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cent. But his writings probably will
add largely to his bank roll, for the
debate on national issues likely to fig.
ure in the next national campaign,
which he is conducting through the
columns of western magazine, is
one of the greatest things ever at
tempted by a publication. The de-
bate already has opened on state s
rights lines, Mr.. Beverage taking ad-
vanced ground and contending for
what he calls "natiOnalism"
Former Senator Fred T. Dubois, of
Idaho. quit public life on March 4, be-
cause his opposition to the Mormon
church cost him his seat. But he prob.
ably will make more money and create
more sentiment during the next year
than he has ever before done in a
similar period. The wOmen's organi-
cations which fought to drive the
Mormon apostle, Reed Smoot, from
the senate, all are now clamoring for
lectures from Mr.. Dubois on the Nor
mon question, and he has rich
string of Chautauqua lecture engage.
mentS to fill.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

REPRESENTATIVE MARSHALL, of
IL South Dakota, wants President
Roosevelt to tour the west, giving
''travelogues" describing the Panama
canal work.
Arrangements have been made so
that the president can have a moving
picture machine accompany him if he
desires, or just plain stereOpticOn if
he considers it more suitable.
Now, ladies and gentlemen he
will be expected to say, "the next pic
ture on the canvas is that of the awe
inspiring Culebra pass. Right back
of there I shot two alligators, which
the next film displays in their last
agonies of death. Death, we must re-
member, comes to all in time.
I'VE should so live that we are ever
ready to face it. Let us not live as
drones in the hive of modern politics.
but join, young and old, to work for
our advancement and the advance
ment of the grand old Republican par
ty, football, science, tenpins. rate leg
islation, boxing, hunting, literature,
yachting, tawn tennis, polo and mill
tary and naval supremacy. -s~
The next picture displays" etc.
Eight congressman who have Just
returned from the canal zone. are pre-
pairing to make a tour telling their
constituents the good news. -
The president has not consented to
be booked as yet, but smilingly admit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
BOWERY LODGING HOUSES
TOUNDERGO REN0VATlNC

NEW YORK.-There is mourning on
~ the Bowery because of the order
of the department of health, issued re-
Gently, aimed at the evils of the lodg-
ing houses.
To those not familiar with Bowery
resorts it may be interesting to know
that there are at least 100 of these
cheap lodging places in Manhattan
and Brooklyn. They rent between six
and seven million lodgings a year, at
prices varying from five to 25 cents,
with an average of ten or Is cents.
Their influence in the propagation OF
crime, according to the police and
other investigators, has been tre-
mendous. Fifty per cent. of the char
ity applicants in New York give lodg-
ing houses as their addresses, and so
per cent. of the same class at any CIV
en- time have been less than six
months in New York The charity
workers say that, while it is not a
hard task to reclaim a man who has
spent a month in a lodging house, at
the end of six months it is we'll nigh
impossible.
The nightly business done by the
dens is enormous. From 10000 to 49,
600 beds are let every night in the
Borough of Manhattan alone. At a
first glance the new rules appear
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I PIERPONT MORGAN has become
~ an expert on fireproofing matters.
He has announced his intention to de-
molish the old Dodge mansion, for
which he recently paid 100000, to
make his art museum absolutely safe
from fire. The museum, which stands
on the same block, bounded by Thirty.
sixth and Thirty-seventh< streets, Park.
and Madison avenues, is magnif1-
cent building, erected at cost Of
100000. The museum itself is a
thoroughly fireproof structure, built
throughout of terra-cotta hollow tile
brick, and is considered practically
immune from flames It is a store.
house of priceless art treasures, which
constitute one of the most valuable
private collections of paintings, tapes
tries and ivories in the world. Mr..
Morgan evidently realizes the danger
to these treasures that might arise
from combustible structure adjoin-
ing the museum. His idea is to Sc
cure an open space all around it by
moving the Dodge mansion, which
covers the middle of the block on the
Madison avenue side and stands be-
tween the museum and the avenue.
The area thus secured will be turned
into landscape: garden, to beautify
the side approach to the museum.
This half-million-dollar ( garden" will
have a frontage Of g. feet, with a
depth of 1877 feet: Almost the entire
block in which the museum stands is
owned by Mr.. Morgan, who recently
bought the Phelps mansion on tho
Thtrty-seventh street corner Of Madt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
WHITE HOUSE PET DOG
NAUCHTY-IS BANISHED

p OLLO has been banished from the
~ White House. The time was when
Rollo, big st. Bernard pup, was the
most priced Of all the White House
pets. But Rollo fell into evil ways.
When the French ambassador, NJ.
Jusserand, came over to play tennis
with the president, or Baron Speck
Won Sternburg, the German ambassa-
dor, wandered about the grounds,
Rollo evinced disposition to make
them climb trees or jump fences.
All of Rollo's troubles are blamed
on bull terrier presented to Mrs.
Roosevelt several months ago. Up to
the coming of the bull terrier Rollo
was the best liked animal anywhere.
The terrier and Rollo apparently
were awfully good friends. They were
both about the same age and the bull
terrier undertook to teach Rollo
rough house. games. He would grab
Rollo by the throat and roll him good
and plenty. Rollo, who grew until
he was about the size of calf, tired
of this, and the constant attacks of
the terrier appeared to ruin his dis
position.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Arc All Criminals Insane?

