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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Ryan a Virginia Gentleman Out Of
q Noisonae Equitable Mess Will b
Come Improvement in Insurance ]
: Methods Offended Honor.
EW YORK. 4 sep.
arately asked two
men who have
wide acquaintance
with m ne>y d
men who, in their
opinion. was most
likely to take John
D. Rockefeller's
place as the fore
most capitalist: of
the country with
- AH~ 1xy<. TX

years. Both answered without hesita-
ton. "Tom Ryan," said one; the
other, Thomas F. Ryan,"
Why? What has this strong man
done to compel shrewd men. to- know
his mastery? Chiefly, think, that he
has been cautious with his boldness.
He has never lost a trick. He has
never profited by movement in whose
preparation he had not a share. He
has never trusted to chance. And he
now has the vast funds Of the Equita-
BILE Assurance society at his back =,
A successor to Rockefeller is due;
not as an Individual owner of proper
ty, but as central figure in the ma
nipulation of the power of wealth; and
this involves in time preeminent pos
sessions. Rockefeller is only sc, but
prematurely aged. He feels the weight
of hostile criticism as once he did not.
Ryan is II years younger. He is 16
years younger than Morgan, Is
years younger than. Hill, who
is more of a railroad than OF 4
financial genius; only six years older
than polo-playing George Gould, whom
he overtops enough in genius to more
than make up for his slightly greater
age.
Ryan is tall and strong, personally
well liked. by his friends, not severe,
but careful in his personal habits, of
iron will, of blue-gray eye, of mistaken
nerve. He is worth considerably less
than hundred millions. but does not
let that fact trouble him. There is
''plenty more where that came from"
He is six years younger than Anthony
N. Brady whose methods somewhat
resemble his own, and who usually
aids him. But Ryan is the more pow
erful; he was reared Virginia gentle
man, though in poverty. Brady grew
up anyhow about Albany barber shops
and barrooms, doing odd jobs as boy,
until he got his start. The difference
didn't matter much when both were in
low finance. In high finance it tells.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

The United States leads the world in
the aggregate amount of insurance
taken out by jewellers within he1
borders, the most heavily insured in.
dlvidual on earth being Rodman Wan.
amaker, Of Philadelphia, who recently
secured $4,000 extra insurance on
his life. This, added to the sum OF
his previous policies, means that his
demise will cost the insurance com.
panies 100000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Nine. Emma Calve, the famous sing
er, is one of those people who like to
have their tombs ready for them in
case anything should happen. Some
four years ago the great singer and
actress gave instructions to a we'll
known French sculptor to prepare =
design for her monument, and though
at first he thought she was in jest and
hesitated to begin the work he soon
found she was in earnest. He set to
work, therefore, and modelled a sketch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

full to William G. Whitney; then peo-
pie began to speak of whitney, Ryan
and Brady But Whitney liked
horses, yachts, hunting, feminine soci-
ETY.. Ryan worked. Even before Whit
ney's death he was the real head of
the Metropolitan. He engineered the
raid upon the great Third Avenue rail-
road line. First controlling one little
cross-town street car line, he became
the power in Metropolitan which has
first and last "cut melons worth about
$200, O00, 000,. and is now not earning it's
guaranteed dividend-but it's stock is
distributed" Ryan is the tobacco
trust. He is the real head of the Nor
ton Trust company. He is power in
southern railroads. He is the strong
man in the almost GROWING inquiry
of the gas trust in New York. From
the ownership of a little local one
horse electric light company he has
become the Edison company. Not per-
sonally the chief owner of all these
things, but their commanding spirit.
How does it benefit such a man to
have possession of Equitable Assur-
ance. Not directly, be assured. There
will be no more clumsy, petty graft"
of the kind that so nearly wrecked the
society. 1t will be run on business
like lines. But it will have money, and
Mr.. Ryan;s wishes will be consulted as
to where that money is to be deposit
ed. Grover Cleveland; George West
inghouse and Judge O'Brien are not
the men to name negligent trustees.
The society will be carefully conduct
ed. But Ryan was careful also to put
in his man, Paul Morton, as chairman
before. settingA these three eminent
trustees to name the directors who will
name the minor officials. ......
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Oscar H., the reigning king Of

