twajBi g!K& 'By" ym -,-: y&Vte fe.TF w: , m fflM$nm W ANTQ of every description in. nBIl I i-(d in fft Classified Advertisement Columns of THE DIS PATCH stcure prompt responses. It u the ackiuncledgear Business Direc tory of all classes. QAVCDC cms investor read '" - iZeatJErfate and .Surf. nets Offerings made In the Classified Advrtisement columns of THE D1S PATCH. 11 readies Cash Buyers and the Saving Class. mmt , 1! FOETY-ITFTH YAB. RICH ASJJPRINCESS, The Natural Daughter of Thomas Blythe Adjudged to be the Legal HEIRESS OF HIS FORTUNE, Which is Kow Estimated at the Enor mous Sum of $4,000,000. A HOBtiE OF MTAL CLAIHAKTS, Whose Pretensions Could Kot Stand the TeJt of the Trial. BTEAKGE CAREER OP- A STRANGE MAN A celebrated case was decided in the San Francisco courts yesterday. By it a girl 17 years old, with a stain upon her birth, be comes the possessor of $4,000,000. There were any number of claimants for the for tune, and many strange stories of the career of the man who had accumulated it rErECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIB DISPATCH. 1 Sax Francisco. July 31. Florence, the natural daughter of Thomas H. Blythe, was to-day awarded his fortune, estimated at $1,000,000, by Judge Coffey. Thus ends one of the most complicated and celebrated cases ever heard on the Pacific coast, if not in the entire country. The contestants included the plaintiff, Plorence Blythe, Alice Edith Dickason, alleged widow of Bljthe; the Williams heirs, of Liverpool; the Blythe Company, the Gipsy BIythes. the Savages, of London; the Scotch-Irish Savages, James Witt Pence and Williaai and David Savage. The Court's opinion held that according to the laws of the State Florence had estab lished her claim to Blythe's paternity, the latter having acknowledged her as his child. THE CENTRAL FIGTJRE. The central figure in the Blythe contest was Florence, who was born at 10 St. Charles street, London, in 1873. She is now a slender girl of medium height, and well educated for one of her age. She resembles her father and has a peculiar expression on her countenance which lends a strange charm to her appearance. She is a natural child, her mother having yielded to the millionaire under promise of marriage. Blythe met Julia Ascraf t -while on a visit to England in '74. She was then a young girl and quite pretty. When Blythe departed for America he left a note requesting Julia to name the child "Vernon if a boy; Fiorry if a girL" The child, when born, was christened Florence. ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHILD. WLti Blythe was informed of the little girl's birth he manifested deep interest in her. He told a number of his friends that he was her fither. and whenever he spoke oi the girl it was with expressions of affection. When she was eld enough 10 write she cor responded with her father, and his replies indicated that ne was fond of her, and in tended to bring her to America to preside over his home. At the time of his death he was preparing plans for a residence on the banks of the Colorado, where he expected to live with Florence's mother and the girL Florence Blythe was one of about 200 claimants of the estate. The girl's story was apparently without flaw, and strong evi dence in the form of letters and other docu ments was introduced to substantiate it. She is a comely girl and has throughout the trial enjoyed much of the public's sympathy. A MAN "WITH A CAREER. Probably no man was ever credited with more birth places or had a more obscure his tory than Blythe. He lived in San Fran cisco for over 30 years, accumulated a vast fortune, was known as widely as any other ricn man, and when he died no one could write an authentic biography of him. His estate was large, no one ot indisputable re lationship to him was known, no -will conld be found. Claimants for the property, which passed into the charge of the public administrator, came forward by the dozen. Each set of claimants has traced his descent in a differ ent way from the other. None of them, how ever, agreed as to his nativity or parentage. He arrived here on August 5, 1819, and soon after, according to the recollection of parties who knew him, began raising vege tables in South San Francisco. Later he peddled fancy goods and notions on the streets, by which he accumulated a few hundred dollars. Most of this sum he loaned on a triangular piece of property bounded by Market, Grand avenue and Geary street. A BEAIi ESTATE SEED. The money was not repaid, the mortgage was foreclosed, and Blythe came into possession of the property. Though it proved the foundation ot his vast wealth he was not foresighted enough to see its value then, and wanted ihe late millionaire James Dick, who wa: then also paving his way to fortune, to take the property off his hands. The sudden growth of the town increased the value of the land, and now it is in the heart of the city, worth many millions of dollars and yielding a monthly income of about 511,000. In addition to this the estate includes about 80,000 acres in Southern California, a grant of about 3G0.O00 acres in Mexico, a three-fourths interest in a grant oi 1,100,000 acres also in Mexico, property in Ogden and large holdings in Arizona mines. It is ', all worth 4,000.000 or more. Blythe was never married, though, like Senator Sharon, he had a penchant for pretty women, and this trait has brought promi nently into the foreground two of tne con testantsone the woman with whom be as sociated up to the time of his death, and the other the girl who is now declared his Sheir. ON E OP THE CLAIMANTS. . Following the claim oi the little girl was .