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New Ulm review., 1913-08-13
Ernst ..PfsiaFer Attempts 'jt SUI,
:'sa eide After Family
Quarrel.
Bullet Embedded Near Brain
Makes Recovery Very
Uncertain.

Ernst Pfeifer, formerly engaged in
the painting and paper hanging bnai-
ness in this city but who moved out
west with his wife and children ysAr
ago last winter, attempted to commit
suicide by shooting himself in the head
with revolver at Oregon City, Ore,
where be now resides. Although the
bullet inflicted very dangerous
wound it has not, as yet, proved fatal
and the attending physicians believe
that he viii recover. They fear how.
ever that My. P1eiffer may become in-
sane even Il he lives.
Family troubles apparently caused
the would-be suicide to commit the
rash act, although the newspaper clip
ping received here does not state any
reason. 1t seems that Mr.. Pfeiffer had
an altercation with his wife on Satur.
day, Aug. End, some time in the morn
ing, and be became 90 enraeed thst he
attacked Mrs. Pfeiffer and the chill
dren withs rocking chair, beating and
striking the members of his family.
His Oldest daughter, Mrs. Alma
Trsutm:ller, OF Cando, Nd, who il
visiting her parents in Oregon was
also struck by him and became uncon-
scious Is result of the blow.
Probably fearing that he might have
killed his daughter, Mr.. Pfeiffer imme-
diately left his home. and went to his
paint shop where he was found some
time later by the sheriff, in an uncon-
scious condition, bleeding from an
ugly bullet wound ia the right temple.
A revolver was lying near the pros
trate man and to substantiate the sui
cidal theory a note was found ad-
dressed to his Oldest daughter in which |
Mr.. Pfeiffer asked that no one visit |
hls grave.
The man was hurried to a hospital, |
where everything possible was done to
save his life. Surgeons were called in
and probed for the bullet,
but Here unable to remove it owing ~
;he dangerous location ofthe leaden
ball. =
New Ulm review., 1913-08-13

The William Walter meat market at
Sleepy Eye was purchased by Emil
Witt of this city last week and the new
proprietor has already taken posses
sion of the business. Mr.. Witt has
been employed at the Eagle Mill here
for some time past, but previous there
to worked in one of the local meat
markets.
New Ulm review., 1913-08-13
At the recent meeting of the Mother

At the recent meeting of the Mother
Society of the Catholic Church, the
following officers were elected: Pres,
Mrs. Athenas Henle; Vice Pres, Mrs.
Joseph Soukup; Secy., Mrs. William
Emmerich; Treas, Mrs. Chas. Engel-
bert; Marshalls, Mrs. Jos. Dietz and
Mrs. John Schaefer. Mrs. Theodore
Schwendinger, Mrs. Mike Schuster
and Mrs. Genevieve Henle were re-
elected as f1ag-bearers.
New Ulm review., 1913-08-13

During the past week the concrete
floor for the new S35, 900 home of the
Citizens State Bank has been poured
and is now being allowed to dry
thoroughly before further work will
be done on the structure. The most
modern methods were employed in
laying the floor which should insure
excellent results.
New Ulm review., 1913-08-13
Sleepy Eye Plans a
Shooting Match
Gun Clubs Of County Are
Planning I Big Day ,,.s I. ! !.
" sAugnsts20th.
Purse of $40. For Highest
Average. 500. In
Other Prizes.

