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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Prizes Won at the Eistedfo65.

YOUNGTOWN, o.. Dec. 25.-At least
1000 singers took part III the national
annual Eistedfodd here this afternoon
The first prize for tenor solo was won
by William Stevens of Pittsburg in
singing 1.-The Maesters Daughter" Ste
phen Griffith Of Cleveland won first
prize for the best rendition by a boy
under IS.
The first prize for a contralto solo
was taken by Miss Gwendolin Thomas.
The prize for the best poem was
awarded to Evan Jones of Johnstown,
Pa. IL the tenor and bass duet VIII
liam Lewis and Llewellyn Jones OF
Newcastle took first honors. The For
est City Glee Club of Cleveland cap
tured first prize over four competitors
in singing the Cambria Song of Free
dom" The Youngstown Choral
Union took the big prize of $500 for the
best rendition of When His Loud
Voice in Thunder Spoke"
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
FALLS VICTIM
TO HUNGER ON
CHRISTMAS EVE
Portland WoDuD Dies. Of Storvu-
ton filter Appealing in Vain
to the City Board Of
Charities.

There was one big tree IN the middle
and thirty others ranged along the
walls Of the carriage house, laden with
gifts, with spangles and also with
candles. No more gorgeous spectacle
was ever seen. DR.. Webb's son, Master
Vanderbilt, aged five, dressed as Kriss
Kringue, distributed the gifts to the de-
lighted youngsters. After the trees had
been stripped came supper, or rather a
collation., for there were bouillon cups.
oysters, chicken croQuets, chicken
salad, frozen salmon, cold ham, tongue,
ice cream, cakes, fruits, nuts, candy,
coffee and lemonade served.
The spread will be spoken Of in whis-
pers at Shelburn for many year to
come. Dancing and games occupied the
remainder of the evening. A fine or
chestra from Burlington was there and
the big barn rang with laughter and
music. Besides books, toys and games
for the children, there were useful pres
ents for the employees on the farm, ac-
cording to length Of service and posi-
ton held. These included thirty-two
gold watches and seven fur coats
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
OLD STEAMSHIP EUREKA
WILL SAIL MO MORE.
After Many Years of Service She Must Be
ReieSGted to the MuriHs
BoneYdr0.

MONTEREY, Dec. 25-The old
steamer Eureka of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, which has put
into this port on her weekly journey
up and down the coast for the past
fifteen years, has Just been withdrawn
and Will be abandoned on account of
age.
The Eureka is an ancient craft and
one with an interesting career of more
than thirty years. She was built at
Mystic River, Conn, in 1854, and
christened California. Soon after COM
ing around the Horn she was put in
the coast trade from Portland to Vic
toria and renamed the Eureka. In 1876,
when Ben Holiday, to whom she be-
longed, failed. the Eureka was sold to P.
3. Cornwall, who had the Alaska mail
contract, and she was operated on that
route, connecting at Portland with the
Great Republic, running to. San Fran
cisco. She was subsequently sold to
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
In 1888, while coming through Peril
Straits, she ran aground, listed over
and sank in deep water. Wrecking ap-
pliances were sent from Victoria, she
was raised, towed to port and repaired.
Most of the time since then she has
been engaged in the coast trade south
of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
QUIET DaY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Owing to the Recent Bereavement of the
President An Official Functions
We're Suspended.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25-Chr1stmas
day, A D. 1897, was the most quiet
and peaceful on record at the White
House. Owing to the recent bereave-
ment Of the President all official func-
tions were suspended. and throughout
the day the front doors of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion rarely swung on their
hinges. President and Mrs. Mckinley
early in the day went for a short
drive. The weather was perfect, clear,
cloudIess and crisp.
Early in the morning a messenger
arrived with a great basket of pink
roses and lilies of the valley, marked
simply, For the President" A little
later the Presidents carriage pulled
up and Mrs. Mckinley came down.
leaning on the Presidents arm. Mrs.
Mckinley seemed as well as at any
time since her arrival at the White
House, while the President was the
picture Of health. The only guests in
the house were Miss Duncan and Miss
Barber, who remained during the
morning. The Christmas dinner was
purely family affair.
President and Mrs. Hobart spent the
day at their Paterson, N. J., home. All
the rnembe Of the Cabinet with the
exception Of Secretary Bliss, who is
in New York, and General
Gary. who is in Baltimore, spent the
dav with their families here.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
FATE or MEMBERS or
THE KARKS FAMILY
Son of the Man frozen to Death Expires
From Drinking En'baln1ing Fluid. and
Daughter Is Dying.

