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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
PROUD Or HIS WORK.
Evolution Of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
sir George Williams, Founder of the
Society, Talks About Its Social,
Educational and Spiritual
Advantages. M Isl

! 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 a small
way-in fact, with only ~ men; that
was Sc years ago, now it is repre-
scented 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 a .coffee-house, for which we
paid half crown a week rent. Soon,
when this accommodation was found
too small for the increasing number
of members, we removed to Radley' S
hotel, Blackfriars, where we had the
use of good room. Two years after
its foundation branch associations
were established in Piccadilly, Isling-
ton, Pimlico. Southwark and White
chapel, and at, Manchester, LIVERPOOL
Taunton, Exeter and Leeds. In s1s4s
I'VE 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 yea ar
and in 1880 we were in a position. te
purchase the freehold of Exeter hal
(for e25.0oo). 81 @q.. .,,ss,
The first social DEPARTURE Of the
association may be said to have be
gun at the end of .1S45. when the
committee adopted a, new form Of
popularizinsg instruction and informa
ton by giving a course Of weekly lee
lures on useful and entertaining sub
jects. u So s
At the present time the social and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
HOPE LONG DEFERRED,
Wedekind Had Lost His Capac- ~
ity for Enjoyment. &s

Luck, as it is interpreted in the
mining camp, has been emphasized in
the case of George Wedekind, of Reno.
New. y IA ~ M Il
Years and years ago, when George
Wedekind was young, he went west
in a 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
settled he drifted from town to town,
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

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; 1868. 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-
tCI COIICSC, WIKI CHC lHOthCl anu
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
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. ~ W
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

When five minutes had passed the
jests. became more pointed and the
shafts of witticism sank deeper, bit
still Michael laughed. When ten min
utes had passed, and then Is minutes,
and then half AM hour. Michael was
decidedly uneasy.
Then messenger BANDED 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 a state of great excite
ment.
They could not find Mary 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. q <Sf ieea y 4
Michael thought deeply. At last he
asked the parents if they had gone
to the home of a chum of Mary. They
had not. But theygwere 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 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 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
HIS RISE WAS RAPID.
Career of Count BuelOv, Germany'S
New Chancellor. Considered
Phenomenal by Europeans.

Count Bernhard Won Buelow, who
has crowned his rapid and brilliant
rise to political power and fame by
becoming the chancellor of Germany
in the place of Misunderstanding
furst, has the shortest career of any
of the great statesmen and diplomats
of the world. At so he finds himself
at pinnacle of eminence reached by
others only after laborious and haz-
ardous toll and waiting. Won Buelow
until 1880 had done no better than
serve as the secretary of embassy at
Rome, ST. Petersburg and Vienna.
Until 1888 he had not reached the Dig
nifty of plenipotentiary, and he was
then made minister to the insignif-
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 100000
members, while in foreign countries
Z (not British possessions) there are
over 5000 centers, and nearly as many
auxiliary associations, with a mem
bership of close on half 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 its main ooject the inn
provement of the spiritual, mental,
social and physical condition of young
men. 80
"The youth of a. nation are the
trustees of its 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
tolead 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
State Prison Census.

The state prison census has just been
completed by the board of corrections
and charities. It 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 106
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 1877.
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, 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
win Not Accept It.

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

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.
fee 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
WILLIAM ZIEGLER

New York, "and accustomed to look
at things only from business stand
point. If / 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. think this country
is great enough and progressive
enough to have that honor. Itis SIM
ply matter of national pride with
me. I 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
slaves Dined ON Terrapin.

Judge Page, of Maryland, comment
ing onya 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 a 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
rapins were chopped up with spade
and served raw.
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. Itcontained $780,
600 feet of lumber, besides many thou
sands of dollars worth of lath and
shingles.
The estamate value of the raft was
$3.50, 600. It 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
FAITH IN BALDWIN.
Millionaire Ziegler, Who VIII Spend
Fortune on Expedition, Con-
fident 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. II am bust
ness man." he said, in an interview in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Amcr,can salmon in Demand.

Another American product that is
already affected by the Chinese war
is canned salmon. Besides a shortage
of from 10000 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 its army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Japanese Auction. Are Tame,

At Japanese auctions bidders write
their offer on a 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 Viii. C. Stinson, of this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
Two HorticuItural FreaIs.

