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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
CHAMPION WAGE GARNER OF AMERICA

| his employers Yes or No" The employers i'm
| plictly trust Mr. Hammond's affirmative to 4
fortune. and his negative to spell failure. All
mines said 10 be CANDLES. Few of Mr.. Ham
| mond's forecasts have proved wrong. The sensa-
tional Nipissing DEAL in which the Guggenheims.
Withdrawing from the enterprise coolly pocketed
losses of perhaps 100000. exceptional case
where something or other failed to connect.
This leading member of the American working
class has had picturesque career Born in San
Francisco in 1885, he graduated from the
Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1876 and
tnued metallurgicat studies a school of mines in
Freiburg, Germany. He came home and became a
special expert of the United States the GeolOg-
cal Survey and Mineral Census. examining the gold
fields his native state. The appetite for larger
pay and shorter hours first manifested itself when
took job superintendent of silver mines in
Sonora, Mexico. Back again in California he was
consulting engineer for large railroads and iron
works. In 1888 Mr.. Hammond went TO South
Africa as consulting engineer for Barnato Broth
ers-
It is evident that his wages were not yet salts
factory for when he met Cecil Rhodes at Cape
Town and the gold empire builder said abruptly.
Mr.. Hammond. l should like to have you make me
a proposition the expert said he would be willing
to work for s. 600 a month or $4,000 year, and
chuck the other loo Mr. Rhodes told him to take
off his and begin right away The work was
to map out all the gold in Africa south of the
equator. RHODES guessed that he and his fellow
empire builders would get IT if II was only mapped,
regardless of grouchy individual named Dom
Paul
MIR. Hammond slightly overstepped the bounds OF
wage earning when he went to Johannesburg, and
with four other men signed letter asking DR..
Jameson to invade Boer territory and come 10
our aid should disturbance arise here" The Beers
were vexed by the Jameson raid and Mr. Hammond
was sentenced 10 death on the charge of high
treason. His friends in this country made such
fuss that the sentence committed TO fifteen
years Imprisonment Later Mr.. Hammond
fined $4,000 of his wages and released. He com
planned that a high price to pay for "a little
conspiracy.
After representing big syndicates in this country
and England Mr.. Hammond at last found a steady
Job with the Guggenheim interests. II is said that
he is employing his spare time Sundays and half
holidays writing book the order OF DR.. Sunless
Self Help" and that. among the maxims which IL
contains the following;
Time is money
DO not be afraid 10 ask the boss for a raise
The successful man goes to the cashiers window
with carpethag
"A SO, 900 a week laborer who squanders half his
wages In drink ought to take the gold cure
BE content with ell you can get
Look out for your health. so you can continue
wing wages"
Hire a large safe deposit vault and put away
something for a rainy day
ASK Carnegie what TO do with the surplus"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
The OAK RIDGE ESTATE.

AZ Ryan has EaacadarniZed all the roads through
L. n4sce. He mas also worked several miles OF
We public roads near by. including the road be
eeh Oak Ridge and the Trinity Episcopal
--icn- He mas recently proposed to the Board OF
-HefF-sors of Nelson County 10 make good road
vi Oak Ridge station 10 Loyingston. the county
0e@ distance Of four miles. The board has &C
L%eo the offer and the work has been begun.
--e Oak Ridge tract contains $3.50 acres a i'or-
II o. Il IS forest. which viii be kept game
t'se'Fe 4 part OF IL is in cultivation, mostly in
~'loEy bluegrass. which, under the skilful
,-lagenaent OF the superintendent grows there
p'o'esion- The Oak Ridge house is the ancestral
- O. the Rivcs family. having been built IN
y Robert Rives II is situated on the
1e!n Railway near where the railroad crosses
-. &c road leading through Nelson County TO
e.. -Aarse1 along which. years ago. the citizens
:, &c county Used 1 roll their hogsheaos OF tooac-
;, :" New Market, there 10 be taken down the
- hFer 10 Richmond On the death OF Robert
r. ms tract passed his daughter. Peggy
and from her through various hands until
os nnally purchased by M Ryan The house
~1lt N the Old Colonial style. Magnificent trees
al around IL In front Of the house, between
~ 20 ne railroad is the Rives family graveyard
a. vi sight % the house arc broaG. rolling fields
4est and corn. In the centre of one Of these
- q magnificent oak tree carefully tented IN
A. Iee they say al Oak Ridge, is the pride OF
Syaa's heart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
LAYS SUICIDES TO
LACK OF EXERCISE
4 PHYSICAL DIRECTORS
STATEMENT.
DR.. WelSmiller attributes Melan-
choIa and Dependency to Dis,
regard of Body.

