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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
NOTORIOUS PRISONER
HAS A CRANKY HEART
"Sir" Harry Westwood Cooper at
County Jail Requires Services of
Suroeon- To Revive Him


Sir" Harry Westwood Cooper, the
notorious swindler of women and ex-
convict, who is confined at the Coun-
ty Jail awaiting the result of an ap-
peal to the Supreme Court from his
latest sentence, was stricken with
heart failure yesterday and came
within a few beats of cheating the
penitentiary of one of its own. When
the prisoner tainted it was supposed
at first that he was preparing the way
for one of the counterfeit fits with
which during a previous residence at
the Sheriff's hostelry he faxed his way
to many an indulgence.
He remained unconscious, however,
and the Harbor Hospital was notified.
Surgeon Millar responded to the call
and found that Cooper, who really has
weak heart, says the doctor. had
been overcome by the intense heat.
Under the medico's directions the
prisoner was removed from his sun
baked cell to a cooler part of the Jail,
where he soon recovered conscious
ness.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
WINNERS AT THE EAST.
Audience Is First to the Wire In the
Tennessee Oaks.


MEMPHIS. April Montgomery
Park results:
First race, six furlongs-Cognome
won, Federal second, Redman third
Time. 1:16.
Second race, four furlongs-Lady
Monuse won, Eckstein second, San
Primo third. Time, :511s.
Third race, one and a sixteenth miles
-Witful won, Deutschland second,
Banter third. Time. 1:491k.
Fourth race, the Tennessee Oaks
$1,000 added, one mile-Audience. III
(Helgerson), 1 to 4. won; Lady Lavish,
III Nyne). Is to l, second: Outwai, III
(Dominick), 1S to l. third. Time, 1:44a..
Vestina Belle also ram
Fifth race, four and a half furlongs-
Vidalia won, Marsh Redon second,
Kings Trophy third. Time, :571z.
Sixth race, six furlongs-Baywood
won, volto second, Sir Andrew third.
Time. 1:15al
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Bennings
results:
First race. six furlongs, handicap
Briarthorpe won, Tocsin second, Paul
Clifford third. Time, 1:12%.
Second race, four and a half furlongs
Lilly Brook won, Pasadena second,
Mon Amour third. Time, 80 2-5
Third race, six furlongs-GretzaiIlC
won, Gold Dome second, Tom Cod third.
Time, 1:19
Fourth race. about two miles, steepIe-
chase, maidens-Tireless won, Chiving-
ton second. Red Hook also started, but
fell and did not finish. Time, 4:24
Fifth race, seven furlongs-John F.
Ahearn won, Cay second, Polk Miller
third. Time, 1876.
Sixth race. one mile and seventy
yards, selling-Nine Spot won, Setauket
second, James F third. Time, 1:5O
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
WALCOTT WILL
FIGHT "DIIIE'
Colored Fighters to Clash
Before the Colma Club on
the 3Oth of Present Month
CHAMPIONSHIP AT ISSUE
Boston Man Agrees to Have
Almost Any Kind of a Di-
vision of Gate Receipts

After considerable haggling and
dispute over the division OF the gate
receipts and purse. Joe Walcott was
last night matched to meet the Dixie
Kid before the Colma Club on the
3Oth of this month.
Biddv Bishop, Jimmy Coffroth. Bill
ly Roach and Eddie Graney were clos
eted with the little typhoon from Bos-
ton for several hours last night IN
Harry Corbett's. 1t was long a1ter
midnight when the match with the
Dixie Kid for championship honors
was finally arranged.
The men will weigh in at o'clock AT
142 pounds and the purse viii be di-
vided on the basis of 65 per cent to-
the winner and 80 per cent to the loser.
Walcott sat behind a formidable ar
ray of diamonds, watch chains and
flashing shirt studs, and thus barri-
caded declared that he was entitled
to about 10 per cent OF the gate re-
ceipts and all of the purse, but was
finally persuaded to moderate his de-
mands.
Biddy Bishop strained every nerve
TO clinch the match with Billy Woods.
but the champion evidently thinks the
Kid is easier money. When Bishop
offered him more than so per cent TO
fight in Oakland, Walcott pulled out
a railroad ticket and said:
"Coffroth here paid my transporta-
ton, and if possible I want to give
him the first chance, but the man that
offers the best inducements gets the
match
Should the present agreement for the
division of the purse not be agreeable
to the Dixie Kid. Walcott is willing TO
fight winner take all. He is also will
ing to meet Jack Johnson, Billy Woods
or any other gladiator in the country
Walcott weighed $50 pounds in his
street clothes last night.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
SANTA CRUZ CITIZENS
WILL TOUR THE STATE
Promotion Committee TO Leave To-
Day and Boom the City by
the Sea.

