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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

chairman ol the nat ionasllf' icommstttee ill.,
either party has to raise IS much
money that If he wins he is sure to 90
called boodler. II he loses he IS
called chump. don't care for either
reputation s ,..s.s=s: .S s. *
Upon that Harrison let him of with
out further urging. *. .'> Z.
:, 1t is a fact that great deal more
money is used now in the legitimate
expenses OF a national election than
was the case in the earlier days.
OF men now living, probably. Will.
liam E: Chandler has had more ex-
perience in the management Of nation
al campaigning than anybody else.
He was connected with the national re-
publican committee continuously from
1860 to 1880, and during a good part of
That time he was secretary OF the COM
mittee. He was especially active in
the historic campaign of 1876 Yet in
all his experience he never heard of a
campaign fund approaching million
dollars. -. -
Prior to 1880 the largest fund raised
was by Henry j. Raymond, chairman
OF the committee in 1864 He is under
stood to- have had 5000 with which
to manage the campaign for the reelec-
ton OF Abraham Lincoln. The fund
for Garffeld's election in 1880 was
somewhat larger than this, and in 1884
both national committees had funds
which were regarded as generous in
comparison with what had gone be-
fore.
The first fund running 'up into the
millions, however, was in 1883 when
M. S. Quay, as chairman of the repub-
lican national committee, induced the
great manufacturers of the country to
contribute generously to prevent the
reelection of Cleveland. In 1892 the
democratic committee had a campaign
fund larger than the republicans had
in 1883, while the republican fund was
very small. In 1896 and 1900, the re-
publican fund mounted high, but even
in those years with Bryan as a candi-
date the democratic fund was larger
than any republican fund had ever
been before. The republican campaign
fund in 1904 promises to be small.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

ers as in Chicago. The city has 35,-
900 organized female wage-earners, en-
bracing practically every calling in
which large numbers of women are
employed, save those of stenographers
and house maids. The school-teach-
ers have a union, apd so have the
scrub women, and both are organized
on much the same lines.
That they find their unions interest
ing is proven by the large attendance
at the meetings, and that the women
are capable organizers and managers
is proven by the orderliness of these
large assemblages and the lack of dis
cord in them. That the management
of the lady president" and the '.Iady
walking delegate is efficient, is proven
by the increase of wages, the reduction
of the working hours and the improve
ment in shop conditions In the vari-
GUS lines in which they are employed.
That they have no use for husbands
may be proven by the statement elicit
ed by Miss Richardson, of the Leslie
Magazine staff, from Mrs. Mary Nc
Dermott, walking delegate Of the Scrub
women's union: 3 Fed. B. f .s:5.
You are the only married woman l.
have met SO far in the move ment,""
Miss Richardson remarked. Z
Sure, and that's one to many 2.
You don't seem to approve 81 hus-
bands?'' 81 .}..5*
.Husbands!" smiled she, as she.
folded across her stomach two plump,
honest hands, hands no longer red,
thanks to her salaried job & Husbands.
There amt no good husbands but dead
0neA WRIGHT u. PATTERSON
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usual n II ace
among men of greater wealth and of
more far~reaching personal interests
Like Hanna, he has never met with
failure in any undertaking. and, like
Hanna. he is intensely loyal. Like Han
ma, he inspires the confidence of labor
ing men as we'll as capitalists. and some
Of his most important achievements
have been in the direction of bringing
labor and capital to better under
standing.
1t was Gov. Crane who first suggested
to President Roosevelt the idea of in
viting the coal operators and the repre-
sentatives OF the Miners union to Wash
ington to talk over their differences
an invitation which resulted in bring
ing the anthracite coal strike to an end :,
when it had reached its most threatening
stage. The suggestion came to him
from his own experience as governor of
Massachusetts when he brought the
striking freight handlers and their en-
plOyerS together for conference in the
state house and ended strike which
udu lieu up Tic DuSlueSS VI bOSLOu.
Unlike Hanna. Gov. Crane will never
develop into an effective debater or
stump speaker. He has an unconquer-
able aversion to public appearances OF
that kind, and it is characteristic of him
that the few public offices he has held
have been forced upon him by other
party leaders against his own inclination
and in spite of his protests. He has a
genius fol, politics, is absorbed in it,,
and is recognized by men who stand very
high in public affairs as a~wise and safe
political adviser, but he hates above ali
things the idea of holding a political
office. He likes to accomplish results,
but he doesn't care at all for the glamor
of the reputation for having done it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

