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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

more freshness THAI the old title OF
colt: which the late Speaker Reed
applied to the newcomer in congress.
Mr.. Williams in q way branded the
new name upon a new member by an
operation almost as painful as the
branding of a maverick with red-hot
iron.
The occasion was in satirical
speech Mr.. Williams was making upon
the rules of the house in which he pre-
tended to speak for an element in the
majority side whom he termed kids
and "blanket Indians" Young Mr..
Wharton of Chicago, under 80, youth
full looking, with fresh, clean shaver
cheeks, jaunty attire, smile of assur-
ance and heliotrope four-in-hand
necktie, did not like the apellation of
kids" He rose in his place and begged
to interrupt the gentleman from Mis-
sissippi and ask him whom he meant
by tue kids in the house
This was John Sharp Williams op-
portunity. With deprecatory shrug
of the shoulders and in most mellitlrl-
Gus accents as he bowed to the youth
from Chicago he declared: 81 should
have showed more reverence, know,
but the personal appearance of my in
terrogator sufficiently answers his
question"
The point was so apparent; Mr..
Wharton was so kiddish in appearance
that the big audience caught on and
howled with delight. The youth went
down, the first victim of floor Skin
misn, easily bowlcd over by the
trained parliamentary knight who had
been accustomed to measure his wits
with those of Reed, Dalzell, Grosvenor,
Hepburn and other lightning thinkers
on the floor of the house. So the new
members will have &c accept their des-
ignation as kids whether or not they
like it. The "blanket Indians re-
ferred to by Mr.. Williams are the few
republicans who are at times disposed
to kick over the traces.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

him from the embarrassment of being
taken for page on the floor of the
house. Mr.. Smiths brain is away out
as he is one of the ablest men of the
very able delegation from the Wolver-
inc state. He is q lawyer of high
standing in his district and in debates
on the floor of the house he has proven
himself capable and convincing.
Mr.. Smith has rival for the distinc-
ton Of being the smallest man in the
house. Mr.. Frank S. Dickson of Illi-
nois is more youthful looking than the
Michigan member and is almost as
short il stature. Dickson has already
paid tho penalty of his boyish appear
ance, as he has been summoned by old
er members more than once to run
errands for them on the supposition
that he is page. The Illinois con-
gresham regards those mistakes as
good jokes and keeps up the illusion
sometimes for his own amusement and
that of his friends. He was chosen
one Of the tellers during the election OF
the speaker when congress opened.
Mr.. Dickson was barely old enough
to get into the house. He was nomi-
mated and elected before he had
reached the constitutional age of rs;
but passed that mark before he took
his seat in the house. He is slight in
form, not above five feet four in height
and his face is as innocent of whisker
as that of a lad of IA. He dresses in
youthful clothes and would readily
pass for boy of 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

the editor of the Arbeiter Zeitung,
socialist organ of the German-Russlan
type. Schevitch was tall, handsome
fellow of aristocratic appearance, as
we'll he might be considering his high
German ancestry and the noble rank
in Russia which he forfeited for his
principles. Caught in connection with
one of Prince Kropotkin's plots against
a former car, he was banished for ~
years and his great estates confscated.
He paused long enough in central Eu-
rope to make the acquaintance OF the
principal reds there and came to
preach milder doctrine in the new
world, where he was an exemplary cit
izen. Won Schevitch married the BEAU
tiful Helene Won Rackowitza, who
came to this country to play on the
boards of the Amberg theater, the pre-
cursor of Conried's Irving Place house.
It was she for whose sake Ferdinand
Lassalle, the beloved idol of German
socialists, had fallen in a fatal duel.
Wild days. wild doings. After his
marriage Schevitch sought forgiveness
for his offense. In 1895 his brother
succeeded in having the rentals Of his
estate restored, so that Schevitch could
live in Munich
Now he is included in the general
amnesty Of the scared car and is to
return to Russia and the enjoyment Of
his rank and wealth. Not all the good
roma ntic D1Otc Won coo aro in tho
story books, where they say '"sdeath.' -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

