The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-14
Daily New York Letter

600 in one of the big life insurance COM
panies, besides continuing policies for sim-
lar amounts which he had taken out long
before he was elected governor of New York.
President Roosevelt's policies, it is UNDER
stood, exceed by $1,000 or $4,000 those held
by President Mckinley at the time OF the
latter's assassination at Buffalo. Mrs. Nc
Kinley was paid about 100000 in policies on
her husbands life.
Going West to Kill Indians.
Mrs. Harry Alger, lively young woman,
is Systematically holding up freight trains
in the narrow, rocky gulch at the foot OF
West e-hundred-and-eighty fourth street.
She is aided and abetted by the police and
her work has all the scent novel character
istics of southern California or Arizona
read agent. Mrs. Alger is not a bandit, but
the truant officer for the Washington Heights
district and she is holding up trains for the
purpose of capturing adventurous boys who
seek to escape irksome tasks at school by
boarding outgoing freight cars for the wild
and boundless west.
Up to date her captures include nine boys.
who confessed to various ambitions Two
were going west to kill Indians One sought
a career the plains, two looked forward
to life on the rolling wave, one wanted to
be pirate another to kill bears and tigers;
one proposed to help the Beers and the rest
only cared to escape school.
Mrs. Alger is assisted by twelve police
men in uniform and Ave in plain clothes.
How to Kill Rats.
The Rev. S. j. Belts, pastor of the Peoples
church of Bayonne, has discovered brand
new method of destroying rats. There isn't
any patent on it, either Anybody may
adopt it,
MIR. Belts is not only pastor but drug
1 f,s
store there appeared some time ago small
| army of rats The domnie-druggist could
not understand what attracted them, but
there the rats were and war Of extermina-
ton was begun against them.
One day last week big ball shaped rat
with which agility seemed to be lost ac-
complishment was cornered and killed. An
! autopsy was performed on the body and 1t
disclosed what was the attraction In the base-
ment for the rats. They were sponge eaters.
This particular rat had swallowed big
piece of sponge and it had swollen so much
inside him that he could only move with
difficulty That gave the dominic his rat rid
ding device Every night now nice little
! meals of sponge and cheese with basins OF
water to quench their thirst and to help
results along are left for the rats. Every
morning there was yield of dead rats, till
soon the pastor was practically rid of the
pests.
His Feeling Were Too Strong.
Peter f. Daley, the actor, went to call on
Fay Templeton at her home, 20s w Seventy.
ninth street last night. Mr.. Daley was in
formed at the door that Miss Templeton was
not in. He went down to the basement win
dow and began to break his way in with his
cane. Then he was arrested.
Policeman Frank Brady heard the smashing
of glass. He ran up to 2oS w Seventy ninth
street and there found Mr.. Daley smashing
the glass. There were several women stand-
ing at the windows inside and they all looked
properly horrified One of them was scream-
ing.
What are you doing here?" asked Brady.
Excuse me-" said Daley; I'm just un-
loading my feelings"
..Are. you going to lock me up?" asked
Daley.
+ Brady said he was.
''Well,' said Daley, my cab is right here
at the corner. We can get in that and 50
h right down. .
He was bailed out.