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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

dent rule. Beers, too, are many in Cape
Colony. Everywhere they are of the same
nature and ideals. Everywhere they will
band themselves together as foes of Eng
land. A war with the Transvaal means
also war with the Orange Free State and
bitter fighting with Boer sympathizers on
English colonial soil.
The Transvaal, or South African Re-
public, as it is properly called, is region
about as large as the State of Nevada,
and is completely surrounded by foreign
countries, having no direct outlet to the
sea. To the north and west are the
British possessions, Bechuanaland and
Rhodesia. To the south is the friendly
Orange Free State, and also Natal, a
British province. To the east are the
Portuguese colonies.
Hilly and even mountainous, full Of
sharp ravines and regions of difficult pas
sage, the Transvaal is peculiarly adapted
for defensive operations, and even with
inferior fighters than the Beers could
long hold out against a great force. The
Beers settled 1t only after Il series OF
hard experiences, the result of which had
been to drive them north and east from
the African settlements they had orig
inally made.
Struggles in Former Days.
Only by considering the past struggles
with the English can the present one be
seen in its true proportions. The Beers
were the original European settlers of
South Africa. or Dutch descent, they
had sturdy qualities, which their life in
the savage lands only served to make
sturder. They were farmers from the
first, and by the sweat Of the negro races
they grew in wealth. The English took
definite possession of the Cape in 1914
and the English immigration then began
in such great. waves that HOLLAND emf.
grants and Boer children could not kcer
up the balance of power. The situation
was much such as exists now in the
Transvaal. where the Uitlanders out
nunaber the Bears. except for the fac,
that then the Beers were actually and
not merely nonGnally subjects of Great
Britain. The English rule, was autocrat
ic, and the Boer idea about slaves and
land holding fitted so little with the Eng
lish ideas that soon the Beers had two
great grievances against their rulers.
TIE Dutch French, colonists quarrslet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

making any treaty save with its neigh
Dor, the Orange Free States, without the
consent Of the Queen.
BY this time British, Americans, Ger
mans and French were pouring into the
gold country, aud johannesburg began to
take on the size and character of an
American mining town. This annoyed
the Beers, but their thrift did not de-
sert them. and although they avoided
mining and stuck to their farms, they
round many means to derive national
revenue from the Uutlanders or "out-
siders. The government, under Presi-
dent Kruger, levied transport dues,
stamp taxes, license fees, franchise costs,
customs and monopoly charges on such a
mining necessity as dynamite.
The British in the Transvaal appealed
to London and London appealed to Preto-
ria, but there was no redress. BY 1896
the Outlanders were paying to the Boer
government revenue Of $1,000, 600 an
nually, which consisted almost entirely
in tax on mining.
Then a number of prominent English
and American miners formed in Johan.
nesburg what has passed into history as
the National Reform Union Committee.
of which Lionel Phillips was chairman.
and John Hays Hammond, an American
an officer. They were in communication
with Cecil Rhodes. resident director of
the British South Africa Company, and
I,eander Starr Jameson, known as "Dr.
JIM" What happened is of too recent
occurrence and too sensational to have
passed from the memory of readers.
| The first battle of the Jameson raid
| occurred at Krugersdorp on Jan. 1, 1896
the second at Doornkop the day follow.
, ing. when Jameson's already defeated
raiders were all captured by the Beers.
President Kruger turned over the raid.
ers to the British Government. which
sentenced Jameson to fifteen months in
| jail and some Of his officers to shorter
terms. after making them the heroes OF
London for weeks.
Kruger arrested hundreds of Outland
ers in johannesburg on the charge OF
treason, and upon trial four were senteac
ed to death. Among the latter was tn,
American mining expert, John Hays
Hammond, but their sentences were com
muted to fine and imprisonment. Both
the Beers and the British were 6ghtinr
mad, and everyone expected war weult
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

brokerage business by being her faith
er's secretary for three years, and
when he failed a few years ago she
and her uncle formed the new firm of
Lindblom & Co, and reopened the odd
offices. The business was successful,
and Miss Lindblom applied for mem
bership in the Board Of Trade. This
made quite a sensation ON Change
and brought the plucky applicant con-
siderable notoriety. She was not adj
mitted to the Board, but she kept right
on doing profitable commission busd-
ness. While Miss Lindblom was thus
brought before the public, Count PAUL.
became acquainted with her. He ad-
mired her American dash and indie
pendence, and at once fell In love with
her.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02
A Woman,s ProbIema.

