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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
A LAND OF: MILK AND HONEY.
Some of the Reasons Why Ok1ahoma's
Claim for Statehood IL Valid.

Some of the Reasons Why Ok1ahoma's
Claim for Statehood IL Valid.
Oklahoma means Beautiful Land. It
is easily one Of the wonderful sections
Of our wonderful country. Only a doz-
en- years ago it was given up to the
Indians and formed part of the In
dian Territory; but on Apri, 22l 1889, it
was opened to settlement by the procla-
nation Of President Harrison, and in
one day $4,000 people rushed upon it.
The same day national bank was
opened and it's modern history begins.
Behold the contrast since that time!
The census Of 1000 shows a populati ton
Of 8,245, and in addition there were
1927 Indians not taxed. So here we
have great state springing from prac-
tically nothing to a population Of over
400, 900 within one decade.
That does not begin to tell the story
The taxable value Of the land is now
nearly $1OO00O,OOO. Within two years
four great grain and cotton crops have
enriched the state, and the deposits in
the banks have increased more than 100
per cent. The people have built 800
churches and established nearly 200
newspapers.
The population is described as a su-
perior one, thoroughly American and
progressive in it's enterprises. The
beauty of the country is drawing more
and more people to its cofnes. It has
an average elevation of 1900 feet; it's
climate is delightful, and, to quote re-
cent writer who visited the country, lit
is not an unusual thing for a wheat
farmer in Oklahoma at the close of a
good season to realize enough money
from the sale of his product to more
than cover the entire value of his farm
and the Improvements upon it,"
1t was considered that cotton would
not grow north of Texas. During the
past year Oklahoma's cotton crop
brought nearly $6OOO,OOO to her people.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29


he
elected reelected Congress
when gerrymand threw
publican
cast in his district there being opposition He
during the first the Civil War When
of
the important committee territories In 1894 he chosen the
once with plurality Of the given candidate
State
Pa His father died
he
In aionala GreatN orthernR
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
GRIP
CAUSED
NERVOUS
DYSPEPSIA,

badly all over. I suffered with a severe
backache, Indigestion and numerous ills,
so I could neither eat nor sleep, and
thought would give up my work, which l
could not afford to do.
lone of my customers who was greatly
helped by Peruna advised me to try it, and
aod Felt
ment. During the next two months took
Ave bottles, and then felt splendid. Now
my head is clear. my nerves are steady,
eniov food and rest WELL Peruna has been
worth a dollar a dose to NED. L. Wal
lace
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
SETTLERS CABIN STILL STANDS
Built of Logs in 1915, 1t Shelters To-
day Its First Occupant.

Built of Logs in 1S45, 1t Shelters To-
day Its First Occupant.
A quarter of a block from the Piatt
County Courthouse in Monticello, ILL.,,
in the center of bustling city of 5000
people stands a quaint old log cabin.
1t was built when there were but three
houses In the town and is to-day the
home Of woman who moved into It
while wolves and bears were plentiful
in the wilderness around. @s, Ill
The cabin was built in 1916. Aunt
Anna Honselman lives in it and it has
been her home since 1847. All the
furniture is the same as when she
moved in. There is bed with cords in
place of a spring mattress, an open fire.
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49, Howard
Congressman Howard. Conc ossmon
Howard's home address is Fort Payne, Ala.
Grip Produces Catarrh.
Henry Distin, the inventor and maker of
all the band instruments for the Henry
Distin Mfg. Co., at Willamsport, Pa,
writes: 1441 South Ninth Street,
Philadelphia, Pa, May t. 1862
Dr. S. B. Hartman-Dear Sir: II write
to inform you that had bad attack of la
grippe last December which lasted more
than three months and which left me with
catarrh, when several of my friends ad-
ysed me to try your wonderful medicine,
Peruna. began with a bottle the first week
in March, and it certainly did me great
deal Of good. I was so we'll satisfied that
purchased another bottle and followed your
directions, which you furnish with every
bottle, and l am glad to say that it has
cured me. l shall certainly recommend the
Peruna to all my friends"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
sententious Sentences,

