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The sun., 1891-02-28
SENATOR BLA1R.s NEW TITLE
Envsy Extraordinary ana Minister F1eni.
potentiary to China.

Envsy Extraordinary aaA Arinister Fieni.
potentiary TO China.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 27.-The President to-day
sent to the Senate the nomination Of Henry
w. Blair OF New Hampshire to be Envoy Ex-
traordnary and Minister Plenipotentisry to
China, and the nomination was promptly con-
flrmed. Tho appointment OF Senator Blair
to be Minister to China was great surprise In
Washington. and even the colleagues Of the
New Hampshire statesman were unaware that
he was to become . part Of the Harrison Ad-
ministration. Mr.. Blair was talked Of some
time ago as probable appointes to District
Judeeship In New Hampshire. He emphati-
cslly declared. however. that he would not
accept the appointment On Monday last the
President sent for Mr.. Blair and asked him to
consider the advisabity OF accepting the Chi
nose mission. The Senator thanked the Presi-
dent and said he would think the matter over
While he was engaged In thinking his name
came to the Senate. He said this evening that
he had not yet decided whether he would ac-
cept It is altogether probable. however. that
he will.
The sun., 1891-02-28
WANTS 4 SHARE OF $1,000 0oo
Charles F. de Thierry's Claim ON Fortvu,
Made In the Diamond Fielas.

4
Made In the Diamond Fields.
Of chandeliers. residing at $50 Leonard street.
Greenpoint. thinks no is heir to an estate IN
France worth t5.000.o00. 1t is said that some
time In the last century Jean Thierry. q Frsnch.
man. made q fortune In the Brazilian diamond
fields. He returned to France with It and, at
the time Of the French revolution. took Il with
him to Venice. where he acquired residence.
He deposited his money lit was In gold) In the
mint. When Napoleon invaded Italy and
seized Venice he seized Thierry's money 20
vol a. all the other treasure in the mint.
Jean Thierry brought suit to recover his for
tune on the plea that he was French oitizen
living in Venice at the time Of the seizure. The
Government decided that his claim was valid.
but he died before recovering possession OF 1t.
His fortune was held in trust Tor his legitimate
heirs. No one put IN any claim. 1t was said
that Thierry had left n son who had married .
Miss Weber in Germany. Neither OF them
could be found REPRESENTATIVES. OF the family
Of Miss Weber have claimed tho property. but
unclaimed fortune only a few days ago. tic
Of the original Jean Thierry and that he can
produce documents that will prove him Gn.
y ather s Prsncis Therry W s5n ei Je"n
service. The De DretlXed TO his name no was
permitted to use in requital OF his services. lie
married my mother about 1893 She was not
Miss Weber. but an English woman. Niles Eiiz-
abeth Duncan. He resigned from the French
navy, and went to live in England. was born
in 1B42. Their marriage certificate and all the
now In possession Of my molhers sister. CON
get them ct any time The ,h family crest and
I'll lived in London with my aunt, Mrs.
ElAce. until was Is wears old. Then Joined
tho army as drummer: ] served until is't
tained my discharge. married and aettled
down In London as a worker on gas fxtures.
In 1874 l came to this country. and have since
lived IN New York and Brooklyn. working at
my trade all tho time.
Mr.. de Thierry has bean married twice. He
has four children. In sritc Of his French
pane and ancestry he speaks 70 LANGUAGE but
English. He purposes consulting counsel as
to the best method OF proceeding. There IL
little doubt that he believes himself to be en-.
he became acquainted with the fact that there
was such q fortune awaiting a claimant.
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OPIUM KILLED MISS POTTS
It Might Not Have Done SO Had She No
Had Heart Disease.

