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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The Woodmen Degree Team will
entertain at dancing party at the
Fay Opera House next Wednesday
evening.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Mrs. Erwin Lerch, of Mahoning,
was in the city Tuesday, being
among attendants at the Eaton
Johnson wedding.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The n. e. Aid will hold no meet
ing next week, on account of Thanks
giving.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Mrs. n. Mcdonald was in Duluth
yesterday. x
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Mrs. c. r. Webster, of Hibbing,
will spend the winter in this city
with her daughter, Miss Maud
Webster, who is at present employ.
ed in the Office of the NJ. A. Hanna
Company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Overflow local.

Attorney N. B. Arnold attends to
legal business in Duluth today.
Mrs. D. E. Shea and mother, Mrs.
Frank Logan, were the guests of
Hibbing friends Tuesday.
The St. Paul's Guild arrange tor
their annual supper and sale at the
Guild Hall on Saturday, November
Goth.
Miss Jessie Mcneil, clerk of the
municipal court, has been confined
to her home by illness during the
week.
Misses Anna Pasich and Mamie
Demel, of Bull, we're Sunday guests
al the home of Mr.. and Mrs. K. w.
Martin.
Miss Fay Pickering, of Superior,
spent Sunday in the city, a guest at
the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. r. C.
Pickering.
Owing to the illness of Judge
Hughes, who suffers with a severe
cold, district court adjourned We'd
nesday until Monday next, when the
criminal calendar will be resumed.
The curriers' will soon be busy,
A -
ice nearly ready for the opening
contest. A meeting of the Club
will be held at the rink Saturday
evening.
We succeed upon the merits of
our work, the quality of goods and
prices, and fair treatment to one
and all. Hubbard at the Mesberg
Chapel. 11-18tf.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E. Church
are planning on giving New Eng
land supper in the parlors of the
church on Thursday, December Is.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

A telegram or telephone message
to the Mesberg Chapel or to Under
taker Hubbard's residence will re.
ceive the undertaker's prompt and
personal attention. 11-18tf.
The turkey supper under the aus
pices of the ladies of the Presbyter-
ian Church, at the church parlors
last evening, was we'll attended, and
the ladies' are given much praise
for the repast provided.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Miss Fay Pickering, of Superior,
spent Sunday in the city, a guest at
the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. r. c.
Pickering.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Attorney N. B. Arnold attends to
legal business in Duluth today.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Misses Anna Pasich and Mamie
Demel, of Bull, we're Sunday guests
al the home of Mr.. and Mrs. X. w.
Martin.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-21
&c Baby Ribbon, lie

100. 900 yards OF Baby Ribbon, in 4. II
shades. Always sold at &c yard. Fri
day only at 1c yard. Main Floor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-21
Csc Fancy Ribbons, loc

$500 yards OF Fancy Ribbons. Dresden
Warp Prints, Persian designs. in plaids
stripes, etc. All new goods suitable for
and hair bows Regularly Csc
yard. Friday only at l9c. (AIain Floor)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
JOKE COST BOY HIS LIFE.
Someone Poured Oil Down Chimney
and Explosion Followed

Kansas City, Mo. Jan. IA ''practi-
cal joke in Osawatomie. Kan, Friday
afternoon, resulted in the death of the
victim in hospital here.
Dean c. Powell. II years old, of Os-
awatomie, was employed as a hostler's
helper in the Missouri Pacific round
house there. Friday afternoon he was
alone in a boxcar. used as a shelter
for the employees of the roundhouse
The car was heated by a coal stove
Powell was sitting in front of this stove
when some one climbed to the top of
the car and poured crude oil down the
chimney on the fire. The oil exploded,
burning Powell severely around the face
and chest.
1t is reported that two negroes were
seen to run from the car few minutes
after Powell was burned. No arrests
were made.
Powell was brought here to the Mis-
souri, Pacific hospital. but his burns
were so severe that. from the first lit
tie hope was held out for his recov-
cry stcs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
AIR FAILED TO WORK.
-Four Killed and Three Injured in
Colorado Midland Wreck.