SANTA CRUZ, April 1.-THE San
Ia Cruz Promotion Committee viii
leave in a special car tomorrow
morning to tour the State. In the
party, besides the Angel Island band
of twenty-five members, will be Fred
W. Swanton, H. T. Irish, B. K Knight.
c. z. Lindsay, r. Thompson, A. p.
Swanton, J. ". Anderson and William
Pooley.
The itinerary is so arranged that
they viii be in Sacramento during the
gathering of the Republican League.
al Modesto at the time of the opening
of the Turlock irrigation ditch and at
Reno at the time Of the Elks' celebra-
ton. At every town visited there is
to be an afternoon and evening open
air concert by the Angel Island band
and a display of colored stereopticon
views of Santa Cruz County.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
YOUTH PLEADS
FOR PROTECTION
Fourteen Year-0ld San Jose
Boy Complains of His
Adopted Fathers Severity
OFFICIALS SEE BRUISES
Youngster Is Provided With
a Guardian and the Court
Will Hear the Charges
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

SAN JOSE, April 1l-Frank Limit
ner, fourteenyear-old boy, has COM
planned to District Attorney Campbell
that his adopted father. ]. II. Conrad,
has been Furnishing him too severely.
In the Sherif-s Office he exhibited his
back, which showed he had been Sc
verely beaten with some blunt instru-
ment- His shoulders were marked and
bruised with red welts as broad as a
mans thumb. the skin in some places
being broken. There were also some
blue and black spots.
The boy states that Conrad had
whipped him Thursday evening with
the butt end of a buggy whip. He
had been left at home while Mr.. and
Mrs. Conrad came to town, and de-
clares that because he had gone to a
neighboring house TO play he was
beaten.
Young Linttner's parents died in
Iowa when he was five years old and
Mr.. and Mrs Conrad have legally
adopted him. Conrad called at the
District Attorneys Office to-day. He
admitted whipping the boy last Thurs
day, but said that it was the first time
within a year. he said he had lost
his temper and had punished she boy
too severely.
The boy has been temporarily placed
in the Home Of Benevolence. To-day
District Attorney Campbell made ap-
plication before Judge Hyland to have
Mrs. Hattie Branham appointed guar
dian of the boy. The matter will come
up in court next Friday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
Wrestler Gotch stiI Champion

BUTTE, Mont, April 11.-Frank A..
Gotch, champion wrestler of the
world, defeated Tim Harrington. a
local man, here tonight with ease.
Harrington is champion Cornish
wrestler of the world and won the
first fall in minutes and 54 seconds
at that style of wrestling. The sec
ond bout was catch-as-catch-can and
Gotch won this easily in 25 seconds.
The third fall was also catch-as-catch-
can and Gotch threw his man in 1
minute and 30 seconds.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
SUICIDE, NOT MURDER,
SAYS CORONER'S JURY
Mystery of the Tragic Death of a
Mountaineer in the Sierras
Solved.

