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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

With the completion Of the Cape to
Cairo railway and telegraph lines re-
sources will be developed which will as
tonish even the most sanguine believers
in the future of Africa. 1t will first and
foremost solve the labor problem. as the
"teeming Millions of laborers mentioned
by Mr. Rhodes are no exaggeration.
completed it will be possible to find at
any time at months notice $4,000 spare
laborers to go and work in any portion
of Africa, this independently of those
who will be already employed.--London
Express y-.>,~~ " T. l~rs-,:s,I - -. )
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
COLLEGIANSsIN5 PUBLIC LIFE.
Fifteen Of Our Presidents Have Been
College Men, s. h !. - 81. ~

xIOlle&e Men, p s. 49, ~ %
To be president of the United States
is the highest position to which an Amer
lean can attain. wenty-four men have
more than half of the life of the coun-s
try college facilities were very difficult
indeed: Yet fifteen of these chief execu-+:
tives have been college men. and only
three quite without what we call academ-
ic training, which all, save two, of the
non-graduates were members of
learned profession. The college educa-
with men seeking the highest political
distinction, but to have helped in way
that is self-evident. -
Suppose we leave this field of specu-
lation which leads back to the beginning
Of our national life, and confine our
selves to the president. In the present
cabinet of President Mckinney there. are
men, one, himself a non-graduate, was a
professor in a college when he entered
the cabinet. The remaining eighth man
finished his education at an academy,
which likely is not ranked in scholarship.
with many Of the colleges that confer
degrees in all the dignity of a Latin text
to put into literal English. The admin
istration of Mr.: Mckinley, himself not
college man, though the graduate of
law school, is mainly conducted BY men
Of college training. There is probably
no man in the country, not a crank, who
will say. 1t is any the worse for being
nue., where the legislative and judicial
coordinate branches of the government
do business, let us see what is the col
legiate condition of the judges and legis-
lators. The judges are as follows, with
the college of each opposite his name:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
No Election, No Expense.

From France and not America comes
London correspondent. Up to the pres
emit the Yankees have led the way in
innova tons, and many of them have been
so popular that they have been grated
on to English and French systems, but
80 far no Americ can company has been
bold enough to insure a candidate for
parliamentary ionors against risk of fail
ure at the polls. A French company.
however. has undertaken this work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
Japs Early Appreciated the Drama.

National drama began its career in
England and Japan at about the same
time. In 1915 Okuni, a priestess who
ran away from the temple (but made her
peace with the god Onamuji by devoting
part Of the receipts to repairing his
shrine). gave her first theatrical perform
ance at Kioto. In 1876 1.-The Earl Of
Leicester's servants erected the first
public theater in observation-disclosures
NJ A. P LID. g.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
FACES We SEE.

Do you ever think
AS you walk the street,
Looking at various
People you meet.
OF downright homely
Persons phiZ,
And what an astonishing
Thing it is?
A beautiful face
Is something which
Is supposed to make
Its owner rich
In everything
The world admires,
That money buys
And brAin inspires.
But a homely face?
You look at it
And wonder,
Not little bit,
If it hurts,
And will it soon be well,
Or Is it quite
Incurab!e.
That is the way
You think, and where
To the owner
You are hardly fair,
For the homely face
Doesn't have call
To hurt either man
Or woman at all.
1t may he bumpy
Or hard or rough,
In every way certainly
HOmely enough;
But the owner
Doesn't seem to care q whit
And acts just as II
He were used to it
He's not conscious
OF his homely phiz,
And thinks it as fine
As another one is;
She takes it with her
Wherever she goes.
Plainly not knowing
What every one knows.
1t feels just the same
AS pretty one
Some better perhaps.
If the truth were known
And the owners after
Some wears Of wear
Consider the feel
AS good as falr
And still you wonder,
And have to think
That a phiz like that
Would drive you to drink;
You'll VOW it's the worst
You have ever seen.
But the person behind the face
Is serene.
Lam J. hampton in New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23
Strange Pillars OF Sand.

