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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

Next to the big. red Missouri apple Is
Tho luscious Missouri peach. Climate and
the hand OF honest husbandry are condu-
Give TO the production OF the peach. par
ticuIarly In Southwest Missouri. which In
cludes half Q dozen counties fam.Narly
known as the Land Of the Big Red APP
pie" While thus identified, the peach IL
paramount and In favorable seasons the
output Il reckoned by the ability o: the
fruit raiser to gather and ship at oppor-
tune time for q ready and lucrative mar
ket.
The Ozark IS the land Of the peach Is
truly Is that remote section IN Norway IL
the land Of the midnight sun. and the
growth Of the roseate cling and freestone
peach for the city market and foreign con-
sumption II one OF the profitable industries
Of tho Ozark regions.
Conditions generally smile on tho peach
In the OIarks. and nothing but the most
obstinate season initiates against the PRO-
euctiou.
Tho peach orchards In the Ozarks vary
IN area from twenty to 500 acres each.
The largest orchards are IN close DT0x-
Unity 70 The railroads. for the reason that
shipDed away a. speedily As possible.
AN EARLY INDUSTRY.
Peach growing was one of the early IN
6uStrtes o; the pioneers In the Ozark re-
zion. and % remunerative has become thI5
iine Of work that the industry now yields
? larger pront than any other single fruit
1ndux:ry.
i takes . great deal o: time-about five
Years-to fully develop a fruit orchard.
Tho ground has to be TILED In successive
DROPS until the rankness Of the new soil IL
0ubdued- In the meantime young trees
are growing and are carefully looked after
BY the primer. Nearly all of the large
peach orchards Of the OzaIks are supplied
With nurseries. not only for their own use.
but for the extensive business OF selling
seedlings throughout the country. By a
process Of pudding Il has been demon
6trsfed by the Ozark growers that sd
pef1or quality Of fruit can be produced:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
sezz from San Francisco was one whose
name was Hood LuE--!x. who was q pc

seas from San Francisco was one whose
name was Hood Luu.-ix. who was pc
culiariy formed creature.
Clumsy big-f5otei. with a large mouth
and prO-rudirg teeth. thick lips. big.
bgshv head OF hair u 4 dirty brick color.
standing out Ike uIls on a porcupile.
this almost r1alforued specimen attracted
iis attention OF young rJwd!ss who picked
upon him for days sport. Go where he
might he was followed by q gang who
hoOIed and made things unpleasant for
hin. during the day.
The amusement OF the rarR tid not con-
sne .ts.if 20 the p!caic grounds. They
went outside. broke into orchards and
flower gardens. destroying valuable prop
e-ty and finally wound I'D BY shooting q
valuable horse belonging to a rancher
This last act was EaoEe than the Sherry
o. San Marco cou.d stand. ard he bsgxed
q connie o. dozen OF the offenders. Wheu
the case came u before the Justice OF n.
Peace II Redwood each OF the accused
aid tire blame o.. Wood Lurnu1ix-
Simple minded Hood got six months n
fall In sentencing him the Justice. who
was very much disp!easad that he could
rot send the entire gang 20 state prison,
delivered a lecture to the offenders. IN
which he said:
4 row warn you 20 keep out o: this
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
COMPETITION IN POTATOES.
Aew York and Nebraska Exhibitors
Would save sprouts

The Colorado and New York exhibitors
OF the fne potatoes in the Agricultural
building at the Worlds Fair are engaged
in friendly competition 10 determine who
can keep sprouts the longest
Mir. Wiiiets. who is In charge OF the
Colorado exhibit In the building. contends
that his crop OF sprouts will hold out
throughout the Worlds Fair season
Potatoes" says Mr.. Willets which be-
gin TO sprout In the exhibit are By no
means to b laughed At Their staying
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
KArFIR CHIEF CRITICIsEs NEGRO
Says Americsnized Tribesman Dis.
graces Himself by Initiating Whites.


