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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
VALUE OF BERMUDA ISLANDS.
They Occupy for England Singularly
Commanding Position.

They Occupy for England Singularly
Commanding Position.
Imperial England knows what she is
about. Those islands (the Bermudas)
besides being used as a garrison for
her troops and a safe-land-locked har-
Dor for her warships, are a link in the
chain that connects her American prov
lnces in Canada and Nova Scotia with
her possessions in the West Indies. The
Bermudas occupy for her, politically
and commercially, a singularly COM
handing and an unrivaled position,
says a correspondent of the New York
Mail and Express.
Spain parted with Cuba because she
was forced to, and she sold to the
American nation the Philippine Islands
for mess of pottage. Denmark, fol-
lowing suit, for a few million kroner.
made over to us her West India DOS
sessions. Catch England parting with
the Bermudas! She would no more
let them go than she would give up
her great strongholds in the AIediter-
ranean Sea, Malta and the invinciblc,
unyielding rock Of Gibraltar. No pow
err will ever wrest them from her-not
one foot of ground-until she has lost
every ship and her last drop of blood.
No; instead Of parting with any of her
colonies her policy is to increase them.
Nor will England permit emigration
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
sition of every moving car or fast
freight train is shown
All Shown Upon a Tab Board.

freight train is shown.
All Shown Upon a Tab Board.
The system is conducted by tele.
graphic reports, and consists of a spc-
cial way bill, which accompanies each
car OF freight; a label which is placed
on each car, and which tells switchmen
and others that it is manifest freight,
and that it must not be held back; a
report for wiring the contents of the
train and the manifest numbers Of the
cars; report for wiring the arrival
and departure of manifested cars at
manifest stations; a report used by
conductors for reporting disabled cars
set out of trains short of their desti-
nation and board twenty-four feet by
five divided into train districts-sta-
tons being shown lonstitudinally in the
center, wooden blocks representing
trains, and wooden pegs representing
cars.
All important stations are made man.
ifest stations, and are assigned letter
or combination Of letters, to designate
them in telegraphing, and are also as
signed a series Of numbers to be plac-
ed on way bills for cars manifested.
Some stations are assigned more num-
bers than others, according to the
amount Of fast freight originated. The
lowest series Of numbers assigned is
90, while the highest is Chicago with
800. When a station reaches it's high
est number the plan is to revert TO
number one again and start over.
The Manner Check Is Kept.
When a train Of high class freight is
assembled the agent fills out a separ,
ate manifest way bill for each car in
the train, inserting the station letter
or cipher and manifest number in the
spaces provided for that purpose. This
way bill is made out in two forms, one
a car form which supersedes the ordi-
nary tally slip, the other an envelope to
be used in case the regular billing ac-
companied the freight. After way
bills are made out, consecutively mum.
bered and the cipher letter affixed, the
agent fills out report showing the
consist of the train and wires the same
to the car service agent in Montreal
in whose Office is located the board and
other paraphernalia employed in con
nection with operating of the system
This consist report shows the origin
number, contents and destination Of al
cars manifested, and in the margin al
the left the manifest number Of eacl
car.
The use Of manifest numbers to rep
resent the cars in the train simplifie!
the operation of the system and admit.
Of Geographic check being obtained
on the movement Of all high elias!
freight for about one-eightieth of 3Ihl
expense where the cars reported bJ
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
Concerning Millionaires.

