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dr. Bennett Looks In "

Mr.. Bennett as N''' 6e'ne' LOOKS Al
young man. He is slender and sinewy,
but g. He is physically the most stall
wart of all New York's famous editors.
He once upon a wager ran a race com
pletely around the city of Paris. His
fondness for athletic sports is widely
known. His great yacht, his swift au-
tomobiles, are famed throughout Eu-
rope; he spends princes income like
prince. Yet he is not prohigate. There
is a calculated shrewdness in his mag
nificence The Herald has not the cir
culation of some other newspapers, but
selling at three cents copy on week
days has the greatest income. The
younger Bennett is like the elder in pre-
ferring income to influence.
Eccentricity is his deliberate policy
His famous cablegram from Paris few
years ago, suspending the publication
Of the Telegram, was in point The pa
per was suspended-all of Mr.. Benefits
orders are at once obeyed-and it stayed
suspended for day or two. Then it re-
sumed publication. 1t had never en-
joyed much circulation up to that time,
but with the drift uptown of the theater
and shopping district it has since stead
lily gained.
Mr.. Benefits cablegrams are in their
effects electric. They are not always
bearers of bad news: Once upon a time
Mr.. Rowland, who is the Herald's long
suffering manager, received one which
read:
Rowland, New York: Pay
$4,930.
That was ALL The 1890 were paid.
1t was Christmas tine, too. fancy the
man who received it, and all his friends.
found the sum as easy to remember as if
it had been an even IS 900.
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all over the South "a"
side of the city. The builders designed
them for hotel purposes during the
fair, and built them in such way that
they would be easily converted into
fats afterwards. The majority of
them we're of the cheapest construc-
ton possible. Mere fire traps, to 20
up in a puff of smoke at the first op-
portunity.
A few days ago three of the build
ings burned inside of "a hours, rem
dering more than 100 families home
less, causing three deaths, and a num-
Der of injuries. Practically before the
department could reach the scene of
the fires the walls crumbled like pa
per.
The Alexandra building, burned just
year ago, was fair sample of this
class of buildings. 1t was absolutely
without fire escapes; but one stairway
and one elevator afforded egress from
the building, and the stairway wound
around the open elevator shaft. The
interior Of the building was all of soft
wood construction, and the outside
walls bpt little more than mere brick
shells. The city authorities have re-
Gently been forcing the owners of these
buildings .to equip thems with fire: es-
capes,Sa thing. they should have had
tosbegin with. r.
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the end of Lake Erie, have passed it
in lumber receipts. The great grain
elevators by which the cereals of the
west are transferred from train to
boat are located on the South branch
of the river and all three tunnels
have to be crossed to get to or from
them. 1t is impossible for the large
vessels of the grain feet to load their
total capacity at these elevators and
then reach the lake.
: The result of these conditions is
that the grain that once came to Chi
cago is now being transferred at
South Chicago, at Milwaukee and at
Duluth. These ports are growing at
the expense of Chicago.
- When the tunnels were built it
would have cost but comparatively
little more to have put them few feet
lower, but greater depth was not
needed at that time, and it was
thought the maximum of size OF lake
vessels had then been reached. Now IT
would take more than 20 feet of wa
ter to permit the passage of the lar
gest Of the lake fleet, and the tunnels.
when lowered, will be put not less
than % feet under the mean stage IF
'the river. WRIGHT 4. PATTERSON;
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West sides cross
under the south branch of the river.
one at Washington street and the
other at Van Buren, street. They are
used by the North and West side cable
lines.
There is II feet six inches of water
above the LaSalle street tunnel, 16
feet 10 inches above the Washington
street tunnel, and about 18 feet above
the Van Buren, street tunnel The big
vessels of the grain fleet draw, when
loaded, from 18 to 20 feet. It is evil
dent that remedy of some kind is
needed
The city of Chicago owns the tun-
nels, and lease them to the car COM
panies. The lease has still three years
to run, and if the tunnels are to be
lowered during that time it is obvious
ly up to the city to do the work, an
undertaking of enormous expense
with nothing better than an empty
treasury to pay the bills The city is
crying for time. If the inevitable may
be put off for three years it may be
able to force the problem onto the
shoulders of the car companies. At
the same time the car companies hold
the tunnel problem as one of their
trump cards in the franchise fight,
and will not surrender their advan-
tage. They are willing to lower the
tunnels, but not without compensation
in the form of franchise renewals, a
compensation Chicago does not wish
to give.
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flying Tip g i; Aiken. s: c.@thiso 10 Il The

