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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
MUTE MONTHS, GIRL
RESUMES TALKING.
Peculiar Case Brought on by
0verstudy at School.

st. touis.=1rene Burnes, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James G.. Burnes Of
H1llyard, who for the last seven and q
half months has been confined at the
Sacred Heart hospital on account Of
most serious and peculiar case Of hys-
terra, which baf1ed local physicians
for several months on account Of her
refusal to talk, is improving.
In about month she will be able to
leave the hospital, at which time she
will be taken for visit to Lewiston.
Ill.
Miss Burnes was at her home for q
few hours recently, the first time since
Oct. 2, when she was taken to the hos
p1tal. Although she has not entirely
recovered her power Of speech, she will
at times, especially in the mornings
when rested, talk for little while.
She understands all said to her, but un-
der no condition can she talk unless
she be thoroughly rested.
Miss Bailey, her nurse, takes her for
walk each day. Miss Burnes since
March has been under the care Of DR..
W. T. Ply.
The illness was brought on last sum-
mer as the result of overstudy at a
summer school and following the ex-
element Of the final examinations.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
SEEKING KIDD's TREAsUR1.
Inspiration From Fortune Teller Leads
Rivers In Quest.

Inspiration From Fortune Teller Leads
Rivers In Quest.
Oregon City, Ore.-Declaring that he
has received an. inspiration from a
gypsy fortune teller which will lead
him to discover the famous treasure of
Captain Kidd, which has been sought
tor centuries, 1. w. Rivers, promi-
neht Willamette rancher, will start
from this city in about two weeks for
the Oregon coast
Rivers states that several years ago
while he and his wife were visiting at
The Oaks they consulted a fortune
teller, who told them that they would
discover the treasure. She stated that
1t would be found in cave in rock
which is prominent feature of the
coast scenery near Nestucca beach.
Last year Rivers and his wife went
to the beach and found the cave.
which is marked by a cross and a
horse shoe. Inside the cave, according
to the fortune teller. they were to find
the fortune at the end of log. The
log was found by Rivers, but he dug at
the wrong end of it and so did not get
the fortune.
This, according to the fortune teller.
is just as he would do. for she said he
would have to make two trips before
he would get the fortune He is now
trying to get capital to finance the
scheme -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
SECOND TRIAL SOON
FOR SzAB0 MURDER
Burton W. Gibson to Be Tried
+. E.
In kewbu1g This Time.


Newburg, N. Y.-Burton W. Gibson
Will shortly be placed on trial for the
second time charged with murder in
having strangled Rosa Menschik Szabo
in rowboat at Greenwood lake, July
is last. =
The previous trial of the lawyer took
place last November at Goshen, Orange
county. before Judge Arthur S. Tomp-
k1ns and "a jury of farmers There
seemed to be every indication of con-
yicton, but the jury disagreed 1t was
later learned that jurymen were af-
fronted by the fact that the prosecu-
ton was conducted by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Isidor Wasservogel Of
New York county.
Orange county has as able lawyers
as New York county," said one. 'At
the next trial there will be an Orange
county jury, an Orange county judge
and an Orange county prosecutor"
s District Attorney John Wilson will
conduct the case in person. It is said
new witnesses have been discovered
and the testimony Of some who appear
ed for Gibson may be impeached.
The fact that Gibson will be tried
again, in spite Of the expense, indicates
that the prosecutor believes he has a
very strong case.
Gibson will be arraigned before
Judge Tompkins in Newburg instead Of
Goshen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
SNAKES ovERRUN HOME.
Make lneursions From Family Well
Near the Residence.

wake lncursionS From Family Well
Near the Residences.
Glendale, lathe premises of Will
liam Horton. near. this place, are. in
tested with snakes to such an extent
that he and his family are in danger of
being driven from their home. The
snakes are spotted variety of blue
racer from two. to four feet long.
East summer Mr.. Horton had SINH.
lar siege and killed nearly a hundred
Of the reptiles.
The chief source Of the snakes seems
to be the family we'll, which stands
near the back door and from which the
family has for many years drawn it's
water for drinking purposes. The ser
penis even have entered the house, one
big one having been killed there this
summer.
So offensive became the old family
well on account Of the swarming rep
tiles that it became necessary to build
a cistern for drinking water.
Mr.. Horizons little children are kept
out Of the yard for fear they will be
bitten. The slaughter Of the snakes
goes on daily. but the situation appears
to be hopeless.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
NO WAGES FOR PoRTERs.
"Red Tops" on Pennsylvania Must
Rely on Tips.

