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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-06-21
Washington Day by Day .
News Gathered Here and There ..
at the National Capital
MRS. TAFT ACCOMPLISHED
MUSICIAN AND LlNCUlST
WASHINGTON. - Somewhat inter,

WASHINGTON. - Somewhat inter-
w ested in the prospects of Taft's
presidential boom is Mrs. Taft, wife Of
the secretary of peace and war" If
events continue in their present drift
she is likely to be a prominent candi-
date for first lady of the land.
She thinks-and does not deny it
that the Judge" is the best man yet
suggested for Republican candidate in
1908. She hopes that T. R. will con-
tinue of this mind. She says she
thinks T. RS Endorsement will help
Mrs. Taft became acquainted with
the inside Of the White House when,
at the age Of 16, she was Helen Her.
ron of Cincinnati, and visited Mollie
Hayes, daughter of President Hayes,
at the White House. Her father was
John W. Heron, law partner of Pres
ident Hayes.
Mrs. Taft takes great pride in being
thoroughly domestic woman. She is
musician, and an accomplished lin
guist. She organized and was the first
president of the Cincinnati Symphony
orchestra.
On her sideboard is a magnificent
solid silver centerpiece given her by
this organization in token of appre-
citation. Mrs. Taft studied instrument
tai music for more than Is years in
Cincinnati and abroad, and she has
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GRANDSON OF GEN. GRANT
TO WE'D SOCIETY GIRL

r HE most noted society event in
Washington in many a year will
be the wedding Of Miss Helen Dent
Wrenshall, pretty and talented
Washington girl, to Chaffee Grant, of
San Diego, CAL, grandson of the late
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, which will be a
function of the early June. While the
blood of the greatest general America
has produced courses through the
veins of the young future bridegroom,
the bride-to-be boasts of a lineage
aqually aristocratic. Miss Wrenshall
says she is a lineal descendant of Al
fred the Great.
Miss Wrenshall is the daughter of
the late Edward Wrenshall, promin-
nent banker of this place. She is also a
talented musician. The love affair is
touched with romance and dates back
to the time when both were mere chill
dren.
When but young boy young Grant
was sent to Washington by his father
to attend school. He remained here
for two years, and during this period
he became acquainted with Miss
Wrenshall. Although very young the
attachment was very strong, and after
leaving the school he returned to
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was due to q case of too much mother
in-law; that Mrs. Kelly interfered in
the affairs of his household and that
he would not put up with it,. The fric.,
tion is supposed to have been caused
by disputes over the manner in which
the children should be educated. In
order to get dispensation for one of
these mixed marriages the Catholic
church requires that both parties to
the marriage shall sign an agreement
that any issue of the marriage shall
be brought up in the Catholic faith.
When Miss Kelly married Mr. Gould
no such dispensation was sought and
the ceremony was performed by a
Protestant minister BY this act alone,
according to the rules regarding mat
rimony promulgated at the Council
of Trent, Mrs. Gould communicated
herself from the church and could no
longer approach the sacraments until
she had admitted the sin in confession
and performed the penace imposed by
the priests.
There is nothing to show that Mrs.
Gould ever applied to be restored to
membership in the church, which
carries with it the right to the sacra-
ments and burial in consecrated
ground. Whether the children should
be brought up as Catholics seemed to
be the point at ISSUE
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taught all her children her art.
The children insert the studious
disposition of their father. The Oldest
daughter, Helen, led her classes in the
cathedral school, from which she
graduated last year, and now is pre-.
pairing for Bryn Mawr college.
Robert Alphonso, the eldest, now
10, is an undergraduate at Yale. He
expects to adopt the hereditary occu.
patton of law. He took "a special
course two years ago at Oxford in
English law and history.
Charles P. Taft, youngest of the
family is named for his rich newspa-
per uncle in Ohio. At the Force pub
lie school in this city, he sits beside
his crony, Quentin Roosevelt. He
knows what he will be when he grows
up-a soldier in the army. He plans
to go to West Point as soon as dad
will let him.
; Secretary Taft is not a man of
wealth. He has always had to live on
his salary, and secretary's salary
does not go far in Washington.
The Tafts, therefore, do not enter
tain in any snowy way, though they
are able to select their friends from
among the most interesting people,
and their fondness for music has
brought them in touch with musicians
and artists.
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Z OLLOW1NG this story comes the
I report that Mrs. Howard Gould,
who was Katherine Clemmons, an &C.
tress, has filed petition for divorce.
The causes of the disputes of the How
ard Goulds have been many, but the
one which probably attracted greatest
attention was the alleged discourtesy
Of Mrs. Gould to the architect who de-
signed the Castle Gould improvements
1t was said she deliberately insuited
him. He demanded payment of his
fee and release from his contract.
This was refused, and he sued How
ard Gould, obtaining judgment for
100000.
According to Mrs. Gould's friend the
idea of trying to seek a limited d.
vorce from Mr. Gould has been the re-
suit of long deliberation in which
many efforts have been made to in
duce him to set certain income aside
for the use of his wife in his life time.
This request always was refused.
Mrs. Gould. has been in frequent
consultations with her attorney re-
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THE ENTERPRISE.
W. E. HANNAfokD, Publisher:
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA
Medical Education.

