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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

AFR. J. KENNEDY TOD goes down
V1 into the Wall street district two
or three times week to keep in touch
with his financial interests, though he
retired two years ago from the Stock
Exchange firm of J. Kennedy Tod &
Co., which is now composed of his two
nepnews, Mr.. William Stuart Tod, who
is the representative on the floor,
and Mr.. Robert E. Tod, who has
charge of the office end.
Mr.. Tod is in healthy, active old
age. and is apparently possessed Of as
1auch vitality as he was a generation
ago. This is due to the fact, he as
selts with no little pride, that he is
living as nearly as possible close to
nature, and in that manner of simple
life which gives to man wholesome
body and a cheerful, unobstructed,
broadened view ofo life.
Mr. Tod has put some Of his ideae
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

r HE annual fall dinner of the Grid.
iron club, held the other night, was
made noteworthy by the presence of a
distinguished company of guests. An
extended program devoted entirely to
fun.makfng, made the night one long
to be remembered by the organization.
The company was one only possible
to bring together at the capital of the
nation. The president, vice-president,
president-elect, vice-president-elect,
presidential possibilities of the future.
senators and representatives almost
without number, an English lord, dip
lOmats of this and other countries,
newspaper men whose names are
known far and wide, captains of
finance and industry, and men of af.
fairs generally were seated about the
gridiron-shaped table. Coming so soon
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Valuable Persimmon Trees.

The chance discovery of a wild per-
simmon tree in an abandoned field Is
bringing to J. C. Evans of Harlem
good annual income. Fourteen years
ago Mr.. Evans was walking through
an abandoned field in eastern Jackson
county, Mo-, when he noticed the per-
simmon tree, and being hort1cultur'
list he saw it differed somewhat from
the ordinary wild persimmon. He
took some scions or sprouts from 1t
and planted them on his farm In Clay
county, just across the river. From
these shoots he took others until he
now has 200 fine bearing trees, the
fruit of which is said to be the largest
and finest favored of native American
persimmons The fruit is about as
large as a California plum and finds a
ready sale in Kansas City at 30 cents
a basket. The 200 trees yield an in
come of one dollar or more a tree
each year-Kansas City Star.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
italian Singers.

In view Of the fact that in their ma.
tive country most Italians of the peas
ant class are given to singing in public
on all and every occasion, it is curl
GUS that We hear so little of their
vocalizing in public here. This state
of affairs was brought sharply to a
man familiar with Italy as a tourist
when he heard group of half a dozen
young Italian men of the working
class singing some of the lovely pop
ular songs of their native land in an
elevated train in New York on a re-
cent Sunday. It was delightful music
to hear and entirely different in every
way from the songs and the singing
one so often hears from a group of
native young men. It was the first
time this particular New Yorker ever
had heard Italian singing in public
and the charm of the music was great
enough to make him regret that it was
not heard more often.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

The wife of Gerhart Hauptmann-
Margaret Observation-Disclosures her mar
riage to the dramatist was for a long
time popular member of the Lobe
theater at Breslau. She has now gone
on the stage for the second time, but
not as an actress. At a recent con-
cert given by the Verein der Musk.
freunde at Hirschberg Frau Haupt-
mann played a Grieg composition,
showing that she is an accomplished
YiOliniSt
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

A decision Of the board of general
appraisers in a custom case is that a
typewriter signature is legal. It will
be long time, probably, before type
written signatures on checks are &C.
cepted by the banks, but the habit OF
affixing an illegal signature, written
with pen, to an ordinary typewriter
letter, not involving contract of any
kind, might happily fall into general
disuse
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Shameful Treatment of Uncle Ike

as if he will have to stay there for a
few months anyhow.
AS a consequence, he is an exceed
ingly sad-looking senator these davs.
1t is said that some one heard him re-
mark the other day that he would put
up temporary Office building of his
own on the capitol grounds if he could
get the permission. Vain hope.
Two other senators have been sent
over to the house Office building with
Uncle Ike. They are Cummins of
Iowa and Du Pont of Delaware. But
that doesn't console him any.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Touo Pokes Fun at Ladies' Hate.