White blackberries and green roses
have been propagated in Louisiana
this wear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18


sacramento city. and worked there about
three months when Mr.. Jcnnison became
i'll with fever and ague and was forced
To give up mining ana leave the Sacra-
mchto valley, after which he tried ranch
HE Tor 10 months until he had fully re
gained his health. From the ranch he
went to the "Rcdwuods,' where he ran
what was known as a gang of saws.
where lac received 500 per month and
board. high wages in those times, even in
California.
After SIX month AZ the Rcdwo9ds, firing
81 me country ana longing Tor ms native
~ N ~ J eI,, nome Ill
, r, ~ L. ~ ~ S On d ~ In III
me- 'aii' = io''' "icii nv M Iu l" FUN
IL "ieic nc M Hi'lcc itsi'i'u. .,, .
NJ. Johnson "oi hcu ~ tht CARPENTER ;
h"stllltles between the Two sections q
tnc country When nc thlisttd III 70. =,
-uih Maine oluhtccrS, ana served with
lhdt reSlh'ht uhtil ulScnarSeu on tc-
count 81 poor htalth IN 100. IN iNhl, now
ever, Mr.. JtnillSpn AGAIN clllSttd ms
time in Go. Is. 3lst Maine Volunteers, ami
served with that regiment until the close
Of the Rebellion. He was in all the bat
ties with the Army of the Potomac in
front Of Richmond and Petersburg, and
in the charge made on the rebel lines
made when the mine was exploded under
the famous Fort Hell.
vt tho close Of the war Mr.. Jcnnson re-
ccived an honorable discharge ANA re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
THE FALL OF TEN ISM.
Chinese Routed, July 14-casuaIiics OF Allied
Forces. Nearly 500.

London. July 11.-12iJ F. M.-The
Shanghai correspondent of the Evening
News, tclegraphing under date of July
II, says:
The allied troops resumed the at
tack upon the Chinese walled city Of
Tien Tsin, on the morning of July IA.
and succeeded in preaching the walls
and capturing all the forts.
'All the Chinese We're completely
routed and the allies took possession
Of the native city and its defences.
The total losses of the allies in the
engagements of Thursday, Friday and
Saturday We're about 500 killed or
wounded. The casualties We're greatest
among the Russians and japanese"
The Daily Mails correspondent gives
the following details of Saturdays
battle at Tien Tsin: The guns of the
allies did immense damage to the ma
tive city. causing many large confagra-
tions and finally silenced the majority
of the enemy's guns simultaneously.
French assaulted and captured eight
guns and We're in position on the rail-
way embankment and the fort, the
magazine Of which the French suisse
quently blew up. A body Of American
British japanese and Austrian troops
then made sortie and attacked the
west arsenal. which the Chinese had re-
occupied. After three hours Of the
Continued on page %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr. and Mrs VIM Jcnnison OF Foxcroit. CcIc.
bra'c 50th Anniversary.

FoNcroft Me, July 17.-CSpeciaD.-
Wednesday,, July Is, at their residence on
Lincoln street in F"Xcroft. Mr. and Mrs.
William Holmes Jennison celebrated the
5oth anniversary Of their marriage. Ow-
ing 10 Mrs. JcnniSlns somewhat poor
health, the any WA passed in quiet
manner, though they received many call
ers aud congI Jtulati9Ts from their large
circle If friends.
William Holmes Jcnnison was born in
Charleston in hcnohSCot county. on the
18th day Of January. 1924. ana il now il,
Ms nth year. His parents. Ebcnczcr Jcn-
uison. who was born in warren ANA AIDE
line chandler Jcnnispn who WAS a ma
tive of Gardiner. Were the parents of nine
children. William II. being next to the
oldest. Mr. JennisGn spent his early
wears ait homo on the farm very much as
thc average young man of those times,
attending the country schools when
young and working for his father when
older, until he mad reached his 2fth year.
About this time Mr.. Jennison met and
became acquainted with Miss Charlotte
+. Buxton. the daughter Of AleXand"r
ana Christiand tBlanchardD Buxton Of
kennebec county. Mr.. Jennspn relates
how that this young Lady was visiting in
the family of an aunt residing near his
home and that this aunt and one of his
relatives had put their heads together
and planned to make a match between
these young people Finally il was ar
ranged that Mr.. JennisOn and friend
should can at this neighbor's one evening
to see about a matter of business. and
those in the plot soon found a wuy to
leave the two young people alone for most
If the evening Mr.. Jennison does not re-
member the conversation that occurred.
that evening. but whatever it was ii
proved to be the beginning of the friend
ship that led To their marriage few
months later. ON July IS. 1851. Mrs. Jen-
risou j. two years younger than her hus
band, having been born. March >. 1926.
Mr.. and Mrs. JennisOn lived quietly on
a farm in Charleston until December. 1851. |
when he became possessed with a desire
tn make his fortune digging gold in tho
California mines. ANA he started that
month for the Golden Gate He made
this trip by what was then known as the
II Upper Nicaragua route making the
voyage on the Atlantic ocean in the Dan
iel Webster. commanded by Captain
BIethen a relative Of Landlord w ID.
Blethen Of the Blethen house. Dovcr. Th-
voyage on the Pacific was made in the
North America. a ship that carried many
men TO success or failure in the mines OF
the Pacific coast: Ills brother, Timothy
IT,. accompanied him on this trip.
They went to work in the mines near
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
MAINE DENIAL SOCIETY
Holds 35th Annual Meeting al Brunswick
With Large Attendance.

