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Philadelphia that Widener always got
what he wanted In that city, and the
same may be said Of Whitney and New
York.
While William Collins Whitney, the
man who secured the financing Of the
great Metropolitan system, is too well
known to need detailed description
In this connection, he has less
famous but almost equally success
ful brother who should be referred
TO in a casual glance at the trac-
ton mlllionaires. Henry NJ. Whitney
was born in Conway, Mass, In 1889,
William c. Whitney had a college edu-
cation and graduated from Harvard,
but Henry NJ got no higher than VIII
liston seminary, after which he went
into a Boston bank as a clerk. He de-
veloped into a great financier and about
IL years ago conceived the plan OF unit
Ing all the street railways entering Bos-
ton under one management AS presi-
dent OF the West End Railway com.
pany Mr.. Whitney became a power in
Boston, in a certain sense surprising
his brother In the larger metropolis. He
has been identified with the city's trac-
tons for the past 10 years and has
built up rapid transit system Of which
he is proud. incidentally, he has also
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Philadelphia. He is now "a years Of age
and Is engaged in recoustruoting the
underground lines OF London. lie was
early a Spectator and when very
young man was In business as a broker.
Removing to Chicago, his energy,
tact and foresight enabled him to
quickly forge to the front BY process
es known TO the successful manipulat-
ors of capital Yerkes came into control
Of the city railways of Chicago and
after years OF almost superhuman labor
succeeded In uniting In one great sys-
TEN the lines which today absolutely
grldlron the city. A man OF indomlta-
bic will, with unbouhded ambition and
forceful character, Mr.. Yerkec has COM
PEELED natural obstacles and human
will TO yield before him until at last he
has achieved his ambition.
Mr. Yerkes has a magnificent resi-
dence IN New York and a thousand So
cial ties in the United States, but he
seems TO consider II his duty to teach
|
! methods Of rapid transit.
This account Of men who have be-
come prominent through the exploita'
ton OF city surface lines would OF
course be considered incomplete with
out mention Of unique Tom Johnson OF
| Cleveland. In a certain sense he is a
national character through his services
in congress and HIS strenuous and per-
| slstent advocacy of the single tax idea
He has come before the public in recent
years also as street car owner and
manager and n persistent preacher OF
cheap railway fares for the common
people. In fact he made this cent fare
advocacy successful warcry in his re-
cent mayoralty fight, while his brother
Albert. recently deceased, showed
through the press what vast benefits
would be conferred upon the public by
consolidation Of existing lines between
great cities. like New York and Phila-
delphia. Both Tom and Al began life
as unaSsisted sons of an impoverished
Confederate soldier, but both had rep.
utation as "hustlers' from the very
| first. Until the lamented death Of his
brother Tom Johnson was usually asso-
clated with him In his many railroad
schemes. Now Tom Is millionaire,
and, although he has retired from ac-
tive business, not long ago he employed
more than 10000 men in his various en-
terprises and owned the electric roads
Of Allentown, Pa, Cleveland, o., and
Indianapolis, besides having large rail-
way interests in Detroit, Brooklyn, etc.
Although the city Of New York still
runs three-fifths OF the obsolete horse
cars contained In the United States, its
vast population makes It's territory a
rich field for exploitation. II. II. Vree-
land, president Of the Metropolitan sys-
tenn, who rose to his present high post
from the ranks, has recently accom-
plished the transformation Of a portion
Of his road from cable TO the under
ground electric at dead loss Of about
$4,000. 900. This amount Of property, and
probably at least 100000 more, the
Metropolitan deliberately threw over
board being sure OF quickly recouping
itself from its vast earnings.
President Nreeland estimates the to-
tai earnings of New York cltys surface
roads last year at sl5.OOO,O 900, Brook
lyn's at $ll,OOOOOO and Philadelphia at
! $4,000 0O0
CLAIMING A. BARLOW
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ENGLAND AND FRANCE AT ODDS
OVER THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO.

back the Moorish legions in Andalusla,
have hankered FOR revenge and terrific
rial reprisals.