Leadville, Colo, Jan. lin a
freight wreck early this morning on
the Colorado Midland near Busk tun-
mel four men were killed and three
others injured. The dead:
H. c. SMITH, LeadviIle. conductor.
MARSHALL RICH, Cardiff. fire.
man.
H. D. FAIR, Cardiff brakeman.
EDWARD DAVENPORT, Van
Mich.
The injured:
Henry FORTS, Leadville. engineer;
w. E. Landlois Leadville, brake
man; badly bruised and shaken up.
Bert Harter. Grand Rapids, Mich.
shoulder injured.
Extra freight No. 6. eastbound. con-
sisting of eleven cars, started down
of the Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel to Arkan-
sas Junction. The train had gone
three miles when the air failed to
work properly. The speed soon be-
came terrific and the train roared
down the mountain side. At Windy
Point there is a sharp curve, and the
engine and cars left the track and
plunged down the steep declivity.
Conductor Smith and Brakeman
Fair were on the rear of the train
Their bodies were found crushed and
mangled beneath a pile of wreckage
The engine, which had torn loose from
the train, turned turtle at the bottom
of the gulch and was partly buried
under car of plaster.
Harter and Davenport were riding
a box car. Harter was thrown more
than 200 feet and landed in q snow
drift, practically unhurt. He made his
way toward the wreck and found En-
'gineer FORTS so feet from his engine
buried under the ruins of a box car
The body of Fireman Marshall Rich
was found under the engine cut in two
Davenport was found under a box car
Officials of the railroad declare that
the train was under control and that
the wreck was due to a broken rail-
They declare the speed Indicator
showed a speed of 1 8 miles an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago; Jan. T.-Wheat fell off in the
earl ytrades here today, opening from sc
to &c lower than Saturdays close. Slug
gish demand for cash wheat with pros
poets Of liberal movement through bet
tered transportation facilities added to
the bearish sentiment.
The downward trend continued in the
first hour and Ma ytOuched 81. 10Z, after
opening at 81. 11Ss to $1.11H, which was
1snAc to ss@1sc lower than Saturday S
final figures.
The market declined through the great
er part of the session, May falling off to
$1.095s- Just before the close there was
slight rally on improved buying orders
The finish was steady, with May 1ssc
lowe rthan Saturdays final figures at
81. 101s@A.
Corn showed initial strength, prices ad-
vancing at the opening from &c to &c
above the previous close, under the in
fluence of light offerings and weather I'M
favorable to movement of the field crop
Weakness in wheat counteracted the bull
lures fell off about 1ac. May opened al
691sc to 6914c and fell off to 6S7sc, after
touching a high of 6914 G693sc.
Unimportant rallies in the corn pit
faile dto check the decline in prices. The
bottom for May was touched at 6Slsc- The
for the day, with May ssG14c lower than
Saturdays final figures, at 6S1ac.
Oats showed less inclination to fluctu-
ate tina nthe other grains, although the
market was somewhat influenced by
wheat. Opening figures were from &c
figures In the first hour prices sagged
a trifle. May falling off &c and other
futures 1sc At the opening May was a
shade TO 1sc higher than Saturdays close
at 4S5sc to 4S5sd4Ssxc.
Provisions at the start were easy, with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
CUTS A FIGURE EIGHT
C1rtiss Does Some Exhibition Flying
at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Jan. 1.-THE wind and
the rain conspired Sunday to test the
mettle of airships flying on aviation
field. The result was a victory for
Glenn H. Curtiss and Louis PauIhan.
In half a gale of wind, Curtiss rose
to height of more than 100 feet and
there performed as pretty a piece of
aeroplane jockeying as has been seen.
He described circles in daring fashion,
lifting and dipping and beating against
the wind and winding up by flying a
figure eight.
Paulhan strove to Guido this, going
up 512 feet and circling like a hawk.
But his exhibition lacked something of
the brilliancy shown by the American.
Another wonder picture was painted
Curtiss and Paulhan and Charles K
Hamilton, each driving his own ma
chine, swung around in an aerial mara
thon. At times they raced together
headlong against the wind. Again they
played tag with one another They
flew under and over one another.
That there were no accidents was one
of the marvels of the day. The avia-
tors did not want to fly in the wind.
They know that the wind strains the
delicate silk and pulls at the fasten-
iDgs. But the crowd was there and
something had to be done to amuse it.
A new word has been coined at the
aviation field. 1t is ''aeronutty." The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
A LITERARY GEM.
Frontenac Jointist Defies Governor in.
Unique Language.

