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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-09-09

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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-09-09
MISSOURI STATE
CAPITAL ITEMS
NOTES THAT ARE or INTEREST
70 MlssouRiAks.
Brief Mention Of Matters az They
Occur a. jefferson City,
omeisi and Other
wise.

Jefferson City@Thcre IS ON
cisl correspondence going on in thls
state over the new game and hsh laE
than any other enactment Of the last
legislature. Jesse A. Tollerton, state
game and FISH commissioner, Is
swamped with letters Of Inquiry about
the enforcement Of this law. construc-
tion Of sections and complaints about
the Law being violated, ali Of which
goes 10 show the widespread interest
that is being taken in this piece o.
legislation. Many thousands Of copies
Of the new game and FISH laws have
been printed and are supplied to al
who viii GO 10 the trouble 10 ask Tor
them. Although the Law did not 90 In
to effect until August 16. and there Is
little game that legally can be killed
in August county clerks are continu-
ally sending IN for license blanks and
for Instructions. Il is evident that the
Law viii produce a large amount Of
revenue. A legal firm at Mexico. rep
r~esenting nonresident land owners.
addressed a letter 20 Mr.. ToliertOn
asking II such persons might hunt on
their own land In Missouri without TAX
ing out a license. Mr.. ToIlerton is Of
the opinion that as these persons are
non-residents, they cannot avail them
selves or the exemption in favor Of
residents. The license FOR a non
resident is t25 a year. A resident may
hunt In the county in which he resides
or an adjoining county By taking out
a license and paying 81. II he desires
to hunt anywhere In the state, he must
nay IS for license.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-09-09
4 sIa-story BuliaIns for Joplin.

Joplin Is 60 have a sIx,stery once
building which viii cost about S20Os
GOO.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
WIDOW OF YOELL CLAIMS
THAT SHE WAS TRICKED
Asks for $500 a Month From
Estate of Husband

The application of Emily C. Yoell,
widow of ]. Alexander Yoell, the &C.
centric San Jose lawyer, for an allow
ance of 5000 a month from the estate
dating back to the time OF her hus-
bands death in 1904 was heard by
Judge Graham yesterday and taken un-
der submission. If the petition is
granted Mrs. Yoell will be entitled to
lump sum of nearly $4,000 from the
estate.
Years before Yoell died he separated
from his wife and a property agree
ment was drawn up between them I'm
der the agreement she was given prop
rty worth $4,000, but her attorney, ].
L. Taugher, claimed in his argument
to the court yesterday that by trick
and fraud on the part of Yoell his
wife actually enjoyed only about $10,500
>qorth Of the property ostensibly set
tied on her. Taugher said that YoelI
went into the insolvency court and de-
feated his wife's petition to be declared
bankrupt on the ground that he had
made a large settlement on her. This
had the effect Of making her respon-
sible for debts to the amount of $4,000
contracted by her son, John, and for
which she had given promissory notes
Consequently she was compelled to hold
forced sale of her property, which
realized only $4,000. After the debts
of her son had been paid and other
expenses met there was only $10,50O for
her. Taugher said Mrs. Yoell was pen
niless and that her furniture is mort
gagged.
Carl Westerfeld, attorney for Mrs.
Eva Levy, Administrative of the es-
tate, answered Taugher, contending
that under the separation agreement
Mrs. Yoell was not entitled to share
in the estate.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
HUSBAND SEEKS TO
BREAK WIFf'S WILL
Disinherited, He Says Her Mind
Was Poisoned by an
Adopted Daughter

Captain Henrik Johannissen, who
was ,disinherited by the will of his late
wife, Regina Johannissen, began a
contest of the instrument yesterday.
The testator owned property worth be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 Part Of it
she conveyed before her death to her
adopted daughter Mrs. Fanny Pratt,
and the balance was bequeathed to Mrs.
Pratt by the will.
Johannissen charges in his contest
that the adopted daughter poisoned the
mind of his wife against him by tell
ing false and malicious stories to the
effect that he was a spendthrift. His
relations with his wife were of a
friendly and conjugal nature, he as
serts and she often told him he would
be her sole heir. Johannissen believes
but for the fact that Mrs. Pratt pref
MIN.
The application of Mrs. Pratt to be
appointed administrative of the estate
was heard by Judge Graham yesterday
and taken under submission. In view
of the fact that there is conflict be-
tween Mrs. Pratt and Johannissen, the
Judge intimated that he was disposed
to appoint the public administrator to
take charge of the estate while in pro-
bate, but j. J. Lermen, attorney for
Mrs. Pratt, coptended that as his client
was named in the will as administra-
trix the court had no option but to ap-
point her.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
LEASES IN PALACE
To Pay Quarter Million for Ten
Years Occupancy of
Hotel Corner

