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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
NEBRASKHS GROWING WEALTH.
Her Bank Deposits Have Increased Over
$50, 900 900 In Seven Years.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 24-Nebraska did
pretty well this year for State without
mines and with little manufacturing. The
State Labor Commissioner who is by law
charged with the compilation Of crop statis-
tics, has just figured out that the value Of
all the products OF the soil this year is $3.50, =
0OO, 900, which is $3.50 for every inhabitant
and 81 900 for every family of four.
Out OF the inexhaustible earth has come
this great food of wealth in the shape OF
wheat, corn, oats, rye. barley buckwheat,
hay, potatoes. butter, eggs, poultry, live
stock, fruit and sugar beets. The value
of the products Of the farms of Nebraska in
1900 was Sl62 900 900, which was three times
as great as ten years before.
These figures will give some idea of the
tremendous strides toward material wealt h
that Nebraska is making. They show why
she is able to lend the East millions every
year and require back only small part
OF il to move her crops.
The Labor Commissioner SAYS that there is
not State in the Union that produces so
much per head in agriculture as Nebraska
does. This il what has carried the States
bank deposits from 1872 900 900 in 1898 to
sos 600 900 this year. an increase of over
$50 900 900 in seven years. President Burn
nam OF tne rlrSJ NaJlOnal BANK, IN his
address at the bankers convention here re-
Gently, said that the amount of Eastern
paper carried by Nebraska banks at the
| present would reach nearly So 100000
One phase Of banking which was severely
| reprobated at this meeting is that proposed
by New York trust companies of recent
origin. 1t was asserted by several of the
| bankers that agents of these companies
| have been soliciting business in the West
| seeking to get the New York accounts Of
! Nebraska banks. They have offered 81! pei
cent interest on daily balances, and have
intimated that if the banks would regarc
| the balance as a dead account-although il
could be checked upon, if necessary -
] they would pay more than that When
asked how they could afford to pay sucl
! rates, the agents replied that they loanec
| their deposits on real estate at and g.,
| per cent. on ten and twenty years time
Most Of the bankers turned down this
| proposition, which they regarded as unsafe
| because OF the small cash reserve b pei
cent carried by the companies An effort
| TO secure law permitting the trust com
| panies to establish branches here was made
last winter, but it failed through the act ivit J
| OF the State association.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER rs. 1908.

are three or four Of them-and takes charge
Of the meeting.
TIL last Thursday the speakers at the
fifteen-minute meetings held at o'clock
in the afternoon At the same place. were
also men, but during this week the COM
mittee means TO have a woman speaker
every other afternoon.
But that Ia not all. The committee on
meetings is working hard just now, in CO.
operation with the Citizens Union to hold
the reins 30 to speak at the mems meeting
which is to be held In Carnegie Hall next
Tuesday evening. Miss Margaret Chanler.
chairman Of the campaign committee,
will preside and introduce the speakers,
all Of whom are well known fusion leaders.
1t will be probably the first time that po-
liticai meeting held in a large public hall
and at night, has ever been presided over
by woman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25