Governor Stubbs' mail box every
morning contains enough material for a
novel and play. He gets all kinds of
letters from all kinds of people A
couple OF fair samples taken from to-
days mail present the two extremes OF
commentator and of cenSure Here
are the two letters:
A state banker of Aurora is very
much exercised over the Pollock de-
c1S1on and he writes the governor as
follows to strengthen his hand in the
guaranty fight:
consider the power Of the federal
courts, Wrongfully used, the greatest
menace to the perpetuity of our repub-
lie and the most momentous problem
before the American people today. 1t is
the one thing above all others, which if
unchecked, will eventually drive our
people into the abhorrent chaos Of an
archy."
The other letter is a black hand
epistle from jointist in F'rontenac
who threatens the governor with VIC
ience II he don't keep his hands off
down in Cherokee county. This literary
gem is reproduced intact as follows:
Gov. Stubs:
Il see by Hedlite paper that you are
going to send us milishe-now I think
you had better tend to your own BUSH
ness In Topeka. I got saloon and ex-
pect to keep one. I have been in the
b1sness for twelve years, and I pay
uepIS anu am good citizen. we can run
our town without you, and if Mr. Mar
shall don't look out something will hap
pen. You don't see any one going to
prizen for killing any one down here.
Mr.. Wully and Mr.. Merriweider no
who elected them. I got some friends
myself when it comes to elecshon.
If you did not get big vote in this
county you would be beete. Now you
and Marshall keep your nose out or
some one gets hurt. We don't fool
down here IN Frontenac. So you are
warned and it is your folt If you get
hurt or Marshall
81 have friends who are just as good
politiShenS as Won V r."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
SOLID AS GRANITE.
Ice Gorge in the Ohio River Seventy
Miles Long.

Louisville, KY. Jan. 1.-THE ice gorge
at Wolf Greek on the Ohio remains al
most as solid as granite and today the
damned ice extends from the extreme
western edge of Louisville to Branden-
berg, a distance of about 20 miles. With
this massive barrier holding back the
water and the heavy rainfall in the
Ohio valley, loss from flood is imminent.
The river reached the flood stage at
Louisville today Although there have
been similar gorges in the Ohio river,
this is said to be the greatest on record.
So serious has the situation become
that the head of the government en-
cheering department at Cincinnati has
been asked to take the matter up with
Washington by wire today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17

