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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

1T is Of course conceivable that great
party will stand for righteousness and
the other for 1n1Quity.> It came pretty
near to that in the year just preceding
the civil war; and there were agood
many churches in those days which
stood solidly together in support of the
principles and the candidates of one
party and against those of the other,
while there were many .pulpits from
which emphatic teaching was heard
which seemed to have very direct bear
ing on politics. We heard in those days
a great deal of angry talk about politi
cal churches and political parsons. It
is unfortunate when a clear issue of
fundamental morality Is raised between
political parties, for in such cases the
churches and their ministers are bound
to take Sides
"Such cases are, however, excep-
tional. 1t does not often occur that the
one party represents virtue and the
other vice; and the economic and finan
cial questions which divide them are
questions with two sides, on which men
have right to differ. The church has
no call to take part in the settlement of
such questions; and, if it consults its
own peace and prosperity, it will let
them severely alone"
What, then, it may be asked, is the
proper work of the church? Has it no
function to fulfil in the improvement or
law and the administration of political
affairs? To these questions DR.. GLADDEN.
answers:
Its business is to apply the law of
Christ to all the concerns of life, and
to reveal the spirit of Christ in the lives
Of its members. It's high calling is to-
fit men and women for self-government,
to fill their minds 50 full of the wisdom
that is in Christ and their hearts so full
of His love that good government shall
be the spontaneous and inevitable ex-
preston of their lives.
This means that the teaching of the
church with respect to social and politi-
cal principles shall be clear and author
itative. 1t means that the pulpit shall
show men what the law of Christ means
and how it works in existing human re-
lations; that it shall take the great
ideals of brotherhood and service and
hold them close to the life of every day,
so that men may see what it means to
be Christians now. in this twentieth
century, and in all the business of this
complex civilization.
Here the duty of the church ends.
These Christian citizens, thus in
structed and inspired, must unite in
other organizations to give effect to the
truth. which has taken possession of
their lives. 1t is not for the church, in
it's meetings or by it's official action, to
seek to make nominations, or to elect
officers, or to frame legislation; the
working out of these principles must be
left to other agencies. Either through
the parties to which they belong or
through independent organizations
these Christian citizens must exercise
their political functions"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
JUDGE henry C. IDE.
Vermont Jurfst Will Become Vice
Governor of the Philippines
Next January.

Henry Clay Ide, of Vermont, who will
succeed Gen. Luke E. Wright, as vice
governor of the Philippines, is now a
member Of the Philippine commission
His promotion will be brought about by
the appointment of Judge Taft to the
war portfolio and the subsequent pro-
motion of Gen. Wright to the Philip
pine governorship. Mr. Wright has seen
service in both branches of the Vermont
legislature. He was appointed United
States commissioner to Samoa in 1891,
and two years later was made chief JUS
tice Of those islands under the tripar-
tite arrangement between Great Britain,
Germany and the United States. He
served in Samoa until 1897, when the
island group was divided between the
three powers mentioned In 1900 he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Virginia and West Virginia, and suits to
recover them have been instituted.
Should they be successful Mrs. Maybrick
may become one of the wealthiest women
in the United States.
Mr.. Holbro0H was a capitalist of Mo-
bile, Ala. He was associated with Cyrus
Field in the laying of the first transatlan-
tic cable, he founded the town Of Cairo,
ILL.,, and was one of the promoters of the
Illinois Central railroad. When he died,
in 1868, leaving two children, he was one
of the wealthiest men in the south. He
left his entire fortune to his daughter,
Caroline Elizabeth, now the Baroness
Won Roques, with reversionary interest
to her daughter, then the infant child Of
William G. Chandler, a Mobile banker,
who died soon afterward.
The child grew to womanhood and was
married to James Maybrick, of Norfolk,
Va, and Liverpool, England. Two chill
dren were born to them. Mrs. Chandler
remarked, her second husband being the
Baron Won Roques. They lived abroad
and the Holbrook fortune went fast.
Then came Mrs. Maybrick's arrest in
Liverpool, her sentence to death and
communication of sentence to life impris-
onment
Holbrook's original executors moved
away OF died, and in the early '7Os Ham
ilton B. Bradshaw and William H. Gardi-
ner, of New York, were appointed, with
out bond, to serve with Rev. John p. T.
Ingraham, now of St. Louis. The action
brought against the executors does not
include Rev. Mr.. Ingraham, as he did not
participate in the administration of the
Holbrook estate after the appointment
of the other two.
Mr.. Hayden, who conducted the nego-
tiations which resulted in an order for
Mrs. Maybrick's release next July, has
seen her twice. He said to New York
Herald reporter that she is very we'll
preserved woman, and does not look her
10 years. -
"She told me-" he said, "that she lives
only for her mother and her children.
She is very intelligent and imposing
looking woman, and one Of the shrewd-
est ever met" =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

