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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02

educational advantages to be obtained
from the association at it's various
branches are many, and besides lee
lures and libraries may be mentioned
debating societies. language classes,
chess clubs, restaurants, gymnasia
and all sorts of athletic clubs.
Some idea of the vastness of the
association may be gathered from the
following figures, which are taken
from the last annual report. In Great
and Greater Britain there are 1854
centers and 1855 auxiliary associa-
tions, with something like 10000
members, while in foreign countries
(not British POSSESSIONS there are
over 5000 centers, and nearly as many
auxiliary associations, with a mem
bership of close on half a million; nor
must one forget that had it not been
for the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation that excellent sister society,
the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation, would probably never have
come into existence.
In America the movement has taken
even stronger foothold, and since 1851,
both in Canada and the United States,
systematic effort has resulted in a
large organization. Amongst the
many agencies which have had their
origin in American association, may
be mentioned the now well-known
Society for the Suppression of Vice
Needless to say, the American asso-
citation, like its prototype in Eng
land, has for it's main ooject the i'm
provement of the spiritual, mental,
social and physical condition of young
men.
"The youth of nation are the
trustees of it's posterity," and the in
calculable services the association has
rendered to young men in teaching
them to keep their minds and bodies
pure and healthy, and helping them
to lead higher, nobler lives, earn for
it the gratitude of all right-thinking
men and women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02

president of Davidson college, He
was a graduate of the university of
the state, and of the same class as
President James X. Polk, Bishop
Green and others of note in church
and state
Mrs. Jackson's mother was Mary
Graham, daughter of Gen. Joseph
Graham. of revolutionary fame, and
sister of Gen. w. A. Graham, who was
once secretary of the navy.
Mrs. Jackson was one of ten chill
dren, six daughters ana 1our sons.
She spent much of her early life in
Washington with her uncle, Gen.
Graham. While on a visit to Licking
ton, Va, she met her future husband,
then Prof. T. J. Jackson, whom she
married in July. 1857. Gen. Jackson
died in 1863. May 10, and left his
widow and one child, girl, Julia,
who was but few months old. The
two and the skillful old nurse Hetty
returned to the Morrison home in
Lincoln county. where they lived a
quiet life until Julia was reaay to en-
ter college, when the mother and
child moved to Charlotte. After finish
ing school Julia married w E. Chris
tian, a talented newspaper man, now
in the service of the Seaboard Air line
railroad at Portsmouth, Va Mrs.
Jackson lived with the young couple
in St. Paul. Mimi, Minneapolis and
other western towns up to 1889, when
Mrs. Christian died, after which she
returned to her home in Charlotte
and brought with her Julia and Jack
son Christian, her grandchildren.
Miss Christian. sister of Mrs. Jack
sons son-in-law. came to live with her.
Mrs Jackson's Charlotte home is
very near the Southern railway sta
ton. where an aged Mexican war vet
eran who served under Jackson has
stood for years as guard. He took
great pride in guarding Mrs. Jackson
and lost no opportunity to point out
the house to strangers. The house is
a plain two-story frame building and
the yard is adorned by several beauti-
full evergreen trees. When at home
Mrs. Jackson lived a simple but pleas
ant life. surrounded ny her bright
grandchildren, who are now off at
school.
Mrs. Jackson spent part of every
year at Lexington, Va, her health
permitting. 1t was there that she
spent her married life and where her
husband and daughter are buried
Mrs. Jackson is an ideal southern
lady of the old school. She is presi-
dent of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and regent of the Daughters of
the Revolu ion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
PROUD OF4HIS WORK.
Evolution of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
Sir George william ms, Founder of the
Society, Talks About It's Social,
Educational and Spiritual
Advantages.

