The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY., DECEMBER 26, YULETIDE AT IATION'S CAPITAL President Spends Very Quiet Day. —— NO CALLERS AT WHITE HOUSE THOUSANDS OF POOR FED IN NEW YORK. Salvation Army Very Successfully Conducts a Monster Feast in Madison Square Garden. ectal Dispatoh to The Call VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS SPENT AT WINDSOR The keyr ot highest & relgn KAISER WILLIAM ENJOYS THE DAY William ual mar BERLIN, w made imperial rn up £ party. ol Christmas in Havana. HAVANA, Dec. —All “the stores Havana closed at 10 o’clock this morni: and th st of the day was devoted nviv Only two newspapers Pears’ Soap not only for toil- et and bath but for shaving. Pears was the inventor of shav- ing stick soap. end in amily in Bands | pearea with the usual edi | played on the prado. Ameri ving invit SCHEME TO GAIN A POLITICAL APPOINTMENT i | \ | Discovery That Underhand Methods Will Be Employed by Friends of W. J. Treanor. | SAN RAPAEL, Dec. 2%5.—It has been | discovere at friends of ex-Constable W, wing that he can- n reappointment to the it suc ct of a stralght- cheme is to rvisors at , and g ac- This bein ppointment. Pl ter a protest Treanor's po- »opularit, SUPPOSEDLY DEAD. BUT Telegram Signed ‘“‘Aaron Wolfsohn” Orders Release of Money Paid for Life Insurance. NGELES, A telegram to come ron Wolf- that the om the man ping. com- mes- ced the insurance and who identi- ssured. J s oppos! who pla 10 is dead o he will sohn is mo to Lo whe y 1, includ . Francisco, who cam here, «d man and paid the ex- eral. A DAY OF CRIME IN CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS Six Shooting Affrays, Resulting in Two Fatalities, and Probably the List Will Grow. DALL has not known rays on Christ- ve been recorded dead red to- ise. urant on brick, 4 pistol_the nfired and killed ight bystander. The J had ng from W leg broken in th ) fte not known to the police. — . LINCOLN ILLUMINATED. New Electric Light System Put in Operation Christmas. LINCOLN, C 25.—The electric ¢ last night, an i the streets, dences of the town brightly nt is supplied from the Sacrd: ba Power Company, ed b smission the S oop of W sixty-five - DESTROYED BY FIRE. Spring Valley Water Camp Damaged to the Extent of $2000. Valley Wa- sisting of bunk- house containing »f machinery and too! by fire at § a. m, to-day. w and rubbish had been ay directly In front of nd was still_smoldering hen a sharp north wind rried th rks into oon the buildings were mes. Considérable prop- The total loss is about miles, which supplies this city. . P RELIEF FOR SUFFERERS. Widows of Carbonado Miners Given Five Hundred Dollars Each. TACOMA. Dee. 2.—A Ledger special fromh Carbonado says: | Hill Company gave $M0 to and §100 to each child of a miner killed in | the explosion of Decembe Mothers de- pendent upon lost sons for support were ireated on the same basis as widows, The donation of “the company represents a total of about $10000. Rellef fund con- tributions from all paris of the State will amount to a large sum. WILDE MAY FIGHT A DUEL. Quarrels With a Frenchman and Cards Are Exchanged. PARITS, Dee. 2.—Oscar Wilde, who has for some time been lving in Paris, m: have to fight a duel. According to’ the Echo do Taris, he became. tnesived Tic. an .llelr.‘ uuritulnh A restaurant last even- ing with M. Richet, the explorer, and as a result cards were exchanged. > ach widow SAYS HE IS ALIVE| The Carbonado | { | ral- | { | Th r | com- | | e the police, i LAST RITES OVER THE WAINES DEAD Funeral to Take Place on Thursday. PR TEXAS AT NEWPORT NEWS | BRINGS THE BODIES OF THOSE WHO PERISHED. ——— | President McKinley and the Cabinet to Attend the Burial Services at Arlington Ceme- tery. raeeidnll Special Dispatch to The Call. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 25.—The battleship Texas, in command of Cap- | tain Sigsbee, arrived here shortly before 1y with the remains of the men who lost their lives by the destruction of the battleship ‘Maine in Havana harbor. bodies which were brought up on the Texas will be transferred to a Chesapeake and Ohlo train to-morrow at 12 o'clock and will be taken to Washington for in- in Arlington cemetery next noon to s left Havana last Thursday. encountered a gale off Hatteras, but weather until she reached 't She anchored in Lynn Hiven Bay night and came up to Old Point this 3 After the quarantine regula- 2 been complied with she came to this city. Chaplain Chidwick, who was chaplain of the Maine, is in’ charge of I ad, and will accompany them to Washingfon. No more than a score of the bodies on the Texas were identified. he names of these are inscribed on the coftins which inclose them. ] @ no ceremonies here to-diy e arrival of the Maine's ssive exercises will take to-morrow, when the boules are ferrcd from the ship to the train. neral train will arrive in Washing- v_at midnight. N, Dec. 25.