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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
TROUBLE IN SETTLING
COYOTE SCALP CLAIMS
Controllers Office Discovers That the
Courts i'm Some Instances Have
Given Double Judgments.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 24.-The
State Controllers Office has run up
against a snag in connection with the
settlement of coyote scalp claims.
Four years ago there were claims
against the state aggregating many
thousands of dollars for bounty on
coyote scalps. The Legislature appro-
pTiated 100000 to pay the claims.
The act made the money available on
the first of January. 1905. Deputy
State Controller w. w. Douglas said
to-day that there should be an alb
stract fer the guidance of the Con-
troller. which will show every certif-
icate that has been sued on. 1t has
been found, said Douglas. that the
courts have given double judgments,
which meant that claimants could col
lect twice aud thus secure many thou
sands OF dollars from the State to
which they are not entitled.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
HEIR TO VAST
IRISH ESTATE
Big Celebration Held Upon
Coming of Age of the Son
OF the Earl of KilmOrey
WORTHY OF FORTUNE
'iscount Newry Said to Be
Favored With Good Looks
and a Strong Character

LONDON, Dec. 24-In every way,
lucky youth, and one who seems to
deserve his good fortune, is Viscount
Newry, the eldest son of the Earl and
Countess of Kilmorey, whose coming of
age has just been celebrated with much
rejoicing and lavish hospitality at the
family seat, Mourne Park, County
Down, Ireland, where the major por
tion of the broad ancestral acres are
situated Tenants, friends and local
authorities have overwhelmed the
young heir and his parents with con-
gratulations and gifts. The festivities
were kept up for a week, servants and
tenants sharing freely in the good time.
The Viscount's father is fine, stall
wart, virile type of the aristocrat; his
mother is one of the stateliest. tallest
and handsomest women in the peerage,
and from them he has inherited a good
figure, a sound constitution. strength
and good looks, and brains enough to
steer clear of the pitfalls that beset
wealth and rank.
He is a lieutenant in the First Life
Guards, the SWEETEST regiment in the
British army where many scions of
titled houses have first learned to "go
the pace" Young Lord Newry has left
cards alone-takes his profession seri-
ously, and is popular with his brother
officers. He gives himself no airs, and
is one of the unspoiled favorites of
society.
Matrimonially he is a good catch, for
some day he will inherit $4,000 acres in
Ireland, 2000 in England and a town
residence in addition to the Irish man
sion. The report circulated some time
ago that he was engaged to Miss Lulu
Pfzer. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Pfzer of New York, appears
to have been unfounded. AS the family
is not an impecunious one he is not
under the necessity of hunting up an
American heiress. but that is no reason
why he should not wed an American
girl some day.
The Earl of kilmorey is one of the
representative peers of Ireland. but he is
a Protestant and the family is of Eng
lish origin, springing from William de
Nedham, who was Lord of Staunton in
HOP. Though a keen sportsman he is
also a man of scholarly accomplish
ments and an NJ. A. of Oxford He
was a member of Parliament for some
years before he succeeded to the family
heritage. What he most prides him
self on is the fact that he has never
had any trouble with his tenants.
which is a rare record for an Irish
landlord. The Countess is equally pop
ular with the tenants and takes an
active interest in the promotion Of
peasant industries.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
FUMES OF GAS
KILL TWO MEN
Victims Are Overcome by
Deadly OdOr While Clean
ing an Oil Car at Sunset
RESCUERS NEARLY DIE
NOxiOus VapOrs Render I'm
conscious Employees Who
Try to Save Companions