Tying Tip e AIKEN: s: c:@thi;oush Il The
latter place the ree| aeasep comes laters)
The real conservatl YES, WHO insist Up
on the letter of the law OF hospitality on
the first day Of the year, are the saloon
keepers. 1t is difficult for a man to
spend money on January 1 in a saloon
where he has, all :, the year, literally
bought wet groceries. And the un-
wonted Joy Of free and unlimited coin
age Of inebriety SO inspires the thirsty
soul with the will to dare that he visits
saloons where he is not known and does
have to pay. doubt if cash trade
suffers. And New Years is by long
odds the drunkest day of the year: good
resolutions really date from the second
of January.
The occasion will be memorable this
year. The Tammany hosts who are to,
move in and occupy the municipal Of
fees will make midnight time to be re-
membered.; Though no such upheaval
OF the depths of society is to be expected
as>shocked the town upon election night
of 1897. Then, eto celebrate the victory
OF Tammany in three cornered fight
the unruly element in the town, which
had been held strictly in leash by the
police board in which Theodore Roose-
welt was the strongest factor, rose in
dlzzylng and unexpected force and
wreaked upon the town an orgy that will
long live in story and tradition. a.
Since that day New York has been
forewarned against such sudden ebul-
litions of disorderliness. And, of course,
Boss Murphy and Mayor-elect Mcclellan
as little desire to see such a rejoicing as
do the strictest of the strait-laced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

One of tae longest fences in the
Northwest is being constructed, run.
ming entirely around the Lower Brule
Indian reservation, on the Missouri
river, in the central portion of South
Dakota. This remarkable fence will
be 63*miles9 in length: -It-is composed
of four wires placed On posts set rod
apart, cedar and ash posts alternating.
In itssconstruction ESQ miles Of wire
will be used, or: $4,000 pounds; To
erect athe fence required an aggregate
of 1900, posts. 81 IN this long fence
there wa 4essssoa1y zsstt lh re- g Eat
which will be guarded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Although Mongolia, in which Russia
is now entrenched. has been part Of
the Chinese empire for the greater
part OF the last two centuries. China
has not exercised much authority over
it. and the Mongol has been largely at
liberty to follow his own desires in tho
method of government and conduct.
The only tribute which has been here
tofore required from the country has
been certain number of men to servo
in the Chinese army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

The French navy is to carry on fur.
Their experiments of shooting with full;
service charges against the turrets of
ships in commission. The experiment
with the battle ship Suffren a few
weeks ago was complete success.
Now similar experiments are to be
made with Gloire and Condo, new
armed cruisers. This time, however,
men instead of sheep are to be in the
turrets to observe the effects of con-
cuSSiOn, The sheen,sjlrvived
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Herald office. His
great room in the
new Herald build
ing is always kept
in .spick and span
order, ready for it's
master to drop in
at any moment and
unlock the vast
W h i t e mahogany
d e S k. No one
knows when he will
come. 1t will not
be often, it will not
be for long, but it
will be lively.
People think Of
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Speaker Cannon and Congressman:

Speaker Cannon and Congressman
De Almond have been in the House
together for 2 dozen years, one a rez
publican andz Tho 5other a democrat
leader.a They Nave scored each Other
in speeches Sand have flung parlia:
mentary tatints at each otaer. but no
one ever thought to introduce them
and they never introduced themselves.
The other day John Sharp Williams
brought them together formally and
the two shook hands for the first time.
The speaker had appointed Mr.. De
Almond On the committee on rules,
and Mr.. Williams thought it was
about time the two should be on
speaking terms.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Dor, the river, are
undoubtedly re-
sponsible for Chi
cago's loss of pres
tige as a lake
port. The city is
still the largest
port on the lake,
from the total
tonnage 8 t a n d =
point, but it is
gradually losing
in a comparative
sense.
For years it was
the greatest lum-
Der center in this
country, now the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

ings orig in a lily
erected as Worlds
Fair hotels in 1902
and '03. I don't
want to know. I
d on t want to
fully realize the
enormity of the
carelessness of the
building d e p a 1T
ment at that time.
During the boom
days just preced-
ing the opening of
the Worlds Fair
a large number of
enormous build
=
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business con d j.
tons these are not
so desperate.
Wall street bears
and business pes
simists have been
predicting a great
slump in gift-giv-
ing. Yet wherever
| have seen the ia
miliar sledge with
the reindeer steeds
it has been as
heavily laden, they
as desperately hur-
ried, as ever.
I won't say that
the demand for
crazy. costly lux
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Few persons realize how much big
ger and stronger the United States
navy is now taan it was at the time
CT the war with Spain. Everybody
knows what the navy did in that war
how it swept the fleets of Spain from
the seas and astonished the European
critics. To-day the American navy is
three times as big and three times as
strong as it was then, besides being
UNNECESSARILY better in other respects.
And yet only a: beginning. has been
made ON the naval program: $50. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

That rats carry plague infection is
well known to scientists. The London
board of health now kills rats aboard
ships at anchor in the Thames. In
the search for means of killing them
without harming the cargo Prof. Hal
dane suggests the use of carbonic
oxide, which kills everything. even
the mild and sedentary cockroacl.
Two German doctors have perfected a
method by which they guarantee to
kill all the rats in ship for SIS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Wheaton college, Illinois, has in
augurated plan by which any young
man, by depositing 500 with the COL
lege treasurer, can study six months
in each of three consecutive years in
college, and work the other six months
for the American Sunday-school
union. At the end of the time, if his
work has been satisfactory, he will
receive certificate from the college
as we'll as certificate from the
union
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

heroic treatment,
but there is need
for heroic treat
ment of some sort.
Three tun nels
beneath the river
connect the three
sections of the
city. One of these,
come c tin g the
South and North
sides of the city
crosses under the
main branch of
the river at La
Sale street; two
others connecting
the South and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

picture gallery and
library have per-
mitted Mr.. Charles
lerkes, of New
York and London,
to plan, and will
probably perm i t
him to possess the
finest private gal
lery in New York.
He has just bought
the house adjoin-
ing his mansion
upon Fifth avenue
and will extend his
gallery thereon.
OF course, New
Y0rk's picture gal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

S'SA NA1l ASl1udS NY
such generous &C.
tivities as l have
limited at. These
who shun such di-
versions efore
Christmas, a n d
pretty much every
body after it, head
straight for the
country, where it
is b e ON i n e
more and more the
thing to have great
| a n d e d estates,
often at consider
able d i S t a n c e S
from t h e city,
V-1o 1-l
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

ganization of the
large cities. The
church that opens
it's doors on Sun
day only is no
longer, in vogue,
but it's place has
been taken by the
church that main
t a i n s missions,
schools, societies
and other organi-
cations that reach
out after the non
church going pub
lie, whether they be
rich or poor, and
welcomes them at
any hour of the
of these churches
men than preach
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: - - - A ~ -.
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Till; *ENTIEl:Rl|jPFRfSE:.' :: J;
W. E. B4KNAFoHD, nblisher. :
VIRGINIA. IF !: ]: .Ri e 3

