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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
RAILROAD WORLD.

Nashville. September 13--The Nashville and Decatur railroad stockholders met here today and reelected the old board of directors, after which the board elect ed the old officers. The Nashville and De- catur is leased by the Louisville and Nashville, from which road 1t receives a guaranteed annual dividend of T per cent.
 Nashville, September 13.-The stoeiAald- CTS of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway held their annual meeting here today and reelected the old board of directors. The board will hold a meet ing in October and declare dividend. Re- ports show the road to be in a highly sat isfactory condition. New road built last year, 35.97 miles.
 Austin, Tex, September 13.-The charter of the Gulf and santa Fe Northwestern railway, with headquarters at Amarillo, Texas, was filed with the secretary of state today. This road will open up the greater portion of the unsettled Pan Handle section of Texas to homeseekers The road will run from Brownwood in northwesterly direction through the counties of Brown, Coleman, Callahan, Layton, Jones' Fisher, Stonewall. Kent, Dickens, Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Bed ley and Pallor, to the point intersssAy by the Pecos and Northern railwa~ d distance of $50 miles, and from Canyon in Randall county to the counties of Solisher. Hale and Lubberick, distance of 135 miles. The capital stock is s425. .000 Directors, J. E. Hurley, Topeka, Kan; Avery Turner, Don A. Sweet, J. c, Paul. A. c. Conrad s. P. Madden of Amarillo, and E, P. Ripley of Chicago.
 The road Is to be part of the Gulf, Colo rado and Santa Fee system.
 On account of the heavy movement of refugees from Louisiana over the Ala bama and Yicksburg railroad train No. 2 of the Alabama Great Southern, going north this morning at 5:45 o'clock. will be run in two sections. There will be six coaches filled with refugees from Vicks- burg and points in Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
COLE s Ori5i1lal Het BIAst
 STOVES

saves 4u wasted
 with other stoves.
 Cost of stove more than saved fin fuel e a c h win t CT Gives claanliness and even aeat day and night with soft coal you never dreamed possible.
 Half a million in use which have
 been sold on a guarantee which cannot be made on any other heating stove in the world. '$lO OO'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
The JEFFERSON
THE SEMINARY GIRL

A Comedy With Music. Thursday Matinee and Night, Sept. 14. Say!. You don't know who am? MELVILLE B. RAYMOND'S Sig Musical and Travesty Company.
 Presents n ith KNUTE ERICKSON and 60 peo- pie, 40 chorus, 20 song hits. Two car loads special scenery and effects The seasons biggest musical hit Raymond Roman Gladiators. La dies Solo Orchestra, and Rayo the Great
 DRICEE Matinee. 25c to s1 ENlNLO Night, 25c to $1.50
 Seats on sale Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

Fortuna, the Family
 Doctor.
 Mr. William r. Teller, 352ik E. Burnside street Portland, Ore, writes: - Our son, Howard, IA Few Doses of caught cold and suf- fered with catarrh Of re-ru-ha the nose, had very Cured Him. bad breath and fre- quent collie and stom- ach disorders, but few doses of Peruna cured him.
 We never have a doctor any more and no other medicine than Peruna."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Pe-ru-na, Family Remedy
 For Eioht Years.

Mrs. Matte King, 1927 Polk street, San Francisco. Cal, writes:
 T have used Peruna myself and in my family for the past eight years and it has proven itself to be a most decided household blessing.
 lone Dose Cures value for my little
 daughter as one land pains, a n q colds are soon driven from the system. T consider 1t Of special value in keep ing the body In such healthy condition that 1t throws off disease. thus saving doctor bills and the annoyances incident to sickness in the home. |"
 Stomach Disorders of Children. The collie. cramps. pains and stomach disorders of children are a few of the symptoms of summer eatarrh.
 Children are more subject to this phase of catarrh than grown people.
 Peruna is a reliable remedy in all such cases. Hence it's popularity.
 The majority of cases of cholera infan- tum are a direct result of a catarrhal Arrangement of the stomach and bowels. Keep the stomach and bowels free from catarrh and the children are in no dan ger of having any of the summer diseases so common in this country.
 No Narcotics.
 One reason why Peruna has found a permanent place in so many homes Is the fact that it is perfectly harmless and contains no narcotics of any kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

