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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
At the Ma ional Capital i
Gossip Of: P pople and Event.
Gathered in Warrington
Coming White Hd use Season to Be Ga

for young people, followed by a dance.
Occasionally the parents had q few, Of
their friends in to dinner, but the So
cial and Official programs of the pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt left little
time on their calendar for any affairs
that Miss Alice might have had in
mind. So the little clique of which
the presidents daughter was a men,
Der saw to it that her seasons, pro-
gram was full.
However, this does not promise to
be the case when the younger daugh-
ter of the White House blooms out as
full fledged social flower. She will
have brilliant ball-the fairy story
writer's have fixed this important
event for early in January, just after
the Official season opens-and from
that time until the curtain rings
slowly down" on the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt his young
daughter will be the center of a bril-
liant whirl. Society even hopes that
her engagement will be announced be.
fore the close Of her fathers term, al
though even the most daring social
gossips have not yet selected a life
mate for Miss Ethel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
Teddy Interested in Statue of Self

take any chances ON fate or African
lions, so James E. Fraser, of New
York, who was commissioned to exc
cute it months ago, was ordered to
hurry up the heroic touches and sub
init the design in plaster. :,
A few days ago he notified the
superintendent of the capitol build
ing that it was ready to be worked
into marble, and the command for
him to go ahead was about to be is
sued, when word came from Oyster
Bay that not another stroke of work
was to be done until the president had
looked himself over and was pleased
with the glad smile he was to hand
down to posterity.
1t is impossible to learn whether Mr..
Fraser has nodded Mr.. Roosevelt as
the presiding officer of the senate, in
the uniform of rough rider, or in a
tennis costume. It is understood that
the sculptor is chiefly concerned over
whether he has the proper number of
teeth showing and the presidential
glasses sitting at the correct angle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
TALK OF NE5fW@Y!ORK
Gossip of People and Event. roaad>.::
r.. in lntere't'nd neennP'eF. 5 >~rv,4c
Fair Estate Reported Settled Aeaiin
s0~S
Again

The sisters lawyers made no less
than three settlements with the only
known relatives Of Charles King, be.
ing forced to succeeding and more IA
vorable settlements owing to renewed
reports that Mrs. Fair, as a matter Of
fact, outlived her husband by half an
hour. After the latest Of these. three
settlements, which was for a relatively
small sum, $250,000 I have heard, the
sisters divided Charles Fairs estate,
probably not less than $5,000,0OO, be-.
tween them. and the matter was
thought to be closed.
Then appeared a brother Of Mrs.
Fair, who was supposed to be dead.
one Frank Preston Smith Of Newark,
who proved to be not only alive but
kicking. He also demanded a settle
ment. What troubled the lawyers of
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. :Oelrichs was
the fact that this troublesome lost heir
had been in France making independ-
ent investigation and claimed to have
ample proof that his sister survived
her husband not less than 40 minutes
after both were dashed against tree
upon being thrown from an automo-
bile.
No figures have been given out by
lawyers on either side as to the
amount the sisters We're compelled to
settle with the latest heir, but it is
rumored that the sum was large.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
The Senator's Model.

The model had sat, with the neces.
sary rests, for three hours in one DO.
sition, the pose of splendid senator
OF Washington, elegant, aristocratic.
He had fine head. He was quite
noted for that. He had been model
for illustrations of many heroic fig
ures.
But the model with the fine head
wore about the rustiest suit of clothes
you ever saw. His shoes were down at
the heel. His cuffs were frayed. His
collar stayed up with difficulty, it was
so old.
When the three hours were up he
gave sigh of relief, for posing is hard
work. There is no work harder. The
artist drew forth his wad and paid
him. The model thanked him with a
grateful smile.
He is down and out" said the ar-
fist when he was gone. "He hadn't a
penny to get his lunch with"
And he looked at the picture he had
drawn of him as a splendid senator
Of Washington with a complacent
smile of satisfaction with the fine dig
nifty Of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

r HE official appraisal of the estate
of Russell Sage, now on file in the
surrogate's Office, not only discloses
the value Of the property, but also
throws an interesting light on the ex-
tent of the call loan business for
which Mr. Sage was best known in
Wall street.
The report of the appraiser shows
that right up to the day of his death,
which occurred on July %, 1906, Mr..
Sage's treasury was open to call to
any borrowers and that it was no un-
usual thing for him to loan several
million dollars in day.
The executors, Charles w. Osborn
and John P. Mum, on taking charge
Of the estate, found great many call
loans still outstanding on the day of
Mr.. Sage's death, some of which had
been made as far back as the begin
ming of the year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