When Spain lost Gibraltar 10 the
British in ilOi she gave away the key
90 the situation, which yfe has yalnly
tried 20 regain many timtg since. She
looks upon ,he continued retention OF
Gibraltar by the British as a hrea, b OF
International county ana $50 long as II
Is held by them Just 50 long win the
wound rankle In the proud Spanish
heart, But Great Britain, having held
Gibraltar for nearly 200 years, and by
means Of her grip on the great rock
having been practically mistress OF tie
Mediterranean all that time, viii never
relax her hold, She would not even ey-
change 1t Tor Ceuta, on the African side
OF the slcait though doubtless Spain
wolld gladly make the trade and throw
In a good many square miles Of her
west African Islands. what the Eng
llsh want now is not more possessions.
but strategic positions. Gibraltar is all
right OF Itself, but directly across the
strait lie Ceuta. Tetuan and Tangler
all ports at which an enemy might har-
Dor and make bases Of operation for
acts Of aggression II a Mediterranean
war should occur.
Teiuan and Tanglers are ports Of Mo-
rocco, gateways leading TO the rich in
terror, and possession OF them by an
enemy Of England would be equivalent
to Ranking Gibraltar and rendering 1t
innocuous. To get and hold these ports
and adjacent territory is the hope and
desire Of British s,rategIsts. to capture
The vast trade Of interior Morocco is the
cherished scheme OF British merchants
and manufacturers. The latter state.
ment Is borne out by the last report re-.
specting the Moroccan mission. which
Is that the sultan has authorized his
envoy. Cid III Mehedy El Menebhi
10 negotiate commercial treaty with
Great Britain In the first instance
which will be the entering wedge 10.
ward opening Morocco 10 foreign COM
merce.
But Great Britain is not 10 be allowed
quietly 20 absorb this old yet new ter
rltory without a struggle for CONNER
cial II not actual supremacy Her
great rival In tie hsld Is, OF course.
France, which for nearly two Feueta-
lions has held possession Of adjacent
Algeria and has acquired a vast fund VI
experience in her DEALINGS with the
north Africans. About 20 years ago she
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tached TO all their operations after their
first acquaintance and they formed
that financial alliance that has carried
through 80 many vast undertakings.
William Lukens Elkins was born near
Wheeling, W. Va, in 1882, but was
brought up and educated In Philadel-
phia. his ancestors being OF Quaker
stock, Like his future partner Wide
ner, he never advanced beyond the COM
mon schools and early embarked in
business for himself In 1862 he invested
in the oil regions, and during the next
20 years or so, first as a Spectator and
then as a refner, he was engaged In
building up a large fortune from OIL II
is not an an oil man, however, that he
Is best known, but from his connection
with street railways, He made great
success OF his FIRST venture in this d.
rection, acquiring for himself and his
partner complete monopoly OF Phila-
delphia's surface tracks once having
mastered the elements Of traction, as
it were, II was very easy to branch out
and take I'm other places, and the Wide
ner- Elkns people became organizers
and part owners Of those systems IN
New York. Chicago, Baltimore, New
Jersey, etc. which have made their
names almost household words today,
They also went into other schemes,
such as gas and electric lighting, coke
aud coal. Like his partner, Elkins has
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MEASURING
Il PULSE b
q BEATS +

Physical training, as undertake.
schools and gymnasiums az the nr,..
day Is still in the experimental st.s.
its development, although many q, =. "
clumsy mistakes OF the past have ~
permanently corrected. TIE nroh,1
which the Instructor in physical cr,,,.
inevitably encounters are now reosl,,s
the careful consideration Of the e,rs''
physiological and new lines Of study a.,
being pursued.
IN the course In personal hygiene o..
example, which Professor Tbsodo,,
Hough has established at the Mss,,
chusetts Institute Of Technology. # ~.
been deemed important to determl,'
the mean blood pressure in man MAJ,
various conditions Of mental excitemo..
and physical exerton, and very ln,o.
esting experiments have resulted, M,
pressure could be measured drectv /.
the case Of animals by temporar,"
opening an artery bat for humss
subject an elaborate apparatus NO.
been devised to measure the pressn,.
externally. A mans veins are elasg.
and are so distended by the normal a.,
Of the blood that any pressure, as Of N,
heart beats, causes only the sleb,s,,
additional distentlon. When, howevs,
an outside pressure, as of water AZ
proper height, is applied, the insa'
pressure Of the blood is neutralized N,
veins become lax, and the full dlsteps
ing power Of the pulse Is apparent
TO attain this condition measpr
ments In blood pressure are made \,
means OF large glass Jar into Whit
the subject thlusts his arm. In ords,
that the pressure Of the water may B.
