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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
' Far-OH Citizens.

A city which is outside the United
States altogether, save for temporary
possession, can get itself cleaned at fed
eral expense, as witness Havana and
Santiago. But city which is inside
pay for it's own sanitation, notwithstand-
ing the ills that American commerce is
all the time bringing to it. At least that
is the decision of the surgeon general,
though one would think that the. vital
interest the United States has in keep
ing it's Pacific clearing houses clean and
free from epidemic would be worth some
money to it.-Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser, Honolulu.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

There is probably no more awful con-
fession of crime on record than that
made by Jane Toppan, the trained nurse,
now serving life term in the Taunton
Mass.) Insane Asylum. The woman says
she murdered thirty-one persons and
caused many fires. She says she has a
wild passion for murder and that she
loves to see people die.
Miss Toppan said her mania began
when she was IL years old. She could
only crafty her mania by watching per-
sons in their death agonies. Her mania
was intermittent, she told the DOCTORS
When the mania seized her she imme-
diately, no matter how nearly recovered
her patient was, administered a poison
that in short time would make him
unconscious and cause death.
when the climax Of the mania passed
I realized what had done," she said.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
Stair Climbing.

The wrong way to go up stairs, accord
ing to physical culture teacher, is to
lean over, contract the chest, hoop the
shoulders and bend the whole body for
ward from the waist. The person who
hatsted at the top OF even short fight.
Yet. stair climbing properly done is con
sidered good exercise. The head should
be erect, the chest expanded, the shout
ders back, with no bend whatever Of the
body at the waist. With this poise, put
and do not touch the step with the heel.
and note the springiness felt at every
football York Evening Post. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
A Cave of Torture.

An interesting discovery has been made
at the island Of Capri, in the shape Of an
underground vault in which Emperor IT,
berius used to confine the victims Of
his displeasure prior to their being
thrown into the sea. The walls are
covered with inscriptions, some of which
go to show that among those immured
subsequently to the prison were the sis
ter and wife Of the Emperor Commodus.
Cincinnati Enquirer. Z sss RAJ s.z:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

