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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17
NIGHT STREET WORK.
GANGS OF MEN LABOR WHILE
CHICAGO SLEEPS.

Necessary Repairs to the Pavements
Cannot BE Made in the Day-Street
Car and Telephone Companies Kept
Busy-Toilcrs Make Weird Spectacle.
When the roar and turmoil Of bust
ness life in the city's downtown streets
subside every evening, says the Chicago
Chronicle, a small army of workmen
takes possession. Flaring torches, the
noise of pick and shovel. and the rattle
OF croWbars give II weird appearance to
some otherwise deserted thoroughfare
that is temporarily in the hands Of the
street repairing gang.
During the summer season. from May
until October, Il regiment of night
workers is employed Oh the downtown
streets every night. Counting the city
gang of street repairers and the cor
poration gangs, there are probably not
less than 200 brawny laborers on the
downtown streets every evening. Some
times nearly the whole force is en-
ployed on rush job in a single thor
oughfare, and at other times it is scat
tered over a dozen streets. But the
street work never ceases while the rest
of the city is sleeping.
Outside the First Ward. which en-
braces all main business thorough
fares, practically all street repairing
is done in the daytime In the down
town section the reverse is the rule.
The congested arterial traffic of bust
ness hours must not be interrupted even
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

that the whole traffic of thoroughfare
is interrupted by a single individual,
half buried in a manhole, with a coil of
wire in his hand. The street inspectors
are constantly at war with the cor
porations on this ground. At night the
work goes on much more rapidly. It
Is at night, also, that the cable COM
panies clean their condNts. The city
gangs attend to trenches and catch
basins and similar work when dusk
begins.
One of the picturesque sights of the
metropolis is the night gang of street
repairers at work. It moves with the
precision of an army. Its units make
great deal OF noise, but the First Ward
is not given to quiet residential habits
or sound sleeping. When morning
brings the rushing tide Of business the
night workers melt away with their
torches, picks and shovels, to await q
clear field Of operations the coming
evening.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17
Coast Trade Moving Southwark.

Quebec was originally the natura
port Of the Atlantic. 1t dropped down
to Salem, to Boston, now to New York
and already New York business me1
are complaining of Norfolk, Charles
ton, Savannah, Pensacola, New Or
leans and Galveston. Trade is finding
it's level, as the waters Of the country
debouch to the south. From wide
areas east and west, and starting al
most from the British American line
the mighty Mississippi gathers trade as
she flows to the Gulf.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

tention to make struggling clerks and
professional men out OF well-paid Ia.
bCIers: also, that it was not the inten-
ton to give Il foolish little smattering
OF culture, but merely to give working
men Of whatever age or condition such
instruction in history, political econ
.ouy. the principles of politics and the
principles of labor movements, coop
era ton and similar things that would
he Of practical help to them in looking
after their own interests.
The result was the establishment Of
Ruskin Hall at Oxford. n good deal
was said about it at the time, but it
was rather generally looked upon as
fad. and then forgotten except by
those who had some personal interest
in it, But the applications for resi-
<lencc in the hall at Oxford have from
The first exceeded the limited accom-
,nodations, and two NOR" halls have
lately been established in birmingham
another al Manchester and another at
Kirkenhvau. and others are to he start
I'd soon. Furthermore, the number Of
students in the correspondence courses
is already over 800, and is increasing
rapidly
To Begin i'll st. Louis.
Various English labor leaders fell III
" have come from some OF them ihAt it
should be carried back 10 the United
States In consequence. the general
secretary Of RuSkin Hall, II. 3. Lees
Smith. and two trained assistants. will
80 to st. Louis to establish Il Kilskin
HALL there, Of which Mr.. Smith will be
principal. They expect TO branch out
from there until in time, every big CITY
in the United States has = branch of
'hi' unique college. Two prominent
English labor leaders-~C. W. Bower
luall, Secretary Of the London Society
"f Compositions, and James Sexton,
Secretary Of the National Dock Labor
ers' Union-~haye gone to the United
States to talk with the labor leaders
there and prepare the way for their
cooperation. The $4,000 required to
start the college in America has al
A~NNJ DNNA = ''tAA df1CCA, duu a SOOu ueHl
of it has been raised mostly from mem
bers OF the correspondence class. 1t
has been said that the British trades
unions as a body have been backing
the undertaking. but this is not the
case.
The reason for making a beginning in
st. Louis doubtless is that Walter
Frooman, who was the founder of the
college and supplied the first of the
money to start it, was St. Louis
man, and was at one time active in
politics and business there. He and his
wife, d Baltimorean, who is interested
as much in the new movement as her
husband. now live in Oxford, and give
practically all their time to Ruskin
Hall, Of whose council Mr.. Vrooman
is President
1t is the intention to open hall in
ST. Louis as much as possible like that
in Oxford, and to begin at once cor
respondence school, AS soon as the
number of corresponding students in
any other city seems to warrant it a
hall will be established there also, and
SO on until, for all that the originators
can see to the contrary, every Aneri-
can workingman from Maine to Cali
fornia will have an opportunity to be-
come an undergraduate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

