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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24
Charged with Stealing Ct.o

James Smith, a cook, and Samuel John
son, a driver, both colored, and giving
their ages rs twenty and nineteen years
respectively, are locked up at No sta
uon, charged with petty larcoly. They
were arrested by Policeman Sanford wbiIa
trying to sell ten boxes OF cigars In The
Centre Market, yesterday afternoon.
When questioned at the stationhouse the
men are said TO have told the police thai
the cigars had been given them by a wo-
man at the cigar ssOre of Otto Holmes, 33g
virginia Avenue southwest Mr.. Holmes
luenllned the cigars as his, but said h..
could not imagine how the coIored M
had secured them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24
VALUABLE JEWELRY STOLEN.
Hotel Guest Makes Complaint of
Having been Robbed

James +. Malone reported to the police
al late hour last night the loss of
about $3.50 worth of jewelry from his room
on the fourth floor Of the St. James Ho-
tel. where he registered yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Malone arrived in this city at
an early hour and went to the hotel,
where he remained in his room until II
O'Clock. He went out at that hour and
returned about o'clock. While he was
absent. the jeweiry was abstracted from
his valise
He says that the only other place the
lewelry could have been taken was on
the train in tho morning The complete
description of the articles is as follows:
A pair of diamond drop earrings, about
one and one-half carats each, in a plush
case, valued at 500; lady's brooch. about
an inch in diameter. made of Etruscan
gold, diamond weighing about half a
carat in the centre. surrounded by four
smaller diamonds around the edge in a
celluloid case, valued at $40; ladys collar
button, with small diamond in the CEN
ire. 81; sterling silver gilt crest nin,
~" nish cost-of-arms. s.; a gold
'r on top, inscription,
A.. on bar and
tH. 80 20 and
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24

Detectives Muller and Baur are look
Ing for an unknown colored man, who is
said to have stolen $25 from Lawrence
Ellis. Ellis is a cook at the Varnum Ho-
tcl, AT the corner OF New Jersey Avenue
and Street southeast. and yesterday
morhlnG he left his vest containing the
money on bed on the first floor Of the
motel When he returned q few moments
later the vest had been thrown on the
moor and the money was missing An
unknown coiored man is said TO have
been seen near the room about tho ttrno
the money was missed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24

SHIELDS After an illness ot four months. BEN
JAMlN, thr beloved husband of Mary Shields, de
Funeral from GalbFath Church 9th st ha-
tween !. and NJ SIS. nv, sunday at 30 D. m. rI
ZIMMERMAN On THURSDAY. March u al ii.e5
p. m. ALFRED ULRICn. beloved son oi .goscph
w. aud Amalia Zimmerman (nec BauD, ag. scycn
years and three months.
Funeral from his parents residence. G2s o 81
NV. SUNDAY, March y. at o'clock D. M Reia-
tivcs and friends respectfully invited To attend.
c22-2
McELFRESH -On Thursday March q. 1901 at
Las a. "a. GEORGE ", beloved husband 81
Coorsiana Mclinssh. aged sixty years aud eight
months
Funeral s"p'.ar. Nai,h s'. at 3 O'Clock from
residence. :l5 las,. -E,. as. r.cads and Ie,a
tiFes invitet- e2l-9
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24

ST. PETEISBuBG. March 23.-Some
time after midnight THURSDAY, NJ La
gowsi. the Official Statistician of Samara.
went to the libuse of NJ. Tobiedonostzefr.
the procuratdr Of the Holy Synod. The
latter was seated at his desk ! n his study.
I.agows fired four shots at the procura-
tor, but did not hit him.
ue,,.cb' Rock Recr Is tbc hoe,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24
Taken Ill ut the Demo-,

Floyd Wilson. colored, seventeen years
Old, who reached this city over the BaJtI-
more and Ohio Railroad from Cumber-
land last night. was taken i'll at the demo,
and was removed to the Washineton
Asylum Hospital In the police ambulance
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24

employees We're pa.
he driven home at the gI,,- $780,.


