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The True King Of Spain.

Sensational journalists have an
rou0ced that the King ~ Spain wa
extremely eccentric. If not deficient in
i-tsUsc-: bat exactly the opposite IS
true He is exceed-reIy clever though
TOO ivuatsent II restraint 10 be much
of stuEsIt He bids fair. as his
character develops with experience, 10
show his mothers diplomatic tact,
mingled with an euEa ging impulsive-
ness all his own. which wins hearts
as she never couId. He Is quick 10
make decisions. is really interested in
the welfare OF his people. and his self
Ishness is merely the selhshness OF
high-zplrited youth, eager 20 do every
thing that is really worth doing. He
is easily moved through his affections
though il is all but impossible 10 IN
duence him in any other way except
through his sense Of Justice. The King
has a boylsh fashion Of imposing his
own viii on every one around him.
He does this so gayly. so smilingly Or
not in one OF his 's0mber moods OK
pride'O that even people who have
decided 10 oppose him ind themselves
pleased that ne should do as he likes.
What, marry her nose 10 my Haps-
burg mourni i would be a crime
was his remark 20 an intimate friend.
concerning an Austrian princess. No
other on the list pleased him better
and the two or three possible German
candidates We're crossed on IN T5o
same way Il want 10 be happy, and
then ! shall know how to make others
happy he said to 1 The p same 55I friend 10, OF
y. and A. NJ Williamson IN the Sep
TENDER McCluTe's.
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cheney. and at the end of IL he persuad-
ed a soap-making drm 90 start him I'm
business an a small way with labor
saving machinery While conducting
this business he and an inventor STUN
bled on a process for making . wax
paper OF an unusual quality II was
a small thing but it gave him his
start I'm life. For it appealed TO
New York paper company. and IL
bought the patents Scgars share was
s20.000
Fifteen wears ago he started in huSi-
ness in Camden as a mo-rh7nt There
ne mastered HIS first problem I'm finance
by buying some warehouses when he
lacked $40 600 of the price They were
for sale for $4,000. He had but $4,000
in cash. and the offer Of mortgage
for the balance on the purchased prop
erty was rejected He had no other
collateral 10 leave as security for
loan, but he had what has ever since
served him well-the power 10 make
people believe I'm him and the thing
which he represented He approach
ed wealthy brewer named Massey
He explained the possibilities of the in
Xestment and ON no other security than
his word obtained the amount he need
ed He manipulated the property so
successfully that Nassey's money was
soon repaid. and handsome profit
with It.
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Hos MGnY friends.

And SegaI is not Swtullcr. Tie be-
Heves tEorouEhiy in his Own schemes.
There are many Philadelphia business
men who also believe thoroughly in
them. who have every confidence that
he VIII make good q large part at
least OF the gigantic loans and rise
above the ruin that now threatens
him He does not iu The least regard
himself as a fFenz5ed uuanCier. Il
am convinced he said in discussing
the present crash. THAT my collateral
viii in "a very short time realize its
fuIl value. and that the Real Estate
Company viii not lose a dollar through
its transactions with me.
on another occasion he lIkened him
self to Russell Sage. saying, The only
difference between myself and Russell
Sage is that Sage speculated in stock
and I specuIated in bricks and mortar
I have never Yet touched the specula-
ton ribbon of the brokerage game,
Some Of his schemes would have given
Uncle Russell heart disease, though
20 the casual observer bricks and NOR
far would seem more substantial
speculation than stocks And physi-
.csrv there is q whole lot Of difference
between them. Segal is forty-siX years
old about FIVE feet ten inches IN
height. of most genial manners, He
made many friends and spent his
money with free hand. He is OF at
tractive appearance. His eyes are
bright and clear. his voice low. He
brushes his hair in pompadour style
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IN Infectious ODtimist.

