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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

TWO, ana only TWO, houses, the down.
town branch on Beaver street and the
one which; on the corner of Fifth ave-
nue. and Forty-fourth street, faces its
newer rival, Sherry's, in the fight for
smart patronage.
In no way that I could name has the
effect in New York on the growth of
great wealth and the habit of ostentation
been more manifest than in the matter
of costly places of dining. Wher DEL
monico's had not so very long ago al
most monopoly of expensive baLauets
it has seen the industry divided amone
20 places, while it's own share has not
decreased. The Holland house, sherry's,
the Savoy, the New Netherland, the
Majestic, are but types of a score of ho-
tells where it is impossible to dine from
the card at moderate price. The table
d'hote dinner, costing $3.50, is almost
CONTEMPORARY regarded in such places
as cheap" The Cafe Martin, on the site
of the old Delmonico's, relegates Its
table d'hote diners at that price to in
ferlor quarters on the third floor, far
from the music and gayety, and taxes rs
cents per person extra, those who do
not order wine. This, indeed, is a COM
mon practice.
In the race for distinction, the compe
titi0n seems to be not to cut prices I'M
der other competitors, but to get them
higher. Delmonico rates are slow to
change; and the famous old house
still enables two persons. who order With
care and judgment, to get something to
eat for about three dollars. Delmonico
has no fixed-prices dinner, and, Of course,
no absurd tax upon those who do not or
der wine. It is not now, as once it was,
the highest priced restaurant in New
York, but it is still an institution, after
having enriched three generations of
the origina! family. r - z 81 4 SIS
.:s Is = ~ %:f. {. OWEN LANGDON
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

In the current discussion regarding
the frequent breaking down of men
who carry the administrative burdens
OF the world, it is not to be forgotten
that the average length of human
life increases and that the average of
the term of service of many great
workers lengthens: A better under.
standing of the laws OF health which
touch both the individual and the com.
munity represents the great cause Of
this prolongation
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

Aroused the Ire OF fora hitherto innOc-
the Clerks. uOus body.
He has reported bill by which it is
proposed that after the 30th day of
June. 1907, every office in the classified
service held by person who is then
over 20 years of age shall become va
cant, and that after the 3Oth day 4 of
June, 1907, every office IN the
classified service shall become 3ascant
when the person holding it becomes 20
years old.
AS if to add insult to injury, Gillett
has also reported it as the opinion of
the committee that such retired clerks
should not be pensioned.
To show the injustice of it, some of
them have prepared list of members
of the house and senate who will be
over 70 years of age on June 80, 1907.
That list includes the name of Speak
er Cannon, whom nobody would ac-
cuse of being superannuated. In it,
also, are the names of the following
United States senator's: Morgan and
Pettus, of Alabama; Teller. of Colo
RADIO; Platt and Haw,ey, of Connecti-
cut; CullOm, Of Illinois; Allison, of
Iowa; McEnery of Louisiana; Hale and
Frye, of Maine; Hoar, of Massachu-
sets; Burrows and Alger. of Michigan;
Cockrell. Of Missouri; Gibson. of Mon
tana; Millard, of Nebraska; Gallinger,
of New Hampshire; Plat and Depew,
Of New York; Mitchell. of Oregon;
Quay. of Pennsylvania; Bate, Of Ten
nessee; Proctor. of Vermont. and Fos-
ter. of Washington-24 in all, nearly
cne-third of the senate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

In 1899 a commission was appointed
by the Japanese government Ito con-
slider whether by meat diet or by
other means the race could be made
taller, but it came to the conclusion
that, as the Japanese exceeded taller
races in strength and endurance, the
wise plan was to disregard stature.
The Japanese are fond of bathing, and
use baths heated to degree that
would be intolerable to the average
American, but they also use cold bath
ing. Water, indeed, is freely used,
both internally and externally.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
ONE p 81 { Ar WHEAT.
Western Canada's Wheat Fields Pro.
duce 1t-Magniacen Yields--Ere
Grants Of Land to Settlers.