Writing of the evolution of the Y.
M. c. A., Sir George Williams, its
founder, says in the Chicago Tribune
that the association began in small
way-in fact, with only IL men; that
was Sc years ago, now it is repre-
sented by more than half million
members, divided into some 1000 diff
ferent centers, scattered all over the
world. These are organized into ma
tional unions. and these again into
one comprehensive international
union. It's inception may be said to
date from June 6, 1914, when some of
my fellow workers met together at
the close of one of our weekly prayer
meetings to consider the Importance
and practicability of establishing a
society for improving the spiritual
condition of young men engaged in
the drapery and other trades. Our
first headquarters consisted of a small
room in coffee-house, for which we
paid half crown a week rent. Soon,
when this accommodated was found
too small for the increasing number
of members. we removed to Radley's
hotel, Blackfriars, where we had the
use of a good room. Two years after
it's foundation branch associations
were established in Piccadilly, Isling-
ton, Pimlico. Southwark and White
chapel, and at Manchester, Liverpool,
Taunton, Exeter and Leeds. In 1S48
we were obliged to make another
move. this time to rooms in Gresham
street, where we were able to found
library. The association gradually
increased its influence year by year,
and in 1880 we were in a position to
purchase the freehold of Exeter hall
(for 6 25.000). 81
The first social departure of the
association may be said to have be-
gun at the end of s1S45. when the
committee adopted a new. form of:
popularizing instruction and informa-
ton by giving a course of weekly lee
lures on useful and entertaining SUBJ
jects.
At the present time the social and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Set Fire to Timber.

c. e. Selye and Harry Shearer were
found guilty in the United States court
at Duluth of starting fires among the
timber on the Chippewa Indian reser-
walton in Itasca county. 1t was al
legged that the defendants set the fires
in order to damage the timber on the
reservation, which, under the dead
and down timber act, the Indians are
permitted to sell. The principal wit
nesses for the prosecution were Chip
pewa Indians. Both Selye and Shear
er are we'll known In this section, the
former having for several years past
been a prominent lumberman. This
is the first case of its kind that has
ever been tried in this district and has
created considerable interest among
lumbermen. They were sentenced
to eight months in Jail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
News in Brief.

A farmer near Detroit recently
picked ripe wild strawberries in his
meadow.
The date for holding the annual
convention of the Southern Minnesota
Educational Association at Wlnona,
which was to be Nov. 16 and II, has
been postponed one week on account
of it's conflict with Y. NJ. C. A. lecture
in that city.
Rural free delivery service been or
dered established Nov. 1 at Creston,
Fillmore county. Length of route, 254
miles; area covered, 35 square miles.
Over 500 persons have taken out ma
turalization papers in Beltrami county
during the past two years. 1t is esti-
mated that there will be at least 1000
votes cast in that county this year.
Some days ago Howard Peck, an
S-year-old boy of Muskoda, shot him
bullet wound in the abdomen would
not hurt, and he hunted up revolver
and gave the matter a test. He will
recover.
Boardman Brown attempted suicide
by jumping off the steel arch bridge
into the Mississippi river at Mime
apolis.
Editor Cady of the Advance, pub
lished at Magnolia, was stabbed in the
neck by John Peterson, who was
drunk and looking for trouble. Cady
is justice of the peace and undertook
4 of In CT
ed and drew knife.
Nellie Hanson was arrested in
Minneapolis for stealing bicycles.
The pupils of the schools of Mime
apolis in one night contributed S9S7.2s
to the Galveston relief fund.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02


When five minutes had passed the
jests became more pointed and the
shafts of witticism sank deeper, but
still Michael laughed. When ten min
utes had passed, and then Is minutes,
and then half an hour, Michael was
decidedly uneasy.
Then messenger handed a note to
Michael. He suddenly left, without
giving an excuse, and went directly to
the home of Papa and Mamma Pliska.
They were in state of great excite
ment.
They could not find Mary!z She
had robed herself in her wedding
gown with her mothers assistance,
and then. when her mother left to
put on her, hat, Mary mysteriously
disappeared. fa2tas F
Michael thought deeply. At last he
asked the parents if they had gone
to the home of chum of Mary. They
had not. But they were sure she had
not gone there. Nevertheless, Michael
got into carriage and drove rapidly
to the home of Mary's chum.
And there he found Mary-all
dressed in her bridal robes, with a
bunch of real orange blossoms in her
hair, crying her pretty eyes out.
Michael asked her why she had not
come to the house. She cried in an
swer. He asked her again; and then,
amid her sobs, she told him she had
feared to face the crowd that would
witness the ceremony.
Michael left without word. He
drove back to his cottage, told the
guests what had happened and that
the wedding was off. Some of them
suggested that he take the priest to
the home of Mary's chum and be mar
ried there. But Michael told them he
did not care to marry girl who had
insulted him before his friends.
And the marriage ceremony has
never been performed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
BATTLING FOR LIFE / I ),
Widow of Stonewall Jackson, Fa-
nous Southern Hero.
Has Recently Undergone an Opera
ti0n from Whose Results She May
Not RecOver-Her Home Life
at Charlotte, N. G.

