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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
NEW NOTIONS IN DRESS.
Some of the Late Additions to tho
Wardrobes of Up-to-Date
Dressers.

Muffs display two kinds of fur COM
bined.
All the fur coats crave little cravats
of ermine.
A cloth made of rabbits wool is new
in millinery.
Bright colors run riot in the silk
petticoat corner.
Mink is accounted a comforting SUBJ
stitute for sable.
Brown is undoubtedly the fashion
able color of the winter.
The finest of embroidery supplants
lace on the new underwear.
Most of the taffeta frocks seem de-
termined to be copper-brown.
Even the pert little plume that
stands erect runs into several colors.
There are possibilities of a dainty
evening wrap in an old white lace
shawl.
1t is generally accepted that walk
ing suit should have plain coat
sleeve.
Silk waists of all-over work in brod-
derie Anglaise pattern are very hand
some.
Velvet gowns take to themselves DEL
icate chantilly laces of corresponding
color.
Sealskin is restored to high favor,
particularly in the close-fitting direc-
toire coats.
Baby's clothes must now be embroid-
cred with the birth flower-the rose.
the lily or whatever it is.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03

The plan WAS the usual one. The syndi-
cate would buy several thousand shares
ION the curb" through one or more
brokers, selling the same number uf
shares through others. AS they bought
from themselves and sold to themselves,
they had not hing to pay but the brokers'
commission. What shares the messen-
ger boys and other outsiders bought at
gradually rising prices helped along, but
most of that profit was spent in extrava-
CANT living. The expenses of the cam
Munroes had established relations with
Mr. Loonlis. second vice president an,,
"credit man" Of the National city, and
he: gave them a Line of credit" of 500
O00 Tha, is. he would certify checks to
that amount every morning. and the firm
would make good before three o'clock.
They could always use the checks they
got from their selling brokers to pay
their buying brokers. and the bank, in
theory, would never lie more than a few
ho1rs behind its credit That would
have worked all right if they had sue
ceede:: in unloading" at $3.50, as
planned. There would have been big
money in that. AS matter of fact they
had just put out stock enough to profit
them $751; 900 at cost of $3.50, 600 when
December came-"Lawson day." All
copper stocks went slithering down the
slide, the Munroes used the checks re-
celved from selling to pay for stocks
bought, and there the chain broke and
the bank-well. Uncle Johns officials
say the bank didn't lose anything, bu;
that Is hard to figure out. Anyhow, the
brokers who got left with stock on their
hands, the men who sold the furniture
ION tick and the messenger boys who
lost from 81 to $50 apiece are inclined
to blame the bank-for without it even
an attempt at what was practically rob-
berry would have been impossible.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Iron in Crow Wing.

There is strong evidence that an
important iron range may exist in
Crow Wing county. This is not based
on the fact that explorations have been
In progress a couple of years, or that
the explorers claim to have discovered
important deposits of ore. but the sig
niticant fact that some of the big iron
mining operators are beginning to give
the district their attention.
The firm of Pickands, Mather & Co. !,
one of the large independent mining
and furnace concerns of the United
States, has taken options on properties
on the Guyana range in Crow Wing
county and will drill the ground. The
firm has taken options on three tracts.
Cuyler Adams of Dulth, who has been
at the head of a company to explore
that territory, the last two years and
conducts the negotiations with the
prospective lesees- His company has
spent a large sum Of money and they
claim to have discovered iron of mer-
charitable qualities and in commercial
quantities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
MINNESOTA NEWS
The Best Kerna1s.