Among the Rosengarten mountains of
Austria there are numerous pillars Of
earth, some Of them forty feet high, each
bearing on its summit piece Of rock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

Here we see that the members of our
highest court do not rank any higher as
college men than the members of the
cabinet. though they are appointed and
confirmed to office in large measure by
ton in q branch of learning that has
been called the sum of all knowledge.
Indeed, the magazine editors of New
York city, as will presently be seen. in
proportion have had grearer early schol-
astic advantages. The Supreme court
justices, however, presumably on &C.
count of the nature Of their work, are
hard students all their lives, and some
men comparatively illiterate in the be-
ginning of their career on this exalted
bench, have become ripe scholars long
before the end of their service Judges,
however, have better opportunities for
self-improvement than almost any other
men in active ife."-John Gilmer Speed
in AinSlee'S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

course Of raid on sugar stock that Hen
ry o. Havemeyer was seriously i'll at his
summer home at Bayberry Point. lslip.
L.. L., but member of the household
said Nr. Hayemeyer was not ill.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

lilly Haynes, proprietor of the Broad
way Central hotel, New York city, and
the United States hotel in Boston. and
country. died last week in his Boston
hotel. Mr.. Haynes was born seventy
four years ago in Billerica. Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

Vaudeville performers are very much
alarmed over the fact that so many man
ayers throughout the country whose
houses have heretofore. been devoted to
that line Of performances are now pass
theaters in the future to legitimate PLAYS.
many of them by stock companies. Ev-
cry day announcement is. made of some
new house which has deserted vaude-
vile. Many of the performers are going
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

The Fleet Street A. NJ. Z. church in
Brooklyn is to have woman pastor
She is Rev. Mary E. Taylor of Nash
Vile. Tenn, who has been in charge Of
a church there for several years. Some
Of the Brooklyn people heard her preach
and liked her sermons so we'll that call
was extended to her, which she has just
accepted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

According to dispatch from London.
e. l.. Godkin, former editor of the New
York Evening Post, is again seriously Ill
in that city The Evening Post has no
private information to confirm the re-
port.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

Prominent business men of New York
city are said to be interested in an invi
taton to be extended to Serge Yulewich
Gle White. the Russian minister of
finance. to visit the United States. II
be given in his honor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-23

The old st. Cloud hotel, ut the corner
OF Broadway and Fortysecond street, is
not to be torn down. for the present at
least. 1t was intended to erect new
hotel building on the Site hut at meet
ing of the property owners the other day
the scheme was abandoned. The pres
ent building will likely remain unoccu-
pied for the time being.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
Crimes and Criminals.

John L. Semple, prominent attorney
Of Camden, N. j., has been arrested on
a charge OF completely In the counter
feiting Of SEQ Treasury note.
Dennis Reed, an eighteen-year-ol
boy. shot and seriously wounded Geo.
Williams at Metropolis. Ill, last night.
Reed had called on Williams daughter
against the latter's orders.
At osceola. Iowa, Elmer Lane cut the
throat of his wife, who had sued for d.
vorce. He then attempted to commit
suicide. Mrs. Lane is in critical con-
dition, while Lane may recover.
In a pitched battle between students
Of the University of Illinois at Urbana.
and the employees of circus in Cham
paign, H., three students were badly
beaten, one Champaign man was hurt,
and number of showmen were cut by
stones and bricks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30

New York, May 26.-Importo
ing interests in this city admit pank.
terday that the belief that ~ yes
orally obtained that the Un,,sd s gen.
mas at the present moment a rra s,a e
ternational credit balance-that !, M
great mass of debt owed to this as - a
try py Europe-is not well founaas ul'
AS matter of fact, the United ecu
is at this time. in reality, through ,a .ss
operations of the foreign eves. Inc
market, borrowing from Eurona ' !,
s sS this debt, represented by lo ms
sterling, will be settled later - .as
season, as our grain and cotton o sne
which are still to be harvested ~. ass
shipped abroad. One banker who al org
interviewed said that there had o.. - =
long time been a great deal of mis,n.
formation circulated regarding the sx
istence OF this big so-called interrs
rional trade balance in favor a, ~.
United States. A'
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
Che news
From Washington.