accurately gagged a water tight can.
nection is made by surgeons nlbb,
glove and heavy rubber bands al n,
mouth Of the Jar. The Jar Is then alsl
with water by tube from a supply
bottle, which last is raised or lowersl
to regulate the pressure. When an OK.
act equality between the normal pfs,.
sure of the blood outward and the pres.
sure Of the water inward ie established
any extra pressure Of the blood is def.
nitely manifested and Is csla,nunlca,3
by means of another tube TO a colur,
of mercury where 1t is rtecrded BY
floating needle, which marks The result
on a revolving cylinder.
Starting with records made when th
subject was at rest mentally and PHYS
ically, comparative measurements Of
the blood pressure have been secured
when he was solving "A problem n
mathematics, translating difficult
passage from the German or attemn
ing TO repeat something which had BEEN
read in his hearing. Much has ALREADY
been done to record the changes h
blood pressure consequent upon degrees
Of violent exercise, but the rapldity
the heart beats under such circun
stances has materially Increased Pro.
fessor Hough's difficulty In obtaining
accurate measurements
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done many phllanthroplc acts. He Is a
great lover of art, and the Elkins gal
lery, like the Widener, contains many
noted paintings.
That these two partners In the FL
kns-Wldener syndicate have great
courage and capacity unusual fore
sightedness and shrewdnesss. goes
without saying, for they have accumu-
lated vast wealth together and have
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by a persistent dellmtaton OF the co..
terminous boundary line between AL
gcria and Morocco the territory Of Sui
tan Muloy Abdul Azlz has been very
much restricted With the Mediterra-
mean, practically controlled by Great
Britain, on the north. the Atlantic,
where his ports are few and poor. on
the west; the Sahara desert on the
south, and great power like France
ielentlessly encroaching on the east,
Muley Abdul is, to use a fguratiye but
torceiul expression, in a hole" from
which he sees but one way Of escape
To a man of rather limited abilities
like the sultan there seems only the
Chinese way-of exciting some great RI.
val power desiring his favor against
another. In the end, OF course, It will
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GERMAN CENSUS QUERIES.

The following are questions Of tm
German census paper:
ID Christian name and surname ~
Married. single, widowed or divorced
CD If married, when? (D Born when
t5) Birthplace (s) II not a native, how
long have you lived in Germany ~
occupation7 90 Religion 0) Mothei
tongue7 (iO) Under German or WA.
law2 Cil) Are you blind. deaf or dunn,
tl2) Were you so from birth? ug
With regard to children in the nis.
year. what are you feeding the pas!
on9 (Thls last question is with ~'
others sober faot.)
For lodging house keepers there ai'
more. ID How many front windows ~
house7 CD How many rooms G
Rent OF each7 (D How much y
charged for board2 90 Is there oa'a .,
room9 t6) Is there a pantry w
What rent Is paid for the houseY "
How much Is made by Il?
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that the suggested change would be I'M
fair 10 the late p. h. Miller. Who made
a handsome gilt TO TIE association A
few years ago.
Half Of The village Of Hermsnnsreuih.
Austria, which Is situated near the Ba-
ysrisn frontier was destroyed by FIRE
recently because the customs officials
halted the bavarian engines which had
come 10 the rescue and demanded that
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r. N order 10 discover the real reason
for the dispatch by The sultan OF
Morocco OF an embassy 10 Eng
land and TO the continent Of Eu.
rope recently It is only necessary
TO glance at map Of his empire,
While the ostensible excuse was the
rongratuation Of King Edward WI on
his accession to the throne behind It
all lay another and the actual motive,
which was to sound the different gov
ernments Of Europe as TO the negotia-
ton Of commercial treaties
A glance at the map win reveal the
uncomfortable situation Of Sultan Mu-
ley Abdul Azlz, ruler OF Morocco, as to
his neghbors Morocco, with its area
Of some 100000 square miles and pop
ulation estimated at anywhere from
100000 to 100000, Is peculiarly unfor-
tunate In being the nearest African
country 10 Europe, and hence has ex-
cited the covetousness OF countries on
the other side the strait for centuries.
