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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
to Mrs. Bate by her naval relatives.
while above they were furnished as

T 4 4 3
to Mrs. Bate by her naval relatives.
while above they were furnished as
dressing rooms. In the second story,
too, there was a large ballroom, occu-
plying the front end OF the passage
It was raised several feet above the
rest of the floor. and beneath 1t was
a convenient cuddy, while In the base
ment was an ample wine cellar.
A Fire In 1870.
In 1879 the house at Conjurer's Neck
took fire, when the interior and much
OF the furniture, including valuab Bile
jpapers, with letters to the family from
General Washington and stored In the
icuddy, were burned.
The walls. however. with the eN-
ception of the north-end wall, which
was slightly cracked. remained tirni.
This Mr.. Bate rebuilt OF the original.
brick removing it In 80 doing few
feet in. thus narrowing the Structures
with this difference the exterior of
the house is exactly the same erected
by Richard Kennon in 1886. The ir-s
terror finishing is not so handsome,
however, and the halls and rooms are
narrower.
Soon after this Mr.. Bate sold the.
property, which again passed through!
a succession Of hands. It Is now owned
by Mr.. Theodore Lower; who. with !, ms !.
IulIllly, Ic1loSCu wv = ina - C..s -
Dakota. An excellent turnpike road
puts Mr.. Lower within half an hour
Of Petersburg. while his launch en-
ables him to visit friends all along the
river s.
No visible habitation, however; mars ma, :.
the suggestive Ionesomeness OF the sly
uation; and the venerable structure.
the silent witness Of unknown Joys
and sorrows, is seemingly as solltary
to-day as when set by Richard kennon
who bullded better than he knew
ir the midst OF the primeyal forest:
(Copyright 1908 by Gilberta S. Whittier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
dence. and member of the first State
House OF Representatives.
Y<o,,n,, t1,, n,,IJ,J.r
I<ennon the Builder

~
A descendant of William Kennon and
Elizabeth Lewis, Mrs. Mary Kennon
Evans, now 81 years old. lives in
Portland, Ore; while her son, Col.
Robert Kennon Evans who married q
granddaughter of Judge Jere Black,
a member of President Buchnan's
Cabinet, was military attache at Ber-
lin, and is at present in command Of
the Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
Richard kennon, the builder of the
house at Conjurer's Neck, died in 1890,
and was presumably buried there.
Fragments of tombstones were, in
deed, remembered by those earlier ac-
quainted with the place, but the graves
of Richard and Henry 1sham, his son
and grandson. are the only ones desig
mated
The Kennons intermarried with many
of the most prominent families in tho
colony. 4 son Of the original Richard,
him, and also member OF the House
! of Bugesses, married Agnes Boiling,
a daughter OF Col. Robert Boiling. of
Kippax, the first Of his name in Ameri-
! ca, and a great granddaughter of Po-
cahontas. their wedding ring having
grandson, the late DR.. William BeVer.
ley Sinclair who lived for many years
before his death. in 1894, in Baltl.
more.
There was a double connection, in.
4 deed, with the Bollings through the
4 marriage of Mary kennon, a sister o.
. Richard Jr. With his wife's brother
John Boiling, of Cobbs. afterwardS the
! seat of the first deat-mute school II
America: while marriages In the diff
i, .erent generations with the Beverleys
Munfords Blands (from whom Gen
Robert Il. Lee was descendeD. Skip
#withs. Peters descendants OF Marth;
:, Washingtonl. Randolphs, fuckers
Byrds, of MISSIONER; Burwells. Harri
\ sons, Eppes. Cookies, Boushs, Fitzhughs
t Lewis. Cabells, Carriers, Claibornes
! curtis, Dandridges, Pages. Willis. an
NInyos, have allied their descendant
with almost every Colonial family II
Virginia.
An Ancient Ferry.
The Kennons wero careless OF re
:. cords, and one can only dimly con
! lecture their life at Conjurer's Neck
! The card playing and dancing to which
!, the Colonial Virginians We're addicte,
! were doubtless among their recrea
I tons, while fish and game, aboundini
! at their very doors. are suggestive 0
/ outdoor sports.
# In 172O we read of ferry betwee
t the falls and City Point, owned b
] Mrs. Elizabeth Kennon, the widow @
! The first Richard, and n daughter 9
81 Colonel Worsham.', a YestrNman Of oil
y lCrrl's Church, which implies regula
i Intercourse with the outside World
! while Ferry Chapel. called for It, an
4 Preferred to in the same year, an
= Woods Church, five miles from WIN
J. IL now Petersburg. and built In III
li 1.-The mother of Blandford--giye al
|, sgrance at once of church and socl
~ privileges.
One or more members Of the Hous
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
old VIRGINIA HOUSE
ON APPROXIMATION
The Ancient Seat of the Kennon
Family, Near Petersburg, Was
Built in 1856.

