iscriptiOn with the understanding that
the same should be paid hack by the
Legislature when it cOnvaues.
oE
covering as it will 200 acres, Surpasses
anything of the kind ever held in this
or any other country. There is nc
good reason why Florida when the eX-
position opens May 1st, 1903, should not
have an exhibit equalleS by few, eX-
celled by none.
Being on the ground and in close
touch with the management of the fair,
we believe that we can render valuable
assistance to the people of Florida in
this enterprise, and we are anxious to
cooperate with them in getting to-
gether a display that all will he proud
of.
Any information will be cheerfully
given by the undersigned. Hoping that
the citizens of Florida will vigorously
cooperate with us, we remain,
Very truly yours.
VIM. Z. RICHARDSON, NJ. D.,
Chairman;
EDWARD P. BROUSTER,
C. w. CRUTSINGER,
CHARLES BIGGERS,
C. A. JESSUP, NJ. D.,
C. J. ACOSTA.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
"A VALENTINE PARTY.

Quite number of young people
rom Jne city respUnd5u-rO TO an Invita-
ton to DE present Thursday night, the
18th, at an entertainment to be given
by Miss 'Opheiia Hurst al her home
three and half miles east of the city.
Nearly all the neighborhCod people
10th young and old, were present also
and real pleasant evening was passed
Soon after the arrival of the guests
All elegant supper was. served During
the meal and in fact all the evening
the charming hostess received valuable
assistance from Mrs Eastman IN look
ing out for the comforts Of her guests
Supper being over, it was announced
that each guests would find valentine
for him or her hidden IN the rotHn
Hunting for them furnished consider
able amusement, heightened by pea
of laughter here and there as some onf
-succeeGfed in finding his bit of paper
and viewed the comic picture.
Afterward the young folks indulged
III amusing but harmless games midst
much merriment until past midnight,
when each bid the young hostess good
night, expressing nope for many
returns of the pleasant occasion.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT.

Mrs. Rufus Edwards Rose entertained
delightfully."- number of friends Tues
day afternoon. in honor Gf her guests,
Miss Johnson, OF Kissimmee, and Miss
;tOOkS, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Roses pretty home was decor
ated with a profusion of spring flowers.
In the long parlors hyacinths, violetS
and japonicas graced the mantels and
decked the tables. In the other apart
ments, and in the hall, jOnquilS, narcis-
sus, palms and ferns blended together
in a manner to charm the eye. One OF
the guests remarked that she had never
seen a more beautiful display of flowers.
Miss Mary Whitfield poured the coffee
while Miss McDOugal presided over the
chocolate table. Other dainty refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Rose wore handsome gown OF
pink silk, with real lace trimmings.
Miss Hooks was becomingly attired in
a gown Of black lace built over black
taffeta.
Miss Johnson was stylish in lovely
gown of pink silk, with trimmings Of
black.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
RI BOTTLn RE UNWOMANLY-

SoSne think the proposition to give
| women the right to vote is to make
theR{ mDre like men. 1t IS because wo-
men ARE unlike men that they should
] have: the right to vote A man has that
! one vote and needs it for himself. In
government each must speak for him
self and herself They say that woman
! is represented by her influence and that
this is greater than her vote would be.
1t is only power that gives influence.
VINO has the greatest influence in poll
Tics?. Whom do the political parties try
10 get into their ranks, the voteless wo-
man or tne voting man?
If it were true that influence is worth
as much as power, would it not be more
dignif1ed and womanly for women to
pass laws in Legislature than to hang
around the 1obbies and ask for favOrs?
To be lobbyist is not a sign of woman
illness or of maHlinesS. Every capitalist
will tell you that the interests of capital
and labor are the same, out the labOT-
erS will not trust the capitalists 10
make all the laws for them. The inter
eStS of all the shareholders in a cOrpOr-
alton are the same, but is that any rIg-,
son why half of the shareholders shIuld
do all the voting? If it is true that with
all power in the hands of men women
are we'll protected. then if all power
were~in the hands of women men would
be we'll protected, but we do not believe
this
Most Of the objections advanced are
but boSies to frighten the timid and
the unthinking. When women know
what it is to take part in politics they
will not be so afraid of it. Politics is
the science of government. It means
that the opinions of women are to be
counted in the education and training
of children, in the suppression of vice
and drime and in the selection of Off
GERS binder whom they shall live. 1t
mean5 that we shall have WOmanly |
ideas in the government. It means that /
WOm6n and men shall stand side by side |
i'll thd government. There can be moth |
ing uSwomanly in that. The argument |
that It is unwomanly is based on the |
theory that it has never existed before.
If it Jas never been, that is no reason
why & should never be. The same cry
was 51ade that it was unwomanly fer
womesl to be educated. When it was
that married women should con-
troll their own property it was said to
be uISWOmanly. In China it is unWO-
manl1 for woman not to bind her feet.
In Turkey it is unwOmanly for them to
go ous without veil.
GAIL LAUGHLIN.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
ARRAN NEWS.

