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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

the type setting machine came into
vogue. and SO drifted naturally into
newspaper work. He came to- WASH
ington in the course Of his wander
ihgs and got place as q reporter on
the Evening Star. After working there
2 few months he suddenly took it into
his biz head to strike west again, and no
body in Washington heard q thing
from him until 1894, when word
reached here Of the eccentricity 81 a
person Of the same name who. wishing
to be appointed United States marshal
under the Cleveland administration.
had written his application on piece
Of birch bark. The novel petition was
granted, but Bede soon gave up the
job because he couldn't stand for the
proposition that a government oficial
must give. up active interest in poll
tics. =, :. 5*as 5s#5tss:s:s q: :.
Bede was a democrat then of pref
ty stir type. He resigned his place
and put in lot of hard work for
sound money. In 1896, when the Chi
cago convention was captured by free
silver, he became a republican, and he
has been one ever SINCE r5e.@. =
Bede has one distinction for a new
member. He got fine piece of pat
ronage before he had warmed his seat
in the house. He was on deck when
the vacancy came on the civil service
commission through the resignation of
Commissioner Foulke, and he prompt
ly secured the appointment of con-
stituent of his to the vacancy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

Notwithstanding the strenuous effort
to induce the purchase of Canadian
goods to the exclusion of the manufac-
tured products Of the United States,
and despite British preferential tariff
duties, the United States is constantly
increasing it's exports to the Dominion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The naval construction program of
the French admiralty for 1904 COM
prises 70 vessels. OF this huge total
SO are to be torpedo boats, which are
to be constructed by private shipbuild-
ing firms. Sixteen new submarines
are to be built, one armored cruised
of 1854 tons and % knots speed, and
two torpedo boat destroyers, with q
speed of 30, knots.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The United Kingdom now consumes
$5,000,000 worth of bananas a year.
Tnree-fourths of the supply comes
from the Canary Islands and the bal
ance from the West Indies, the imports
fromu the latter source being the
growth of the past three years. In
1902 the total English imports amount
ed in value to $5,159,770, against 3d.
1,475 in 1901 and $2,671 1914 in 1900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

Gen. c.. A. Whittier, formerly in
charge of the United States customs
at Manila, returned to this country by
way Of Siberia. It took him two weeks
to cross the latter country on the new
railroad
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

A peculiar business transaction was
recorded at Lebanon, Pa, when Grocer
John Light transferred to Baker VIM.
A. Garrett a 15-acre farm in Berks
county for a consideration Of 1000
loaves of bread. The bread is to be de-
livered in quantities such as may be
needed to supply the daily demand Of
patrons at Grocer Lights store.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

striking figures in
t b e Fifty eighth
congress. He Is an
Ohio farmers boy
in the beginning,
and he shows the
!. marks .: q /; now Of he
hard !, knock he
had lyl to put up with
on the farm. He
/. has as, run up against
all sorts Of ex-
per.i['ee'ln l i, sin G e
those b 4, !: days and he
knows i no the world
pretty well nov.
Hle got his edu-
49,. = &f!s -. :. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

A curious memorial of the Boer
war is recorded from Surrey. At
Burstaw, in that county, a drinking
trough and fountain have been erected
by"a local parsonage in memory of
1000 horses killed and wounded during
the South African war from 1899 to
1902, "in cause of which they knew
nOthinp"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The area planted to rice in Japan in
1901 is given officially at 6,978, 1874
acres, the area In barley and wheat
together at 4,452,242 acres. The aver
age yield of rice per acre was 36.5
bushels, of barley 1913 bushels, and O.;
wheat 1874 bushels,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
A:Good Shot.