The United States supreme court has
decided that bottles and corks used in
the manufacture of beer for export are
subject to the imposition of a tariff tax.
The postoffice department has cabled
instructions to China directing all its
representatives in the military postal
service there to leave on the first avail
able transport.
The Philippine commission has passed
the weather bureau act and also mas
voted loan of $1,000 for each province
to help pay the expenses until the land
taxes are available
The Spanish treaty claims commission
held it's first meeting in Washington TO
receive motions in regard TO pending
claims. A number Of attorneys for
claimants were in attendance.
The United States supreme court de-
MED the petition of ex-Congressman ).
V. White in his case involving the val
idity of the tax upon stock exchange
'calls" under the war revenue act.
Mai. Gen. Henry G.. Corbin. adjutant
general Of the army, will sail for the
Philippines on the transport Hancock,
which leaves San Francisco June IS. He
intends to make a general inspection or
the military conditions of the islands.
After occupying but few hours the
position OF Judge advocate general OF
the United States army, with the rank
of brigadier general, Thomas +. Barr
has retired from the service at his owa
request. Age would have obliged him
to retire next November. and this obli-
cation was anticipated to permit Co. j.
w. Clous to retire in a higher rank.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30

The old Scotchwoman who liked her
minister because "he joombles the
joodment an confoonds the sense"
would have appreciated bit of British
legislation which the premier seems to
view with sardonic amusement. In
an act Of Parliament" says Lord
Salisbury. which authorizes us to
press forward technical instruction. It
is distinctly said that technical in
struction does not mean instruction in
any art. or craft. or livelihood. OF
course 1t Is rather difficult under those
circumstances to know what it does
mean. but IL you will go forward in the
act OF Parliament you will find that it
means the cultivation of foreign lam
guages." This is diverting indeed, but
the humor OF the thing does not limit
its significance. Probably the British
legislator did not know exactly what
he did want. Assuredly he is not the
first man who has found 1t hard to
draw a clear distinction betwixt you
may, you must. YOU cannot, and you
should" s
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
People Talked About.

Gen. Fitz John Porter died at his
home in Morristown. N. ].
Former Congressman Charles A. Bou-
telle Of Maine died In sanitarium.
Sir John Edmund Commerell. former
admiral of the British fleet, is dead.
Ruth Mason, daughter of Senator
Mason of Illinois, may practice law in
Chicago.
George p. Golden, grand master of
the Masons of Idaho. died suddenly Of
neuralgia of the heart.
A conservator has been appointed for
Clara Rigo, formerly Princess de
Chimay. nee Ward of Detroit, Mich.
Nine Media has arrived in Paris.
Discussing her plans, she declared she
would not go to Australia nor to Amer
lea next season, but will remain in
Europe.
Speaker Henderson was given the
Shrine degree at a special ceremonial
session of Ell Kahir temple at Dubuque.
There were nearly forty other candi-
dates. but his initiation attracted no
bles from all parts of the Iowa desert.
Mrs. Esther Bartlett Clarke, who has
been called the violet BRIDE" filed a
petition in the supreme court of the
District Of Columbia recently for di-
vorce from her husband, James King
Clarke of Pittsburg, alleging desertion
Horace G. Burt, president Of the
Union Pacific railroad. has arrived al
San Francisco from the southern part
OF the state, after driving several hun
dred miles across the plains of South
ern Nevada and California in a wagon
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30

The omnigraph, as new instrument
designed to teach the art of telegraphy
is called, consists of Dashboard on
which are secured an ordinary key
and sounder, between which disk is
mounted, formed on its periphery with
teeth. A spring contact adjacent to
the wheel engages the peripheral teeth
OF the disk. Although irregular, the
arrangement Of the teeth is arbitrary.
For IL the disk be rotated by means of
q small crank shaft geared with
the disk shaft, the spring contact is
forced outwardly by the teeth, but
drops back by its own elasticity and
thus makes and breaks the circuit. The
experienced telegraph operator detect
ing these makes and breaks at the
sounder recognizes them as the dots
and dashes Of the Morse alphabet.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
OF the Weck
Foreign. n

