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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

Elderly women gazed at the seat long
ingly, but that made no difference to the
fond parent. King Baby must have his
way. He had intimated in forcible
manner that mamma was not to sit near
him, and no matter how many old people
were standing. she was slave to the
young tyrant. 81
But when the conductor came along
there was a change. Baby's seat had not
been paid for, and he had no right to it.
PLEASE move along. madam. and let
this lady sit down."
Baby. leaving ample room for tired old
woman to sit down. for his tiny feet only
took few inches of space. But he was
little crowded, so he turned round and,
seeing the situation, began to howl. 1t
lasted only minute, though mamma
looked at the woman beside her as if
she were a decided interloper.
Who wonders that the American child
becomes tyrant and that parents fear
him?
What is the Use Of Going to Church l.?
The average American week is one in
tense effort to get beyond the limitations
OF the week just gone: Every nerve and
force Of body and brain have been under
the stress Of excitement and rush. Six
days are enough for the severe tension,
and break many one down in the pro.
cess: Let the struggle be stopped every
week by one perfect day OF rest The
church is essentially a place of rest.
Every part Of the service furnishes re-
lief from the burdens and cares of the
week. The music brings calm and re-
freshmen. The hymns lift one above
the plane of the secular and common
place. The lessons from the Bible, and
the preaching on topics connected with
present and future accountability, lead
one into new field of thought, and give
sense of responsibility and serious sig
niticance not at all suggested by the ac-
tivities of business. The Sunday service
inevitably develops the mind and broad
ems the areas of knowledge. Many ser
mon may fail to interest, but now and
then one is heard which brings the hear
er. into new region, such as that of
missions abroad or humane work ut
home. A new light may be thrown upon
the Scriptures by recent research; the re-
lation of Christianity to human society
may be seen as never before: and the old
Bible may be found to apply in a remark
able way to the current needs of men,
Bishop Hurst in Ladies' Home Journal.
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to devise some way of stopping its prog
ress. Accordingly they built stone wall
around it down through the mines This
NE wall, when completed, was more .han
1000 yards in length and from nine incn,,s
to five feet thick. The process of build
ing it was very slow and fraught with
great danger for the workmen. 1t was
htted up here and there with tunnels
which opened into the region of the hre
These could be securely sealed up at will
and afforded an opportunity for studying
the progress of the great fire. During
all these years the vegetation on the
ground above was much affected, the
earth being rendered SO warm that two
and sometimes three crops could he raj sed
in a year.-Buffalo Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

He can reel of French and Latin by the
yard,
He can cOHjugate the knottiest of verbs.
He's friend OF dear Old Plato"
Whom he alls a hot potato
But it's just his very knowledge that dis
turbs,
For I've, argued with him very long and
hard,
But 1t seems that am never understood:
He says, PA, you're too drastic
And know that he's sarcastic
Nhen ] ask him to saw up cord of
wood. New York Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

Phyllis Rankin, the actress. who has
been playing in London. Eng, with the
Belle of New York company. appeared
before Justice Scott in the Supreme
court as Mrs. Phyllis Rankin Gibbs and
asked for an absolute divorce from her
husband Henry D. Gibbs. an actor.
Mrs Gibbs, who is a sister of Mrs. Sid
ncy Drew and daughter of Mckee,
Rankin. testified that she was married
to the defendant at Charleston. S. c.. on
March .. 1895. They have two children.
She asked for the custody of her chill
dren. The complaint is filed on statutory
grounds. Gibbs did not put in a defense
and Justice Scott adjourned the further
hearing of the suit until some additional
witnesses could be produced on behalf of
the plaintiff
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
LADY" OR "WOMAN"

"A beautiful iady"-who would say?
Beautiful womans the better way
Such Is the doctrine which schooimarms
teach,
But their pupils put it, She's peach"
New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

\ Swagger pink tea could not have
drawn greater assemblage of stylish
women than were gathered together OH
Thursday in the courthouse which
Tweed built. The galaxy of fashion and
beauty was there to engage in combat
under three standards 1t was to he a
fight to the death between the Colonial
DANES of America on the one side and
on the other the incorporated ASSocia-
ton Of Colonial Danes of the State of
New York and the II incorporated So
clety of Colonial DANES of America"
The Colonial Danes object to the titles
borne by the other two societies. and arr.
trying to get an injunction to restrain
their use. \ hitch occurred just as the
case was about to go on, and it was ad-
journed until next week.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