The changes of the past rs years
In medical education have been moth
ing short Of revolution, and yet at
a conference of medical educators in
Chicago It was stated by one delegate
that three-fourths of the graduates
were unfit to practice medicine The
condition of medical education in this
country 80 years ago was almost be-
yond belief There were medical COL
leges in Chicago that graduated two
classes a year. In single town in
northern Illinois nine men were prac-
ticing medicine of whom two had d.
plomas and the rest were druggists,
eX-hOspital stewards from the army
and men who had taken one course of
enactment of the medical practice act
was the departure of 400 practition-
ers from the state, some of whom com.
pleted their medical studies, but most
of them practiced where there was
not so much law. At a conference in
Chicago the other day. says the Phil.
adelphia Record. Dr.. Means, chairman
Of the judicial council Of the Associa-
tion of American Medical Colleges,
said that the average man admitted to
practice was deficient in knowledge
Of bacteriology, chemistry, physiology
and anatomy. Fifty-eight per cent. of
the men in 25 states who fail at their
final examination pass few weeks
later. In the few days intervening
where do they get their knowledge?
They don't get it," They simply learn
the answers to the questions, and the
same questions are asked them at the
re-examination. Evidently the reform
of medical education, although much
has been done, is not yet complete.
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Washington at least once a year.

Washington at least once a year.
After leaving school Grant went to
California for his health and later
moved to that state with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. u. S. Grant, Jr. After
spending some time in the coast state
he returned to Washington and en-
tered bank. While banking he was
associated with Edward Wrenshall,
the father of his fiancee, and Mr..
Smith. He soon left the bank and
went back to California, but not until
he had the consent of his sweetheart
to become his wife. After going to
the coast he soon left off banking and
started in the real estate business,
which he still follows. His father, U.
S. Grant, Jr., is one of the prominent
business men of San Diego. The
groom is also nephew of General
Fred Grant, brigadier general of the
United States army, in command of
the department in the East, with head
quarters in New York.
The Wrenshall family, according to
authentic history, is descended from
Alfred the Great through Edward sthe
Elder, whose third daughter married
count of Vermandois, the founder
of the line.
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gan to wear on Mr.. Schwabs' nerves.
There were strikes and disputes about
decorators bills and endless delays
After the Schwabs had moved in busi-
ness cares began to harass the owner.
The stormy events that followed his
ventures in the shipbuilding trust, his
retirement from the presidency of the
United States Steel corporation and
his organization of, the Bethlehem
Steel company from the debris of the
shipbuilding complication left him
with little leisure. His friends say
that his whole temperament changed
Even before Mr. Schwab retired
from the head of the steel trust the
strain of high finance had begun to
wear on him. The last two years have
been no less strenuous and it has
taken long trips to health resorts to
keep him in shape.
Mrs. Schwab's health has declined
more rapidly than her husbands. She
is said to have become almost an in
valid.
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STEEL MAGNATE SCHWAB
WOULD SELL MANSION

