Drowning of Sister Elsie M. Gates
By Editor
The date of the drowning of Sister Elsie M. Gates, sister of Pastor E. H. Gates, superintendent of the Polynesian mission field, mentioned in a previous issue, was December 3. While riding with two other ladies by the side of a stream, the horse became unmanageable, and backed into the water, which at that point was ten to twelve feet deep. Every effort was made immediately to resuscitate Sister Gates, but they were unavailing. She was just past forty-seven years of age. The two other ladies were both saved, one having been thrown out on the ground, and she pulling the other from the water. The horse, which belonged to Pastor W. C. White, was drowned. Brother Gates has now no surviving blood relative nearer than first cousin. He and his wife have our sympathy in this trial.