New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
SAN FRAN CISCO.
ppPsoNAL. JOURNALISTIC. AGRICULTURAL
AND DRAMATIC TOPICS.

AND DRAMATIC IOflCo'
lYRox AN OCCASIONAL coRREsPosDkNro VI da,tb of
~ Fp,xc1sco April 1.-The sudden death U,
Thomas n. Blythe last week remover SP
californian who unlike most OF MS ieioM hi''
na,res had fortune thrust upon MIN. no
Enpishman and came here IN the cary u"S' WV"
.enr sup in hard cash. This he loaned at ruin'us
IS ;n,srest Like the majority of these money
,.adsrs he had small faith in the permsnence OF
18th of San Francisco. Finally, by what he
reoa rded as hard luck. he became iaDuo"hoi' "
- h,ocl, of property in one OF the Market-st'
. cares now the business heart OF the CITY, having
fsTap INTO his hands by the foreclosure OF mort
.oa of 81 600 Since then he has NANNY ue'o'eu
himself TO the improvement OF thls 'eal estate
buildipg large business block upon po'Vion VI w.
u never dabbIed in mining stocks, but he indngeo
= ar aoraI,v runous luxury ofdigging $2OO,OOo
49, =. ;rrioot. a vast tract of mesa land III sonora
th., no boneht for song. Srill, in spite OF TINS
loss and of expensive habits. he ded leaving al
estate valued at Y4O00,00O For the iase n'e
wears he had been living with young woman
l,own "a Miss Dickson. She DOW lays ciaili "
heine his widow and to an equal snare Oh ne p'op
erty with Florence Blythe, a daughter oy al carry
m.rr;age. now IN England. laborous search was
-. Co.. rvil as IT was known the millionaire had
-n.da several and tnen destroyed them What pur-
,,o.ted to he n Photographic will was shown to some
- the ,,;Ionajre's friends few weeks before MS
nsoth Init the most diligent search by the Puoilc
Administrator has failed to find 1T, In 1t the dauRn
ter received about half the estate, and the
Mas Dickson, only $4,000 Meanwhile ahotnei
-wo,oon who once lived with Blythe and sued
him when he discarded her, has appeared on the
scene and will make a legal onslaught upon Inc
fonr millions Thus the case bids falr TO make
local sensation.
The capture of Gray, the defaulting secretary OF
4he Harbor Commission, caused much Satisfaction
here. He was identified in Guaymas by sam
Brannon who once departed under somewhat siihl-
lar circumstances aud was arrested by the Mexican
authorities An examination of his accounts SHOWS
that he stole at least $4,000; yet when he was
Wood in custody he said that he had intended to
return to San Francisco and settle ms accounts as
anon as the affair had blown Over"-a cynical but
suggestive commentary on the moral sense OF the
community The defauter ought to be on the way
here now. but his extraditon has been delayed by
stnnid bIunders of the State authorities in making
out The necessary papers, which have compelled the
forwarding of an entirely new set of documents
The old war over the Associated Press dsp itches,
which once RACED here so forcibly is ended forever
The new Western Associated Press, which Is now
we'll established furnishes all the chief newspapers
with Eastern news and thus saves Durdenlng the
overland wires with duplicate dispatches OF routine
news Thus there is left ample Held for enterpris-
ing journals TO indulge in special Geographic news,
winch at least two of them are utilizing. The old
Democratic organ, The Examiner, after heroic
ef,rt to gam a firm fO0thOld by lavish display OF
enterprise. has subsidized and cut down expenses III
Ali directions Ii still MAINTAINS business once.
ahout a. large as cigar stand, IN the corner OF the
new Phelan block in Mar6etst.. and IL nodestiy
placPs cut of his five story structure when COW
ers half entire square. on ITS envelopes Iaoeiled
1.-The Examiner Building" Even monumental as
surance like this cannot save II, and II promises
soon TO sink into the condition or the leading
Bourbon organ of New-IOrk.
healthy tendency in agriculture in this State IS
shown by the movement to split up vast Mexican
ranches 10 the southern part OF the STATE ana parc
them out to small farmers. A few DAYS ago INC az
most royal domain OF Ex-Governor no fic", near
Los Angeles derived from an old Spanish grant be,
fore the admission OF California as claie. was sou
erty will find ready sale among the Eastern peo'
ME who have became enamored OF tie climate anO
of the profits oil orange culture
What promises to work good deal of damage Il
fruIt growers throughout tne state Is the apJ"'h
1oent OF one Boggs a ward politician aud LOBBYIST
"a Horticultural Inspector. The salary Is not large
enough to make 1t an object for the inspector u
hire a COMPETENT assistant. hence the "OrS Oi III
onr,np in % tree pests and other sources oil damage
- frnif growing interests, will probably go DY th
hoard This is one OF the devices by whlch W,
Democratic party expects 10 make ltseh Sohu
with the honest granger In the next eiecllon'
Nearly all dramatic performances IN TINS city To-
the last two months have been beneatn con|inPo
Tile theatres seem 10 be given over to variety snOW
of low order IN that u1d melodraDa Which
as wholly out of date as the bag-wlg ana Knee
breecnes of the last century. A lew goOd conGer'
have been given recently; two are ANNOUNCED ioi
this week and the Thomas concerts are 10 ne glNel
this summer. Meanwhile there Is an aDsoiu"
dearth OF deceut amusenents.