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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-20
TWO ACCIDENTS; ONE
MAN SERIOUSLY HURT

Clarence II. Crafts OF East Providence
was severely injured yesterday afternoon
by building timbers' falling on him at
Brook and Blandlng streets.
John II. Nolan OF lis Bernon street was
thrown from a upcart last evening py a
collision with a car on Admiral street, but
esCnpcd with sllght injury.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-20

Dainty little singing comedienne.
formerly co-star OF "Fantana" and
The Chinese Honeymoon"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-20
MIR. AND MRS. GENE
HUGHES

The Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall OF Vau-
deville," In merry sketch, Sup
| pressing the Press"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-20
SEEK DEAD MANS RELATIVES

George NJ. Forbes n printer was killed
in a trolley accident at Crawford. ~. j.
yesterday. and the police have been Te-
quested 10 locate HIS relatives here. N
is described as feet 3 inches tall. OF 100
pounds weight and red complexion.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-20
INSANE FUGITIVE CAPTURED

William Sullivan. fugitive from the
state hospital for the insane. was arrested
last night In the house OF relatives by
Lieutenant Gilmartin and Patrolman ]. II.
o'Rourke, and was returned TO the hospi.
tai
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-20

HANLFY's PEERLESS ALE IL the pro-
duct of the brewing of barley malt with the
bitter of the hops, and contains the most
wholesome portions of these wholesome
materials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

hatred directed against him during his
life than against any other man with
a fortune anyway near as large as the
Field fortune. In him the claim that
no man can accumulate many millions
honestly is refuted. In the public
mind he did not represent the type
that climbs up by pushing others down.
The Beginning.
Away back in the SOS, Marshall
Field began his mercantile career in
Chicago as a clerk in the employ of
J. V. Farwell Working for the same
firm at the time was another young
man, Levi z. Letter, who later became
Marshall Fields associate in business
Referring to those early years, Mr..
Farwell says:
Levi 2. Letter and Marshall Field
were both clerks of ours. When the
war broke out we took them in as part
ners in the store and lent them money.
The business conditions of the country
at that time were something unexam-
pied before or since. The war changed
the prices of everything. Goods were
up and money was down. Consequent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

q finger on his part take all the in
centive out of life and make him
careless of the possibilities of life
and the opportunities which are his?
Will he be content to accept the in
evitable and settle back comfortably
in the downy berth which fate has de-
creed him, or will he as he develops
into manhood become conscious of
the great responsibilities resting upon
him and let them call out in him
those qualities which made his grand
father so eminently successful in
the business world and so esteemed as
a citizen?
The Boy.
We ask these questions, and turn
instinctively to the boy as he is to-day
to read if possible our answers, for
the boy is father of the man, and the
characteristics we note in the youth
we find accentuated in the man. What
manner of lad is this Marshall Field
ILL.,? Down among the pine hills of
Lake wood, N. j., at the beautiful sum-
mer home of the Fields he may be
found these days, in the hands of his
tutor, studying hard, and living the
natural, healthy life of an ordinary
boy. Lakewood air agrees with him
better than anywhere else. Several
years ago he was attacked with rheu-
matism and at that time his life was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Railroad Taxes.

st. Paul Fears that the railroads OF
the state would contest the payment
of 4 per cent gross earnings tax upon
their business in the state were set at
rest when the Omaha paid its tax in
full on it's business for 1905. The COM
pany had paid in $15O,0oO during the
last three weeks, and sent in its check
TO complete the payment of the tax OF
$l63, S26. 43, per cent tax on gross
earnings amounting to S4,O9s, 100 6s.
The business of the road shows con-
siderable increase and the taxes show
an increase of almost so per cent.
The gross earnings for 1904 were So
s63, 1856. rs, on which it paid per cent
tax amounting to $1l5,ol6 The
Great Northern also send check Of
$50. 900 in part payment of its taxes,
making total of 100000 paid this
year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
news OF minnesota.
Factory Inspection.