pE,TERSBuRci, VA, February L.,
Five miles below Petersburg i'll what
was originally "Conjurer's Neck" ~
peninsula formed by the junction OF
the Appomattox river with Swift creek,
SO called from Il famous Indian con-
iurer who lived there, stands the Old
est surviving dwelling in Virginia
The building now known as the
brick house" the ancient seat of the
Kennons, was erected in 1865 by Rich
ard Kennon. then member OF the
House of Burgesses from Henrico
county. an English gentleman of for
time and the first of his name III
America, WHO settled in virginia prior
TO 1910. and whose la.il. ny leoei W.,
land grants of upward of 5o,oVo acres.
The house antedates old Blandford
ichurcll-"lone relic of the past"--by So
Years the solid walls which we see
fo-day having stood for As years when
Col. William Byrd conceived the.
thought of founding. Richmond and
Petersburg as he tells U.S..
cities in the air''-and So years be-
fore the older of the two towns was
established.
II Is seven years older than William
and Mary College. with the eception
OF Harvard University, the oldest edu-
cational institution in the United
states. and had been in existence for
1s years with the Colonial Govern
ment was removed from Jamestown 10
Williamsburg.
stands Near the River.
1t stands upon slight eminence
within 100 years of the river then and
until after the Civil War navigable
at that point. A walk, bordered on
either side by cedars, leads down thel
gentle incline to the water; trees,
among them handsome magnolia,
cluster around the building, while to
the right of it is an ancient pear tree.
described in legal documents dating
largely pver 100 years back, which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
Two Crepe de Chine Days

Monday and Tuesday going to give
S5c and 75c Crepe de Chine Mt ABE Il yard. Tht
select from. including black and white.
Begin your spring silk buying in the right
MOSBY'S. OF course.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
Wash Goods
Table Linens

$3.50 Hemstitched Scotch Damask
Napkins. In new and tasty patterns,
$500 a dozen.
s1.5o Hemstitched All-Linen Pill
low Cases, special $1.25 pair.
New Beltings, entirely new ideas,
15c, CSC, soc to sos a yard.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04

trips that may be made out of Ely
and Winton, extending from few
days to weeks, and even months.
A person can start out and go to
the Gulf of Mexico, or to Hudson S
bay by canoe, by making a few
short portages, or take a trip and
come out into Lake Superior.
More beautiful scenery than
that along the rivers and lakes of
Northern Minnesota it would be
hard to imagine. Fishing is the
finest in the United States. We
caught great big fellows as fast as
we could pull them out, but after
the first day or two fshed only as
necessity demanded. The country
is very wild, and one can travel
days without seeing another white
man. 1t makes the best possible
kind of an outing"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
The Peerless Une.

Some folks say it is my duty for
the Peerles One to vote; if he isn't
chosen captain our ship wont stay
afoat; but a chap gets tired of vot-
ing for the man without a peer; I
can always vote for Bryan, so I'll
vote for Taft this year. Change is
sometimes necessary, if this life we
would enjoy, and, although Our
sweetest boon is voting for the
Peerless Boy, yet some variation
makes the landscape seem less drear.
I can always vote for Bryan, SO I'll
vote for Taft this year. Even
though our children S children hang
their heads in deepest shame, blush
ing for their rude forefathers who
at one time jumped the game-who
in gloomy desperation voted down
the peerless dear; we can vote for
Bryan always, so we'll vote for
Taft this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
LIBERAL POLICY
Labor Conditions on Range
Satisfactory

