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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

suit by an insurance company to re-
cover from an electric lighting COM
pany on losses sustained through de-
fective insulation-has just been de-
cided by jury in the supreme court
at New York. Damages were awarded
the insurance company, as several
witnesses told of having seen the
burning electric light wires.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

The 1000 telephone girls in Ger
many are government employees.
Each must be Of good character and
live in respectable family. The
pay is 33h cents a day, with an ad-
vance of six cents in two years, and
those four years in service secure II
cents day. Applicants for these po-
sitions usually wait two years for an
opening
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

At a recent examination Of young
men in England, three of the answers
to the question, What is the Mon
roe doctrine?" were: 1.-THE religion
Of America taught by DR.. Monroe on
the transmigration of SOULS, THE
doctrine that people may be married
several times" Zone that has to do
with vaccination and smallpox; it
was brought out by Prof Monroe"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

Patchouli, known for its penetrating
odor, is derived from the leaves of the
tropical herb, pogostemon patchouN.
The plant in it's wild state is found in
East India, but is now also cultivated.
The supply of leaves for the perfume
industry comes mainly from Java and
different sections of the Malacca PENN
sula; also from Coukol island, near
Singapore,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

OeVelOpment OF the
car barn bandits,
and they have been
a constant feeder
for the criminal ell
ement Of the city.
For this reason the
reform forces have
brought pressure
to bear to have the
midnight closing
ordinance rigidly
enforced. In some
sections of the city,
notably in the
South side dis
tricts, they sue
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

Beginning one mile west of the head
of the Galops canal, in Canada, and
extending for over two miles, chan
mel has been cut 900 feet wide. By
the use of this channel the largest
vessels now navigating the St. Law
renee are saved the tortuous and dem
gerous passage by the south channel
through American water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

ventiOn until that
convention h q s
come off,"
The New York
democratic dele
gates meet on April
Is. An instructed
delegation at st.
Louis would carry
great weight with
t he convention,
since the electoral
vote of New York
generally comes in
pretty handy to
any party in a close
election.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

does get its share
of the latter, in
spite Of the wealth
er man and the
S m oke consum-
:ers(?)-and are at
liberty to go where
they please, even to
the revival meet
ing, are not the
only ones who
have a chance to
hear the great:
evangelists and the
Gospel sung, for
the jafls are regu-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

1 Ac underground
city is not far off.
The e lie at ed
railroads, at first
supposed to be
temporary and ex-
perimental, have
stuck by us well.
New York likes
them. There are
four parallel lines,
but they have long
0utgrOWn cir
adequacy. AS the
long blocks rim
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

ports OF Joy to the
feminine portion
Of Chicago's pop
ulation during the
past week, and
producing feelings
of another sort
among the mascu-
Unity who have to
pay the bills. The
dressmakers have
just ended a weeks
convention, and the
subject Of gowns
and women has
been di Gus s e d
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
y The Oldest bank note is in the Brit
ish museum. It was printed in China
In 1868, 80 years before the birth Of.
Gutenberg, the reputed- inventor of
printing.

So effective is the life-saving serv-
Ice of the United States that from
disasters to 246 documented vessels
on our coast during the last year. hav-
Ing 1852 persons on board, only 20
lives were lost, and of the nine mill
lion dollars worth of property put in
jeopardy, but a little more than one
million was lost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Had 4 Fat Pure.

Ivan Vukerlic is an Austrian who, in
role of begger, claims to have a Grip
pied hand. He acquired the bad habit
of entering peoples homes without the
formality of knocking or ringing the
bell, and they had him arrested. When
arranged he pleaded guilty, and was
fined $40 by Judge Gearheart at Du-
luth: The prisoner produced a large
roll of bills and paid the fine with as
little concern as if if he were buying a
postage stamp. He has been instruct
ed to move on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

