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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23

Young with relentless vigor, publish
ing a book entitled brigham Young
and His Harem." President Lincoln
appointed her husband United States
justice for Idaho. When they came
to Chicago from Rock Island the
Waites invested largely in Hyde Park
property, and by careful management
Mrs. Waite converted it into small
fortune. While her husband was trav-
cling in Europe, from 1885 to 1887,
Mrs. Waite took the course in the
Union college of law and was admit
ted to the bar. For several years she
edited the Law Times. After Judge
Waite retired from the law firm of
Cornell, Waite & Jameson she be-
came the active manager of their af-
fairs. Realizing the possibilities of
the worlds fair, Mrs. Waite built
three hotels. She has some property.
A few years ago she was considered
quite wealthy, but she and her hus-
band have for several years past been
paying off a large Indebtedness con-
tracted in building for the worlds
fair, process which is not yet COM
pleted, and which has very much de-
pleted their estate.
Just now, says the Chicago Times
Herald, Mrs. Waite is enthusiastically
engaged in developing her Windsor
possessions. She has built seven
houses upon the property and is plan
ming several more, attending to all
the details herself. It is novel sight
to see this woman, who bears her
years so lightly, hustling among her
workmen and contractors, giving Or
ders and arranging details of build
ing with the energy and enthusiasm
which has characterized her long and
remarkable career. Mrs. Waite's va
ried interests have compelled her to
travel extensively, and there is not
detail of the business from Windsor
to Colorado and Chicago with which
she is not perfectly conversant While
Mrs. Waite has no ambition to go to
congress, she declares that she must
spend the remainder of her life in a
political atmosphere made for wom-
en- as we'll as men. Such an atmos-
phere she finds alone in Colorado.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23

the honored guest. A flock of kings,
princes, dukes and other mobiles will be
in attendance from all parts of Eu.
rope.
The young queen, who takes justi-
fable pride in her own personal ap-
pearance, is at last satisfied with a
medallion of herself. The lucky artist
is Hans Jansen. So pleased is the young
ruler with the work that she has or
dered the likeness put on all the coins
and postage stamps. This necessitates
the destruction of all the dies at the
mint and all the plates at the postage
stamp factory.
This is the third time that the queen
has done this. She has never been sat
isfied heretofore with the likenesses of
herself that adorn the currency.
"They make me look so years DID,
she said to the trembling postage
stamp factory superintendent. "Per-
haps 1 may look like that when I am a
grandmother, but the thing is libel on
me now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
THE FIRST CABLE CAR.
1t Was Built Fifty Years Ago and Is
Still in Operation Between Two
New Jersey Towns.

Running from Phillipsburg, N. j.. to
Newark, N. j., there is a canal that is
in many respects the most remarka BILE
in existence. 1t is 60 miles long, and
was in operation in New Jersey before
a railroad existed in the state. It runs
in many cases side by side with the
Lackawanna railroad, and furnishes
the most striking example OF the diff
ference between the old-time and mod
ern methods of freight transportation
that can be seen.
It's most remarkable feature is that
in place of the lock system in use on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Governors and Presidents,

Thomas Jefferson became governor
of Virginia in 1879; James Monroe was
governor of the same state from 1899 to
1902; Martin Van Buren, was chosen
governor of New York in 1923; John
Tyler was governor of Virginia from
1926 to 1927; James Knox Polk was gov
ernor of Tennessee in 1899; Andrew
johnson was chosen governor of Ten
nessee in 1853 and again in 1855; Ruth
erford B. Hayes was elected governor
of Ohio in 1867, 1869 and 1875; Grover
Cleveland was made governor of New
York in 1882; William Mckinley became
governor Of Ohio in 1891 and in 1893.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED.
Crowds ThrcnE the House Galleries
When Congressman Littlefield
Is Slated for q Speech.