A round quarter of million dollars
Will be paid by the Southern Pacific
company for the lease of the store in
the southwest corner or the new Palace
hotel building at Market and New
Montgomery streets.
The floor area amounts to about
52x110 feet. The brokers in the case.
Messrs. A. ]. Rich & Co., will not give
out the facts, but on good authority
it is ascertained that the price to be
paid is $25o.0oO, and that the lease will
run for 10 years. The store will be
occupied as passenger and ticket Of
fees. The Offices at Market and Powell
streets in the Flood building will be
retained.
The purpose of the transportation
company is to accommodate the public
and thereby secure business, and more
than one location. as experience in
New York and other centers of large
population has taught, is advantageous
for railroad business uses.
The lease of the southwest corner
of the ground floor to the Southern
Pacific company completes the leasing
of all the store properties in the new
Palace hotel structure.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
MAN IS NO BIGGER
THAN HIS STOMACH
Napoleon Conquered the World,
but Met Final Waterloo
in His Digestion
Thousands in San Francisco
Try to Cheat Nature, but
Fail, Says Cooper

L. t. Cooper, the young easterner
who is now in San Francisco and has
aroused widespread comment by his
odd theories about the human stomach.
when interviewed yesterday said:
when 1 first came to San Francisco
I said that the digestive organs of the
American people were degenerating
That was the reason, claimed, why
half of the people of this city were suf-
fering from all kinds of chronic ill
health and didn't know why
"A man is. no bigger than his stom-
ach. Not one person in a hundred real
ICES what this means, but history
proves it. Take Napoleon Bonaparte.
There was man who conquered the
world. But he didn't know how to con-
quer his stomach. He died of overeat-
ing.
He was no different from thousands
of people right here in San Francisco.
They think they can go on and stuff
and not have to pay the consequences.
l was invited to dinner at hotel the
other evening. Some prominent bust
nessmen of the city were there. The
meal was in seven courses and it took
an hour and a half to serve it. Those
businessmen had been in their offices
all day. Several of them rode to the
hotel in automobiles I'll venture to
say that not one or them had had
enough healthy exercise that day to
keep a household cat alive. Yet they
sat down to that dinner and literally
gorged themselves. When they got up
they were red in the face. puffed out,
bloated from overeating. Every one of
them sat down and was uncomfortable
for hours afterward.
'They had overloaded their digestive
machinery. 1t clogged and couldn't
work. The food they had eaten lay in
their stomachs, fermented. formed
gases and pumped poison into their
blood. 1t made them nervous, irritable.
tired their brains and bodies, dulled
their eyesight. Those who were not so
already were fast becoming that most
pitiable of all objects-a chronic dys-
peptic.
"One of the men who had been at
that dinner came to see me the next
day at the Owl drug store, in the Phe-
Ian building, where / am making my
headquarters in the city. He took
some of my medicine and within a week
I'll warrant he will feel like a different
man. MY relHeuy 10 puic iciS @
medicine. but it will put any run down,
nervous. dyspeptic, half sick man on his
feet in four to six weeks. / know it
will do this. because in every city in
the east where I haze introduced my
medicine 1 have had more men come
to thank me for what my preparations
have done for them than / have had
time to talk with
One of Cooper's callers who was in
terviewed yesterday was T. c. Sim
monds of 96S Hampshire street. He
said: 81 am foreman of the United
states army transport dock, and am 65
years of age. I had been suffering for
more than 80 years until / met Cooper
and tried the remedy he gave me- In
all this time l have tried every medi-
cine 1 ever heard of and never got re-
lief. Now I am a we'll man. This man
Cooper certainly has remarkable
medicine"
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
City May Proceed on
Lake Water System
Department of the Interior Allows Work
At Eleanor Site to Continue