OF the market, and he had the public
with him, though the professionals
against him. Ninety-cent wheat was
the product of Armour manipulation,
and in all probability 90-cent wheat
would have been about the limit for
the market, had not the war in the far
east taken the whole thing out of the
hands of the manipulators. Last
Thanksgiving day May wheat was
selling for around rs cents. l know
a small trader who held 10000 bushels
bought at that price. 1t went up half
a cent. dropped back quarter, and he
became frightened and sold. Had he
held his small holdings it would have
Melted him profit of close to 100000
Armour got into the market at even a
smaller price, and has been buying all
the way from e cents up to above 80.
On every bushel he purchased he has
made profit, and his total to the good
in these operations will amount to very
close to $1,000,000. The most of
this great amount has been taken from
the professionals on the board, instead
of from the general public, who have.
as rule; followed the Armour lead,
and bought. The occasional "shake-
OUTS have caused some losses on the
part of the outside public, but not to a
great extent. To-day the market has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
m no lor ser. permltts Cd. the passes arss

m No Logger permitted, the passes;ars
stopped DIX I:
It would not be fair to attribute this
action ofsthe theatrical managers en-
.tirely to this one reason, however.
The fact is the demand for passes has
been abused to such an extent that
often half the audiences were pres
ent on paper With the strict en-
forcing of the new ordinances the
seating capacity of nearly every the
alter has been materially reduced, and
If they are to continue to be operated
at a profit the seats must be sold and
not given away. Then, too, the man
ayers have been doing "a little figuring
recently, and they find it is cheaper
to comply with the laws than it is to
buy leniency at such cost as has been
demanded Of them. Some managers
claim that 1t has cost them in the
past $500 a day or more for "protec-
tion," which in the end proved to be
no protection at all, as all have finally
had to comply with' the laws or re-
main closed.
Another item of expense which has
been cut off is that of show window
advertising which was paid for. in tick
cts. In future theatrical advertising
in Chicago will be confined to the COL
umns of the newspapers, and such bill
boards as are owned or controlled by
the houses using them. This will
mean saving-in tickets-to each
house of from $500 to $500 a week.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
ten years ago.

VIZ JSt~Ao 06Oe
Senator Hanna, of course, was a sue
cessful man of business, Just as he was
successful in everything else he under
took, but after he had accumulated
enough to insure his own finan-
clal permanency and the permanency
OF his fa.nilys financial interests, he
was Indifferent to whether any more
came to him or not.
He never cared for money in itself,
nor cared to pose as a man of wealth.
What he did prize was the feeling of
security and power which the possession
OF money gave him. And still more he
priced the fact that his own business
success enabled him to command the
confidence and friendship of far wealth
Ter men and through them to accomplish
results in business and politics which
would have been impossible for one
whose Own business experience did not
inspire respect.
1t was this reputation for business
acumen which stood him in good stead
as chairman of the national republican
committee, but it had an even greater
influence upon his career in the senate;
LOT 1t gave impressive weight to the
opinions he expressed in debate upon
such distinctively business propositions
as the ship subsidy bill and the Panama
canal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Thibet is wonderful country and
a strange people. Think of tract Of
land where hot springs abound. round
which the deposits are of such rain
bow tints as blue, purple. green. red
and yellow. 1t is easy to imagine that
the landscape effects OF such coloring
are wondrous. The social customs of
the people are scarcely less astound-
ing. Polygamy is common where the
men are rich enough, for wives seem
to be question Of wealth. When
poverty renders it necessary or ex-
-pedient several men will have one wife
in common,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

ayers of the city a
short time ago,
when a strong Or
ganfzation for mu-
tual protection was
organized. -.~
One of the first
steps taken by the
new organization
was to bar passes
to politicians. For
years the theaters
have in this way
paid for courtesies.
extended them BY
the city fathers and
the heads of eXecu-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