Rarely does congressman ascend to
prominent position before the peo-
pie of the country as rapidly as the
newest member of the delegation from
Maine, Charles Z. Littlefield-the late
Nelson Dingley's successor. 1t was
seen when Mr.. Littlefeld first ap-
peared on the floor of the house that he
was large and strong physically, and
now, after his speeches on the question
of seating Brigham H. Roberts and inn
posing tax on Porto Rico's commerce
with the states. it is observed that Mr..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23


Littlefeld is large, strong man men
tally.
Mr.. Littlefield, who is 40, began at an
early age to provide himself with
money by his own toll. At 10 he went
haying, and thus earned his first dollar
laboriously. Later he became car
penter, and he was earning four dol
lars day when he decided to study
law. His professional education was
based on common school education
all he ever got. AS lawyer he worked
IA or Is hours every day but Sunday,
and for Is years he seldom reached
home in the evening before the rest of
his family were asleep. Sundays he usu-
ally went with his wife to a Congrega-
tional church in his home town of Rock
land. He became state representative,
speaker of the Maine house, attorney
general of the state and Mr.. Dingley's
successor at Washington.
Naturally, says the Chicago Record,
Mr.. Littlefield thinks that the chief
secret of his success is work, but he
admits that his working day of IA hours
was made possible by health and power
of endurance. He has been total alb
stainer all his life, and he ''chews" only
the spruce gum of his native state. He
says he has found more trouble in saw
ing and investing money well than in
earning it. He has higher estimate
of married men than of bachelors, and
his sympathy goes out to the lawyer in
congress who is trying to preserve his
practice and at the same time do his
full duty to his constituents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Tags to Inst Four Years.

Payment of the bicycle tax in France
is proved by small plate affixed to the
machine every year, but the govern
ment now proposes to issue plates good
for four years. The holder must have
his name and address engraved at his
own expense, but he is supplied with
new plates when necessary, on pro-
ducing the fragments of the old.
Should he cease to own bicycle he
must at once deposit his plate, to have
his name stricken off the list of per-
sons liable to the tax.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending March II

King Humbert's fifty-sixth birthday
was widely observed in Italy.
The Standard Oil company dis
bursed 100000 of dividends.
The sultan's daughter, Hadedze,
eloped with NJedjar, Turkish poet.
Heavy snowstorms occurred in
Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ala
bama.
The Armstrong steel works at
Flint, Mich, were burned, the loss be-
ing $15O,OOO.
A counterfeit of the new one-dollar
silver certificate was discovered in
Cleveland, o.
The time for the ratification of the
West Indian reciprocity treaties has
been extended.
King Martin, negro, was hanged at
Kaufman, Tex, for criminal assault on
a white woman.
Rhode Island democrats have NOM
tucket, for governor.
Republicans of the Fifth Kansas
district renominated William A. CAL
derhead for congress.
New Hampshire prohibitionists
nominated Josiah NJ. Fletcher, of
Nashua, for governor.
At Miamisburg, O., fire destroyed
the big Rothschild tobacco warehouse,
the loss being $15O,OOO
Rhode Island republicans have NOM
mated William Gregory, of North
Kingston, for governor.
The Sans &, Maxwell furniture fac
tory at Pentwater, Mich, was burned,
the loss being 100000.
c. B. Cones & Son, manufacturers
of clothing, suffered loss of $4,000
by fire at Indianapolis.
The plant of the Davenport Ga.)
Canning company was destroyed by
fire, the loss being $15O,OoO.
The New York supreme court de-
clared combinations to control prices
of necessaries of life unlawful.
The project of forming a gigantic
combination of manufacturers of
threshing machines has failed.
Frank E. Bundy, for six years
chamberlain of Elmira, n. Y, con-
fessed to shortage of 100000.
The Mohawk Valley hotel block at
Mohawk, n. Y, was burned, and all
the town records were destroyed.
The Persian government is about to
send minister to Washington. For
ten years this post has been vacant.
Nearly 1900 additional officers will
be needed to man American ships in
commission and under construction.
The republicans have renominated
Twentythird district of New York.
A new counterfeit five-dollar silver
certificate series 1896, check letter B,
plate number &C. has been discovered.
Admiral Watson has been ordered to
send one of his warships to Takut
China, to protect. American mission.
aries.
The Topeka Capitals success under
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon will lead to the in
corporation of some of his ideas into
the paper.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett,
well-known novelist, was married to
Stephen Townsend, her secretary, at
Genoa, Italy.
Emperor William assured the Trans
vaal government he would gladly as.
sist in mediation if Great Britain
would consent
Tennessee republicans will meet in
Nashville April 10 to name delegates
to the national convention and a can
didate for governor.
Democrats of the Nineteenth Hi.
nois district split in convention and
nominated two candidates "A. j.
Hunter and J. B. Crowley-for con-
gress.
Herman Detterman, editor of the
Columbus Westbote, one of the best
known German editors in the coun-
try, died at Columbus, O., aged So
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Our Ten Leading Universities.

