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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27

was the editor. Hay. assisted, and his
editorials and poems were OF distinct
merit. Both workers in that country
newspaper office became men of pro-
nounced t.ule: as every one knows the
two men joined hands in writing the
life OF Lincoln, great work; but other
than literary prestige was theirs. Mic
CLAY was lincoln's secretary and con-
tidant during the most troubled days
OF the presidents TERM OF office; Hay,
Immediately after being admitted to
the bar in Springfield in 1861, went to
Washington as assistant secretary to
President Lincoln, and remained with
him until his death, a trusted friend
and helper He acted as Lincoln's ad-
jutant and aide-de-camp, and served
several months under Gen. Hunter and
Gen. Gilmore, with rank OF major and
assistant adjutant general. He was
also brevetted lieutenant colonel and
colonel, AS Col. Hay he was long
popularity known, then later ambassa-
dor became the popular title, and now
secretary. While serving as United
States ambassador to England he
won the favor and affection of the
English people, and only left his post
to accept the highly-responsible ard
very honorable position OF secretary OF
state
This wcsterner, as we persist in cali
ing him, has had much diplomatic ex-
perience; he Was first secretary Of lega-
ton at Paris, and several times in
charge, In 1S65~67; charge d'affaires at
Vienna in 1&67-6S, and later secretary
Of legation at Madrid. In 1870 he came
to New York, and tor five years served
on the staff OK the New York Tribune
as editorial writer. A volume Of
poems. sketches of travel, the history
OF Abraham Lincoln, have come from
the pen Of this statesman of many tai
ents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
FLOODS IN SAHARA DESERT
They Are Of Rare Occurrence, But
Two Have Come in Five
Years.

For the second time in five years a
food in the Sahara desert has been re-
corded. Both of these anomalies were
in the Algerian Sahara, and both had
tragic results. says the New York Sun.
The two small areas which were
overwhelmed by water are about $50
miles apart. The latest flood occurred
on the morning of October 81 last at
Ain Sierra, on the northern edge Of
Sahara, not far from the Moroccan
border. The Wadys 81 Bridj and Muila
were suddenly filed to overlooking
with water coming from Ieavy rain
that had fallen on the slopes Of the
mountain range known as D1enien- Blu
Resg. The deep flood rushed through
the town on the lowlands ard nearly
the entire village was swept away.
The people had no time to fee before
the flood was upon them. Ten Euro
peans and Is natives were drowned,
in spite of the heroic efforts Of the
French soldiers from the fort, many
of whom risked their lives to save the
men and women struggling in the wa
ter. The work of death and desola-
ton was all over in ten minutes.
Among the dead was Isabella Eber-
hardt, writer of scientific attain
ments. who was travelling in masculine
attire to collect information concern
ing Mohammedan ways of living.
The news of the catastrophe was re-
ceived by the committee on French
Africa in Paris and published in its
bulletin. 1t is regarded as remarkable
that the loss Of life was not greater
for of the 900 houses in Ain Sefra
scarcely dozen remain. The surviv-
ing Inhabitants were left homeless, but
while the French garrison at the fort
supplied their immediate necessities
funds were raised in some of the Al
gerian towns for their relief.
The earlier flood took place on April
IL, 1899, and overwhelmed a camp in
the desert occupied by a force of 80
French soldiers. They had pitched
their tents in the dry bed of the Wady
Ur1rlu. about 800 miles south Of the
city Of Algiers. A little after dark a
roar was heard up the Wady, and a
few minutes later an area of about
three-fifths of mile across was under
six feet of water. The camp was swept
away, but most of the soldiers sue
ceeded in clambering on neighboring
hillocks above the food. The bodies
OF six Of them were found next day
several miles below the camp.
These facts show that though hard
rains are very rare in the Sahara
there are sometimes heavy downpours
in situations where the CONFORMATION
OF the ground permits the sudden &C.
emulation of great quantities of wa.
ter, and serious disasters are caused
If these floods chance to overwhelm
settlements. In that part of the world
people are not likely to think it neces-
sary to provide safeguards against
sudden irvasions by floods.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
Big Business.

