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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-07

Mr. Ed j. Makinson, contractor and
builder 60 Grand Block, Wabash street,
81. Paul, Mimi, says:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-07


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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

gun poor but hio motto 81 progression
was different from that OF either
Schwab or Carnegie, for he always re-
NAMED his own man" until he came
into the control OF interests so vast as
20 require the combined capital and re-
sources OF many men.
But there is a striking parallel in the
rules adopted by all three OF the men
mentioned here, for both Frick and
Carnegie attribute the greatest meas
ure OF their success TO having always
employed young men OF capacity as
their lieutenants. in whose selection
they were careful 10 recognize only
those who We're ambitious. energetic
and had executive ability.
Going little farther afield for an IL
lustration OF this trait OF great busi-
ness managers, we might cite, the evil
denco afforded by many others. but one
VIII suffice. one OF the most success
ful Of men in another branch or indus
try Is Mr.. VI. II Nreeland. who rose
from the ranks tp The presidency of the
great Metropolitan Street Railway
company OF New York. In "A lecture to
young men not long ago he began by
saying. There are 10 elevators in the
house OF success And he continued:
II am great preaoher of faith-faith
III olliStiAs SAtn 'tttf w zoo f0IIdlnK IN
others. hut never ia himself. II you
believe you have talent. you have III
Devote your whole time 70 the job let
other things GO. No man can stay on
top because he was put therc,"
Without opening fur discussion the
question as 30 the dtsirability OF DE.
coming o millionaire. with vast respon-
sibilities. tho simple fact remains that
N one desires % attain 10 pre- eminent
nnancial success beginning as a poor
boy and rising through all the grades
90 the top he must be reliable. earnest.
indefatigable and, above all. dependa-
BILE. This ~ according TO those among
the successful ones who have consent
cd TO favor us with their opinions but.
again, in the language OF the gentleman
last quoted: The successful man IL
too busy TO stop and give advice. II IL
the failure who is willing 20 take time
10 tell others how go start"
This may he 80. but in spite OF their
/ roticence the successful ones have now
/ and then let drop some hints as 20 their
methods. and the foregoing In a meas
ure sets them forth.
WILLIAM J. RUDOLPH
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

what a college bred man learns he has
TO unlearn; that he Is. not often prac-
teal bot the contrary. But he is a
firm believer IN self education. He be-
ileVes that what a boy or man, girl or
woman. Graves or needs he or she VIII
surely find after his or her own fash
ion After graduation from high
grade or public school," he says "a
man TO be successful. even as special
list, should have a good general knowl-
edge. and therefore ought to read ana
study much" In support OF his theory
IT may be stated that very few of those
who hold responsible positions under
him have received even technical ed
ucation. When II was put 10 vote at
large gathering OF his superintendent
only three professed 70 have received
such an education. All the rest had
risen from the ranks. He himself re-
ceived no technical training in the
schools. but he mastered chemistry and
laboratory work which was OF lasting
value to him. besides proving invigo-
rating as a mental discipline
The interest OF the world at large In
Mr.. Schwab as already stated. Is main
ly impersonal. n is because he himself
Is a personifioation of success that he
becomes fascinating as a subject for
analysis. He is not the only instance.
nor rs he particularly unique. but he Is
the latest example of what n poor boy
can do when he starts out right. keeps
right, looks ahead and forms the right
sort OF a business connection. II IL had
not been for Andrew Carnegie. he
might not have become a figure OF such
colossal proportions in so short time
But Mr. Carnegie himself was once "a
poor boy-poorer. in fact, at one time
than hundreds OF the men he has as
ais ed to rise In the world re took nm
interest i'm them not because they were
poor. or perhaps because they were
worthy. but on account OF their person
"A qualities. which he knew could be
turned TO account
4 notable instance OF the great steel
magnate proving a potential factor In
the making OF anothers fortune is af
forded by Mr. ". g. Frick. who I'm a
certain sense is rival of Mr.. schwab.
This gentleman began az the foot OF the
ladder. but worked his way iip under
different conditions from either OF tbe
distinguished trio Of which ne "a n
member. Born in ohio in 1919. AT N no
was clerk I'm a distillery owned by a
relative IN Pennsylvania Seeing. as he
thought an opportunity for making
money nc ana some other young men
scraped together 81 little capital ana
bought 800 acres ~ Mild land and 20
coke ovens. which they began 20 make
PROBABLE That was I'm 1867. In 1870
they owned 100 ovens. and later 900.
Three years after coke went down, and
the others drew out. but Frick would
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