hsr oily ooa6rmsd her s,Hpicioo. nns
stasnk h 10 and finally Got inside. Then sne
heard the whining Of dog. but co'alo no'
locate h exactly.
She inquired where IL was and was to'a
that II was something else that she heard
By this time her blood was up and she
would not be denied.
The whining kept up and grew louder
She finally located it in the cellar and de-
manded that she be taken there. Inc
people in the house evidently began to be
fearful Of the results, for they let her 20
down.
There she found her dog tied up she
released him and took him home. When the
Society for Psychological Research mas a
day or two of it can come to Binghamton
and get all the facts in this case without
any trouble whatever.
Within few days there has occurred
the case Of the fur circular 1t was the prop
erty Of the mistress of private school.
During the usual fall house cleaning and
renovation it was put out on the line IN
the yard, whence it disappeared.
The owner made the customary hue and
cry without finding her circular, and, as
almost always happens, suspicion fell on
one Of the servants. The police were
called in, but could no nothing Then the
owner went to see the clairvoyant.
The circular was stolen, was the verdict,
but not by one of the servants, as was sus-
pected. 1t was taken by an extremely dark
man. who carried it away. The owner should
60 home and advertise her loss. Offering a
reward. On the third day Of the adver-
tisement the circular would be returned.
The school mistress followed instructions.
On the morning OF the third day farmer
drove up to the house and inquired for her.
When she saw him he began to ask ques-
tions about the circular. He had her de-
scribe it in minute detail, and when she
had finished said:
Your circular is out in my wagon
1t was, sure enough, the missing circular.
When it had been delivered the farmer said
he supposed the lady would like to know
how it came in his possession. She said she
certainly would. and he replied that on the
day which she had given as the date of the
theft he had bought the circular for 81 from
an Armenian who had come to his house
with it.
The Armenian had said that his wife had
run away with another man, taking every
thing they had except this circular. 1t
was now no good to him, and he would sell
it for dollar
The farmer suspected that it had been
stolen and thought the owner would be
glad to pay dollar to get it back So he
bought it and waited for the advertisement.
These are some of the more remarkable
cases of this clairvoyants skill in recover
ing lost or stolen articles. A great many
more might be cited.
When it comes to the business of fortune
telling there is the same old platitude that
10 the main stock in trade of most Of them
but there is enough Of solid fact in such
cases as these to set Binghamton people to
wondering what is the explanation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
A WHITE MANS COUNTRY.
The African Plateau Under the Equatel
where European Children Thrive.

Between Mount Kenis. the great snow
mountain of equatorial Africa, and Victoria
Nyanza is plateau or series of plate aus,
as large as New York State. Every white
man who has ever been there, from Joseph
Thomson, who discovered it, to the latest
traveller. declares that it Is perfectly fitted
to be colonized by many thousands of the
white race
1t is directly under the equator; and be-
cause it Is the only region in equatorial
Africa that offers field for settlement
by north Europeans, it is worth while to show
its exact position on this little map The
area in black on the map is the plateau
1t was judicious to be sceptical about the
fitness of any part Of equatorial Africa
for white colonists; but the unanimity of
testimony concerning this plateau seems
to have settled the question in it's favor.
The latest testimony comes from C.
Eliot, British Commissioner in the East
African Protectorate. who has lived long
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
nOsrsns oo won,sD's Waists.

The fashion ~ having monoarams and
ornas on min's shirt slasyes has erisnded
10 wOnsDs slir and slh waists Jhs
waainr's cost ~ arms, nIns' ar monograu
- sDlbroiisred oD the isf, sleeve between
the Gun ami Tho elbow home stores aI,d
nnasniBi1sr. nov employ hands on sn-
broidery work esnllIsi ysly sloI, In the ssisz ,
Ing demand Tor sl,syc initials, hc,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
GIVES FORTUNE TO LOVER.
Woman Dying in Montana Wills Her
Entire E&tate to Man to Whom
She Was Once Engaged.

From an income of $45 month as an
oiler on the Burlington railroad to>the
sole ownership of two gold and silver
mines near Butte. Mont, estimated to
be worth $5,OO0,O0O, is the dream that
has just come true for George w. Gun
ter, of Lincoln, Neb.
The bequest came unexpectedly from
a former sweetheart. Years ago Gun
ter and the girl were engaged. AL
though there was no actual breach,
they drifted apart. She married man
who afterward became wealthy in the
Montana gold fields. A year ago he
died, just four months after Gunter
had married second love. The
wealthy widow, Mrs. Pingen, visited
Gunter few months ago. Soon after
ward she died. Gunter was stunned to
hear a few days ago that Mrs. Pingen
had left him everything as token of
their early love. He has received Off
cial confirmation of the fact from the
court.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
CANADIAN AGENTS AT WORK.
ming Up Trade with the Mid
lands of England.

The Canadian experiment of work.
ing up trade with the United King
dom by means of commercial agents
has been introduced in the Midlands,
cables the New York Tribune's Lon
don representative. An agent, NJ.
Ball. has opened headquarters in
Birmingham, and he declares he is
greatly encouraged by the results,
since he has already succeeded in
placing orders for Canadian wood
manufactures and food products. He
will not have routine work. like the
United States consuls, but will devote
his attention to the business of en-
larging trade between Canada and
the industrial centers of the Mid
lands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
Into q Nest of Wild Cats.