Black America has been Well repre-
scented In visits to the Boe: War. the COL
ored visitors coming from Maine TO Cali
fornia and from Canada 10 New Orleans
10 see the representatives OF South Africa.
from whom they derive their ancestry.
The visitors have comprised all classes
OF ''Derkto1n society" and when they re-
hold the representatives OF their race
from South Africa. the expression on the!r
countenAnccs Was q deep study.
When Chief Cmkalau was asked through
the Interpreter, Lieutenant Camp Walker.
the reason OF his objections to the Aneri-
canized ka:fir be said:
I'm Africa the Ksfirs live as they
please have their own language. laws and
costume. but In America the kas!ir has
10 language OF his own and d.sgraces
himself by copying the white people In ey-
cry manner possible
AmonG the diYeren; tribes. consisting OF
Basutos, Natabeies. Swaxls. al speaking
d.Serent dialects. yet branches OF the
great Zulu race II q certain code OF un-
written laws that Is not interfered with
BY any other nation. and. although under
the sovereignty OF Great Britain. so far
as foreign relations are concerned. local
affairs are scarcely interfered with, Es-
pecially SO II the understanding with the
Basutos. . tribe OF over e5s.g0 warriors
who have never been defeated
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

Qualities are really the po!nt az issue. II
We can produce potatoes that Will last
two seasons out OF cold storage We have
a crop that n0 one Can discount Il Ire
land had possessed yotatoes which could
have existed in the Dubious state over two
seasons the Irish famine would have been
unhcz-d %. The potato contest between
oar State and New York is therefore. not
Nithout rs value 20 the .-rraer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
Missouri Cir: Invents Game.

Miss Frances Austin OF Carroi!ton. No.
has invented a game which she calls the
Louisiana Purchase game The game Is
played on a board similar TO that Of
parchesi and IL on the order OF that we'll
known pastime. Cards. instead OF dice.
-Four persons may play At a time. The
cards bear the names and map OF each
OF the States In the Louisiana Purchase.
and one bearing the map OF France. Hiss
Amanda y. Austin OF san Francisco. a
sister OF tas inventor. did the illustrating.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
QUEER ORIGIN OF "H00DLUM."
Applied to Gang Whose Victim
Was Named Hood Lummix.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco. Sept. l-'TioodIum."
which has found place in the vernacalar.
,s veil understood TO apply TO 4 class OF
young tou-hs who have no respect FOR sex
age or the rights o. decent persons and no
sense OF what Is becoming. Few know
the derivation OF the word
IL was in ls.2. when the Odd Fellows held
. picnic At Redwood City.
A gang Of toughS attended Among the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
Cow Drop. Into Mi.e. Unh.rt.

Mahanoy City. Pa. Sept. 3.-Miners 60
ing TO work at Maple Hill coIliery found
a big red COW believing madiy through
the underground passages. II had fallen
into the mine through a breach in the
surface during the night. and was unhurt.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

REPUBLIC SPIRAL
New York. Sept 3-SHss Margaret An
GIN. who arrived from Europe. met with a
mishap before she got away from The
liners pie- IN Eoboksn. She had Just
stepped into n carriage when the horse
slipped and fell. breaking both shafts and
shaking uo the actress considerably.
Ny new play. The Eternal Feminine
said Miss Aaslin. will be OUT OF the ordi-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

nay. The dominant theme Of the story
Is love. yet the play Is replete with COM
edy OF the subtler sort Mr. Per,ey'0 en-
ezgemsnr Of Robert Drouet al leading
man FOR me Is most satisfactory"
Before sailing from Europe Mss Augltn
purchased a country home in Surrey
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

Orchards Vary in From Twenty Five Thousand the
largest Being Close Proximity
Needed to Develop the Trees-Fruit Is Delicious.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

county: We want no more OF HOOD Ium-
mix or his gang 20 visit US.
The word was THIS coined So- common
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The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
CLAIMS HACAN
WANTED COIN
Complaint Is Made Against
the Contractor for the
Burial of the INDECENT
INVESTIGATION BEGINS
Health Committee Listens to
Testimony Regarding the
Disposition of Bodies

Application was made yesterday by
Mrs. Kate Thompson of 228 Nevada
avenue for the arrest Of William ].
Hagan, city undertaken, whom she
charges with having wrongfully dis
posed of the body of her brother-in-law.
John Dunn, who died at the City and
County Hospital on the 20th of this
month According to her statement
Hagan at first demanded $40 to disinter
the body, but later reduced the demand
to SIS
When she visited the potter's field
with Hagan he was unable to find the
body. She alleges that medical colleges
would pay a large sum for the body of
her brother-in-law, as he died of an un-
common disease. He was in the City
and County Hospital fully month be-
fore he died. but she did not see him
during that time, and in fact had not
seen him for five months prior to his
death. To satisfy Mrs. Thompson,
Hagan exhumed several bodies, none Of
which proved to be that of her missing
relative.
The committee Of Supervisors on Hos
pitfalls and Health yesterday afternoon
to ascertain If one body could be sub
stituted for another. The undertaken,
in his defense, said that the body he
had received from the City and County
HOSPITAL bore the name of Dunn and he
had no other means of Identifying it.
IT, instead, it was John Dalys body, he
did not consider himself at fault. Ha-
gan has no regular undertaking estab-
lishment, but houses the dead in an
extemporized morgue on Nineteenth
street, near Guerrero.
Mrs. Thompson when seen yesterday
afternoon was very indignant. She said
she was positive the body Of her broth
er-in-law had been sold to one of the
local colleges, and she will compel the
undertaken to produce it or suffer the
consequences. The warrant for Ha-
gan's arrest has not yet been signed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
BOHENuA'S HOME
TO MARRY A FAIR BRIDE
Edgar d. Piexotto Banqueted by Eel
low CIubmen on Eve Of Depar-
ture for New York.

