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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
National Banks Increasinr

= During the year 1904, 535 charters
for national banks were applied for
and approved by the comptroller of the
currency. But only 436 banks were
actually organized. This difference is
due to the fact that some applications
that have been approved have been
subsequently abandoned, and, in other
cases, delay occurred in the completion
of the organization and additional time
has been granted. The practice of the
comptroller's Office is to. approve the
organization of bank and to reserve
the title for period of go days, and to
grant an extension of time, if toward
the expiration of that period good and
satisfactory reasons are given for de-
lay in completing the organization s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
,RA AND ROACH CATCHING
Men Who Make It q Business rez
Always Busy and Get
1 Good Paw. ss$s5Sss.. /

Rat and roach catching at the steam
er docks and on ocean liners is one Of
the queer ways menShave OF making a
living. And good living they make
at it, too-sometimes as much as $10.-
600 year, states the New York Her
add The men who do it never adver-
tise, because the business does not
sound as we'll as it pays, and a man
whose house is bull: out of dead rats
and cockroachesI would Just as soon not
have his neighbors know it. " -, =,
Once a year docks and piers are
turned over to the rat catcher for a
night. The man who has made a for
tune at the business in New York still
works with his men, for the secret of
the business is his and he trusts it to
no one. Rats run everywhere, but
reaches have a special liking for rope
lockers, and here they swarm by tens
of thousands unless the pier owners
have contract with the rat and roach
catcher, who, after a thorough over
hauling, guarantees freedom from the
pests for a year.
Whenever an ocean liner reaches
port, whether on this side or the other,
ills turned over for a night to this
same man. Cats. do much toward keep
Ing ships clear of rats, but of course
have no effect on reaches. On this side
OF the Atlantic roach catching is the
more important branch of the business,
while on the other side wharves are
almost as full of rat catchers as the
ships are of rats.
These once worked with ferrets, but
now they use chemicals. Large cage
like traps are used, in which lettuce
leaves are placed after being sprinkled,
with liquid-only the catcher knows
whist,
Whatever it is, it is as irresistible to
rats as the weird piping of the Pied
Piper was to the rats of Hamelin town.
No matter how choice the food in the
lockers and in the hold, the rats leave
1t instantly when they smell the mys-
ferrous liquid on the lettuce leaves. It
does not kill the rats, and herein lies
another secret of The profits of the
business. Live rats are worth money
in England, where they are used for
training terriers. Dead rats are worth
money, too, as their skins are used for
gloves. At five or six cents apiece, 40
or SO rats mean something, and this is
quite usual catch.
For reaches a powder is used, but
what puzzles all Old sailors who used
to have the job of clearing ships of
reaches is that there are never any
dead ones lying around next morning.
The favorite way Of the sailors when
they had to catch reaches was to put
''cob' of bread on top of a coil of
rope. Very quickly it would be. COW
cred with hungry brown bugs, and
these they knocked into we'll creased
biscuit pan. The grease kept the
reaches from crawling up the sides,
and it was poor roach catcher who
| would not have two or three inches Of
Tt'.1oneS W1,gH-f1It-1vz1S -r1Ir1a1ssza,z
few days he could begin and do It all
over again. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
MURDER REVEALS .
"a Fl ~
STORY OF LOVE
FOUR SWEETHEARTS CAUSE
DEATH OF A HUSBAND.
TRAGIC ENDING OF DRAMA
Brother Of Italian Countess Tells How
Sisters Spouse Was Slain
Case Is the Sensation
Of Europe.

