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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

SHE GFASPED THE THROITIE.
under which a tall. blond pompadour
looked. On her slender hands Miss
Craig wore buckskin gauntlets, and her
dainty feet were incased in tan shoes
When the conductor called "All
aboard" she grasped the throttle and
guided the train out through the
grand puzzle" with as much precision
as any engineer who runs into Union
station.
Miss Craig was practically raised on
a locomotive. Her father, G. H. Craig,
is one of the best known engineers
that runs on southern roads. Since
she was little girl it has been the
custom of her father to often take her
with him on his daily runs. To the
child he taught every detail and in
tricacy of a locomotive, until there
was little she did not know concern
ing one.
When she was older and her hand
was strong enough Engineer Craig, sit
ting beside her, allowed the girl en-
gineer to make the complete run.
So attached has Miss Craig become
to the vocation of running an engine
that she sincerely desires to become
a real engineer with a run all to her
self.
At home. besides being called the
"Engineer Girl" Miss Craig is known
as ''The Cowboy Girl" She rides a
pitching bronco with the ease of a
plainsman and can throw a lariat as
true She is also an accomplished
vocalist and possesses a soprano voice
of rare quality.
ri could make my living singing"
she said, "but I don't care for it as l
do running an engine. Applause from
an audience is all right but it doesn't
compare with the exhilaration and ex-
element of controlling big engine
and having the. safety of hundreds Of
people in your hands So want to be
an engineer
At the request of the brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen special per-
mission was given Miss Craig to run
the engine by Superintendent Moore,
of the Terminal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

desirable portions of Main street.
From $500 to $500 a front foot, was the
answer l received.
Are not such prices rather crowding
things in town of this size?" asked.
1T will double that in five years from
now," was told.
And in less than five years it has not
only doubled, but trebled and more. It
is indeed an undesirable Let on Main
street that brings less than 1900 a
front foot to-day. and they are still say
ing that land is too low.
-Four years ago a friend told me of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

staying, and more coming.
"This place will be the Chicago Of Can
ada, in fact is the Chicago of Canada
look at it's position. Everything going
or coming to and from this broad west
ern country must pass through Winni-
peg. The large lakes to the north pre-
vent any transcontinental Canadian
railroad from escaping us. We have
practically two such lines to-day in the
Canadian Pacific and the Canadian
Northern, and the Grand Trunk is now
beginning the construction of a third
1t is merely a question of a few years
until we are a second Chicago in point
of railroad connections, as we'll as in
location''
The truth Of the matter is that with
it's 100000 of population, and it's two
lines of railroad, Winnipeg has already
distanced Chicago in one important par
ticular. That is as wheat shipping
point Reliable figures that did not
originate in Winnipeg show less than
40,0O0,000 bushels Of wheat inspected
in Chicago annually, while Winnipeg
has passed the 50,O000 900 bushel point,
an amount greater by 100000 bushels
than is inspected each year in Duluth
and Superior together.
Probably nothing better illustrative
of the city's growing commercial i'm
portance may be found than a visit to
the railroad yards. No single system of
railroad on the American continent hoe
so large freight yard at any point as
that of the Canadian Pacific at Winni-
peg. 1t reaches the enormous total of
120 miles of sidings. And this 12O miles
of sidings is moving panorama of
freight cars bringing in the products Of
the western factories and taking out
the products of the broad reaches of the
western fields. 1t is a undisputable evil
dence of prosperity and push.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
SP0]0KS GUST A
KENTUCKY FAMILY.
A MENIFEE COUNTY DOCTOR
MOVES BECAUSE OF GHOSTS.
AGONY OF SITUATION AWFUL.
After Terrible Experience in Home
Which the Neighbors Said Was
Haunted Physician Gives Up
and Vacates Premises.