One of New York's handsomest the
alters is to be built this summer. the con
tract, which has already been let. calling
for its completion on or before December
|. George NJ. JanSen's new PLAYHOUSE i'll
Long Acre square will be three-stu
terra Gotta. steel and glass structure.
69x1OO.4 feet in dimensions The cost of
the building is estimated at $2OO,OON.
The general style of architecture will he
Moorish. The theater will be surmount-
ed by Il roof garden covered by plate
glass, and the sides will be sliding glass
windows. Fully third of the front of
the theater will be of stained glass.
Back of each of the stained glass panels
will be dozens Of incandescent electric
lamps. prWlut ing dazzling effect
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

Some business houses have their auto
mobiles and other devices for attracting
attention in the streets and avenues and
hunt for ideas even newer. The novelty
would appear to have been discovered in
youth of athletic mold and decidedly
English features. who. attired not in liv-
cry, but in the smartest of fashionable
driving suits, handles the ribbons over
the lovely pair of nagS attached to a
Broadway bridesmaids wagon. The
young fellows appearance and style are
irreproachable. He drives like thor
oughbred, with his gloved hands held
high and his whip elbow crooked at just
the correct angle Looking no further
than the box seat. one could easily mis-
take the vehicle for a swell private turn
out. The name on the panel is all that
gives it away" and the sight of that
causes most people to turn for another
look at the seemingly amateur driver.
George w. Lederer has decided to call
tho roof garden of the New York theater
jnee Hammerstein's The Aerial Mag
nolia Grove" And the grove was thrown
open to a numerous, curious and admir-
ing crowd last evening, who voted 1t
bully" ''the limit, "out of sight" and
in other complimentary terms declared it
to be THE real thing 1t is certainly
very pretty, with its many colered lights,
its artificial but very real-looking mag
nolia trees in their very real-lookins
blossoms, and it's trailing vines and flow
ers. And the new and summer-like chairs
and tables give an air of coolnesS to the
place that is most agreeable. The roof
is somewhat warm-as the old Hammer
stein roof always was-but this defect
Mr.. Lederer is doing away with by cold
air plant that he is putting in which will
force the temperature down to anything
YOU like, this side of skating. The
Aerial Magnolia Grove will be quite
60. o..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

''Steeple Jack" returned to his old love
again the other day and climbed to tho
top of the tiagpoe on the dome of the
Pulitzer building for the sixteenth time
He was then 49, feet above Park row.
and while at this awful height placed
new gilt ball upon the tlagloe From
the street he looked like Il mosquito. and
the 1S-inch ball like a 1-carat stone.
''Steeple Jacks" right name is Joseph H.
Lawler. He has been climbing to lofty
perches for twenty-five years. as did his
father before him When the Pulitzer
building was built, ''Steeplc Jack put
the ball on top of the pole. He realizes
the danger. but declares he is never per
fectly happy unless he is in the clouds
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-07
AT DUTCH HARBOR.