A writer who is himself a multi
millionaire, says it will be great mis-.
take to shoot these gatherers-in of the
yellow metal, for, as he says, they are
the bees that make the most honey.
and contribute most to the hive even
after they have gorged themselves full.
The remarkable fact is stated, that the
masses Of the people in any country
are prosperous and comfortable Just in
proportion to the number Of million
aires in that land.
In Russia, with it's population little
better than serfs, living at the point
of starvation, upon the meanest posi-
bic fare, such as none of our people
could or would endure, you do not find
scarcely one millionaire excepting the
Emperor and few mobiles who own
the land. 1t is the same, to a great
extent, in Germany. There are only
about two millionaires in the whole
German Empire. In France, where
the people are better off than in Ger
many, you cannot count one-half dozen
millionaires in the whole country. In
the old home Of our race, Britain.
which is the richest country in all Eu-
rope-the richest country in the world
save one, our own-there are more mil
lionaires than in the whole Of the rest
Of Europe, and its people are better off
than in any other. In our land. tho
same thing holds true; we have more
millionaires than all the. rest of thu
world put together.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
DEAR TRAVELLING IN CUBA.
1t Is Comfort1ess, but a Change i
Railroading Is Near.

It Is Comfortless, but a Change in
Railroading Is Near.
Cuba has 124 railways, with more
than 1000 miles of track for the lot, yet
travelling in Cuba is not cheap. There
are lines which charge passengers II
cents a mile 4.-
The average rate is about cents for
first-class passengers and cents for
second-class, and travel on some of the
lines means many hours of miserable
jOlting over Wretched roadbed.
Freight rates are as exorbitant as pas
senger rates. So detrimental is the
railroad extortion to the welfare of the
country, in fact, that modification of
rates by military order was talked of,
but the legality of the step was doubt
full.
The entire railroad system Of the ISL
and is valued at $70,000,0OO. But of the
124 lines only seventeen are public lines
in the generally accepted sense.
The rest are private roads, built for
the transportation Of sugar cane to the
q
five Of the principal lines, representing
nine-elevenths of the public roads, are
controlled by British capitalists.
Cuba had railroad forty-three miles
long between Havana and Guines,
which began to run only a few years
after the first American line was
opened, but the development of rail-
reading under Spanish rule was on
very different scale. Some people
might not call it development at all.
But all that has changed under Amer
lean occupation. A new line now in
process Of construction by Sir William
Van Horne and his associates of the
Cuban Central Railway, connecting at
Santa Clara with the line from Havana
to Cienfuegos, will revolutionize the ISL
and's railroad system, open commune
cation with Nipe, the best harbor on
the whole Cuban coast line, and pre-
pare for profitable cultivation an area
estimated at 100000 acres, or about
one-third of the total area of the island.
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terminals on account of defects, the
conductor is required to wire report
showing the point at which it is left
and the reason why. When this occurs
the peg representing the particular car
Is removed from the train block and
placed Oh the board opposite the station
at which it was set out. There it re-
mains with the conductors report I'M
til such time as it is lifted by another
train. In case conductor fails to
make report showing that he is run
ming one car short Of what he took
over, the fact will make itself. known
when the train reaches the next ter
minal point and another conductor
turns in his report. Then the wires
are made hot to find out where the
particular car is, and it does not take
long to do it. In this way all delays
are detected, and the car service agent
knows exactly how his trains are run
ming. As the reports are received show
ing the movements Of the trains the
information becomes a matter Of rec-
ord, the time being transcribed from
the consist and district terminal re-
ports to a register. When the train
reaches its destination the time con-
sumed is computed, the time on each
district and at each terminal point be-
ing taken into account, and if the
schedule time is not made the causes
Of the detention are noted.
Find Any Car ON Short Notice,
In cases where the line has been in
terrupted on or account of accident or
other cause, the amount of business
affected is at once apparent, the entire
situation being observable at a glance.
II in such cases it is necessary to
make a detour in order to pass the
point on the line where the trouble ex-
lists the check on the traffic is not re-
l!nquished, as a record is made of it's
delivery to the connection handling it
in order to make. the detour. Upon it's
return to the Grand Trunk line the rec
ord is re-established.
What are the advantages of this sys-
TEN over the old system is a question
which naturally crops up in the mind
of the uninitiated. A personal inspec-
ton does not take long to make this
apparent. In the first place it is not so
expensive, and instead of taking a
months time to get at the bottom OF
any trouble it can be accomplished in
few hours.
Another advantage which the system
has is that it lends itself to the making
arrangements for the arrival of trains
at certain time, which is something
that cannot be counted on under the
old system. w..
It has been found also that the sys.
tenn has done great deal in keeping
what is known as the dead freight on
the move. as when the fast freights are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
She Had "Sized" Him Un

