The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-04-07
DUKE is SNOWBOUUD.
Plight Of Heir PresumptEve to Eng
Iish Throne While on
Hunting Trip.

Plight of Heir PresumptEve to Eng
iish Throne While on a
Hunting Trip.
London, March 25.-The weather in
Great Britain during the past week I'M
derwent complete change. Last week
the weather was warm and summer
like. This week it has been bitterly cold,
with snow everywhere. London partici-
pated III the wintry weather, but here it
was TEMPERED by bright sunshine. The
Duke of York has been showed in at
Abergeldimains; near Ballater.t He went
there for tie salmon fishing, but the
weather cliahged quickly to Arctic cold
and hedvy. sIiOwstortt cut him off from
communication with the outer world. 1t
will be days before he is liberated.
Three More Drawing Rooms.
The center of gravity of the fashion
able world has shifted to the Riviera,
where Queen Victoria is now sojourning
There will be three more drawing rooms
this season and the Queen has privately
intimated that she will attend one in
May.
Her majesty has given two additional
instances Of her womanly feeling this
week which have made d very pleasing
impression in southern France. While
out driving at the beginning of the week
she overlook peasants walking funeral
and had 10 rG6fn to pass. The mourners
stopped and stood aside but the Queen
requested the cortege to Proceed and her
own carriage followed respectfully, at a
walking pace, for half mile, until the
roads diverged.
Again, while driving through Nice on
Wednesday, the Queen passed a child
which was crying bitterly. She, ordered
her carriage to be stopped and sent Il
member Of her suite to inquire the cause
of the cfild's distress and to give it Il
The little face Frightened up. and the
Queen drove on, smilingiy r&uArking: "As
long as nothing serious is the matter,
thought few sous would make the little
one happy
Princess Maude's Unhappiness.
NJ. A. p. (Mainly About People, says
Princess Maude of Wales princess
Charles of Denmark) is VIGOROUSLY I'M
happy in her new Danish home and that
it required all the persuasions of her pa
rents to reconcile her to return to the
gloomy environment of the Danish court.
prospect of any child Of hers reaching
the throne has been destroyed by the
birth of an heir to Prince Christian, the
eldest son of the Grown Prince Freder-
ick:,
The Queen of Sweden and Norway has
become collector for the Salvation army.
dining table of the royal palace.
Wales Getting Careless in Dress.
A correspondent in Paris writes that
the young Partisan dandies are dis
tressed at the loss of the Prince of Wales
the prince ''neglects his personal appear
ance woefully, his overcoat is shabby,
his hat shapeless and his tic is so much
OH one side that his shirtstuds are visi-
ble.''
Considerable interest is taken in the
announcement of the coming marriage of
Lady Edith Douglas, daughter of the
Pitt, who is head of the Psychical Re
search society and a great authority on
''spooks."
Sidney Webb, chairman of the tech
meal education board, handled American
institutions in Il severe manner while
lecturing recently before the school Of
economics. Among other things he said:
''Tammany Is no worse than the Repub-
lican organization Of New York. It is
not to blame for the corruption. The
purest city in America is the Mormon
Salt Lake City. You must not imagine
that boss is wicked man. He does
not rob the poor; but does good to the
poor at the expense Of the rich. The
bosses are the Nineteenth century Robin
Hoods. The cause of the corruption lies
in the character of the American. He
does not believe in government and does
not have the Et1glishman's delight in
governing. He enters politics to make
money and cannot conceive of anybody
doing anything else"
In conclusion Mr.. Sidney Webb re-
| marked: 1.-THE American, individually,
is the kindest and most considerable. most
polite individual living. But, collectively
they are not yet success"
Love Letter by King Henry VIII.
Sir Benjamin Stone, president of the
National Photographic Record associa-
travel and articles on various scientific
subjects, has unearthed in the Vatican
library among the documents relating to
English history. an autograph love letter
from King Henry VIII. to the unfortu-
nate Anne Boleyn. The epistle, which is
written in French. is in the approved
| style of a love-sick swain and is signed
| with a drawing representing Il heart.
The condition of County Mayo is caus-
ing anxiety at Dublin castle, and it is
expected that the crimes act will be re-
applied. Agrarian terrorism is being re-
| vived, boycotting is rife and jurors have
been shot at.
"French Invasion of England"
In spite of the signing of the Anglo
French agreement rega riding Africa, one
Of the leading topics of the week, on
| both sides of the channel, has been an
article published in the Revue des Deux
| Mondes seriously outlining a fresh
scheme for the invasion of Great Britain.
be built and collected in the canals and
| rivers leading to the French coast, that
each of them be armed with two quick
| firing guns and that they convey an army
of 10000 men and 500 cannon with the
| necessary ammunition, stores, etc. The
cost of their construction is estimated at
| 15O,O0O,OOO francs. and the pinnaces are
to be provided with torpedoes to keep
off hostile ships, while the quick firing
| guns are to repulse torpedo-boat attacks.
The writer of the article says there
| will be no difficulty in getting the boats
across, pointing out that Napoleon had a
| far more difficult task at Wagram, where
he crossed the Danube in the face of
the Austrian army. The English coast
defenses are classed as being a negligible
quantity and the operation is looked upon
| by the writer as being merely a matter
of few hours. Three divisions of Ii,
500 men each are to be landed in Ireland
and the Irish are to be armed with the
| old Gras rifles. The English papers
| pooh-pooh the scheme, but the French
newspapers discuss it as being perfect
~ sound proposition. The Petit Journal
praises the plan, declaring it's chief merit
is in it's simplicity and unity, and points
to the success of the Roman, Saxon,
Danish and Norman invasions as proving
the feasibility of the project.
Stories of Actors.
81 have just had narrow escape from
4 fatal attack of heart disease" said Sol