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The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

For 40 minutes she had been pro-
nounced dead by DR.. William s. Law.
renee, of the city dispensary staff, St.
Louis, Rosie Fisher, 81 years old, who
took carbolic acid early in the morn.
ing, continued to breathe spasmodical-
ly as she lay on an operating table.
She was practically dead when she
reached the dispensary, Dr. Lawrence
said, aud her heart and pulse beats
stopped a few minutes afterward.
Spinal reflex respiration, very rare. but
not unkonwn to medical science, Dr..
Lawrence said, was responsible for
Che breathing after life was extinct
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

"sassing' Washington as french min
Hamilton the third is living in old age
up the Hudson and still occasionally
writes patriotic verse. The Miss Pat
terson who married Jerome Bonaparte
and who was cast off by the great Ma
poleon so that his brother might wed
a princess, lived until few years ago
"a memorable figure in Baltimore.
AS for Indian war veterans of the
merely middle century there are many,
though few have had such variety of
adventures as Col. Jones'
Houses are tougher than people, even
in needless. wasteful New York. l
ate luncheon last week in the long
banquet room of Fraunces' tavern, in
which Washington bade farewell to his
officers and advised the young republic
to beware of foreign alliances. Presi-
dent Monroe, who Was elected more
unanimously than anyone since until
Theodore Roosevelt, is not usually as
sociated with New York, yet the red
brick house in which he lived for some
little time and died in 1881 is still
standing on Prince.street, though it is
to be torn down unless some patriotic
New Yorker rescues it, which is un-
likely. For years after Monroe's death
the house was lived in by his son-in-
law, Samuel Gouveneur, and only last
April bronze tablet commemorative
his death was placed in it's front wall
by some patriotic women. 1t has es-
capped the attention which is paid to
Hamilton Grange and to the splendid
old Jumel mansion. Neither of these
is likely to be torn down so long as it
will hold: together; which in the case
of the solidly built Jumel house is a
good while.
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News Notes.

Excelsior-David Granbrill, Min
netonka resident, narrowly escaped
death while driving over the ice road
from yonka Bay to Excelsior. The ice
gave away where the water was if
teen feet deep, and Granbrill managed
to escape. The horse went down and
was drowned and the wagon could not
be recovered.
st. Panl-Join f. Flanagan, a bar
tender who died az the city hospital,
had two broken ribs and badly
bruised side when brought to the hos
pital, and the coroner's jury is unde-
cided as to whether or not the injuries
contributed to his death.
StPaul - The Minnesota National
Guard association begins its twenty
sixth annual convention at the armory.
Wilmar-The Great Northern rail-
way will soon begin the erection of a
trapsfer elevator to be located in the
west end of the city.
Winona-While on his way home at
might, Ernest Nichols, farmer living
near Pekin, dozen miles west of Wi
mona, met with an accident that re-
suited in his death.
Bemidji--A. G. Rutledge, state game
warden, arrested Albert Martin and
George Bess at Wilton, a small station
west of here, on charge of having
venison in their possession in the
closed season. Both men asked for a
continuance in their cases.
Halnline-Frank Reed has been re-
elected manager of athletics at the uni
versity and the coming season will
mark his third year as athletic mana
gers.
St. Paul-The state is making a
fight for title to ISL 900 acres of swamp
lands in the northern part of lhe state.
St. Peter-Quite a snug little fortune
has just been received by Thomas Han
nigan, an influential farmer of Cleve-
land township The money, $3, 600,
was his share of the estate OF his sis
ter, Rosanna Hannigan of Providence,
r. l. and in fashion it came to him
most unexpectedly:
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positions. 1t has had to deal with
some big propositions, the largest
since it's creation being the Louisiana
Purchase exposition 1t st. Louis last
year. Then it had charge of the ma
tional legislation needed in connection
with the Lewis and Clark exposition
at Portland, Oregon, this year, and
now it is beginning to consider mat
ters connected with the next big expo
sition which is to be held in Virginia
in 1907 to celebrate the founding of the
town of Jamestown.
Some statesmen are of the opinion
that the exposition business is being
carried too far. The government is
asked to make loans of money and ex-
hibits from various departments and is
put to good deal of expense, although
it always gets back any funds that are
advanced. The opinion has prevailed
that the people are getting tired of ex-
positions, but that is disproven at St.
Louis last year and at Portland this
year. Ex-Congressman Charles JOY. of
St. Louis, had good deal to do with
the big expositions in that city. and
in talking with group of congressman
the other day he made this declaration:
World fairs and expositions not
only help the city and state in which
they are held, but they help the coun.
try and are worth every dollar thew
cost. st. Louis to-day is enjoying a
big business boom, which is yltributa-
bic 20 the worlds fair. There is twice
as much building going on aow IA
there was a year ago. There never
was such demand for skilled and nm.
skilled labor, and wages are high.
There is more money in circulation
and better prices prevail. The worlds
fair at st. Louis advertised on q grand
scale the resources of our wonderful
country and we are receiving returns
on our investment by the increasing
foreign trade which has followed. !
am q believer in the jamestown expo
sition and know It will be success"
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
A Sure Cure.