The yearly report Of the st. Paul
Union Stock Yards company for 1904
shows that $50, 300 cattle, ss1 .635 hogs,
7.2, .GG sheep and 6, 1873 horses were re-
ceived during the twelve months just
closed. This live stock was shipped in
%, $50 cars. OF these, o15,493 cattle,
1851 hogs, G!2,2Go sheep and 6.2o5
horses were shipped out. There were
slaughtered at South St. Paul during
the last year 04,25O cattle, 1853
calves, slo,15l hogs and 600 sheep.
The comparative table shows a decided
increase in every item during 1904 over
the proceeding year. with tho exccp-
ton Of horses, which fell Oft ,3O5, head.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27

The story OF his life in Illinois is
one whose strong interest lies in it's
commonplace; the humble home, tho
daily round OF chores, early haruships
and responsibilities. a troubled youth
with the ordinary perplcxity as to the
right pursuit: and when at last the
career was chosen. struggles and fail
ures in making Roadway. 1t is what
is referred to as dull gray story, and
yet it is cOlOrless tale that has about
1t its own charm-for the grOwll-up
Every school5oy and girl in the land
IS hidden read the life of Lincoln, but
we'll remember my own youthful i'm
preston was disappointment over his
story; youth wants immediate heroes,
grand exciting deeds; has small pa
thence with the formative period that
prepared the hero for the moment of
glory. The mature mind looks differ
entity al this, and holds as full Of in
terest the early stages in the life CT
Abe Linkern who told stories, tend
ed saw-mill, kept grocery, and went to
the Black Hawk War"
Numberless localities in Illinois have
old residents that can tell personal
anecdotes of Lincoln. He worked and
studied at New Salem, was associated
with the social and political life Of
Springfield, his circuit and campaign
travels gave him opportunity to make
wide acquaintance. We quote from
Mr.. Clark's retrospect on the day of
Lincolns Inauguration: Mr. Lincoln.
the president-elect, seemed i'll at ease
in his brand-new suit of clothes. AS I
looked at him l thought of his past
life-of the dreary cabin in Kentucky,
of the floorless log-hut on Pigeon
creek in Indiana where he spent his
boyhood; of the sunshine that H.
lumined it upon the advent of the good
step-mother; of the wearisome Jour
ney to Illinois; of the rail-splittinc
with John Hanks; of the fiat -boating
the sawmill and the grocery at New
Salem; of the Clary Grove boys: of
his many disappointments. failing al
ways when the goal was almost with
in reach"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
Found.

After City years of a widowed and
hidden existence, the original draft of
the constitution of Minnesota was in
advertently exhuned from dusty
pile of miscellaneous documents by
George b. Brown, an assistant in the
secretary Of states Office. For the
past thirty years every secretary of
the state has had had nearly every
year calls from persons who desired to
see the original draft of the constitu-
ton.
Search after search has been insti-
tinted in the office and the records have
been overhauled more times than could
be counted on the fingers and toes, but
still the historic document eluded and
deficd every search made.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
THE WINNER AT A RATTLE.
Gets the Prize, But Before He Gets
Through Buying" Pays
for It.

You must be going to eat Christmas
dinner" observed the cable-car conduc-
tor to the man who got on the rear plat
form with large turkey under his arm,
relates the Chicago Daily News.
Sure thing" said the man, with
grin. Pretty good bird, amt it! Heft
him."
The conductor raised the bird a mo-
ment and whistled. Must have cost
you something" he hazarded.
Ten cents said the man.
"What?"
Zone dime. Got him in rattle at Muir.
phys down the street. Murphy rafled
eff 20 of 'em Thanksgivin'. Thirty num-
bers there was to each at dime. tried
a dozen times or more then but couldn't
shake high ner low an had ter take
the old woman home a chicken. Bau-
man had rattle, too, an last week went
against his game. Once came within
one of the highest number. Feller shook
4O-three SKIES: twice runnin'. I took
two or three chances on each Of the five
sheets Bauman had, an then quit and
tried Murphy. Every time l went in
for a drink I took a throw for luck.
Finally I shook low on the last number
of sheet, an Murphy handed over the
birds. OF course set 'em up, but
could afford to do that, getting turk
for ten cents that would have cost me
$780," 49,.
"I'll give you Is cents for him." said
the conductor, jocularly. Il guess you
must nave bought about five dollars
worth of chances, though. altogether.
not counting the drinks"
well, maybe cid, if you look at it
that way" admitted the mas, with the
turkey. ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
UNCONSCIOUS cEREBRATlON
Celebrated Naturalist Discusses His
Views on the Reasoning Power
Of Animals.