Some weeks ago the widow of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson had critical oper-
alton performed in Baltimore hos
pital, and her friends are afraid that
she viii not recover from it's effects.
Although now over 20 years old her
face, according to a Charlotte On. CO.
correspondent of the Chicago Chron-
icle, retains much of the beauty which
enthralied the then awkward, diffident
young military cadet from Lexington.
when he first met her as Anna Nor
rison at the home of Gen. David Hill.
Her black. luXuriant hair has few
traces Of gray and her black eyes are
piercing and lustrous still.
Since the death of Mrs. Jackson's
only child, Mrs. Christian, several
years ago, she has devoted her life to
her grandchildren, who reside with
her. Her home is plain two-story
building on Trade street, Charlotte,
n. {. To the unpretentious dwelling,
however, a picturesque charm is given
by ivy and madeira vines climbing at.
will about the veranda violet bordered
walks leading to the hospitable door
way and stately magnolias casting
their luXuriant foliage over the whole.
Within is the refined atmosphere of a
typical southern home. In the draw
ing-room the most, conspicuous object
is large oil painting of Gen. Jack
son. Portraits of other heroes whose
memories are still sacred in the hearts
of old confederates are also hung
everywhere upon the walls, inter-
spersed with tattered flags and other
trophies of the lost cause
Here the widow of one of the great
military geniuses of the world has
passed her peaceful days, busted with
her household duties or superintend-
ing the education of her grandchil-
dren.
In her Life of Jackson she said:
"The home of my girlhood was
large, old-fashioned house, surround
ed by an extensive grove of pine for
est trees, on a plantation in Lincoln
county, n. c. My father was Rev.
DR.. Robert Hall Morrison, the first
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Cannot Get Fish,

The water in the ponds and sloughs
along the Mississippi has been SO high
this fall that the superintendent of
the Willowbrooke state fish hatchery,
below Indian Mounds Park, has been
unable to obtain the usual supply of
bass and croppy fry.
These fish are not propagated at the
hatchery and for many years the hatch
cry employees have obtained the supply
needed to stock lakes and streams,
from the river. The small fish are
caught in seines, taken to the hatchery
and sent out from there in immense
cans to the different points where
needed.
Usually the hight of the water
has not interfered with the work.
This fall the river stage has been I'M
usually heigh, and the places where the
little fish are usually caught are flood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Hung Himself.

Within an hour after being locked
up at the central station in Mime
apolis for robbing the poor box of the
Church of Notre Dame de Lourdes,
Henry c. Landre, a st. Paul cigarmak-
er, hung himself to the bars of his cell,
where he was found, dead and cold, by
Officer Noyak and Janitor Kellogg.
Landre had entered the open door of
the Church of Notre Dame and att
tempted to secure what small money
there was in the poor box. In so doing
he rang an alarm bell in the basement
of the church, which caused the house
keeper to go upstairs, where Landre
was discovered in the act.
Assistant Pastor Father Gabrile
Andre followed him to Central avenue
and compelled him to go up to the fire
station No. IL, from where he was
taken by the patrol wagon to central
lookup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
town afforded,

Wedekind was - years old when
one day he went hunting. Lven the
game had suffered from the civiliza-
ton that had come to the state and
then gone to such measures as TO
leave tia population less thantit had
when admitted to the union. He was
discouraged Iithshunfing and was res
turning modify homewarG Climbing
down the size of a bluff his foot
Slipped -sRpFf, Ess ssggsB
And uncovered gold mine! :
He saw the unmistakable color" in
the yellow earth and he staked right
and left. Reno awoke to new gold
fever and the stakes were planted
everywhere that they had not been
driven before. One hundred thousand
dollars was bid for his first claim and
the old man and his wife are said to
be worth $1,OOO,0O0.
But long years of hardship have dis
counted this great sum. Privation
| and makeshift means to live have so
affected the old people that they have
little capacity for enjoyment of their
great wealth. They live in the same
little house in the same frugal way
that they had lived for so years or
more. They have better food and
better clothes, but the old mans chief
pleasure is to potter" around the
mine, while the wife sits with folded
hands looking across the al.lali
plains, day-dreaming.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Z ALTOGETHER TOO SHY.
Queer Excuse Given by a Pre- ttysGirl
for Whom the Brides; om Waited
~ Long in Vain. @