!. The returns Of the Interior Depart
ment show that the movement Of
American farmers northward to Can
ada is each month affecting larger
areas OF the United States. Time was,
says the Winnipeg Free Press, when,
the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa fur
nished the Dominion with the main.
bulk OF it's American contingent. Last:
year, however, forty-four states and,
districts were represented in the off,
cial statement as to the former resi-.
dence Of Americans who had home
steads in Canada. The Dakotas, stilf
head the list, with 1905 entries, Min.
nesota being close second with 1887.
but with the exception of Alabama and
Mississippi and Delaware every state
in the Union supplied e:tlers who, in,
order to secure farms in the fertile.
prairie country of Canada, became
citizens of, and took the oath of al.
legiance to, the Dominion. Last year
no less than 1854 Americans entered5
for homestead lands in Canada.
From the Gulf. to the Boundary, and
from ocean to ocean, the trek to the
Dominion goes on. Not. only the
pi valley, but the ranchers of Texas
and New Mexico, and the cultivators
Of the comparatively virgin sol! Of Ok
lahoma, are pouring towards the pro-
ductive vacant lands of the Canadian
Northwest. It is no tentative, half
hearted departure for an alien coun-
try that is manifested in this exodus;
it has become almost rush to secure
possession of land which it is feared,
by those imperfectly acquainted with.
the vast area of Canada's vacant lands,
may all be acquired before they ar
rive. There is no element of specula-
ton or experiment in the migration.
The settlers have full information re-
epecting the soil, wealth, the farming
methods, the laws, taxation and sys-,
tenn Of government of the country to.
which they are moving, and they real
lie that the opportunities offered in
Canada are in every respect better and
greater than those they have enjoyed
in the land they are leaving.
Canada can well afford to welcome
cordially every American farmer COM
ing to the Dominion. There is no,
question but that these immigrants
make the most desirable settlers OBJ
tainable for the development of the
prairie portion of the Dominion. Full
information can be had from any au--
thorized Canadian Government Agent
whose address will be found elsewhere.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

The highwater mark of advanced
surgery has been reached by a deli
cate and daring operation which has
restored life to human heart which
had ceased to beat. Dr. w. w. Keen,
the famous Philadelphia surgeon,
whose fame is familiar in all the great
world, is authority for the statement
that such an operation has been sue
cessfully performed in at least two
cases that have, come to his knowl-
edge. 1t seems that the wonders of
medicine and surgery will never
cease. f..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

Recent experiments in France show
that the white blood corpuscles or
"1eucocytes. besides absorbing foreign
bodies, destroying worn out cells, alb.
sorbing liquid poisons and carryingf o.d
substances to the tissues, also fulfill
a very important function in distrib-
uting medicinal drugs to all parts of
the body and carrying them in par
ticular to the location in which they
will do the most good.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
1t is a Chicago University professor

1t is a Chicago University professor
Dean James H. Tufts-who has as.
covered the virtues of flirting. Play"
he says, lis an important factor in
gaining control of our faculties. Co.
quetry, like other forms of play, is 2
training for the abilities which one
needs in serious life 1t is not merely
an outlet for the dissipation of SUI.
plus energies, as it has been consi l.
cred, but it is distinctive and tends
to the development of the higher AMI
intellectual faculties
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

The reports which come from Au-
stralia indicate that the population is
not growing at satisfactory rate.
The birthrate continues to decline.
while the mortality among infants
goes on increasing. Meantime, the
emigration from the island exceeds
the immigration. Australia has an
area more than sufficient for the pom
nlation of the whole of Europe. Net
it has but 3,750,000 inhabitants, and
at the present rate it will take 461
years to double the population, and
113 years TO give it a population Of
10000, 900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
The "Original Delmoricos."

HE death of Miss
r Os e DelmOnicC
left New York's
most famous res
taurant still with
out a masculine
owner.
Three-fourths of
the estate of Miss
Delmonico's will
goes to her niece,
Josephine Cri S t
Delmonico, the 9TH
er fourth. to her
nephew, Lore z
G r j s t DelmOnico.
The famous old
firm still maintains
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
The Queer Fate of the News.

