The evening times., 1899-03-27
J. TYsoN's WEALTH.
Ohio Man Claims to Re Heir to til
Eecentrfc Australfau.

Ohio Man Claims to BE Heir to the
Eccentric Australian.
I, To4edo. Ohio March 27.-In view of the
fact that James Tyson, of Australia, lately
died. intestate, leaving s4.000.000 to the
government, and 10000. 600 for his heirs
10 fight over, much interest is attached to
the claims of DR.. l.. B. Tyson, a druggist,
of Kenton, Ohio, who shows good proof
that he and his two sisters are the heirs.
According to him, James Tyson. the
wealthy Australians father, had three
brothers. One named Jacob, settled in
Baltimore. He was DR.. Tysons grand
father Another brother, Nathan, settled
at Elkton, Cecil county, and built flour
ing mill on Elk River many years ago,
and was the proprietor of the mill at the
,, time Of his death.
DIR. Tyson says: II visited there in 1864,
and found my great uncle dead and /
trace of his family lost. 1t was then that
first heard of James Tyson, of Australia
who was said to have loaned at that time
to the Tasmanian government $35. 900. .060
| J. have engaged F.. c. Dougherty. of Ken
| tom prominent lawyer in London, and
one at Melbourne. to look after my casa.
! 1t is probable that l will soon take a trip
! to Baltimore to look up some evidence 10
substantiate my claim. From my attorney
! in Melbourne and other sources, / have
learned some interesting anecdotes CT the
eccentricities of my old bachelor relative,
who owned so much property he di in t
| know what to do with 1t.
| He never wore white shirt nor era
vat. and his clothes were of the cheapest
quality. Ii is estimated that his clothing
! bill in his entire life would not exceed SIS.
His excuse for wearing such poor clothes
was that in case any of his sheep should
60 under the barn, he would be ready to
crawl after them. He had no use for soap;
said 1t was useless luxury; preferred to
use sand In its place; said 1t was cheaper
and cleaner. and fully answered the pur-
pose. He spent most of his life out OF
doors, and at night slept out with the
canopy OF heaven for shelter. Although
the owner of all the fine hotels in Mel
bourne. yet no one could induce him To
sleep or eat in one of them. He carried
dry bread and meat with him; also nee-
die and thread; never asked any favors oil
anybody.
when asked why he didn't marry, he
said he had not time. that his mission in
this wcrld was to fight the desert. After
forty years OF labor he could well be call
ed Australia's greatest benefactor. II
seems there was scarcely spot within
100 miles of Melbourne that his hand had
not touched in order to beautify or i'm
prove it. In 1855 he began with a capital
of S24. He first went into the cattle busi-
ness; from that he interested himself in
sheep. Everything he touched seemed to
turn to money. His money soon doubled
trebled, and quadrupled, until, it seemed
he became the leading spirit in every in
dustrial enterprise. He owned 500. .00t
acres of the best land in Australia, 500. .00i
head of sheep. and an entire square in Mel
bourne. Four miles out of Melbourne he
had l00. .000-acre tract of the prettiest
land in australia; he had property in
Brisbane. New South Wales. and else
where; had $1,000. 600 invested in London;
his income reached the enormous sum o
SS,GOo0 900 year. Although miserly in q
way yet he was the soul of honor. and
never broke his word. He had no religion
He said: 1 have no God to worship. mol
devil to fear; do not fear the future; dC
not give il thought. "