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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-01
MURDER OF
A PATERSON
MERCHANT

Paterson, n. j., July MAX Wolen-
berg, local merchant, was shot yester-
day by Arthur Lasker. a negro, and died
soon after reaching the hospital. The ne
gro In his flight shot and seriously
wounded a citizen who tried 10 stop him.
The negro was captured in the woods
later In the day and brought to the city.
An immense crowd gathered around the
City Hall, but there was no demonstra-
ton
Lasker entered the store while wollen-
berg was alone, and grabbed some small
articles from a counter and ran. Wollen-
berg gave chase and the negro turned
and shot him.
Patrolman Ganderhoss tried 10 intercept
the fugitive. who emptied three chambers
OF his pistol at him, but the shots failed
TO reach the mark. Then William Kessel
a citizen, made at attempt TO head of the
negro. who again discharged his revolver
and the bullet went through Kessels jaw.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-01
CURRENT EVENTS CLASS
PAYS VISIT TO CAk0NCHET.

Among the various Outings" enjoyed
by the members of Mrs Gertrude 2ugg
Fields Current Events class this season.
none has been more pleasant than the
visit TO "Canonchet" Tuesday. June 2S.
The ladies were guests OF Ex-Governor
and Mrs. William Sprague, whose large
hospitality was shown In every possible
way. After warmly greeting her visitors.
Mrs Sprague served refreshments in
delightfully."- informal manper, and then
personally conducted the ladies through
the beautiful rooms rendered vastly more
interesting by her gracious presence and
vivacious personality.
Through her thoughtfulness and the
kindness OF the composer, the ladies were
privileged TO gather NJ the foot OF the ia
nous stairway and listen 10 the singing
OF Egypt" by It's author. Mrs. Clare
Hummer. whose talents are now winning
large recognition. Governor Sprague ex-
planned the significance Of many OF the
art treasures and relics scattered
throughout the house, thus giving them
added interest Mrs. Sprague having
placed her carriages at the disposal OF
her guests the ladies. after several hours
at Csnonchet drove TO Lyman's Little
Casino Nnrragansett. where "A special
luncheon was served az 2 o'clock
Before leaving Canonchet, Mrs. sprague
presented her photograph 20 each guest
a charming reminder OF a delightful -occa-
sion. The menu cards at Lyman's were
also retained as souvenirs, because OF
their inscription: Field Day. Current
Events Class.
After the luncheon and It's postprandiai
exercises. the ladies repaired 20 the bath
ing beach TO further enjoy the beautiful
scenery and refreshing ocean breezes OF
Narragansett. The day was indeed a
"red letter one In the calendar of past
enjoyments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-01
TIME-ONt HOUR, FIVE MINUTES. sl.OO ROUN

short ride of the crowded city by steam the
of the way delightful trolley ride along Narragansett Bay.
Connecting trains the N. Y, n. ii. & II. r. X.
leave Providence Union Station at 9I5 m. and
2I5 p. m.
Special arrangements Sunday July 3rd. Special trains
leave Providence that day at 75s and 1910 and
2I5 Pm
Right is reserved to abandon Sunday service without
notice, in the event Of stormy weather for other
Ample will be provided for FOURTH OF JULY.
Tickets sold only City Ticket Office of n. Y, N II.
H. r. r. corner Custom House and Weybosset Streets
and at Union Station, Providence,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-07-01
GRADUATION EXERCISES
IN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.

~e:ss3ess
exercises
werehel in the
BY in all instances
y were largely attended dandgre
Nearly diplomas to continue their studies In
high school positions and ms
in the ebusywo
parchmens 10
p,ents but making consaaory char
.
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But there are scores of others who
are not so modest in their estimate of
their ability to enumerate the respec-
tive items of this rich mans possess
sions The most radical statements
concerning this gigantic boarding are
current in the daily press. Not long
ago a writer with a very pretty taste
for detail made this. estimate: To-day
the Rockefeller income is S2.06 a sec
ond, s12366 a minute, $7,42O.9S an hour,
$178, 032.08 a day, $1,246,574.50 week
and $65,000,O00 a year" 1t has also
been put in this ingenious way: "Of all
the money in the United States today
there is less than $4,000, 100000. If his
present income should continue for the
coming forty-six years Mr.. Rockefeller
would possess all this" What Uncle
Sam would do in such a crisis is not
even suggested.