T find 1t of special
 value for my little daughter, as one
 dose cures cramps and pains, a n q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

Phone 27s People 2, if you want the Gswk Engraving Go ]!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

E. T. Shaw 4 Sons undertakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Senator Acree Still Weak.

Halter Acree, state senator from Dala county was in the city today, having some business with the governor. He has just recovered from a serious illness and a looking a little thin. The senator says that he finds much interest in the propo, sition to give money to the public schools and thinks that there is quite a senti- ment in his section for an extra session of the legislature.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
NORTH CAROLINA BOY
EATEN BY A SHARK.
Sixteen Year-Old Sutton Davis Falls
Victim to Monster at
Beaufort.

Beaufort N. C.-Sutton Davis. a boy
of Is. while wading and playing in the
water at Davis Shore ten miles east of
here, was attacked and eaten by very
large shark
Davis and others were waist deep in
the water. greatly enjoying themselves.
The approach of the shark was not no.
ticed. 1t threw the boy in the air. caught
him in its mouth as he struck the water.
pulled him under and disappeared into
the deep water.
Davis companions were too horror
stricken to do anything. even if they had
had an weapons with them. which they
did not.
Thorough search has been made. but
not a particle of the unfortunate lads
body has been found.
Many backs have been caught this
month and quantity of refuse matte:
has been thrown back into the water
from the factories. The sharks have
come in to feast on this, and many of
them have been seen during the last
two weeks. No one felt any alarm, as
no one had been molested by. shark in
Beaufort waters for nearly SO years.
Grown folks and children who dailv en-
joyed diving and swimming matches
have discontinued this sport since the
terrible death of young Davis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
WITT HIN INCH Of DEATH
DOWN IN A MINE
Visitors in a Colorado Shaft Stand ~,
Crumbling Ledge Above Thirty
Feet of Water.

Denver, COl.-TO face death nv
drowning in the icy waters of a cavern
1000 feet under ground to feel a mar
row strip of ground affording tempor-
airy safety crumbling away inch by
inch into the black waters tapping al
their feet. to see their only hope OF
rescue just an inch above their out
stretched hands and, finally, to be
saved after hope was gone. was the ex-
perience of Howard Wyndham and his
companion, Sir George Berkeley. OF
London, in the Mohegan mine in Vic.
tor.
The visitors went to Victor to in.
spect the MOhegan mine, and were be-
ing lowered in the shaft when they saw
water below them. They jerked the
bell rope to signal the engineer, and
broke it. The cage continued down
ward and when the water was up tC
their chins they jumped for ledge and
reached it.
The engineer. puzzled by the one bel
he had heard before the rope broke, be,
gan hosting slowly. and the cage left
them. Then they discovered that the
clay ledge they were standing upor
was breaking down. Barely in time tc
save them. the cage was lowered agar
and stopped where they could reach il
and they were hoisted in safety.
The shaft had filled to depth of 81
feet or more from seepage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
PERRY BELMoNT's HORSES ATTRACT KING EDWARD


It is wel-known that 'good piece of horse
flesh" is JOY forever in the eyes Of King Edward
and that no thurman is more interested in follow
ing the races than he. It will be remembered that
when he assembled the throne it was feared that
his liking in this direction would not we'll comport
with the dignity which ought to be found in ruler
of the British nation These doubts have been dis
PEELED by the kings temperance in the matter but
is greatly astonished that this trait of the
kings is still well to the FORE as evidenced most
recently by his request of famous turfman, Per-
ry Belmont, of New York that the latter send some
of his horses to race in England.
1t would probably puzzle many of Mr.. Belmont's
friends to say just what is vocation and what is
avocation with him. He is good lawyer; he is a
strong politician; he is clever fnancier he is an
accomplished diplomat; he is well-known club
man and he is a famous turfman. In support of the
first two counts it is only necessary to record that
after graduating at Harvard and the Columbia law
school he pursued a legal practice and political
activity that took him to congress, where he served
seven years, becoming chairman of the committee
on foreign affairs; a financier, he is director of
numerous corporations, and diplomat, he was
minister to Spain in 1888; as clubman, chair is
every notable club in New York city,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

