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New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
Unearthing the Causes

A STUDY Of .niureS n1w II II 'rit-- We
"A ri.- the statistics on TAP. ant need 3t.E u
e,t-,.rtirzt.. Of successes We EupW a good Ie.tt-
! man afvcrtI-c, IN, achievements. but con
ce...- nj, failure, under a huNhcl measure L
ha, remained ;,r thr stltl,tIclln - arcJTth
,hc failure tri present them - the iuL glare
ri public --rrf'nT lnt'vituaI failure ~
not - important a collective failures y
one swallow ir--, not make summer r-itArr
DO ore pr tgcp IT ipzcu failures establish u
rule The ,.itt,tIcIIn must deal n h,sn1redN,
thousands. millions
Tn. 1rl,.-,. ~ VI u v-rS.v failure forms
u1lin,e-,.-tru. --i,ilug The general report
NAV serve 4, = barometer D. business. ana
rIanr sensitive inIIv1iutl~ are greatly iniiu-
cn,ct bv -hc number - weekly failure dl-F
reported by thc several --ur engaged III tii~
important work. The pcs~lnst t1'N" with
anxiety upon TIL ll,J e-ittcr-d nr'-tt--t~t
throughout .hr country each wees 1F tac
pre- t:li when the uuw Deg rt~rr boy 'rI The
normal he pulls III M, sails AMI move close
- the vini. Th- 'pt:.'s-- tn-erPret~ ,Eetf,
L. -,,it IN, case AMI sees 5''i even II. 8, -,rIr
number ~ disasters
Bu. =, .h, ,tuicu, - bu,,ce,, t.cr- :, "a
deeper S,EDtr. turr III All tli, !. 'nr e\pcri-
rr,c pt other, :, pJ any Use. ~hT E'- cItll'gue
the failure, AMI -iri some general rule Tor
incxp--t-ncr. lucpmpctcucT. C'mpvtttlon. ne
glcct 1r fraud II You put this question -
hundred mru. n;ucty-nlnr wiE probably an
swcr differently, or II thcy agree upon any
pcri-nce. AMI neglect L all depends upon
the man ami ms own !urXprr,cucr. y a test,
the question Wa put - "a number pt leading
business men. Why are there - many t,,l.-
ures
y banker ,a,v.rcti Because u spccrtIA-
tion and cNt-tvIGIncc-
y con,crvativr merchant replied. ~BccIu,e
there Is 80 much fraud and rIscLlity.
Another Who had great trouble IN ~'!.,c,lrI :
his debts unheeItatiugiy saii. Bcctu-r ri '''.-
wise credit, aud failure OF men - meet th-tr
Obligations hpuor4bly-'
\ small, dealer IN merchariI~e gay ls hi~
opinion that the failures were due chiefly -
the intense competition 1t the dIv caused nF
the concentration ot capital III few hands.
y few others were equally certain that IN
Cumpctcncy ineXpericnCe, and neglect were the
prime reasons why many failures occurred
, These replies all unsatisfactory. tor
the simple reason that they did not cover
enough cases and were influenced solely by
the individual experiences OF those whose VIZ
dom sought. The average man SerNInS
light would come away confused NJ general
rule could be drawn from them.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
What Statistics Show

TIL + statrstIcilu Is not influenced by prejudice
nr personal experience. He has inter-
est IN the individual and specific cases do not
appeal % him HIS ambition Is u collect and
classify. and leave Others To draw conclusions
So. taking the figures from the mercantile
agencies. the most trust worthy -tItiStictIIS
in this field We cln reach a much clearer com
prehenSion ot the important question. For
the sake II verifying any question. the stdtl>-
teal reports II failures u three pt the largest
mercantile agencies were taken Tor the last
two years. Classifying thr causes NJ failures.
we have the following approximately correct.
reasons whv -1cn ;Iil ~ Ja-,neS-.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
FRENCH MOTOR CARS FOR
FREIGHT ATTRACTING NOTICE

