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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

The long time or almost entire seclu-
sion, which. in accordance with Queen
Eictoria's wish. the duchess undertook
after her husbands death, did little to
increase her prestige in court circles,
but when. through the decision of the
Duke of Connaught, to renounce for him.
self and his son his claim to- the throne
of Saxe-Coburg, young Leopold OF Al
hany acceded to the sovereignty of the
German state. the fortune of the family
took an upward turn. With her son q
reigning grand duke, as he will be- in
three years. and her daughter likely to
become Empress of Germany, the con-
scient:ors mother will be a figure of no
small Importance.
The Duchess of Albany looks Won
derfully like her sister, the Dowager
Queen Emma of the Netherlands. The
story went about some time ago that she
and Lord Rosebery wanted to wed, but
Queen Victoria thought this would be a
slight to the memory of her youngest son
and put stop to the match. Since
Queen Nictoria's death there has been
some revival Of talk about the matter
King Edward wouldn't object in the
least
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
PRINCESS ALICE
@4LRANr

1t has been prophesied for some
time that Princess Alice of Al
bany, who is decidedly one of the
prettiest and brightest of King Edward s
nieces, would make brilliant match
sooner or later, and now the prediction
is realized by the announcement of ar
engagements to marry her off to the
Crown Prince of Germany.
Princess Alice is the eldest of the two
children Of the Duke of Albany, Queen
Victoria's youngest son, who died in 1884
after having been practically an invalid
all his life She is just 10 and full of
spirits. She is to be seen for the first
time this year at the royal drawing
rooms and will be one of the bellies of the
coronation season.
The widowed Duchess of Albany is a
great believer in ''seeing things and
with indomitable energy she has dragged
her patient little princess round to all
sorts of odd places, acquaintance with
which. she is convinced. is necessary to
the proper broadening of her mind.
Hardly had the new chemical laboratory
near the London law courts been opened
before the duchess and the princess paid
it a visit, and the way in which they
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

asked questions and generally wanted
to know electrified the learned profess
sors who undertook guidance among the
retorts and test tubes. Under her en-
ergetic mothers escort Princess Alice
has visited the Enfield gun factory, she
has seen the famous Southwark fire
brigade give it's weekly exhibition and
has inspected the shipping at Southamp-
ton and Hull. The duchess was one OF
Ruskin's intimate friends, and she read
his Sesame and Lilies to her daughter
almost before she was able to under
stand it.
Unforeseen aaevents have made big
changes in the Albany family. Their
destiny did not seen to be particularly
bright after the death of the duke. To
begin with, the duchess means were lin
tied in proportion with her station. for
her husbands grant of $135. 600 stopped
with his death. and though as his widow
she received pension of $4,000, she
felt obliged to put a large part Of it aside
for the use of her children in case of
her death, for Great Britain grants 10
allowance to young royalties, except
those of the Prince OF Wales immediate
family.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
College Vacation sToo Long.

Prof. Charles S. Minot of the Harvard
medical school has been studying the
question: Of vacations in colleges, and
he concludes, as he states in an article
in Science, that the amount of vacation
''is very excessive" with the vacation
shortened it would be easily possible to
bring young men into active life year
earlier than is now possible, and that
would be an immense gain" There isn't
much doubt of that. But it will be hard
er to effect a change in this line than
it was to remove the venerable impress
sion that Greek was the sacred sine qua
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
Cannibal Trout.

Trout are cannibals, and it is a moot
question whether in some waters large
stroyed. Many Dartmoor fishermen ara
in favor Of killing them. They say that
fish in their streams Of one pound to two
pounds. weight are hardly ever caught
by ordinary means, and live entirely on
their own brethren, A two-pound De-
Won trout is probably responsible for the
death OF several stones weight of his
own kind.-Nature Notes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
Sure Sign of Spring in New York.

The. determining sign of spring in this
region has appeared for 1902. 1t isn't
the note Of the first vernal bird, or the
''creak Of the new spring boot" as the
Danbury News man used to say, or the
turning of young mans fancy to
thoughts of love-" The poet abused his
license when he attributed that to spring,
instead of to meeting the right girl. The
sign we refer to is the appearance of the
mysterious black sloop," or "catboat,"
that is reported annually in connection
with the spring robberies along Long Is
land sound. The robbery Of Mr.. Morris
craft which lowered off Throggs Neck
the night before was the real thing, and
that spring has come.--New York Sun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
PUBLIC OPINION ANAlYZED.
Clever Dissection of All Paris by .
French Cyuic.