Next Wednesday, Aug. Goth, will
be gala day at Sleepy Eye, if
weather conditions prove at all fa-
v0rable, for the members of the gun
club, business men and citizens in
general are making elaborate prepa-
rations for midsummer trap shoot
ing tournament which is to be held
in our neighboring city on that date.
Cash and merchandise prizes aggre-
eating $125 will be offered for the
various events, the individual purses
being well worth competing for. The
Sleepy Eye club has recently erected
concrete trap house and will have
number of new traps on hand with
which to conduct the tournament. It
is expected that hundred or more
hunters will be present and take an
active part in the days events.
The tournament is to commence
promptly at 8 o'clock in the forenoon
and will undoubtedly last all day.
Aside from the Sleepy Eye and New
Ulm clubs, the Springfield, Mankato
and other nimrod aggregations will
participate and the contests in each
of the many events will no doubt
be very keen and exciting. For the
convenience Of those taking part in
and attending the event, meals and
refreshments will be provided on the
tournament grounds. The New Ulm
team probably will be accompanied
by large concourse of citizens,
Besides the cash prizes derived
from the entrance fees in each con-
test, the club has been aided by the
liberality of Sleepy Eye business men
and a cash prize of $40 has been hung
up for the highest average score,
while over 500 worth of merchan-
disc prizes are offered to the winners
of the individual matches.
There will be five events in the
forenoon, all fifteen-target matches,
the entrance fee being $1.5O. The
prize money will be divided into four
equal parts, one each to the highest
men, with a merchandise prize for
fifth highest person in each Of the
single events. The afternoon shoot
will start off with 25-bird handicap
match, the entrance fee being $780,
with the same provision as regards
the forenoon shoots. The seventh
and eighth events will each be a
fifteen-target shoot, the same condi-
tions governing as during the fore
noon.
The big merchandise shoot will be
25-bird event, with an entrance fee
of $1.OO, and thirteen prizes will be
offered as follows: ~.
First prize, 100 cigars;
Second prize, SIS worth of shells;
Third prize, so cigars;
Fourth prize, one pair of shoes;
Fifth prize, so cigars;
Sixth prize, one hat;
Seventh prize, one Thermos bottle;
Eighth prize, six pairs of silk hose;
Ninth prize, 100 shells;
Tenth prize, leather toilet set;
Eleventh prize, gents umbrella;
Twelfth prize, so shells;
Thirteenth (booby) prize, child's
high chair;
The eight prizes to be given the !
successful fifth highest men are as |
follows:
First event dog collar;
Second event, gun case;
Third event, "stein;"
Fourth event, tie clasp;
Fifth event, merchandise;
Sixth event, toilet set;
Seventh event, half-dozen linen
Eighth event, pennant.
New Ulm review., 1913-08-13
Shoot at Hunters Rest.

For the third time Henry j. Meyer
ca aptured the gold medal at the shoot
at Hunters Rest Sunday morning.
NJ. Hippert and Ed. Larson ran q
close race for the leather medal,
Hippert landing it with score of 7S.
Herewith result of shoot:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-14

BY Linda A. Griffith.
It is little more than two years
since the Kinemacolor pictures were
first shoYn to the American public.
These pictures, as we all know, were
of the coronation of King George of
England and the Durbar festivities in
India.
How often in the days before this
wonderful discovery l had said to
myself: ooh, if the colors would
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-14

only show in the picture" But I
never dreamed how soon my wishes
would come true.
l don't suppose it is very generally
known that a moving picture actor is
ever afflicted with stage fright, not
camera fright, for when working we
never think of the camera. But when
we are gathered together in our own
little theater, that is, in the project
ing room where pictures are first
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
CAME TO GET A new
BRAIN AND CHARACTER
Boston Teachers Quest Ends
In Observation Ward.

New York.-Elderly, neatly attired
and of quiet demeanor, Miss Emily
Jane Clarke, Boston schoolteacher.
entered the reception room Of the
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Re.
search at Sixty-sixth street and the
East river and asked to see the physi-
clan in charge. DR.. Swift promptly pre-
scented himself, whereupon Miss Clarke
said:
II have heard and read so much OF
the wonderful work and Of the remark
able operations that have been achiev-
ed at this institute that have brought
my own personal case here"
And what may your affection be?"
asked the physician.
"Well. in the first place, want new
character
"A new began the doctor.
"And an entirely new brain,'' sup
plemented Miss Clarke. IT hope you
will see your way to take up the work.
absolutely require a new character
and new BRAIN"
DR.. Swift sent a summons to Belle
vue hospital and gave Miss Clarke in
charge of Dr.. Roberts. who came in
the ambulance. She was placed in the
psychopathic ward for observation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
APPENDIX ON WRONG SIDE.
Also His Heart and Other Organs
Outside of That

Also His Heart and Other Organs.
Outside Of That
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the Jeffer-
son hospital have discovered man
whose vitals are all in the wrong place.
According to statements given out,
Charles Henry, derelict, applied to the
institution for treatment, and the ply
sicians discovered that his appendix is
on the left side Of his body and his
heart and other organs on the right
side.
DR.. Steele says that the malforma-
tons In the mans thoracic cavity are
due entirely to congen1tal abnormalties
caused by the fact that he was the
child Of blood relatives. Henry did
not know that he was such freak un-
til the K rays were put on him. Then
he decided that he was an asset to any
museum and started for New York for
a job.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
SUGGESTS BREEDING
OF A ''WAAT-lS-IT?".
Congressman Akin l Jokes"
Animal Bureau Chief.