Mrs. Minks- Doctor, my husband is q
terrible sufferer from insomnia, and
some nightS cannot sleep a wink. Can
you do anything for him?
Doctor-Certainly, madam In the
first place he must go to bed not later
than ten o'clock
HE does that
Very we'll. Wait until he appears to
be in doze, and then suddenly give him
shake and tell him it is time to go down
and fix the kitchen fire. He'll turn over,
give a grunt and sleep like a log till
morning."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

men ally bright, quick-witted and
somewhat CT an orator. He is long,
lank specimen, who would more natur-
ally be supposed to hail from the
mountains of Tennessee than from
Little Old New York" 1t is a pity
that Mr.. Sulzer did not come from
Kentucky, as it would have aided still
further to identify him with that great
Blue Grass statesman, Henry Clay. The
resemblance. of the New York Tam
many congressman, in the shape Of his
face and head, to the pictures of Henry
Clay is really remarkable and is a
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

live in the house during his last years
in the city, but made his home in the
Democratic club, where he had a splen-
did suite of rooms. practically domi-
mating that organization. Mrs. Croker,
who was of quiet, domestic tastes, who
took care of the children with an exem-
plary fidelity that has not been more
than moderately rewarded. Two of her
sons have died violent deaths and the
daughter. Florence. who once attract
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

who calls on the head of a>department
fails to realize how he trenches on the
latter's time. After transacting his
business he is liable to engage in a
general conversation with the cabinet
officer. The manner in which Mr..
Cortelyou gets rid of this class of call
ers Was clearly shown the other day. A
citizen from out west was introduced
by his: congressman and after transact
ing the business they had come ueon
this western gentleman began a gen.
eral conversation.
The postmaster general moved un-
easily in his chair as The man went on
from one more or less interesting TOPIC
to another, but the visitor did not take
the Alnt. Pressing a button and Civ
Ing certain number of rings, the full
import of which is understood in the
outer Office, Mr.. Cortelyou secured re-
lief. George Pitts, the efficient mes
senger who has been with Mr. Cortel-
you in various positions for years,
softly entered the room, looked aro.nd
and stepped out again. He went to the
desk OF Mr.. Cortelyou's secretary, Mr..
Weaver, and gathered up big bundle
of papers. With these he hurried into
the postmaster generals room and ad-
vanced to where the western citizen
was occupying the officials time.
These cases are from the president
and have just come in," Mr.. Postmas
ter General" said the messenger, "and
they are urgent"
Postmaster General Cortelyou rose
quickly and looked at his visitor with
an expression that plainly said: "You
see how very busy 1 am and you must
really excuse me, much as I am enjoy
ing your conversation"
After the congressman and his con-
stituent had left the room the bundle
OF papers were taken back to Secretary
Weaver's desk to be again used when
needed
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