IL has been remarked before now that
everything might have been different
il something else had happened. Napo-
leon | attributed his downfall 10 his
failure in securing a Russian eranc
duchess for a second wife. With the
czar as a friend instead of a zoe ne
could have saved his great army for
another purpose than that terrible trip
TO Moscow
Ar the present time rumor has it that
one OF the Bonaparte princes Victor
Napoleon OF Louis Napoleon. the latter
the likelier. seeks a high Russian all-
ance with view TO great possibilities
ahead. il being pretty certain that any
other match would he politically USE
less A grand duchess consent and the
czar's approval might bring about
great change in France anH make the
opening years OF the twentieth century
as Napoleonic as were the corresponds
ing years of the nineteenth century.
The revival OF the French empire.wou, q
be hailed with general satisfactiai
Throughout. Europe n II conld be
brought about peacefully, without the
tumult and bloodshed OF coup d'etaE
The cars sister, the Grand Duchess
Olga. now rs years of age might hard
IS be spared by her mother for such. q
venture. and IL was a dowager empress
OF Russia who objected 10 give her
daughter 20 Napoleon l and SO infiu~
enced the fate OF nations. The czar
cousin the Grand Duchess Helen. also
Is years OF age and credited with the
same independent spirit as her mother.
the Grand Duchess Vladimir. seems 70
be the heroine OF the piece wlthour
whom the play can hardly proceed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

Congressman Jones of Virginia tells
this story Of his father. Directly after
the war Jones senior was sent 10 the
state senate. An old slave who had
belonged 20 him was also elected TO the
senate The two drew adjoining seats.
Senator Jones was very courteous. ani
IN addressing his former slave always
called him senator. The old negro stood
II for some time and finally said Mas
ga William, I don't like dis senator
business KANT come down 10 yo'
house and visit that cook ~ vourn? !
suhunly would like permission % visit
yo' kitchen" The request was granted.
and while Senator Jones was IN his IL
brary the other senator was down In
The kitchen visiting the cook.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

second the Dcu elhi eitN1tN.
retary had thrown himself In one OF tho
coupes which are always In readiness
at the door
The room was dark. a single candle
was burning on the mantelpiece. the
Niscount was on the bed, still dressed,
white as ghost: revolver was on the
carpet just as IL had fallen from his
hand. "Mauvaise affaire. mauvaise af-
faire!" growled the secretary. Il rely
on you, sir, to keep the secret. Nobody
has heard the report of the pistol.
suppose as all is quiet in the house
Let us go. IL will be time enough IL
you call here tomorrow and discover
the sad occurrence" SO saying. he
took out Of his portfolio bank note
for 1000 francs. and. with a shiver, he
slipped IL into the walstcoat pocket or
the dead nohleman. who then could
not have Killed himself for want OK
money Al II sharp on the same even
ing VI. ie Viscount. as fresh as rose.
entered the club touched his hat po-
litely as he passed the secretary en-
tered the cardroom and threw the bank
note on the table as his first stake
/ With II he won more than he had LOST
| the previous evening
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

knowledge An employee should do
something besides his mere duty
something that attracts the attention
OF his employer 90 him. ! made up my
mind that there should be nothing In
the manufacture of steel that l would
not know"
Incidentally. II may be said that Mr..
Schwab does not believe n college edu-
cation ~ necessary for "A business man.
This might not seem 60 accord with
what has been already quoted. but he
explains Il ~ stat,'.g that much of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

be wide awake and up to date II he
wants 10 forge 10 the front. His fu-
ture mostly depends upon hlmself!"
A man OF few words. some OF Mr..
Schwab's sayings partake of the nature
of aphorisms that have been delivered
again and again during centuries past.
yet are as true today as they were In
the business OF yesterday. First be
master of what you undertake. and the
money will follow" always be sure
of your facts. You lessen the esteem Of
your superiors VI you are not"
Perhaps the handspring OF Mr..
Schwab's success may be found in this
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