ton of the late Isaac Bassett, assist
ant dOOrkeeper of the senate, John
Chancey hoius the record for long SER
vice ut the capitol. Bassett was ap-
pointed page in the senate by DAN
iel Webster in the early '3Os and re-
NAMED continuously in the employ OF
the senate until his death, more than
so years afterward. His was pic
turesque figure during the latter years
of his service. He was tall and wore
a flowing white beard which, with long
white hair, carefully brushed down to
his coat collar gave him a patriarchal
appearance. He wore a suit of blue
broadcioth always, his summer and
winter garb differing only in weight.
In the old days when snuff taking
was the custom, Bassett always kept q
box OF the finest rappee on ledge near
his chair, which was placed at the foot
of the vice presidents rostrum. This
supply of rare good SNUFF was at the
command of the senator's, and it was
no uncommon sight to see the elder
Salisbury, of Delaware or Sumner, Of
NAdocoCAuoVLIo, vain uA6AAACuAy W Lul0
box end help themselves to pinch of
the fragrant titillating mixture.
Bassett's duties in his declining
years were light and dignified. He
acted as a sort of mentor to the mis-
chievous young pages and saw to it
that the latter behaved themselves,
even if he had to enforce discipline
with box on the ear. The efficient
clock in the senate chamber was his
especial care, and in the last days of
the session it was his custom to turn
the hands back so that noon would not
be reached before the senate had COM
pletei its work. AS congress ends by
law ct noon on the fourth of March
every other year, old man Bassett was
called upon to act as a Joshua and
turn time backward by moving tho
hands of the big clock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

regard the "long doctor" as their po-
litical patron saint. It Is q social COM
munlty and DR.. Barchfield keeps open
house, whore many parties, in his ex-
pressive language, have been pulled
off," Simple little affairs they are
some pumpernickel and cheese, few
stems of beer and friendly game Of
pinochle or sixty-six, furnish the en-
tertainment, but they have proven
powerful popular and have landed the
doctor in the house.
Last summer DR.. Barchfield accepted
the invitation of Mr.. Bartholdt, of
Missouri, to become member of the
Intecparliamentary Union-a non-of1i-
cial body of statesmen of various coun-
tries, whose purpose is to secure in
ternational arbitration. The union met
in Germany and discussed peace and
arbitration to it's hearts content. The
American members were presented to
Kaiser William and had a very cosy
social chat with the war lord. AS soon
as The kaiser clapped eyes on Barch-
field he held out his hand, grasped that
of the Pittsburger heartily and, look
ing over the strapping form of the lat
ter, declared: .,
"How wish could enlist you in my
bodyguard! What superb grenadier
you would make"
Barchfield acknowledged the compli-
ment, but expressed 9 preference for
the halls of congress at Washington.
The kaiser laughingly admitted that
the life of an American congressman
might be more desirable than that of
member of the emperor's bodyguard..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

We see the socialistic vote growing as
the ssocialistic newspaper of foreign
type declines in influence.
At the same time the bitterness of
the Irish-American press toward '.per-
fidious Albion has altered since the
days when Patrick Ford and John
Boyle O'Reilly were its rnost infuen-
tial heads, and The O'Donovan Rosa
its most violent writer. The O'Donovan
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
N THE !! !. M!|!!E !: } s
PICTURESQUE EXILE WHO rs
TO RETURN TO RUSSIA !
THE ANARcHlsTIc PRESS
A Mild hammered Advocate of An
archy-The Old Irish Americans
Radicals-Yiddish Press Now
the Most Violent.

. w Y OR K. A
long list of "red"
writer's in N CIV
York a comet-trail
of bushy hair, a
thunder of many
tongues, is sug-
gested by the brief
announcement in
the press that Ser
gius Won Schevitch
is going back to
Russia. New York
knew Schevitch as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

It has been calculated that more
than 1000 persons starved to death in
Spain last summer. The famine was
due to the drought. Horrifying as are
these figures the Spanish mortality
occupies an unimportant place in the
record of the worlds great famines.
In the great famine in India in 1869
70, 100000 people are supposed to
have persisted, and 100000 died in
the famine of 1866.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Baxter Street Weddings.

HEN Barney SOLO,
mon and Becky
Burke were mar
ried the record of
Baxter street we'd
dings was outdone.
l think that the
blushing brides
name must some
time have been
otherwise spelled.
1t has been many
a long year since
any Irish BurkeS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
The Last Word in Automobiles.

~ 4 AAS UuIOAAAOOA
i n g practically
moves a section of
smart New York
society to Ormond,
where on the hard
sand beach amaZ-
i n g automobile
races are pulled off
without .interfer-
ence by the police.
It was at Ormond
that young Frank
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Long Term of Service,

HE Oldest emplOye
at the capitol will
&c | e b r ate next
January the ff-
tieth anniversary
OF his entering in
to the. service of
congress. This is
John T. Chancey,
4 special employe
OF the house, who
began his service
in January, 1856.
With the excep-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Bows in Appearance

dILE there are
physical giants in
this house there
are also men of
very diminutive
stature. Mr.. Sam
uel w. Smith of
Michigan is still
the midget of the
house. He is of
very small stature
and only his we'll
k e p t, luxurious
muStache YES
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