NJ EW YORK--Mrs. Willie X. Wander.
~ bilt, Jr., and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs
must be breathing easier than they
have for some years if it is true, rs
reported, that their lawyers have at
last settled with the last of the heirs
OF the late Mr.. Charles Fair. The lat
ter was the brother of the ladies men,
toned aRd with them equal heirs of
the estate of the late bonanza king
and United States Senator J. G. Fair.
1t will be remembered that the
late Charlie Fair and his wife were
victims Of an automobile accident in
France and that after their deaths a
dispute arose as to which died first.
IT, as Mrs. Charles Fairs relatives con-
tended, the wife survived her hus-
band, even by minutes time, they
were rightful heirs of the wife's share
in the husbands estate. If the hus.
band lived longer, or the same time
after the accident, Charles Fairs for
tune went to his two sisters, Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Oelrichs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
The Value of Russell Sage's Estate

A partial list of Mr.. Sage's loans in
the six months previous to his death
shows the amounts he loaned and the
firms that came to borrow from him.
No single loan is for more than $780,
600. The total amount of these loans,
with the interest, which the executors
called in and collected, was more than
$29 100000.
Mr.. Sage also owned large blocks
of gilt.edged bonds and stocks. the
total value of which, figured at the
market price of the day Of Mr.. Sage's
death, exceeded $30,0O0,000. Most of
these stocks and bonds are to-day
quoted at lower figures than they
would have brought If sold at market
prices on the day that Mr.. Sage passed
away.
Summarizing the whole appraisal,
the gross personality is valued at
$64,411,21S and the gross realty at
$1,945, 500, a total Of $66,336,718. As
told to-day, the state will receive
$667 ,538 from the legatees as trans
fer tax. The executors will come in
for $995,636 each, as against the
$4,000 each left by Mr.. Sage to each
of his 26 nephews and nieces. Mrs.
Sage's share of the estate is $685.
500,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
Increasing Use Of Water Power.

Increasing Use Of Water Power.
Uncle Sam uses 100000 horse pow.
er of water and has 100000 horse
power available. France has $500, 900.
of which 100000 is utilized, the French
Alps bringing the figure to this height.
Italy has an equal amount available,
but has utilized only 100000. In that
country falls of 10000 horse power are
abundant. In Switzerland 5000 horse
power are in use. The available horse
power in Germany is 100000, 100000
horse power being In use. In Norway
100000 horse power has been es-
timated, and in Sweden 100000, 4
large part of which in both countries
has been developed. Russia heads the
list of available power with an esti.
mated 100000 horse power that
could be taken out of the Russian
rivers. Only $4,000 horse power has
been developed. Great Britain and
Spain come last with only 10000 horse
power utilized in either country. It is
said that Japan has available water
power Of 100000 horse power, but
has developed only per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

WASHINGTON return to
w Washington of President Roose-
welt and family will mean that the So
cial season will begin within a short
time after their arrival. Miss Ethel
Roosevelt has spent a quiet summer,
the greater part of it being at her IA
theirs home at Oyster Bay. She has
had rest and is fully prepared for
the most notable year of her young
l1fe-the year when she will be form.
ally presented to society and will
reign as 1.-The first young lady Of the
land. Regarding Miss Ethels social
campaign in the coming season society
Is deeply interested.
1t has been recalled that the then
Alice Roosevelt was given only one
entertainment by her parents in the
White House from her coming out
ball. This was a large dinner party
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

Various proposals are being made
for the celebration of the Lincoln CEN
tenary. Lincoln and Darwin were
born on the same day, and both in
England and in this country the sug-
gestion has been made of an interna-
tional observance of the birthday.
Some visible memorial will, no doubt,
be erected to Lincoln in Washington,
and it has been proposed to construct
a centennial highway from Washing.
ton to Gettysburg. Whatever the out
ward and visible observances may be,
there is one manifestation of interest
which the individual may make to- him.
self in private; he may read the writ
ten works of the two great men who
were born on February IL, 1909, and
discover the ideas that keep those
men alive.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

THAT the theory advocated by DR..
1 Osler, the distinguished scientist,
who, while member of the faculty of
Johns Hopkins university, declared
that mans usefulness is at an end
after passing life sixtieth milestone, is
theory that will not stand the test of
application to everyday life, is the
firm belief of the vast majority of peo-
pie who have passed that age and con-
tinue to lead decidedly useful lives
and to take as keen an interest in at.
fairs as many younger members of
society. Not only this, but they give
the Osler theory solar plexus punch
by achievements accomplished after
passing the allotted three-score years
and ten.
One of the most notable examples
that interest in life does not cease at
the age of 60 is to be found in Mrs,
Annie E. Philpott, who, at the age of
SO, is still a most cheerful and eff.
ficient employe of the government
bureau of engraving and printing.
Mrs. Philpott not only performs the
work expected of her by Uncle Sam
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
Mystery of the |*Man in Black" Solved

