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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11

ing, might still have been active and
successful, but the terrific stress of
handling an enterprise where he paid
as much as $4,000 a week in salaries
to singers alone made such demands
on his nervous vitality that the in
slant he was stricken the certainty of
death was on him
The greatest American composer,
Edward MacDowell,' who occupies in
our music position as secure as that
Of Poe in our literature, is ending his
life with a c]ouded brain. In fact he
is in complete darkness
Yet not so long ago Mcdowell was
on the high crest. of success. A big
man, of athletic habits, and love for
adventure, he was the born poet.
Locomotor ataxia and aphasia, those
disorders most dreaded of the artist.
and with which Conried is making his
battle, came upon Mcdowell and took
| him from the pinnacle of art back to
childhood again. Doctors hold out no
! hope of his recovery
Equally pitiable is the case of Fritz
/ Scheel, conductor of the Philadelphia
orchestra, who died few weeks ago
A German conductor of authority
who had been the friend and pupil of
| some Of the greatest directors of Eu-
rope, Scheel came to the United States
to conduct series of concerts at the
worlds fair. Next he went to San
Francisco, and finally to Philadelphia
There he speedily built up place in
the regard of musicians, and when the
! project of Philadelphia symphony
orchestra was preached, every one
, turned to Scheel as the man to as
sumo direction
! Scheel did so with results that were
. astonishingly successful
! His crowning achievement was the
, first American production of Richard
+ Strauss tremendously difficult Sin
fonia Domestica," piece of enterprise
that attracted attention to the orches-
! ira from all over the country.
But while working for his loved art,
! Scheel forgot the dangers.
! His mind gave way. He became
! subject to vagaries, and finally anoth-
er had to WELD his baton. He was
taken away in the hope that change
might prove beneficial, but a compli-
cation of troubles brought death that
I 1nfe f.cffuff yatsavef the u ftlsician from
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11

This glance at the Bonapartes shows
how slender is the strand which keeps
the name of the family in existence.
Save for Roland, Lucien's male issue
has died out completely, and only the
child of a great granddaughter can
perpetuate the line. Jerome has a
number of descendants, but unfortu-
nately there are no children among
them.
Thus within eighty-six years of Ma
poleon's death at St. Helena one finds
his bountiful line threatened with ex-
tinction at no very distant day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
ALL A DEAD LOSS
UNDERTAKEN NEVER DID COT
LEcT HIS BILL.
incident That Drove Old Man Webb
Out of the Business-Provided
Funeral for Man Very
Much Alive.

Yes, sirs, gents, l ave been IN a
good many businesses in my lifetime.
l ave-" said Webb, the rubber in the
Turkish bathhouse, as he sighed rem
iniscently. Il was born in hold
Hengland, manys the year ago, and
since that day ave been good
many things in my lifetime, I ave.
ave been clerk in a gents furnish
ing store, / ave been bartender,
restaurant, and once l was a hunder-
taker
Yes, gents" said Webb, as he
sighed again, Il ave been a hunder-
taker. And whilst l was hengaged in
that business l 'ad han heXperience
that 'opes as won't 'appen to none
OF you; for, gents, it cost me dear.
1T was On an hoccasion ween was
lred to bury a hepilectic Of Sc years.
Hold man Gormley e was; rich bold
codger, and mean and stingy as hever
lived, and ave seen many a mean
and stingy man in my time. There
was once man as give me fve-cent
tip for serving i'm an heighty-tive cent
dinner, and, blarst me, the nickel 'ad
a ole in it. But hold man Gorm2ey
died at last, and is 'eirs 'ad Ugh 'opes.
But they give i'm decent funeralr
will say that for 'enl, and the money
as was spent for givin' i'm good
send-off run we'll hup into the 'undreds>
They 'hordered the best 'ad in the
shop, and was hexpecting right de-
cent profit on the ole
We'll, gents right in the middle Of
the ceremony, whilst the preacher was
reading solemn words from the Good
Book and whilst the 'eirs was all set
tin round tryin' to look has sad has
they could hunder the circumstances,
we card hinside the coffing a rippin'.
snortin sound. One of the young lady
'eirs gives a scream, and the rest of
EN- had plugged out at the heyes, and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11

