The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-30

despite statements sad 70 nave come
earlier In the day from Mrs. Charles i.
$SYerkes, wife of the capitalist. that she
#would not gosto the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the
following official statement was made by
DE-. sLoonlis n no had attended Mr.. Yerkes
through his illness.
AT the deatfbed We're Mrs. Gharls
l IT.. Yerkes, his wife Charles Edward
sYerkes. o. son, and his wife; Mrs. Charles
&Ronadamiller, a daughter and myself
AT II o. clock Mrs Yerkes was 4telephoned
to that her husband was dying and she
srelented and went to the hotel, and was
present when he died. This was the first
time Mrs. Y erkes had been at the hotel
during her husband s illness. The death
was peaceful, but unexpected at the
i time. e 4s$ sf IS 3ssss3l Sf753
The sPhiladelp hla Press Of Thursda AZ, an
ticipatinE the early cath of Mr. Yerkes,s
printed this review Of his remarkable ca
srenr: So ~ sass
3 Charles 4 ]. Y erkes, the man who closed
the Chicago Stock q Exchange for three
months. who cal olcd 81 Leg islature BY his
own pecu.iars methods, who absolutely.
controlled succ essive Chicago 4Qoards OF
aldermen SO that he secured 4 he practical
ownership Of the! streets Of tina. city,s who
pumped his street Era ilWay IS tocks so full
of wa ter t hat In two thirds Of Chicago a
good service was wei nigh Impossible,
and who $Lnlo deu on his 8ba ckers at q
hand sornc :sure pro- ties that promptly
went into q eivership, and then went to!
London to conquer N W worlds, is the
most r.cturcsque figure In that group OF
snilliona lies I. VINO have MAJ de- great for
lnSs Ghtrag where Yerkes made his
great fortune and became famous or In
famous ldlng5 to the vie wpoint OF the
eaTgs shsSs MG eapia
fYerkes res Inc, = and DO Til may be sum
med up in What Chicago calls "Philndel-3
3nhia ire 3. s One of these wa 8 the not
1 ed railroad man s 4 habit of a pyramiding
bond Issues. tho otheri his habit Of urraer-5
mining State and local legislatures. As
"a result Of bot the Ph delphia broker
who came. ITO Oh ieago$ I'M 1888 with I, ca p
Sital of $40, Co., to- Lon don in 1900 with
ia fortune that is now estimated at some
thing like $50, 0oO s s85 81 @
ii was III ron nerve 4 hat enabled him
! "a .carry through his udacions deals. and
this quality was never displayed more
characterize ically than on that memorable
August ght in 1896; after the Moore
Brothers IA lure, when a group OF bank
sers mot at the house OF the late P. D. &
Armour, in Chicago. to discuss a financial
situation rendered nd d tionally precarious
by the amount of x erlkes pa per the lead
ing houses were, carrylng is q valued
Chicago story that /, Mr., < erkes himself
3gnudy ibbon attached saluted the SOL
tenn-faccd groupNof tinancters with the
breezy. remark: his Is the largest cOlec-g
t,s4. 81, straw hats ever saw at t fu-
LIE urged that the stosk Exchange be
closed outright, and .swh5n Its governors
Shesisated at the boldness OF the SUCCESS
fasnsss essasa yoa w el9 9s
morrow night, That word seettled il.
.Yerkes was bornginSt h!s city n 1881. His
Tho worked for a. year in q commission
house as IN apprentice clerk, HIS energy
won for him q, present Of so. In 1855 he
opened an Q Ice as a stock broker and
A Then he was my olVod II a scheme3to
sell the y city ~ bonds OF iladelphla on
wind. The scheme coll apsed and Yerkes
went to ,prison;s a /, board OF pardons re-
leased him, After his pardon Mr.. Yerkes
Insisted that other charges against him
should he tried. and In October, 1872, no
went into court and his general acQulttal
promptly fel 10y 81, n ssptenber 1872
Ing Mr.. Yerkes from oil Claims Of indebt-
edness. AZ III a if3{ 5s} { q 5Ss,
After his pardon erkes went West.
married beautifnl Woman Nell known owl.
Ein#this city. He dealt In Chicago Gas,
Chicago street a!lroads and Dakota
towns, Ills Philadelph friends {, backed
i law We're as proHtable ashis rail- all
road holdings He owned (, kicago's streets
and built street car lines. which he CAPS
FitalIzed at en- rlnous sums and then dis
posed Of them at big profits. NJ j5
s In 1881 lie sold out his G Chicago In terests
and went 10 New \ ori to live, London'si
need Of rapid .transit ,attracted his ptten,5
influential members Of Parliament. had
bills put through giving his companies
5frAnchises to build " serles OF under-
ground tubes, 3 got 3eontro! Of the exist
Ing London District Railway and Metro
polltan lines and arranged to connect
them with his new lines. 5fornlIng ~ un;l
london; defeated y. r. Morgan s. attempt
TO get q share ,of he gund erground raj,
Way building mum, and when he arrived
In this ountry. y few Weeks ago he left
his London scnemes on the II e ut road 70
u successful cpnlDletiOn,.g ~ js
Qs9 ss ~ z 1--7----.---- 81 4 3i d
THE EFFECT IN LONDON.
Experienced American Manager
Will Take Up the Work.
eeial eble s to III, The mss, and
II LONDON December e, Jharles Z.