Oscar H., the reigning king Of swe-
den and Norway, was born January 81,
1929. He is the third son of King o.
car I. and Queen Josephine He sue
ceeded to the throne at the death of
his brother, King Carl XIV, September
IS, 1872. Married June 6, 1857, to
Queen Sophia, who was born July 9,
1885, and is the daughter of the late
Duke Wilhelm of Nassau. The king
has four sons, Prince Gustaf, Prince
Oscar, who renowned his succession
to the throne and welded Ebba Munck
Of Fulkila; Prince Carl and Prince
Eugene unmarried.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

esting spots ii the3very Interesting ana
historic cahltol build ling. In this semi
circular room are placed statues 81 dis,
stinguished citizens Of the country, each
state Of the union being entitledto two
such memorials. The hall is getting
fairly well filled up and the annual house Sc
cleaning in the big building involves
considerable work in keeping the stat
ues presentable. :.~e&E* * !"
:: Every once in awhile = critic with ar
tistic temperament goes into Mysteries
over the conglomerate mass Of marble
and bronze emgies that have been &C.
cumulated in this hail. "A demand ii
then made that congress establish some
uniform rule or regulation, regarding the
size and character of the statues. The
artistic, however,, never appeals very
strongly to congressman, and as the
states themselves furnish the statues
no disposition has been evinced to in
terpose any fixed law that would de-
fine the character of the art to be en-
ployed on these memorials. The old
question OF states rights hobs up con-
veniently when proposition is made
to have congress furnish q model for
the states, and in consequence statuary
hall is being filled with marble and
bronze figures from three-quarters
length and bust to full heroic size.
There is no doubt that some of the
figures that have been contributed to
this hall of heroes are monstrosities.
but the finicky visitor. can leave, these
for the contemplation of the less ar
tistic and enjoy the real beauties of such
marble figures as those of Pere Mar
quette, which Wisconsin has contrib
uted or that of Miss Francis Willard,
the. only statue of woman in the cap
itol, which Illinois has presented as rep
resenting the highest type of citizen
ship from that state.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
States Present Statues.

HERE are many
members of con-
gress who admit
the need of federal
supervision of the
statues to be placed
in this hall. Con-
gress has at times
declined or neg
lected to formal
ly accept statues
furnished by the
states, b u t. t h q
statues have re-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Rev. DR.. Mcconnell, of Des Moines,
Ia, in his sermon the other Sunday,
declared that the decadence of church
going was because attendants
c1al]y at Protestant churches-wore
the most expensive clothes they pos
sessed. This had the effect of keeping
away the poor. plainly attired people.
In making the usual announcements
for future services this long-headed
parson said: "Nease note that all peo-
pie attending services here are re-
quested to wear plain and inexpensive
clothing in order that no one, however
humble, may be embarrassed"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

manned nevertheless.
1t is presumed that each state will
present statues Of her most distin-
guished people. 1t is not so difficult for
the older states to do this, as from their
long history it is not difficult to select
two preeminent characters. Of the
younger states, however, there are very
few that could at this time furnish
statues of men who would for all time
to come represent the best of their citl-
zens. 1t has been suggested that there
should be some regulation as to the
character Of the men who are to be made
immortal in this great hall of fame. The
states have been invited to send any
body they pleased, but a review, of those
states that yet have the privilege OF
contributing to the hall shows that SINE
queer characters might find a place in
this collection.
1t has been suggested, for example.
that Utah might send a statue of Brig
ham Young. 1t can be easily imagined
what howl would go up through tho
country if this were done. Montana,
after the death of her present senior
senator, William A. Clarke, might put
him in marble and leave him as monu-
ment to some Of the rather questionable
political history in his state. Virginia
still has one statue due her, and her good
people have proposed Robert E. Lee,
but that proposition was vetoed by the
governor of the state. Mississippi might
send a statue of Jefferson Davis, or Ken
lucky might claim that privilege, as
Davis was born in the latter state. Abra-
ham Lincoln was also born in Kentucky.
and the unique situation might be pre-
sented Of that state sending statues OF
both these great characters. Other
states might contribute memorials OF
their great men which would revive ami
mosities and create bad sectional feel
ings. 1t has been suggested that con-
gress should guard against just such
possibilities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Apartment House Craze.

ASH N G T O n 10
rapidly becoming
a city of cliff q we'll
ers. The latter is
the term applied to
the thousands Of
people who have
taken up he i +
abode in big apart
lighthouses. With
in the past decade
and more particu-
larly within the,
mast five voorS,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Divorce When It Is Saddest.

9 AXE apt to
think of the d.
vOrce .matron az
young and giddy;
it causes some
thing like a shock
when a woman
like Mrs. William
Rhinelander Stew
art, who has been
married 26 years
and has q grown
up SON, goes for
the usual reason
to South Dakota
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

AT a meeting of the Amalgamated
Society of Tailors, In London, a mem:
Der stated that she knew of woman
who had made a cloth skirt-plaited:
tabled, trimmed with bands and but.
tons-for Cd, the said skirt being tick
eted in the shop window THE best
English tailOr-made."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Physical geographers are asking
whether we are now witnessing the
gradual disappearance of a glacial
period. 1t has been known for some
time that the ice is dwindling in the
Arctic, and it has now been shown
that the ice is melting faster than it
forms in part of the Atlantic and
perhaps in all of it. Among the obser-
vations that have led to this conclusion
concerning Arctic ice phenomena are
the statements of Prof Garwood that
the line of perpetual snow in Spitz-
bergen is now 1000 feet above the sea.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
How a Man Gets Very Rich.

