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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

projectile has passed through tho
armor plate the $50 pounds of high ex-
plosives which it contains will be dis
charged. The detonation would create
a miniature earthquake and destroy
city.
In equipping the Panama fortiflca-
tons with the most powerful gun in
existence the board Of Notifications
has we'll defined plan in view. There
is no doubt in the opinion of military
authorities that with 14-inch guns
coast defenses are. more than an equal
to battleships with guns of the same
caliber.
What is sought by the war depart
ment and the joint board is to equip
the Notifications with such powerful
guns that the enemy's fleet can be
kept SO far from the canal that it
cannot drop shells or projectiles into
the waterway. A large projectile fired
over the Notifications dropped into
one of the locks or dams might close
up the canal for & year or SO. The
forces on the canal must not only keep
the enemy from reducing the fortiflca
tons but from doing damage to the
waterway.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

T. LOIUIS.-The manner in which
willie" Wright lighted a cigar
cite attracted the attention of Patrol,
man Daily, and now, incidentally,
willie is Ada
Bailey saw willie" at Third street
and Washington avenue. He wore
blue overalls, black sack coat and
brown cap and stopped at the corner
to light cigarette. The smallness of
the mouth which held the cigarette
first arrested Dailey's attention Then
he observed the small white hand
which handled the match. Willie"
held the match between the tips OF
the thumb and index finger at the ex-
treme end and drew 1t across a brick
wall with long sweep Of the arm. It
did not light until it had been
scratched several times. Then, In
stead of leaving the cigarette in the
mouth and putting 1t into a light, the
smoker held it at arms length unit!
it became ignited and choked and
coughed when the putting began. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
Confronted by Currency Legislation

Republicans in congress will have
plan of their own; that the insurgent
Republicans will have views which
they will wish to embody in q bill,
and that the Democrats also will de-
sire to present measure. SO IL
would seem that there is likely to pc
much discussion of various plans dur
ing the next IL months. Neither po-
litical party will, it is assumed, be
ready to proceed with this subject on
the eve of a presidential campaign
Persons who have been here recent
ly representing the bankers that are
particularly interested in the lorna
ton of the citizens league, say the
league hopes to be able to establish
branches in every city of consequence
in the country by December I. A par
ticular effort is to be made to interest
business men. merchants, manufacture
ers. and others. The promoters of this
organization seem to have an impress
sion that If they can bring about the
formation of branches of the league In
the cities of the country. they will be
able to wage campaign In favor OF
legislation that will impress itself on
senators and representatives in con-
gress. At any rate, large plans are
being made. This league also intends
to work with the view of keeping the
subject out of politics, as much as pos
sible.
The national monetary commission
Is about ready to retire. 1t is willing
to turn the campaign for the creation
of a national reserve association over
to an organization of business men,
Senator Aldrich hopes to be able to
submit the final report of the commits
sion to congress early in the next reg
ular session This report will advocate
the adoption by congress of the AL
drich plan for a national reserve as
ISOLATION.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

'iere, honey, while telephone to my
sister, who will meet US with her
automobile" said the woman accord.
fhg to the story told by the aged
faan. "lll call up Muriel and tell her
have captured my mate" explained
The blonde prophecies. "She will send
Ter French car right over for US. We
Gill be in time for luncheon. fear
sAe may be yachting" Then Blanche
'aarem-skirted" to telephone in the
eIation and telephoned. She never
came back. In her Isle pocketbook
Aae had placed for safe keeping" the
$4,000 of Dennis.
Dennis, after waiting for several
Hours for the woman's return, went
TO hotel. Next morning he appear
Cd at the detective bureau and told his
s'ory. He said that recently he had
sid some land, and that he hsd given
*::e $4,000 to the woman to keep for
I'm until they had been married. The
2''lice think they know Blanche un.
1fr several names and are searching
fC~ her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
Bogus Worshiper Would Rob Poor-Box

NEW YORK.-The attempted rob.
" berry of poor-box in the church
Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in East
TWenty-eighth street, was followed by
an exciting chase of the thief which
ended in his capture.
Solemn high mass had just been
celebrated. Father McCabe, the parish
priest, had gone home, but the church
was open. Lately money has been
missed from some of the collection
boxes and William Mangin, the sex.
ton, has been on the watch for
thieves. Standing behind the altar he
saw a man enter by the Twenty
eighth street entrance and go up the
aisle to the altar Of the. Sacred Heart,
where he knelt as II in prayer.
On the center aisle is large poor.
box, which usually contains very
considerable amount in yotive offer
ings. Walking softly down the middle
aisle Mangin saw the pretended wor'
shipper pull from his pocket jimmy
and screwdriver and force open the
poor-box door.
Hastily grabbing the coins 1t con.
tanned, the man jumaed to his feet
and sped down the aisle Mangin was
between him and the door and the
next moment the sexton was felled
with a handful of coin thrown in his
face.
Down Twenty-ninth street to Firs,
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THE special session of congress

