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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

Eoodly proportion 81 the money, he had.
saved whilc practicing law. But even
though Powers abandons Washington.
his memory will still Finger To have
been the founder Of the Tantalus club
is in itself a distinction which raises
Powers far above the level of the or
binary member of the house. .%' -. ! :
At home in Boston Powers had re-
.garded himself as something of a man.
He was popular, prosperous and was
supposed to have a political future.
When he was lucky enough to be elect
ed to congress, he had glowing ideas
OF what he would accomplish in Wash
lngton, but he had been here only a
week or two before he discovered that
there is nothing of less consequence in
the national capitol than new mem
Der of the house Of representatives.
He talked around q little among the
new men and found that many of them
mad come to similar conclusion. Then
ne nag an inspiration. He organized
all the new members on the republic
can side into club. The idea was to
have dinner every little while at
which the youngsters who were unable
to get recognition at the capitol could
throw themselves little and raise
themselves out of the dull level of
medioccity.
That was the origin of the Tantalus
club. Powers was made president by
unanimous consent, for there has never
been anything like the formality of an
election. 1t goes without saying that
the dinners of the Tantalus club were
q tremendous success.
Now, in order to perpetuate it, Pow
ers has Unanswered so that all the
republican members of the house new
to the present congress shall be eligible
to membership. They have all filed
applications and there will be dinner
pretty soon at which all of them Will
be present and duly initiated Thus
the club will be in position to per-
petuate itself through succeeding cop~
crosses.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

People who have suffered from the
alkali dust in travelling through South
ern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
find the old plague has practically dis
appeared. This has been accomplish
ed by sprinkling the track with oil.
The principal reason why the oiling of
roads has proved more successful in
the west than in the east is that the
California oil has less odor, is much
less volatile, and contains a larger
amount of asphalt than the Pennsyl-
vania oil, and therefore forms a more
perfect crust of asphalt and sand than
the latter. - 49,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26


union army, law
yer, journalist, legislative reformer.
The World made him wealthy in five
years. He bought the site of its pres
ent building with a single check, the
profits of less than a year. He erected
a million-d dollar building the next year,
paying for it as it went up with. his
weekly profits taken in across the
counter. Meanwhile he had overturned
every newspaper tradition. Managers
were no longer content to sit and take
what advertisements came in, but went
out and hustled for,s.them. Pictures
were printed. The Journalism that does
things was introduced.
Some Of the World people seeded
to take hold Of the Recorder, a forgot
ten paper, which in It's brief day had
an extraordinarily able staff. In a
week the wages of capable men went
up so per cent. and they have never
lost the advantage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

The use of one word in addressing
a postal card has made trouble for
Joseph Kershaw, of Philadelphia. The
word was "alias" and he used it in ad-
dressing postal card to Clinton
Amareaux, at Hinton, w. Va. Amar-
eaux thought that the use of the word
was calculated to lower him in the
estimation of his friends and the pub
lie, and complained to the postal au-
thorities. Kershaw was arrested and
brought before United States Commits
sioner Bell for examination, who held
him in $500 bail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

The United States geological sur
vey will shortly issue bulletin ex-
planning where and under what cir
cumstances minerals containing the
elements of radium may be found. The
paper will be>prepared in simple lam
guage, stripped of scientific terms. so
that any person with ordinary intelli-
gence will be able, after little study.
to make experiments for finding the
minerals secreting this new substance
Of fabulous value. The expert of the
survey who has this matter in charge
has examined over 5000 different min
erals in order to determine just what
conditions tend to produce radium.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26