States as head Of the movement there:
He is a trim, energetic, smooth-faced
young man, who talks like an Amer1-
can, although he never has been in the
United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

People who can see woman in the
moon ought to put their lamentations
to some practical use. They own un-
developed gold mines.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

The very latest thing in door locks is
the night key.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

Some people are SO disagreeable they
feel ashamed when they laugh.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17

The first money widow spends af-
ter her husband dies represents some
thing she has always wanted, and
which he thought they could not afford.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

II would require some fifteen separate
stations. Of which about hali would
be under Japanese contoL
Captain Squicr favors the Pacific ca
bic bill introduced by senator McNIn-
Ian, which provides FOR the ccnstrue-
tion and control OF the cable by the
United States government, through the
postmaster general. the secretary OF
war and the secretary OF the navy,
Under this bill the cable will be OF
American manufacture. and win be laid
over the direct route from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu. thence to Manila by
way Of Wake island ami the Island OF
Guam, by ships flying the American
flag. 1t is very obvious from the fig
ures given by Captain sQuier that the
money We are now paying annually TO
foreign cable companies would pay the
interest ON enough money to construct
the entire acific cable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
URGENT NEED OF PACIFIC CABLE

The return OF the government naval
expedition which has Leen taking
soundIngs for Pacific cable route for
over year past viii give fresh inter
est 10 the discussion of the military
and commercial need Of telegraphie
trans Pacific link between the United
States, Hawaii and the Philippines.
Next to the digging of the isthmial ca
nal The construction Of a frans-Paeific
cable is the most important for the
commercial extension of this country
today
The most lucid and comprehensive
presentation OF the governmental needs
OF Pacific cable communication that
has yet been published appears in the
Independent of recent date, from the
pen Of Captain George Owen squier OF
the signal office, war department. Cap
tain Squier calls attention to the unique
position Of the Hawaiian Islands. There
is no land within 2,1OO miles in any
direction. They are civilized commu-
nifty, with a high-class government,
and yet completely cut of from tele-
graphic communication. being nearly a
week from The rest Of the world The
necessity for cable existed long ago.
but these islands are now under the
American fiag and the necessity is still
more urgent.
We are now paying about $1,000
day for war department messages alone
to the Philippines. We are paying to
an English corporation which acquired
exclusive cable privileges in the Philip
pine islands. under Spanish concessions.
rs cents for every word transmitted
from Hong Kong to Manila. For the
transmission Of war department mes
sages over a short span of cable
about 800 miles in length, from the |
Philippines 10 Japan, We are paying !
100000 a year. A message sent to Gen
eral Otis in the Philippines now re-
quires fourteen transmissions, and % !
per cent of its cost goes to foreign
cable companies.
1t is generally conceded that the
route that will secure US independence
Of foreign control and a reduction in
the cost of transmission is the one that
should be selected by the government.
These conditions, in the opinion of
Captain squier, are furnished by the
direct route from San Francisco to
Honolulu, thence 10 Guam and the
Philippines. Such cable would touch
only American soil. The Alaskan
route. which is favored by some, would
still leave us under The necessity Of
laying a separate cable TO Hawaii, and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

holders at Minneapolis necessary to
secure his denomination,
How far the presence and the strenu-
Gus labors Of office holders in the Mimi
eapOlis convention may have contribut-
ed toward the defeat OF Mr., Harrison
at the polls is a question upon which
there will always be wide diversity OF
opinion among politicians. But upon
the question Of the advisability Of
avoiding repetition OF the folly Of
s2 there can be no differences Of opin-
ion among intelligent republicans,
The conditions that embarrassed the
republicans in 1899 viii not menace the
Philadelphia convention next June.
The present incumbent OF the White
House will be nominated by aeclama-
ton. He will have no contestant for
that honor. The denomination is con-
ceded to him by a popular sentiment
which the politicians could not ignore
II they would. Under these circum-
stances the party managers viii act
the part Of political wisdom and avert
adverse criticism by permitting the
people to nominate him. Even the
southern states will have little excuse
for sending federal office-holders to
the Philadelphia convention.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
NO FEDERAL OFFICE-HOLDERS
FOR DELEGATES.