tobacco must forfeit his citizenship, and !
10 and behold, the man who looks upon.
9 woman and loves her at sight IL
doomed to everlasting disgrace.
The most extraordinary feature Of the
colony is that not even snake may be-
killed upon the premises. If one is sick,
they fast. The services of no physicians
are needed or accepted Often when the
judge himself feels disease and sickness
approaching he leaves of eating even
simple fare and starves out the ap-
preaching illness. - :. 5 .$%=.z .s
No meats of any kind are eaten by the
followers of Conable. No breakfast is
eaten except raw products, such as
whole wheat, sliced tomatoes, etc. As
a rule, the members OF the colony do not
eat any, morning meal at all. Conable
himself says that he never eats a meal
Of cooked food. +.
Their religion is likewise extraor-
binary. Conable says:
The Pathfinder (name of sect does
not believe in the existence of per-
>sonal God. It believes that God is the
universal life force that permeates
every living thing. It believes that it is
possible for man to SO perfect himself
physically as to come In absolute har-
mony with the soul and live eternally in
flesh." sz
This latter statement that one can
live forever If proper treatment is taken
OF ones self is sincerely believed by
many members Of the colony and thoses
who are taking up their homes on the
crest Of the Ozarks think that they will
be here when Gabriel blows his horn.
At least they profess to have such belief.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

ARETAS AKERS-DOUGLAS.
Recently Appointed Home Secretary for
- Great Brittany
for years agitating the minds of his pre-
decessors. He is going to try and reform
the criminal classes SO as to make them
both within and without the prison USE
full citizens. Hitherto prisoners, ire
spective of their antecedents, who were
sentenced to penal servitude, that is any
term involving confinement for over two
years, were put to such improbable &C.
equations as picking 0akum or breaking
stones. The secretary feels that all
prisoners are not hopeless cases, hence
his new scheme. Young men serving
their first period are to be kept under
special observation, and il it is found
that the criminal instinct is not strongly
developed in them they will be taught
some useful trade which may help them
to become respectable citizens on their
release. Habitual criminals will be also
put to some useful occupation by which
they will be no longer a burden on the
taxpayer, and If they show no disposition
to reform they will be kept in prison for
an indefinite period. This feature Of the
scheme is drastic, because it will need
special act Of parliament to put it into
operation.
Mr.. kers-Douglas comes of a family
known for its charity and general good
works. The home secretary himself,
while man of strict sense of duty and
answering purpose to act for the good
of*the state, is touched with much
clemency in the discharge of what is
often painful business He is so pune
tilious about his work that he frequently
looks.in on such places as Scotland Yard
and other institutions relating to crimi-
nails, to see to things in person, and many
stories are told of the way in which
policemen on duty, failing to recognize
the home secretary, sometimes refuse
him entrance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Dug Out Of q Sand Pit.

Henry New, a farmer, living about
five miles southwest of Spencerport, N.
Y, had narrow escape from death. He
had driven out into his sandpit with the
intention of loading up with sand to 20
to Churchville. AS he was digging in
the pit the sand above him gave way,
bury1ng him up to the shoulders. Mr..
New made strenuous efforts to extricate
himself, and finding that he was unable
to do so, shouted and screamed at the
top of his voice in all attempt to attract
attention. His daughters, hearing his
outcries, Immediately rushed in the di-
rection Of the sandpit. The girls were
equal to the occasion and at once seized
shovels and dug the sand away from
their father. AS he was unable to move
they tenderly carried him to the house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

1IdCLlCdA IOlAllCS.)
tics is at present under the control of
parties; and the kind of strife and con-
tlict which is thus involved would be
fatal to the peace of the church engag-
ing in it and destructive to Its spiritual
life. If both parties were represented
In the church, the church could not
favor the policies or the candidates of
one party without opposing the other;
and the struggle of the partisans to con-
troll the action of the church would not
tend to edifcation. The alternative
would be that every church should be a
party organization, including in it's
membership only the adherents of one
political party, and then we might look
Tor lively scrimmage between
churches Of opposite politics, which
would be equally scandalous. It Is clear
that so long as our political affairs are
In the hands of opposing parties Chris
tian churches cannot become actively
interested ir them"
Nor does it seem wise to DR.. GLADDEN.
that Christian ministers should discuss
in the pulpit questions of party politics.
He writes on this point:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
PRISON REF RMIR.


