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full to William G. Whitney; then peo-
pie began to speak of whitney, Ryan
and Brady" But Whitney liked
horses, yachts, hunting, feminine socl-
ETY.. Ryan worked. Even before Whit
ney's death he was the real head of
the Metropolitan. He engineered the
raid upon the great Third Avenue rail-
road line. First controlling one little
cross town street car line, he became
the power in Metropolitan which has
first and last "cut melons" worth about
,$200,000,OOO, and is now not earning it's
guaranteed dividend-but it's stock is
"distributed." Ryan is the tobacco
trust. He is the real head of the Nor
ton Trust company. He is power in
southern railroads. He is the strong
man in the almost crOwning iniquity
OF the gaG trust in New York. From
the ownership Of little local one
horse electric light company he has
become the Edison company. Not per-
sonally the chief owner Of all these
things, but their commanding spirit.
How does it benefit such a man to
have possession of Equitable Assur-
ance. Not directly, be assured. There
will be no more clumsy, petty graft"
Of the kind that so nearly wrecked the
society," 1t will be run on business
like lines. But it will have money, and
Mr. Ryan's wishes will be consulted as
to where that money is to be deposit
ed. Grover Cleveland, George West
inghouse and Judge O'Brien are not
the men to name negligent trustees.
The society will be carefully conduct
ed. But Ryan was careful also to put
in his man, Paul Morton, as chairman
before setting these three eminent
trustees to name the directors who will
name the minor officials
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W. r. Stewart is over 50 and full of
dignities. On his mothers side he de-
rives from the Rhinelanders, who
have been prominent land owners in
New York for several generations The
Rhinelander building, down behind
Brooklyn bridge, takes the place of the
oldest house in New York, on what
was Monkey Hill. The Sugar House
prison, in which American soldiers
were confined by the British Provost
Cunningham during the revolution,
was swept away to make room for the
same structure.
For every case of long married cou.
pies unhappily parting thus there are
at least two or three perfectly well
known to large circles of acquaint.
ances in which one or the other party
endures in silence what must be inrol
erable shame and sorrow. It is not
fashionable TO sEoOt other persons any
longer, and it is really getting here
much as it is in Londcn, so that GER
tain complications literally leave .
man, or more often a woman, no re-.
source but dignifed endurance
A very famous case OF this sort-all
the parties are now dead, the guilty
with the unconstitutional for years
the most public and prominent and
scandalous disregard CT the lawful wife
and her ehildrea. Absolutely the only
thing the wronged wcman's male re-
lations could do n her belalf without
causing more scandal by starting a
ahooting scrape they did. Being i'm
mensely powerful, financially, they
trimmed the erring husband in Wall
street! But what mockery of real
revenge was that, compared with the
good old mediaeval resources!
OWEN NLANGDON.
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news OF minnesota.
Contest a Tie.