1t Might Not Have Done SO Had she Not
Had Heart Disease.
Coroner schultze. with jury made up Of
physicians. druggists. and well-known bust.
ness men, hold an inquest yesterday into tho
death OF Mary Helen Potts. tho Ocean Grove
girl who died In the Comstock School In this
city on Feb. 1, aftor having taken some auinine
and morphine pills, prescribed for her by Car
lyle W. Harris. a medical student. who was .
friend of hers. The physicians were: Dr.
Daniel NJ. Stimson. DR.. Frederick A. Burial.
Dr.. George L. Peabody. Dr. P. J. Lynch. DR.. 8.
Beach Jones. Dr.. Nelson H. Henry, Druggists
August Elmer. H. W. Atwood. and Adolph
Tshepps and Charles E. Tilford OF Park 4
Tilford. and John 8. Huyler the candy man. :.
The evidence OF the physicians who attended
Mics Pott: showed olsa.ly that .L% s6' d. died Of
clerk who mixed the medicines showed that
che could % have ave hsd at the time no pore than
81: S oer 70 ks uss
n ens sssn 81 spSp. mssS saS
Gss Rest. b s"ok % ss sss S ous
@ sS ahos hs s:an s.f 81 massns va. 10
elrls; where Jokes mishs b pltysd:" Miss Potts
shs Hssrs sns oSd s's Ell pfa ss:
left. These CONTAINED ons.half grain Of the
with tic qnInins in the compounding Of the
pills Was inads manifest BY an analysis which
Coroner Srhnltze had made Of one Of the pills
which Harris took out q tho bo1-the only one
os oGSa arsn ana q exactly
iss Potts's symptoms were such - no dose
Of loss than two grains Of the drng have been
cam" TO her death BY opium poisoning but
that tho am amount Of morphine known to hsye
caused her death. There was some hearaay
evidence that the young woman had heart
dlsolso
The sun., 1891-02-28
A NET LAND BILL
A Measure Changing tho General Land
systes, or the Government Agreed Upon.

A Measure Changing the General Land
System OF the Government Agreed Upon.
WASHINGTON. Feb 27.-The confsrrees on tho
bill for the rereal OF the Timber Culture law
and sn,endatory OF tho land laws generally
have practically reached an agreement on an
entirely new bill. which will bs brought for
ward 1t the first opportunity The subject
matter Of the bill has for the past two Con.
crosses been In dispute between the House
and Senate, and for long time the conferress
during this Coperess failed to come TO an un-
dsrstandine. The bill agreed upon will change
tho general land system OF the Government.
The bill nrst ropssls the Timber Culture sot.
but with reservation In favor OF bona
fds claims heretofore initiated. In computing
the period Of cultivation on claims already sc-
cruIng. II is provided that the time shall run
from tho date OF the entry II the necessary acts
OF cultivation arc performed within the proper
time. The preparation OF land and tho plant
ing of trees are to be construed as aots OF cul.
tiys,ion. Persons who have complied With the
nroyisiens Of the Timber Culture act for four
years may prove up their claims os the pay
NV .TSs bsscrs Land sss 10 amended ~ rsauir-
The sun., 1891-02-28

Tho reports OF three steamships which AZ.
rived yesterday indicate that the north Allan.
sic ice crop is going to be unusually large this
season. 1t s drifting southwark fast, and has
already made 1t impossible for nsvigstors TO
cross loRituie co. in latitude 45'. 1he skip
per of tho Bnrgermeister Petersen intended
to do this. but he changed his mind after
meeting big four-ma sted liner. bound east,
which signalled that she hnd been between ice.
The Bnrgermeister Pete, sen crossed longitude
leo Tho Charlnis. from AIMS erdnm, had to
stoer 100 miles south to avoid an immense Ire
field ON Feb al. The Sproo Of the North Ger.
man Lloyd line passed in latitude 45' many
ice ields and two big bergs.
The sun., 1891-02-28
TYPE FOUNDERS CONSOLIDATION
Tho Effort to Form . Union Said to b.
Practically Agreed Upon.