Minneapolis to the fac
tory inspection report for the city by
the state labor bureau, there are in the
city 90, 236 wage-earners. Included in
this are the wage-earners employed in
the suburban establishments of Column
bia Heights, Hopkins, st. Anthony
Park. ST. Louis park and Wayzata OF
the total number of wage-earners, 2S,-
7sl are adult males, s619 adult females,
and $40 children under 16 years of'age,
or 616 boys and 217 girls The largest
number of persons during the last year
we're employed in the -four and grist
milling industry; they represented 6.5
per cent of the total or 2,473 persons.
OF this number, % per cent were adult
males, 10 per cent adult females and
o. per cent boys under 16years of age.
In the printing and allied trades, there
were found 2,250 wage-earners, OF
which 1914 per cent were adult males,
II. 8 per cent adult females and per
cent children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

ing the discovery of rich gold deposits
at Leadville, COL A prospector in
duced Marshall Field and three other
men to buy gold mine. Big STRIKES"
were being made daily, and enough
wsrk had been done in the camp to
demonstrate to even conservative BUSH
ness men that the district was rich in
mineral The original investment made
by Mr. Field and his associates was
small, $1,000 each. The owner had
submitted o-s samples of great rich
ness, and the prospect was promising.
1t did not take the buyers long to dis
cover, however, that they had bought
"pig in poke" or, in the parlance
of the mines, sailed claim.
They found that the samples of ore
taken from the workings of their mine
had been placed there by the uncul-
tured but not unsophisticated west
erner who had secured them from a
real gold mine. AS result of this dis
closure there were four very much
chagrined gentlemen, not because the
Financial loss had been so great, for
to each of them the investment was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Capitol too SIN all.

st. Paul The capitol commission
invited the state dairy and food depart
ment and the state board Of health to
move from their present quarters on
the ground floor of the new capitol to
rooms in the old statehouse. The COM
mission does not insist that both make
the change, but is anxious that one
should. This is because of insistance
of the secretary of state for additional
room for his documentary department.
When the capitol was planned, it was
arranged to give the secretary OF state
torney general got the rooms. Peter
E. Hanson, secretary of state, has never
been quite satisfied with the rooms
which he now occupies, and because
of his protestation the commission is
trying to get ground floor quarters for
his documentary department, now
lodged in the dark and damp basement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
that which he has acquired without an
Envied by His Companions.

that which he has acquired without an
effort.
Envied by His Companions.
Most of the small boys in Lakewood
envy young Master Field, because they
only see him when he goes driving or
riding on his little gray pony, or
when he goes walking down the long
wooded street with his fine dog. But
how these boys would grumble if they
had to work as Master Field works
between times.
Young Marshall Field is a well-built
little chap, having inherited from his
father and grandfather the broad
shoulders and erect carriage of the
Fields
At present Ire dresses in deep
mourning. He is gentle, unaffected
and frank in manner, like dozens of
other boys you have met, and he likes
pretty much the same things, such as
tops and kites and marbles and guns,
and all sorts of boyish sports.
The Field cottage in Lakewood is a
large, rambling structure of brick and
white stucco built in the colonial
fashion.
On the upper floor n a secluded
room, with a tutor from the Universe
ty Of Chicago, Master Field undergoes
daily hard siege of study to fit him
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Babe Found Buried Alive.

Roswell, N. M.-Charged with max
ing away with her eight-montns-old
child by burying it alive in the back
yard of her home, Mrs. L. Aiken, of
Lakewood, is in Jail at Carlsbad. Mrs.
Aiken appeared at the home of a neigh
boring ranchman the other day with
story that strange man had taken
her baby away about midnight, saying
that he was going to kill it. She faint
ed, she claims, and knew nothing about
the matter until number of hours
afterward. A search discovered the
child buried near the house, and physi-
clans believe the child was alive when
placed in the ground, as death appar-
emily was due to suffocation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
MARSHALL FIELD Ill. AS HE Is IN
HIS HOME AT LAKEWOOD.
NEW JERSEY.
CHIEF PLEASURE is RIDING ON HIS PONY
Most of the Day Spent with His Books-Twelve-Year-
Old Namesake of Great Merchant Prince Leads
Strenuous Life-Something About the For
tune He Has Inherited and the
Man Who Made 1t.