1t is maintained that the new RUS
sian loan was subscribed for at least
seven times
Arab Pasha, the famous Egyptian
rebel who was banished to Ceylon In
1882, has been pardoned.
The official Prussian crop report
shows that winter wheat is poor. sum
mer wheat is fairly good.
az is probable" says a dispatch to
the London Daily Mail from Marseiiies'
that an American coal trust VIII be
formed here by an important London
house,
The Greek treaty was passed by the
house of warriors by a vote of IS 10 10.
1t will now go to the house of kings.
The passage of the treaty is now
reasonably certain.
The British national Antarctic ex-
petition is threatened with scientific
failure. Prof j. w. Gregory has sent
a cable dispatch resigning the leader
ship of the scientific staff.
The customs authorities have pro-
hibited the entry Of typewriters into
Turkey. and 200 machines now in the
custom house have been ordered re-
turned to the consignor.
A parliamentary paper just issued
shows the total of British troops In
South Africa to be PASSES. The total
deaths were 1873 and wounded 17,2O9,
In hospital April Is there were 1851.
M. Pichon, the French minister at
Pekin, handed over the duties OF his
Office to M. Beau, his successor, and
has gone to Japan. From Nagasaki
he will sail for France by way Of the
United States.
DIR. Won Leuthold, Emperor Williams
physician, recently asserted when dis
cussing the Weiland attack that a
variation of a quarter of an inch in the
location of the wound would have cost
the kaiser his life.
1t is officially announced that the
Danish West Indies have not been
sold. The negotiations are progressing
on matters of detail but it is not like
ly that a treaty will be concluded be-
fore the rigsdag and congress meet.
There has been misunderstanding
in regard to King Edwards wish that
May "a should be observed as his BIRTH
day. He says the king suggested that
Queen Victoria's birthday should be OBJ
the officials of their usual holiday. The
arrangement, however, is merely tenn
porary one.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
: Accidental Happenings.

Stoutsville, Mo-, was destroyed by
fire, causing loss Of $4,000.
The biggest plant Of the International
Clay Manufacturing company, makers
of terra Gotta, at Perth Amboy N. j..
has been destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at s175.000.
Carl Bishing was killed by North
western Elevated train at Halsted
street, Chicago, and his companion,
Bernard Levy. was seriously injured.
Both men were visiting in Chicago
from Livingston, Montana.
Agnes Booth Schaeffel, the well
known actress, wife of Manager John
B. Schaeffel of the fremont theater.
was seriously hurt in Boston by falling
down flight OF stairs in the Common
wealth Golf club house.
One man was killed, che fatally in
jured and six others less severely in
jured by the falling of part of the
sidewalk in front of Central Music hall.
Chicago. which was being demolished
to make way for an addition to de-
partment store.
Two men are dead and three are ex-
pected to die as the result of an acct
dent in the Bessemer department of the
National Steel company's plant at
Youngstown. Ohio. The accident was
caused by the cover Of a mammoth con-
verter becoming detached and allowing
thirteen tons Of molten metal to flow
over the mill. The dead are two un-
known Hungarians.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
DISAPPOINTMENT GRANrn.n
New York Yacht Club In Ie,,..
With LfDtau

LIptOn.
New York, May 26.--It was practical.
ly determined last evening that the Gun
races will only be postponed for ons
month, although the New York Yacht
club, through its challenge committee
has expressed a willingness to give Sir
Thomas Upton any time that NAV he
necessary TO put his damaged racer In
condition again. Sir Thomas LINTON
finds that he can repair his yacht in
less time than originally estimated,
and SO cabled yesterday. The second
cablegram, which was as follows. was
received yesterday afternoon and laid
before the challenge committee:
ION reconsidering the matter al
though cannot possibly complete re-
pairs in less than six weeks, II it would
better meet the wishes of your club to
give me one months grace-say until
Sept. 21-this would be quqit agreeable
to me. Thomas Upton"
The challenge committee spent an
hour in considering this cablegram
and the situation, and at the conclu-
sion OF the deliberations sent the fol-
lowing cablegram:
Your two cables received. We have
every desire to accede whatever delay
is rendered necessary by Shamrocks
accident. OF course II four weeks Is
sufficient we shall be glad. On request
Of the Royal Ulster Yacht club we VIII
be happy to forward agreement amend
ed accordingly"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30