The Effort to Form = Union Said to be
Practically Agreed Upon.
CHICAGO. Feb 27.--An evening newspaper
says that the negotiations which have been
pending year or more among big tyre foun-
ders OF the country to effect q consolidation Of
their interests are practically ended. and that
the movement will be successful. The Chicago
type foundries interested are Marder. Luse 4
Co. and the Union Type Foundry. and possibly
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler although tho latter
firm has not as yet signed the option. The
capital involved is reported to be SC. 600 900.
The principal organizers are Edward F. c.
Young. President Of tho First National Bank
Of jersey City. and Charles De Hart Brewer. Q
New York lawyer.
The establishpent Of uniform PRICES and the
type foundries. Mackeller. Smith Il Jordan
Of Philadelphia, James Connor's Sons OF New
York. Farmer. Little 4 Co. OF CIncinn aud
Palmer & Ray OF San Francisco are identified
with the movement. There has been much
cutting In the price OF type Of late. and plants
OF printers therefore. have been decreasing in
value. enabling new firms to put inentirely
rev plants at half ths s cost q plant: before
one-halt the founders has already been givon.
The sun., 1891-02-28
Pr,v.t. Br.dy'a RHO Take. Caro- or

While tho Ninth Regiment was waiting for
the long line of Grand Army men to pacs on
the day Of Gen. Sherman's funeral many OF the
men were chilled to tho bone. Some Of them
were temporarily relieved by the officers in
charge. One OF the privates Of Company A
took matters in his own hands; He handed
ranks. VII tho company arrived at Tho
armory that night Private Brady did not an
swer 10 the roll enll and his rifle was missing.
ma. and It was reclaimed at Police Head
quarters yesterdGy Col Seward Investigated.
breach o; discipline. he was. In fact. too Ill to
stay in the ranks.
The sun., 1891-02-28

Miguel Fernandez the Cuban merchant who
Was removed from the house at l5G West
Thirty-sscond street to tho New York Hospital
on Thu sdsy evening, died yesterday morning.
An autopsy showed that death was duo to
cerebral apoplexy and chronic Brigbts dis-
ense. There WAS no evidence OF poisoning.
grown-up daughter with s. J.. simpson, at the
Hensselnsr flats, over the Union Dime Savings
ten years has been under tho medical care OF
nr. u. l.. Miranda and Dr. Arrange. Mrs and
Miss Fernandez started for Cuba last week,
The sun., 1891-02-28
Iue,dsnt. OF tho spree. Voyage.

Tho North German Lloyd steamship Spree.
which arrived Yesterday from Bremen and
Southampton, was delayed by fog aday In the
North Sea. When nine hours out from Bremen
she WAS run into by the little British bark
bark's bowsprit and head gear were carried
away. and some oi tho steamshp's dead lights
were broken. Tho bark continued on her
course.
The sun., 1891-02-28

The Mortality In tho state In January.
ALBANY. Fob 27.-The monthly bulletin OF
the State Board OF Health for January says
that tho reported mortality for January is
about 800 greater than that Of the preceding
month. the increase being In the maritime
Hudson valley, and Lake Ontario and west
crn dIstricis; The mortality Is less by 5000
kssls Of comparison between these months. as
from nll zymotic diseases ia little less than in
December, and less than the average for JAM
pary for the past six years. There wore moro
deaths from scarlet fever. meosles, and whoop-
Ing cough than in December
Diphtheria ard typhoid fever caused fewer
deaths: from the latter. however. there has
been an epidemic prevalence during the month
In Albany, Cohoes and Schnoctady. Cerebro-
spinal fever shows an increase OF nineteen
deaths over last month. Acute respiratory
Diseases caused the eame number OF deaths as
IN December. From consumption there has
been an increase Of nearly 400 deaths. There
In also q very considerable increase in tie re-
ported mortality from diseases Of the urinary
and cireulatory systsms. and deaths from old
creased. 4 number OF deaths have been re-
turned from, epidemic intlHenzs from various
oities and large towns, having total popula-
ion OF 4.2sG00o, give death rate OF 2l.5O per
600 annually.
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now. lives IL four. times that sum. Senator
$50 900 or $4,000. part OF which Will he used
10 purchase q house In Washington for Mrs.
Window. the remainder to bo invested. Con.
gross will not DO appealed to.
The sun., 1891-02-28