Attorney w. w. Browne, of Biwa-
blk, relates thrilling experience
of a cruiser friend in the vicinity of
Biwab blk, who ran onto-or rather
into-a nest of wildcats few DAYS
since. The cruiser, while engaged
in his duties. was walking through
the woods not far from Biwabik re-
Gently when he became somewhat
fatigued and looked about for a
suitable place to rest himself. He
picked out fallen tree which was
resting on it's branches, the trunk
being about three feet from the
ground. He seated himself on the
trunk of this tree and lighted his
pipe. After short rest he decided
to continue his walk, and turning
leaped down on the opposite side OF
the tree to that by which he had
arrived. He landed in the exact
center of nest of wildcats. There
were four large cubs, their mother
and vicious old Tom.
Luckily for the cruiser he had a
magazine rifle with him and lost no
time in making use of it. He Sc.
cured the whole family before he
left the spot, and he has had the
skins dressed as a souvenir of a
very exciting ten minutes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
FELDsPAR IN CONNECTICUT.
Quick Discovery of the Mineral II
Made at Leesvfl1e and 1t Will
Be Developed.

A rich discovery of feldspar has
been made at Leesville, south of
East Hampton, Conn.
For some time New York con-
tractor and a gang of men have been
drilling into the rock preparatory to
blasting. When the blasts were
touched off about $50 tons of rock
and earth were discovered.
a New York syndicate has been
backing the prospecting ope1 ations,
and as result of the tests it is un-
derstood that mill will shortly be
erected. The feldspar industry has
been conducted on a small scale at
various points in the Connecticut val
ley for some time. but the present
discoveries surpass any previous
ones.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
Manual Training for Girls,

At the initial meeting of the new
school board of the Eveleth district
it was decided to introduce manual
training for girls in the sixth, sew
enth and eighth grades. In accord.
ance with this departure Miss
Schneider will have class in plain
sewing next year and Miss Roberts
will have class in cooking.
Another departure from past
rules relates to a special prepare
tory course for beginners who are
unable to understand English. Ar,
engagements will be made for keep.
ing them apart for a time, giving
them an opportunity of learning
simple words in a short time, that
they may be prepared to work to
better advantage when. they enter
the regular classes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
A MESSAGE FROM MARS.
Sensational Declarations in New
York Church of Man who Declares
He Has Just Come from Planet.

The sexton Of Calvary Episcopal
church of New York city, had just
finished lighting and arranging for
the service the other evening, and
half dozen of the early arrivals
were in the pews, when a man about
~ years old marched slowly up the
aisle and inside the chancel. Stand
ing for moment in front of the al
tar, he bowed solemnly, and then,
facing the worshipers, announced:
Listen, We mortals of the earth! I
am messenger from Mars, the first
ever sent by our glorious ruler to the
mean inhabitants of this lowly
planet!"
Everybody looked up in amazement.
The man bowed again, and, turning
to the altar, picked up a richly
bound service book.
Hear the message" he announced.
II will read it to YOU" He started to
read solemnly and not unpleasantly,
and the congregation began to real
ize the situation. The sexton hur-
ried up to the altar, and as he ap-
preached the reader stopped. He
readily complied when the sexton
asked him if he would not read the
rest of the message on the church
steps, and, bowling to the worshipers,
again marched in dignified manner
out of the church, and, after saying
good-by to the sexton at the door,
disappeared.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
MOLESKIN NOW THE RAGE.
King Edward Sets the Fashion by
Wearing a WaistcOat Made
Of the Fur.