That was Adolph SeEIl's successful
specially. His capital appears to have
been a shrewd head first of all. and
after that an Infection optimism. an
attractive Traukness, directne-s of
speech. and an ability to illuminate a
business proposiuon-these valuable
and engaging qualt ties. and $3.50 in cash
seem 10 have neyjed him something
like 81. 100000 iu twenty years. and TO
have enabled him 70 borrow some
$500. coo of the money of depositors Of
the Real Estate Trust Company OF
Philadelphia.
S,gal landed in this country about
twenty years ago, an Austrian immi-
grant twenty-six years Old, proud pos
SCISSOR OF the scotland the qualities. 1t
is said that he had spent some Of his
young years in Paris. and had Travelled
I'm Europe and the Orient, If so, he
must have found his first years in
America, spent in little West Phila-
delphis cellar, working with his own
hands over unsavory cauldTors Of
boiling soap. ard earning next To MOTH
ing "a day. dreary beyond words. From
that To his latter day position as
masterTul man in finance handling
millions. rated as a multi-millona.r re.
living Ike IN Eastern Ln5eup- e.
far CTv
II was tweaty-one years ago that he
boiled soap in West Philadelphia. L
year OF that was : paeatAuL sum
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looked FOR Bio Cane.

TE- asX- venture was amazing ana
daring Seal was looking for big
game. He found it in the Sugar trust
That powerful concern had -o~nered
practically every big pant IN sight
Segal laid his plans carefully. aulis,e
the cooperation ~ several financial
giants. and purchased an imw5 nse
sugar refinery NJ Camden IL was not
a refinery when he purchased. hut no
fired IL uo 1T com0lrltivelv small
cost. heraId.nE far and near the story
that be w.s about 10 begin war against
the S-gr- trust.
Not a wheel was ever started in the
buildings. not an emp.oye was put 10
work. not a stroke OF work was Gone
whom SCEai conducted arrange mcnts
with The trust for the sale of the
property. lie was pad s'.0o.Po 10
Withdraw from JHn he,d. lie took the
money ard The sugar people. after dis
mautlir@ the plant sold it at loss 10
a soap-making firm.
That looked good 20 him. so good
that he wanted 10 do it again. He
had vet 20 learn the uuwisdom Of try
ing TO squeeze the same lemon twice.
He had yet To learn that In chasing
rainbovs a man Is likely 10 stub his
toes against the rocks of some very
hard facts. Had il been otherwise II
Is possible that the Real Estate Trust
Company would still be i'm business,
and its president st1l alive. Having
trimmed the sugar people once. Segal
thought that he could do ii again The
Camden deal had been so successful
that fnanciers we're bowling low TO
SegaL
II was probably when fred with
this ambition that he hrst approached
Frank X. Nipple, prominent in re-
lieious and social circles, and un-
folded his plan. He wanted Nipple
10 hnauce a deal TO gouge the Sugar
trust once more The president of
the trust company aereei, was glad
to come in. and the play was on.
The ShackamaNou Sugar Refining
Company was started Segal bought
the wharves and river frontage In
Beach street. between Laurel and
shaclamaxon. He applied TO the
hoard Of pert wardels for permission
to Put up fine new per Jaere. and
at series Of special meetings Of the
board the application was rushed
through. The pier YVES omit out to
the port wardens' line, and on the
Fa7ch street front a splendid sugar
refinery was built The pier was COW
erca with tie most improved she'd
ding and was equipped with cranes
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that IS being co~rered by A trust, set
uu business. then sell out" II Was
"a lovely rule. lie tried IL first on the
Paper trust. Tie interested State Sen
at0r Joseph N. Gezzam OF Pennsyl-
v7nia iu a waNed pa0er mauufacrur-
ing enterprise. The paper trust. know
ing 81 MS original invention, bought
him out at his own price.
While he was looking over the field
She Match trust was launched. Secsl
started match factory. His rHsor"
proved true. lie soon sold his rlaut
ard Lra -~o1t was surgr..uJ IN have
satisfied au ordinary men for lie.
Rat not Scgal He Nas getting onto
the same. No f-Hure had been
charged 90 his account. lie had mon
cv. much money. was making money
and wanted more
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after the fashion OF his home land,
and ordinarily would be taken for a
musician
His manners are those q a gentle
man Of culture and education. he
seems The pers5u-ricatic~ OF frank
ness and sincerity. His ome IS not
merely luxurious. il IS p. sasant HIS
wife is q woman Of brains, literary
taste. afflicted viii. the press club
habit. and is writing a novel
Ii is a mcz- convincing and attractive
personality. could IL. otherwise, have
so hypu1tlzcd Frank Nipple, cOnserva-
tive banker. PurItan-u.nded trust com
pauy president as 10 turn him into a
wildcat Spectator. ready 10 capitalize
hot air 70 the tune of millions?
Could 10 otherwise have inOculated
such q ono with the easy money mi
c-obe which produces financial frenzy.
va7s the moral stamina. destroys the
sense ~ proportion and obligation. be-
TJdlIes honor. leads Inevitably 10 dis
grace. and can only be cured by deathG
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His Credit Mas Good.