St Paul-Oficials of the dairy an
food commission are wondering to
whom should they award the first
prlze IN the butter scoring contest.
Allie Olson of Hector and Alfred
Schroeder OF Lafayette each scored 81,
and under the rules of the commission
there is no way of ascertaining who is
the winner
1t has been suggested that coin be
h'ppeo to see who gets the prize, but
should this coarse be decided on, there
is question as to who should receive
the second prize. A. G. Schandall of
Elmore scored 96A, the score next to
the highest, and would naturally re-
ceive the second prize. A. G. Schan-
got the second prize, the man who
scored 81, but lost on the ''Aip' would
get nothing. j. F. Kielty of Watkins,
who stored 96L, expects the third
prize. The first prize is SIS cash,
the secon So and the third So.
Inheritance Tax.
The recent Inheritance tax state
ments under the Inheritance law pas
sed by the recent legislature have been
filed with the state auditor.
Five St Paul estates come under the
provisions of the Inheritance tax law.
The estate of Phal D Ferguson, esti-
mated at $3.50, 900, will pay the sta te
about $12, 900 on ercent basis. The
estate is left to one heir, and the law
allows an exemption of $4,000 The
estate of Thomas Schnell, amounting
to $72, 800, will pay tax of N per
cent, after $4,000 exemption has
been taken out. The estate of Charles
E. Dickerman, amounting to $3.50, 900,
is left to five heirs Each heir is en-
titled to $4,000 injunction. The es-
tate of Katherine Stewart, amounting
to 81 800, and the estate of Joseph o.
Patee, amounting to Sis, 900 also
come under the law.
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years. Both answered without hesita-
: tion. TON: Ryan" said one; tins
, other, THOMAS F.. Ryan" .
Why? What has this strong man
done to compel shrewd men to know
his mastery?' Chiefly, l; think, that be
has been cautious with his boldness.
He has never lost trick. He has
never protited by movement in whose
preparation he had not share. He
has never trusted to chance. And he
now has the vast funds of the Equita-
BILE Assurance society at his back.
A successor to Rockefeller is due;
not as an individual owner of proper
ty, but as central figure in the ma
nipulation of the power of wealth; and
this involves in time preeminent pos
sessions. Rockefeller is only &c, but
prematurely aged. He feels the weight
OF hostile criticism as once he did not
Ryan is IA years younger. He is IL
years younger than Morgan, Il
years younger than Hill, who
is more Of a railroad than OF
financial genius; only six years Older
than poloDlaying George Gould, whom
he overtops enough in genius to more
than make up for his slightly greater
age.
Ryan is tall and strong, personally
well liked by his friends, not severe
but careful in his personal habits, O..
iron will of blue-gray eye, of unshakeL.
nerve. He is worth considerably less
than hundred millions, but does not
let that fact trouble him. There is
"plenty more where that came from"
Ee is six years younger than Anthony
n. Brady, whose methods somewhat
resemble his own, and who usually
aids him. But Ryan is the more pow
erful; he was reared a Virginia gentle
man, though in poverty. Brady grew
up anyhow about Albany barber shops
and barrOOms, doing odd jobs as a boy,
until he got his start The difference
didn't matter much when both were in
low finance. In high finance it tells.
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At Isle of Pines.

Mankato-Judge John B. Ogle, the
runaway forger and embezzler, who
twice tried to kill himself, has been
located at Neuva Corona on the Isle of
Pines, the refuge of A. A. Buck, the
defaulting cashier of Mankato.
Owing to the fact that the United
States has no extradition treaty with
the Isle of Pines it will be impossible
to bring Ogle back for trial and pun
ishment
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To Tunnel the Mississippi.

St. Louis, July 8.-1ncorpGration pa.
pers have been received By The organ.
ize,s of the Illinois & Missouri Tunnel
c6rpany. formed for the purpose of
excavating a tunnel under the Missis.
sipDi river between st. Louis and East
St. Louis, ILL.,, for the handling Of traf.
fic. The capital stock will be $1OO, 900.
It is proposed to build tubular steel
tunnel, so feet below the river bed
and about mile in length. Work
will probably begin within year, and
it will require a years time to com
plete it.
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How Man Gets Very Rich.

HEN a man works
up from a shoe
string to fifty or
sixty millions in
80 years - how?
By g e ON e trical
progression, if he
has the nerve and
power. The first
thousand ca ~ g
hardest for Ryan;
then as a small
LrNIo~
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IN The METROPOLIS
THOMAS F. RYAN PROPHESIED
AS FOREMOST CAPITALIST.
ROCKEFELLER AGING FAST
Ryan Virginia Gentleman-Outo Of
Noiso1ne Equitable Mess Will
Come Improvement in Insurance
Methois-Ofended Honor.

EW YORK; sep
arately asked two
men who have
wide acquaintance
with m on e y e d
men who, in thciI
opinion, was most
likely to take J)nn
D. Rockefeller's
place as the fore
most capitalist OF
the country with
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Much Building.