DENVER, Dec. pa special to the
News from Ouray, Colo. says: Closely
following the death Of Michael Karns,
who was frozen to death, occurs the
tragic death of his son, Thomas, at 4
O'Clock this morning. The remains of
the elder Karns arrived from Tellu-
ride for burial at this city on Thursday
and were at the house Of his son
Thomas.
The undertaken had left some en-
balming fluid, composed of corrosive
sublimate and arsenious acid in dilute
alcohol, at the house and in the room
with the corpse. The poisonous fluid
was in bottle labeled champagne"
and Thomas Karns, thinking it whis-
ky, took two large swallows Of 1t be-
fore discovering his mistake. Despite
the efforts Of physicians, he died in a
few hours.
Late this evening word was received
that the death of a sister, Mrs. Win
ters, who was on her way from Denver to
attend the funeral of her father, the
elder Karns, may be reported at any
minute She had to be left at Pueblo,
having been taken very Ill on the train.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
EUREKA LANDMARK rs RAZED
By A CONFEDERATION.
Grand Jury Causes the Destruction o,
the old Humboldt Court
house

EUREKA, Dec. 25.-The old court
house on Second street, one of the old
est landmarks in Humboldt County,
was destroyed by fire this morning,
Eureka's Fire Department officiating
at the obsequies. The late Grand Jury
recommended the destruction Of the
building. as it has been a firetrap and
a menace to surrounding property for
several years. The Supervisors ac-
cordingly agreed to pay the Fire De-
partment $50 for it's demolition
AT about 10 o'clock this morning the
torch was applied and in a couple of
hours the building was a heap of smol-
dering ruins.
The original building was construct
ed in 1854, and was situated at First
and F streets. 1t was purchased by the
county in 1860 and removed to Second
and streets. Additions were made,
and it was used as a courthouse until
1899
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

PORTLAND, Dec. e5-On this
Christmas eve Mrs. Margaret Wash
ington died Of starvation within easy
walking distance of the busiest part Of
the city, where thousands of Christ
mas shoppers were toyfully celebrating
the advent Of the day. She lay on the
bare, uncarpeted floor Of lodging
house, clothed in a few rags. Until
yesterday she had been slowly starv-
ing to death, and when assistance from
kind neighbors arrived 1t was too late
to do any good.
When the neighbors came in they
found, in the next room, Mrs Wash
ington's daughter-in-law, with two
small children, all lying on the floor
on bundles of ragged quilts. One Of
her sons, about 90 years old, was
,vainly seeking work, another was laid
up with a crushed and broken foot, in
the cupboard there was not even a
crumb of food and in the family purse
=. not a cent Of money. The City Board OF
Charities had been appealed to and the
whole family had given up in despair.
The appeal to the City Board Of Chari-
ties had not been wholly in vain, how
ever, as II had sent, after numerous
> requests for aid, some picture books
: for the children and three oranges,
which were too sour to eat, and had to
be thrown away.
: A short time before the woman died,
and while the whole family was in
great need of food and the mother In
=: need of medicine and clothes, a
woman representing the City Board OF
Charities called and said that If some
one would be sent down 20 get them
the children could have some toys She
. had hardly gone out when the old
woman died.
Mrs. Il E Dewey, a member of the
Woman's Relief Corps Of Portland, who
lives next door to the sufferers. was the
first one to give assistance TO them.
Her story rs as tnllowss
When first noticed The condition Of
the family a day or so ago I was
horrprstruck Never In my life have I
seen such a scene Of desolation. In one
corner OF tbs room lay the widowed
mother on the 6ooE with no covering
or clothes but rags. She was groaning
with pain, and In the other corner lay
her daughter--tn-law, who is about to
become mother, with even less cover
ing than the old woman Two small
children lay around. with no shoes or
stockings.
II asked the woman II she wanted
food, and she said she had nothing to
buy IL with. She said the agent of the
City Board Of Charities had been there
several days ago and had sent her
some picture books and three sour or
anges. After getting her something to
eat went out and began to solicit aid
for her. got about 70 cents and some
clothes, and the next day was warned
by the City Board OF Charities that If
continued my soliciting would get
into troubIa
livery place where asked aid was
referred to the City Board of Charities,
and I was always put off there by
some excuse or other. Finally. late
this afternoon, we managed to rig up
some bedsteads for the children"
The case was reported to Coroner
Kohler, who, when he learned that the
woman died from starvation, decided
that an inquest was not necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
DISASTER WHILE
FIRING A SALUTE
An Explosion OF a Can Of
Powder Caused Injury
to Many.
Fearful Scene That Made Siok the
Hearts Of Those Who Wore
Watching.
spectal pispatoh to The can.