"Red Tops" on Pennsylvania Must
Rely on Tips.
Philadelphia.-Som porters in Penn
sylvania railroad stations do not get
even 81 a month in wages, as Letter
bury Boyd testified that he did when
pleading guilty in Pittsburgh of steal
Ing SIS from a woman passenger
The pOrters in the Pennsylvania rail-
road stations, or red tops" as they
are called, are taken from the cleaning
gangs. The men in the cleaning gangs
get $40 to $40 month. When more
fred tops" are needed the station mas
ter goes to the cleaning gangs and
says that he needs so many men, and
the vacancies are filed by volunteers.
At first the "red tops" receive no
wage at all. They must live solely on
tips. But after they have been in the
service for some time they get $40 to
$50 monthly. The purpose of the small
wage Is ito make them hustle" it is
said.
The job Of the "red top is looked
upon by the other cleaners as "gen-
tleman's job" and there is usually
rivalry for the places. Any time '.red
top is dissatisfied with his post he
can go back to the cleaning gangs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
COON ADOPTS GUINEAs.
Matched In Kitchen Stove and Kept
Warm by Pet.

warm pJ ret.
Monessin, Pa.-Smoke. pet coon
belonging to Franklin Sauter. has
adoptedya brood of young guinea hens
that We're hatched in the oven of Mrs.
Sauter's stove a few days ago. Local
naturalists and woodsmen assert that
this is the only instance on record
where coon is known to have over
come his natuyal instincts to kill all
feathered creatures.
Several months ago Sauter captured
q young coon that had been pulled
down and injured by the dogs. It soon
became domesticated and became a
great pet around the house.
Sauter is also breeder of guinea
fowls, which are prone to leave their
nests and sit in the fields and wood
lands. Missing one several weeks ago.
Sauter traced her to the fields and Sc
cured ten Of her eggs. which were
within days time Of incubation.
Not having an incubator, Sauter put
the eggs In the oven Of his stove, and
when they Matched he placed the
chicks in box behind the stove He
was greatly surprised In the morning
to find the coon in the box "mothering'
them. o., .r ......
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
VERY OLD PAPERS FOUND.
Documents Signed by Presidents Jack
son, Arthur and Grant.

DOSuHehtS oI9ned py presidents Jack.
son, Arthur and Grant.
Greeley, Colo. Valuable papers
which have laid in d closet in the
courthouse for years apparently forgot
ten were unearthed the other day by
County Clerk. e. Shook. the very ex-
istence Of which had been entirely I'M
known in the past decade. Included in
the lot were number of land patents
for which the owners have been in
vited to call
One was issued to jeremiah Will
ltams, corporal in Captain Clum's
company in the war Of 1912, in ex-
change for scrip which he got for serv-
ices. The patent was signed by An
drew Jackson on Oct. l, 1867.
Another was granted to Elizabeth
Cochran on Oct. 80. 1874. This patent
was issued while us. Grant was pres
1dent of the United States.
Land patents were also issued ito
James Russell and to Samuel Roberts
in 1879.
President Chester A. Arthur signed
the patent granted to Michael Carey,
and there is also one for John Benson
signed by the same hand.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
CATCHES PUMA WITH ROPE.

Mountain Lion Measures Nine Feet
From Nose to Tip Of Tail.
Montrose, Colo.-A mountain lion, the
largest ever captured in this part Of,
the country, was caught by Uri Hotch--
kiss. hunter and trapper of Colona, six.
miles east Of here. The lion stands
three feet high, is nine feet from tip
of nose to end Of tail and weighs 146
pounds.
Hotchkiss heard Of the lion and, in
company with his son George and Roy
Humphrey, started out with pack OF
dogs. The dogs freed the lion. Hotch-
kiss climbed the tree 1tmed only with
a rope The lion chased him down
several times, but finally he threw the
rope around the beasts neck.
The other men hauled the animal
down, secured him with ropes, and the
party took the lion to Colona.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21