FRESNO. April 1.-THE inquest in
the case of H. II. Tracy, the noun
taineer and lumberman, whose body
was found last Friday in front of his
cabin at Ockendens, in the Sierras,
with bullet hole bn the skull, proves
it to have been case Of suicide in
stead Of murder, as supposed.
Tracy had labored under a haIlu-
cination that he was to be attacked
and had barricaded the cabin. There
were lying about many empty revolver
shells, which indicated that he had
fired shots from the door at imaginary
foes.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
NOTES OF THE TRACK.

Although all the stakes were declared
off Worth track will give $500 purses
and liberal overnight handicaps.
The track bar was closed, as it was
election day in Emeryville
Bonner spent a great day in the sad
die. In different races he fell off Sir
Dougal, Red Bird and Clausus.
Joe Jones, Big Bill'' Knapp and Jed
Lewis are the best riders at Oakland,
and can be relied upon to do their best.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
BICYCIIST LOSES LIFE
BY COLLISION WITH CAR
Former Baptist Minister Meets With
accident While Riding i'm Los
Angeles.

Los ANGELES, April 1l-W. W.
Tinker. a former Baptist minister OF
this city and for several years past a
real estate agent, collided with street
car to-day at Thirteenth and Main
streets while he was riding a bicycle
and received injuries which caused
his death a short time later. He was
- years of age and leaves wife and
daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
Kid Goodman Gets Decision.

PEORIA. ILL.,, April 11.-Kid Good
man was given the decision over Aus
tin Rice at the end of a ten-round
bout before the Riverside Athletic
Club tonight. The men were evenly
matched and put up a good contest.
Goodman winning on points.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
Held Up ON kearnv Street

Frank Holmes, a seafaring man,
while walking along Kearny street last
night in the shadows of the twilight.
was held up and relieved OF the con-
tents of his purse, amounting to 81.
There is no clew to the thief
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
Says He Is Victim of Fraud.

A. Rosella, against whom the Rauer
Law and Collection Agency recently
secured judgment for $130 in Judge
Lawlor's court, yesterday filed a suit
to have the judgment set aside. He
claims it was fraudulently obtained.
He says he never authorized any one
to appear for him except Attorney
Kimball and that he does not know the
William Fowler who, according to the
records, represented him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
Sixth race-one and a sixteenth miles; four
PROBABLE WINNERS.

First Race-Judge voorhies, Tam
hauser, Resigned.
Second Race-Del Carina, saccharate,
NJ. A. Powell.
Third Eace-wiggins, Toto Gratiot,
Montana Peeress.
Fourth Race-Mocerito, Possart, Ca
nejo.
Fifth Eace-Beau ormonde. Peter J,
Ishtar.
Sixth Race-Rey Dare, I Know, Eo-
sarie.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12
Jack o,Keefe Defeats MELODY

CHICAGO, April 11.-Jack O'Keefe
of Chicago was given the decision over
Billy Melody of Boston tonight after
six rounds of fighting. Neither man
was hurt to any extent. but O'Keefe
had margin in every round on clean
work
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12

SUFFERED FROM PTOMAINE POISON
ING.-Edward Jones. residing at 1724h Mar
ket street, was treated at the Emergency Hos
pital yesterday for ptomaine poisoning brought
about by eating fish. Jones has been ailing
since last Friday. Finding himself getting
worse, he applied at the hospital for treat
ment. after which he sent to the City
and County Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12

CONVICTED OF ROBBERY-Charle. Ton,-
son was convicted by a jury in Judge Dunne' ;
court yesterday on a charge OF robbery and
was ordered to appear for sentence on Satt1r-
day. He held up Ernest Huber at First and
Howard streets on the night Of January IT and
took So 80 from him
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12

NEW YORK. April 11.--Harris Lindsey,
lawyer, was appointed third deputy police
commissioner by Police Commissioner Nc
Adoo to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12

61oO Saul of Tarsus CWalz) ..............1 .107
GAS Lozano O.each) .....................11 .112
49, Mndano (Johnson) ..................102 .102
Sixth race-One and a sixteenth miles; four
year-ods and up; selling
660S LAST Knight 0-amasney Bros. 100
65S3 sAxminster (RandalD ................ .106
$3.50 Rey Dare (Nealon) .................. .105
6559 <Horton (Bianch & co... .1o3
GIGS Il Know (BurnelD ................ 95
(6569) Petrolia (McCarty). y).................. 100
5S75 Rosario tChappelD ..................10 100
Apprentice allowance
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-12