The principal advantage of being
married is that only one person has a
right to find fault with you. If people
knew how to sympathize with us we
should let them Fortunately they
don't: We all begin by being round
pegs In square holes. Some of us make
over the hole, and most of us make
over ourselves. Some can do neither.
These say fate has spite against
them. Half truths make whole
troubles. .S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
GRIP
LEFT Her
BROKEN
DOWN

through the summer, and somehow did not
get as strong as I was before.
'In the fall caught cold after getting my
feet wet and attending a lecture in a cold
hall, and suffered a relapse. Catarrh Of the
throat and head followed, and as I was In
a weak condition physically previous to this,
1t took but little to break me down COM
pletely. One Of my college friends, who was
visiting me, asked me to try Peruna and l
did so and found it all and more than had
expected. 1t not only cured me Of the ca
tarrh, but restored me to perfect health
Alice Dressler.
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NCA L1C 4AC4
have taken Peruna
II o W for tw o
weeks, and find I
am very much re-
lieved. I feel, that
my cure will! be
p e + IN a n e II t. |
have also taken it
for Ia grippe, and
t a k e pleasure in
r e c o III m ending
Peruna as an eX-
cellent remedy to
a l | fellOW-sufer-
e L S - NJ. w.
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place with andirons and q crane for
cooking, all just as the settlers had
them when Illinois was still frontier
State.
Mrs. Honselman is as remarkable as
her home. Ninety-five years old, she
still does all the work of the house.
She prepares the meals for herself, two
sons and grandson and seems as well
and strong as the average woman of
80. Her two sons have a fruit farm
lust outside of Monticello and could
provide a much better home for their
mother than the cabin, but she wants
to stay where she has lived so long and
so they all live there, in the style of
fifty-fve years ago. Rich business
blocks have grown up around the
cabin.
Lawyers Barred from These Countries
When Yucatan was first colonized by
the Spaniards Charles ", in the ordin-
ance which accompanied the appoint
ment of the first Governor, explicitly
stated that no lawyers were to be Der
mitted to land from Spain or anywhere
else. This law was dated 1926. Three
years later an equally stringent pro-
vision was made against lawyers be-
coming Inhabitants of the new colonies
of Peru and Chile. The object of these
laws was frankly stated as the preser.
walton of the new countries from the
strife and trouble which would certain
" follow their advent. Up to 1871
there were statutes in force which pro
hibited lawyers from sitting in the
British House of Commons, but they
had long become obsolete and were re.
pealed In that year. 80.
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you derive and satisfactory results from
use of Peruna Hartman, giving full
your and he will be pleased give his valuable
gratis Address President Of The
Columbus. Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

1t is now up to Mr.. Markham to write
a poem about 1.-THE Woman with the
Express. a. .ss-s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
AT Ter REFLECTS
OF la GRIPPE


THE of the grip often disastrous.
monty known to the medical fraternity that
ments and complications which follow the
serious than the acute stage Of the disease Il"
Some people have the grip very lightly They may
fined to the house only day train of dis
agreeable, disabling symptoms follow
stimulating remedies have
None of them compare in results with Peruna
Everyone who has had the ought
of Peruna Read what the following people
eb. Washin Anru24
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
PreCautiOn.

"What are you doing for that baby?''
"rm simply avoiding all the advice
my friends have given me."-Harper's
Bazaar. "a .a<..t',%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

D. D. Wallace, a char
ter member Of the Inter-
national BARRIERS Union,
writes from Is Western
az enue, Minneapolis,
MIMI:
"FollOwlng q severe
attack of Ia grippe l
& O q m q Il 70 hn a ffaofod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
The Straight Ticket

The professors eyes twinkled above
his evening paper. My DEAR" he said
to his wifi. 81 fear that habit Is strong.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29
Grip Poisoned Her Blood.

