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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
Wealthiest Spinster in America Dead

in the United States army from 1899
until his death in 1926 In her girl
hood she and her mother, Mary Good
win, were quartered with him at one
time at Fort Niagara
After her fathers death her mother
married Archibald Watt of this city,
who specialized in uptown real es-
tate. He was engaged with associates
in project to build a canal from the
Hudson to the East river. He was
driven to the wall through business de-
pressions in the '30s and stood to loss
everything, when Mary Pinkney came
to his rescue by offering him, in con-
junction with her sisters, who died
soon afterward, the $4,000 legacy
from their father for all his real es-
tate.
The family continued to live in the
Delaney homestead, the colonial
house still standing on the block
bounded by One Hundred and Thirty
ninth and One Hundred and Fortieth
streets and Seventh and Lenox ave-
nues There Miss Pinckney had made
her home ever since.
The grounds occupy whole block,
and up to last summer all the vegeta-
bles which her household required had
been raised on the remnant of the old
farm-probably the most expensive
garden property in the world.
From her mothers marriage with
Watt there was one son, Thomas
Watt He married Julia Elizabeth
Hawks, a southern girl resident in
New York and daughter of Bishop
Hawks. Four children resulted from
this union.
From the time OF the transfer of his
property by the elder Archibald Watt
Miss Pinkney provided for the entire
Watt family, giving them at times
whole city blocks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

The sale of darning cotton is falling
off, and the local manager Of a big
New York dry goods house says this
is sign of prosperity. The American
woman, he declares, will not darn her
own or anybody else's stockings more
than once when she can afford to buy
new ones, and in this view he is SUD.
ported by the president of New Eng
land thread mill, who has observed the
fluctuations of the darning cotton
trade. They undoubtedly Islander
American women by this assertion.
Do not women darn their stockings
hard times or not, because they dislike
to have holes in them? It is a point
that ought to be settled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

WAsHlNGTON.-Real wicked aod
" ravenous wolves, such ~ are *l~-
posed to chase the travel ,hro" i:
the woods on cold, snn" wiz; =
night, were slain before tn. W.. nt
President Roosevelt in the ,as r9;,~l
of the White House the other eyen:... &.
nothing but the naked bands Dp';
utilized to perform this feat
The wolves were not stationary, b2t:
In actual motion. The entire affair."
was so realistic that some of Ire dis
tinguished guests invited % wines
the performance SHE'D toward tnfa y::n-
dows, thinking they would ra1he.
chance leap in the dark than tbe
animals in sight
John Alternately, the far iamel wolf
killer and western guide, 0t7lc!u ed as
stage manager and did ali The killing
His alone were the naked hands that
stitled the painting breath Of The IN,
fortunate wolf. He has a go:matIon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

Mrs sowen made her first American
while
She has
practically English
the British labor
prominent through
letters attitude
Baptist church New York
addressed meeting
Her husband OF the leading members
fuenal member of the house
his physical nfrmty
a
boths
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

The people of Persia appear indif.
ferent to the disputed parliament. If
they do not want representative gov
eminent badly enough to show some
energy in getting it, the shah ought
not to be blamed in being clever
enough to take advantage of the stu
alton. No people deserve a better gov.
ernent than the one they are willing
to accept.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
kNIGHTED BY KING EDWARD

Sir Thomas Barclay the well-known Brit
ish philanthropist and peace advocate was made
baronet by King Edward on the occasion of
his majesty's birthday anniversary. The CON-
pliment extended to Sir Thomas is one that
is handed out in lots of dozen or so by the
British ruler on each birthday, much as other
and earlier rulers have made it point to open
up the prison doors to certain classes of convict
ed political and civil offenders upon smaller oc
casions.
In the present instance, however, the world
will agree that the royal honor was we'll be-
slowed. Sir Thomas has been one of the most
prominent citizens of the United Kingdom for
his work in behalf of international arbitration
not less than for his own legal and ponoral 1oorn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

his SELF planning and the
himself and his colaborers.
of bulldog big
ne not
which, including
In big
executive management numbered $4,000 men,
keee the
Marine transport Workers association its formation
president of his
q
the
Mr. Keefe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
Hearty Trenchermen,

One day Dr. Norman Mcleod, who
was q large and healthy man, and ono
of his burly elders, went to pay visit
to a certain Mrs. MacLaren of the con-
gregation, who lived in the Scotch
hills. She was frugal woman, but
determined that they should have the
best in the house. So she piled the
table with jellies and jam and pre-
serves and shortbread, and they par
took unsparingly. After the meal the
elder said to her: Mrs. MacLaren,
were you at the kirk on Sunday?" "Oh,
ave." she said, Il was.'' And what
did you think of the treatment of the
miracle?" (the sermon had been on
the loaves and f1shes). II thought 1t
was good" said Mrs. MacLaren. And
what is your idea of the subject, Mrs.
MacLaren?" asked the minister.
"Losh,' said the hostess, suddenly;
I'm thinkin' that if you and the elder
had bin in the congregation there
wadna bin IL baskets of fragments for
the disciples to gather up" - ".
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
TOO Much Civilization.

