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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Twenty Years in the Slums.

dE last gathering
that l attended 400
men and women
were at the long
tables. Some of
them by wealth
and pedigree might
qualify for that
other 400" had
they time for friv-
olities. There were
f a m GU S writer's,
then modestly ST.
lent. There were
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

The city of St. Thomas owns and
operates the six miles Of electric
street railway within it's corporate
limits. The road gives general salts
faction as to service, but at the ex-
pense of a. deficit ranging between
$4,000 and $4,000 per annum. The city
owns and operates the water works
system very successfully. This plant
nets small annual surplus and at the
same time gives entire satisfaction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
THE ENTERPRISE.
W. E. HANNAFoRD, Publisher
VIRGINIA. :.M1NNFSOTA

Jeres de la Frontera, Spain, has q
population of $4,000 and is the center
OF the. sherry wine making trade.
There are many rich people worth
from 100000 to $5,OO0,000. The city
has hundreds Of very old and large
store:houses containing. it is said.
enough sherry wine to supply the
worlds demand for Is years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
The Morgan Gallery.

aESE letters gave
early notice of the
intention Of Mr.: J.
P. Morgan's inten-
ton to build beside
his residence on
Madison We n u e
a n d Thirty-si
street a great mu-
scum for the books
and pictures that
he now stores in
London: Even the
New York Dauers-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

One of the latest proposals made for
helping the small farmer in England
is the establishment of credit banks.
Where this system has been tried it
has proved success. In the longest
ed districts of Ireland there are II
agricultural banks, and these institu-
lions are gradually extending their
operations among the small landhold-
ers, for whose benefit they were estab-
lished.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
The Highbfnder Troubles.

HE High binder"
fights are seriou:.
enough to those
engaged in them,
but they have an
ancient oriental
flavor that gmacks
of the ridiculous.
The trouble in
New York's Chi
nese village of
1000 souls is peren-
NAL warfare be-
tween the dominant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
CHARITY! |. IN GOTHAM GOT N
IT Is BEING REDUCED TO A
SCIENTIFIC BASIS. !.
MoRGAN's ART GALLERY
go. + 10 81, TsIs54 { Jf-- =. {SS5l &a
It Will Contain His Great Wealth" Of
Books and Pictures Now Stored
in London-Other New
York Gossip.

EW YORK not
New York the only
city that has an en-
dowed school of
philanthropy? The
gift of .$25O,O00 by
John S. Kennedy
has placed upon a
firm footing the
school which has
now been running
for seven years. Its
object is to &C.
nuaint npOn1o who
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
"Presented" at Court.

EOPLE here get
along without a
king and court.
When a young girl
in society reaches
the age when she
would in England
make her bow to
king and queen she
is presented" to
the little republic
can court which
apes as many man
nerS Of ROYALTY as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

At recent medical exhibition in
London a new anesthetic, called SOM
noform, was shown. 1t is a liquid
whose boiling point" is % deg. below
zero. The moment it comes in con-
tact with the air it becomes a gas.
It's great virtue, from medical point
Of view, is that breathing stops be-
fore the heart when it is administered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Cortelyou in Demand.

AIlONAL Chair
man t-elyou
is now paying the
penalty of great
ness. After severa!
months of close ap-
plication and ardu-
Gus work he be-
lieved himself en-
titled to a vaca-
ton. He laid his
plans for an imme-
date trip abroad,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Justices to Retire.