BAKERSFIELD. Dec. 24.-Two men
went down to their deaths in a tank
car at Sunset last evening and the
lives of two others were imperiled by
their heroism in seeking to rescue their
companions from the deadly fumes OF
gas in the empty car. c. E. Barnes
and Ed Hoagland are the victims who
died under the influence Of the noX-
ious vapOrs. while George Rogers and
?. Isenburg nearly suffered a like fate
in their heroic efforts to bring their
companions to safety.
Work was begun in cleaning out a
car that had been filed with distillate
standing at the terminus of the Sun
set line, and Hoagland in a moment
was overcome by the imprisoned va
pors. Foreman Barnes, on hearing the
call for help from others on the car
rushed to the scene and without a mo-
ment's hesitation dropped into the
tank and attempted to rescue Hoag-
land. He, too, was in a moment lying
senseless. George Rogers essayed to
effect their release. He descended into
the car and vainly endeavored to bring
out Barnes. The gas was too much
for him, and he barely succeeded in
ascending the ladder into the fresh
air. Isenburg, another workman. with
out reckoning the danger to his own
life, dropped into the deadly fumes and
made heroic effort to rescue his fell
lows. Tie was forced out Of the tank.
but had no sooner filed his lungs with
fresh air than he attempted to return
TO the work. He was forcibly detained
by other employees. In the meantime
ropes had been secured, and after much
effort the bodies Of Barnes and Hoag-
land were brought to the top of the
car.
Barnes had been resident Of Los
Angeles. and with him in the oil fields
We're his wife and two children.
HOagland was resident of Ottumwa.
Iowa, and was newcomer to this
county. He was A Knight Templar.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
POSTAL ORDER FORGER
GOES TO PENITENTIARY
sentence of Twelve Years Imprison-
mcnt Is Imposed Upon James
X. MatbiasOn by Judge.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.-Twelve
Years Imprisonment in the peniten-
Liary was the sentence imposed by
Judge Welburn in the United States
District Court upon James r. Math-
.ason, the counterfeiter and postof-
ice money order forger. Mathiason
pleaded guilty to two indictments.
bne for counterfeiting and a second
for forgery.
Mathiason. who is SS years of age.
was shot and dangerously wounded at
ocean Park last summer as he was
trying to escape after having passed
4 raised 81 bill at a store at that
place. After his arrest he was iden-
iified as the man for whom the pos
al authorities had been looking for
months for raising" postof1ce money
riders and whose operations extend
d along the entire coast.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
RUBBER TIRE COMBINE
is SUED FOR DAMAGES
Plaintiff Manufacturer Alleges Vio-
latiOn of the Sherman Anti
Trust Law

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. "a
Eleven rubber tire manufacturing con-
Germs. comprising the so-called rub
Der tire combine, were made defend
ants in the United States Court to-day
by suit filed by the Mulford Rub
be- Tire Company of Atlanta, Ga. The
suit is for damages under the Sher-
man antitrust law, the plaintiff claim
ing the defendants have injured the
ccmpany's business to the extent of
S19.500. The suit is for S59.100. three
times the amount of the damages, in
accordance with the sherman law.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
PIays santa CIaus and Gets Burned

SANTA ROSA, Dec. PA panic
was narrowly aveTted last night at
Red Mems Hall when a false beard
and costume worn by Otto Seeman.
who was officiating as Santa Claus at
an entertainment being given by the
Council of PocahOntas, took fire from
lighted candle on the Christmas
tree and envelOped him in flames.
Seeman. who was badly burned
rushed madly through the crowd OF
spectatOrs until one of them jerked
,ff his coat and threw il over him.
Seeman will probably recover. but the
affair broke up the entertainment.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
AFTER FORTY LONG YEARS
GOVERNMENT PAYS DEBT
Officer of Civil War Receives Check
for So SO due Him on Servants
Clothing Allowance.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Dec.
24.-General Linus E. Sherman of this
city, past department commander of
the Grand Army of the Re-
public for Colorado and Wyom-
ing. to-day received a warrant
for SO 55 for a debt which the Gov
ernment has owed him for forty years.
1t was a war settlement warrant for
his servants clothing allowance for
March 19, 1865, which is paid as a re-
suit of a readjustment of claims upon
which General Sherman received SIS
several years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
HOLIDAYS AT PASO ROBLES.
Only 1920 for the Round Trip.

Whoever spends the holiday season at Paso
Robes may be sure Of enjoying every moment.
Fine drives through lovely country. hot mud
and other mineral baths, unsurpassed service
and cuisine at Hotel El Paso de Robles, and
bright suush hire and fresh. invigorating noun
tain air. The ound-trip rate of 81 20 from San
Francisco affords splendid chance for fine
holiday trip. Ask Southern Pacific agents
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
COLD ENGLISH HOUSES.

This is the season when the much
vaunted open CRATE fire of the average
English home proves a delusion and a
snare, and one yearns for the comfort
of the American stove or steam radia-
tor.
Only the most modern and preten-
tious of English houses make any provi-
sion for heating the whole house. To
one who is not familiar with the SINH
larity Of English habits to the laws of
the Medes and Persians, this national
adherence to archaic methods would
appear amazing. The annual waste of
fuel in England is something prodigi-
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
Alleged Ffrcbug Under Arrest.

AUBURN, Dec. 24-Sheriff Bos-
quet of Ell Dorado County passed
through here this morning, having in
charge Bruce PrOvine. who is accused
of burning a dwelling near the Zant-
graf mine in FL Dorado County on the
night of September 10 last. PrOvine
says he can prove an alibi. Sheriff
Bosquet will take the prisoner to
Placerville.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
SECOND ATTEMPT MADE
TO DESTROY A FOUNDRY
Plant of Newport Machine Company
Shaken by Terrific Explosion
of Dynamite.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 24.-An-
other attempt was made during the
night to blow up the Newport Foundry
and Machine Company's plant at New
port, Ky. The entire building was
shaken by a terrific explosion of dyna-
mite. The dynamite was dropped near
a fence and consequently little dam
age was done. The explosion was
heard all over the city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
WASHINGTON BOY SHOOTS
AND KILLS HIS FATHER
Tres Load of BuckshOt Into Parents
Back Because He Had Cursed
Him While at Work.

