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The Newtown bee., 1908-01-24

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The Newtown bee., 1908-01-24

HIT BY FALLING TREE. : STOPPED TO GET SAW AND WERE STRUCK DOWN.
The Newtown bee., 1908-01-24


 "If one should send me from abroad a richly carved and precious statue, and the careless drayman who tipped it upon the sidewalk before my door should give it such a blow that one of the boards of the box should be wrenched off, I should be frightened lest the hurt had penetrated further, and wounded it within. But if, talk ing the remaining boards and the swathing bands of straw or cotton, the statue should come out fair and un- harmed, l should not care for the box, but cast it carelessly into the street.
The Newtown bee., 1908-01-24

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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
WOMAN BURNED TO CRISP
WHILE HUSBAND SLEEPS
Can of Kerosene Indicates Cause,
but Crime or Accident
Is Mystery
TSeecial Dispatch 10 The Cali

PLEASANTON, Dec. 26.-Mystery
surrounds the burning to death last
night of Mrs. J. B. Toomey in her home
on the towns outskirts. Her body.
burned almost to crisp, was found
at noon today with evidence of her
garments having been saturated with
Kerosene. Near the corpse stood a can
that had contained coal oil.
The woman's husband was found
asleep in a drunken stupor in another
room of their small cottage. At first
it was thought that Mrs. Toomey had
set herself afire while trying to light
a fire in the kitchen stove Investiga-
tion disclosed that the. stove had not
been touched. -
Toomey was aroused and taken in
charge. His mind was a blank as to
what had occurred during the night
Neighbors said that both Toomey and
his wife had been drinking heavily
yesterday. He is harness worker,
employed by the Alameda sugar COM
pany. So far as was known the couple
had not quarreled. No suspicion is at
tached to the husband by the au-
thorities
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
new REGULATIONS
FOR FOREIGN MAIL
Parcels From Germany to This
Country May Not Exceed
$50 in Value

After the first of the new year no
parcels exceeding $50 in value will be
admitted to the parcels post mails from
Germany to the United States Parcels
from the United States will be admitted
regardless of their value.
AS a result of an agreement between
the postal department of the United
States and Germany, the postage rate
applicable to letters mailed in the
United States for Germany and dis
patched by sea direct and not going
through England or France shall be
cents an ounce or fraction of an
ounce. When such letters are unpaid or
shortpaid. the deficient postage will be
collected on delivery at double the rate.
This new order applies only to letters
mailed in the states and territories of
the United States, including Alaska
and does not extend to letters mailed
IN Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines
and other possessions of the United
States
The third assistant postmaster gen
eral at New York has recently ruled
tnat when registered mail is addressed
70 one person in care" of another or
10 IL person in care of q firm or corpo-
ration, 1t is as if it We're addressed
TO two persons. aud that under the
poslal laws and regulations it is de-
llvered to either of the persons so
addressed 1t is held. however. that
q person in whose care a registered
letter is addressed can not authorize
us ueilVery to other than himself ex
oept Whefe the person named as the
care is In fact firm doing business
III the name of an individual
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
HUNDRED SKATERS
TO ENTER ROLLER
MARATHON
Eight Mile Race Over Streets
of City to Be Finished
i'm Skating Rink

Now that the day of the roller Mara
ing more and more intense. The idea
of Marathon on rollers originated in
Chicago and the first one was held
there on last Thanksgiving day under
the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A 1t
proved a great success and the finish
was witnessed by over 1000 people
The course chosen here will be a
much severer test of the skaters speed
and endurance, as there are included
several very difficult grades to traverse.
San francisco is the second city in the
United States to hold this contest, al
though New York has announced one
for New Years day. Difficulties in get
the pubic highways have been met, but
thanks to the board of supervisors and
the police department. who are doing
everything in their power to carry on
clean sport in this city, the necessary
permission was granted.
eight miles, the last two miles of which
will be skated in the Coliseum rink,
which is nine laps to the mile. Most
of the expert skaters who are in this
city have entered, among the more
prominent of whom are Lester Bier
made fast time in a "a hour race last
summer in San Jose: Joe Forrest. a
we'll known local racer, will also par
ticipate. All told there will be in the
neighborhood of 100 contestants. so the
race should be a success. Several of
the racers covered the entire course
last Sunday and made remarkable time
Bierwierth is considered by many to
have the best chance. as he has beaten
most of the best men on the coast.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
HOME PHONE co.
ANNOUNCES PLANS
President Harris Says Firm Will
Be Ready for Competition
in Six Months