HERE is consider
able talk Of retire.
ments from the SUI
preme bench at an
early day. Chief
Justice Fuller has
reached the age
when, under the
law, he can retire
from active serv-
ice and enjoy full
salary the rest Of
L. IT, MI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

suited in taking men off the bench. The
other day he met Judge Richards, whom
he appointed some time ago as federal
circuit judge, and after receiving the
latter's congratulations on his victory,
he laughingly said:
"Well, judge, have certainly been
the means of elevating the bench in my
career"
"Why, how is that?" asked the Judge.
well, you see have been the means
Of taking several men off it, and then
have placed you upon it,
The men who left the bench on ac-
count of Mr.. Roosevelt, were Judge
Parker, Judge Van Wyck and Judge
Herrick, all of New York, and all mem
bers Of the New York judiciary. Judge
Parker resigned to accept the demo-
cratic nomination. for the presidency
and run against Mr.. Roosevelt Judge
Herrick resigned to become candidate
for governor of New York against the
republican candidate. Lieut.. Gov. Hig-
gins, and it is well known that he was
selected because it appeared that Mr..
Roosevelt's popularity would increase
the vote of the republican candidate.
Judge Van Wyck resigned to run against
Mr.. Roosevelt for governor of New Yorl,
in 1898. So that the president in his po-
litical career caused three vacancies on
the bench.
Mr.. Roosevelt will have further op-
portunity probably Of placing men on
the bench before his next term is COLI
cluded. as there will doubtless be several
changes in the federal judiciary from
members of the district court up to the
supreme bench.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

papers that are SO provincial that they
did not print Mr.. John Morley's great
Pittsburg speech because IT was too
far from the Bowery" have now heard
ot Mr.. Morgan s plans. There. are three
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Senate Committee Changes
HE death of Senator

HE death of Senator
Hoar, Of, Massa-
chusetts, the cleo
..tion of Senator
Fairbanks to the
vice presidency and
afew other changes
in the senate that
have resulted from
the recent election
will bring about a
reorganization of
that body. It is
III
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Washington GOSSIP.
TIMELY rArr11nas FROM THE
J NATIONAL CAPITAL.
PRESIDENTS LITTLE JOKE
"Has Elevated the Bench"-Supreme
Court Justices May Retire
Some Possible Changes In
Senate Committees,

A S HIN GTON.-
President Roose-
veltN jocula rly
claims that he has
done much to ele-
vate the bench.
He does not claim
that this is due 50
much to his ap-
p0intments as to
the fact that his
candidacy at vari-
GUS times has re-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Judge Greenleaf Clark.

JuQ&e Greenlea1 clark, one OF oS.
Pauls best known and most respect
ed citizens, died at $40 o'clock Dec.
:, at Lamanda Park, Cal.
Judge Clark was one of the pioneers
of Minnesota, and during his lifetime
was one of the most prominent and
influential men of the state. He was
known as a man of sturdy and rug
ged character, gentleman of the
old school, who placed honor and in
tegrity above everything else. He
held important public positions, and
his administration of public affairs
was always characterized by the
close attention to detail and policy
which careful men apply to their
own affairs.
At the time of his death Judge
Clark was president OF the board OF
regents of the state university and
president of the State Historical So
ciety. He was appointed associate
judge of the supreme court of Min
nesota in 1881 by Governor Pills
bury, serving one year.
Judge Clark was born Aug. %, '35,
in Plaistow, N. H. He fitted for col
lege at Atkinson academy, entering
Dartmouth college in 1881, from
which he graduated in 1855.
A Close Call.
The four small children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tiernet, living on farm near
Duluth, barely escaped death in flames
which destroyed the family residence.
Mr. and Mrs. Tiernet left their four
small children in the house while they
went to get some wood some distance
away. Mr.. Tiernet suddenly observed
smoke issuing from the roof and he
and he his wife hurried to it.
Mr.. Tiernet broke the bedroom win
dow, and, leaping in, he rescued the
baby. The interior of the house be-
yond the bedroom was a mass of
flames. To enter there was impossible,
either to seek the other three children
or try to save the contents.
The husband and wife stood by and
wrung their hands in agony, for moth
ing was to be seen of the three older
children: It was taken for granted
that they had persisted. To the intense
joy of the parents the Ithree missing
children soon made their appearance
from the bushes near by. They took
fright when they found the house On
fire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23
Statues for the Capitol.