FRAMING F1nancier' Vanderbilt, he has
already shown some aptitude for busi-
ness. Two years ago his faith
er turned over to him some of the
directorial responsibilities he had ex-
ercised, just as John D. Rockefeller has
more recently surrendered to his son
his dictatorship in the steel trust.
Young Whitney will be~a far richer
man than his father was. New York
remembers when the elder Whitney
was practicing lawyer. He first en-
tered politics by serving term in early
life as city counsel. Wealth beyond a
modest competence was not in his sight
until he married Flora Payne, daughter
of the Standard Oil senator of Ohio, H.
B. Payne. Mr.. Payne purchased for the
young couple a Norman baronial man.
sion upon Fifth avenue, paying for it
100000 at a great bargain. Modified
within according to modern ideas it is
still one of the most satisfactory houses
in New York and it is the city home of
Harry Payne Whitney. 1t stands oppo-
site the home of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt. The marriage of young
Whitney to Gertrude Vanderbilt was as
natural as the espousal of two young
village lovers who have lived across
the street and played together in their
childhood days.
The share in her fathers estate of
Mrs. Whitney was $1O,000.000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

luciI charge nave
at last come to an
understanding on
the burning ques-
ton of precedence.
Mr.. Adee, the as
sfstant secretary Of
state who has de-
voted a long life to
the study of ques-
tons of this kind,
and Maj. McCaw-
ley, the social aide
or the president,
whose main busi-
ness at present is
to Wrestle with the
question of who
shall 20 in first to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

1t is curious how firemen become
trained to hear the alarm bell. Chief
Bonner, of New York, once said that
he could hear the slightest tap on the
bell over his bed, while the baby could
cry loudly all night without disturb
ing him. my wife," he added, never
hears the fire alarm, but she wakes
up at the slightest squeak from the
baby" Firemen also say that they
get so accustomed to the bell in their
stations that they notice none other.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

The New York Telephone Co. has
entered upon an interesting expert
ment. 1t is placing 600 telephones in
as many dwelling houses and private
apartments in the residence section
just. above and below Harlem river.
No charge is made for putting in or
taking out. The citizen who has Or
dered the telephone guarantees moth.
ing. He simply pays ten cents for each
time he makes use of t1e same. The
company expects by this device not
only to increase the use of the tele-
phone, but also to save commission
paid to the drug stores and other
places used as pay stations.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

A prominent surgeon states that ev-
cry wound caused by blank cartridges
should be treated as dangerous, on the
theory that tetanus Qockjaw) germs
may be lurking in the wound In in
juries of the palm the patient should
be anastletiZed, the wound thorough
ly cleansed and then cauterized.. He
also urges the use of antitoxin in ev.
cry case in which tetanus develops
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

During the time the United States
occupied Cuba sac printed for that
country 100000 postage stamps, di-
vided as follows: 1c, 100000; &C,
2,O00,000; SC. 100000; 10c 100000;
special delivery, 100000. Since Cuba
became Independent the United States
has printed stamps for her as follows:
1c, 100000; &c. 100000; &c books,
4S0,24o; Sc, 100000; Zoe, 100000;
special delivery, $4,000
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

A very strange incident occurred at
the Central high school building in
Webster City, a.. recently. Every
clock in the building stopped at ex-
actly o'clock in the morning. It
was the day of the eruption on the
Island of Java, and the time the clocks
stopped was within a very few seconds
of the time that the eruption oc-
Cured, which covered a village and
killed several hundred people. The
phenomenon is unexplained, except
that it was very likely due to some
sympathetic electric disturbance in the
zone in which the higl school build.
ing stands
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

OF all the largest cities of the
country, Chicago has the largest pro-
portion of males in it's total popula-
ton. During the last 20 years Chica-
go has averaged 5.3 per cent. more
males than females, while New York
has averaged >2.S per cent more fe-
males than males, Philadelphia 81
per cent. and Boston per cent. more
females than males.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

founder and presi-
dent. does not in
tend that the or
ga nj cation in
which he has taken
such pride shall
60 out of existence
when he, leaves
congress; for he
has announced in
advance that he
will not be q can
.didate for reelec-.
ton and that he is
going home to
Boston to make
60 .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

rejO1ced that the
] a p a n e S e navy
should have won
so signal a victory
at the very begin
ming Of the war
with Russia. This
is not because of
any special SYM
pathy for Japan,
although feeling
among all public
men in Washing
ton is exceedingly
friendly to the
t91and oYnniro h1,t
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