—The remains battleship Maine will to-morrow and be Interred v on Thursday at 11 esident Mec- Kinle et and a large continge ¢ officers and others. 1 rites over the dead will be performed by Chaplain « vick, who attached to the bat- | hen it was blown up {n Havana. 1 of the naval academy will knoll' near 3 been 12l abiding place of the dead seamen. Relatives have claimed twenty-one of and will give them private tn- r an arrangement with the rtment, which has taken e burial of all of the bodies, fied or unclaimed. it Secretary Allen, in ex urse of the department, sai “It is the desire of Secretary Long that hes of all the relatives of those ed on the Maine to give them pri- urial be complied with, and Chap- iwick, who superintended the dis- interment of the bodies, instructed to prepare a list of the iden in order t are 166 caskets and many of the bodies which hav. will be plaining d: them contain been {dentified and nt to those who claimed them. The unidentified and unclaimed bodles will be buried at Arlington and the graves of those 1dentified will be marked by head stones.” VAINLY SEEKS HIS STOLEN DAUGHTER A Guatemala Planter’s Sad Quest. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—Chandler T. Harris had hoped Christmas morning would see him reunited with his nine-year-old daughter, Heloise, who was kidnaped from his home in Guatemala two years ago. He expected to find Heloise in Chi- cago last night. He had information from the de ves who have worked on the case since her disa appearance that she had but a v ought out th or, who is belie ress and former govers home, had left the cit arrived in Ch last night, ming at the telegraphic request of his York attorneys. At the Chicago- avenue police station Harrls' representa- tive told Li nant Cudmore the story of the theft of the child. Harrls is & coffee planter, whose plan- | tation is near the city of Guatemala. He | s ago from New York | went there six City. Two yedrs ago a woman applied at the Harris home for a position of gov- erness. She said she was an actress and stranded there. Being an American A strange country, Mrs. Harris took compassion on her and gave her employ- ment. veral weeks later the governess and o disappeared. After their disap- e it was learned that the go ernese and child made their way to Liber- tad, Balvador, where they took passage on a salling vessel for New York, the woman hiring out as cook. The passage was around Cape Horn, and according to the story told to Harris' private detectives by the captain of the vessel the passage of the ship was stormy and fraught with g adventures. The mot for r a long time was a mystery, stives working on a hypothesis of ns When the true condition of af- fairs—that the child had been stolen on account of her dramatic ability—was con- ceived by Mrs. Harris search was Insti- tuted at seaport towns, leading to the dis- covery of the ship’s captain who had em- ploved the woman. In the canvass of the music halls and vaudeville houses In"New York traces of | the woman and child were found. From | that city the abductor and the child were followed to Chicago. Mr. Harrls and the | detectives believe the woman went to San ¥ neisco from there and left for the Pa- cific Coast on the Burlington fast mall early this morning. FRENCH COAL MINERS WILL GO ON STRIKE Movement That May Result in a Walkout of Fifty Thousand Men. PARIS, Dec. 25.—At a meeting of 2500 miners held to-day in St. Etienne a reso- lution was adopted in favor of declaring a general strike in the coal basin of the Loire to-morrow. A similar movement involving 60,000 men is feared. The pros- perity of the coal trade led the miners to demand an increase In wages, shorter hours and a formal recognition of the Miners' Federation by the companies. The latter mads an offer of 5 per cent ng but this was refused. o-day’s decision ched amid cries of “Vive la Disorders are expected. Already there have been slight disturbances, particu- larly last evening, when the miners went in ‘procession through the streets of St. Etienne singing the “Carmagnole.” velve thousand five hundred lace workers are on strike at St. Etienne for higher wagzes, Their idleness Involves that of 8,000 other dependent workmen, making, with the miners, if the coal strike spreads as is expected, nearly 100,000, Moreover, a number of factories and works will soon be compelled to close, owing to the coal shortage. Pauper Ends His Life. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25.