Bohemia was in her most charming
mood last evening to extend a farewell
and good luck" to Edgar d. Peixotto,
attorney and clubman, who will leave
for New York in a few days to take
unto himself wife.
Mr. Peixotto made IL known to his
fellow Bohemia Club members some
two weeks ago that he had decided to
come from under the wings of the owl
to the shadow of the altar. His en-
gagement to Miss Melvina Nathan Of
New York, niece of Mrs. Frederick
Nathan, a woman we'll known in wom-
ems club circles, was announced. Hence
the banquet of last evening, the toasts
and all the rest of it.
Thirty-f1ve friends of Mr.. Peixotto
gathered in the red room of the Bohe-
mian Club at o'clock, and the round
table" held the viands. DR.. j. Wilson
Shield acted as POSTMASTER. and, Of
course, Joe" ReddinS and Uncle"
George Bromley were there. Newton
Tharp designed the decorations, which
were simple. yet handsome. and Ned
Greenway was not missing at the COM
mand to advance and uncOrk.
Among the representatives of the
army and navy present were DR..
Brechemin, u. S. A, and Captain Hun
ker of the U. S. S. New York. Charles
RoIlo Peters made studies in black cof-
fee and white sugar at the elbow of the
guest of the evening. William Greer
Harrison was not among those unac-
counted for.
Mr.. Peixotto expects to leave late this
week for New York, where he is to
meet Miss Nathan. The wedding will
take place on September % at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Frederick Nathan in that
city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
PERSONAL.

John Markley of Geyserville is at
the Lick.
DR.. ]. NJ. swetnam of Phoenix is az
the Grand.
M. ]. Boggs, a rancher Of Colusa, Is
at the Grand.
H. R. Warner Of Byron Springs is
at the Palace.
o. McHenry, banker of Modesto, is
at the Occidental.
Rev. Charles E. Rice Of Sitka, Alas
ka. is at the Occidental.
A. ]. Anderson, a mining man of
Tonopah, is at the Lick
George F. Buck, an attorney of
Stockton. is at the Lick.
j. e. Terry, a lumber dealer of Sac
ramento, is registered at the Palace.
DR.. B. c. Bentley of Bakersfield is
among the latest arrivals at the Lick
Don H. Porter and wife of Salt Lake
City are registered at the st. FHancis.
J. B: Camp. Treasurer of the city of
Louisville, KY, and wife are at the
st. Francis.
A. H. Lippincott. a prominent busi-
ness man of Boston. and his wife are
guests at the st. Francis.
Robert Graham. Pacific Coast man
ageG of the Armour Car Company, ar
rived yesterday from Los Angeles and
is at the Palace.
E. Black Ryan, tax agent OF the
Southern Pacific Company, and his
family will leave in a few weeks for
trip through Mexico.
Among the latest arrivals at the
Palace are r. A Jackson, general at
torney, and George Crosby, secretary
and treasurer of the Rock Island road,
and D. H. Mahoney, general agent of
the Gould system at Pittsburg, who
have been making tour Of the West
in a private car.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
WILL RUN LINE
TO SALT LAKE
Western Pacific Railroad Al
most Ready to Build
Road to Utah's. Capital
CHANGES ARE PLANNED
Retirement of Manager Rank
of the North Shore May
Cause Other designations