There is an Institution in, Duluth
that employs about fifty people, and
among others is genial, jolly, good
fellow, who long ago lost faith in hair
restoratives, and is the possessor Of q
waist measurement of many inches.
An East End lady dropped into the
store a day or two ago, accompanied
by her pretty little 4year-old daughter,
The big man was somewhat attent-
i've to the child, and when the lady had
finished the business she had come to
transact the little girl said, in a clear
voice, as. they left the Office:
'Who is the man bigger round an
our rain barrel, with the awful shiny
head '-Duluth News Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
CUBAN COUNTRY DWELLING.

fell upon the unfortunate islanders. The
Cubans had only bows and arrows,
pointed with fish bones, and clubs hard
ened by fire, with which to resist the
Spanish hordes, armed*owith muskets
and cannon. Their defense was made
quate, and an endless stream of their
lfe-blood poured over the fertile land
of their birth.
Before the attacks of their powerful
antagonists they gradually faded away
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

their own numbers. Upon receipt Of
this report small wooden pegs bearing
the station cipher, numbered to md
corresponding with the manifest num-
bers reported, are placed in a block
which is known as a train block and
represents the consist Of the moving
train. There is also placed in this block
a peg representing the destination sta
ton of the train. This block Is then
hung on the board, it's position being
determined by the train district on
which it Is located and the direction Of
it's movement. If east bound the block
will be hung on the upper part Of the
board, and If west bound on the lower
part.
BY System of Pegs.
AS the train proceeds each district
terminal point wires report to the car
service agent at Montreal showing the
time of arrival and the time Of depart
ure. The train block is then moved
along to the next district. In telegraph
ing this information to headquarters
the lowest and highest manifest num-
bers are sent. and thus the movement
Of twenty-five cars is obtained at no
greater Geographic expense than that
OF reporting only two cars. If a car
Is set out of train between district
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to or an increase in the population of
her garrison towns-Bermuda, Gibral-
tar and Malta. With some precaution-
airy measures she will allow sightseers
and tourists to enter Gibraltar, but
strangers may not settle there perma-
nently; nor may an alien own a foot
Of ground in the Bermudas. She wants
only British subjects in these places,
and even British subjects are not al
lowed to vote In Bermuda unless they
own real estate there.
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Profitable.

In the great glove houses Of Brussels
and France the cutters can earn even
higher wages than the cutters of the
most fashionable tailors Of London and
New York. So difficult is the art of cut
ting gloves that most Of the principal
cutters are known to the trade by name
and by fame, and the peculiar knives
which they use in the business are so
highly priced that they are handed
down from generation to generation as
heirlOOms. = - ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

SAINT bloodshed. Her natives were Of
mild disposition, happy temperament
and easily satisfied. They did not re-
sent the coming of the Spaniards, but
extended to them hand of generous
hospitality. The invaders abused this
good feeling, however, and began at
once an unparalleled system Of op-
preston, which continued for centuries
Rapine, pillage, torture and butchery
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government, renewed hope and ambi-
ton have flooded the hearts Of the
Cubans, and if they promote their fu-
ture advancement with the same de-
gree Of unfaltering persistency that has
marked their strife for freedom, the
ultimate success Of the island republic
is assured.
Since the departure Of Columbus, the
history Of Cuba has been one Of inces-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
Doctor for a Milk Companv.

The latest addition to the staff of a
fully equipped London milk company
is doctor. He is specially employed
to watch over the companys infant
customers. What is one baby's milk
is another baby's poison, and this CON-
pany's doctor is there to prescribe how
much and of what strength the daily
tipple shall consist. No charge is made;
the perplexed mother sends a postcard
or calls the company up On the tele-
phone, and round comes the doctor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
A Transa tlantic Mail.