An anonymous citizen OF Boston favored the
Chumtor OF Commerce yesterday With this
postal card:
AbrAm n Hewitt 10 the best practical Democratic and
knsipsss msps candidate for Rev YoIks Govsrporship
s6s c9.nSeF e oowm:rSs ,, q ssw Yert had ::
easy might AsuiAAO hewitt
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Attached Mrs.. Leslie Carter,s Effects

hV"c"eu HT"' 1sth''e HTteT'H I-hects.
OMAHA. Feb. 27-The effects. salary. and cos-
tunes Of Mrs. Leslie Carter were attached this
afternoon By Dr.. Clark Gsxsn, to compel pay
nent Of 1900, due him as medical expert In
The sun., 1891-02-28
Congress- and Canadian Reciprocity.
Tho following letter has been received from
Senator Sherman by Erastus Wiman:

Tho following letter has been received from
Senator Sherman by Erastus Wiman:
SENATE CHAMBER
WARRINGTON. Feb. 27. 1891.
Ny DEAR MR. W1MAN: In response to your
letter OF the oath inst. have to advise you that
on account o! the crowded state OF public busi-
ness It will not be possible to secure any ac-
tion upon the pending resolution In favor of
reciprocity between the United States and
Canada. There Is also feeling In both Houses
that any action on tho part Of Congress. in
view OF the impending election in Canada.
might DO misunderstood as an effort to inter-
fere with or influence the action about to be
taken In that country.
My opinion is now. as 1t has been for many
years that Il, ,is the manifest Interest OF the
people OF both countries to enter into cordial
commercial relation. with view to- secure the
excl change .reclprocally OF the productions OF
each. including articles Of manufacture as
we'll as OF agriculture and the mines. Such q
policy must be the resut OF free and friendly
negotiations. Even tho appearance OF tho do
sire on the part OF the United Stntes might be
misunderstood In Canada All that the friends
Of reciprocity here can properly do is to sx.
United states to enter into such engagement
Xhen. tho people OF Canada are also willing.
Very truly yours. JOHN SHERMAN.
The sun., 1891-02-28

A meeting ot ths Hous. Committee t., OF Elss;
she Democratic msmbsys responded. The Re-
The sun., 1891-02-28

publlcans. however. were all present, With one
Of the committee the Eaton -Plelan contested
election case from the Memphis distrlot OF
Tenncssee was taken np. Without rsaching a 4
Tomorrow. There is some tall. Of the Rerub;:
leans pressing one or more OF tho contested
election cases now on the calendar before Con-
gross finally adjourns-
-sseretary Foster has decided to remain In
Washington until after the Adiournment OF ths,
mako . short visit to his homo In Ohio to ar:
residence In washington. He said to-day that
be did not propose making any sweeping
changes IN the Treasury Department. and that
the. few that may bs made will DO for the good
OF the service.
The eonfsrrses on the House and ssnats bills
to establish private land court have reached
An Agreement, the House conferrees agreeing
Ths' most ,es %
these notifications is to provide that the court
shall consist Of ono Chief Justice end four AZ.
sociate Justices instead Of one Chief Justice
end two Associate Justices. us both House and
Senate bills proposed.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following
nominations:
Henry ". Blair Of New iIsmp.hlrs Envoy Estrs
ordinary and Minister Plenipotsntsry to China Trux
f0n Bssie ot Csiiornia MINISTER 20 Psrsin; Norton
0onluls-Edmund shaw OF indian Territory q. Asun
Of Ne. Yori a. clifton. ont james Y Long OF Penn:
s:.s;si:@s 8 Ssnss q isss q Issqs5Is ": :.
n. b; ". v. Xppsfson Of kansA, At Vera Cruz. ''''
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-19