Rome.-The Bonmartini murder trial
at Turin, which ended the other day in
sentences Of from ten to thirty years for
the defendants, has for nearly three
years been a sensation in Europe. Over
400 witnesses were examined. Count
Bonmartini, the murdered man, was
the head of prominent family; his
widow, an accomplice in his murder, Is
the daughter of Italy's foremost physi-
clan; her lover, Dr. Secchi, also was
prominent in medical circles. Her
brother, the actual murderer, was a
member of parliament.
Countess Bonmartini and Dr. Secchi,
then her fathers assistant, were lovers
before her marriage to the count, but
Prof. Murri forced his daughter to marry
the count, who, although Of high lin
cage, proved to be a man of revolving
character
The countess went to live in Venice
with her children. There she was fire.
quently visited by Secchi, who had won
fame in his profession and still loved
her. There is no doubt that guilty in
,trigue subsisted between them. Core
:spondence between the prisoners, num-
bering 5000 letters, suggests relations
between the countess and Dr. Secchi,
and Tullio Murri, her brother, and Rosa
Bonetti, the countess confidential maid.
The countess gave her key to the
counts apartments in Bologna to Rosa
Bonetti, who on the night Of August 81,
1902, admitted Tullio and DR.. Naldi, a
clever but disreputable surgeon. The
first plan was to overpower Bonmar-
tint and kill him with an injection Of
curare, rare African vegetable poison,
to be administered by Naldi, but owing to
the probable difficulty of holding the
victim down this plan was abandoned
in favor of the knife.
When Count Bonmartini entered his
apartment at five p. m. on the following
day, August %, Tullio flung himself
upon him, Naldi, with surgical skill, CIV
ing the fatal thrust in the throat.
News of the deed was conveyed to the
counts brother-in-law, Tullio Murri, as
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News Notes.

st. Paul-Charies Eckblade, suffered
a fracture of his right thigh and and
two ribs while at work in the Ameri-
can Hoist & Derrick works ..o s-z:~.s,
Winona-Frank A. johnson, the
bachelor capitalist of Winona, who has
been familiar figure on the streets of
this city for a number of years, died
at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester:
St. Paul-The residence of Timothy
Foley, was damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of $1,000. The loss is. covered by
insurance amounting to $40, 900.
have fourth room added to its school
which will give the children of the
vicinity regular high school work:
Goodhue-The Marcus Milling COM
pany filed articles of Incorporation
with the secretary Of state. Capital,
$50, 900.
Dodge Center-During 4 storm light
ming struck the dome = Of the public
school house, shattering it somewhat,
butsdoing no serious damage to the
building. s - ~e:+a.~ q
Mankato-County Auditor Weaver
has forwarded to Brown county the ex-
pense account Of the third Koch trial,
which foots up, exclusive Of attorney
hire, to 81, 654 So s.,sss rss .
st. Paul-Young men giving the
names Of William Jounson and ]. Cir
oux, were shot while attempting IL is
alleged, TO break into the saloon Of
B. Connolly, Jackson and Acker
streets. sa PEI. " z..=
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Rooster Attacks Bow.

Kearney, N. willie Dobson, three
years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Dobson, was seriously hurt in an en-
counter with rooster. The bird
made savage attacks on the child and
drove it's spurs into his face. The at
tack took place in front of young Dub
sons home. The child was under \
wagon which was left standing on the
street when the rooster approached
and attempted to get under it. The
boy, who had long been afraid of thu
bird, saw him coming and was at
tempting to get away when the rooster
attacked him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Huckleberry Pie Bursts

Paterson, N. Mrs. Robert JAMIE
son, keeper of a boarding house, was
scalded about the hands and face the
other day by the explosion of a large
huckleberry pie. The, pie had been
baked without any air holes in the
top, and was placed upon tae dinner
table steaming hot after the boardars
had seated themselves When .he
boarding mistress sunk a knife isto
the crust the pie burst with a report
that could be heard all over the house.
The juice scattered all over the table,
staining the clothes of the boarders
and burning Mrs. Jamieson's hands
and face;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Food Showing.

Applicants for teachers certificates
made a better showing this year than
any previous year, according to the
compilations of state examination pa
pers made by J. w. Olsen, superinten-
dent of public instruction. The per.
centage Of those who passed this year
is SO. 81, as compared with 4s per cent
last year: The number of examina-
ton papers written were 1899.
Grammar proved to be the great
stumbling block this year; 5o4 per
cent failed in that subject. Usually it
is mathematics that the applicants
show deficiency in. The results in
penmanship were the best in the total
aggregate of applicants. Only 40
failed, compared with ATT WHO pas
sed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
BEAUTIFUL GIRL LEADS I
BAND OF CUT-THROA'TS.
Men Murdered in Their Bed and Wom-
en- Frightened and Beaten Under
Leadership of Robber- Queen.