The latest catalogues of the ten
leading American universities show
their respective registration figures as
follows: Harvard, $3.50; Columbia,
3,720; Michigan, 3,346; Yale, 2,6sS:
Pennsylvania, 2,651; Cornell, 2,645;
Wisconsin, 2,C25; Chicago, 1850; Prince
ton, 1,194, and Johns Hopkins, 632.
Harvard also has the largest academic
department, with 1897 men. Cornell
leads in scientific students, with 795.
Columbia's registration in medicine.
graduate schools and teachers
courses is greatest, having 767 3s3 and
$50 students, respectively.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
A Humane Move.

The Minneapolis Humane Society,
with other similar organizations, is
much aroused over bill introduced in
congress to amend the existing law
regarding the transportation of stock.
The present law prohibits the carry
ing of livestock in the ordinary stock
cars more than twenty-eight hours
without unloading the animals and al
lowing them to feed. This law, of
course, does not apply to improved
cars in which the stock are fed and
watered regularly. The law has stood
for twenty years and has met the APP
proval of all societies for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals. The
amendment proposes to lengthen the
time limit to forty hours, and conse-
quently the humane society objects
to it's passage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
ELECTRIC AMBULANCE.
BUILT Not Long Ago for st. Vincent'a
Hospital, New York, and Suc-
cessfully Operated.

motor ambulance is set down as
the latest thing in horseless vehicles
and one that has just been put in oper-
alton by ST. Vincent's hospital, New
York, is said by it's maker to be the
first automobile ambulance to be built
and put in service in this or any other
country. can ambulance of this kind"
he says, possesses many advantages
over it's horse drawn prototype. A
greater speed is attainable; there is
more ease and safety for the patient;
itmay be stopped within its own length
when running at full speed, and on ac-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Mnrnetic Force in Bricks.

From time to time experts have no
ticed certain unexplainable peculiari-
ties in magnetic instruments in various
buildings. Electricians now declare,
as the result Of experiments and inves-
LEGATIONS, that the vagaries are due to
the presence of magnetism in bricks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Indiana Farmers Crime.

indianapolis, Ind, March l6.-Alfred
Gregory, farmer near Winslow, Pike
county, at ten o'clock Thursday night
killed his wife and himself. They leave
six children. Gregory was butchering
hogs, and wanted his wife to heat
water. She went visiting, and aft
brooding over the matter all day ne
committed the deed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Contracts to be Let.

The state normal board will hold its
next regular meeting at Winona. A,
T. Ankeny, president of the board,
says the most important business will
be to award the contract for the new
normal school building at Duluth. The
appropriation is $4,000 and six bids
out of eight received by the building
committee are under that amount. In
addition to the ordinary routine bust
ness, the members will carefully in
spect the school and it's buildings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
SATISFIED AT LAST.
Wilhelmina, Hollands Young Queen,
Expresses Herself Pleased with
This Medallion.

An Amsterdamco rrespondentwrites:
This city is preparing to celebrate its
six hundredth birthday, which occurs
this year. The wealthy burghers, who
are proud of their town, mean to make
the festival magnificent affair. The
queen will come down from The Hague
in great state and, of course, will be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
The Growth of the South.