Seattle, WASH, July 6.-The first news
to be received this season from Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, an important shipping
point between here and St. Michaels,
arrived to-day. A correspondent of the
associated press writes under date of
June 10 as follows:
There are five vessels in port bound
north to St Michaels and Cape Nome
The Roanoke OF the North American
Transportation company was the first
to reach port after one of the smoothest
voyages ever made at this time of the
year A dense bank of fog kept her
outside thesentrance to this picturesque
harbor "a hoursg Captain Weaver laying
to rather than take any chances of pill
ing upon the rocks, which are numer-
ous outside the heads. The only YES
sci in port when the Roanoke arrived
was the steam schooner Del Norte,
which has made one trip ito Seal island
for the Alaska Commercial company.
She will get away within day or two
for Cape Nome and St. Michaels. The
Portland. from San Francisco, got in
during the afternoon and tisd up to the
Alaska Commercial Company's wharf at
Unalaska. Captain Linquist lost his
bearings in the dense fog that detained
the Roanoke and came near going on
the rocks. He brought up in small
bay, where he anchored until the fog
lifted. The Portland proceeds north to-
morrow. The Albion, which arrived two
weeks ago from San Francisco, left for
the Siberian coast soon after for rein
deer for the government. The Bear.
Lieutenant Jarvis commanding, is the
only one of the revenue cutter fleet to
reach this port. She was here 10 days
ago and left for the Siberian coast. The
Grant, the Corwin. the Thetis and the
Rush and NuniVak are due to arrive
this week.
The Alliance. which left Seattle June
10, arrived to-day with all on board
well. After coaling she will proceed
north.
The Discovery, which will make tri-
weekly trips from St. Michaels to Cape
Nome and Colvin bay during the sum-
mer, arrived this morning from Seattle.
She will coal before proceeding north.
The river fleet of the Alaska EX
poration company, whose headquarters
are in San Francisco. will be towed to
st. Michaels this week. The steamer
Leon had her trial trip to-day, fully
meeting requirements.
The Homer and Bertha, from San
Francisco. are expected hourly The
Philadelphia Crude ore company,
which owns valuable deposits of sui
phur about 10 miles from this place.
disembarked from the Roanoke and
went into camp about mile from port,
where they will remain until the snow
disappears from their property. The
company intends to expend s100. 900 this
year in developing their property.
The Del Nurte, which was as far
north as Seal island. saw no floating
ice. This is considered a good omen.
The Roanoke Will get to sea at 6
o'clock this afternoon and will make
Cape Nome next"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-07
TWO ALASKA EXTREMES
Millionaire and Pauper Walk the
Same Plank.
COPPER RIVER HARDSHIPS
Many Prospectors Return Without q
Cent-Four Men Drowned on the
Way to Dawson Relief
for the Suffering.

Seattle, Wash, July 6.--The two ex-
Alaska were presented In strong con-
trast to-day, when the steamer City Of
Topeka arrived from the north. Min
ers from Dawson walked down the
gang plank trembling from the weight
of the gold dust they carried. Miners
from the Copper river followed stag
gering from physical weakness and
disease contracted in the inhospitable
north.
The Klondikers wore new suits.
Those from the Copper river were still
in the blanket clothes they wore when
they left civilization, and nearly every
one had a roll of blankets under his
arm.
One poor Copper river miner from
New York landed without a cent A
klondtker hearing of his plight, pur-
chased for him a. ticket across the con-
tinent with a sleeping car coupon, and
fitted him out with new clothes.
The Topeka also brought details Of
the drowning of four men at Five
Finger rapids. They were L. G. Green,
Seattle; H. Mohlin, Whilby Island,
William Hoffman, WILDLY island
Wash.
They were going to Dawson on a
scow. When they reached the rapids
they became confused and lost control
of the scow. The strong current car
ried it against the rocks and it was
broken into pieces. The four men were
unable to swim
The Copper river passengers num-
bered "A. They say the government re-
lief party sent by Captain Abercrom-
bic into the interior did a great deal of
good and doubtless saved many lives.
Abercrombie is now some distance
up the Copper river valley working on
the mail road to the Yukon.
| Purser r. c. Jones says that the
Klondikers on the Topeka placed in his
care about 100000 in gold dust.
! j. T. Kenyon, V. w. Haywood and
Judge Ostrander, who were perhaps the
| richest men on board, had about 40
pounds of dust between them.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-07
The List of Drowned,

Calvert Texas. July 6.-The following
is complete list, so far as can be
obtained, of the drowned in Roberts
county. 1t has been gotten from the
various officers in different towns by
telephone:
T, S. DAWSON, white body recov-
cred.
JOE WHITE, white; body not recov-
cred.
JOE WHITES TWO SONS, bodies
not recovered.
MARK TURNER.
TWO UNKNOWN MEN, white;
bodies not recovered.
DAVID WHITE, colored body re-
covered.
TOM TYSON, colored; body reccv-
cred.
ROSANA BROWN, colored; body re-
covered.
LULU CHOP, Chinese; body recov-
cred.
TWO CHILDREN OF TOM DAL-
LAS. colored: bodies recovered.
FOUR MEN on Tom Anderson s
farm, colored; bodies not recovered.
FIVE MEN below Hearne, coored ;
bodies not recovered.
LILY NORMCOS, colored; body not
recovered
Total, "a.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-07
NO EXTRA SESSION.
General Henderson Does Not Believe One
Will BE Called.