wild shrek, bounced upon it. Reach
ing high above her head she pushed
the little Jail pet into jet of burning
gas. Three women prisoners. afraid
for their own safety, attacked the mad
girl and compelled her to relinquish
her hold on the kitten Dazed and
suffering it skunk into a corner of the
corridor and cried piteously until one
of the prisoners gathered it up in her
arms and eased its pain.
Finding herself unable to control the
girl the Jail matron gave the alarm
and two deputy sheriffs rushed into the
word. Selling the girl they struggled
and fought until the doors of cell
were closed and locked against her.
While driving through the city to New
burg she would glance from the car
riage window and call passers by dis
tlnguished names. Carnegie's name
seemed to be favorite and many an
imaginative iron king was petitioned
to give her lust one cigarette.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
FAIR MANIAC HOLDS
A JAIL IN TERROR
MIND OF PRETTY MAID GIVES
UP TO LIQUOR.
Halls JUDGE AS CARNEGIE
Then Pleads for Cigarette-Mad Girl
Attempts to Burn Kitten to
Death in Gas Jet-Women In
sane Flee Before Attacks.

Cleveland, O.-Liquor and dissipation
are said to have caused the mind OF
pretty Bessie Finn to give way to the
strain placed upon it. Probate Judge
Hadden ordered her committed to the
Newburg state hospital, and she was
taken to that institution.
The case of the girl is one OF the
strangest and most pathetic that ever
came before the probate court. Traces
of one time refinement still linger on
her face She is only 2l but five years
of wild life have added years to her
appearance Wild-eyed, fiendish at
times docile as child at other mo-
ments. her mind is said to be utterly
gone.
When the girl was brought to the coun-
ty Jail from the workhouse, where the
police sent her for an ordinary OffenSe
Taken before Judge Hadden she greeted
him:
We'll. if there isn't Andrew Car.
negie. Give me cigarette, won't you?
The judge was forced to refuse he1
request. and she pleaded with spec
tators to hand her just one.
Just one cigarette, just one. haven't
had one for days." she cried.
Back in the woman's ward of the
JAIL where she was taken from the
courtroom she grew violent Running
through the corridor of the lower tier
of cells she screamed and raved. The
other prisoners were thrown into a
panic and their screams mingled with
those of the mad woman. Mrs. Chad
wick. in the corridor on the third floor,
heard the cries and started down the
steps. She was pushed back into q
chair and Gained
Catching sight of small kitten
that had wandered through the bars
in TO the corridor, the woman. with a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Danced in His Nightshir+

Chicago.-An insane man dancing in
his night shirt on the roof of a paint
store. on Cottage Grove avenue. early
the other day. was an apparition thai
shocked belated passers-by. The
dancer took his position on the roofs
dizzy edge and kicked rhythmical legs
against the setting moon. Some OF
the witnesses called the police, but the
terpsichorean artist leaped down from
his perch by means of neighborins
roofs and lost himself in the darkness
Later he repeated his performance
but this time he was in street clothes
The Hyde Park patrol wagon came or
the scene at gallop. but again thu
dancer escaped. His identity is un.
known
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