r OR reasons not explained Charles
M. Schwab is said to be offering
his magnificent mansion in Riverside
drive for sale. 1t cost him $3,5O0,000,
but it can be bought for less than that
sum. Mr.. Schwab did not find the SUI
preme happiness in his costly home
which he expected. He set out to
build a palace that would halt New
York in it's furious pace and make it
marvel. 1t was his ambition to have
a roof tree worthy of the fortune he
possessed. Now, it is rumored, an
offer less by million than it cost will
take it. Brokers have the sale in
hand, and are quietly seeking a Gus
toner.
In moment of confidence several
months ago Mr.. Schwab told Andrew
Carnegie that the was tired of living
in palace; that he wished he might
escape from the burdens the life en-
tailed.
Before the palace was finised it be-
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y ECAUSE President Roosevelt want
- ed to have his picture taken on
horseback-at least so the story goes
"a regular cabinet meeting was post
poned the other day for the first time
in the memory of the oldest attache
of the White House.
The president, it is said, has been
thinking for some time that he ought
to have few more photographs. AS
day after day passed without furnish
ing the necessary sunshine he became
more and more nervous. On the par
ticular morning in question, after the
cabinet members had gathered the
clouds suddenly disappeared and the
sky was clear for the first time in two
weeks.
; Without waiting to give much of an
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Encourage the Younu Poet.

Every man, woman and child should
write poetry. 1t is like boils, it pre-
vents worse sickness. If there were
more poets there would be fewer Grim.
inals. Poetry is in every mans blood.
If he doesn't write it at some time or
another during his life watch out for
him. His wild oats are unsown; they
Will rot in his system and sour his ma
ture. Write poetry, therefore, so long
as there is jingle in your soul, ex.
claims the Emporia (kan.) Gazette.
The man who would advise corking IN
poetry unwritten in human heart
would soon have all the world full of
brain storms and the devil to pay.
It's great business, this poetry busi-
ness. And the man who hasn't had
his fling with love and dove and spring
ana wing and skies and eyes and true
and you and girl and pearl and lips
and sips and honey drips inspected
and guaranteed absolutely pure) is
like the man who died aged Y years
without being hungry-he missed a
lot Of fun filling up.
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ACTRESS WIFE OF HOWARD
COULD SEEKS A DIVORCE

garding the best course for her to pur-
sue since the separation. The final
determination to bring matters to a
head a short time ago, when William
Hawley threatened to sue Howard for
$250,00O which Hawley alleged was
due him in payment for the work of
having Mrs. Gould shadowed by detec-
tives and in other ways trying to get
together material on which Mr. Gould
could sue for divorce.
The Goulds were married in jan
uary, 1898, in the Holland House,
where Miss Clemmons had been resid-
ing. Under the provisions of the will
of Jay Gould son or daughter whose
marriage was displeasing to the other
members of the family might be de-
prived of his or her share in the es-
tate; but, although his marriage did
not meet their approval, the kin of
Howard Gould did not enforce the
clause against him.
Mrs. Gould's sister, Miss Ella Clem-
mons, married a Chinaman named Sun
Yue in accordance with celestial rites
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NO CABINET MEETING
TEDDY HAS PHOTOS TAKEN