MT. w eStSlde-lS Briggs Still paying
attention to your sister? Eastside-Naw
they've been married this two mont's!
brooklyn Life.
Take NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lat restau-
rant)-Can l see the proprietor? Waiter
Very sorry, sir, but he's just stepped
out to lunch.-Judge.
A Financitl Swab-Who is dis
Morgan uses ter mop up de floor wild
ompetitors.-Judge.
a man wearing stovepipe hat and
saying ''them' for "those'' has a right
to do it, but he looks awfully' funny
Washington Democrat.
The Man, Entering the Store-Have
you typewriter ribbons? The Fresh
Girl Behind the Counter-Is she blonde
O. brunette? -Yonkers Statesman.
t'Do you believe the old saying that
misfortunes never come singly?'
@Well, l should smile! Did you ever
hear Of single twins ?'-Baltimore.
Ideal.-Mrs. Van Antler-She is fine
nurse, isn't she? Mrs. Giltpace-Splen-
from one weeks end to the other.-Life.
When they get engaged the girl re-
CARDS him as the light of her existence.
After they get married the light begins
to go out nights.-NeW York Daily News.
Tramp-What, sir! You wouldn't let a
man starve to death?
Gruff Old Gentleman-Certai This
is free country.-Philadelph Bulletin.
A Paradise.-Weary Waggles-1 see BY
dis newspaper dat nobuddy kin git a lob
down in Kentucky. Tired Timothy
Less go ter Kentucky.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
Willie-Pa, what's linear foot? Pa
-Why-er-a linear foot? Oh! it's one
that's hereditary. Didn't you ever hear
tell Of a linear descendant ?-Philadelphia
Record.
Spatts-Who is that gloomy look mis-
anthrOpe over yOnder?
Bloobumper-That is Spowter, the cele-
brated lecturer of Sunshine, or How to
Enjoy Life"
Mrs. Bliss. (reading paper)-Dearest, l
see marriage licenses are only 81, while
or: Bhss talso reading)-Worth more.
=. Hewitt-There's nothing in a name.
Jewett-I agree with you. [ know a
fellow who named his boat Oleomargar-
inc, and yet the goat has turned out to
be good butter.-Kansas City Journal.
T WSa ss Snee vas , new Cambridge Mayor,
| will cut down the trees
IN the yard, II you plees,
And then I'll have wood and to spayor!
Harvard Lampoon.
'There is nothing so sweet as the
sound Of her voice." declared the young
lover.
"She seems to thing sou put in the
jealous young lady.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
.'Grandpa, how old are your II am
81 years old, my little dear - ''Then you
1 %y eke$ w Rstoae long Tf fme
Bits. -'' 'ne' -A''
! A-You see that lady over there? She
is Mrs. A. fell in love with her at first
sight. What do you thing of that?
. B.-l think it would have been better
had You taken a second look.-Kansas
City Star. : :-.', - -, = =
Once there were two beautiful white
eggs laid side by side in nice new nest.
"a great big man gathered them up with
his rough hands and sold them to a
grocer. And one little egg was good
little egg and went into an angel cake,
but the other little egg was very, very
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Il have known that my patients were
dying. Then my greatest thought was
to resuscitate them. have then worked
over them trying to bring them back
tors and other nurses and tried NV best
to save them. +'<*f ~
Il have never been so happy in my life
as since have been in Jail here. l know
that l am safe" &C., ""' .>"> :. .s>. =.
If even a small part Of her story is
criminal ever 'arraigned, at. the bar in
the United States. 1t is doubtful if. as
polsoner who successfully duped scores
OF men and women during her career,
she has been equaled by any one of
homicidal mania in modern times. Ger
fanny none OF the standard :medico-legal
volume in print have the authorities aid
investigators revealed such a multitude
OF otfenses against law and nature.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

William Lightfoot Visscher, of Chicago,
says that the volumes Of his verse which
have been published exist in despite Of
the fact that he never sought fame, hav-
ing been printed and put into covers by
his friends, without his connivance. Be-
sides being an Industrious versifier, Mr..
Visscher is an imaginative raconteur.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

An appliance such as has been an
nounced by French officer, that would
make the explosion of ordinary powder
in guns, flashless, noseless and smoke
less, would make the fighting of soldiers
disturbingly silent for the contestants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

According to Coach O'Dea it was the
long ride to get to Poughkeepsie rather
than the long pull after they got there
that kept the Wisconsin boys from win
ming the race. This is all speculation.
but there is no doubt as to the advan-
tage which home crews have in races
which include participants from distant
DOints
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Appleton's school authorities are ac-
cused of raising chickens in high school,
instead of incubating ideas, and there is
a great deal of cackling in consequence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

According to that story telegraphed
from La Porte, Indiana, Prof. Root of
Milwaukee, who ran away with $1,000
was determined to hog or die.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Meat consumers will regret to learn
that the great packers are compelled to
combine more extensively for the pur-
pose of making it possible for them to
secure adequate profits. This is a cruel
world
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

The Cleveland councillor who handed
to the clerk of the city legislative body
$4,000 that had been offered him for
bride set a good example to lefty faith
ers," and the courts should now match
his action with a good example by pun
ishing the alleged briber, who is now
under arrest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

A great many men would be able to
afford Panama hats if it wasn't for the
cost of their wives bonnets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

The weather this year recalls the story
of the old medical practitioner who was
asked to name the dates between which
the wearing Of heavy flannels might be
safely dispensed with. He said: ''In
this climate, take them off on the 3Oth
of June, and put them on on the list of
.Inlr -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Ecuador has a record Of volcanoes
three active, FIVE dormant and twelve
extinct. Eleven of these peaks have
never been climbed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Hamlin Garland says that Whittier
was not scholar nor an artist, nor a
great poet" which may lead some people
to recall the remark concerning the live
animal that may kick a dea lion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Gossip AYERS that the boy King Of
Spain is acting like bad boy; but gos
sip is responsible for many untruths.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
W. {. HANNAF0RD.