6CdIu00 AO1 tAo VhpAtOAs
The Minnesota State Art society
purchased at the st. Louis fair two
beautiful casts for the adornment of its
rooms in the new capitol. These are
reproductions of Donatello's John the
Baptist and of the ''Gooseman," by
Adam Kraft, German sculptor. The
society also secured an option on the
figure representing Minnesota modelled
by Gustav Gerlach of Hoboken, N. j.,
which stood inthe colorado of streets
The report of these transactions was
made at meeting of the governing
board of the society. Designs for
furniture for the new rooms were sub
1nitted, but no selection was made.
The selected designs will be submit
ted to the capitol commission:
News Notes.
The Grand Army men of Crookston
and other Minnesota cities will en-
deavor to secure the passage of q state
law this winter exemptiug post prop
erty from taxation. ;. ~
George H. Fifield. a well-known resi-
dent on the Minnesota road, was work
ing with alantern in his cellar, when
in some manner can of gasoline which
was stored there fell down and ignited,
Mr. Fifeld was badly burned on the
face and hands -, -,..~ -, - #s@
The First National Bank of Munich,
Postmaster Budge's new town, will
open for business within thirty days
Roy Mathews, aged =: twenty-six.
was drowned while skating on pond
at Phelps, and son 81 J. s. Bixby, for
merly Of Steele county. also was
drowned while skatingaoUD Dead lake.
A house belongingto Mrs F. E. Rus
sell at SLinwood, Lake Minnetonka,
was destroyed BY fire.
There is demand in some quarters
for the continuance Of court sessions
at crookston through the holidays On
account Of the immepse smopnt. ot
business to be transacted !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-12-23

probable that the full rearrangemento of
committees will be 'postponed until
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-15
Case of the State of Iowa VS..
c. E. Normanden a Very
Peculiar One
CONVICTED ON THIRD TRIAL
Normanden is Now About to Sc Sen
fenced fer Assault and Battery and
It Is Unlikely That Another Trial
viii Be caIled-Defense Claims In
formation Makes No Specific Charge.
:neclal to Times-Repuhlican.

Snecial to Times Republican
Webster City. March 15.-Tried three
times on an indictment which charges
no oftense Convicted the third time
and about to be sentenced for assault
and battery.
This is the record in the case of the
the only state case tried at the present
session of the district court. Norman
den was convicted on the above charge
and d. c. Chase. attorney for the de-
Tense made a motion for a new trial
and an arrest of judgment on the spe-
cific ground that no offense was
charged in the indictment. The mo-
ton was sustained and the probabili-
ties are now that after three trials
Normanden will not be tried again. His
case is certainly Jonah to the courts.
Normanden was first tried upon the
charge of assault and battery before
Justice King at Jewell, before whom the
information was made out. Normanden
is accused of making an assault upon
the person of Barney Thompson by
pointing gun at him and threatening
to take his life. He was convicted and
then made an appeal to the district
court The case was first tried before
the district court last term. The jury
disagreed. The case was again tried at
the present term. 1t was hard fought.
the state making an extra effort to
have the man convicted. and the jury
after due elaboration brought in YER
dict for conviction.
In case Of convictionitisalw always usual
to ask for new trial, this being mere
ly perfunctory on the part OF the at
torney to do all In his power for his
client. The time was set for the hear
ing. Like bombshell at this time
came the claim of the defense that the
very information upon which Norman
den had been tried three times makes
no specific charge Of offense. The mat
ter was looked up and was found to
be. as claimed by the defense. The
court in consequence could do nothing
hut sustain the motion for new trial.
Tnasmuch as the man has now been
tried three times II Is very unlikely
that he Will again be called upon to
face Jury upon the supposed charge
for which he has been tried three times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-15
MET A STRANGE DEATH

