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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
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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,
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MAKX ARE EHTIRELY D& 'TOTE,
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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 -,
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