not sell. On the contrary. he availed
himself OF the low prices to buy. and
when coke took another start and went
up from 81 10 s. per ton his chance had
come. In 1882 he owned 5000 acres OF
coal land and zoo ovens. In 1890 his
company controlled $4,000 acres or land.
an aggregate or 900 ovens. 35 miles
OF railroad and carried 1000 men on
the pay roll. He acquired an interest
in the Carnegie company In 1888 ana
later was at the head OF all the inter-
ests thereby represented. lie had be-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

gle leap. And that Is where came the
opportunity that led on 10 fortune and
fame. but only In this instance, he de-
claros. MAS he aided by mere clrcum-
stance. Mr.. Carnegie. he says took
only general. and not a special, inter
est In him, which he tried 10 foster. OF
course. by doing his level best But
and here comes in the application OF
the general rule which WAS specialized
in his case by his own efforts-"but q
man who Is not susceptible 20 encour-
agement viii not succeed a man must
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

statement; II always relied upon my
self. l am a great believer In self re-
liant manliness. which ~ manhood in
It's nobiest form.
when ! first went 60 work for Mr.
Carnegie. / had over me an impetuous.
hustling man. ana I had TO be at the
top notch 20 give satisfaction. | work
ed faster than / otherwise would have
done. NY object In life then was 10 show
him my worth / thought and dreamed
OF nothing but the steel works. Ia con-
sequence became his assistant"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

AS a corollary TO this line of opera
tions, MIR. Schwab believes In early
marriages as conducive 20 steadiness
of purpose and affording the highest
incentive for noble effort He started
out by marrying a 21, founding home
of his own where he could spend his
spare time in study and experimental
chemistry. He had a small laboratory
and studied along the trend OF his work.
though he made no direct application
OF this acquired knowledge. He states
another evident truth when he says:
while my laboratory work was not in
the line Of nay duty. IL gave me greater
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

There b. a quaint fitue FISH which
haunts The weed tracts OF the gulf
stream and there builds its nest and
lays It's cggs Ike bird rather than a
FISH. This animal--thc antennarius-
initiates in color the weed n lives In
and. like the chameleon. constantly
changes its color.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

M9 "tHlf w e"tS' ~ IhiiF 'N '
he was getting on finely aud missed
nothing but smoke now and then.
Two been used 10 pipe ne sa'1'
"but ! can't stand Il now
The party had gone ahead when
thought struck the prince. who turned
and went hack 10 the sick soldiers COT
MY man. said he. ~ YOU think you
cpn smoke ut all try these. they re
good. or az least ] think so
Then ne pressed his cigarette case
into the soldiers hend a,n rejoined
tho princess.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07
A TRAGEDY OF CLUB LIFE
IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL.

A curious affair which was hushed
up at once and is only known W
very few people happened fecentiy in
one OF the snlartest clubs vf Paris
where gambling in all Its forms is ram
pant. The. young yiscount de c..
lost between luncheon and dinner time
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

returned actress from I.ndon tels
the following story. which she saws, Is
positively true. She says further that
she can give the names of witnesses
who saw the occurrence: IL was while
the Prince OF Wales now King Edward
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

sanitary conditions. the plague is not q
serious menace IN any European city
Tie world grows 2.4oo 100000 tons of
beet sugar 4 year
The irpGrial library in Paris has -
books pfinad o. white six.
40 crnr4 ~ csbtagl Will gifc The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

lhis allowance
for the whole
year. in addi-
tion 10 n few
hundred francs
which he had
borrowed. FIX
ceedingly vex-
ed. he went
home with one
OF his friends.
At 7 sharp the
secretary of the
club was called
TO the tele-
phone. II left
De c. alone
for one min
ute" said the
voice, "and he
has shot him
self What's 10
he done p'' In a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

VII. wns going
through Netity
hospital with
the princess.
visiting the sick
woun d q a
soldiers from
south Africa.
the prianess ut
fering words ot
sympathy at
the various cots
and the prince
showing that he
felt as she did
IL he did not
express II In
~ ords.
one soldier
had been shot
through IN 2
lower Jaw ana
in response 20
a question from
one OF the roy
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