1t is not necessary to depend on these
speculative flights in order to arrive at
some appreciation of this magnate's
sound financial standing. The record
of his returns from Standard Oil alone
for the six years beginning with 1898
and ending with 1903 is iIluminative.
From an investment of $4,000 600 in
that famous enterprise he received as
dividends $9S, 100000 not taking into
account the increased value of his orig
inal Investment. Then, to further the
attempt at approximation, try to re-
alize that this is only one of many en-
terprises which have been profitable.
Now recall some of those wealth pro-
ducing devices. The trusts in which he
holds pre- eminence are the great mon
ey getters of the country. Look upon
the glittering array, and it will not only
dazzle, but enlighten-S Steel, American
Cotton Oil, American Sugar company,
American Tobacco company, the cop
I cr1rr
Gas, United States Realty and that
greatest of all banking schemes, the
4 City National of New York
/ If that is not sufficient to make evil
dent the folly of estimating the Rookie
teller wealth, there is more-much
more-to follow. AS a remarkable ex-
ample of diversified interests the own
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that account. The business prospered-
Andrews was a mechanical genius. He
made new processes for extracting the
oil and got better oil and more of it
from the crude product than any of
their competitors. This made reputa-
ton for them. Their business soon
outerew their original plant. The
premises were then enlarged Andrews
continued to improve the quality of the
refined product. Their oil soon be-
came the best in the market and com
manded the highest prices. Rockefeller
started another refinery and put his
brother William in charge of it. H. NJ
Flagler Joined the second enterprise.
and the new venture fiourished SO IN
mistakably that a house was opened in
New York.
In 1870 the business had assumed
such proportions that Mr.. Rockefeller
resolved to put into operation scheme
which he had been revolving in his
mind for years-the bringing together
under the form of a corporation Of all
the Rockefeller interests. This was
DONE and the original STANDARD Oil
company was formed, with a capital Of
100000. John D. Rockefeller was the
head of the corporation. But there
We're now at least thirty competing oil
refiners on WalWorth run. It is true
that they did not make as good oil as
the Rockefeller concern. but they sue
ceeded in Offering some troublesome
competition The demand was so great
that they found a market for their
product at a slightly reduced rate. All
at once il was made apparent that the
Rockefellers were selling lower than
the lowest. Then it was noised about
that the new corporation was receiving
rebate favors from the railroads. This
discovery caused intense excitement
and protest from every quarter. Time
made it clear that Mr.. Rockefeller was
not altogether responsible for the sys-
tenn of rebate. A rate war was in
progress between the three great trunk
lines, and the Standard Oil was the
one to profit by the frantic struggle Of
the railroads.
From this time on Mr.. Rockefeller
executive ability made possible the gil
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under various forms in the Bible.
Nevertheless it lost nothing of its force
upon the lips of the Midas of the TWEEN
tieth century. Since there is nothing to
show that Mr.. Rockefeller considers
himself a poor man of any description
the inference is that he has laid up
treasures of greater value than money.
1t is true that man of unlimited re-
sources may make as much of mys-
terry of himself as he chooses. He may
transform his personality into a YER
liable sphinx and make his daily walk
as hidden a thing as is the lama at
Lassa- But he seldom chooses. 1t de-
tracts from the value of his accom-
plishment to turn his face against pub
LEFTY 1t is not on record that Mr..
Rockefeller has ever made a we'll or
gained attempt to keep mankind in alb
s0lute ignorance of his efforts to provide
against the proverbial rainy day. 1t is
not unlikely that his disinclination to
discuss his methods arises from the
magnitude of the undertaking; he
knows best of all the hopelessness OF
the attempt.
1t is stupendous achievement for a
man to heap up treasures until, looking
up from the earth where he stands, the
value of the mountain he has raised
becomes speculative even to himself
Such enormous accommodations are for
the most part intangible and invisible
to the human conception. Mr.. Rookie
felIer's power to grasp details and hold
them may be unique, but he must have
lost the power of keeping count. Sew
eral years ago he declared upon the
witness stand that he was unable tc
gauge his holdings within several mil
lion dollars. In view of the constant
tendency of these holdings to expand, il
is not likely that he has acquired since
then a new capacity for keeping TRACK
of them.