"Those Hon. Hats is pinned on to
them ladies what forget how painful
they feel & drag them from places to
places with smile of sweet resign. They
are even happy while wearing them be-
cause they imagine something"
What could they imagine after
that?" are enqueery for Nichi.
"They imagines they are beautiful!'
are report from me.
"Hashimura Togo" rasp them feebly
Unc. "up to now have believed every
thing. Please, tell lies more gently. ]
are not prepared to swallow too
much,"- Golfers Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
What would the French courts do
without American heiresses?

1t is absolutely staggering to learn
from the scientific gentlemen who
have been studying the effect of the
ocean tides in retarding the rotation
of the earth that the resulting in
crease in the length of the day
amounts to one second in 100000
years. How can you depend on your
watch keeping correct time after this j?
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Dietary of Apples.

During visit to the South of Eng
land, a gentleman was recently met
who for the last three years has lived
on one meal a day, and that meal
ccomposed chiefly of apples. He stated
that the juices of the apples supplied
him with all the moisture or drink he
needed; that, he claimed, was of the
purest kind. being in reality water dis
titled by nature, and favored with
the pleasant aroma of the apple. He
partook of his one meal about three
o'clock In the afternoon, eating what
he felt satisfied him, the meal occupy
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Their Speaking Words.

1"SV 0PSdN1519 "VTUS.
$50 Smith and Jones are on bad
terms"
eyes. It seems each ran afoul of
the others fad"
How was that?"
Smith made some biting remarks
about Jones prize show dogs. and
Jones retaliated on Smiths bee anna
teur culture with some stinging 20,
torts. ts."-Baltimore American,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

He brought
trophies Wellington and these
n family.
operating of
of
campaign he speeches
0h
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The Citv Farmer.

There is no doubt that Chumpleigh
has the correct appreciation of what
is expected of a city farmer"
What has he done now?"
''Why, he has just sunk a $1,400 well
on his place in order to supply water
to his $14 COW"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Government Help In Fighting Fire.

oovernment Help In Fighting Fire.
The methods Of preventing forest
fires employed by the service are SIM
PIE and depend for their efficacy main
~ upon eternal vigilance. The areas
included in the boundaries of the re-
serves are constantly patrolled by a
force Of rangers and guards. During
the past summer the men thus en-
ployed numbered about thirteen hum
dred. The average area that each was
required to protect was more than a
hundred and twenty thousand acres,
says the Craftsman. The forester rea-
Lies that this is too much ground for
one man to cover properly, but con-
gress has not made the funds available
Tor the employment of 4 larger force.
Roads and trails are constructed in
order to facilitate rapid travel from
one part of the reserve to another and
to expedite the massing of large num-
bers, as well as to furnish vantage
PoAASo HUH WAlCu " lAC uSAt
against the flames. Telephone lines
connect rangers stations with head
quarters in order that fires may be
quickly reported and prompt measures
adopted to extinguish them. During
the last fiscal year 100 miles of road,
33 miles of trail and $500 miles of tel
ephone line were constructed in the
national forests The officers of the
service now receive the most ready as
sistance from persons living in the
vicinity of the reserves, and especially
from stockmen and others who Use the
forests under permits. The latter are
required by the terms of the agree
ment for grazing or numbering to ex-
tend all possible assistance in case of
fire; the former are beginning to ap-
preciate the fact that the forests are
the property of the people and that
any damage inflicted upon them must
entail loss to the people at large and
most directly to the local residents.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Select Section Giving Way to Business

hotels to theaters and transportation
lines preferable to Fifth avenue, which
is dim and comparatively deserted aft
er nightfall, and from which it Is
more inconvenient to reach either the
business or amusement centers.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
MAYOR OF HONOLULU