<%ro All criminals IUSAUeS
II the murderer may escape legal
punishment for his crime because the
emotional explosion which brought
about the homicide is adjudged to be
a temporary insanity, where is the
line between an irresponsible cOnd1-
ton and mere hate? asks Golfers
Weekly. How many emotional 1tal-
ians, poorly nourished, badly bred, in
heritors of none knows what faint, are
yearly convicted of varying degrees of
homicide, and swiftly punished, who,
had they the money to employ able
experts and counsel, might prove that
the state of mind in which they jabbed
stilettOs into the other men, was COM
parable to a neurotic cyclone, In
which their poor physical members
whirled in a state of complete moral
anesthesia? In a hundred years will
our whole crude legal machinery for
drawing hard lines about responsible
ty seem as barbarous as the ancient
tests for witchcraft? Plainly, in the
relation of punishment to crime, we
are as yet children cropping in the
dark. 1t may be noted in this connec-
ton that bill has been introduced in
a state Legislature to provide that MUIR
derers who have no money and wish
to enter the plea of insanity may en-
ploy suitable medical expert at the
expense of the state.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

\ MOVEMENT is on foot which, it's
"a promoters say, will be of far
reaching benefit to many struggling
young graduate in this city. 1t is pro-
posed to form college league, whose
members will be recruited FROM the
alumni of those institutions who do
not possess clubhouses of their own,
as the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Co.
lumbia and Cornell do: and who will
all have their home under a common
roof. The University of Pennsylvania
Alumni association is actively pushing
the plan. In way this composite
clubhouse, as proposed, will resemble
great bachelor hotel. Although each
college organization will have it's own
individual clubrooms, it's. class dining
rooms, its lounging, smoking and
meeting rooms; and although it's own
living apartments will be arranged on
the same floor or floors, thus giving
the members of each association as
much privacy as they could obtain in
a private dwelling house, there will
be certain parts of the building which
will be used in common by ALL There
will be large library, to which all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital
CONGRESSMAN NOT IDLE
DURING SUMMER RECESS
WASHINGTON.

w WASHINGTON. - Notwithstanding
" the fact that every member of
the senate and house is now drawing
pay at the rate of $500 a year-5O
per cent. more than the salary before
March 4-not few of them will be
found during the summer earning an
honest penny by entertaining the pub
lie with their particular accomplish
ments. The echo of the vice presi-
dents gavel had not died away when
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina.
was on his way to fill a lecture en-
gagement at Baltimore. With but
one or two exceptions he will deliver
his famous lecture on the race ques-
ton every week day evening from
now until congress meets in Decem.
Der. His pay is reputed to be 5000 a
lecture, so it will be seen that whether
the sun shines or not Senator Tillman
has lucrative haymaking time ahead
of him.
Mr.. Beverage, of Indiana, will be
much before the public both on the
platform and in print, but the speech
making he does will not yield him
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

In the simultaneous discharge of
eight of the ten 12-inch guns of the
Dreadnought, shock was given the
vessel of 100000 tons, more than
double that of any broadside ever be-
fore fired. The vessel of 1880 tons
skidded sideways several yards, list
ing many degrees The guns are So
feet long, and each shell of $50
pounds is discharged by 265 pounds
of cordite, with a, muzzle velocity Of
1000 miles an hour. It Is calculated
that if the eight guns could be COM
bined in one and fired at the height
of the atmosphere, the shell would
travel around the earth forever as a
miniature satellite.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

Many of the unwedded ones in Fort
Dodge, Ia, seem to take in deadly
earnest the municipal ordinance i'm
posing fines on those who remain
single, although it is extremely
doubtful if the constitutionality of
such regulation would be upheld
by the courts. At any rate, men and
women are getting married by whole.
sale. In two days local magistrate
married no less than % couples
whose avowed object was to escape
the fines to which they would have
been subjected under the terms of the
ordinance.
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He
memory all
Pach Railway company
Co.,
Familiarity the Northern
south TO
for the first me this all
ciated with him o
Testimony
man went when ne wanted buy control of big
Kahn sought
sell hundred
Always student
Opera the
we'll secretary Theater
least evening week at the Metropolitan
o a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