Building permits aggregating 81, ooo,-
COO were issued in St Paul last month.
This is the largest amount issued in
in one month in the history of the city.
This figure is also greater than the
total figure for several average
months. While nearly one-half of
this amount is covered by two large
buildings, most of it includes average
structures and additions to buildings
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e Ahh apt 10
think of the di-
vOrce matron az
young and gidGy;
it causes some
thing like a shock
when a woman
like Mrs. William
Rhinelander Stew
art, who has been
married 26 years
and has a. grown
up son, gOes for
the usual reason
to South Dakota.
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Milwaukee Fire Chief Dead

Milwaukee, July 6.-Herman Mem
niger, chief of the Milwaukee fire de.
partment, died Wednesday from the
effects of injuries sustained at fire
two months ago, when it was reported
he inhaled acid fumes.
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AN
OPPORTUNITY

We want a wideawake man
in this locality to actively rep
resent us in promoting the
sales of the Wheeler & Wilson
sewing machine.
This machine is backed by
fifty eight years of success
some of the early machines
built by this company are
giving faithful service today.
I'VE can offer exceptional in
ducements to someone in this
locality who can command a
horse and wagon and devote
his time to advancing the sales
of our product.
Energetic men will find our
proposition a money maker,
capable of development into a
permanent and profitable busi-
ness.
WRITE FOR INFORMATION.
Wheeler g. Wilson Mfg. Co.
CAICAGo, ILLINOIS
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our Heart
May Be Weak. Ono
Person in Four Has
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One of the surest signs Of weak
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Your heart is not able to pump the
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Some Of the other symptoms Of Heart
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and Shoulder; Painting or Weak Spells:
Dry Cough; Swelling Of Feet and Ankles:
Cold Feet or Hands.
No one can afford to allow a weak
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weak heart means poor circulation, and
stomach, liver, kidneys. etc.
If, therefore, you suspect heart trouble.
begin taking DR.. Miles New Heart Cure.
The Heart Cure will do you good, as.it IS
a splendid tonic for the blood and nerves.
and will revitalize your entire system.
Finally. remember, DR.. Miles, New
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that the first bottle will do you good.
If it doesn't-your money back.
'T was afflicted with heart trouble for
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were frequent, and terrible dread pos
sessed me, as I never knew when or
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SrH1a W9Td be te and Mhethes wouls
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had an attack for five years."-MRS.
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The Shipbuilding Scandal.

NV many things
a man has to
think of if he
would be remor5c-
lessly successful!
Mrs. Ben Wood,
widow of the late
owner of the
News, the Tam
many organ in
New York, was
cheated out of the
best part of $780,
900 in the scan
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The New Plaza Hotel.

HERE is only enc
Wall street in the
world, only one
Broadway, O n | y
ne corner OF
those two streets.
and only one No.
1 Wall street. !"
said the St. Louis
real estate broker
W h o ece n tly
bought the prop
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dalous shipbuilding trust "flotation." |"
Benjamin B. Odell was another pur-
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Divorce When It Is Saddest,

Up - e ARE apt to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26

orders. Of the custom houses OF another
republic They acted under orders. They
are AZ gallant as the army and are not to be
criticised.
But this bill, carrying an enormous APP
preparation, was driven through another
house, where any measure on the face
of the earth can he put through il 1t is de-
termIned by those in control. No Depart
ment in the history Of the Government
in times of peace would dare to make such
enormous estimates il it were not supported
by Congress
THE war spirit is still upon us. inter-
posed Mr.. Hale That's the real reason
for these big appropriations. There ia
no doubt that the shadow of the war ia
still over us. hope it will soon pass away.
But II win be observed by the debates in
the House that the majority OF that body
OF both parties was in favor Of two battle
ships. The opposition was led by Repub
Leans, while many Democrats voted for
the ships. | think II is one Of the most
eStravagant expenditures that we could
make But the other members of the com
Inittee did not think 80, and cannot have
my way
At this point request was made 10y Mr..
McCumber for an hours consideration of
pension bills. and the Naval bill went over
until Monday, when Mr.. Halo will call it
up Immediately after the Swayne case is
disposed Of. He gave notice that he would
ask for night session il necessary to dis
pose of the bill.
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RICHARD CROKER SAILS
With One Son--His VIE and Other Children
VIII Join Him In May.

