The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-03-24
SOUGHT CARNEGIE'S AID
Iron King Besiegcd by People
With Projects.
oRAEKs VISIT HIN IN WASHINGTON

Millionaire Pbilanthropist Attracted
Numerous Visitors, From nm Aged
Inventor OF Preventive OF As
phyNiatiou 90 n Negro with Plans
For BiE University. who wanted
90 See "Andy."
If Mr. Andrew Carnegie had civen
money TO everybody who tried 10 hold
him up a few days ago IN Washington.
he would have been comparatively
poor man today. From an early hour
when tho fact that the iron king was
In the city became generally known
until lnte In the evening the clerks at
the Nc'v Willard. whore Mr.. Carnegie
was stopping. were kept busy telling
all sorts and conditions Of people that
the noted guest denied himself TO all
| comers. says the Washington Post II
there is one individual I'm Washington
who has pct scheme who did not en-
dcavor 10 present that scheme to Mr..
Carnegie the other day. the hotel man
agcment wants TO see him. II is be-
lieved he would be rnrc specimen.
All kinds Of people tried their best TO
see Mr.. Carnegie. from the man who
wanted loan OF 50 80 the fanatic with
! a marvellous invention which only
needs a thousand or so to make II the
| grentest thing In the world They were
persistent too, as people OF this class
usually are, aud would not take no f0r
an answer when they asked IL they
could see the object OF their search.
! Several stayed about the hotel nearly
nll day in hopes of cntchinE Mr.. Carne-
| gle as he entered or loft the building.
They were, without exception, poorly
dressed and bore unmiStakablc traces
OF fanaticism. None succeeded In sec
ing Mr.. Carnegie. and they were COM
PEELED. after being refused an audience
three or four times. to depart into the
blizzard.
one old man was particularly in
slstent. He must have been something
over fifty. and his clothes looked al
most as old as himself. lie wore a
brick colorcd overcoat, frayed into
streamers at the bottom and almost
collarless. In lieu of buttons 1t was
tied together in one or two places in
front with heavy twine. His head was
cocoanut shaped. A red bandanna hand
kerchief was knottcd about his neck,
and dark. struggling beard covered
his face and looked as II II had not
been combed for year. lie grlpped
a worn out umbrella In one hand and
a mysterious appearing package in the
other The latter. he explained. con-
| tofnn1 his fnt.aptinn a uhnnt vrhfpl
he wanted to see Mr.. Carnegie. 1t
was device for the prevention Of
asphyXlation by gas, being an attach
ment TO n gas Jet TO automatically
turn Off the gas when the latter was
not burning The old fellow became
animated and loquaclous when asked
about the invention and had great
hopes that Mr. Carnegie would loan
him enough money to put it on the
market.
Another interesting character, who
called several times during the day TO
see Mr.. Carnegie. was a lank female,
who wanted assistance in manufactur-
ing "surc cure for Group" She
spoke in high pitched. squcaky voice
and never failed TO attract every ones
attention on her three or four visits
to the hotel desk. All she wanted was
"just tew tell Mr.. Carnegie how thet
medicync had stopped the Group in her
brother.in-law's wife's sisters baby,
who was took down goin' nigh on three
. months. and the doctorS all give II
up" She felt confident that her mix
ture would be considered a godsend
to the infant world by the Pittsburg
millionaire II he would only look into
the matter.
A typical CRATER. who was simply
too lazy to work, was also n caller
He wanted loan OF So to buy food
and clothing for n large motherless
family. His talk was so coarse and
his bluff so poor that. Detective Sin
mott was put on his trail. aud the last
: seen of him he was sliding down the
side steps. A number OF other male
callers OF a similar character appeared
at the doors during the afternoon, bul
q were not permitted to enter.
I Probably the most humorous spec
S tacle was that OF a half intoxicated
+ colored man who wanted to see Mr.
a Carnegie to cndow college for color
I ed boys in Alabama, of which the mar
! himself was a candidate for the pres
Ideucy. Thinking the fellow was a cal
. driver or a servant of some patron Of
: the house. he was permitted to reacl
A the desk before being discovered.
!. I'm looking fer-fer-f-f-fer Andy.
e he muttered as he leered toward Clerl
d Madison.
S"What do you want?"
"Andy-Andy. | tell you. I'm look
ing fer Andy Carnegie. Is he in?"
h what do you want to see Mr.. Car
n negie about?"
b IL want him to build us colleg
down In Alabama. I'm going to b'
e the president, The boys ought to b.
educated. Andy and I'll educate them
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