K. FRANK MUM
SEY is another
young look i n g
newspaper man of
New York and 9TH
er cities, though
one whose success
has been less than
Mr.. Hearst's.
Mr.. Munsey was
the first man in
America to try the
tabloid form of
Journalism, pu b.
fishing the old Star
for a few weeks in
small page form
a S 1''T he C0nti-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
Robert B. Armstrong, the assista1

Robert B. Armstrong, the assistant
secretary of the treasury, in charge
of customs, has a photograph of tho
first custom house ever built in this
country. 1t was erected at York, Va,
during the revolution, and it WAS
there that the first dollar of revenue
was collected by the government ct
the confederated colonies that wcro
struggling desperately for their ina
pendence. The building, which was a
small one, was constructed of i:.}-
ported bricks, and is still standing on
the original site.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

Commissioner Hugh ]. Lee, who two
years ago went to Wales, Alaska, Tor
the United States government to look
after the reindeer and the natives, has
established temperance camp there,
and has dealt so fairly but firmly Gas
justice of the peace) with the lawless
and drunken set he found there that
in year there has been but one case
of drunkenness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

dated into one strong paper, and has
been beating the town with Jap war
news obtained in partnership with the
London Times
The new proprietor Of the Globe,
which started as the Commercial over
hundred years ago, has worked it up
to over 100000 circulation in few
months. The manager of the Mail and
Express, son of the Poet Stoddard, is
young man. Young Mr.. Rowland is prac-
tically at the head of the New Y ork Her
aid, where his father was so long busi
ness manager. The downstairs men,
of the World, the managing editor, the
city editor, the Sunday editor, are all
men under 45..
Anything unusual in Philadelphia
Journalism naturally has something to
do with obituary notices, which have al
ways been speciality of Quaker City
Journalism since Mr.. Childs used to
Ledger. Death notices are valuable in
Philadelphia. Therefore, again, they
were eagerly sought by the competing
papers. A "cut-rate war" was the re-
suit; and of that the equally natural out
come was a trust
Go to any Philadelphia paper nova
days-it makes no matter which one-to
secure the insertion of death notice.
and the charge will be three dollars, and
all the papers publish it in just the same
form Thus Philadelphia is assured OF
it's favorite reading matter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
What Can Be Done.

III Mr.. Hearst 10
not the only man
who h a S done
things" of late in
New York jour-
nalism.
Mr.. Adolph Ochs,
coming from Chat
tanooga, took over
the N e W York
Times. for 20 years
a hopeless PROPOSE
ton. Now he has it
on a paying basis.
runs in connection
with it the Phila-
delphia Ledger and
7 ] m e S. consoli.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

about his ears when
he caused an in
crease of the. hours
of labor to the gov
eminent clerks, has
made more trouble
for himself. He is
chairman. of the
h o u S e committee
on reform in the
civil service COM
mittee, which or
dinarily has very
little to do, and he
has devoted him.
self this winter to
making a record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

Scientists have explained the great
dustfal1 that surprised Southern Eng.
land in 1903. BY study of the wealth.
er maps it was shown that the dust
originated on the northwest coast of
Africa, and, after riding out in a great
cloud, far over the ocean, to the neigh.
borhood of the Azores, it turned to
the northeast and was sprinkled over
England. 1t resembled, when swept
up, fine reddish-yellow powder.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

three lots of land
two blocks from
the white house.
which sold 100
years ago for $500,
and which up TO
the middle of the
century were val
ued at less than
$4,000. So great
has. been the in
crease in value in
real estate in the
District of Column
bia - an increase
which many real
estate experts be-
lieve is only just
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

democratic leader
of the house.
Williams W a S
comparatively I'M
known outside the
house membership
'efore the mantel
of leadership fell
on his shoulders at
the beginning OF
this congress. He
had been a memb
Of the house for
several terms and
had made some lit
tie stir by occa-
S Onal cleVe or
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