Sundays and holidays changes to q
wooden fabric of darker hue. They
bear titles on the front and back.
There Is sprinkling Of the poetical
element and good deal Of fiction, but
each carries historical and biograph-
zeal index often illegible stories Of
crime mingled with tragedies. or you
find farce or comedy.
Moreover, these volumes grow, de-
cay and die; chapters are added from
time to time, but the tale seldom ends
happily. These are the books that God
made not always much to look at, but
containing great deal Of human In
terest II you can get beneath the COW
ers"
Hawthorne has shaken hands with
''Dutchman, Dago, Yankee, Creek" to
use the words Of his great prison poem,
and he calls them brothers In every
thing he writes With his fellow pris-
oners Hawthorne is all affability, but
when visitors come he Is Ill and sees
no one. His request made to Warden
Meyer was that he be not known as
Julian Hawthorne. the son of the great
novelist and himself prominent liter
airy man, but merely as register 4435.
A reporter, presenting In writing q
request for an interview, received from
Hawthorne the following answer: ~
must ask You to excuse me. Here I
am, as you know, not name, but a
number IF anvfhinp havo wriffoy,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21

POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLEsON.
100000 people are now receiving their
mail at their doors instead of at re-
mote postof1ces.
I'm pursuance of the policy of expe-
diting the delivery Of mail the postmas-
ter general has ordered the discontinue
ance of the back stamping Of all ordi-
nary mail which heretofore has delayed
its delivery anywhere from twenty
minutes to one-half hour. An investi-
cation of the conditions shows that the
slight benefits from back stamping
were far outweighed by the advantages
that would be gained to the public by
it's discontinuance and hence the
prompt forward step by the depart
ment
The parcel post regulations have
been modified so as to permit the de-
livery to the addressee, without adj
ditional charge, OF matter reaching the
Office of address with improper stamps
affixed.
"By an arrangement made with the
Canadian postal service the rates of
postage on Sunday editions Of daily
newspapers mailed to subscribers In
Canada, who also are subscribers to
the week day editions, has been fixed
at cent pound or fraction thereof
instead of at cent for four ounces or
fraction, as formerly.
MANY OF the changes which Post
master General Burleson has put into
effect have to do largely with the In
ternal workings of the department,
but their effect win be felt throughout
the entire service.
"a number of experienced officers Of
the department are now employed In
the field studying conditions with a
view to recommending remedies wher-
ever defects in methods may be dis
covered.
ut Is Postmaster General Burleson's
desire and earnest endeavor to estab-
lish in the interest Of economy and
efficiency uniform methods and prac-
tees throughout the entire service
and to direct postmasters to the best
way Of administering the postal faciN-
ties
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
PLANS TO IMPROVE
POSTAL SERVICE
.Bur|eson Making Efforts to
Increase Efficiency.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT MADE.
Reviews Measures Adopted or Con-
templated - What Is Being Done
With 100000 Emergency Appropria-
tion-eettering Railway Mail and
Parcel Service.

WashingtOn.-Many improvements in
the postal service have been made
since Postmaster General Burleson
took hold, succeeding Mr.. Hitchcock
In recent statement issued from the
postmaster generals Office the cOndi-
tons as they were found when he took
hold are reviewed, and plans to meet
the emergency which confronts the
service are outlined.
Among the improvements which
have tended to increase the efficiency
Of the service Is the addition of about
1000 clerks and 500 letter carriers at
various Offices throughout the country
Approximately $1,OOO,OOO has been au-
thorized for temporary clerk hire and
100000 for city letter carriers. Such
unusual financial demands made it
necessary for the postmaster general
to 60 to congress early in May for an
emergency appropriation. The sum Of
100000 was granted and an additional
100000 was appropriated for tempo
rary clerk hire and like amount for
temporary carriers.
Mr.. Burleson points out that on
March there were 1920 vacant post
masterships Of presidential grade and
some 300 have become vacant since.
There were $500 fourth class postmas-
terships vacant on March 5. These
vacancies are being rapidly filed as
the result of civil service examina-
tons.
Mr.. Burleson's statement continues:
.'Within the last sixty days 4S8 petit
lions for rural delivery routes have
been disposed Of, resulting in the es-
tablishment of 2O3 routes, involving an
annual expenditure for maintenance Of
approximately $4,000. By the estab-
lishment of these new routes and the
extension Of old routes more than
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
DOCTOR HELD FOR
CRUELTY TO DOGS
Girl Testifies That Machine
Was Used to Break Backs,