In 1875 the Universal Peace union
In Philadelphia celebrated the tenth
anniversary of it's foundation, together
with the centenary of the independ-
ence OF the United States of America.
Some American officers then gave their
swords for transformation into a plow
as a symbol of peace. This plow is
exhibited in the hall in which the
court of arbitration on the Alabama
question sat-
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

Shipments Of anthracite coal during
the month of September, which totaled
5,0S2,232 tons, showed an increase of
over a million tons if compared with
a similar movement in 1904. During
the first nine months Of 1905 ship.
ments of this commodity reached q
total Of 45,387,S10 tons, as compared
with 42,179,SSS tons in 1904 and A..
0S6,293 tons in 1908.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

One of the discoveries recently made
that is Of the greatest value to the
commercial and industrial world il
the demonstration by the government
geological survey that ton of bitumi-
nous coal will produce two and a half
times as much power when put
through gas producer as when
burned under steam boiler.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
The Melancholy End of the Crokers

II E approaching
fate of the Monroe
n use attracted
about one-6ftieth
part of the notice
that did the offer
ing for sale of the
old home of Rich
ard Croker. That
marks the end of
the end of the
Crokers in the city
they ruled. Crok-
er himself did not
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

When President Loubet presented 4
handsome typewriting machine, fitted
with the Persian alsphabet, to the shah
OF Persia, that suspicious monarch
feared it contained an evil spirit and
had it thoroughly boiled.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

Magnetic ore, or black oxide Of iron,
Is the richest of ores, containing only
oxygen and iron, and yielding 73 per
cent. of iron by weight. 1t is found
mainly in the older rocks, and in Eu-
rope the best form of it is found in
Sweden. 1t exists also in Russia,
Canada and several of the American
states
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
The Three Little "Abes.v

b Il H u NJ M E L,
whom District At
torney Jerome has
been hauling over
the Goals in the
nauseOus Morse Ill
vOrce case, is
about four feet
high. ABE" G1u-
ber, whose protege
in politics, Armi-
t a &c Matthews,
committed suicide
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
Roughing It.

E P R E S E NTA-
tive George Gil
more Gilbert, of
Kentucky, has lit
tie patience with
the modern sys-
tenn of coddling
c n i | d en-. He
thinks that young
sters ought to be
made to rough it
and they ought
not to be submit
ted to too fren,1ent
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

bathing. In discussing the question of
healthy children and how the young
ones should be brought up to make
strong men and women, Mr.. Gilbert
said to group of his colleagues the
other day: "Well-to-do mothers, |
mean mothers who employ nurses to
attend to their babies, often ask why
the children of their Woodworking
neighbors and mothers of large fami.
lies are as rule healthy and rosy.
checked. Those who are not mothers
have frequently commented on the fact
that the children whose parents have
to work hard to make both ends meet
are so rugged and healthy, while the
little ones of well-to-do parents are
puny 2nd sickly. The cause of this
condition is easy to explain.
''The mothers of large families do
not nave time to be always looking
after the little ones, who are thus free
to play in the back yards and roll
around in the dirt. Once a week IS
about as often as they get scrub But
the little pet of the well-to-do woman
cannot play and roll around in the
dirt, and the bath is administered
about twice day. Thus nature suf-
fers and the little helpless thing is sub
jected to colds from slight drafts. A
certain amount of dirt is good for the
babies. They thrive on it and grow
fat and strong. A baby should not be
+,,0o f@I
plant. Let the little things have plen-
ty of air and let them roll on the floor
of the house and on the grass.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

OSTMASTER GEN.
elal Cortelyou has
a spl e n d j d | y
trained corps of
clerks and mes
sengers in his own
immediate Office.
On one point they
are especially we'll
taught and that is
to aid in saving
the time of this
cabinet officer. The
average citizen
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
Germany's Naval Officers,

The young sea officer in Germany has
little or nothing behind him. He looks
to make the naval history of his coun-
try, and with this purpose in view he
exhibits a keenness in acquiring the
secrets of the seaman's art which may
be equa1ed but is not excelled by the
naval aspirants of any other natio1.-
Illustrated London News.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

The sawmills Of the McCloud River
Lumber Co., near Redding, CAL.
closed for the winter recently, after
making a record seasons cut, 78,000,-
900 feet
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
The Exposition Business.