~, -
The best hunting story Of tho season
comes from West Duluth, and its truth
is vouched for BY a number Ct West Du-.
luth hunters. George Brotherton has
recently returned from ashort trip to
Breda, on the Duluth & Iron Range
road. where he spent . few days in the
woods. he brought back with him
two deer, which it is claimed he killed
with one shot. One Of the deer IS
fine buck and the other doe. The
deer were standing close beside each
other with the buck little in advance
and and farthest from the hunter. Mr..
Brotherton fired and the shot hit the
doe in the neck. It passed completely
through the neck Of the animal and
hit the buck in the side, breaking his
back bone. .-.Es@S -. <-5 3.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
STREET CAR SlTIKI
Chicago II the Midst Of q Big Labor
Difficulty.
TRAM 4 sPoRTATl0N PROBLEM
The Public Has Not Been Inconven-
! fenced as Much ~ Might he Ex-
pected-The Steam Roads
~. to the Rescue. @H

& Chicago.-The present strike on the
lines Of the Chicago City railway oper-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
MIN VI NES0 OLA NEWS


There were thirt three new creaurS
cries and ten new cheese factories g.
tablished il Minnesota during the sear5
son ' just closed, according to . compilarz
ton just completed BY tho state dairy
and food commission. The total nuns
Der of creameries;it ia and the num-s
Der OF cheese factories is IS. There
were only $50 creameries IN 1899.
Todd county heads the list with 9
new creameries, making 8 total OF IS
Three years ago thare wsre only four.
creameries il the county and only ons:
was operated the entire year. Although
Stearns county reported only one
creamery ID the last year, the county
still has tho largest number in the.
state, twenty-nine. Free orn: county,:
having twenty in all, including
one new one, il is said, produces the
largest amount Of butter Of ell the
counties. =sS .3 zI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
The Steam Roads.

The South side is better equipped to
stand q protracted street car strike
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
A New Apple Wanted.

A thousand dollars for q new apple
Is what the Minnesota State sHorticul-
tural society is offering. The compe.
.titioh is open to all, and anyone that
produces the Seeding apple tree that
meets the conditions can get the one
thousand dollars. -
The kind of apple the society wants
is described in the announcement Of
the society's thirty-seventh annual
Meeting, which will be held Dec 1, 2,
and 4 at the First Unitarian church,
Eighth street and Mary place, Minnea-
polls. This apple is worth 81, 000.
AS hardy and prolific as the Duchess,
with fruit equal to the Wealthy in:size,
quality and appearance, and that will
keep as well as tho Malinda."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

Got There just the same.
Inconvenient as 1t is. to do without
street cars the strike has not kept
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
'WASHINGI() GOSSIP.
Interesting Incidents Of the Law.
Makers at National Capital.
THE END OF a HOUSE FEUD
How Speaker Cannon ana Congress-
man Hepburn Settled u Quarrel-
Youthful Members Of the House
The New British Minister.

Washington.-Speaker Cannon and
"Pete" Hepburn have made up. That
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

A Long Suffering Public.
Patrons of the Chicago street car
lines have been long suffering. Local
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
-. : ~ : =.
Youthful ConRressman.

There are a good many youthful
members of the new house. One of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

Place to Entertain.
Speaker Cannon is. planning to
throw open the speakers lobby. which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
The Rise Of Bede,

J. Adam Bede, the new member from
Minnesota, promises to be one of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The British Minister. t-1
There is great curiosity in Wash
ington to see the new British ambas-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
Saves Insurance Premiums.

Chicago is economical, and wisely so,
in direction which would prove fool
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

The Belfast city corporation has de-
cided to place shelters for consupp-
tives in one Of the public parks. Pro-
test meetings are being held.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

winters and working through the sum
smer to support himsel is learned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
Stuffed Rata

Commissioners Henry F. Greene, Du-'
luth, is preparing to undertake a new
thing in securing expert help for the
government service He has ordered
that an examination be held in the
large cities Of the country, which In
cludes Duluth, Minneapolis and st.
Paul, for.an eligible list Of taxider-
mists, who can properly stuff rats,
mice and chipmunks, with view to
filling position at the National Mu-
scum in Washington. .>.,1..
Plans and specifications for the ex-
animation are now under preparation
by Mr.. Greene. 5zs .z5s Is Ri - +.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04
We Are Winners.