THE special session Of congress
i came to an end with many inves-
legations unfinished, leaving many of
the committees that were conducting
inquiries to report next winter.
When the senate voted to conduct a
second investigation into the election
of Senator Lorimer, the expectation
was that the inquiry could be finished
in time for report from the commit
tee at the special session, but the best
this committee hopes for is to be pre-.
pared to make it's report when con-
gress reassembles on the first Mon
day in December. The assumption IS
that, whatever the report Of the com.
mittee may be, the senate WILL desire
to discuss it at great length.
The senate special committee on the
third Degree a]so made Roadway
slowly A joint committee Of the sen.
ate and house that has been tnvesti-
eating the question Of employers liza
bility and workmen's compensation
has taken a great deal Of testimony,
which is being printed for distribution
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

avenue ran the thief, with Mangin
close behind, shouting Stop thief" A
crowd quickly Joined in the pursuit.
Policeman Harry Rosenthal ran with
the others after the fugitive, who
doubled up First avenue to Thirty
first street and turned toward the
East river.
Near the river is kohler's brewery
Here the Waterman, Jack Halpine, sat
doing over his after-dinner pipe in a
courtyard. Past him shot the thief
and through an open door into a loft
in the middle of the yard Halpine
grabbed the man by his feet as he
entered. Mangin and Rosenthal soon
ran up and the man was captured
after fight.
Meantime the Italians of the neigh
borhood turned out in force. There
wero cries of Lynch him!" and XIII
tie man who would rob the poor" Sc
threatening was the crowd that Po-
liceman Rosenthal had to take HE
prisoner through 1t at revolver Paint.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
"Spuds" Cause Split in Sharp Family

wife No. found out that her husband.
who went out Of her life forty years
ago. was still alive and had married
again. She renewed the acquaintance
so long interrupted and Peter hardly
knew what to do.
Then a happy thought struck him
He had been married for a number nf
years-nearly forty in fact-to wife
No. 2, and she suited him perfectly.
He had no desire to return to condi,
tons as they were before the fire.
However, he couldn't overlook the fact
that wife No. 1 had the prior claim
and would have the law with her in
the ousting of wife No. from the
Sharp household.
So, as a solution to the problem,
Peter got the two wives to hold a
conference with him. He told them
how they were old and peaceable folk
and could live together in peace and
au1sty without jealousies that besct
ycalnges: persons. Peter could see no
reason why they couldn't get along
together.
So the bargain was struck and wife
1'o. was installed In the Sharp
household in all her ancient glory.
She had to share everything with wife
No. 2. however. and this was bound to
cause trouble. Finally they couldn't
agree upon the proper manner in
which to cook potatoes and the result
is that Peter would gladly find some
one VINO will consent to take one Of
his wives-No. / preferably-on his
hands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

~ what course shall be pursued by the
government. A similar consignment
billed to the same firm is being held
at Seattle. s@~ 5z<a-t e~-.,s -. .s,z +.
The government authorities first re.
ceived information of the alleged I'm
LIBERALIZATION Of wares imported By the
firm involved from other importers.
They complained that they were UNI
able to compete with the firm n the
sale OF q certain class of goods. They.
further complained that the firm was
driving chinaware offered from Ger
many from the market Of this country
Acting on Information received. the.
customs authorities were ordered "a:
detain shipments en- route from Janan.
and consigned to the Arm In qusstian ].
Similar action WAS taken &C aeatAla
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
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&5A&SY s Mk1

OITTSBURG, Kan.-"Them potatoes
ort to be peeled before they are
boiled" said wife No. to wife No. l,
when the pair were getting Peter
Sharp's dinner ready the other day.
We'll, guess l know Peter better
than you, for I knew him before the
Chicago fire in which he lost me-" de-
clared wife No. /, as she tossed the
"murphies" with their jackets on into
the boiler. And what was good
enough for him then Is good enough
for him now"
A row started right there and now
Peter Sharp is sorry he found his first
wife and took her back to live with
him and his second wife, whom he
married when he thought his initial
spouse had persisted in the blaze
which wiped out Chicago in 1871.
Peter would now turn back to the
days when he had only one wife-to
get his meals. Accordingly he is look
ing for a man who is willing to take
charge Of wife No. and take hex Of
his hands.
For Peters house hasn't been a
place Of Joy since he made the CON-
promise which brought the two WON.
en- under his roof Some time ago
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
SEEKS FORTUNE IN AMERICA