ASHEVILLE. n. c., Dec. 25.-A
crowd of 100 or more men and boys
were firing a Christmas salute from an
old cannon on the outskirts of town to-
day when a can of thirty pounds of
powder exploded in the thick of the
crowd. Thirty or forty persons were
injured, but none 1t is believed fatally
The cannon was fired several times,
and then Joseph Finch, an employe Of
the Southern Railway Company, picked
up the powder can and began to reload
the piece. The gun had to be swabbbed
and the moment the tiny stream of
powder struck the heated metal
there was q flash and the powder ex-
ploded with a report that made the
earth tremble. Immediately there was
a scene that made sick the hearts of
those who were watching from a near
by home The smoke cleared away and
showed the bodies lying here and there
over the hill. falling and rising, only
to fall again as they frantically
rushed about, blinded and powder
burned, madly trying to extinguish
their flaming clothes.
Those who were unhurt ran to the
aid of the unfortunate ones, smother
ing the flaming clothing or cutting the
garments from their bodies. One man
was blown or rolled completely down
the high bluff, 200 feet nearly, to the
river. The people in the neighborhood
ran to the scene, and the work of Civ
ing assistance to the injured began.
Those in jured were: Stephen Finch.
Edward Miller, John Engle, Barton
Means Clarence Ledford, Vernon Sen
trelI, Charles Erwood, Henry Eaton,
Eugene Wynne, D. B. Bennett, Dexter
Aldrich, John Powell. B. L. Gowan,
Henry Mcintyre, Buck Trivett, Dell
Bishop, George Eaton, J. E. Hamilton,
James Warren and Frank Pratter.
Joseph Finch is among the more Sc
riously hurt, his nose and mouth be-
ing torn out of all shape and he is
probably blinded. Clarence Ledford,
who stood near the cannon when 1t
exploded, had his hand torn off en-
ttrely. Charles Erwood and John En-
gle are also seriously hurt, and several
others Will probably lose their sight or
be disfigured for life.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
SENT ON A CRUISE
AROUND THE WORLD.
ReYsnUe Cutter Hugh Mccuijosgh TO Make
Long EoyGge Before Reaching
San Francisco.

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Uncle Sans revenue cutter Hugh Nc
Cullough, named for the former Sec
retary of the Treasury under Presi-
dent Harrison, will start on the new
year on a cruise around the world be-
fore taking station at San Francisco.
This craft is practically a war vessel,
being considered the finest of its type
afioat.
1t was launched several months ago,
and is about ready to go into commits
sion. Inasmuch as it is such a hand
some specimen of American shipbuild-
ing, 1t was determined to send her on
a European trip for the information OF
our cousins across the sea-" and at
the same time to avoid a trip around
Cape Horn to reach its future sta
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
sootb-Tpcker Is COMING,

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Commander
Booth-Tucker will leave for California
tomorrow to complete his work in
connection with the founding of a
Salvation Army colony at Soledad, in
the Golden State. He Will go direct to
San Francisco and will address meet
ings there and elsewhere in California,
outlining the plans of colonization.
Commander Booth-Tucker calls Cali
fornia THE Poor Mans Paradise" and
predicts a glorious future for the colo
nv of the army.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
PRESENTS AND FOOD F0R ALL.
Wonderful Christmas Party Given BY Dr.. and
Mrs. Seward Webb at Shell
hUra E0Sn7c
burn FdrB1S

BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 25.-Dr
and Mrs. Seward Webb gave wonder
full Christmas party tonight in the big
ring building on the Shelburn farms to
the children of Trinity parish and Shell
burn. All the people in the parish, the
employees cf the farms and their fam
flies and a number Of invited guests
were also present, making about 800
in all.
It was one of the most notable events
that Vermont has ever seen, and VIII
long Hnger in the memory of Shelburn
DR.. and Mrs. Webb personally wei
coined their guests and made them feel
at home The distribution Of gifts from
he tree, or rather trees, came first.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
STRATT0K'S CIFTS or coal.
Two Hundred Tons Sent TO Families of the
Poor BY tho millionaire Mi1s-0Hnsr
of Yfctpr

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 25.-A special
to the News from Victor, Colo. says:
W. s. Stratton, the millionaire mine
owner, gave orders 10 a local coal deal
ar to deliver ton OF coal to each poor
family known to him in the city to-
day, and a ton to each one applying
whose circumstances were not known
to him Two hundred tons were deliv-
cred to-day and applications are on file
for 200 more. The gifts were to have
been anonymous, but the identity of
the gtver leaked out tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Carried to the Federal Courts.