n / m q p l a c e
with Dewey and
Sampson a m o n 6
the great naval
commanders O f
this generation, is
not unknown in
Washington. Like
Dewey and Samp-
son he is a gradu-
ate of the United
States naval acade-
my at Annapolis,
where he complet-
ed his. course in
1881 He served
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

men who = have
come into congress
in several years.
There is no man in
the senate, no mat
ter how long he
may have been in
congress, who has
a shrewder UNDER
standing of the
ways Of legisla-
ton than Kit
fridge, who has
been up against it
for only a single
congress. He is
always in his seat
in the senate; he
xsyn{nh1~ 1~n~v~ ~,1~,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

The French journals have recently
given publicity to scientific discov-
cry which may have a considerable in
11uence upon one of the most ordinary
usages of social intercourse. One NJ.
Crouzel, a chemist at Bordeaux, has
discovered that the human hand is
largely occupied in sowing the seeds
of all sorts of diseases. The hand, he
says, is not only the most dirty but
the most dangerous portion of our
anatomy. 1t contains on the average
S3,450,0O0 bacilli Hence, he argues,
people should never shake hands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

IS now 10 gel!
When I came to
the town it was
a f file t ed most
shockingly by dry
rot. N e W S paper
writer's earned low
wages. Advertise
ing rates were
high in proportion
and managers new
er canvassed for
business.
First came from
St. Louis Joseph
Pulitzer, private
sol der in the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

upon the avenue
where he keeps
bachelors .. h a II
with the aid of a
complete staff of
servants. He has
given generously
and unobtrusively
of his means to
Y ale university
and is one of tie
men in New York
W 10 are e S S
known than they
d e We to be,
though quite as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

balancing of city
gossip. But then
n e W S pa p e rs in
New York are al
ways doing things.
The report that
Mr.. Hearst has
m or t 6 a g e d his
newspapers for a
million dollars has
gone all over the
country and in
that form does
him an injustice.
What he has done
is to. organize a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

An anonymous donor has offered to
provide boots for every shoeless child
in Sunderland. Each pair is to bear
a stamp notifying that they are the
property of the mayor, and that any
parent attempting to sell or any
pawnbroker accepting them in pledge
will be prosecuted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

journal. he need
ed men. He could
get them gradual
ly, but that wasn't
his way. Instead
he would hire $50
a-week men for
$125 a week and
give them con-
tracts for one, two
or three years as
was necessary. It
was expensive, but
In a very short
time he had a fine
staff. In no other
way could It have
been assembled so
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

spirit is yet strong within him.
II has been q costly luxury for
Powers to be. member OF the.
house. His professional income is
three or four times as great as his sal
sary Is member Of congress; and while
he has been IN Washington he has
spent not only HIS s. 900 salary. but !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

solely on professional grounds Japan
Tor the last few years has been pursu-
ing a naval policy exactly in accord
ance with that which Secretary Moody
has insisted should be pursued by the
United States. The Japanese navy has
spent money in maneuvers, has used
up powder and has worked it's officers
to the limit of endurance. The result
was shown at Chemulpo.
Now that is exactly what Secretary
Moody has been doing with the Amer
lean navy at the risk of severe criti-
cism by the economists in congress and
of some ridicule by the opposition
newspapers. So he regards. Japan's
victory over Russia as complete vim
dicatiou of the programme which he
had adopted. :.
Russia for the last few years has
pursued a policy directly contrary to
that of Japan. Its navy has been SUBJ
ordinated to the army, there has been
an absence of. discipline and general
slovenliness in control. Russia has
been paying only half as much for
armor plate as we have been paying
and the result is shown in the celebrity
with which it's battleships yielded to
the Japanese attack. Altogether the
situation is one which is especially
gratifying to the men who have the
destinies of our navy in their keeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

considerable num-
b er Of young
Americans w b O
have i n h e r | t e d
large responsible
ties W lille yet
young. Like Clar-
ence Mackay and
Alfred Vanderbilt
at the time of the
deaths of their re-
spective fathers,
Mr.. Whitney is a
thorough sports
man. Like Mr..
Mackay again and
unlike the Younger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

"holGing C I'd .
Pany'i to- control three Of his separate
journalistic corporations. This hold
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
WASHING TON I Err R
Timely and Interesting Gossip from
the National Capitol. /. = y
INTEREST in .EAsIE ERIN WAR
The Hero of ChemuIpo Is n Graduate
of Annapolis-The Tantalus Club
to Re Perpetuated - Japan
Copies American Policy.