1t is announced, with evidences Of
serious belief in it's truth, that the
young men of Utah who adhere to the
Mormon faith intend to make an az
gressive movement against the polyg
amous practices Of the saints, with a.
view to force President Smith to &C.
clare against further plural mar-
riages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

In the deserted and
deadly condition
which always char
acterizes the town
when abandoned to
it's own devices.
The hotels, which
for six months
have been packed
to the roof, will
soon resemble the
barn-like inns OF
a summer resort
during the dead
days of winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

Monsignor Sogaro, rector of the Ac-
cademia Del Nobili Ecclesiastical. has
cided to add the German langua.:
to the courses taught in his school in
view of complaints that the papal rep
resentatives in German countries sell
dom know that language and there
fore were unable to attend to their
duties properly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
THE ENTERPRISE.
> W. E. HANNAFoED, Publisher
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA

Oswald Fritz Bilse, the German ex-
Lieutenant who is now undergoing his
six months Imprisonment for publish
ing novel of garrison life, is only rs
years old. He is the son of the head
master of school in Thuringen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
GOTHAM JOURNALISM.
MEN WHO MAKE THE NEWSPA-
T PERS OF NEW YORK.
HEARST AS A CANDIDATE
IL Still an Unknown Man to the Me-
tropolis Public-Munsey's Expe-
rience in the Newspaper
Field-Other Gossip,
q EW

CIV YORK. The
appearance of Will
liam R. Hearst as a
presidential candi-
didate has brought
his personality be-
fore the public in
a way that so years
of conducting null
tiple newspapers
could never have
done.
Yet to the public,
even in New York,
he remains an I'M
known man. He is
n O t recognized
upon the street, as
DaneW would. he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

house in the mat
ter of Office accom-
nodations for it's
members. An ap-
preparation b a S
been made for a
new building to be
erected just across
the way from the
senate end of the
capitol, which is to
be used as an Of
fee building for
senators. and which
will cost, when
completed, fully
$4,000, 900. It will
be in keeping with
the architecture of
it'll the new house
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
Ire of the Clerks.

Representative Gillett, of Massa-
chusetts, who got all Washington
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
WASHINGTON LET | TER.
GOSSIP OF THE CONGRESS WHICH
HAS JUST CLOSED.
NOT RICH IN POPULATIONS
But Few Men Have Developed in the
Estimation Of the Public
New Office Building for
Senators.

Washington.-The adjournment OF
congress leaves Washington once more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
The Democratic Leader.

Another man who has gained repu=
tation in John Sharp Williams, the new
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
New Offices for Senators,

The senate has made up it's mind
that it shall not be outdone by the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13
The Prize If Land

The Price of Land.
Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado mill
lionaire. has just bought for $3.50, 1000
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-13

tned II. ~. .l;tao+,.-
the capitol, and, with the new house
of1ce building, and the congre ssionai IL
oraTy, will complete a group Of monu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-02
DEMOCRATIC REUNION.
Jackson Celebration Becomes Love
Feast in N ebraska

Omaha, Jan. 2.-The eighty ninth an
niyersary of Andrew Jaekson's victory
over the British in New Orleans was
celebrated here last night by 500 Dem
ocrats, who attended the thirteenth an
nual banquet of the Jacksonian club of
Nebraska. The speakers included Sena-
tor Francis G. Newlands of Nevada,
Congressman David DeArmond of Mis-
souri, and Congressman Hitchcock of
Nebraska.
The occasion was of special signifi-
canoe to Nebraska Democracy because
of a reunion of the factions that have
formerly been known as gold" and
silver Democrats. The latter have
for several years been in a large ma
jority, but the opposition has included
many Democrats of the state, among
them being DR.. George L Miller, T. j.
Mahoney and Euclid Martin, the latter
postmaster of Omaha under the last
Cleveland administration. The affair
was in the nature Of a love feast, and
those present entered into the spirit of
the occasion with oldtime enthusiasm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-02
MANY WERE THERE.
New Years Reception at Rail-
road Y. III. C. A.