—Charles Mec- Connell, a pauper at the County Farm, committed sulcide this morning by cut- ting an artery in his groin. € man was ahout 68 years of age. He had been at the farm for five or six years and no known relatives. led remains | this might be done. There | it last | fe she was sup- | RELIEF WORK N PORTO AIO Government Makes Pub lic a Report. GREAT DEAL ACCOMPLISHED gt HOWEVER, THOUSANDS YET FACE STARVATION. et As a Result of the Recent Cyclones Ruined Farmers Must Be Pro- vided With Neces- sities. SNl Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The War De- partment made public to-day a statement showing the progress made in relief work in the island of Porto Rico between Sep- tember 25 and November 30, 1889. The population of the island is estimated at 118, The average dally indigent was | 221,087 persons; average weekly sick, 17,372, and the average weekly deaths 632 per- sons. The annual death rate was 35 per thousand inhabitants, while the normal rate was 26 to 1000 inhabitants. The in- creased mortality was confined to the | mountain districts, where in some locali- | tles the death rate increased 300 per cent. | The amount of cash recelved for the re- | Mef of the suffering people of the island up to November 30 was $15224. The amount of money disbursed up to the date mentioned was $7457. Up to November 30 the total amount of food recelved to relleve the sufferers was 17,162,788 pounds. Of this amount 16,548,316 pounds had been issued up to November 30. The amount of unissued food on hand at San Juan November 30 was 614,272 pounds. | It was some weeks after the hurricane before the mental and physical energies of the stricken people began to rally from | the shock of Lfie disaster. The{, were | without ready money and were brought | face to face with starvation. While the | damage inflicted upon the people along | the coast of the island was very great, | it was in part offset by the improvement | in the sugar cane crop, which improve- | ment was the result of the overflow of | water on the cane land. The crop en- | abled the planters to borrow money with which to employ the necessary labor to care for and harvest the crop. The cities | along the coast were also able to come to | | the rescue by the employment of labor | to repalr the damage inflicted by the | Storm. " In consequence of these facts | supplies have gradually been suspended | | | | in the lowlands, except in limited quan- tities to the chronic poor. The co | plantations are located in the lands. | u | Here the high winds swept eve wf-’mg in | | their course, leaving little or nothing for the thousands of hungry, homeless, clothesless human beings but their lives and what could be given them to prevent starvation. The prompt action of the | Americans and the people of the fsland | was all that prevented a terrible catas- trophe. The poor were fed and their lives were preserved. Although a large part | of the island is no longer in danger, the | number of indigent remains large. It is belleved that until February next the de- mand for assistance is likely to increase in the mountain districts, as the planta- | tlons and bananas will not be ripe for two months to come. The greatest dis- tress prevalls in a locality where the greatest difficulty is found in getting food lo_nme starving. he worst area contafns a population of about 250,000, and not a anrx),nprund is to be found In any direction over which food can be transported. All food is carried on the backs of horses. Of this population | 200,000 people must be fed or-they will starve. If not fed at home they will mi-y grate to the cities, leaving the weak to die. Their work will be left undone and their future will be hopeless. Pestilence, which frequently follows flood and famine, has appeared among the unfortunate inhabitants in the mountain districts, and a number of perished. It 1s feared that the epidemic will spread to the coasts, and there will be a movement from the mountalns lnl that direction. A move of this kind has already been anticipated and {s being strictly controlled. But the relief must be | continued freely in the mountain districts | for all of December and January and dur- Inf,’ the greater part of February. t is estimated that not less than 2000 ad- | ditional tons of food will be required. Four-sevenths should be beans, and the | remainder of the amount required should be either codfish or bacon. With the food already issued and now on hand, and | with the 2000 tons required in addition to that already issued, the total issue will ba 20,162,788 pounds. In dealing with the Indigent, able-bodled men have be required to