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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

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 TOUR sons.
She spent much of her early life in
Washington with her uncle, Gen.
Graham While on a visit to Lexing-
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, a girl, Julia,
who was but a few months old. The
two and the skillful old nurse Hetty
returned to the Morrison home in
Lincoln county. where they lived q
quiet life until Julia was reaoy to en-
ter college, when the mother and
child moved to Charlotte After finish
ing school Julia married w E. Chris
tian, 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 10 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-
rul evergreen trees. When at home
Mrs Jackson lived a simple but pleas
ant life. surrounded oy her bright
grandchildren, who are now of at
school
Mrs. Jackson spent part of every
year at Lexington, Va, her health
permitting. It 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 Rsvolu- ion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

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 a messenger handed note to
Michael He suddenly left. without
giving an excuse, and went directly to
the home of Papa and Mamma Pnska.
They were in state of great excite
ment.
They could not find Maryl 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.
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 a 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 a 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 a girl who had
insulted him before his friends
And the marriage ceremony has
never been performed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
BATTLING FOR LIFE.
Widow of Stonewall Jackson, Fa.
nous Southern Hero.
Has Recently Undergone an Opera
tion from Whose Results She May
Not Recover-Her Home Life
at Charlotte, n. c.

Some weeks ago the widow of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson had critical oper-
alton performed in a Baltimore hos
pital, and her friends are afraid that
she will not recover from its effects.
Although now over 20 years old her
face. according to a Charlotte On. c.
correspondent of the Chicago Chron-
icle, retains much of the beauty which
enthralled 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. c. To the unpretentious dwelling.
however, picturesque charm is given
by ivy and madeira vines climbing at
will about the veranda, violet bordered
" lAC 0OOI
way and stately magnolias casting
their luxuriant foliage over the whole.
Within is the refined atmosphere Of q
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 a
large, old-fashioned house, surround
ed by an extensive grove of pine for
est trees, on a plantation in Lincoln
county, N. C. Ny father was Rev.
DR.. Robert Hall Morrison, the first
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

constitute a reigning family, though
their principality is small.
Queen Wilhelmina celebrated the
twentieth anniversary of her birth
day on August 81, and it was then
expected that she would announce
her choice at the banquet given in her
honor at Amsterdam. She only prom
ised that she would do so before
Christmas.
Not since Queen Victoria assembled
England's throne, 62 years ago, have
so many princes sued for one lady's
hand.
1t is absolutely imperative that the
queen should marry without delay.
The security of Holland, the perma-
hence of the dynasty and the contin-
uance of the country in quiet. mon
archical ways depend upon this event.
She is the last representative in Hol-
land of the ancient and illustrious
house of Orange, which is forever en-
deared to the Dutch people by the
services of William the Silent. All
her near relatives are descended on
the paternal side from some German
house and there is nothing the Dutch
fear more than absorption into the
German empire.
The young queen early showed
symptoms of independence in the
matter of choosing a husband. She
rejected her cousin, Prince Bernard
of Saxe-Weimar, because he was so
ugly. Nevertheless. it was confidently
expected that she would finally marry
a man indicated to her for reasons of
state
It was reported some time ago that
she would certainly accept the suit
of the German crown prince. 1t il
an open secret in court circles that
she was deeply in love with Frederick
William. fact which was substan-
tiated during her recent visit to Ber-
lin, where they were always together.
When Kaiser Wilhelm stopped at
Schweringen after his visit to Queen
Victoria it was rumored that match
had been arranged. 1t is believed
that the queen declined on account Of
the deep-rooted antipathy of her sub
jects to the Germans and their fear
of being absorbed in the German em-
pire
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