It is estimated by Secretary T. E.
Prout that fully 1000 people were en-
tertained on Friday by the ladies'
auxiliary of the Railroad Y. NJ c. A,
who held an open house New Years
reception at the association rooms yes
terday. From the time the building
was thrown open in the morning until
late last night the building was throng-
ed with visitors who were anxious to
see the-interior of the new building. Mr..
Prout states further that at no time
was there less than 500 people in the
building. The new quarters of the as
ISOLATION were taxed to the utmost and
in every room were to be seen groups of
people who staid during the entire
afternoon not-being content with a sim
pie visit of five minutes or so.
The decorations with which the build
ing was adorned yesterday afternoon
were the same that were used at the
dedicatory services Thursday evening.
All of the rooms on the first and second
floors were hung with Alabama smilax
and the stage in the gymnasium where
a short entertainment was held was
decorated with pOtted palms.
On the second floor of the building
the ladies served cake, coffee and other
light refreshments. The three large
thrown together thus forming one
large dining room. This was a favor
lite spot of the visitors.
The people who called at the rooms
L.
afternoon were entertained in many
different ways. The younger element
was satisfied with the different games
to be found in the game room and the
bowling alleys but these diversions did
not go far towards entertaining the
older people. Consequently an enter
! tainment was arranged for in the as
/ sembly room. One of the principal fea-
| lures of this entertainment was two
| tableaux-one representing the old and
| the new year and the other, slavery,
! freedom and peace. The remainder of
! the entertainment consisted of a vocal
selection by Miss Frances Little and
several readings by Miss Ruth Walk
er. Mr.. Prout, secretary of the asso-
citation addressed the audience on the
subject of the Ladies' Auxiliary
Taking it all in all, the New Years
reception was a great success and a
credit to ladies of the association. 1t
was not exrected that so many people
would attend. but the women worked
| INCREASINGLY and did their best towards
| entertaining all of their callers. Re
| garding the unusual attendance at the
reception Mr.. Prout said last night:
1T is surprising how much interest
| has been taken in the new building.
not only by railroad people. but by
merchants and business men of every
kind. We have had visitors from every
profession here today. and nothing has
been heard but words of praise. Peo-
pie are surprised that such a model of
| convenience could be constructed. The
bad weather has not interfered in the
least with the opening. and 1 can
truthfully say that its success has
| been equal to anything we had ex-
| pected."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-02
TWO TOPEKA VICTIMS.
Children of Late J. +. Hull Die
in Chicago Fire.

Kansas City, Jan. 1.-Two Kansas
City, Kas.. children, Donald DeGron
Hull, aged 8, and Dwight Moody Hull.
aged Z. lost their lives in the Iroquois
theater fire last Wednesday afternoon.
With the children at the time of their
death were their aunt, Mrs. Arthur
Hull, and her 4-year-o1d daughter, both
Of whom also persisted.
The Hull children are the sons of
Mrs. Mae Hull. who died in Kansas
mothers death the two little boys went
to Chicago to make their home with
the aunt who died with them The
news of the Hull children's death was
received by Thomas Donohue, their
guardian, in a telegram from Chicago
this morninS-
The two children referred to in the
above dispatch as having lost their
lives in the Chicago fire, were the sons
of ]. e. Hull who formerly lived in
Topeka at us Morris avenue Mr.. Hull
and his wife came to Topeka from
Wichita in 1892 and he engaged in the
stove repairing bushes at 1I6 East
Eighth avenue. Both of the children
were born in Topeka. and the family
made their home here until the fall
of 1899, when Mr.. Hun died, leaving the
two boys $1,000 in life Insurance Mrs.
Hull then took the children to Kansas
City, where she opened two rooming
houses.
1t was Mrs. Hulfs intention to give
both of the boys a good education and
when they had become of age to divide
between them the money which their
father had left Last March. however.
she was taken sick with typhoid fever
and died about two weeks later The
two boys We're then taken to Chicago,
where they made their home with their
uncle. Arthur D. Hull. until the time
of their death,