Once II was part and portion Of the ia
nous Barbary states but one by one
those states have been absorbed. and
now, Il stands Isolated and alone, far
from friends and lands containing rul-
.ng people OF kindred faith. and, more
over. II holds geographical position
which alone il enough TO make Il an OBJ
lect Of great desire TO Is neighbors,
Spain has foothold In Morocco, in
It's penal settlement OF Ceuta; but, al
though at one time Il practically domi-
mated the whole country and held pos.
session Of most Of the Mediterranean
ports on the African side, Il viii never
again probably acquire more than Il at
present holds Spain would Ike 10 un.
dertake the reconQuest Of Morocco not
only on account Of It's conliguity, hut
for the sentiment Of the thing. More
than a thousand years ago Moors and
Arabs from this same country invaded
Spain by The way Of the strait Of Gi.
braltar. the promontories OF which
were then known as the pillars OF Her.
culcs one OF these pillars" Is Couia,
which Spain stlll owns. the other over
On the European side is The famed CT
braltar. named after the fierce Arab
conqueror, Glib el Tarik the one eyed
warrior who oveuan southern Spain
and opened the way Tor rs complete
conquest early IN the eighth century
But that ~ not 10 the credit Of the ma
tive Castilians. who ever since the time
when King Ferdinand finally rolled
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sent her soldiers across the Medterra-
mean ana took the port OF Algiers from
the pirate beys. II Is doubtful II France
has reuped rich material reward from
her labors In Algisrs, but the north At
rican field has proved great training
school Cor her soldiers, opened an OUT
let for ner surplus population, especial.
~ for aeflculturists and, as intimated,
has shown what can be accomplished
by the application OF scientific methods
in the development Of the resources Of
an unexpected territory.
For more than a thousand miles q
railroad runs along the north coast Of
Africa, with spurs ana feeders down to.
ward the great Sahara desert at vah.
Gus points The last project, soon to be
carried out, Is the crossing OF the Sa.
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obliged 70 procure bondsman and
found him in the person Of another
Philadelphia, Mr.. William J. Elkins.
Between these two there developed such
an intimacy that later on after they
had launched out into their vast street
railway enterprises, they were known
as the Traction twins" Their hyphen-
ated names, "Elkins. Widener" or wi
dener. Elkins' were always seen at
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warning elements and in conjunction
with Whitney formed that vast aggre-
cation Of capital which has since Sc
cured control Of New York streets and
shut out all competitors.
With the advent Of the Philadelphia
traction twins" In New York a new
combination was formed and another
hyphen added to the title Of the big
gest monopoly, In It's way, on the face
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page about London on the other hand.
the queen is very fond Of driving her
ponies in the country. and all her
daughters drive. The Duchess Of Fife
especially exeels as a whip. The queen.
however has never driven In London.
She prefers to ride In . vIcto.ls.
The trustees Of Richmond college
have elected Or. William II. whltsitt.
formerly president Of the Southern Bap.
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lS5S. lie was born in 1880 and was for
some time assistant az the Paris OBJ
servaloIy under lie Ner.ier
The stockholders Of the Milwaukee
Law Library association have decided
not to accept the $1,000 legacy left the
association In the will Of Ammi r. n.
butler Of that city on the condition that
the name be ch1as,i 70 To Ds,,sr Law
Library association. II was thought
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list Theological seminary. professor y ],
philosophy. DIR. William A. Harris "
Baylor university professor OF cree,
and DIR. ]. A. c. Chandler professor ="
English literature. 49,.
William ]. Curtis OF New YORK %
SVEN 5000 10 Bowdoln college 10 ~, -,
name Of the class Of rs as a prize -,
the best essay on some subject IN COW
NAL or United States history.
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MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Paderewskrs friends were not sur
prised that his opera. "Manru." dealt
with the troubles between the Teuton
and gypsy races. The composer has
ong been interested 10 this subject ard
has studied gypsy music and manners
carefully.
Breadler General John c. Bates. whe
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agreed on one point, and that Is that
Morocco must eventually become the
prey Of some greater, grander power.
But they are not willing that II shall
fall either TO France, to which the FIN
ger OF inevitable destiny seems to point,
or 10 Great Britain.