Many towns of France have q
beautiful custom of GROWING with a
wreath of roses the young woman
who has distinguished herself during
the past year for her kindness to her
family, her virtue, and her assiduity
in her work. The contest for the
honor is bound to be keen in St..
Cloud, a suburb of Paris. this year,
for a generous citizen has willed a.
sum sufficient to provide an income
of 1920, to be given each year to the
winner of the rose wreath.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
HARRY THAW A MARK FOR
CRANKS OF ALL KINDS
FRANKS of every caliber through

TRANKS of every caliber through
~ out the country now have their
minds concentrated upon Harry K.
Thaw. Possibly there are few indi-
viduals in New York who receive as
many letters and postcards as the
Pittsburger. He peruses a heaping
bushel basketful Of missives every
day, and many of these contain mas
cots, medals and prophecies. Thaw is
superstitious to marked degree, and
when crank from Chicago wrote
that he would be freed on St. Pat.
rick's day he looked forward 20 March
II with much anxiety only to be
doomed to disappointment. Another
write: advised Thaw to carry his gray
ulster every time he entered the
court room, because the garment was
talisman and would bring good luck.
That the prisoner followed the advice
of the writer there is no doubt, be-
cause the other day, when the tenn
perature reached 80 in the court room,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

stony roads appeared to me like beds
of down, the. snowstorms and biz
yards like zephyrs on summers eve
and the miserable desert like a gar
den of Paradise
But he said nothing of the sort
What he did say was: mo, 1 did not
have good journey. It pleased AL
lab to bestrew my path with every
form of difficulty and annoyance, and
I am glad it's over" London Stand.
ard. .l4y - '.><5S H.
4 = IL 1 = ~ Z 49, !; - = : : &: ii
Tomorrow is only yesterday two
days off. r II ssssstt sss7s It {. & s. i
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

Soon after the coronation of King
Edward there was published a photo
graph which showed him at a modern
Office desk with a telephone stand at
his elbow. Still more striking is a
picture recently printed of Cardinal
Merry del Val, papal secretary of state.
seated at a desk before an American
typewriter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26


helm those
Of
bummin 1870
Mayor Whitck elected
Immediately
a
temporarily
The dungeon abolished the bull
taken ordinary clothes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

James Ford Rhodes, whose history
OF the civil war has added so much
to the authentic annals of the United
States, was until few years ago an
extensive iron and steel manufacture
err OF Cleveland. For sheer love of
historical research and literary work
Mr.. Rhodes, who passes much of his
time in Washington, abandoned an
eminently successful business career
to devote himself wholly to the prep
lration of his history.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
A Plain Spoken Potentate.

One great charm about the amir in
an Englishman's eyes is his way of
dispensing with the ridiculous and
fulsome expressions of fattery and
humility which are necessary, accord
ing to the rules of the east, in polite
conversation. When asked if he had
a good journey through the Khyber to
Peshawar, he should have replied:
with the prospect of the JOY and
felicity of gazing upon the noble and
heroic features of the brave and
handsome representatives 4 Of the:
greatest kingdom of the world, the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

OF those United
POSTS pubic 1893 when
n state assembly by the Republicans the
Al the of
devoted travel He
a year or two Travelled extensively.
IN FeDruary 1908 he appointed by
uoo Tor Porto He held
Roosevelt ability with
auditor promoted him making
Charles
secretary Mr. Post called frequently
Governor Beekman
signal ability When Governor Winthrop retired
appointed Mr.. Post Governor
fost known the President for
at
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frequently
the Japanese nauaized
probably with the
on the islands is optimistic the
of
physique his
The the maeouy to the
islanders
Governor Carter
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Two Frenchmen. a senator and an
editor, have fought duel with
swords, in which both were wounded.
This sort of thing will be apt to bring
into disfavOr a form of amusement
which hitherto has been regarded as
harmless.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

A child was killed in Lisbon nv q
royal automobile. These are some
Of the pleasures denied to the inhab.
itants of a republic, although some
of our captains of industry do their
best to make the want felt hnt
SLIGHTLY,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

~oS" rig" III 0TEtIS n SerVtce.
Sir Matthew Nathan, governor of
Hongkong, is the only member of
the Hebrew faith among the satraps
of Great Britain's important colonies.
His salary is $4,000 year and at
present is in trouble because the
Hongkong weather observatory failed
to give warning of the recent ty-
phoon, which resulted in the loss of
10000 lives and many millions in
property.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Has Insignia Of Columbus,

1t is not generally known that the
insignia of the Golden Fleece con-
ferred upon the first duke of yelling
ton was that actually worn by Co.
lumbus and, as a special mark of
SPANS gratitude, this insignia was
made hereditary, so that the present
duke is the proud possessor of the
star worn by the discoverer of
America
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
BOOK CAUSES SENSATION