restaurants, as well as numerous cafes, IN
the exposition buildings 1t is the inten-
ton of the exposition authorities 10 pro-
tect visitors from exhorbitant charges.
Il is not thought probable now that there
will be any .ower at the Worlds fair. The
projectors of the most promising tower
scheme abandoned it when they found that
they would have to take down their tower
when the exposition closed.
France has asked $500 and The Hague
II 900 square feet of space for their picture
exhibits alone. Until recently it was
thought that the weakest feature of the
exposition would be its fine arts exhibit.
Now, however, it is believed that this will
be one of the best of all.
It is proposed to have an electric side
walk at the Worlds fair so arranged that
at signal whole rows of persons may ba
transported to remote parts Of the expo
sition grounds. Thus will endeayor
to humiliate fable as couehed magic
rug of the Arabian Nights"
The largest aquarium in the world viii
he built at the worlds fair IL will be
stocked with both fresh and salt water
fish, and the supply of water for the latter
will be furnished by evaporating sea water
to one fifth its bulk and forwarding it 20
the fair, where fresh water will be added
in the proper quantities.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-19
THE ANARCHIST.
From the Springfield Democrat.

From the Springfield Democrat.
He is neither native growth nor graft.
The anarchist, we mean. The worlds
alien, without country, without nation
aiitv, without a flag, without a code,
without respect of law, assuming MUIR
der as his mission and pillage as his birth
right. With genius, thrift and energy
dormant to honest accumulation, he
claims robbery as his patrimony and
would partition estates as the outlaw
distributes booty. To him hearthstones
are desecrating altars and property
rights heresy. The overthrow Of gov
ernment the object of his intrigue, and
the wreck of society his highest ambi-
ton. To him peace is a monster and a
bloody shroud. The professed friend Of
his race, he would make funeral pyre
of every home, and, as a preacher of
progress, would dismantle civilization
and strew the shores of the century
with the ashes of ruin. assailed by
his minions he invokes the law he
despises and would outrage, and
spurnfng authority seeks shelter in the
shadow Of the shrine he would pollute
and profane. Denying responsibility he
fretS al restraint, and with Ieprous dis
tortion makes duty of crime. Without
moral PERCEPTION, restraint or response
biitv-a fungus growth, a blight upon
the body polite. with no God but hate
and no purpose but plunder, he has
grown and shed the exhalations OF his
doctrine among the eignorant and vicious,
until. emboldened by forbearance, he
fiaunts defiance In the face of that au-
thority which was enthroned without
his sanction, and which he neither
would foster, uphold or maintain. He
should be taught discipline, this free
booter in the field of politics, and strip
ped of blanket and plume, and quiver
dismantled of poisoned shafts and power
to harm. He should be uprooted as a
deadly plant and not left to grow and
cast the paralytic gloom OF his upas
shade until the shadows creep far up the
temple walls and chill with rigid slum-
Der that eterual vigilance which Is the
price of all we prize.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-19
IS WEALTH A FAILUREq