That the Western Pacific Railroad is
nearly ready to undertake the construc-
ton Of portions Of its projected line
from this city to Salt Lake was evil
denced in an announcement made yes
terdav at the local offices Of the COM
pany 10 the effect that its agents have
been instructed 10 secure the necessary
operating material for this gigantic
task
REPRESENTATIVES Of the company have
gone into the Eastern market for twen-
" freight engines, 200 ballast cars, two
ballast spreaders. two ballast unloaders
and a line Of fat box and gondola cars
It was also learned that Attorney
Bartnett. who has been in the East for
several months in connection with the
financial end OF the enterprise, is ar
ranging for a trip TO the Pacific Coast
Of a number Of prominent financiers
who have become interested in the
handling Of the company's bonds. The
purpose OF their visit will be to look
over the company's terminal properties
and inspect as much as possible Of the
new overland route.
It was reported on good authority at
the Southern Pacific Offices yesterday
that several changes are contemplated
in the operating department Of the
road. 7. r. Jones, who has held the
position Of superintendent of the Tucson
division for some time, il is said, viii
shortly succeed r. J. Laws, superin-
tendent Of the Sacramento division, and
another report is that G. c. Pratt, mas
ter mechanic of the road at Sparks,
New, is scheduled to supersede H. H.
Forney in a like position at Sacra-
mento.
The recent retirement Of Assistant
General Manager Rank from the North
Shore is expected TO be followed in a
few days by the resignation Of several
other officials Of that line who served
under his administration.
These changes viii be followed by the
closing Of the North Shores general
offices on Market street and the consol-
idation Of its ticket Office with that Of
The California Northwestern Railway,
a few doors away.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
INDICTMENTS PENDING
FOR YEARS DISMISSED
District Attorney Admits Lack of Evil
dence to Convict the Alleged Con-
spirators to Defraud City.

The indictments against Thomas A.
Burns, John ]. O'Brien and Edward
D. Swift charging them with de-
frauding the city and county, were
dismissed by Judge Cook yesterday on
motion Of District Attorney Byington
on the ground that the evidence was
insufficient to secure a convictions
The three defendants were indicted
by the Grand Jury in 1898. Burns was
a school director, O'Brien an inspector
of school buildings and Swift a lum-
Der merchant holding the contract to
supply lumber for school buildings. It
was alleged that they conspired to de-
fraud the city. There was also an in
dictment against Swift, charging him
with obtaining money by false pre-
lenses.
Burns and O'Brien were tried Joint
ly before jury in Judge Cooks court
on May 6, 1901. They both pleaded
"once in jeopardy" but the plea was
unsuccessful. Burns was acquitted by
the jury under instructions of the
court, but no agreement was reached
in regard to O'Brien. Swift was never
brought to trial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
CaIifornians I'm New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-Ths follow
ing Californians are in New York:
From San Franciscan. English, at
the Holland; W. D. Gundelfnger, at
the Herald Square; S. L. Haines, at
the Continental; Mrs. A. A. Belvedere
and Mrs. S. SAKE, at the Marlborough; f;
Miss Wieland, at the Belvedere; c.
Nj. Craig, at the Holland; Miss NJ. Ma
guire, at the Bartholdi, and E. A.
Stent and wife, at the Holland.
From Los Angeles-W. Benz and
wife, at the Grand Union; c. E. Rob-
erts, at the wellington; L. Bradford.
at the Murray Hill, and G. Drury and
wife, at the Everett.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Dies at Chinese hospital.

Wong Chung Yuck, a gambler of
Fresno, died at the Oriental Hospital
at S28 Sacramento street yesterday.
Whispers of foul play caused the Po-
lice Department to investigate. The
body was taken in charge by the Cor
oner's officials. 1t was learned that
Wong Chung Yuck came to this city
several days ago for treatment He
was then very i'll. Coroner Leland sent
the stomach to the City Chemist to
have its contents analyzed. This may
throw some light on the methods of
treatment in the Chinese hospital The
medicine men" at the institution re-
fuse to discuss the affair.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
..Trustiesv. No Longer.

George Kane and Paul Sampson.
who were employed in the kitchen OF
the Boys and Girls Aid Society as
TRUSTEES" made their escape about 5
O'Clock Monday afternoon Kane had
been sent there for five years for
stealing a horse and buggy in Oak
land. Sampson had been put there by
his parents as an incorrigible. Po-
liceman W. d. Scott was notified and
with superintendent Lewis he went to
Oakland, suspecting the boys had
gone across the bay. They soon found
Kane, but Sampson was not caught
till late Monday night. sleeping in a
barn in the rear Of 401 Sixty-ffth
street. They are no longer TRUSTEES"
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
LANDING DENIED
TO LEE NEE HO
Chinese Girl Refuses to Go
to the Mission and Must
Return to the Orient
HAS BUT ONE RELATIVE
Twelve Hundred Dollars,
Paid for Her Admission,
to Be Given to Donors