Tenderfoot tout west)-Is it neces-
sary to go armed in this section?
Native-Waal, that depends. Wot's
your business?
Tenderfoot-I music-teacher.
Native-Huh! Now you're here,
s'pose every gal in toWnn be raisin'
Cain till she gets palmer an begins
practicin' five hours a day. l reckon
you'd better go armed.-New York
Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

Cases of homicide by pistol shooting
have been alarmingly on the increase.
From different sections of the country
come almost daily reports of murders
for which the too ready use of the re-
volver was responsible. The greater
percentage of the fatal shooting at
trays recorded in the press during the
past three or four months have been
the outcome of personal quarrels,
many of them paltry and none justify
ing resort to the so-called "unwritten
law" The time appears ripe, says the
Jersey City Journal, for legislative &C.
ton on the part of the different states
to curb the sale of deadly weapons to
people who, by reason Of their temper
aments, ought not to be permitted to
carry concealed implements of murder.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

A Philadelphia bard has written q
poem in praise of the stork because
she has just brought him his seventh
child. He can never hope to be en-
Enthusiastically received by our Lake
Shore drive set, remarks the Chicago
Record. Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
Pie Habit CGngs to J. Pierpont Morgan

his New England ancestors. To finish
with, he takes either a cup Of tea or
coffee and long, black cigar.
This lunch satisfies the worlds
greatest banker
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

One of the lecturers alleges that
woman in prehistoric times was
mans intellectual superior. Perhaps
he bases his claim upon the SUPPOSE
ton that woman did not in those days
wear q rat" in her hair.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

pressed her as being correct.
Most likely" she declared, at
length, "it's in the grooming. Well,
I'll just be we'll groomed myself, and
see.''
1t was lucky guess, and from that
time forward woman's position rose,
relatively, until in our day the horse
has scarcely a look-in, even at the
horse show.-Ramsey Benson, in
Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
YOUNG BRITISH SUFFRAGlST

No woman the American continent is
attracting so much attention as Mrs. Philip
Snowden. the beautiful young British suffragist
who has come to the United States to tell Amer
lean women how to secure their rights
Endowed with a power of oratory and elo-
quence which would be even remarkable in a
man, possessed of a personal magnetism that
can sway tremendous throngs of either SEX and
possessing physical beauty that makes her
noticed in any assemblage, the young advocate
Of suffrage for the gentler sex has found no diff
Guilty in making her mark in this country during
the few weeks she has been in the western hem
isphere
Before brilliant audience of New York's
most prominent men and women few NIGHTS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25


Mr. married Miss
The wedding the most noted social the
followed
the Trust Company of the Republic he
corporation underwriting
building trust which had been controlled
Saelees
he Of The temporary
the he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER

Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit, the new commits
sonergeneral of immigration, holds one of the
most important federal Offices in the gift of the
president and the most important of its kind in
the world.
Less than rs years ago this same Daniel j.
keefe was Chicago dock-walloper, using his
rugged strength to shove lumber. Recently the
term dock-walloper has come into reproach, for
it suggests now unsteadiness in habits. Big
Dan" Keefe-or O'Keete, as he spelled his name
then-was never that kind of laborer. He
was always the best type of longshoreman and
while the massive strength of his squat frame
was being used to load and unload the vessels of
the Chicago port his busy brain, endowed with
q n ohora lot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

Europe is not the only part of the
world where earthquakes have been
felt. From the grimly named Death
Valley comes the announcement Of a
series of shocks there and in that
vicinity, causing great CONSERVATION
Heavy boulders have been tossed
about, miners have been thrown out of
hunks, the usually placid mules have
been driven to frenzy which caused
them to stampede and there have been
general "ructions," one result OF which
has been the fleeing of many miners
to regions where Mother Earth shows
less of an antic disposition. No really
serious harm is reported, but the up
heavals, In connection whit perturba-
tons elsewhere, would seem to show
that there is very lively and extern
sive agitation going on in the worlds
Interior /.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

France is to have a system of air
ship garages. Wouldn't that elevate
you?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

Ing He has visited several different countries the adoption
eliminating fewye
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

Otherwise Understandable.
Algy-Myrtie, what are your obJec-
lions to marrying me?
Myrtie-1 have only one objection.
Algy. I'd have to live with yoA-
Chicago Tribune,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25
!: 1 N, L1MEL1GHT
NEW NAVAL ASSISTANT

