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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
NEW DIRECTOR.
Mr.. COnried,5R Recently Made Ma1aEer
Of Metropolitan a0pera House,,Is
@ 2 Able Man.

MI. Heinrich Conried,SWho has just
been elected director OF the Metro
politan opera house, New York city,
is j n Of the most prominent and
picturesque personalities in the dra-
matte world. His genius for stage
direction is so great that his own
theater (the Irving Place, New. York.
city, may be. said to be the only
American playhouse preserving tho
classic TRADITIONS OF the Coincide
Franchise att Paris or the Burg thea
ter at Vienna The guiding principle.
of each of these three stheaters is.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
FAMOUS MONASTERY,
r Stands ON the Peak Of : Famous
Msoun ut.I'' Nearsthe CITY OF
sT$I: Lyons,

During thatsgeological period inthe.
earth's formation known ssaas the mio-
Gene age that portion of.tkre inside Of.
the earth lying under %thelcentral and.
southwestern sections of France could
not contain itself, so anxious was it
to see what was going on in the OUT
side world. With Almighty upheayal
it broke through the thin crust, and,
in q volcanoes of gigantic proportions,
proceeded to spit fire and lava. all
over that section of the world. When
it had exhausted it's strength alnrd, its.
fury had spent itself it subsidized, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
MRS. GARRETT A. HOBART.
tShe May, in the Near Future, Marry Sen.
ator w. P. Frye.)

I Y ( p. + ~ 80
announced, a friend of Mr.. Frye, who
for years has been one of his foremost
supporters, says it is a reality. This
friend stated that the marriage, would
take place early in the summer, and
that the honeymoon would be spent in
the Rangely lake region of Maine.
= The announcement that Senator AL
ger has invited Senator Frye and Mrs.
Hobart to be his guests on a trip to
the Pacific coast in his private car, and.
that both have. accepted, gives color to-
the story. They will take the month.
Mayor the tripand makealeisurely
jaunt Of it. Senator Frye''s friendship.
for Mrs. Hobart has been noticeable
at many social functions the past
winter. Ss : 1* ~
Mrs. Hobart has about 81, 900, 900 in
her own It, ri isl one Of the most
h1oDSSpiftasIbtllses Of :hoestessesthe.ca capital has
ever had. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
Travelling Safe in ENGLAND.

Only one person was Killed on the
railways of Great Britain during. the
year 1902. In the closing three mouths
OF the year s45 persons were killed and
'11,162 injured on Observation-Disclosures
States Railroad officials in England
are aware that they + responsible.
for injuries caused BY incompetence.
f|r negligence s. 4: hence they insist on. due
care on the part Of theiremployes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
safe Bullets for D~uelists.

A. harmless bullet, made Of a shell Of;
chalk. has been invented by a Partisan.
and it will no doubt be ex-
E%tensively used by French duelists.
When it strikes a person it merely
marks the spot without doing the least
injury. With a mask over the face,
men can practice revolver shootingsat It.
5each#other just as they now practice
fencing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
MR.. FORSTER PROMOTED.
Executive White House Jerk Is Ap"
pointed Assistant Secretary to p
President Roosevelt. 80:

President Roosevelt is a firm believer
in civil service methods. When he pro-
NOTED Mr.. Cortelyou to the new cab
met position Of secretary ct commerce,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
Interesting Relic.

A gun owned by John, Other Day,
the noted friendly Indian of. the
Sioux uprising, is the recent acquisi-
ton of the state historical society.
During gthezsioux uprising a colony
of sixty-two whites We're surrounded
by the yellow river station. The
country was filled with hostile In
dams, and it was apparently only
a matter Of days when they would
swoop down on the station. John:
Other Day made. his way to Yellow
Medicine and guided the besieged
colonists in safety to the stronger
posts at Hutchinson, Carver and Sha-
kopee.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
WASHINGTON ROMANCE.
Rumor Has 1T That Senator Frye II
to We'd Widow of Vice Pres
fdent Hobart.

Although the engagement of United
States Senator William p. Frye to Mrs.
Garret A. Hobart, widow of the late
vice president, has not been officially
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
Deatn Months 81 Ar.d..

