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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

by successive coats
OF paint. Rather shabby fence, the
more SO as some mischievous person
seems to have broken off all of the knobs
from the tops of the pickets. One is
tempted to suspect bad boys "in the next
block" where the bad boys always live.
In fact, the knobs were broken off four
generations ago by grown men who
wanted them to use as chain shot to shoot
at King Georges soldiers. There was in
those days statue of King George-on a
Understanding within the fence. That,
being of good solid lead suitable to q
monarch whose virtues were of leaden
dulness rather than bronze vigor, was
broken up and moulded into bullets. For
the little enclosure where it stood was
the famous Bowling Green, then the ia
vorite meeting place of patriots, now a
tiny patch Of green surrounded by 16 and
history buildings.
The great $60,000,000 subway-that
portion which is to duck under the river
to Brooklyn and which was two years
later than the rest in starting-is leisure
ly creeping down Broadway. No trace
Of it is seen upon the surface of the
street. Here there is no offence and dis
grace of streets long uptorn. At nighta
:ew feet of Broadway are dug up. Be-
fore morning dawns, and with out inter-
rupting a car, plank bridging is substi-
tuted for the pavement and under this
cloak of concealment digging goes for
ward. Right under the spot where
George looked proudly forth upon two
story town of his subjects the mole-like
highway of the 32-story town which
repudiated him is soon to be bored. Then
the fence will come down. Every Sec
ton will be numbered and put away in
strict order and when the excitement is
all over it will zbe put back again as good
as ever and as available for showing to
British visitors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

The Worlds total coffee production
In 19O2-O3 is estimated commercially at
16, 100000 bags (of 1928 pounds each)
against 100000 bags in 1901-O2 and
14.700, 900 bags in 10000. Brazil pro-
duces ordinarily from two-thirds to
three-fourths of the entire crop of the
world. No Official statistics upon pro-
auction are issued by the Brazilian
government. and the commercial esti.
mates that are given out as the Bra
lillian crop are simply the receipts at
Tho ports Of Rio Janeiro and Santos.
from which is exported practically all
Of tho Brazilian crop. ...-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

Among the features of the postal re-
form system recently introduced in
Russia is one which provides for the
mailing Of kilograms. They need not
be presented at the telegraph office,
as in this country, but can be dropped
in any letter box. Prepayment is
made by af11xing to the envelope be.
fore mailing a number of stamps COR
responding to the message rate. Up
on collection by the carrier the mes.
sage is delivered to the department of
telegraphy and by them opened and
the message forwarded to the party
addressed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

elections has had a
pretty good oppor-
tunity tosize up the
leaders of the Nor
mon church, from
Smith, the chief
revelator, dow n
the list. OF all the
men who have ap-
peared before the
c m m / t t e e the
Prophet Smith is
by far the most in
teresting partly by
reason Of his Off
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
State Buys Wolves.

Applications for wolf bounties are
being received by the state auditor at
the rate of 5000 a month, and if they
continue at this rate the fiscal year OF
1904 will be record-breaker. The
state has paid during the last few
months SIG, 54s.5 so, almost as much a.
was paid in 1902 and 1908.
Under the law passed by the state
legislature there is no limit to the
amount of wolf bounties which the
state may pay year, and consequent
ly applications are being received in
great numbers. In previous years
there was regular appropriation,
usually $4,000 year, and deficiency
appropriations were made from time to
time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

in a clean and intelligent manner It
was all the greater compliment be-
cause he had never been connected
with the committee before and had no
special familiarity with postal affairs.
He has made record already for efh-
cheney which gives him rank among
the real leaders of the house.
Overstreet is still young man, only
a little over 40, but he is serving his
fifth term in congress and he is like
ly to serve good many more before
he gets through with politics.
In several recent campaigns he has
acted as secretary of the republican
congressional committee, so that he
knows the political end pretty we'll
and understands how to get along
with the level-headed statesmen whom
he runs up against in the course of his
legislative activities, He comes from
Indiana, which Is hOtbed of politics
where some kind of political fighting
is going on from one years end to an
other. Babcock, of Wisconsin, has
been chairman of the congressional
committee for the last ten years. He
and Overstreet make an efficient pair
At the beginning of every campaign
they have got together, solemnly
shaken hands and pledged themselves
not to have anything more to do with
the congressional committee. Then
the party leaders come at them and
they go back on their promises to each
other, take off their coats and settle
down to work as usual. This year
they got together in the same old way
and, after talking the matter over, de-
cided that they would not make any
rash pledges about the future.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

