The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-27

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| Tests are now in progress by which
in the above pictures. The tests will
Payne Whitney, who married Miss Hay,
and that the latter would build a resi-
dence thereon.
The Fairgrounds of New York, such rs
| they are, are of great benefit to the
children. But there are no flowers on
them, and the little ones who gather there
during the hot weather very seldom get
an opportunity to see any other vegeta-
ton than sunburned grass In a number
of suburban places around New York
being formed to send loads Of beautiful
things to the playground. This is par
ticularly beautiful and inexpensive form
Of real charity that might we'll be inn
itated in other communities.
Two men have been arrested by de-
tectives of Capt. Titus staff who are
men concerned in the robbery of the
jewels of Mrs. Mary Kingdom, mother
of Mrs. Gould. Eight thousand dollars
worth OF gems We're stolen from her room
in the Waldorf-As hotel not long
| ago and no trace of the yaluables has
been found. Descriptions Of two men
seen about the hotel and acting suspi--
ciously were furnished by bell boys and
on the descriptions two men We're ar
rested. Capt, Titus says Moran comes
from Cincinnati and Waters from Chi
| cagO.
The German steamship Rapallo is in
port looking like a Twentieth century
Nouh's ark. She carried large assert
al 1irJ
seven camcls, two of which We're double
bumped and sacred white in color. The
pet of the crew was "Baby.'a 2-months-
old ,lromedary that was allowed to run
at VIII. Besides the camels there were
two young ; lions three q pumas, two by ~
balloons and a fallow deer. In the tenn
porary bird house there was a great
variety Of sound and much gorgeous
plumage. In the various cages were
1000 canaries, 12O purple, blue and
| lavender African finches. 70 paroquess
and so white and red cockatoos.
| The highest price On record for shoe
| shine was paid a bootblack in Madison
! square, when an aged gentleman ham ed
little Willie Kob $40 after the boy had
finished putting matchless gloss on the
gentlemar's tau sii,es. Recently he has
Frequently been seen in the park. where
he will sometimes sit for hours at a
! time reading book, and on getting I'D
will order 4 hanson and drive away, gen
orally. III the direction Of Fifth avenue
Tie always hires the same hansom. but
| the driver does not know who his fare
is. Willie says he has shined his GUS
toner's shoes on several occasions and he
has never received less than S., which
VAS ALWAYS paid in silver and accom-
panied with Il 'Gol bless YOU. my little
man" The other day, in addition to the
$40 and the blessing, the generous Gus
tone" also gave the boy q treat Of ice
crea: lemonade and doughnuts.
| kaltenborn, the divorced wife of Franz
kaitenborn, the violinist and orchestra
conductor. and Carl Hugh Engel, the
member of Mr.. Kaltenborl's orchestra
who was named by him as correspondent
in the divorce suit against his wife, were
married last summer, and have since
been living together in apartments on the
west side in New York. Mr.. Engel dur
ing the winter played III the orchestra at
the Metropolitan Opera house and is now
a member of the orchestra at the Casino
theater. He said recently, when asked
if the report that he had married Mrs.
kaltenbcrn was true, that the marriage
took place in Waukegan, ILL.,, where Mrs.
Kaltenborn was visiting, last July. They
had decided to keep it quiet, he said, to
avoid talk. Mr.. Kaltenborn secured his
divorce in April Of last year. His wife
| put in no defense.
The appraisal of the estate of Oswald
Otten'orfer Of the Stats Zeitung shows
that it consists almost entirely OF per-
sonality, and its gross value is $4,46o,-
353. Mr.. Ottendorfer died on December
II, 1000. Requests of about 100000
| to cho - Ill In inGt ifrf; III,
larger holdings of the testator We're in
bonds: Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul,
valued at 1922. 125; Chicago, Rock ISL
& Pacific, $163, 800; Colorado Coal and
Iron Company, $2O4,O0O; Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, 1852, 625. Commissions
and other expenses Of administration
make the net estate $4,279,994. From
the estate is then deducted the requests.
The net residue Of the estate of 1885,
994 is to be divided into equal shares
among Emma Schalk, stepdaughter, and
Anna Woershoffer. adopted daughters,
each to receive $1,27S,99S.
Gothamites have gone crazy with the
Panama hat fever. Everybody is wear
ing one-that is, what is called Panama.
Not in years has there been such rage
for this kind Of headgear, and it has
caused some queer freaks in trade. One
who does not know a Panama hat when
he sees it might reasonably conclude
from the street displays that million
hats bad been imported into the city
for this seasons demand. If too strict
inquiry be not made one may have a
Panama hat at trifing expense, with
a hatful of guarantees of its genuine
ness. \ Connecticut trademark need not
make him blush if he should discover it
later on, for there will be many persons
in the same class with him. OF all the
manifestations Of the prevailing craze
perhaps the most interesting is the mys-