Death months are March andApril.
tor adults, and July and august Tor
children nndAf FIVE years of age, ac-
.seordliinigg I 9 hgs.stl1 ssh ksslfszss
census.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
News Notes.

store of w. F. Cleary, 722 Nicollet
Avenue, Minneapolis, between the
hours of 9 and 10, and carried off
silk to the value of $500.
William Whalen, aged IL years, Of
Minneapolis, was seriously injuged
by the explosion of 4 revolver cart
ridge with which he was playing.
The new wolf bounty bill in Min-
nesota provides for a. bounty ofH$7.5O
for full grown wolves and dollar
each for cubs. 1t is q question il. the
brutes a be raised from puppyhood
to maturity for the difference.
Two men supposed to be Harry
Satterlee and Ed McClue were arr
rested at Horska# on suspicion Of be-
ing concerned in cracking the safe 8 I
the Nicollet bank.
Edward Lanctot, OF Crookston. 4
Frenchman, has been married fifty
one years, and is the father or
grandfather Of sixty descendants, Hv-
ing and dead. He has twelve chill
*dren, e 81 whom are living.
Vice PRESIDENT N. Hanaford OF
the Northern Pacific has granted an
increase nsyvages to the express mes
sengers of that express company equi-
svalent TO $40 q month, Bringing their
agge tos$95 per month. HELPERS
will beadvanced from $50 "a $67.5O.
sassEssaB, ag1sssE d ssss1s
old. Deathwa &c sto asthma.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
Death at a Wedding.

Death came as an unbidden guest
into the midst of. a wedding party at
Duluth when a rife bullet fired by
Oscar Londen% crashed through the
side of the house and killed Mrs.
Hannah Matson., y -
The tragedy occurred at the house
Of John Alp, where Matt Anton and
Hilda Frederickson had been married
earlier in. the evening. Following the
wedding the assembled friends parti-
,cipated in a party in honor of the
event. - -.
Oscar Londen was one of a chari-
vari party and carried a 1890 Spring.
field rife, Standing near the house
he was firing the gun in the air, low
ering the muzzle each time he
pumped a new shell into the firing
chamber. At the fatal shot he fail
ed to get the muzzle of the gun elev-
ated sufficiently before the weapon
discharged, with the result
Important Notice. ri.
Public Superintendent j. w. Olsen,
secretary to the state high school
board, sent a important notice to
the schools under the supervision of
the board. The notice states that
the board has made a ruling that af-
ter July 81, 1908, no teacher will be
accepted by the state board as quail
flied to teach in the grades of such
schools. who has not at least q Sec
ond grade state certificate, and no
teacher shall be deemed qualified to
teach above the sixth grade who has
not at least a first. grade state certi-
fcate. This rule will not be enforc-
ed against teachers already en-
ployeds<4& u 81 / ; %
A Wiser, Man.
Joseph .Garrish, { farmer living
near Garner, Iowa, put trust in a
stranger, and will leave the city sew
eral hundred dollars poorer than he
was when he arrived. He landed in:
Minneapolis a few days ago while. on
his way TO SNorthzsDakota and had
1870 inNhis pocket. Fearing highway
men, he decided to leave the money
in a safesplace, andSdeposited it with
the bartender in a Washington ave
luz saloon. When he called for his
money he found that the bartender
had disappeared and that the money
was gone. Garrish reported the mat
ter to the: police. 49, zj;|. ....
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-24
A Relic.

An interesting relic of pioneer days
stands in the court house yard at Red
Lake Falls and many in passing Won
der what history can be connected
with the old water wheel that it
should be so prominently displayed.
The wheel is the first turbine ever
operated in Minnesota and was orig
inally set up at st. Anthony Falls, Ia
ter being moved to Fergus Falls. For
some years it furnished power for a
grist mill at Red Lake Falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
son1E orHER PoINrs-

There is no doubt that the people of
this city seriously object to giving any
railway company a blanket franchise
There are two ways of limiting the
streets over which the company IS per-
mitted to run. One method: by includ-
ing In the new franchise simply the
right to run over the streets already
occupied by the company. with the
right to traverse any additional streets
to be secured as desired from the city.
The other way is to grant a blanket
franchise with limitations. reservins
certain streets. It is understood that
the company has suggested this. and if
the reservations are sufficiently com
prehensive the city could be protected
in the main. Included in these reserva-
tions the streets of Harrison, Topeka
avenue and Polk would at once suggest
themselves.
There is a general impression that
with very few exceptions the streets OF
the city of Topeka are already suffi-
GENTLY blanketed or =ridironed with
rails.
The requirement Of $4,000 bond to
do 100000 worth of work is one of the
ludierous features of the proposed ordi-
nanea
1t is the belief of this paper that the
city should derive some revenue from
the street railway and that the provis-
ions in the charter providing for a Ger
tain per cent of the net revenues is en-
tirely too vague and uncertain; that the
proper way is to stiDulate a small per
cent of the gross revenue This would
insure something. 1t may be fair to
extend the operation of such a revenue
few years hence. It should be borne
in mind that the company claims that
stipulation of revenue from net re-
ceipts VIII bring the city something af-
ter a few years have elapsed. A per
centage of the gross receipts. however,
would make a revenue certain Kansas
City, Kansas, specifies s per cent cent
of the gross revenue. but there is no
hope that Topeka could secure anything
like as favorable terms.
The city should treat the railway
company on a liberal basis on the
theory that the proposed reconstruc-
ton of the plant and its equipment will
be of inesumable benefit to Topeka in
distinction from the present disgraceful
conditions of the service given the pub
lie On the other hand it must be borne
in mind that the city is furnishing
big part of the enterprise in granting
the right of way and the right to do
business.
1t is admitted that the new company
has paid 100000 for the old concern. 1t
is also admitted that there is little value
left in the old rails. the old cars and
the machinery. This shows that the
principal part of this 100000 is simply
payment for a franchise which the city
gave away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