Arran, Fla, Feb. 2O.-Prof. C. K.
Allen and Mr.. G. D. Robertson, editor
of the Gulf Coast Breeze, were visitors
here Saturday.
Mrs. Geddie, who has been visiting
here for several days, returned home
Wednesday.
Mrs. H. N. Walker passed through
Arran Monday, going to Madison to at
tend the marriage of her cousin, Miss
Audrey Smith,
Miss Clara Fanner visited Sepchoppy
Sunday.
Miss Fannie Cox, of CrawfOrdville,
5is:visiting her uncle, Mr.. Bill Tulley, in
Tallahassee this week.
Mrs. w. W. Walker returned to her
home in Crawfordville Tuesday after
very pleasant visit to relatives and
friends at Hilliardsvi1le.
Miss nate Bunker is quite sick, but
we sincerely hope she will soon be we'll
We are glad to learn that the baby OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson is much bet
tter.
Mr. Walter J. Smith has removed his
family to Turkey Greek, where he goes
to engage in merchandising. We Wisf
him much success.
Mr.. Sam Hodge, one of the leading
citizens of Waku1la, died at his home
IN Sopchoppy Tuesday.
Mr.. Lorie Richardson, OF POpeviile
visited Arran Saturday.
| Messrs. Henry, Dan and W. J. Cole
man visited Arran Saturday
Mrs. w. w. Walker, Jr., visited gul
town Wednesday.
Mr.. Ed Whaley came up from Medar
Thursday and spent on hour with US.
Twice this week Mr. Gwa1tney hai
closed his store and gone fishing, anC
by the number of nice fish he brOugh
back, we judge he is successful at some
thing besides merchandising.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boy Whaley came Il
Arran shopping Saturday.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Little Interest Manifested il
the Contest /
The BOND ISSUE CARRIE
Tallahassee to Have New Cemetery
Officers Sworn In.

The city election passed off quietly
Tuesday, so quiet, in fact, that fiery
few people knew that a municipal cam
paign had been on. Only small Sote
was polled. This was owing largely
to the knowledge that there was no
opposition to the regular Democtatic
ticket, and the voters did not take the
trouble to go to the polls.
The entire ticket was elected, Ss a
matter of course. All doubt on ThtS
score was settled at the Democ6atic
urinary last month. The officers eject
ed were:
R. B. German, mayor.
W. D. Wilson, tax collector.
W. H. Chancey, tax assessor.
H A. Williams, clerk and Treasurer
julius Ball, A. C. Spil1er, ]. ed
mondson and R., H. Phillips, aldersnen
These gentlemen we're all sworn IN al
a special meeting of the city coSncii
held Wednesday night.
The only change in the city admSnis-
tratiOn is that of r. H. Phillips, :whC
succeeds Mr.. Randolph as membsr o.
council, the latter gentleman refGsinG
to run for reelection.
A very important question voted OF
at the same time and place was ts de-
eide whether or not tire city should
issue bonds for the purchase of a new
cemetery. AS only property owners
were qualified to vote in this election
practically no interest was taken In thu
contest, and few votes were cast. :Tht
result stood % for bonds to 10 against
This means that Tallahassee will ;haV
new burying ground for her dead.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
W. R. WILSON'S AID.

1t is hardly necessary to call your
attention to the half-page ad of Mr.. W.
K. Wilson in this issue of The TallShas-
seean. The advertisement is there in
all its prominence, to speak for Fself,
and yet we cannot refrain from s3ying
q few words in connection with Mr..
Wilson.
W. R. Wilson is one of Tallahas sees
most enterprising merchants. h has
oeen in business here for years, dhring
which time he has built up reputation
lOr integrity and fair dealing that is
second to none. He is man who car
De depended on to fulftt every premise
and ne never advertises q bargain that
ne cannot live up to. AS a result, his
store today is one Of the best patronized
ID this section of Florida. Few inner
Snants have gained greater share oi
'ne public confidence, and none have
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21
MABRY WILL NOT RUN
Will Retire from the Supreme
Bench Of Florida
JUDGE HOOKER ANNOUNCES
VIII be Candidate for Judge Mabry's
Position.

It has been given out, subrosa, that
Judge Mabry, whose term on the SD
preme Bench expires next January,
will not be a candidate for reelection.
In case he so decides, it is positively
asserted that Judge W. A. Hooker will
be candidate for the position.
Judge Hooker, who is one of the Su-
preme Court Commissioners, is a citi-
zen of Ocala. He was born in Vir-
ginia, but came to Florida in 1874, and
has been prominently identified with
State politics ever since. He was a
member of the first Democratic Legis-
lature after the reconstruction period,
in 1877. During that year Governor
Drew appointed Mr.. Hooker to the pO-
sitiOn Of States attorney for the Fifth
Judicial District, which he occupied
until 1886, when he resigned. He was
law partner of Judge Mabry from
1880 to 1889, when the latter moved to
PascO county, and was nominated for
the supreme bench.
In 1885 Judge Hooker was member
of the constitutional convention. He
was elected to the Legislature IN 1891,
and in 1893 was appointed circuit
judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
This position he resigned to arcept the
appointment as one of the Suprem
Court Commissioners by the present
Supreme Court.
In conversation with a Tallahassee
man, Judge Hooker stated that it was
quite certain that Judge Mabry would
not be candidate for reelection, and
that he would be an aspirant for the
position.