The department of commerce and
labor is engaged in studying the
conditions that exist among the
1aboring classes in communities
where the larger corporations en-
p1oy most of the labor. Professor
G. 0. Virtue of the department of
history, civics and political econ
omy of the Winona State Normal
school, was visiting the mining
companies properties here recent
1y and is working on a report to be
made to the department at Wash
ington on the conditions as he
found them here. He has been at
the mines, in the office, places of
business, and inspected the public
works, schools, etc. Professor Vir-
tue says that he is impressed by the
way the steel corporation manages
its industries, and with the liberal
ity of the mining companies, not
only with their employees, but with
the public spirit manifested by
these large companies in standing
for the best in the way of public
Improvements and public buildings.
When it is considered that the COM
panies pay over 90 per cent of the
taxes in this place, and that these
companies do not protest against
the large amounts that are being
expended for the education of the
children and for the betterment of
the civic life. Professor Virtue
considers the situation one of the
most encouraging aspects of the
present industrial situation in the
Minnesota mining regions. Pro-
lessor Virtue considers the condi-
tions found here among the miners
and citizens in general to be equal
to the best that he has reported on.
He thinks the Ely scenery and To-
cation of the city to be the most
beautiful and hygienic he has yet
seen on the ranges. When he has
finished the Nerlnilion range he
will have gone over the entire Min
nesota mining region, having COM
p1eted his work on the Mesaba
range the earlier part of August.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
GAME PARADISE
Duluth Mans View of Our
Section.

After six weeks of canoeing for
pleasure, through the wilds north
of this city, covering hundreds of
miles of rivers, creeks and lakes in
a country known as a hunters and
fshermen's paradise, Fred w.
Chilcott of Duluth and David DON
nelly of Minneapolis, have return
ed to the cities looking as sound
and healthy as month and half
of recreation in Minnesota S famous
pine woods could be expected to
make any one look, and filled with
enthusiasm over the possibilities of
this section of the state for trips of
this kind, says the Heard:
Ely and Winton were Our head
quarters, and from there we made
a number of trips by canoe, some
of them extending as far north as
the Canadian boundry," said Mr..
Chi1cott, in speaking of their out
ing. As we were travelling most
of the time, you can see that we
covered good deal of territory. l
haveheard the expression, hunters
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
Reports on Schools

County Superintendent OF
Schools Gilpin has just completed
his annual report embracing facts
concerning figures that will inter-
est every resident of st. Louis
county.
In the county schools last year,
not including Duluth, there were
1,665 pupils, and in the Duluth
schools there were IL, 153, making
a total of 1888 boys and girls
being educated at the expense of
the county.
These pupils cost the county in
salaries for teachers 1915, S82.37 in
the country, and $216,43s.se in
the city, making total of $685.
49, for teachers salaries.
There were employed in the
country thirty-nine men and 1868
women, and in Duluth proper there
were twenty-three men and SOP
women: The average salary paid
was 1894. 4S for men in the country
and SIS. 80 to women. The salary
in the city averaged $11e.4e for
men and $63.22 for women. ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04

paradise but never before fully
realized what it meant until we
got we'll up into the wilds.
Some city men may find it hard
to believe, but it is a fact, that we
saw one herd of moose containing
fourteen animals. We saw several
punches of three and four, but the
herd surprised us, for it has always
been our understanding that moose
did not travel in large herds, espec-
tally in the summer time. During
the six weeks we saw scores and
scores of moose. The summer is
the best time to see them, for then
they seek out the. rivers and lakes
to escape the flies and other insect
pests of the forest.
Speaking of insects, we were
not bothered at all by mosquitoes,
although we went into the woods
early in July. Of course there
were some, but not enough to
cause any particular annoyance,
and we threw away all our mos
quito nets and liquid preparations
to ward off the pest after the first
few days in the woods. Ducks,
partridge and all kinds of feathered
and furred game we saw in abund-
ance. Being so early in the season,
this didn't do us much good.
There are any number of canoe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
Bite the Hand Etc.

]. Adam Bede is the first con-
gresham from this district that ev-
er brought anything good to the
district outside of Duluth. He
gave Virginia a 100000 postoffice
building, and yet a newspaper of
that town persists in knocking and
misrepresenting the congressman
after the malicious fashion of the
Duluth News Tribune. The editor
of the Virginia paper failed to get
a postoffice appointment and that
is cause enough to make any man
place the Individual grievance above
the welfare of the community.
And besides its fine exhibition of
public appreciation. -Hibbing Ore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04