Lord Avebury, better known as Sill
John Lubbock, the celebrated naturalist
writes: If many are prone to exag-
gerate the intellectual powers OF dogs
and horses and elephants, others 20 tc
the opposite extreme. Descartes, " know
looked on animals as mere automatic
Even recently Bethe, Uexkull and other
writer's have denied the existence of any
psychic powers, at any rate, in inverte.
brate animals, which they explain as re-.
f1ex machines.
Il confess, indeed, that cannot un
derstand how anyone who loves animals
or ever has devoted any study to them.
can doubt that they possess some pow.
er of reason. Many of their actione
are unconscious and instructive, so ara
some of ours, as we may see by watch.
ing child, but practice enables US tc
walk or run almost automatically.
Mr.. Gladstone told me that once
when he was forming one of his govern
ments he had some difficulty in arrang.
ing the places. He and Mrs. Gladstone
wrote down the titles of the Offices anC
the names of the liberal leaders on
pieces of paper and tried all the even
ing, but in vain, to fit them together.
At last they gave it up and went to bed.
When MI. Gladstone awoke in the
morning everything WAS satisfactorily
arranged in his head; his brain had
worked it out for him during his sleep.
This was not conscious reason and GER
tainly was not instructive DR.. Carpen-
ter gave to such action the name of un-
conscious cerebration.''
In further proof that man does many
things almost automatically Lord Ave-
bury gives this incident: Il have been
for over 40 years a director of ccm-
pany, which changed its offices 20 years
ago, and have not since had any occa-
sion to enter our old house.
Zone morning this summer, however,
l was going to committee in our pres
ent house, but, thinking of other things,
l walked past our door and two or three
intervening houses and into the porch
of our old Office"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27

was West Point graduate, and SO he
was welcomed TO the meetings and
asked to stir up men to form a COM
pany.
He said very little. but he did con-
siderable. It soon became evident he
knew good deal about organization
and equipment. and presently Capt
Grant was called upon to make use Of
this knowledge When he went to
Springfield at the request of the gov
ernor, his modesty kept him in the
background, as at Galena. and doubt.
less no one there dreamed that in their
midst moved man that was to be-
come the great war hero, the idol Of
the nation.
Before long Capt. Grant was appoint
ed colonel, and took command of the
Twenty-first regiment Of Illinois VOL
unteers; and ere long this regiment,
which had been more or less demoral-
ized became the best disciplined of all
the Illinois regiments. Grants career
after his regiment was ordered into the
field is too we'll known to need fur
lACl WIZ u, VIC Sud1l Iu0uIlOu Tue
heros return to the state, and the ova-
ton there given him who had left Illi-
nois practically one unknown to the
public.
Gen. Logan is called the greatest Of
our volunteer soldiers. Logan came
from southern Illinois, and from the
mouths of people living down Cairo
way l have heard stories not few
concerning ''dashing Jack Logan" in
youth social lion, as in elder days
military hero KATHERINE POPE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27

numbers from the prairie lands. Per-
;;onal impressions OF great leaders from
lliionis are given in recent book put
forth 0y McClurys under the title "llli-
nj the Indian name for Illinois, and
signify ing, according TO Father Hen
nepln. "a complete, finished, and perfect
Ian inspired with the spirit and BRAY
cry OF the,man OF every nation thatere
lived" The author. Clark E. Carr. main
tains in the book the enthusiasm sug-
gested by his choice Of title. fIc refers
10 Illinois as the Nursery OF Great Men,
and goes on to say: Who that has
grown up in Illinois has not been i'm
pressed with the possibilities OF inilu
ence that may be cXcrted from some liz
tie town or community? In no country
III earth is it SO possible for rural retreats
to develop such strong and able men as
ours. Whenever I see a bright young
man, however poor or however limited
in opportunity, l picture his possibili
ties Of attainment. | have come to re-
gard every young man l meet as sott
of potential hero who may some Gag rule
the state"
And as an Illustration OF the above, the
writer says that an old court record re-
Gently discovered at Pittsfield OllinOisi
shows that in case tried there in the
circuit court, involving only about $50
eight lawyers were engaged-Stephen A.
Douglas. o. II. Browning, Richard Yates,
E. D. Baker, James A. McDougall, Will
liam A. Richardson, D. D. Bush and Will
liam r. Archer-of whom six afterwards
became United States senatOrs-DOug-
las, Browning, Yates and Richardson,
from Illinois,; Baker, from Oregon.
and McDougall from California.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
News Notes.