If the advice Of Secretary Dick of
the national committee is followed BY
the local republican organizations in
the various states the postmasters and
revenue collectors will not nominate
the republican national standard bear
er at Philadelphia in June
The admonition sent by Secretary
Dick to the chairman of the Texas re-
publican state committee is timely and
wise. While the national committee
cannot assume to interfere in the Sc
lection of delegates Secretary Dick
does not hesitate to say that 1T is
deemed advisable that, 50 far as prac-
ticable delegates to the coming nation
al convention should be composed Of
those not holding federal appoint
ments."
There will be no excuse for repeti-.
tion Of the monumental folly Of 1892.
The contest at Minneapolis was
struggle between the federal offlce-hol-
ders and the determined followers Of a
man who had been a popular idol for
twenty years. No one denies that the
administration Of President Harrison
was able and patriotic, and that 1t
commanded the confidence and admira-
tion of the people. By common ac-
knowledgement of all fair-minded peo-
pie he was entitled to another term.
1t was unfortunate, therefore, that his
relations with his secretary of state
should have precipitated struggle
that made grand rally of the office
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
PROTECTION VERSUS EXPANSION.

Congress can do pretty much as Il
wants to with our new possessions. 1t
may incorporate them as an integral
part of our territory or hold them out
side in absolute dependence upon our
sovereignty But it is clear that the less
Of discrimination there is the better
their people will be pleased and the
easier 1t will be to gain their co-op-
Grafton.
We should aim, therefore. to give
them territorial form Of government
as nearly as possible like those which
We have erected on this continent, and
it is a great mistake to deny them the
benefit OF free trade with the United
States. AS well protect California
against Florida because they both
raise oranges, or Virginia against
North Carolina because they both raise
and manufacture tobacco. Because
the power exists in the one case and
not in the other makes no difference
with the unwisdom of the policy. A
satisfactory local tariff win never be
devised at Washington for Puerto Rico
or the Philippines.
This is absolutely certain. because
it will be passed not for the good Of
the natives or Of the United States but
for the advantage Of various interests
in this country. Puerto Rico might
have had free trade had it not been
for the opposition of the tobacco and
sugar lobbyists. To .1lacate them we
who used to laugh at Horizontal Bill
Morrison are about to decide, it seems,
on horizontal reduction instead Of
kicking the barriers away entirely.
A scientific or just tariff was never
framed in this way. and the general
concession is a fraud on its face, be-
cause the only duitable produce which
is likely to come to this country in any
quantity is sugar and tobacco. This
indicates the motive Of the new bill,
and we have already commented on
Its infinite srnallness. Though the ISL
and raises both sugar and tobacco for |
export, the sugar output is but frac-
tion Of our own. and the tobacco out
put is hardly sppreciable by compar-
son with ours.
If this island and the others are to
have special tariffs let US not put them
ir the mercy Of interested schemers
n this country, but rather permit the
ocal government TO frame their own
bills. At the very least they should |
have some sort Of official representa-
ton when such measures are under dis |
cussion. Otherwise protection will be |
the greatest impediment to expansion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
TO PARIS IN 1900.

The passenger department Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
has taken advantage Of the current in
terest in the Paris Exposition and has
printed for free distribution one Of the
most charming books Of the season, en-
titled, "Glimpses Across the Sea-" It's
contents describe recent voyage
across the Atlantic made by Sam T.
Clover, journalist and author, and in
cludes his diversified experiences in
London and Paris. The "Glimpses"
are entertaining and instructive to the
prospective western patrons Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway,
who may be contemplating a trip to
Europe. The enterprise If the railway
company in auguraung such a happy
departure from the ordinary methods
of advertising is commendable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
"THE MILW AUKEE.' '

A familiar nAme for the Chicago. Nil.
waukee 4 81. Paul Railway. known all
over the Union a. tho 0rca, Railway
running tho pioneer Limited" trains
every day and night between g. Paul
and Chicago. and Omaha ana Chicago.
THE only perfect trains in tho world"
Understand; Connections arc made with
all Transoontinental Lines. assuring to
passegcnrs the best service known. Luz.
urious coaches, electric light. steam heat
Of a verify equaled by no other line.
See that your ticke, reads via The
Milwaukee" when going TO Rny point ia
the United States or Canada All ticket
agents sell tnem.
For rates. pamphlets. or other lnformA-
ton, address.
]. W. CASEY. G. J. EDDY.
TrGv. Pass. Agt. General Agent,
Portland. Or. Portland. or
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS
WANTED.

