The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-30

board OF foreign missions OF the Re-
formed Church i'll America $50, 1000 in
trust. the net income to be applied for
church in foreign countries. To the
board Of education of the Reformed
Church she. leaves $4,000 in trust, the
income to be used to maintain in per-
petuity scholarship OF, scholarships III
the theological seminary rof the church
in New Brunswick, N. j.; A furthe"
sum Of $4,000 is left in trust to the
Church to found and maintain in per
petuity scholarship or scholarships in
the Western Theological Seminary Of
the church Of Holland, Mich. go.
The tax assessment books show that
Andrew Carnegie leads the list Of per-
600. The list includes Russell Sage, ST.
J. D. Rocketeiied, 81, 500, 900; ]. r. Nor
gan, $6OO,OOO; Howard Gould, $780, 0O;
Cornelius Vanderbilt, $25O,OOO, and
Reginald Vanderbilt, $3.50, 900. The real
estate assessed valuation of the greater
over 1901; personal property, 1888, $685.
243 increase. Among those who are not
taxed by reason of having sworn off their
taxes Oh the ground of being nonresi-
dents are Richard Croker, William Wal
dorf Ast0r and George J. Gould of Lake
wood. The great increas Sc in the real es-
tate valuation is due to the use of a new
plan; of assessing real estate at it's full
market value. or 100 per cent.
John D. Rockefeller, in purchasing
nearly all the lands in Pocantico Hills,
East View and Hawthorne for series
OF parks. is planning a chain of artificial
lakes to be formed by the historic Sleepy
Hollow brook, which runs through his
Several waterfalls have been construct
ed along the brook. Mr.. Rockefeller in
tends to spend more than 100000 on
this work. Another improvement planned
by Mr.. Rockefeller is the construc-
ton or a grand plaza on the brow of
kykuit hill, near where he will build his
new 100000 mansion during the COM
tories.
Active operations will, it is announced,
shortly begin toward the erection of the
largest gas plant in the world in the
Astoria section Of Long Island City. The
plant will cover 300 acres, and it will
probably take five years to complete its
erection, although it is expected that
within two years the work will have ad-
vanced so far that the first manufacture
of gas will be started. The plant in
full operation will employ several thou
sand men.
The rents paid by the American To-
bacco Company for its string of cigar
stores IN New York city almost stagser
belief. 1t is reported by an old cigar
dealer that the frst-hoor angle of the
Flatiron building costs the concern $780,
600, while the Macy corner "a little band
box is $1,000. Down in tie Park Row
building the company pays $4,000 for
small store, and they have about thirty
other places for which an average rental
of $500 is paid. Still, the company is
pushing it's cut-rate war against the indie
pendent dealers and apparently making
money. One would think that the whole
smoking population could do hardly more
than pay their rents.
Two Napoleonic cooks formerly en-
ployed at leading hotels here are figuring
in big copper mining deal which got
into court. According to lawyers who
Belle mine is known facetiously through
washers pet The company was Or
ganized in 1898 by James r. Reilly, once
chef at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; p. Brlln-
ner, formerly cook at the Astor House;
George E. Crawford, cashier Of a local
grocery store, and J. A. Drummer. They
originally fixed the capital at $500, 900,
then boosted it to $1,O0O,OOO, elected
themselves directors and voted to them
selves handsome salaries. One of the
lawyers declared that a large block of
the stock was sold among cooks, walters
and cafe and restaurant patrons. The
charge is made that the directors appro-
priated large sums Of money, refused to
allow the books to be examined, and
pooled $1,000 shares Of the stock for the
purpose of fixing price.
The ever-increa sing difficulty of acquir-
ing easy money has become matter of
speculative concern with Pat Sheedy, the
gentleman whom newspaper paragraph
ers have crowned as king of Gam
blers.' 81 can tell whether man has
money Or not just by looking at. him."
said Mr.. Sheedy. "You see, lot of fell
lows out there on Broadway laughing
and having a real good time. The chances
are there is not dollar in the crowd.
If man had money he would not be in
that crowd. He'd probably be afraid of
one of them trying to touch him. Why,
IN these days if a man has money he
won't even' laugh at good story. He's
AFRAID that If he's too genial you might
spring borrow proposition on him"
The Very Rev. John Proctor, D. D.,
who comes from London as the repre-
sentative OF the master general of the
dominican Order to inspect Dominican
houses in California, arrived on the
steamship Ivernia from Liverpool. H.
will visit cities in other states unofficial
~. Every day of the Ivernia's trim was
marked by bad weather.