With the exception Of those who are
taxing the chief parts In the. so-calleds
nscal controversy" now raging IN Eng
land no member Of the British cabinet
has been more talked Of Of late than the
ently-appoiuted home secretary, the.
Right Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas. In
his capacity as head Of the department Of
the government which deals with crimi-
mails. Mr.. Douglas has just laid
before parliament scheme regarding
the treatment Of wrongdoers which he
hopes will solve q problem that. has been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
LAST JERSEY INDIAN.
He Is Quiet, Peaceful Sort of q Eel.
low and IL Leading Her
mit's Life. p

In little one-room house, without.
windows, situated In lonely spot on the
Morris river short distance from Nor
ma, N. J., lives the sole survivor OF the
South Jersey Indians, Dan Halstead.
For more than half a century this old
man, stunning the ways of civilization
as much as possible, has chung to the:
habits of his forefathers. s. s ii
Halstead is not full blooded Indian:
he is said to be a grandson of Old Sha-
mung, a great chief, whose tribe had its
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.
Ne" Head of the Historic House of
Cecil Has Been in Public Life
for Many Years.

BY the death of his father, the late
Marquis of Salisbury, James Edward
Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Gran
borne, becomes fourth Marquis of Sails
bury, and Rochester city loses it's repre-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

sentative in the house of commons. The
new marquis, who was born on October
%, 1861, was educated at Elton and at
University college, Oxford. His politi-
cal career began early. At the age of
"a he contested the Darwen division of
Northeast Lancashire, and, successful
by the narrow majority of five votes.
held the seat until 1892. At the general
election OF that year he was defeated.
but in the following year he was re-
turned unopposed for the constituency
his elevation now leaves vacant. During
the South African war he served with
his battalion of the Devonshire militia.
and earned the c. B. In 1900 he was an
pointed under secretary Of foreign
affairs. -,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
e. - 49, e ~. - .EtE !;s5S&@5.
Saved q Box Of Matches.

A fire broke out in the bookstore of
T. B. Gill, in Marshall, Mo-, and the
excited owner hurriedly grasped box
of matches and dashed into the street.
On being asked why he was SO eager
to save the matches, he said he had
rescued them to prevent them from
taking fire. - - :s= z.$z=S-. 81 81.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
CHARLES ]. BONAPARTE.
Appointed by Interior Department to
Investigate Alleged Frauds
Against Indians.

Charles ]. Bonaparte, who has been
appointed by Secretary Hitchcock to
investigate alleged frauds against, the
Indians in Indian Territory, is one of
the leading lawyers Of Maryland, and
was only recently appointed by the
president to prosecute the frauds in
the postal department. now under in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Eagles Are High Flyers.

Eagles have been noticed flying at a
height of 5000 feet, and storks and
buzzards at 1000 feet. A lark will rise
to the same height, and so will crows
AS rule, however, birds do not fly at
greater height than 1000 feet. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Paper Umbrellas Are Comine.


p Several German firms in Saxony are
making arrangements for manufacture
ing hats and umbrellas on a large scale
from paper. The paper will be prepared
by special process, and the hats will
be more or less porous to assist ventila-
ton, and be extremely light. These
firms hope to flood the world with their
paper hats and umbrellas, which will
be sold at extremely low prices They
also anticipate that they will be able to
Introduce striking novelties in the way
Of decorations Of mems hats, which in
their opinion are far too monotonous
and dull Their umbrellas and sun
shades are likewise to be brightly coll
orsd. I.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
Doors Made Of Paper.

Some Of the new dwellings, in French,
cities are fitted with doors made an.
tirely of paper. It is finished to re-
semble any kind of wood, and there e
no warping, shrinking or cracking
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

vestigation. Mr. Bonaparte il the
grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, young
est brother of the first Napoleon, and
of famous BETSY" Patterson, once a
Baltimore beauty and heiress. He is a
bachelor, 60 years old, and although
he came near entering the senate as
the associate of Senator Wellington III
1896, he has never held public Office.
He is a republican. ~ =,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02
What Galvantsed Ir0n =.

Galvanized iron Is merely iron
dipped into molten zinc. The coating
IS not electrically applied, as the word
galvanized seems to imply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