VIE total area of California is 49,.
800 square miles. The Japanese
islands cover not quite the same
amount of space. The population of
California is not quite 100000 ia
pan numbers. 100000 people. In
other words, 80 times as many people
are living in the same space in Japan
as in California. If the whole United
States was as thickly populated as is
Japan the population Of this country
would be 1,000,000,OO0 human beings,
or 10O.O00000 more than the present
ESTIMATED population of the planet we
inhabit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
MIANESO NEWS
a Very Old wopah

After 3 very short illness, Mrs Pure
heart Wakeley is dead Of pneumonia
at her home in Sharon, LeSueur county,
and by her death. ind oubtedly the old-!
est woman of Minnesota has been re-
moved from the scene Of her remarka-
bic life. ~ -. 81. Il :. 81
Mrs Nakely was III years of age,
Despite the fact that she vas married
three times and became the mother of
fourteen children, who all lived to the
age Ut twenty or more, and many OF
whom married and became fathers or
mothers, yet all Of Mrs. Wakeley's hus-.
bands, relatives and descendants died
and passed away before she did, and at
her death had not = relative to survive
her. {. -. 4 g. s*s ~. - E., x 81
AT Johnstown, Pa, where all their
numerous descendants lived, and whers
forty-three members of the family, be-
ing all Of them with the exception OF
Mrs. Wakeley and one son, were over
taken by the food of May 81, 1889.
With this son Mrs. Wakeley came to
lie Sueur county, and bought large
farm in Sharon township. Six years
later they rented the farm and moved
to Galveston, Texas, where the son
lost his life in the storm and tidal
wave that befell that city. Yet Mrs.
Wakeley escaped that terrible disaster
and went back and again resided on
the farm, where she resided until the
time of her death, dying interstate.
In default Of all heirs at law, her
property, which amounts te about &c..
900, will eschest to the state
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

One of the queerest. and perhaps
the smallest. regular mail routes in
the United States has been in use
now for number of years between
the states of New Jersey and Penn
sylyania. The mail is carried by a
little model steamboat, built by a ma
chinist to please his son. 1t runs
along the side of the Delaware river.
in New Jersey. the boy making regular
trips in it, and carrying mail to thSee
families on the opposite shore. The
little steamer has met with but one
accident
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Red-haired people are less subject
to badness than others. A doctor ex-
plains the matter thus: The hair of
the red-haired is relatively thick, one
red hair being almost as thick as five
or three brown hairs. With 10000
red hairs the scalp is we'll matched,
whereas with the same number of fine
hairs one is comparatively bald. 1t
takes nearly 100000 fair and 100000
brown hairs to cover adequately an
ordinary head
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

the administration
when in reality he
intended simply to
call attention TO
certain transac-
tons which he
thought needed
looking into.
There is prob
ably no other man
in public life who
would draw so fine
a distinction be-
tween an attack
on an administra-
f{on ro1{ov on1 on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

The predominant and characteristic
color in the uniforms of the Russian
army is dark green. The infantry wear
double breasted blouses and knicker.
bockers of that color The foot.
guards and grenadiers have bright col
ored pipings and facings on their
green coats. Some of the lancers wear
blue, and the cars hussars are bril-
liant in scarlet. The Cossacks wear
mostly dark blue or green coats. But
the general effect, the prevailing tone,
is dark green, except in the hot
months. wien white is the leading
mite VI, ,s - -, .2# @5gss BAR s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Inc question is
being discussed in
store, Office, home
and factory,and the
discussion is the re-
suit of an order is
sued by one of the
city banks that it's
employees shall not
marry on less than
81, 900 a year.
From the an
swers to the ques-
ton that have been
printed in the city:
papers it would
seem that very
.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