Ninety-hve per cent of suicides in crowded cities
are due to lack of exercise rather than to over
work according to Dr. Louis r. Welzmiller, phys
ical director OF the West Side Young Mems Chris
tan Association, who has just completed the phys
ical examination of more than eight thousand men
and BOYS typical of New York City. And to this
same cause DR.. Welzmer attributes the great in
crease in neurasthenia, melancholia and-despond
ency noticed particularly among financial and pro-
fessionaI men and literary workers. This is borne
out by figures furnished by the Board of Educa-
ton which found recently that a large percentage
Of the teachers applying for retirement gave ''neu-
rasthenia' as the And in New York so
marked is the connection between the affairs of
Wall Street and average health that financial
panic records its fluctuations on the humans tape
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

GETTING READY TO RETIRE
THERE FROM BUSINESS CARES

-,craas Fortune Ryan has been standing In the
,.-.elieht Of publicity recently to degree which
: r,usuai even for him. and as the ordeal was not
; .l,oreth her pleasant one for the traction mag
y .. minors were again revived that he is look
% s,ryard somewhat eagerly TO the time when
= osn throw of business cares altogether and
80 n his country estate IN Virginia. there to
Nsri-v Of boredom by fox hunting and raising
Go horses and prlze-winning cattle.
-.o--as Fortune Ryan was horn in 1851. in
&c hriel building. which still stands. at Living
= u the county seat Of Nelson County. The
.s,sir- is now hcteI, and is known as The Nir-
- House His father, George Ryan was tailor.
- g one time piled ms trade at Amherst Court
&c in the adjoining county TO Nelson. His
o.be- MAS q Miss Fortune He had one brother,
----is-, WHO died several years ago. His mother
- ,l-ep he was fourteen years OF age. His
80 after her death. went TO Tennessee. the
- A,,s. Thomas and William. being left at the
- ~ their uncle. their mothers brother. George
fortune 20 be cared Tor
-. Fortune himself had two daughters and
=. son and these children became the playmates
y .-,.-ss Of tha Young mctherless Ryans. The
- r4r3s we're especiany kind 10 them These
f-.ers who never married. still living in
:. =, .-,-rtv Their comfort is object of
-. "a NJ Ryan. and they have 10 wants
- he Mould rot gladly supply. Several years ago
.=-.5 them 10 leave their modest home. where
- 1;re4s alone. ana so ia Oak Ridge. his Nelson
- es.s7e 10 live. BIT the two Old ladies.
- "a beer long in the habit Of living alone in
- ,v-n home were NOT 'Contented away from il,
- cor left TIE nacnifcence Of Oak Ridge TO
- "a rhei- oR-n place. Since then Nj Ryan has
.--e--ey5 himself with making them cemforta bic
- -her have only 10 suggest any addition or
,-,--7ver7ent on their place TO have it supplied.
wen ur. Ryan visits Nelson he never fails to see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
THoR0UGHBREDS AND CATTLE.