The Farmers Telephone Co. at An.
derson, Ind, has adopted a general
signal of distress for it's patrons on
party lines. Following the general
alarm the exchange operator will give
the number Of rings indicating the
house from which the alarm came, so
that the neighbors may go direct to
the place where assistance is needed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

which shall have
its own clubhouse,
shall limit It's
membership to the
most exclusive cir
cles of New York
society and shall
have every con-
venience of the
real thing" in
GLIDING a room for
pet dogs.
New York has
been rather slow in
the matter Of wom-
ems clubhouses,. in
spite of all that 10
said. The Wnm-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

ligious workers, and the big preachers
are not infrequent callers upon those
shut behind the bars. A work which
came very close to the heart of Mr..
Moody during the latter years Of his
life was the prison work, nd many q
criminal felt the warm touch d his hand:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

DIOdu culture re-
inforced by Euro
pean travel, allied
by birth and by
marriage to the So
cial leaders of the
city. He is the
author of a new
volume upon the
oligarchy of Ven
ice that is highly
spoken of by fasti-
iicious critics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Dropped Dead.

Herbert Wink, 9.year-old boy who
resided with his parents at 1901 Fifth
street north, Minneapolis, dropped
dead while playing in the yard with
some of his young friends
Herbert had just recovered from
severe attack of typhoid pneumonia,
and the coroner, while not holding an
autopsy, believes that the boy died Of
a heart affection caused by his recent
illness
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Rural Routes.

There are eight hundred rural mail
delivery routes in operation throughout
Minnesota at present which is exactly
two hundred more than there were
year ago. All the payments to the car
riers are made from the St. Paul post
Office, and the monthly payroll now
amounts to more than SO, 900, as COM
pared with $50, 900 March, 1903.
The average length of route is
twenty-five miles, and multiply that
figure by eight hundred routes now in
operation, the distance covered by the
rural carriers in this state approx
mates a0, 600 miles each day: 80 -,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

The Woman's Athletic Club.
At last the project seems to have
taken shape for a woman's athletic club
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Another Reform Spasm.

The all-night saloon made generous
contribution towards the education and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
No More Free Lunch.

Every saloonkeeper in Minneapolis
was notified by the police officers to
give no more free lunches, which are
now under the ban OF. the city ordi-
nances A delegation from the Retail
Liquor Dealers association waited up
on Police Supt. Conroy and told him
that the ordinence would meet with no
opposition. One dealer says that he
pays $l4, 900 per year for free lunches
and is not sorry to do away with them.
News Notes. -
The settlement in Minnesota this
year will be heavy. J.
Safes and bank vaults may be man
ufactured in Minneapolis. The fac
tory will be the only one west of Gin
cinnati. .....s L..
E. D. Williams, Little Falls, was
found guilty of forgery in the second
degree. He passed the troublesome
checks last May. Under the name of
F. Henry. He has served several terms
in the Nebraska penitentiary. I:
The prohibitionists of the Eighth
legislative district held their conven-
at Owatonna. They will seek to 20 on
the primary ballot by petition.
Following the lead of the st. Paul
grocers, the Minneapolis grocerymen
have decided to do all in their power to
abolish the trading stamp evil.
Capt Davenport of the board Of gov
eminent engineers has been. establish
ing lines for the work of the new. sue
ton dredge for Frightening the river
near Warroad and deepening the cham
mel over the bar at Sandy island.
There are twenty -two counties IN the
state that have not reported their
March tax collections to the auditor, in
accordance with 9 law requiring the
reports to be submitted not later than
March 90.
Corporal p 2. Caruthers at Fort
Smelling drank wood alcohol By mis- q.
take. and was buried at the post Gem
seterI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Sugar Beets.

Prospects are good for an incre ased
acreage of sugar beets in Minnesota
this year. The Minnesota Sugar COM
pany is just winding up the business of
1904, and those interested declare
the year successful one. In 1908 the
company contracted with l, 500 farmers
for 300 of acres On account of the
excessive rainfall and floods the acre
age was reduced to less than 5000
acres. The total yield amounted to
81, 900 tons, from which the sugar
company produced, in los working
days, 100000 pounds of granulated
sugar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
The UNDERGROUND Civ

The type of the future New Yorker
Will not be the Tiger but the Mole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

Grand Opera and the Revival.
The two weeks of grand opera which
lave just closed have not been marked
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

ems University club, modextly housed
in a private residence in Gramercy
square. where practically no club con-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
POLITICS GOTHAM
3.2S,y
PRESENT SITUATION Is BOTH IN
TEREsT1NG AND FULFILLING. q
.4'rg-s,'@A -. = y - 5x
u --- 8
A NEW TAMMANY IN POWER
VI:
The City to Have an Athletic Club tor
Women Of the -Four Hundred s
Dimensions Of Under +
ground New York.