Herbert Livingstone Satterlee of New York,
sonin-law of J. Pierpont Morgan, assistant secre-
tary of the navy, is a member of the law firm
of Ward, Hayden Satterlee of New York city
He is not identified with any of the enterprises
with which his fatherinlaw is connected. He
is a director in the India Rubber and Gutta Per.
cha Insulating Company, but beyond that is not
interested in any corporation.
He was graduated from Columbia in 1883,
and distinguished himself in the School of Po-
litical Science where he received degree. He
was admitted to the bar in 1885, and entered the
law Office Of Evarts, Choate Beaman. In the
following year he became secretary to Senator
Evarts. He was active in the organization of the
naval militia and when he hecame colonel on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

There is no fool like the old fool,
except the poor fool of a girl who
MarrieS him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-25

1t is probable that no woman is so
much an object of envy to other wom-
en- as great prima donna, yet almost
invariably these queens of the operate
stage discourage girls from trying to
follow in their footsteps. Nine Calve,
who above all the rest seems to get
pleasure out of her life, is quoted as
saying to such girls: 'Tf you have no
home, if you have no money, if you
are absolutely without affection, if
there is nothing else you can do, then
sing, but If not do anything else. Make
corsets, hats, dresses, l care not
what" She says it is a hard life which
singers lead, and involves deprivations
of what most people call pleasure. The
voice and it's care must have the first
thought and the last, which means in
fact that the singer is a slave to her
precious voice. And yet, remarks the
Indianapolis Star, all that Calve and
her sister singers may say will not
hinder one girl from striving to stand
where they do if she has the ambition
with any sort of a voice.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
KNUcKLEs 10 TAFT

stone was talking by the card. II
vas tho best way 10 reach the desired
end. and that he consulted with Walter
Parker. who had summzrily rejected a
resolution indorsing Taft, goes without
saying.
Continuing. Stone said. referring to
Inc s.incoin-Rooseveit league: "A self
constituted alleged organization has
undertaken to create trouble. This al
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

by the labor workers who have been
in session in this city. for the past four
days. The meeting was called oy
President Gompers OF the American
federation of labor
The address states that a large part
OF the discussion of the conference was
devoted to consideration of the supreme
courts action in applying ths Sher-
man antitrust law to labor.
'The proceedings" the address SAYS.
were marked by the utmost harmony
There was also an unbounded .enthu-
siasm, a grim earnestnesS OF purpose
and a frm determination that the work
initiated By this conference should not
cease until the wrongs from which the
workers suffer shall be righted and
their liberty, which has bean i'm
periled. shall be restored and forever
safeguarded-''
The further statement is made that
it was the unanimous feeling OF the
conference that some steps should be
taken to impress upon congress the
necessity for prompt action toward
amending the Sherman antitrust law 50
1t shall not be applicable to organ
and without capital stock"
The address continuing says that
labor is in no mood TO be trified with. =
After stating il to be the duty OF
laboringmen to question candidates for
congress as 10 their attitude toward
labor legislation. the address calls upon
the labor workers to hold mass meet
ings in every city and town in the
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
BARGE IS WRECKED
BY RAGING SEA
Loaded With Lumber, Vessel
Keeps Afloat, But Cabin Is
Torn to Splinters
Rufus E. Wood Arrives From
! Eureka After Terrific Conn
bat With Waves


The lumber barge Rufus T. WOOD
came to port yesterday from Eureka.
wsterlogged and looking as { a ten
inch shell had crashed along the decks
and through the cabins. What was
left of the deck load had been torn
into odds and ends. The cabin, which
was one of the prettiest afoat, mad
been completely wrecked.
Before the barge hit the bar the
Rufus E. Wood boasted officers quar-
ters that would have passed muster
on yacht There was large saloon
whence leading on both sioes were
staterooms for the master and his
mates. When the vessel reached port
yesterday there was nothing left of
all this but a pile of broken parti-
tions. When Fred Fenwick OF the
Hammond lumber company poarded
the ship and peeped below he gasped.
turned to Captain Hansen ana re-
marked:
LOOKS as if Baby John had been
here"
The Rufus f. Wood, once a proud
and saucy clipper. but converted in its
old age into lumber barge, left Eu-
reka Thursday in tow OF the steamer
Francis H. Leggett, bound Tor san Pe-
dro. In crossing the bar the barge
struck heavily and was soon wafer
logged AS the barge was loaded with
lumber and could not sink and with
the water in its hold could not have
been taken back across the bar any
way, the Leggett kept on its way "A
heavy sea was encountered and the
deck load was soon adrift. To give the
barge a chance about 10000 feet Oh
lumber was thrown overheard, out
even then the water came up TO the
bulwarks and the heavy lumber tnat
was left of the deck load played pat
tering ram with the ship Several LOGS
broke their way into the cabin and
there wrought destruction, smashing
something every time the ship rolled
From the time the barge struck until
the Leggett brought it into the haToor
Captain Hansen and his crew never
rested. Timbers launched into the air
by lashing seas imperiled life and limb
every hour, but nobody was injured
and the underwriters will pay for the
damage. The barge broke adrift from
the Leggett off Point Bonita early yes
terday morning, but was picked up and
brought safely TO port.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
Telegraph Brevities