Actual work upon the installation of
$1,000 automatic telephones for the
Home telephone company's new sys-
tenn in this city will begin in March.
This news was brought to San Fran
cisco yesterday by Joseph Harris of
Chicago, president of the Automatic
electric company, which is backing the
undertakings of the Home telephone
company.
According to Harris $4,000 telephones
and other appliances, including switch
boards. representing an investment of
81, 900 600, are on the way to San Fran
cisco from Chicago and should arrive
here within two weeks. Fifty thousand
automatic phones will be shipped later,
after the first shipment has been in
stalled.
For the first time the plans of the
Home telephone company as to long
distance lines We're announced last
night by Harris, who stated that the
Pacific States telephone and telegraph
company's long distance lines will be
paralleled from Los Angeles to San
Francisco and northward to Seattle and
Portland. This project has been held
in abeyance by the company, Harris
being the first to announce that the
plans had been completed This work.
which will require an investment of
81, SOC, 900, according to Harris, will be
commenced Immediately upon compile
tion of the local lines in this city.
Harris will remain in San Francisco
for several months and in his capacity
as president of the company will direct
the work of installation. He declared
last night that the Home telephone
company will be ready to compete with
the Pacific States company by the
middle of next year.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
MISS ELKINS TO FORGET
ROMANCE IN HOSPITAL
Arranges Six Months Course
to Prepare for Career of
Trained Nurse
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

lOpeCIQt DfSpQICn 10 ne Adu
WASHINGTON, Dec 26.--AIiss Kath-
crime Elkins will seek forgetfulness
of her international romance by pre-
pairing herself for career as a trained
nurse. She has made arrangements to
begin the serious work of study in
the Homeopathic general hospital al
Second and n streets, in this city, Mon
day week. She has employed passed
professional nurse to be her mentor
and guide in the early steps of the
course which she is to take This
nurse. a woman of high professional
attachments and good breeding. will il
is understood. practically become one
of Senator Islkins' family.
Miss Elkins will observe the treat
ment of patients and fit herself to take
Temperatures. dress wounds, apply ban
dages and do all which a nurse must
perform for the sick.
1t is added that Miss Elk;ns' tuition
will cover only six months, this period
having been fixed by her as time in
which she could decide whether she
would continue her studies. She will
not live at the hospital as other
nurses in training are compelled to
DO. but will have TO put in most of her
days there and frequently nights if she
hopes TO keep UP with the course
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
GREEK FIG CROP FALLS
BELOW PREVIOUS YEARS
Consul Nathan Reports That
Warm Dry Winds and Dis
ease Reduced Yields