John Kennedy Gowdy, formerly sheriff of Rush
county, Indiana, coud any title better indicate the
rough and ready west?) has been accorded an honor
that we'll reveals the breadth of American ability.
He has been banqueted by the American board of
trade at Paris France the occasion of his retire.
ment after eight of successful service in the
diplomatic circles of that city of fashion and pic
turesque gallantry, consul general from the
United States. Mr. Gowdy knew exactly the kind
of country he was representing for he served with
distinction in the civil and has since been
tive in politics in his native state. He served as
private in Company l., Fifth Indiana cavalry,
from September. 1862, to October, 1865 and Joined
in the pursuit through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
for John Morgan and participated in his capture.
He served under Gen. Burnsides in the winter of
1864 and under Gen. Sherman in the Georgia cam
pa1gn. After the war he served for four years as
sheriff and eight years auditor of his county and
was made chairman of the republican state CON-
mitee of Indiana in 1891, working actively in that
position for six years. In recognition of his
ices to the republican party, Mr.. Gowdy was on
March 20, 1897, appointed to the position consul
general at Paris. The eight years of diplomatic
amenities which followed have given the POLISH
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
BEES MAKE HOME H.. &-&
IN A LONDON SHOP.
Loosed for Airing, They Invade Candy
and Flour Departments Instead
of Kensington Gardens.

London.-A London store where one
can buy anything from suspender
button to an elephant, has added de-
partment where anything living or dead
which a naturalist collects from fog
spawn to an observatory hive of 10000
bees, may be bought.
The first hive of bees which arrived at
Whiteley's almost caused panic On
the evening of their arrival the bees
were let loose for an airing. it being
thought they would fly to Kensington
gardens in quest of honey. But the bees
proved themselves economists. They
invaded the stores and took possession
of the flower, candy and grocery depart
ments and helped themselves to the
sugar and other sweets about. 1t was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

hours before the last been returned
home. Now the bees are kept in the hive
until the store closes. Then they are
released from the roof and wander in
search of sweetness wherever they will
until after dark
Already these hives, and the formi-
carums, or nests of living ants, are in
great demand. A herd of the ants cows
the common green fly-and about half
a dozen Of their domestic pets-the little
white WOodlOuse, which is not as big
as one letter of it's terrific name, Platyar-
thus Hoffmannaeggii-are introduced
into each nest.
The ants may be seen building, laying
out roads. boring tunnels. constructing
cowsheds and milking their COWS, play
ing with their pets. attending in state
on their queen, storing away their eggs
and food, feeding and washing their
young and burying their dead in the
cemetery each colony has built in one
corner of it's nest.
The greatest demand SO far in the new
department has been for Japanese waltz
ing mice, which come out of their nests
and indulge in periodical mad whirls
until they look like nothing but balls
of black-and- white WOOL
There are lizards, frogs and nevis
alive and in spirit, aquaria illustrating
the development of pond life. and mount
ed moths and butterflies. as we'll as cases
showing the life history of insects in
furious to crops and cattle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
MI NESO Ia s. CENSUS.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE
POPULATION.
There are now Nearly 1900, 900
Persons in the Commonwealth.
Losses in Some Sections.

The official population of Minnesota
in 1905, including Indians, is 1878, S04.
There are in all 1925 Indians
counted in the census, of whom all
but 2,511 are included in county re-
turns. The bureau has not, how
ever, counted the Indians in Carlton,
Clearwater, Itasca and St. Louis
counties. The federal census of 1900
credited three of these counties with
2,456 Indians, so the bureaus total
probably falls 5000 behind on those
counties. There seems to be no uni
form practice as to counting the In
dams.
The following table gives the Off
cial population by counties and con-
UreSSiOna1 districts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
A GENIAL KANSAS EDITOR

When things in general have begun to look in
volved and there begins to be some misunderstand-
ing and many false reports as to how the west re-
CARDS the matter, the weather-wise begin to look
for something from the pen of the author of "The
Real Issue,' "Strategems and Spells" "The Court
of Boyville,'' and that short but impressive edi-
toral which made him famous, whats the Matter
With Kansas William Allen White editor Of the
Emporia Gazette is regarded by steadily growing
audience of the best interpreters the west
has had. AS was to be expected the recent
speech making invasion of the west by William
Travers Jerome, of New York, and by Thomas w.
Lawson, did not escape the analytical eye of this
always watchful Kansan, who has made it the occa-
sion of Illuminating description of the compla-
cency of the west. 1.-The west viewed Mr.. Lawson S
thoroughly sincere and honest fire alarm with
something of the composure with which the hotel
dining room girl greeted the drummer, who, look
ing out Of his window just before daylight, and
ing burning gas we'll, rushed through the dining
room shouting: The towns on fre!' The girl
went right stacking up the period of knife
and fork and spoon at each plate, and called:
Come back mister therel be lots of time for
you tn get your trousers on " AS for Mr. Jerome
knows and admires Jerome for what he has done,
what he said.'
William Allen White born at Emporia,
in the common schools at Edorado and the state ur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