Joseph James Fern, first mayor of Honolulu,
capital of Hawaii, comes of family that ought
to delight President Roosevelts heart. He was
the fourteenth child in his fathers family, and
he himself, two months ago, became the father
of his fourteenth child Ten Of his children sur
vive-hve boys and five girls. His eldest sister
is the mother of Is children, and he has broth
er who is the father of 15 Including brothers
and sisters, uncles and aunts and cousins, there
are 14S living persons Of the Fern blood in the
Hawaiian islands.
The patriarch and progenitor of this clan
was James Fern, an Englishman who had fought
under Wellington through the wars of Napoleon
and was veteran of the battle of Waterloo. He
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

forthwith
Moha He declined his
certificate
he with the cancellation OF his exequao
time ordering
though
bune the to a standstl
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months
conduct in action fast until the of the
rgadier
he entered
squeching
brilliant
brgade general of
battle
Roosevelt distinguished himself
with
whose and the organizations eectuay
his PHILIPPINES
A.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

yard where he remained three
As1a station ne was assigned the which
His first command in
ed worldwide attention. and his
geographic and coast
with
the dynamite cruiser Veuvus the
value In the Cuban campaign of
1905
sequenty
again member of the
year ne was appointed chief the
Admiral
OF rear
IN the
asked him continue
next at least Rear
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
GEN. YOUNG RETIRES

Gen. S. B. NJ. Young, until short time ago
the dashing lieutenant general of the United
States army and who retired with that honor,
has resigned superintendent of the Yellow
stone park, the big government reservation in
Wyoming. The resignation took effect January
1, when Gen. Young retired to private life.
The military record of Gen. Young is one
of the most brilliant in the history of the United
States and his success was achieved only by
hard work and indomitable courage He never
knew what the word defeat meant AS tacti-
clan in army maneuvers he was without peer
and it was for this reason that he was placed at
the head of the army college.
Gen. Young first entered the army as a pri-
in fho Tuo1
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

Thomas P. Moffatt, consul of the United
States at LaGuayra Venezuela, has added some
what to the peevishness of the late Castro ad-
minstration down in that country of comic
opera revolutions by declining to make Uncle
Sans consulate toy of the native administra-
ton.
When the plague-stricken port of LaGuayra
was shut of from the outside world to prevent
the spread of the disease, thereby working some
damage upon the commercial part of the city,
the local board Of health proceeded to carry out
a plan to lift the embargo. A document was
drawn up and signed by the local officials in
which it was emphatically stated that 1.-The
health of LaGuayra was perfect and that the
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
QUITS ACTIVE SERVICE

Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury, U. S. N,
who was placed on the retired list the other
day, having reached the age limit of 62 years,
is one of the most popular officers among the
rank and file that ever wore naval officers
uniform. Pillsbury is to-day the recognized au-
thority on photographic and geodetic work in
the United States navy, and his works cur
rents etc., are so thorough and comprehensive
that they are the standard text books on the
subjects the world over. He, too, has the honor
OF being one of the few personal appointees Of
President Lincoln.
In 1852 President Lincoln, who had been i'm
portuned by the youngster to be permitted to go
to the front, appointed him a midshipman. His
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

The Washington Herald informs US
that Mr.. Carnegie's income is $1,000.
900 Q month. And probably he gets
time-and.a,halff for overtime.
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ing him from twenty minutes to hal:
an hour.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
CAPT HAMS LISTLESS
DURING MURDER TRIAL
Two Jurors in Box When Court ne
convenes Today-lunscy Comms
sion May Be Named.