New York.-1t is not always so easy
to tell what will happen at state COM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Mcclellan. the Eniena

OF different type is Mcclellan. He
Is graduate Of Princeton, man of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Queen Fashions Rule.

A reform of another stamp has been
bringing absorbing interest and trans
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08
Russians in New York.

You wouldn't doubt that there were
plenty Of Russians in New York If you
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

The Religious Worker in Jail.
But the people who walk out in the
free air and sunshine-and Chicago
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-08

Mcclellan is Of A Little Child Shall
slight stature, boy Lead Them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
TEST TOO SEVERE
CAUSE OF SUICIDE
urno,,1 3, r,l,n ,rIn1cs- toispatch.)

tspecial to Tic Times Dspatch)
,BALI1NtoRI1, MD, April Is. '--Ernest
Money, who committed suicide here on
Thursday lust BY nhnlng gas, and who
was buried yesterday from the home Of
his brother at swansboro. Chesterfield
county, Va, was d relative of the Baron
css 3urdett Couts, OF England. The
series Of misfortunes that drove HIM TO
suicide we're remarkable. Ills father was
Colonel Money, OF the British army.
Through the Kindness Of w. 10. Gladstone
young Money and his two brothers were
allowed to compete in the examination "a n
for officers in the Indian army, but all
three failed.
Tho Baroness Burdett Couts then gave
tho boys $4,000 among them and told
them to 20 to America and buy farms.
Ernest went to Michigan, put was
cheated out OF his land. no then went
to work in cutlery factory, was IN
iured and, recovering became telS.
graph operator, and contracted yellow
fever in Jacksonville, Fla. on his re-
covcry his wife died. He went to Cali
forna later, coming to Baltimore TO
study medicine. Finding that he would
not pass tho examination. he ended his
troubles by suicide. His mother vouches
for the truth Of this story Of the young
mans Ill luck.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26

the military service he went to Paris
and studied art under Gerome. In 1867
he went through the Turkoman cam
pnign with Kaufman. participating in
all the engagements. that he might know
what war really was before he ATTEMPTED
to depict 1t on canvas. Since then he had
been following the armies of many
nations.
Fle took part in the campaign of the
Caucasus and the Russo-rurkish war,
and was I'M the hottest of the fighting
at Plevna He painted cycle or
twenty paintings OF the Russo-rurkish
war, similar cycle on India. and an
other on the Spanish-American war. In
the. Philippines he camped with Gen
erals Macarthur and Lawton, and the
best known of the Philippine pictures is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
MRS, THURMAN
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Her Charges Against General.
Thurman Sensational in
he Extreme.
Especial to The Times Dispatch,

Especial to The Timcs-DIspatch.)
BRISTOL, VA. April 25.-Through her
attorneys, Congressman Rhea, of
Bristol. j. NJ. Quarles and others. Mrs.
Olivia Thurman. wife of General Charles
Thurman. Of Berryyile. Va, to-day
brought suit at Stanton. Va. for al
legged damages in the sum OF 10000
against her husband and Robert p. Page.
c. Mccormick and a. Moore. Jr, all OF
Clark county, Va.
The suit was brought because Of the
alleged illegal commltral OF herself 10
the Western State Hospital last sum
mer. The suit has produced a sensa-
tlon at stanton and Berryville, where
the parties are we'll known
Mrs. Thurman has another SUIT pend
ink. in which she seeks divorce. and all
mony from General Thurman, charging
that he had secured her committal 10
the asylum for the insane through IN
trisue and when he knew she was per-
fectly sane Her charges in this connec-
ton are dramatic and sensational IN the
extreme.
General Thurman Is prominent citi-
ze,, of Virginia, and a lawyer OF note
Mrs. Thurman, since she brought suit
for divorce, following her realise from
the insane asylum, has resided with her
sister in Bristol.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
THE RUSSELL CASE.
Judge Keith Grants a Writ of
Error and Supersedeas.