An interesting addition to Wyom-
ing's exhibit at st. Louis will be fur.
nished by Meta Green, principal of tae
public schools Of Meeteetse, Wyo. It
Is a relief map of the state, IL feet
square, made from all the newspapers
OF Wyoming. The paper is reduced to
a pulp, and while still moist is nodded.
The map is almost completed, and 10.
Gates every mountain and stream in
the state.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

On the East Side, New York, and at
the North End, in Boston, the schools
in the poorer districts are kept open at
night to give the children of the crowd.
ed tenements a clean and comfortable
place to study their mOrrow's les.
sons, with some one to help them on
difficult points. The children resort
to these evening study rooms in sur
prising numbers, and the teachers help
them patiently and encourage them to
further effort toward g. fair education.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

q man a GU t
whom a great deal
will be heard be-
fore the close Of
the. year. He was
made chairman of
the committee by
Speaker Cannon
because the speak
er knew him to be
able and honest
and because a man
was n e e d e d in
that position who
could be depended
upon to, handle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

Each crew of naval vessel consists
OF seven men besides the captain>of
the turret, who has general charge.
There are two guns in each turret, so
that when in action there are in tur.
ret Is men. At each gun there is a
pointer, a trainer, a sight setter, a
hammer man, hoist man, breech-
lock man and loader. Each has his
station, and the seven men practically
become part of the gun, working to-
gether like a machine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
Senator BeVeridge.

ocratic side. For q senator beverage.
time he had as his companions there.
Foraker and Depew, and he leaves
among the democrats a number of re-
publican unfortunates.
The bowling for desirable seats in
the senate is about as lively as any,
thing that happens in that staid and
d1gnif1ed body. 1t is always a case
OF first come first served. Favoritism
or influence count for nothing. When
ever senator is approaching the end
OF his term and there is any question
whatever about his reelection some
one of his associates who happens to
be less fortunately placed in the
chamber is sure to file an application
with the sergeant at arms for the seat
which may be left vacant. The first
man who gets his application in gets
the seat. There is never any other
outcome.
Instances have been known where
senators have filed applications on the
seats of venerable or invalid associates
whose days ON earth were supposed to
be numbered. That sort of thing is
not apt to make man popular at the
time but nothing succeeds like sue.
cess and after a little while break
of this kind is pretty sure to be forgot
ten.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
Six hundred and sixty men. wo

Six hundred and sixty men. women
and boys employed in the wooden fac
tory of T. F. Taylor, at Bailey, Eng,
received IS each from Mr.. Taylor as
. reward for abstaining from tobacco
for the last IL months. One hundred
and forty-one men and boys and 519
women had kept the pledge which they
were invited to take year ago. AS a
result of the years experiment, 40 of
the men have decided to give up tobac.
co altOgether
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

The total coal production for the
United States up to December 81, 1902,
is estimated at 1900 600 900 short tons.
That means that pyramid built of
this material as high as Pixies peak
Q4,1O8 feet), would have for it's base
a rectangle la mile square. If the
coal were spread out over the states
of Rhode Island and Connecticut it
would cover both of them a foot deem.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

In spite of the reduction of trans.
portation charges Of 10 cents per ton,
the receipts from the traffic of the
Suez canal for the year 1903 are only
little less than those of the previous
year, so that further considerable in.
crease of traffic can be stated. The
receipts were 20,700,000 or 100000
less than in 1902. II the tolls had not
been reduced the trafic would have
yielded a revenue of $21, 800, 900,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

Several years ago mongooses were
imported into Cuba to kill rats on the
sugar estates. They have now become
SO numerous and are destroying so
much poultry that the government is
offering rs cents for each of the ami
mails dead or alive. The experience Of
Cuba with this animal is the same as
that of Jamaica, where it is such
pest that means of getting rid of it
has been a serious question for a long
time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

1t is so proud That
it will spend a lot
of money 10 pre-
serve it from de-
S t r u c lion may
sound inconsistent
with it's sorry epu-
tation for irrever-
ence.
The fence is an
ordinary looking
iron affair, rather
heavily proper
toned and covered
to the thickness of
g. quarter of an inch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

p r o t e S t a n t
churches now left
downtown are those
which are cher
ished for their his
torical associa-
tons, like old Trim
ity, st. Paul's, with
it's back contemptu-
ously turned upon
Broadway and its
face to-. the river:
the old John Street
Methodist church
and a few others in
the same venerable
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
Millions for Shopping Headquarters.
Not large transaction as such mat
tiers go, the formation of an $11 ,00O, 900

merger to take over
the management of
a chain of great de-
partm.ent stores is
a sign of the times.
The syndicate thus
being formed is to
take charge of a
great shop in Chi
eago, one in New
York, another now
being built here and
one soon to be
started in Boston.
The average capt.
I'll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

as the king row. s.
Here have been
established tim e
out of mind the
men who h a v e
g e n er lily con-
trolled the destin-
les of legislation,
and it is to this
70 W that every
young senator as
pires.
Adjoining tn e
middle aisle in the
king row" sits
Senator Spooner,
of Wisconsin. That
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