From being The owner Of the ware
houses. he became the proprietor of
fin" row OF residences. which he
erected in Camden. and the thorough
fare was known as Scgal avenue He
WAS branching OUT ana his building
and real estate deals were successful
and Melted him comfortable sums of
money. Ills credit was good at the
banks and the Tepple with money to
invest were glad 10 have him as
borrower The Aus rian soapmaker
was on the high road TO wealth.
lie had plenty Of nerve. Il is told
that early in his career he undertook
10 build a railroad and turn it over
10 the people complete for $4,000. the
money 30 be paid into his hands when
the las spike was driven He built
the road, hut before it was turned
over he learned that there was to be
an objection raised, that his custom
ers were to refuse to pay MIN for the
construction of certain piece of
track eighteen mi e. in length BY
strategy he managed 10 get the men
with whom he was dealing 70 meet
him and 20 bring tie money with them.
When they We're all in a room to-
bether ne tod them Of the rumors
concerning the refusal Ia pay in fun,
and then said, This house is sur
rounded with men. 500 of them. each
armed with a pick / have told them
that 7 cannot pay them uatI you pay
me and they know that the road is
finished. Unless the money is paid
10 me at once, the house will be
moDbed Every life will be- i'm dan
ger" The money was forthcoming.
Just about that time he discovered
that the political field did not con-
tain the only plum tree in the world.
There was a whole orchard OF them
known as the truss. in the fair held
OF finance.
ON masking that discovery, he form
ulated a rule Of success which ran
about like ibis: Find commodity
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Spent Moneg lie Water.

Segal went so far into the venture
as to buy rights of way for a four
mile railroad. extending from the Port
Deposit road to the point where the
works were to be located. The right
of way was thirty feet in width and
it was paid for in full. The railroad
was partially built. mine was opened,
and q lot Of expensive machinery was
installed to reduce the ore. For a
time the mine was operated, but it
was soon discovered that it would not
pay. and for two years past II has
been practically abandoned, the only
person having employment about the
place being a Waterman.
Then there vas the hnickerbocl1er
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NE million. seven hundred
4 and sixty-six Thousand per
cent, Think of it, Some
months ago when Russell
Sage died and Hetty Green
was hailed as his successor
as money lender to THE Street the
newspapers were fun of astonishing
figures as To the mar ket value ~. ana
tho dividends paid 10y, certain stocks
figures that made the non-il1dnclal
mouth water. But there were no such
dividends as THAI. Not even the
Standard nor yet the Chemical Ma
uonal Bank stock pay anything like
that But that appears to have been
Adolph SesaIs profit from the invest
meut of $500 with which ne landed in
THIS country twenty years ago. since
he has been able 10 borrow from Jhe
suspended Real Estate Trust Company
OF Philadelphia $4,000
The aforesaid Chemical National
Bank stock. Hetty Green's elicf asset.
pays 80 Per cent year Bat il is
quoted al 1900 AdCiph Sealrs s,cur-
iJi=s, on wl'ish he borrowed the S5&0-
Olo, are most OF them said To be
scarcely worth the paper they are
written on. That is Why Adolph secaI.
Austrian immigrant OF twenty wears
ago. Philadelphia promoter OF tie past
decade. rock on which one of the
greatest H1aUCiM Institutions OF tie
country has split within the ms
month. is today the most tailed about
Individual ana the most Spectacular
figure in Philadelpaia's financial
circles.
''Trenzied Finance isa mighty good
phrase which the world owes 70 Law
son of Poston" Il is Wonderfully
EXPRESSIVE and widely applicable.
But The most frenZied hnancier Of
them all does not expect 20 make
L765. 90 2-3 per cent In the good old
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days when twice two were four the
imDossibility Of making something ont
of nothing was automatic Rut in
these days Of frenzied finance C"Jew.
] thank thee for that word,) nobody
knows what twice two is going TO
turn out to be on amy given occasion.
and millions are made out Of nothing.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

20 carry the sugar from the wharf 10
the refinery. Although The establish
ment was completed in 1900, after an
expenditure of at least $4,000 not
vessel has ever tied up at the pier
and the refinery has never turned
wheel The trust VIII not buy it, for
very good reason
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
DRAGo DOCTRINE A WARNING.