He anarchistic and
socialistic press is
itself getting capt.
taliZed. Personal
ity in the red"
editor counts less
t h a n it did 20
years ago.. just. as
1T does in 3 the
great "capitalis-
tic" dailies. Jo-
ham Most, the
best type of the
blatherskite editor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

Akonia is the name of a substance
manufactured in England, which, dis
solved in the water with which the
streets are sprinkled, is said to pre-
vent dust from rising.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

Gov. George H. Utter, Of Rhode
Island, is Seventh Day Adventist,
and, therefore, on the last day OF thu
week the executive department OF
the state does no business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

italian prisons got so full this year
that the government had to resort to
pants in order to make room for delin-
uents crowded out A decree was u.s.
sued last August and since then 1886
prisoners have been pardoned, and
3,072 have had their sentences re-
duced
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

AH IcldllVe decline
of the socialistic
a n d, anarchistic
press is due partly
to the rapidity
with which immi-
grants read Eng
fish and partly to
to the fact that So
cialtsm is now
taught in attrac-
tive forms by the
yellower portion of
the daily press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
A Quaint Figure.

HE credit Of be-
ing the biggest
man in congress
still abides with
Mr.. ICY" Sullo-
w ay or N e W
Hampshire. It was
found that when
the newly elected
congressman from
P i t t S b ur g, DR..
Barchfield known
locally as the
long OctOr,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
The "Long Doctor"

Hi long doctor"
from Pittsburg,
G. o n g r e 8 s man
Barchfeld, who is
pushing Sulloway
pretty hard for
the title of giant
OF the house" is
a comparatively
young man, but a
very successful
German politician.
He comes from the
South Side. Pitts
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

During the recent yellow fever cpl
demic in New Orleans not one case
made it's appearance among the sol
diers Of Jackson barracks, only $50
feet from the nearest infected point.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

The dead bodies Of prospectors are
found day after day in Death Valley,
Southern California Always the un-
fortunates have discarded all their
clothing in the agonies of heat and
thirst
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

Bostonians : are still true to tho
baked bean. Last year they spent on
their favorite diet more than the cost
of two battleships, or $6,589,2I2.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

The Portuguese government will
build railroad from Delagoa bay to
Swaziland. That adds one more to
the many Openings up" in Africa.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS BRANDS
MEMBERS WITH NEW NAMES.
kids" TERM UNWELCOME
Congressman Barchfield, Of Pittsburg,
Political Patron Saint to Ger
mans Of That City-Big
and Little Men.

4 S H I N GTON.-
H er e a f ter the
legislative noviti-
ate will be known
as a "kid." John
Sharp Williams,
the minority lead
er of the house,
applied that term
on the first day of
the session in a
way that will
stick. 1t is sug-
gestive of a little
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

In the last two years about 100000
mulberry trees have been planted in
Argentina, which has now about TO-.
100000 of such trees.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
No Secret About #.

.Reporter-Senator, what is the secret
Of your hostility to reformers?
Senator Graphter-They'r SO blamed
superhuous. There's nothing that needs
reforming! Chicago Tribune. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Gtos Full Address and write Pgatnlv.

The genuine has date and number
stamped on the labeltake no other from
your druggist. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Inartistic Sou1.

ASAs14 LASIAC S9OU4s ~
:, what did you think Of those voices at
the grand operaw .. 5tz zs}>.<. ;. :. !.
'They were good, strong voices" m
what we paid for seats, / couldn't help
thinkin' that we folks in the audience
ought to be dom the hollerin' Wash.
inRton Star. E:# T. IS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

burg, a section OF the city largely in
habited by thrifty social Germans, who
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
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The $40 bottle contains about six times M much
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

To meet q hearse il held to be / sure
sign Of death. Live men have Z habit
Of not riding around n hear1cs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29

Money makes the mare 20, and the lonn=
q your money makes your friends 70.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
Socialism in English.

HE relative decline
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-29
The Red Editors,