Brand Whitlock, Toledo's novelst-lawyer
mayor, has aroused new sensation here by his
latest book, "The Turn OF the Balance" which
is a startling and graphic arraignment of our
methods. of dealing with criminals. The author
flays the police prosecuting attorneys and courts
but reserves his strongest condemnation for jails
warehouses and penitentiares.
Mayor Whitlock hopes to start through his
book a movement that will spread through the
country and end with the reformation of prisons
and prison keepers. He said few days ago:
Criminals come out of prisons worse men than
when they entered. Occasionally they are re-
formed, but that is only in prison where the
wardens and the keepers are living better lives
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

White Woman Arouses Curiosity.
Major Powell Cotton, who is on an
expedition from the Nile to the Fam
best, Iis&accompanied by his wife. the
hrst: European woman to penetrate
the, 1turt basin. The camp has been
thronged daily with natives who are
wild with curiosity to see the white
woman with the long hair" ...,"
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!: t., .Excavate s,Herculaneum.

., Charles q Waldstein, professor Of fine
arts In Kings, college, Cambridge
england, will arrive at Rome soon for
the purpose of perfecting an agree
,ment with the Italian government
concerning the carrying out of his
project for the excavation Of Her.
laneum. The professors plans, to thia
end have been accepted by the 1tal-
ian government on the condition that
the participation of foreign countries
in the work be only under the form
OF private contributions and that
there be no foreign Official Interior
enCe. ~ "a 1iJf';,3. jt~Ei& #5e5s .ts.f*1 NJ =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
MORGAN TO TEAR DOWN
THE OLD. DODGE MANSION

son avenue for 100000 and presented
1t to j. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. Mr..
Morgan himself and his daughter,
Mrs. satterlee, occupy the mansions
on the Thirty-seventh street corner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

The: entrance of i, Lord Archibald
! douglas OF England into monastic
mousse Is 2 final incident OF. q most I'm.
s .ea1 lie: AS q. secular priest Lord
Archibald was devoted to the nome.
ess boys Of London. sh $500 s. S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

q TIA South Bend Qnd) girl played de-
festive and caught man who tried
to firt with her. And many and
many q girl. has caught one-and
without playing detective. either. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
From Errand Boy to Governor.

TTom Errahd Boy to Governor.
Edwin S. Stuart, elected governor
OF Pennsylvania, is the first native
born Philadelphia to win that dis
function in many years. In his early
teens he started life as errand boy
IN a book store. Mr.. Stuart is a
bachelor a'f his home being managed
by his sister, Miss Cora A. Stuart.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
SECOND TERM FOR GARTER

George B. Carter, governor of Hawaii since
1913 and slated for second term by appoint
ment IRON President Roosevelt, is a great adj
mlrer OF the Japanese. This race forms consd-
cradle percentage of the population over which
Governor Carter rules. In his annual report, just
made, the governor shows that the attendance of
Japanese children at the public schools is increas
ing rapidly. He declares that the Japanese have
been grievously treated and thinks that they
should be given the right to become citizens of
the United States.
Il am perfectly willing that my daughter
should marry a Japanese if the young lady were
Wiling" he is quoted as saying.
Il do not hold any race prejudice against the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
q IN THE PUBLIC EYE Z
V84lzaR@a&4&@5@s@ W&g&9(zmxaalaN*
NEW GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO

During the administration of President
Roosevelt great number of wealthy men have
accepted positions in the government service
both at Washington and in the foreign diplo
matte service. In many cases such positions
have not been of great Importance but it shows
that since the United States has taken her place
as one of the great world powers there is grow.
ing need of men trained in diplomatic service
and owing to the great cost of living in foreign
service there is also need of men with great
wealth. - IL >.
An example of the rise of man of wealth to
greater honors from lesser positions in the admin:
istration is Mr.. Regis Henri Post, recently ap-
pointed governor of Porto Rico by President
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
NEW WIZARD OF FINANCE
Otto Herman Kahn is w

Otto Herman Kahn is Wall streets latest
wizard of finance Born in Germany not quite 40
years ago, Mr.. Kahn worked in London and in
New York. A few years ago he became mem.
Der OF Kuhn, Loeb & Co. MI. Kahn, more widely
known in Europe than in America, was brought
before the public in the recent examination of E.
H. Hartman by the interstate commerce commits
sion.
His ready answers to questions involving
financial technicalities amazed members of the
commission.
Not only did he discuss hundreds of millions
OF dollars and hundreds of millions of shares of
stock with absolute Indifference, but he showed
that, although declaring himself to be merely a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
PRESIDENT IS ASKED TO
LECTURE ON THE CANAL
Hebrew Hioh in British Service.

ted that the suggestion might be a
good one.