Clever Dissection of All Paris by q
French Cynic.
In France supreme jurisdiction in all
matters of taste and fashion, in art and
i'll letters, is considered to belong to a
mysterious entity called the ''Tout
Paris" What is the ''Tout PARISH"
A social student who must be some
thing of a cynic processes to have gone
into the subject. He says that he made
careful observations s at first nights
and found that the "Tout Paris" is a
body. of 1900 men and women, com.
posed as follows: Influential critics, 6;
uninfluential ditto, 2S5; men Of the world
4: clubmen, < sportsInen and gamblers,
200: bookmakers, %; members of the
Paris Stock Exchange, 254:. croupiers,
43; actresses, 50; dancers, Is; painters,
p; milliners and dressmakers, 100;
concierges, or house .porters, 49,: ticket.
of-leave men, 20; judges, 20: barristers,
so; African negroes. 9; South American
Adventures, so; unclassi6ed, +. But who
are the mysterious six?-London Eele
graph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
Paris Prohibits Political Posters.

In Paris it was usual at every general
election to see all the public buildings
disfgured by the. enormous quantity Of
election addresses and other placards
posted upon them. At the time Of the
Boulanger incidents bill posters would
follow in rapid succession and stick bill
inch of paper. The extremely ugly ef-
feet Of such placards and the damage
done by scraping down the posters aft
er the electoral battle induced the cham
Der to make law prohibiting the post
ing up of. placards on what was termed
artistic monuments.-Paris Messenger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
Smallest Of Microbes Discovered.

The smallest microbe yet known is said
to have been discovered by O. Voges Of
Buenos Ayres. It is much less than the
influenza bacillus, and only inst discern
BILE when. magni6ed about 1900 timea:
this troubled worlds Isl 20 produce deadly
assesses, known in South America las
manguea, in cattle, with this special
characteristic hotter the climate the
more fatal the infection. A further
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
Noises that Attract Snakes.

1t is a curious fact that there are GER
tain kinds of noises which attract snakes.
machine, instead of soaring these rem
tiles as might be supposed, seems bot,
to allure and enrage them, and they al
most invariably dart toward it, rearing
themselves in front of the machine.
which, of course, promptly chops off
their heads. In six months so many as
12O cobras alone have thus been slauyh-
tered on one grass farm in India.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
French the onicial Language,

French has been made the official Ian
guage Of the Quebec Legislature. city
council and. board Of trade. English
speaking members will be allowed to use
their own language, Of course, but all the
records are 70 be kept in French. The
change is due, to the growth of the
French element in the three bodies
named - -. .z-.t = ~ ~ 81 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
Height. of Ocean Waves.

:. Experiments at the Cape Of Good Hope
where the highest waves of the ocean are
said tocbe: found. show that, waves reach
sometimes height approximating forty
five feet, length of between 500 and
700 feet, these succeeding one another
at Intervals varying from fifteen to
seventeen seconds.-American Boy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

popularity is that if the abscess is
opened in it's early stages the disease is
arrested and the animal saved. Minute
ness of the germs of disease is no par
ticular advantage to the victims; the in
auenza microbe makes up for it's diminu-
tiyeness by overwhelming numbers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

Sel lOi AcNee uecldfC the cid1m OIL MIS-.
and Miss Scales is preposterous.
Andrew Carnegie was the guest Of
honor recently at a banquet given by
the Society of American Authors at the
St. Denis hotel. About 26O persons
were present. Mr.. Carnegie was elected
q member of the society. Just as Mr..
Carnegie finished his speech he was in.
terrupted by stranger who had entered
the hall and who commenced speaking.
appealing to Mr. Carnegie as a pillar
thropist to accept an invention and S.
100000. He said his name was Craw-
ford-Frost and that he was the rector of
a church in Baltimore. Mr.. Carnegie re-
piled that he was not a philanthropist.
The stranger created some disturbance
and spoke excitedly. He was. however,
prevailed upon 90 retire. Later the same
man was removed from the Waldorf
Astoria to Bellevue hospital, where nc
gave his name as William A. c.. Frost Of
Baltimore. It was alleged that he had
created ii disturbance at the hotel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

promised to give them the gems. Coun-
sci for Mckee declare the claim of Mrs.
and Miss Scales is preposterous.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

