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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-30
Council Chamber. City of Virginia. Mimi.
April 20. l9O9

X a., n.
April 2O 1903.
Resolution No. 63. 1909.
Resolution appointing judges and desig
mating polling places of special election on
the Home Rule Charter. in the city of Vir
Rinia. on the 1st day of June. 1909.
BY Alderman Mattson.
Resolved. BY the city council of the City
of Virginia, That the places of holding eIec
ton and the judges for the same which
shall be for the special election on the
Home Rule Charter in the said city on the
1st day of June, 1909. are and the same shall
be as follows:
JUDGES OF ELECTION AND PLACES
OF ELECTION:
FIRST WARD.
tudQes-J. H. Fleming. Henning Erick.
son, Fred EnRel
Polling Place-Fire Hall No.. l.
SECOND WARD.
Judges-John Ketola. 8. Milavetz. e. E.
Burley.
Polling Place-Finnish Temperance Hall.
THIRD WARD.
Judges-W. &. Hannaford. D. &. Cupper-
null. p. o. Hanson.
Polling Place-City Clerks Office
FOURTH WARD.
JudRes-W. r. Byrne. Andy Olson, Dav-
id Jackson.
Polling PIace-Northern Hotel,
Resolved Further, That the city clerk be
and is hereby directed and instructed to
make arrangements and do all things that
are necessary for the holding of the Special
election on the Home Rule Charter, which
comes under his supervision and charge,
and to guide himself according to the gen.
eral election laws of the state of Minnesota
in such cases made and provided.
Moved by Alderman Mcneil. supported
by Alderman Boylan, that above res
olution be adopted.
Ayes-Aldermen Elmquist, Boylan, Nc.
Neil Mattson. Mr.. President-5.
Nays-None.
Adopted April 20. 1909.
A. c. OSBORN,
President of the City Council.
Approved April 26. 1909.
A. HAwK1NsoN,
Mayor.
Attest:
ALBEIT E. BIcKFoRD.
City Clerk.
Presented to the mayor April g. 1909.
Returned by the mayor April q, 1904
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Council Chamber City of Virginia. Minn.,
April 20 1902

Council Chamber. City of Virginia. Minn
April 20. 1902
Resolution No. 81. 1909.
RI solution calling for a special election
| to vote on the NewCharter
BY Alderman Boylan.
Resolved by the city council of the Cit,
of Virginia. That whereas the Charter Com
mission has delivered a draft of the propos
ed Home Rule Charter to the Honorable
Mayor and City Council. and
Whereas, Said Charter Commission has
recommended that said proposed charter
be submitted to the vote of the people in
and for the City of Virginia. at a special
election to be held in the Oity of Virginia.
Be it resolved. by the city council. that a
special election be held in the city of Vir-
ginia on Tuesday. the lst day of June, 1902
| to vote on the proposed Home tRule Char.
ter for the City of Virginia, and
Resolved further. That the city clerk be
and hereby is instructed to cause notices
of said special election to be published once
in each of the following newspapers, ,to-wit.
The Vir9inian and The Virginia Enter
prise, newspapers published in the city OF
Virginia. and also to post notices of said
election in three public places in each ward
in the city of Virginia. which said notices
shall state the purpose and object for
which, and the place in which said election
will be held.
Moved by Alderman Elmquist, support
ed by Alderman Mattson, that above resolu.
ton be adopted.
Ayes 49, Aldermen Elmquist. Boylan. Nc.
Neil. Mattson. Mr. President-5.
Navs-None.
Adopted April 20, 1909
A. G. OSBORN,
President of the City Council.
Approved April 28 1909.
A. HAWKINSON,
Mayor
Attest:
ALBERT s. BICKFORD,
City Clerk.
Presented to the mayor April 26, 1909:
Returned by the mayor April 26, 1903.
(sEAL)
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The president grants recess of ten min.

The president grants recess of ten min.
ute0.
The president calls the council to order
The city clerk informed the council that
this was the date Get for q hearing of any
objections from property owners in Block
4s relative to the report of the commission
ers In condemnation proceedings. in view-
Ing and awarding compensation and DAM
ages in these proceedings.
The president asked the city clerk if
there were any written objections in his
hands. relative to the damages awarded.
and the clerk informed the president that
there had been nothing filed with him.
The president then invited anyone pres.
ent and interested in the subject to make
any verbal protest against the award made
by the committee. and as there was none
the following resolution was offered bv
Alderman Mattson:
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-30