The most disreputable, prevar-
icating, 1ow-1ived journalism pract-
ised in the United States at the
present time is being INDUCED in
by the Duluth News Tribune in its
dirty efforts to defeat Congressman
]. Adam Bede.
The Tribune is recognized as the
only Republican daily paper at the
head of the lakes. Why this re-
cognition is hard to understand.
At no time since we can remember,
and we have been in the business
in St. Louis county for twenty
years, has this sheet been right.
There has always come to the sur
face campaign of lies aimed at
one or the other of the candidates
who has had occasion to incur the
displeasure of the clique that con-
trolls the destinies of the morning
daily.
First it was one, then the other
and for the past four years or
more, the entire spleen of the un-
holy bunch of would-be dictators
of politics in St. Louis county
headed by the Duluth News-Tri-
bune has been vented on Congress
man Bede for no other reason what
ever, than that Mr.. Bede refused to
wear the collar of this class of cit
liens.
Two years ago, the astute polit-
ica1 coterie selected E. L. Millar, q
fine, polished and educated gentle
imam, as the proper party to best
Mr.. Bede in the political race and
then in their exhuberance the
mouthpiece was given full sway
The result was foreto1d and Mr.
Bede was elected by large major
ity. This year c. B. Miller ha:
been settled upon and the News
Tribune tactics are even more
dirtier than two years ago
The result will be as before, that
voters who feel themselves gentle
men will not listen to the lying
argument and ofice-manufactured
sentiment against Mr.. Bede and
cast their ballots for the p1ucky
congressman from the Eighth
district who has done more for his
district during the short time he
has been there than all the other
congressman who have preceded
him.
The News ribune is conducting
a campaign of misrepresentation
and everyone with half an eye can
see that the manufactured senti.
ment in their various issues against
Mr.. Bede is built to fit their de.
graded political ways. 1t will be
noted that woman signs all the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
Do 1t No More

The postal authorities have put
their foot down on the practice of
announcing the prize winners in
affairs of any kind and no more
will we be able to tell the wide
eyed reader that Mrs. Gottrocks
lifted" the 5000 pot at Mrs.
Muchcoin's euchre party.
Neither may any newspaper. ac-
cording to the newest mandate of
the postal department, print lists
of prize winners at any party, fair,
or game of chance, or even an
nounce such affairs in advance.
Following is portion of Section
499 of the postal laws and regu-
lations on unavailable matter:
Nor shall any newspaper, mag
azine, pamphlet or publication of
any kind, containing an advertise
ment of any lottery, or gift enter
prise of any kind, offering prizes
dependent upon chance, or contain
ing any list of prizes awarded at
the drawings of any such lottery or
gift enterprise, whether said list is
of any part or of all of the drawing
be carried in the mail or be deliv-
cred by any postmaster or letter
carrier
Disbarment from the mails is not
the only punishment prescribed
under the above section, as any
person who deposits in mail box,
or offers for delivery, such matter
as described above is guilty of a
nlisdemeanor, which is punishable
by fine of $500 or one years inn
prlsonment or both.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
Killed at the Pioneer

John Rus, an employee of the Pio-
neer mine was killed last evening
at about II o'clock by a blast.
Rus had spitted several holes and
was busily engaged with a fuse
that refused to burn, the first light
ed in the meantime going off, fly
ing rock striking Rus about the
head. He walked to the shaft say
ing he was going to the hospital
but died before reaching the sur
face.
He was man about 80 years of
age and leaves wife and child re-
siding in the Chandler location.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
DISREPUTABLE
CAMPAIGNING
The News-Tribuue Daily INDUCES in Swim
ish Sactics.
The Bede Campaign Being Misrepresented
With Dirt and Lies

stuff. Mary D. .McFadden, the
pride of the northern newspaper
bunch being engaged III the work
of writing up the sentiment in the
Eighth district and reading be-
tween the lines, the instructions
given her, Claim all for Miller"
are plainly discernable. A week
ago, when the anarchist bunch in
Eveleth wished to parade with the
red flag, a woman was selected as
the standard bearer, none of the
men having backbone enough to
tackle the job. The same thing
applies to Miss McFadden. Be
sides, Mary is a Democrat and
naturally her views are warped to
fit her Republican bosses opinions.
The campaign will fall fiat, as
fiat as have previous ones the
News-Tribune has waged against
popular candidates. People are
not misled by abuse, what they
want is facts. The most noted
men in the United States today
claim for Mr.. Bede the distinction
of being one of the most sought
and highly respected men in con-
gress today, Are these men S
opinions to be insulted by being
set up against the opinions of a
sheet that measures its politics by
the amount of nickels and cents
thrown into it's Golfers for campaign
purposes; the money buying moth
ing but abuse for the opposition?
Mr.. Bede's record stands out in
bold relief against the record of
seven eighths of the other congress
men in the last house. He has
done more for the district than any
other man ever sent from here and
in fact has done as much as all the
others put together. Every day
new matters are being shown up to
the credit ,of Mr.. Bede. Because
he has friends among all the pow
erfu1 ones at Washington is a sure
sign of being in the swim and able
to land things. A new man will,
if he is a good swimmer, get in
about four years from now and if
he refuses to wear the News Tri-
bune life preserver he will be mir
ed in the mud by that sheet at the
next election as sure as fate. His
tory proves it.
Examine into the matter and
don't be misled by the reports from
Pumpkintown and other places
of the reported strength of the OPP
position to Congressman Bede as
given by the News Tribune. Mr..
Bede recently branded the sheet a
liar and so far the statement has
remained unquestioned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
For Clinton People

