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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The two smallest grown Americans
that Uncle Sam claims dominion over,
and the littlest persons known in the
world are Juan and Marta De la
Cruz. They are Filipinos by birth.
They have long since reached the
adult age, and stand 20 and Fl inches
high, respectively. They have just
arrived in Los Angeles, this being
their first trip to America. Juan and
Martina, brother and sister, are de-
scendants of the Visayan tribe, a wild
clan noted for its bodily strength and
excellent proportions. There were six
other children in the De la Cruz fam.
lily, and all of them were of normal
size.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

One million three hundred and thir-
ty-six thousand dollars for target prac-
tice! That is the somewhat astonish-
ing sum that Uncle Sam is asked to
appropriate to train the man behind
the naval guns for the ensuing year.
Moreover, it is estimated that when
the ships now in course of construe-
ton are added to the feet this sum
will have to be more than doubled
that is, the annual cost of ammunition
for target practice in the navy will be
$2.69O,OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

sticklers for form, like Spooner and
Platt. If Senator Edmunds were still in
tbs senate it is safe to say that these vio-
lations of the spirit of the executive ses-
sion rule would be cut off abruptly, for
Edmunds never hesitated to call BROTH
er senator down when things seemed to
be- going contrary to established preced-
ents. Just now there is nobody in the SEN
ate with quite Edmund's sublime indif-
ference to the feelings of his neighbor, so
the viOlators of tradition 60 merrily on
and will continue to do so until it may
be that the executive session will have
become a thing Of memory. This de-
velopment is after all only a natural out
come of the newspaper enterprise which
for years has made the executive session
something of farce. Not within recent
memory has an executive session been
held about which the newspaper men
did not learn sooner or later and the pro-
ceedings have been regularly published
as matter OF course. There are some
senators naturally who think it just as
well that what they say should be form
ally reported and officially disseminated
since the substance of it is sure to get
into the newspapers. If the executive
session we're to be abolished altogether
it would save good many white lies on
the part of senators. There never yet
was secret session the proceedings Of
which it was not to the personal inter-
est of some senator to make public.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

an asset to those
who supply her
supposed needs, is
shown in tn e
prices attained for
land in the new
shopping center,
about the corner
Of Thirty-fourth
street and Broad
way.
Years ago we
thought it a great
record when land
at the corner of
Wall and Broad
streets sold for
8 4 600 O0O an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

Electric traction is becoming rec
-eniZed factcr in the transportation of
freight for short distances. During
the past few years this industry has
increased :ery rapidly, and many rural
communities throughout the country
depend almost entirely upon the cleo
trio railroads for the transportation of
their products to nearby markets. The
development of this branch of electric
transportation has apparently assumed
greater proportions in tie middle
western states than in any other part
Of the country, although it is rapidly
increasing everywhere. 800 sa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The Universal Pneumatic transmits.
sion Co., Chicago, is seeking to secure
a franchise to operate a pneumatic
mail service from that city to the East.
The concern uses the vacuum system,
and says it can transport light mer.
chand;se, as we'll as mail. A letter
mailed in Chicago at noon would be in
New York at o'clock the same eve
ming. It is the aim of the company
to connect the big cities Of the coun-
try. The tubes can carry $4,000
pounds of freight an hour. A package
OF from 100 to 500 pounds can be shot
from Chicago to New York in seven
hours
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

a record in new
con s t ruction in
this city. The
new year starts
slowly, as every
year is bound to
do, coming to us
in blizzard and
S n o W skurries.
But the reckless
pace bids fair to
be resumed with
the spring.
Most interest
Ing of many prof.
ects is the re-
placing Of the
TrinitY building
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The new fast-fashing electric light
house on the Island of Hel;goland is
working with great success. The light
represents 100000 canGle-power.
Each flash lasts only one-tenth of a
second, and the flashes follow each
other at intervals of five seconds The
bluish-white light of the arc appears
red at great distances. The light is
visible al distance of % miles on
the surface of the water. It is the
most powerful lighthouse in the world
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

Russell Sage eats five meals a day.
He begins the day with substantial
breakfast and ends it with an ample
dinner. But between t1ese-and
therein lies the main merit of his
dietary-instead Of heavy luncheon,
which brings torpor to the keenest in
tellect, the rugged old financier takes
three light lunches of bread and milk,
or crackers and milk, or milk and a
sandwich, but always milk. These
lesser meals he consumes at II, and
A N'o1oo1-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