Philadelphia.-Dr. ]. q. Sweet, as
sistant professor Of surgical research
Of the medical department of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, was held in
$500 bail for court here by Magistrate
Haggerty on charge made by the
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. Cruelty to dogs in the
vivisection and experimental labora-
tories Of the university was alleged.
Miss Henrietta Ford Ogden, rich,
testified that every Friday for six
months she had crawled through
hole in fence so that she could gain
entrance to the kennels of the uni
versity and obtain evidence Miss Og-
den identified the back breaking ma
chine, which she alleged is used in
the laboratories to crush out the lives
of dogs.
! The machine is best described as
d1minutive gallows. A heavy iron
weight Is operated on ropes and pull
legs so that it will descend with suf-
flcient force to break the backbone of
any animal held beneath It.
Magistrate Haggerty at this point
said: "We realize the right Of the
university to perform necessary ami
NAL experiments, but there is nothing
too severe for person who would de-
wise or use such an apparatus as this.
It is almost incredible to believe that
q civilized human being would use an
of this sort. It is an in
fernal machine"
Samuel s. Geyer, formerly in charge
Of the university kennels, said that
the members of the faculty ordered
the surgeons to remove all evidences
Of cruelty to animals when the 1egis-
lature was acting on the vivisection
bill. He declared that after the meas
ure was defeated and after the danger
had passed the practices were con-
tinued.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
LONG STAY FOR TROOPS.
On Border Six Months at Least, Says
General Wood.

On Border Six Months at Least, Says
General Wood.
Galveston. Tex. Major General
Leonard Wood chief Of staff. has de-
clared that the second division of the
United States army will reDlain mobil-
lied at Galveston and Texas City .'un-
til the causes Of the mobilization are
removed"
II do not know just how long the
division will remain mobilized," he
said. nor does any other man know.
am sure the stay will be long one,
six months or more''
General Wood. who was on a tour
of inspection of border camps. visited
Fort Crockett here and expressed sat
isfacdon with regard to conditions.
Training of the men in maneuvers and
mobilization would be valuable to the
army. he declared and he directed that
the greatest attention be given to the
solution of the Transporter ton problem
He insisted that the evolving of new
plan for the distribution of supplies for
an army in the field was all important.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21

EMMELINE PANKHURST AND DAUGHTER,
CHRIsTABEL.
have now been aroused against the wo-
men as the women have been against
the government and its officials. The
''bobbies," who used merely to good
naturally "hustle" women about when
they came yelling and shrieking in
their sieges Of parliament, do not hest
tate now to ride them down and tram
pie them, to wrench their arms and
wrists and even to club them.
Despite all, however, they continue
to march and burn and rant and riot
with delirious wavings Of their ban
ners that announce. mo Votes, No
Peace!'
Here is summary Of the acts of
violence by the suffragettes up to the
seizure by the Dawson woman Of King
Georges entry while running In the
Derby:
Rioting. years siege Of the
house Of parliament, fighting the police
with tooth and nail, with brickbats and
bursting bombs of sitting acids; whips
and red pepper; pelting them with tiles
ripped off the roofs with fire axes;
charges Of battalions OF umbrella
lances; jujutsu and skyrockets and
Roman candles.
Assault. Three times gave Premier
Asquith violent shahngs, twice horse
whipped Winston Churchill; beat Sir
Augustin Birrell, first secretary for
Ireland, into Inconsistencies in st.
James park: struck Lloyd George in
the face with a brass bound box;
struck John Redmond with a brick:
tortured man caught in one Of their
meetings, pinching him and jabbing
him with hatpins and stamping on
him; threw him out Of window:
screamed threats Of violence in Queen
Mary's ear; hurled Votes For Wo-
men" pamphlets at King Georges
head; wounded 500 policemen and
killed one.
Malicious Mischief. Smashed more
than 10000 windows In London build
.ings, stores, clubs, newspaper Offices,
government buildings; destroyed hun
,dreds Of thousands Of letters by delug-
ing mail boxes with burning acids.
paint and refuse; threw acids into poll
boxes on election day; ruined 5000
worth Of orchids in Kew gardens; de
faced valuable paintings IN the Roy
al academy and Glasgow galleries. &
Incendiarism. Tried to burn British
museum; burned Royal theater and six
fine residences; wrecked Lloyd Georges
suburban home; burned building at.
Elton school; tried to burn track
grand stands; tried to blow up three
railroad stations; fired famous Noting
ham forest. s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
finds WATCH LOST
THIRTY-FIvE YEARS
Tlmepiece Again Running After
Having Been Buried.