When breakfast things are cleared away
The same old problems rising,
For she again sits down to think
or something appetizing.
The dinner she must soon prepare,
Or give the cook directions,
And great is the relief she feels
When she has made selections.
When the dinner things are cleared awaS
The problem that is upper
Is just the same with one word chang
ed
what can 1 get for supper?"
She wants to give them something new.
And long is meditation,
Till choice is made, and then begins
The work Of preparation.
When supper things are cleared away
Again her mind is worried
For then she thinks of breakfast time,
When meals are often hurried.
She ponders DER il long until
The question is decided,
Then bustles round till she makes sure
That everything's provided.
Three times each day, week in, week out,
This problem she is meeting,
And often she is sore perplexed
In making plans for eating.
For one likes this, and one likes that,
And what is appetizing
To some is by the others spurned
AS food that they're despising.
That "woman's work is never done"
Has often been disputed.
But that she's worried is a fact,
And cannot be refuted.
The worry over what to eat
Is greatest of these questions,
And glad she'd be il someone else
Would make the meal suggestions.
.-Pittsburg ommercial-Telegraph
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

themselves what they need, and because
he thought an agreement could be reach
ed concerning it more easily than con-
corning the many reforms in Boer laws
which are the real objections to be at
tanned for the benefit of the Uithnders,
and the real occasion Of England's inter
vention.
Main Grievances stated.
Reaching thus the kernel of England s
reasons for interference in the Trans
vaal, the main grievances. of the Uitland-
ers against Boer rule in the Taansvaal
can be summed up in the following dec
larations:
The Uidanders pay practically all the
taxes of the Transvaal. yet have no say
as to how the money shah be spent.
Their children have to speak Dutch In
order to gain a proper education.
Johannesburg is wretchediy governed
and is in a fearfully unsanitary condi-
ton. The Uitlanders have no power in
municipal government
Their newspapers are gagged.
They are not allowed to hold public
meetings.
Trial by jury Is turned into farce.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

Mics Lindblom Becomes the Wife Of
Charles AXE PAUL. Of Sweden
Another Chicago girl has entered the
circle Of European aristocracy by mar
riage. A few days ago Miss vesta
Raven Lindblom. daughter Of Robert
Lindblom. became the wife of Count
Charles AXE PAUL Of Sweden. The
Countess PAUL., who is % years old, Is
not only decidedly pretty, but was one
of the cleverst business women In Chi
cago. She had acquired thorough
knowledge of the office routine OF the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

the conditions for the present struggle,
for it is through them that Englishman
and Boer have been brought so close to-
gether. The Beers claim to be the lords
OF the Transvaal country, and they per-
sist in regarding the foreign settlers-the
Ui1anders-as temporary residents with
out real rights. Sharply opposed to this
view stands England, whose many sons
in Transvaal land have their immense in
vestmcnts in mines and machinery and
demand full share in, the government.
"The Transvaal for the Beers" is Presi-
dent Kruger's cry, while the English
against 1t shout: Full rights, civil and
political, for our emigrants who settle in
your land"
The problem takes on many phases, hut
not one of them can clearly be under
stood without back reference to the his
tory Of the relations of Beers and Eng
fish. The first form of the issue is over
the question of sovereignty. England is
asserting her suzerajnty. while admitting
Boer independence in local affairs, and
Kruger is denying England's claim. Such
Is the history of the two that each can
fairly make its claim.
Sovereignty or no sovereignty would
not, however, be burning question was
there not reason for insisting on It. The
more practical statement OF the issue is
that it concerns the political franchise
rights which the Uitlanders now find it
SO difficult to acquire, and which Eng
land insists so strongly they shall secure
on reasonable conditions. 1t is on ac-
count Of inability to agree on the terms
of the franchise, combined with views
about sovereignty, which leave no mid
die ground. that war came, but even the
franchise is only an incident in securing
what the English really want. Sir Al
fred Miner. who has been the foremost
English agent in negotiations with the
, Beers, has said that he insisted on the
franchise merely because he thought it
would help the Uitlanders to secure for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02
AMiM8E RterI