Sir Percy sholto Douglas. ninth
marquis Of Queensberry. who has
come to this country seeking his for
tune, belongs to a family long dis
tinguished in Scotch history. He Is
collateral descendant Of Black Doug
las, who fought side by side with
Robert Bruce in the great days of
northern chivalry, and for centuries
the family was all powerful in the
annals of Scotland. One of the hold
ers of the marquisate was "Old T."
as he was best known. who was a
famous or, perhaps it might be more
truthful to say, an Infamous, man
about town in the days of George ILL.,;
and another holder of the title of
marquis Of Queensberry was the
eighth marquis. who was deeply in
terested in sports and who drew up
the rules which modified the old code
of the London prize ring.
It was "Old @" who dissipated the
Queensberry fortune and since then
the family has been poor. The present
marquis has tried his hand at many &C
In the navy. . sheep farmer and gold
41ondon stock exchange and q manufa.
vent through bankruptcy proceedings
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

1t is exasperating, when one wishes
to get upon street car, to see it fit
past, while the motorman and con.
ductor grin sarcastically; but the Chi
cago man who used a shotgun for the
purpose OF inducing the crew in
charge Of a car to stop for him seems
to have been almost too emphatic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A French scientist has succeeded in
Matching tadpoles from frogs eggs by
administering electric shocks. We de-
cline to become excited. If he had
succeeded in getting tadpoles out OF
blackberry seeds there might be some
reason for surprise-proyided one
were interested In the development Of
tadpoles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

In the war against the fly the mos
quito hopes to escape unooticed. Rut
success IN the determination OF the
one will stimulate the fight agains,
the other. so the disturbed of our slum.
bers need not hum the louder in anti
cipated safety.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Illinois volunteers which
participated In all the campaigns of his regiment
soldiers
president OF Bureau Soldiers
Ferris No
He participated northern
expedition Vicksburg
saul Vicksburg May 10 and g. Chattanooga
the
December 1865
served until November
November 1857
Ill., He
from 1868 to 1877 He became
1877
in that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Reports from the east say that the
cranberry crop has been badly dam
aged. and this will be followed in g
few weeks. no doubt. by the an
nouncement that turkeys will be
scarcer than ever.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A shoe merchant tells US that won
ems feet and brains are becoming
larger Possibly he ia misled by the
fact that women have DEVELOPED
enough brains to buy shoes that At
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A writer in Chicago newspaper
says that no real-life lovemaking ID
like that which the novelists describe.
1t may be. however, that the novelists
describe 1t as 1t should be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

There's tribe In Africa, under Ger
man domination, where the men eat
their wives. This is little more dis
agreeable than ordinary divorce, bus
it saves alimony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
HAYTPS LATEST PRESIDENT

Just at present Gen." Cincinnatus
Leconte claims the right to be called
president of Haiti. He's a mulatto
with reputation for blood lust.
When old Nord Alexis was president
In 1908 Leconte was minister Of the
interior in his cabinet. A black man
named Simon got up revolution and
for months there was bloodshed in
Haiti. Leconte ordered ten promi.
nent sympathizers with the revolution
to be taken from their beds in Port
au Prince, marched them to a GENE.
terry, stood them up in row. shot
them to death and buried them on the
spot. Nevertheless the revolution
succeeded. Old Nord Alexis was
driven into exile and Simon was made
president. OF course Leconte had to
flee from the blood-stained black re-
public. He took refuge In Jamaica
and began intriguing for the downfall
of Simon and his own elevation to the
presidency. In May he returned and
began what proved to be successful
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A New York woman thinks she IA
going to solve the servant problem by
importing Filipino girls. Probably she
will find before long that she has
merely added another side to 1t.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Nevertheless, we refuse to belIeve
that the man who went over Niagara
Falls in barrel could drop 1000 feet
from an aeroplane and escape death,
even If he used his barrel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Utah.
ton In
month He the
raised 500 month before department
months 1901
ccab all the bills that sent both for
pa1ons matters
$4,000
ants The department Of agriculture
Cabe decided solicitor
and he appropriation bill
specifying
was the solicitor" and has continued called
Wiley
dictate
had Entrusted decision in food
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
WHO'S WHO And Wit
k&< $321S ~ J! }y.2E2gf$ -
FOE OF FOOD EXPERT WILEY

