The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-10
IN GAY NEW YORK.

the New York hospital as u result OF ILL
juries sustained when he fell from a
*32'S, Ball" ~ shooting the Chutes,"
"NcSorley's TWINS and many other
sketches.
Society is in furry over the coming
temperance Of Mrs. Cornelius Wander
now two years since Cornelius Wander
hilt died: Mrs. Vanderbilt will give q
musicale early in January for Reginald
q. Vanderbilt. her youngest son, in honor
OF his attaining his majority.
If Della Fox, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are $2O,541 and
his assets nothing. Roth lost heavily in
producing 1.-The Little Host" at the Her
aid Square theater. He owes Della Fox
Oh salary $500. Julius Kahn $4,000. f.
II. Roth $3.50 and +. w. Sanger $500.
shares in the Park Row building, which
Is the tallest skyscraper on Manhattan
island. The syndicate which owns the
lhlrty>story structure is considering a
proposition to capitalize the property and
issue stocks and bonds. The price At
which the new corporation is willing to
acquire the property is near $5,OOO,O00.
'Sounod's Romeo and Juliet was the
medium for Sybil Sanderson's only ap-
l,:arance in grand opera in New York
this season. \ very large audience
warmly applauded her Juliet. Her per-
formance was deemed a most agreeable
success. The opera was beautifully
staged and the entire rendition very har-
mGnous. Alyerez was Romeo and
E'iouard de ReSZke Frere Laurent.
With the toughest experience in her
history. exceeding her famous Christmas
~ Umbria arrived on Monday thirty
six hours late. Thomas Laurie, one Of
hey sailors, was swept from the main
bridge by big wave and was badly
bruised. The Cmbria's two bad days
were on December p, when she made
knots.
The t,lnneI system in New York is to
have another extension in connection
with the rapid transit system. A COM
mission appointed by the court reported
Manhattan, to Brooklyn, would be feast.
he and. with the subway now under con-
~truction in Manhattan, is the beginning
Of system of rapid transit development
Which will be OF incalcuiabic benefit
throughout the greater city.
slack drivers are introducing an odd
innovation in the way of electric clocks.
They are therefore keeping pretty close
TAB on their patrons. There is a dry bat
terry. hidden from sight at the base Of the
Geek case. A small glass bulb is seen
ton, when pressed from the side, floods
ne clock with its Illuminating power
This battery, used in moderation, is said
:" last four months. Nowadays when
rAbmen get into disputes they simply
s'tlnt to :he clocks.
H'hAp Comptroller Coler, taken by sur
PRISE: was presented with a silver service
ty his slitvrdinates in the department of
NANCE ~ was so greatly affected that
h" could not respond to the presentation
speech indeed, he was almost IL tears.
made secretly and not until the comp
lroiler was called in did he know that
the rper under him had planned this
form OF ltave-taking: The silver, con
>iStlng ~ tea table and after-dinner
rot I set and, and a pair of cand'esticks, is
Eager t. show his skill as an athlete,
John Samuel Flnover, ii years old. SON
q Samuel IinOver, a wealthy retired
wholesale liquor merchant. jumped from
the Brookl yn bridge. The leap was made
at me center of the main span. from the
station roadway, where the distance to
the water is greatest. Pinoyer was
plckttt Up unconscious by tugboatmen
and taken to the Hudson street hosni-
tai. 1t was found that he was seri-
ousS huT5 internally and the physicians
lu n's caance OF recovery was small.
NO Bones were broken.
~ Cieaa:ng up his Office for his final
ext Police Commissioner Murnhy has
-!fted load off the shoulders of al tho
po1lcemen under charges. he has not
only dismissed all the charges, but he
mas RENTED all the fines. Consequently
merry air. Murphy has also permitted
many OF the favored ones to climb to the
highest scale in the department. H.
aas mate many roundsmen, detective
serseants and :sergeants, lifting them un
|'ut OF the ranks. The civil service men
stop to tneir proud strut, 50 it looks a.
= the exalted ones are in for a severe
tumble,
TIL. police are wondering if the ERE
vei!:" and Taps will be a part of the
:.ew y, Irder Of things since military men
wi be at the head Of the department
lime already so rs to be ready to fall in
when tss.v order is called. COL John \.
Partridge. the new police commissioners,
an1tounceI MS intention to appoint Lieut.
t!ol. n. s. Thurston to be first deputy
comlnissoner to succeed Devery; Maj.
Frederick II. E. Ebstein to be secoud
deputy, and Capt. Arthur L. Robertson
to. be, secretary. Consciously or uncon-
scinusly. q nice graduation of military
titles has been preserved in the depart
1neni, from Col. Partridge, who served
for several years as commander Of the
Twenty-taird regiment and Won a com.
mission in the Civil war, to Lieut.. Col.
Thurston. Maj. Bbstein and Capt. Rob
ertsou.
If it were possible to raise the lid. as
it were, from Manhattan island. It
would appear ike an enormous coal
mine, with intricate galleries and apart
rnents. The demand for space has forced