During January and February 400
acres of high-grade cotton will be
planted in Antigua. There are now
1000 acres under cotton cultivation in
the smaller. islands of the West In
dies. During the summer sample of
Sea island cotton was received at
Liverpool from Barbados, and it was
declared to be the best cotton ever
seen in England
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

excited by the &C
ton of the house
post Office commit
tee in publishing
Fourth Assistant
Postmaster Gen.
eral BristoW's re-
Spouse to the COM
mittee's de m a n d
for information
in regard to in
creases of allow
ances for clerk hire
and for post Office
rentals granted on
the request OF men,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

wa No$kASO oO~ASA
Agentsin the CEN
trail portion of the
town are higher
than in any other
city in the world,
except perhaps Ber-
lin, in proportion to
wages. Years ago
s., 900 was the top
figure for the year.
ly rental of a flat.
In the new st Re-
gis" on Fifth ave-
nue. one can pay
$4,000 a year, and
not be paying as
49, RI-A
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
G. A. r, Officers.

Colonel Harrison White, of Luz
verne, was elected department COM
mander of the G. A. r. department of
Minnesota.
The other successful candidates for
office were:
L. o. Merriam, of Minneapolis, Sc
nior vice commander.
George A. Whitney, of Wadena, Ju-
Nor vice commander.
DR.. Chester G. Higbee, of St. Paul,
medical director. +:
Rev. Daniel A. Tawney, of St. Paul,
department chaplain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

At the annual meeting of Lloyd's
bank, limited, in Birmingnam-the
chairman, in reviewing the year, re-
marked that the English municipalities
now owed the enormous sum of 81, $780,.
100000. Much of this had been vast
ed. Their extravaganza had been so
great that the money market was now
practically closed to them"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

NSssAt w LAC
death of Mark
Hanna. That will
bring him for the
first time since he
came to Washing.
ton over on the
republican side
of the chamber
where he belongs.
Ever since Bev-
eridge has been in
the senate he has
had a place eway
over on the outer
edge Of the demo-
11~n \{~ r}l-
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1NNESOT ia NEWS.

Farmers Exchange.

. II
Twenty-Five farmers interested In:
the Minnesota Farmers Exchange met
at the state capitol and adopted CON
stltution and bylaws, and articles Of
Incorporation, which will soon be fled
with the secretary Of state. d
The capital stock Of the exchanges.
will be $500, 900, divided into Se5, 900
shares, $40 q share. The limit of in-=
debtedness is fixed at so per cent of the
stock issued. r: "a. 80
The sessions were occupied by dis
cussions OF the constitution, bylaws
and articles of Incorporation. The
purpose of the exchange is to act as
the farmers commission man and brok-
er, thus avoiding the payment of COM.
missions to regular merchants. It is:
authorized to deal in all kinds of farm
and dairy products, own real estate,
operate elevators and -four mills, buy
and sell agricultural implements and
such other merchandise as the farmers
sell or consume. 's
The exchange will operate through
central Office at St. Paul and will be
composed of numerous county organi-
cations, which will subscribe for stock.
The exchange will as soon as practica-
bic build large terminal elevators in
Minneapolis and Duluth.
Is No Day. ~
In the eyes of the Minnesota state tax
law legal holiday is no day at all, ac-
cording to ruling made by Judge
Cray. =
The court in it's decision holds that
the time for redemption cannot expire
on a legal holiday, and that property
owner who offers to redeem on the six
ty-first day of the redemption period,
when the sixtieth day falls on legal
holiday, is entitled TO settlement and
can become the legal owner Of the pro-
perty.
The decision was rendered in the
case of c. w. Case against Marcus 2.
Hobart and others, and the point taxi
On is that the law provides for Sundays
but not for holidays. In the case in
question notice of redemption was
served by the plaintiff and the sixtieth
Wy AOAA uPOAA 0OPo. - A0OOH udy. Lie
Ramsey county auditor held that the
plaintiff had right to redeem on the
following day and acted accordingly
and was upheld by the court.
Wants St. Paul to Pay.
If Minneapolis may lose it's court
house and city hall, St. Paul may be
stuck for 81, 900 worth of interest on
$2, 600 debt, running since the year OF
1858.
G. T. Smith of Montreal, Canada.
claims that he holds six unpaid street
commissioners certificates against the
city of st. Paul which were issued in
1858 and bear interest at the rate of &c
per cent per annum.
The total face value of the certif.
Gates is $l,9a7.76. They have been run.
ming forty-six years and the accuma.
lated interest amounts to nearly $27,.
600. Mr.. Smith wants his principal
and interest and has placed the matte,
in the hands of Corpwell (Ont.) Law
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President Smith.