Observation-Disclosures Uriu, whose
splendid victory at Chemulpo has given
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

The Rush to New York.
Only a few years later came from
San Francisco Mr.. Hearst and took the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

The Newspaper Kalefdoscone.
That newspaper letters should so often
peak of newspapers may betray bad
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
Senator fKittridge.

Senator Kittridge, of South Dakota,
is one of the most promising of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
GOSSIP OF L ! YORK r. (
What Is Being Talked About In the
Eastern Metropolis.
YOUNGSTERS WITH FORTUNES
Some of Them Must Garry Grave Re-
sp0nsjbilities with Their Money
"A Glimpse at the Newxpa-
per Field.

New York.-By his fathers death
Harry Payne Whitney is added to that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
Waking Vp New York.

Perhaps New York hasn't needed
that waking up process which Boston
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26

Oliver Payne, bachelor of studious
tastes, occupies fine mansion
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
Follow America. Lead

Secretary Moody is the happiest man
in Washington just at present He is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
Question of Precedence.

The society experts who nave the
social doings of the white house in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-26
The Tanfalux Cluh.

The Tanfalus Club.
The Tantalus club is to be given a
new lease Of life. Sam Powers. it's
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-01-16
(6prtiesung fOIst.)


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oer blut9isrilsn 9eitisn uno troB Der
.eifriGen Vaditeaanoen ourh pie Gus
rcpder INNER noh iebr 9rlB. 81
ueiB bic Teuiif CYtafrifariics Sci
tuna aus gor Is Salam nisser Dog
neuen llebsltbaten r.ilber 5biere 81
beridten. 0ines Abenbs holte ell
Qoipe ans eiter aeoedten 9iitie an
SiMbaIitbdl ourc6 Die oasrDii35 affe.
ne 5hiir Elm Wei5 heraus. niebrerer
GdparSen. peld)e ii1 nil gor0erll.
bern mn Speeren on Die 8elIolQHa9
0es Hdubers madtcn. aeIana Is. Dem
20men lem Gpier abSurinaen, ieooh
mar Die orlne 5rau bereiis ibrm Wunz
ben erlegen. - 6erner bate Elm 3eps
parDenpoar idon 0iGr in ndniier Haz
he bon Oar IS Salam einem eiefliiaels
tefe geiud)e abgeitatiet. Der Better
tricb infolgsoeien Iein 6eoerpicb III
eiuen %gelnouerten Siaa unO alaubfc
Is bert iid)er. 4bsr all elnsm GJlorgen
Tano er Die Shiir Des Siarss BON ben
2eopGrcen eiaaeitoben uno cas Sdlpb
bsrausQeri6en. 3spei enien lolpis
3ebn 0iihner naren pe>ihluunpen.
llno nod Gil nemIelbsn panmi.tda
eeqcn 3 llby fam Der cine Der veopars
zen 3ariid uub holie iib pieoey cine
Gnte mo Elm 0uhn. Sn ces nddlitsn
Naht ~ereiite nann zen .attea 1errn"
Iein SdidIal. @eQen Nhcno tparen
an Der Sbiir bes Stolles 5pei 6ollen
auf9eItelt nnrOen. uno az IId) aegea
"a ltbr glaGt5 bas 2epparoen Ydrd5en
pieoer gum 5oasagiren ali psa 9Be9
Qemont bate, tam Der SelIber Der
@ibner in &eeleitung BON 5lpei 8ops
nit 6euerbrdnren unD bepaTfnet nit
elmer NIT Saupolten selaoenenG drot=
finite Sum Siale. Gr rrId)iea aeraoe
refi, nenn Ger cine 9sop6ro bate i'd
ebsn in eines Der 6aasg aeIangen gno
miitDete 9esen Die Staa.6iir. neldje CT
oadJ ipFDrt mieher ela9eItpben bate.
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eeniiate odnn aber. I'm cas- Sbitr ME
oer3uitreden. is mar nos M%dnndlen.
Elm prahtegenplar, ipssacs Y;f iniolgs
rer auten WabiSeiten Der leBten 3eIi
az 0iibner. 4 Gllien uns 2 4ifrn} in
treFfIider aonoitipn befanO unD pon
ner Shnau3e bis sur SAlpan3ipibe
sipei Wieter maR.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-01-16