Several years Mr.. Ryan determined to add
his stud the best kentucky saddle stallion that
could procured. He had experts at of the
great Louisville horse shows who were instructed
pick for him the best horse of this kind to
be obtained. Highland Eagle. magnificent chest
sorrel. with faXen ma1e and tail, which though
only years old, has many blue ribbons to his
credit, and which excites admiration wherever he
goes. the selection Mares are being sent to
Oak Ridge from every section of the country to be
bred Highland Eagle Arrowhead, the third
stallion. is a beautiful horse, but of coarser
strain than the others. Eleven yearlng colts sired
by Decanter out Of registered mares, are running
through the fields of bluegrass.
Red Poled cattle another speciality of Oak
Ridge Patrick, the thoroughbred bull Is three
years old and weighs 2,OSe pounds oak Ridge
Chief at eighteen months weighed LOO pounds.
Red Polied calf five months old weighs 500 pounds
and is gaining the rate of 100 pounds a month
This calf will exhibited in Chicago this fail at
the international Stock Fair. Mr.. Ryan plans soon
to have herd of thoroughbred Jerseys for the
dairy.
Wonderful Improvement is noticeable at Oak
Ridge within the last year Mr.. Ryan attributes
Il all to Judge ". G. Loving, of Nelson County,
who has had charge of all the Nelson county
rronerties I'D TO date, but has now resigned as
ma mayer OF the estate and is to move to another
The Oak Ridge pack Of hounds is famous IN that
section Fourteen dogs every one tried ana true
make I'D the pack. Twenty-one puppies are now
in the mack out of which it is hoped raise a
pack that will equal any in America IL is merry
chase that these hounds lead over the heids OF
Nelson with the owner of Oak Ridge and his boy
bood friends following them. The Oak Ridge en-
moves ere loyal TO the Oak Ridge dogs. Last fall
a fox was turned loose and the Oak Ridge hounds
with A number of other dogs of the neighbor-
hood were placed the trail. After run OF sew
oral hours the fox was caught When the riders
reached the place they found the Oak Ridge en-
Moves and some of the neighborhood people en-
gagged in fight the question of which dog
he fox
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

a year He agrees to continue To ofrciate
as expert at this wage. and not to buy or
exploit any mines his own behalf. except the
few trifiing properties he already owns ana Whcn
net him annually as much as his salary. The KIND
of work he does fs not calculated to raise any
special sweat beads his brow IL is rarely that
he leaves his shop his private car. travel
a gold mine in the Rockies and take hundred
dollars worth OF glances at a pay streak, lie
leaves most of that to a graded army of assistants.
who enter the bowels of the earth. assay, report
and again report The last and highest report goes
to Mr. Hammond. who studies II and orieny Gays to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

and the boss never catches him watching the CLOCK
toward the close of a five six hour day
The Census ONCE has failed to publish as IL mas
published in the case of other American iaDoie is'
what proportions OF Mr.. Hammond's wages go ior
rent meat vegetables. clothes, recreations ana
charities 30 that these interesting sociological de-
tails cannot be known with accuracy.
Mr. Hammond is distinctly In the class OF skilled
Ia Dor He is a mining engineer, supposedly the
nss, I, the world His employers. the Gug-
renhetms who own most OF the mines ana
smslters on this continent have lately re-
engaged him on q fys-ysag contract ~ $eeooo"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
THE HUNTING LODGE.

Mr.. Ryan has erected his hunting lodge near the
spot where he spent his boyhood days, on an emil
nence overlooking the village of 1ovingston. The
lodge enormous cabin, built entirely out or
huge logs. daubed with mud There are two big
open frepIaces at each end. capable OF holding
sticks of wood eight feet long. Each of the rooms
twenty feet square The smallest OF the logs used
the construction of the lodge squares six inches
at the smallest end, and four horses were necessary
to haul single one of the logs from the woods TO
the site Of the cabin. None was hauled less than
four miles.
II is here then, in the mountains OF Virginia,
among these picturesque surroundings with MS
horses guns and dogs, far from the turmoil and
strife of the great mars Of commerce, that one OF
the greatest hnancers of modern times purposes to
spend his declining Here. amid the scenes
of his boyhood, surrounded by his rustic neighbors
he will enjoy the fruits of his active and turbulent
life When the longing to mix with men grows
strong upon him he will have his Richmond house
to fall back upon. If his Virginia neghbors shall
choose to him with political preferment, per-
hans he will fight for them in legislative halls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
JOB HUNTING IN BALTIMORE.