Grip Poisoned Her Blood.
Mrs. T. w. Collins Treasurer of the In
dependent Order Of Good Templars of Ever
EFT, Wash, writes:
AFTER having a severe attack of la grippe
continued in feeble condition even after
the doctor called me cured. My blood seemed
poisoned. :
either to starve or suffer from what was
eating. A neighbor who was using Peruna
praised it so highly that she induced me to
try it, and I soon found this was what l
really needed.
Il could soon eat my regular meals with
relish, my system was built up, my health
returned, and I have remained in excellent
strength and vigor now for over two years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

It is the easiest thing in the world for
aman whose wife is fond Of him to get
whatever he wants to.eat. s
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q e n t | e men
"A b 0 u t t W o
months ago I was
t a k e n very Ill
with la gri p pc
and aWas obliged
to go to bed. I
took three bottles
of Peruna wit b
very b e n e fl c ial
results and was
able to leave my
b e d in a week,
and regained my
usual S t r e n.g t b
very soon. l have
nothing but t h e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

Miss Alice Dressler,
Of 1913 N. Bryant ave-
nue., M | n n e a p o l ! s,
Mimi, writes as fol-
lows concerning Peruna:
Last spring I suffered
from la grippe and was
partially cured, but the
had after-efcects remained
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-29

Washington, Feb. 4, 1899.
le Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
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Washington, April "a, 1900.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
The times., 1901-05-16

kas given evidence tending TO a con-
trary conclusion; and it has shown be-
yond question that Captain Carter, the
employe of the Government and the
engineer in immediate charge of the
work on the Governments behalf, had
for several years, Immediately preeed-
ing the contracts referred to in this in
dictment, received from the contractors
continuously, through his father-in-law,
in many divisions Of profit, one-third of
the final net proceeds Of each contract
remaining for division among the chief
contractors, and that this one-third
amounted in the aggregate to over
81, GOO This 1t is claimed, gives sig
nificance and meaning to many other
facts in evidence showing a fraudulent
and Illegal combination between the de-
PENDANTS and Captain Carter to benefit
themselves at the expense OF the Gov
and payment of excessive and fraudu-
lent bills by means of contracts fraud
ulentiy procured.
"A case presenting such circum-
stances is especially enc that should be
submitted 10 jury trial. Nor need
there be any apprehension that an i'm
partial court and jury will not reach
essential justice.
Having found in the previous de-
cision that the ninth and tenth counts of
the indictment are good whatever may
be held as to the counts preceding
them, the defendants. should be ordered
to be removed for trial CT to give bail
for their due appearance"
The defendants counsel, Abraham ].
Rose. said tonight thai as soon as
Judge Brown signs the order of rcmov-
al he viii take the matter on habeas
corpus proceedings to the United States
Supreme Court.
The times., 1901-05-16
THE posroFFIoE REPAIRS.
Appropriation Ceases June 80, Tn
less Contract Is Made.

Postmaster General Smith in recent
communication to Robert r. Tracewen,
Comptroller of the Treasury Department,
requested the latters decision as to
whether the money appropriated by the
act of March 8, 1901, for labor and ma
teriaI necessary for the modification OF
the windows in the Dostoffice building,
amounting to 81, 900 will be available sub
sequent to June go 1901, the appropriation
having been made to supply deficiencies
for the fiscal year ending on that date.
Mr. Smith requested the decision in
view of the fact that the end of the pres
ent fiscal year will close before the COM
pletion of the work necessary to carry
out the purpose and intent of the act He
said that after investigating the amount
of labor and material necessary to prop
erly complete this work. and consulting
the Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Department, it appeared to be practically
impossible to determine in precise and
exact manner the amount of material and
labor necessary to accomplish the purpose
for which the appropriation was made.
The Postmaster General advocated the
execution of the work by day labor, and
requested the Comptrollers opinion as TO
whether a contract may be entered into
before the close of the present fiscal year
for the performance of the work by day
labor, and for the purchase of the nee
essary material to be charged against
this appropriation, even though the work
is not entirely completed until after the
close of the fiscal year.
Comptroller Tracewell, in his decision,
says: If a contract should be entered
into for all the labor and materials which
may be necessary for the modification of
the windows of the postoffice building, de-
scribing the work to be done with reason
able certainty, the compensation therefor
to be measured by the number of days re-
quired 10 perform the work and the value
of the materials to be furnished, the con-
tract would be for the work en-
tirety regardless of the time when COM
pleted, and the appropriation for the fiscal
year in which the contract is made would
lee applicable. But if it is proposed for
the Government to hire the labor by the
day and purchase the materials as they
may be needed from time to time to COM
plete the work on these windows, as is
ordinarily done. then it cannot be said
that such accruing expenses after the
close of the present fiscal year are eX-
penSes properly incurred for the services
of the present fiscal year. or the contract
properly made within the present fiscal
year, and this appropriation would not be
applicable after the close of the present
fiscal year nor such payments proper after
its close
The times., 1901-05-16
TO REDUCE ARMY EXPENSES.
Half "A Million Dollars n Day Is Con-
sidered Too Much.