acknowledgements Akin Of
New York has mild feud on with r.
A. D. Melvin Of the animal indus "
bureau, and he has made the houst a
party to it.
He introduced a resolution authoriz-
ing the secretary of agriculture to *
pend $1,000 lin the purchase of six
high grade, thoroughbred male turkey
buzzards and n1nety-nine thoroughbred
humming birds. each to be examined
and passed upon by DR.. A. D. Melvin,
chief Of the bureau Of animal industry,
as to soundness Of limb and heart
strength in order that test may be
made as to- the value Of the offspring,
be they gnats or feas, for agricultural
purposes
The resolution further orders DR..
Melvin to report to congress ''whether
the experiment is more valuable to the
American farmer than the one now
going on in this bureau where thou
sands Of dollars have been expended
N buying zebras in Africa and trans
porting the same to the District of Co.
lumb1a, where they are Joined in Wed
lock to Missouri mules, the offspring of
which seem to be a cross between a
North Dakota jack rabbit and an Aus
tralian kangaroo"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
"SR MUNIHS CUUKT5ft1r.~

Judges Sentence For Love at First
Sight Pair. 1ass.. Ill
ChicaSo.-Love at first sight and all
that sort Of thing is romantic. but
sometimes the vision is'sclouded, &C.
cording to geSNewcomer Of the mu-
nicipal court That is why he sentenced
a young couple 70 six months of court
ship.
The Judge looked bentgnly down from
the bench. Before him were Loretta
Brown Of Kankakee and John Carr Of
Chicago. both under age. It had been
case Of glance, smile and Lets
get married" The judge wanted to
know all about it.
Loretta" he said, would you like to
marry Mr.. Carp" ss-4s ,f-z:,-.2.a,-. .-~~-a-,,
eyes," she murmured.
''Hasty marriages." he said, "almost
always result in hasty divorces.
don't like them. So sentence you to
six months courtship. The proposed
new marriage laws advocate such a
plan, and think it grand idea"
The judge then requested both to re-
port to him once week. Obdurate rel
atives had caused them to be brought
to court.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22

operations OF the Peruvian Amazon
company in the Putumayo region. Mr.
Fuller's report was the basis of the
presidents message sent to congress-
The report confirms in the main the,
appalling accounts given by Sir Roger
Easement. but states that the Arneri-
can Investigator found that many OF
the white witnesses from Barbados
had been sent out of the country. that
the rubber company was apparently
conducting it's business in a more thu
name way and that wherever MIR Full
er went be was logged by agents or
the company and prevented from So
curing evidence. The agents OF the
company were afraid to tell anything
lest they should incriminate themselves
or their comrades. and the Indians
were sufficiently terrorzed to keep
them from telling anything comparable
to the accounts secured by Sir Roger
Easement
Mr.. Fuller got evidence that one firm
brought 200 men from Barbados to
serve them in the upper waters OF the
Amazon. on the Carapana and Middle
lgaraparana rivers, in the Putumayo
rubber region. These white men were
armed with Winchesters and were set
at the task Of enslaving Indians and
compelling them to gather rubber. The
Indians were an unresisting people and
fell easy prey to the white men. They
were forced to submit by fogging, i'm
prisOnment in stocks in the hot sun
without food for days, by threats of
shooting and by the sight of their kin
being shot. r~--. -.
The white men seized the wives of
the Indians. and some of the overseers
maintained large harems of Indian
women. Old men who were so weak
they could not gather rubber were
hung up by the thumbs
The statement presented by Minister
Pezet represents that President Billing.
hurst has followed the Investigations
Of Great Britain and the United States
and has decided to put a stop to the
outrages. He has sent army officers to
arrest the men guilty of murder. and
where they have fed the country ne
intends to demand their extradition
President Billinghurst has decided to
erect at Iquitos a bishopric and FIVE
mission stations at different points to
look after the spiritual needs of the
indians and give them instruction.
Army officers have been placed in
charge of the administration of the
government region. and it is confident.
~ believed that the means employed
will be effective to prevent any further
outrages.
The communication concludes by
saying:
'This Indignation is not alone be-
cause these events have occurred in our
territory, but on account of the harm
which they have done to Peru by Civ.
ing US an undeserved notoriety for
deep rooted cruelty. which is not
trait Of our national character"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
STOP CRUELTY IN
RUBBER REGIONS
President Of Peru Promises TO
Stamp Out Peonage.
WILL ARREST MURDERERS.
Minister Pezet Gives Assurance OF Re.
forms on Same Day That Pres.oe nj
Taft Sends Message to Congress-
Based on Report Made by Stuart ).
Fuller, Special Investigator. ~