Notwithstanding the dificulty in it's
production (many tons of ore being re-
quired for one grain), radium indus
try has already developed in Germany
and France, and, although one grain
is sold at a little less than $4,000. the
manufacturers are said to have orders
for several hundred grains.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Nearly every one has heard Of tae
petrified forests of Arizona. but that in
Montana, which DR.. Merrill, curator of
geology of the National museum at
Washington, has been exploring, is
hardly known, though it is believed to
be at least equal in extent. The north
ern forests have curiously enough
turned to opal instead of agate by the
action of the elements.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Years call. They
would quarrel now
as to which had
m os t completely
abandoned it.
A pleasant Gus
tom when no one
thought of being
out of town in
winter, and when
society was SO
small that a man
could W 1T b o u t
sighting anyone
see each of his
woman acQuaint-
ances in the course
of the day.. won't do
in a Gqu of on11nf,,,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

According to figures compiled re-
Gently by French explorer, there are
still almost $1,000 square miles of rub
Der forest along the Amazon river and
its tributaries that remain to be ex-
plotted. This would mean more than
a doubling of the present annual pro-
duction il the rubber trees in the un-
explored tract prove to be plentiful
and productive.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

Preparations are being made for the
establishment of a national bank on
the Worlds fair grounds. A charter
has been applied for, and a meeting
to elect officers and directors will he
called in few days. The bank is to
be owned jointly by all bankers Of
the city who have financial interest in
the exposition. The institution is to
be known as the Bankers National.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

An electric fan that heats the air
current that it delivers has been de-
vised by M. de Mare, a Belgian cleo
trician. The apparatus consists of an
electric motor and a rotating fan, the
blades Of which are of mica. Upon
these mica blades are fastened re-
sistance-coils, which are heated by the
passage through them of a. current Of
electricity9
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
S! .. f.. G !; | ||'!'I !
4 Semi. Newsy Letter from: The.
!. Western Metropolis. F
OPERATIONS IN MAY WHEAT
The Armour Interest as a Bull in
the Pit-Business Managers as
Church PastOrs-River Tunnels
and Chicago Commerce.
Chicago.-"At what price is it safe
to buy May wheat?"

That question is
asked hundreds of
times each day on
the Chicago board
of trade just now,
for Armour is a
bull on the mar
ket, and the pit is
frightened. Ar
mour is known on
the board as the
big scalper. He is
not a manipulation
of corners, but he
has a habit of &C.
casionally putting
the price of wheat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

The Country House Holiday.
"A considerable proportion of fashion,
able New York was detained in town
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house parties. How would a man visit
e. H: Hartman upon his 3o,o00-acre
tract up in Orange county, sofxom there:
to Port Jefferson, L. l., and then take q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
Worlds Fair TraDs.

don't know how many lives have
been lost by the burning of fat build
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Bennett, of the Herald, has just made
one OF his sudden descents upon the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
A DecayinE Com 1,1erce.

These tunnels standing as bar to
the navigation of Chicagos only har-
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New York's Greatest Gallery.
Unaccountable delays in the compile
ton of Mr.. Morgan's plans for a great
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

New Years Call Dead q. nodo.
New York and Philadelphia once dis.
puted as to which invented the New
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
|: HOLIDAYS | IN GOTHAM ||I ! :
How New York Celebrates Christ
mas and New Years.
ARE BIG DAYS FOR CHARITY
1t IL the Poor, the Lame and the Blind
Children Who Get the Most
Out of the Holiday
Season.

New York.-If Christmas shopping
and holiday Investment are an index of
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The Modern City Preacher.
The institutional church is becoming
more and more the ideal religions mr.
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The River Tunnels.

Congressman Mann's remedy for
Chicago's commercial ills savors of !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08
Counterfeit.