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-ConsuI Ed
ward j. Nathan reports from Pstras
that the Greek fig crop this year is TAR
below that of last season, his particu-
lars following:
The warm dry winds from the Sa-
hara which prevailed last summer.
coupled with the outbreak of dis
ease known as psoriasis, served to
damage the quality and greatly reduce
the quantity of the crop of 1908. The
crop of 1907 was 1850 tons. while
this years will not exceed 5000 tons.
Greek figs are of smaller variety
than those of Smyrna and are not so
province of Messina, near the town OF
Calamata, and yield the province an
annual income of 100000 drachmas
(drachma now equals so.1Ss5(. or
about $550,000. They are but slightly
cultivated. and this is responsible for
their poor quality and consequently
low price. 0.311. to 0.35h drachma
per oke (oke equals 2-72 poundS). The
people of this portion of Greece re-
gard currants as their principal crop,
and in years of great demand for them
have sacrificed their fig trees to make
room for currant vineyards. OF late.
however, since the price of currants
has again fallen and the supply ex-
ceeded the demand, greater attention
has again been given to fig cultivation
and many currant vineyards have
been replanted with fig trees In dry
soils from 10 to 20 fig trees are
planted per stremma (stremma equals
20 to 80. The average yield per
stremma is about 500 okes. and as
the expense of cultivation is only from
20 to % drachmas per stremma the
net revenue is $50 drachmas per
stremma- A more intense cultivation
would produce greater results At
present only about three or four
drachmas per stremma is expended
for fertilization. and in many cases
not that. while the minimum should be
seven drachmas.
These figs are dried and strung on
rings of rope and shipped abroad
mostly for use in the manufacture of
chicory. Russia and the Danubian
provinces annually consume about
1000 to 2,200 tons. about 1900 tons
are sent to Turkey. India and the
United States. while the balance. or
5000 to 1000 tons, are sent to Aus
tria, where they are utilized in the
manufacture of chicory. In 1907 the
value of the declared exports of figs
from Patras and Calamata, Greece. to
the United States was S71,661. These
are mainly for consumption by the
Greeks and Italians in America
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
SKELETONS OF GIANTS
FOUND IN ST. LOUIS
Workmen Unearth Bones of
Extinct Race Believed to
Have Been Mound Builders

Human bones. believed to have been
those of mound builders. were found
at Second and st. Clair avenue East
st. Louis, recently, by workmen. who
were digging an excavation for a hay
warehouse.
One skeleton was walled up in a
stone tomb eight feet high. When a
heavy slab of rock was taken from the
top the skeleton. standing upright.
could be seen within.
1t was that of man apparently I
feet tall. An EFFORT was made to re-
move the skeleton intact but when
other stones were removed it fell to
pieces.
Buried under five feet of earth near
the base of this ancient tomb were
found the skeletons of the other men.
all above the normal height They
were in circle about the tomb
where their chieftain had been walled
up As the ground was cleared away
these skeletons also fell apart Three
skulls were intact
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
BIG BEN As AUGUR

by snow freezing on the hands and
lamming them. A curious episode in
rs history took place in December.
lSoi' Just before the prince consort
experimental piece Of apparatus the
clock struck hundred or more strokes
without stopping People who were
unaware OF the cause, according to the
captain, saw in the occurrence an
omen of the great loss which shortly
afterward befell the nation Another
sensational prank was played by the
clock on April 8. 1896 when 1t stopped
famous speech in favor of home rule
for Ireland. This was taken by some
as an augury that the bill would not
prophets were Justified. though the
cause OF the trouble was easily traced
70 want Of slubrica tion.-London
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
WELL KNOWN WOMAN
is CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. Mary L. Fay, Prominent
in Catholic Church Circles,
Dies Suddenly

Mrs Mary i. Fay. widow of Philir
S. Fay and prominent in Catholic
church circles in San Francisco, died
suddenly in her home at S34 Grove
street yesterday morning of heart dis
ease. She was 90 years old Mrs Fay
was apparently in the best of health
Christmas day and found much pleasure
with her sons and daughters during
the Christmas dipner. She was found
dead in bed.
In addition TO being one of the or
ganizers of the Young Women's Home
of San Francisco, Mrs. Fay was an
active member of the Catholic ladies'
aid society. She was a native of Pitts
burg. Mrs. Fay is survived by five
sons, Philip J.. Stanley, Paul. Clarence
and Charles W. Fay; four daughters
Maude, Estelle, Edna and Mary Fay
and one sister. Miss McSquigan OF Los
Angeles.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at 9.l5 o'clock from her resi-
dence and at $3.50 o'clock requiem high
mass VIII be celebrated at Sacred
Heart church. The interment will be
in Holy Cross cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
Amateur Athletics