HAMILTON, Ohio, Dec. 25-In the
case of William Mosler and others VS..
the Herring g-Hall-Marvin Company, in
which S. D. Fitton was appointed re-
ceiver of the company's safe works. the
defendants have filed petition for the
removal of the case to the United
States courts. The court sets the
hearing of the case for the motion to
remove for Tuesday. Applications
have also been made in the Federal
courts Of New Jersey, Kentucky and
Missouri,
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
DUEL OYER A W0NAR.
Both Principals In an Illinois Encounter
win Die.

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-A special to the
Tribune from Alton. H., says: Mac
Clayton and Jefferson Parks. both Of
Upper Alton, fought a duel to the
death at the latter's home this evening
over a woman. Clayton used q pistol
and Parks a knife. Both will die. Two
years ago Parks ran away with Clay
toms wife. The men quarreied about
this for a year, and Parks finally COM
promised their differences by paying
Clayton $40. A quarrel over this sale
of Clayton's wife caused to-days kill
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

Riverside Counties have been working
on the case ever since. The mutilated
corpse was discovered in the bed of the
Santa Ana River. Every clew has been
followed, and three times it was sup
posed that the corpse was about to be
identified, but the final test disclosed
the fact that the body was not that of
the person whom 1T was thought to be-
The last clew indicated that possibly 8.
L. Mode was the name of the victim,
but to-day this theory was totally dis
siDated.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Negro Guards Fired Uooo.

CINCINNATI. Dec. 25.-A special to
the Commercial Tribune from Flem-
ingsburg, KY, says: Five negro
guards sent to protect a tollgate near
here on the Maysville pike last night
We're attacked by raiders and put to
flight. The dollhouse was set on fire
but the green boards would not burn.
One guard received two birdshot In the
neck. AS far as is known none of the
raiders were hurt. Turnpike officials
may ask the Governor for troops to
protect their property.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Sonoht to Commit M,,ra,or

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 25.-To-n night
Ernest Rose. who is employed on
farm on the Haggin grant, got into
a row with a fellow workman over a.
game OF cards in a saloon here He
went away and got pistol and was
looking Tor the other man to kill him
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
MRS. BALLIKGT0N BOOTH
rs SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
The Physicians in Charge of Her Case How
Said to Be Confident of Her
Recovery

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-At the Pres
byterian Hospital tonight 1t was an
nounced that Mrs. Banington Booths
condition was somewhat improved.
The physicians in charge are now more
confident of her recovery.
There has been little change in the
condition of President c.. H Byrne Of
the Brooklyn Baseball Club His physi-
clans say they have not as yet given
up hope, bat his condition Is critical.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Rjverside's Dead Identified.

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 25.-The iden-
tity of the man murdered near River
side about ten days ago has not been
disclosed as yet. and it probably never
will be. as the body has been inferred.
The mystery is one which apparently
defies all efforts to unravel. The police
OF this city and the Eher1ffs Of this and
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
DEATHS AROUND THE 7REES.
Fatalities Seem to Have Been Feature of
Christmas Celebrations at New York
and Vicinity.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Deaths
around the Christmas tree have been a
feature of the day. Three have been
reported. William Gottzeyer and Mrs
John Rice, both of this city. dropped
dead last night at midnight while trim
ming Christmas trees for their chill
dren- The six-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Albert Field of Keyport, n. J.,
pulled a lighted tree over on himself
tonight and was burned to death
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
CLEMENTS STORY
OF ONE CHRISTMAS
ON THE KLONDIKE {
How the Miner Entertained {
Party Of Men in His Hut oD
the Banks Of EI Dorado
Creek.

pounds. The police stopped the bout
during the fourteenth round. The cause
of police interference was the bleed
ing of Lavack, whose wounds, received
in the fight with Gardner at Cincin-
natl, were broken open by "heeling"
blows struck by Burns. The honors
were even
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Pooh-Roohs the Reindeer Scheme.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 25.-Jack
Dalton Of Alaska fame arrived here
from the Sound tonight, and at the
request of General Merriam will go
over to Vancouver Barracks to-mor-
row to confer with him OF the subject
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

of the proposed KIondike relief expedi-
ton. In an interview with The Call
correspondent Dalton said he took no
stock in Secretary Alger's reindeer
scheme, but that he was satisfied the
journey could be safely made with
horses
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Death of James S. Warren.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-James S.
Warren, one of the leading wall paper
manufacturers of this country, died at
his home in this city to-day. He had
been in poor health for two years. For
some time past Warren was president
of the Wall Paper Manufacturers As
sociation.
The distance by rail from New York
to San Francisco is 3252 miles.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Police Stop the F7qhf.