work for the food they received, and a great deal of public work has been done in the way of cleaning towns, repairing roads,.ete. A plan has been devised between the board of charities and the needy planters and thelr servants by which the board fur- nishes food to the planters for the num- ber of servants in their familles. In re- turn for this ald the planters sign an agreement to furnish a small parcel of land and a house to each family, which land they are to see prepared and secded with food plants. The planters are also to see that the laborers and their fami- lles are supplied with the food issue nd that the ‘nbnrer performs a full s r da; | work in return. ~The planters furthe | agree to furnish transportation of the food. BELASCO’S COMEDY SCORES A SUCCESS Auspicious First Production “Naughty Anthony” in a Washington Theater. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—David Belasco scored a success to-night in a new line of work as a playwright, coming out as a producer of comedy instead of a maker of highly dramatic plays. “Naugbty Anthony,” thé name of his new produc- tion, is far removed in style and theme “The Heart of Maryland” and " Its first presentation was given at the Columbja Theater in this city to- night, and at its close the audience, which filled 'the house, gave the playwright an ovation, while at the end of the second act it lIn:xlexlerl upon a speech from Mr. Belasco. The play is a straight comedy, and, al- though the title might imply otherwise, there is nothing of either suggestiveness or horse play about It. It depends for its drawing powers upon the cleverness of its lines and the amusing situations de- veloped. The cast was selected by Mr. Belasco, who is backing the play him- gelf, and includes Blanche Bates, o L. Lemoyne, Irank Worthing and other capable artists. MINER COMMITS A MURDER WANTONLY Without Apparent Provocation Ed- ward Gilman Shoots Dan Sul- livan of Butte. BUTTE, Dec. 25.—Dan Sullivan, a miner, was shot through the heart and almost instantly killed by Edward Gilman, an- other miner, to-night. Tho affalr took place In the dry room at their boarding- ouse in Dublin Gulch. Several other miners were present, and all agreed there was no quarrel. Gilman gave himself up and refused to tell why he comritted the deed. He claims his father is a banker | in Hamburg, lowa. Gilman has been here about six months, He is 31 years of age. His vietim was 26, Ren el Ll COLE'S PLAN OF ACTION. Awaits the Warrant From Boston Before Doing Anything. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—The attorney for Charles H. Cole, formerly president of the Globe Bank of Boston and now being detained here on a charge of embezzle- ment, sald to-day that his client will re- main _here and that no move is contem- f'ued until the complaint now on the way rom Boston is received here and the war- rant issued and served. The character of the complaint, he says, will determine the of ] action he will take, though it is probable habeas corpus vrmceed ngs will tried. Mr. Cole is living qule(g" ‘with his wife / 1899, and son at the Van Nuys. He refuses to be interviewed and refers all who call to bis attorney. BITTER FIGHT WAGED ON CHRISTMAS DAY T. B. Presho Insults a Young Lady and Is Given a Thrashing by Two Young Men. SAN JOSE, Dec. %5.—A four-cornered fight, that had its starting at the door of Trinfty Episcopal Church just as the Christmas services were over, occurred to-day as the result of a long legal con- test that was waged over the possession of & child. Thomas B. Presho was badly beaten and A. M. Gray, a schoolteacher employed at Menlo Park, and Herbert Graham were Janded in jail on charges of b:nler{'. . Presho's wife died in 1897 and left the little girl baby in possession of her sister, Miss Juliet Burns, a schoolteacher of this city. Presho - tried to obtain posses- sion of the child, but was only sucessful after he took the matter into the court. Presho and his child attended Trinity Church to-day, as did also Miss Burns and Mrs. Gray. As Presho and his little girl were leaving the church Miss Burns spoke to the child and attempted to kiss her. Presho objected and it is claimed applied a vile epithet to Miss Burns. Graham and Gray were present and threatened to whip him. Presho called for a policeman and had the officer es- cort him home. An hour later Gray and Graham went to Presho’'s home and gave him a severe beating.. His hend was fear- fully cut and bruised and his face beaten until both eyes were closed and it pre- sented a horrible sight. Mat Presho, a brother, went to the ald of the assaulted man and was also beat- en. The whole nelghborhood was alarmed and the police with a patrol wagon an- swered a summons that sald murder had been committed. Gray and Graham were arrested, but were subsequently released on $50 bail. BRILLIANT WEDDING IN THE GARDEN CITY Miss Ada Jane Winans, a Social Belle, and Attorney Frank Wil- lard Kimball Married. SAN JOSE, Dec. 25.