Is IL ger 10000 OF Inhabitants. There
are ten cSlorsd eonvicts q every white
one
a scamp was originally only trev-
eicr. but i'm the early middle ages most
~ the scamrering was done Tor spnle
Eqsd reassy, sad ~ "a Eas ssps.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

rosln weed from the prsirlss for the
drag trade. In the past Is months he
has shipped 5000 pounds, some Of II to
Europe
An oyster is not nj 70 cat tni : years
old
TIE Frison Pgpaatiea u csg; cslsnX
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

consumer 10 foot tons OF energy. an
ounce OF butter PSI tons
out OF f20Q plants used FOR CONNER
fumes
= mIn iu wtstcu Nansas keeps ttn
9tirr 10 Wgfk llsgins suskefgot apg
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07
MANY THINGS IN A SMALL SPACE.

sorry, but 10 unvaccinsted person can
vote ~ en election.
Two Belgian specialists who were
sent 10 Glasgow io study fho iiaeue
Qu-sficn tdtgiicd that urfaf ut0uor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

psre5 was liz virsus 81 that fact at-
judged 70 be q person Of bad chsrsctsi
Potatoes were not introduced int
Scotland tin i-it The man VIII" sov4d
ihe nrst Held died Va 100.
Australia has 8 100 rhufches -le Toe
~ 81. .p,gg 81 hex lplglllsoa4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-07

Forty thousand people sleep at night
in I.ondon's lodging houses. 10000 I'm
Paris aud about is 600 IA New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-19
RAILWAY NOTES.

H. f. Dunn of the Short Line is on
his way TO Winnepeg for more colon
lists.
The Short Line VIII make a special
effort for the Yellowstone park this
summer, in connection with its colonist
work
The Chicago Great Western railway
and the Minneapolis & St Louis rail
way nave filed applications for admis-
sion TO the Western Passenger associa-
ton.
The story that the Short Line offices
are TO be moved 20 Omaha has been re-
Vlved by a correspondent for the Oma-
ha Bee. President Burt denies the truth
of the story.
The situation on the Southern Pacific
is throwing the Rio Grande Western
out of business. The Pullman sIeepers
are all tied up over in Nevada. Last
nights train for the east carried but
one sleeper. and the result was a great
many travellers laid over in Salt Lake
twenty-fOur hours.
Major o. b. Gum. a well known civil
engineer, died at Kansas City yester-
DAY de built the Central branch of
the Union Pacific railway, now. the
/ missouri Pacific, and was made SUPER
| intendent of that road As chief en-
glneer of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas :
| ne built 300 miles Of that road. and also
constructed portions OF the Santa Pc
and the St Louis & San Francisco rail
3 ways
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-19
TELLS OF ATROCITIES.
Correspondent Biames Germans and
Praises Americans.

New York, Feb. 1S.-GeOrge Lynch,
an English war correspondent who saw
service IN Cuba and South Africa and
was ten commissioned by two London
papers to accompany the allied forces
on the march TO Pel1in, writes to the
Herald a long description of the terrible
atrocities by the allies with which the
campaign was accompanied. Mr.. Lynch
personally YOucheS for the accuracy of
the facts he relates, He says;
But it is to the Germans that we
must award the laureis of outrage in
this campaign. After marching into
Pezin, leaving their path stained with
the blood Of hundreds of innocent peo-
pie, who had just Ventured TO return
TO their homes, the Germans estab-
lished military reign of terror in
their section of the city. Every day
there were executions. One day sixty
eight were shot. They did not hest
tate to resort 10 Oriental methods for
the purpose Of extracting evidence from
their witnesses. The treatment of their
prisoners. as L can personally testify
from what I saw, was most brutal"
Mr.. Lynch takes the missionaries to
task for their lOOtng. Further on he
says:
THE policy of the United States
throughout this whole Chinese business
has. to my mind. been altogether ad-
IAAt dtiS- iCOoiAGCb DCihS Win tTcllti al
Chaffee the day after the relief. He
sad to me:
Sc We had to come right up to relieve
these people in the legations, and now
the sooner we can get out and go back
home the better pleased 1 shall be-
This appears TO me the right policy,
not alone for theh United States, but
for all the rest of the powers"
Mr.. Lynch thinks the Chinese spirit
of rebellion is still very active, and
viii be revived in the spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-19
S. P. BADLY BLOCKED
Another Wreck COmplicates the
Situation.
REPAIR WORK SLOW
VAST AMOUNT OF BUILDING
MUST BE DONE.
(special 10 Tho TIerald.l