William F. Proctor. vice president of
the Singer Manufacturing Company, died
at the Plaza hotel after brief illness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

The liner Minnehaha. in from London.
tried her newly-installed wireless signal
ing apparatus with success on the voy-
age. 1t was in communication seven
hours with the Lucania. The Minneha-
ha also talked with the French liner La
Savoie: which sailed for Havre on
Thursday.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

company backed by New York cap
ital has obtained options on 10000 acres
of the finest grazing land in Cuba. and
according to the Herald will at once
embark in the extensive raising of cattle
for. export to the Atlantic ports of the
United States in competition with the
cattle interests of the West
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

the west side Mr.. Howells' new home
is fve-story brown stone dwelling, be-
tween West End avenue and Riverside
drive Heretofore his town residence
has been IN West Fifty-ninth street in
an anartment house facing Central park.
By contributions of dimes, nickels and
pennies at meeting of Galicians on the
east side. a fund was raised sufficient
to send Shutim Schnur back to: Austrian
Galicia, where his parents are awaiting
trial on charge of numbering him.
Schnur ran away from home and recently
arrived in this city as an immigrant.
Relatives few days later received word
that his father and mother had been ar
rested charged with having murdered
him. He was without funds and his
countrymen assisted in the matter as
stated.
At brotherhood meeting under the
auspices of the Baron and Baroness de
Hirsch Monument Association, resolu-
tons have been adopted approving
plan of erecting in Central park monu
ment to philanthropy in honor of Baron
and Baroness de Hirsch, and suggesting
that the following sentence from Presi-
dent Roosevelt be inscribed on it:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

Figures given out by the state con-
troller show that collections for the last
fiscal year under the Inheritance tax law
will aggregate S4,O85.OOO. OF this
amount Greater New York furnished
ments were those from the estates of
William Marsh Rice and Jacob Rogers,
the locomotive builder
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18

When all is said and done, the
rule Of brotherhood remains as the
indispensable prerequisite to success
in the kind Of national life for which
we strive.
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
DETAILS OF ALLEGED
PLOT AGAINST GAR
Explosive Bombs, Revolvers, and
Knives Carried by Supposed
Students

VIENNA, Dec. s.-The newspapers
yesterday gave further details OF the
alleged plot against the Gar az Livaaia
on Saturday, when several young men,
believed to be students. were arrested
on suspicion
die Zelung" says: -Four young
men were found in tine private grounds
OF the Cars palace at iyadia when
arrested they stated titat they desired
20 hand the Car petition. The pre-
cautions TO guard the Car have been
Increased teufold. The palace is now
surrounded by an uubroEon circle of
troops. which is impenetrahlo-
"SlopoWlsII" says. zone of the mon
carried "a small Bomb of terrific cz-
Di0syc power The others had rev0l-
va-s and knives. Tho mystery is now
the men reached the grounds. Troach-
cry or ihC Czlr's immediate attendants
is tho only explanation. The police
have identified ,he men as members Of
O. EleG secret society. Papers indicat-
Ing a plot against tbe Car were also
found Though the prisoners were
kuOute3 they refused 20 Dctray their
arcOmpliccs"
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
A NOTABLE TRIBUTE
TO JUSTICE HARLAN
Banquatto Celebrate Twenty-Five Years on Supreme
Court BenCh-PreSd mt to Attend.