It seems to be the purpose Of the city
railway to build its tracks across the
Melan bridge unless the city expressly
forbids it to do so.
Not much is being said by the railway
company about this matter but what
has been said indicates clearly the pur-
pose of the company. 1t is very evident
that unless the company can get its
tracks on the bridge. it will soon have
to build a new bridge for its own use.
On most other points, the company has
manifested a disposition to either com
promise with the city. or else frankly
state its refusal, and the reasons there
for. But the bridge proposition has been
lodged and no definite answers given.
1t would save the company from $4,000
to $4,000 If it could occupy the 1Ielan
bridge with its tracks.
At the meeting of the Commercial
club held Thursday night to discuss the
bridge question, the points of difference
were discussed by a great many shrewd
business men and able lawyers, and it
was quite evident that on nearly all
points, it viii be comparatively easy for
the two TO get together. But the bridge
proposition has not been settled The
company has not agreed never to lay its
tracks on the bridge, and that is what
Topeka demands.
The city railway was given an oppor-
tunity to contribute to the cost of the
bridge, when it was built and have it
made wide enough to accommodate the
company's tracks. 1t failed to take adj
vantage of the opportunity. and now
the bridge is almost too narrow for the
traffic which pOurs across it in a con-
slant stream.
What would be the result Of placing
tracks on the bridge2 There would be
accidents. blockades. terrified horses,
and opportunities for immense damage
and frightful catastrophes.
And what would the condition be
twenty OF thirty years hence? The
franchise is to run for 90 years. The
city council would be guilty of an act
almost criminal in its carelessness 10
allow the franchise to go through with
out protection for the bridge.
It has been suggested that it might be
entirely feasible and practicable to per-
nit the railway company to build a
single track on either side or both sides
of the Melan arch bridge, supporting it
by braces and constructing these addi-
tions to the bridge in harmony with main
structure bys the use of steel beams,
brackets and concrete. This would place
the railway at a much lower level than
the roadway of the bridge and separate
it from the roadway and sidewalks by
the ratings. This suggestion should be
carefully considered in solving the
probIern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

another and smooths out much Of the
harshness Of life It teaches the lesson
Of patriotism to the young. and it leads
upward towards a better life those who
rightly regard it.
But there are millions more to whom
it brings no such meaning. They are
the thoughtless to whom the day has
never appealed in its true force. To
them it is a day of gaiety and fun; a
day for picnics and ball games and
carousals- Such persons not only lose
the real benefit of the day themselves.
but they destroy its force for others.
Governor Bailey in his Memorial day
proclamation asks these thoughtless
ones to refrain from their games and
gaiety. and it is to be hoped that his
request win be needed. The occasion
should not be perverted from its true
purpose to an occasion for sport and
reVeline
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
GLOBE sIGBTs
[From the Atchison GIobe.-

lfFOm the Atcn1SOn GlODe.l
From an old philosopher: Promise a
dying woman anything.
Most people buy everything on credit
and never ask the price until they go
to pay Then there is a kick.
just about the time you conclude you
are down and out, your feet strike
something that will hold you
If your name is George. the probabili-
ties are that you are known as Windy
George" behind your back
You are familiar with a good many
old quarrels. Ever know one that did
not result disastrously to all concerned?
Some people say the funniest thing in
the world is woman throwing a rock.
Ever see woman run lawn mower ?
What has become of the old fashioned
man who commended that no boy should
remain with his father after reaching
eighteen?
When you consider what school teach
ers go through getting ready for COM
mencement, three months rest isn't has
enough
Before the summer season opens, the
people should meet and decide how
long guest may stay before there is
a feeling that board is due.
There should be a big yellow rosebush
in every yard in order that the children
may enjoying pulling one kind of flower
without hearing Don't"
1t is said that an Atchison woman
has nervous prostra ton, as a result of
giving a party at which the ice cream
gave out before all the guests were
served
The men who keep themselves poor
paying life insurance premiums would
be mighty indignant if they knew some
of the things that go on in life insur-
ance offices.
An old fellow in Atchison who has
passed fifty, says: I like to read, but 1
can no longer tolerate books. As soon
as reach the love story, am COM
PEELED to quit"
The neighbors were so kind about
sending in things when a certain Atch-
ison women was sick. that she stayed
in bed a week longer than need be, in
order to save buying groceries.
Usually, when a man is staIked''
about it is in connection with the same
woman. But an Atchison man has the
distinction Of being talked about in
connection with a different woman
every six months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
MEMORIAL DAY