hadn't that I felt some creepy hin
side myself. The ceremony come to q
full stop.
''Hopen the coffing!' horders one oil
The 'eirs.
I hopened it, and up riz the dead
n!an, mad as 'ornet and hall BLOWN
and snortin'.
$ What's this hall habout?' e says,
glarin' haround the room.
Begin your pardon, sir, says I.
steppin forward but we was lust
habout to bury you, begin your par
don, SIR
Just habout to bury mel he
screams. Get hout of this house, You
hold vulture!' e says.
And so | gathers up my stuff and
goes, leavin' the 'eirs to pacify i'm.
But arter few days | sends in NV
bill, me aving been put to a good deal
of hexpense, and, SO clip me, what do
you s'pose e said? Said e 'adn't hor-
dered no funeral and, blarst me, e
wouldn't pay for none!
We'll, 'ad to ave my money FROM
some one, so l went to the 'eirs, who
was awful sore at being disappointed.
They was pore, they said, and their
huncle was rich. 1t wasn't for them tn
pay.
We'll, I 'ad to ave gmy money some.
how, and so l went to law. I sued
the dead man what had come back tn
life. And SO clip me, the judge said il
wasn't is funeral and 'e-bold man
Gormley, that is-didn't ave to pay.
We'll, there it was. It wasn't no
use suing the eirs, bein' as they 'ae
nothin to pay with. thought of SUING
the doctor, but him and me 'ad been
in the 'abit of THROWN good deal in
one hanother's way, professionally.
you know, and couldn't afford to lose
is trade. And so it was. l 'ad rem
dered services, but who was / to
charge them to? That was enough for
me. | quit the undertaking business
soon after. New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
Remarkable Will Proviso.

Remarkable Will Proviso.
There is a remarkable proviso to a
bequest by the late Harry Cowen
Coley Of Bishops Stortford. Money
is conditionally left to the Royal Ma
tional Liftboat station, but the de-
ceased's wife or any child of his shall
be at liberty to enter upon, row, or
sail in the said boat at any time when
she is afloat, be the weather fair ior
foul, so long as their doing so or their
presence there shall not hinder the
life-saving efforts of the crew.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
New Banks Last Year.

Four hundred and sixty-two new
national banks were created in 1905.
For the last seven years the average
has been within fraction of forty a
month. We now have 6,345 national
banks, with ss77,os9,275 capital and
1896, 343,022 circulation Seven years
ago the banks numbered 3,617, with
$616,308,095 capital and $254,462,73O
circulation
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
THE BONAPARTE LINE
is ALMOST EXTINCT
Only Ten Members Survive and There Is No Heir
#j in Sipht
in Sight.

The Bonapartes are passing only
ten of them remain.
In a generation, perhaps, will have
gone from existence the last of the
line of that mighty warrior who over
turned all Europe little more than a
century ago, and put his family on its
thrones.
Only short time ago Princess
Christina died in Rome. She was a
Bonaparte by marriage only, but her
husband had the blood of the emperor
from two sources; His name was
Prince Napoleonjch Bonaparte.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
At Dinner.

Who is the taciturn man opposite.
next to Miss Smith," THAT is Louis
the Fourteenth Louis the Four
teenth? ?" We'll, you see, his name is
Louis, and he is called the Fourteenth
because he's only asked to keep us
from being thirteen at table
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11

A Diet for Tramps.
Lady," began the wandered, "kin
chop some wood for your
mo, thank you," replied the upto-
date housewife; 1--WE cook and heat
entirely by. electricity
= "Nothin' I can do to git bite to
eat?"
Eyes. If you care to peel the shocks
from the electric wires I'll allow you
to eat the currents Harper's Week
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
system Of "short Change"

System Of Short Change"
One Of the growing methods OF
cheating in New York is by short
change" The system has taken firm
hold in many ticket offices and shops,
and has notably increased when small
payments are being made through
dumbWaiters, in which latter instance
the person delivering goods says too
little was sent down or that he re-
turned more than the receiver cap
find, and that there must have been ..
loss In transit
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
a Strange Granary

A Strange Granary.
The "golah" at Bankipr, India, was
built for granary in 1888, but has
never been used for that purpose. It
is 426 feet round at the base, with
walls IL feet inches in thickness the
interior diameter being 100 feet It is
about ninety feet high and might con-
tain 1877 900 tons. Inside is a most
wonderful echo, best heard from the
center of the building. AS whisper
ing gallery there is. perhaps. no such
building in the world, not even the
famous Mormon temple s q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
,e fate that has overtaken MacDow