Vienna.-Vladikavk in the Cau-
casus, is terrorized by a band Of bold,
brigands under the leadership of a
beautiful Circassian woman not yet;
10 years of age.
Men are murdered in their beds and
women are frightened and beaten, and
the men who do these things are oil
under the direction of this young wom-
an, who has sworn to be revenged on
the man who captured several men,
Ders of the band year ago.
Morosoff, the man who captured
some Of the band q year ago, was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
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Thirsty Mans Ruse.

A man with a chronic thirst strobe
rapidly into the saloon and ordered 4
taste Of Kentucky Care remover.
Pouring out drink that would have
flooded the New York subway, lie pre-.
pared to toss it off. 81 U.s..
First, however, he paused and asked
it he could have a solution OF alum.
What fol? asked the astonished
smile concocter. .s5s 80
ITO drink first an narrow my throat
SOS it'll take th' ticker longer t trickle.
down, replied the thirsty man BaIti-.
more American. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
lowed to Sea by q Sunfish

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Towed by a sun
fish 20 miles to sea is the experience
enjoyed by E. w. scribner, of Sag
Harbor; Arnold milford, of Bridge
hampton, and George Lynch, of Mon
tauk Point. The men were out in a
small power launch, and managed to
get fast to the fish by means of a har-
pooh. The fish, which weighed all of
500 pounds, Immediately started sea-
ward. The men could not get near
enough to lance it, and after being
towed many miles, cut loose, as =
heavy fog was setting in.
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CHILD.
robbed and his only child was stolen
from his bed and carried to the noun
tains recently.
In the bed where the child mad
slept was a note saying: Remember
me-" signed with the sign of the
band and Of the woman who leads
them.
The incident which caused this pas
sion for revenge occurred late one
night about year ago, when four
brigands, masked and armed to the
teeth, with Berdan rifles, rode into
Vladikavkaz and robbed Morosoff Of
1000 roubles. Morosoff headed band
Ct armed men who pursued the baniits
and ultimately captured three of their
number. These, on their masks being
torn away, proved to be young Circas7
sian women. The leader of the band;
also woman, communicated to Nor:
osoff that before a twelvemonth had
passed she would be amply revenged.;
1t is just year since this letter;
was received, and the robber-queen has
kept her word.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

we'll by
chance their
hatred the grand dukes his strongly
failure Firms
slain brought to mind of the
the
who gifted
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15


which the
missioners Paris
ful Beauieu William
Walsh's
with making investments
millionaire unspoid He
simple. indy and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

as did Ralph y
Ralph a
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castle in Spain that a substantially.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
SERGF1IE YULIEVITSCH WHITE

It is tremendous task to attempt to under
stand Monsieur de Witte the man that Russia
was forced to turn to for help in her hour of per-
plexity. The view held of him in the outside world
sa the outsiders look upon him as liberal and
reformer; in Russia he is we'll hated by the revo-
lutionaries
They call him time server and pillar of the
autocracy. and yet it his failure to lxnuckle.
to the autOcracy that led to his removal from the
ministry of finance couple of years ago. Osten-
sibly he not dethroned from power. simply
transferred to a elevated post. but the mat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
AMERICAN TUTOR OF SPANISH KING !

An American boy is introducing King Al
phonso to the curiosities Of the American speech,
English as she is spoke in America. This may
appear scandalous to our English cousins, who in
sst that we can neither spell nor speak properly;
1t may be mere caprice of the boy king, whom
the papers are accusing of certain lack of bal
ance; it may be a move to obtain a certain famil-
iarity with the ways and customs of our nation.
At any rate It, is great opportunity for an am
bilious lad. K 1890
The tutor to the king is but lad of 10 and
lad that has never been to college. His appoint
ment to the position reads like q fairy tale, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

ion held the military During the northwest
lion
The earl of Mimic the of his
name OF oody John Murray Elliott
1T written goody of capital etersG NJ
and LII The vceroy is DID, considerably
1.-The = .: T.
try life and his fishing hunting
OF Lord Mimic Zone of the best gentlemen riders his
the council chamber" declare
ne mas been undaby We wonder what the
will do with India what India will do with the
= ;%8--" KATHERINE y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
THE NEW VICEROY OF INDIA