Menomonie, Wis.-Thirty-fve years
ago this spring Register Of Deeds Al
fred Halverson Of st. Croix county,
then a young man, became the pos
SCISSOR of his first watch, an open faced
silver watch, with heavy case Young
Halverson valued his new possession
so highly that he carried it with him
at all times, even when he was plow-
ing on his uncle's farm.
He was heartbroken after blowing a
few burrows one morning to find that
the watch had slipped from his pocket
and had been plowed under. With his
cousin, Edward Halverson, he back
plowed the burrows, cross plowed them
and then combed the earth for hours in
search Of the precious timepiece. but in
vain.
Recently while blowing on the Star
Prairie farm, Edward Halverson saw
the plow turn something metallic out
OF the ground. He stopped and picked
1t up and found It was silver watch.
He at once thought Of the one his
cousin had lost thirty-fve years ago,
AAu ditAOuSu IAc AcluS udu D0cu CuduS-
ed, he discovered this was where he
had helped look for the watch years
ago.
The thick crystal was broken, and
the hinges were rusted, but he return
ed the old timepiece to its owner, and
a jeweler to whom it was taken for
repairs discovered that the works were
free from dirt and rust and the adj
justment still perfect.
A little oil, new pair Of hinges, a
new crystal, and the watch when
wound started to run as though it had
merely run down the night before.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
.HAW TH0RNE AIDS
FELLOW CONVICTS
Son Of Famous Novelist a
Cheerful Prisoner.
.LIKENS men TO GREAT BOOKS
New Humanity Urged by Register
4435" In the Atlanta Federal Prison.
Calls Fellow Criminals "Brothers" In
His Latest observation-disclosures to Sec
Callers at the Prison.

Atlanta, Ga.-A new philosophy, full
OF humanity and understanding, has
been born to Julian Hawthorne, son Of
the great novelist, since he became
register 1885," an inmate of the fed
eral penitentiary here.
The deepest human element appears
in everything he has written for Good
Words, the prison paper, and is Great
Ing for that journal unique literary
interest. The son Of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne has turned minister to. the
heart and conscience" of his fellow
convicts.
More than in anything else is this
new found sentiment set forth in his
prison poem, Fool False" written to
the men who night after night tramp
ceaselessly back and forth in their eight
foot cells. He has come to understand
the power that drives them.
Brother, know is the refrain of
the poem.
A recent issue of the paper contains
the beginning Of new department of
which he will be conductor. He writes
Of books, prescribing model course Of
reading made up Of the choicest litera-
ture of all countries and Of all. time.
Reverence for his father is implied in
his selection Of two books Of Nathaniel
Hawthorne's, ."The Scarlet Letter. and
"Our Old Home.n
But along with his essay on litera-
ture he wrote Of another subject which
has become more interesting to him,
he says, since he became an inmate of
the prison.
There Is another and greater IL
brary," he said in his column. 1T is
distributed among the ranks in pairs,
with a shelf to each volume. Their
binding is homogeneous-stout blue
cloth on ordinary occasions, which on
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
BREAKS HIS WOODEN LEG.

Jaiier Nails II Together so Prisoner
Can Go to Workhouse.
pittsburgh. James Burns, sixty years
old, giving his home as Homestead,
charged with yagrancy, was sentenced
to the workhouse for thirty days by
Magistrate Justus Sehroedel in the east
end police station. s.
Burns has wooden leg, and while
he was in a cell another prisoner fell
on the leg and broke 1t. Burns told
one Of the turnkeys that his leg was
broken, and the officer thought It was
a human leg.
When he discovered his mistake he
took the wooden leg and nailed 1t to-
gether so that Burns was able to get
to the workhouse
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-06-21
MAILED A GREEN CoC0ANUT.
Case Whore Postoffice Carried Package
Containing Liquid.

Case Whore Postoffice Carried Package
Containing Liquid.
Indianapolis, lnd.-"Guess you'd bet
ter handle tais carefully Sounds like
it might break" said postman as be
gingerly handed big brown package
over the desk of hotel here
The clerk looked first at the package,
then at the postman. with "a puzzled
expression on his countenance. He
picked up the package and shook it.
There was a sound of dashing water.
then he saw the label. palm Beach
cocoanut," and he laughed. 1t was not
a patent bottle or an ostrich egg. 1t
was just cocoanut, but different in
appearance from the kind offered In
the local market. The smooth outer
shell had not been removed, and the
label and postage were pasted right on
the nut
The cocoanut weighed three pounds,
and it cost "a cents to send it by par
Gel post from Palm Beach, Fla The
nut was sent to Homer |. Cutsinger.