The committee from the Bust
ness Mems Association which has
been collecting for the Clinton cy-
clone sufferers, reported last even
ing at the meeting and turned in
$63.25 which has been RENTED to
the committee in charge of the re-
lief fund.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04
Killed in Runaway

John Pogorelc, young man
about 20 years of age had the mis-
fortune to be thrown from rig in
a runaway accident Sunday and
sustained injuries from the effects
of which he died Monday.
Pogorelc was on the way to Win
ton and according to parties whom
he passed was under the influence
of liquor and abusing the horse
with a whip. When a short dis
lance out of town, the horse resent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-09-04

ed the treatment and ran away.
Pogorelc landed on his head among
some rocks and sustained broken
skull and several other injuries.
He was taken to the Shipman Hos
pital but died as above stated.
The funeral occurred Tuesday
from the Catholic church. The re-
mains were escorted to the grave
by several societies headed by the
City Band.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-03-10
Trei at nnlere Mbouusntsn.

Gin hitbIdleS 12I Sciten itartcS 8iidlciu nan
&.iie opnrtu mo cine 9auotarte BON SUB.
Tafota irei: ieh0ne Snrmeu nno Siebiarneit in
Der %beriibulteu WiioIri Rioer Snnep. Dem aurit:
cartel pom Sto Satota; Hrptte 9orantirt.
Z. q. StransfD, Sor SO. Sutiuaua. 30.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-03-10
Spriht.

SienitmdOhcn: @eut' Dob ih aes
fiinbi9t - Die. 9auierei miro mir su
picl - ale Sng' 10 Otter Sier boleu
linO icben in cincnt anosren @irtbss
bans -
Treunoin: &ca6dib ocnn bd5?!
SisaimIdofen: Sie Srnu mills 10.
neil lie fird)tet, lpenn ids Bier in
einem Wirthshais bol. ia9en Die
Seut - Der @err inuft!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-03-10
M6tnms, fatbolii1c
Samoimder!

%ehrere tallenb sldsr 9auo an perfouieu in
Der lnlgeseno bon 6ice Gate, Barron gpulta
ssts.. .nahe bel fatboliidlcn airtben unb Smu.ea;
o lDones Sdrnilano iuie nod irsenomo An itabc:;
III. aucl itaottidle NrbeitSe ele9eubeiten inr Nrs
better tno aGpitnliiieu. 5ns 9Guo betpeat iih
TIM Hreile BON $40 bis $40 per 9lter iir iuiloes
DolSldao; genli9. -0uii, I'M oas 4nuo oautit an
beSahlen; pereeherteS Sauo bon SIS bis $50 il
uad, Gage iluo Serbencrungeu. I'm nG5cre Nuss
unit idreibe man an Eev. Is. j.. Sd,mit,
Gtice Y ate. isis.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-30
FOOT BALL Player NOW BANKER
Middleton, Author of Idaho Spread,
becomes O. F~inancier

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. f9.-(Special.)-
Johnny Middleton, author of the famous
Idaho spread, coach of the team at Idaho
State college, Moscow, and quarterback of
the all-star northwestern foot ball team,
has thrown the padded garments onto the
top shelf and kicked the pigskin over the
fence and become a banker.
This announcement comes as a surprise
to many. Middleton has been regarded as
a fixture in Northwestern foot ball, and
the game is really losing something by his
withdrawal. He originated the spread play
last year The beauty of the play is that
It has ten different possibilities for every
time II was tried. 1t Is impossible to frame
a defense that will stop II. II Is a great
ground galner. AS originally conceived by
Middleton the spread may not last. but
the variations OF the play are being worked
on every grfdiron OF the northwest today.
Middleton is noted as a coach and player.
He played four years on the Idaho team
and was a star every season. He led the
college players of the northwest and was
selected all-star quarter for the college
teams. When his four years were over
no was picked as a coach of the eleven
and his success was remarkable.