However, it seldom falls to the lot of
landsmen to see a combat between the
largest inhabitants of the sea, and
many a sailor has spent his life on
salt water without chance to see such
sight.
Part of the time the yachts were
within 200 yards of the combat, and
some of the other boats ventured even
nearer, or the fish in their blind fury
worked nearer them. All the time
the water was churned into foam,
and the spray was dashed high into
the air as the whale spouted or the
thrasher leaped into the air to fall
upon its enemy. The whales efforts
were mainly directed to escape from
the constant attacks of the smaller
monsters. In his efforts to avoid the
rushes of the fox shark he would try
to sound, only to be forced back to
the surface by the thrusts of the
swordfish below. Every time he came
up he would send forth fountain of
silvery spray. The same instant
column of water would be hurled up
wards, as if by an explosion beneath
the surface, and in the column would
appear the gray body of the fox
shark, spreading its two wing-hke
fins. The shark seemed to rise fully
20 feet into the air, and, turning as a
diver would when leaping from
springboard, would fan muzzle first
upon the back of the whale, and the
two would sink beneath the surface.
That sort of fighting went on for fully
30 minutes. The thrasher kept right
after the whale, and the swordfish
waited below until he had a chance
from that vantage.
After about Is rounds of that sort
of battle, as one of the sports on
board one of the yachts put it, the
whale began to lose interest, and
seemed willing to call it draw. But
the shark was game, and kept right
after him. The whale began to lum-
Der along, not up to his speed, and it
was plain that dead heat would sat
isfy him. But the shark was Fitz-
simmons. Finally the whale turned,
belly up, and he was done for. He
sank like a foundered ship. He SIM
ply could not Withstand the smuggling
of the mighty head of that shark,
falling 20 feet upon him, and the
thrusts of the swordfish from be-
meath.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Terrible Death.

Robert Pinney, an engineer en-
ployed at the government dam at
Meeker island, was ground to pieces
between drum and a wire cable. The
mass of flesh and torn clothing was
wound up in the cable coil, and it took
the workmen half an hour to gather
the pieces together. It was the first
fatality that has occurred at the dam.
Pinney was engineer of one of the
fifty-ton cable towers Between these
two towers runs cable which is used
lower material into the dam. The en-
gineer and his fireman, Samuel Scott,
received orders to pick up quantity
of material, and the order was mega
phoned to the crew on the other side
of the river. After everything had
been placed in readiness, Pinney
stationed himself at the starting gear
for the drum Scott was at the time
on the outside edge of the platform
The machinery had not been moving
more then few seconds when Scott
heard Pinney scream. At first he
thought it was joke, but he ran to
the drum A horrible sight there met
his eyes, and around the drum the man.
gled body of the engineer was being
wound. The machinery was stopped,
but then there was nothing more than
gather the remains together.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
QUEEN WILL MARRY.
Girl Ruler OF Holland has at Last
Found a Bridegroom.
The Happy Man In Duke Henry Of
Mecklenburg Schwerin An
nouncement Was q Surprtse
20 Court Society.

Queen Wilhelmina has proclaimed
her betrothal to Duke Henry of Meek
lenburg- Schwerin, a dashing young
officer and a special favorite of Kaiser
Wilhelm.
Duke Henry is tail, bright-looking
and German in appearance. He is a
lieutenant in the Prussian Life guards
and is also attached to the Mecklen-
burg fusileers.
The marriage viii take place next
spring.
The duke is scarcely known in Am
sterdam and not particularly well at
The Hague. 1t was rumored that the
queen had selected his elder brother,
Duke Adolf
By betrothing herself to the duke
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Queen Will
helmina disappoints all the schemes
of royal matchmakers- The name of
the bridegroom selected has at no
time been coupled with hers. The
news of the engagement viii bring
disgust to a dozen or more highly
eligible princes of royal families.
Here are a few Of them to whom she
has actually been reported betrothed
at one time or another:
Prince Frederick William, Oldest
son of the kaiser.
Prince William of Wied.
Prince Bernard Henry of Saxe-Wei-
mar
Prince Harold of Denmark.
Prince Nicolas of Greece.
Prince Eugene Of Sweden.
Prince Alexander of Teck.
Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia.
Prince Adolph Bernard of Schaum-
berg Lppe.
Prince Louis Napoleon.
Prince Max of Baden.
The queen, in choosing the duke for
u husband, has fulfilled the require
Ments of the law which demand that
ACE shall marry Protestant and that
h. shall be prince of a reigning
house. The -Schwerins
have been devout Protestants from
the time of the reformation and they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
News In Brief.

The season for catching white6sh
and trelipies in inland lakes in Min
nesota will open Nov. 1 and continue
until Dec. Is. According to the law,
these fish cannot be caught for market
and cannot be sold.
Two moose calves were unloaded at
at the Great Northern station at
Crookston, having been shipped from
Kennedy, Kittson county. and were
consigned to Grant NJ. Moss, state game
and fish warden, Detroit, Mich. They
were very fine specimens and were
and were much admired during the
couple of hours they remained in the
station.
A Fargo lady stumbled over a ladder
that had been negligently left lying
On Crookston sidewalk, and the city
is asked to pay for the injuries which
she sustained, which were quite seri-
Gus.
The United States land Office is
being overwhelmed these days with
correspondence relative to the OPEN
ing of the four townships on the White
Earth reservation, and the clerks are
kept more than usually busy.
William Ran dali and family narrow
ly escaped stuff ocation in Minneapolis
from fire caused by lamp
A deal Is now pending whereby the
Erie Button works of Erie, Penn. will
buy or lease the button factory in
Winona and double its capacity.
A mad dog scare agitated the people
of Red Wing. and all dogs were or
dered muzzled-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
WHALE AND swoRDFIsH.
Aided In the Defeat OF the King
Of the Deep.