former supervisor and municipal own
ership advocate, wrote yesterday to
Chief Clerk John Behan of the board
of supervisors.
With an audience Of impressionable
fasteners, many of them newspaper
correspondents, Reed fears the club
has done the cause harm. Whether he
gained converts, he does not say but
he admits that he stirred up some ex-
citement when he entered the debate,
which before had been unanimous
against San Francisco. His letter fol-
lows, in part:
When got into Hetch Hetchy, /
found the Sierra club in the throes of
debate, all of which was one sided
nobody speaking in the city's interest.
There were four nights OF debate
against the city's side of the question
and one night occupied in answering
their arguments. We had a hot time,
but I think that some of these people
got better idea of the interests of
the people than they had before. The
Sierra club had people from Boston,
Chicago and New York and journalists
sent out by their papers to investigate
the situation. They are confident they
will win the fight and ultimately pre-
vent the city from ever having Hetch
Hetchy. l think it unfortunate that
the people here do noC realize the in
tensity of the feeling outsiders have
against the city taking the Hetch
Hetchy reservoir. The scenery is very
fine, and they think 1t will not only
be hurt by being turned into a reser-
voir, but that the public would be ulti-
mately kept out of the enormous water
shed area of the reservoir
Reed says further that he took 200
pictures of the country there, which he
Will use when addressing audiences on
the Sierra water supply question.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
NORTHERN FIRM SEEKS
RARE I847 GOLD COIN
Asks Treasurer McDougaId for
Piece Recently Found

The Ben Selling clothing company
of Portland is anxious to secure the
SO gold piece of 1s47 recently picked
up by Treasurer McDougald among
coins paid into his office.
The coin is peculiar in that it lacks
the words, In God we trust" The
Portland firms believes that only six of
these coins got into circulation. 1t
had one of the coins, treasured for
many years. which was by accident
put into general circulation.
While not asking outright for the
$40, the letter attempts to convince
the treasurer of the strong likelihood
of this being the same coin.
Collectors say that while the $40
piece of 1S47 is rare coin, it is not
rare enough to command a premium.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
TRUST DEED GIVEN TO
GUARANTEE BOND ISSUE
Electrical Railways Company
Has Document Recorded

trust deed was recorded yesterday
by the Electrical railways company,
conveying its holdings to the Union
trust company in order to guarantee
the 100000 900 bond issue it intends to
make.
The Electrical railways company was
formed a short time ago as part of
the United Railroads plan, but covering
only suburban and out of town sys-
TENS. It controls at present the Park
side transit company, which it bought
over, and the Visitacion valley line
The mortgage bonds are to run %
years and pay per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17

Permission to proceed with the tenn
porary work at Lake Eleanor on the
municipal water system has been
granted to City Engineer Manson by
the department. of the interior. This
includes the building of a temporary
storehouse and barracks and the clear
ing of the dam site. Although moth
ing has yet been said as to permission
for the construction of tire dam and
the permanent stone srorehouse, Man
son believes this will follow.
News that the department of the in
terror has backed down on the petition
taken six weeks ago was sent to Man
son yesterday by s. M. Stockslager the
city's representative in Washington.
Assistant Secretary Wilson, who has
been looking into the question, takes
a radically different view from that of
his associate. Pierce, who was respon-
sible for the order stopping the work
One point reserved by the depart
ment is that the city must pay the
forstry service for all timber cut within
the dam site.
Several days ago Manson received a
tip from Washington that the outcome
would be favorable to the city. Act
ing on this, he sent up supplies so
that Assistant Engineer Jones is able
to put his force to work at once.
When application was made to the
department for this work last June,
Pierce held that the city had no rights
except upon patented lands. AS the
land referred to was under water, all
work except as to preliminary surveys
was then stopped.
Sierra Club a Foe
The Sierra club has been campaign
ing against the Hetch Hetchy water
scheme right in the heart of the Hetch
Hetchy region, so Charles Wesley Reed,
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
SUES STOCK HOLDERS OF
OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD
WeIIs-Fargo Bank Moves to
Protect Its Interest

To protect itself from loss on the
100000 loan made to the Ocean Shore
railroad August II, 1906. the Wells,
Fargo-Nevada national bank of San
Francisco began suit yesterday against
certain stock holders of the railroad for
the amount OF their liability propor-
toned to their holdings.
All those who owned stock in the
railroad at the date the loan was made
are sued. After today the statute of
limitations would run in their favor
had no suit been commenced.
The stock holders named as defend
ants and the amount claimed from each
are: A d. Rowen, 1885; Leon Blum.
$500; George A. Knight, s4,400; Mrs
N p Moulton, $4,000; J. NJ OuEh.
$1,000 D. Roth, $1,000; G. W. Purcell
$500; W. W Wallace, SO, 500: j. c. VIII
son. $500; B. A. wiIbrand. 1900; An
drew Moore. $500, and j. L. Bradbury,
$1,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17

