The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-09
tbs AMERICAN IS KING
William Carey Rules Island
in the United
Kingdom.

New York, Aug AN American
king. possessing and lording it over a
miniature domain, arrived on the
steamship Teo,Saic He is William l..
d. Cary of middle age. with iron-gray
hair and mustache.
His kingdom is an island within the
United Kingdom; yet strange to say,
this realm within a realm, pays no tax
es to the British Grown.
South of the Isle of Man lies this
tiny sovereignty. called the Calf of
Man. The Calf has coast line OF ave
miles. on the isle are 900 acres. of
which l50 are under cultivation. Gen.
erations ago the isle came into pos
session of the ancestors of King Cary.
At critical point in a great battle
one OF the Cary ancestors held his owR
shield over the head Of his King there
by preserving the crown The chival
rous soldier was severely wounded
In recognition of his service he Calf
was conferred upon him and his heirs.
Fafmhouses are on the island and
also a castle The population con
sists OF fifty odd souls one of King
Cary's tenants is an American mi ].
ionaire There are two lighthouses,
which until last year were maintained
by Trinity Houses board but the
king" In order to make his soyer-
eighty complete purchased them and
has since maintained them at his own
expense
G-eat Britain attempted to tax the
island but the present ownrr's father
who distingu shed himself at Sebasto
pol. went before Parliament proved
his title by the original deed and
fought as strenuously as his ancestor
who used his shield to protect his
king. He showed that the island was
exempt from taxation forever. and wor
i his case. the territory being declared
free ana independent
Like his brother, the Isle of Man
the Calf is inhabited by Manxmen
and also by a species of of tailless cats
The Calf has no representation in The
House Of Keys. and is not governe,
by tho Manx constitution
1--WE do not and viii not pay taxes
30 anybody" said King" Cary; I'VE
are free and independent and my peo
pie are also free and independent
Great Britain has no sovereignty owe
my island"
The navy of the realm consists of 1
steam launch and of a half dozen fish
ing boats. The owner is magistrate
Legislature and executive The rev
enues come from farming and fish
cries, sheep and cattle. and in summe
from tourists from the Isle OF Man, so
feet away.
The King" is an American cities
with residence in Oakland, Cal b
inheritance he is also the owner q
Beach House, Castletown, Isle Of Mar
The king" has had a romantic his
tory He played for years in har
luck ana went to Chicago Althoug
J belonging to the British aristocracl
! Cary worked in South Water stree
Chicago. unloading vegetables SUI
denly. five years ago there came
cablegram announcing that Col Henr
Cary his brother, once Of The Prime
Of Wales set, had ded, leaving I'll
vegetable handler his heir,
: Four years afterward the King
while in Oakland, was sued by a Oh
I cago circus rider. named Leon
Bonne, for breach of promise He hH
become acquainted with the eque
trenne while he was in the post
service in Chicago. but it was only
( chance Of acquaintance The circ'
!. rider importuned him TO marry he
and his refusal was followed by a
= suit VIII ch was a failure
d Mr. Cary said that he liked Il
k United states best, and this count
d was good enough for him.