Minnesota took both first and second
places in the national contest, which
awarded prizes on the best average for
twelve success sive monthly tests. Mr..
Sondergaard of Hutchinson took first
place with an average Of oe7s, and is
now the champion butter maker of the
United States, John Soltie of New
Sweden, who took first place last year
was close second this time with an
average Of oe. e6 "A Wisconsin man
was poor third. In all lit experts
from all parts Of the diary belt fur
nished entries for each OF tho twelve
contests. ..s> ..s - .:,ss.
F Minnesota has in Sam Haugdahl the
worlds champion, as he took the med
al at the Paris exposition. ,s .....
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-04

9kJIs OLITsG 81
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT or
THE ERIE CANAL.

State Senator Grown of WATERFOWL. y
Y, in Response TO questions put by the
New York Evening Post, in regard to the
proposition TO make a thousand-ton barge
canal from Buffalo to the Hudson. made
the following important suggestions:
The construction of Il thouSand-ton
barge canal will doubtless cost two nun
drcd and fifty million dollars, and ! fear
after it is constructed the relative i'm
portancc Of canals and railroads will con-
tnuc in favor of railroads the canal
steadily declining. Another Important OBJ
lection in my mind is that such an cX-
pcndturc will inevitably compel uufortun-
ate economies in good roads, now in their
infancy and in the acquisition of Adiron-
lack and Catskill lands by the state to
preserve forests and give the State d pure
water supply.
The canal, if built. will require such a
great amount of water that it will largely
rob the Adirondacks on its southern and
eastern watershed. and turn what ought
to b" carried by aqueducts to the cities of
the Hudson valley and New York city into
more ditch water.
| know these sentiments are not agree
able to those who are anxious that the
rate of growth of population in New York
and Buffalo should exceed that of the
Western mining town. l doubt myself IL
their hopes will be realized by the building
of the canal as much as + doubt tho de-
STABILITY of their purpose i'm the present
condition of municipal problems.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
Three Locomotives Destroyed in a
Collision on the Boston
and Names
VERMONT ENGINEER KILLED
Was a Resident OF Bellows Falls
Tracks Blocked for Several Hours
Telephone Managers, Bookkeep-
ers aad Head Opsrat ors Meet
for Banquet and Discussion.

Fellows Falls, Jan. IA wreck on the
y. H., station last night demolished three
engines and killed Engineer Oliver Ellison
of Bellows Falls. \ local freight several
hours late was standing on the main line
with light engine in the rear which
had been used as II helper. Without warn
ing an engine came in at Il lively pace
and crashed into the standing train. The
engine was 9i9 towing a second engine,
both lust out of the Keenc shops and in
charge of Engineer Ellison ana Fireman
Hosea Wheeler. At the crash both men
jumped and Wheeler escaped with slight
bruises. Ellison struck a switch stand
with terrific force breaking the heavy
iron into fragments. iic WAS taken to u
nearby house where he died thirty min
utcs later.
The three engines and rear end of the
freight train were a mass of wrcckagc.
The main line was blocked and until noon
to-day all trains were held up. Wrccking
crews were soon at work and this after
noon traffic was resumed. Engineer Eli
son was married and leaves II wife and
one son. residing on Atkinson street.
The damage to the rolling stock is cst
mated at nearly $4,000. Indirectly the ac
cidcnt was due to the delay of a local
freight train from Fitchburg to reach
Cold River at her usual time. The three
big machines became practically as one
for n time. the entire mass being driven
through the cabooSc in the rear of the
train and throwing two freight cars from
the irons and demolishng them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
WILL NOT RESIGN.
Capt. Stickney Of Company A. Rutland
VIII Retain His Commission-Wan
Men DISCHARGED,