Richard Croker sailed yesterday for
Queenstown aboard thu Cunarder Cam
pania with his son Howard and his niece,
Mrs. Stella Bowman. who will be his house
keeper at his home at Glencairn, near
Dublin. Mrs. Croker will go to Europe
in May with her sons Richard and Herbert
and her daughter and will pass the summer
with Mr. Croker in the home he has bought
near Dublin. 1t is not Mrs. Cookers in
tention to give up her home in this city.
She will return TO New York in the early
fall. Mr.. Croker will spend part Of next
winter in this country, and it is his intention
to come over at least once year so long
as his health permits him TO make the voy-
age. Mrs. Cookers plans for the future
will take her to Europe each summer
Mr.. Croker boarded the Campania on
Friday night. he said with emphasis that
he was done with England forever and
that he would sell his place at Vantage
as soon as possible.
In response TO a chatting inquiry about
his age Mr.. Croker said he disagreed with
DR. Osler. and that man really only be-
gan TO enjoy life after reaching 90.
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F4IORS SEA LEVEL CANAL.
Isthmlan Commission 80 Rcpprts-The
Increased Cost WIN lie ~ 90. 900, 900.

WASHINGTON, Feb. PA sea level canal
across the lsthmus Of Panama and not as
at first contemplated. one with two or three
sets of locks has been recommended by the
Isthmian Canal Commission az feasible and
there now remains only the question of in
creased cost TO he approved before be-
ginning the actual plans for construction.
The delay 80 far has been due to the lack
OF accurate knowledge Of the topography
of the canal strip. The French surveys
were made for a lock level canal and were
not only useless in determining the posi-
bilties of tide water canal. but were also
sadly deficient as to the geological for1na-
ton of the land through which the canal
was to run.
The collection OF all necessary data has
been In progress since last spring and re-
Gently Chief Engineer Wallace notified
the commission that the work had been so
far completed that the question of locks
or sea level could be decided. Commits
sioners Parsons and Burr were accordingly
sent to Panama to act with Gov. Davis
as a subcommittee in sitting the mass of
figures and passing on the question. They
completed their report to-day. II was
approved by the commission and has been
sent to Secretary Taft, who will soon make
il public.
They find that a sea level canai Is entirely
practicable. but that it will cost something
like sloo.oO0,ooo more than canal with
locks and will require probably fifteen
years TO construct, as against ten years
estimated for the completion Of the lock
canal.
The engineers believe that the greatest
problem in the building of the canal by
either plan-that Of controlling the water
OF the Chagres River--can be solved by
the construction Of dam at Gamboa,
which will permit the diversion of that
stream SO that II will not menace the canal.
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KILLED BY BRIDGE TRAIN.
Man Crushed to Death In sight of Hundreds
or Passengers.

An unidentified man was crushed to
death between n car OF n local Bridge train
and the platform on the Brooklyn side
of the Sands street terminal of the Brooklyn
Bridge. at e15 O'Clock last evening, while
hundreds of passengers looked on.
Train 81 was just pulling out when Con-
ductor Charles II. Lawless saw the man
attempting to jump on the front platform
Of the second car. He saw him slip and
fall between the car and the platform. and
rang the bell for the motorman TO stop.
The train was gathering Roadway. how
ever. and the man was rolled over and
jhmmed foot by foot the whole length
Of the platform. He then dropped to
the tracks under the third car and was
pinned under the truck and against the
platform wall.
His groans and cries startled the passen-
gers in the cars and on the platform, and
some of them demanded that the cars be
thrown from the tracks and the man, who
was evidently still alive, released Rounds
man Quinn blew his whistle for help and
called for volunteers. With their aid he
attempted to shove the car over
According 10 the roundsman several
hundreds OF the passengers jumped from
the platforms TO the tracks and hundreds
more, remaining on the platform. put their
shoulders to the sides and pushed the car
off the tracks. The man was lifted to
the platform, but he was dead when the
ambulance arrived
The deraed car completely blocked
the terminal, causing a tie-np that lasted
more than an hour
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DR. HARPER TO RETURN TO WoRK.
VIII Resume His University Duties as soon
ms lie Leaves the Hospital.

CHICAGO. Feb %. DR. William h Harper
in tends to return TO the University of
Chicago. teach his Bible classes. conduct
his duties as president Of the institution
and live the life he has lived for the last
decade as soon ar he is able to leave the
hospital.
With no hope for his ultimate recovery
offered by his physicians the noted edu-
Gator will make no radical changes in his
daily duties DR.. Harper will work to COM
plete in detail plans for tho future Of the
school which he has had in mind for more
than ten years and which he has never
fully made public. This will consume much
of his time. ~
According to tho internes at the Pres
byterian Hospital, DR.. Harper showed
noticeable improvement to-day. His pulse
and temperature were normal and he is
believed to have passed the crisis. His
removal from the hospital in two weeks
is almost certainty.
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TRAINS HALTED ~ A BLOH.
Italians Sicdge Puts Pennsylvania signal
service out of Business.