In the discussion with fists, in London,
the Hon. Mr.. Sharkey took the floor and
held it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

A German torpedo boat which was
sent to the bottom by collision at the
mouth Of the Elbe increases an already
long list of disasters to such craft. The
torpedo boat has a low-lying hull that
is difficult to see and that is readily
swept by the waves, and she is so fast
that miscalculations are made in emer-
gencies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

After all, for real tastefulness and be-
comingness, the plain straw hats that
used to be had for all! the way from 50
cents up, were a long distance ahead of
the costly Panama.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Humanity generally will pray that
there is truth in the report that Danish
professor has succeeded in giving cancer
a "cold deal' by freezing the diseased
tissue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

y An 11-foot torpedo boat, built for one
man, has been invented by Thomas j.
Moriarty Of Newport, r. /. 5:s5s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

There is pathetic significance in the re-
quest which Lord Roberts makes Of the
British public. AS commander-in-chief
of the forces returning from South
Africa, he bcgs his countrymen who
seek to honor the victorious soldiers
not to ask them to drink. They have,
he says, "worthily upheld the credit of
their country" and he is solicitious that
their welcome home may not be the
means of srllying their fair fame" of
which he is as jealous as he is proud.
When has there been more conspicuous
protest than this against that folly Of
the two great branches of the Anglo
Saxon race which is known as the treat
ing habit? In America as, we'll as in
Great Britain. a day of great rejoicing
will be the day on which some other form
of expressing appreciation will gain gen.
eral acceptance than that of setting
temptation to excess before the man, be
he soldier or civilian, whose meeritorious
conduct mas made him an object of ef-
fusive hospitality.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

The proprietors of the Chicago inebri.
ate hospital who have been held respon.
sible by the coroner's jury for the loss
of life incident to the destruction of the
institution by fire, may escape punish.
ment after undergoing the worries of a
defense, but the example set by the au-
thorities in prosecuting them will make
life safer for those who are undergoing
treatment in similar institutions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

t'Do you believe the old saying that
msfortunes never come singly?'
@Well, l should SMILE! Did you ever
hear Of a single twins? "-Baltimore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Once there were two beautiful white
eggs laid side by side in a nice new nest.
"A great big man gathered them up with
his rough hands and sold them to q
grocer. And one little egg was a good
little egg and went into an angel cake,
but the other little egg was very, very
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

| The Man, Entering the Store-Have
you typewriter ribbons? The Fresh
Girl Behind the Counter-Is she blonde
G brunette? -YOnkers Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Ideal.-Mrs. Van Antler-She is a fine
nurse, isn't she? Mrs. Giltpace-Splen-
did. Why, never have to see the baby
from one weeks end to the other.-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Mr.. Westside-Is Briggs still paying
attention to your sister? Eastside-Naw
they've been married this two mont's !!
brooklyn Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

A-You see that lady over there? She
is Mrs. A. fell in love with her at first
sight. What do you thing of that?
+ B.-I think it would have been better
had You taken a second look.-Kansas
City Star. : , = -
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
Denonnces II as Greatest Fraud
Since Beginning Of the
World.
WOULD DEFILE GOVERNMENT
Advocates Construction Of Canal
by the Nicaraguan Route
Leave Corruption
Alone.