Rutland, Jan. 15.-Contrary TO cXpccta-
ton in local military circles capt. Il. H..
Stici;ncy of Company \. who was scored
severely in the order from Governor Me
Cullouph regarding the findings of the
Dyer court OF inquiry, will not resign his
commission.
when the conditions of the company were
shown To he so bad last June. that Captain
StiCkneN, who is a nephew of Ex-Governor
Stickncv, would retire at the first avail
able opportunity The opinion among
military mon in this section was that such
was the only proper course for him.
The dorogatOrN findings of the court and
SUBSEQUENT report from the governor have
only made these assertions the stronger
ana Captain SticlncN's statement to the
Free Ircss repre- sentative Tonight, II
shall not resign at present" will be rccciV-
cd with considerable surprise. When
questioned in regard to his opinion of the
governors order and the courts findings
Captain Sticlncy refused to talk. II is
understood. however, that the result was
surprise to him.
1t has been claimed that he considered
the scope of the court of inquiry. which
sat here in December, too limited to do
linn fun justice and that he would make
application for a second court to examine
into the matter which he desired inVcsti-
gated. Captain Sti'kncY stated tonight
however that he would carry the ma tier
no farther. lie has asked Colonel Estoy
for the discharge of If members of Com
pauY a.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
"ROMAN1SM" IN ENGLAND.


The murder of Mr. Kcnsit, the fanatical
though wcll-mcauinp, agitator against tLs
progress OF Romanism i'm England, is %
severe dow to those people who are hero
Known as Protcatants. IT should De- cN-
planned that the designation "prutcstnut'
does not in England mean what is ucncriil-
" accepted to he the Protestant Epi,copaI
Church i'm the Jnitc1 States. Tho ;,dhcr-
cntS Of the church here can themselves "Tha
catholic church, and thcv ecparatc thorn
selves from the other Catholic Church by
the appellHtiun to 1T OF "Eomani-t" All
other denominations, such as the N cslcvan
and baptist, arc called prOtcstaut. Tn,
gulf between the two Catholic churches IS,
gradually lcsscning. 1t takes tim. fn,,
great religious movements to c4,niuat..
bat there is hardly room to doubt that If
notht,g is done 10y its opponents to siatn
tie tide Catholicism. and Roman Catholic
ism at that, will. within "a generation ur
two, achieve prcdominanco in Great Brit
am Thcrc Is to-day scarcely amy dirfer-
'nco between The religious ccrcmoui,. at
81 PauIs Cathedral and those conducted
by the Roman Catholic clergy in their no ~
cdiilcc at No~tniinstor
This place, hr the way. has been built b,
contributions made TO II building fund l,.
English Roman Catholics. 1t will ho one
ct the most nanrniiiccnt cathedralS I'm tl.
world when it is finished. its marbles and
mos1lcS its sculptures and its paintir.4
VIII RIVAL IN costliuoss and beauty the most
famous architectural gems Of Europe. Tho,
place VIII not he actually finished for IL
H"od many yoIrs to come. hut in the Inodn-
tine the mere fact of its existence has at
lr'oted the attention Of tho wavorors on
the side of the established chucG. 81, that
it has proved Il mighty advertisement far,
RomaniSm.
Adu"d to this tho fact that the oduca
tonal bill Is now likely to pass Will bring
INTO the ranks Of both Catholic churches
ana eventually into the whole Of the UNI
"oantedIN triumphant Romanst. hundreds
OF thousands of future Eritons. who win
receive their religious instruction i'm the
rate-;ldod bishon-directcd schools And as
f"mhniSm is rccodng in France So i'm pro-
portion 1t is proceeding in Great Britain.
bno powerful family after the other GOO,
over 10 the ancient faith and carries with
1t aihcrcntS in al walks of life
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
CURLING AND HURlING.
The One Is Ola and the Other is New
(From the BROOKLYN Eaclc)