CO HE issue between the English and
the Beers is one as old as this cen
u fury. In many different forms, but
always with much the same ground Of
quarrel ut the bottom, 1t has reappeared
with each succeeding decade. Many
times the two peoples have met on the
battlefield. and when war itself has not
existed rumors Of war between them
have been current. Wherever the Eng
hshman and the Boer have had their
common interests in one territory strife
has been sure to come, for the qualities
and ideals of the two are widely dissim-
liar.
The great gold. fields in the Transvaal
are the material facts that have caused
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

Beers were not slow to meet the emer-
gency. The district north of Dundee and
Newcastle were hurriedly turned into
camping grounds by the burghers, Laing's
Mex was occupied, and other steps were
taken that mensced an invasion of Ma
tai.
Oct. 10 Kruger's government sent an
nltimatum to London demanding the
withdrawal of British troops from the
frontier and the return to England of
the special forces sent to South Africa
and of the forces en- route. Ii not COM
piled with, a state Of war was to exist
in twenty-four hours. The next day
Montague White, the Boer consul gen.
eral. quilted London, and war was prac-
tically on.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02
: BOER NATIONAL SONG. /
Ssa~&aAaaaAsa s&aaan aaa&aAi

Flag OF our precious land wave on,
TransvaaPs four-cOlor free,
We pray may God the hand strike down
Fer raised to lower thee.
Float proudly, banner, to the wind,
For past the threatening Ill.
Our foes have fed and left behind
A land unconquered still.
Through many years of hate and blood,
Dear flag, thou didst endure,
Again the storm thou hast withstood
And fioated still secure.
Andsas Of old when foes assail
Ger brave hearts thou shalt ware,
Nor shall the black or Brit prevail
While we have strength to save.
Thou art, dear flag, our token true,
Transvaals four-color free,
To thee we pledge ourselves anew,
Till death We'll strive for thee.
Aloft DER all our precious land
Wave. banner. proudly on,
By God forsaken be the hand
Fer raised to drag thee down.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

with the English continually, and num-
bers Of them ''treked" or tracked north
ward in search of farminga lands. Their
first settlements were in Natal, but from
there also the English drove them, and
then they 'treked" into the Transvaal,
where, on an unpromising upland, 5000
feet above the sea level, they became
farmers" There they hoped the
British would leave them alone and their
hopes might have been realized had not
the discovery Of gold been made there in
1866.
Prior to that time, in 1852, England
had practically acknowledged the indie
pendence of the Transvaal, otherwise
known as the South African Republic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02
President Lincoln and the Flowers

President Lincoln, with his great,
kindly nature to which children and
music appealed so strenuously, was of
course passionately fond of flowers.
and during his administration the con-
servatorles assumed form very sim
liar to their present appearance. Very
often when Lincoln wished to be abso-
lutely alone he sought the solitude of
the conservatory, and those about him,
as soon as they becameAapprcciative of
this fact, exercised the greatest care
that his wish for privacy should be re
spected. Often when the cloud Of war
and desolation hung darkest over the
country the old gardener in charge
would come suddenly upon, the Presi-
dent. standing dejectedly among the
foliage, his eyes bedimmed with tears.
Walden Fawcctt. in woman's Home
Companion
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02
Ynur Chanoe of Idfe

The French statistician, DIR. Livrier.
says that half of all human beings die
before IL, that only one person In TO-
900 lives to be 100 years old and that
only one person out of every 1000 lives
to be co.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

Long-Im getting too stout for COM
fort, but am unable to find a remedy.
Short-It is said that nothing reduces
surplus flesh like worry. Long-But
have nothing to worry me. Short
Well, just to help you. I'm willing to
let you lend me ten dollars.-Chicago
News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02
Ouecr british War vessel.