WASHINGTON, June 7.--After trans
acting some routine business and dis
cussing for some time bill to relieve
ships from London dock charges. the
senate resumed consideration today OF
The Isthmian canal project Mitchell.
of Oregon. continued his speech begun
Thursday in opposition 10 The PanansL
route. After considering the engineer
ing difficulties Of the route, which he
regarded as very serious, He entered
upon a denUnciation OF the methods
Ok the Panama lanai Company, which
ne declared was the most corrupt In
the history Of the world He warned
congress that no surer ray could be
found to defeat the construction cf any
canal than to adopt the Spooner
amendment, as the United States could
nave no connection with the Panama
route without becoming involved in in
tricacies Of French advenrurers, from
which 1t would find it impossible to
extricate itself. He declared tfat any
connection this country might have
with the Panama proposition would re-
suit in definitement If the government
Mitchell handled without gloves the
proposition TO build the canal BY the
Panama route. and incidentally the
spooner amendment. isy admission Of
this proposition. ne said:
"The United States would be tack
ing onto one of the greatest frauds
and pieces os corruption known since
the world began"
He could not believe, he said, that
the senate proposed to consider ser-
iously proposition which viii involve
tllC tJtliAN0 @FtdNVo III . ANc5tAA S7fh%tASsNA
sy for hundred years. 81 want the
senate to know the facts and to de-
termine whether we really shall take
up this rotten concern across the sea-
Mitchell expressed the opinion that
the enactment Of the Spooner amend
ment would result in pcstponemert
Of the beginning OF the canal project.
as the president would probably have
to make independent investigation Of
the subject before he could pass upon
it. He urged congress to assume the
responsibility Of declaring 6. route and
not turn that responsibility over. to
The president He intimated that such
action would be cowarlly. He suggest
ed the possibility that il the United
States would construct the canal by
the Nicaragua route, the completion Of
which would be disastrous to the Unit
ed States.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
KILLED BY GIANT POWDER.

BUTTE, Mont. June John E. Mocn.
a shoveler at the Rarus mine was the
victim Of a frigthtful accident last
night while at work on the sill of the
floor Of the 100 level. He was in
stantly killed by the explosion Of a
stick of giant powder which ne struck
with his pick while loosening guam
tity of rocks before shoveling it
into a car. Leslie Hope who was
ytsnding by Moen at the time cf the
accident. was struck on the left side
Of the face with a quantity of Of flying
pital, suffering from number Of
painful wounds.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
KEPT HIS THREAT
A Doctor Shot for Returning to His
Former Home.

GARDEN GROVE. Ia. June 7.--Be-
cause he returned to this village In
spite Of a threat hat ms life wonld
be taken IL he did so DIR. w. D. Duff
mas been shot and killed by w. III.
Clark, farmer. DR. DUFF had formerly
practiced medicine here, but recently
moved 10 BlOckton. I'll feeling had
existed between the two men and
when the doctor departed the farmer
proposed to kill him If he ever came
back When Clark learned that DR..
Duff had returned he borrowed a shot
gun and. locating the doctor in a drug
store. he entered and fired two shots
at him, both taking effec- rear the
heart. Clark at once gave himself into
custody. remarking that ne hads kept
his promise.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
FORTUNE AWAITS CLAIMANT.
Deceased Said He Had No Living
Relatives.

los ANGELES. Cal. June IA for
tune of Si39. 900 In ca~h awaits the heirs
OF an old man H'ho rassa,l u.ctr
the name Of Charles HiH and w'ha died
at the Good Samlritan hoarital two
weeks ago. About three weeks ago
the man. who was between - and sn
years o'd CO.," hospital for
accommodations He was taken in and
maid for ~ - -o~'.ieas rendered
When It was found that he could not
recover he was asked TO tell the
names OF his relatives In order tha'
they might be notified. He replied
that he had not relative on earth
He died and was duly buried. In hiT
clothing was found $4,000 n CURRENCY
Further invest he public
adminFS'ra'o~ = - pri-
vate box in the Union nank ofSav-
lngs. The box has Just been opened
and In 4, were found several large
packages Of currency, aggregatinc
STAG. 900. The old NO. hal lived mere
seven years in s- - tnrt of way
at lodging houses and restaurants, tu'
had no intlma'As and no one can he
found who knows ANYTHING If his an
tecederi
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
SATURDAY NIGHTS
LAST DISPATCHES
Wagon.Load of High School Pu.
pills 0yertIrns With Fatal
Results.
A RAILROAD FOR COOS BAY
Fourteen Year-OId-BOy browns
In the willamette River
Bryan IN Not a Cam
didate.