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ness. He has declared frequently that
at this time he possessed no distin-
gushing virtue except frugality.
When John was about ten years of
age the family removed to Owego- Here
in due time the Rockefeller children
there were six of them-entered the
academy, which was an excellent school
The future Colossus was a good stu
dent, but not as promising as was his
brother William. Both were graduated,
William with high honors. These boys
had at the academy two schoolmates
who have achieved distinction-Thom-
as c. PIatt and Benjamin F. Tracy.
Both of these embryo celebrities We'd
with John D. Rockefeller in respectable
mediocrity.
It was at home that John received his
most valuable business training. His
parents wisely began to teach him self
reliance at a very early age. He takes
pride in relating that when he was sew
en- his father taught him to milk COW.
At the age of eight he could drive a
horse as we'll as man. To accustom
him to the feeling of responsibility he
was charged with various commissions.
Among other things, he was sent to buy
cordwood for the family. After he had
become older his father intrusted him
with some undertakings that were a
severe test for any lad. one of them to
build a house Then he was provided
with considerable sums of money to
invest in loans and other interest bear
ing security 1t was about this time
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diplomatic and consular services. He
has opposed anti-Chinese legislation
which Violated treaties and has advo-
Gated reciprocity with other republics
Charles Warren Fairbanks. United
States senator from Indiana. has
keen persistently mentioned in connec-
ton with the vice presidential nornina-
ton. Bonn near Unionville Center. o..
Nay IL. 1872. Senator Fairbanks was
graduated from the Wesleyan univer-
sity at Delaware with distinction. He
was Associated Press agent at Cleve-
land for "a year. during which ne began
the study of law and was admitted to
the bar In 1874 he removed to In
dianapolis. There he continued the
practice OF law and rose speedily to
prominence In 1898 he was the Re
publican caucus nominee for United
States senator, but was defeated by
David Turpie- In 1897 he was sent to
the senate and was reelected in 1908,
his present term expiring in 1909.
Joseph 6. Cannon (''Uncle Joe'D will
have a warm reception He is native
of North Carolina. his birthplace being
Guilford and the date May Z, 1896. He
removed TO Illinois at an early age and
when he reached manhood adopted the
profession of the law. He was member
of congress from the Twelfth Illinois
district from 1873 to 1891 He was
then defeated, but after a rest of one
term he was returned and served the
same district from 1898 to 1903. For
/ the term 1903-O5 he was elected from
the Eighteenth district Mr.. Cannon
/ had the unique experience of being
designated as the choice Of a majority
of congress for speaker before organ
ization had been effected.
Frank SWEET Black of New York. ii
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goodly quantity of the stocks of sys-
TENS like the New York Central, Penn
sylvania, Lake Shore, Chicago and
Northwestern, st. Paul, Union Pacific,
Burlington, Rock Island, Santa F'e and
many others that he might make any
one of them his plaything if the whin
should seize him.
Since the problem of his riches can
not be solved nor the secret of their
accumulation be transmitted, there re-
mains only the absorbing study of the
magician himself. Is there, then, in
the story of his life thus far lived any
marked deviation from the normal man
anything that may explain in a hu-
man way and from material stand
point why this man has been able to set
himself SO apart from his fellows?
John Dawson Rockefeller was born in
1889 at the little village of Richford,
Tioga county, n. Y. His parents were
in comfortable circumstances, owning
a farm and getting a living by tilling
it Mr.. Rockefeller regards this fea-
ture of his early life as important, since
it has been stated persistently that he
was born in poverty. His boyhood was
singularly free from pronounced symp-
toms of coming pre- eminence. Accord
ing to his own statement. life was di-
vided into two grand divisions-worki in
summer and school in winter. He did
not at this period manifest any tend
ency to create values where none had
previously existed. He was not even
accredited with phenomenal shrewd-
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he made the discovery that he was able
to secure as satisfactory results from a
sum of money invested at a good rate
as he could from a much greater ex-
penditure of time and strength at po-
tato digging. The scheme of making
money perform the service which must
otherwise involve great manual labor
has never been forgotten by Mr.. Rock
efeller.