In the past ten years the production
Of wheat has increased "a per cent. in
The south, and the number of hogs
raised there has, during that period,
nearly doubled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Flattery Always TickIes.

We may think people who always
agree with us are mushy, but somehow
we keep on liking them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-23
Chocolate in Confectionery.

Chocolate is used for confectionery
more extensively than any other ma
terial except sugar.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07
Honorable.

The Recorder extends con-
gratulations to two of Durham's
young men, Messrs. w. T. Black.
well, Jr., and ]. Fl. Winston for
the distinction they achieved at
Horner Military School, during
the session lately closed. Such
evidences of application and
proficiency is highly creditable
to these young gentlemen, and
peculiarly pleasing and crafty
ing to their friends, impiessing
them with the belief that these
boys are possessed with the
qualities of head and heart that
will develop into lives Of useful
ness and honor. Durham feels
proud Of young Winston and
Blackwell and recognizes In
their devotion to duty, the es-
sentials to further distinction
and greatness.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

The Evening Herald, Hender-
son, has entered upon the third
month of its existence with con-
tinued bright prospects" With
two such bright, enterprising and
progressive newspapers as the
Gold Leaf and the Herald, and a
people who appreciate the efforts
of Brothers Manning and Coley,
these papers can't stand still no
more than can Henderson. Not
only the merchants and business
men encourage and help to sup.
port their papers, but the profes'
sional gentleman urges no plea Of
exemption upon "unprofessionaP'
or other grounds, bat advertise in
their home papers. We have never
been able to comprehend why il
is that the professional gentleman
never protests against any favor
able press notice, but claim it un'
professional to advertise.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

Memphis, Tenn, is to be the
meeting place of the Confederate
Veterans next year. Buffalo, N.
Y. bid for this honor, but this
proposition met with little enthu-
siasm and received only the ballot
of West Virginia and 10 Georgia
votes. The day has not yet ar
rived when a Confederate reunion
can be held without friction and
heartburnings in any Northern
city. Those unfamiliar with the
sentiment of the veterans will con
slider their views on the subject
extreme and narrow, but such 9
condition can only exist aftel
some of the "old comrades" have
"crossed the river and rest in thu
shade of the trees
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07
THE GREATER sEABoARD.

The Greater Seaboard Air
Line system organized by Mr..
J. SHELTON Williams and a num-
Der of associates, from Rich =
mond, Va. to Tampa, Fla, has
been completed and its formal
inauguration of the through
service has been eminently sue.
cessful and highly enjoyable.
ALI who travel over this road
are profoundly impressed with
the excellent condition of the
different roads composing the
system and with the splendid
opportunities by the country
through which tee road passes.
The people along their several
lines recognize the s. A. L
system as a most liberal and
important factor in the future
growth and prosperity Of their
sections.
II is no small thing for a great
railroad system to possess the
esteem and appreciation Of the
people tributary to its opera
tons. The s. A. L. enjoys this
distinction.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07
COMNIENCEMENTS,

Custom has made the con-
clision Of a course of academic
study the occasion Of considerA
able ceremony of a pleasant
sort. The addresses of the
young men, the beaming coun-
tenances of their parents. the
flowers and applause that their
friends shower upon them and
the wise and serene words that
their teachers pronounce to
them leave an impression that
partings make solemn and that
at life's end is often the clear
est memory Of its beginnings
The ceremony is based upon
a fresh>hearted sentiment of
loyalty to a habitation and an
idea and upon a conviction, too
ingenious to dispel, that the
first momentous step across the
threshold should not be taken
without the youth making some
deliverance of his ideals, and
without those who have guided
him thus far, bidding Godspeed
With many a boy commence
ment day is sacred because
there two lives met and neither
of them was worldly. In the
June days he said farewell ts
: both-to the endearments o.
! home and the pleasures of col
lege hall and campus. Thu
fragrance of the June rosel
hang over them always. Mem
e DRY never ceases to revel in tn
9 scenes of home and college life
|. which year by year becom
IS more closely associated AM
/ more fondly remembered.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07
important to the Public.