population of Los Angeles gave an
exhibition of this peculiar form of in
sanity Through the rain of the morn
ing they went in droves to the Held,
standing in mud along the fence line or
holding dripping seats in the grand
stand They started out in wagon
loads from nearby towns and farms and
in automobiles from the city The mud
stopped many and the road was strewn
with many bands of stranded pilgrims.
Biggest Crowd of the Meet.
By the time the events were scheduled
had gathered Even the nearby hills
were black with spectators.
The rain ceased. The aviators waited
as long as possible. but finally Hamilton
awakened the echoes by rising in a
short flight to test the wind.
Paulhan was not long in following.
He came with a rush and sailed past.
He veered and shot out of the course,
back of the grandStand, 200 feet high
going over the field again after a short
run. When he came down he said that
he had intended to try ten laps for
speed, but found the wind too strong
on the westward course
Then Curtiss came out in prelimi-
nary flight. Hamilton and Paulhan
started together in a wind bucking con-
test, but were sent out of the course
and landed back. of the grandstand
Paulhan, after finding his machine was
standing the STRAIN Well maze announcer
try for speed In four rounds his best
lap was 2:38 3-5. Curtiss' record is PIP.
Finding he could not win in this Paul
han tried to lower Curtiss' starting
record. He made it on the soft turf in
1883 feet. Curtiss' record is 9S feet.
Roy Knabenshue and Lincoln Beach
ey brought out their dirigibles They
went up and struggled hard against the
wind for half a mile. then gave it up,
whirling back over the grandstand at
high rate of speed.
Charles F. Williams in Curt1ss ma
chine came out for a flight, but after
feeling the force of the wind gave up.
Curtiss, who had announced that he
would try for mile speed record, also
quit. The crowd was sent home.
Paulhan was not content. AS the
crowds ~yere fling out he appeared on
the horizon with two passengers be-
hind him. a difficult and dangerous feat
in such a wind. The passengers were
his mechanicians. After a short run
with them he took up G. =. Harmon,
New York ballooniSt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
MADISON IS CHOSEN.
Kansas Congressman on Pinchot-Bal-
inger Investigation Committee.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Representa-
tive Madison of Kansas will be the in
surgents' representative on the house
committee to investigate the Ballinger-
Pinchot affair.
The house is entitled to six members
of the committee. The agreement is
that four of them shall be Republicans
and two shall be Democrats Before
the final agreement between the regu-
lars and the insurgents it was neces-
sary that the four Republicans be Sc
Iected.
The men agreed upon are Mccall of
Massachusetts, Stevens of Minnesota,
OImstead of PENNSYLVANIA and Madi-
son of Kansas. Stevens has since
made some objection to serving, but,
if the agreement now definitely made
is not changed, and neither side de-
sires to change it, the Republican eau
Gus will be q mere ratification meet
ing.
Mccall is the only extreme Cannon
man on the slate. Stevens comes from
Minnesota, a state which is largely in
surgent and in sympathy with Pinchot
and suspicious of the organization, but
he is not an inSurgent.
Olmstead of Pennsylvania is a regu-
lar, but is liked by the insurgents.
They say he is fair and straightfor-
ward, covers up nothing and will make
a good member of the committee.
Madison is an inSurgent of the ag-
gressive type. Representing the great
southwestern part of Kansas, district
the Seventh. he holds allegiance to no
body unless to his friend, neighbor and
co-insurgent. Victor Murdoch. who
first came to congress. as a representa-
tive of that district. Madison has lived
in the short grass country at Dodge
City most of his life and had been a
district judge before he became a
member of congress. He is likely to
become an aggressive member of the
committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
New York STOCK Marker.

Wall Street. New York. Jan. 1.-THE
opening stock market today was not full
responsive to the rising tendency of prices
for Americans which was manifest n
London. Prices of most stocks were
higher, but some of the most active spec
ulative issues declined. Western Mary
land rose IA, Texas Pacific, Rio Grande,
Chesapeake & Ohio and Wabash comm on
and Missouri Pacific large fractions;
United States Rubber and the first pre-
ferred 11a. Union Pacific, Southern Pa
cific st. Paul. l.. & N. and Erie declined
substantial fractions.
Prices were fractionally lower, making
the loss in ST. Paul IA and Union Paci c
nd Southern Pacific 1 before rally be-
gan. Large buying orders were executed
in United States Steel and when that
stock rallied a point the whole list start
ed up strongly. Wabash preferred, Inter
and Pittsburg Coal sold 2 above Satur-
days closing; Rock Island 1as and Gen
eral Electric North American, Pittsburg
Coal, International Pump and American
Steel Foundries l. Trading became dull
at the rally. American Wooden declined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
CIsTERN WILL COST 1891. so.
City Engineer Prepares Estimate for
Expense of His Blunder.

City Engineer w S. Fulton has pre-
pared the plans and estimates of the
repair of the Seventh street cistern
which was blown up a number of
weeks ago by the engineer. In at
tempting to remove the gas from the
cistern, Mr. Fulton threw a lighted
rag in the hcle and as a result a hole
forty feet square was blown in the
street and the fire cistern ruined by
the explosion.
According to the plans of the en-
gineer it will cost SS91.6O to make
these repairs It was thought at first
that it would cost about $1,000 to fix
the damage. The city council will de-
eide tonight whether to repair the
cistern or i'll it up and relay the
having
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
TO PROTECT THE AUDITORIUM.
Ordinance Which Is Designed to Pre-
vent DETACHMENT of Walls.

