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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

ex-governor of Missouri, ex-secretary of the
interior, and ex-mayor of St. Louis, who be-
lieves in utilizing convict labor in making good
roads.
taxation. He said that statistics showed
that farms were taxed on an assess
ment of from IS to rs per cent. of their
value, while corporations were taxed
on only about 10 per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

but declares they can not be built on theories
nor on wind raised at conventions
A resolution from the ways and
means committee was offered by DIR.
Shields, of Hannibal, requesting the 90
counties in the state that are author
lied to collect 5O-cent tax levy to set
aside one-third for road improvement.
This was vigorously discussed by I. P.
Rixey, of St. Louis; Col. Switzer, of
Bonneville, and Hon. j. W. Farris, of
Lebanon. An amendment, offered by
Stephen Delacella, to the Shields reso-
luton. requesting the governor to call
an extra session of the legislature to
consider good roads was adopted.
Two resolutions, one recommending
to the general assembly an increase of
the appropriation for state charities,
and the other asking for the submis-
sion of the question of constitutional
amendment to be submitted to the peo-
pie in order that the county courts
might be permitted to increase the
taxes for road purposes, were both
adopted.
Ex-Mayor WaIbridge offered a reso-
luton providing for the appointment
of a committee on city streets, with
power to recommend legislation con-
corning the sprinkling. and improve
ment of city streets. This was adopt
ed, and the following committee was
announced later in the day: Hon. C.
p. WaIbridge, st. Louis: Albert Young.
Kansas City; &. NJ. Abercrombie, St.
Joseph; Judge Noah NJ. Gibbon, Cass
county; DIR. d. Ii. Shields, Marion, and
A. Is. Lovan. The convention then adj
iourned until ? p. m.
Col. John B. Stone, of Kansas CITY.
introduced the first resolution offered
after the convention convened for the
afternoon session. His measure pro-
posed that the Legislature should be
asked to revise the present revenue
laws, which, he said, were manifestlv
unjust in their operation to those who
were least able to stand the burden.
So far as the question OF imposing more taxes
was concerned he was satisfied the people of
his section would not be willing to vote anv
more bonds for roads. They had already voted
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

Mr.. Ziegenhein is mayor of St Louis, and
Iavors a broad, smooth highway connecting st.
Louis and Kansas City1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02

hood's pills are the favorlte cathartic. $50.
The herald., 1897-10-03
A CHINAMAN BUNCOED
Mclean, the Horseman, Held il
$1,000 Bail

M. II. Mclean, who has a corral on
Also street, was yesterday held by JUS
tice Young to answer the charge of
grand larceny in the superior court in
$1,000 bail.
The suit is somewhat exceptional in
that the mode of committing the crime
has about II an air of legality.
A Chinaman named Yee Gong took a
horse to McMillan's stable on Main
street to be treated. There Mclean
saw 1t and offered to purchase it for
$50. The bargain was struck ard Nc
Lean paid over $40 and gave his note.
payable one day after date, for the re-
naming $40, the understanding being
that Mclean would not take possession
until the note was taken up.
AS a matter of fact, Mclean went
along next morning and Mcmillan per-
mitted him to take the horse away. The
note was not taken up on that nor any
other day. At first glance it might seem
as If the Chinaman's recourse would be
on the note in civil action; but the cir
cumstances surrounding the transaction
showed that Mclean never intended to
pay the note, and that taken in con-
junction with the fact that he took the
horse away without any right made his
offenSe a criminal one.
During the afternoon Mclean fur
nished the necessary bond and was al
lowed to depart.
The herald., 1897-10-03
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
At Duarte Inquired Into Yesterday
at Mourovia

Mrs. e. Courtney, the Spanish beauty
who plunked lead into the body Of Juan
Sessma at Duarte a few days ago, was
examined before Justice c. E. Cook at
Monrovia yesterday.
Deputy District Attorney James pros
ecuted the case for the state, and as it
was a clean-cut case the woman was
held to answer in the superior court
1t is said, and apparently with founda-
ton, that Sessma was the means of sep
Grating the woman from her husband.
When that occurred, Sessma and tha
woman lived together for about nine
months and he then left her and was
paying attention to some other woman,
the Courtney flame being thrown on he.
own resources. On the day Of the shoot
ing, Sessma was in an orchard irrigat-
ing when the woman rode up on horse
back. She, so he states, asked him for
So, and he thereupon told her that he had
no money but she could get 1t from Gar
cia, man who had been working with
him that day. She then inquired, OF
Sessma if he loved her as much as he
used to, and he told her he did but that
he must get to his work. He turned
around to resume his labor. when Mrs
Courtney fired the two shots, one OF
which hit Sessma and inflicted a severe
injury
The herald., 1897-10-03
A CLOSE SHAVE
A French Basque Tries to Do Up a
Countryman