Theh most singular vessel In the
world is the Polyphemus OF the British
navy. 1t is simply long steel tube,
deeply buried in the water, the deck
rising only four feet above the sea. 1t
carries no masts or sails and Is used as
n ram and torpedo-boat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

A girl Of sixteen thinks 1t Is the
proper thing to get shocked IL her
mother sits out on the front porch with
anything but her best dress on.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

Out here in the West mans promi-
hence may be measured by the number
OF pall-bcarers his widow insists upon
having.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

Self-possession Is more than nine
points in law-or In anything else for
that matter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-02

That man never lived who wasn't
sorry he wrote certain letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
DAMAGED BY FIRE..

At about six o'clock Tuesday
evening fire was discovered in
the second story of the O'Counor
block on west Chestnut, and be-
fore being gotten under control
began to look serious, but hard
work by the firemen finally SUBJ
dued the flames with q probable
loss of 500.
The origin of the fire is a mys
terry. but that it was an act OF
incendiarism seems probable. II
started in closet over the stair
way, burning through the west
wall aud floor before being ex
tinguished. But for the City
Recorders Office and Council
Chamber on the ground floor the
building was vacant, and no in.
suranoe was carried on the prop
erty. The city's books and rec
ords were in the safe at the time
of the conflagration, and no dam
age was sustained.
Mr.. O'Conner has already com
menced to repair the damaged
building.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
CUT Us OFF,

Postmaster Bates on Saturday
received official notification that
from and after November 18th
no mails would be taken from or
delivered at this point over the
Duluth & Iron Range road, the
effect of the order being that no
evening mail is now received at
this point.
This new order of things has
creited deep CONSERVATION among
our business men, as it seriously
inconvenience them. The prime
cause is unknown, but a general
united opinion thereof prevails.
It is not the cause of which our
people are thinking so much as
the remedy, however, and a pc
titlon setting forth the disadvan.
tages Of the present arrangement
and asking for a reinstatement
OF the abandoned route should
be immediately circulated and
forwarded to the department..
The ferreting out Of the cause
is an after consideration which
may not be overlooked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

Gold Medals to HARPER
whiskey at New Orleans &
Worlds Fair Chicago. Try it.;
you will endorse the Judges ver-
dict. r.. A. CLARK, Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
WEEKLY 5 Current Topics
; MINING RE- In tie
, VIEW. .. Iron World.

%<<%~@%~ <A~<N@
The initial shipment of SSaun-s
try ore was made Saturday last,
over the new Eastern Minnesota
extension to the Alloucz Bay
docks One shovel single shift
has since been continued in ore,
and shipments thus far aggre-
gate about $4,000 tons. Ship
ments from the property Will be
continued until the close of nav
igation, and in al probability
from $4,000 to $4,000 tons viii! be
forwarded this season. The first
work done on the Sauntry was
the latter part of April and the
first shovel put into dirt May Is.
less than 5. 800 yards Of earth be
ing moved ID May. Since that
time about 225,000 yards have
been moved, about three and one.
half miles Of standard gauge
tracks laid on the property and
the mine opened in way which
reflects much credit upon the
management. The present force
at the mine numbers about 225,
and the work of stripping and
placing the mine in shape for d
big 1900 seacon will be continued
as late into the winter as wealth.
er may permit.
Ely Miner: Drilling was com.
menced last week by the Minne~
sofa Iron company on sections 10
and II, 62-14. This property is
promising and lies near some
other already explored lands.
An option for a lease has
been given Manager PenglllY o1
the Chandler for lands in section
80, 63-12, south of this city. II
all probability the land will be
explored shortly. A rumor is also
current that the Lockhart prop
erty adjoining Ely on the south
has been optioned to the same
company. + The Oliver com
pany last week began work OF
the Sheridan property on Mut
creek near Tower, recently leas
ed from John Semer, of Escana
ba. This property was worke'
at one time but was discontinued
| when the Mesaba was discovered
In a transfer filed with tn
register of deeds Monday Joh1
F. Selwyp, Chas. A. Eddy an
Chas. F.. Eddy, of Bay City
Mich. transferred to the Penob
scot Mining company, which re
Gently filed articles of incorpors
tion with the register of deeds
the Penobscot mine and six lot
in Hibbing. The stated consid
' Grafton was $1.0O, but five &1O
!. revenue stamps would indIcat
an actual consideration of $500,
900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
THANKSEIrlN9 SUPPER.

