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The bee., 1901-08-22
MISS OLLIE TYSON.
Her Claim to the Tyson Millions Disputed
by New York Man.

Heirs OF John Tyson, a multi
millionaire of Australia, who re,
Gently died without leaving q
will, are preparing to hurl q
bomb at the hopes of Miss Ollie
Tyson, who lives in Todd county,
Kentucky, and who says that
Tyson was her uncle. Tyson was
a celebrated and eccentric char
acter in the land of sheep and
kangaroos, where he accumu-
lated a fortune Of $40, 100000
and his fair namesake was in
formed that her portion would
be $4,000, 900.
Congratulations have conse-
quently been pouring in upon
her from all parts of the Blue
Grass State, while woers sprang
up on every side.
Her claim, however, is about
to be disputed by Charles A. Ty-
son, a grocer living at 81 Grand
street, Port Richmond, who al
leges that John Tyson was his
granduncle, a brother of his
(Charles') grandfather, and that
consequently the Australian
could not have been the uncle of
Miss Ollie Tyson, a maid of but
tender years.
81 never saw or heard of Ollie
Tyson" said the grandnephew in
an interview, 'and know moth
ing about her except that the pa
pers depict her as a charming
woman. But | cannot help
thinking she is in error when she
says, according to the papers,
that this John Tyson was her
uncle, and only went to Austria
liza about fifteen years ago.
''My information is that John
Tyson left Scotland, where my
grandfather lived, about forty
years ago, and spent long life
in accumulating money by sheep
farming. Well, either there are
two John Tysons or else one of
us is mistaken.
''Far be it from me to disap-
point the pretty claimant in
Kentucky, but I'm not a person
of great means myself, and if l
am in the right you can bet that
I'll go after the money"
Tyson has been notified that
John Dickey, a Philadelphia
lawyer, is authorized to collect
information anent the Tyson
heirs in America, and he is 60
ing there to present his claims
Press despatch form New York
CITY.
The bee., 1901-08-22
Rock Spring News.

Rev. Moare, of Madisonville, held
services here Sunday.
Miss Tommie O'Bannon, of Barns
ley, is visiting Miss Pearl Page.
Mrs. Burrel Wiley is very ill.
A young man IN Warrington has
found out that he is not quite so
charming as he thought he was.
Mrs. John Croft has returned to
Crofton after visit to her parents
here.
Sadie Moore, of Madisonville, and
Miss Kate league attended church
at New Empire Sunday.
Misses Pearl Page, Maud Reese
and Tommie O'Bannon have re-
turned from Mydisonville.
Miss Vicky Wigging is visiting
her brother at this place.
Ben Phillips called on his best
girl Sunday.
Booth Oldham is on the sick list.
Katie, the little daughter of Mr..
aud Mrs. Sam Landlord, died after
an illness of two weeks and was
buried here Wednesday. JACK.
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The bee., 1901-08-22
He Kept His Word.

The following story was told us
by tramp printer, so we cannot
vouch for its truthfulness:
81 was once a member of Un-
Gle Toms Cabin, and we were
doing the West, when we became
stranded. After a careful in
ventory, it was found that we all
had money enough to take us to
New York except one man, a
ventriloquist, who refused our
proffered assistance and said he
would be in New York by the
time the rest were. Although
he had given us a bluff, he had
no idea how he was to make it
good and was at his wits end to
raise sufficient money to pay his
passage. On the way from the
theatre to the depot he was fol-
lowed by yellow dog, and as
misery loves company, he called
the dog to him, patted him on
the head and spoke kindly to
him. The dog wagged his tail
and opened his mouth. The
The actor next stepped into sa-
loon and lunch house to get one
glass of beer to sharpen his wits,
and the dog followed him. Ap-
preaching the bar, he called for
one beer and turning to the dog
said: Say, dog, what will you
have?' Give me a ham sand
wich, said the dog with a wag
of his tail, as the ventriloquist
threw his voice down.
"The proprietor gazed at the
dog in open-mouthed astonish-
ment, scarcely believing his ears.
"'Give me another beer. And
what will you have, doggie2' said
the actor. Another ham sand
wich, but don't put so much mus
tard on it, responded the dog.
"The proprietor nearly fell off
his chair as he heard the answer,
and approaching the actor said:
That's a peculiar kind of dog
you have there; what kind is hep
"'That is one of the three liv-
ing specimens of the Aztec sa-
cred dog, and + have spent sew
eral months teaching him to
speak English said the per-
former.
"'That's no joke said the
dog.
"'I can get a hundred dollars
for him in New York, continued
the actor.
"'You don't have to go any
where to sell that dog. 1 will
give you a hundred dollars for
him right here, and l will make
fortune out of him.
"Very reluctantly, the actor
parted with him for the hundred
dollars, and as he started to the
door, the dog said:
=" Did you sell me to that man
for one hundred dollars?'
"'I certainly did, said the
actor.
"'Then l will never speak
again. and he lay down on the
floor, while the man with the
cool hundred went out the door.
@And he never spoke again.
The bee., 1901-08-22
AUSpICIOUS START
FROM HOPKINS COUNTY
Varied and Never Ending Diver.
sion Supplied by Western
Hospitality.