n 75ss with his clothes and rail@ay ticket 10
Baltimore s. ans letter Of Introduction TO some
Business people there from Taylor Berry. "a Am
hsrst County. who his guardian, he left Mel
E1n County Tor three days ne walked the streets
4 Baltimore looking for work. At last he went
11o the Office q John :. Barry. who employed
lin and sfterward promoted him He married
Bs--vss dsuzl ter Miss Ida II Barry. After some
years n Baltimore he removed TO New York
NJ RYAN tells the following incident of the man
n which he obtained employment with barry
Eter h asked for work Barry asked him what he
could DO He replied that he could do anything.
Barr handed him : letter and asked him TO take
copy q IL Ryan had never seen a letter press
lis FL ~ was in a pTedicament But he had
sad thst h could do anything, 50 he mace try
a. Il = IN the of1ce- seeing his trooole'
showed hin how 10 operate the press. Ryan then
ccFied ire letter and showed it to Barry. VINO
proaouncsd il . good Jon, and gave him employ
ns-t Nj RYAN attributes his success in life 10
Il. nan uro helped him copy the letter r or
rs-v years ID 70 4 short time ago. when he died,
Il Ryan provided for this man
II Ryan never misses an election in his native
county He has fondness Tor politics Many OF
y. 5ls Democrats are his intimate friends He
taxes the greatest interest II local affairs He was
ts-t by his county ii a delegate to the state con-
fsrtion 10 nominate delegates TO the last Presl-
Dental convention. This convention elected MN
Is one II the delegates at-large from Virginia 20
'h- national convention in St Louis He was IN
Nfsa7 County when Hearst came 50 near oelne
tsc'ed Mayor q New York. Ryan had special
wire a. Oak Ridge over which he received the
reso-ts
Mr. Ryan delights 10 meet his Old schoolmates
When be goes 20 Nelson William Arlington, OF
Arlington Nelson County IS one Of his old fi1ehos'
fna when the fnaHcier is going TO Oak Ridge ne
sSays telngraphs from New York. Tell William
an coming" frequently his old schoolinates
fsthe- 10 meet him and a fox hunt, coon hunt
+" country dance with music by the country
aoaers. is enjoyed None shares more eagerly in
.hese sports than Mr.. Ryan. Few men can ride
He'4r o. further. and many are the Jaunts Alec
NE hoster, and his '.Narse Tom" have when his
Master Is g., lFf-e;,ts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
HIRED OUT ON FARM.

zs-vraer -hs ages - fourteen and seventeen,
-lrs b. Vss living with the Fortunes. the lad
ur-ke5 on the farm one year he hired out and
IS 7i5 rnsn for whom he worked and to whom -,
rsre wear o. faithful labor stin lives in the
Soye near the Fortune place. The Fortune place
.se'F containing one thousand acres. Mr.. Ryan
serenity bought au5 Is rapidly improving
r.-s Il Is that the cattle ana stock Of Oak Ridge
sc s4r7 for the summer season. and TO this place
II RYAN always goes when he visits his Nelson
hens.
= vas while in Nelson County shat the seed OF
re Catholic religion was frs: planted in Mr. Ryan.
Jus CAV while he was riding horseback through
ne mountains Of Nelson he became hungry and
s-op9e6 al q far71aloLse for dinner Whilethe lady
z .Ae house was preparing his dinner which she,
sfte- the hospitabe fashion OF all Nirginians,
rlady gave him. Ryan picked Up q book and be
ssn 10 read II. The woman was at that time the
orlv Catholic in Nelson County, and the book was
n exposition Of the doctrines Of the Catholic
Church He became SO interested that he had to be
rsled several times before he would so in to din
When ne WAS ready 20 go the woman gave the
boob tn. lie read il carefully, and after going
70 Baltimore became Catholic In his magnih-
os-t il,rar- in his country home. Montebello. at
s7re-n \ Y in place az qlenor is the little book
winch ne woman in Nelson gave him. Mrs. Ryan
* also a Catholic. and has done much for the
Catholic church in this country There is no
Cs.heiic church in Nelson County. but soon Mr.
RYAN Viii build one near his Oak Ridge farm for
tAe sze of himself and his family and such other
people as may wish To attend it
V- RYAN several years ago financed the enter
rise int resulted IN the erection in Richmond OF
o4 NJ The most magnificent Catholic cathedlals in
lie South. As an earnest Of his ultimate lnten-
Ton ot some day retiring the state Of his natiV-
III he caused 10 have built under the altar Of the
church. with she tomhs for rae Catholic clergy Of
Ts-vfv5a -7r7 for himself and his wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
THEN THE STEADY BLUES"

Instead of throwing off poison. the organs actu-
ally retain it. This pol1utes the blood supply the
brain, and at the same time spreads through the
system certain alkalods which act depressants
on the nerve centres. The bilious condition works
again to increase the feeling of weakness and
lassitude. this further adds to despondency. and
the necessity for will to make brain and body
do their normal work. and finally the man in this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