hun. anu E ....--
employees We're y.-Hr
he driven home at the gi,.- ..a.
heraided the approach of the a.
party from the shipyard offices ana -.
crowds struggled for the most desirable
points OF view. Headed by President G.
B. Orcutt, of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Compa ", with
headquarters at New York, ana General
perintendent Walter A. Post, who es-
corted the fair sponsor and her attend
ants. the party proceeded to the platform
at the Korea $ bow
Up to this time the monster hull rested
entlreiE on the keel blocks, on which she
was built, and had been held in an up
right position by ether blocks and the
shores along her sides. Then followed the
process OF transferring her weight from
the keel blocks to the sliding ways that
We're to carry her into the water Long
wedges Of white oak were placed between
The Two ways throughout their entire
length at intervals Of a few feet
At the word OF command from Sungrfn-
tendent Of Construction M V. u. Dough-
ty- who has personally launched more
vessels than any other man in Arnaric.
the wedges We're driven home till the last
ono was securely placed and the big mass
OF steel was raised clear of the keel
blocks; In order TO ensure perfect sue
cess this work was done simultaneously
along the entire length of the ship.
The sounds of the hammers slowly died
away and eVcryone's heart throbbed with
expectation The time for the tons and
tons of shaDened steel to leave the WAYS
was drawing near. and every eye was
strained in the direction of the ship's
bow, where the sponsor and the guests
Tor the occasion We're impatiently await
ing the supreme moment. Miss Tweed
rto0d wei forward in the christening
booth. holding in her right hand the ira
dllional bottle of champagne, encas.d i'm
y silk"n net, with vari-colored ribbons
foalns from its neck, the receptacle be- |
ing suspended from the lofty deck Of the /
vessel by a long cord. Around the sp0n- |
sof were gathered the prominent guests |
and her attendants
AS Miss Tweed poised the hottie fr to, |
right hand, ready to name the vessel tbs |
IAN Of pin could almost have be@n /
heard on the platform in that vicinity so |
absorbed We're those around her in what
was transpiring below. Suddenly there /
was a snap and the cracking OF tinber
and the big hull Ouivered for an insta1t
on Its bed, the spectators giving vent TO
cheers
Simultaneously with the first movement
oi the ship Miss Tweed cast the bottle of
champagne against the receding how
= christcn thee-Korea." -" exclaimed tbs !
wall ''e4
The party on the platform watched tho
course OF the ship as she sped away TrCr,
the sponsor. The crowds a-ound tba
Ways cheered again and again and thou
sands rushed To the water front To v.atcn
tne heautitul specimen OF marine arChf-
lecture as 1t glided with the buovar,.S of
q duck out on the waters.
Ne ovation from the crowds on shore
was tremendous, but that from the water
was equally so. As the stern Of the |
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24
days asy
Second precinct. an


days asy
Second precinct. an
Laughlin, have, according 10 49,
report, jumped their bond and are now N
New York. The men were arrested on
charge Of cmbezzlement, it being alleged
that while employed as walters in the
Hotel Gordon they appropriated large
sums Of money by means OF alleged du-
plcate checks
Walsh and Lynch were to have been
given a hearing in the Police Court Fri
day, but ii is said when court opened
they failed to respond to their names
The men were under $500 bonds each The
case was called again yesterday but no
trace of the two walters could be found
Although il is the opinion Of IN. police
that Walsh and Lynch have skipped
leaving their respective bondsmen to set
t'e W with the District. they will be
given until TUESDAY to present them
selves in court. If they fail to appear
then bench warrants will probably be is
sued The police claim definite ihforma-
tion as to the whereabouts of the men.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NorICE-The co-partnership heretofore
INis5ing between Lewis Z. Litzinger and Thomas
-; wade has been dissolved by mutual consent
all settlements will be made and accounted far
to LEWIS p. LITZiNGER. III l4th 81. NV.
II the gentleman and two ladies who vcre ON
East capitol st. when the accident occurred on
the evening Of 18th Of last November ,ybrp =
gentleman was knocked down by the street car.
they VIII confer favor and win the ia,tia. graft
ludc of an old blind soldier. ~
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24

$500 yards Of Unbleached Muslin. S6
inches wide. and which sells all over
town at Sc and Zoe a yard will be sold
tomorrow for 57sc yard.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-24
CSC waists, 49c,

Lot of plain Madras Waists, with
Van Dyke flaps down front; in plain
pink. blue, old rose, and medium blue,
which are 69c values. to go tomorrow
at t9c
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
BOUGHT HER OWN RINGS.
This Young Woman Chose nn I'm,
EaEement Ctrclet That
Suited Her.