Not since the kentucky PreS:
Association was organized al
Frankfort in January, 1869, with
the illustrious Geo. d. Prentice
as its first President, has the As.
sociation enjoyed jaunt SO ex-
tensive, SO interesting, so note
worthy, so unique, as that which,
like a rivulet of ever swelling,
care-free pleasure, with only
trifing eddies of discomfort and
delay-took It's auspicious rise at
Madisonville, and at darlington
by the waters of Loeb Mary,
August 1st and I'd, 1901, flowed
westward across the Great Amer
ican Desert, over the tumbled
immensity of the Rocky Mount
aims to the restful, pleasure-lov-
ing city of Brigham Young, then
back eastward in a swift course
of western hospitality, down
thro' the valley of reminiscence
and 5000 miles from its source,
discharging again, II days later
upon fair Kentucky, as from a
mountain waterfall, in a shower
of editorial splashes each sur
charged and electrified with the
breadth of wide-open Western
hospitality, the beauty and gran
deur and richness of Western
mountain and plain, the restful,
sparkling, savory Kentucky-in-
inspired entertainment of Salt
Lake, where we wern't allowed
to pay anything but the hotel
bill; swelling with songs of
praise and scintillating with
Morningstar stunts and-adver-
tising; boiling like the springs
of Manitou to vent their gas
into the public.
These splashes will turn to ink
and then what singing together
about the Morningstar and the
early sandwich, of the midday
hunger and evening scramble for
a berth with thin bedfellow,
there will be. The Kings English
is sure to suffer but the Kentucky
public will be enlightened as to
the pleasures of travel over the
railroads we have "patronized,"
the kindness of the obliging pas
senger agents who went along to
show us the. way and keep us
from losing our baggage or fall
ing around a curve, and of all
the ''free doins" that bumped
into us on every turn. We have
lived an age in a fortnight; COM
passed the scope of human pas
sion and endeavor-from primi-
tive, boundless, mirage -fanked
desert and the solitary vastnesses
of Gods great mountains, now
by man bound around with bars
of steel and built upon-by man
punctured below the solar plexus
for gold and shot as full of holes
as a Kentuckian on election day
through busy cities invited from
ignorance, idleness and vice by
the school, the church and the
press; into the city and taber-
nacle of the Mormons and the
Bee Hive of Brigham Young's
successor; into rich gold mines
and even in view of the red lights
of Cripple Creek and the degre-
dation of Denver's Chinatown
and the opium dens. Not all
have seen, or cared to, or could
see all these things, but these
The bee., 1901-08-22
DELIGHTFUL TRIP OF
The PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Great West Explored as Far West as Salt Lake
and High Up as Pixies Peak.