In 1851 the Rockefeller family re-
moved to Cleveland After a few
years divided between the public school
and a business college young Rookie
Teller made up his mind to shift for
himself His first essay was at the gro
Gerry business. He secured the position
of assistant bookkeeper in the house of
Gordon, Mcmillan & Co, one of the
largest firms in the country. His rec
ord in this branch of industry was re-
spectacle, but not brilliant. At the end
of the second year he was able to COM
mand a salary of only $500. He re-
solved to go into the commission bust
ness for himself. He had saved $500,
and with that and a few thousands
which he borrowed from his father at
10 per cent interest he formed a part
nership with young man named Clark.
They prospered from the first. The
profits for the first year were $4,000.
But better things were in store for
John d. Rockefeller.
In 1859 the first oil well in Titusville,
Pa, was opened. At the close of that
year men in the contiguous territory
were discussing the possibilities of for
tune making in the exploitation of pc
troleum for commercial purposes. In
time the excitement reached Cleveland,
and young Rockefeller became inter
ested. Although but twenty years of
age, he had gained a reputation in
Cleveland for shrewdness- A party of
capitalists decided to send him into the
oil regions to investigate. He went to
the oil country and returned advising
against investment. The risk seemed
istoo great and the tendency to deal in
speculative values too prominent. 1t
seems also, that he had made another
discovery-that a great fortune might
be made in refining the crude petro-
Ieum. He did not. however, include this
discovery in his report to the capital
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Roche feAer, the Richest Man In the World

In an incredibly short time the army OF
independent refiners was reduced to
insignificant proportions Cancellation
first was the method. and If that failed
coercion. OF course fresh difficulties
arose from time to time One Of the
most troublesome to surmount was the
discovery of remote oil fields and the
establishment of new refineries at other
points. But Mr.. Rockefeller's general
ship was sufficient to steer clear Of
these dangers. In 1873 the Standard
Oil controlled 95 per cent of the refin-
ing interests in the country Now an
other fierce contest arose. Its close
marked the supremacy of oil and the
subserviency of the railroads. The
struggle was caused by the determi-
nation of the state Of Pennsylvania to
prevent railroad discrimination. The
Pennsylvania railroad had gone into
the refining business on its own &C
count. 1t owned pipe line and several
rehneries and began reaching out to
secure trade. Mr.. Rockefeller protest
ed. The railroad was obdurate- The
Standard withdrew it's business from
the PENNSYLVANIA and made use of the
fact to obtain further rebates from the
New York Central. The oil corporation
was rich. 1t had just declared a divl-
dend of 50 per cent. The Pennsylvania
was having trouble, and a general
strike was in progress. The Standard
all at once began to lower the price Of
oil This was further than the railroad
company cared to 60 It yielded. By
1880 the Standard had a monopoly
Mr.. Rockefeller had one more battle
to fight before the trust which he had
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consequence of his intimate connection
with party affairs in the Empire State
as well as his we'll known political and
personal friendship for President
Roosevelt. viii attract much attention
when the New York delegation makes
its appearance. Like many another
man of note. he comes from Maine. his
native village being Limington and the
date of his birth March s, 1883 He
was graduated from Dartmouth and
chose journalism for his FIRST profess
sional venture He was a reporter for
awhile for the Troy IN Y Wing, then
a clerk in the Troy postofice. In 1879
he was admitted to the bar and was
successful from the first He was sent
to congress in 1895 and became gov
ernor in 1897.
George Bruce Cortelyou. the next
chairman of the national committee.
viii he pointed out as a remarkable
illustration of the good fortune which.
once successfully invoked, follows ODE
dientIv in tie train of the aspiring
politician He was born in New
York on July &c. 1862 he has di-
plomas and is the legitimate owner
of degrees from several institutions.
among them Georgetown university
/ For two years he was a law reporter in
4 New York and for several years there
after principal of a city preparatory
J school. Mr.. Cortelyou entered the pub
I lie service in 1889 and served as ste
I nosrapher and private secretary to sew
! eral officials He became stenograp her
to President Cleveland in November.