The Young Tigers. a football team of boys
averaging 95 pounds. claim the championship
OF the state at this weight and anxious
to hear from any other aggregation in this
class All communications should be addressed
to Lester Bradbury 1867 Lyon street. city The
team is as follows: Center. Dunn. guards. Bus
ter Powers; tackles. Brunn, Larkin: ends, Bull,
Brasch: quarter. Bradbury; fullback, Woods;
halfbacks. Asher, Boldman.
Tile crack Brooklyn eleven of this city will
meet the Mill Valley eleven at the Golden Gate
park stadium this afternoon. The Brooklyns
while the Mill Valley boys hold the lightweight
honors tn Marin county. A big delegation OF
rooters for both teams will be on the job to
cheer their favorites to victory.
The fast White House ball team will line up
against the Millins Of Emeryville at the latter
town this afternoon The dry goods tossers
took the Clippers down the line last Sunday in
lively game Of IL innings the score stand
ing s TO z.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
MUST QUIT POLITICS OR
RESIGN SURvEYORSH
secretary CorteIyou Sends an
Uitimatum to Boston
Port Official

:. w WASHINGTON, Dec 26.-Secretary
IoTTteIyou today said that he had asked
=; :, !; Mccarthy. surveyor of the port Of
Dos.on, 70 resign either that position
city committee. The secretary ex-
pia.ned M tnat there was nothing unusual
IN THIS case 1t was. he added, simply
an an instance OF too much politics and
that he had in similar cases from time
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
Mccarthy Notified

BOSTON, Dec. 26-J \ McCarthv
surveyor of the port of Boston, today
received letter from Secretary Cor
.eiyou notifying him that he must
lican city COMMITTEES of Boston or re-
sign the surveyorship. 1t is UNDER
$1,000 mere that representations have
.' peen made to the treasury department
unwarranted UNIV activity in political mat
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
JACK GRACE TAUGHT
FIGHTING In NEW
PLACES
Has Travelled and Fought Over
Nearly Whole Face of
the Globe
By r. p. MagiIIigan

AS a phlloS-
opher and
ira V e ] e r,
Jack Grace,
trainer Of
B a ttlin g
Nelson, and
a fighter Of
n o m e q II
ability in the
days of the
skin tight
glove game.
stands alone
in the realms
of pugilism.
7 h Q u & h
G T a c e has
not turned
his fortieth
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

weight named Roccas in South Africa.
The big fellow hammered Jack up so
severely that he has taken no chances
in the ring since
Like all the old timers, Grace thinks
the present lot of fighters, with the ex-
ception of Battling Nelson. the poorest
bunch the game has ever known.
Battling Nelson is the greatest
lightweight the world has ever known, :
said Grace. "Of course. you will hear
them talking about kid" Lavigne,
Jack McAuliffe. Young GriffO and that
sort. but over the derby route I think
that Nelson would down any fighter
that ever drew on a glove"
JOHNSON WAS CONFIDENT
SYDNEY. Dec. 2e.-In an interview
today after the fight for the heavy
weight championship of the world here
in which Jack Johnson, the negro pugi-
list of Galveston. Tex, won over Tom
my Burns, the French-Canadian, John
son spoke as follows:
Il never doubted the issue from the
beginning, l knew ] was too good for
Burns. | have forgotten more about
fighting than Burns ever knew. 1 was
sure I would win from the start. The
referee was fair, and have no COM
plant to make.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
Amateur Baseball

The Twin Peaks baseball nine win play the
Young Commuters today at the Twelfth and
Mission streets grounds at 2 D. m. The former
team claims TO 0 forfeit game from the
Royals Walter Pullen OF 132 Henry street
manages the Twin Peaks.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
Epigrams by Jack Grace

.sThe present bunch of fighters
are the finest z0bs that ever
adorned the prize ring
ssThe good cross country scrap
pers of "a dozen years ago wouid
all be champions now If they were
in their priIne..
ssMy only regret Is that | was
10 years ahead of. my time. Had
some of the present boys been
stepping around in the ring when
was good 1 could have been a
champion"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
Epigrams by Jack Grace