things and more have been seer
and lived out in one brief fort.
night.
And we have found new and
strengthened old friendships
May they grow strong as hooks
of steel. (This latter was not
written for the spooney part OF
the press-cold steel is too Pla-
tonic).
The Association was largely
represented at the thirty-second
annual business meetings at
Madisonville, and a number of
new papers were added to the
membership list through the eff
forts of the officers and Execu-
tive Committee. The outgoing
officers were, r. w. Brown,
President, Louisville; Harry Nc
Carly, ice-President, Nicholas
vile; R. E. Morningstar, Secre-
tary-Treasurer, Bowling Green.
Executive Committee: T. G..
Watkins, Chairman, Louisville !;
Paul M. Moore, Darlington; M.
F. Conley, Louisa; Louis Lam
dram, Lancaster; W. Q. Adams,
Owensboro.
The terms of these officers ter
minated with the end of the
jaunt and the closing of reports
and accounts for the year.
At Madisonville Harry Nc
Carty was elected President; T.
G. Watkins Vice-President, and
r. E. Morningstar reelected
Secretary. President McCarty
has not yet announced his execu-
tive committee.
The Association was especially
obliged by the Louisville and
Nashville, and the Louisville,
Henderson and St. tpuis Rail
roads IN Kentucky, and as far on
their road to the West as st.
Louis. Every possible courtesy
was extended and the way made
quick and easy for the press peo-
pie. Three special trains were
run by the L. & N. for our COM
fort, the last whirling us from
Madisonville to st. Louis, so as
to get us there in time for a very
early breakfast, provided by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Management.
The other railway lines of the
State, Chesapeake and Ohio,
Southern, Illinois Central and
Cincinnati Southern, also extend
ed courtesies to individual men,
bers of the Association.
We were up at 8 O'Clock the
morning of arrival at ST. Louis
and were hustled into special
electric cars which conveyed us
to Delmar Park and a delightful,
if very early breakfast, at the
cottage, given by the Exposition
Committee and honored by ex-
Governor David r. Francis and
representatives of the Kentucky
colony in st. Louis. The Ken
lucky newspapers there voted for
a Kentucky appropriation for a
creditable State exhibit at the
exposition, and gave
other evidences of appreciation.
We were badged as well as break
tasted and went Westward-a
party of travelling plackards-
particularly after our be-plaster-
ed baggage arrived, advertising
the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
tion, as well as the Louisville
Interstate Fair Association. We
had been won over to the advo-
cacy of the latter enterprise
the efforts of popular
Mr.. Huhlein, of Louisville, who
had come all the way to Madison
vile to tell the newspapers about
The growing magnitude of the
fair, and about how we could
lelp to push it along. !
The bee., 1901-08-22
A Correction.

In our last issue we stated the
New Masonic Opera House would be
opened Sept. 8. This was an error
and should have read Sept. 23.
The bee., 1901-08-22
Mr.. R. T. G. Matthews. Tray

l.. Garrett, Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Louisville, Hender.
son d st. Louis Railway accom-.
panied the party from Kentucky
and throughout the entire trip
were alert and ready to do ev-
erything possible for our comfort
and convenience.
Leaving St. Louis we arrived
after a long, hot day, at Kansas
City, hungry. There was a rush
for the restaurant, the lunch
counter, fruit stand and soda
fountain. 1t was Saturday even
ing and shaves and clean shirts
were at premium.
After the scramble Bob Brown
loomed up as a relail dealer and
offered Kansas City glass souve-
Mrs at cost-20 cents each.
Something was said about a
"Dutch'' something in which
several of the party were inter
ested. But The BEE was "from
Missouri" on the proposition and
failed to uncork the meaning.
A rain storm followed us out
of Kansas City and made us
cooler and cleaner and gave us
needed rest. johnson the Ro-
tund and Roark the Red slept
together in brotherly love. Ro-
tund J's feet were rained upon
so that he awoke. Red R
remarked bluntly that he should
have stuck them out the window
where water was plenty, and the
brotherly love was not so pro-
nounced.
Sunday morning we rolled
along two hours late across the
line of mountain time toward
Horace, Kansas, for a chang up"
Missouri Pacific breakfast. All
were up in good time and all
projected hungry, wondering
thoughts toward the breakfast
station. While the long train
wound its way along an up grade
road and we wondered and waited
comments were made upon the
cows, the buffalo grass, the water
or its lack, the windmills. 1t was
remarked that the multitude of
cows-who seemed the sole in
h b i nts were congregated
about the drinking places ON that
bright Sunday morning and only
few in the country churchyard.
Mrs. Osborne wanted mission
ary sent out at once and Mr..
Watkins figured on a rise in the
price of idealized beef and rea-
soned that such stock would bull
the market.
Acting probably upon Mrs.
Osborne's suggestion, the versa
tile Morningstar presently ap-
peared arrayed beautifully in a
woman's bonnet and a mysterious
looking female garment, a dan
gerous looking wrecking axe in
hand, in the character of Carrie
Nation. The way Bob was hus-
tied out by the power behind the
secretary's halo would have made
Carrie turn over a new leaf.
Then we chased the marvellous
mirage Of the desert across the
plains and nearly to the foothills
of Colorado. On the parched,
brown plains a vast sea of beau
tiful water seemed to extend its
arms toward the line of the rail
road on either side, coming
nearer where depressions occur
red and creating the impression
that we must be speeding into
the salt marshes of the New Jer-
sey coast instead of crossing an
area where the inhabitants must
pump moisture from low levels.
The numerous windmills in the
distance were rendered feathery
and looked like masts and rig
glng of schooners standing out to
sea.
We were late at Pueblo and
Denver had to be cut out until
A - 4
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tion for the whites, although it
upsets a political ideal most
fondly held twenty-five years
ago.-Collier's Weekly.
The bee., 1901-08-22

Over 100000 persons in Germany
are insured against illness.
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Continued on Seventh Page.)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-22
A PHYSICIAN KILLS HIMSELF.
DR.. Edward VI. Schaener Commits
Suicide in baltimore.