Following the official order for the re-
organization OF the army. and reduc-
ton Of the total force to 1000 men, Sec
retary Root yesterday ordered a sweep
ing cut in the expenses of the War De-
partment.
It is planned, it is said, to reduce esti-
mates in every bureau, and to reduce
expenses everywhere to actual needs. one
of the results of the order will be the
discharge Of several hundred clerks now
on the rolls as Temporary" employees
These clerks were engaged during the
rush OF the Spanish-American war and
have remained on the Department rolls
ever since.
Secretary Root holds that, with the col
lapse of the insurrection in the Philip
pines. and the approach of complete peace
in the archipelago, together with the re-
organization of the army there is no
need for the enormous expense now being
charged up to his department 1t is ex-
pladned that. under the stress of the
Spanish war and the trouble in the Phil
ippines, together with the necessity of
sending troops TO China in a rush, great
expense could not be avoided The
amount expended by the War Department
each day in the present month has aver
aged s3SG00 In the first two days, May
! and 2. the expense was $3.50, 900
AS less than two months now remain
before the fiscal year begins, II is the in
tention of the Secretary of War to en-
deayor TO reduce the total as much as
possi bic.
The times., 1901-05-16
GtFNORS TO Be REMOVED
To Be Taken With Captain Greene
to Georgia for Trial.

Judge Browns Decision in the New
York Court Sustaining Commits
sioncr shfeIds-ProbabIe Cause TO
Relieve the Defendants Guilty.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Judge Addi-
son Brown, Of the United States Dis
trict Court, handed down today de-
cision affirming on every point the &C
ton Of United States Commissioner
Shields. IN holding up Capt Benjamin. d.
Greene and John F., W. T., and Z. II.
Gaynor for removal to the Southern
district of Georgia, where they were un-
der indictment for conspiracy with
Oberlin NJ. Carter to defraud the Gov
ernment on river and harbOr improve
ment contracts.
The Federal grand jury in Georgia
found indictments against Greene and
the Gaynors on December 1, 1899. On
February 10, 1900, the commissioner
held the indicted men to await remov-
al, but Judge Brown decided that as
the Government had rested its case be-
fore the commissioner solely on the in
dictment, he would send it back for a
rehearing, at which actual evidence
looking toward the establishment OF
probable cause might be presented.
Suck evidence was presented and the
defendants were held again. In this
decision Judge Brown has now CON
CURED.
In his order Judge Brown recounts
the method of drawing a select jury in
the case, and says that any objections
which the defendants counsel may
have are not valid reasons why the
prisoners should not be removed. He
quotes from the report Of Commission
er Shields, who was appointed To take
testimony. that, after a full and fair
examination, 1T appears that there is
probable cause to believe the defend
ants guilty Of the charges contained in
the warrant issued for their removal"
Judge Brown continues: The proof Of
the charges in this case Goes not consist
of any direct and certain testimony Of
the commission of the offences charged,
but rests upon many facts and circum-
stances in a long course Of dealing.
from which it is claimed that the infer
ence Of an unlawful intent to defraud
the Government must reasonably be in
ferred. and the bills alleged TO be
fraudulent In the last counts of the in
cictment are claimed tc be fraudulent.
not so much because they were not ac-
cording TO contract as because the con-
tracts themselves were fraudulent, and
procured through a fraudulent conspir-
acy with Captain Carter, an employe of
the Government Considering the ma
ture Of the case, therefore, I find no OBJ
3ections to the testimony admitted by
the commissioner as TO vitiate his find
ings, or require reconsideration by MIN.
AS respects the finding Of probable
cause, the defendants have given a
great deal of evidence tending to show
that their contracts were fairly OBJ
tanned, their work well and honestly
done, and that the Government has not
been defrauded of a single dollar The
Government, on the other hand,
The times., 1901-05-16
oTEY BIAS NO PREFERENCE.
All GubernatOriaI Candidates Look
Alike to the Virginian.