The Renard road train. which Is
attracting much attention in Europe
and Is said to be great success In
France, Is one of the devices Am
erican road builders are beginning
to consider for use in the near fu-
ture. So far as can be learned 1t has
never been used in America but 1t
is comparatively new and will be in
troduced here before long.
The road train is used in England
extensively to haul milk. fruit, vege-
tables and the like, but in that coun-
try it consists of one large motor
car with string of cars drawn as
trailers and run over the rock roads,
Road crossings are its stations and
it picks up all sorts of produce for
the cities and large towns and fur
nishes rapid and not expensive trans
portation for farm products.
The old fashioned road train is
subject to several objections. Turn
ing sharp corner with say four cars
for example, the cars do not follow
the trail of the motor as cars follow
an engine on an iron rail but they
"cut across" SO that the last car is
likely to run into the fence at one
oiuC vi Oh Ilc CAUduhncuI. EdCH
car makes its turn less sharp than
the rest and it takes wide road to
make the corner with a long train.
Another objection is that where a
car must pull long train 1t must
be very heavy and that has several
objections. In this country it would
mean the destruction of many tin"
bridges. 1t is also bad for the pave
ment and that traction is less GER
tain in wet weather.
The Renard train is an invention
to avoid these difficulties. The first
car is an engine which generates
electric power and every car in the
train carries its own motor so that
power is applied to every wheel in
the train and the load on each car
furnishes it's own friction. That
means lighter engines and the uni
form application of power in every
part of the train.
The remarkable feature of the in
ventiOn is the steering gear which
makes each car follow exactly the
course of the car that went before.
A roadway wide enough for one car
to turn is of ample width for train
of six or eight cars according to q
French scientific journal. One man
can run the whole train. Cars can
be disconnected at stations along the
way and picked up the next day. The
trains are used chiefly for freight,
as passenger cars must move more
rapidly and the motor car as used
in this country, is preferable to the
train system for passengers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
INSTRUCTIONS As HOW
TO ORDER YOUR DINNER

The woman who dimes at hoteds
and restaurants but infrequently is
sometimes little bewildered and
perplexed as to just how affairs
should be managed. Therefore the
article in the Delineator quoted be-
low is of much value:
In ordering a Ia carte you are ex-
pected to write down on the walters
pad the orders for the whole meal
except perhaps dessert, which 1t is
hard to make up ones mind about
at the very beginning of the meal.
Or you may tell the waiter what you
wish as you consult the card, and
you do not understand what the ar
ticle is from its name-the makeup
of a salad welded to foreign title,
for instance-simply ask the waiter
what that dish Is.
When you have quite finished say
to the waiter, will You bring my
check, please" and Henry will bring
it with slight increase In his de-
votion of manner, which always
grows more marked as the time for
the tip approaches. Give him the
money for the bill. Do not pay at
the desk on the way out except at a
low-priced restaurant where the
busy waitress punches a printed
check for you and passes on to the
next customer. When Henry comes
back with the change due you on a
silver salver, return a reasonable
amount of change to the tray as a
tip for him. The tip varies accord
ing to your expenditure, 10 per cent
Of your bill being considered fair
fee. In this country 1t is not Gus
tomary to give less than 10 cents as
a tip. Don't grudge the tip and don t
withhold 1t. Count In your tip as a
legitimate part of the dinner ex-
penses, and il yon resent the tipping
custom write to the papers about it
or patr0nize pay at the desk restau-
rant, but don't take it out of the
waiter.
Leave your napkin unfolded ON
the table; leave your chair where
you pushed 1t as you arose. Let the
waiter help you with your coat and
in doing the correct thing and earn
ing his tip. And don't, pray. help
yourself to q toOthpick at the table
and use 1t as you leave the place.
Now, the chances are that after
you have left the unaccustomed
restaurant or even earlier, you will
realize some blunder that you have
made. Well, don't let 1t trouble you.
You may have shown more of home
spun and less of social experience
than your restaurant neighbors; but,
after all, you can probably give them
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
FAMOUS LITIGATION
HAS BEEN SETTLED

DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 29.-The
famous litigation of the property OF
the Eltigre Mining company was set
tied today at Mexico City, when the
supreme court decided in favor OF
the Eltigre Mining company as
against B. F. Graham and the En-
senda Mining company. The litiga-
ton began in July. 1905, when the
Graham interests secured the prop
erty by force and has since run
through ali the courts of Sonora sew
eral times, and been before the SUI
preme court of Mexico five times
The property is valued at $4,000, zoo
and the majority of the stockholders
live in Kansas City.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
VAIL FROM THE BANKS.