The Seaboard AIR Line Rail.
way, "Florida and West India
Short Line" begs to announce
that in addition to the through
vestibuled trains which it now
operates between Atlanta and
Washington, beginning Sum
day, June 3rd, IL will operate
through sleeping cars between
Atlanta, Richmond, Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York.
For full particulars In regard
to this magnificent service please
refer to Ticket Agents of cons
Meeting lines, to any Seaboard
Air Line Railway representa-
tive, or to L. s. Allen, General
Passenger Agent, Portsmouth,
Va
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07
Special Census Statistics.

Proprietors of manufacturing
industries of every kind conducted
in Durham will be waited on in a
few days by Capt. John P. Leach,
special agent of statistics for man
ufacturing in this city andRaleigh.
1t is important that full returns
be made of all manufacturing and
mechanical industries, that a cor
rect statement of Durham's indus.
tries may be known. IL is the
purpose of the chief statistician for
manufacturers TO finish this special
work within Is days.
Captain Leach will visit Durham
next week and we are sure il will
be pleasing to our manufacturer
to furnish him all desired infor,
nation, and thus help to make
known the importance Of our city
as a manufacturing center. Th,
Captain will be assisted by one OIL
more special agents.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

If the city of Durham were to
agree to give to each of her sons
and daughters who graduate, a
medal, as a memento, it would be
a powerful stimulant to the ambi-
tious student and would be cher
ished and preserved with even
greater care than a college gradu'
ate cherishes his diploma.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

The negroes in Oxford refused
to bury John Young, a well be-
haved Democrat, on account Of
his politics. Leading citizens Of
Oxford buried his remains. This
is the clement a class of white skin
sovereigns would have rule the
State and South. The true Anglo.
Saxon says, Never!
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

his prayer that the sun shohe
more the white man than for the
negro. No sooner had this prayer
been uttered than the tongue OF
the negro was paralysed and re"
mains SO, at last accounts.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07
100000 For Union Seminary.

Richmond, Va, May 30.-The
trustees Of the Union Theological
Seminary here today raised $780,
600 for additional buildings for
that institution and for its endow.
ment fund. Thirty-five thousand
dollars of this amount was sub.
scribed by Mr.. Watts, of Durham,
N. e., who endowed the "Watts
Hall" at the institution.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

Tie Episcopal Council Of the
Diocese Of Southwestern Virginia,
at its late session, passed resolu-
tons pledging the Council to raise
100000 to be donated as an
endowment fund for the support
of the bishop.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

The Florence Is. g. Times con-
tradicts the report that Mr.. Byrd,
of Darlington, tied up and whip
ped the negro Jackson who has
been arrested and accused Of assas-
sinating Mr.. Byrd while seated in
his home.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

Our mountain forests are being
devastated by 600 tanbark-getters'
The mountain oak is being sacri'
feed for the bark alone.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

The organization of that new
brass band at A. Max's grocery
store has been pretty we'll noised
around, and will give a free con-
cert in the way Of Big Bargains on
the 18th inst. Everybody is in.
yited .->
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

Mr.. F. A. Masino says there are
no tarantulas among his bananas,
and besides they are no more to
be dreaded than a wasp. Masino's
is headquarters for bananas.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

The House of Representatives
defeated the joint resolution pro.
posing o constitutional amend
ment empowering Congress to
regulate trusts.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

The white man who swallows
the negro will have occasion to
realize that "Joys we have tasted
will sometimes return"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

Governor Tyler will not con-
vene the Virginia legislature until
after the November election. Dem.
ocrats are said To favor this course.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

When the sun was obscurcd by
the eclipse at Norfolk, o negro
man prayed that the light of the
god Of day might never show his
face again, giving as a reason for
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

America in the Philippines,
America in China, America in
Turkey-what does it all mean I?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

President Mckinley has been
interviewed by the census snum-
orator.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-06-07

That 100000 Turkey debt will
cost the United States many times
the sum to be collected.