Chicago.-Heir to three-fifths of a
vast estate, proud bearer of the name
of one of the greatest merchant
princes the world has ever known,
the future head of gigantic mercan-
tile enterprises extending from this
to other lands-such is the fortune or
misfortune which has befallen Mar
shall Field the third through the I'M
timely and sudden death of Marshall
Field, the founder of the great dry
goods houses bearing his name.
By the terms of the will disposing
of an estate estimated at from $780,
100000 to $150,O0O,O00 he is to have
three-fifths of the residuary estate,
which is to be held in trust for him
until he is so years of age, and which
would make his share worth at the
present time from S45,000,000 to $780,
100000. And by the terms of the
same will his brother, Henry Field,
two years his junior, receives the bal
ance of the residuary estate, or two
fifths, and will of course share with
him the responsibilities of the estate
in the years to come.
But it is Marshall Field the third
upon whom the attention of the pub
lie is conferred, for he is the head of
the Field house now. There is some
thing startling and almost pathetic
in the contemplation of 12-year-old
boy being called upon to face such
a future. Perhaps there are many
who would lightly declare that they
would like the opportunity which has
come to this little fellow, but there
is room for argument here as to
whether he is after all not entitled
more to pity than congratulation.
Will the acquiring of such vast
wealth by him without the raising of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

ly, anyone who had stock of goods on
hand was practically certain to sell
them at an advance over what he had
paid for them. The results of the bust
ness done during the war were some
thing phenomenal. At that time the
money of Illinois and all money was so
far down in value that you couldn't buy
state line. So it was that the man who
bought the most goods under such con-
ditions made the most money. Potter
Palmer made the most money of any
man in Chicago at that time in proper
ton to his capital. The money which
nership with our firm made the two
competent to buy out Mr.. Palmer at
the close of the war;"
When asked which of the three men
I-Messrs. Field, Letter and Palmer-he
considered the ablest business man, Mr..
Farwell replied:
81 believe the ablest business man is
the man who stays the longest in bust
ness and who has made the greatest
success of it. Mr.. Field was at the top
of his business career and active on
the day he died, and l think that an
swers the question.
"Mr. Letters particular forte in the
management of the firms business was
in handling the finances.
MI. Fields Strong Faculty.
zone thing which contributed largely
to the success of Mr.. Field was his par
ticular faculty and success in choosing
his under managers. He was always
particularly fortunate in the men who
were associated with him, and this is
shown by the number of men who have
retired from the firm wealthy. He in
trusted the management of the store
to the heads of departments largely,
but he always remained the supreme
head to see that everything was run
with the minimum of friction. He al
ways put the right man in the right
place, and every one in the employ of
the store knew that he would receive
exact justice in his dealings with the
head of the firm.
''This is one of the greatest elements
which make for the success of bust
ness man. When started in business
had practically to run the depart
ments myself. In Mr.. Fields establish
ment you never found anyone fighting
him. He knew all his old employees
and always recognized them when he
met them.
'In common with other successful
business men Mr.. Field did not possess
the strongest confidence in other peo-
pie in large business dealings. He
wanted TO be certain of his ground be-
fore he made advances. There have
been many failures in the business
world entirely attributable to overcon-
fidGnce in human nature"
His One Speculation.
One striking thing In connection
with the career of Marshall Field was
the freedom from speculative tenden-
cies SO marked In the majority of the
men who build big fortunes, aid pen
haps this was owing to an experience
which he had f. the early years Of his
career. It was during the days follow
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Body Turns Over in Coffin