The statistical committee OF the
province of Voronezh, Russia, fairly
representative district, shows that the
average farmers family consists ct
eight persons; that their gross annual
revenue is sos in money and $107 in
farm products. They spend for taxes
and rent $3.50; for clothing, -$S.4S;
for tea and sugar, 1896; for furniture,
s1.e4; for salt, s1.20; for kerosene. Ss
cents; for soap, SO cents; for "arti'
cles of personal comfort" cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

OF Connecticut, is
another of a dis
tinctly different
type - hard-head-
ed, practical, far
seem 6, progress
sive. Morgan and
Pettus, of Ala
bama, each in his
own way, is a
marvel. Morgan
even now having
passed his eigh-
tieth year has lin
itlesS endurance.
and Pettus, the
Oldest man in the
~@~~+1 - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Tie most astonishing strength of
the Russian army is in its cavalry
branch. The agricultural department
at Washington estimates that in all
the world there are about $4,000, 900
horses. The Russian empire alone has
10000, 900 horses, or nearly half of the
grand total. In the regular army of
the czar there are no less than aalf a
million horses, and this number in
time of war might be easily doubled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

The playthings of the late Queen
Victoria, that will be shown at tle
Worlds fair, St. Louis, will appeal TO
the sentiment of all who view them.
The British pavilion at the Worlds
fair is replica of the Orangery at
Kensington palace, the birthplace Of
Queen Victoria. It was here that Vic
toria played with her dolls The paint
is rubbed from tae face OF one The
arm Of another is gone, and the leg of
still another is missing. All of these
toys have been carefully preserved.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

A curious feature connected with
the Servian army is the manner in
which most of the regiments carry the
big drum. 1t is not, as in most coun-
tries, slung in front of the man who
plays it. but is placed upon two
wheeled cart drawn by single deg,
which has been so trained that it
keeps it's place even through the long
est and most tedious of marches. The
drummer takes up a position behind
the cart and performs ON the instru.
ment as the animal pulls it along
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

In tae growing of cut flowers the
greatest advances. says the Worlds
Work, have been made with roses,
carnations and violets. There now an
nually soldin this country $6O00,0 900 to
100000 worth of cut roses. This
represents something like 1OO,OO0,000
or 100000 flowers. The growing Of
roses as an industry has developed
especially in t1e vicinity of our larg-
est cities, such as New York, Chicago
and PHILADELPHIA,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

frequently than any
other as Hanna's
probable successor
in the chairman
ship of the repub-
lican national COM
mittee, is in some
respects like Hanna
in others strik-
ingly unlike him.
Like Hanna, he is
a successful bust
ness ran, whose
{ Wn success q n 1
recognized acumen
have given him I'M
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Pundita Ramabai is doing great
work for midas widows and girls at
khedgaon, Bombay presidency. She
has 1,75O girls whom she is educating.
Hundreds of them have been baptized
and are church members. In the Bible
training institution are Is young wom-
en- who, at their own request, are be-
ing trained for mission work among
their own people.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