Councilman c. j. Drew will intro
duce before the city council tonight an
ordinance prohibiting the injuring, de-
troying, cutting, engraving, tarnish-
ing and "tacking'' of the inside walls
of the Auditorium. fine of not less
than SIS and not more than 500 will
be imposed on the person found doing
any of the above mentioned misde-
meanors
The inside walls of the Auditorium
have just oeen calcimined and var
nished and for the first time in years
the building looks like a new hall.
It has been customar. for entertain
ments of all kinds to make free use of
the building for decorations, and tar
nishing of all kinds. To keep the
walls in good condition is the ambi-
ton of the councilman from the Third
ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
ROOSEVELT AS Referee
Jack johnson Would Have Ex-Presi-
dent Because He Is Cool.

New York, Jan. 17.-Jack johnson
wants Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as
referee of the championship fight. In
a statement published here today the
colored champion said:
'Ex-President Roosevelt ought to
be a good authority. He has been
boxing himself and should know the
merits of both men. He has carefully
studied both men and 1 think he
should make a good referee, being our
nations choice of leader, and a great
leader was he.
81 am satisfied if the club would
choose him as a referee it would sat
isfy me to n queens taste. He is cool
and collected and no one can rattle
him and get his goat like they would
lot of fellows who have their names
down as referees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
YOUNG FARMER In JAIL.
Suspected of Shooting Neighbor Full
of Holes.

Trenton, MO-. Jan. Thames Hum
phreys. a wealthy young farmer, has
been arrested and is in the county jail
here as a result of the inquiry into the
killing of James Hatcher, a farmer,
who was shot from ambush near Lind
ley. Mo, last Friday night. Ten empty
shotgun shells were found near Hatch
er's body, which was literally filed
with shot.
planned that his corn was being stolen
and threatened to shoot the thief on
sight. A sack of corn was found near
Hatcher's body. but his friends ridi-
cule the suggestion that he stole the
grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
KILLS HIS FATHER.
The Author of the Parricide Alleges
Self Defense.

Cameron. Mo. Jan 17.-Joseph MONTE,
a farmer, shot and killed his father,
Alex MONTE. today, at his home near
here. The son, 81 years DID, who was
a tenant of his father, 81 years old, had
been ordered by the latter to vacate
the farm. The elder MONTE went to
the sons house to insist upon the sons
removal and the shooting resulted.
The son and his wife then surrender
ed to the sheriff. claiming self defense
On account of strong feeling and
threats against the young man by
neighbors he was hurried into hiding
by the sheriff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
E. W. HOWE OFF FOR PANAMA.
Atchison Editor VIII Write a Series of
Letters Covering Trip.

Atchison, Kan, Jan. lie. w.
Howe, editor of the Globe, leaves TO-
day for New York, where he sails on
January % for Panama, Venezuela
and the West Indies. He will be ac-
conpanled by his daughter, Mattel,
and Mr. and Mrs. c. d. Walker and
daughter. Isabel, of Atchison.
Mr.. Howe is taking the trip as a
vacation, but will write a series of
traVel letters covering the journey. He
will be gone about two months. stop
ping at the Florida winter resorts on
the return "trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago Jan T.-BUTTER-Marke
Creameries, 26Q34c; diaries, 25@S0c.
EGGS-Market, steady; receipts, 905
cases. At marks, cases included, 241zQ
3O1sc; firsts, 35c; prime firsts, 3Sc-
CHEESE-Market. steady. Daisies. 1694
@17c; Twins, 1614@161sc; Young Americas,
1910; Long Horns, 161zc.
OTATOES-Market, strong. Choice to
fancy. 50G52c; fair to good, 45@4Sc:
POULTRY-Market, steady. Turkeys,
17c; chickens, 141sc; springs, l5c.
VEAL-Market, steady. so to 60 ID. WITS.
S@9c; so to IS ID. WITS, 9@1Oc; s. to Ito ID.
WITS, 10@11c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
New York Money Market.

New York Jan --T.-Money on call,
steady, 315 to per cent; ruling rate, 3%
closing bid, 394 offered at 4. Time loans,
very easy; sixty days, 4 per cent, and 80
days, 4 to "a per cent; six months. ~
New York, Jan. 17-CloSe: Prime mer-
camille paper, 4a@ per cent.
Sterling exchange. weak, with actual
for so day bills and at 81 S675 for demand;
commercial bills 81. S31A "a. S3sz.
Bar silver. 523sc. Mexican dollars. 44c.
Government bonds easy; railroad bonds