(that of Alice Edith Dickerson, or as she -now chooses to style herself, Mrs. Blythe. Bbe first met Blythe seven or eight years be- jltore his death, and was then a poor artist. . jJThe millionare befriended her, and their jjwqaaintance grew till his t0Iae was hers. After his death Edith spent a great deal of money and a gave herselfso up to liquor that she was for a time confined in an asylum. In present ing her case the woman brought forward several witnesses, who swore that she had been introduced as Mrs. Blythe. No mar riage certificate, however, or even a contract was brought to light The most interesting claimants were those who endeavored to prove that Blythe was a Scottish Gipsy, a direct descendant of Jean Gordon, a character made famous by Walter Scott According to the evidence it was pure romance blood that coursed through his veins. In his heart he was proud that he belonged to the race, but the prejudices of the world caused him to keep the secret to himself. He was born about 1822 in some Gipsy camp in one of the border counties of ScoU land. His father was Adam Blythe, and hls mother Elizabeth Savage, known among her people as Betty Savage. GIPSY ROYALTY. Esther Faa, a second cousin of Thomas H. Blythe, and the last Qneen of the Gip sies, was descended from the royal Faas, celebrated in Scottish romance and bal lads. The story of Blythe's early life con cerns camps and roving bands and all that belongs to ideal Gipsy life. Blythe was born in camp, saw his mother in a fight with a kins woman in Lowrie's Glen when he was a child, and during his early manhood, after he had gone to school in a Gipsy settlement, was himself a peddler all through Lothian and other counties in Scotland, and also in England In the neighborhood of Liver pool. Pottery was an important feature in the trade of Gipsy peddlers, and "one night when his parents had camped at a pottery at Preston, in 1847, his mother was in some manner thrown into a fire and burned so badly that she died. In 1849, Blythe was in or near Liverpool, got the gold fever, took passage on the Antelope, and William Bobson claims to have seen him on ship board. Members of the family interested in the case have nearly all abandoned the roving life of their ancestors and are permantly lo cated here and there in various callings, many are working at trades, some are mer chants and nearly all are prosperous and some even quite wealthy. A SCOEE OF STOEIES. A story quite as unusual as the Gipsy tale was brought ont when an effort was made to prove that-the dead millionaire was once a convict It was said that when he was a young man, employed by a London tinker, he stole a small quantity of goods, was convicted of the theft, and sentenced, to the penal settle ment of Tasmania. After serving a few years there he was given temporary freedom as a ticket-of-leave man, and in some way seeured passage to San Francisco, where he landed without a cent in' his pocket A score of other stories were told in court, but they were for the most part com monplace. The peculiar feature of the entire proceedings was the detail and apparent accuracy with which each interested litigant traced Blythe's history from his particular point of view. The case drew witesses and claimants from all parts of this country and the British isles, and is so far the most remarkable legal fight in California history. A CHINAMAN ROMANCE., HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A PRETTY AMERICAN WIDOW. His Heart Touched as Soon ns He Saw Her Laundry Work A Polish Surpnssing Tfant Accomplished by Bis Countrymen Converted to Christianity. IRFECIAX. TEI.CQXAX TO. TBI BISPATCa.1 Boston, July 31. There is quite a ro mantic tale in connection with the marriage in this city last Monday, of Lee Sing Din and Pauline S. Dare. Din is a wealthy young Chinaman, who is a tea merchant on Eliot street He came to America more to see the world and obtain knowledge (ban to amass wealth. About two years ago he be came interested in Miss Carter's Sabbath school in Ashurton place and, with other Chinamen, Visited Tremont Temple and professed Christianity. He has been quite sickly. At the con sumptives' home, at Grove Hall, he became acquainted with a young widow, Pauline S. Dare, who was connected with the institu tion as a laundress. Din had some of his clothinglaundried there. He was deeply impressed with the snowy whiteness of the linen shirt which he wore under his black jumper. When he learned that a fair "Meli can" girl had excelled the woijc of the most artistic of the pig-tailed laundrymen he was anxious to see the lady. They met and courted. Her maiden name was Keller. She had married a man named Dare, who died at the end of the first month of their marriage. Alter the young Chinaman and his "Mel ican" sweetheart had decided to wed she applied for the necessary license at the City Hall. The groom is 25 years old and was never married belore. The bride's age is 2L She was born in Boston and is the daughter of Edward A. and Mary F. Kel ler. Having legally prepared themselves, the pair called upoh the Rev. E. F. Mer riam, at Tremont Temple, and were united in marriage by him at the Temple last Mon day. Mr. MeVriam thoroughly investigated the case before performing the ceremony. WHfLOM WANTS BET0RH. He Will Instil ote nn Investigation Regard ing ine Landing at Immlernntx. rSFECTAX. TELEQBAlt TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Jnly3L Secretary Windom called at the Barge Office to-day, and talked with Colonel Weber and General O'Beirne about the affairs of the office. He took notice of the way steerage passengers have been allowed to land on the steamer piers recently without permits, and will probably cause an investigation. The last of these cases, which began with tbe Etruria some time ago, occurred on Wednesday with the Majestic. xTlie Majestic brought in about 900 steerage passengers. Then the Barge Office barges went for them, the captain of the dock would not allow tbem to take them, saying that he was not ready. The captain of the barges went back to tbe office and the passengers re mained on board all night In the night about a dozen of them went ashore and to different" boarding houses in the city. Yesterday several of these came to the Barge Office for their baggage, bot some of them have not yet turned np, and it is not known where they are. Another Tornado in New England. grXCUX. TXLIOKAM TO TH DISPATCH. Boston, July 31. Reports from Laconia, N.H.,say that Franklin and the Weirs have been devastated by a tornado. Wires to those places are down. The storm was very heavy, but no lives were lost Cardinal Pallottl Dead. Home, July 3E-Cardinal Luigl Pallotti is dead. He was -61 years old. He was raised to the Cardinalate in 1887. THE STRIKE SETTLED. NATIONAL ROLLING MILL EMPLOYES RE. .TURN TO WOR(C. The Entire FInnt to be Id Operation by Mon day The Company Willing to Sign tbe 6cale-ATotb of the Workmen Taken Yesterday. tSI'ZCIAt. TILEPBAM TO THS DISPATCH.! McKeesfobt, July 31. Tbe indications last night were that