Whether or not the DTagO doctrine be
made rule OF International law here
after its present discussion is q timely
warning that the collection OF public
debts BY fleets and armies Is likely 70
prove a pTec2riOus undertaking for both
debtor and creditor. While the creditor
nation thus enforcing It's claims will bs
dreaded and stunned, the credit OF the
repudiatOr viii be utterly i0st.-Philar
delphla Record.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

Starting With a Capital of $500, AdoIph
SegaL, EpI Genius of the Defunct Real
Estate Trust Company of PhiIadeI-
phia, Made Speciality of Beating
Giant MonopOlies at Their OrVn Game.
But When He Tried to "Sting" the
Sugar Trust For the Second Time He
Ran His Head Into a Moose and Was
Driven to Wildcat Speculation Which
Has Just Resulted in Loss of Many
Millions to the Quaker City.
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: aEc ; even
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-16
HOW TO REACH THE TRUSTS.

In his message to congress, transmit ting the Garfield report of the stand. ard oil investigation, the President urges as the only effective way of reaching the big trusts, the rigid con. trol Of the railroads by supervision m. slogous to that exercised over the national banks. This is provided for in the Hepburn Deliver bill.
 Undoubtedly, such provision of law will facilitate the detection of ille. gal rebating, and perhaps stamp out that curse to commerce. It has been sptly remarked that not only have the trust, thrived on rebates, and used them effectively to drive rivals out of business, but by this system tho stock holders of probably every railroad in
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-16
William Wyman Victim, Of An Overturned
 Lamp
His Charrsd Remain Found In The
 Ashes

The frightfully burned body II William wyman in the morgue Al, the charrcd frame work of the ,vl story dwelling of William Stack q, the hill above the Brewery stree, lu. Der yard, tell the story of the won fire Bisbcc has had in long time. ' started few minutes after midns, Friday, and burned for an hour.
 Discovery that Wyman had lost
 life was not made until about 3 o',ot next morning, when, Mir. Stack poi, through the ruins of his house wiA lantern discovered the charred ', mains lying by the framework of window in the room the man had cupied. The theory is that he crawl to the window to escape, bu, w} overcome by smoke before being ah to get out. It had been thought ,h} all occupants of the house had eses@ ed. An intoxicated man who was I strained from rushing into the hOu( while it was in flames is thought have been m acquaintance of vi man, and to have realized his predc| mcnt. He was too intoxicated, how'd CT, to utter anything further than frantic tumble. A stream of water w& first turned on him to stop his heal way into the house. This was ines.( tive, fremcn having finally to knc} him down. Tho fire is supposed to have star4 in the room of Wyman through overturning by him of lamp. wb( the fire was discovered the room VI n mass of flames. These died dOS suddenly, but few minutes lai\ spang up again, the first flash havid taken hold. The building being frad it is remarkable that it was not ra,4 to the ground before the arrival water, and likewise remarkable th( adjacent houses were not des,royd The loss of Mir. Stack is put at sl,S with $750 insurance.
 The dead man was about 30 ys of age. He came to Bisbee thr0 weeks agofrom California, and went work soon after at the Oliver. Nothi1 is known regarding relatives. He V unmarried.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-16
REPUBLICANS WIN THIS FALL.