They are French
Canadians, and it is not because they
love Russia more, but that they love
England less" that they wish for Rus
sian success, believing that such sue
cess would mean reverse for Eng
land.
The French Canadians, whether at
home or in the eastern provinces of
Canada, or in the states, are not loyal
subjects of the government to which
they owe allegiance. At home they
know nothing but the traditions Of
France; they will not permit their chill
dren to attend the public schools in
Canada, but send them to the paro-
chial schools maintained at their own
expense where nothing but French is
taught. In the poorer sections of
Montreal or Quebec one may see more
French flags than union jacks dis
played on the cottages of the people.
They have their~own feast days and
holidays, and though they are law
abiding citizens, the Canadian govern
ment seems to have no hold upon their
sentiments
In Chicago these days one may find
a. French and Russian flag waving side
by side from the windows of the cot
tages of. these emigrants. Nearly 200
years have passed since Wolf stormed
the Plains of Abraham, but that the
territory was once under the protec-
ton of the lilies of France has not been
forgotten.
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what they b a q
failed to dowithout
assistance, sent the
price of wheat. to
close to $1.10 a
bushel for May de-
, livery. -.
The fact is that
for the past four
months Armour has
been operating ex-
tensively in May
wheat, a nd OPP
posed to him were
the greater part of
the professionals OF
the board. Armour
was on the bull side
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
Chased bv WOlyeA.

To be chased across the ice a dis
lance Of five miles with a pack of mad
wolves in hot pursuit, and burning his
clothing to keep the animals off, was
the adventure which Otto Bremner ex-
perienced.
Bremner is employed at the Schroed-
er lumber camp in Cook county and
while going to Tafte, postoffice down
the shore, for supplies, he noticed
pack of wolves short distance out on
the ice feeding on the carcass of a deer
they had run down. He tried to sneak
by. without being noticed, but their
sharp eyes viewed him. and they were
soon in full chase. He had a pack up
on. his shoulders, and reaching for
garment therein, set it afire, and ran
with a fame streaming behind him.
When one garment was consumed he
lighted another, and finally the pack
sack itself itself was used as torch
and before he reached Tafte he strip
ped off his macintosh and consigned
it to the flames.
The wolves were in hot pursuit, but
kept at a. considerable distance from
the blaze. Bremner was completely
exhausted from his race for life, but
barring few burns upon his hands
and face, he was little the worse for
adventure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

man OF the repub-
lican national COM
mittee in 1882
when Har is 0 II
was running for
reelection. Harri-
son asked him first
by wire and Spoon
er declined by
wire. Then Ha.-
risOn asked him to
come to Washing
ton and he came.
But. no pleading
could induce him
tn %oEn tho n1aoo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

may be found in
the number of girls
and women who
find profitable en-
ployment in the
S t ores, factories
Offices of the
city, and who find
sufficient interestin
the trades unions
to which they be-
long to compensate
them for lack of
husband and home.
In no other city
in America has
trades unionism
taken such a hold
11rnr u-0~or u.or1y
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!. 49, :. 1850 tive QepaTtmenlE.
While it was known the city ordi-
nances were being violated constantly,
the violations were winked at, so it is
said, in exchange for orchestra seats.
Now that the terrible catastrophe Of
last December has been followed by q
tidal Wsse Of reform. and violations
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the girl. lie SOCIAL butterfly Cefldlu-
ly cannot meet the demand upon her
purse for $1,000 year, while, on the
other hand, the girl who is willing to
do her own washing, who would not
need a nurse girl for the children, who
does not want a brown stone front on
the avenue for residence, who can
make her own gowns and her hus-
bands shirts, who is willing to wear
calico in the kitchen, who will gather
the firewood from the alleys, and deny
herself the pleasure of a theater party
every night, might manage to exc out
an existence on $500 a year.
The fact is the majority of the au-
thorities on domestic economy who
have been quoted on the subject have
failed to provide for any of the ex-
traordinary expenses which are al
most sure to arise in every household,
but it may be that papa-in-law was ex-
pected to meet these with occasional
donations.
Hundreds of young couples are mar
ried each year whose love dreams have
failed to include such practical affairs
as rent, groceries, clothing, doctors,
etc. Hundreds of women who were
parties to such marriages may be found
to-day behind the counters of the
State street stores, or operating type
writer's in La Sale street offices. They
found they had set too low minimum
for love to exist upon, and preferred
to seek their old positions, rather than
submit to the drudgery Of housework.