Commander Of the Turkish Troops in
". European Provinces.)
for years in the regular line and the
remaining two or three as active re-
serves on unlimited leave, subject to
recall in case of vacancies. The six
years up, the time-expired man be-
comes one OF the great army of re-
serves. He may go back to his sheep
pen and his opium garden. But for
eight years he is at all times liable to
be called out to fight by imperial de-
cree Theoretically he is called out
every other year for a months in
struction. But as matter of fact the
condition Of the exchequer prevents
this.
At the close of the eighth year the
Turkish soldier passes to the militia,
or Mustahf1z, or Landsturm. He is
now "a years Of age, which, for q toll
ing peasant, Is middle-aged, and he is
not SO agile as he once was. So he is
rarely called upon to go into the field,
being reserved for local or frontier
defense. None the less, there is moth
ing to prevent his being pressed into
actual service In the event of real
war.
AS for the men who escape conscrip-
ton, even they do not altogether
evade military duty. Such of them at
least are as able-bodied must drill once
week in their own homes under the
tutelage Of member of the Redifs.
Thou 1oorn fho rnonuol ~ o.~,r 49, ;
tics and target practice, so that In
case of need, they, too, may be added
TO the Turkish forces. = 2. =. FL
Last of all comes the Turkish irreg-
ulars-Khurds and Arabs and the like,
tribes too wild to be brought under
formal discipline. They are organized
into the Hamadie cavalry, named In
honor of the sultan, permitted to live
in their own places and in time of war
let loose upon the enemy. .--@
The man who goes into the regular
army is temporarily un-Turked. He
learns to keep his rifle and. himself
just So" His uniform blue to-
mic, blue trousers, tucked into top
boots, red fez-is speckless. His can
vas knapsack is blindingly white. His
Mauser repeater slopes over his shoul-
der at precisely the right angle. His
step is brisk, elastic In short, he is
a model of a modern soldier man.
An Idea Worth Imitatinr.
NeWly-maTried couples in England
are now honored with cooperative
gifts When couple are about to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-10-02

JUDGE HENRY c. IDE
(slated for the Vice Governorship of the
Philppines.)
was appointed to his present Office by
President Mckinley. He is graduate
of Dartmouth college and is So years of
age. He is recognized in Europe as one
of the most reliable authorities on Poly
nesian affairs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-27
ZACHARY TAYLoR's LOG HOUSE
Landmark Of Fort Smith Succumbs
to March of Progress.

Fort Smith, Ark. Oct. 27.-To make
room for modern improvements the
old log house occupied by Gen Zach
ary Taylor when he commanded the
post here in 1S47 will be sold by the
Sisters of Mercy. upon whose land it
stands. for firewood. and they have put
il on the market.
The house was constructed of hewn
logs in June, 1S41, and the plaster in
one Of the rooms still bears the brand.
ed imprint Of the date of the erection.
1t was in this house that Jefferson
Davis, then lieutenant in the United
States army and attached to the post.
made love to Gen Taylors daughter,
much to the discomfort of the old
man, who looked upon the young Of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-27
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ficer as being beneath his daughter in
rank. Miss raylor, like her father,
however, was possessed of determina-
tion, and she ran off and married Lieut.
Davis. Subsequently during the Mex
lean war, Gen. Taylor was rescued by
Davis from imminent danger and when
they reached place of safety he
grasped his rescuer by the hand and
exclaimed:
My daughter was a better Judge OF
tho man than | was and | want to
apologize for any affronts may have
put upon you.
1T was at the primitive landing at
this point that Gen. Taylor, attired in
lll-fitting civilians clothes, was
costed by couple of young officers
going up the river. who, after making
a number of inquiries of the old So
dier. which were courteously answered.,
hade him goodbye and asked to be re-
membered to the old woman and gall
a request which Gen. Taylor smilingly
said he would grant Subsequently
those two young officers were invited
to reception given by Gen. Taylor
in the old log house and were intro
duced. much to their discontinue but
to the infinite delight of the general.
to Mrs, and Miss Taylor as 1.-The old
woman and gal" to whom they had
so courteously sent their compliments
when they passed up the river.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-27

that members of labor unions have
perfect right to join the national guard
and in SO doing they are not in any
way acting against the interests or
unions, should put an end to the per-
secution of union members who have
joined or may hereafter join the mi
litia while they are members of a
union. Pres dent Gompers made the
ruling in recent official statement
ber Of questions made to him on the
subject: A member of the state militia
can be seated in a trades council. In
fact, the matter is so obvious that it
ought not be open for discussion at
all a man who is a wage Garner and
honorably working at his trade or call
ing to support himself and those de-
pendent upon him, has not only the
right to become a citizen soldier, but
that right must be unquestioned The
militia, /. e., the citizen soldiery of the
several states in our country, supplies
what otherwise might take its place
a large standing army, The difference
between the citizen soldiery of the
United States and me large standing
armies of many European countries is
the difference between the conceptions
of liberty and tyranny. While Or
ganized labor stands against the arbit-
rament of international or internal
disputes by force Of arms. yet we must
realize we have not yet reached the
millennium; that in the age in which
we live we have not the choice be-
armament, but the alternative of a
large standing army and a small on
supplemented by a volunteer citizen
Soldiery-the militia of our several
states With this both wisdom aHu
policy, as We'll as principe, should VIZ
rant our trade unions in not taking
any cOgnizance of the matter at all,
allowing each member to follow the
bent of his own inclinations. insisting
only that he shall be a wage Garner, a
faithful member of his union, and true
to the cause of labor-thc cause of
humanity'