explanation the executive told his ad-
visers not to wait, but to come around
again next day. Then he donned his
riding clothes, telephoned the photog-
rapher, called for Captain Fitzhugh
Lee, and hurried to the riding course
at Rock Creek park.
For more than an hour the president
rode gracefully in front of the pho
tographer, usually leaping his horse
over hurdles Some splendid Mega
tves were obtained and Mr.. Roosevelt
feels more than justified in postponing
the cabinet meeting.
One pose in particular, where the
president is smiling as he sits on his
horse while going over a hurdle, is
deemed good enough to have warrant.
ed almost any halt in government ma
chinery
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is Oren Root
while 3O
460
clerk Offices Noting his quality H. H.
cablecar a
utility about the barns the After
finally
look 20 old He smoothly shavn has light
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or of
go against all the established of attack
Military
else but hin.
The with the
nand OF
ado taking active part in the struggle that
reestabshed
panson
magnificent
with
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number Of years back a burly
western Kansas man gave his nephew
a lad of Is years, an unmerited chas-
tlslng. The boy promised his assail-
ant like compliment when he be-
came a man, and he did not forget the
words uttered in the heat of passion.
The uncle was about his duties on the
farm one day last winter when a
husky six-footer came up and gave
nlnl glorious humping. 1t was the
1o-year-old nephew, only he was six
years older. Then the uncle sued for
$l,'oo for personal injuries inflicted.
An unsympathetic jury couldn't see it
that way and he took the case to the
supreme court. Last week that au.
gust body handed down a decision af.
hrmlng the lower courts decision
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Proqress Of Mexico.

Since 1895 tho revenues and sur
plus of the Mexican government have
gradually increased; at t1.at time the
revenue was $50,500,000 and the sur
plus $5,400,000, while in 1906 the rev.
enue was &102 100000 and the surplus
$20,000,000. It is by such progress
and stability as these figures indicate
that Mexico has been able to create
an international highway across her
isthmus for the commerce of the
world, and to acquire control of 5000
miles of railroads which traverse her
territory and serve as feeders to this
international highway.
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II would be well for the common or
garden variety of pedestrian to take
lessons in reading automobile mum.
bers while standing on his head or
with his body at various unusual an
giles, so that he will be ah,e +o +e,,
the police the number Of the car that
hit him.
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Rich Man's useIess Aohhx

= gnSH WdHS OSelesS nobby.
In a French country town a strange
and peculiarly useless collection is be-
Ing put up for sale, says the London
Telegraph. It has taken the owner,
an eccentric count, just dead, years
to get it together. He spent the great
er part Of his lifetime buying speci-
mems. OF every known brand Of cigar.
The collection, numbering thousands
OF samples, all Of which have long
since become unsmokable. is said to.
be well-nigh comp plete. The value Of
the collections Is estimated at &. 900. 8.
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Shows Strain Of Long Hours.

Shows Strain Of Long Hours.
It is said, that 2 long time back,
the Bank Of England, discovered that
mathematical errors of the clerks
were at q minimum. i in the early
morning hours but progressively in;
creased as fatigue occurred: The
worst time was in. the late afternoon
and there was 50 much money loss,
due to errors at that time. that as q
matter Of economy the clerks were
forbidden to work after certain
hour, which we unde derstand was three
o'clock. IN France the same law of
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GIVES MILLION TO CITY

fercd 81 900 worth of land to Colorado Springs
for park purposes finds at 70 years of age that he
has too much money. He thought the same
six years ago. when he sold his interest in the
Denver e Rio Grande railroad to the Goulds for
Sc 900 OOO At that time he turned over the prince
ly sum of 100000 for distribution among his
former employees the railroad.
Palmer began life in 1853 in the employ of
the PENNSYLVANIA road He quit to serve through
the civil war in the union army retiring with the
rank of brigadier general. He then went west
and helped build the Kansas Pacific line.
Gen. Palmer was the first president of the
Denver & Rio Grande, which he built through
lyo1orado in 1871 He founded Colorado Springs
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beraly to Colorado college Recently
he his millions
Colorado distinction
hobby
in Colorado Springs
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1t is said that eagles sometimes go
up eo'ooo feet into the air, but how
anyone can prove it is a mystery.
Anyway, one of these birds has been
known to rise from the ground and f1v
almost directly up and disappear
from sight within three minutes
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CroakerS Popular.