1t occasionally happens that the
ring girl receives as an engagement
token is far from suitable to her ideas
of what such a thing should be. One
young woman, however, will have no
one to blame but herself if the ring
she wears is not satisfactory, for she
bought it herself, says the Chicago
Chronicle. Her fiance lived in a small
southern town, where there is not
the wide variety of diamond rings
from which to select that one finds
In city; therefore it was decided
that when the young woman came
north she should choose her own ring.
And she did. She brought with her
goodly sum of money-her fiance's
money. of course-and when she
reached Chicago she repaired in haste
to one of the big shops and with
much care selected a solitaire that
suited her.
None Of the clerks guessed, of
course, that the girl with the flushed
cheeks was buying the circlet that
was to seal her engagement, but she
was, and she paid her for it in bust
ness-like way, secured a receipt, and
left the shop smiling, and probably
better satisfied with the bit of Jewell
~ than she would have been if her
amanced had bought it himself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
INVENTED BY A WOMAN.
The Spindle and Loom Were Ori&i-
nally Designed by a Chinese
Worker.

All women are not degraded in China.
Witness the dowager empress, who
rose, by the force of her own will, from
the position of a slave to that of ruler
over the most populous nation on the
globe. Notwithstanding the prejudice
against the sex among the Mongols
women occasionally break through the
barriers and achieve distinction.
In Shanghai. the metropolis of the
most coveted section of that vast en-
pire, is temple erected in honor of
Huang, woman deifed for her great
service to her people. and Chinese men
DO not disdain to worship before her
image.
Centuries ago an elderly lady of good
family and condition, who had hitherto
lived in the region of Kwan-Tung, re-
moved to Wu-Ni-Ching, near Shang-
hal. where she spent the remainder of
her life. Since the lady happened to
be Huang. this simple event revolution
lied the province in which she made
her home. 1t was great revolution,
yet the most conservative will not &C.
cuse her of having left "woman's
sphere" since her instruments were
those associated with countless wom-
en-, from Penelope, the terrible Fates,
and the "virtuous woman" of Solomon's
praise, down to our own grandmothers
the spindle and the loom.
Cotton fabrics have been used to
some extent in China for 1000 years,
but the cotton interest, now so i'm
portant, received it's first real impetus
about 500 years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
HISTORIC COAT OF-ARMs.
For Fifty-seven Years II Hang over
the Oldest Market In
Havana. @-. r.

Alderman II. j. Zayas, Of Helena,
Mont, was recently the recipient at
the hands of Cuban friends, in recogni-
ton of his services in behalf of that is
land. of a large number of relics, one
of which. Spanish coat-of-arms, pos
sesses very interesting history. This
coat-of-arms, says the Chicago Times
Herald, hung for 81 years over the
Oldest market in Havana, known as the
Plaza Vieja. It was secured through
the courtesy of Mayor Perfecto Lacoste.
Alfredo Zayas and Onofre Gomez, the
latter two councilmen.
On March ~, 1895, at the beginning
of the last revolution, it was taken
down and thrown into the street by a
Cuban named Jose Gonzalez. He was
captured after hard chase and shot
the next morning, at Cabanas, for the
crime of insulting the Spanish crown.
Seventeen years previous Spanish
colonel was detailed by the captain
general to inspect all the Spanish
property within the city limits. On
entering the Plaza Vieja the colonel OBJ
served that the crown was entangled in
cobwebs and ordered the porter of the
market to clean it. A ladder was i'm
mediately secured, while the colonel
stood under watching that the work
should be thoroughly done. and while
so directing the copper wire parted
which held the crown in position and
struck Colonel Ramon Perez Novas
over the temple. breaking his skull and
killing him instantly. The porter was
sent to the carcel GaiD and died there
about year ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
FEMININE SPRcULAI0lRS,
Many Pronainent PAilaA cir II. WEI.
en- Gamble In Stocks to- IN #
= Alarmin1 Rktent.