When asked regarding the pending con-
test for the Democratic gubernatoriaI
nomination in his State Representative
Otey of Virginia said yesterday at the
Capitol 81 am here looking after the in
terests of my constituents and am taking
no personal part in the contest for the
nomination. The candidates are my
friends. 1 am satisfied the convention
will nominate, in its judgment, the
strongest man, and when the nomination
is made | shall enter the campaign and
closely canvass my district for the nom
-
The times., 1901-05-16

made in the art department. and the de-
velopment of the art instinct in the stu
dent through plain outline form, and plain
color, to the most complex and elaborate
treatments of subjects in pencil, char
COAL and water color, is rather exhaust
lively eXemplified. The object of this de-
partment is TO train the eye and the
hand of the pupil, to stimulate the inven-
tive and imaginative faculty, and to cuI-
tivate an appreciation of the beautiful
in nature and in art"
The exhibit was viewed yesterday by
Commissioner Macfarland, A. T. Stuart
Superintendent of Public Schools; Wu
Tingfang, the Chinese Minister and
Charles Moore. Clerk of the Senate Dis
trict Committee
The times., 1901-05-16
The Treasury Statement.

The receipts of the Government yester-
day, according to the Treasury statement
reached the sum of 81, ,247, 500 %, and con-
sisted of customs 81, ,353. 106. 81 internal
revenue, $500 05l 5S; miscellaneous, $64, n.
The expenses amounted to 81, 665, 600, leav-
ing a balance of receipts oVSr disburse-
ments amounting to S5S2, ,S29. 81.
The times., 1901-05-16
Register Lyons, Visit Home.

Judson w. Lyons. Register of the Treas
ury, will leave today for Normal, Ala.
where he will deliver an address before
the State Agricultural and Medical Col
lege on May n. Before returning to this
city Mr. Lyons will visit his home in
Augusta Ga.
The times., 1901-05-16

child will get more benefit from a small
bottle of SCOTS EMULSION than from any
other fifty cents worth that could be provided
for it, It's the essence of nourishment.
The times., 1901-05-16

The Thomas 'Auto-bi," which is one of the
best-known motor bicycles the American mar
ket, is attracting much attention az the quarters
of the Motor Vehicle and Cycle Company, 72I Four
teenth Street northwest, who are the Washington
agents for this popular. low-priced machine. The
company invites interested persons TO call
Thursday and meet representative Of the manu-
facturers, who will be pleased to explain how to
manipulate the machine and demonstrate its run
ming qualities. Frank p. Libbey. Motor Vehicle
and Cycle Company.
The times., 1901-05-16
Marine Band Concert.

The following programme Will be rendered at
the United States Marine Barracks by the United
States Marine Corps Band today at 5:45 p. m. ::
March-"The Battleship Oregon" ......... Fulton
Overture-''La Gazza Ladra" ".............. Rossini
Excerpts from the Amer ............. Herbert
Flute Hungarian Rhapsody" ..... Anderson
Musician Robert Seel.
Waltz-''The Debutante' .............. .S1ntclmanu
Intermezzo-. Ramona new Lorraine
Selection-'"The Beautiful Galatea" ...,....S .Suppe
Serenade-"Gipsy' Nehl
Patriotic bymn-"Efail Columbia" .......... Fyles
The times., 1901-05-16
Pennsylvania Railroad Pacific Coast
Tour

July 10 August 0. Visiting Denver, Salt Lake
City, San Francisco, Los Angeles Banf Hot
Springs. Special train. Only slss.50 round trip
The times., 1901-05-16

Harmless and effective are Royal Headache Tab
lets in the cure OF all forms Of Headache
The times., 1901-05-16

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and are dyt the needed long genougho
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