Ogden. Utah. Feb. 1S.-The South
ern Pacific is again blocked for
traffic by reason of a wreck near
Toano, NeY. No trains have vet ar
rived from west of Mills City since sun
days wreck.
The next train from the west Will be
special at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, bringing the passengers who were
on the train wrecked at Mills City. 1t
viii also bring Conductor MsrkIe and
Brakeman Reeves, who Were. injured.
Thirteen freight cars piled up in the
ditch on the Southern Pacific, four
miles west of TOanO this morning. Half
or long train had passed in safety.
when 1t is supposed a rail turned and
the smash-uD resulted. No one was
hurt, but the track was blocked.
Delayed west bound passenger trains
are being sent from Winnemucca and
viii transfer their passengers, mail,
ETC., at the scene of the wreck The
company has a large number of men at
work trying to build a trestle across
the chaSm into which No , plunged
yesterday, but lack of proper appliances
( for the work makes it slow 1T is inn
possible TO say when the line viii be
opened again for the usual traffic.
Two Tranps Killed.
In addition to the four persons re
ported killed yesterday, the bodies of
two tramps, names unknown, have been
found
The escape of Engineer Abbay was
miraculous. He was thrown through
I the window of the cab and was only
slightly hurt. Conductor Markle, Brake
man Reeves and the train barber were
in the composite car. The brakeman
| jumped through a window and landed
in about four feet of water. The con-
/ dUCtOr and barber CraWled through a
/ hole in the roof of the wrecked car.
How Mail Clerks Schuyler and Gavin
escaped with their lives is an enigma
to all who witnessed the position OF
/ the shattered cars
Train No. 4, the east-bOund express
was following the limited train very
closely, and the rear brakeman of the
latter had only a few minutes in which
/ to flag No. 4 and prevent a reaT-end
. collision
OF the six persons killed, Clinton R
Coulter was the best known. Several
years ago he was a worlds champion
cyclist in sprint races, and one of the
most notable circuit riders in America,
He was q years old and a native OF
Mansfield, o., where resided his father
r. NJ. Coulter, a retired pioneer mer-
chant of Ohio. He was evidently killed
outright. When found he was doubled
up, with a large hole in one side of the
head, back OF the ear. lie had a ticket
to Chicago and return.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-19
VOTE TO IMPEACH
SUPREME JUSTICES

Raleigh, n. c., Feb. 1S.-The lower
house of the general assembly of North
Carolina passed a resolution today call
ing for the Impeachment before the bar
of the senate of Chief Justice David NJ
FUrChes and Associate Justice Robert
M. Douglas of the supreme court of
North Carolina. The resolution charges
the justices with high crimes and mis-
demeanOrs in office in that they issued
certain processes in a, case of a pOliti-
cal nature. All those voting for the res
OlutiOn were democrats.
Tomorrow articles of impeachment
will be drawn up and presented to the
senate. This will suspend the judges
from the exercise of the duties of their
offices.
Chief Justice Furches is nearly 20
years of age. Justice Douglas is the
son of Stephen A. Douglas and was at
one time private secretary to General
Grant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-19
cHINA's PLEA REJECTED.
ENJOYS Turn it Down-Preparations
for War.

ENJOYS Turn it Down-PreparatiOn
for War.
Pekin, Feb. 1S.-The foreign ENJOYS
have held a conference rega riding the
Chinese reply concerning the punish
ment of the guilty persons named by
the powers. The reply was considered
unsatisfactory, and The ENJOYS decided
10 insist upon a compliance with their
original demands
This decision and the objections urged
by the ENJOYS TO the latest imperial
edict were unanimous, and the Doyen
diplomatic corps viii inform the Chi
nese plenipOTentaries that the former
requirements must be strictly complied
with
Meanwhile great preparations are be-
ing made by the various commanders
preparatory to the big expedition.
Many people in Pekin say that Count
Won Waldersee is working a bluff in
cooperation with the foreign ENJOYS
hoping to compel the Chinese plenipO-
OF the powers. The military authorities
say IniS may be the case, but that
China would never believe the foreign
ers again if they failed to send an eX-
petition after DR.. Mumm Won SchWart-
zenstein personally notified Ii Hung
Chang that it would be done in case the
Chinese court did not accede to the de-
mands - the powers.
Prince CHING and Ii Hung Chang are
greatly worried.