Presented to the mayor April a. 1909.
Returned by the mayor April q, 1900.
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E1elnsive Agents.
THE VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE.
y. +. HANnAFoaD. EDITOR.
Friday. April 80, 1909.
CnteRed 1t the Post-Onice at Virginia. Minn..
% second class mail meter.
Terms. % Per Year. In Advance
VIRGINIA real estate is the money
maker. Grows in value while you
sleep.
THE Queen of the May will wear a
crown of Snowflake on the Mesaba
this year.
"A MINT" says the wise man, "can
make money without advertising,
but nobody else can."
NEW homes dot The view in every
direction, and still many families
are kept from moving to the range
metropolis through ina bility to &C.
cure houses.
Looks good to the range resident
to zee the predominant number of
Duluth gentlemen who serve their
country on the grand and petit jur.
lee at the first term of district court
In Virginia.
A DULUTH woman paid SIS and
costs for killing cat. Considering
the fact that cats are supposed to
have nine lives it would seem the
price of Duluth felines was abnor
mslly high since the reform wave
struck In.
gress of the Hibbing press and the
prosperity attending their efforts,
% evidenced by the fact that both
of them install linotypes. And
neither of the boys ever served time
Ia the Legislature.
A DULUTH preacher is "roaring"
about the amount of liquor adver.
tising in the press of the present
day! The reverend gentleman
should also take cognizance of the
fact that the churches receive a
whole lot more advertising, and
that they are not charged for it,
either.
AND just to remind the populace
that Theodore Roosevelt used to be
president of the United States the
daily press continues to give him
more space each day in describing
HE nights rest and his morning
exercise than is accorded the scare
head articles relative to the actual
doiugs OF the rest of the world.
AN Eveleth man who subscribed
for q city paper instead of one of
the live local papers of his home
town because he got more paper for
bic money was attracted by an ad-
vertisement of fire escape which
would be forwarded on receipt of
two dollars. He sent his cash and
In . few days received a vest-pocket
copy Of the New Testament.
A TWO HARBORs alderman has
spruug a new one by resigning
from his Office because he did not
wish to 60 on record as having
made choice between two contest.
auts for the city attorneyship, each
of the applicants being listed in his
personal friendship assets. A man
who 10 that honest has no business
on . board of aldermen, anyway.
If Governor Johnson will clip all
newspaper comment from the press
of the eighth congressional district
sueut his veto message he will have
. collection of which he would have
more right to be proud than would
Congressman Miller if he were to
cave the various choice excerpts
tsodered him regarding his vote for
Cannon and the Cannon house rules.
THs county auditor and chairman
OF the board of county commission
ere are in Chicago this week, where
they sign additional bonds for the
new court house in the sum of $780,.
600, aud get the tirst installment of
coin. The new court house is locat-
ed In Duluth, but when the bonds
come due the ranges will furnish !
sbout eighty.four per cent of the
"sahs" necesaary for their redemp.
tiou. !
Evening star., 1909-04-18
"The Whirlpool.

So great is the faith of Messrs. Wagon
halls &. Kemper in Macmillan Foster as
playwright. based his first piece.
1.-The Whirlpool" which will he presented
for the first time at the Columbia Thea
ter here week from tomorrow night.
that they have signed a contract with
the writer for all his work for the next
two years. Still further proof of their
confidence in the play lies in the fact
that they are to place ii in New York
for the coming summer. This is indeed
an evidence of belief in The Whirlpool" !"
New York has rarely shown much favor
to a dramatic entertainment in hot
weather. Summer audiences on Broad
way incline to frothy musical shows, with
girls and clowns and dances and light
music. dramatic play that can com
pete with summer frivolity must possess
extraordinary drawing power. There
have been few to do so. OF the latest
1.-The Man of the Hour and Paid in
Full Now the experiment is to be made
with "The Whirlpool. The week Of
1.-The whirlpool will end the regular sea-
son at the Columbia Theater, and II bids
fair to be a notable finish
THE whirlpool is in four acts and all
the scenes are laid in New York The
time is the present. Mr.. Foster was re-
Gently asked how he would describe the
pece-as A drama, a romance or a
comedy. He replied. Just a play"
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Princeton Triangle Club.