sweatshop, with the inevitable little
curl dropping down in front of each
ear; and by fat and comfortable look
ing women, with the inevitable wig Of
ceremony. Synagogues which yester7
day were shops, novels of the rudest
sort, old farm houses transformed into
tenements and natty brick and stone
structures of the latest type jostle
each other picturesquely. The prin-
cipal market street on Thursday
and Friday reminds one of Agram or
Belgrade; and the green woods are so
near that on the recent feast of. Taber-
nacles saw the tiny boys of the
neighborhood dragging home the
green boughs they had cut for the
feast, not half mile away.
Yet it was in the older ghetto of
Manhattan that not long ago an Itali-
an cobbler fought with Chinese
laundryman over. job done by a
German mechanic. A crowd of negroes
gathered to see the sport, while'a He
brew tailor tried to make peace. A
policeman with good Irish name ar
rested the Chinaman and an American
surgeon sewed up the Italians wounds.
There, in the not very large triangle
between the new bridge and the old
one, is the true polyglot New York.
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sments aRd small houses in the outer
wards. AS interesting q boom" Of
this sort as can be seen In the far west
is the development Ct Brownsville"
a queer locality in \ Brooklyn, miles
away from the bridge and frora every
line OF rapid transit Here q popula-
ton Of 10000 has gathered within a
very few years, augmented of recent
months by throngs Of East Side Jews
from the heart Of the slum district of
New: York, displaced by the clearing
OF ground for new bridges and parks,
and crowded out by new corners fast
coming into the city from Ellis Island.
Nine-tenths of the lots and houses in
Brownsville are owned by Hebrews,
some of them poor tailors who barely
earn a living in the sweatshops and
who thus feed fat their greed for land,
In other countries denied them. A
curious result follows. Lots in
Brownsville are selling for 500 front
foot, when land apparently more de-
sirable nearer the elevated lines, but
in nOn-Hebrew quarters, may be had
for a small fraction of the price-for
Brooklyn is blessed haven of cheap
space for homes.
The new bridge across the East
river, so recently opened, is, with it's
four trolley tracks. two bicycle tracks,
two railroad tracks, two footways and
two wagon roads, not much more than
a connection between the old Jewry
on the East side of Manhattan and
this great new ghetto in the outskirts
of Brooklyn.
Building in this quarter is excess
sively lively. In other parts of the
outer wards it almost passes belief,
the magical way in which cabbage
fields are being transformed into long
streets lined with low-browed homes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

cent immigrants
come direct to it
from Galicia and
Bukowina and the
Pale. So the cab
bage field of the
Dutch - American
farmer of the last
generation is trod-
den to- ay by
strange dark men
from the far east
of Europe, with
STOPPING S h GU l.
ders under their
long caftans, with
thin pale faces,
W Orn nv the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The Cabin John bridge, near Balti-
more, Nd, Which has long enjoyed the
distinction of being the largest ma.
sorry span in the world, has been
eclipsed by the construction of an
arch of stone over the valley of the
Petrusse, at Luxembourg. The span
of the Cabin John structure YVES 220
feet, and that of the new bridge is IS
feet greater
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The marriage of John Graybill and
Mary Weimer, of Colerain. Pa, has
caused peculiar mixup of relation
ship. The brides mosler, Elizabeth
Weimer, was married several years
ago to the bridgegroom's brother.
Thus the bridegroom becomes a SON.
in-law as we'll as brother-in-law to
the elder Mrs. Graybill, and also a
sGn-in-law to his own brother.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The production of barley in the
United States has increased greatly
within the past few years. 1t is es-
timated, in a general way, That about
two-thirds of the product is good
enough for mailing purposes, the re-
mainder being used for feeding. Only
small proportion Of the crop is ex-
ported; in the record year 1S98-99 the
exports amounted to 1861 62 BUSH
els, but this was exceptional The
usual quantity of exports in late years
is from 100000 to 100000 bushels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

wv AAo
brother senator's
wondering j u S t
what he is likely
to do next. The
senior Massachu-
setts senator is a
law unto himself.
He has. been such
for 70 years and
such he must con-
tinue to the end. At
heart he is the most
rigid: of party men.
In fact partisan;
ship for many years
was regarded as
perhaps his most
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Passing Of the Executive Sessiou.
United States senators who still respect
the ancient traditions are shocked almost

daily nowadays by
t he indifference
shown by some of
their associates to
the sacredness of
the executive SEES
sion. The careless
way in which Sen
ators Hoar, Morgan
and Daniel have
ventured to discuss
the Panama treaty
and other diplo-
m a tic questions
while the doors Of
the senate are opsn
to the public has
startled some of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

an orator without
knowing it. How
he acquired the gift
probably he could
not say, for he has
lived all his life
among people with
whom much speak
ing in public is not
thought of and he
says himself that
he. has never been
on his feet to talk
but four times in
his life of IS years.
The fourth time
was at. the last
gridiron dinner,
.xA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
THE ENTERPRISE. !.
W. E. HANNAFoRD, Publisher.
VIRGINIA. 4. :. MINNESOTA