The fact that many Of the leading
women of Philadelphia gamble in
stocks was fact brought ont by. the
failure there recently of big firm
of stock brokers. The women who
were losers by their collapse have
thronged the offices of the assignee
for the bankrupts, trying to- make
some advantageous arrangement of
their unfortunate investments. AS a
rule, the women were we'll dressed.
In years they had reached or passed
middle life. While in appearance they
seemed to be shrewd, womanlike,
scarcely one of them was able to
comprehend how Howard, Crosby &
20. should not drop around and make
good every investment made ON the
board, says an eastern exchange.
They had been slipping, into this
Chestnut street Office for months to
gamble on the market. The habit
seemed to have wonderful hold on
them. AS a rule. their custom was
to drop into the office each day and
examine the board, lounging idly
about and following the musical
click of the sounder.
After comparing the quotations
with those of previous days and
watching the board for few min
utes the patrons would place their
orders. If certain stock would be
70 and advanced two points to ",
when the women returned on the fol-
lowing day they sold out and studied
the boards for new invetments.
AS rule, these women spectators
are milliners, dressmakers or sales
women. Their purchases varied from
ten dollars up to $50. Some of them
have been following the business for
months and have made money. Scarce
~ any of them are losers on invest
ments made previous to two or three
days before the failure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
ROOSTER TRANSFORMED.
Once 1t CrOwed and Was Gre.&
Fighter, Now 1t Lays Eggs
Regularly.

There is in Edgewater, the property
of one John Marshall, former CITY
policeman, rooster that is not roos-
ter-or, better, a rooster that was once
a rooster, but is now hen, a regular
common everyday egg-laying hen, re-
ports Chicago exchange. In it's
younger days this bird was a prize
winning game cock, on exhibition at
the Springfield state fair, where it cap
tured the prize. Marshall was very
much struck with the qualities of the
bird and purchased it. He brought it
to Chicago and was soon the object of
all his neighbors' wrath because the
fighting rooster killed all the cocks in
the neighborhood.
1t became necessary for him to lock
the bird up and after it had been cap
tive for several months Marshall no.
tlced that the tail of his pet had dis
appeared. In few weeks the rooster
lost his spurs and his comb, and later
his feathers began to change color.
Experts were called in and pronounced
the case a mystery.
Marshall thought he had a wonder
and locked the rooster in his basement
for safe keeping. One morning he was
astonished to find an egg in the cellar.
He could not believe that the rooster
had laid the egg, but thought some of
his friends had put it there for Joke.
Determined to solve the case, he Sc
creted himself In the cellar one nipht
and watched tho rooster lay an eRR.
Now he declares that he owns ona If
the wonders Of the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
Welded TO THE COCK FIGHT.
south Caroltnans Cling to the Tradi.
tiOnal Sport of Their
Fathers,

The breeding of blooded game cocks,
for the Mexican market mainly. ia an
established industry in South Caro-
lna," said sporting man, reports
the Charleston Is. CO. News. 'Of re-
cent years the South Carolina game
cocks have become celebrated. and
there are more orders standing now
than can be filled from the present
stock. The orders have to lie over
until the young chickens are grown,
and they always command the top
prices when shipped beyond the bor-
der.
"These game cocks have left string
OF victories in some Of the richest
mains fought in this state, and many
hundreds of dollars have been won
on their prowess. Other breeds of
fighting chickens are raised In thi.
state by men who never light them,
and some Of the most ;s lib,al,ilnent
breeders have never wagered ~ dol
lar on any of their birds. They raise
the champions for the profit to be de-
rived from sales. Cocl<-fghting now
is not so common in this state as it
was formerly. According to the laws
OF South Carolina a main cannot be
conducted within four miles of q
church or schoolhouse. Ten Mile hill
has been the cock-fighting headquar-
tiers for years. Recently large pit
was built, with rows of seats rang
ing above it, and crowds of sporting
people are drawn to this place when
championship events between South
Carolina and Georgia are fought. The
law does not interfere with the
MAINS"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
Japs Use Arabic Fir....

