The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-17
Kingdom Was Inherited.

Kingdom was lnnerlteus
 King Cary came into his own at the death of an older brother. He, In turn, accepted the sceptre from ancestors who lived when England was but collection of warning shires, and the great nation of today nothing but a promise in the dim future A long line of Carys has bossed the Calf of Man ever since history began to be made in that section of the world.
 Just how a Californian came to be king is interesting history.
 Way, way back in the cloudy past an ancestor of the Carys held his own shield over the head of the king of England during a desperate battle. The king escaped unscathed, but the Cary who saved him was desperately wounded. In recognition of his fealty and bravery the King of England gave this Cary the Isle of Man to be his to rule over forever.
 There w. L. D. Cary was born.
 But he got tired of the limits of 900 acres when he was only boy and he came west. In California he made fortune and in oakland he chose to make his permanent home, despite the call of the sceptre from the Calf of Man. His older brother died and the cry 'The King is dead. long live the Kingl" summoned him from Madison street, Oakland, Cal, to his ancestral inheritance He looked 1t over Then he turned up his nose What was the use in living there in royal splendor over forty-one subjects when the Palace Hotel in San Francisco could put him up over night for $3 in far better style than pieknickers are cared for on the Calf of Man.
 "Sell itv' ordered the King, laying down his seeptre and noting by his watch that he could catch a boat which would allow him to make the first steam CT for the United States and Oakland, Cal.
 And then, being a naturalized American citizen, he did just what any good Amer ican would have done-he ordered the American flag hoisted over his domain.
 He knew they couldn't stop him. for that had been tried before. When his father was king Great Britain had made the Attempt to tax the island. thereby ptffting 1t under the kingdoms sovereignty. The sturdy ruler took the matter to parliament and produced the original deeds. The, lawmakers of Eng land had to acknowledge that the Calf of Man was free and independent Today there is no cloud on the title to w. L. D. Carys kingship.
 He alone can levy taxes, make laws, pass judgment and rule generally. When King Cary got there he found things were being done on a verbal bases. Laws went by word of mouth. Leases were not written, but the tenants word was his bond.
 "cut 1t out" announced His Majesty, in his breezy California way. "We want to do business here.''
 Because I say so," announced the king.
 Has "Treasure Trovev Privilege.
 The King of Great Britain and Ire land has his "treasure-trove" privilege granted him by the constitution. He can claim wreckage. money from galleons and pots of gold wherever dug up So can His Majesty William l., of the King dom of the Calf of Man. This is no joke and he does claim it, for much valuable wreckage Is cast up on the rocks and reefs of his diminutive demesne. Great Britain put up two light houses on the rocky coast line, to keep vessels off the dangerous rocks but King Cary, with hisA careful California bringing up, promptly bought them, so that nobody could say he wasn't ruler In fact.
 Furthermore, just to show his fearless American spirit, King William installed an American, Mr Hughes, as light house keeper Mir. Hughes made his money in Liverpool, but has summer residence on the Calf of Man. He has fitted up the light house as his home, and 1t is marvel of luxury in it's way. Mir. Hughes is rich. but the Calf of Mansmen say he is a good light house keeper. His butler stands the night watch.
 Many good dollars-of course they come in the shape of sixpences-are made by the sale of pamphlet extoIling the glories of the place and recounting It's romantic history It is only 800 yards to the Isle of Man, and ferry runs with as prosaic