A fight to the death between an 80
foot whale on one side and thrasher,
or fox shark, and swordfsh on the
other, was witnessed a few days ago
by the visitors and sailors on two
yachts and the crews of some other
small vessels outside San Francisco
bay. All the witnesses agree that for
thrilling interest the fight was ahead
of anything they had ever seen or
heard of. 1t lasted half an hour and
resulted in the defeat and probable
death of the whale.
The whale, and the swordfish, and
the shark are ancient enemies, and
fights between them are not rare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
ALTOGETHER TOO SHY.
for Whom the Bridegroom Waited
Long I'm Vain.

Mary Pliska, shy a. chamois,
donned her wedding dress at her
home in New Britain, Conn. the 9TH
er evening and made all preparations
TO 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 eyentful mar
rage, 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, 1900-11-09
Freight Train Robbed.

There is a gang of organized train
ROBBERS operating between Hopkins and
Albert Lea, and although they have
been at work for some time the mat
ter was not brought to the attention
of the police until recently. The rob
are not daring enough to attack pas
senger trains, but limit their work to
laborers who manage to secure trans
portation from Albert Lea to Mime
apolis on freight trains over the Min
neapolis & St Louis road. A case was
reported by a man who had been held
up in a freight car by two masked men
and at the point of revolver robbed
of S146O
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

New York, ~and accustomed to look
at things only from a business stand
point. If / did not feel absolutely
sure that this expedition viii be sue
cessful / would not waste my money
and Mr.. Baldwin would not waste his
time. The race to get to the north
pole first is not race between two
or three men; it is a race between
nations. / do not want to see an
Italian or a Norwegian reach the
north pole first. think this country
is great enough and progressive
enough to have that honor. 1t is SIM
ply a matter of national pride with
me. ! 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 win
not turn back and come home"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
CROWN PRINCE GUSTAV.
Appointed Regent of Sweden and
Norway During the Illness Of His
Father, King Oscar.

The Swedish council of state has
called Crown Prince Gustaf to the
regency of the country during the ILL.,
ness of King Oscar. Prince Gustaf
ard the crown princess. with their
eldest son. went to Christiania, where
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

An aesthetic English vicar at Wem-
bley viii not allow the word "died''
to be put on the tombstones of the
people buried in the cemetery. He
insists on phrases like departed this
fife,- or passed away" or entered
into rest" and says that died" is q
denial of the Christian teaching of Inn
mortality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

the crown prince opened the storth-
ing and took the oath before the
house of representatives King Os-
cars condition is critical
Crown Prince Gustaf is AZ years old.
His wife is Princess Victoria of Baden,
to whom he was. married in 1881. His
expressed opinions of policy are any
thing but favorable to Norway. Less
than a year ago he made a speech in
which he openly declared that he was
willing to lead an army which would
forever crush the desire of the Nor
wegians for independence
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
shuts Down the Plant.

New York, Nov. because his SON
Walter is in Jail charged with the muir
der of Jennie Bosschieter, the Paterson
mill-hand, James McAllister has shut
down his silk plant in that city. All
the employees have been paid off and
the works are closed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
FAITH IN BALDWIN.
Millionaire Ziegler, Who VIII Spend
Fortune ON Expedition, Con-
fdent He VIII Reach Pole.

William Ziegler, the New York bak-
ing powder manufacturer, who is will
ing to spend s., oo0, 900 on the Baldwin
expedition to the north pole, which
will start next year, says he is sure
Baldwin viii not return without hav-
ing reached the pole. Il am bust
ness man." he said, in an interview il
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
Burned to Deata.

William Rapp, a brakeman on the
ST. Paul & Duluth division of the
Northern Pacific, was burned to death
in wreck near Hinckley.
The accident happened when the
limited, due in Mimi eapolis at 6:55. ran
on a siding and collided with freight
train standing there.
Rapp was in the caboose at the time
the big engine of the limited plowed
through the caboose and was pinioned
so he could not escape. A can of oil
was broken and the inf1ammable fluid
took fire and soon the caboose and the
car ahead of it became a mass of
flames
The unfortunate brakeman could not
be released and persisted in the blazing
wreck
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09

Two H0FffculturaI Freaks.
White blackberries and green roses
have been propagated In Louisians
thia year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
Crime Not Increasing.