William Goodman. living nine miles
southeast of Winthrop, while driving
was killed by a Minneapolis & s.
Louis passenger train.
Judge w. L. Window, Of Duluth.
fined John Knutson. wife beater, $50
and costs. with alternative of sixtv
days in Jail
W. y. Avery, of Detroit, has sold
100000 feet Of his pine tributary to
the Duluth & Iron Range road, and
gave an option to 4 prospective pur-
chaser for so, 900, 900 feet.
George Norman, an emplove at the
Great Northern shops, St. Paul, fell
into Il cinder pit in the shops and sus-
tanned several severe cuts and bruises
about the head.
Somewhere in St. Paul or Mime
apolis there lives girl, Nellie Ker-
burn by name, to whom So 900 has been
left by c. C. Maxson, the youno
Frenchman who was killed at Kerk-
hoven.
Gov johnson announced the an.
pointment of w. II. Hatcher, of Min.
neapolis, as military storekeeper. Mr..
Hatcher is not a member OF the ma
tional guard at present, but he has
served at different times for more than
Eve years. He served in the Thirteenth
regiment as quartermaster sergeant OF
Company of Minneapolis.
A verdict of $1,000 damages was re.
turned by the jury in the case of Chas,
Bannitz against the city of st. Paul in
the district court.
Fred W. Btanch, the acfaultinp
cashier of the Bank of Sargent, pleadl
guilty to the charge of forgery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
Illinois Little Giant.

L L P H + n A.
DOUGLAS, a man
often reyiled. was
ever acknowledged
pOssessOr Of most
brilliant talents;
and this son Of
lllino is added, very
considerably to
the fame of the
s t a t e. Though
small OF stature.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
Two Prairie Soldiers.

HE tOWnspeOplc OF
Galena, Ill.,. knew
little about their
quiet fellow towns
man engaged in
TIE leather trade,
until the breaking
out of the war
brought 10 the fore
certain facts in
the life OF Mr..
Grant. The rumor
got about that he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
The First Among Them.

itHAPS the mar
,yr's crown gives
to Lincoln the far
precedence, even
more than the part.
he played in the
abolition OF slav-
cry. The pathos,
the tragedy, of his
end IN the ripe
ness OF his work
makes his memory
peculiarly sacred
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
FAMOUS |LL|N0..SANS
A FEW NAMES CHOSEN FROM
THE MANY.
STATESMEN AND SOLDIERS,
illustrating the Truism That Great
Men Are Bred in the Country
What the Prairies Have
Sent Forth.
STATESMEN AND SOLDIERS.

HICAGO. 49, Young
LOchinvar cam e
out of the west,
and out of cur west
have arisen men OF
as great daring and
courage as TINS
hero Of romance.
Out OF the west
have arisen states
men as well as SOL
diers; both have
come in sOodiy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27

Fnchman invented which he
continuance yhoonod sucking
in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-27
Arms and the Man.

Wrinkle Count Duello is q daring
sWOrdsman.
Twinkle-Yes; he ran through a
cool million without any troub]e.-N.
7. Times
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
POLICE ETrBEvERLY LETTER
Miss Berner FulfiIls Promise Made to
Detectives