the strike at the Na tional Boiling Mill, which created an idle ness of one month, would come to an end to-day, and it did at 1 o'clock this after noon, and the entire plant will be in full operation again Monday next The com pany will sign a scale and the men, agree to accept i as they are advised by the grand officers of the Amalgamated Association to do so, and those who work in the plant in the future and who become members of the Association, keeping in good standing, can, at any time they see fit to leave the city, secure a clear card, which will give them admittance and work in union mills. Some of the heaters resigned work to-night; more will to-morrow, and the remainder Monday, when all of the puddlers will go in. The association authorized the men to accept the scale, as the company offered to sign it July 9, when they said they would sign when several products that company does not make were taken off. Yesterday it was asked for, when the advice of the asso ciation was received, and the company -offered it again. Tbe men then met and took a vote, which was not counted, but which many say was favorable to the com pany. It was decided to have the thdlfler ent branches of the men, according to their work, vote separately. Some did so last night after the big meeting, and the remain der of them this morning. The general re sult was in favor of accepting the scale, as both parties were willing. This result was reported to the men and to the company at noon, when it was accepted, and the strike was declared off, after a struggle of four weeks. The? men are satisfied, as they did the best they could, aud are now recognized as Amalgamated men, while the company and the people of the city generally are very well pleased at the outcome of what was feared would be a disastrous strike for a long time. RATHER COSTLY WHISTLING. Railroad Companies Asked to Fay 8100 Each Time an Engine Toots. tBPECIAL TM.EGBAM TO TUB DISPATCB.1 Waterbury, Conn, July 3L Last week the city brought 35 suits against the New York and New England Kailroad Company lor f 100 each for violating the law with reference to whistling in the city limits. No attention has been paid to the matter by the railroad officials, and the whistling nuisance has gone on without in terruption. To-day Director Plume, of this city, was served with papers in fifteen new suits each for $100. The evidence in the nsw cases has been collected within the past day or two. If the road does not stop tbe nuisance the city will set men to get evidence lor every violation, and will bring suits every day until the nuisance is abated and tbe law complied with. Two cases will be tried in August THE ALLIAHCE IK POWER. Three Congressional Districts In Georgia Already Captured by tbe Grangers. rurECIAI. 41XEaRAM TO TBI DISPATCH. I Atlanta, Ga., July 31. Three Con gressional scalps now dangle from the belt of the Georgia State- Alliance. In the Fourth District Convention to-day Hon, Thomas Grimes was knocked out of wind on the sixty-fifth ballot, and Mr. O. L. Moses, the Alliance candidate, was named. The Alliance leaders are jubilant over their success, and claim that they will cap ture every district in detail as the conven tions meet Stewart has retired before Liv ingston and Clements, but to-day gave up the fight In the Seventh in favor of Everett HARHIS0H TAKES A BATH. He and Baby IHcKce Hare a Great Time ia tbe Ocean Sort. Cate May.,N. J., July 31. President Harrison passed a very quiet day at the cottage until 5 o'clock this afternoon, when he and Baby McKee took a surf bath, the President taking great delight in splashing about with the child in his care, while the baby seemed to feel perfectly secure in his grandfathers hands. At 6 General and Mrs. Sewell drove up and took tea with the President's family. Secretary 'Blaine and Emmons Blaine passed tnrougn Augusta to-nignt on their way to Cape May to visit President Harri son. SUSPECTED TRAIH E0BBEES. Fonr lUen Under Arrest for Holding Up a Santa Fe Express. Teinidad, Col., July 31. Bloodhounds were put on tbe trail of the men who at tempted to rob the Santa Fe tram last night, and alter several hours' wandering returned ta the city. The police a short time afterward arrested four men who gave the names of Ed Car roll, Ed McCarthy, Thomas Higgins and D. P. Gold, all of whom have records in the police station as "hard cases." They were arraigned this morning and their trial set for Saturday. Under 52,000 bonds all went to jail. SUNK OFF THE BAKES. Tbe Steamship Obdnnt Bans Down a Eronch Fishing Schooner. NEW York, July" 31. Captain Bakker, of trie steamship Obdam, which arrived here to-day from Botterdam, reports that on the 27th inst he ran down and sunk the French fishing schooner Christopher Colombo. Tbe collision occurred off tbe Newfoundland banks in a heavy fog. Of the 26 men that comprised the crew of the schooner, Captain Bakker succeeded in saving 22. The Colombo hailed from Cette, France. A STRIKE OF LAKE SAIL0BS. Tbe Seamen's Union to Enforce a General Demand for Olore Fay, Chicago, July 3L To-morrow morning, it is predicted.will be inaugurated a sailors' strike, involving every species of saiiing craft on Che lake system. The prospective strike is due to a demand on tbe part or the Seamen's Union for increase in wages, and that every man on shipboard, under the rank of captain, shall be a member ot the union. A BIG POSTOFFICE S0BBEBY. A Suspicions Looking DInn Collects 840,000 Worth of Stamps. Newport, B I., July 3L A big rob bery of (40,000 worth of stamps irom the postoffice was discovered between 12 and 1 o'clock this afternoon. They were kept in the safe, and are believed to have been taken by a suspicious-looking man, who probably toot a train for Boston. The local police and detectives are on the job, aadiaTe telegraphed the Bos ton police. PITTSBtTKG, FRIDAY. NO END YET IN SIGHT. It "Will Take ftve Months More to Pass the Tariff Bill at THE PRESEHT RATE OF PROGRESS. Elver and Harbor Plans Will Even Inter fere With This Speed. ANHIYEESAEI OF THE PATENT SISTEM. Eeed and His Ilentenlnts Perplexed by the Poblle Building Problem. Four pages of the tariff bill were consid ered by tbeenate yesterday. At this rate a vote will be reached December 20. But the measure is to be set aside next week and the river and harbor bill taken up. This will