HEN a man works
up from a shoe
string to fifty or
sixty millions in
80 years how?
By g 60 m e trical
progression, if he
has the nerve and
power. The first
thousand cam e
hardest for Ryan;
then as a small
1>-~I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

The United Kingdom il the largest
single market of american clover
seed, absorbing about one-third of the
total exports. OF this quantity the
largest portion is taken in England:
but there is a good market for the
seed in Belfast. from which point the
farmers Of northern Ireland are sup.
Piled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

According to recent report of the
Nitrate association the production; of
nitrate in Chile in 1904 amounted to
1,694,665 tons, which is SO,230 tons il
excess of the production in 1903. The
total quantity exported was 1,630,488
tons, or 45,745 tons more than in 1903.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Thirty-five years ago w. H. Newman
was brakeman on a southern rail.
road at 81 day; to-day he is presi-
dent Of the great Vandalia system:
with a salary of 100000 a year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
WHY THEY ARE HAPPY:
TWO NOTABLE REOOVERIEs FROM
EXTREME DEBILITY.
Husband's Strength Had Been Waning for
Three Years. Wife a Sufferer from
Female Weakneas

Three Years. Vito a Sufferer from
Female Weakness.
my strength had dwindled so that I
couldn't apply myself to my business
with any snap but was tired and listless
Ill the time" said Mr.. :Goldstein. =
II went to bed completely used upby
my days work, and when, I got ap in 3
the morning did9 It feel rested q bit. II
had awful headaches too, and nv kid
neys got out Of order and caused me to
have severe pains in the back. At one
time I became SO feeble that I could not
stir from bed for three weeks.''@ ~ +
Mr.. Geldstein is a young man and had
then but recently established a home Of
his own. His anxieties were increased
by the fact that his wife was far from
being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says: II
= For two years I had been i'll most Of
the time. Sometimes I was confined to
bed for weeks in succession under ply
jsician's care. Ihad headaches, kidney
trouble, pain about the heart and many
more omfoltable symptoms con-
nected with that weakness to which my
sex is peculiarly subject s. d s5 81
Tronble had invaded this household
and settled in. it in just the years that
ought to be the very happiest. Physicians
could not tell them how to get rid Of It.
- g was utterly discouraged, 3 said M.
Goldstein. Then the urgency 81 some
friends led me to try blood aud nerve
remedy which was said to be wonder
fully successful. ~ Within 8 month there
M, So&o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
American Valhallao

he old capitol
building is getting
a more thorough
renovation this
summer than it has
had for many
years The general
cleaning up. in
cludes, as usual,
statuarly hall, or.
what some people
are pleased to term
the American VAL.
halla. This is the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
The New Plaza Hotel.

1ERE is only enc
Wall street in the
world, only one
Broadway, on1
ne corner of
those two streets,
and only one NO.
1 Wall street. !"
said the st. Louis
real estate broker
W no zee n t | y
bought the prop
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

During the last two years about
100000 mulberry trees have been
planted in Argentina, which has now
about 10000, 900 of such trees.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Investigating This TERRITORY.

: COURSE the first
important indus
try of Alaska is
that of gold and
c opper mining.
The United States
geological survey,
however, is con-.
Quoting investiga-
lions which, it is
believed, will show
O t h er valuable
nof,1ra1 roc0r1rcoc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
The shipbuilding Scandal.

.a1asAA Aa6o,
a man has to
think of il he
would be remorsc-
lessly successful.
Mrs. Ben : Wood.
widow Of the late
owner OF the
News, the Tam,
many organ in
. New York. was
cheated out of the
best part Of 5000.
900 in the sean
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

It's true that morality has nothing to
do~with art, but the people who insist on
this most strongly overlook the fact that
immortality. has nothing to do with it,
either.-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

industries, but it is now IN fair way
to become as popular with summer:
tourists as portions of the Maine coast.
Government officials are contributing.
very largely to this feature of Alaska.
Since the wonderful gold discoveries
which turned the attention of the whole
world to that northwestern corner of the
continent and the United States became
aware that she had possession valu-
able for other things than seal skins,
the statesmen at Washington have been
paying a good deal of attention to
Alaska
For several years past it has been the
regular thing for bodies Of congressman
to make tours of Alaska. The bound
airy dispute was the first excuse for this
delightful excursion along the most pic
turesque coast in the world. Congress-
men felt it was necessary to inform
themselves at first hand of conditions in
that region and to locate with their own
eyes what they believed to be the real
boundary between the British posses
sions and Alaska. The tales these
statesmen adventures brought back of
the wonderful scenery of the Alaskan
coast and the unique experiences they
had in that little-known country in
spired others with the desire to make
the trip. This summen quite number
Of the most prominent members of the
house and senate, including Speaker
Cannon, will learn of the Alaska womb
ers by personal visit.
The interest that congressman have
taken in that country and the efforts of
the government in it's development have
attracted great attention, and the con-
sequence is that Alaska seems to be a
very desirable place for American in
vestments. Experiments in agriculture
in fisheries and other industries have
proven that this big corner of North
America that we purchased for $7,000,-
900 in 1867 will prove one of the richest
investments ever made by the, govern
ment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Not So Great