FLUSHING. l.. l.. April 20
With rumors about the court mousse
that Justice Garretson personally
plans To name lunacy commission u
examine Capt Peter c. Hams AFTER
the Jury box is filed. the trial OF the
captain for the murder OF VIM. r.
Annis was resumed today with two
Jurors. August Sunling and George h.
Higbie. In the box.
There was a new panel OF one nun
dred on hand when court opened. Capt.
Hams presenting the same listiess I'M
interested appearance. was brought
into court handcuffed TO deputy
sheriff, but be Topped down into MS
chair without a word TO his father
brother or the counsel for the defense.
Contrary TO usual procedure in NUT
der cases. Capt Hams takes no part
in the selection OF the jurymen.
No matter what counsel for the
state may think. Attorney Mcintyre
believes his client hopelessly insane
and openly asserts this fact.
All l want TO do is TO have him ac'
Quilted so that he can be sent 10 an
asylum" declared the senior counsel
for the defense Just before the trial
was resumed today.
Mcintyre declared today that he has
another batch OF letters which were
written by Mrs. Claudia Hams TO her
husband while he vas In the Philip
pines and that these will be made pub
Tic should the state call the wife 10
testify that her husband was sane
These letters. he claims. are OF q
character to Offset any evidence Mrs
Claudia Hams may give.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
cURRrE REPORT READY SOON.
Accountants Will Complete State
rnent In Few Days.

The report Of F. H. Macpherson &
CO., expert accountants. OIL the tran
sactions OF Cameron Currie 4 Co. for
a year prior TO tie Arms failure Is
practically completed. II will be two
or three days at least, However. be
fore the report can be submitted 10
Trustee Fred G.. Austin. Several de-
tails must be cleared up. certain bal
ances struck and other finishing
touches added
The report, which Mr.. Austin vii!
file with Referee I'm Bankruptcy Da.
vock, will be a most voluminous AFFAIR
A corps OF six accountants has been
at work on IL constantly for three
months, going ove- every lays bust
ness, item by item. and when IL is
considered that these six men have
covered in three months transactions
involving hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars, hundreds o. clients and an
office force of from Is to 20 clerks the
task has not been a simple one. In
its investigation Macpherson a Co
have practically opened up a set OF
Looks and the business OF that one
year has practically been done over
again on paper
What the report will show no one
knows but Mr.. Macpherson and his as
sistants. and they are bound 10 Sc
crecy, their work having been wholly
confidential. Its contents will become
public only when Trustee Austir
chooses to reveal them or places the
report on file In the bankruptcy court
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
WOMEN WHO KILLED HER
BETRAYER is LIBERATED
Sarah koten 10 Turned over To Jew
ish society-Justiee Saspends
Sentence on Her.

NEW YORK. April 20.-Sarah
Koten, the young Russian Jewess who
shot and killed DIR. Samuel AuspitZ
whom she accused of drugging and be-
traying her. and who last week plead
ed guilty To- nanslaughter IN the first
degree. went out oil the criminal
branch OF the supreme court free
Woman this afternoon
In one OF the most impressive scenes
ever Witnessed in the gloomy criminal
courts building. Justice Blanchard
who had Investigated thu case thor
oughly suspended sentence on the
young woman and she was turned over
10 the Society for he Protection o
Jewish Women who took her at once
out of New York TO country retreat
where she will be given al opportun-
ity to recover her health and reason
and take care OF her child.
There were some eighty women
present in the courtroom when Sarah
Koten was lea into the prisoner box.
she carried her baby close against her
breast and gazed with frightened eyes
az the stern-robed justice as he TOOK
his seat
There was pause and then the
Justice began TO speak In a slow voice
that at times seemed 10 catch In his
throat.
Il have carefully examined every
feature OF this case" he said. and
have come To the conclusion that THIS
woman is far more sinned against than
SHINING. When she fired the shot that
ended the life OF her beuayer there
was 10 criminal intent in her heart
she had been so crazed BY her terri
HE experience that she did not know
what she was doing"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
General Tone of Cattle Market
ImbroUeS,; Break Comes In Hogs

The general tone of the cattle mar
het has improved very much during
the last ten days. Receipts in the big
markets have been comparatively
small and the demand more active
than usual, so far. this spring. The
Detroit market did not show much
change last week, except for fat cows.
which were scarce and somewhat
higher than on the week before Small
receipts OF cattle are looked for during
the coming month and values will
probably go higher.
Owing 20 the difficulty experienced
I'm the purchase OF feeding lambs. last
fall. large number OF western farm.
crs shifted TO cattle. II now appears
thst this change was for the worse.
and the same men will hardly repeat
The experiment next year There t.
cyery reason 20 believe that The future
has in store much higher prices for
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
By II. II. MACK.

