The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14
YEAR OF CONVENTIONS,
The Most Important Events During
the Year Will be EXPOSE
tions and Congresses,

Already. before the blush is off the
brow of the new year dawn, there lie
long shadows ahead Of important events
in the exposition and reform line.
The first one scheduled for the year is
a big fishery congress, which sits at
Tampa, Fla, for one week, beginning
Wednesday, January 10. This congress-
is international in its scope and is in
tended to reach both the statesman inter
ested i'll the fisheries question and the
sportsman Interested in "Have l got a
bite?"
This fishery congress is to be held
under. the auspices of the governor of
Florida and the United States fish com
mission, and from the old countries dele
gates have been invited to attend and
have cabled their acceptance.
Two large buildings have been erected
upon, the exposition grounds in Tampa
for the CONGRESSMAN auditorium and an
exposition building. After the congress
has concluded its week of sitting the ex-
position will remain open until March.
The call issued by Gov. Bloxham a
year ago announced congress to con-
slider the Importance of propagating and
protecting the fish in the waters of the
United States, and the necessity of de-
wishing means and formulating methods
to save from total extinction many yarie-
ties of valuable fish food'
A hy-casting tournament for the benc-
fit of sportsmen will take place, ma chimes
for drying fish will be exhibited and frog
culture, from food standpoint, will be
discussed.
The National Association of Manufact
urers of the United States meets iii New
York January 25. This association,
while formed in 1895, has planned moth
ing OF great Importance until this year,
but at this meeting an important adjust
ment of tariff duties will come up.
The tariff is viewed by the association
as business problem, and the adjust
ment OF the rates of duty in such man
ner as to equalize the cost of imported
States represents the view of the tariff
problem as held by the majority of the
members of the association. New mar
kets will also be discussed for American
products. A glance at the names of the
financial committee shows the Importance
OF the association. The committee in
cludes these international names: Charles
p. BigeloW,, sigourney w. Fay. Jordan
Babbott, Joseph c. Hoagland, J. Walter
Spalding, William c. Beer, George +.
Perkins, John Hanan. Richard Young,
Charles H. Webb, Robert Hoe, Timothy
L. Woodruff, E. D. Church, William A.
Nash, Alfred Dodge, Robert H. Swayze.
II. G. Dunscomb, George Frelinghuysen
Augustus G. Paine, chairman; Albert \.
Pope, Stewart Hartshorn. Charles Stein
way, Eberhard Faber, Allan MacNaugh-
ton and Lowell NJ. Palmer.
a very important event of the year will
be great free educational institution To-
Gated probably in Washington.
When George Washington died he left
bequest in his will toward the founding
Of United States institution of learning.
Inns fund now amounts to 81, 4O1 ,OOO
Near Lafayette square, Washington,
there are nineteen acres of land owned by
OF such an institution, and in various
quarters are large sums promised also.
The women of the United States have
taken up the work, headed by Mrs. Eu-
gene Hale, Mrs. Henrotin. Mrs. Margaret
Bottome, Mrs. Andrew D. White. Mrs
Mark Hanna, Mrs. Charles Ffoulke,
Miss Rachel Rowland. Mrs. H. H.
Adams of Connecticut; Mrs. F. H. Ger
rish Mrs: David Starr Jordan, DR.. Char
lotte Blake Brown and Mrs. Calvin S.
Brice.
Mrs. Hearst has all but pledged herself
to endow professorship. as have others
The committee ambitiously hopes to lay
the cornerstone of the George Washing
ton building OH next Washington's birth
day.
The president. Mrs. Ellen Richardson
of Boston, thus explains the project:
'"The wish and bequest of George
Washington, the sure love of devoted
men, the nights and dews of oblivion,
have all fulfilled the conditions of nature
as far as they could, and stand ready for
the magical influence of women's cooper
alton to help the realization of this ideal
power into practical life. And so the
George Washington memorial committee
is organizing throughout the land, with
definite aims, with definite assurance of
success. There are nineteen acres of
ground near Lafayette square, Washing
ton, now owned by our government and
held for the purposes of the University
of the United States. The patriotic ladies
of America are to build the administra-
ton building. and they propose to make
the 22d of February, $685. the nations
first offering day for this purpose asking
no large contributions, begging nothing
America $ 70.000.O0O people must build
this great monument. If the 13,O0O,OOO
children in the public schools in America
would give an offering of a penny each
on Washington's birthday, they would
raise a sum sufficient to erect the build
ing and endow it. Let us then join hands
and have all American university. Ameri-
can sciences and American ideas for
american clIlZenS.
A move in another but not less praise
worthy direction takes place in New York
the 10Th of January, when number of
statesmen, headed by Lyman J. Gage,
secretary of the treasury, meet to con
slider election reforms.
These gentlemen hold that abuses and
misrule, such as election frauds and boss
ism, are the results of defects in the eau
Gus methods, and they want to get to-
gether to reform elections, so that citizens
in high standing will take an interest in
headed by Lyman Gage, Melville e..
Stone, Franklin MacVeigh and John v.
FarWell.
From Boston comes Mayor Josiah
Quincy and S. D. Capen. And other i'm
portant workers are Senator George w.
Brush of Brooklyn. Mayor Edward
Jewett of Buffalo, William Barnes, Jr..
Of Albany, Chancellor James R. Day Of
Syracuse university. Mayor W. G.
Warner of the Cleveland chamber of COM
merce, Frank n. Hartwell of Louisville,
President Croker of the Minneapolis
board Of trade. Mayor Samuel NJ. Jones
of Toledo. Edward Rosewater of Omaha,
and Mayor James D. McPhelan of San
Francisco.
The Omaha exposition will be the big
geSI event or the mldyear, ana following
close upon its heels will be the Pam
American exposition in the Niagara river
An event that can almost be counted
as '9S occurrence is the great Paris
exposition of 80, for which '9S will have
to get ready. All through the year the
great firms will be shipping exhibits.
In the realm of political happenings
one can forecast the annexation of Ha-
waii. the acknowledging Of Cuba, the
building of coast defenses, now much
needed. and the strengthening of money
systems.
And there are other great possibilities.
1t is certain that '9S will not be a tame
year, and Just about as certain that it
will have grand and glorious tread, fit
for the close of this important century.
Clarence S. Russell.
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