Time-:23h, 49% 1:o7% At post III minutes. OF
70; %. Facts; place, y; show. g. Targette. sho
Jeska. Trained by G. Wentworth. Scratched-A
Won driving. Next two stopping to walk. Ha
and compelled to around three horses Facts ra
Bird poorly ridden The Lieutenant will win shor
661O. SECOND RACE-Futurity course; selling; A.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-08-30
TO BE CONTINUED.

STREET ARABS WHO RIsE.-Newsboys
and street arabs often make admirable
clerks. The way they work into COM
merclal houses Is astonishing. A large
percentage Of public and prosperous
business men Of America began as
newsboys, but probably no one realizes
how many won their way up from the
gutter to wealth and influence. They
began as hangers on and are recruited
from the ranks Of every class Of street
gamin. Their wits have been sharpen
ed by contact with the sordid side OF
life and by observation in the school
Of the street. They know the value Of
thrift. So they are to be found at the
door of the big house, ready at any
time to run an errand, always at hand
to pick up an umbrella or open door,
And before the people who regularly
pass in and out Of the doors of the
palace realize 1t one Of these little
chaps they have been accustomed to
see is on. the payroll. Somebody has
bought hirr-a.- a.-s6r-sait-of- elethes-t IA pue
him more at ease with the people and
the weather, and he Is on the road that
in q surprising number Of cases leads
to success.-New York Press.
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CURE FOR MILK FEVER In Cowa.-
A circular issued by the department OF
agriculture announces the discovery Of
a simple cure for milk feverin cows,
an extremely fatal malady on stock
farms and prevailing in all parts OF
the country. Heretofore the most
stringent measures were resorted to by
dairymen to prevent the disease IN
herds, but with the apparatus just In
vented the mortality among those at
flicted win be almost entirely obliterat-
ed, and such preventive measures as
starving, blood letting, etc., will be un-
necessary.
Milk fever, says the circular. Affects
well nourished, heavy milking cows
.ands8s characterized by the complete
paralysis Of the animal shortly after
calving. 1t is cured by the injection OF
sterilized air into the udder through
the teat, simple apparatus being em-
ployed for the purpose. The discov-
cry will prevent one of the greatest
losses to which the dairymen Of the
country are subject, as in addition to
the loss of the animal the fever comes
at the time when the flow Of milk Is
heaviest.
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the bears had killed their most invet-
crate foe. =
Old man Joyce Of Southern Arizona,
falso a famous hunter, met death In q
similar way. In the wilds Of the San
Gnaclon- aolInta a Ina atlIaIikoiazYzH663X- Waa
found by some cowboys. He had been
dragged from out a juniper tree and
killed by a bear. His rifle, q magazine
44-calibre Winchester, lay at the foot
of the tree, with one discharged car
fridge In the barrel, while the soles Of
his cowhide boots had been torn on,
showing how desperately the hunter
had chung to his futile refuge.
C. J. Howard lives in the mountains
near Williams, Ariz. He has hunted
bears for forty years. and although 81
years old, went on his annual bear hunt
in the fall Of 1908. Two years since,
this old hunter and party trapped and
shot seventeen bears In the Oak Creek
country near Williams mountain, one
of which, small bear was killed by
Howard himself with only his hunting
knife.
The Haught brothers and e. Cos
wick Of Tonic Basin are also famous
hunters. With their packs Of dogs they
scour the south rim of the Mogollons,
which breaks of into the Basin In
long hog backs" and sheer cliffs two
or three thousand feet high-an ideal
big game country. Goswick is q pecu-
liar type Of mountaineer. Over six feet
tall and weighing scant $50 pounds,
he follows his dogs in the chase on foot
with Incredible swiftness, always keep