mean a further delay. tSFECIAL TELEQBAM TO TOTS DISPATCH. Washington, July 31. To-morrow is August 1, the day on which so many people predicte'd a few months ago that Congress would adjourn. In point of fact the states men seem about as far from concluding the session as ever. To-day, after hours of weary struggling amid the oppressive heat, the Senate completed the consideration of fonr pages of the chemical schedule of the tariff bill. Taking this rate as a basis for calculation, Sena'tor Blair, the distinguished Repub lican of New Hampshire, did some quiet figuring, and just as the distinguished body adjourned for the day announced the result to his colleagues. He says at the present speed the end of the bill will be reached December 20 nearly five months away. Sherman's bad example. Under the new order for the dispatch of business the Senate met at 10 A. si. There were, however, not more than ten Senators present during the prayer and after the chaplain had retired, Mr. Gorman suggested the fact that there was no quorum present The roll was called and 31 senators ans wered to their names 11 less than a quorum, whereupon the sergeant-at-arms was di rected to request the attendance of absent Senators. One of the latest to arrive was Mr. Sherman, who offered the resolution by which the time oi meeting had been ad vanced an hour, and this circumstance was jocularly commented on by some of the Democratic Senators. The tariff bill was then taken up. In the course of the discussion, which turned upon tbe benefits conferred on labor by high rates of duty, Mr. McPherson asserted, that, taking the whole bill, American labor did not receive 20 per cent of the duties, aud that as the wages of American labor were double the wages paid in Europe, half of that 20 per cent would represent the entire difference between labor cost in the United States and the labor cost abroad. CASTOR OIL DTJTT INCREASED. Mr. McPherson moved to reduce the duty on castor oil from 60 cents to 25 cents per gallon, and said that the former rate was equivalent to 125 percent ad valorem. Dis agreed to. Mr. Plnmb moved to increase the rate to 80 cents per gallon (the present duty.) He said that one-third of tbe entire castor oil bean crop of the'eountry was pro duced in Kansas. He wan willing to forego that rate of duty if the farmers of Kansas were permitted to" buy the articles they used at a corresponding reduction of duty. He wanted to get out of the bill what he ivM get out -of it for his own people. The amendment was agreed to. Even this rate of progress upon the tariff bill will not be maintained, as other meas ures are soon to be taken up. Mr. Frye to-day made a statement in relation to the river and harbor bill. He said that the Committee on Commerce, not wishing to an tagonize, or to seem to antagonize, the tariff bill had instructed him to consult the Finance Committee as to the time when the river and harbor bill conld be considered; that such consultation had taken place, and that it had been agreed, to tbe entire satis faction of both committees, that the river and harbor bill would be taken up on Friday of next week. A 83,000 PLACE VACANT. No Ono Good Enough to be Made Superin tendent of Foreign Dlnlls. rSPEClAL TELIORAM TO THE DISFATCB.1 "Washington, July 31. There is a de sirable Government office going begging. This is the Superintendent of the foreign mails branch of the Postoffice Department. Since Nicholas M. Bell, who was appointed by Mr. Cleveland, placed his resignation in Postmaster General "Wanamaker's hands, which is now over a year ago, the office has been vacant. There are at least 12 applica tions on file, and some of tbp candidates have strong backing. Bnt none of them quite fill the hill, at least in Mr. Wana maker's opinion. The place pays $3,000, and tbe incumbent ought to have some knowledge of the modern languages, as the office has charge: of tbe branch ol the postal service which has to dd with foreign coun tries. However, the salary and these qualifica tions, if the latter are insisted upon, do not seem to harmonize. Mr. Cleveland did not attempt it Captain Crooks, the chief clerk of tbe office, has been performing the duties of the office for the past year, but he has not been drawing the salary. It has been suggested that a civil service examination be held for the place, as it is thought that the right man conld be fonnd in that way. IHCBEASIHa THE STTBPLTTS By a Change In the Bookkeeping Method of the Treasury Dcpnrtment. IFEOMA STAIT COBBESPOlTDEKT.l "Washington, July 31. After the .Cleveland administration got thoroughly to wore a cnange was made in the form of stating the condition of the national finances issued each month for the purpose of mak ing the surplus appear as large as possible in the interests of tbe tariff reduction. With the statement of to-morrow a change will be made to something near the old form, and this, with the operation of laws which make funds available which were not so before, will have the effect of reducing what has heretofore been considered indebtedness to the extent of 578,000,000. The national bank redemption- fund is counted as available funds, and these with other changes in tbe statement will increase the visible treasury surplus of 137,000,000 appearing in the July statement to upwards of $110,000,000 in the 1st of August state ment APPLICABLE TO LIQUOR OHLY. The Original Package BUI ns Agreed Upon In the Conference, i rsrSCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATOlM Washington, July 31. The conferees on the original package bill will almost un doubtedly report in favor of the adoption of the Senate measure, which makes the law applicable to liquor only, instead of the House substitute, which includes all sorts ot manufactures. A separate bill for the control of the sale of oleomargarine may be introdnced. It is said that the Supreme Court, soon after it reconvenes in the fall, will hear an other original package caseand it is whis pered that the Judges are seeking anoppor- ATGUST 1. 