Countryman
Pierre Etchemendy is French
Basque and quite slick fellow, but he
became too audacious and as result
he was tried before Judge Smith and a
jury yesterday for grand larceny.
Another French Basque, and friend
of the defendants, named Pierre Etcha-
garay, deposited $4O0 in the bank CT
Ventura on July 7th, and received cer-
tificate Of deposit for the amount.
Coming to Los Angeles he carried this
precious document in his pocket for 4
day or two and then lost it. The defend
ant, who washis companion at this time,
condoled with him, but Etchegaray sug-
gested that they go to the German
American Savings bank and tell them
about the loss Of the certificate and have
the money sent on from Ventura. No
sooner said than done, and the defend
ant, who was full Of business to his fin
ger tips, told Etchegaray to remain out
side and he'd fix the matter all right. He
did SOTO his own advantage-for he
handed over to the bank the missing GER
tificate Of deposit for collection and re-
ceived, receipt In due forT Upon re-
joining Etchegaray the defendant told
him everything was all right and the
money would be along in few days.
Two days later Etchemendy was the
first person at the bank when the doors
opened, but meantime the bank had been
warned OF the swindle and officer Fowl
er was waiting to gather his man in.
Etchemendy. being told to sign his
name, receipting for the money, wrote
the name Of Pierre Etchegaray, and in
so doing made his crime complete.
The jury were only out about ten min
utes yesterday, and then returned
verdict of guilty. Sentence will be pass
ed on Wednesday.
The herald., 1897-10-03
THE DIVORCE MILL
The Weekly Amount Of Grist Poured
Into the Judicial Hopper

Judge Allen yesterday granted a de-
cree to Albert H. Summers, divorcing
him from Sarah E. Summers, on the
ground of desertion.
In Department five Arta Fitzer was
granted decree by Judge Shaw, divorc-
ing her from Victor Fitzer, on the ground
of non-support.
The following suits in divorce were
filed during the past week:
Emma C. Durbin against JohnP. Dur
bin.
Eliza stipes against D. H. Stipes.
Delphine Richie against Cleve A.
Richie.
Olive T. Trogdon against George M.
Trogdon.
George Hay against Mary J. Hay.
Loi ]. Healey against Lucien T. Hea-
ley.
Margaret Walker against Albert Wal
ker.
Gertrude Brown against Charles
Brown.
Lille M. Kring against Harvey H.
Kring
]. L. Ballard against ]. L. Ballard.
E. r. McFeely against w. K. Nc
Feely.
Alice B. Weed against Edward A.
Weed
The herald., 1897-10-03
TROUBLESOME URCHINs
Break Another Expensive Plate Glass
Window

Some street urchins got into fight
at the corner of Third and Broadway
Friday evening and one OF the young
sters hurled horseshoe at the other
The missile missed its mark and flew
against the large plate glass window in
the Elite millinery store at 249 South
Broadway, in the Byrne building, shat
tering the glass There was no police
officer present at the time and the
youthful villain ran away without the
least clue TO who he is being obtained.
The glass cost $154 and was insured
through Louis Vetter as agent. When
he heard of the affair he waxed wroth
and said some very uncomplimentary
things regarding few policemen and
certain small boys. He stated that this
Is the third time recently that his COM
pany has been called upon to make good
plate glass windows smashed by youth
full vandals. He also criticised. this
policemen along the beats where thesa
outrages have been perpetrated for not
arresting the evil doers, asserting that
il they were ordinarily alert such cases
could not take place without their know
ing it. He said that in this particular
case gang of young ruffians have been
in the haDlt or congregat1ng every even
ing in the vicinity of Third and Broad
way and participating in all sorts of
overt acts. Since the construction of the
new building that was recently begun
there boys repeatedly endangered the
glass windows of stores by throwing
brickbats and the like at each other
The proprietor of the millinery store
bore out the statements made in regarG
to the nuisance which these urchins
have been making of themselves, ana
stated that he had remained at the store
several evenings to protect his place
against them.
Mr.. Vetter believes that the trouble
could be done away with if the poles
were properly active, and threatens
to bring the matter before the COM
missioners.
The herald., 1897-10-03
A Horseman Who Wanted
to Grow Oranges
AND he GOT EucHREO
PIERRE ETCHE1fENDY HAD NO
LUCK AT ROBBERY
1ev. J. A. b. Wilson Being Sued.
Attempted Murder at Duarte.
Held to Answer