Ell.
A short time ago a carriage met an
incoming train in New York, and a
distinguished looking man was helped
into it and driven rapidly to his home.
The little incident meant that on
other artist had paid the price of over
work. The man was the foremost of
He is now completely broken down,
and doctors say he will not be able to
act before next season, though by the
sudden ending of his tour he folfeits
thousands of dollars
The part of peer Gynt" is said to
be responsible for Mr.. Mansfield's
breakdown.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
Sun Spots and sun Heat.

Prof. Peters, of the United States
naval observatory, maintains that sun
spots diminish the heat we receive
from the sun, but the terrestrial effect
Is too slight to be perceptible. The
spots appear in the greater number
every eleven years. This astronomer
Is firm in the conviction that If we are
ever involved in celestial catastro-
phs it will not be due to the sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
Cost of European Armament.

At the present moment the coun
tries of Europe are spending on their
armies and navies as much as $4,000,
600 day. England spends $180,0O0,
600 year on her navy. This is $5,
100000 more than the combined ex-
penditure of France, Russia and Ger.
many.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
Diplomatic Miss Root.

Diplomatic Miss Root.
Miss Edith Root, Daughter of Sec.
rotary of State Elihu Root, is as diplo-
matte and unassnming as her brilliant
father and one OF the most popular
girls in Washington society Miss
Root accompanies her father on his
trips, and wins the esteem Of even the
most dignified ministers by her init
mate knowledge Of statecraft and her
modest way of revealing it.
It's hard on the aeronaut when no
takes drop too much
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
Lese Majesty.

Ann You don't tell me that that
gem Of a cook left Mrs Dust r.
Flo--sYes; you see Mrs. Dust re-
fused to change grocers when be cook
ard the delivery boy fell out Puck
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
Johnny's Ailment.

Yes, said Mrs Lapsling, Johnny
is ailipg, but I'm not going to give
him any drugs. ] believe the trouble
is in his bones, and | am going to
take him to cosIyoDothist."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11
He Is Still Growing.

John S. Porteous, of Paducah, KY,
twenty-four years old, is just seven
feet tall and is still growing. He is
now in colorado for his health, and at
a recent secret society parade won
the prize for being the tallest in line.
His father, wearing a silk hat, can
stand under the young mans out
stretched arm, and his mother is
quite small woman.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11

A thing well begun Is better than
a thing overdone.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-05-11

The big stick is all right-if it
doesn't get into wrong hands.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
IRON HAND BACKS CARS RULE,
Premier SoIypin Reads Declaration Of
Government to Dun1a,

government 10 Dumd.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-The decla-
ration of the government. read by Pre-
-mieF StolYpin before the duma yester-
day was received with dismay. by the
Octoberists and the Constitutional
Democrats, and with open exultation
by the members of the Right party.
The keynote of the address was re-
iteration Of the idea of the autocratic
power of the emperor as the sole
guarantee of security and welfare in
an era of disorder. The announce
ment also was made that the duma
is expected to take it's cue from the
administration in the matter of legis.
ton, and the premier outlined what
future legislation was expected. He
excoriated the radical parties as fos-
terers of crime and sedition, and said
their excuses would no longer be toll
Grated in Russia. This statement is
taken to show that the administra-
ton looks with disfavor upon any al.
lance between the Octoberists and
the Constitutional Democrats.
The premier was constantly inter-
rupted by applause from members. Of
the Right, but at the conclusion 81
his address there was scarcely a hand
clap from the Octoberists' ranks.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
BANKS GET THE CfRTlflCATfS'
ALLoTMENTs ARE susPENpEp
sY THE sEcRETARv oF$THE
TREASURY. s

Washington, Dec. 1. wy The final
closing Of allotments on the per
cent one-year certificates was dennite.
ly announced by Secretary Cortelyou
yesterday. He declared that no allot-
ments had been made or would be
made after his announcement of Wed.
nesday night that no further subscrip.
tons would be considered. The point
was not quite clear until his state.
ment yesterday that some few allot-
ments might not be made from sub
scriptions already on hand Wednes.
day.
AS the matter stands, practically all
the allotments are to national banks
which have agreed to take out circu.
lation and in a majority of cases have
indicated a willingness to surrender
the certificates before maturity upon
payment of accrued interest on the
date Of redemption.
Information was still withheld at
the treasury as to the amount of the
allotments made, but such informa.
ton as is obtainable indicates that
the total will not materially exceed
$25, 100000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06