According to the evidence before
the house investigation, Solicitor
George F. McCabe is- the man who
has been trying to GUST DR.. Wiley
from the bureau of chemistry of the
agricultural department. Although he
has been the active adversary Of DR..
Wiley for long time, 1t Is only re-
Gently that McCabe has been broS55at
further Into the limelight. When the
pure food and drugs act went on the
statute books McCabe became so
licitor' of the agricultural depart
ment. Congress specified that the bu-
reau of chemistry should be the arbl'
ter Of questions arising under the
pure food and drugs act. Wiley was
head of the bureau. But McCabe said
in effect that the solicitor" Of the
department. the position lie was oc-
cupying, should be the actual arbitef
Of the questions involved in the act.
That was the beginning of the strug~
gle for supremacy. Young McCabe Is
the son of a railroad engineer OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

THE forehead" says Lillian Russell,
should not be too high" Great Scott!
Are they going to switch the forehead
about like the waist line?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Chinese authorities have spent
100000 in furnishing class room
for their 5-year-old emperor and pro
viding imperial textbooks. Poor little
kid!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A legitimate outlet has at length
been found for the surplus vacation
energy OF the small boy. He Is fly
swattfng. and the community and the
home circle are doubly retoiced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

heading revolt
different directions
him. So
could hands
and republic
American minister NJ Frns out to the rebels and told them
destroying would reckon
proclaimed president
the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

We see by the papers that girl In
Long Branch danced herself to- death.
She had probably remarked: Il could
Just die waltzing!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

There is nothing new in the report
the the human aura has been discov.
cred. 1T has often been used as a
costume by our classical dancers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A man In Cincinnati offers to sell
himself to the highest bidder, thereby
placing himself on level with Eu-
ropean nobility.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
NEW Chief OF GRAND ARMY

Judge Harvey M. Trimble of Prince
ton, ILL.,, who has been elected CON-
mander in chief of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, is one of the best
Known of living Grand Army men.
He served with the famous Ninety.
third Illinois and accompanied Gener-
al Sherman on his march to the sea.
The election was made unanimous
when Mr.. Trimble's rival, Col. John
McElroy of Washington, D. c., with
drew after a heated contest.
Judge Trimble was born in 1912
near Wilmington, Clinton ct.unty. o.
The family removed to a fsrm near
Princeton, Bureau county, Ill.,, in
October, 1843, and remained on this
farm until 1857, when they removed
to the city Of Princeton. His early
education was obtained In the COM
mon schools, supplemented by par
tial course at Eureka college, Illinois.
While student in this institution lie
entered the army In the summer of
1862, In the Ninety-thlrd regiment al
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Speaking sGce sglln of the fight OF
time. Is there anything that flies more
slowly than the week imm ediately
Following your vacation?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

There's one born every minute. A
Cleveland girl complains to the police
that she was persuaded to hand a
gypsy fortune teller $156.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Big liners and tall skyscrapers are
soon outdone, and then they fall back
and are forgotten in the rank and
file.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Brass bands and vaudeville stunts
have failed to draw worshipers to a
Chicago church. Why not try re-
ligion?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

1t Is against the law to wear O. dead
bird on ones hat In New Jersey. but
the milliners may be depended upon
to concoct something just as costly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

American men should prevent WON.
en- from entering business life. says q
doctor. Just let them try it!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Eating corn on the cob may not be
the most dignified pastime In the
world. but, by criminy, it's real sport!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

A highbrow tells us that there is po-
stry In bean. But the chunk Of pork
that goes with it Is quite prosy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Many a man boasts that he Is self
made" when he ought to do his best
TO keep 1t a secret.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
Haiti aspires to change presidents A.
often as France changes ministers.
These aviation doings are guins to
trouble the round shouldered squad.
Can a successful and decorous avia-
ton meet be properly called high old
time?

Wheat Is below the average. but the
crop Of automobile accidents IL first
class.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

The girl with six feet Of veil stream.
ing from her hat certainly does not
own an auto.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

About the only strings on the human
Kites are the pull of gravity and the
rules OF the aviation meet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

Women's hats are to be smaller, thus
giving the hatpins a freer range for
action.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29

The new way Of proposing is this: II
font like your last name" II the girl
agrees to this It Is all settled.