Judge James Keith. president Of the
Supreme Court of Appeals. of Virginia.
has granted a Witt OF error and super
eedeas in the case of the Prison Assoc
citation of Virginia VS.. Russes admin
8tstratoi, involving the will of Mrs Ade-
line Russell. The case was tried in
the Chancery Court of the city Of Rich
,nond and an opinion handed down May
"a, 1909. 1t is from the decree of that
court that the appeal has been granted.
Mrs. Russell made will ten years or
moro ago in which. after bequeathing
some Jewelry and other personal proper
ty to relatives and friends, she left the
residue of her estate TO the Prison Asso-
citation Of Virginia. About eight years
later. she added codicl bequeathng to
Right Reverend a. Van de NyYer, bishop
of Virginia. the sum of $1,000 for the es-
Establishment Of an orphan asylum for fe-
male negro children under the auspices
OF a Catholic society Of New Orleans.
Rev. ii. M. Hope was appointed and
qualified as administrator of the estate,
ind the case came into court on his
motion. The court held that the bishop
As the church which is not permitted to
hold property, nor are the infant children,
and that the codicn is void. 1t further
declared that the codicil nulified the be-
quest to the Prison Association of Nir-
Einia, and holds that the testator died
intestate. The effect of this decision
would be to give the property OF dece-
dent TO her heirs at law, Howard S
Vaughan and Sarah T. Cralle, 1t Is
from -t44.is decision that the Prison Asso
citation Of Virginia through its counsel
Major Robert Stiles. appeals, grant
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
FAMOUS PAINTER DROWNED in SINKING
OF RUSSIAN BATTLESEIIP AT PORT ARTHUR

"Lawton's Last Stand" Another pic
ture famous in America is The Charge
of Roosevet's Rough Riders at San
Juan The realism Of his pictures was
illustrated at Buffalo, where the horror
expressed in the figure Of q single SOL
der caused mother with a son in the
Verestchagin visited the United States
several times, first IN 1883. and IN De-
cember, 1901. an exhibition Of his pictures
was held in Chicago While here 70, th sII
Souls independent church, and preached
a sermon on war, whose effect on society
he compared to the effect OF an ever-
opcning and ever-recurring wound upon
the body Of q human being.
Veres tchagln also painted wars and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26

BRIEFS,

Especial TO The Tlmeg- DispatchD
D1NWIDDIE. VA, April 25.-Judge Il.
]. Epcs mad barn burnt from forest
fire. getting loose around his place last
week
l1MPORIA. yA.-Quite revival has
undergone the efforts of Rev Mr. Murphy
AT his Beifield Church, and many profes-
sions Of faith have been made within
the past few days through his effective
preaching.
has had plans made for the immediate
construction Of new depot here. The
present one was built about forty years
ago and Is now entirely too small
LIIlSSBURCi, VA.--Rev. DR. Robert
Strange, of Richmond. Va, preached
of this place yesterday morning and
night. DR.. Morris, OF Richmond, who
has been called to the pastorate of this
church viii not begin his duties here
NEWPoRT NEWS, NA.-The cruiser
Minneapolis. Admiral ,Wise's flagship,
sailed for Brooklyn to-day The Training
ship Dixie arrived here from Hampton
Roads to-day and is now coaling,
Vote early L 10 your duty and your
kusnese.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26

verestchag gin, the Russian painter Of war
scenes who went down, with the Petro-
pavlovsl1 at Port Arthur, was In the far
east to paint battles and was the guest
OF Admiral Makaroff. He was one of
the worlds greatest painters. lie painted
war scenes with the. idea Of showing. up
the horrors of warfare. and succeeded
for tho work which the Swedish academy
recognized his pictures were doing In
realistically portraying the horrors OF
war. 05S
Verestchagin was born in 1912 at Tc-
ahereporets, in Novgorod, Russia. The
son of Russian landed proprietor, he
was sent to a naval academy when
OF seventeen years. Instead of entering
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
GEORGE FRossT DEAD.
Once Engaged in the Iron Busl-
ness in This City.