One of the important motives of the
police in making the flying visit to
Palo Alto after the arrival of the Stan
ford remains was TO obtain possession
of an alleged threatening letter ad-
dressed to Miss Bertha Berner by the
former butler. Albert Beverly. This
was secured and is in the hands Of
Captain Callundan, who declined to
discuss its contents.
Some surprise was expressed that the
local detectives should find it necessary
to accompany the body to Palo Alto,
especially in view of their statements
that they would return the same even
ing. The theory was advanced that they
were keeping Miss Berner under sur
veillance. but this they denied. The
bringing of the letter with them when
they returned in the afternoon is suf-
ficient reason for their taking the trip
to Palo Alto.
Scarcely had the train stopped be-
fore Detectives Gibson and Callundan
were out of the cars and into a car
riage headed for the Stanford estate.
There Miss Berner had told them they
would find the Beverly letter, and upon
the arrival of the hearse and Miss Ber-
ner in the carriage the search for the
letter began. In a few minutes Miss
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
PINT Of v HISKY
KILLS A WON AN

REDDING. March 21-Emma wor-
den, head housekeeper at the Alta
House for the last four years and who
was well known here. died suddenly
this morning at the office of DR.. L. A.
Bauter of this city.
About IL o'clock the woman felt an
attack of heart failure. Of which she
was a victim, coming on. She drank a
pint Of whiskey and then started for
the doctors Office to get medical aid.
BY the time she arrived there the liquor
had begun TO affect her. She flew into
a rage when she found that the doctor
was out and savagely attacked his
wife, who was there alone. Being a
large woman she probably would have
injured Mrs. Bauter seriously had not
her husband arrived.
The physician succeeded in quieting
the drink-crazed woman, but in few
moments she fell to the floor in con-
vulsions. She died half an hour later
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
Continued From Page 1, Column 2

it was learned that its contents are
simply reiteration of the statement
made by Dr. Jordan and concurred in
by Timothy Hopkins and given to the
press on the eve of their departure
from Honolulu, except that their for
merly expressed views are elaborated
upon so far as details of the invesuga-
ton pursued by the San Francisco de-
tectives are concerned.
Though the murder theory is not
popular with the San Franeiscans who
went to Honolulu, Attorney Wilson
said last night that this fact does not
mean that the vigilance of the detec-
tives will be relaxed in the least. All
we want said he, lis the truth, and
if a crime has been committed 1t is
our intention to use every possible
means. TO punish the criminal. 1t is
true that we should prefer 10 learn
that no murder had been committed,
but If it was murder I'VE want the
world to know it, and will never rest
until the guilt is properly placed.
The mystery attending the sending or
the dispatch from Honolulu by High
Sheriff Henry to Acting Chief of Police
Spillane, which the island official later
repudiated, was cleared yesterday. 1t
appears that High Sheriff Henry was
informed by the chemist who analyzed
the bicarbonate of soda found in Mrs.
Stanford's rooms at the Moana Hotel
that the bottle contained forty-three
grams or 663 grains of soda, in which
strychnine was found.
The Sheriff. however, misinterpret-
ed the information as meaning that in
a bottle of forty-three drains there
had been discovered 663 grains of
strychnine, and so advised the local
officials Later, when he discovered
his mistake his humiliation prompted
him to deny the authorship of the ca
bIegram. Captain Callundan said
yesterday that he had found High
Sheriff Henry very obliging and
willing assistant. who. however, had
lacked the necessary assistance in
sitting the mystery of the Stanford
case
With a view to making a further
and more careful investigation of the
probable causes of Mrs. Stanford S
death, the detectives brought with
them from Honolulu portions of the
woman's organs. among them the
brain, heart and contents of the
stomach, together with the remainder
of the bottle of bicarbonate of soda
and the cascara capsules found in her
room on the night she died. These
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
HEARsE ARRIVES LATE.
Painful Delay of Half an Hour at the
steamship Dock.

The hearse in which Mrs. Stanford's
body was conveyed TO the railroad
depot was not at the wharf when the
Alameda arrived and ii had to be sum-
moned by telephone message. There
was accordingly a painful delay of
half an hour after all preparations had
been made for taking the casket
ashore from the hold of the steamship.
Uncertainty as to the hour of the yes
sells arrival was responsible for the
miscarriage of the updertaker's plans.
After the arrival of the hearse there
was a question whether it was long
enough to contain the large coffin. The
undertaken first took measure of the
hearse and then of the coffin, but for
tunately there was just room enough
and the fears of another unfortunate
delay were not realized. The coffin
fitted so closely into the hearse that
the flowers on top had to be removed.