TACOMA. Dec. 24.-Near Chehalis
'homas Brown, aged II. has shot and
illed his father while they were at
Bork in the field. The father cursed
ne boy. who ran TO the house. got a
un and told his mother he was going
D shoot an OWL Then he hunted up
ms fatirer-aEd shot him in the back
AS the latter started to run the boy
shot again, killing him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25

TEN YEARS FOR FLANNERY William
Flanuery, convicted by a jury in Judge Law
lors court OF grand larceny. was sentenced
yesterday to serve ten years in san Quentin
On August p he stole a diamond stud from
Walter y. Kelly. i67 Fremont street Wills
Kelly a Sutter-street car.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
IF YOU ARE LOOKING

For any kind of Musical In
strument. from a jewsharp to
a piano. consult the Musical In
strument Column of THE CALL.
You will find reliable dealers
there.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
MOTHER AND BABE DIE
IN SMALLPOX HOSPITAL
-Four Deaths i'm Pesthousc Cast Chill
Over the Christmas Celebration
Planned by Unfortunates.

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-Four deaths in
the record for the institution and cast
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25

TWO ATTACHMENTS SERvED-The Sher-
ifT' S deputies yesterday served two writs Of
attachment, one A. W. Thomas OF 13 Polk
street in the sum Of $500 3e at the instance
of c. y. Spiero. and the other on T. Edward
BaiIary. q hat dealer at 909 Market street
for s21T4 23 for the Creditors Adjustment
Company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25

does not understand in order to I'M
press you with the brightness of her
intellect. But she never really i'm
presses any one who has once seen
through and realized the astonishing
self-consciousness which distinguishes
the women of the greatest republic
on earth.
K There is a French saying to the effect
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
OPENS HER PURSE
FOR THE POOR.
Mrs. Sbender-Clay Betuends
People OF Husbands S I Toa0n.
A. D. Loney Leaves England for
France for the Holidays.

LONDON, Dec. 24.-Mrs. Spender-
Clay's influence over her husband is
commencing to assert itself already
The captains chief income is desired
from the town of Burton-on- Trent,
where he owns much land besides be-
ing one of the principal shareholders
in Bass brewery, but there is no evi-
dence that he has ever taken much in
terest in the town or its people. The
condition of the poor during the hard
winters always aroused the sympathy
of Miss. Pauline Astor, but her bene-
factions were usually confined to the
East End of London
Since her marriage she has been to
Burton n-on-Trent for the first time.
and was shown over the huge brewery
by Lord Burton. She afterward visit
ed some of the poorer districts of the
town where she witnessed squalor quite
equal to anything she had seen in the
worst parts of London. One or two
cases that needed immediate relief she
assisted there and then with her own
hands
Since that visit parcels of clothing
and tickets for groceries and coal have
been distributed among a number of
poor widows whose husbands have died
in the service of the brewery. Cap
tain Spender-Clay has been seen more
frequently in the district since his mar
riage and he. too, now shows a decided
interest in charitable societies and or
ganizations throughout the town. 1t is
81. nfh
who are interested in the London poor
that Burton -on-Trent's gain will be
London's loss.
LEAVES HANDSOME HOME.
When a. D. Loney of New York ac-
quired Willoughhy Hall. in Northanl-'
tonshire. he thought that he found an
ideal residence He had previously
tried several places in Scotland and
England without discovering what he
really wanted. He has spent much
money on the new residence in order TO
render it equal TO modern domestic re-
quirements, and this week found that
the severity of the English winter
would not permit him to spend Christ
mas there. He has removed his fam
lily to the south of France and it is
somewhat doubtful whether they will
again return to Willoughby.
The sudden decision of Loney has
caused much disappointment among a
number Of his friends because extern
sive preparations had been made to
have a fashionable party at the hall
for the Christmas festivities. A large
staff of servants has been disbanded,
but each member has been generously
treated, so that there will be no inn
mediate necessity for them to swell the
ranks of the unemployed.
Some of the local trades people feel
Loneys removal keenly because since
he has been in the neighborhood he
has made it a rule TO support local
trade and industry as much as pos
sible. London stores were scarcely
drawn upon for anything, which is con-
trary to the rule practiced by fashion
able people living in large country
mansions Some persons living in the
neighborhood believe that Loney may
yet decide to keep the mansion as a
summer residence. Nothing has yet
been disposed of. A man has been en-
gagged to look after the place for the
time being.
COLD ENGLISH HOUSES.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-25
LABOR's FEEBLE VOICE.