Some time ago ]. W. McClelland
brought suit against E. j.. otherwise
Lucky" Baldwin. to recover certain
moneys under somewhat exceptional
circumstances.
McClelland had been a trainer In the
racing stable Of Baldwin and had de-
sire to develop into an orange grower.
Unfortunately he had not the most re-
mote idea regarding horticulture, and
as Is usual in such cases, he had to pay
for his experience.
Manager Unruh of the Santa Anita
ranch, knew Of McClelland's desire and
agreed to sell to McClelland 7.22 acres
OF land OF the ranch, which carried with
II 7.22 shares of water stock The pur-
chaser paid for this by handing over
$1,000 in cash and giving a promissory
note for $2500. Then McClelland ex-
pended, SO he says. about $1,000 in having
planted out an orange grove. BY the
time 1t was completed he realized that
he had a white elephant on his hands
The land was sandy and no good for
orange trees or any other trees save
cactus, and he instituted suit to recover
$4,000.
The defendant in the case filed de-
murrer and yesterday Judge Van Dyke.
In the opinion rendered, draws at
tention to the fact that the contract for
the sale and purchase OF the land was,
on January %, 1895, abandoned by the
parties. and "said defendant thereupon
resumed possession thereof and domin-
ion over the said land and used the same
for his own purposes and received the
profits and issues Of the said land and
has sold and conveyed the same to other
persons"
"And the plaintiff" says Judge Van
Dyke, "thereupon seeks to recover the
$1,000 paid as part Of the purchase price.
It is now settled law in this state that
when a contract of sale and purchase of
lands Is abandoned or rescinded by the
parties, the vendee, though in default,
may recover back installmerts of the
purchase money paid, less the actual
damages, If any. to the vendor occa-
stoned by the breach of contract The
demurrer to the complaint on the ground
that 1t does not state facts sufficient to
constitute a cause Of action must there
fore be overruled.
sists in attempts to allege fraudulent
representation on the part Of defendant
In inducing the plaintiff to enter into
said contract 1t is admitted by plain
tiff's counsel In their brief that these
allegations are insufficient. Unless
such allegations can be made much more
specific and pointed by way Of amend
ment they would be mere surplusage
and should be eliminated from the COM
plant. The demurrer to this portion of
the complaint, for the reasons stated,
will be sustained.
"The demurrer will be sustained on
the further ground Of missioner of
causes Of action, to wit, that cause of
action for the recovery Of money ha6
and received is improperly united with
an action for damages arising out of the
alleged fraud In other respects the
demurrer will be oVerruled"
The herald., 1897-10-03
A Rich Pocket

Some subscriber to The Herald will
strike a rich pocket on the first of De-
cember, when the guesses on the num-
Der of Kiondike nuggets are canvassed
in The Herald business office Ninety
dollars worth of gold will go to the lucky
guesser. 1t is an easy matter to secure
a guess, or several of them. Thousands
or subscribers pay for The Daily Herald
monthly at the end of the month. BY
paying at the beginning of the month
they can call for guessing card, fill it
out and sign it, and on the first day of
December one Of them will find himself
the possessor of ninety dollars, or per-
haps a portion of it. The pocket is
worth trying for.
The herald., 1897-10-03
New Suits Filed

Pacific Coast Pipe company VS.. The
Anglo-American Canaigre company-A
suit to recover 1910. value Of a gas en-
gine furnished.
]. b. Lankershiin VS.. Lewis Rees and
D. j. Lewis-A suit to restrain defend
ants from tearing down or removing
partitions, etc., in the store fronts at
400 and 402 South Main street.
C. o. Hawley VS.. p. B. Wright ct al
A suit to enforce conveyance of lot SO
Of the Cottage Home tract upon pay
ment into court by plaintiff Of $2S3 1-S
and the execution by plaintiff Of first
mortgage to secure deferred payments,
and for $500 damages.
The estate of B. p. Wade, deceased
The petition of Martha Ellen Wade of
1921 Trinity street, for probate of will.
The estate is valued at $40. 600 exclusive
Of certain real estate in Tulare county
and elsewhere.
Guardianship of Frank A. Ruth, an
incompetent-The petition of Margaret
Ruth, the mother, that she be appointed
guardian.
The estate Of Gertrudes Peralta de
Moreno, ,deceased-The petition of Tomas
Moreno for letters of administration.
The estate is valued at $500.
The herald., 1897-10-03
CHIcALA WATER COMPANY
Sues the Rialto Irrigation District, Its
officers and Directors