Mifkins-What do you think! of that
fellow Uppson? - :
Bifkins-Not much. f. he was to Jump
any Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Old aall OF the house Of representatives,.
and II probably. one OF the most intsr-'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

In New York prison the education-
al course for convicts will be broaden
ed to include lectures on law. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Col. Stephen N. Winslow has been
connected with the Philadelphia In
quirer for sc years.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Ready for the Shock,

doctor, what is the amount Of my
bill?" -
my dear sir, you are only convalescent.
III tell you when, you are entirely well"
Chicago Tribune. D.. =. H
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

dalous shipbui1 ding trust g Notation
BENJAMIN 3. odeu was another pur-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
WASHINGTON 81. INC To- Letter: |: | /
= 1872. -Ef%I. Il Nv - 3t&{f: S r
ALASKA BECoMINF a POPULAR
SUMMER RESORT. 'r
SCENERY AND RESOURCES.
Federal Supervision of Statues in Sta
tuary Hall - Might Be- Delicate
Situation IF States Left Free
Choice-No sky-Scrapers.

A S HI N G ON
When the United
States purchased
Alaska from Rus
STA some 50 years
ago there was lit
tie idea that it
would become one.
OF the popular
summer resorts Of
the country. Its
value then ap-.
peared to be prin-
ciDallv for it's fur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Special Low Rates to N. q. a. Meet
=. ing, Asbury Park, N. J.
July 81, via. Nickel Plate Road. Long
return Limit and Stop-over privileges at
Chautauqua Lake, N. y, Niagara Falls.
and New York City. Full information Of
Agent, or address J. Y. Callahan, General
Agent, Ill Adams st., Chicago, III.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

A mans idea of good summers vaca-
ton is where he can wear his old clothes;
woman's, where she must wear lot of
new ones.-N. Y. Press ~
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-03-10
BILLS VETOED I!

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March r
Governor White has filed vetocs of tae
following bills passed at the recent regu-
lar session of the legislature; Houss
bills fixing the minimum school term at
six months in each year and setting
aside $4,000 from the general school
funds for aid fine poor; bin relating
to motor vehicles and regulating their
speed; bill establishing criminal cour.
in aIingo county; bill regulating freight
charges on snort line railroads; bill es-
tablishing public library in Martins
burg and also abolishing the informed
late court in Marion county. Senate
bills establishing the independent school
districts of Redwood, Nicholas county.
amending Fairmont charter. The bill
amending the law relating to tae sale
of lands for the benefit of the school
fund known as the King land case bill
was allowed to become law without
the governors signature.
II
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-03-10
Proper Treatment Of Pneumonia.

Pns'nnonia is too dangerous disease
for any one to attempt to doctor him
self, althonsa he may have tie proper
remedies Mt aand A physician should
always be call>d 1t should b. borne In
mind, however, that pneumonia always
results from cold or from an attack
Of tae grip. and that by giving Cham
y6ss. sims ccuga Remedy the threatened
= attask Of pm snonia may be- warJedioff.
This irsn, NJ is also used by physicians
In the tr.a. nsnt of pneumonia with the
: best results. NJ W. J. Smith. of San
: ders, Ala. VINO i.>also druggist, says
of it: 81 have tssa selling Chamber,
aain's soopga Remedy and ) resembling II
Sh my pactiaa for the past SIX years
\ use it in cases Of pneumonia ana nave
always gotten tn Best results" Son.
by Stone 4 Mercer.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-03-10
|SPE AXE
RAIDeD'
N ENrrRpR1sE AND sIAvIsH'
WOMAN FOUND THEREIN IS
BROUGHT TO JAIL.

constabls Benjamin Harberr rsidsa Z
spssxsasy at Enterprise saturday night
and captured two slayisn n, PEI. ana or;
woman 6f the same nationality. lhsy
were taken before Squire Cyrus Tlcmp-
son md the woman. who gives esr nAfll ls
Il Mary Smith, was committed r. jail
r 4 sfanlt Of bond. Constable HasHsrt
brought nrr to the jail acre sai0iang !
morning. Tar officer confscatsd q Ict
81 boozs H. found at The place as
commitm mt state. taat the woman an UNI
lawfully sold liquors in the month #
November last, 4;