The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-09-27

summer the cool breezes from the bay
make it delightful place of abode.
didn't ask him about the winter, but
suppose he could heat his rooms easily
enough. | was informed that the roofs
Of many of the big office buildings in
janitors or caretakers for their homes,
which they thus obtain free of rent.
Before Capt. Albers Of the Deutsch-
land sailed the other day he announced
that there would be no more gambling
on his ship-th:at: is. no gambling for
about by the unpleasant notoriety caused
by the rumors in which certain Pitts
burgers were prominently mentioned.
This afternoon a gentleman who came
over on the Deutschland. and who
formed one of the Pittsburg smoking
room party, talked interestingly about
was agreed by those who purchased
chips that they should never be cashed
in, SO that they had no value whatever.
Only those who were members of the
Pittsburg party knew this. The whole
, thing was clever piece Of acting, and
gotten up solely for amusement and to
break the monotony Of what would 9TH
the outsiders thought it was real. The
result was that everything else was
stopped, that they might witness what
they supposed was one Of the greatest
games Of chance ever played. There
were several professional gamblers
among the passengers and their eyes
fairly bulged out Of their heads. The
climax was reached. however. when w.
l. Muslin calmly put in $4,000 worth Of
chips for the purpose Of drawing a card
to four flush The professionals al
most dropped dead, and when he drew
the card he was after they all wanted to
touch his hand, for they considered him
the most lucky individual that ever ex-
!sted. We had a whole lot Of fun over
the game and only realized that we had
carried it too far when we discovered
the notoriety that it had brought us
The effigy Of William f. Hearst. editor
Of the New York Journal. which was
hanged to walnut tree at Cleveland and
Jamaica avenues. in East New York on
Sunday night. was cut down as a prelim-
mary to tying it TO stake and burning
ii. But the second part of the programme
| was prohibited by the police of the Lib
erty avenue station. The effigy was al
lowed to hang at the corner of two much
! travelled avenues for nearly for,y-eight
hours without interference by the police
or request from them that it be removed.
II the police had been looking for an ex-
! cuse to act in the matter they might have
objected to the effigy on the conventional
ground that it caused crowd to collect.
for there had been big gathering under
the walnut tree ever since one of the
limbs was adorned with the stuffed fig
! ure labeled:
William R. Hearst. Accomplish of
| Czolgosz."
Some Of the spectators were from as
| far away as Manhattan on one side and
! the middle Long Island villages on the
other. At least 10000 persons have
| been to the tree Many have hooted
| the effigy and cheered for the men who
hanged it. Boys on the way to school
nave thrown stones at it. and men ii!
wagons have struck at it with their
| whips. Ii there is anyone who does not
! approve of the ettigy as a means of ex-
pressing public opinion he has not de-
! clared himself
In addition to the label bearing Will
! other t1ared ON the eftigy which read:
"Narning to murderers and red Jour
| nalists.'
In one hand of the image was fastened
an old-fashioned pistol. and under the
arm was bundle Of copies of the New
York Journal.
All this the police winked ut, hut when
formal notice Of the burning was given
| out; they objected. This notice was
tackled to the tree from which the eftigy
was suspended:
| Hearst. the real assassin of President
Mckinney. will be burned tonight. Nu-
sic and refreshments
those responsible for the effigy and the
notice were soon afterward Informed that
they would not be allowed to have their