Minnesota's 25sh annual prison cen-
sus contradicts the common belief that
crime is increasing. The figures col
lected by the state board of correc-
tons and charities for the previous
year were confined in state institu-
tons, and that even this increase was
due in a measure to quarantine OF
jails-
The prison census for 1900 is about
the same as for three preceding
years, when proper allowance is made
for unusual circumstances which pad
ded the figures without actually show
ing an increased number of criminals.
As compared with the census of 1897,
the increase is only 16. Census deduc-
tions are supposed to be valuable only
when complied through long period,
but the results for the past few years
have been such as to enable the state
board to assert that the facts do not
support belief that pauperism and
and crime are growing evils.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-09
Child Labor.

Child labor law seems to be failure,
although they have been piling up
since 1908, and the state labor commits
sion viii petition the next legislature
to try more effective method of the
abuses of the law which exists at
present
The law allowing the granting of
excuses under which children of school
age can work is said to be the most
Objectionable. The compulsory edu-
cation law of 1885 fixes the age of
school attendance at from eight to 16
years, and this is contradicted by the
factory laws of 1895 and 1897 placing
the age at from Il to 16 years
Public sentiment, according to the
labor commission, does not support the
enforcement of the child labor laws,
and the census shows that out of IL, los
among this number are 55S boys under
10 years of age and 2S9 girls.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

Key West Fla. oct. 2s.-Arrived.
steamer Arkansas. Hopncr. New orleans.
ana sailed for Havana: Olivotte. Smitn.
Havana. and sailed for Port Tampa
schooners Nellie W Hamlet. Munford
New York. Sea Gull Bouacco. Wave.
Punta Rassa. and sailed for Cardenas.
Charleston. oct. - -Arrived. steamers
NaVahoe. Johnson. New York proceeded
70 jacksonville. Iroquois Kemble Jack
soUviile proceeded to New York. schooner
Nellie Floyd Nielsen. Charleston. bound
for Georgetown. put back on account O;
head winds. United States revenue GU
ter No 10. Newcomh. Norfolk. bound Cor
cuba
Arrived Tor the har. British steamship
Cnsos Collin Dundee. and ordered TO New
York
Sailed. steamer George W. Clyde. Chi
chester Brunswick.
Baltimore. Oc. = Sailed. steamer Don
ma Christina Pensacola
Bremen. oct. . Arrived, steamer
Romsdalcn. New York
Genoa oct. q ARRIVED. steamer Car
uslc Pensacola.
Fernaudina. Fla. oct % Arrived
schooners Helena. HoIgkin. Bath. Me
Gardiner r. Reynold. Mari. Bath Me.
Sailed steamer Ranmoor CBr). Taylor
stettn via Norfolk
Pensacola. Fla. oct 29.-Cleared
steamship Apex CB0. Popham. Genoa.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

second place But only a fraction eeparate
10 from Russian. However. next 20 Eng
fish. German D. tho chief language ~ the
States. above 1U.a0p OF Uncle samuel
mixed family employing o. But clswhere.
out Of Germany Il only boasts a scanty
.0'n o. Of patrons.
French has farel badly-lfs aiherentt
have not even doubted themselves. and
she has dropped from her premier posi-
tlon 20 a fourth place.
~ VIII be- seen that these enormous in
cr,ases in the numbers q persons using
the leading European language are not
quo 10 the crushing out % alien tongues
but 20 the striking multipli alton OF the
human race itself lu the last siNty-iiFe
years over 100000 have been added TO
the inhabitants 81 the globe II SIS because
go many Of those have been born IN Eng
disappearing quarters 81 the world that
the comparative popularity 81 the Eng
lsh tongue has reached such hight
The widespread use Of Anglo-Saxon is the
best proof Of the Britishcr's supremacy
az colonizing element
century aEo lands whore now the hum
81 Enrlish specch mikes with the sound
OF a hundred prosperous Industries We're
splendid sohtudes n So q our tongue that
IS spoken there. DC Is because our ances-
tors were more shrcwd more peaceful
and little more laboriouH than Spauidrd
Frcuchman. or German. Tho result may
well give the statistic an ground for aston
lshmeut From 20eY.tpJ 20 1000 oV-and
10 single century