The name of the successor to Lord Curzon is
more or less we'll known in this country. Lord
Mimic having been governor-general of Canada
from 1898 until last year. !
Lord Curzon is a scholar, traveller and states
man; the earl of Mimic has seen not little OF
soldering. In 1867 we find him an ensign in the;
Scots Guards and later serving in the Afghan
war He was private secretary to Lord Roberts
at the cape in 1881 and volunteer in the Egvn-.
tian campaign the following year.
When the marquis of Landsdowne was gov
ernor-general of Canada, the young man that was
himself day to be highest official in the domfn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
A RICH IRISH AMERICAN

Thomas F. Walsh is noted not only as very
wealthy mine owner, but also as a distinguished
mining engineer All the reading public knows of
the millionares recent sad loss-the death of hi1
son in dreadful automobile accident.
Mr.. Walsh was born in the county of Tipperary
Ireland educated in the public schools of his
tive land, learned the trade of millwright, at the
age of 10 emgrated to America He settled in
Colorado, and in that rich mineral region made
close study of geology, mineraogy, metalurgy, the
deposition of ore bodies and the development and
treatment of Ore3
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-28
CROW RESERVATION
TO BE OPENED FOR SETTLEMENT
THE COMING SUMMER.
Land Of Promise-Thousands OF Fer
tile Acres and Wide Grazing
Districts-Indians Long
Been Friendly.

Gradually the Indian reservations
come under settlement. This summer
the Crow lands, in southern Montana.
close to Wyoming. are to be opened M
to settlers.
Concerning the Crows country, Wash
ington Irving spoke thus. The Grow
country is in exactly the right place. IL
has snowy mountains and sunny plalhs'
all kinds of climates, and good things
for every season. When the summer
heats scorch the prairies, you can ORA"
up under the mountains. where the ar
is sweet and cool. the grass fresh ana
the bright streams come tumblinS Out
of the snow banks. There you can huht
the elk. the deer and the antelope, Wheh
their skins are fit for dressing; there you
will find plenty of bears n mountain
sheep" .
To-day there is considerable more OF
an agricultural aspect than in the Gay
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-28
AUTOCRACY VERSUS BRAINS
How Russia Deals with Those Who
Are Daring Enough to
Think.

" Mr.. Macbeth gives the fol.
lowing list of names as those of the
greatest distinction in educational Rus
STA: Milyoukov. Kovalevsky. De Rob-
erty, Nunogradov. Menchikof and Mou-
ronitsev.
The first" observes the correspond
ent. relates the Reader Magazine, was
eXiled and is now lecturing in Harvard
on contemporary Russia.
The second was cXiled and founded
the Russian School OF Social Science in
Paris.
The third was eXiled and occupies a
chair OF the same school.
THE fourth has accepted a permanent
chat at Oxford university.
The fifth was long associated in Paris
with Or. Pasteur. and is now one of the
greatest psychologists in that city.
The iNth was not formally exiled,
but was requested to resign his chair of
law in the University of Moscow. and IS
now a practitioner in that city
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-28

when these words were written. the
white man having entered in and helped
The Indian in his farming. or all the
many tribes. zone have shown more
faithful friendship for the whites thar
has the Crow.
There are not many Crows now left.
about 1000. The remnant has shown
strong disposition to follow after the
ways we call civilized, as to dress, homes,
general manner of life. They have an
excellent Indian agent, very popular
with the members of the tribe. AS yet.
not many Of the Indians manage their
own farms. not feeling competent; in
stead leasing to the white men. These
tenants have shown in many cases what
can be done with the land when irriga-
lion is employed, and il seems perfectly
safe to prophecy to make that presently
the Crow reservation will blossom like
q rose.
1t has long been covered by the would
be settler, is one of the greatest reser-
yations. There is a railroad running en-
tirely through the reservation, the trav-
eler at his ease may see spread before
him the life of the Indian that in this
locality is still an interesting one On
either side the tracks are "tepees that
rise their smoke-browned tops" and
many Indian riders pass along the roads
and trails.
In contrast TO these pictures are the
occasional glimpses of rich farms.
When the settlers come in ii is planned
to irrigate the hOmesteads by means of
a main canal taken from the Big Horn.
whose waters are counted inexhaustible.
The amount of land to be taken up by
the white man consists of |. $50. 900 acres.
coded to the government by the Crows,
who will use the proceeds therefrom in
improving their OWE land and cattle
not all the reservation is to be thrown
open. just the northern half. 1t is esti-
mated that something like 900. 000 acres
can be cultivated, the remainder is
adapted for grazing purposes. One who
evinces much enthusiasm about the OPP
portunities afforded by settlement in
this reservation. writes that the lucky
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-28
SIGNALING UNDER WATER.
Invention of Immense Advantage
Both to Merchant Ships and
War Vessels.