Louisville, Ky.-One of the most puz-
cling enigmas that students of psychic
phenomena have tried to unravel to-
day Is puZZling scholar and neophyte
In the lore of mysticism Not only has
this marvel amazed those who delight
in revealing the fact that many mir
acles'' are due only to some persons
wonderful imagination or morbid
thoughts, but it has also driven from
a home of luxury family that found
itself unable to solve the personality,
or, rather, the nonpersonality, of q
ghostly visitant.
DR.. Joseph King moved with his fam
lily into a beautiful country residence
near Rothwell, Menifee county, Ken
lucky. Gossip of the wives of the coun-
tryside had never connected with the
mansion, practically rebuilt by the
physician, even the slightest tinge OF
mystery. Superstitious babblers had
never limited of the customary accom-
paniment of nocturnal ramblers from
the neither world-the sound of clank-
ing chains and occasional flashes OF
light that came from portion Of the
house known to be unoccupied.
But the quiet life of the happy fam
lily soon was changed. Three days after
the house was occupied DR.. King was
awakened by cold, clammy object
placed upon his face. What it was he
could not tell, and a careful search of
the house by himself and the rest of the
family failed to reveal traces of anything
unusual. DR.. King describes the SEN
sation of his first awakening thus:
Like the touch Of lifeless hand!''-
Thereafter he was often reused from
sound slumber by the feeling that there
was resting on his face the hand of a
corpse.
That was only the beginning of the
ghostly visitations. and almost nightly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

colony. The town where "Ebcn Hold,
en- lived is named for them.
A young man of this stock, Ruther-
ford Stuyvesant Pierrpont, has just
given to Columbia college 100000 to
build college hall. He has very
few millions in his own right from 4
Stuyvesant grandfather. He is %, a
good scholar although also a good
athlete. Fifteen years ago I might
have written because a good athlete
but scholarship and athleticism have
both grown more exacting. The gift
was to have been anonymous, but
there arc few young men with $500, 900
to spare. The fiction of anonymity is
kept up, however. No notice is taken
Of the published accounts of the young
man. He is flooded with begging let
ters, but no notice has been taken on
Columbia campus IF him more than
Of others.
Columbia, with more money than al
most any other college, is always
poor. 1t costs $2,500,000 to add a
modest slice of land to it's campus.
1t pays its professors from $4,000 up to
$4,000 year, the latter figure going
to such men as Brander Matthews and
Harry Thurston Peck, who really il;
an excellent Latin teacher, in spite
of writing SO much outside. 1t gives
it's professors the "sabbatical" seventh
year of full vacation, and pensions
them when DID, without waiting for
Mr.. Carnegie. It's chemist, Prof
Chandler. its international law expert,
John Bassett Moore, it's engineering
experts, arc known the world over.
In number of students it lags behind
only Harvard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

greatness, however, was then covered
up by the rows of board shanties and
shacks that did duty as business houses.
with here and there pretentious look
ing brick or stone structure, all of
which I soon learned to distinguish as
places where money was loaned. l re-
member a remark I then made to a
friend to the effect that the town seemed
to be made up of two classes, Judging
from its business buildings, one of whom
had money to loan, and the other of
whom 1t seemed to be in a sad need Of
a chance to borrow
To-day the frame shacks have given
place to substantial business blocks and
towering office buildings And Main
street not being long enough to easily
accommodate all the growing business
interests it has spread around onto
Portage avenue. Imagine town in
which four years ago the retail dry
goods business, with the exception of
one store-the Hudson Bay company
was done in one-story frame shacks,
with counters and shelving down either
side OF center aisle, now proftably
supporting immense department. estab-
lishments covering square blocks of ter
ritory and running seven strries into
the air. Such will give one an idea of
the growth of the retail business OF this
town in four years.
AS for the wholesale business, the
growth has been even greater. Mere
figures are too dry to quote, and besides
they are not nearly so expressive as are
the massive brick and stone structures
that have replaced the "1ean-to' sheds
which housed the wholesale stocks Of
merchandise four years ago. One can
so easily see the growth Of year to year
by looking for the line of new bricks
that mark the addition of a new story,
or new addition to the dozens of whole
sale business houses. To the student OF
things that make history it is interest
ing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
GIRL Runs An EN- CINE
. WITH VETERANS SKILL.
Maid Of Nineteen the Hero Of Novel
Run from st. Louis to Val
ley Park. .. r.

b. st. Louis.-Among those who attend
ed the social session here of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen recent
ly was Miss Bessie Craig, of Fort
Worth, Tex, who enlivened the pro-
ceedings with some songs. Although
not licensed, Miss Craig, who is but
10, is experienced as an engineer, and
she proved the fact by taking the
Frisco passenger train as far as VAL
ley Park.
Enveloping her tall figure was a
light colored cravenette. On her head,
jauntily set, was a small cap, from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
Mail Car Used az Barber sho,