A voluminous and complicated COM
plaint was filed yesterday in the circuit
court in which the Chicala Water COM
paDy brings suit against the Rialto irri-
cation district in San Bernardino, and
its officers and directors, w. A. Norton,
E. c. Dyer, A. G. Picket, Deville Rob-
inson, James E. Mack, ]. E. Cox, Eugene
Weston and Truman Reeves, alleging
that the Rialto irrigation district has
no legal existence and that all it's acts
and all the bonds issued are therefore
null and void.
The complainant alleges that 1t Is an
Iowa corporation, now transacting bus
mess in San Bernardino county; that
heavy burden upon its lands has been
imposed by reason of assessments levied
by the Rialto irrigation district, and
that its title has been clouded by the
pretended sale of the lands to pay these
assessments.
The Chicala Water company alleges
primarily that the formation Of the Ri
alto irrigation district was illegal, for
the reason that the petition to the board
Of supervisors for its organizatio was
not signed by fifty freeholders owning
land in the territory included in the dis.
trict at the time of it's organization The
petition was signed by fifty-six persons
but the complainant claims that only
three Of these were actually living in tn :
proposed district at the time, and that
only one owned land within its limits.
1t is further claimed that the whole
thing was a deal of the Semi-Tropic
Land and Water company, which or
ganized the district, and the Chcala
Water company alleges that thirty-two
Of the signatures to the petition were
obtained by fraudulent deeds of twenty
acres of land belonging to the Semi
Tropic company to thirty-two different
persons. just before the presentation ol
the petition in August, 1890.
In November, 1890, the Rialto irriga-
tion district, 1t is claimed, attempted tc
place $500, 900 worth of bonds, and actu-
ally issued $43O,OO0 This amount re-
suited in lien of $40 an acre on the 72o(
acres OF land included in the district
The directors then levied an assessment
according to the complaint to meet con.
tingent expenses and the annual inter
est on these bonds, and the $500 acres o.
Land belonging to the Chicala Water
company were sold for non-payment o.
this assessment, and bid in by the Ri
alto irrigation district, to which the
treasurer, Eugene Weston, now threat
ems to make deed.
In addition it il alleged, resolution
special assessment for the purpose O.
raising $4,000 TO purchase an engine, con.
struct a plant for the development o.
The herald., 1897-10-03
water and pay for repairs Of the water

water and pay for repairs Of the water
system-
The Chicala company now prays to
have the whole organization Of the Ri
alto irrigation district declared null and
void, and that the officers have no right
or authority to issue bonds which are
necessarily null and void, or to levy tax
es or assessments Injunctions are pray
ed for to restrain Eugene Weston from
issuing the deed to the lands of the Chi
Gala company; to restrain the Rialto
people from declaring any Of the assess
ments a Lien on the land and to remove
all cloud on the title.
The herald., 1897-10-03

Verdi is reported to have given his
friend Boito a small box. locked, and
sealed, with the strict injunction that
1t was not to be opened until after the
composers death. There are all sorts
Of guesses about its contents in the
Italian papers. The general belief is
that the box contains the completed
score of Verdi's long-promised Shakes
pearean opera" But there is differ
ence of opinion as to the play which
Verdi has chosen Will this posthumo Gus
work turn out to be the King Lear"
which Verdi once had in contemplation?
Or will it be the Tempest" which he
has also planned to convert into an
opera? Possibly it may be no opera a;
ol
The herald., 1897-10-03
WATER DAMAGES
Mr.. and Mrs. Dyer Win Their Suit
Against the Water COMPANY

The attention of Justice Morrison ard
jury was occupied ali day yesterday
with a suit brought for damages by
Trusten P. and Mary A. Dyer against
the Los Angeles Water company, in
which $299 and costs of suit were asked
because of the defendant company's
action in shutting off the water from the
plaintiffs property during a period OF
two days in last May
The facts are these: The Dyers pur-
chased house and lot IN the Adams
street tract and after they took possess
sion the water company's collector pre-
sented bill for $1.20 for water used
during the construction of the building.
He was told that the bill had been paid
but as receipt could not be furnished
the water was shut off on the 14th of
August. Two days later the receipt wus
found ard presented at the company's s
office and the water promptly turned on
During the period which they were de-
prived Of water, the plaintiffs claimed
an actual damage by annoyance and
through the lack of water for irrigat-
ing lawn and flowers In the amount sued
for
There was no dispute as to the main
facts, but the water company stated
that their records showed that the
property stood in the name of one
Lampadius, with whom they had had
considerable trouble in collecting water
bills, and that there was nothing to indi-
cate that the bill ir question had been
paid, and further that they lost NO time
in again turning on the water when the
receipt was presented The taking OF
testimony from several witnesses occu-
pied the time until noon. The argu-
ments were made at the afternoon, ses-
sion and the case was given to the jury
They were out only twenty minutes
when a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs
was given for $3.50 damages and costs
of suit from the water company.
The herald., 1897-10-03

q native of Michigan, aged 20 years. and
a resident of La Canda.
Evan e. Twomey, a native Of Texas,
aged 20 years. and a resident of Downey.
and Mabel Skidmore, a native of Cali
Yornia, aged 10 years, and a resident OF
Los Angeles.
Ramon Freeman, a native Of Califor-
MIA, aged % years, and Carmelita Romo,
a native of California. aged 10 years;
both residents of Whittier.
The herald., 1897-10-03
Journalistic Amenities