Maddened by the belief that her hus-
bands affections had been stolen from
her by Mrs. Sallie Brown, Mrs. Annie
B. Maith Of Baltimore shot and killed
Mrs. Brown.
Peter Steftenson, the Fort Keogh.
Mont, soldier who was on trial here
for cutting Frank Casey with a knife
about month ago, was acquitted. He
admitted using the knife, but pleaded
self-defense.
Steve Adams, the jury in whose
trial for the murder Of Fred Tyler
reported disagreement, was admitted
to bail at Rathdrum, Idaho. Bail was
fixed at 100000. Attorney barrow for
the defense announced the bond would
be provided within a few days.
The jury in the case of Louis Serre,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree, returned verdict of not guilty
at Great Falls. Mont. The killing
with which Serre was charged oc-
Cured last August in All Nations sa-
loon, where Serre shot Leon Neveux,
proprietor of the saloon, killing him
almost instantly. Serre pleaded self
defense.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
Accidental Happenings.

In defense of his mother, Peter Lin
dermier of New York, aged seventeen
years, grappled with his father, and
during the scuff1e the elder man was
shot and killed.
The tug Escort of Port Dalhousie,
Ont, was struck by the barge Har-
rison in tow of the steamer West
mount, off Niagara point, and sunk.
Three of the crew were drowned.
An unidentified woodsman was
struck by work train on the Atlantic
& Lake Superior railroad near Allan
tic, Mich, and killed. The man evil
IDENTIFY had gone to sleep on the track.
Alpheus Stothewer, halfback on the
Wellington, Kan, football team, ran
into buggy on the side line in a
game in his home town and suffered
conclusion of the brain. The injury
may prove fatal.
One man was killed, several persons
were injured and traffic on the upper
end of the Lenox avenue branch of the
subway in New York was blocked as
q result of collision between two
eight-car trains.
Fire originating from an unknown
source burned two infant children Of
Patrick Mason of Menominee, Mich,
while the mother was away from
home. The Oldest child, aged three
years, died several hours later, while
the younger child may recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
NJ RfVOlUIlON PORTUGAL
.ALARMisT RUMoRs ARE BAsE.
! LEss.FRANco WAXING WAR 4
NJ ON GRAFT. TT ss

Lisbon, Dec. The baeseless char
acter of the alarnist rumors repre-.
senting that Portugal was on the eve
Of civil war and revolution has been.
fully established by the independent
investigation Of a staff correspondents
Of the Associated Press.
There never seems to have BEEN
the slightest excuse for the stories.
circulated from the frontier that the
king was prisoner In the castle;.
that the crown prince had been ban.-
ished, and that the navy had mutinied.
Nothing could be more peaceful
than the appearance Of the country
through which the Associated Press
correspondent travelled from Madrid
to Lisbon.
Nevertheless, Portugal is passing
through history-making epoch, from
a political point of view. It is neces-
sary, however, to keep clearly in mind
that what has happened and is hap
pening is entirely over the heads Of
a patient, hard working people, 80
per cent Of whom are illiterate and
seemingly Indifferent to the battle
royal which Franco is waging, almost
single.handed, against practically the
entire political organization of the
country, with the avowed purpose Of
ending the intolerable condition Of
party politics, which has bred abuses
and system of graft that would
make the most corrupt city ring in
America blush with envy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
SIXTEEN MEN RAID "PIes.r

Authorities Of "Dry" Town Secure
Liquor and Make Arrests.
Buffalo, Mimi, Dec. 1.-Saloons Of
this village were surprised yesterday
afternoon by simultaneous raid by
the constable and delegation of fif-
teen men formed from the Civic
league and council.
The raid was the result of a num-
Der of cases of drunkenness. A search
warrant was issued and the raid was
started. Liquor was found and it was
hauled by drays to the court house
vault and village Jail.
The village voted "dry" last spring.
The hearing of the saloonmen arrest.
ed will be held in few days.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
CONSPIRACY ALLEGED Nv De.
rEcrlvE CHIEF IN WALKER
MURDER CASE.
TAKES CHARGE Of OPERATIONS
MURDERED MAN WAS CLOSE
FRIEND OF HEAD OF SECRET
SERVICE.