The ladies of the Swedish M.
E. Church prepare to serve =
supper at the church parlors on
Thanksgiving evening, Novem>
Der 30th, at six o'clock. Later
in the evening there will given Q
short literary and mpsica|upro- =
gram, in which H. II. Lien and
Walter L. Smith will participate,
and Rev. Fredriksen, pastor,
will deliver a lecture. Admis--
sion 25 cents; a cordial invitation
extended.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

Aboat seventy miners at the
Sellers and Hull "struck" for a
raise in wages, Friday last. The
Hibbing News has found the av
erage wages of miners at the
Sellers last month to have been
$s.60 per day, the lowest having
received $2.O7. The Hull has
not been in operation month
and no average is given. The
strike is said to be due 10 the
rantings of an oily.tongued agi.
'tator rather than to any actual
dissatisfaction on the part of the
men.
AS illustrative OF The activity
IN the matter OF explorations for
iron ore, says the News Tribune,
there are fourteen new explora-
ton camps that have been locat-
ed within eight miles of Tower
recently. A mining man says
that Within a year every foot of
fthe Territory that lis likely to:
contain iron ore will have been
| gone over.
The sale of the Hartford mine
at Negaunee to the Oliver Min
ing company was closed on the
2nd inst, says the Negaunee
Herald. The purchasers will
continue exploration of the prop
erty for some time before sink
ing a shaft. The property will
be actively wrought during the
coming year.
Within the past fortnight the
Drake & Strattoh company has
closed deals for large additional
stripping contracts at the Fayal
and Biwabik mines. The firm
now has work on the range ex-
tending over several years, pres
ent contracts calling for the re =.
moval Of nearly 100000 yards
Of EARTH.
Corrigan, Mckinney & Co.
have commenced the work of un.
watering the Lee Peck nine Oh
the Menomlnee range. This
mine Vas never sAn otive ship.
per, although d small cargo of
ore was forwarded from the
property in 1892.
A prominent mining man is
authority for the statement that
both the Biwabik and Fayal are
being put in shape for shipping
/ 500, 900 tons each next season.
The Fayal output for '99 will be
slightly in excess of 1000, 900
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
MARRIED At DULUTH.

John L. Owens and Mrs, F. G..
Woods went to Duluth Saturday
and the same evening were unit
ed in marriage at the home OF
Archbishop Ryan, rector of st.
Paul's Episcopal church. Mr..
and Mrs. Owens returned to tho
city Tuesday evening, and are
"At Home" at Mr.. Owens pleas.
ant cottage on Poplar street.
The Enterprise joins IN the
chorus of congratulations and
we'll. wishes extended by their
host Of friends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17
OFF FOR TIE FRONT.

The Forty'Fifth Regiment U.
S. V. Infantry sailed on board
the transports Benmohr and Sen
ator Monday from San Francisco
for Manila. This is the regiment
to which the range volunteers
belong, including a large number
from this city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

a rumor heard the first Of the
week was to tbs: effect that the
Minnesota Iron company had
purchased the mineral lands of
the G. N. Nelson Lumber co. on
this range. The alleged corsld
GRAFTON is given at 100000
P. L. Kimberly, of Sharon,
Pa, and J. T. Jones, of Iron
Mountain, Mich, were looking
oyer their valuable Mesaba hold
ings the first Of the Week.
John Runquist has secured the
contract for double tracking the
Duluth & Iron Range from Reno
to Hornby, distance of about
three miles.
Corrigan, Mckinney & CO.
have purchased from Sam. Koff~
mann, of Marquette, tho Star
West mine, Marquette range.
The Chandler cleaned up its
stock docks a week since, for the
first time in years.