It has not been observed that the Democratic papers have been making loud talk about the returns from the city election at Phoenix. The gentle. men, indeed, appear suffering some thing in the nature of paralysis in respect to this particular matter. None of them have sufficiently recovered as yet to bc able to sit up and take no. tice.
 With an opponent of large strength in the field and with natural Demo cratic majority demonstrated in all pre- vious campaigns in the city under nor nal conditions, the Republican candi- date for mayor was elected along with Republican couneilmen. They had something over 70 votes the best of it.. Normal conditions prevailed in the cam. paign. the Republican victory repre- scnting solely getting together of Republicans to vote straight ticket.
 In other words, the Republicans down at Phoenix did last week just what the q Republicans down at Bisbee did sev- eral weeks ago. only the Bsbce Repub- hcans travelled the road couple of hundred stronger in spite of the fact that the town had heretofore been sol idly Democratic. However, the Phoenix victory is none the less significant in its bearing. IL means business, n general overturning of the Democracy in the territory by reason of Republican gains
 This fall we expect confidently to see full veriication of the correctness of the above view of what is happen ing. Arizona is going to go Rcpubli can. The gain in strength of the party comes through two sources, addi- tions to it's ranks through gain in population of the territory, and through bracing of the backbones of the old time Republicans, who are not by any manner of means few in number. Ac.
 
 in large number in the last few years from the Democratic party in the ter. ritory. The icvel.headed, sound and sane members of that organizations have become tired of the abundance of promises. and the famine results dealt them, and are getting into line with those who do things. This fall the progressive people of the territory, those whose hearts are interested in it's making headway, and taking the rank it deserves, will be found marching sol. idly under the banner of Republican. ism. That they will win is . foregone conclusion. The getting together of those who accomplish things can mean nothing else.
 Victory is in the air, and it is now time that the Republican central com. mittcc of Yavapai county he called and get down to work
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-16
MAxToN STATION SOLD.

(From Sundays Daily.)
 Max !. Alwens yesterday sold station in Maple gulch near the s ator mine, to John A. Twiee'' Crown King. The transfer inclus the Maxton patented mine, upon wh' the station buildings stand. n place is located along the Prescott q Crown King wagon road, about yards south of the Hassayampa riV' in one of the most picturesque plsS along this much travelled road the summer time it ia from time to ha the rendezvous of . number of Pled parties from this city.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-16
Editorial Comment

the country have been robbed. It is we'll not to lose sight of the fact that tho trusts. and not the railroads. are the real enemies of the proposed rail. way rate legislation.
 Presuming that the hill will pass, and that rebating will he stopped. then what' Will the trusts have been curbed, will their cxactions cease, will any of them go out of business. In. doubtcdly. they will continue, with other methods at their command, 10 stiilc competition, boost prices, and mulct the public. Without the power to exact rebates. Standard oil. the beef trust. and q few others will have been checked to n degree, but one has only to recall that there are other trusts, not dependent upon railroad rebates, to see that further Legislation is neces sary.
 Strenuous efforts are being made by the present administration to accom- plish something with the inadequate sherman law. The beef trust prose. cution resulted in fiasco. Others are pending against the drug trust, tobacco trust. southwestern paper trust, clevat or trust, sugar trust and fertilizer trust. The Pabst Brewing company, the St. Louis Bridge and Terminal company. and the soft coal combine also are under fire. Another group. including the steel and lumber trusts, are in class h. themselves, depending upon the tariff more than railroad rc. bates, and will he practically untouch. cd by the new railway rate law.
 Assuming the success of the proposed Legislation, and stretching the imagina- ton SO far ae to foresce n different out come to these many antitrust prose cutions than that in the beef cases, what thens 4 few fines, amounting only to modicum of the lawyers : fees, and the same entertaining farce over again.
 There must come demands for much more legislation before the trust evil is scotched in this country. A long step will have been taken when the tariff on steel and lumber is removed. But that is not all The President, in his remarkable special message on the beef cases, indicated the need of better antitrust law than the Sherman act. The new bureau of corporations is evidently doing its best with the tools at it's command. But no one can build a house with a tack hammer or wear away mountain with trowel.
 Corporations engaged in interstate commerce come clearly and undeniab- ly within the province of federal regu. laiions, as much as the national banks. In applying to the railroads the na. tional bank system of supervision of their books, as the Hepburn.Dollivcr bill provides, the way is indicated for efficient amendment of the antitrust law The arm of the law must be heightened, that it may reach down into the innermost recesses, and place m uncrring finger upon the rotten. ness within. With government super. vision, such as we already have in our national banks, extended to the trusts, to these giant corporations engaged in interstate commerce, many of them far greater and moro powerful than any of our largest banks, there will be hope of remedying the evils We now are fighting at SO great a disadvantage.