The confidential mission to Denmark, upon
which King Oscar, of Sweden, has sent the crown
prince, Gustaf Adolph, is thought to presage the
announcement of an attempt to place him on the
Norwegian throne. Such an event would be regard
ed by the Norsemen calamity. Gustaf Adolph
is man of military training and inclinations, who
looks upon the German kaiser the ideal monarch.
The Norsemen have never been able to forget his
impetuous counsel to King Oscar during the fric-
ton between Norway and the throne in 1885, to the
effect that the people of Norway be brought to
terms by force of arms.
Prince Gustaf is tall and dark-s even taller
than his father-but he lacks King Oscars COM
plaisance of manner and grace of speech. He is a
man with the iron hand, the impulses of whose
heart are an unknown quantity. Moreover neither
the swedes nor the Norwegians at all treasured
by Prince Gustafs relation to the family quarrel
which resulted in the disinheritance by King Oscar
of his second son. Prince Oscar because the latter
had married woman of the people. Many of the
common people trace their ancestry back to nobler
blood than can the members of the royal family,
whose rule began in 1918 when Napoleon's mar
shall, Bernadotte, Frenchman, was made king Of
the face Of this history Prince Gustaf is credited
ather to issue an unnecessary public Decree dsin-
cument which contained many biting Illusions This
that it was we'll understood that Prince Oscar was
, who. before her marriage to King Oscar, was the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Oats For the PHILIPPINES.

Minneapolis, Bidding against Seat.
tie and San Francisco exporting hou-
ses, on a government contract for g.
900, 900 pounds Of oats-the govern
ment specifications being figured in
pounds, not bushels - Minneapolis
landed big contract for shipment to
to the Philippines The w. p Dever-
eux company made the deal. This
quantity would make two good train
loads of oats of 65 cars each, or about
100 carloads in ALL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
DR.. Wright Comments.

In his comment on the returns, Di-
rector Wright says: T.
''The present census will show re-
turns from over. 300 organized and
unorganized townships, that Uncle
Sans enumerators did not cover five
years ago. 1t is the most complete
census ever taken. In Itasca county
alone the state census will show the
Population of over 100 townships that
the government did not enumerate
! five years ago, for the simple reason
there were no inhabitants of any
consequence in these townships. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
News Notes.

Hastings-The second annual street
fair and carnival will be held Sept 81
to 80.
South st. Paul-Jason Wilson, a
section crew, committed suicide by
cutting his throat
Minneapolis-The graves in the old
st. Anthong cemetery one the east
side are being picked over and over
these days by Chi ckens.
Minneapolis-The labor market has
been swept clean of able-bodied, de-
sirable men, and there is an enormous
demand at present for laborers of any
description
Mankato-The Duluth, ST. Cloud,
Glencoe and Mankato railway seems
assured, at least so far as the portion
of it between Albert Lea and Mank a.
to is concerned, distance of fifty-four
miles
st. Paul-The week ending Saturday
Aug. ~, was a banner work = for the
public baths. There were more than
10000 bathers during the week, the
income amounted to $1,1211 and
there were no accidents. i
Erhard "A boy named Herman
Schultz, was arrested at Breckenridge
on the charge of raising bills, and has
been bound over to the grand jury,
bail being fixed at $500. 49, :.
Owatonna - At the conclusion Of
Miss Wilder Johnson's trial for poison
ing in the municipal court Judge New
salt bound the defendant over to the
grand jury on 81 600 bail. sss5 = z r.