Next Saturday night AT the Columbia
Theater the members OF the Princeton
friangc Club will entertain their friends
with an elaborate production Of their
latest musical play. "The Duchess OF
Blunshire. The students who partici-
pate I'm bringing forth musical comedy
each year have made careful study Of
the artistic as well as the practical side
OF musical farces. There has been a diff
ferent variety OF musical show for the
last few years. and each year has been
an improvement on that which preceded.
This season THE Duchess of Bluffshire"
is the result of an effort 10 blend con
sistent plot and plenty OF action with
suitable and tunefuI music. And when
II is considered that undergraduates
write the book dramatic it, act II (even
its female rolesl compose music for II
and likewise appropriate lyrics design
the costumes. design the scenery, play
I'm the orchestra as well as countless
other things that are necessary for
first-class production the task is first ap-
preciated In its full measure by those
who see II carefully polished and we'll
trained in the final performances
Frank l.. Cunningham. 10. of New York
and +. w. Birkhauer. 10. wrote the
book for The Duchess of Bluffshire''.
Arthur II. Samuels. 90. who is also lead
er of the student orchestra wrote the
music, and n. +. Carroll the lyrics
Evening star., 1909-04-18

Mackin & Wilson shortly became thing
of the past. They were receiving a joint
salary of about S75 a week. which was
pretty good money in those days. and
'Erancis Wilson took bits or anything
That was handed to him for S15 per. This
went on for about a season or SO. From
minstrelsy. Mr.. Wilson went TO the Thea
ter COmique. in New York. at the time
when Harrigan and Hart were the prin-
cfpal members of that company. He then
played Moe Jewell, the comedy part in
THE World MIR. Wilson's name has
been associated with comic opera and it
was the putting on of "Pinafore." after
an unsuccessful tour of a play called
Our Goblns.'' that warranted his return
10 New York. He became a member OF
Col. McCaull's big organization and later
Joined the Casino forces. where for a
number of years he gave his inimitable
performance of "CadeauX'' in "Erminie."
Leaving the Casino. he began producing
for himself and the memories of '.The
Lion Tanner" "The Chieftain." "The
Oolah.' Half King and 1.-The Merry
Monarch still lnger in the minds of the
amusement lover. Four years ago he de-
cided to go in for the more legitimate
form of comedy, allied himself with
Charles Frohman and put on comedy
called Cousin Billy Then came '.The
Mountain Climber and the one-act play.
The Little Father of the Wilderness >
and this season he is appearing in his
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Katharine Goodson's Concert.

Katharine Goodson, the young English
pianist will appear at the last of the
Charlton Smith concerts at the Masonic
Temple Auditorium next Saturday even
ing. The assisting artist will be Nine.
Flavie Van den Hende. the Belgian violon-
cellist. who plays with exquisite finish
and unusual power. Miss Goodson's pro-
gram will be:
Sonata, op. 36. for piano and cello
tallegro agitato. andante motto tran
quillo. allegro motto e MarcatoD, Grieg,
Miss Goodson and Mime. Van den Hende;
taD Andante from Concerto" Golfer
mann. tbD MaZurka. Parlow, Nine. Van
den Hende: two preludes % D fat. G., G.
major two valses u A fiat. t2) ID fat.
Chopin. Miss Katharine Goodson: (aD
Reverie. Schumann, (b) Papillon, Pepper.
Nine. Van den Hende; Rhapsodie. f fiat,
op. 119. Brahms: Song Without Words.
d major, Mendelssohn: Aeolus. Germ
sheim: Polonaise. E. minor. MacDowell; !;
Miss katherine GoodSon.
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Filipino Band Concert.

At the Belasco Theater tonight the
Philippine Constabulary Band will rem
der another popular concert, with pro-
gram entirely different from the one given
last Sunday. These little brown brothers
were feature of the inauguration parade
and attracted vast audiences at the con-
certs given at the pension office during
that week. There are eighty-six members
teen to fifty-seven, and most of them,
seven years ago, never heard of the IN
struments they are now playing. Inc
men are all enlisted men of the constabu-
larry an organization Differed by Amerl-
cans. and President Taft is still to them
1.-The big governor who created the band.
One Of the features of the concert tonight
will be a grand pastoral and hunting
scene" by koennemann. a descriptive
composition. which will be added to by
stage mechanical effects and electrical
devices representing the storm
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Summer Opera.

The first gun OF tn annual spring and
summer season of the several Aborn
opera companies was fired Monday night
in Brooklyn. The initial offering of their
Brooklyn series was Wagner's majes-
tic lyric drama. .Lohengrin."
The Aborn Comic Opera Company, or
ganiZe0 and now rehearsing for its annual
spring and summer season at the New
National Theater. will open its season
here May :; with the perennial favorite
robin Hood" as the offering for the
first week. The repertory this year will
be confined TO comic opera and musical
comedy They have arranged to revive
a number of recent Broadway successes
that have never before been presented in
Washington. at the moderate scale of
prices which the .tborns maintain. The
pieces so lar announced fer pres .ntation
during their eason at the New National
include THE Yankee Consul" A Chi
nese Honeymoon" Princess Chic 'The
Hghwayman," The Serenade. .'rhe
Sultan of Sulu." "Fantana," "It Happen
ed in Nordland," .'The Queens Lace
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Chase's.