George willard. John r. Bennett. Ed
ward B. Whitney. ID. W. Baker. r. Ross
Perry. ir.. Simon Wolf. G.. s. Thomas.
u. l.. Chadbourne, r. Ross Perry. Ben
jamin b. Lee. Frank "a. Kellogg. Will
lam T. Hale. @. W. Bum. John Ridoat.
T. A. Lambert James n. Hayden.
Charles T. Faulknc- Henry NJ. Hough.
Alexander p Humphrey William r.
Harr. William JOY. Senator John r.
Spooner George s. TCarre. John j.
Donaldson A. o. Bacon. Henry H. Ward
J. NJ Dickinson. Charles a. CuIbcr tson.
W. T. Eim-Est0n. Frank W. Hackett.
John N. Thurst0u. u. b. Church. Melville
Church Jefferson Chandler Charles
Price. Joseph r. Edison Robert H. Park
IL-Cu.
Edward Lautorbach Lloyd w. Bowers.
VS.. l hendrick senator A. D. Bevcr-
idsg. Charles Henry Butler. Albert +.
fillslury George SO. Bispham John j..
HomQhil. Arthur Peter. Charles L. Frai-
Icy. Charles vs.. Russell. w w. Green.
Edward IS. Paige Thomas Wilson. ed
ward n. Thomas 81. j. Colbert. Andrew
B. DuEaU. John CARRIER. John Lee Web
stcr. John b. Payne. C. r. Morgan. ir..
j. J. Horricl. l.. Percy Myers. William
Marshall Bulliu. Julius Rosent hal. Sena-
tor Louis T. NcComas. Senator Frank
r.. Hitchcock John r. Dos passos. VIII
liam Hepburn RUSSELL Henry f. Davis.
William Grant Webster. Charles Put
nam Searles. Boston. and William a.
Henderson.
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
POULTRY PRICES NOT
AFFECTED BY CORNER
Nearby Dealers VIII Supply
the Local Market.

Local poultry dealers do not antici-
pate any unusual rise in the price or
dressed fowls on account 3f q reported
corner in the turkey ma ket by large
Western meat houses.
one OK the largest dealers i'm
Center Market said this morning. i'm
discussing the possibility Of an increase
of the price Of Christmas turkeys, that
the Washington housckccpcrs have no
need for fear. The great trouble, he
said. is hat they viii find dimcuIty in
securing coal TO prepare the poultry
for the table. The prices of turkey and
poultry in general. he said. is about
the same now as at this time last year
that Is. about 10 cents per pound for
good turkeys. or course. he said. the
price of any particular bird viii be
governed by its size and quality
So far as the alleged corner in poultry
food stuHs by Western meat houses is
concerned. st. is said that it viii not
affect the local market. Local dealers
secure their supplies from nearby
poultry raisers. who are not influenced
by the action OF Western dealers. This
circumstance. DC is argued. viii prevent
any great rise I'M local market prices.
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
I'm. WRIGHT URGES
REDUCTION OF TARIFF
Says This Would Stimulate
Philippine Trade.

The Senate Committee on the Philip
pines heard Vice Governor Luke F..
Wright. Of the Philippine Commission.
at length this morning
General Wright spoke OF the tariff on
Philippine products, productions Of su-
gar and tobacco. the monetary situation
and other important topics He urged
the reduction Of the tarin now existing.
which is Is per cent Of the DiugIey rates.
That tarin. h. said. amounts I'm
effect to a prohibition OF trade between
the United States and the Philippines.
Senators Burrows Rep Mich) and
Dietrich Rep Neb.J were inclined to
think the tarin was all right as it stood.
IL was certainly not prohibitive. I'm their
Judgment. as the trade of the United
states with the Philippines was un-
questiOnably on the increase. General
Wright replied that This increase was
bagatello compared with what Il should
and would be II the tariff we're reduced.
Passing TO consideration of the cur
rency problem. General Wright spoke OF
the great depreciation in silver and the
distress therefrom.
The only people who make money
out OF the situation" said General
Wright. are the banks. They fix the
rates OF silver day by day. making the
Inference between buying and selling
or 10 cents on the dollar"
The gold standard. General Wright
aid, must be established in the islands
-5oncr or later. and the sooner The bet
IT. The total circulation in the ISL
IDS is about $40. 100000 Mexican. 1t is
--Fposed TO make The unit Of value a
I'D peso Of 1913 grains. which viii not
~ n coin. bat merely a S ldard. The
" Dnmittee will hear General Wright
~ her tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
FUNERAL OF BERNARD P. HIGGINS

Funeral services over the remains of
Bernard Pcrciyal Higgins were held this
morning from ST. Joseph's Church. Sec
ond and c Streets northeast. The Rev
James A. Smyth assistant pastor OF tho
church. omciatcd az the mass and de
livered a short eulogy at its conclusion
Nrs Hattie Meads Smith. soprano.
sang The hymns. Some Day We VIII
Understand and Come. Ye Discon-
solate." as the funeral cortege entered
and left the church.
Mr.. Higgins died Sunday morning Of
typhoid fever at the residence Of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs John D. Higgins.
636 East Capitol Street. Mr.. Higgins was
twenty-four years old and al the time Of
his death was secretary TO the freight
claim agent Of the Southern Railway.
He was one Of The best known and most
popular young men on Capitol Hill.
where his family has resided for many
years.
The pallbe1rers today we're chosen
from among his intimate friends and
were Joseph Skelly, Robert Mitchell.
Lawrence Mccormick. Cecil Tols1n.
Frank Weller. John Koane. Albert Titus
and II. vs.. clum. The burial was al
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
MAGISTRATES COURT IN
EACH POLICE STATION
Major Sylvester Thinks This Radical Change Would Ben
eft Both Officers and Citizens.