olhoe OF c. Q. NJ, Vancouver nar-
racks, WASH. February II, 1900: Sealed
proposals, In trlplioate. WIN be received
here umtn II o'clock. n. M. March II,
1900, and then opened. for furnishing
fuel at the several military posts IN
this department, for fiscal year com.
mcncing July LIST, 1900. Information
furnished here or by Quartermasters at
posts. Y. $, reserves right 10 reject or
accept any or all proposalc or any part
thereof Envelopes containing proposals
should be marked: Proposals for Fuel
at" and addressed TO undersigned. ],
w. JACORS, c, q, NJ,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

My son has been troubled for years
with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime
ago l persuaded him 20 take some OF
Ch0mhcrlains Cole, Cholera and
Diarrhoea remedy. After using two
bottles OF the 95-cept Size he was
cured. give this testimonial hoping
some one similarly afflicted may read
IL and be benefited. THOMAS c.
BOWER, Glencoe, o, For sale by
Charles Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

''One Minute Cough cure Is the best
remedy ever used for coughs and colds
1t Is unequalled for whooping cough.
Children all like H." writes II. N. VIII.
Jams. Gentryvllle. Ind. Never falls
1t Is the only harmless remedy that
gives immediate results. Cures coughs.
colds, hOarseness, Group. pneumonia
bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles Its early use prevents con-
Chas Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

II was nearly dead with dyspspsla
tried doctors, visited mineral spr ngs
and grew worse. used Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure. That cured me-" II d.
gests what you eat. Cures indigestion,
sour stomach, heartburn and all forms
Of dyspepsia. Chas Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

All communications intended for pub
licatlon should be directed to the edi-
tor Business communications Of all
kinds and remittances must be address,
ed 10 The Astorian."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Mr. J. Sheer. Sedalia, Mo-, saved his
child's life by One Minute Cough Cure.
Doctors had given her up to die with
Group. It's an infalllble cure for
coughs, colds, grippe, pneumonia bron-
chitis and throat and lung troubles.
Relieves at once. Chas Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Il takes but a minute 10 overcome
tickling In the throat and TO stop a
cough by the use OF One Minute Cough
Cure. This remedy quickly cures all
forms OF throat and lung troubles.
Harmless and pleasant 10 take. II pre-
vents consumption. A famous specific
for grippe and its after effects. Chas
Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Miss Annie Il. Cunning. Tyre, Mich,
says: II suffered a long time from dys-
pepsia: lost flesh and became very
weak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure completes
ly cured me-" II digests what you eat
and cures all forms Of stomach trouble.
II never fails to give immediate relief IN
the worst CASES. Chas Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

AS a cure for rheumatism Cham
berlain's Pain Balm Is gaining a wide
reputation. d. 3. Johnston Of Rich
mond. Ind. has been troubled with
that ailment since 1862. In speaking
OF II he says: "T never found any
thing that would relieve me until
used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. II
acts like magic with me. My foot
was swollen and painlng ne very much
but one good application Of Pain
Balm relieved me For sale by
Charles Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Mrs. r. Churchill. Berlin. VI, says:
our baby was covered with running
sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured her" A specific for piles and
skin diseases. Beware Of worthless
counterfeits. Chas Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

J. 3. Clark. Peoria, H.. says: Sur
geons wanted to operate on me for piles,
but / cured them with DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve." II is infallible for piles
and skin diseases. Beware OF counter
felts Chas Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
NOT A POISONOUS FACE BLEACH

But true beautifer, being the only prep
aration sold under positive guarantee Of
81 900 that it contains not a grain or
fraction thereof of poisonous or deleteri-
Gus substances Endorsed by the most
celebrated aristes Of the lyric and dra-
matte stage; recommended by eminent
physicians, and pronounced harmless by
LEADING chemists
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

DeWitt's Little Early Risers purify
the blood. clean the LIVER. invigorate
the system. Famous little pills for con-
stipation and liver troubles. Chas Rog.
ers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

A man. OF sense finds less difficulty I'm
submitting to a wrong headed fellow
than attempting to set him right.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

The Astorian guarantees to its ad-
vertisers the largest circulation Of any
newspaper published on the Columbia
river.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Wit tempts us sometimes 10 play
the fool with great courage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Advertising rates can be mad on ap-
plication to the business manager.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Our aversion TO the untruth is often
but an imperceptible ambition to make
our testimony considerable and give
our words a religious weight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11
DAILY.

Sent by mail, per year ...........S6.oe
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Served by carrier. per month 49,. 80
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Small genluses are hurt by small
events; great geniuses see through and
despise them
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

The labors Of the body free man from
pain Of the mind. This it is that con
stltutes the happiness Of the poet.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Those who have but one sort OF wit
are sure not TO please long.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

The wit Of most women serves rather
to fortify their folly than their reason.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Wisdom Is TO the mind what health
is To the body.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

The virtue Of women Is often the love
of reputation and quiet.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-11

Women are completely cruel only to
those they hate.