Washington, July 6.-General Hender-
son of Iowa, prospective speaker of TIE
house, had a conference with the pros,-
dent to-day, but at the conclusion of his
call stated that no general questions nad
been discussed.
II have Simply been looking after mat
ters pertaining to my own district" he
said.
When asked as to the prospects Of an
extra session of congress, he said
For myself, ] have never thought that
congress would be called together in ad =
vance of the regular time, for / have
never thought that there was any occa-
sion for an extra session."
Regarding the prospect of financial leg
isation. General Henderson said that was
being taken care of at Narragansett Pier.
Moreover, there is no financial bill No
bill has ever been formulated as the result
of our caucus committee work at Atlantic
City Much has been published that was
not correct. The whole subject Is there
fore in embryotic shape and there Is notn-
ing to say in connection with 1t.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-07
NEARLY ALL ARE SAVED
A Small Loss of Life in the Brazos
Floods.
A GREAT PROPERTY LOSS
Two Negroes Were Forced to Roost in
Trees-Government Relief Is on
the Way to tho Sufferers.
Timely Aid

Galveston, Texas, July 6.-Reports
from a special correspondent of the
News indicate that while the property
loss by the recent floods has been enor-
nous, the loss of life has been greatly
exaggerated. According to the News
only five lives have been lost in the
Lower Brazos valley. From 1900 to
1000 colored people were caught in the
valley in Austin, Waller and Fort Bend
trees and housetops.
A special train left this afternoon for
the flooded district, carrying several
government and a number of private
boats. 1t Is believed that nearly all
the people lodged in trees and on
housetops have been rescued, but the
boats sent from Galveston to-day will
patrol the flooded district and make
thorough search for stragglers.
The war department has authorized
Governor Sayers to distribute 10000
army rations among the flooded suf-
ferers. the rations to be furnished the
governor from San Antonio. In addi-
ton, Houston and Galveston have sent
several carloads of groceries into the
hooded district 1t is believed there is
now food enough in transit to feed the
negroes until the water recedes and
they can turn to plantation work
The next trouble will be at Velasco,
the mouth of the Brazos, which point
the foods reached to-day. The town
may be cut off from communication
with the world for day or two, but no
loss of life is anticipated because they
had two days notice that the flood had
broken loose above and was coming
down The revenue cutter Galveston
Will leave here tonight for Velasco to
point.
The donation of the war rations was
most timely, as several thousand home
less negroes will have to be fed for 10
days.
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BACK FROM AFRICA.
George e. Prices Experience Ira velin =
in tho French soudan.

George e. Prices Experience rravelino
in tho Fvsnch soudan.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, July 6.-George e. PTace, who
left here a year ago next month to go
into the French Soudan, Africa, and
open up some mining property for a.
French mining company, returned here
to-day, rather the worse physically for
his experience in the torrid climate of
the tropics. He says that the section
in which the company proposed to
operate is about the hardest to get at
and widest he ever imagined A Jour
ney of 1,500 miles, partly on water and
partly over burnt up country in primi-
tive modes of conveyances, from the
west sea coast. makes 1t a difficult
matter to reach the mining country.
While there is gold there, it Is in very
unsatisfactory shape, no well defined
leads, and not in paying quantities to
warrant an expensive outlay for ma
chinery. After he looked the country
over and found that it would hardly
be practicable to put in the machinery.
that company abandoned the idea, for
the present at least He says Mon
tana is good enough for him. He is
recovering from a severe attack of
fever brought on by the trip out of
the country part Of which consisted of
a journey OF several days in small
grees in the shade The help found in
that country is native negroes, who
are very lazy. Nearly all are Moham-
medans, and Mr.. Price says that when
not sleeping they are praying. They
pray five times a day, an hour at each
time. IF their employer objects the
whole outfit will quit.
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TEACHERS ARRIVING.
The Big Specials From the East Are Not
Yet In,