Curling, the game that was for u long
time furtiNcly INDUCED in here by u few
Draw ladies. has been placed on n sub
stantial footing, with numerous we'll or
ganZcd teams ana well contested tourna-
ments. Hand ball has been wrestcd from
the monopoly of Il few professionals and
to-day hand ball court is Il popular
feature of every well equipped athletic
club. Discuss throwing, that the Grccian
youths eXcelled in at the Olympian games,
has recently become regularly schcdul-
ed feature of all big athletic meetings.
More recently the royal and ancient
game of golf has been transplantcd from
the hills of Scotland to the heights of
the Hudson, where ii langushcd for sov-
cral years under the popular suspicion
that it was merely Il game cuunngly
devised to lure equity old men into TAX
ing much needed exercise. Then it began
to grow in popular favor. until to-day
tees and putting greens dot the coun-
try almost as thickly as base ball fields,
and Nj000,OOO are spent yearly for golfing
implements.
But hurting is far more ancient than
any of these. The Scotchman. proud of
the antiquity of golf. points to the time
stained documents carefully preserved in
Edinburgh. showing that as early as 1851
the game was so dstractng the alton
ton Of the Scottish youth from more seri-
Gus things and from that day to this hurl-
ing has continued through all the centuries
the popular game of the Irish people
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
MARK TWAIN on CHRISTIAN SCI
I,NCE

Mark Twain continues his examination
OF Christian Science in the January number
of the North American Review. He finds in
TIA" orCanigation of this sect u wcll-nigh
perfect application of the mOnOpol.stiC
principles of the age. The cult is in the
hands of a trust, which has its hcddQuar-
tors in Boston. and thence must be pur-
chased. for cash in advance. all Christian
Science crChandise-ltcrary or miscol-
ldhC Ous-Which its million or more adhcr-
cnts are required or recommended To-
possess. The trust has two gods-AIrs.
Eddy first. and then. a good second. the
Dollar. Eut the Christian Science trust
dollar must not be spiritual dollar; it
must he real. or par value. not one of its
hundred cents being abatcd. The dollar is
tho only material thing in tho world which
the Christian Science trust comedies to be
real. So systematic is the method Of the
trust in its hunt for the real dollar. and 50
ingenious are the cXpedicnts which it de-
viscS for aluring the real dollar from the
pockets Of the faithful into its own capa T.
diUus Golfers, that its resources grow with
unprecedented CELEBRITY. Indeed. Mark
Twain calculates that in the course of time.
with The multiplying of its membership, the
Christian Science trust will have an in
com" approaching five million dollars Il
day. In the administration of its finances.
the Christian Science trust does not prac-
tiSc publicity: no one knows what it does
with its money, though one thing is Ger
tain, and that is, that it does not cXpend 10
cent Of it in charity. Here is Mark Twain =;
description of what he calls the "Christian
SHicnco literary olcmargarine" producer at
"thc Mother Church Headquarters Fac
tory in Boston"
"'rhc Christian Science Mother church
and bargain Counter in Boston pcddlos all
Kinds of spiritual wares to the faithful. al
al t-A.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-22
FOOD NOT ALL

Food is not al. the thin man
needs, Maybe hes sick. You
can't make Kim eat by bring
ing him food. Eut SCOTS
Emulsion can make him eat.
That Emulsion gives a man
appetite and feeds him both.
1t brings back lost flesh.
No trouble about digestion,
The weakest stomach can d.
gcst SCOTS Emulsion. It tastes
good, too. SCOTS Emulsion
paves the way for other food.
When wasted and weakened
by long illness it gives strength
and appetite that ordinary food
cannot give. Not only food
medicine, too-Scott's Emul-
sion of pure cod,iiver oil.
Wen ,ers '-.i little TO try II you Ike.
SCOTT 4 BOVINE ~ Peas. ats..: 50, y,rh