teer than have vet been known. Veal
calves broke $50 per cwt. last week
and the end is evidently not just yet.
Receipts OF calves have increased sud
denly In all markets and prices have
taken the opposite direction. The
trade in mich cows Is dull and quiet.
The sheep and lamb trade has seen
very little variation during the past
fortnight. Wool lambs have been Va
active. steady demand, but the cool
weather has been unfavOrable 10.
clips and the spread between the
latter and wool stock has been wider
than 1t was earlier in the season. II
IL believed that western fed lambs are
web forward and high prices are look
ed for In this division durihg the next
90 days. rhe wool trade Is quiet, bot
values are irm and the general OIL
lcok before the crop the hess that has
been known Tor many years The big
wCci warehouse. which is 10 be built
in chicago, - nearly ooLfleted and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20

the managers OF the enterprise are
doing their level best 10 secure some
wool TO put In H.
The leading feature OF the live stock
trade, Of late. has been the strength
which hogs have shown. Prices touch.
ed The top for the last seven years and
packers were Obliged 10 pay more for
the raw material than they could Sc
cure for the finished product The
pace was trife too hot 20 last, how.
ever a break coming late last week
II Ia the lsboring man who is respon-
sible for the active demand for pork
products on this side OF the water
Very few OF the laboring class. eat
beef and they know very little about
mdttCn. Pork products ssc 90 easily
preserved ana can be- ,cr,ed in -
many different ways that The Ameri-
car lsboring man has DECIDED To use
them. no matter what they cost. Tn"
speculative lis has shown some mark
eel gains oi late.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
COST OF BONDS BOOSTED.
lids To City Show Increase Of Fifty
Per Cent.

~ city Is up against big in
AZ. a8c In the cost of surety bonds for
.lMs ing public officials. The cost Of
g.. aese bonds il paid by the city,
"a yeing received In a lump from
i:se sonding companies for all bonds
MA must be renewed with the year.
Lids were opened. Tuesday morn
Ing. from five surety companies by the
.rounci ways and means committee.
and IN increase of so per cent was
.h Is between the lowest bid o,
N ar and that of this year. Where
al bonds cost the city but "a
| -Ausand dollars of risk last year,
. II this year is more than 50 per
.h.s..nd
~ think that the bids are all too
hlga. and we may readvertise," stated
chairman Gilman. 1T looks as IL all
the companies had got together 10
boost rates"
In 1908 the city had TO renew Sl22.-
900 OF bonds and the lowest bid was
34S2. This year there are S347 900 or
bonds 10 be renewed AMI the Fidelity
Urion Surety Co.. OF Indianapolis IS
the lowest bidder at S2,288, The bonds
this wear are: City treasurer, 1900
600: deputy. $4,000; commissioners
q public works and police, $4,000
each: assessors, $4,000; secretary
and superintendent OF the poor COM
mission, $1,000 each; two market
clerks at $4,000 each; FIVE city physi-
clans at $4,000 each: a gas inspector
and two weighmasters at $1,000 each.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
E. R. KRANICH BURIED.
Simplicity Marks Obsequies OF Well.
Known Newspaper Man.

The funeral OF Edward Richard
Kranich, president OF the Concrete
Publishing company. and well known
newspaper man who died Saturday
morning on IA Wabash train which Was
bringing him Detroit from tie
Adirondack mountains. was held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock in Las
home. No. al6 East boulevard. The
services were conducted by the Rev.
Charles Bronson Allen. pastor OF ihe
North Woodward Methodist chursE.
and were very simple. The service In
Elmwood cemetery. where the remains
were inferred. was n charge of CORN
THAN lodge, No. 24l. +. & A. M.
The following acted as pallbearers:
Leonard Herrmenau, John kohlcr.
Harry Wright. II. G. Christiancy. Roy
Marshall. Walter &. Boynton, w. II.
McGregCr and II. IA. Moran.