PHILADELPHIA trolley mail car
was put to an unusual use the other
day, having: been temporarily turned
into "a barber shop while standing on
a switch on Market street in front of
the post office. The hair and beard Of
one of the conductors needed trim
ming. SO cOlored employee who knows
something of the barber trade was
called upon a stool was procured and
in full view Of late pedestrians the
act was done. When his hair and
beard had been trimmed the barber
vigorously welded whisk, and once
more the car became mail car in-
stead Of barber shop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

rived h+re the next morning on the 500
line The train ran As miles an hour to
cover the nearly 500 miles in that time.
There are but comparatively few trains
on the continent that make better>time.
Four years ago Travelled from Min
neapolis to Winnipeg Oh the best and
fastest train that was then running be-
tween the two cities. The running time
was just seven hours longer than is now
consumed to cover the same number OF
miles between the two cities. l rode
in a sleeper then, to be sure, but the
sleeper was a stock car by comparison
with those in service now. Such things
as dining, parlor, library and buffet
cars were unknown then. To-day they
are part of the regular equipment OF
trains in this service.
l marveled at this change, which told
me much Of what l was to find in this
metropolis of this great northwest cOun-
try over which flies the union jack, and
which is people largely by energetic,
|'hustling people from the states. There
must be reason for such train serv-
ice, argued with myself; and as l OBJ
solver the well-filled sleepers, the rea-
son was apparent; the trains were run
ming because the patronage not only
warranted them. but demanded them.
"But why the reason for such an
amount of travel to this north country?''
| uueried of myself. Again the answer
yfas apparent by glance at the passen-
gers. 1t was the growing commercial
interests that were sending these pros
porous merchants backward and for
ward on business errandS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

has come to Stay-are correct.
Bank clearings are criterion of busi-
ness conditions, and the bank clearings
of Winnipeg were the third largest in
Canada last year, amounting to more
than s294,O00,000, a gain Of about 20 per
cent. over the previous year.
The post Office receipts are another
fair criterion of city's business, and
those of Winnipeg for last year amount-
ed to $256,519, which represented the
mailing Of some 100000 letters, 3,000,-
900 packages, besides post cards, news
papers, etc.
To turn from the strictly commercial
interests to the building of homes for
the rapidly increasing population, let us
glance at the building record. The mum.
Der of permits issued by the building in
spector last year for the erection of new
buildings was 2,288, an average valua-
ton of nearly $4,000 for each building.
The records so far this year are consid-
erably in excess of those Of last year.
In the way of municipal improvements
the city paid for labor on the streets
alone last week the sum of $4,000. It
now has more than 120 miles of paved
Streets; 81 miles of which are boule-
Yards. 1t has 316 acres laid out in pub
lie parks, in which the flowers were in
bloom before the LIST of May. It has 80
miles of street railway; IS miles of
watermains, and 220 miles of sidewalks.
These figures are from a city of 100 900
population, with an area of 1880 acres.
like things that have dash and go
about them, and I like Winnipeg. like
also THAT vast stretch of thousand
miles of western territory upon which
the city's business interests are builded.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
From Town to City.

DUR years ago Win
nipeg was a thirty
ing frontier town.
1t then had $4,000
people, counting
such as were COM
ing and going
principally COM
ing. To-day Win
nipeg is a city, a
commercial m e =
tropolis of 100000
people who are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

- - ~ - SkJ
have been made il.
Winnipeg real es-
tate within the last
four years I would
not presume even
to guess, but they
have been numer-
Gus.
-Four years ago ]
asked the ruling
price of land a1ono
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
How Diver Met His Waterloo.

lVVER forgot to
show mercy once;
hence his fall. 1t
was when some
men of his district
were threatened
with Jail for vot-
ing not wisely but
too we'll and often
upon one day. The
case against them
was pretty strong.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

a mirth-provoking sight to see his
slight and slender figure sandwiched
in consultation among the giants of
the Tammany general committee.
Physical strength and daring counted
with all these men in the beginning.
Croker beat out the beginning of his
political fortune with his fists in the
Old "gas house gang" By~a curious
coincidence, Murphy, the rrese ut boss,
is the leader for the gas house dis
trict, the eighteenth.
The gang leader of the present day
IS different kind of man. The old,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
Some FIGURES.

