The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-02-13
N GAi NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life in the Paris of America. -

Life in the Paris of America.
TIE Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany has announced that during the pres
ent year $4,000 900 will be expended for
improvements, mainly in the way of
equlpping old lines with the electric un-
d%erground system. Work. will be begun
in about a months
Charles Il. Yerkes: sailed for England
on the steamer Lucania. He said before
sailing that he had been called abroad
suddenly by business, of the nature Of
which he did not care to- talk. His wife,
who was at the pier to. bid him farewell,
said she would join him in London in
about Il month.
David W.. Bucklin,. the reputed man
ager of Canteld's alleged gambling house,
has been arrested on an Indictment which
charges him with maintaining a gambling
house and thereby creating and c%ontinu-
ing a public nuisance: He furnished
$1,000 bail and was released.
The Waldorf-Astoria has a new house
detective, and, on precedent Of his
achievements with the Pinkertons, he
should prove a terror to the velvet-footed
Scullellltu WIZ "Oik Tie UlS uOSLelIy.
Charles Helmsread, 'the new man. is an
old confidante Of Inspector Byrnes, and
is said to be one of the best in the bust
ness. Helmstead's predecessor, James e.
Kennedy, is said to- AVE retired on a
fortune, obtained through the favor Of
James +. keene. John w. Gates and
other rich patrons Of the Waldorf.
Schuyler West, the hotel detective who
preceded Kennedy, is living in Los An
geles, where he has a bank account esti-
mated at something close to a quarter Of
a million. And yet the salary that is
paid the chief detective at the Waldorf
is only about $4,000 a year.
Efforts are being made to save Miss
talk Of a big testimonial for her bene-
fit. Bishop Potter, George Gould, John
D. Crimmins, William C. Whitney, Miss
Julia Arthur and other prominent per-
sons are suggested as a committee to look
after her affairs and to arrange for the
benefit. The Judgment is for S1O29 and
was filed in White Plains recently by
few years ago did considerable work
about the place. The Judgment has not
been collected because Of the serious i'll
ness Of the actress.
At the first nights sale Of the collec-
ton Of the late Henry G. MarquanI
ninety-three pictures were disposed Of for
eanvases disposed Of were: Sir L. Alma
Tadema's "A Reading from Homer"
purchased by Knoedler & Co. for $780,
800; John Hoppner's "Portrait of Mrs.
Gwyn," purchased by J. Seligman for
$4,000: Lord Leighton's NEUROLOGICAL
Triptych Illustrating Music, in the pan
els, purchased by Cottier & Co., $4,000;
Inhr Torc+o G1o,u stDoIhnpo Vo1o - avn
chased by James Henry Smith for $13,-
$50; George Romney's Portrait of Mrs.
Wells" $15,5OO; Sir l.. Alma-Tadema's
~Amo TIE, ANA Me-" $1O,6O0, and Sir
Joshua Reynolds "Portrait of the Hon.
Mr.. S%tanhope," $1,000.
Miss OpheIia Odell. the elder sister of
Gov. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., died at the
home OF her father in Newburgh from
oedema of the lungs, following the grip.
May Donovan, 6 years old, who was
operated on by DR.. Lorenz in BROOKLYN
Tor ~congenital dislocation of the hip, is
now able to walk with some assistance.
The little girl was brought before the
members of the Associated Physicians of
recently. The child, With one of the
physicians holding her under the arms,
was able to get up from her chair and
walk for q few feet. DR.. Napier said be
expected that she would be able to walk
quite easily within a month, although it
would be several months before she could
use the hip with perfect freedom.
Wood at So a cord, or less than cost,
has recently been supplied by John d
rockefeller to the men on his large es-
tate at Pocantico hills and the poor fami-
lies in that neighborhood. Mr.. Rookie
teller learned that his men could get little
coal and that the high price of coal
made purchasing it a burden. He or.
dered Supt. Hemenway to put a gang of
men at work cutting down all the dead
trees in his forests and soon nearly 800
CORDS were ready cut into convenient
lengths. All the wood was delivered
what is said to be one of the largest
loads of honey ever brought to this nort
on q steamer, if not the largest. arrived
on the British tramp Victoria from Mexi.
can ports. The vessel brought GOO bar-
feis Of the sweet stuff to several con-
"-AsH& Salvation Army has opened its
new -Hayaman Hotel for w%orkingmen at
East Broadway and Chatham SQUARE. 4
ten-story stone structure which was for
merly used for business purposes has
been remodeled, and accommodations for
5V5 dodgers nave been provided. The
hotel will be run as are the other Saliva
ton Army lodging houses. Accommoda-
tons in dormitories will cost Is cents a
night, and there are a few private rooms
which will be let for 25 cents.
On the night of January Is the homo
Of Augustus d. Juiilard, in "the million
aire district" Of West Fifty-seventh
seventh street, was supposed to have
been entered by burglars to the number
J of not less than three armed and
masked. Pistol shots aroused the neigh
bors and when the police arrived James
Reilly, the second butler, was guarding
the house, revolver in hand.
The Juillard silverware was strewn
about the floors and handsome gowns
Were scattered here and there as though
in hasty fight. The Juillard jewels had
been overlooked. Some damage had
been done by the bullets, but the police
searched in vain for an inside joh1"'
Then hey arrested James Reilly, the
had arranged a fake burglary SO that.