Clinton County Farmer, While lntoxi-
Gated .s Suffocated In Eed
Special to Times Ise2ublican.
BRYANT, rch 15.-County Coroner
j. p. HulEEsser conducted an inquest
Saturday evening. to ascertain the
cause of tile sudden death Of Broder
Hansen, a we'll known Clinton county
farmer. who was found dead In bed
Saturday me rning. The circumstances
of the finding of the body were pecu-
liar. EARLY on Saturday morning his
wife went into his room and called him.
The man wss lying on hds face in bed
and did not answer. Surprising he was
sleeping soundly Mrs. Hansen did not
attempt to awaken him. but left the
room. Towards noon when he did not
arise she returned to the bed chamber
and found. her husband in exactly the
same position he had occupied on the
occasion Of her visit in the early morn
ing. She became alarmed and her
fears were realized. Mr.. Hansen was
dead. had teen dead for many hours,
as the body was cold.
The coror err was notified, jury Inn
panneled ard a verdict to the effect
that deceased came to his death by ac-
cidental sufocation while intoxicated,
was rendered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-15
HELD FOR MURDER
preliminary Trial Of William E. Thorn
burg For the Murder Of William E.
Peacock Hold at Winterset-

Special to Times epublican.
airy trial of William E. Thornburg for
the murder of Fred Peacock on March
4th was held before Justice 7. r. VIII
kie yesterday In order to accomnlo-
date the large crowd of interested
specta tors. the trial was held in the
court room. About fifteen witnesses
were examined by the state. the exam
nation closing at 4:30 o'clock in the
afternoon. The defense placed no wit
nesses on the stand, evidently pre-
ferring TO ascertain the Line to be fol-
lowed by the state, and rescrving their
own witnesses until the time of trial
before the district court.
Several witnesses testified Of threats
made by Thornburg against the Pea
cocks. These threats were an made
between the time of separa t.on and the
day of the shooting. but nearly all of
them were expressed on condition that
he was attacked by the Peacocks. That
there was bad blood between William
Thornburg and Fred Peacock over
Thornburg's wife cannot be denied.
Whether or not the defendant was JUS
tilted In shooting Fred Peacock and his
father has not been proven by the pre-
linlinary trial.
Thornburg's wife was a specta to
the trial but was not called as a wit
ness. She evidently will testify in be-
half of the Peacock's when the case
comes 10 trial at the district court.
She is apparently little concerned over
che terrible tragedy in which she has
played an important part and laughs
with the idle spectators at the parties
of the counsel on opposing sides.
When Peacock who was shot at the
same time his son was killed remains
much in the same condition. The ball
which entered his neck struck the spin
al vRrtebra and the lower half OF his
body is completely paralyzed. His
physician gives no encoura cement for
ffs recovery and state that his death
n'v a matter of time. The coro-
@w fss been made public and
ee.ict Is 4 ire killing of Fred
feacock was done feloniously.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-15
Altoona.

AIgona.
Charley Armstrong was at the audi
tors office one day last week collecting
the bounty an another wolf scalp. This
makes three wolves that Mr.. Arm
strong has trapped this winter. These
are timber wolves, as the furriers at
ST. Paul who have been buying his
skins, write him, and not prairie wolves.
He gets $3.50 apiece for the skins.
Bode.
Bode will have curfew. A petit
ton was circulated among the citizens
and was signed by most all of the vot-
ers especially business men and parents
This petition was presented TO the
council at their last meeting and was
enthusiastically endorsed. A commit
nance.
Fairfield.
Mrs Elizabeth Davis, who resided
near Perlee with her daughter, Mrs.
w. c. Gobble and died there aged SO
years, Is the grandmother of Mrs. A. w.
Jacques, who was with her in her last
illness. Mrs. Davis was an old settler
of Jefferson county and was probably
one of the oldest women in this coun-
ty.
Montezuna.
Another old land mark has been
wiped out The water tank at the Iowa
Central depot. that has for many years
furnished the water supply for the To-
comotives on the branch was torn down
last week and will be replaced by a new
one. A force of the railroad carpenters
are here putting up the new tank and a
new wind MILL
Germania.
Mrs. II. Schotter, west of town was
the recent victim of very painful ac-
cident In some manner she spilled
kettle full of boiling hot coffee. which
struck her in the face. DR.. Waud was
called and it was necessary to remove
the cuticls. from the greater part of her
face, 1T being scalded to a blister. For
tunately she protected her eyes by
closing them.
Valley Junction.
The Valley town council has voted
$50 to the construction of a sewer from
the Ninth street pond on the Nillat
Raaz and Windsor lands to the cui-
vert at Eighth and Railroad streets.
The remainder OF the $500 or $500
needed to dig and construct this drain
Will be contributed by Messrs. De-
Ford Raaz and Windsor and other
property owners benefited.
Upton.
William Gray received q htter from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-15
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.