1--WE don't propose to recognize such
little sheet" Just you wait, dear
brother editor, and with the Swede you
will think, Hale ais oil brok lose en-
Arizone." OF course we have no county
"teat" to suck on, but we have Is cents
in the bank, and 1t all goes to jump
editors who. will not recognize "little
shee is. ."--AriZona Trailer,
The herald., 1897-10-03

Count Hochberg, the manager of the
Berlin opera. at the beginning Of the
summer issued a notice forbdding ali
members Of the company to come to the
rehearsals or performances on their
bicycles. The notice caused great in
dignation among those of the singers
who had taken up their abode in the
suburbs.
The herald., 1897-10-03
Court Notes

Tomorrow will be pension day at the
court house for all pensioners drawing
from the eastern departments.
Judge Clark yesterday gave judgment
for the plaintiffs in the suit of Holmes,
ct al. against Stevenson ct al. for
S1654.03 ard SIS attorneys fees.
The herald., 1897-10-03

Budapesth, one of the most musical
cities in Europe, besides the usual oper-
attic and concert institutions, supports
as many as 120 gypsy bands, thirty-two
military bands and twenty-one orches-
tras of female players. Altogether about
5000 musicians thus make. living.
The herald., 1897-10-03
Marriage Licenses

The following licenses were issued yes
terday from the office of the county
clerk:
Charles Henry Turton, native of
Ohio, aged "a years, and resident Of
La Crescenta and Annie May Ransome,
The herald., 1897-10-03

show cause why he should not pay up
the sum of 500 to L. B. volk.
The action filed yesterday by the plain
tin volk, who is an architect and makes
speciality of church edifices, is to re-
cover fees for having drawn and pre-
pared plans at the instance of the rev.
ereud gentleman for a church building.
The herald., 1897-10-03
Gets Her Divorces in Lake

Mrs. Langtry is coming to California
this fall to be married. We do not know
which county in the state she will pa
tronize on this occasion. The lady
always gets her divorces in Lake county.
Santa Ana Blade.
The herald., 1897-10-03

Cured Of Stomach end Liver Troubles bZ Dr.
Wong Him, Of S81 8. Hope St.. Los Angeles, Cal
that Dr. Wong Htm's treatment in my case hal
been most successful For years have been
tried various remedies from oihef physiciana, bot
received no permanent help. DR.. Wong Him's
bes and seems to be permanent In It's results- I
like Dr. Wong Him's Ideas Of Herb Treatment
cleaning aud renovatug the system before building
It up again. am certainly pleased 10 say that he
has lone greas deal Of good to me, and that I
suming and kind. commanding the respect Of al
good people. Very respectfully urnrup
Los Angeles, Cal. April 30. 1897, GO
Bellevue Avenue.
The herald., 1897-10-03

Rev. J. A. B. Wilson will soon make
his appearance in the township court to
The herald., 1897-10-03

health, and today am well and sound. 10 Or.
any disease that he says he can cure, have un-
bounded confidence and faith, and would recon.
n. B. TAYLOR
President Citizens Bank, South Riveraide Cal
Sept 9, 1897
The herald., 1897-10-03
REV. WILSON SUED

For Not Having Paid His Architect
His Fees
The herald., 1897-10-03
DR.. WONG HIM
S31 South Hope Street, Los Ange.
les, Cal.

DIR. WONG HIM, ssl
g. Hope st., Los Angeles.
Cal.-Dear Sir: In JUS
tice to you and for the
benefit OF others. l wish
to make = statement Of
my case. ] was afflicted
with liberation OF the
rectum and hemorrhage
Of the bowels. I was
treated by two good doc
tors. until Ilost 50 pounds
OF flesh and became 30
weak from loss Of blood
that I was unable to At
tend to business. l then
commenced & cootoring
with DR.. Wong Him. The
bleeding stopped and I
C0vn vnmpnced to improve
The herald., 1897-10-03

Los Angeles, I
Bellevue Avenue.