The success of the submarine sig
mailing process is II of the greatest
triumphs of American inventive gen.
JUS" said Mr.. John Philip Reynolds, OF
Boston. reports the Washington Post.
BY this invention messages are sent
for long distances under water as cas-
lily as Geographic dispatches on land.
The water is a much better medium
for the transmission Of sound than air
by virtue of its greater density, and I'M
der it sound travels four times as fast
as through the atmosphere. The advan-
tages. both to merchant ships n war
vessels, of submarine biography are
tremendous. The merchantmen IN a
heavy fog gets word from the lightship
that gives him his precise location and
keeps him from pounding to pieces on
the rocks. In time of war the submarine
craft can communicate by the Morse al
phabet with every friendly battleship.
and the vessels of a fleet can keep in
touch with each other.
This system of signaling has been
taken up by Canada with more alacrity
than by any other government. and the
Dominion has appropriated a large sum
to its installation. II would seem that
its utilization by all the great naval
powers is a matter that cannot be long
delayed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-28
HUNTING MOUNTAIN SHEEP
Hardy Animals Escape with Wounds
That Would Bring Down
Bigger Game.

The mountain sheep will stand more
punishment than any big game animal
I have ever hunted. | could give many
instances of sheep having travelled long
distances under frightful conditions,
but il would not make pleasant reading.
writes b. II. Brown. in Recreation.
/ have seen the large brown bear of
the Behring sea coast lie down from
wounds hat would only have helped to
increase a sleeps speed.
Two prospectors on the Stikine head
waters had an unusual experience with
a large Stonei ram They saw it feed
ing on a grassy plateau and made a
careful stalk. When within easy rife
range one of the men shot it with a
$3.50. 1t paid no attention to the shot,
and stood quietly looking at them as
they approached. On examination they
found that the heavy bullet had struck
at the base of the horn. The ram be
haved in a perfectly natural way, eX-
cept that it showed no fear. After ty-
ing a pack-strap to its horns they led
it to their camp, where, being in need
Of meat, they shot it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-28
THE TROLLEYS
IN MIDDLESEX
Statement of the Condition of
Electric Railroads in This
County.
THE ANNUAL INCOME.
.sbeeiol IL tie E7ruing Ne7os.

Trenton, Abr. 2S:-Detailed state
ments Of the condition Of the electric
railroads passing through MiddleseX
county is given in the supplemental
report of the state board OF assessors
Just issued.
The most. important item in the re-
port is the statement Of the Public
Service Corporation Of New Jersey
which operate, trolleys in MiddleseX
country reaching New Brunswick,
Woodbridge, Midtown, South River,
South Amboy, North Brunswick, East
Brunswick. Raritan township, Me-
tuchen, Piscataway, Dunellen, Sayre-
vile and Perth Amboy.
This statement shows that the capital
stock of the corporation is $4,000, 600,
and it has n funded debt of | 1929
4S0. Its income from passengers dur
ing 1904 from all leased lines was ST.
4l5, 978. 80, and it, operating expenses
81 ,073;2s6. OF. No dividends were paid.
Miles of track, --240.
The Jersey Central Traction COM
pany, whose line extends through
Madison township and ~Sayreville
township, MiddleseX county, filed a
statement which summarized is as
PILLOWS: Capital, 81, 600, 600; funded
debt, 81, 600, 600; cost Of road, 81, 1875,
97s.e3, operating expenses for 1904,
S42, 595. So; income from passengers,
1873, 800. 10. Dividends. none paid.
Miles of track, POI IS. ~
The Trenton and New Brunswick
Railroad company states that its cap.
ital is 81, 600, 600 ana it, funded debt.
1893, 600. Its road cost 81. S5l, 800. 62
and the operating expenses for 1870
were $40. 237. 81. Its income from pas
sengers amounted to $72, 1910 NJ
dividends were paid. The line is %.
l06 miles long, extending from Tren
ton to Milltown through Mercer anC
MiddleseX counties.