WaSilington.-At the same time thar
President Taft's message on tll. putu
mayo atrocities in Peru was being r-;i,i
i'll congress Federico Pezet. the. Peru
Wan minister to the United States. pre-
scented to the secretary of STATE. II c.,u,-
mlnic;'ti"ll from his government an
nonn"ing the strict policy OF Peru =
new executive. President Rillinyi,IrSt
to stamp ont peo'la@e III the rutl,rr
regions and bring the murderera ut III.
dlau slaves to Justice
Two years ago the British govern
ment sent Sir Roger Easement to III
ve$tigate the reported outrageS on the
lndiallS. with the result that the world
was Informed Of a series OF who,eS;,l IL.
murders and a condition Of bari,ar,sn
unparalleled by any similar history OF
human greed.
Last April the United States govern.
ment ordered Stuart j Fuller, CONSUL
at Goteborg. Norway. to go to lquitoS
Peru. as consul, and to investigate the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
A LIGHTHOUSE, FAMILY.
Three Generations Have Been In Great
Lake Service.

Three Generations Have Been In Great
Lake Service.
Superior, Wis.-Three generations Of
Malones have been lighthouse keepers
on the great lakes. Al Malone, the
third of the family that ships from the
rock bound island coast, is in charge of
Isle Royale station. r."
The Superior man has been in charge
OF the Isle Royale light for nearly three
years. He succeeded his father, j. q.
Malone, and is the youngest lighthouse
keeper on the great lakes. His age Is
twenty nine, and as assistant to his ia
Their and later as keeper he has been in
the government service thirteen years.
The elder Malone is now in charge of
the Pipe island station on Lake Huron.
He has been in the service for thirty
nine years. having taken charge OF the
Isle Royale station in 1874. when that
lighthouse was built.
Peter Malone. a grandfather Of Al
Malone. who died a score of years ago
at the remarkable age of 1903, was also
keeper and was in charge of the
Portage lake ship canal when It was
established
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
PEL0RUS JACK IS MISSING,
Best Known Grampus In World and
Protected by New Zealand Laws.

Best Known Grampus In World and
Protected by New Zealand Laws.
Auckland. New Zealand. - Pelorus
Jack. the best known fish in the world.
which for thirty years has plotted ships
night and day through the Cook strait,
has been missing for some time, and it
is feared he is suffering from an illness
that will result In his death.
Jack, whose scientific name 70 Gram-
pus Cr1seus. was shot by tourist on
one Of the vessels he was plotting
about ten years ago. As a result Of
this attack the New Zealand govern
ment passed special law protecting
him. About five years ago another
grampus was swimming with him for
short period, after which Jack dis
appeared for few weeks. His substi-
tute did not stay on the Job, and a gun
boat was sent to find what had be-
come of Jack.
Before the return Of the gunboat
Jack got back and took up his job Of
Dtloting the liners again.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
MOUSE DETAILS CAR.

Women Passengers, Fleeing. Bowl
Over Motorman.
Pittsbnrgh.-A street car was deraiI-
ed. the line tied mp and u score OF
West Pittsburghers We're badly m,,sSed
up late at night wien wee bit of
mouse made its appearance in a car
carrying theater goers back to their
homes
When the mouse smeandered out Oh
the floor of the car the women, made
wild leaps and gyrations in their IT
forts to get out of the front end of
the car. They Knocked the motorman
down, and the car, running at Al high
rate Of speed, ran into switch and
went over into the mud The line was
blocked for an hour.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
THE CHAMPION MOTHER.

Woman Thirty-five Years Old Has
Borne Twenty seven Children.
Cleveland.-The birth of four boys
makes Mrs. William G.. Clark of Cleve-
land the mother of twenty-seven chill
dren. She is only thirty-fve years old.
The bankruptcies died because of an
injury to the mother. This is the Sec
ond set of bankruptcies the woman has
borne. She also is the mother of three
sets Of triplets and five sets of twins.
Six of her twenty seven children are
alive, the Oldest, Roland, being nine
teen, and the youngest, Hubbard, is
two years old Mrs Clark's mother
had twenty-eight children.
Her grandmother had twenty-nine
children, bankruptcies and triplets
among them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
NOTED CITIZENS
IN WALKING CLUB
Gaynor, Choate and Windmill
Ter Out For a Record.
CARNEGIE MAY join IT.