Experiments conducted at the Min.
nesota agricultural school have proved
that seed corn taken from the middle
OF the ear is better than that taken
from the tip or the butt of the same
ear, because the. former terminates
faster, grows more rapidly and is like
ly to give heavier yield. s..
So as to give uniform results twenty
five seeds were taken from the three
parts of each ear and were planted at
uniform depth in sterilized sand which
contained no plant food. They were
allowed to grow twenty days. OF the
seed selected, 6s per cent from the tips
and SO per cent from the 1niddles and
butts terminated. The total growth
OF the tips was BITS centimeters and
the average growth per plant was 81. q
centimeters; butts, total growth, 49,
centimeters, average gro with per plant,
26 centimeters; middles, total growth,
491 centimeters, average growth per
plant, %. centimeters, showing gain
of 80 per cent for seads from the mid
die of cobs over the tips and eleven per
cent over the butts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03

break, he swore that If he got out
of that scrape he would never be caught
again. Probably others were almost
equally involved, for the warning giants
had to declare truce to save the Street
from ALIEN bracing ruin. The bank
president kept his word to himself-he
has changed his line of business.
Ordinarily, big bank in Wall street
over-certifies from So 900. 900 to sc, O00,-
900 every business day, and nobody wor-
ries much except the paying teller and
the ''credit man." Some of these die of
the strain: others take it easier. A
broker never ''goes back on his bank"
He comes in before three o'clock with his
money, having closed up the days bust
ness to that end-except when he can
not, which sometimes happens.
No bank will admit "over-certifying. -
1t is criminal offense. One bank "ac-
cepts checks instead OF certifying them.
Another stamps them and marks them
good" Still others-this is the com.
mon practice-requires the broker who
desires accommodation to deposit each
morning his promissory note equal to
his Zine of credit" The theory is that
the bank may certify checks up to that
amount without "over-certifying." Not
one of these devices is more than salve
to the conscience. All amount to over
certifying in the eyes of the law. But it
would be impossible for brokers to do
half their present business without the
use, for three or four hours of more
credit than they could back with depos-
it's And So
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Novel Corn Gems.

Blend thoroughly in the order men,
toned two cupfuls of sweet milk, one
well beaten egg, pinch of salt, one
tablespoonful of brown sugar, table,
spoonful Of maple syrup, two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter, one cupful of In
dian meal and one cupful of wheat flour
sifted with heaping teaspoonful of
baking powder. When very light stir
in half cupful of finely chopped dates.
Have ready hot gem pans, fill each about
three-quarters full with the batter and
bake 80 minutes in a moderate oven,-
Good Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03

judge such things-but it was not ripe:
1t isn't ripe yet. II money can delay
the ripening, it never will be.
Dodge's return to New York intensi-
fled the interest. The flight to Europe
Of Mrs. Gelshenen, the millionaire
widow of Morse's friend, whom the dis
trict attorney sought as witness before
the grand jury, brings the story little
closer to full revelation.
Dodge is a poor drunken fellow who
lost his means many years ago by dissi-
patton and was divorced by his wife. who
subsequently married Morse. A New
York firm of lawyers presently sought
out Dodge and offered him money TO
come to New York and swear that the
divorce was obtained against him i'm
properly; hence that the Morse mar
riage was. invalid. Professionally thu,
marriage was declared invalid by the
supreme court while the story was be-
ing heard before referee; but the turn
ing up Of Mrs. DOuge's attorney in the
divorce srit-~Dodges own lawyer was
dead-convi1@ed the referee that Dodge
was lying Fe was Indicted for perjury
and fled to Texas. There lawyer &C
companied him constantly, and large
sums of money were furnished him in
the hope that he would drink himself to
death. A hundred thousand dollars were
spent in trying to defeat his extradtion.
In the end Mr. Jerome got him back to
New York. shadow of himself. and be-
gan bracing him up with hromidcs.
Dodge is ready to tell all he knows, but
he doesn't know all the plot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
To Aid Reserves.