BALTIMORE, April 21.-Dr. Edward NJ.
Schacffer of 324 Park Avenue his BROTH
er's home, committed suicide this morn
ing by shooting himself in the head with
a Winchester rifle. DR.. Schaeffer had
been sufferer from mel8ncholia for some
time, and ii is thaught that he took his
life while temporarily insane.
Two weeks ago he went to DR.. Grun-
dy's hospital at Catonsville for treatment.
On Saturday his brother. Morton Schaef-
fcl. thinking to benefit him by a change
of scene. brought him home. against the
advice of DR.. Grundy. Al I o'clock this
morning Mr. Schaeffer heard a shot in his
brothers bedroom in the rear of the seq
oud floor. On reaching the door he found
DR. Schaeffer lying on the floor.
Dr. Randolph Winslow was summoned,
but was unable to save the mans life.
The dead man was forty-iive years Of
age and unmarried. He was connected
with Maryland and Virginia families
After taking his degree At the University
of Maryland, he began the practice of his
profession.
Much of his time he devoted to physi-
cal education, and at one time he was one
of the editors of the magazine Health
Several years ago he abandoned his praC-
tee and went abroad for the benefit of
his health. Since his return, in Novem-
Der last his condition had been growing
gradually worse.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-22
THOUGHT TO HAVE ELoPED.
The Police Requested to Look Out
for Miss Nellie scott.

The police are engaged in search for
Nellie Scott, of 9O7 F Street southwest.
sixteen years of age. who is reported
missing by her parents. According to a
report made last night by Edward H
Scott father of the girl. she is believed
to have eloped with a young man named
John Pettitt who lives in Alexandria.
Descriptions of Pettitt and the girl have
been sent to various precincts and to
nearby cities.
Mr. Scott moved here with his family
from Alexandria less than q month ago.
His missing daughter, Nellie, apparently
did not fancy the change of residence,
for she is said to have taken up her
abode with an uncle named Emerson, a
saloonkeeper. Whether a liking for the
society of young Pettitt, whom she had
known about n year, had anything TO
do with her determination to remain
temporarily in Alexandria, is not quite
clear, but her father says that he has
attempted to locate her with view to
bringing her home and has been unable
to do so. The father appears to have
made more than one trip to Alexandria
in search of his daughter and yesterday,
on hearing of her alleged disappearance
he visited headquarters and notified the
police. MT. scott lolu IL IepoitSA ie'SN
night that his daughter might have gone
away to be married.
..If such is the case" he said, ''she can
return home if she likes and be forgiven
According TO the father. young Pettitt
is employed by an Alexandria concern
Miss Scott is described as about hve
feet six inches tall, and has dark halr
and eyes She weighs about 10 pounds.
Pettitt is nineteen years of age, has light
hair and blue eyes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-22
KICK MAY PROVE FATAL.
William johnson Charged With nm
Assault on Woman.