.sThe fghting game Is a lead pipe
cfDch. In the old days the fight
ers never had their end of the
purse locked up i'm a safe before
they even got their hair mussed In
the ring
"PiGhters are like lot of SOU
brettes. They never know what
they want, and when they get
what they think they want they
don't know what 10 do with it,.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
SUES UNITED RAILROADS

NJ j. Hynes, as administrator of the
estate of Tom Bong Fong, filed suit
against the United Railroads yester-
day for $4,000 damages. Tom Bong
Fong was run over by streetcar at
Sutter and Powell streets December
~, 1907 and died two days later.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

Sewell is rapidly recovered fr n the effects
OF his recent sickness and is once again In active
training.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27

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Read The Calls weekly offer on page AZ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.1

You hear a great many women says: IL
7 were only a man. STILL there are many
men who fail to take advantage OF their
opportunities.
When the average girl gets married she
is as mysterious about the announcement
as though she contemplated running
away with a married man.
No wonder men get such a notion Of
their own goodness: Every time the aver
age man buys a steak for his FAMILY ne
thinks what Good Man he is.
The Lancaster Literary Society will
meet in extraordinary session soon to dis
cuss this question: Did the Rev. Jere
Enode Cooke make a good trader
The least popular man in every gang OF
workmen is the man who is always get
ting off" and allowing his associates to do
his work The man who makes a success
sticks to his job pretty steadily.
We don't see any reason why girl
should stay up to watch the New Year in.
when by getting up early in the morning
to make breakfast, she Is able to see it
when it is still so new the price mark is
still on.
squalling babies done up in long white
clothes and unable to hold up their
heads alone: Did you ever see how a
man acts when he gets home and finds
the house dark, and his wife still down
town?
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton relates
| that she has suit of flannel underwear
| that is too tight for her. But when it
comes time to put It on she thinks of all
the mean things she has done in life, and
then feels so small that she fits into her
underwear nicely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-03

falling a little below Mrs. Sage's and
the principal item being $S,00O.000 to
the Carnegie institute. In the aggre-
gate, however. Mr.. Carnegie far ex-
ceeds any one in the world for gem
erous giving. Mr.. Rockefeller's pub
lie gifts amount to about $70.000,000
while Mr.. Carnegie's will exceed $780,
100000. A peculiar feature of the
latter's distribution of his money is
that comparatively little of it now
goes for libraries and considerable at
tention is given to small colleges in
this country and objects which appeal
to him abroad.
The year 1907 has been marked by
many crimes, by a large increase in
suicides, by frightful disasters on sea
| and land, by destructive commissions of
| nature, and financial disorder, but
against this dark background the
| splendid contribution of $3.50, 100000
for the worlds betterment stands out
| in brilliant relief.
This worlds not half so bad a
world as some would seek to make
it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-03
A CHANGE OF VIEW,

Something of a novelty in the way Of
railway litigation is furnished by the
petition of the Pennsylvania and New
commerce commission to compel the
New Haven Railway company to con-
tinue an agreement respecting the per
diem allowance for foreign" cars,
those belonging to other roads. The
commission is asked to determine what
is reasonable payment to be made by
one railroad to another for the use of
time in the interchange of traffic
The case is, the first one to be insti-
tuted by railroad since the Hepburn
act became a law to have the rate
making power enforced on another
road. The public is not concerned par
ticularly with the merits Of the case.
The point Of interest Is that of the ap-
of the law which was once the object
Of their great antagonism as being op-
pressive and hindersome. The law has
operated to their advantage by en-
aiding them to do away with rebate
concessions and to effect economies. II
has also, among a variety of other
things, relieved them Of the petty
blackmail Of passes.
Their present reliance on the law to
sustain a traffic agreement among
themselves bears eloquent testimony to
its value and to the educational work
it has performed.