There is one thing which strikes q
foreigner as being particularly
strange in the uniform of the Japan
csc soldier, says a writer in North
American Notes and Queries. This is
that the numerals which. he wears
upon his shoulder straps to denote
the number of his regiment are Euro
Pean numbers, not Chinese or japan
ese Telegraph. For instance, the sol
diers of the Third regiment Just wore
a 3 upon their shoulder straps. ]
found upon inquiry that this was be-
cause the European numbers were "a
much more quickly and easily distin-
guished from each other than the
complicated Chinese characters. A
truly practical nation the Japanesel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
Harmony In Mature.

Naturalists say that when exam
ined infinitely with a microscope it
will be found that no creature or OBJ
ject in nature is positively ugly; that
there is certain harmony or sym
metry Of parts that renders the whole
agreeable rather than the reverse
So the most disagreeable tasks in
life, when viewed in their proper pro
portions, reveal appetite, an attractive,
side hitherto undreamed Of. Turn on
the sunlight of good cheer, the de-
termination to see the bright as well
as the dark side, and You will find
something pleasant, even in the most
dreaded task.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Duluth MINI :. May IL, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler hat fled notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will be made before
the Register and Receiver at Duluth, Minn.,
on July 10, 1901. viz.
Albert B. Coates, who made homestead
entry No. 1881 for lot and N X NE Sec. Z,
Township 50, North OF Range II w.
!. He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz; .22- = X e i
Martin Nelson, of Virginia, <Mlnn.,
Peter Shipiey. )"
William E. Hannaford 6
Albert E. BickfOrd, Is
VIM. E. Culkin. Register.
smallwood & Sons, Attys.
5|f 6-M
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24

Moisture Needed by Oak Trees,
An oak tree of average size, With
100000 leaves, lifts from the earth
into the air about 1923 tons OF water
during the. five months it is IN leat.
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d Roll cal.
Present Aid. Burchell. WATSON, Blomberg, 81
George. Mr.. President IS.
Absent dermen Walberg, st. Oyr5 and 3
EatOn-3 sss S5ss
Moved and supported that minutes Of regu-
lar meeting Of May l4th. 1901, IS approved q
read. I'll
Carried. S5. 5# "a
The following bills were referred to the q.
nance committees: @ 0
Jacob johnson. cleaning vault and
hauling garbage, lot block a.. rs
Virginia Hardware Co., street COM
mssieners supplies .,..........s "a Is 81
w. T. Bailey Lumber Co., street and &
sidewalk lamber.. =. -. b 90 81 n
W. T. Bailey Lumber company, lum- ..
r. Der ............ 80 So
Peter Byrne. painting and papering
city Recorders Office. 49,. Is 90
Peter Byrne. painting street sprinkler 600 q
81. A. Sodergren, supplies IS
The Enterprise, printing. .:.......... ~ 81
The Enterprise publi4hing liquor Ii
censc application. =. .......- 80. q 40
F. L. johnson, oil to burn garbage at
garbage ground. ............. 400
= --zs%
TOtal...... ............... .....S 220 II i
Alderman Eaton and St. Oyr take their
seats in the council.
Report of the finance committee: "
To the President and common council of
the City of Virginia, - - e
Gentlemen: H.
we, the undersigned committee on finance,
would respectfully report that we have au
dited the following bills and offer the follow
ing resolution for adoption: ,
+ !; !: WIS., WIS., %$ssS,. Committee
Resolved, that the following bills be allow
ed and the Recorder is hereby instructed to
draw orders on the city treasurer in payment
of same.
b. E. Fosson, contract for repairing
cts hall and recorders Office ..... rs rs
The Enterprise, printing 81 80
d. E. Cuppernull, printing...... 40 20
W. T. Bailey Lumber Co., lumber ...... A9 II
L. Mark. hauling hose to fire .......... 800
Virginia Hardware Co. police depart
ment supplies. .................... 70 Is
Ahonen & Freshman, repairing straps 30
Total ...... ;. 1895 81
Passed on motion OF Alderman St. Cyr by
the following vote:
Ayes-Aldermen Burchell, Walberg, St.
Cyr, WATSON. Eaton, George, Blomberg, Mr..
President-8
Nays-nOne.
Approved May 81. 1901.
A. N. THOMPSON, Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT E. BICKFORD,
City Recorder.
Moved and supported that the council ad-
journ.
carried.
Approved May a. 1871.
A. N. THOMPSON, Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT E. BICKFORn.
City Recorder.