The list for Chases this week includes
THE Vafr Dyck." Willy Painter and COM
pany. Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker,
Robert Henry Hodge and company. the
Tom Jack Trio and THE Jealous Fisher
man by the American vitagraph. "The
Van Dyck' is a one-act drama from the
French of Eugene Fournier Perinque.
the English adaptation having been
made by Cosmo Gordon Lennox, the
London Playwright. Bcerbohm Tree
played II i'll England and Arnold DAILY
offered II in New Ycrk. Already IL las
been translated and adapted for pressn
tation in six foreign countries. In Amer
lean vaudeville il is being presented ny
Harrison Hunter Bert Levy will pictor:-
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Pantomime and Vaudeville.

Chase'S next week will present the
Brothers Byrne company Of comedians
and pantomimists in "A Carriage Ride
and is Mishaps." Wilfred Clarke and
company ir What WIFE Happen Next?
Harlan Knight and company in The
Chalk Line" Lawrence Crane and COM
pany in The House of Mystery" the
Five Musical Avolos. RYAN and White,
the dancing funulakers: De Lisle. the hat
and club manipulation, and the fine motion
pictures of Hunting in the Arctic Zone.
The Brothers ByTne are pantomimic IA
vorites and "A Carriage Ride and Its
Mishaps'' is the vaudeville sequel TO their
familiar spectacular success. Eight
Bells"
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Lecture, on Panama,

At the Columbia Theater tonight Mr..
Claude N. Bennett will not only tell but
show how the Panama canal is being
constructed. BY means of motion pic
lures he follows President Taft through
out his entire tour of inspection on the
zone, shows the wonderful machinery in
operation, the dirt flying and the sani-
tary measures that have been adopted for
the protection of the army of workers.
AS Mr.. Bennett assemblies and presents
the vital points of this great enterprise
they create a wonder story of interest to
every American. The lecture has been
delivered in many states and has every
where met with enthusia site appreciation.
Tonight's lecture will be repeated We'd
nesday evening at the same house.
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Coming Attractions.
New National.

Tomorrow night Francis Wilson will APP
pear in the role of Sir Guy de We're in the
farce when knights Were Bold" In
writing when knights Were Bold the
author. Charles NARROW CHarret jay has
contrived TO put in but a single farcical
figure. Every one else in the east. with
the exception of the hero, who is imper-
sonated by Mr. Wilson, is absolutely seri-
ous And SO by sharp contrast the popu-
lar comedians comedy work is seen to ex-
ceptional advantage and his opportunities
for fun making are practically unlimited
Sir Guy de We're. the central figure. is an
Englishman Of good family. who has re-
Gently succeeded to the de We're title and
inherited the family fortune. He is en-
tertaining weekend party at his coun-
try place. Beechwood Towers. Among the
guests present are his cousin Lady Row
ena Eggington. with whom lac is radly in
love: her aunt. the vicar aud his daugh-
ter. the Hon. Charles Widdecornhe Isaac
Isaacson and his daughter ard an Irish
baronet. Sir Brian Ballymote. who has
been brought along by Isaacson in the
hopes that he may capture the fai~ Lady
Rowena and leave the field free for his
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Miners merry Burlesouers."

Thos- w Miners Merry Burlesauers'
will come to the New Lyceum for one
week. commencing tomorrow matinee.
The company is headed by Harry Fox.
whose clever work in conjunction with
Dave Marion Of the "Dreamlands" in past
seasons is well remembered The offering
Of the company the present season con-
sists of two-act comedy called 1.-The
around Mr.. Fox The costumes are espe-
cially designed and the greatest care has
been exercised in staging the numbers.
Among others to be seen with Mr.. Fox
are John Price. Lydia Fox. Sherman and
DeForest in THE Jay Circus" two Fran
ciscos. Millership sisters and the stat
uesque brunette, Belle Wilton.
Evening star., 1909-04-18
Auditorium Motion Pictures.