Counterfeit $40 silver certificates are
said to be. in circulation in St. Paul.
Several Of them have been received at
the banks. The counterfeit bills are
we'll made end easily mistaken for gen.
uine cufrency. = Orders have, been is
sued to the policemen to notify all mer-
chants on their beats of the existense
Of the counterfeit money, and the store
keepers, were asked to call the police as
soon one of the counterfeit bills is pre-
sented.
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week. The pastors
are J, more business
AnjHc ga So. sr7-E4' i.ssS,IFsa - :.
1S.E, =. p * ::
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

in the city Saturday and made the
Tribune Office a pleasant call.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Capron and Mr..
and Mrs. John G. Capron left Saturday
morning for Los Angeles, California.
Henry Day and Miss Pearl Day who
reside north of Plymouth, went TO Ro-
chester Saturday for visit of sew
eral days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Ames Of South
Bend. who have bean visiting friends
and relatives In this city, returned
home Saturday.
Mrs. j. Robinson of Rochester, who
has been visiting her brother Harry
Llckey Of this city. returned home
Friday evening.
w. A. Killen, assistant superinten-
dent OF the Prudential Insurance
Company at Elkhart, is reported
mysteriously missing.
Roller-skating is to be revived in
South Bend. Heavens. Are there
not enough demoralizing agencies in
that city?-Elkhart Review.
Mrs. L. E. Kepler who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Putnam for the last few days.
returned to her home at South Bend
Saturday.
Mrs. f. NJ. Orr formerly of this
city, now OF South Bend, was here
Friday on her way home from Roches-
ter where she had been visiting her
sister.
H. Watson and wife of Chicago,
were here over Thanksgiving visiting
with Mr., and Mrs. Paul Butcher. Mr..
Watson is employed by Reed. Muir
doch and Co.
Mrs. Mary Galloway of South Bend
who has been visiting with her sons,
Charles and Louis, and her daughter.
Mrs. Freeman, for the past few days
returned home Saturday.
Mrs. ]. j. Crowley and Mrs. Mary
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
! q LOCAL NEWS q

A revival meeting will commence at
the Methodist church January 1st.
Mrs. Seymore Hodges went to La
paz today to visit for several days.
ATS E Myers of Kokomo. who has
been visiting here returned home Sat.
urday. Al
Miss Stella Windbigler went to
Bourbon where she will visit for sew
eral days.
Miss Pearl Winnings has returned to
Marion after visiting her parents in
this city.
Chester Rechiel of Culver has re-
turned home after visiting in this city
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles HI. Wallace
returned Friday from few days' visit
at South Bend.
Mrs, Seville Cook and daughter,
Mrs. Candy of South Bend are visit
ing in this city.
Editor MOsier of the Bristol Ban
ner was in the city Friday. mixing
with the politicians.
Mrs. Rosa S earn who has been
visiting at South Bend for the past
few days, returned home Saturday.
Mrs. j. e. Trump, of Melrose. Ill.,.
who has been visiting here and at
Bourbon. has returned home.
c. D. Hiiderbrand of Teegarden was
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01

Frank Burkett spent Thanksgiving
at Fit. Wayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sapp have
moved to Hanna.
Mrs. j. T. How of Lakeville, spent
Thanksgiving in this city.
w, E. Leonard jr.. and Rollo Leon
ard of Chicago, spent Thursday in
this city.
Miss Edith Bodine of Walkerton, is
visiting with Miss Bessie Evans in
this city.
Ford Reynolds who is attending
college at Chicago was home fol
Thanksgiving.
j. E. Turner and family AMI Miss
Edith Turner, lett Thursday for Los
Angeles, Cal.
DR.. f. j. Ball Of Valparaiso, has re.
turned home after visiting his moth
er In this CITY,.
Mrs. S. w. Jackson has returned to
her home at MiShawaka after spend.
ing several days wife her son Howard
in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer .fatson of Chi
cago, are visiting with MRS. Watson Is
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Butcher,
of this city.
Justice Whistler. of.Goshen, has
given an order to Sheriff Man ling to
destroy a $3.50 slot machine seized in
saloon there.
The Plymouth foot ball team play
ed the Warsaw team Thursday after.
noon at the fair grounds. The score
was SO to 0 in favor of Plymouth.
j. L. Scheuerman raised 532 bushels
of potatoes on II acres of ground
Thsy were of the Chicago Market