With single blow of his sledgehanmer
a we'll meaning Italian put the signal sys-
tenn at the passenger terminal of tho Penn
svvania Railroad in jersey City tempo
rarily out OF business yesterday afternoon
and delayed the arrival and departure
of thousands of passengers.
A piece OF iron from a passing car fell
on TO the tracks just outside the big train
shed at o'clock and broke switch. A
gang was put TO work to repair the damage
and this is where the Italian got In his fine
work
1t was up 20 him TO drive a spike, and he
did his best. He sent it through conduit
containing twenty wires connecting with
the interlocking switch system and cut
every one of them in two AL the danger
signals in the yard Immediately became
use less and 1t was necessary to operate
the signals by hand. This was slow work.
In the meanwhile trains were stalled,
until there was line Of them reaching
through the Jersey City yards and the
Bergen cut all the way TO Marion. The
service was practif lily out OF business for
an hour. Only one nin was run at time
and the utmost re was exerted at the
switches TO prevent accidents.
A new switch was put in in less thnn an
hour TO replace tho broken one, but II was
nearly s o'clock before the system OF wires
was again in working order. A Pcnnsyl-
vania Railroad official said
That Italian made fine job OF the signal
system He could not cut twenty wires
again at one clip il he tried a million years
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LONG BROADWAY TIE-UP.
Fuse Blows out. and the Cars stop for an
Hour and a Half.

The fuse on northbound Broadway
car blew out half way between Thirty
fourth and Thirty-fifth streets shortly
before O'Clock last night. The channel
OF feed 7ail OF the line became involved and
fifty feet Of II was burned out Then traffic
on both the uptown and downtown tracks
was held up for an hour and half.
IL was necessary 10 shut of tho power
while -epsir gang tore up the tracks and
fxed the damaged rail. Happening at
time when the theatres were discharging
their matinee audiences. the blockade
caused no end OF confusion. Every few
minutes a puff of yellow smoke would arise
from the slot between the tracks and the
noise accompanying these puhs caused
some Of the women to rush for the side
streets.
Matters were even more complicated
when the team attaoled to a Metrop olitan
Street Railway Company ropair wagon
became frightened and ran up Broadway
for a block and half before a gang Of
employees OF the line and two policemen
could stop Il. II crashed into a cab at
Thirty-nfth street. causing the horse at
iaohed 10 It 10 gallop of toward Sixth ave-
nue.. The horse was stopped before II
ran very far
Even when the repair gang got things
in such shape that the power could be TUNED
on II was necessary for the cars to get
q flying start and coast over the fifty feet
Of channel rail which WIS. temporarily
put ont Of business Later in the evening
the damaged section of the rail was re-
placed by new material.
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cBAs. p. SIMMONS FOUND DEAD.
Had Keen Despondent Since His Wife's
Death About Three Weeks Ago.

Charles P Simmons. 81 years old, head
Of the Simmons Keystone Water Filter
Company, was found dead at 10 o'clock
last night in his room at the Hotel Farling-
ton. in West Twenty street. The
cause u death was not given out by the
hotel employee OF Simmons's friend,
Asher Ayers Of I East Thirty-eecond street
who found the body.
Simmons was well TO do. HIS company
made its headquarters in the Fidelity Build
ing, Baltimore. II had branch Office
on the eleventh floor Of the st. James
Building this city.
Simmonss wife died about three weeks
ago in Baltimore. Since then he had lived
at the Earlin gton. Ayres was keeping him
company yesterday afternoon. He was
very respondent.
At 10 o'clock last night Ayres went 10 the
hotel 70 see how Simmons was getting
along. He couldn't get into the room.
A clerk opened it with pass key. They
found Simmons lying dead on his bed,
Simmons had two brothers, one in VIII
min gton ana another in Washington. His
mother and mother-in-law also survive.