The fashion of wearing moleskin
was recently revived by the king, who
has been wearing a moleskin waistcoat.
Mole catchers all over the country are
straining their energies to collect the
skins, and thousands are reaching the
great furriers every day from all parts
of the United Kingdom and the con-
tinent. Four thousand came in one
consi gnment to a Bond street firm,
which says it cannot be too many. The
women are also having moleskin muffs,
stoles, jackets, motoring garments,
and even gauntlet gloves made out of
this skin One pair of the gloves con-
tains 40 skins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
CUTS NAILS WITH RAZOR.
TOOlmaker of the State of Ohio Has
a New Process for Harden
ing Steel,

John Pieper, toolmaker of Ham,
ilton, O., gave public exhibition of
new process he has invented for tenn
pering steel. 1t particularly applies
to edged tools and promises to revolu-
tionize the cutlery trade. A razor
hardened by Pieper's process shaved
long splinters off wire nail and was
Immediately afterward used for shaw
ing. Its edge was not damaged at all.
A keen butcher knife was driven
through quarter-inch of common
steel. Capitalists will back Pieper in
forming company for the manufac-
ture of knives and razors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
State OF Minnesota, County of st. Louis, S.
In Probate Court, Special Term. May 18th

State of Minnesota, County of st. Louis, IS.
In Probate Court, Special Term. May 18th,
1903.
In the matter of the estate of Michael
O'Brien, deceased:
On receiving and filing the petition OF
representing, among other things, that Mich
ael O'Brien, late OF the County of St. Louis
in the State of Minnesota, about the 18th day
February, A. D. 1903, at the County of st. Louis
died intestate, and being an inhabitant Of
this county at the time of his death, leaving
goods, chattels and estate within this county,
and that the said petitioner is creditor of
said deceased, and praying that adminstra-
ton of said estate be to Ed. Finch
granted:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be heard
before said Court on Monday the 18th day Of
June, A. D. 1903, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the
Probate Office in the court house in the city
of Duluth in said county.
Ordered Further, That notice hereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased and to all
persons interested, by publishing this order
once in each week for three SUGGEST i've weeks
prior TO said day of hearing,in The Virginia
Enterprise: a weekly newspaper printed and
published at Virginia in said county.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, the 18th dav of
NJ ay, A. D, 1903. BY the Court.
Seal Probate Court,) J. B. M1DDLECOFF,
st. Louis Co.. Minn.) Judge of Probate.
may 22-june5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
WORE SUIT FOR FORTY YEARS.
Finally Moses Ashby, a Connecticut
Wood Chopper, Summoned Up
Courage to Buy a New One.

Moses Ashby, according to dispatch
from Derby, Conn.,, to the \. Y. Herald,
a Peconic wood chopper, celebrated
the seventy-eighth anniversary of his
birth on Saturday by buying his first
hat in 25 years and his first suit of
clothes in 40 years.
When Ashby asked for the working
suit the clerk inquired if it was for
himself.
"Certainly," Ashby replied, II bought
the suit of clothes I have on 40 years
ago for $40, and you can see it is good
yet. The hat I wear has done me 25
years, and the one you've just sold me
is the third I have bought in my life.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
Is An EnthusiaStic~F FIJI h e RIM a N.

Attorney General Knox is as enthu-
siastic a fisherman as any man in pub
lie life in Washington has been since
Grover Cleveland left the white house.
The other day he was talking fishing
to a friend, who described the merits
of a trout stream up in Maine, where
friend of his had hooked 100 fish in a
single day. But" added the friend,
"that isn't real SPORT "Well, I don't
care myself to catch 'em on the whole
sale plan,'' returned Attorney General
Knox, "but, nevertheless, when drop
line. I like to get an answer right
away" r. i. .*-ss. ~ 4.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
Printed on Thursday.

The Enterprise is now printed on
Thursday evening, that we may get
the paper into the early mail on
Friday. Those having notices or
items of news will kindly remem-
Der, that they may get them in on
schedule time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
of Virginia, County of St. Louis State of Min.

of Virginia, County of St. Louis, State of Min.
esota, has this day filed in this Office his
sworn statement No, 1882, for the purchase
Of the SWA NWA, NWA SEA, SEA NWA
and NEA SWA of section No. II, in
Township No. 81 NJ, Range No. II w.,
and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for it's timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes aud to
establish his claim to said land before the
Register and Receiver of this Office at Du-
luth, MIMI, on Tuesday, the 21st day OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
Improve Service Conditions.