His attire is always black, even to his
tie. A black derby is pulled down
over his eyes. AS soon as the boat
that carries the. Wall street men to
the city in the mornings steams away
from the Highlands pier the Man in
Black appears. No one has seen him
at any of the connecting trains. No
one has seen him walk down the long
wooden walk to the landing. Yet he is
always on hand.
With his hands clasped behind him
he walks around the boat. Now and
again he drags out chair and sits
down. Soon he is up again, however.
and walking around the decks. He
never looks at anyone. His half
closed eyes are seemingly always di.
rected at spot on the floor five or
six feet ahead of him.
That he is not in Wall street has
been known. That he is not an officer
or attendant on the boat has also
been known.
Every effort has evidently been
made to veil the mans identity in q
cloud of mystery. Three weeks ques-
tioning brought no light-until a day
or so ago. 1t was learned then-and
the solution will settle many wagers
that have been made during the sea-
son among the Wall street crowd
that the mysterious Man in Black il
the father-in.law Of the man who con-
trolls the bootblack privilege on the
Sandy Hook boats. He acts as spot
ter" among the bootblacks on the ves-
sells and sees to it that the boys ring
the bell twice instead of once. The
we'll guarded mystery has been solved
and the Wall street commuters may
once again take deep breaths.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

It is one of the perversities of hu-
man nature that everybody is "agin"
something. When the automobile was
rare and disobedient most of us were
inclined to throw stones at it. Since
then there has been time for class
Of pro.automObile outlaws to grow up,
who try to defeat the cunning hand
of the law. The officers set traps for
overspeeding cars, and the lawless
Turk outside the traps to warn the
drivers Some of these warmers are
secret agents of automobile associa-
tions, paid to give the warning, but
others are merely specimens of
chronic opposition; they take pleasure
in beating anybody, even a Jealous
town constable. Soon there will
arise another opposition of warmers to
warn the constables when the warmers
are warning the automobiles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
II OUSEKEEPERS in this city are to
IL have fresh eggs this winter.

II OUSEKEEPERS in this city are to
IL have fresh eggs this winter.
Selling ancient eggs at as high
prices as fresh eggs has been a prac-
tice under consideration by the health
officials for some time. Drastic meas
ures are to be taken to break it up.
What is particularly disapproved of
in connection with traffic in eggs is
the fact that tremendous amount of
fresh eggs is shipped into Washing
ton and Immediately showed in cold
storage to keep until market prices
satisfy the dealer it is time to sell to
the public.
Laws are sufficiently broad enough,
1t is believed, to cover this question.
From expressions of officials of the
department they are determined to ap-
ply the law. The food inspectors have
already been given orders to enforce
t..
The sale Of bad eggs in Washington
has been commented upon, not only
in this city, but elsewhere, according
to officials. A leading medical and
health journal recently contained an
article upon this subject. It accused
southern merchants of shipping un-
desirable eggs to Washington.
This was responsible for DR.. Wood
ward directing Inspectors Mothers
head and Hoover to make inquiries.
That was two months ago. After talk
ing with the commission merchants,
retail dealers and others who handle
eggs. the inspectors reported that con-
ditions were satisfactory. From what
the merchants told them there was no
truth in the article, they reported.
Inspector Hoover's report was o.
pectally interesting in view of the fsAt
that he said: !
Il have talked with retail dealers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has let it
be known that one of the chief
things he is interested in during the
closing days of the latest administers
ton Is the statue of himself, which is
soon to be placed in the senate gal
lery. All the other ex-presidents
have long been immortalized in mar.
bic, and most of them had the pleas
ure, before passing away, of saying
whether the work Of the sculptor had
been sufficiently complimentary.
In view of the fact that Mr.. Roose-
welt was still young and vigorous. the
senate hesitated to perpetuate him un-
til he was closer to the three-score
and ten milestone. But he passed the
word along that he did not intend to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
Three CURES OF ECZEMA
Woman Tells Of Her Brothers Terrible
Suffering-Two Babies Also Cured
-Cuticura Invaluable.

my brother had eczema three diff.
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought a box of
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith.
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of &C.
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
Of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose 1t. She used Cuti-
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold
water, Mich. Aug. Is and Sept. 2, 1907
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
BOUGHT Child for SIS.