(From our Regular Correspondento
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. April 25.--George
w. FROST died at his home In TINS Guy Si.g
Saturday, aged seventy-six years. Ihe
morrow. MIR. Frosst was native Of
New Hampshire. but In 1879 he removed
to Richmond and engaged in the iron
business. He was for many years CON
nected with the management Of the WI
can Iron Works, Of Richmond, and WAS
we'll known to the business men Of the
city and the South generally as, a man
OF the highest character. as well as 81
great business ability He removed TO
this city about ten years ago.
He leaves wife, formerly Emma hll2-
abcth sumpler. of Lynchburg. He IS also
Frosst of Montreal and Mrs. Druid II.
Evans and Mrs. John w, Patterson, both
Of this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26

historical scenes which took place before
his birth and centuries back, and these
pictures alone would have made him
NanoIeon 'so'n is frnm eS epse1ii ais
painting of the crucitXton of Christ is
one OF the most famous pictures OF that
tradegy Of history.
Verestchagin counted among his per-
sonal friends and companions the most
noted Russian naval and military men
of the last half century, Admiral Maka-
since the Trrko- Russian war, when
Makaroff earned fame by blowing up
the Turkish fleet. General Skobeloft
was one of his most intimate friends,
tile companion OF many hard marches.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
THE RAILROADS AND
RAILROAD MEN


The general officers of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway all returned saturday
night or Sunday from weeks tour
over the entire system. Including the
branch line, President Stevens ana Cen
eral Manager Doyle we're both IN theif
Offices yesterday disposing Of I'M accu-
mulated work that has piled UP curing
their absence, The inspection was Just
one of those periodically made, ana mas
no Significance. The officials were seA-
orally well pleased with condluohs as
they observed them.
party of Chesapeake and ONO Rail-
way firemen, composing the Gf'epanee
Committee or Arbitration Board OF NC
brotherhood, have been at the fowi'htnh
Hotel for several days. They hre ht.c
10 confer with the general managers ~
matters In which the firemen ana me
superiptendents Of the various uiV's'ohs
could not agree. Tho engineers, me con-
ductors and the icpgraphers' cohlIhil
have already been here IN conference
with General Manager Doyle, THESE con, Z,
ferenccs usually occur carrier pnl ~
deferred until Aprl this year on'y 70
the usually light business ~ ln's sph
son, 1t was more convenient 20 heaf VIC
men then.
The Southern Railway Is VFePalW6
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
sclatIca Cured After Twenty Years OF
Z - -Tortura

For more than twenty years, MI y q.
MASSEY, Of 1922 clinton ST., Minneapolis,
Minn, was tortured by sciatlca. The pain
and suffering which he endured during
tilis time is beyond comprehension Mo-
thing gave him any permanent relief
until he used Chamberlain's' Pain Balm,
one application of that liniment relieved
tie pain and made sleep and rest pos
sible' and less than one bottle has effect-
ed d permanent cure. Mr.. Massey relsSss
his experience for tho benefit OF others
who may be similarly afflietsd ltrou-
.bled with sciatlca or rheumatism, why
not try 25rcent bottle OF pa.n Sam
and see for yourself how quickly J. re-
lleves the pain, For sale by all drug
glsts,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-26
Miss Gould's Departure.

Miss Helen Gould and her party left
yesterday afternoon for New York CITY,
after spending nearly three days in this
city, and being present Attic dedica ton
OF the Passenger and Power Y. NJ. c. A.
Miss Gould and her friends attended the
two services at the new Y. NJ. c. a.
building Sunday afternoon and night.
and the evening programme for men. In
the morning Miss Gould ATTENDED the
services at the Grove Avenue Baptist
Church.
morning visited and inspected the shops
of the company and late visited and
drove through Hollywood cemetery.
Al Elba station, just prior TO the de-
parture of the train. Superintendent c. b.
Buchanan pr.Nented to MISS Gould on
behalf of the employees of the company,
large punch OF roses