HERE is one COM
mittee of the
house which it
w as e xpec t e d
would be merely
temporary when
created, but it now
seems to be as
permanent as the
committee on ap-
preparations. This
body is the COM
mittee on Indus
trial Arts and Nv.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

It is the opinion Of DIR. Hunter Nc
Guire, Of Virginia, that tuberculosis
will exterminate the Negro race in
this country. The death rate of the
Negro is already twice that of the
whites, as a whole, while in towns and
cities it is nearly three times as great,
and the proportion is constantly on the
jncreaco
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

The postmaster general is in favor
OF the revocation of the franldng priv.
ilege. 1t is said to have cost the gov
eminent $19,s22,o0O last year. Had
all the matter franked been paid for
at the regular postage rates, that much
more money would have come in.
But of course, the free privilege was
the incentive to loading the mails.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
AS to Jimmy" Hyde's Intentions

ROUND the light
ning-rod-like form
of James Hazen
Hyde, late of the
Equitable. gather
storm clouds OF
con t + oversy. A
Katy-did, Katy
didn't chorus rises
that he is and he
isn't going to Par.
is to live. He says
he isn't. and he
ought to know h,,i
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
Mr.. Sulzer of New York

NE of the bright
Ii g h t S, mentally
and physically, in
congress is the
Hon. William Sui
zer,. of the house.
He has a bright,
open countenance,
surmounted by an
aureOle of sun
kissed locks, that
fairly entitle him
to the name of
"read-heaiH Hn ic
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

About one hundred years more will
be required to complete the work Of
making a Typographical map of the
country, which was begun by the
United States government in 1882.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

y
Wesley Jones, founder of the United
States Volunteer Life Saving society,
was known to his latergeneration as the
head of an association of $4,000 mem
bers who maintain boat crews, buoys
and other apparatus, and who last year
saved 324 lives in different parts of the
country. But the gentle, soft-voiced
old man had born more stirring part
in varied history than most Americans
now alive.
Col. Jones IS years ago was in charge
OF a party of frontiersmen guarding
prospectors -" "49-ers'' - between Fort
Laramie and California, and little
later from Humboldt valley to Salt
Lake. He received six arrow wounds
In single fight with Indians, while
carrying dispatch to Brigham Young.
And If he was, as supposed, the first
white man who ever saw the Yosemite
valley it was by no curiosity of his
own, but because Indians chased him
there.
You would have supposed that ad-
ventures enough, but Jones was twice
mobbed for making anti-slavery
speeches in the southwest Garrison
was seriously mobbed only once. FL
nally as tame ending to his stormy
period he served through the civil war.
once lying in hospital for months of
desperate wound. l think he was in
manner one of the gentlest men have
ever seen and if he had rivals in that
respect they were apt to be undaunted
fighters like himself,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

Murders and tomicides decreased
more than 1000 In the United States
in the last ten yearx Lynchings de.
creased one-half.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26

For shaving customer with 4 razor
that had not been disinfected, barber
at Eisenach, Germany, has been sent
to prison for a month.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
Links with the Past.

" A REPUBLIC
so young almost
anyone in a great
center of popula-
ton may have per-
sonally k n O W n
some one whose
name carries back
to the formation
period. The son of
Citizen Genet died
only a year ago;
his father made a
Is
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
IN THE |MET'|R0|Po[-|
PASSING OF THE GENTLEsT OF
ADVENTURES,
OF INTEREST HISTORICALLY
People and Places Connected with
Towns Early Life-Concerning
~, Very Modern Young
Man of Note.
- EW YORK. Fol

EW YORK. - For
some months !
have missed the
the neat figure of
a slender little old
man with parted
gray whiskers, who
ambled in and out
of a great office
b u i l d i n 6. His
death need not
h ave OccasiOned
surprise for he was
81, t h ugh he
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
WASHINGTON letter
PRESIDENT HAS LEARNED LES.
SON ALL PRESIDENTS MUST.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
Man That Has Seen Long Service-A
Representative That Has Decided
Views on the Training
of Children,

