The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-07-05
next winter to grant a permanent right
of way under the government property.

Eleven of the Straus milk depots for
the distribution Of sterilized milk to chill
dren Of poor families who are i'll have
more will be opened in a few days. As
is always the case, the warm weather
is bringing illness to many poor little
unfOrtunateS, large percentage Of
whose lives are saved through the benev-
olence of Nathan Straus. Pasteurized
milk and raw milk freed from all i'm
pqrities are supplied by the glass to all
charge is made to those who desire to
give it. Mr.. Straus has been conduct
ing this form Of charity since 1898 and
takes a great interest in the work.
William X. Vanderbilt's mansion. Idle
hour. at Sayville. L. l., which was only
recently completed, to replace the one
destroyed by fire a couple Of years ago,
had it's basement flooded Saturday night
storm during the night. The servants
closed all the windows when the storm
came up but through an oversight the
chute leading to the coal pit was left I'M
covered. The opening was in such a
position that owing to the unfinished state
of the pipes for carrying off the storm
water from the roof all of the water fall
poured into the opening. Sunday morn
ing there were twelve inches of water on
the basement floor.
From $4,000 to $1,000 in pennies is
daily received by Uncle SANS New York
agents in Wall Street. and hundreds Of
them are spurious. The opening of the
slot machine season is blamed for this
sudden increase in ''queer' coin. The
blank or bad coin, which is made of
correct weight and thickness. and es-
capes detection by the machine. Most
Of the fractional coin received at the
sub-treasury is paid out to large depart
ment stores. which have use for ''chick-
en- feed money. Some of the big stores
get as much as $4,000 in pennies at one
Wall street like SO much junk. Secret
service men are securing New York at
present looking for the. illegal mint"
which is engaged in turning out spurious
pennies in wholesale quantities.
Alfred Clagett, 50 years old. has been
removed from the New York hospital to
Bellevue and placed in the alcoholic
ward. The diagnosis given was ''alcohol
ism-insanity." Clagett was known some
Of ixo fF er Besy
years he was at the head of what was
considered the largest tea business in
Front street. He soon became known as
a celebrated expert in teas. and counted
among his customers all the leading no.
tells. of the city. His income from his
have been from $4,000 s's to "$ 10000 200 "a
year, and he is said to have spent every
cent Of it. His friends for many years
contributed to his support. About year
ago subscription Of some $4,000. headed
by F.. Berry Wall and contributed to by
several of the hotel managers. was raised
and Glagett was sent to sanitarium.
Isaac Thompson. ex-cabman. is on the
e9tay df fh for long trip abroad He
Draper, son Of William F. Draper. ex-
ambassador to Italy and Massachusetts
millionaire. Isaac is taking the trip be-
cause he has found that q soft answer
turneth away wrath. The other day Ike
had his cab at the corner of Broadway
nn sxed sS street S w. when Draper
answering him Draper re struck r the !'c cab.
man. knocking him down. The other
cabbies We're about to make it hot for the
young millionaire. when Thompson.
scrambling up. interfered. saying: Don't
hurt him. boys: he didn't mean to do
IL. MT Draper was so touched that he
gave the man his card. sent for him the
next day. when the two had a neart-to-
heart talk. Thompson gave IN his posi-
ton; and now they are off on long tour
Of the continent.
Visitors to Central park now have an
opportunity to use the new park chairs
for the first time. The chairs are SUBJ
stantial and cane-bottomed and are
painted on olive green. Gray-uniformed
attendants guard the chairs and see
that everyone who sits in them pays 5
cents for the privilege. Twenty thou
sand chairs are to be put in the public
parks by 0. F. Spate. who holds the CON
cession for the privilege from the park
park in the city from the Battery to the
board. They will he placed in every
Bronx and along Riverside drive. What
Mr.. Spate pays for the privilege is an
official secret. The chairs already in
Central parks are placed along the walks
and drives in places where there are no
benches. Why chairs for the public are
to be placed in the parks by private
Individual is question which the park
officials are not disposed to answer.
Their action is being much criticised. / =.
Tod Sloan is a little man with a big
head. He became megacephalous through
his remarkable ability to ride horses sue