The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-06-05
IN GAY. NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life in the Paeis Of America. -


Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life in the Pasis Of America. -
Police Captains Schmittberger and Tt
tus have been promoted to be inspectors.
1t is announced that Adele Richie. the
comic opera actress, is soon to be mar
ried to George Holland Of London.
Another stock exchange seat sold the
other day at the record price, $S1, 900.
The buyer was Ef6ngham Lawrence,
who for some time has been a broker in
outside securities.
William Ordway Partridge is now en-
gagged on. life size statue calico
Thought" which he is to exhibit in
Paris next year. His model is E. H.
S0thern in the character and costume Of
Hamlet.
The freshest rumor emanating from the
philharmonic sQuabble is that Walter
Damrosch will not be the conductor for
another season, but will be supplanted by
Richard Strauss, who leaves the Covent
Garden orchestra at the close Of the pres
ent season.
McKim, Mead & White, architects,
have filed with the building bureau the
preliminary plans for a private library
building for J. Fierpont Morgan adjoin-
ing his house. 1t is to be a two-story
structure of ornamental marble. The cost
is given as 100000.
James s. Holmes has cherry tree Oh
his place at Park avenue and Day street
in East Orange which burst into blossom
on Nashington's birthday. In addition
to punches of flowers the tree has be-
gun to put forth green leaves. The
hatchet has not yet developed.
Stuart Robson. the comedian, is i'll at
his home and his tour for the next two
weeks has been Cancelled by his man.
ager, Daniel V. Arthur. upon the advice
Of the physicians attending Mr.. Robson.
Miss Kathryn Kidder, the actress, is
confined to her room in hotel at San
Plans have been filed with the building
bureau for a five-story and basement Of
ice building, with store on the ground
floor, to be built for Henry Siegel at the
northwest corner of Broadway and Thir-
ty-fourth street. adjoining the big Macy
stores: 1t will be on an irregular shaped
plat, for which Mr.. Siegel, it is reported.
paid 1926, 900.
Adrian 1selin, the banker, whose fam
lily has spent $75O,OOO building Catholic
churches and schools in New Rochelle,
mas awarded a contract for the building
| of $4,000 church and parish house for
the Italians of New Rochelle. Mr.. Iselin
VIII also furnish the rectory and supply
| the priest with vestments and everything
else necessary.
Antoine de Jour and Jules de Doux,
said to be stewards on the French line
steamer La SavOie, were arrested and
| held in $500 bail each on charges of
| smuggling embroidery and fancy articles
from France. 1t is alleged that members
| Of the crew of steamers touching at
| goods for years.
Neils Anderson, II years old, a
Swedish immigrant, is in the Long Island
Hospital, Brooklyn, under treatment for
stomach trouble caused by 6-inch eel.
On arrival at Ellis island Anderson had
coughing spell and an eel popped out
ed the eel while drinking from a brook
| in his native land.
To help pay the debts of the Peary
Arctic Club an old violin, a relic of the
Inflated Greedy relief expedition, be-
queathed by Roderick r. Schneider, its
former owner, as he lay in the snow to
should come so far north, is now for sale
IN Brooklyn. Mr.. Peary found the violin
and turned it over to the Peary Club.
Miss Florence Louise Creswell, an
English woman. u years old, who for
merly was teacher at Bryn Mawr. and
Chujiro Koch, a Japanese, % years old,
I mn pRS I'D r., l..
Thomas Hall at Jersey City. KOCH told
the minister he had been connected with
the biological department at Princeton.
He said they intended to leave America
soon for Toxic, Japan, where they would
live.
Gen: William Booth, commander-in-
step, in going downstairs at the army's
headquarters in New York and snrainel
his knee. While the injury is not Serious.
the general has been so fatigued nv HIS
long trip in this country that he did not
sail for England last week, as he intend-
ed. His departure will be postponed sew
| Mrs. Mary II. Soonan, widow. of CIR.
MENUS Noonan. an ambassador of #the
confederate states to Great Britain. hos
Just been buried in Jersey City. where she
| died. Her husband died in England dur
ing the Civil War, and their estate was
conhscated by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler
With the approval of the government.
She made unsuccessful attempts to re-
cover for the estate and failed to get her
widows dover. -
De Wolf Hopper has issued a state
ment offering $4,000 for the best score
/ anu -nnretto for. new comic opera, the
competition to be open to the world. The
only condition is that the opera must IS
completed and ready for production 81
MAJ! March q, 1901. 4 he usual royalties viii
soe paid, an and Mr.. Hopper will agree to