St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-26
Impecunio us Males and Sus-
ceptible Girls Willing to
Share the Swag.
Bushels of Letters Asking for
Aims Received by Every
Mail.
A Seventeen-Year-Old Mis-
souri, Miss Proposes in a
Roundabout Way.


young auctioneer OF this city, few
days since. and the facts of which were
published in the GLOBE exclusively,
was true hssure, and will amply re-
pay the working. Advices have been
received by Mr.. Lowry from
Dobinson Il Watson, the firm
of attorneys in Carlisle having
charge of the estate, acknowledging
the receipt of his communication and
assuring him of the firms best efforts
in establishing his claim. AS far as
can be learned the only other claimants
to the vast property are very distant
relatives of the family, and persons
who must necessarily submit to the in
evitable when confronted by John
Wilkin. Concerning his chances of in
heritlng the great property in Cumber-
land, Mr.. Lowry says:
think some injustice has been done me
by the published reports regarding my pros
poets. 1t is perfectly true that consider my
prospects good, better, in fact now than
ever, and don't see at this time what is to
prevent my succession to the estates. Still,
of the Lowry estates and rent-rolls
until l am sure that such is
to be the case. That my claim
is good one, am confident, but that shall
trouble, and possibly litigation, is doubtful.
and would be SO under any circumstances.
From what l have learned, however, feel
more confident of the result than did when
1 first became aware of the death of my
worthy cousin.
There are drawbacks to riches, and
even suspicion of the possession of
more than the ordinary Quantum of this
worlds goods is sufficient to give the
persons so suspected thorough insight,
into the character of the ,''spots on the
moon" Since the publication of Mr..
'LOWry'S close connection with the
Lowry lands and lucre, that
gentleman has received no less
than sixty letters-letters from
broken-hearted mothers of starving
families in: the slums of New York,
mothers who; have seen better days, and
who ask assistance. not for themselves,
but to save the dear babies; sweet
scented epistles from tender-hearted
congratulating the lucky 'sJack" upOpt
HE good fortune and inviting him to .'calI
on us'' as he goes through ChicagGi
A young:medical student of New York
city, who iIas studied medicine for
years, begs that he may be allowed TO-.
accompany Mr.. Lowry when he goes to
England, no matter III what capacity,
provided ne is brought within reach of
that coveted bOou, "a European course
of medical study" His letter is given
below. verbatim:
My Dear Sir: Like tale from the Ara
bian Nights is the account the papers give
to-day of you, and although wholly unknown
to you, and aware. OF my extreme presumpi
tion in thus addressing you, am forced 10 il,
from most unpleasant and exacting cir:
icumstances of a financial nature, My,
desire is.to finish an already . e. sxI !
means for it are, wanting. Could yoqi
not. aid me-? Could not go over with YOU in.
some serving capacity? II is a great effort
for me to say this, as you may imagine; but
desperate nature that they seem to justify
almost anything. If l can obtain the aid Of
foreign gas study food hops aps g sbees BE abs foT
aware than 1, how cruel it is to inflicta tale
of woes Oh you to whom all the world seems
SO bright and promising. And yet the con-
sciousness of having helped fellow creature
in direst distress-would not there be some
pleasure in, it? If you come to New York will
you allow me to call on you, at a time and
place of your own appointing, and briefly
add the extenuating circumstances which
prompted me in sending this note Like
and might be of use to you; who knows?
With hope of pardon for my temerity, l am,
sir, yours very truly, RIcHA RD GUERNSEY,
-t4.r.ts 81 Second Place, Brooklyn. N. Y.
AS though to change the spirit OF the
echoes of poverty and sadness from the
Eastern cities, comes an antithesis in
the shape of letter addressed in long,
tailed heirOglyphics, and stamped st.
Joseph, Mo. The wording is as follows:
My dear lucky slack" please excuse my
apparent familiarity, but can't resist the
temptation of addressing you by the title
conferred on you by the papers. Oh dear,
| know you'll think me. just awful, but I'm
II? What want to tell you is that saw
picture of you in a paper. with the account
of your good fortune, and-well must tell
you'll thought you were just too nice for
people say 1 am good looking, but
some say I have turned up nose;
1 haven't now have L? Perhaps you
are proud and won't take any notice Of q
poor little romantic seventeen-year old girl,
but if you will write to me shall be glad to
have you. If pa knewI was writing to you
there would be an awful tearing up. Any
way, l can't help it. 1t has been the dream
of my life to have a romance OF my own, and
/ shall make a romantic marriage some day.
guess had better not say any more, for you
might think me forward. Please write to me
and will answer. ELLA BERLANDER.
The above are samples of deluge OF
such correspondence which has poured
Ill on Mr. Lowry with every mali. lit,
quests for the endowment of hospitals
and insane asylums in various out-Of-
the-way corners of the earth-sOme OF
them written in peremptory manner,
as though the writer's considered it a
crime to become suddenly rich, and pre-.
dieting that the heir to the
Lowry estates will have no peace
in the enjoyment of his pros
pective wealth unless the demands
are complied with. An old soldier, who,
claims to have been desperately
wounded at Vicksburg, writes, asking
assistance, saying that through some
technical errors in his discharge papefsi
he has been unable to obtain pensions
lie wants $50 to buy an artificial leg
And so they ruD-begging letters and
love missives galore, until the future
Lowry of Lowry has almost
voted it an inflfction to be.
heir to fortune, and will, if
the mails for the next few days prove
as fruitful of such matter as have those
just passed, be compelled to employ a,
secretary and buy typewriter to head,
off the horde of correspondents, each OF
whom wants something on one pretext'
or another.
NJ AN-