1890, tunity to reverse in some manner their ruling in the Iowa case. READY TO BUY SILVER. OFFERS SOON TO BE RECEIVED UNDER THE NEW LAW. Secretary Windom Tells Bullion Owners What They Most Do to Unload Their Product on the Government Not Less Tbaa 10,000 Ounces Considered. "Washington, July 31. The Treasury Department has taken the first step toward giving effect to the last silver act by the preparation of tbe following circular, which will be issned to-morrow: Washington, D. C, August L 189a On and after the 13th inst offers for thesalo of silver bullion, in lots of not less than ten thous and (10.000) ounces and Its delivery free of ex pense to tbe Governments any specified coin age mint of the United States will be received, either by telegrapb or lettor, for consideration at 12 o'clock m on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week, except when tbeso days fall on legal holidays. All bids will be ad dressed to "The Director of the Mint Treasury Uepartraent. Washington," will state the quan tity offered in line ounces, the price per fine ounce and the mint at which the bullion Is to be delivered. Bidders will bo notified by telegraph of the acceptance or rejection ot their offers. The right to-reject any or all bids Is reserved, and also to accept any pprtlon of an amount offered instead of the whole. The delivery or pur chase must be completed within ten days after the acceptance of tbe offer. Payment will be made by draft on Assistant Treasurer of the United States, payable.m Treasury notes. When bars bear tbe stamp of well-known re fineries, each approximate valae will be paid, pending melt and assay, as may be regarded safe and proper. When the bullion purchased is of a character to require parting or refining, the usual mint charges for these operations will be paid by tbe seller. No bar weighing over twelve hundred (1,200) ounces will be re ceived. No silver coin, except uncurrent and mutilated coins of the United (States will be received on account of purchases. William Windom, Secretary, PATENT OFFICE CENTENNIAL. Tho First One Issued Jnst One Hundred Yearn Ago Yesterday. IFBOIX A STAFF COnKESP OKDEHT. 3 "Washington, July 31. One hundred years ago to-day, July 31, 1790, the United States issued patent No. 1 to Samuel Hop kins for "making pot and pearl ashes." Only three patents were issued during the year 1790. At present the average weekly issue is about 450. During the year 1889 the aggregate number of patents issued is 23,360. Mr. John Cullen, in charge of the record room, seems to be the only one that observed the fact that this 31st day of July. 1890, is tbe one hundredth anniversary of tbe beginning of tbe issue of patents for in ventions and discoveries, and there was therefore no demonstration. The advance of arts and sciences in the United States is perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in the records ot the United States Patent Office, as indicated bv the office wort of 1790 as above cdntrasted'with 1890. . ' TO MAKE BIG GUNS. A Difference of Opinion Between tho Douse nnd Senate. tFEOM A STAKf COBBESPOXIIIKT.l "Washington, July 31. This time the conferees on tbe fortification bill have failed to agree. The Senate is insisting on the en couragement of private enterprise in the manufacture of guns, and the House is in' favor of building a wing to the "Watervliet Arsenal and the enlargement oh that plant for the manufacture of guns by the Govern ment Tbe House conferees .hold that tbe only way that the Government can be sure of getting good guns and getting them when wanted is to manufacture them. They con tend that private individuals are not will ing to spend their money for large plants unless they are assured of large profits. The matter will probably be compromised by providing for the extension of the Gov ernment Arsenal, and giving some money for the purchase of guns made by private firms. A DIFFICULT PE0BLEM. Beed Doe Not Know What to Do With the Public Baildlng Bills. IFHOM A STATr corbbsfondixt.i "Washington, July 31. The Speaker and bis friends are having a difficult time of it trying to settle the perplexing public building question. They are trying to come to some sort of agreement bywhich some of the bills may be passed, notexceeding the average appropriations for buildings, which is about $7,000,000. So far,the buildings pro vided for do not aggregate that amount, but it is next to impossible to select a few of the $20,000,000 worth off the calendar. As they state it, no one thinks $2(1,000,000 should be appropriated for buildings this year, but each thinks his bill should be one of those passed. In view of this sitnation it looks as if no more would be allowed to pass the House. A SEAL ESTATE SPECULATION Which Proved to be a Very Nice Thing for Minister Fbelps. FBOII A STAIT COUBESrOHDEXT.I Washington, July 31. Eight years ago Hon. William Walter Phelps, now Minister to Berlin, purchased a lot of ground at the head of Connecticut avenue for $80, 000. The same plot was sold to-day to a syndicate for a round quarter of a million in cash, and Mr. Phelps is $170,000 richer than he was without turning a hand or spending 1 cent iu the improvement of the place. SEAGULLS AS SCAVEKOEBS Not Able to Prevent n Flngae of Diph theria In Labrador. Bonnebay, N. F., July 31. A violent outbreak of diphtheria has appeared at Bed Bay, a fishing settlement on the Labrador coast Fishing boats brought the informa tion that it bad become epidemic. The population numbers 300, and half of tbem were down with the sickness ia more or less violent form. Many deaths occurred, and the people who had so far escaped were at tending the cases of tbe sick or burying tbe dead. Tbe disease was spreading with the rapidity of a plague. The little village is in a shocking state in regard to sanitation. The smell of rotting fish in warm weather, ot which there has been a long spell, was overpowering. The only scavengers are tbe seagulls, and there is no doctor along the entire coast. A PBETT7 OIBL FATALLY SHOT. A Louisville Domestic the Victim of n Jenl. oas Lover's Rage. Louisville. 'July 31. A sensational shooting took place in the eastern portion of this city this morning. Peter Mcdraiy, until recently mghtwatchman at the St Louis Cemetery, shot and mortally wounded Annie Stakin, a pretty servant girl, em ployed at the home of Mr. Heeb, on Clay street After shooting her McCrary attempted twice to take his own life. He will recover. Jealousy was the cause of his crime. Studying the Scriptures. ' Nobthfielp, MASS., July 31. The eighth general conference for Bible study and equipment for service, under the di rection of D. L. 