Bellingham, Wash.-Relatives and
friends of Miss Hastings, Belling-
ham high school student, who died a
few days ago on Orcas island, were
Mortified when, on opening the casket
containing the remains, they found the
body had turned over. A close exam
ination revealed faint flush in the
cheeks indicating life. The relatives
refused to allow the services to con-
tinue and an urgent message was sent
for doctor, 20 miles distant. Sur
rounded by the mourners the body lay
for hours before the physician arrived.
All efforts to resuscitate the corpse
tailed, and it was buried.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

despaired of and it was thought that
even though he lived he would be a
cripple for life But the skill of the
doctor and the careful nursing and
the air at Lakewood have triumphed
over his infirmities, and he gives
promise now of developing into a stall
wart manhood.
At the age of this boy the grand
father was blowing and reaping and
toiling ON a farm, and planning in
his mind how to win the fortune
which he subsequently acquired.
And now without the preliminaries
of blowing and reaping and planning,
and without manual labor of any
kind, Marshall Field the third will
have the wonderful fortune piled up
by his grandfather ready to hand to
use as he may see fit.
Known by All.
Almost everybody in Lakewood
knows the Field boy by sight; but
very few of them know how thor
oughly his life is filed with constant
and arduous effort.
He must know how to handle those
millions. He must be trained and
equipped and fitted for task that
has even palled upon John D. Rock
efeller and Andrew Carnegie.
Rockefeller offered a salary of a
million dollars year to anyone who
could lift from his back the burden
of hiS ipr0lljno millions Carnepin
wearied with the constant turning
over of his wealth, relinquished the
task and fell back in his easy-chair
with sigh of relief.
Yet this 12-year-old boy must be
fitted to follow in the footsteps of
these two cars of finance lest some
wiser boy step in and take from him
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

trivial, but four shrewd business men
and to their acquaintance that they
have bought brick which was not
even well plated.
Three of the partners said:
We're sold; it's a good thing we are
not more out of pocket"
Held On.
But here it was that a strong trait
of character which made Marshall
Field so successful in the business
world cropped out. Once having taken
hold, he wouldn't let go until he had
obtained results. He said:
81 refuse to be sold. Even if my
share of this brick cost me but $4,000,
I shall not pocket the loss and quit.
I'm going to develop a mine"
Seventy thousand of the Field dol
lars followed the original $4,000 into
the hole in the ground near Leadville,
and when it was spent mine had been
developed, mine from which the own
ers realized 100000
By the few men who have been
privileged to observe the financial
operations of Marshall Field this dash
into gold mining is said to come nearer
to speculation, in the modern meaning
of that word, than any other move the
multimillionaire ever made.
And the career of this man should
prove not only an inspiration to the
boy who bears his name, but should
furnish an unfailing guide to him in
his business career.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Mad Dog Bites Bow.

Detroit.-Conrad Glaum, the thir-
teen-year-old son of County Treasurer
Glaum, has been taken to the Pasteur
institute at Chicago for treatment He
was bitten about month ago by a
large ewfoundland dog which showed
signs of rabies. The dog was killed and
it's head sent to the state authorities
for examination, and upon the receipt
of their report the lad was hurried to
Chicago for treatment. Two horses
also bitten by the dog have since died
from hydrophobia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Good Roads.

Washington. is announced that
the agricultural department has agreed
to construct one mile of model road
each in Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana, provided
the cooperation of the state or county
authorities can be secured. 1t is pro-
posed to do the work next summer, the
federal government providing the ne
cessary machinery and expert road
makers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Killed by Train.