Republicans, Attention
Vote for George S. McComb for
Sheriff. He promises clean, business
like administration If elected, and is
entitled to your support.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
LETTER "P'
HAS DAY IN
CALHOUN CASE
Court Overwhelmed by Brigade
of Peters, Petersons, Pick
ettS and Parkers
Son of Famous Confederate
General Leads in Charge
Against Judge LawlOr

A flood of Peters and an avalanche
of Petersons invaded the Calhoun trial
yesterday as possible talesmen, and
kept Judge Lawler busy during all the
morning sorting them out and deter
mining just which citizen belonged to
each initial. His honor experienced a
distinct shock when he called the first
Peterson on the list not taking care
TO pronounce the initial clearly, and
discovered a horde of eager talesmen
surging toward his desk.
Aided by the bailiff, the judge sue
ceeded in herding them back into the
body of the courtroom and in keeping
them in fairly good order throughout
the balance OF the day. But every now
and again the mention of the name
Peters" or Peterson" would bring a
half dozen jostling citizens racing to-
ward the bench.
CAUSE OF CONFUSION
Strict attention to initials finally won
the day but then several Phillips and
an assortment of Parkers insisted in
At last the judge discovered that the
sheriff, in selecting the 100 names for
yesterdays venire, had culled them all
from under the letter ''P" on the as
sessment roll. and the mystery was
explained. When he reaches the letter
IS" the confusion among the Smiths
promises to be overwhelming.
In his zeal the sheriff even gathered
Major George Pickett, chief paymaster
II = fr-T i
States army, into the venire net, and
the major appeared with puttees and
uniform, to assure Judge Lawlor that
he wac immune from service. under the
statutes. Major Pickett, the son of
General Pickett of the confederate
army. emulated the famous charge of
his sire and reached the judges bench
among the first of the veniremen.
Walter L. Peck of 1S47 Bryant street,
a pressman employed by the Calkins
publishing house, was In the way of
a minor. His twenty y-first birthday
does not arrive until next month
HAD A TOOTHACHE
Grattan D. Phillips of 26I2 Webster
street advanced novel ground for
excuse.
Il have the toothache, judge" he
said doIefully. TT has troubled me for
a long time. 1t is going into neuralgia
now. and 1 was about to seek the aid
of a physician this morning, but I was
summoned here"
Judge Lawlor found 2e of the tales
men qualified in the general test, and
they were notified to appear for ex-
animation by the attorneys tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock.
PETERS AND PETERsoNs
The Peters and Petersons present in
cluded:
Robert H. Peters, 444 Haight street;
Albert E. Peters, 479 Buena Vista ave-
nue.; James F. Peters, 2715 Scott street;
Julius Peters, 1419. Devisadero street;
Charles E. Peterson, 1897 Webster
street; Niels Peterson, 324 Fillmore
street; G. Petersen, IS Devisadero
street; George Peterson, 290 Page
street; Jacob Peterson, $50 Page street;
Peter o. Peterson, 1850 Mission street;
Edward T. Peterson, 1862 Twenty-sec-
ond street; George ]. Peterson. 20 Dia-
mond street; r. E. Peterson, S12 Clay
ton street; Theodore Petersen, 515
Fifth avenue; Ernest F. Peterson, Col
Fourth avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17

Taxicabs for Rent
At all hours. Taxicab Auto Livery Co.,
31s Van Ness av. Phone Market $50.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
rhe California Promotion Committee

1The state Central Organization organized in
1ooo-An association for the commercial and
industrtal development OF California-)
PROMOTIONS: The act OF promotion, advance
ment. encoura cement Century Dictionary.
The committee has for IT'S object the PROMO
TI(1N OF California interests. 1t has nothing to
sell. 1t fosters all things tending to the AD-
VANCENIENT of California 1t Is authority
on nh matters relating to California. II EN-
-oIiRAGES the establishment OF new industries
and fosters those already established 1t invites
desirable Immigration II presents the oppor-
professional activity 1t Is supported BY popular
Subscription and makes no charge for any service
rerdered II has affiliated with II $50 CONNER
ciaI orga MIA tions OF the state with combined
mernbership OF more than 10000. Meetings OF
representatives Of these organizations are held
seinIannually in different parts OF the state.
where matters OF Callfornia's interests dis
cussed Headquarters Of the committee are main
tanned in Merchants Exchange building. San
Francisco. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
VERY SINCERELY
WE THANK YOU