How commission well illustrated
association complaint against
in the monoder business OF
usurpatlon
crusade the government
moneyorder department. II 1t Is busi-
commission has especial
competition order that the pan
his the square dea-their COM
plain scould quarter?
development and of communities and regions
intervene
hamlets and mining would
deposits these facilities afforded by the
pedig settlement of indebtedness
is given the
their business hardly worth while
small drafts has thus become less and less popular
the hand cultivated the fertile fields
their in the natural
dividends sakehence this complaint
When analysed complaint will be found have its
has thus through its
association There things the
perhaps
we'll within the Interstate Commerce commission
the barke
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

a expend
$256000 in his
much greater. The law hits n a spot.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
FIFTEEN SENTENCED TO
DEATH BY COURT MARTIAL

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. July 29.-
Court martial sentence on Is SOL
diers implicated in the recent politi-
cal plot against the president Of the
republic, General Alfaro, to death
by shooting, has been passed. Eight
of the men were executed in this city
this morning. the remainder proba-
bly, will be shot this afternoon. Nine
other soldiers have been sentenced
to penal servitude for life on the
same charges.
The government has discovered a
new conspiracy at Quito, and the
leaders of this movement, fleeing
from the capital, have arrived here
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
COMMISSIONER FROM
JAPAN EN- ROUTE HERE

HONOLULU, July 29.-Commis-
sioner Ishii, who has been sent by
the Japanese government to investi-
gate the situation in America, affect
ing his countrymen, has arrived and
is the guest of Japanese merchants.
He will meet Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Strauss.
Commissioner Ishii declares that
jingoism in both japan and America
is responsible for the present agita-
ton and that Japan depends upon
the integrity of President Roosevelt
to effect satisfactory settlement of
the present troubles.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

Having participated his
to handl another strike.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

The water wagon has proved of the popular
in the Highlands January st. either
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
BARNEY OLDFIELD STILL
SMASHING RECORDS

FARGO, N. D., July 29.-Barney
Oldfield opened the Fargo interstate
fair today by breaking two worlds
automobile records on half mile
track, going the first mile of a three
mile race in IL minutes. His mile
record beat that made by himself at
Winnipeg ten days ago by four and
a half seconds, and his three-mile
record beat that of his Winnipeg rec
ord by 10 seconds.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

nc" ID" ne"
arements OF proceedings ag
MN Phyognomis will crimn
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
WORK IN ELY.

All those who have felt heretofore
that Ely was lacking in educational
advantages will be glad to learn that
that difficulty has now been removed.
Any ambitious person who desires
a first class business or technical ed
ucvation has only to enroll with the
International Correspondence Schools
through their local representative,
Mr.. E. G. Nome. Call on him at
Room 6. Mcknight building. or drop
him a card and he will call on you
and explain the work.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

Hess engines about to market claimed
will thing carried far enough
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
New keystone Drill.

A new Keystone drill Is at the
Nevada Northern freight sheds
waiting to be hauled to the ground
of the Ely-Giroux Extension company
1t is proposed to test the ground in
several places. Another Keystone
drill will shortly be put to work on
the same company's property, hunt
ing for red metal. There are several
Churn and Keystone drills already
boring In Giroux ground at Kimber-
".
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

"That boy of Smiths who is just
home from college Is wonder"
I'm what way?"
Somebody asked him the other
day about the easiest and quickest
way Of settling the pressing prob
lens of the time and he said he did
not know" -Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31

ates for in New York by law
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-31
THE CONSTITUTION.