For the reasons given above the pres
ence in Europe Of an embassy headed
by Cid III Mehedy, the sultans grand
vlzler. and the Scottish commander Of
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they pay the usual tax on imported ma
chinery.
II is perhaps rather a curious thing
that though the king Of England Is
such an excellent Judge Of horsefesh II
Is years since he has driven himself.
Nsliher he nor the Duke Of Cornwall
hss ever shown say leaning toward this
pursuit. and Il is not likely that the
King viii be seen driving his own equl-
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Of the earth. II was then and Is now
known as the 'Widener- ElkIns- Whit
ney" syndicate, In New York, as ev-
erybody know@ William c. whitney,
formerly President Cleveland's secreta.
ny Of the navy, had great influence with
the powers that were. Whitney worked
the political franchise dispensers in
way that secured for him and his
Philadelphia partners practically per-
petual monopoly Of the city's streets
Il has long been currently reported In
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built up fortune. Like his Philadel-
phla rivals. II NJ Whitney. has got a
grip on other utilities, such as coal,
coke, steel and gas, being president of
the Dominion Coal company, New Eng
land Gas and Coke company, the Mas
sachusetts Pipe Line, etc.
In class all by himself must be
placed Chicagos great ex- traction mag
nate, Charles Tyson Yerkes, Who like
all the rest was born poor and, like two
Of his most noted confreres. was born in
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Is In this country on four months fur
lolsh from service from the Philip-
pines spent a few days recently In St
Louis, his native place. and was given
a banquet by the ST. Louis club.
Dr Adolphe Hirsch. who died recent.
~ had been director Of the Observatory
20 HsS-s-;s' since It's foundation IN
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conducted some OF the most stupen-
dous financial schemes known TO any
times, Through c. T, Yerkes they be.
came interested In Chicago surface
lines and through w. c, whitney they
obtained a foothold In New York. AS
to the latter venture. II Is said that
when the friends Of Jacob Sharp and
w c. Whitney were fighting for control
of the streets Of New York city and It
looked as though both would fail the
Widener- Elklns people rcconciled the
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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ING a. BARTOW,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-06-20

STATE INSTITUTIONS
l.. o. Henderson. Warden State Prison
JOS. f. Stubs, President State University
DR. Patterson, Supt. Hosp Mental Discs
Jos. Josephs, Supt.. of Orphans Home
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-06-20

PLACES OF INTEREST
NEAR CARSON CITY.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-12
LORD .NTLNER CRITICISED.
DIAMOND NINE OWNER OBJECTS TO HIS
REMARKS ABOUT KRUEGER-SOUTH
AFRICAN LABOR TRUST.

The American trust idea Is gaining foothold In
the mining sections of South Africa, according TO
Terence Winfield Stewart. at one time private sec
retary to the late Duke of Argyle. Mr.. Stewart
was passenger on the White Star liner Majestic.
which arrived from Liverpool on Wednesday. He
IL interested In several diamond mines in the Kim
bcrlcy district.
THE gold mines will not be much affected oy the
war" ne said The trust company which has Just
been formed to control the supply of native labor
will cause more hardship 70 the miners tnan the
war The trust will distribute the kafhrs as II
sees IT This means that competition for black
labor will be abolished. which will cause a lowering
of wages for both black and white workmen The
Kaffrs will be fed the truck system, which VIII
drive hundreds of small storekeepers out OF en-
ployrnent. The creation CT gold trust TO deal
with natives attacks freedom of all labofers in
South Africa and Will MAKE intoerable the cos
mopolitan fnanciers who now control the press and
politics Of that country.
Mr. Stewart criticised Lord Miner. the British
High Commissioner of South Africa. who. at re-
cent banquet given In his honor in London. said
several things derogatory to Mr.. Kruger. Mr..
stewart said that his lordship would have acted
more wisely had he refused, did Lord Roberts.
IN take part in feast which was meant In a
measure TO glorify him. IT would have created a
better feeling among the Afrikanders, with whom
he will proba bly, come into contact as the head or
The state had he declined TO indulge in comments
adverse to their already ruffied feelings.
Mr. Stewart advised all Americans seeking en-
ploynent to keep away from South Africa until
after