Brunswick, Me, July 1.-THE S5th
annual meeting IF the Maine Dental
Society was held here, today. The at
tendance which included representa-
tives from all parts of Maine. was
large. After an address by the presi-
dent, DIR. A. w. Haskell of Berwick. pa
pcrs We're read by Or. l.. j. Roberts,
Augusta. DR.. w. T.. Gorham, Wiscasset,
and Dr. c. II. Merritt, Auburn. In the
evening there was an address by DR..
VIM. McDavid Of Augusta, and an il
Illustrated talk on the use of the ex-ray
in dentistry by DIR. Dwight Nj. Clapp Of
Boston. After the close Of the evening
session a banquet was served at Merry
meeting casino. Meetings will continue
through tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
M0Re HOPEFUL FEELING.

Washington. July IA decidedly
more hopeful feeling with regard to
the Chinese situation was apparent III
all administration circles. this evening
The tide of sentiment, which had been
markedly pessimistic. turned with the
announccmen of the victory of the al
lies at Ticn Tsin and the capture Of
the flrts and native city, and gathered
further strength from Minister Wus
cablcEram declaring that the foreign
ministers at Pekin were safe, July 8.
Aside from these dispatches, the ar
rival If the President and the special
cabinet meeting called to consider the
situation We're the features of the day
They met at go o'clock. this afternoon.
less than an hour after the President
reached the White House
over 100 newspaper men thronged the
corridors while the cabinet was sitting
behind closed doors. The scene resem-
bled the hottest days of the Spanish
war. There were present Secretary
Hay. Secretary Root, Secretary Long.
Secretary Gage and Postmaster Gen
eral Smith.
At the conclusion of the session.
gave out the following formal state
ment Of the action Of the cabinet:
The President has determined
that the facts now known to US do
not require or Justify calling an.ex
ira session of Congress. Should flu
ture developments indicate that he
IS unable to do what is required
with the means now at his com
mand and the action Of Congress
Is necessary to furnish either men
or money or authority. he will not
hesitate to call it together"
While only this mcagre formal state
ment Was given out, il was asccrtained
that the whole Chinese situation wa,
thoroughly discussed by the cabinet.
] nc decision that an extra session of
Congress was not demanded by exist
ing conditions was the outcome Of the
showing which both Secretary Root
and Secretary Long were able to make
as to the force that can be thrown in
to China without the authorization of
additional troops by Congress. and al
50 the decidedly more hopeful feeling
entertained by the President and the
members of his cabinet as to the safe
~ VI -hilllSttl ,D1lStT anu the Dtnef
foreigners in Pekn, due to the cable
Of Minister WI reporting the safety of
the ministers, July 9, two days after
their reported massacre.
While this cable is not regarded as
it is accepted in good faith
for the present But the adminisra-
tipn. it can be definitely stated has
st in motion some machinery by which
il can is confidently predicted absolute
~ authentic news as to the fate of our
and the other foreigners at
Pekin viii be asccrtained. Through
what channel the administration ex-
poets to receive this all-important
news is not known. but that a definite
statement of the situation in Pekin IS
daily. if not hourly. expected can be
stated with the utmost positiveness.
The advices received from Pekin
probably viii be the determining fac
tor in blazing the future course of this
government. If Minister Conger has
been murdered an extra session of
Congress seems inevitable.
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