—The marriage of 25, Attorney Frank Willard Kimball of San Francisco and Miss Ada Jane Winans of this city, as previously announced, was solemnized to-day at high noon at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Alice E. Winans. Rev. Dr. Alfred Kummer, pusl(:;‘ of the First M. E. Church, offi- ciated. The wedding ceremony was elaborate and impressive throughout, the ring se ice being used in accore full ritual of the Methodist c lax, holly, mistletoe, evergri bamboo and white ros: orations. The bride wore gown of nun’s veiling trimmed with taf- eta silk and chiffon, and she carried white carnations, maidenhair ferns and orange blossoms. After the wedding cere- mony was performed a wedding dinner was served. The bride and groom were the reciplents of many beautiful presents and congratu- latory messages from various sections of the country. The bride is one of San | Jose's most beautiful and talented ladies and a popular favorite. Mr. Kimball is a prominent young attorney and politi- clan. After January 1 Mr. and Mrs. Kim- ball ‘will be at home to friends at 7 Hyde street, San Francisco. . e POKER GAME DISPUTE LEADS TO A MURDER Kentuckian Kills an Illinois Farm Employe and Is Threatened ‘With Lynching. CLINTON, IN., Dec. 2%5.—At Weldon, ten miles southeast of here, Harry Sum- mers Jr., of Weldon, a carpenter, and “Doc’” Marcum, a farmhand in Platt County, engaged in a quarrel in a poker- room. Marcum shot and killed Summers. Marcum, who was drunk at the time of the killing, is a Kentuckian and about 25 vears old. His victim was about 30 years of age. He had a family, Marcum fs un- married, and has been in Weldon but once before. 'He was placed in jail here this afternoon. Weldon has about 600 population, and is the town in which Postmaster John A. Pace killed Hon. Willlam H. Taylor on December 28, 1895. The citizens were great- ly excited, and Marcum was hurried to Clicton, as it was feared that an at- tempt would be made to lynch him. It is not known whether he has relatives in Piatt County. PLEAS FOR STATEHOOD BEING INVESTIGATED Congressional Committee Being En- tertained by Citizens of New Mexico and Arizona. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Dec. 25.—Sen- ators Shoup and Clark, General Alns- worth and Land Commissioner Hermann, forming a committee appointed by Con- gress to investizate the applications for admission to Statehood, are meeting an enthusiastic reception ' from the peopi of this Territory. At Raton, Las Ve and Albuquerque they were dined and driven over the cities. They appear to be greatly impressed with the unanimity of sentiment in New Mexico in favor ot Statehood and give assurances of a fa- vorable report in this matter to Congress, The party went westward in_a sprelal train over the Santa Fe road to-1 zht, Similar visits will be paid the cities und towns of Arizona. oty S e ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN Coroner Long Concludes the Inquest Over the Body of Jose Occhora, Who Shot Himself. FRESNO, Dec. 25.—Coroner Long has returned from Firebaugh, where he held an inquest on the body of Jose Occhora, recently from Hanford. Occhora went out with two companions and about four miles from the village descended from the wagon to pursue a wildeat in a pateh of underbrush, Jose dragged the gun after him and the contents were discharged, severing the sub-clavian artery, causin death from hemorrhage before he coul be returned to Firebaugh. THREATENED BY A MOB. Danger of an Operator Who Shot a Man in Self-Defense. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 2%.—At Virgil- ania, Halifax County, to-day, a man named Loftis entred the depot and fired several times at Mr. Turner, the op- erator. Turner returned the fire, and *killed Loftis. Friends of the dead man attacked Turner. A general fight fol- lowed, and Turner received a terrible gash in the throat, while several other men, two of whom will probably die, were ‘wounded. At last accounts a mob was threatening to lynch Turner, but he was being guard- ed in the dépot by armed friends. The Sheriff has gone to the scene. CONVICTS LISTEN T0 B, FAY MILLS Oakland Divine Speaks at San Quentin. HUMANITARIANISM HIS THEME VISITORS ENJOY SONGS BY A PRISON QUARTET. el s Large Quantity of Food, Including - Luxuries, Ordered by Warden Aguirre for Christmas Feast. fE it Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Dec. 25.