'Moody, opened this even ing with a pictorial Bible lesson. The at tendance was 400.-The conference will close on August 10, - IMPORTED HIS STYLE; A'London Murderer Kills His Yictims in Accordance "With EULES HE LEARNED IN KEW I0EK. Gorman Miners Conceded Their Demands by tbe Government. AN EHGL18H P01ST OP PRECEDENCE. EeTtnly.FiTO Victims of a Colliery Explosion Bailed in France. An English murderer, who killed three men, claimed that he acted in accordance with rnlesof etiqnette learned in the United States. German miners win a victory from tbe Government A peculiar question of precedence is raised in the English Par liament BT DUKLAP'S CAULS C01IPANT.I London, July 31. A shocking double murder occurred in a barroom atEjngsland, in this city, last night, whioh all the Lon don papers characterize to-day as "ait American tragedy." A discharged soldier named Hargan, alias Harper, quarreled with William Lambert and John Wheeler, while sitting together at the bar. The land lord ejected them. When outside Hargan drew a Colt's revolver and shot both meu through the head. They fell dead on the sidewalK. The bystanders attempted to capture the murderer, who immediately shot again, killing a third man. An enormous and ex cited crowd then gathered around Hargan, who kept everyone at bay, leveling his re volver and backing down the street. No one had the conrage to make an attempt to capture him until William Knifton, a brother of the prize fighter, and another man, grappled with him from.behind. Then began a desperate tight for life. Hargan managed to fire his revolver three times into the crowd without hitting Kniftoa or doing any damage. The fight lasted a quarter of an hour, dnring which time Knifton was nearly killed and Hargan nearly torn to pieces. His clothes were stripped from him, and, when finally ex hausted and bleeding hi fell to tbe side walk, the crowd stamped on him, threw stones on bim and would have lynched him b ut for the arrival of a squad of police. He was picked up in a dying condition, and carried to the station house on a stretcher. Hargan left the West Surrey Begiment three months ago and went to New York in search of employment He was not suc cessful in finding it and returned here a few days ago. While in New York he bought the revolver with which he did the Bhooting. He claims that the dead men robbed him the night before and at the station house, in giving bis deposi tion, he said that he had served them Only as they would have been served in America fur a similar offense. He savs he has been a clerk in New Jersey, also in Philadel phia. His full name "is Walter Alfred Hargan, and he is evidently a man of some refinement and education. TEE PATBIABCH RESPONSIBLE To the Saltan for the Riots In Ihe Arrao nlnn Cathedral. ' Constantinople, July 31 .The greater number of "the Armenians who were" ar rested fer 'faking part in the assault upon the Patriarch in tbe Armenian Cathedral on Sunday last, have been released. Twenty-five of them, however, are held for trial. They will be arraigned before a Military Council sitting at the Seraskierate. The Sultan's secretary has ordered the Armenian Patriarch to send a circular to tbe churches advising the people to abstain from demonstrations. The Patriarch in the future will be held responsible for disorders like those that occurred in the Cathedral, and will be considered an accomplice of the rioters. The Patriarch was also ordered to address a letter to the Sultan asking that severe punishment be inflicted upon tbe rioters who are held for trial and ex pressing bis gratitude for tbe aid rendered by Turkish soldiers in quelling tbe disturb ance in tbe cathedral. A council consisting of six Armenian bishops and several Armenian notables will meet at the Patriarchate to deliberate upon the character of tbe reply to be made to the notes. A MONSTEB FUHEBAL. SeventyFlve Victims of a Firedamp Ex plosion Burled at Paris.' Paeis, July 31. The-funeral of 75 of the victims of tbe firedamp explosion in the Pelissier pit at St Etienne took place to day. The coffins were covered with flowers. Some of the coffins bore the inscrip tions, "To tbe Martyrs of Labor," and "To the Victims of Capitalist Ex ploitation." Tbb whole mining population of tbe St Etienne district attended the funeral. M. Ives Guvot, who was formerly Minister of Public Works, delivered an oration over tbe coffins, which were arrayed in a line. Alter tbe bodies had been in terred the local leaders spoke upon the de mands of the Socialists. The Chamber of Deputies has voted 200,000 francs for the benefit of the families of those who lost their lives in the pit i THE IHNEBS VICTOBIOUS. v Germany's Government Concedes the De mends of Their Leaders. Beblin, July 31, It is officially an nounced that Baron von Berlapscb, tbe Prussian Minister of Commerce, has con ceded 'most of the demands which the miners' delegates recently submitted to 'the Government. The principal demands granted are the adoption of an eight-hour shift, the rein statement of all recent strikers who were dismissed, the introdnction in tbe labor bill before the Beichstag or a clause provid ing for arbitration courts, to which mining officials shall be amenable, and abolition of tanning jobs. A QUESTION OF PEECEDENCE liaised In the House ot Commons, bnt Not Answered. London, July 31. In the House of Com mons to-day the Bight Hon. W. H. Smith, the Government leader, refused to express an opinion on tbe question whether Cardi nal Manning or any other priest ought to take precedence after the members of royal families. Tbe question of precedence, be said, could be settled by act of Parliament, but he did not intend to introduce a bill on that sub ject ' STOPPING THE CHOLERA. Egypt Adopts Stringent Regulations Govern ing VeeselsFrom the Bed Sea. Alexandeia, July 31. The Sanitary Counoil of this city has introduced orders that the regulations to prevent the intro duction of cholera into Egypt be strictly applied to vessels from the Bed Sea ports. An Unpopular Motion. Limerick, July 3i. Afa meeting of the Limerick .corporation to-day, a motion cen suring Bishop O'Dtryer la connection with the case of John Dillon was lost by three votes. An immense crowd outside the hall booted at the members who had supported tbe motion. &; GLADSTONE ANSWERS THE QUERY. He Denies Their