-. Says q London dispatch: Frogs
have succeeded monkeys as the reixn-
ing. pets Of the fools who delight jim
calling themselves society ladies'. Not
common frog, OF course, but rare.
exotic yarieties. like "a the Amazon
river frog, which now costs 500 81
more apiece
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Resist
the Russian philosopher Dow calls himself
and is ardent advocate of public ownership
thracite
"The is
qu people who believe makes difference whether
not
1T unlawful
and I will
blow in
world will
is sbusne
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During the month of February
s1l25,17a bushels of potatoes a. were ',
Z shipped from m. Aroostocl county. Maine.
making total crop of 1906 and mt m =
February 20. 1907. of 7.67s,s7a bushels.
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A man going to his Wedding fe,,
asleep on the train, was carried mast
the town where the bride was, and
mad to get off at the next town and
travel back. He won't do to tie to- re-
marks the Ohio State journal,
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WOMAN WHO ONCE CAUSED
GREAT SENSATION DEAD

sent to the isla...l for drunkenness.
After that she way frequently arrested
for vagrancy, and finally disappeared
from the public. Nothing was heard
of her for yeare, ;1ntil her death was
announced at tie hospital.
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Improve wireless Telegraphy. u
Admiral H: N. :Manney, one of the
American representatives at the wire
less conference in 1906 is quote: in
Berlin as authority for the statement
that, whereas before the conference
quarter of a mile was the limit, for
wireless telephoning, it is now posi-
BILE to communicate over a distance of
80 miles. The system experimental
with is meant for marine use only, at
1t is more costly and less effective on
land than the ordinary system.
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Gold Coinage of the World,

Gold Coinage Of the World. IN.
The United States is coming annu.
ally about 100000, 900 in gold; Great
Britain, nearly $60,000,000; Austral-
asia, q little more than Great Britain:
France, about $35,o0o,o 900; Germany,
about $25,000,000, and Japan, more
than $50, 900 900. 7''- >'-.'.> -''.>>@,'. SSs
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sequence was brougt to light, as was
to be expected.-American Medi-
Always Kicking. :

q. "Ostend, remarked the visitor, ':as
your fathertis quite a prominent man.
i suppose he makes a great many af-
ter-dinner speeches. - IS
oh, no." replied Ostend; pa makes
all his speeches before dinner
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Before dinner ~ 80
Yes, that lis when he begins to
find fault with the cooking.
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II you should 60 into the Offices Of the Metro
politan Street Railroad company in New York
city, a corporation controlling several hundred
miles of trackage and many hundred cars, and
representing an investment of $2O0000,00O, and
should have business calling for the attention of
the general manager, you would probably get a
surprise when he appeared, unless you knew him.
For you would not be ushered into the presence
of a graybeard with furrowed face, showing the
years of business experience qualifying him for
so important position, but mere lad-in ap.
pearance college freshman. Tall, raw-boned,
keenly alert, he would stand before you and trans.
act his business with sureness and briskness
that would startle.
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kUROkI WAR GENIUS

Among all the men who gained distinction in
the Russo-Japanese war none has attained a high
er place In the esteem of his countrymen and in
the respect OF the soldiers throughout the world
than Gen. Baron Itei Kuroki, commander of the
Japanese first army, now visiting in this country
Until the appearance of Field Marshal Oyama be-
fore Lao Yang Kuroki was in supreme command
of the Japanese forces in Manchuria, and even
after the arrival of his superior officer Kuroki
remained very much in the limelght during the
of the campaign
kurokl 1t was whose military genius and ac-
ttvity forced the Russians to make the first of
those "masterly retreats" that later became so
much of habit with the cars soldiers that they
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JUSTICE HARLAN WINS
BALL GAME BY HOME RUN i.
Improve Wireless Teleoranhv.

which are weak at the bat and need
heavy hitters. IL
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DEFENDS MINERS CHIEFS

is defending William D. Haywood, the secretary
of the Western Miners Federation, accused of
conspiring to murder former Gov. Steunenberg of
Idaho, is noted for his successes in the cause of
Workingmen. Darrow began his career as rail-
road attorney but found his real forte lay in legal
assaults upon monopoles and great corporations
In the great coal strike of 1903 Darrow made a
brilliant appeal for the men before the Roosevelt
arbitration committee. The award of ten per
cent. increase in wages and $2,500,0O0 back pay
for the miners was distinct triumph for Darrow
Darrow's studies of the conditions under
which workingmen live and his sympathy with
their aspirations have developed marked social
istic tendencies. He is great admirer of Tolstoi