A s H I N GTON.-
Those who antici-
pated a row be-
t W e en- President
Roosevelt and con-
gress have been
d i S a p pointed so
far this session.
1t takes two to
make a quarrel,
and in the present
instance the man
in t h e w h i t e
H O II Se refraina
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
Miss Mary Tillinghast, of New York,
Is one Of the most successful design.
ers of stained glass windows in Amer.
fca

Prison statistics show that in this
country IL men to i woman are I'm.
prisoned. In France It is 5 men to /
woman,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-01-26
Splendid Corps of Clerks.

GEN.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-06
A MoUNTAf m OUT OF A MoLEHILI

y 4 MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLERILL.
The latest startling discovery that
the proposed constitutional amend
sion to be submitted to the voters of
Nebraska at the coming election is in
valid at the outset by failure to pub
fish the notices in ample time as re-
quIred by law savors very much Of a
mountain out of a molehill If defec-
tive publication really threatened to
nullify the ratification the matter
would be indeed serious because the
railroads which are to be directly af-
fected could be confidently depended
upon, II 1t served their purpose, to
take advantage of every possible tech
nicality to avoid regulation even to the
extent of attacking the validity of the
commission itself
The point which is sought to be
made is that whereas the constitution
specifying the procedure for its own
amendment declares that every pro-
posed amendment shall be published
at least once each week in at least one
newspaper in each county where a
| newspaper is published for three
months Immediately preceding the
next election of senator's and repre-
sentatives," this requirement would
not in the present instance be met un-
less the publication we're made the
| first week In August, the election COM
Ing as 1t does on November 6. The
months" is paraphrased in another
part of the constitution in even more
specific terms. which declares that
bills passed without the emergency
clause shall take effect three calen-
dar months" after the adjournment of
the session. and which has already
been construed by our supreme court.
The decision is in the case of Nc
CHM against the state, decided in 1895
with an elaborate decision by Judge
Post. The point was raised whether
law enacted by the legislature which
had adjourned April was or was not
in effect July 2s, when a capital crime
was committed. After quoting the
constitutional provision the court said:
The precise question presented is, When
did the constitutional period OF three cal
| endar months after the adjournment OF
that session terminate? The term month
at common law. whether employed In stat
utes or contracts, unless a different mean
ing was apparent from the text, was held
TO mean a lunar month Of twenty-eight
days, except in ecclesiastical affairs and
as applicable 20 commercial paper. In this
country many of the earlier cases followed
the rule Of the common law. Later cases
have, as rule construed the word
month" when II does not appear to have
been used in a different sense, to mean a
| calendar month" In order 10 avoid the
confusion arising from the conflicting con-
structions Of the term thirty Ave states and
territories have by legislative enactment
declared the term month when used with
out qualification 10 mean a calendar
month"
The conclusion of the court after
reviewing a large number OF cases is
as follows:
The natural and necessary deduction from
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-06

the authorities cited IL that the term ''cal-
endar month" as used in the constitution
had, prior to the adoption OF that instru-
ment in 1876, received definite interpreta-
ton and IL to be computed not by counting
days, but by looking at the calendar and
terminates with the day numerically CORE
spending 70 the day Of it's commencement
less one in the following month; and such
is evidently the sense in which Il r. EN-
ployed IN the constitution
II a law enacted by a legislature
which closed its session on April s to
go into effect three calendar months"
thereafter becomes operative July 8
following, then constitutional
amendment which must be published
once each week for three months"
preceding an election to be held No
vember 6, must surely have the neces-
sary publication II the notices appear
once each week for four weeks in Au-
gust when the month commences as
It does this year with the middle of
the week. The people of Nebraska
are not going to be flimhammed out OF
their opportunity to secure the rail-
road commission they have so long de-
manded by any such pretext which the
railroads may set up.