The double-headed> snake, hitherto
supposed to be- peculiar to Central.
America and the credulity of unscien.
tific travellers, has turned up in Cali.
fornia. One story says that it was
headed for San Francisco, another to-
ward Los Angeles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

building contract
ors fought out
their troubles has
been followed by
the amazing :Phe-
nomenon Of q
brick famine. This
/ s easily ex-
planned. s. z. : Il 4. q.
Huge sky-scrap-
ers make compar-
atively little use
of ordinary brick.
S t granite,
marble and terra
Gotta a q d FIR e
brick afe their
= = /
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

of rae S that
makes New York.
Under the old
h i d e GUS charity
system of Tam
many Hall, only
three years ago,
the neglected and
deserted babies of
the city W ere
treated as paupers
and shipped regard
less of their state
of health to Ran
d a l. S I s land,
W h ere literally
nine out of ten of
them died. A.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

m o S t interesting
phase And WASH
ington enjoys the
reputation of hav--
ing the finest and
best markets in the
world. The rich
truck farm s of
Maryland and Vir-
ginia near by af-
ford a never ex-
hausted supply of
the finest of e6ibles
and the capitol is
within easy dis
lance of the oys-
ter beds of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

is in session haunt
ing the corridors
of the capitol. This
is a man who at
one time was a
member of congress
and an American
minister abroad,
who acted as a pail
bearer at Abraham
LincOln's funeral
and who played q.
CONSPICUOUS part in
the political affairs
of his time, but who
now is thrown upon
the beach by the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Judge Collins Resigns.

Judge L. W.. Collins has rendered
his resignation as a justice of the SUI
preme court, to take effect March 81.
Governor Van SAINT accepted it, and
announced that he would appoint
Wallace B. Douglas, attorney general,
to the vacant place. w. j. Donahow-
er, assistant attorney general, will
succeed Mr.. Douglas, and will become
attorney general on April 1.
News In Brief.
The next session of educators NAV
go to Duluth. ..r
Peter stegendahl, aged 40, was
found dead in bunk in q lumber
camp at Homestead, Wis.
! The Young Mems Sunday club Of
St. Paul will endeavor to get St. Paul
colored railroad porters to refuse tips.
Senator and Mrs. E. w. Durant of
Saltwater celebrate golden wedding
anniversary and give recipe for do
nestle happiness.
Charles Hammerstrone, aged 60, and
unmarried, expired suddenly while en-
gagged in conversation with August
Oman at Hastings. ,<..s..r-.a
Work on the actual construction Of
the Twin City building at the Worlds
Fair in st. Louis will be commenced
some time in January. -. 80 -,
The controller of the currency has
approved the application for the or.
ganization of the First National bank
of Leroy, capital, $4,000. .ss=.sG
Judge Loren w. Collins denied that
he has withdrawn or intends to with
draw from the race for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor.
Minneapolis is to have another large
hospital. It will be built by the Nor
wegian Lutheran synod and will be
known as the Deaconess hospital.
/ A grocery store belonging to S. Is.
Eberhard, sol Edmund street, st.
Paul, a single story building, was al
most completely destroyed by fire.
Afreight wreck occurred at Fergus
Falls, four cars being derailed direct
" in front Of the station, and one Of
them being completely demolished.
Anna Lee, who is supposed to be {
the leader Of q gang Of clever forgers
that has been operating in Minneap-
oils for several mont s, was arrested.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

ASSHpS0nC 0Au Ia 2
game and vegetables of the eastern
shore. Tbs biggest of the markets is the
Center market, which occupies two of
the most sitely squares in the center Of
the city not far from the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad station and which pays theQis-
trict of Columbia a yearly rental of ST.
900 for the plot under 99-year lease.
That is about as profitable proposition
as anybody could ask for. A rental
of 100000 for those particular squares
would not be an unreasonable price, but
the District has to grin and bear it. At
the time the Center market was es-
tablish it was really something of an
achievement for the District to lease the
land at all, so that perhaps nobody after
all has been seriously wronged. An in
teresting feature ofthe markets here, not
only the Center market, but the others,
is the great number of typical southern
darkies who have stands on the streets
adjoining. These sable vendors have oc-
cupied their stands, coming in from the
country early in the morning year in and
year out, until they have a proscriptive
right and nobody would ever think OF
BUSTING them. They form picturesque
body which makes 1t well worth the
while of a northern visitor to stroll about
the markets along about daybreak, be-
fore the business Of the streets has be-
gun to rush. It is about the only SUR
vival we have of the old southern GUS
toms and ways. For : Washington Is
rapidly becoming a northern town in all
its habits. 49, = -.~ s5%sz
! s> LOUIS A. COOLIDGE. &
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pronounced Characteristic But he
has way of speaking his mind on all
sorts of occasions which sometimes
makes it very trying forrhis party asso-
ciates. 1t is safe to say that when SEN
ator Hoar finally takes bis departure
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
WASHING / !! ton ms: sf 1 ! | !.
People and Scenes Met With in the
r Nations Capital. =
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR
Come. to America and Discovers Him.
self an Orator-Senator Hoar and
His Uniqse Position-Wash-
ingtOn's Markets.