— This was a red-letter day for the con- viets, and the recollections of Christmas of '8 will not fade from their memories for years to come. Rev. B, Fay Mills came over from Oakland and attended to the spiritual needs of the prisoners in the morning, while in the afternoon the offi- clals paid attention to the material ele- ment by giving the wards of the State a sumptuous meal. Rev. B. Fay Mills addressed the in- mates in the prison chapel at 10 o'clock the morning, the burden of his theme | ing the love pervading society, which | acts as the leav humanity. He was assisted by Chaplain Drahms, and the | two preachers had an audience of 00| convicts, many standing in the rear of | the church and crowding the alsles. Music was rendered by a quartet of four | prigoners, whose performance was such | as to excite favorable comment from the many visitors present. At 2 o'clock the convicts, 1300 strong, were marched into the large dining hall and seated at a table spread with many luxuries not generally permitted. Warden Aguirre, Captain Edgar, Overseer Joseph | Aguirre and Steward Chappelear all as- | sisted in the affair and did their best to | make it a success. To zive a good idea of the enormous quantity of food consumed by the con- victs, it may be mentioned that the order of the commissary for to-day’s meal in- cluded 100 gallons of mincemeat, 1500 pounds of roast pork, twenty-two boxes | | of apples and three barrels of cranberry sauce. In the pudding were 200 pounds of rice, 200 pounds of ralsins and forty gallons of milk. Milk was also allowed to-day for the coffee. The convicts were locked in their cells at 3 o'clock in order to permit the guards to enjoy a little extra time on the holi- | day. Following the early lockup on Sun- | day, this was the only hardship the men were obliged to endure. 2 | DEATH OF A PIONEER SUGAR-BEET GROWER Jakob Maulhardt of Ventura Passes Away Very Suddenly on Christmas Day. VENTURA, Dec. 2%5.—Jakob Maulhardt, | aged 5 years, dled this evening at 7:10 | o'clock of apoplexy. His demise occurred at the residence of his son, Henry W. Maulhardt. The family had just completed the Christmas dinner and were passing from | the dining-room to the parlor to distrib- ute and recelve presents from the Christ- mas tree. Without warning Mr. Maul- hardt died with has arms on his wife's shoulders. The deceased was one of the ploneer promoters of the sugar beet industry in this county and he had laige intere therein, His estate Is estimated to worth $250,000 and consists of vast lands devoted to the culture of beans and sugar | beets. He was also possessed of money, | mortgages and stock. He leaves a widow | and five children as follows: Henry W. | Maulhardt, I G. Maulhardt, ~Miss | Mary Maulhardt and Mrs. Emma’ Carter and Dr. Adolph Maulhardt of Sc-a Bar- ara. The funeral service will be held at El Rio Catholic Church under the auspices | of the Ventura County Pioneer socmy.i | Maulhardt was born in_Germany and came to this county in 1§70. STARTLING MYSTERY AT NIAGARA FALLS Murder, Suicide or Desperate Duel to the Death on the Brink of the Seething Waters. BUFFALO, Dec. 25.—A special to the Express from Nlagara Falls says: This evening two young men, whose names are | unknown, were driven to the cliff above | the promenade at the Whirlpool rapids, on the Canadian side of the river, and were lowered to the promenade.’ The men did not return in an hour and search was made for them. No trace of them could be found and the police were not!- | fled. Footprints of the two men ‘n the | snow were followed to the extreme end of | the promenade toward the whirlpool. Fur- | ther along the bank there were signs of a | body having fallen in the snow. and the | footprints of only one man could be dis- | cerned. Owing to the darkness the se had to be discontinued, but men are tioned along the river on the watch for the appearance of either of the men. The police are inclined to look on_the myste- rious affair as a case of murder and sul- cide or double suicide. SEVERELY BURNED IMPERSONATING SANTA Costume Ignites, Eugene McCullough Is Injured and Children Are Hurt in the Panic. HOLLISTER, Dec. 25.—A Christmas tree gathering at San Felipe last evening end- ed in a panic, several children being in- jured in the crush. Eugene McCullough was impersonating Santa Claus. He was | attired in cotton batting. A light from the tree ignited the costume. He tore the burning material from his head, but was severely burned about the hands and body. The children became panic-strick- en and made a wild rush for the stairs. 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