The Mesaba Telephone company
has added traffic manager to their
corps of range servants, E. Spring
being the appointee. Mr.. Spring
was in the city Wednesday, study
ing local service conditions and
toll traffic. He will1report any not
able defects, and recommend any
necessary improvements.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29

July, 1903.
He names as witnesses:
John Muzzy, of Virginia., MINI.
John O'Connor, of "
James Sullivan, of "
F. B. ROssOm, of "
Any and all persons claiming adversely
! the above-described lands are requested to
file their claims in this office on or before
said 2lst day OF July, 1908.
VIM. E. Culkin,
Mar 27-May2 20 Register.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
state aforesaid,

state afOresaid.>
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said Village Council of the Village
of Bull, in the Council Chamber in said Viii
lage of Bull, County of St. Louis and State Of
Minnesota, on Tuesday, June 2, 1903, at
500 O'Clock p. m. Of that day.
Witness my hand and seal of the Village
of Bull, this 2:nd day of May, A. D. ~ 3.
NJ. A. NICHOLS,
ISeal] may 29-june5 Village Recorder.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
PRESBYTERIAN Church Services.

Preaching at II a. m. and s. p. IN.
by the pastor, Rev. ]. Morillo Todd.
Sunday school at noon; Y. P. S. c. +.
at 7:l5 p. m. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office

Duluth. Minnesota, Feb. %, 1903.
T Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 8, 1873, entitled IAN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the States of California, Ore
gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory y
as extended to all the Public Land States by
act Of August 4, 1892, ss.,<s.z:>: Z ~ @fs
j. III sz.~ VICTOR NELSON, :. i s E.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-29
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
To Sell Intoxicating Liquors
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY. OF ST. LOUIS, rSS
W. Aor Nm Dr1ur

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS, SIS III
VILLAGE OF BUHL.
Notice is hereby given that application
has been made in writing to the Village
Council of the SAID Village of Bull and fled
in My office. praying for License to Sell Tn
toxicating Liquors for the term commencing
on June 9TH. 1903, and terminating on
June 4th, 1904, by the following person.
and at the following place, respectively, to-
wit: = y =.
BRUNO GERVOsI, #.==..<.=
in the lower front room of the twe-story frame
building situated on Lot seventeen az of
Block one ~. Village of Bull, county and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
HELD MOB AT BAY
SHERIFF CREECH's BRAVE DAUGH-
TER DROVE MEN AWAY.
THEY DEMANDED JAIL KEYS.
INSTEAD, THE GIRL PRESENTED
RIFLE AT THEM.

SenbOrn Moore Surrendered to the
Sheriff of BarnweII Countrywide
Wanted Protection from the
Friends of Herbert Sanders, whom
lie Had ShOt-WhiIe sheriff Was
Away, the Mob Appeared at the
JniI-Wnnted PrisOner-HOw Miss
Creech Dealt with the Men.
Columbia, S. c., July 7.-sheriff
Lewis Creech Of Barnwell is proud Of
his daughter, Mary, and under the cir
cumstances he is justified The young
woman saved him from the disgrace of
having one of his prisoners taken from
Jail and lynched-a white prisoner at
that.
Seaborn Moore surrendered to the
sheriff early Sunday morning. report
ing that he had been in a quarrel with
Herbert Sanders at a dance the night
before and fatally shot him. Particu-
lars of the shooting cannot be obtain
ed, but it seems that the young far
mers were jealous about a local belle.
Sanders friends made a hostile dem
onstration and the young man hurried
across country to the Jail for protec-
ton.
Last night Sheriff Creech went into
the country and left his daughter in
charge of his house. The Jail is in the
same building, and the girl had the
keys. About 10 o'clock there was a
noise in the yard. and opening the
door Miss Creech was met by a dozen
masked men. They told her they had
come for Moore. and demanded that
the jail be opened. and that his cell be
shown to them. Miss Creech replied
that she would get the keys from her
fathers room and return in a minute.
She was back within the specified
time, but poked a rife barrel through
the doorway and ordered the men to
withdraw without a moments hesita-
ton. They were in the bright moon
light, and she had the drop on the
leader. There was no parleyng. The
lynchers hurriedly departed. Then the
girl mounted guard till her fathers
return.