Was n Mission to the Vatican Daring HU Administration. London, July 31. Intbe House of Commons to-day, Mr. Thomas WV Bussell, member for South Tyrone, a' Unionist, asked it any papers existed in the Foreign Office relating to Mr. Errington's mission to Bome during the government of Mr Gladstone. Mr. Smith, in reply, promised" to inquire into the matter. Mr. Gladstone said the question was ob viously aimed at him. He declared that there never was anything ia the nature of a mission to the "Vatican from, any govern ment with which he had been connected. WATCHING EMIGRATION AGENTS. Franee Looking Carefully After Her Citi zens Who Seek Other bbores. Paeis, July 31, fn the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Conatans Minister of the Interior, replying to M. Ltjune, regard ing emigration to the Argentine Bepublic, said he had ordered the prosecution of sham emigration agencies. He accepted a question by M. Mahy, in viting tbe Government to study the control of emigration from France to her colonies. EUSSSIA'S PROTEST TO TUREEY. The Saltno Denies That He Feels Hostile Toward tbe Czar. Constantinople, July 31. M. Nell doff, the Russian Ambassador here, has ob tained a two months' leave of absence. In tsking farewell of ihe Sultan to-day he re peated the protest contained in the note of M. De Giers, the Russian Foreign Minister, against the decrees of investiture granted by Turkey to the Bulgarian Bishops. The Snltan denied that this action was indicative of hostility toward Bnssia. A FRENCH VISITOR EVICTED. Gorman Official Tarn n military PoplI Oat of Alsace-Lorralae. Paeis, July 3L A military pupil of the St. Cyr Academy, while visiting relatives at Mulhouse, in Alsace-Lorraine, was ar rested, handcuffed, marched to the depot and put on a train" for Belfort, and his host was mulcted in the sum ot SO marks for failing to notify the authorities of the pres ence of a Frenchmen in tbe district. ' THE TROUBLE NOT ENDED. DISORDERS CONTINUE IN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS OF ARGENTINE. A Railroad Torn Dp Troops Required to Protect the Worhlngmen Financial Chaos. and Aaarchr Reign General Rlvns Aecnsed of Treachery. Buenos Atees, July 31. Disorders continue in the agricultural districts. The great Southern Bosario Railway has been torn ,up in places. Troops have been de spatched to protect the workmen repairing the road. Traffic is suspended. The Cham bers are in Session. The report that it is intended to establish a forced currency is denied. Exchange is falling. The gold premium is 250. The London Times Buenos Ayres dis patch says: Financial chaos and anarchy reign. A bill postponing the payment of bills one month has passed the Chambers. It requires the President's signature to be come a law. Notaries refuse to protest bills on the ground of the existence of a state of siege. Great pressure is applied to compel Celman to resign. During the insurrection the iron-clad fleet, which had joined the revolutionary movement, bombarded the city for two davs. Serious damage was done to many build ings, especially those in the vicinity of the Plaza Victoria. One thousand persons were killed and 5,000 were wounded. Sir James Fergusson, Parliamentary Sec retary of tbe Foreign Office, announced that the English Government had received a dispatch from Buenos Avres stating that everything was settling down and affairs, were resuming their normal aspect. Street traffic in the city had been resumed. Telegraphic communication has 'been re established between Buenos Ayres and Galveston. This is regarded as a peace in dication. A dispatch Irom La Libertad says: It is reported that General Bivas, who was re cently recalled from Honduras by the Sal vador Government to raise troops around Cojutepeque and join tbe main army operat ing against Guatemala on the frontier, turned traitor, after having bad a handsome reception in the capital. "When he was supposed to be on his way to the frontier, he turned back bis forces of 2,000 Indians toward the capital and stormed tbe barracks. There fighting has been going on for two days but no details have been re ceived, as commnnication has been inter rupted since. General Bivas started the revolution against the Menendez Govern ment some months ago but was defeated. He then fled to Honduras. KILLED FOR A CART0 ON. A Charge of Corruption Against a'CIty Gov ernment Repelled by Murder. Gkeentvood, Miss., July 31. The city was thrown into great excitement to-day by the firing of 15 or 20 shots near the Delta bank. On reaching the spot, Watter Stod dard, a printer, was found lying on the side walk dead, and J. D. Money, a prominent planter, and a brother of ex-Congressman Money, was sitting on the curbstone, badlv shot in one leg and'a flesh wonnd in the other; botb shots below the knee. , The trouble grew out of a charge of cor ruption made, against the city government and illustrated by a local artist ADDRESSED BY WATTERSON. Annual Meeting of tbe Railway Fraterni ties of the Conntry. Louisville, July 31. The first annual meeting of tbe delegates from the five rail way faternities was held here to-day. About 200 delegates were in attendance. Speeches were made Bon. Henry Watterson and Ben nett Young, of Louisville; W. D. Bobinson, founder of tbe order, Governor Howard, of Terre Haute, Grand Master of the Brother hood of Railway Conductors. OLD SOL BROKE THE RECORD. The Thermometer Climbs Up Till It Beaches tbe Century Mark. St. Louis, July 31. The weather broke the record to-day, the thermometer climbing uplo 100 ot 3 o'clock. This is the highest point it has reached this year. A hot wind, which came irom tbe South, did not tend to improve matters. Ao-uigui. ifc ib vuuier.auu mere are inaica tions of rain. TWO HUNDRED TRAMPS LT T0W5. A Dakota Tillage With Olore Than Its Share of Idlers. Cassellton, N. D., July 31, There are 200 tramps in town who cannot get work, and they are becoming desperate. Last night Guthrie's jewelry store was robbed of (250 worth of valuables. The citizens are greatly alarmed, and talk of adopting beroio measures to rid the town of tho tramps, , THREE CENTS. ONE MILLION COMING. The Persecuted Rnssu ibrews Are Heading for AnT i, - p, MAKX ARE EHTIRELY D& 'TOTE, v v And an Effort May he Made to EtJi m From Landinj Here. - TBEIE BRETHREN IN KEW T0EZ blTX Will Endearor to Tate Care f