HE anarchistic and
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

over, which in itself is thought to
show lack Of head and got it. Land
got it too-for safe hit, scoring both
Perry and Potts. South, next up, hit
to tAe right field and. the ball being
slowly field ed. Land did not stop at
second but went ON to third The
throw from the field 70 Collins was
a second beAind the runner AMI Orth
threw 10 Blackburn al second 10 catch
South. who was heading for that sack.
This throw also was second late
and Blackburn Immediately delivered
the bah 10 Harvey to shut off Land,
who had started for the plate. The
throw was true and the runner would
have been fairly ont had not Harvey,
as he gen orally does in a tight place
dropped tie ball With South at sec
ond Mccain went out on foul TO
Harvey and Gilligan hit a pop fly
over first base The ball belonged to
Hughes and he started after il, but
Roland and Mare each seeming to
want 10 take 1t, he stepped Both
the other players thinking that
Hughes would get it. stopped running
and In consequence it fell fairly be
tween all three and South scored.
Bohannon struck out and retired the
side.
Lest Opportunities of Game.
In the last half Of the seventh the
Mud Mailopers stood an elegant
| ehancs to register two runs anu pos
sibly tie the score. After Roland hal
| gone out Blackburn drew his second
base on balls of the game, this time
| from "Eill Frakes. who had gone iii
he box in place of South Dummy
Hughes clontsd beauty just inside
the first base Inc for two bases The
Jail was fielled promptly, though
| md Blackburn was forced to stop a.
| bird. 1t was tlen up 20 Harvey K
lit the ball somewhere. but with his
! Usual idea Of tn eternal fitness d
hings, he sawed the air three time.
! straight and was sent hack to Thu
Iench cuss.ng his luck Woods al
70 struck out and the last chance wal
lost
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18
t1om Il All Hannenad.

The visitors did all their damage
in the seventh, which inning has
proved Jonah to the Mud Wallopar,
on no few occasions this season. Per
ry, first up, hit safe Potts hunted
In an attempt to sacrifice but Cap
tain Roland errored the ball which
was laid down on the first base line
and the runner reached first IN safety
Chief Lloyd sacrificed and advance,
both men, With Land at tae ba
Harvey signalled for one straigh
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

HENS SCRATCHING SOME.
Special 70 The bulletin.

Special 70 The Bulletin.
Henderson, July 1T--Inspired by a
possible chance that they may be
kept IN the league the Hens today
wens after the Infants and administer
cd to them their second defeat in
two days. big Bill Asher was the
man who did the work and although
the visitors found him for eleven hits
the best they could muster onto the
score board was seven runs, Out OF
the eigh; hits secured or Carnes and
the five errors behind him the locals
managed to get, eight men over the
pan, winning The game by the close
margin OF one score Score;
X II II
henderson ,s.,..,..,.,...,.S
PRINCETON .A....s..s.,...s,. m M .
Batterics--Asher and Clegg Carnes
and Downing.
koL6ITEs GETTING BUSY AGAIN,
Special 70 the Bulletin,
Hopkinsyille, July 1.-THE Nut
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

Students, especially Simpson, who was
or the firing line for them, got big
bunch handed to them today where
Mayme wears her pearls. The Alice
Men elouted the poor pitcher all over
the lo., gett 'ng sixteen great big hiJs
Of him. which, combined with six
errors by the men behind him, con-
triyed to allow eleven men over the
pan The best the locals could do
off Bonno. which was enough for him,
was nine hits, which netted them five
runs. Score:
II ii y
Hopkinsyllle .............. ; 6
iHCGnu6S 4...l... .-i.s#.a....sa.s-s... Ia ~ :
Batteries Simpson and Rutledge;
Bonno and MattesOn,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

The superiority Of the Indians over
the Mud WALLPAPERS. in the matter of
team work and base running, was
demonstrated at Spor,sman's park
again yesterday afternoon in the sec
ond game OF the present series. which
the visitors carried off by a score of
"A to |.
AS is usually the case, the game was
lost after 1t had once been complete
ly In the grasp of the Mud WALLPAPERS.
Also. as is usually the case, it was
lost on dumb playing and lack Of
brain work on til part Of individual
players.
Mud WALLPAPERS Had 1t Won.
The Cairo bunch practically had the
game won when they registered one
run in the fifth inning In this man
ner: Blackburn. first up. was made
a present Of base on balls by South.
With Hughes at the bar South the
..headless wonder thought Blackburn
looked as though he wanted to steal
second and threw to Gilllgan to force
him back to the basa, bur for the
!. steenth time this season his throw
went over the first basemans head
and before the ball had been recover
ed Blackburn was string on the third
sack. Hughes clouted long fly to
the center field, which Taylor Cob
bled up but could NOS throw to the
plate in time to shut off Blackburn
who had started for it as soon as tbs
ball was fairly caught. Haryey
struck out and Woods went out Oh
! a pop fly to Bphannon
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

Eddie Powers was to have played
in the out field yesterday to help the
Mud WALLPAPERS out but an accident
which bcfell one of his children short
ly after noon prevented him from en-.
tering the game. He will probably
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

Harvey, the only rival South has in
the league for the title Of Headers
Wonder struck out three times yes
terday out Of three times at bat. lie
couldn't nit the ocean with a paddle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18
DIAMOND DUST

Lack Of team work In the Mud Wal
lopers has never been SO evident 10
the fans Of this city as it has been
IN the past two games with the In
q ans The contrast brings out the
fact
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

Lane pitched his usually good game
aud at the best the score against
him should not have been more than
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

Continued On Fourth Page,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-18

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