Fres1dent Smith. cial position as
head OF the Mormon chutch and partly.
on account of the delightful frankness
with which he confessed to the attitude
OF the church leaders on the question Of
plural marriages. !. 5.. .ssS--,s.,:.5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

houses, big enough
to control the trade
in any city and per-
haps in a number Of
cities, has been Oft
en- talked of as pos
sible.
Haven't seen a
sign of such a trust
as yet. The nearest
approach to it is a
sort of loose combi-
nation between sew.
eral great firms,
mainly for the pur-
pose of securing
united action in the
m q ffor NJ EooninO
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

tallZatlOn will be 11
nearly, in time per-
haps quite, 100000 per shop, and as
none of it is for sale, there is no reason
to suppose it watered. John Wanamaker
will have upon the completion of the an
mex to his shop, once A. T. Stewards, a
far larger amount invested in two shops,
one in Philadelphia and one in New York.
When the great Philadelphia shop is
completed, by sections, so as not too
greatly to interrupt traffic, I suppose
these two places of retail trade will be
worth some $40 ,000, 900 each.
There's nothing new in the plan of the
merged shops. Years ago the famous
Scotch Syndicate" established a chain
of drygoods shops in a number of New
England towns, mainly for the economy
of buying in large quantities. The next
great combination, and still in certain
ways the most interesting, was that of
three brothers of German birth in New
York, who brought together practically
under one management wholesale houses
in the lower Broadway region, a great
new shop in New York, one in Brooklyn
under a different name, glass factories
in Bohemia and other productive enter,
prises in different parts of the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
Congressman Overstreet.

Mr.. Overstreet. the chairman Of the
'st Office committee in the house. is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
The Cost of Living.

The same cause that feeds the subur-
ban department store feeds the suburban
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01
talk Al o. new " York; TX
DoINds IN METROPOLIS THAT
: ARE INTERESTING.
OLD AND VALUABLE FENCE
A Relic Of Colonial Days That Is Being
Preserved Shopping Trust Is
Possible-The Cost of
Living.

New York.-That New York has a
fence 100 years old and more, of which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

The Churches Going Uptown.
Churches scamper along with the rest
of the procession. Almost the only
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c: t |. ! I !.
SOME TIMELY GOSSIP FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL. ii
A TROUBLESOME HEADLINE
It Headed Report Of the Post Office
Department and Caused Com
motion in the House.
Other Items,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the house
of representatives have been greatly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-01

Will There Be a Shopping TrustP
OF course a big drygoods trust, bigger
than mere chain of three or four
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king Row" in the Senate.
The second row from the front on the
side of the senate is known
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New Seat for Bever1dee.

senator Beveridge, of Indiana, will
occupy seat in the senate which was
left vQconf hv +ho
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Satisfactory.

A~report of the FEBRUARY logging op-
erations on the Chippewa reservation,
under the provisions of the Morris law,
has been made by Supt. O'Neil. There
was collected for the benefit of the In
dams from the logging operations OF
the month the sum of S102, 124.3s.
Logging is progressing in satisfac-
tory manner. The tops are being TAX
en- care of, and the other rules are be-.
ing enforced unsparingly. =:....
=. >z=s~-~ ~. News Notes. .E.g@5s. Il.
Gunder Watson was killed by fall
ing tree near Bemidji -.
., Fountain celebrated over victory
gained on the question of waterworks.
The streets were ablaze with fireworks.
Made desperate by the fact that his
wife and children were at home with
out money or food, James Wwyar, who.
is serving ashort sentence at the work
house in Minneapolis, for drunkenness,
attempted to escape from there. I
The Crookston city council has de-
cided to raise the liquor license from
$500 to $3.50. This, it is believed, will
supply tho city with revenue with.
which to make needed improvements.
Lizzie Erickson, an 18-year-old girl,
living in South Minneapolis, was ar
rested in = department store charged.
with the larceny Of q number of gold
rings ndsother pieces Of jewelry from
different stores in the city. -.
+g<uSS. -
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The Smoot Investigation.
For the last two or three weeks the
senate committee on privileges and
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bers of congress.