Hawley. - harrington Carlson, a
young farmer living near Hitterdal,
was struck by freight train and
instantly killed. He was driving with
another man and the sleigh was hit by
the train while trying to cross the
track. Carlson was seated in the rear
and received the full force of the COLI
sion. The driver and horses escaped
unin iured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16

st. Paul-The salaries of the school
teachers are to be increased $50 year
until the maximum is reached.
St Paul-The street car company
payed the city's claim of 81, 0o2 for
work done on Fourth street ten years
ago.
Pipestone-Robert Farmer, one of
the prominent residents of this COM
munity, was found dead in barn at
Airlie, about ten miles west of this
place.
st. Paul.-The ST. Paul Y. M. C. A.
defeats Company c of Hudson at
basketball, "a to 25.
Luverne-All parts of Rock county
were represented at the Prohibition
convention held in the opera house of
this city.
Crookston-The seventh annual con-
vention of North Dakota and Northern
Minnesota Implement Dealers associa.
ton held its final session here.
Red Wing = Owing to a broken
switch, a passenger train on the Great
Western backed on the wrong track
and collided with another passenger
train. Roy Baker, trcinman, had
his leg broken. The passengers were
shaken up and some cars went off the
track, causing a delay of several hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Bills.

F'1iend-In quandar,r?
Fether-Yes; I'll have to either stop
repairing my auto or my football son.
Judge
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-16
Elevator Burned.

Orelans.-The large Mikkleson grain
elevator has been destroyed by fire, to-
gether with its contents. The eleva-
tor contained seven thousand bushels
of wheat and quantity of fax. The
fire is supposed to have been caused by
spontan eous combustion. The build
ing was insured, but the loss on the
grain will be heavy.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-06-13
AIMING IN
MEXICO

Early in November is the late set
for the blowing in of the Oaxaca, Mex
leo smelter. the operation Of which is
expected, if not to revolutionize the
mining industry in Lower Mexico, at
least TO impart a decided impetus to
It and to be the beginning of an era
which will he characterized by a revo-
olution in mineral industries of that
part of the republic. The rapidity with
which the work is now reported to be
going on warrants the expectation of
ii being finished by the date appointed.
Railroad for Alaska.
Dir. N. w. Bruner, a pioneer of Alas
ka and the promoter of the Alaska Pa
cifc Railway and Terminal Company,
incorporated to build a railroad from
Controller Bay, in Alaska, through the
Copper River country to Eagle City
a distance Of $50 miles, has retur. 81
from an eastern trip, having completed
arrangements for building the road.
He declines to discuss the question
Of prior rights to the Copper River
country further than to say that the
survey maps of his company were the
first to be placed III file in accordance
with the requirements of the govern
nent and that any questions involving
the title to right Of way would be mat
tiers for the courts to determine. - can
only say the Alaska Pacific Railway
end Terminal Company viii build ITS
said the promoter, "and o
will be commenced during the
present season.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-06-13
BREWER'sW
OF A SENSATION

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., June ia
sensation was caused here yesterday
hv the arrest of Mrs. Kaufman, wife
Of a wealthy brewer. on the charge Of
manslaughter in connection with the
death of Miss Agnes Potreis, who was
employed as a domestic in the kauf
mann home where the girl died several
days age and was buried al Parkston
her home.
Believing that her death was due
to unnatural causes, interested per
sons had the body exhumed and ex
amined by FIVE physicians. On her
head and body were found numerous
cuts and bruises. 1t was discovered
that her lower limbs were swathed
in cloths and when the landagcs were
removed the aesh had the appearance
of having been scalded. This is al.
legged to have been due to attemts tc
revive her after she had been beaten
into an unconscious condition.
1t is alleged that the girl died as .
result of beatings, administered by
Mrs. Kaufman, and that these beat
ings were due to Mrs. Kaufman Is Il
ability to control her temper.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-06-13
DANCING PARTY IN
ACCIDENT AT MANHATTAN

MANHATTAN, New, June ia
party Of twenty-six people, mostly
physicians and nurses, who were driv-
ing to Belmont to attend a dance, met
with a serious accident. The brakes
broke on a hill aud the vehicle das' !
down into a gully. Or. John D. Nickel
lar Of Chicago, ara DR.. J. L. Garner
Of shower Springs, Ark, were 80 eri
ously hurt that they may die.
Miss Guy Rene Bertrand a San Fran
cisco nurse, was also badly injured.
Others in theparty sustained minor III
iiuries.