Washington.-Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand, the new British ambassador, is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The pause in giant construction gave
the word for men Of comparatively
small means to begin erecting tene-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The Markets of Washington.
Just about this time in the year the
markets of Washington assume their
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
C0Dl6I Not

Hilary-You can't tell whether YOU
want to marry her or not? . =5=S=
+ Rupert-No I've tried so times to tell;
her, but she wont let me. Chicago
Tribune ..sss'>,,<Sss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
The Years Bufllinr

The troubles with labor unions
spoiled what might have been in 1903
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The Making of a Metropolis.
Now that Brownsville is we'll estab-
lished, a considerable proportion Of re-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
NJ. NJ YORK on ( [AN ]
What Shopping Woman Has Done
- for Gotham's Real Estate. e
OVER $15,oOo,ooo AN ACRE
Troubles with Labor Unions Inter-
fere with Building Operations
"A Brick Fanine-The Story
of Brownsville.

New York.-What shopping means,
what the shopping woman is worth as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Heir to Fortune.

j From cookshop to palace.
This is the revolution in the fate Of
w. H. Turner of st. Paul, which the
wheel of fortune has brought him. Tn
til few days ago he worked and toiled
day after day in front of a fiery cook
stove at $40 month. Now he is in
Winona where 5000 awaits him. The
cause-a rich uncle, never heard of I'M
til after his death.
Recently a st. Paul attorney called
his place of work, 5S4 Wabasha street,
to notify him of the inheritance await
ing him. Turner is now in Winona to
claim his estate, but says that he will
return to fulfill his contract with his
EMPLOYERS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
A Venerable Derelict.

An Interesting reminder of bygone
day is to be seen daily while congress
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
The Sage of the Senate.

Senator Hoar has stirred the animals
once more with his speech on Panama.
and hoS hS1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Date Named.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1904, was fixed
by Gov. Van SAINT as the day upon
which Charles and Henry Nelson, the
two Owatonna boys, must pay the pen.
atty of death upon the gallows for the
murder of H. II. Krier, proprietor of
saloon and bowling alley at Owatonna
on the night of April 10, 1908.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

The Wrecks of n Great City.
The foundlings of New York reveal
in their features the physical mixture
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
The "Small Operator"

The slackening of big building op-
erations while the unions and the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Robert Mannheimer.

Robert Mannheimer, president Of
Mannheimer Bros. company, St. Paul,
died at his home, 2l5 Nelson avenue,
in that city. Mr.. Mannheimer had
been ill for more than a year, and dur
ing that time it was only at intervals
that he was able to be out, while dur
ing the last four months he was con-
fined to the house. Altho the end was
not unexpected, it came as a severe
shock to his relatives and friends when
he sank to sleep and passed peacefully
away.
Mr.. Mannheimer was born in Bava-
ria sixty-four years ago last month
and came to America when he was q
boy.
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Unusual Fatality.


Arthur Proehl, the nine-year-old son
of Mrs. Elizabeth Proehl, who resides
with her father, Henry Beneke, in
Rich Valley, near Glencoe, was killed
in peculiar manner.
The little fellow went to the hem
house to gather some eggs, and had to
climb up to reach the upper tier of the
nests. -
His weight on the tier pulled it over
and it fell, carrying the boy with it,
pinning him down on the floor in the
corner of the coop in such manner
that his mouth and nose were forced
into the hollow of his left arm, which
had become doubled under his face as
he fell.
The weight of the box was so great
that the boy was una BILE to move it and
he was suffocated, being dead when
found ten minutes later by his uncle,
John Beneke.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
MINES sofa NEW
Died From Ea ting Shot.

His intestines perforated several hun-
dred times by shot that he had swal-.
lowed when eating wild game that had
fallen to his gun, Chris Larson Of Me-
lntos b died in the Bethesda hospital
at Crookston, while his medical attend
ents were ignorant of the nature OF his
aliment. s
A post norton examinations revealed
the astonishing condition of the man,
condition such as never has been no
ted before in modern surgery.
Larson owned an eighty-acre farm
near Mcintosh. He was extremely ec-
centric and refused to sleep anywhere
but on q heap of straw in stable, with
his horses and cattle-never having
any more adequate covering than an
old binder canvas. -.s -
His diet consisted mainly of wild
game, such as rabbits, prairie chickens,
ducks and geese, supplemented with
additions of vegetables as he was able
to raise on the farm. Altho eccentric,
he was thrifty and managed to work
his land to good advantage.