Yerkes
CHARLES TYSON, an American capitalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 25, 1837; was engaged as exchange broker in 1858-1861, and as banker in 1861-1886. He failed in 1871, and for misappropriation of public funds was convicted and imprisoned, but was afterward pardoned. He recovered his fortune in a few years; was prominent in street railway operations in Philadelphia, and after 1886 in Chicago, where he was at the head of several railway corporations. In 1902 he was engaged YERKES OBSERVATORY 477 in constructing a system of underground railroads in London, England. In 1892 he gave an observatory to the University of Chicago. He died in New York City, Dec. 29, 1905.