A transatlantic steamer carrying
what is called "a full mail'' usually
brings 100000 letters and 800 sacks of
newspapers for London, to say nothing
Of the 500 and odd sacks for other
places.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Aged Criminal (who has just got a
life sentence)-Oh, me lud, I shall never
live to do it! Judge (sweetly)-Never
mind. Do as much Of it as you CAMP
Punch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
BLOOD-SOAKED> CUBA.
ISLAND HAS AT LAST BECOME
HER OWN MISTRESS. 49,;
History of the island Is One of Con.
tinua1 B1oodshed-LibertyA Achieved
After a Struggle Lasting Four Cen
turies-A Prize Dearly Bought.

UBA, after four
centuries Of almost
continual struggle
through starvation,
misery, torture and
death, has at last
reached its cher
ished goal Of lib
erty. w it b t h e
casting off Of the
old letters and the
establishment Of a
democratic form of
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and each day became less able to carry
on the fight. Their lands We're wrested
from them and parceled out to the in
yaders; the captured natives being en-
shaved as tillers Of the soil. Unused to
hard labor in the fields, the captives
weakened and died, until at the end Of
fifty years persecution it Is estimated
that 100000 of the original population
had disappeared. All the horrors Of
Spanish rule in Italy and the Dutch
countries were repeated in Cuba with
increased zest and enlarged systems Of
oppression and cruelty. The aborigines
being practically exterminated, the
same cruel treatment was visited on
the Spanish colonists themselves and
upon the negroes who had been import
ed as slaves. In the course Of 200 years
the population was again reduced until
only about $4,000 persons remained.
Practically prisoners Of war, the
Cuhans had little knowledge of the
outside world, except that gained from
the pirates who continually plundered
Cuba and the neighboring islands, max
ing that region the headquarters of a
vast fleet of buccaneers that ravaged
Cuban waters for two centuries. The
pirates burned the towns and made des-
olate the coasts, but Spain would
neither protect her colony nor allow the
people to arm themselves in self-de
Tense.
The Turning Point.
The capture of Havana by the Eng
1ish and their eleven months rule was
undoubtedly an important point in thu
life Of Cuba. During the short period
of English government the Cuban port:
were opened to foreign trade, and fol
the first time the people realized thu
extent Of their resources, and the mer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

An ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is
ofen worth pound Of explanation
Judge.
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Time Across Siberia.
The journey from Vladivostok to r.
kutsk is now accomplished in fifteen
days. = 55...=
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half million lives through starvation
alone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers have
been placed on record:
Frank G.. Kinney and wife, William P.
Callahan and wife, Thomas De Armon
and wife and William X Callahan to the
Buckeye Cotton on Company. a right of
way for a railroad track. thirteen feet
wide, along and over strip Of land
which begins at a point on Tenth avenue
and crosses lots and in block ID; also
parts of lots 6 and 7. block Ia: also a
parcel of land In section 10 and 3d. town
ship II, range 2, west; also right of
way of 80 feet wide in section 3d. town
ship II, range 2, west; also all the tools,
machinery and appliances of every kind
on the lands described. Consideration
SEE, 900.
A. D. and C. J. s. Kurnler to A. H.
Cooper, the south SLY feet of lot 5, block
107, fronting on Morris avenue between
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, $500.
The Investment Real Estate Company
of Alabama to Mary B. T. Brown, 50 feet
off of the east side of lot II, block 4,
$3.50.
The Investment Real Estate Company
of Alabama to Bessie T. Perry, lot 10,
block 4, $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-17