Under the above heading the editor of
the Chicago Financial News makes a
proposition which is little less than start
ling, and which would completely revo-
lutionize the financial methods of this
money getting age. As the genius of
our government is to cut off hereditary
title, SO he would go step farther and
cut off hereditary wealth to such an
extent that no individual fortune should
ever become more than the accumula-
tions of a single life time, with no per-
petuation by inheritance or will in its
bulk. The great multi-millionaires under
his proposed national law might at death
bequeath not more than a comfortable
competence to his widow, say of
$50. 600. and a nominal $4,000 to
each child, but nothing more, and in the
event of his failing to divide up
his vast accumulations before his death
then the state in the name and for the
good of its people to become his heir, the
dividing up to be in nominal sums ex-
cept in cases of bequests to some public
enterprise. The editor says there is
plenty of money if only equitably distrib
uted, and that "the effert of such law
would be almost beyond calculation. Men
would stop in their mad rush to the very
edge of the grave to pile up fortunes, a
process which Is the principal cause
of the grinding down of the under dog
in society. They would retire from busi-
ness earlier, satisfied with a competency,
well knowing that they could not per-
petuate their name and fortune beyond
the grave-nothing but selfshness, mere
vanity. A policy of live and let live"
would be introduced and the hoggiSh
instincts of the human race be curbed.
The possessor of wealth would seek to
benefit his fellow kind during his life
time. a brotherly spirit would be in
iected into him. He would himself also
be the gamer. Instead of being de-
nounced and cursed by the wretched
poor, his good will would be sought.
Life would be worth the living. Nor is
it likely that his relatives would set
down and do nothing, waiting for his
death to enrich them, more than at pres
enS They might not get anything and
if they did it would he limited to the
amount set by law.
With such a law there would still be
pOverty-that Is unavoidable, But there
would be more of the milk of human
kindness in the wcrld, and thousands
who never would enjoy under the pres
ent system any of the luxuries of life,
would be able to have them. Suppose
there would be fewer mansions, if there
were a hundred times more comfortable
honest Suppose there were fewer
landaus, if there were more driving
carts.
Under such a rule the Anarchist would
be left without grievance even If stjn
in poverty, the Bellamy fools would dis
appear and the land-loan money vagS-
ries Of the Alliance become still more of
fovlishness than they are now. The
editor concludes his article in the follow
ing words:
/ The Alliance want the government 70
establish sub-treasury warehouses for
their produce,-claSs legislation, pure
and simple;-if extended TO every trssde
| they would be riGht back where they
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-19
Notice!

There is a general impression
that in order to be close buyer
it is necessary to get the mer-
chant to "Knock OFF, part of the
price. and the greater the amount
knocked off, of the price asked,
the greater the bargain or the
closer the buyer. In the Dry
Goods business ladies do the buy
ing and in many instances they
are not posted on the very lowest
and latest market price-and it Is
therefore very necessary that
when they invest their money
thoy should know that it is in
vested at the very lowest possible
price. 1t is simply absurd, If
not dishonest, for a merchant to
ask $40 for an item that $15
would pay for well, simply to use
this excess in deceiving the pur-
chaser by pretending to "knock
Off So from the $50 when in re-
ality SIS is good Legitimate
price. The Arcade believes in
fair dealing and also believes
that a straight one-price, where
everything is marked down" and
prices knocked down" before the
customer comes in, is better for
the purchaser than where the trap
is set to catch you if possible.
All goods marked in plain figures
and only One Price at the best
Dry Goods Store in the city.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-19
TARIFF REFORM"

The Democratic papers are eternally
harping on cleveland and Tariff Re
form" We know who Cleveland is, but
what is tariff reform? The Kansas City
Star saws that Iowa went Democratic
lately on "tariff reform" Does the Star
know what it is talking about? Isn't
the expression simply indefinite bum
combe, meaning nothing unless it be a
general opposition to the benign policy
and beneficial measures of the Republi-
can party coming under the head of pro-
lection of American citizenship and %
American industries. 8 tariff may be
reformed up or down. There are only
two phases to the tariff question, one Of
which is protection in all its many and
varied degrees, the other being free
trade. ''Tariff Reform" like its
author. is only glittering
generality, and not so glittering either.
In other words, protection means and
embraces everything; "tariff reform is
nothing and means nothing. A tariff
for revenue, or for what not, high or
low, whether tax or not, Is pfoVec-
ton to and a wall about the specific
thing nominated and protection to the
producer of the thing named just in the
amount of figures of the item; no more,
no less. The Republicans mean by a
tariff, without any reference to revenues,
to simply protect against foreign compe-
tition every conceivable article produced
in America and every interest, including
the market for labor as well as the mar
ket for production. Tariff reform means
Just the opposite, or it means nothing.