The action taken boy the District
Commissioners in regard to the pur-
chase Of additional ground and the
erection Of a new building for the Po-
lice Court, raises the question whether
there should not be a radical change 20
the system OF dispensing justice IN
minor cases. Not only is the ciI
building where the judges si- daily a
disgrace TO Washington. but msu- think,
and Major sylvester is amOng ,ae .url-
Der that the publicity given to trials
on the corner Of Sixth and ID Streets
also should be improved
There can be no question in the mind
Of anyone who has given the subject
attention that the municipality needs a
new building for the Police C5rrt The
plans OF the Commissioner in this re-
spect viii have the cooperation OF the
citizens But in the construction Of
such building. it. has been suggested
that it might De well for the Commits
sioners and Congress to consider enc
advIsabiuty or establishing ma-tatr4.e'5
courts in the several police stations.
and thus relieve the Police Court 0t a
great number Of minor cases
Major SylyesteT's Views.
The views Of Major Sylvester on the
subject have been expressed in several
OF bis annual reports TO the Commis-
toners. In an interview today be said.
"A subject which materially concerns
the welfare of the citizen is that Of po-
lice court trials. AS time advances and
surroundings change the necessity for
Improvement in the system is more ap-
parent Those interested have only TO
investigate for themselves TO know the
awkwarduess which attends the situa-
tiou so far as the police are concerned.
Last year members Of the force were
detained OF the Police Court awaiting
the hearing of cases until after II
o'clock i'm 1908 instances. Not infre-
quently there is an arrest made in the
after hours Of the night and the mem
ber Of the force making it is not only
required 20 remain on the street untn
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
WAGNER REMAINS LOYAL
TO WESTERN JOCKEY CLUB

CHICAGO. Dec. Edward Wagner.
one Of the owners OF the Worth Track
denies in positive terms that the man
sag'meut ot The track has ever consjd-
cred any proposition madc by outlaws %
break away from the western Jockey
Club and help establish an independent
Facing circuit
we are perfectly satisfied" said Mr.
Wagnei "anl have never even Thought
Of breaking away from the Jockey Club.
Tho dates which we have been Riycn viii
satisfy us absolutely. We have had
nothing 10 do with the persons who pro-
pose "'og an outlaw organization. "
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
INcoRPORATION ARrICLEs FuED

The wol.-lnoVn clothing firm al Ninth
ana 4 Streets northwest. formerly trad
ing under the name OF II. Friedlander q
Bro. has recently been Incorporated. and
".' In ihe future be known as the Fried
i'H''F Clothing Company This action
mas been taken with a view Of extending
The business. and it is the determination
or those Interested 90 establish Il cb,in
OF stores throughout PennsvIvaufa
MalyIan9, and Virginia.
The Officers OF the new concern are. II.
Frle-Ianier president. George Fried
lender, vice president. and j. j. Elias.
secretary.
The Washington times., 1902-12-09
CL0TURE PROPOSITION
NOW BEFORE REiCHSTAG
Opposition 70 Alteration Of Rules
Promises Animated Debate Before
Settlement Of Question.

BERLIN. Dec. 9.-The reichstag today
began the debate on the procedure al
teration which increases the nower Of
the speaker. and limits speeches TO FIVE
minutes The amendments were intro
duced ty Herr Groeber. the leading
member Of the ceEter party. because OF
the opposition's obstructive tactics in
favor OF the tariff bin.
Herr Singer. the Socialist leader pro-
tested against The proposed legislation.
He moved that the rel hstas refuse 90
discuss the changes, but his motion was
voted down
Herr Groeber spoke at length in favor
OF the cl0ture rule Lively times are
expected in the Reichstag before the
question IS disposed of.