Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-03


background. The difficulties OF so severe a
scale have been s~urmounted with conspicu-
Gus success. The principal figure is lovely
enough TO make you wish it were unincum-
bered by the stif, doll-like and far from
pretty infant.
"Lenten Lilliesn is the other-a Minerva
like young woman in a reverie, her hands
filed with flowers. It is nobly done, and
deserved the prize awarded IL in New York.
Professor Emil Carlson, the instructor at
| the art school, informs me that more interest
is being taken in it each year by the people
of the coast.
The gambling fraternity Of Frisco has
been wearing n blue face this week. The
grand jury has been profuse in its indict-
ments, and there is a general expression
among law and order people to stop all
houses where gambling is allowed,
AS a sample of the rage for the game,
which seemed to possess all classes of society,
the history of q bootblack is interesting. He
was not a proprietor of a stand, but was en-
| ployed by the week. He looked in one even
ing at the Baldwin hotel game, and was soon
seated at one of the tables. He played with
unusual luck and won a few,dollars. His sue
cess was too much for his little brain, and he
deserted his honest employment TO become a
hanger-on of the games. He soon lost all
the money he had and all he could borrow
from his friends. Then he became n Capper
for a small game on Eddy street. Now he is
out of work, and his old place at the boot
black stand is filled by a steadier man. His
friends, the gamblers, will do nothing for
him, and heis figuring on how long 1t will
take him to walk east to find work.
The Lick observatory is, ! presume, the
most interesting topic of discussion. A
special session of the board of regents of the
university of California was held here this
week.
Judge Hager reported for the special COM
mittee that II visit to Mount Hamilton had
| revealed a most satisfactory state of things,
but as the astronomical apparatus will not be
entirely complete for several weeks, in the
Judgment of the committee it was thought
best to defer the acceptance of the work, es-
pecially as Captain Floyd, president of the
Lick trust, is Just now i'll. He stated that
the structures of the press regarding the
great pier upon which the telescope rests had
been considered, and were thought by the
committee to be unjust.
~
Alice Edith Dickson Blythe is in the Home
for the Care of Inebriates. She was placed
there last week TO recover from q protracted
debauch, and will be a guest at that institu-
ton for at least a month longer.
Alice is no stranger here. She was in the
Home once before. This was several months
ago, and after treatment for a few weeks she
was liberated in much better condition than
when she went in. Her love for liquor was
too strong to be resisted, and she soon was
in an almost daily state of intoxication.
Her freaks when under the influence of whis-
ky which is her favorlte tipple. have occasion
ally been sensational. Last year, when oc-
cupying the apartments at ~ Geary street,
where she and Thomas Fl. Blythe resided
together for over six years before the million
aires death, she appeared at the front win
dow In an airy costume. Her attire consisted
of an unbuttoned cbemisette. Though hab.
tied in this simple manner, she did not hest
tate at catching cold, and opening the win
dow, she clambered up on the sill and there
diSported herself in eccentric fashion. She
sang various ditties as she clambered over
the easement and back again. An immense
crowd of men collected on the street and
sidewalk below.
a fortnight ago a similar spectacle was
presented by Alice Edith. She had been COM
PEELED to move from No. 81 Geary street as
that building had been let to n fancy goods
firm, and was given quarters on the top floor
of Blythe's old building at No. 724l9 Market
street. These rooms she has been occupying
four or five months. When she appeared
last time to the public view with not suffic-
lent clothing or to satisfy even the etiquette
of the ballet, she chose the roof of the Mar
ket street house from which to exhibit her
self. The spectators were numbered by
thousands, and as Brooks street was the best
place from which to obtain a view of the en-
chantrcSs who had entranced the wealthy
Blythe, that alleyway, between Market and
Geary streets, was %thronged. The curtain
was again rung down on the display by
oficious policemen.
The woman was pretty and attractive
when she met Blythe the millionaire, as the
picture taken of her then shows, but she has
aged rapidly, lately. She has become bloated,
though her face is lit by no alcoholic glow,
having the p~aleness of ill-health. DR.. jew
ell, superintendent of the home, said yester-
day that she may be in a condition to be
given her freedom in thirty days, but at pres.
ent she Is irrational in her behavior. She
throws her food around on the floor and
talks in a wandering way like a woman out
of her mind.
Her room on Geary street is most lavishly
furnished. One beadstead was imported
from France at Ii cost of 81, 900. Blythe was
worth his millions when he died, and, of
course Alice Edith's estate wealth IS large.
~
/ The testimony IN the Sankey will contest
has been closed, and, without argument the
case was submitted. No sooner was this
agreed to by the attorneys than Judge
Coffey rendered an oral decision in the case.
He went over the testimony in a brief but
general way, and this he said led HIM TO the
conclusion that Samuel Sankey was not in
his right mind when he made the will and
for that reason tho court would refuse to
admit it to probate. This decision virtually
gives to tho contestant, Carrie Sankey,. a
girl of Is or 10 years OF age, the entire
estate, which amounts to $50, 900 and over.
When the Judge rendered his de-
cision the young contestant, who
is rather comely girl and
more IMAM usually bright, upDedfcu 10
be very nervous, but as the conclusion was
reached she beamed a long and victorious
smile ON the court and her eyes filed with
tears. The history of this peculiar case is
interesting, Samuel Sankey was a dealer in
hides who lived with his crazy wife in the
mission. He went east and there found this
little girl, his niece, in a home where she
was poorly cared for by her other relatives.
He took her away with him, brought her
and adopted her as his child. His wife died
and he gradually began to lose his mind
until shortly before his death. When he
made his Will he was altogether without
reason. His will left the property to his
opposed the probating of the will on the
ground of insanity when it was made. The
supreme court Of Pennsylvania had recog-
pized the adoption Of Carrie by Sankey as
ton as to her right TO the estate, he having
no other children. The eastern relatives are
now non-plussed and Miss Carrie with her