The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-01
was native of Parma. His predecessor
in Office was Giuseppe DoniZetti, the
brother of the great composer.

cutS tue lctcsS.tE OF fenOmm1ClnS nm
Congressman Gibson of the Second Ten
ncssec district has circulated anon.
them an itemiZed account of what he ha.
az emphasized in the Fifty-fourth, Fifty
fifth and Fifty-s;xth Congresses.
Sarah l.. Bum, who lived next doc
to David Iiannum. the original of "Davit
Harum,' in Homer, n. Y. knew Edwar,
Wr*tvott well and says that he married
ii relative of David, and had always tn,
greatest respect for him. She denies tina
he II ended to + dicule Hannum.
Rev. NJ. Lafayette Gordon, NJ. d.. ;
missionary. of the American board, now
on furlOugh from Kioto, Japan, has beer
invited by the Hawaiian Evangelical as
soriation to take charge of the work car
ried on in Honolulu for the more thar
10000 Japanese now in the islands.
REV. Henry \. Stmson. ID d., pas
tor of the Manila ttan Congregation
church Of New York, has Just been m.
pointed Southworth lecturer at Andove,
Theological seminary for next year. II,
will deliver course of six lectures next
winter upon THE Church of Today
| Gen Ian Hamilton. who has com.
n!and of the newly formed Colonial Di.
vision in South Africa, is a Wellington
college man, and still we'll on the fight
| in, side of 80. He Joined the Gor.lon
Highlanders in 1872 and distinguished
himself III the Afghan campaign of 1879
50.
When City Clerk Donovan of Boston
made his first appointment his mesSen-
ger, the oth1c day, he gave all Boston y
surprise politicians and ordinary citi-
zcnS-for he selected ii 17-year-oid girl
Miss Annie e. Riley, the first woman in
the history of Boston to hold such \ NO.
sition.
-EN-PreSdent Harrison was driving
in indianapolis the other evening when
the horses i'll his carriage frightened and
started to run away. The coachman had
lost control of the animals when Mr.,
Harrison took the rrinS into his own
hands and quickly brought the horses to
their senses.
M. De Gerlarhe. who commanded the
Belgian Antarctic expedition, will shortly
start for China to thoroughly explore the
territory acquired there by King Leopold
y London paper says that King Wilhelm
and King Leopold have between them
provided $1,OOO,OOO for the expenses of
the expedition.
Senator Depew, who is perhaps the
most frequent dner-out in America,
doubtless owes his great activity and per
feet health to the fact that he drinks no
VINE and eats temporarily at dinners.
lie confines himself to Appollinaris water
and does not rely upon champagne for
his sparkling wit.
In ut least one respect Gen. Cronie,
the new Napoleon at st. Helena, will be
better OFT than the one whose fortune
was finally overthrown at Waterloo. The
with England and the Cap>, so that the
eNlleu Beer leader may keep in touch
with current events.
1t IS worth noting that one of the
supporters of Olive Schreiner's husband
when he at last succeeded, after several
attempts frustrated 10y mobS. in present
ing the Bucr side Of the South Afri,
dispute to London audience. was Mrs.
,rSnird. :: sister Of Gen. French, Gen.
Roberts well-known cavalry header.
1t is claimed for &. T. Robertson Of
Chattanooga that he is the youngest liv-
ing man who fought throughout the Civil
war on the Confederate side. He enlist
ell III the IWcnty-fourth Georgia infan-
try August Il. 1861. when he was Is
years and months old. served four
years straight and never went home.
a story comes from Vatican circles
that the Pope WAS approached recently
by il clerical drputation. who implorcd
nm TO suppress the works of Gabrielle
d Annunzo. The Pope is said to have
replied: leave Gabrielle d'Annunzio
alone. lie. ut any rate. is about the on
" man living who knows how to write
Italian.
Il Ne stained glass window that is t.
be placed in the new high school Of
Philadelphia in memory of the late presi-
dent Of the board of education Edward
L. Steele, the gift of his two daughters,
IS to he exhibited at the Paris expos;-
ton. The window, which cost $4,000,
was made by Tiffany, and was ordered
three years ago.
Miss Helen Gould has undertaken =
work fer the benefit OF the employees of
the Missouri Pacific system in the West
which will cost large amount of money
It Is plannt to establish and support
railroad Young Mems Christian associa-
tions at different points along the road
and to equip associations already organ
lied with libraries.
Miss Jobyne Rowland, the Gibson
girl and actress, is visiting her old
home in Denver. where she spent all but
a few years Of her life. She was born
III indianapolis, but moved with her par
rnts to Denver when ? years old, and
lived there twenty-five years. Miss
Howand is now % years old. She has
not made Il theatrical engagement for
laAt year.
by the death at Naples of the veneer
abe Prince Colonna, in his ninety-tirst
year. Ferdinand Colonna who married
the daughter of Mrs. John w. Mackay.
succeeds to the titles of Prince of Sticlia-
no, Prince of Alamo, Marquis Castelnuo-
VA. Lord of Ilienelo. of San Arcangclo,
of Roccanova. of Aelito and Of Guislia-
ma. He becomes Il patrician of Rome.
Venice and Naples. and succeeds to the
of the Neapol;tan branch of the
Colonna family.