Mary Pliska, shy as a chamois,
donned her wedding dress at her
home in New Britain, Conn.,, the 9TH
er evening land made all preparations
10 accompany her parents to the coy
little home that Michael Neidboler
had prepared for her and there to be
married to him.
Michael and his friends were wait
ing. 1t was to be an eventful mar
riage, for Mary was pretty and
Michael was popular. When the bride
and her parents were not on hand at
the appointed moment, the prospec-
tive bridegroom was made the object
of jests. He laughed with the testers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
slaves Dined on Terrapin.

Judge Page, of Maryland, comment
ing on paragraph in the New York
Press to the effect that in colonial
times lessees of slaves were obliged
by law to feed the negroes on ter
rapin at last twice week, states that
this was no studied compliment to
the black men, for in those days the
finest diamond backs were regarded
as food fit only for slaves and hogs.
In feeding them to the latter the ter
rapius were chopped up with spade
and served raw.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02

cant post of Roumania. In 1892 lie
was appointed to the mission to Italy
where he remained several years. In
1897 Count Won Buelow was selected
by the kaiser for the post of foreign
minister, and since that time he has
been the emperor's right-hand man,
During his ministry in the .oreign of.
flee he has developed splendid capa-
bilities in statecraft, which will have
the freest play should he succeed to
the station once occupied by Bis.
marek
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
State Prison Census.

The state prison census has just been
completed by the board of corrections
and charities. 1t is for the year end
ing June so. There are $50 prisoners
in the counties of the state, not iuclud-
ing Hennepin, Ramsey and st. Louis.
In the Jail warehouses ETC., there
were 131 prisoners. There were LOG
prisoners held for trial. In Hennepin
county there were 154 prisoners in the
state prison or reformatory; in Ram
sey, 81, and in ST. Louis so. In the
Jail warehouses, ETC., Hennepin had 81,
Ramsey 81, and st. Louis 100. In Hen
nepin the prisoners held for trial were
81, in Ramsey so and in st. Louis 1917.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
HOPE LONG DEFERRED.
When Riches Came at Last George
Wedekind Had Lost His Capac- ~
ity for Enjoyment. Mi

Luck, as it is interpreted in the
mining camp, has been emphasized in
the case OF George Wedekind, of Reno,
New. ~
Years and years ago, when George
Wedekind was young, he went west
in fever for gold. All up and down
the famed coast country of the Cali
fornias he wande- ed, bootless. The
gold was not for him. AS the country
tuning pianos. 1t was his trade. He
brought his wife to Reno, finally, and
the two settled Gown to the scant eX-
istence that Liano tuning in western
town afforded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Will Not Accept 1t.

The monument commission is not
satisfied with the Hinckley fire monu.
ment, and has notified the Arnold
Granite company, of st. Cloud, that
it will not be accepted. The COM
mission claims that the monument is
crooked; that the different sections
were not laid in strips of lead, as the
contract calls for; that the workman
ship is inferior; that the coping is not
properly set: that the debris has not
been cleared away and, last, that GER
tain bills for labor performed remain
unpaid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02

New York, land accustomed to look
at things only from business stand
point. If l did not feel absolutely
sure that this expedition will be sue
cessful l would not waste my money
and Mr.. Baldwin would not waste his
time. The race to get to the north
pole first is not a race between two
or three men; it is race between
nations. | do not want to see an
Italian or a Norwegian reach the
north pole first. 1 think this country
is great enough and progressive
enough to have that honor. tits sim
ply matter of national pride with
me. 1 have every confidence in Mr.
Balwin He is a man of determine
ton and will to get to the pole if it is
within human power to do so. He will
not turn back and come home"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
A Large Raft.