Mankato, Minn.-The sheriff of Red.
wood county has been here and ar.
rested Mrs. J, Dougherty, a stranger,
on a warrant charging her with having
kidnapped little girl named Gagan
from her home at Redwood Falls. Mrs.
Dougherty denied having kidnapped the
child, and said that she paid the girls
father SIS for her. She was taken
back to Redwood Falls.
The girl is about ten years old, and
her mother died last month. Mrs.
Dougherty is an attractive woman, but
is travelling about, camping with he1
children aud party, her husband hav.
Ing died Z year ago. 1919
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
More Fresh Eggs for City Next Winter

and they have informed me that their
eggs are all right and that they have
received no complaints from their
customers"
Since then, however, there have
been complaints. The inspectors have
been directed to do more than INQUIRE.
They are to make rigid investigations.
According to one official Of the food
division of the health department,
there will not be so many eggs turned
over to the cold storage to await
prices when the health department
gets through with it's work.
An island in Lake Superior has been
stocked with caribou; Caribou Island
so named because it formerly was
noted as home for the animals.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18
KILLED FISH BY 4 !.
BLOW From JAW
HIGH DIVER DROPPED 100 FEET
AND STRUCK 4 1oo-PoUND'
SEA pwELLER. i
RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES
Lower Jawbone Split Clearly In T wo
and Right Arm Badly Lacerated
Life Only Saved by Quick
1hjnkino,

New York.-There is, in all pro6ali.
ty, but one man in the world who has
killed 100-pound fish by blow from
his jaw. He Is Jack Bishop, profes.
sional high diver, and he is now 60
ing about the city with the heavy bone
of his lower jaw split as clearly as
though it had been cleft by an ak and
the tendons Of his right arm torn to
shreds. The big drdmfish which Bish-
op struck with his jaw after a 100
foot dive from a tall pole is on exhi-
bition in a glass case at Young's Pier,
Atlantic City. It weighed trife more
than 100 pounds and 10 four feet long.
Last Easter Bishop went to- Atlantic
City, signed contract with Capt.
Young, and twice day dived from a
100foot. pole into the surf at the end
OF the long pier.
Barring a.few minor injuries, every
thing went well until the day of this
accident. -. J..
Bishops dive was into Is feet of
water at the end: of the pier. His
plunge carried him ten feet below the
surface. Stretched along the muddy
bottom lay the huge seine nets Of the
fishermen, but they lay close to the
bottom, much lower than the plunge
ever carried him.
The other day an unusually large
crowd gathered in the afternoon to
see him make his plunge. About $500
persons lined the pier and the shore.
Clad in blue tights, the diver climbed
the pole.
AS he poised on the summit he saw
black fin protruding from the water
directly below him. He was about to
dive, but checked himself, and saw
the fin of the fish move off toward the
further end of the deep seine in which
1t was imprisoned. At that instant
Bishop dived.
A fraction of a second later he saw
the fin again. The fish had turned. 1t
lay at the precise point where he must
strike head first with a force of 6,40O
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pounds plus his own weight, 1855. With
a mighty wrench he tried to use the
air as lever and swerve from his
course, but in vain. Six inches below
the surface he could see the dark
shadow of the great fish, the fins NOV.
ing slightly as it kept it's position In
the fraction of a second he would
strike it with his head. That meant
death.
Then came the electric thought that
saved his life. With incredible swift
ness he flung his arms before him and
threw his head far back. Then the
black water with the dark shadow be-
meath it flew up and struck him in the
face.
The people who watched with bated
breath from the pier and the shore,
wondered why the diver was SO long
In reappearing at the surface. They
wondered still more when lifeguard
stationed near by to pick up the diver
in case Of accident, pulled rapidly
toward dark head when it rose to
VAN SuAAoNO, SaAu AoulCu d
into his boat. They had not been able
to see the fish from where they stood
and the facts did not become known
until that evening, when Bishop lay
In the hospital, his face smashed al.
most beyond recognition, his body blue
from bruises and his arm in a plaster
cast, and the 100-pound drumfish' had
been hauled up in the net, killed by
the force of the blow from the divers
chin.
IF I hadn't had the nerve to throw
out my arms, thus stopping some OF
the force, and fling back my head SO
that struck the fish with my chin in.
stead of my head, I should not be here
to-day" said Bishop.
1T was all that saved me. can.
not understand what strange coinci.
dence made that fish turn and swim
back to the exact spot must strike
DR.. R. w. Bragg of No. As West
Thirty-fourth street, who has been
treating Bishop, said: Il have neve,
seen more remarkable case of vi
tally than that exhibited by Bishop n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-18

Mr.. Haldane, the British war sec.
rotary, has defined the qualifications
of modern statesman as the patience
Of Job, the temper Of saint and the
skin of rhinoceros. These are the
modern form of the virtues described
in old-fashioned biographies as wis
dom, unselfishness and courage.