Los Angeles. Cal, July 6.-Nearly all the
delegates to the National Educational as
sociation who have already arrived here
spent the day inspecting vineyards, ORCH
ards and near by places of resort.
DR.. Irwin Shepard secretary of the N
E. A, expects an attendance of at least
10000 teachers. and it is probable that
as many more visitors will arrive, attract
ed by the low railroad rates. The regular
trains over the Santa Fe and Southern Pa
ciiic routes arriving to-day brought nearly
1000 visitors to be added to the number
already here. Hotel and roomng accom-
modattons are amply provided for all that
may come and it is evident that there
wiz be no confusion no matter how large
the number.
On Tuesday, July Il. the delegates will
be taken through the San Gabriel val
ley. One of the novel excursions will be
a night ride up the great mountain road
to the top of Mount Lowe. where the OBJ
servatory and searChlight are. Santa Bar
bara and the old mission will be visited
on Wednesday. On July q. there will be
excursions to San Diego and across the
line to Old Mexico.
Preparations have been completed for
opening a Chinese theater in huge pa
vilon, large enough to hold 2,O00 people.
The play to be given has a cast of 6l
Chinese characters.
Tonight the board of directors of the
Los Angeles public library gave a recep-
ton to the members of the library depart
nent of the n. f. A.
The bic eastern special trains will be-
gin to arrive tomorrow. The Kansas and
Oklahoma special is due at $50; the In
diana and Kentucky special will arrive
Monday. also the Brooklyn Eagle special.
The New York state special will arrive on
Tuesday
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-07
TWO MORE CASES.
It's Not Feared That Yellow Fever VIII
Snreau in HAVANA.

Havana. July 1.-TWO cases of yellow
fever have been reported to-day. One OF
the patients is an old Spanish woman
who has been in Cuba for two years and
whose disease is in mild form. The
other case is that of an American whose
ss mptOmS are still doubtful, although it
is believed by Surgeon Major Davis and
other officers to he yellow fever. Both
cases were discovered in a part of the
city little freQuented by Americans. Sur
geoT Major Davis does not believe there
is now much danger that the disease will
spread. He says that at this time of the
year there are always a few cases of the
fever. Every effort will! be made to pre-
vent its increase.
General Ludlow is satisfied it is i'm
possible as yet to keep yellow fever out of
Havana, and especially such districts as
that at the southern end of First street.
The health of the troops is remarkably
good and makes better showing than al
many posts in the United States.
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TRAINS TIED UP.
Flood Damage to Property win Reach
Three Millions.

Flood Damage to Property will Reach
Three Millions.
st. Louis, Mo, July 6.-A special to
the Republic from Dallas, Texas, says:
The railroad situation in Texas to-
night because of the floods is so much
worse than it has been heretofore that
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe had to
abandon its through trains from st.
Louis and Kansas City at Dallas and
Fort Worth respectively. The Santa
Fe has. until tonight. by running on
a roundabout way, managed to get
through to Galveston but the new
washouts in the Brazos river country
stopped even this traffic. The aban-
donment of the Santa Fe sewers the
last link of anything like direct con-
nection between northern and south
ern Texas. 10 reach these points now
it is necessary to travel via Shreve-
port. La. The flood damages to rail-
road property in Texas is now con-
servatively estimated at SO, 900, 000
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FIREMAN KILLED.
Northbound Burlington Passenger went
Through a Culvert.

Kansas City, Mo-, July "A north
bound passenger train on the Burling-
ton went through a,culvert near Wald-
ron, Mo-, II miles north of Kansas City,
at 1890 O'Clock last night. Fireman
Charles Wetty of st. Joseph was killed
and several passengers are reported to
have been seriously injured.
The names of the injured cannot be
obtained at this hour.
A heavy rain tonight washed out
200 feet of roadbed ner the point where
the wreck occurred and the water
there is reported to be two feet over
the track The foundations of the cul-
vert are supposed to have been wash
ed away. Shortly after midnight
wrecking trains carrying surgeons were
dispatched from Kansas City Leaven-
worth and st. Joe.
officials state that only five or six
passengers are hurt and that the only
persons killed is Fireman Wetty.
The train is No. 2S running from
Kansas City to Omaha.