HAVE just said
that mere figures
were too dry to
quote, but l am
tempted to print a
few just to prove
that my observa.
lions of this-well,
call it a boom
town, if you like,
but it seems a SUBJ
stantial boom that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
Devotion to an Ideal.

+ III LOW, not. a
rich man as things
go now a d a y 8,
when he was
president of Co.
lumbia, gave 1t
$1,000, 900 to build
its great library,
one of the finest
in the world. This
was, perhaps, one.
seventh of Mr..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
Hard to Please.

He-Then I am to understand that
You have given me the mitten, as it
were?
She-YOu have said it..
ttAnd is this all?''
"Of course it is. What more do you
want-a pair of soc1s? ''--Chicago Daily
News. <-..-~- ~ ISL ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
The Deed of a Young Man.

He Pierreponts are
a quiet, land-own-
ing, Brooklyn fam
lily. One of the
finest streets on
the Heights is
named for them.
They were land
owners in the days
when sixteen fam
lilies of patrons
owned the greater
part of New York
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02

AIN street IN VIM
nipeg, as l saw it
four years ago,
made an impress
sion upon me that
1 do not believe I
shall ever forget.
Its 200feet of paved
width even at that
time gave it q
stamp of future
greatness. Much
of this future
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
The Leaders of the Gang.

HE average Tam
m a ny district
leader is a noun.
tain Of a man
physically. When
Edward NJ. Shep-
ard, the ablest
democratic leader
in the state, was
nearly ruined po-
litically by being
run for mayor by
Tammany, it was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
IN THE METROPOLIS ri P
"BATTERY DAN FINN" ON PO-
LICE COURT BENCH,
SOME QUEER CHARACTERS
New York Justices and Magistrat es-
Old Leaders of Tammany Phys
ical Giants-Columbi College
and Her Professors.
EW YORK.-NeW

CIV YORk.-NeW
York, which dearly
loves = "charac-
ter vii! hail the
advent upon the
police cO:!1t bench
Of Battery Dan
Finn" With Bat
MaSterSOn as 4
deputy United
States marshal,
Hp;r Pi11' npVGrV
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
WINNIPEG LETTER.
THIS INTERESTING NORTHWE EST
TOWN CHICAGO OF CANADA.
BOOM A SUBSTANTIAL ONE
It's Wonderful Growth the Last Five
Years-Railroad Center-Some
Statistics That Tell of
Big Things.

INNIPEG.-I came
to Winnipeg from
Minneapolis on a
palatial train; as
fire a combination
Of cars as can be
und running
anywhere on the
American CONT
uent. l left Min
neapolis in the
evening and ar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
Real E state Prices.

- ~ OW many fortune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
Then and Now.

NJ AIN street in Win.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-20
HAY FEVER ABOLISHED
Medical Science Discovers a Cure for
This Malady by Breathing Hyomei.

Stomach dosing cannot cure hay
fever. A change of climate Is the only
treatment that gives any relief, and
Hyomei, which medic1tes the air you
breathe. acts upon this principle. giving
in your own home a climate as healthy
as that of the White Mountains or
other health resorts.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs but
81, extra bottles 50 cents. Rowditch &
Webster and Percy w. Means have
seen the good effects following the use
Of Hyomei in SO many cases of hay
fever that they are willing to sell the
treatment with the understanding that
IL It does not give satisfaction, the
money will he refunded to you.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-20
EXCELLENCE AND ELEGANCE.

Mr.. G.. T. Bell, General Passenger and
Ticket Agent of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way system, is frequently in receipt of
communications from patrons, eulogiz-
ing the service that is found on Can
ada's great double track railway. An
unsolicited letter of recent date, reads
as follows:
81 have Just returned from the Pa
cific coast and it may interest you to
know that my wife and | immensely
enjoyed the run over your road. and
YOU must admit that when a woman is
pleased and delighted, she receives
something that has the classic touch of
excellence and elegance. l am inclined
tn think that the railroad that pleases
a woman is pretty near PERFECTION
Another letter from physician of
Aiken. South Carolina, reads:
al had the pleasure of travelling over
vour line from Portland. Me. to Detroit
Mich. and have no hesitation in say
ing that Your roadbed is one of the
snootbest have ever been on. and the
NIGHT from Montreal to Toronto, the
train WAS as steady as il one had been
in a hotel
The travel over the Grand Trunk is
increasing every year. and as the excel
lence Of this railroad Is becoming
known more and more, travellers from
all parts are taking the opportunity OF
riding on the fast trains which this line
&c noted for i'm Canada and over their
double track route between the prin-
o;na1 cities Of the East and West.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-20
III. Diamond Cure.