A bill in the New York legislature
proposes to give electric railway COM
panies the same rights of condemna-
ton as steam railways, with a view to
promoting general competition with
existing roads. The propriety of put
ting electric roads under regulations
similar to those placed upon the steam
roads with which they are expected to
compete has taken form In some of The
legislatures. and the Michigan house
has passed bill requiring owners and
managers Of interurban electric lines
to equip their cars with lavatories,
drinking water, axes, fire shovels and
other appliances, the same as are re-
CURED on. steam railroad cars.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
General.

Reports from all sections give fair ac-
counts of the crop outlook.
An earthquake shock was felt re-
Gently in number of towns in Ohio
and West Virginia, but no damage was
done.
The American Smelling and refining
company has filed certificates with the
Colorado secretary of state increasing
it's capital stock from SOS 900, 600 to $780,
600. 900.
Vice Chancellor Pitney in Jersey City
signed the order dissolving the injunc-
ton restraining the Amalgamated Cop
per company from absorbing the Bos-
ton & Montana and Butte & Boston
companies.
The suit against Sam Strong, a
wealthy Cripple Creek mine owner, for
100000 damages, which has been on
trial in the district court in Denver for
over three weeks, ended in verdict for
the defendant.
Stanford university's faculty has lost
another member because of the resig-
nation of Prof. Ross under pressure.
Prof. Fl. ID. Lathrop rendered his res
ignation and stated he had accepted a
chair in the University of Wisconsin.
After conference by correspondence
between the officers and executive COM
mittee of the irrigation congress it has
been decided to postpone the annual
meeting, which was to have been neld
in Colorado Springs in July, for one
year.
Though he made his fortune of 100000
in the saloon business Charles A. Strong
of New Brunswick, N j., willed the
bulk of his estate to the Y. M. G. A.,
Rutgers college, the Children's Indus
trial Home and Wells Memorial Hos
pital.
The state supreme court of Colorado
has decided that the city Of Leadville
owns the mineral rights under land
| transferred to the city for streets and
alleys. The decision, 1t Is expected, Will
give the city possession of some valua-
BILE mines.
The big damaged thirteen-inch gun
| was removed from the lower section of
| the double turret of the battleship
Kearsarge and the new gun installed.
| 1t took five. weeks work and an expend-
| iture Of $4,000 to get the disabled gun
from its position.
Victor, Goldfield, Altman and Ana
/ conda, four towns in the Cripple Creek
| district of Colorado, are threatened
with water famine by the bursting of
the dam at the Victor reservoir at
! Pixies Peake. The, dam contained 65,-
! 100000 gallons of water.
| The national convention of the Delta
| Gamma council concluded at Lincoln,
| Neb., with a banquet. Delegates were
! present from colleges as far west as
! Leland Stanford and east to the Attain
/ tic. IT was decided to hold the next an
nual council at Madison, Wis.
| Nine hundred emigrants embarked on
! the steamer Californian at Guanica,
1 Porto Rico, for Hawaii recently, leay-
( ing 400 more ready to sail. Joyous man
ifestations accompanied the departure
of the emigrants. Fourteen weddings
and forty-eight baptisms took place the
day before.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-30
RAILRoA MAcHINIsrs NEXT.
Question 0f shorter Hours Will
Come Up before the Convention.

Question nj shorter Hours Will
Come Up before the Convention.
Washington, May 26.-President Jas.
O'Connell of the International Associa-
ton If Machinists announced yester-
day afternoon that he would recon-
mend to the next annual convention OF
machinists at Toronto beginning June
3, that a date be set for "a nsne-hour
day without reduction in wages on all
the railroads of the country. On rail-
roads which fail to comply with this
demand a strike will be ordered. This
recommendation will be made in Mr..
O'Connells annual report. Mr.. OCon-
nell says that such strike would in
volve probably 100000 men. At o'clock
yesterday afternoon Mr.. O'Connell said
the outlook of the strike was very
gratifying.