Sine llntefreoun9 nit pem Serliner
QrofelIor 5rdntel iiber rem 0<lanDs
b~eitsSultanb res &aiiers bate eiq Der
treter 1es Petit Yalifien". Das Or
gebniB Der lnterreoung beitotigI. lpas
mir bereits Des Gefteren iibsr Die Out
artiateit Der 8rantbsit ausgefiibrt ba=
ben. Bon beionrerem Snierelie niirrs
ten pieleiht %foiaenbe Yuntte Des Ge=
Iprdfs lein. Der Snteroiefper fra9te.
nNie groB ma Der polDp. Der aus oem
&eblfppF oes Haiiers entferns MUIR
Beg" = Bon Der @r0Be elmer Cine,
pie es berartige Nuspiidle geipDfnIit
iino." - maann Elm iolder YolDp ipie
bertommen2" - n@r fonn ndtiirlih
nieoertommen, ober Das geldiebi duz
berit ielten. Mber .penn er bunpertmal
lpierertdme, piirDe er bod ME leinen
sutortieen Gbarotter perlieren. Sit
Der Srebs erblih2" nMdnhmal,
dber nidt unbebinat." - MuB Der
Sobn zines Gyebstranten ielbit trfbss
frant nerben2" mDurhaus nidt."
- Siam Der Sp6n zines Yaters, Der
einen Woeenfrebs eebabt tat. poer Ell
ner Wutter, Die an einem llnterleibsz
frebs aeitorben lit. bon einem 4eb!=
topffrebs brfalen perten2" n@s lit
mGqlih. ober Iehr ieIien. profeHor
Sdmibt er5d1Ite mir, oob er einen Iol=
den 5oll eebobt babe. 9lber in meirer
Yraris. Die ihon lonae pdbrt, babe ih
ME etmas Nebnlihes geiehen."
nWel6en llnterifieb MAIDEN Gle sfpiz
idsn elmer @eI6mulit unb einem 20
lpp?" - Die @eIdpulit Gumeur)
fam bosoriiq iein, Der polhp III iuis
mer autartig." o0aben Sic oas
anatomilde Stiid. bas BON QrofeiIor
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bobt2" IS 1T mir porgeleat nor
ben. absr id) belt es fir unn0ihia. Is
gleiAfoas gu unteriuden." n6iir
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bon Der rrIten Stunoe an ben pobrer
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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-01-16

lpahren ebarotter. 2le Jrage lpu,
nur bic. liebte Tie i'm genrq, Inn ieige
Oattlh ju lperoen2 Sic Ourhlebie nod
%eilln'al lire gonse Nerganeenbeit unb
~Degl9ciIie nit teionoercr @orliebs eel
fenjeniJen Grinnernngen. melde mi.
ben Namen Gliot Dertniipft paren.
Sang III @eoanten ~perlunten uno
MIR I'M 56rit. porfpdrts reitenb,
fonnte es 9eidle1en. oaB tie D ibrem
gbeas atlgrie.
ssl0hl;d lab lie i;d) an Den idredI.h
Ooea llfcra reS sroben Sumpiianoes.
neIdes iebt nit llnre9t ben Iamsn
lSroEAezSee filhyt.