The latest news from Paris is. that
they have discovered u, ar cure
for consumption. If you fear cohsump
zion or nnsumonia, it will however, be
, .. Gov Won, to take that great remedy
'nantioned bv w. T. MCGEE, of vanleer.
,.enn ~ had a cough, for fourteen
,.ears Nothing helped me, until l took
DR.. Kings New Discover 80 IT,,
sumption, Coughs and solas, "nlri'
gave instant relief, and eftecleu d per
manent cure" Unequalled quich cure
for Throat and Lung Irouoies "A,
nowditch & webster Co. Augusta, aho
simpson Drug Co. Waterv..e' p' nt
zoe. and s1.oO. guaranteed. IT'LL '''
tie free.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-20

stock, Of which nothing l. paid in.
Officers: President, Harold +. Knowl-
ton of Maiden, Mass. treasurer, jesse
E. Forsyth of Kittcry. Certificate ap-
proved July y. 1905.
Cuba Eastern Terminal Co, organ
lied at Portland. fo- the purpose OF
constructing, maintaining and oper-
ating railroads, Telegraph and tele-
phone lines. gas AMI electric works,
etc, with 100000 capital stock. of
which $500 is paid in. Officers: Presi-
dent, H. l.. Cram of Portland; treasur-
err. b. L. Stewart of Portland. Certifi
cate approved July IA, 1905.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-20
rAiLRoADs AND srEAmsoATs.
l{||AAR1k]lHl5
n Effect June 5, 1905.
Trains leave Augusta as follows:
THROUGH TRArNa

IdhOUGH TRAINS
SUING WEST-6.H A. NJ, for Lewiston.
iand Beston, Hoa Msre Rockiand, Port
~, io.E A M. Sundays only. for Bath.
lewiston re Portland and Boston. express
PhlIlips Rsnkele1 Lewiston; Ear%lnSto
s ana boston. connecting for White Noun
TAN points and Lancaster; az p. M. local
t0r Portland; $50 p. NJ, express Tor
Portland. Boston, Montreal and Chicaeo'
connects at Portland with through sleeper
lor New York. leaving Portland, SIS p.
York. e71ssp S Ssat9 q 6n ARRIVING New
Ior PORTLAND and Boston, and CONNECTING
az Portland with through sleeper for New
d i0rk as SO above; 20 P. M. for South Gar.
night for Lewiston, Bath. Rockiand. PORT.
and and Boston; '2.25 A. NJ. Portland and
GOING CASTLES A. NJ. tn,pb, a..
press). for Skowhegan, Bangor. Moose
mead Lake. Caribou and Aroostook coun-
y, via b. & A. r. r.; Vanceboro. AZ.
stephen, st. Andrew. st. John, via Cana.
dian Pacific and Aroostook counties: ga
a.; NJ, Bangor. Calais and Bar Harbor;
S Sa a: n. for Waterville. skowheEan.
belfast. Bangor. Ellsworth. Bar Harbor,
Southwest Harbor and for Oakland. Bel
grade. Winthrop and way stations to
Lewiston; 6.18 A. M, for WatervilIe, New
port, Foxcroft, Greenville, Bangor and
Bar Harbor; 1920. noon for Bangor, Bar
Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Aroostook
county. VanceborO. St John and Halifax
Lewiston and way stations, via waterville
and Winthrop; IA p. NJ. express for
Bucksport and daily to Bangor and Bar
Harbor: $40 P. NJ, for Waterviiie, Oak
land. North Arson, Bingham, Ekowhegan,
Belfast, Dexter. Denver and Foxcroft,
Greenville. Bangor. Old Town and Malta
wamkeag; 7.2S p. NJ. for WatervilIe ana
Skowhegan; go A. NJ. Sundays only, for
Waterville, Bangor and Rar Harbor.
The night Pullman train going East at
IL. Is A. NJ. runs every night, Sundays In
cluded, but not to Skowhegan on Monday
mornings, nor on Sunday mornings to
Belfast, Dexter or beyond Bangor ex-
cepting to Bar Harbor and Wash. Co. r.
R.
Daily for main line points.