To friends, contemporaries the piano trades
to the kindly public who, by their in thousands
made the opening of great Saturday last
the most marked attained by house IN oan
Francisco desire at this time to extend sincere ap-
probation and our grateful thanks.
el All day Saturday the night
store was packed with interested visitors, whose en-
thusiatc comments the great size and beauty OF our
new home and their expressions of pleased surprise
at the completeness OF deta than pleas
Ing to Is. From every viewpoint great store
callers who thronged available until the crowd
extended far into the street.
eN All Of this week will continue display
the magnificent collection OF art pianOs which Is the
greatest and most beautiful shown under roof
Visitors will be made welcome
II Saturday evening FIVE beautiful pianOs-three Grands
and two splendid Uprghts-were sold to buyers who
preciate the fact that with immense stock OF
than five hundred pianos shown. and frank, straight
forward method Of piano seling the buyers opportunity
Is better at house than elsewhere the Pacific Coast
Lower prices, quality considered, than possible else
where, and absolutely deal, been, VIII
continue be- the magnet that makes house the center
OF the piano selling industry Of the West
No less favored than wonderful piano display
Victor and other talking machines in which department
visitors entertained with the voices of the worlds
most famous artists Today this department is ready for
business.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
LAURA MCDONALD PLEADS
NOT GUILTY OF MURDER
Waitress Who Killed Her Baby
Appears in Superior Court

Laura Mcdonald, the young woman,
who in fit of dependency induced by
i'll health and inability to work, shot
and killed her 2 year old son, Kenneth,
was arraigned on a murder charge be-
fore Judge Conley yesterday and pleaded
not guilty This was her first appear
ance in the dock of the superior court.
She almost collapsed when her name
was called, and had to be assisted to
her feet by Miss Maud Younger, who
accompanied the defendant into court.
Laura Mcdonald was heavily veiled,
and as she whispered the words, Not
guilty" could scarcely be heard. The
case went over to next Saturday to be
set for trial. Attorney William S.
Barnes is appearing for the defendant.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-30

H~cser OF Rich Twtutsy, New York
D~ai~s Property uawtsors Vice.

Asserting that Trinity ia the rich
chureh ei the poor people. Rev. pr. Will
lam II Manning, the rector of that New
York church. Sunday morning made re-
ply "a the criticisms which In the last
few months have been mad he against tx.
defended every action Of the yemirs. de-
nied thai any reason exists for the at
sasks. and outlined "a policy less cofsser-
vaiise than the one that has been fol-
lowed Ii was the srsi time Ia 2i3 years.
since the parish Was founded. that Trim.
ity has ever broken silence In regard TO
It's management and como out with q
statement In its oNn defense, Ifr. Man
ming preached for an hour and a quarter,
where's bis usual Sunday morning ser
mons require about eighteen minutes for
delivery. There were loo persons pres
ent. ineluding ave OF the veslrY and sene
parlshioners from 81. Johns Chapel,
which has been the canse of the contro-
v~rsy The average Sunday morning an-
dience nj Trinity IL 100 br. Manning
did BOT disalge what disposition the cor
porafion wouaa make of ~. Johns Chap.
"a. hat he surprised his hea rers by an.
~nouHeiug that IL Is the intention 10 build
a rex church Ia that location. "rhe
present situation" said DIR. Manning. IS
not an ordinary one. and IL IL one which
demands a plain and public statement
from the rector ~ the parish. Very
many OF the statements which have been
made as To the condition OF the dwelling
house property owned by Trinity parish
are grossly untrue. Pictures have many
times been published. both in magazines
and newspapers with the statement that
the wretchcd tenements shown in them
sere the property Of Trinity parish, uhen.
ia fact. neither the houses shown nor the
land on which these stood were owned by
the parish. or in any way connected with
II. Certain papers have even published
pictures implying tina, our property IL
the home of drunkenness and vice and
disorder"