Denver, Dec. 1.-The visit to Colo
RADIO of John E. Wilkie, chief Of the
federal secret service, may be the sig
nal for additional arrests for the MUIR
der of Joseph A. Walker near Duran
go.
While no official intimation is given
of the sudden visit to Denver Of the
chief, coming directly on the re-
ceipt of evidence from Durango of a
conspiracy to murder Walker, it is be-
lieved to indicate nothing else than
early action on the part of the gov
eminent against prominent citizens of
La Plata county on a charge of con-
spiracy.
Takes Personal Charge.
Mr.. Wilkie is in Denver to confer
with Lucien c. Wheeler, special agent
in charge of the Walker investiga-
ton, and it is believed for the particu-
lar purpose of going over the evidence
which has been gathered by the secret
service, men against other parties
than Mason and Vanderweide, the
two men now under arrest for killing
Walker.
Chief Wilkie is personally interest
ed in bringing to justice Walkers
slayers, the murdered man having
been close friend of the head of the
department.
After Men "Higher Up"
Chief Wikie after a conference with
Wheeler and District Attorney Gran.
ston said that he was we'll satisfied
with the work which had been done
on the Walker case. And this also
bears out the opinion that the visit of
Chief Wilkie portends early action
against every one who may have been
even remotely responsible for the
death of the special agent. Never for
a moment has there been the slight
est let-up by the secret service men
in their search for evidence, and their
disclosures have been such that a per-
sonal inspection by the chief was
deemed necessary before final action
was taken against the men "higher
up"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
From Other Shores.

The government Of Guatemala has
issued a special decree prohibiting the
return to that republic of Chinese who
leave it.
The second trial of Macmillan Har.
den, editor of the Berlin Die Zukunft,
charged with libeling Count Won
Moltke, has been fixed for Dec. 16.
Sig. Tittoni, the Italian minister Of
foreign affairs, has presented to the
chamber of -deputies for ratification
the 1talo-Mexican general treaty Of ar
bitration which was concluded during
the last Hague peace conference.
John Harley, Britisher who went
to Japan in 1864, has brought suit
against the Japanese government for
100000 yen damages for having i'm.
pounded opium imports by him in 1875
while allowing Dutch firms and other
foreigners to import the drug.
Under instructions received from
Washington data regarding the
French postal savings bank system
are being compiled at Paris for the
American postmaster general, Gen.
Won l.. Meyer, in connection with his
recommendation for the establishment
of posoffice savings banks in the Unit
ed States.
A special dispatch to the Daily Tel
egraph from Lisbon by way of the
frontier describes the capital as being
outwardly calm as a result of the roy
al DEGREES forbidding political gather
ings and newspaper comment on the
political situation, but, says the cor
respondent, it is extremely difficult to
foresee what may happen.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-12-06
FORAKER WILL BE A CANDIDATE
Senator Makes It Clear That He Is In
Race for Presidency.

Senator Makes It Clear That He Is In
Race for Presidency.
Washington, Dec. 1. - Senator ].
B. Foraker made it clearly known yes.
terday that he will contest the Ohio
delegation to the Republican national
convention with Mr.. Taft. This deci-
sion is contained in letter of Con-
rad j. Matters, vice president of the
Ohio Republican league, who for.
warded Mr.. Foraker a copy of the
resolutions adopted by the advisory
and executive committee of the league
indorsing Mr.. Foraker for the sena-
torship and for the presidential nomi.
nation which was made public yester.
day.
Defends His Course.
He defends his course in relation to
the passage of the railroad rate bill
and insists that the necessity of the
railroads of the country to spend mil
lions of dollars annually in increasing
their facilities makes this a bad time
to hamper the roads in any unneces.
sary way by legislation.
Senator Foraker says he is gratified
by the Endorsement Of the committee
at this time because it is a fiat re-
buke to the suggestion that the Office
of United States senator is to be strip
ped of all the real honor attached to
it by making it's incumbent mere
agent to register the DEGREES of some.
body else.