II is a singular fact that there are
fewer representatives OF the wage
earning class ia the British Parliament
than in he Parliament of any con-
tineutal nation who're popular suffrage
exists. AT told there are not more
than ter Of them, white IN the German
Reichsiag there are something like
eighty. The paucity Of their number
cannot be attributed 10 their lack Of
ability. They have all Of them far
more brains than the average member
of Parliament. and none Of them is a
demagogue. There are something like
Two score scions of The peerage in Par
lament, but II the best Of them were
picked out for the purpose il is doubt
ful II they could furnish q team OF
equal numbers. that judged by any
standard Of practical capacity would
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-08
SeedIess Apples.

After experimenting for several years
John F. Spencer, of Grand Junction,
COL, an old nurseryman and fruit
grower, has succeeded in perfecting a
seedless apple.
The new fruit very much resembles
the seedless orange 10 that the meat is
solid and there is slightly hard sub
stance in the navel end. The trees
have no blossoms, and for this reason
no termination takes place and seeds
are impossible. Spencer says be be-
gan experimenting with the apple
shortly after the seedless orange was
placed on the market. He reasoned
that if 1t was possible to destroy ger
mination in the orange it was possible
to destroy it in the apple. Originally
he produced five trees that would bear
seedless apples, and next experiment.
ed to see if be could make the buds
reproduce others. Succeeding in this.
be secured forty additional trees.
From these be has budded 200 more,
and bis seedless apple is low assured.
Spencer has kept bis experiments tc
himself for all these years, and now
refuses to dIvulge bis secret. He has
sent some of his apples to the Smith
sonian Institution at Washington fol
examination. In addition to avoid
ing seeds, Mr.. Spencer claims that
many diseases which now follow the
laying of eggs by moths in the apple
blossoms will be avoided.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-08
Consumption

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Neglected consumption does
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-08
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-08

Woman is often referred to by m an as
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That may be com plimentary but it would
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in plain terms it means that where things
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them go better. But when things are going
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half his burden. And there's more truth
than poetry in this presentation of mascul-
inc selfshness. Men don't appreciate the
fact that the strain Of motherhood alone is a
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q thought that she is over-burdened.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-08
CoIonists Rates to Western Points.

Throughout the months OF March
and April, 1901, tue Chesapeake & Ch o
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-08
CAUSE OF COLDS
One of the Common Reasons Is Over
ing.

The invarlable cause of colds comes
from within, not without. No one takes
cold when in vigorous state for
health, with pure blood coursing
through the body, and there is no good
reason why any one in ordinary health
should have a cold. 1t may come from
insufficient exercise, breathing OF foul
air. want of wholesome food, excess oil
food, lack of bathing. etc. but always
from some violation of the plain laws
of health.
There can be no more prolific cause
of colds than highly seasoned foods, as
well as frequent eating. These give no
time for the digestive organs to rest.
and incite an increased flow out the
digestive secretiOns. Thus larger
Quantities of nourishment are absorb
ed than can be properly utilized, and
the result is al obstruction, common.
ly called ''cold," which is simply an
effort of the system to expel the use
less material properly speaking, it is
self-roisoning, due to an incapability
of the organism to regulate and COM
pensate for the disturbance.
A deficient supply of pure air to the
lungs is not only strong predisposing
cause of colds, but a prolific source of
much graver conditions. Pure air and
exercise are necessary to prepare the
system for the assimilation Of nutrt-
ment, for without them there can be
no vigorous health. The oxygen OF
the air we breathe regulates the ap-
petite as we'll as the nutriment that is
built up in the system.
The safest and best way to avoid
colds is to sleep in room with the
windows wide open, and to remain out
of doors every day, no matter what
may be the weather, for at least two
hours, preferably with some kind of
exercise. If not more than walking.
One should not sit down to rest while
the feet are wet or the clothing damp.
"a pClbOA may 81 WiIa O4C NAOVAlA6
wet through to the sk in all day if he
but keeps moving. Exercises keeps up
the circulation and prevents taking
cold.
The physiological care of colds is
the prevention of their occurrence.
The person who does not carry around
an over supply of alimentation in his
system and, Furthermore secures pur
flied circulation by strict, sanitary
cleanliness, is immune to colds. A |
starving man cannot take cold.
A careful diet would exclude the use
of all narcotics and all food that is not |
thoroughly appropriated. An overfed |
person is worse off than one who is un-
derfed, because the overfed body is |
taxed to dispose of what cannot be ap-
and when not properly
disposed of remains only to be an ele-
ment of tdanger.-Science of Health.