Manager Stein of the New Masonic
Temple Auditorium will present tonight
at that concert hall an entirely novel
series of motion pictures beginning at
S:15 o'clock and continuing every night
of the week except Wednesday. These
pictures have not before been seen in
Was shington or the east. They are abso-
lutely new and comprise some extremely
interesting travel pictures besides motion
views of an educational and humorous
character. al shown in thoroughly
modern. comfortable and well ventilated
auditorium. Three times weekly the
scenes will be changed and the arrange
ment is for an indefinite period One
price of admission, p cents. will be
charged
Evening star., 1909-04-18

own daughter to marry Sir Guy. Sir Guy
is modern and democratic. His cousin.
Lady Rowena, is of a romantic turn OF
mind. She lives in the past and in the
chivalrous deeds performed by the knights
of old. and is continually telling Sir Guy
of what he should do to live up to the
family traditions. Sir Guy, however. is
strong for the twentieth century, but.
falling asleep. he has wonderfully vivid
dream. in which he goes back to the time
when the first Sir Guy was lord of all he
slIrveyed-some seven hundred and ten
years. The young man finds himself in
tuxedo and full of his modern notions.
surrounded by the nomp, ceremony and
blank verse as we'll as the inconveniences
of the thirteenth century. And he is
called upon to do all sorts of things. Two
big choruses are introduced. one at the
end of the first and the other at the be-
ginning of the second act. Charles Froh-
man presents Francis Wilson at the New
National Theater for a weeks engage
ment. beginning tomorrow evening. There
will be single matinee on Saturday only.
Evening star., 1909-04-18
E. H. Sothern.

E. II. Sothern comes to the Be'asco
Theater Monday night. April %. commenc-
ing an engagement of seven performances.
when he will be seen in four of the dra-
mas most famous characters. Riche!ieu,
Francois Vilon in If I Were King,
Lord Dundreary and Hamlet. Sothern's
presentations of "Richelieu" and Ham
let have aroused sincere critical interest.
A popular feature of his repertoire is his
revival OF his great romantic role, the
poet-warrior, Francois Villon, In If |
Were King" Sothern gives Tom Taylor's
comedy. Lord Dundreary." also known
as "Our American Cousin note
worthy production. as he has duplicated
the old time presentation of the play Civ
Ell at the Haymarkei Theater. London
1877, with the ladies in crinoline and
Evening star., 1909-04-18
"About Thebes. +"

Beginning tomorrow night the Washing
ton Dramatic Club will play a week s
engagement OF Mrs. Albert Clifford Bar
neys play with music) at the Belasco
Theater The receipts Of the perform
ance are to be devoted to various chari-
ties and many Of the capitals most
prominent people are interested The
play has been staged by Mrs. Barney. as
sisted by Percy Leach. the professional
stage director. The incidental music for
the piece was written by Harry Howard.
and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. wife of
the former minister to Belgium. helped
with the musical setting. The play opens
with. a scene in the desert. with an Ameri-
can tourist party on the road to Thebes.
The first scene depicts the break Of day
on ns is o
the last act depicts the ensemble of Nile
maidens. American girls ,mystics. Cook S
guides, donkey guides, spirits of the ori-
Evening star., 1909-04-18

Grace Van Studdiford. who has achieved
success in 'The Golden Butterfly" re
turns to the National Theater next week
Miss Van Studdiford comes here after a
prosperous season at the Broadway Thea
ter New York. In THE Golden Butter
fly" the authors have written light op.
era which returns to the style of Strauss
and which has a real heart story with a
plot The musical numbers Throughout,
are not merely interpolated. to give an op-
portunity for soprano or tenor solo. but III
each instance carry on the action of the
piece.
Miss Van Studdiford is surrounded by a
company of eighty-five people. Among
the principals are Gene Luneska. Louis
Cassavant. w. J. Mccarthy. Walter Per-
cival, Lenora Novasio, Charles w. Butler
and Alice Hills.
Evening star., 1909-04-18
"A Midsummer Nights Dream

Shakespeare's a Midsummer Nights
Dream" will be given by the Cheviot
Dramatic Club of the Chevy Chase Col
lege and Seminary at the Columbia Thea
ter next Friday evening. April %. at Sis.
under the direction Of Glenna Smith Tin
min. and the management Of Mrs. Katie
Wison-Greene. The play will be pro-
duced in its entirety with scenery, cos
tunes and Mendelssohns music by the
orchestra. A special dance will be In.
troduced in act iv, scene l. Mozart S
"Minuet de la Cour.'
Evening star., 1909-04-18

point All that remains of the old play
now is its title. Messrs Barton and Wis
well, who shape the destinies of the play
this season. offer new cast. elaborate
stage settings, original specialtes. fea-
lures and electrical effects \ special
feature of the engagement will be the APP
pearance of 'Mantella'' in her cefe-
brated "Grecian Worship dance, with
music by Puccini. "McFaddens Flats"
comes to the Academy this week. with the
usual matineees Tuesday and Thursday
and special childrens matinee Satur-
day.