The largest raft of lumber in the
history of the lumber business on the
upper Mississippi passed through Wi
mona. The raft was handled by WI
mans steamer, John Douglass, and
bowboat Satellite. 1t contained $780,
900 feet of lumber, besides many thou
sands of dollars worth of lath and
shingles.
The estamate value of the raft was
$3.50, coo. 1t was fifty-two cribs long
and eight wide. The ordinary lumber
raft is about fifteen cribs long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
American salmon in Demand.

Another American product that is
already affected by the Chinese war
is canned salmon. Besides a shortage
of from 100000 to 100000 cases, as
compared with last year, the jap
anese government is placing heavy or
ders in the local market for salmon
to feed it's army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
FAITH IN BALDWIN.
Millionaire Ziegler, Who Will Spend
Fortune on Expedition, Con-
fdent He Will Reach Pole.

William Ziegler, the New York bak-
ing powder manufacturer, who is will
ing to spend 81 100000 on the Baldwin
expedition to the north pole, which
will start next year, says he is sure
Baldwin will not return without hav-
ing reached the pole. 81 am bust
ness man." he said, in an interview in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Japanese Auctions Are Tame

At japanese auctions bidders write
their offer on slip of paper and drop
it into a box. When all the bids are
in the box is opened and the highest
bidder named.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Record Broken.

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 26.-The
worlds bicycle record for an even hour.
behind pace, was placed at 40 miles $50
yards by vii. c. Stinson, of this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Two horticultural Freaks.

White blackberries and green roses
have been propagated in Louisiana
this wear.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-11
STATE NEWS.

Ralph Smith. 80, an employee Of The
Estey Organ Co. hes been arrested for
opening bis wiie's letters and taken 10
Rutlsnd by the United Sistes msrshal.
Las. week II. and T, Fairbanks snd
Co, the st. Johusbury scale makers.
paid quarterly dividend OF one per
cent. They srs bs~ employing more help
than Vt any time 10 the history OF their
business,
The large automobile express wagon 10
process Of construction st the shop Of
w. A. L,re ia Bue 10 nesrly ready for .
trial trip. II is bsing buiIt for pisno
mover 10 Boston 8. 90 estimsted cost Of
81. 900.
The three youpg bighvsymsn iron
sreenhsld. Mass. sbo bsld up snd shot
Joseph NJ Iioushion of Brsttleboro 10
Gailiord aud slso erchsaged shots With
seyersl Off ssrI we're sentsnced 10 the
Wiudhsm County eonn Vt Sesfsns Toes
Day, Weieh ss,tins not less thsD ID or
more thsn 20 yesrs, WllIism Dempsey l6
10 IS ytsrs sUd cnsrIes Blsss ~ TO 10
ye.rs, Harry Lord. convicted OF setting
DIRE 70 The voodl.nd ns1 Bellows Pals.
vas sssts1ced 10 Dot more tbsn three
snd no, lees than iso yesn 10 s.sts's
prison.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-11

The following story was told to Mr..
Robert Barr during bis visit to Syns,
aud is given by him in "Tbe Uncbsngine
East" 1t is 8 beautiful iustsnce OF Z
rogue paid 10 bis own coin. The ksirns
ksm referred 10 is the head Of the civil
administration Of the district.
A native had msdes profitable deal in
goats, which hsd been taken by him 10
JsiIs and sold. He had cleared some
thing like two thousand msdiidiss. end
QUE Of bis Deishbors say the money paid
TO bin 10 ] G'.
When the txo men returned, the Sc
cond one went 10 the ksinsksm, and
ssid thst be bad seen ons Thousand
medii6ies paid TO the gosi-keeper. II
come charge we're uumped up sgsinst
the sostkeeper, the Informing neighbor
vert 90 10 sugsest, be would yisit bin
10 prison snd gst him 10 disgorge the
con-, irGsling 10 the generosity Of the
ksimsksm for e reward.
The eosikeeptf ws tmmedistely
thrown into prison on the charge Of
bsyiog committed 9 murder 10 the moub
lsins some tine before.
He was ns,utsily psnic-stricken. After
be Lsd spent . week 10 jail. the neigh
Dor vss allowed 10 sisi. him and tender
his sdvice. The nsigtbor said that the