ToLSToI SUFFERS RELAPsE-St. Peters
burg March 21.-A dispatch reee.vec TON
Yssnava Polayana says that Count 1ostoi- wno
IA I'M with Influenza has suffered relapse
GOVERNOR GUILDS coNclTIoH-Boston
March 21 21--tiovernor Curtis Guild passed
.corafortabIe day and evening. without ne
slightest charge In his general condition oeins
detected BY his physicians
MoyER SUFFERS FROM AsTHA1-Ssn z--Ssr
Diego Cal March 21--Charles h. Moyer'
president OF the western federation OF mines.
e at a sanitarirn IN this city he Is suuerine
from severe attack OF asthma
SLAIN BY IEDIANs-Ei Pasos Texas. March
21.-TeIexrams received here todsy by relatives
OF w r. Baker from Hermosiilo. Mexico So
that Baker has been killed By 1aqui indians
and that his family had been carried away 0y
the Indians
PRIVATE SCHOOL IS BuRNED-st- Lonis.
March 21.-Forest Park university pIlvsIs
school for Young women with an eprolineD.
from all parts OF the country. was DESTROYED
by Ere today. All persons % the ouiioins
ESCAPED in safety.
Treyer-WiE Maker
who for 25 years made wigs AZ so1
tSesrrv. now at 60s California 81.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

T-ni+e5 states the evening Of the third
Sunday. or onda< in szApril, and at that
meeting voice fully and Enthusiastically
labor's protest against the sup=eDp
court decision which strips labor OF
the rights and liberties which we haa<
supposed were guaranteed by the con-
stitution-"
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

who for 25 years made wigs az S31
Kearny, now at 60e California 81.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
DEFY COURTS 70
CHECK UN|ON|SM
Labor Workers in Washington
Issue Vivid Address to
Fellows of Nation
Urge Repeal of Provision of the
Sherman Antitrust Law
Forbidding Organization

WASHINGTON, March 21.-'while
the supreme court or other institutions
may be able to temporarily retard and
embarrass the growth and action of
our movement, we boldly assert that
no power on earth can destroy. sue
cessfully outlaw or disrupt the trade
union movement" This keynote to an
address was delivered tonight to or
ganized labor and farmers associations
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
hsra as usnal at die dime and place OF

held as usual at the time and place OF
the state convention, and mas peu-
toned the secretary Of state for
place on the official primary election
ballot to be voted at the general pri-
maries on May 5. Maurice L. Asher
was reelected chairman and Walter
Macauley secretary.
Secretary A.. ". Fox has issued in
vitations to a general nesting of the
Sunset republican club. to be held
Monday night at Foresters hail in
street between Eleventh and Twelfth
avenues.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
pETAns Gun INSPECTOR

SAN DIEGO, March 21.-The Buffaio
will sail for Magdaiena bay TUESDAY
with mail and supplies. Lieutenant
de Freese. detailed by the bureau OF
ordnance for duty at Magdalena bay
will go with the ship. His work viii
be the inspection Of guns.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

SLAYER SECURES RELEASE-Ios Angeles.
March of.-After being held TO the superior
court to answer to the charge Of numbering
Mrs. Charlotte l.. Noyes. William p McComas,
who shot and killed the woman in her apart
ments several weeks ago. today released
on bail in the sum Of 0.000.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

SEEK PARDON FOR VAN SHAIcK-New
York. March 2i-Ihe committee appointed by
the American association Of masters, mates and
pilots 10 get signatures for the petition to
President Roosevelt to pardon Captain Van
Shaick sentenced to ten years imprisonment
as result of the Slocum disaster, reports
l75.Oo0 signatures thus far.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1908-02-14

Snfolse Ransels an 8ehegunsen
ieitens 8abHseieai9aften perben Die
8erte Der Gnrericnn Gar & 5uunbrp
Company IN Mabiion, ST., bic $500
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sirSlit beri6tetem bic Babnseiell.
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benz Sertebr entsoseu feinen. 9ieie
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lett Der SabnseieuidafteH sesentpdr,
tig Bombs uber anbere 8ertbpapiere
absuieben ,ipirb ais @runb iiir bic
S6lieBuns Der 8erte aneeeeben. Sic
sInlasen berielben @eieuidaft in ct.
Charles, mo- 5000 Grbeiter anseIteut
ffao tperben minbeitens nod 60 Sage
LANCER in 8etrieb iein.