her Of ladies present at dress parade will
far outnumber those yesterday. The Of
ficors Of tho First Cavalry tender all n
hesrty welcome and extend an invitation
to others to be present
Miss McCrossin. accompanied by her
maids OF honor, Miss Edna Coughlan,
Miss Rosa Munger and Miss Josie Belle
Esisridge, Will be present tomorrow in
trap beautifully decorated with the
blue and yellow Of the cavalry.
The guard detail for today Is:
Capt. J. D. Jenkins. officer OF the
day; Lieut. Thomas Robinson. officer OF
the guard.
Major Beck yesterday issued an order
commanding SeIg. II. II. Salter of Troop
D for efficiency on guard duty.
A command was issued announcing the
presence Of Col. w W. Brandon, adju-
tant-general of the state He will be on
the grounds every afternoon and conduct
a school of instruction every morning.
Troops and c.
The roster of Troop B is; Captain. J. D.
Jenkins; second lieutenant J. M. McLead
first sergeant. D. b. Jones; second SER
geant, J. B. Jones, third sergeant, J. D.
Bryant Jr.; fourth sergeant F. K. Beck;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-17
Work Of Judge John During
Fourteen Days
JUDGE FEAGIN COMES BACK
Judge John Disposed of $40 cases,
Some Of Which Were Mol Pressed
and Some Were Acquitted.
Maintained Order.

Judge Sam VIII John vacated yester-
day the bench of the Police Court in
favor OF Judge N. B. Feagin. who has
returned from his summer vacation of
two weeks.
Judge John during the past two weeks
disposed of flfty-eight pages of the docket
and imposed q total Of $63si in fines. No
small percentage OF this amount was
imposed last Monday when there were
106 cases on the docket and between
$500 and $4,000 in fines imposed.
Altogether Judge John sometimes i'm
posed the maximum of the law on
man. at others he placed the amount as
small as possible. Twice transgressors
were forced to pay one cent one of them
for sleeping in wagon which belonged
to another.
The heaviest fines were for burglary,
larceny and gambling. These ranged
from SIS to s1Oo and several accused Of
robbery or larceny were bound over to
the Criminal Court and their bonds made
heavy. Assault and battery was another
offense which as a rule received a heavy
fine. 1t cost several fighters $50 and
number of others had to pay SIS. The
wife heaters received some of the heaviest
sentences.
Judge John disposed Of $50 cases, q
number of which were mol pressed, 9TH
Rs found not guilty and several released
on payment of costs. This reduced the
actual number fined to about 500, maxi
ing the average fine $1,000.
A ntfrnher of those fined the heaviest
took an appeal and carried their cases
to the higher courts where they will be
tried at the fall term. Should the city
fail to convict the men in the higher
courts. 1t will have to pay the costs.
Judge John was on the bench fourteen
days. He imposed In fines an average of
$46l.5O a day. Very strict order was
maintained in court. Three persons We're
fined for contempt Of court and several
others were ordered to cease making
noises which prevented the judge from
hearing the witnesses. Work was ordered
stopped on the three stores which are to
occupy the space intended for a market
in the city hall, a fireman was ordered
to stop washing a horse in the alley un-
der the court ROOM the negro women
were compelled to cease singing in the
jail and all other noises were stopped
as far as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-17
n HE cavalry parade through the
streets Of Birmingham. which


was scheduled for yesterday
morning was found to be lmpracticable,
the reason being the heavy dust which
Hes between here and East Lake. In sew
eral places 1t is inches deep. and 1t is al
most impossible while marching for men
and animals in the rear of the column to
see or breath.
Dress parade yesterday afternoon was
one of the most interesting sights ever
seen on the parade grounds at East Lake
The four troops of the First Cavalry.
Alabama National Guard, turned out
with full ranks. The horses were fresh
and the troops were put through num-
Der Of maneuvers by their captains, then
formed for dress parade, when Major
Beck took command.
Following the evening gun and lower
ing of the colors Adjutant General Bran
don assumed command and inspected the
troops. Captain Jones of the Eleventh
United States Cavalry was present and