ing them in sight or hearing. He has
a standing. offer Of a wager Of 500 for
race on foot against any horseman
over the mountain trail between Pay
son and Flagstaff. Ariz., distance Of
a hundred miles. 1t has never been
accepted.
AS In all wild animals, curiosity is
very strong in the bear. An old male,
surprised in his haunts will rise on
his hind feet and stare at the hunter,
and If. not molested will make of with
shambling gait which gets him over
the ground surprisingly fast. The fe-
male. however, with cubs, does not
hesitate to attack the hunter with all
the ferocity Of savage hog, and his
only safety Is in killing Bruin before
she reaches him, or rapid flight on
his horse. A wounded bear fights
ferociously to his last breath, and once
hapless dog or hunter Is In his en-
brace, his life is crushed out in an in
stant.
When the deep SHOWS of winter fall
in the high mountains, Bruin, very fat,
retires to his den in a cavern in some
rocky gorge and sleeps the entire win
ter, stirring out only possibly during
brief January thaw. The warm days
of spring bring him out of his win
ter quarters very lean and hungry.
Busily he forages, and he is not averse
to chance find Of dead horse or
cow, and IL nothing better offers, will
sreedily eat the succulent young bunch
grass that has sprung up under the
melted winter SHOWS.
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"Oh, what an ass l made Of myself" /"
he thought deplorable, help
less ASST
He had just seated himself at his
-aAeS -when-Jeff- -Trnitt came IN.
,-GkorYe,"- -he eessIta, eesIta ,="Renncr has offered
me Job at the compress, and"-
"Well"-George looked up from bis
work, with a frown-"that's all right.
I guess"
Their eyes met, and TRUTHS fell to
the ground. He turned out Of the
door, meeting Kenner on the sidewalk.
T made George mad Jest now" he
said to Kenner. II wouldn't a. done
It fer the world, but
"You didn't make me mad. old boy"
said George, coming up. with smile.
II was worried about q calculation I
was making. l hardly knew who was
speaking to me-"
"Well, I'm glad" said Jeff, with a
emile of relief. II wouldn't bother
you fer the world"
It'll bet he was mad" said Kennef
to himself as he moved on. George
Buckley's as hard to understand some
times as a woman. he didn't like the
way the Truitts carried on fore them
young ladies. Lord, he don't know
which side his breads buttered on!
Ef live a hundred years I'll never
forget Lydia Cranston's face while old
Truitt was a-talkin', an George Ia an
blind as a bat-kickin' himself right
now"
he went into the Office few minutes
later. George was at his desk, a dry
pen in his hand, the flush still on bis
face. II met Bob Hanks uptown
awhile ago. Kenner observed.
George did not seem to hear.
"He's put on new two horse deliv-
cry wagon, painted up with his sign
on It, Jest like city wagons"
Buckley was still inattentive.
"By the way, the little devil told me
he was goin' to let up on that school
girl racket O. his. He told me of his
own accord. so reckon my talk did
some good t'other night"
II suppose 1t did," said Buckley. with
a start, and he went to work. Kenner
stood watching him for several min
utes. The flush remained on Buckley's
face all that morning, and he seldom
answered when spoken to. Even Hill
yer remarked upon his strange con.
duct.
Hes a quar- boy" said the old man.
II don't pretend to understand I'm, but
bank on i'm Jest the same"
~ think I understand 'im," replied
Kenner. II kin see through plank,
when thars a knot hole In It." But
that was as far as the cotton buyer
would commit himself.
M pr c0Nr1rT1up
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"StOtD me, Mr.. buckley, aohefe " hoP
pened."
Z reckon somebody must "a told 'em
the news last night"
"Come on in. old woman" Truitt said
to his wife. Nobody hain't a-goin' to
hurt YOU" He took the chair Ken
ner was proffering and placed 1t near
the stove. Then he leaned unsteadily
on the short staff Of the furled flag.