Two bills will be introduced to the
present legislature relating to the Min
nesota naval reserves. One will be a
code bill for the government of the ma
val militia 1t really will be an amend
ment to the naval reserve bill of 1899,
except that it will provide for an APP
priation of about $4,000 year for
maintenance. The reserves will have
the United Safes ship Fern for train
ing ship on Lake Superior next season.,
and will have her or some other gov
ernment vessel permanently. The ma
val reserves have spent $500 themselves,
in addition to what the city of Duluth
and the government has done and are
doing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
WRONG MEDICINES CURE.
Girls Got Their Doses Mixed, But thu
Results Were Entirely
Satisfactory.

Il received a shock about the value
OF medicine quite early in my career"
said a woman doctor who has been
ten years establishing a paying prac-
tice in New York, relates the Press.
After taking my degree l accepted a
position as resident in large girls
school up the Hudson. Such a posi-
ton is no sinecure. In a school with
800 girls the resident doctor will have
about three times as much to do as in
a school with an equal number Of
boys. The superintendent discovered
that some OF the girls were having
their medicine bottles filled at drug
store in the village without the know
ledge of the house doctor, and that
they were doing themselves positive
harm. The order was sent out that
empty medicine bottles must be re-
turned to the school doctor. l was
expected to keep a record Of them in
book set aside for the purpose.
1T was the custom of the girls to
leave their medicine bottles en- the
dining room table. Then they would
take them either before or after meals.
as prescribed, and there was little
danger of forgetting the dose. The
girls were expected to write their
names on the label, Sc that the wait
resses would know where to put each
bottle when setting the tables
IL remember distinctly prescribing
for Miss Crank for loss of appetite and
weak digestion. She was to take a
teaspoonful of her medicine before
meals. The same morning q pre-
scribed for Miss Blank a medicine to
reduce the heart action. She had too
much vitality. She was to take her
dose Immediately after meals. The
bottles were sent to the dining room
and the girls wrote their names on
them as usual. In a few days Miss
Crank came back with bottle of
medicine half filled.
81 don't think I require any more
of this at present, DOCTOR she said. I
am feeling all right again.
Il looked at the bottle and then at
my records.
Have you been taking this medi-
cine as prescribed?' l asked
Certainly
And it has braced you up?'
Wonderfully
In day or two Miss Blank came
with an empty bottle.
1t has done me so much good, doe
tor she said, that shall keep on TAX
ing it. unless you object.
Heart palpitation all gomez
asked.
"'No sign of it for days she re-
Piled
Well I said, I will let you wait
awhile, and if there is recurrence Of
the trouble, alter your medicine.'
mo one but myself ever knew that
the waiter had inocently changed
those medicine bottles, and that the
doses taken conscientiGusly by each
girl had no more effect on their physi-
cal ailments than they had On the &C.
ton of the tides"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03

adventures. Mr.. MOrgans amDluOn Is
that his bank, the National Bank OF Com
merce, shall rival in size and power the
STANDARD OIL" or City National con-
Germ. The capital of these two banks is
the same-$25 100000 each-but Unc'
Rockefeller has a leetle the best of it in
surplus. The depth of Morgan's mourn
ing at the discontinue of the rival bank
was shown by the care his newspaper Or
gan took to play up the Rockefeller
end" of the story of Munroe & Munroe'
and their now celebrated wash sales"
of Montreal and Boston Copper mining
stock. AS for Lawson here was the bes1
kind of proof that the "System' was do
ing exactly what he had accused it Of
doing.
The brothers Munroe came from Mon
treal, where they kept haberdashery
shop. Finding the sale of collars and
cuffs long road to wealth, they began
as mining brokers. but made no stir in
Montreal. Coming to New York they
fitted up beautiful offices, buying the
furniture on credit and giving the City
National bank as reference to trades
men, They formed a syndicate to
wash" lot Of Montreal & Boston
stock and unload" it on the public
They interested the second vice presi-
dent Of the City national in the plot, and
upon the strength of his name gave out
the report that "the Rockefellers were
going into it, They took special rail-
way excursion of capitalists, some rep
resenting big houses, to see their mines.
Upon the return of the party they gave a
dinner which cost $4,000. The great
table was set about built-up represent
tation Of the mine. complete in every de-
tail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Discarded War Material.