DENVER, June by accidental
oyerturning OF a Wagon on which a
number OF Denver High School stu
dents were riding near Morrison. this
evening, one was anstantly killed, an
othsf fatally hurt and IL others more
or less seriously injured: The dead:
EDITH wITHERs. neck broken.
Injured
Maggie Humphrey. skull fractured:
viii die.
Irene Wheelock, shoulder disiocated
Malyin Kliff, compound fracture Of
arm.
Harry Goodheart. scalp wound.
Harry Austin, back injured
Frank Kerr, neck sprained.
Six Others not seriously injured.
Thirty six members Of High School
went on hay-rack' party in Tur-
key Greek canyon, when returning the
wagon ran off the edge of bridge.
The occupants were thrown into the
bottom OF the stream, the hay-rack
falling upon them.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
MUST STAY A SEA.

NEW ORLEANS, June THE New
orleans Custom House authorities are
dealing with man without country
20 Wednesday the Norwegian steam
ship John Wilson, arrived here from
Bluefeld, Nicaragua. Among the
Among the cabin passengers was Fong
Jung, Chinaman. He lived in Nic-
aragua ten years and was formerly
well to do. According to the Uuited
states immigration laws he was not
allowed to land. According to the
laws of Nicaragua he was not allowed
to land after having once left. Fong
Jung is doomed to sail back and forth
between New Orleans ana Bluefelds
until the John Wilson's Captain meets
a ship at sea whose Captain will con-
sent to take the Chinaman off his
hands.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
COOS BAY RAILROAD.

PORTLAND, June 7.-oregonian to-
morrow will say;
at is positively stated that a rail-
road will be built between Coos Bay
and Roseburg and that the construc-
tion will begin by September /. Chief
Engineer L. d. Kinnet of the Great
Central railroad is authority for the
statement, and says arrangements have
already progressed far enough to make
the Coos Bay Rose5ug road a prac-
tical certainty.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
RUSSIA IN CHINA.
The Highest Honors Ever Accorded a
Foreigner.

PEKIN, June THE Russian Grand
Duke Cyril Vladimir. who is travelling
in the East, has been receiyed here
with the highest honors ever accorded
a foreigner. He was received by the
emperor OF China in the presence Of
the dowager- empress and the emperor
returned the grand dukes call in an
other room of the palace. Prince
Ching. the president Of the foreign Of
flee. will entertain the Russian visitor
at dinner tonight.
The visit of the grand duke to Pekin,
ct is believed. will greatly enhance
Russian prestige here.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
ANTI ANARCHY BILL

WASHINGTON June The house
spent the entire day voting upon the
amendments TO the anti-anarchy bill.
but all failed, except one proposed by
Mccall of Massachusetts, TO strike
from anarchist section the word as
sault" where 1t is coupled with killing
in inhibition against conspirlng for
killing chief magistrate of a foreign
country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08

citation ha asked that an advisory
committee Of II be formed. seven mem
bers to be- appointed by the President
Of tiet'nited states and eight to BE-
selected NY the Association 10 make
recommendation as to targets and
ranges for the annual contests and
to prescribe uniform system for the
qualifications OF eperts in the Use Of
the rife. The object of the Assoela-
tion IL declared to be uo raise the
standard OF Workmanship in this
country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-08
HIS MIND A BLANK.

DULUTH, Mimi, June T.-Dr. II, T..
Storey, prominent Duluth physician
who mysterously disappeared several
weeks ago has been heard from in San
Francisco. In letter to his wife, he
says that since leaving Duluth his mind
has been perfect blank and he does
not know how he reached the Cali
fornia city The only thing he can re-
member is that man by the name o.
Watson befriended him in Seattle and
he says that IL Watson can be found
much of the mystery would be ex-
planned