Those Who Are Is Ablate Heed. gj One million of the victims of the Czsr'S crusade are expected to come to America. Some of them may be ineligible under -tha immigration laws. The Hebrew societies of New York are. preparing to aid their needy brethren. rspzciAt. tzlzokax'to Tns distatcbm New Yoek, July 3L The edict of practical banishment which the Czar has pronounced against the Hebrews in Russia will have an important effect in this coun try, and especially right here in New York. Prominent New York Hebrews say that a ' great majority of the banished million will make their way as soon as possible to Amerjr 'hich is the only land to which thej h favor. portantV A Many of the immigrants will of tm$? o 'e almost without means. There will fy the question of their admissibility o e jaw excluding all persons liable top. a public charge. Superintendent V$i n"f the Immigra tion Bureau, says hvr '$. ites a repetition in some worse lorm ot ,dsh of Russian immigrants to this cojfry iu 1882. Ha believes that 60 per cent of them will coma to America. to enforce ihe law. "The law for the exclusion of paupers) was designed for just such emergencies as thw,"Bnperintendent Weaver says, "and Z shall enforce it strictly." ' The experience of 1882 called into exist ence two or three societies for aiding im poverished Russian Hebrews who came to New York, and they are equipped lor doing extensive relief work. Tbe Baron Hirsch Committee on the relief of the Russian Hebrews in New York now has available about $10,000 a month lor this use. They are about to invest a large fund so that it will yield a steady income at about that rate, and they will prepare to do everything; possible in the emergency. Judge M. P. Isaacs, of the committee, said to-day that he bad no doubt of the truth of the report of the Czar's crusade against the race. A great proportion of them would be driveu irom the country by the fresh persecution now begun, and all who did leave would come to America. Prominent New York Hebrews will to-morrow appeal to Secretary Blaine to intercede with tho Russian authorities in the matter, but it ia doubtful if any American interference) would avail. THE BTJSSIAN ANSWEE. Russia would be likely to cite onr own policy toward the Chinese in reply to any suggestions we might make. M. Beinherz, the representative ol the United Hebrew charities, at the barge office.says be believes! 75 per cent of tbe banished Hebrews will come to New York, but he is sure they will be taken care of by tbe wealthy Hebrews of tbe city. He says they will make good citizens. Most of tbem would be self-sustaining from the start, and those who had been robbed of all their possessions by tha Russian Government wonld be taken cara of by others of their race here until they were able to earn their own living. Very likely the expedient resorted to in 1882, when the United Hebrew Charities hired a large hall on State street as head quarters for the unfortunate among them, would be availed of again. Coroner Levy, who is President of the Hebrew Emigration Protection Society, said that evafy effort would be made to find employment ontsida New York City for the hordes which might come. Colonies have already been estab lished in Montana and Colorado, and thera are three more in New York. Many of those who come will be farmers, and thesa will be sent West There will be no lack of funds for this purpose. IN LINE WITH BLAINE. NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICANS DECLARE FOR RECIPROCITY. Tbe DIcKlnlcv BUI Should be Amended la Accordance With That Policv A Fall Btato Ticket iMnccd In the field Too Lottery Question. Grand Forks, N. Dak., July 31. Tha full ticket nominated by the Republican State Convention is as follows: For Governor, A. H. Burke, of Cass county; for LUutenant GoTernor.Roger Allin.of Walsh connty: for Congress, M. N. Jobnson. of Nelson county; for Auditor, John P. Bray, of Grand Forks county; for Treasurer, L. E. Barker, of Pembina connty; for Secretary of State, John Flittie, of Trail county; for Attorney General, C. A. M. Spencer, of Walsh connty; for Super intendent of Fnblic Instrnction, John Ogden; for Commissioner of Agriculture, H. T. Helm son, ot Cavalier county; for Insurance Com missioner, A. L. Carey, of Cass county. The platform indorses the administration of President Harrison and the pending sil ver legislation; nrges the passage of tha Federal election bill; extends congratula tions to Speaker Beed for his rulings to facilitate business, and demands as hizh a rate of protection on woolen industries as is accorded tbe most favored manufactures. Mr- Blaine's reciprocity policy is in dorsed and an amendment to the McKinley bill, relating to 'sugar and agricultural products, is approved. It declares in favor of the vigorous enforcement of tbe existing prohibition law, and asks the passage of tha Federal law giving each State the right to settle the liquor question for itself. The course of Governor Miller ou the lottery question is heartily approved. The plat lorm opposes lottery legislation, and favors an amendment to the State constitution for ever prohibiting a licensed lottery. Tba Congressional delegation is urged to secure national legislation against using the mails for lottery purposes. BC0TT COHnRKS IT. He Believes That tbe South Fenn Bond Will etooa be Birilr. SPECIAL, TZL10HAH TO TBS DISPATCH. 1 Bedford Spring's, July 31. Ex-TJnited States Senator John Scott, attorney lor tha Pennsylvania Bailroad at Philadelphia, who, with his wife, have been rusticating here for the past ten days, was seen by Tub Dispatch correspondent this morning previous to his taking a carriage for tha station and asked whether the South Penn would be completed. The sly counselor hesitated for several moments aud then said: "I believe this road is going to be com pleted. You know it is an easy matter now to make a through line from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. All that has got to be done is to build irom a point on the Cumberland Val lcv Bailroad to Connellsville." '"Will the Pennsvlvania finish the South Penn?" ."The Pennsylvania will not build it themselves." The time had arrived for the Senator to take his departure, so he assisted his wife, into tho carriage and was ofl. v -, A . 4 I vJS
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