Some idea of the vast quantities of is-
carded war material thrown upon the
general market by the successive
changes in armament adopted by the
various great powers may be gathered
from the list of arms now offered for
sale from this cause by the Italian gov
eminent. The list includes 100000
rifles, adopted so recently as 1887, with
48,00O,000 cartridges; 1000 nine-pound-
er and 500 seven FOUNDER guns. with
100000 shells, and 40 seven-pounder
mountain guns, with 1900 shells.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Beet Sugar.

Eight and one-half million pounds of
sugar is the estimated output of sugar
at the Minnesota Beet Sugar company
mill, ST. Louis Park, for the season of
1904. The crushing period, which
usually lasts about 100 days and ends
about JAM 1, will this year continue
about ten days longer, marking the
season as the most successful in the
history of the industry. The per cent
of sugar in last years beets averaged
1875, varying from IA to 1875. The
quality of the sugar is Chemically
pure" and has been pronounced by
New York experts as the finest on the
market.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
QUEER F|NANC|ER|NC
ECHOES OF LAWSON'S WORDS
STILL REVERBERATING,
"FRENZlED" MANIPULATION.
The Ability Of New York Bankers and
Brokers to Keep to the Letter
of the Law-Other Goth
am Gossip.

EW York;. p.
Morgan and tom"
Lawson are not
much alike, but
there was a family
likeness between
the simultaneous
chuckles they emit
ted when 1t became
known that Uncle
John Rockefeller's
b a n k h a d been
fooled in "frenZied
finance" by two
next to penniless
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
News Notes.

New rules for the pardon board are
made in a house bill.
State employment bureaus are pro-
yided for in a house bill.
Duluth national bank teller and
$4,000 are missing and defalcation is
charged.
Duluth citizens are engaged in a
court house site war. The conten-
ton is between those who would like
to have the new half-million-dollar
court house built on the old court
house site, and those who would have
it on 4 site nearer the business CEN
ter.
1t has been definitely decided by
the Standard Lumber company, of
Bemidji, not to erect a saw mill on
the reservation, as originally planned.
All logs will be shipped by rail to
Grand Rapids and foated down the
Mississippi to the company's mills
at Dubuque.
NJ. F. Kahn has been appointed dep
uty public examiner. He has been
assigned to do special work for the
department at Maoelia.
Joseph Doerner, of St. Cloud, ap-
peared before County Auditor Crever
with the carcass of a full grown tim
Der wolf which he had killed within
the city limits of St. Cloud. The
beast was shot by Doerner not half a
mile from the business center of the
city early Wednesday morning. While
the wolves have been thick in the
country surrounding St. Cloud, this
is the first one in years to be killed
within the city limiis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
First Over the Wire

The first actual communication
through an electrical circuit was made
in 1887, when Lamond. French philos-
opher, placed two electrical machines in
different rooms of his house and con-
nected them by wire. He agreed with
his wife that the movements of little pitt
balls should be understood to mean GER
tain letters, and in this manner carried
on regular conversation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
How q Deal Is Enhanced.

OW did they get the
money? Mainly
from Office b O y S
a n d messengers.
The par value Of a
share Of NJ. & B.
was five dollars,
and it was selling
at so cents when
the c a m p a i g r
started. A mes
sengcr boys week =
~ wage would
margin" an i'm
posing lot Of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Three Chances fer Sherlock Holmes,

l1REE theories will
cxplair this case.
l. Dodge wanted
his wife back SO
badly that he was
ready to commit
perjury to get her.
This would not &C.
cord with the story
he now tells. So
bered and chas-
tened by MIR. Jer-
ONES brOmides.
2. NJ r. NJ or S e
wanted to oct rid Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
The Dodge Divorce Conspiracy.