| those in charge Of the st. Louis Cen
tenial exhibition inquiring about the
purchase and feasibility of movin.
| the Old gravel house on his house farm
| formerly occupied by John Brown and
his men the winter prior to their attack
on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Va.
Their decision In the matter has not
yet been given.
Iowa City.
One of the workmen, Mr.. Armstrong.
| an employee of the Johnson county Tele
phone Company while engaged in
working near the wench which is used
to draw the heavy cables thru the pull
leys, In some unexplained maner had
his finger caught in the cog and the
end crushed or cut or While the
accident was not very serious it Is a
very painful one.
Red Oak.
The present term Of court is max
ing quite a record in the matter of
fines collected from criminal causes.
The total is $13T5. practically all of
which goes into the school funds. OF
this amount $500 came from the
young man Patterson arrested for
passing forged check and the
balance from two Vilhsca drug
gists.
AckIey.
Although there are not as yet no def
mite plans concerning the reinodeling
and rebuilding the blocks owned by
John Rath. the prospects are bright
for very substantial improvement
at the corner. The blocks will be
built full to the alley on the south.
and two store rooms will face the east,
on Mitchell street The upper floor
win be arranged for business offices
and possibly lodge purposes.
RunneIIs.
The town of Runnells will be in
existence for another year at least.
A suit was brought TO abolish the cor
poration and signed by large num-
Der. Other citizens wanted the town
which is but a year old to Mve. They
secured large number of the signers
to withdraw, which left the petition
fore dismissed by Judge A. H. Nc
Vey.
Denmark.
Q. Q. Turner had q narrow escape
from death when he got hold of a bot
tie containing oarbolic acid, supposing
it to be sweet oil, and did not discover
the mistake until he had swallowed
some of the acid. Mr.. Turner went to
one Of the neiehbors who tslsphoned
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-15
NOT "A NEW COMPANY.
Believed That the Eastern Iowa Is 4
Part of the Smith Bows Project.

Believed That the Eastern Iowa Is 4
Part of the Smith Bows Project.
Special to Times Republican
Iowa City. March 15.--The Smith
Dows Construction Company, who are
at the presilt time building the cleo
trio line between Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City are going to extend their
line south and east from this point,
giving them. an outlet on the Missis.
sippi river. With the extension that
they Will build from Cedar Rapids
north to Waterloo 1t will give them a
thru line from Waterloo to Muscatine
and one OF the best paying railroad
properties in the state. That seems to
be the meaning of the operations of
the Eastern Iowa Railroad Co. which
was incorporated here the first of the
month wf4ish has jumped the right of
way OF the Davenport, Iowa City and
Muscatine Railroad which has been
in the field for the last year.
A. r. Ciroeltz, president OF the new
company denies that they are in any
way connected with the Smith Bows
people but the fact remains that all of
the actions of the new company point
strongly 10 this conclusion The sltua-
tion as III now stands at Iowa City is
more dramatic than the plot Of a
novel. For the last year a company
headed by A. NJ. Berry. of Cedar Rap
ids, has been making surveys for an
electric linA which should run east
ward from this point thru West Liber-
ty to Davenport. The company was
duly Incorporated and 1T was intimated
by the promoters that it was backed
by very strong financial interests.
Last week they made an application to
the council of Iowa City for a franchise
which would give them the right to
use the streets of the city for their
lines. Without a dissenting vote the
ordinance was passed subject to the APP
prevail of the voters of the city which
should he signified ait a special cleo
tion which win be held in April.