The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-10-24
IN GAY NEW YORK.

IN GAY NEW DIRK
Miss Anna Bellinger Letter and Frank
Augustus Leonard, cousins, and niece
and nephew OF Mrs. Charles l.. Fair,
who, with her husband, was killed in an
automobile accident in France, were mar
ried recently in Caldwell, N. j., at the
home of the bridegroom's parents, MI.
a beneficiary under the will Of her aunt
and already has received $4,000 of her
share Of the estate. Out Of respect to
Mrs. Fairs memory only relative and a
few friends were present at the wedding.
The ceremony was performed by
Rey. St. John Fitch, pastor OF the Cald-
well Baptist Church.
Announcement is made Of the engage
ment OF Miss Constance Mills, daughter
of Gen. Arson Mills OF U. S. A. Indian
war fame, to Capt. Winfield Scott Over
OF 81. Miss Mills is the only daughter
of Gen. and Mrs. Mills, and made her
debut here two years ago. She is both
pretty and accomplished, and will come
i'll for the entire fortune of the general.
Capt. Oycrton figured prominently i'll
society last winter.
&C I'll DOHuC4 q ACtuAA5 GILL
Der Of the New York Bar Association, IS
dead from paralysis, due to a fracture
OF the spine. Mr.. Bonner received his
fatal injury by a fall from a tree at his
summer home. He had climbed the tree
to whip dow chestnuts for his children
when a limb broke and he received the
fall which resulted in his death.
A report has gained currency in the
financial district that d. o. Mills. owner
Of the Mills building, and J. Pierpont
Morgan, owner of the Drexel-Morgan
building, have REACHED an agreement
whereby the two buildings will be pulled
down II a modern twenty-one-story sky
scraper Office building erected on the site.
The Drcxel.M Morgan building is an old
fashioned, six-story white building, but
: the Mills building is more modern. Wis
.:ors to New York are invariably sur
prlsed at the rather mean appearance of
the building occupied by the Morgan firm.
Beatrice Grenville, one Of the six Eng
lish dancing girls who were brought to
this country to appear in '"The Silver
Slipper at the Broadway theater, met
with an accident while rehearsing the
champagne dance the other day. Miss
Grenville, who is considered one of the
best dancers and the highest kicker in
the sextette, in making IN extra hitch
and high kick, slipped, turned a half
somersault and fell to the stage prac-
tically head first, striking the stage with
her left shoulder. 1t was dislocated and
the ligaments in her right arm were
strained.
Capt. Alexander Ross Piper has been
sioner by Col. Partridge to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation on
Saturday of Lieut.. Col. Thurston. Maj.
Frederick H. E.. Ebstein,. second deputy
commissioner, in charge of Brooklyn
and Queens, was promoted to the posi-
tion Of first deputy, but will continue
in charge Of that territory.
Morgan Richards, the father of Mrs.
Craigie, the novelist known as "John
Oliver Hobbies" and brother Of Mrs.
Josiah T. Marean of Brooklyn, arrived
on the .Campania. Mr.. Richards has
lived thirty-four years ii England. He
is an American by birth, being the grand
and president Of Auburn Theological
Seminary.
Mrs. l.. 2. Letter and Daisy Letter,
mother and sister to Lady Curzon, sailed
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse fo1
durbar at Delhi in January as the guests
of the viceroy and vicereine Of India.
Mrs. Letter carries with her an elab-
crate wardrobe. When in London Mrs.
Letter and her daughter will order the
regulation court robes which will be
worn during the ceremony. During this
visit Mrs. Letter will see her two grand.
children for the first time. When Mrs.
Letter and Miss Letter reach Simla,
where the summer palace of the viceroy
is situated, they will be met by an escort
which will accompany them to Delhi.
Mrs. Letter will return to America III
February or March, but Miss Letter will
remain abroad for some time. Mr.. Lett
er. with Miss Nancy Letter, will remain
in Washington during the winter.
Mrs. G.. G. Chadwick of Cleveland lost
a diamond brooch valued at $4,000 on a
train coming into New York city. The
matter was reported to the police Of .Jer.
sey City, who learned that a man had
a ton Of coal. This man was found and
gave up the brooch, which was the one
lost by Mrs. Chadwick. There are TWEEN
ty-eight diamonds in the piece, with a
Mexican opal Of great beauty and a hand
painted picture of Marie Antoinette by
Petit.
t%iseinent are to be condemned by the ma
tional convention Of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union il Mrs. Emile d.
Martin Of New York city has her way.
The appearance Of that article of wear
ing apparel on the billboards will be es-
pecially attacked.
The increasing wealth of Chinatown is
expressing itself in an ever-growing use
of oriental luXuries and works of art.
No better illustration can be found than
in the chairs and tables Of the newer
restaurants, the joss houses, club halls
and private residences of the district.
Formerly cheap but substantial Ameri-
can furniture was employed. Today
handsome imported goods are, if not the
rule, at least so con. mon as to excite no
comment.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and her
daughter, Gladys, sailed for Cherboure
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. They will
go from Cherbourg to Paris, where they
will stay six weeks.
'The biggest and hairiest-headed lion
in the world, }" the gift Of little 6-year-old
Mornoro OF ~ rnoOio An1roxr TorDon;os-