William johnson, machinist. thirty
one years of age, was arrested at > O'Clock
yesterday morning and is held at the
Twelfth Street police station to await the
result of injuries which he is said to have
inflicted on Annie NJ. Snively, colored. in
an immoral resort Saturday night The
womans condition is critical. and it is
feared that there is internal hem0rrhage.
Johnson, in company with Robert How
ard, a fellow-workman. visited the re-
sort on C Street opposite the Postoffice
shortly after midnight. After taking
several drinks it is said he became abus-
i've and a general fight followed.
In the fracas Johnson was cut in the
head several times with flying missiles.
Becoming enraged. it is alleged that he
kicked the Snively woman in the abdo-
men and left the house. The woman
was removed to a bedroom and a physi-
clan summoned.
When the serious nature of her injuries
was ascertained the police We're notified
and n general lookout for the man
ordered Shortly before 3 o'clock the
men returned to the resort Ito clean the
place out" as they are said to have ex-
pressed it. They Were promptly arrested
by Policemen Purks and kilmartin and
marched to the stationhouse.
Howard, who is twenty-nine years old.
was charged with assauItinG Willie
Yansey and was released on depositing
$50 collateral. Owing to the serious ma
ture of the Snively woman's injuries the
police refused to accept collateral in
Johnson's case and he was locked up.
The physicians in charge of the case say
that the womans life cannot be saved
unless they succeed in arresting the in
ternal hemorrhage. This they have not
a vet been able to do.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-22
A NEW TRUST FORMED.
4 Great Combine of Manufacturers
of Machinery.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2l.-Another
combine in which Philadelphians are tinan-
cially concerned was made kncwn yester-
day. when some of the biggest machinsry
manufacturers in the country. headed ny
the Pennsylvania Iron Works of this
city, gave out meagre details of a pro-
posed pooling of their interests.
Two alliances are expec -ed, one of the
makers of steam engines, tae other makers
of heavy mining mac lilsry. Both are Only
in embryo, but the negotiations have Scte
fa: enough to ensure some consolidation
that will bring together n.,runs of capl~
tai The steam engine combination is the
greater. and if carried through will lie
known as the American Steam Engine
Company. capitalized al S1001J.eV1
Among the firms mentioned in connec-
tion with this are Corliss Steam Engine
Works. of Providence, r. l.; American
Wheelock Engine Company. of Worces-
ter. Mass; hamilton Corliss Steam En-
gine Company. of Hamilton, Ohio; Lane
& Bodley Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio;
Rice IL Sargent, of Providence, r. l.: Rob
ert Wetherill. of Chester, Pa. Cooper
Corliss Company. of Mount Vernon. Ohio,
and the Vieter Manufacturing Company,
of Milwaukee.
The stockholders of the Pennsylvania
lion Works Company, who had been ex-
pecting a proposition for amalgamation
for some months, held special meeting
Friday to consider the matter. and it was
announced yesterday that the company
had agreed to enter the combine. The
Pennsylvania Company is capitalized at
s5.O0.e00. but only sl.000.000 in per cent
cumulative preferred stock of the COM
hine was offered and accepted for its
plant and fixed charges.
Some of the stockholders objected to the
price offered, declaring that it was less
ltIff rsa
informed that the other companies in the
consolidation were also offered less than
the appraised values of their properties
The majority favored the trust PROPOSE
tion because of the lack of dividends from
the companys business for several years
past, occasioned by the Improbable Ven-
ture in buying out the SiemenS- Holske
Company. of Chicago.
In Secretary Colts letter to stockhold-
ers calling the meeting it was stated that
lin default of the offer being made or
accepted it would be necessary to reor-
ganiZe the company on a basis of actual
value and earning capacity and provide
additional capital.
The outstanding accounts of the con-
cern, amounting to about S5O,OO, 1t was
stated, would revert to the stockholders.
The Pennsylvania Company bIn''is steam
engines of the largest kind. gas engines,
ice machines and hydraulic machinery.
The PENNSYLVANIA iron Works i con-
trolled by Widener Elkins. an Dolan,
William L. Elkins, ir being the int sident:
The company has done d great deal OF
work for the rrio1 Traction Company, OF
this city and the lines CONT oiled by the
Widener-Elkins syndicate in ether cities.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-22
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.
Ex-Represcntative Mcguire on Com
ing Congressional Elections.

Ex-Representative James G. Mcguire
of California, who was the Democratic
candidate for Governor of his State sew
eraI years ago. arrived in the city last
evening. and is at the Ebbitt. He is here
on business before the Supreme Court.
The sentiment on the Pacific Coast.
said he, is for expansion, because the
people believe it will give them control of
the Oriental trade And trade with the
Orient has greatly increased.
"What do l think about the Congress
sional election next year? Well. in my
opinion, the Democrats will elect a ma
jority in the FIfty-eighth Congress. The
Democratic victories this spring indicate
that. The election of Democratic mayors
in Cleveland. Columbus. and Chicago is
significant and points to Democratic sue
cess year hence.
ITS not improbable thai in the Congress
sional elections of 1902 the Democrats
will make "A few gains on the Pacific
Coast. but they will be slight. as the peo-
ple out there. in my judgment, nearly
al support the expansion policy of the
Administration.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-22
A JURY PANEL IN DANGER.
Republican Members Refuse to Vote
in Levy Court.

WILMINGTON. Del, April 2.-When
the levy court met yesterday to remove
the names in the jury boxes in excess of
the legal number, a question of legality
of the meeting was raised by Commits
sioners Elliott and Willitts. the new Re-
publican members. The law requires ten
days notice of a special meeting, while
the session yesterday was held on one
days notice. The grand jury box contains
1l9 names, and the law Specifies 100 while
in the petit jury box there are COS names
instead of 800 Under the law the juries
must be drawn before Wednesday next.
Attorney Knowles explained that the
legal requirement could be overcome by
considering yesterdays session as a con-
tinuation of that of March 80. Wiilitts
and Elliott refused to vote on motion
TO that effect. The excessive names were
removed but it leaves the regularity OF
all juries drawn from the boxes open to
question in cases to be tried before the
juries emna neied from the boxes.