WI to~s NV oyUIPosSly TUT Via
Men" Who Ride About In Motorcars.
Founder Tells How to Walk and En-
Joy It in All Weather.
New York.-The most exclusive, dis
tanguished and enthusiastic walking
club in America has just been organ
lied here. The charter members are
Mayor Gaynor, Joseph Il. Choate. for
mer ambassador to Great Britain: VIII
liam B. Hornblower. John b. Parsons.
the Nestor Of the New York bar, and
Louis Windmuller. while a few Of
those said to be contemplating max
ing an application for membership
are Andrew Carnegie, Isaac N. Selig-
man, Jacob 81. Schiff, Surrogate Fow-
Ter, General George W. Wingate and
Karl Pickhardt. That the walking club
had been duly organized was announc-
ed at the mayors Office, and with the
announcement came the added infor-
nation that some fine day very soon no
one need be surprised to read of a hike
participated in by all the charter mem
bers. which will begin in Citv Hall
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22
TO STOP HUMPBACK GROWTH.
AIbee Operation Successfully Perform.
cd In New England.

A'bee Operation Successfully Perform
cd In New England.
Salem, Mass.-Dr. Harvey r. New
hall Of Lynn at the Salem hospital per-
formed what is known as the "Albee
operation" for prevention Of humpback
from tuberculosis Of the spine.
The operation consists In grating a
piece Of bone into the spine so the for
nation Of spinous "knuckle," which
causes humpback, will be avoided.
This operation was first performed
by DR.. Albee Of New York, but has
been performed in New England only
once previous to the present case.
In the operation the spfnous proc.
esses Of the vertebrae above and below
the side of the disease are split iongi-
tudinally. and piece of healthy bone
is grated into the groove
The new method replaces an older
one which required the use Of plaster
jacket for two years
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-22

mayor aAYNoR OF NEW YORK READY FOR
A WALK.
park and end somewhere in Bronx
park or Coney Island or Fort Hamil-
ton. They may even hike all the way
to Yonkers, it was said.
The club will be known as the Pedes-
TRANS club, and the men named as
charter members have signed an agree
ment, the main object Of the club be-
ing the furthering of the fine art OF
walking and enjoying it right here in
the city Of New York The agreement
was drawn up by Mr. Choate, and all
the charter members have affixed their
signatures to it. The document is now
on file in the mayors office. The text
OF the agreement is yet to be made
public.
To Louis Windmuller, the noblest
walker of them all. is given the credit
for having first suggested the forma-
ton of the Pedestrians club. There is
no more enthusiastic walker in the
city, and he has no sympathy whatso.
ever for the healthy individual who
prefers riding on horseback, in auto
mobile or buggy or on rapid transit
trains to peripatetcs.
II had friend here" said Mr.. Wind.
muller, his reference being to General
Wingate, "who is a great walker, and
he often tells me that privilege Of his
life that he enjoys to the utmost is to
walk down Broadway in rain and in
shine. l walk four hours every day.
one hour before breakfast, one hour
after dinner and two in going to and
coming home from my Office. dine at
$50 p. m, so the after dinner tramp is
usually taken in the dark, but enjoy
1t just as much as do those Of the
daytime .
Il delight to see people. To enjoy
walking one must use his eyes and the
brain as much as he does his legs.
prefer to look at the faces Of people to
looking at the buildings and into Shop
windows. A good rule to make your
tramp really enjoyable pastime is to
be careful and not walk too fast. NV
speed is about a mile every twenty-five
minutes. or bit more than two miles
to the hour. If you go faster than that
you have little time to see Your OBJ
ject should not be to get to the place
you set out for"
The combined age of the five charter
members of the Pedestrians club is
B67 years. Mr.. Parsons Is eighty -four,
Mr.. Choate eightyone Mr.. Windmuller
seventy eight and Mayor Gaynor and
Mr.. Hornblower are each sixty-two
years old. OF the prospective members
Mr.. Carnegie is seventy eight, General
W1ngate seventy three. Mr.: Schifr six
Vsix and Mr. Seligman. who win be
the baby Of the club, is only flfty-eight
years old.