TOLEDO, o., Dec 25.-Johnny La
vack and Eddy Burns met at Al
Woods Champion Athletic Club to-
night in fifteen round contest at Las
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

when officers Maley and Higgins ar
rested him. The card players were all
more or less drunk.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Make Your Preparations for
New Years Day. )fa>

Get ready this week between the two great holiday:
the return presentshe ones you overookedhis is the
writing in the hurybuy of the greatest Christmas trade
cisco is impossible to gather together ems to enumera
holiday articles that remain unsod. We mention few
and the Linens that you will need for the table, and tell
Outer Garments and Shoes.
Beginning Monday, January 3, 1893, will put
Art Room-4dnissiOn Ffee-the late Hubert E. De
$4,000 painting, 'The Blacksmith, the
modern
Through courtesy of "The Chutes the Bosto
Band will give in The Emporium Friday e
81 New Years Eve, beginning at o'clock.
In preparation-A complete and comprehensive dlsE
Kondike.
, 1897-03-20
PA|NES CELERY COMPOUND MAKES ONE WELL.

en-, whether in summer or in winter, but
as the greatest OF spring remedies it has
extraordinary opportunities for induc-
ing the body to throw off morbid hui
mors that poison it and cause rheumu-
tism, neuralgia, heart trouble and a gen.
eral low state Of the health, as in spring
the system is more pliable and chronic
diseases so securely lodged in the sys-
TEN that they are with difficulty ousted,
become more tractable.
Thousands of men and women have
found from personal experience that
Paine's celery compound makes people
well, and keeps all from sickness who
take it in the spring.
Many a father and mother have no.
ticed the un~mistakable improvement in
the health OF their children from taking
Paine's celery compound in the spring.
II is the one scientifically accurate rene
dy fitted by its composition to thorough
ly purify the blood and dispel that ex-
hausted feeling and get rid of skin dis
cases., headaches and fits of depression
with which children with weak, nerv-
GUS system, as we'll as grown people,
are afflicted.
, 1897-03-20

year, have found that the demand for
Paine's celery compound surpasses that
Of all other remedies together.
Paine's celery compound, taken dur
ing the early spring days. has even more
han its usual remarkable efficacy in
making people well. 1t makes short
work of disease. 1t rapidly drives out
neuralgia, sleeplessness, dyspepsia and
rheumatism from the system. 1t re-
moves that lassitude, or tired feeling"
which betokens weakened nerves and
poor blood.
Women working in close offices, sales
women tired out and nervous from long
hours standing on their feet and wait
ing On impatient, irritating customers;
overworked, worried and disheartened
men and women everywhere will be as
ionished to find how much happier life
becomes when their nerves have been
strengthened and their blood purified
by mean OF this great remedy.
No other remedy has the hearty ap-
prevail Of a like body of educated men
and women and professional men, nor
has there ever been a remedy that was
welcomed in so mary intelligent, pru-
dent homes where pains Is taken to get
, 1897-03-20

No remedy in the world nccomplishes
these results like Paine's celery COM
pound. II nourishes, regulates and in
%vigUrates The entire system from the
brain to the minutest nerve filament. II
auses an increased appetite and tones
up the stomach to deal with the increas-
ed food. It's nuurishing action is i'm
mediately manifest in a clearing up Of
he muddy, unhealthy skin, an increase
n weight and more refreshing sleep.
First discovered after laborious,
scientific research by the aDiest physi-
clan America has produced, Prof. Ed
ward f. Phelps, NJ. D., Ii d., of Dart
mouth college, it is prescribed and pub
Iicly Endorsed by the best practitioners
in every city Of America. 1t has been
so enthusiastically recommended by
grateful men and women in every walk
OF life that it is today in every sense the
most popular remedy the world ever
knew.
l. has proven itself the greatest of all
spring medicines.
In New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, ST. Louis and two or three other
large cities. the leading newspapers
making their own c%anvasses again this