citizen, for
constitution Every advance forward movement in
lection of the union
forces the moneed
o plea is unconstitutional
grown this
Sherman
association as text for its theory Of the
of said it asks
Are the
sion? Have there been anv awess aemns To invade tho
that of the complained
alone THE laws authority
passed by practically
a a o. legislatures"
Furthermore the Boston principles
- . ,% o ,i nee laws nave oeen sustained IN the SUI
lawless the acts of
Continuing it's Herald saws
there peril in these enacmnts somebody
some state must have deprived
o en Does the federal law giving to the Interstate Com
merce commission authority
any state from fixing
more " @ oa TINS at their recent session Does the federal
speon law forbid desres
Mr. Judson Harmon stated anything
aohe the federal government which the constitution
terms warrant they will they always
But says the Herald they have than one
hundred
there have been during all the national authority
through the the judicial
far beyond the precise limits the constitution
Mr. udson Harmon lawyer he is all wrong on b
history the right to
familiar with construction of the constitution
'eHerson himself denied that
treaty with Napoleon but he to the ben
nus 10 Justify the action He
a"hore the act but he the
course OF constitutional Interpretation
From that day unto this the gone expanding In
vne words the government established by the
three separate departments has exercised more
this power reserved the states land the
people, as President Garfield a generation ago.
The history of constitution DC no
''ns as any chape In the American re-
PUBIC mas been strengthened either Inv tho
destruction OF states rights
new law In New York requires
OF person arrested the dismissal proceedings against
~ rhysognom1sts will be tracing criminal
characteristics In faces that gallery mistake
One OF the laws Japan
tate by foreigners and there
examinations against ontnders right protect itself
s"ch similar latitude according to their best
From the
Tor the propagation of like thew were
-
After drawing down contracts Boss McNicbo
OF Philadelphia he satisfied good
thines get he has he
Coaess market It is claimed
aud this will moneyess
The water has proved the
ss in the Highlands and it is January
Candidates by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
SON REFUSED TO WE'D.
Father Demands Property Given Him
on That Condition.

ATLANTA, Ga, September 26.-Because
his son refused to wed and have heirs,
Jasper Smith, an eccentric capitalist of At
lanta, has sued the son and recovered val
liable property decided to the latter four
years ago.
At the trial of the case yesterday the evil
dence showed that the capitalist had given
property to his son on the express condl-
ton that the latter marry and have heirs.
II have given my son. said the capitalist
on the stand, -four years in which to marry
and have heirs, and he has not done so. l
was anxious for Thurmond to marry, as
wanted grandchildren, but he refused to do
So and l want my property back"
The jury. without leaving the box, gave
the property to the father.
A year ago Mr.. Smith declined to pay for
a portrait of himself on the ground that the
artist without consulting him, had painted
in a necktie-a thing that during his long
life he had never worn. The artist sued,
but Mr.. Smith proved he had never worn
a necktie, and won.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
FORT ON THE JUDICIARY.
Parties Right in Naming Judges of
Opposite Faith

NEW YORK, September 26.-J. Franklin
Fort. the publican candidate for governor
of New Jersey, was the guest of honor
at a dinner given by the Hudson county
grand jury for the April term last night
in the Lackawanna railroad restaurant al
Hoboken. Judge Fort was at work In
Hudson county when he resigned SUI
preme court justice. He was introduced
by Prosecutor William H. Speer, who
said:
He deserves great credit for not drag
ging the judiciary into the turmoil of po-
litcal strife
Ex-Judge Fort replied: Il regret to leave
the judiciary of this state. To be a JUS
tice of the supreme court should be the
ambition of every lawyer in New Jersey.
For thirty years the democracy honored
itself by reappointing every republican JUS
tice, and for twelve years the republicans
have done the same by the mselves by re-
appointing every democratic justice who
reached the end of his term. Only high
sense of duty impelled me to give up that
Office
At the close of his speech three cheers
were given for Mr.. Fort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26

convinced l was that I should be DONG
right in carrying out my promise TO my
dead friend. 1t was not difficult matter
1t only meant journey to Italy and back.
and the little one was in my safe custody
l leave you to guess what that child is
called now
Vera Rayne, of course" Walter said.
Quite So From that day to this she has
been with me always. But, mind you, l
was not blind to the risk l was taking. II
ever the truth came out my life was not
worth much. l knew that l should be
tracked and followed. and finally lose my
life, even If the search took twenty years
But. gradually as the time wore on, be-
came easy in MY mind. had taken the
utmost precautions to blind my tran, ana
the only accomplce l had was my Old
nurse. who has been dead for some years
Besides Vera was growing up, ana II
seemed to me impossible to identify her
with the baby not quite two years Old. She
is not in the least like her father, either,
and that is why 1 made mistake: l had
quite forgotten that she might be very
like her mother. and she l have never
seem
CTo be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
SUICIDE FOLLOWS SUICIDE.
Woman Drinks Acid Beside Coffin of
Her Dead Sweetheart

COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 26-Weep-
ing bitterly as she gazed upon the corpse
Of her lover at an undertaking establish
ment, Mrs. Lucy Kelly, forty-two years
cd. swallowed dose of carbolic acid yes
terday, before her Mortified companions
could prevent her. and died within twenty
minutes at the Protestant Hospital. The
body in the coffin was that of Howard
Rhodes, twenty-five years old. who for love
of Mrs. Kelly committed suicide at her
apartments Monday night by swallowing a
dose of the same deadly fluid. With Mrs.
Kelly at the time of her suicide were the
same women who witnessed young Rhodes
drink the fatal acid, Flora kittrel, a sis
ter of Mrs. Kelly. and Lille Schelle. Mrs.
Kelly had several times since Rhodes
death threatened to kill herself, and the
women were watching her, but their at
tenton was drawn from her for a minute,
and she drank the acid before staying
hand could be raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
Hagerstown Woman Almost Killed by
Blast in Her Back Yard

HAGERSTOWN. Md, September 90
Mrs. Annie Belt, wife of Morris Belt, was
seriously injured yesterday at her home. in
Hagerstown, by dynamite explosion in hel
back yard A force of basters were get
ting out rock in the yard, and the fore
man inserted stick of dynamite in a
hole that had been drilled in rock warn
ed everybody to get away and lit the fuse.
At that moment Mrs. Belt came out of the
back door with a bucket of ashes in her
hand. The dynamite exploded when she
was only eight feet distant. The bucket she
carried was b'oWn to pieces. She was
knocked down and a rock that required
the combined efforts of two men to lift fell
upon her. Her face head. limbs and body
were badly bruised and lacerated with
fragments of rock and a large hood vesse
in her left limb was cut open. She bled
profuseiy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26

4252-Although fashion seems to have de-
creed that the wee ones shall wear wash
able dresses at all seasons. manifestly IN
order that the freshness and daintiness OF
their garments may always be assured,
many mothers sensibly dress their small
children with due regard for the weather
conditions. The pretty little frock sketched
is~suitable for development in either silk.
wool or linen, though 1t was modelled as
shown, IN soft washable wooden fabric,
with hand-embroidery in white silk fox tho
decoration. narrow frtlls of lace finishing
the neck and sleeves. The embroidery
might be omitted, however. and ribbon or
silk braid subst tuted for it The shaping
of the dress Is very simple, the skirt por-
ton being set in gathers into the yoke,
which Is cut square in the back. and in
front is shaped prettlly to correspond vita
the wide box-p eat that ornaments tina
front of the frock. The sleeves may be
made short of full-length as the season
may demand For the two-ycar- "a
yards of 27-inch goods Will be needed.
4252-Sizes Il. l. 2, 3. 4, 5 years. The
price of this pattern is l0c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
Noted Smithfeld Ham Man Dead.

NORFOLK, Va, September 26-E. NJ.
Todd of Smithfie,d, seventy years cd,
whose name has long been associated with
the famous Smithfield hams died suddenly
at the Monticello Hotel here yesterday.
His death was due to heart failure brought
on by acute indigestion, with which he
had been suffering for the last nine years.
Mr. Todd, with his wife and daughter. had
been at the hotel for two days, having re-
turned two DAYS ago from the Blue Ridge
mountains His vacation had 80 much i'm
proved his health that Tuesday he eXerted
himself too much. and that niglt had a Sc
we're attack which terminated fata ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
No Action Taken.

few days ago in conversation with a
court official. Mr. Williams said, he was told
that the court had never taken action I'M
der this section. The latter portion of the
section under question is of consid-
cradle Importance to the property own
ers of the city. At present the rev.
enues of the city are chargeable with one
half of the cost of the maintenance of the
prisoners in the Jail. If the court would
act the convicts would not only not remain
in idleness, but they would help to pay a
part of the expense of their maintenance
and thereby, to that extent lessen the
burden of the taxpayer.
In conclusion Mr.. Williams called atten-
ton to the changes that have been made
in Virginia about the employment of con-
victS, telling of the work the prisoners are
doing upon the roads and in factories
Without discussing the nature of the en-
plOymcnt that should be given the prison.
ers, Mr.. Williams repeated his assertion
that the prisoners certainly should not be
kept in idlencSs.