He hopes TO make a great breeding and stock
farm at Oak Ridge Virginia" he said one
occasion lis the home of the racehorse. kentucky
has right claim the honor. The first race
horse ever brought to America landed in Virginia
We have shown that bluegrass be raised In
Virginia successfully in Kentucky We are
going to demonstrate that the finest racehorses
also be raised here"
Three stations make up the Oak Ridge stud.
Decanter, the head of the stud, is a thoroughbred
racehorse ten years old He started in thirty-two
races. of which he won twenty-six, his winnings
aSgregating SO 600. He presented to Mr..
Rvan by the tate William &. Whitney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
SHE KIN GW.

App,tcant-No. ma'am, couldn't work In house
where there children
Mrs Keephouse- advertised for girl VINO
understood children
Applicant do understand EN-. ma am Thats
why won't work where they are-AiussFAted ss'eA'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

much rs it does on the regular ticker. panic Is
always followed by heavy depreciation Of the
stock Of human energy and nerve force
"AH OF the crowded Cities said DR.. Welzmiller,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

Walker wonder if there any tramps in
old Rome?
James-No fear. There were too many baths in
that town-Iliustrated Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

OAK RIDGE. THE VIRGINIA HOME
o hiss estate
PATRICK
The buH which heads
stud at Oak Ridge che Ryan herd Oak
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03

dollars are being spent in remodelng it, A land
scape gardener is doing similar service upon the
lawns Huge trees have been transplanted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-10
.OSkAL OOSA MAN
DIES or WOUNDS
JAMES LAWLEss SHOT WHILE
HUNTING AT EDpYvlLLE,
EXPIRES.
llnwa. Evening Press.l

Eddyville, Dec. 9-(SpeciaD james
Lawless of Oskaloosa, who with his
wife came down Monday evening to
spend the remainder of the week at
the parental N. b. McNeese home,
went with his brother-in-law. VIM. Nc
Neese, on hunting trip out on Gray's
creek yesterday and was accidentally
shot, dying this morning. The two
men were chasing a rabbit out of a
brush pile, Mr.. Lawless being on the
pile of brush. In some manner a
heavy charge of shot from the gun
Of Mr.. McNeese struck Mr.. Lawless
In the right leg about midway between
the knee and ankle, severing the bone
and almost tearing away the member.
Lawless lived but few hours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-10
IS
OUT WITH Ills
YEARS 'SREPORT
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
SHOWS REVERSAL OF coNDl.
TIoNs FOR 1908 AS COMPARED
WITH YEAR BEFORE.

Washington. D. c., Dec. s.---The
annual report of Mr.. Cortelyou
the secretary OF the treasury, shows
o reversal of conditions for the fiscal
year Of 1905, as compared with the
fiscal year 1908 the disbursements were
year the receipts were $S4,236,5S6 in
excess of the disbursements For the
fiscal year 1908 the disbursements were
S5S,070,201 in excess of the receipts,
due to business depression and in
creased appropriations. Fortunately,
the report says, the available cash bal
ance at the beginning of the fiscal
year was s272,o61,445.
Panic Measures Discussed.
The treasury was called upon in
the latter part of October, 1907, to
render assistance in a financial panic
which started in New York City, grad
ually extending over the eptire
country. Through treasury opera
tions during this financial disturbance
the amount of public deposits with the
banks reached $236548,321 on Novem-
Der 30th 1907 and on December 27,
1907, the maxium of $259,994,271 was
attained, after which 1t was decreas-
ed to $256,920,154 by the close of the
month. III
amount to S11S,379,536, on November
is, 1908. At the beginning of the
present fiscal year there was freer
circulation of money and large
amounts were returned to the financial
centers and some of the depositaries
voluntarily returned to the treasury a
part of their holdings of public de-
posits, amounting in all to approx
imately four million dollars. A futher
withdrawal of public money from de-
positary banks in New York City,
made in January amounted TO SIS
$4,000 making the balance In the
banks to the credit of the general fund
at the end Of January, $226,241,41S.
Further voluntary surrender of de-
posts We're made during February,
and on June both the general fund
had been reduced to $149.000.000.
The aggregate Of trust funds, con-
sisting of gold coins and standard sill
Yer dollars held for the redemption of