The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
MINNIE Sofa GIRL WINS
FAME IN OLD MEXICO
Penetrates Interior Wilds for Her
Paper; Wooed and Wed by
49,. Mining Man.
Special to The Journal.

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Mexico City, Mex, July 21.-Mr. and
Mrs. Harry J. Eisenhart, who were mar
ried few days ago at. Ell Paso after a
most romantic meeting and courtshlp,
are spending their honeymoon on in this
mining camp Of Zaculpan, where they
will reside.
The bride is q newspaper writer and
is well known in the United States and
Mexico Sac has travelled from Mexi-
CO City to Guatemala alone and says
$ she was not bit frightened. She slept
the first night that she met the man,
who is now her husband, in a room
where his predecessor had been~mur-
she closed her eyes for slumber were the
U Inachete marks where the bandits had
broken down the door, but she says she
had the best night $ rest of her life,
for it is 400 feet higher than Mexico
. City, she declared, land the air is so
pure and bracing.'
g, Daughter Of : il,1,esotan.
Miss Horace Greeelcy, Perry, now
Mrs; Eisenhart, is the daughter OF L.
M perny OF aSd s edfor Hsr grsnd rsm
9 Father was also newspaper man. She
met Chief Andrew John Of the Seneca
tribe Of the Six Nations of New York
when a child, and he took such fancy
ito her that he later adopted her, with
the consent of her father. F9r several
years she lived with the family Of the
bid chief and among the Indians Of
New York.
Prior to coming to Mexico, Miss Per-
gy had done newspaper work in various
parts Of the United Statese, and ran
= -Four papers Of her own at different
simes. She says that she was the edi-
For of Governor Steunenberg> g. paper In
Hdaho at the time of the mining trou-
hles in that state, and helped him to
aght the anarchists in the contest that
ultimately resulted in his assassination.
Fl When she first came to Mexico City,
aNiss Perry found that there was no dis
5osition to engage the services of a
Svoman on any Of the American papers,
but finally she got an "extra' for
three days and then became regular
member Of the staff of one Of the Eng
y made trip to Guatemala along the
proposed route of the Pan-American
railroad and wrote an article on that
new country. &
II, A Dangerous Assignment.
One Of her first assignments was to
ke to the Zaculpan district, in the
State Of Mexico, in the very corner and
on the border of the states Of Guerrero
snd Michoacan, to investigate the
claims of certain Americans who had
strnek a bonanza in the famous old
La Corona mines, once worked by the
Spanish kings and famous thruout the
world as the place where Colonel Benz
mitt, an Englishman, was murdered by
& bandits, who came near causing a war
between Mexico and Great Britain.
No other American woman had ever
visited the place, which is 120 kilo-
meters from the railroad. With an In
dian, Mozo, as guide and protector,
she penetrated the country to explore
this famous mine, and there met Harry
b Il. Eisenhart, president and general
manager Of the La Corona company.
& That was a little over three months
ago. Today they are married and she
Favorite Of the Natives.
Miss Perry inspected several mines
Ia the district before returning to Mex
tco City, and instea dof being harmed
by the natives, was received with great
eourtesy. They brought her flowers,
decorated her saddle and riding boots,
and when she visited their church they
made way for her and gave her "a spe-
sial place among them.
..I was not bit afraid she said.
They are Indians, and told them
they are Catholics, and SO am Is. There
Is no danger Of my ever coming to any
harm among the Indians. If / had not
married, my paper was going to send
he down among the Yaquis to write up