The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-12
QUEEN OF MIQt ELON.
A French Woman Who Has Made
Millions en- a barren Rock.

Millions Barren Rock,
The reas0n SO .sw people have heard %
Mime. 0svetie. sometimes cal.ed the Queen
~ Mlqtielou. "a b-eaEse they have not
heard much ab0ui tae island % that name
lying with its sister st Pierre. of the
western coast OF Newfoundland. TIE is-
lands belong 10 France. ard are 50 se8ey-
ally mentioned together that they are
known as 81, Pierre Aiqueion- There Is
rot blade - grass growing on the
Islands. which are two rocks divided BY i
narrow strait, and yet they form naval
station, do a aourishing shipping business
ard have a trade estimated al s., 5000
year.
After the governor Ct the islands. wno ~
vice admiral, the most important per
sonage in s.. Pierre Mi4ue}on Is Nine
Aarle Louise Gaveile, says the 81. Pierre
correspondent Of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. She Is a n1uiti-u.iiionalte. she
has made ali tae money aereelf. ana IS a
woman Of literary talent with streak 81
geuHs tn IL.
Mime. Gayelte nee Bernois. was barn in
J@rb@s, GaScohy. bat was taken 10 M4age-
Ion b. A@s 9.z:Ser- a sailor, when quite
young. and sent To- few years 10 a semi
nary in Cape Breton y. :. She married al
the age of j.. and " hen she was 32-abo.t
fifteen years ag0-wds left a chldiess
widos
Some time before his death NJ. Gazette
retired from the SEA- and purchased mo
dest hotel, which was palronlzed chiefly by
sailors, ot whom there are thousands In
Miguelon during the summer months e
- hardly necessary TO say that sailors -
French sailors especialiy-are disposed %
90 lively ana require strong hand 10 keep
then within linits While Ter husband
lived Nine. Gave.te attended strictly 20 her
domestic affairs and was noted FOR her
bright smile and sweetness Of temper
she possesses those attributes st!ll. and
wiaoghood has developed IN her IA strong
hand One dag before she ,eft off mourn
ing q row occurred in the hotel bar room,
and a gendaime was sent fer 10 anell IT,
'Aessieurs. said Nine tiayette. as she
appeared on the scene uf the disturbance
with her brightest srntie and revolver In
her right hand ''yondcr esplanade IS an
excellent place on which 10 settle your liz
tie disputes. III have none OF them here.
and swear 10 you ny -. Agathe that IN
shoot the first sailor attempting a fracas
on these premises"
When the gendArme arrived he found the
Hotel RepGhlique as quiet a. 4 cemetery
and from that day 20 this. except in a So
elal way. The services 81 the tribe have
never hecn called INFO requisitlnn by ma
dame or heF assistants
Niue Gazette grew richer ami richer
gear 10y year. She purchased a few acres
IF rick back Of the esp,ansdF, ON which
sGe erected ftfty sailors boarding houses.
Thuse boarding 0cdseS are kept ST. splen~
dfa condition and yieId "A handsome rev.-
nws - the queen OF MiaueiGn.
She has organized a police force % guard
her interests. which she pays literally
and has altogether more than 1oo names
On her pay rolf for she owns a fleet 81
bits& schooaers and other sailing craft
trading with France Newfoundland ans!
Nova Scotia She "a paen5mcna'.S g4rtun-
ate In hrr uTs8eY ak.ngs. all her enpiayes
RFe insured ana upwards q ff'y wi3aws
agd aupersn1ussea setmer iTaw psnsfors
froaa her treasury
It - 5lnted that smaSs sing has mater
lany ASSISTED In building "a, the great f.r-
tuna ar This extraordinary woman. asa
certss Msqaelnu IS 2 fsv5rile resort of the
class Il gentry vino asht shy of revenue
0f3cays Il - kmnwo To8. that Frenrtf
p ines ard brAn8ns re 80 cheap aS thet
are plentiful aleas the shores ~ New
fauudland. Nevertheless II must In JUS
33ce 30 said th8f an3,n g tire fiany scsz-
ures effected ny Queen Nictorta's revenue
rftie"ta Within the past auarter Of GER
l1ry. nos a cents worth has teea traccf
"a the ownership az hsf majesty - M.qGa
Ion
Af3eT by husbands ticath. Mn Ga
yeti~ had ~ mary suffers u the Grecian
feenelops bts sha dismissed them all via
sarh chilling rAi{.eueSs taet the numEet
decreased u zero Her reputation a. .
nan-rulsr and man-hater spread FAR au3
avsr. and stve European uchems0. who
no~ anA shtn oaers hev asa name and ths
&isa pjas'eA caslesu az his ancestors ~
mail ~Me ,s iefs IN ysearv
"NseSlefr. -At ~o8.a sar - ths aDp..~
cant fer hrr bsaf'. 81. h8ve nenc e. give.
lnit vou wjii always nnt IN THIS aatel tire
Huess sAerrses sa3 brardiee ami the hest
el3srs &c hr hF* MS %isa 81 Paris"
Nine Gave cakes so annual twp -
F'rance aad 7as purchased FIRE estate in
her native GasC5nv 81 which II - rrnnTt r.
s3. =s1s 51teH3E settling dawn whes sAe
reaches :he sTr ~ ~ :hat IS - say. thr~e
wars hence she ~ Ss3il pretty woman.
dresses tn the isftsf fashions ans - uexxs
81 hsppy rs wheH entertaining Freoch s-l
American htterateas= III her elegantly fux-
Hshsa hyrtpe- So 6oe@ne llke ATE Ewx-
Yea.
Gerald ERrstor re,~ufiy returned from
So pftfv whttafr a~ vas 20. rs The
United Sizes government A. consular
A2ent. Sec re thAt Nu@. CAVE IS tAs
most fa@ctnagtnw y ssaSa 1e has ever u,es