United States Immigrant Commis-
sioner North admitted yesterday that
he had denied a landing to Lee Nee
Ho, a sixteen-year-old Chinese girl
who arrived July 25 on the steamship
China and who was allowed to lie for
thirty days in the detention shed at
the Mail dock without examination
Even then. it was not until after the
newspapers had begun an inquiry into
the girls case that the bureau took
any action whatever Pressure Of bust
ness was the excuse given.
The girl claimed to be native OF
this city and to have returned to China
twelve years ago. The photograph on
the return certificate was that of girl
about 4 years old, and the bureau was
unable to identify it as that Of the
applicant. On being interviewed by
Mrs. Davis of the Methodist Chinese
Mission the girl expressed her willing
ness if landed to become an inmate Of
the mission. The only pretended rela-
tive here was a Chinese who said he
was her godfather. She later changed
her mind and refused to go to the
mission, having evidently been in
structed in the detention sheds by
some of her cOuntrymen. A Chinese
cook who claimed he was engaged to
marry the girl went among his friends
recently and said he wanted to collect
$1,000 for the purpose of landing the
girl. He will be obliged to disgorge
the money, now that he has failed
to secure her admittance. An appeal
from North's decision will doubtless
be made to the Secretary OF the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Child Burned bx Acid.

A 15-months-old son of J. Manners
Of AS Connecticut street in some man.
ner yesterday knocked over a bottle OF
carbolic acid that was in a medicine
chest on table, and was badly burned
on the left arm and face. DR.. w. z.
Buell. dressed the little ones wounds,
but said that there was danger that the
child would die because Of acid absorp-
tion. Manners, the father, arrived
from the East ten days ago, secured
employment as q machinist at the Un-
ion Iron Works and was fixing up his
house when the accident occurred.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL
RUN OVER BY CAR
Little Freda FredeIl, While Playing in
Front of Her Home, Is In
stantIy Killed.

Freda Fredel. the four-year-oId
daughter Of Grocer Charles G. Fre-
dell Of 1866 Twenty-fourth street, was
run over and instantly killed at 1880
a. N. yesterday by an electric car in
front Of her home.
The little one started across the
track in front of an eastbOund car. of
which q. S. Plummer was conductor
and J. s. Kelly motorman. The mo-
torman did all in his power 10 bring
the car TO a stop, but the child was
too near and she was mangled under
the front wheels. The body was so
tightly wedged in the running gear
that it was found necessary to take
of the side Of the dummy before it
could be extricated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
sub-Car1.ieIs Appointed.

Postmaster Fisk has appointed the
following sub-carriers from the eligi-
BILE list: Cornelius L. Heating, Harry
S. Martin, William H. Quasi, George
H. Richards Isaac Gronsky, John Nc
Cormick. Ernest z. RouX, D. w. Spal-
ding Guy Edwards, James NJ. Silver,
William f. Stockwitz, Robert ]. Will
son, Charles Bloom, John Tyndall.
Isaiah H. Treadwell, Ross H. Mills
and Reuben ]. Gray.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
BruadtaiI
MRS. MARY LARGE Is
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
While She Was Camping a Telephone
Pole Fell Upon Her and Frac-
tured Her Skuil

tured Her Skull.
Mrs. Mary Large OF 3211 Sixteenth
street. this city, was killed last Mon
day in MendOcinO County as the result
Of. a peculiar accident. She had been
enjoying a vacation in the woods near
Albion with a party of friends. They
were riding on a fiat car when the
loose end Of broken telephone wire
was caught on one of the wheel. The
wire was wound around the axle and
the strain broke a telephone pole, the
upper end of which fell upon the car.
striking Mrs. Large and breaking her
skull and collar bone. She died within
few hours after being taken on board
the steamship Pomona. The body wa
brought here yesterday by that boat
ana was taken to the Morgue.
Mrs. Large was the wife OF Charles
F. Large. the druggist who killed a
man several months ago by careIessly
giving him carbolic acid instead OF dis
titled water to drink. She was 26 years
old.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Administrators Sell Stock.

Fathers Patrick ]. Keane and NJ. d.
Slattery, administrators of the estate
of the late Father Patrick Scanlan.
yesterday reported to the superior
Court that they had sold seventy-two
shares of Spring Valley Water stock
belonging to the estate for $2754. be-
ing $3S 25 a share,
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
California Souvenirs

Scenic Treasures Of California" a
beautiful souvenir book Of California for
IS cents; others for less and some for
more. Orange. redwood and other good
souvenir novelties at lowest prices. San
born. Vail & Co. 741 Market st
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Chiffon VelVeteens.

Our assortment of the new
CHIFFON finish in VEL
VETEENS for dress wear is
now complete and we are
showing some beautiful shades
of Brown, Laurel, Reseda.
Marine, Gray and Castor: z3
inches wide; yard .75c