The bugle ratified on the brass buttons
Of his long overcoat as his arm hung
down.
1.-THE camp meets today" he said
huskily, "but / hain't blowed a note
yit, an hain't stuck up the flag. The
boys will wait on Of Bas this mornin'.
wish some O. my tried comrades could
be here to listen to what got to say.
George Buckley, I'm goin' to speak to
you. sir"
George had flushed all over with en-
barrassment. His profile was to the
door, but out Of the corner Of his
eye he had caught glimpse Of a
woman's figure in the main doorway.
The thought flashed through his brain
that it was Mrs. Hillyer or Hortense
snowden, and he wanted to direct Hill
yer's attention thither, but with set,
expectant features the merchant was
staring at the speaker.
Jeff told us Jest how 1t happened"
Truitt went on, his earnest eyes halt
full Of tears, "an' me an my old WON.
an felt like we wanted to see, to look
at, the man that saved our child. Thar
he Is, Matilda; thar he is! Thar's the
chap that stood up in the teeth O that
ragin' mob an said ef they got our
boy it I'D be over his dead body. George
Buckley done 1t. He"-the old mans
voice sank 80 low for moment that
It was scarcely audible-"he done It!
I wish God would help me talk, but he
won't, an 1 csyn't. I had lots to say,
but I cayn't talk. 1 want to show
what I feel, but I cayn't. flowed
that "a man that ft fer Jackson an
Lee an Davis was good enough, but
a man blessed by high place In the
world that stoops down an offers bis
life fer a pore, weak, scared boy Is bet
tern a soldier. He's more like God
than soldier. He's actuated by love
an pity, while the soldier is fghttn'
fer spite. II jest wish God would
give me q chance to show what I feel
Matilda. sf you want to say anything.
say 1t. Yord old mans made fool OF
hisseif!'
"Oh, don't, don't. Mrs. Truitt" George
protested as the old woman pushed
back her bonnet and began to speak
but she went on.
II cayn't say what want to, moth
e." she sobbed. "put / ktp pray fef
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table. "You could give in and many
others could and nothing would be said
about it, but If did 1t they would say
It was-my fathers weakness cropping
out In another generation. That would
be the general verdict, JEFF. Folks are
that way"
"Do you reckon 80, GeorgeY'
Eyes. that's the way of the world.
Now git in bed, Jenf."
Truitt hesitated and flushed. "Jest
le' me lie on pile O. sacks on the
floor," he said. 81 don't want to crowd
you, George"
"You think I'd be above sleeping
with you. my boy" Buckley laid his
hand on his shoulder and turned him
forcibly to him. you've heard all
that talk out home about my being
stuck up, but 1t is lie out Of whole
cloth. JEFF. Jen'' - Buckley's breast
rose high and feli-"I'd give all have
to feel as good In the eyes Of the world
as you are. There's stain on me that
nothing will remove. Yes, I'd freely
give up my life to prove that I am not
naturally thief"
Awed to silence by the strange man
ner Of his friend, Jeff Truitt undressed
and got into bed. George turned out
the light. JEFF heard him undressing,
and then all was still for two or three
minutes. after which Buckley rose
from his knees and got in the bed.
Been sayin' yore prayers. Georger
JEFF asked In wonder.
"Yes. JEFF; Itry not to neglect it once
q day. 1t seems to be about the only
thing that keeps ME straight. Good
night. JEFF"
'Good night. George"
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( As.iNrw IRISH PorAS

k.Nrw IRISH PorA4
toes afa In danger OF ~
tige. II fgeAn Internal
the French National
culture, recently has q
called to the new pOt6
French newspapers -
play an important rol
but will supplant "a
United States C6h
Haynes, at Rouen, Ftl
the state department
Of the new potato II
mersonii," but the peopl
q hurry merely referT
Uruguay Irish potato, bec
from the banks Of the \ y
in Uruguay. The yield
enormous and Mr.. Hayneo& =
It is cultivated at ieasts
where experiments have 3
since 1901, like the commx
ble.-Baltimore Sun.