Next Saturday viii be Memorial day.
While set apart primarily as a day of
reverence and honor for the brave SOL
diers who marched forth in the bloody
days of the early sixties and fell on the
field of battle in defense Of the Union,
it has widened in its meaning until now
it is a day of tender memories for mill
lions-a day in which those who have
lost loved ones go forth TO honor their
memories and think of them lovingly.
Which is as it should be Memorial
day thus observed has a softening. up
lifting effect on the nation. It makes
the world better. 1t causes men and
women to pause in the mad rush for
wealth and power and social prefer
ment. and think of loftier nobler things.
1t makes people more considerable OF one
another It brings them closer to one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Phiiadelphia Record

Tie L AlAldQC4E3ltld IACCOIQ.I
The strawberry festival is ripe.
Many a man with a clear head has a
cloudy conscience
Faith is all right if you have the
ability to back it uD.
It's easy enough to get into trouble
but it's harder to find the exits.
Some people are so up-to-date that
they even want the very latest thing in
ancestors
When a girl wears stockings with
holes in them it shows that she doesn' Z
care a darn.
There is a time in every mans life
when he feels that Justice ought to con-
suit an oculist.
Hoax-tThere is at least one Trust
that is thoroughly cowed.'' Joax-"And
that is2" Hoax-"The beef trust"
AIuggins-''Your wife has remarkably
good taste" Buggins-"That's what
I've been telling her ever since she
married me-
Tommy-"Pop." what is musicale .
Tommy's Pop-"A musicale, my son, is
species of social torture where every
one wonders if anybody is really hav-
ing a good time
Some of us work the livelong day,
Amazing quiDs and quirks;
While others fool their time away
Like fountains that can only play
Because the water works.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

to be loco and the circles
he cut over the prairies for a time could
steer.
There seems to be no hope for Law
reEce The town has lost the best mu-
slcal professor it ever had, and is now
going back TO wooden awnings.
Half of a lost SGT is offered for its
return by a Paxon owner. The other
fellow evidently believes in the old
fashioned doctrine of finders. keepers. .
Thirty-fve Thayer women have or
ganized themselves into village i'm
provement association" That beats a
sewing circle all hollow, if they stick
to their text.
A heretofore blameless Arkansas City
citizen has left the town and several
debts behind him. A great many men
say grace at the table and forget to
pay their butchers, bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23
JAYHAwKER Jors.

A force of white wings" now brush
up Leavenw orth streets.
Raising hops is growing industry
along Frog creek. Usage county.
As usual the first hailstones at
Bridgeport were of hen egg size.
Clyde claims to be the only town in
the north tier without a negro resi-
dent.
Nortonvile has a Town Row almost
equally as bitter as the one at En-
poria.
A bridge has just gone out and tbs
farms are flooded along Dry creek.
Lyon county.
Wellington has barber trust. with
the object of cash payments and no
shaving of prices.
A Pratt citizen claims to have pulled
down the stoves and taken up the car
pets without an oath.
The war spirit has died away at FL
Dorado enough to allow the selling of
salted Spanish peanuts.
valuable Coffey county COW and
calf We're killed by lightning although
heavily insured against it.
An advertisement of Wanted. a boy
who viii work" has been running in a
Neodesha paper for several days.
merry-go-round at Pratt is com.
PEELED to await the close of a camp
meeting in order to get running room.
A Belle Plain attorney. upon return
800 bill. He must have been in a lot of
mischief.
A Muscotah woman has achieved
local notoriety by aping the walk of a
kangaroo
A needless sign at Museotah would
seem to be the one warning the public
to refrain from drinking from the Gem
etery well.
Three children in the Tipp family Of
Allen county have the measles The
disease evidently got the tip before the
parents did.
Editor White says Emporia is full OF
germs. 1t seems to be up to the Dem
ocratic mayor and Populist marshal to
bestir themselves.
Ill health caused the retirement of
Mr.. Ball from his restaurant at Fort
Scott. Mr.. March will keep the ball
rolling along. however.
A Cawker City man has old letters
saved 10 as far back as 1872. Most
husbands find it convenient to blot out
that part of their past.
Six yourg men at Waverly paid $40
each in court for playing poker on Sun
day. 1t isn't every game that will
stand for that sort of a deal.
An epidemic of matrimony exists at
the Hutchinson reformatory. OF course
it's among the employees. as the inmates
are not oDen to engagements.
Complaint comes from the harvest
belt of the fly in the wheat Here in
Topeka it's the fly in the dining room
and the screen IL the window.
A Dighton man out of 'chewin"
stopped and picked what he thought
was mouthful Of wild sage. It proved