HE most remarka-
BILE divorce con-
spiracy for many
years is that in
volving Millionaire
Charles Morse, his
wife and Charles
W. Dodge. lately a
fugitive from JUS
tice. The trouble
is that everyone has
known for a full
year that it was a
good stOry"-as
newspaper m e n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Domestic Bliss.

Wife-According to this paper, hot
water will prevent wrinkles
Husband-So? Then how do you a.
count for the numerous wrinkles !
have?
How 60 l account for them?"
Eyes; you keep me in hot water
nearly all the time, you know."-In-
dianapolis Sentinel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-03
Is It Strange?

Patience see that many paupers
have lived to be 100 years old: but no
millionaire has attained that age.
Patrice-And yet there are people
who prefer to be milliona:Tes.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-14

of the 25 per cent paid to Nixon &
Zimmerman under the terms OF this
agreement, the said Nixon q Zimmer-
man hereby contract and bind them
selves to pay unto the parties Of this
contract and be made part Of the gem
eral profits thereof, sum equal to
the following:
FIFTY per cent of the net yearly
profits of the Alvin theatre, Pittsburg,
during the term of this contract and
thirty three and one third per cent
of the yearly net profits of the Broad
street theatre, Philadelphia; the Chest
nut street opera house, Philadelphia
and Chestnut street theatre, Philade-
phia and thirty three and one third
per cent of the net profits of the
academy of music, Baltimore during
the term of this agreement-the above
theatres being contributed to this
pool by the said Nixon and thinner
man.
The remaining clauses of the agree
ment provide that no theatres or place
of amusement shall be admitted under
this agreement without the written
consent of all the parties to the agree
ment-the parties to the pool shall
keep ''just and true books" which
shall be accessible to all parties TO the
agreement. 1t is next provided that
Klaw and Erlanger shall have charge
of al of the booking of the theatres
under the agi cement and that Nixon
and Zimmerman shall be the holding
representatives of the syndicate. Set
Elements under the contract are to be
made on or before July first of each
year.
1t is expected that at tomorrow's
session of the courts the defendants
will be compelled to produce the sup
Elementary list of the syndicate"
showing the various theatres that have
come under the terms of the agree
ment since 1t was first entered into.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-14
JUDGES CHARGE
WAS SENSATIONAL
COURTS ATTENTION CALLED TO
GAMBLING AT LAKESIDE.
Card Sharps Driven From New York
Seek to Infest the Seaside
Resort.

Toms River, N. j., April 1t.-Gamb-
ling at Lakewoo and the existence of
gaming houses we're subjects called to
the attention of the Ocean county
grand jury today by Justice j..
Franklin Fort, who made it plain that
one particular place had a lookout
on guard and that 1t was "open and
nefarious." 1t was pointed out that
the crusade against gambling houses
in New York inaugurated by District
Attorney Jerome had started the pro-
prietors to migrate to Lakewood.
The charge which has made a SEN
sation at "the resort in the pines" is
in part as follows:
"Since the last term of court the
prosecutor has discovered and raided
several gambling places at Lakewood
and taken into his custody the para
phernalia found therein. Some of the
parties running the places were ar
rested and waived indictment and
plead guilty and were sentenced by
the court of quarter sessions.
1t is possible that all the parties in
terestcd in these places were not ar
rested and further investigation it is
hoped will lead to the indictment OF
others.
1T is well known that there are
other places at Lakewood which have
not yet been broken up, and in which
gambling, on a more or less extensive
scale, is carried on. BY the vigorous
action of the district attorney of New
York city the large gambling houses
which fiourished so long in that city
have been broken up and their pro-
prietors driven therefrom. These men
are seeking other places to exploit
their nefarious business and they seen
to think that Lakewood is a place
they can come to. The prosecutor as
sures the court that he proposes to dc
all he can to bring the guilty to JUS
tice, and the court will lend its aid in
every way.