1895. executive clerk the next year and
two years later assistant private secre-
tary to President Mckinley. From May
l. 1900, until February. 1903, he was
private secretary At that time he was
named by President Roosevelt as the
head of the new bureau of commerce.
and labor. an Office he still holds
EIihu Root. ex- secretary of war, who
will probably be one of the presiding
officers of the convention, was born in
I1s45 at Clinton. n Y His father was
professor of mathematics in Hamil-
ton college, and Elihu was gradual
ed from that institution in 1854 and
began the practice of law in 1851 He
removed to New York and soon achiev-
ed great success as a corporation law
yer. He was counsel for the sugar
trust for the New York street railways
and for many railroad companies lie
represented William NJ Tweed in the
famous ring trial and was also retained
in the Stewart and Fayerweather viii
cases. From 1883 to 1885 he was United
States district attorney. In 1893 Mr.
Root was appointed secretary of war to
succeed Russell A Alger. He distin-
guished himself at once by planning the
war college and ny establishing new
rules of promotion He is also respon-
sibIe for the general staff. He remained
in Office during AIcKinley's second ad-
ministration and continued under that
of President Roosevelt until the sum-
mer of 1903. when he resigned Among
his greatest public services is to be
reckoned his work as a member Of the
Alaskan boundary commission
JAMES L TREVATHAN-
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created after twenty odd years Of con-
slant oversight could rest secure in its
supremacy Rival interests had long
dreamed Of the construction OF a pipe
line from the producing regions to the
seaboard- In the course Of time this
gigantic scheme was accomplished It
was serious matter for the Standard.
Oil could be carried by pipe to the sea-
board at cost of 16 cents. while the
lowest railroad rate was 80 cents. The
dominant genius of the Standard met
the crisis promptly He organized the
National Transit company and became
absolute master of the oil traffic in
America.
The history Of the rise of STANDARD
oil, marvellous as it is. makes it possi-
bic to understand how the creation and
absorption OF trusts became one mans
master passion
GEORGE H. PICARD.
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nently at Chicago become subject to the
keenest observation. It is of course ap-
parent that all interest concerning the
nomination for chief place on the ticket
has become almost quiescent on ac-
count of the certainty which attends
the candidacy of President Roosevelt.
This foregone conclusion robs the po-
Itical game of much of its fascinating
fndehniteness, but it may have the eff
feet of giving the vice presidential
nomination an unusual prominence.
The choosing of a candidate for sec
ond place has almost always been reck-
oned as a perfunctory matter There is
more than one instance on record, how
ever, in which the business has been
conducted with considerable animation.
Such an exception was furnished by
the Republican convention of 1868. The
convention city that year, as it will be
this. was Chicago. BY a similar coin
cidence the nomination of General
Grant was as predetermined as is that
of President Roosevelt. He was chosen
unanimously on the first ballot. Then
the actual struggle began. -Four can
didates for the vice presidency were
proposed. They were Benjamin F.
Wade of Ohio, Henry Wilson of Massa-
chusetts, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
and Reuben E. Fenton of New York
All at once the Office of vice president
was transformed into the very ultima
Thule Of political aspiration. There
was poured out in that convention hall
a wealth of political oratorical ingenu-
ity that was fairly bewildering. Five
ballots failed to do more than bring
further chaos. At that stage the con-
vention adjusted it's differences and
united on ColfaX.
There is an impression extant that
the choice of a vice presidential candi-
date is. as a rule. left largely to the
nominee for first place and his friends.
1t is of course reasonable to suppose
that an individual who is personally
obnoxious to the chief candidate can
not add strength to the ticket Still it
happens frequently that the vice presi-
Dental nominee is not precisely at one
with his mate in some of the lesser po-
litical dogmas. Instead of being a mis-
fortune. this variation is often posi-
tive benefit to the party, because it
makes it possible for men of various in
terpretations of the same political
creed, united as they are on essentials,
to assemble under the same standard.
For this reason, too, the candidates are
usually chosen from states widely sep
arated. Not infrequently an aspirant
for second place is selected from a state
whose political status is a matter of un-
certainty and whose coveted electoral
votes hang in the balance This dip
lomatic procedure has done good serv-
ice in the past and is likely to continue
as an approved expedient- Sometimes