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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
william Banks Of Hampton, The
Murderer Of Two Co|0'ed Men
Slept CIase 10 Prison.
NEGROES WERE AFRlI0 TO INFORM
Reputation of Man Wanted is So
. Bad That He ie Held in Terror by
coIored Peoplc--Aaed Mother OF
Banks Wants Him to Give Himself
Up to the Police.

Notwithstanding tho fact that the
police authorities were searching fol
him and the coroncrs jury WAS look
Ing Into the circumstances surround
Ing the double crime charged against
him. William Banks. the colored man
who sho, and killed Jake, Smith an,
Samuel Robinson, slept Monday and
Tuesday night In house within
three hundred yards OF the llamp
ton jail.
The presence of the murderer III
the vicinity Of Grant street was re
ported to the authorities Yesterday
morning and Sherim r. X. Curtis
made an investigation. which firmly
convinced him that Banks was in
the house OH Tuesday night and I'M
I'll o'clock yesterday morning.
The house in question is only a
short distance IN tho rear OF the
jail and is just back OF Lincoln
street. Sheriff Curtis questioned
some of the women in the house
yesterday. bur was unable - find
out anything concerning Banks pres
ent Whereabouts. one of the W
men said Banks slept there Tues
day night, whilo the other indig.
nantly denied 1t. There are ut least
ioui l'tISonS VINO KNOW BANKS that
saw him go 10 the house between
and 10 o'clock Tuesday night IN
colored people are greatly afraid OF
Banks, who is known Ms n ,,ad
man. aud for that reason they wore
unwilling to report his presence IA
the police authorities.
II was reported upon excellent
authority yesterday that Martha
Banks, the aged mother of the al
legged murderer, has advised her son
, to give himself up to the police an
thorities and take the consequences
Martha Banks Is very good color
cd woman and she Is deeply grlcveC
over the terrible crime OF her son
AS Banks, fully recognizes that II
he is captured he will have a hard
light TO escape hanging, It is moi
Thought by tho police authorities
ihnt he Will surrender voluntarily.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04

were placed in fireproof vault In
tie Gfiice of the Secretary of the
Treasury, where they have since re.
manned. Their price was $4,000. n
large portion of which Colonel Pickett
distributed among the widows and or.
pnhns or the Confederate Officers.
Inc papers have been of great con.
Venience and value to the government
anu by the evidence which they fur.
nish IN the prosecution of war claims
maVe Deen the means Of saving many
tunes the price paid for them. For
iong years they served no other mr.
pose, because the combatunts on both
sizes mad returned to their peacpGul
pursuits. and in endeavoring to adapt
themselves to new and complicated
conditions forget the valuable mate.
RAJ hidden in darkness and official
dust
About five years ago. in order TO rur.
iher safeguard these papers. they
we're removed from the war-worn hair
trunks and placed in three new chests
OF polished pine. AT the bottom of
one chest lies the original of the fa.
nous letter of Plus IN to jefferson
Davis, a photographic copy and an
English translation of 1t are attached
to the fly leaves of Il large scrap hook
containing specimens of all the n,onev
ana securities issued by the Confed.
crate government.
1t has been aptly said that "Wben
disested of the sad memories of ,bnt
dark and gloomy period, this CORE.
spondence reads like romance &C
M.Jacobs i'll Washington Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
ARCHIVES OF THE coNFho,
ERACY.


In the entire history of Diplomat
there Is nothing that. in pathos al
human interest, exceeds the efforts
the Confederate States of America
secure recognition as a member of i
ihiiiily OF nations, to obtain the mefI
win which to establish and maintJ
an army and. navy, and to bring abi
foreign intervention. II is not gerI
any known that the papers setti
iorth these efforts are the property!
the United states government. d
are among the most valuable of
manuscript archives.
In the language of Jefferson DaJ
when a portion of the States vii
drew from the compact (the Unid
ana formed a new one under the ma
oil the Confederate States they h
made such organic changes i'm tn
constitution as to require official ,
ice In compliance with the usa Q
OF nations" To give and obtain t
official notice were appointed ,
JOINT commissioners sent abroad ca
IN 1862 = but in all matters relating
lhe American conflict the Powers
europe decided to leave the initiati
10 england and France. as they h
tne largest interest involved in
ihese governments signffied their
tention to confine themselves 70
self-evident fact of the existence al
war ana TO maintain a strict neutl
NY during its progress. Thus fr
lhe firSt year of the war until its eli
The Confedcracy was recognized me
~ as belligerent power, even r
sia deciding that Intervention wo
nave the opposite of tho desired
feet.
During the progress Of the war
correspondents of the State Den,
ment, kept profoundly secret. set 70
TIE Intellectual attempts of the G
iederate ENJOYS to accomplish TIL
mission. i -
just before the fall of Richmond
most important of the Confeder;
| archives We're removed from that q
me State Department records
except the secret service pape
which had been destroyed by Be-
min-were hidden in barn in y
gina. Among them were nearly
vi the letters and dispatches of
commissioners in foreign countries
70 January !, 1865, though ~ few
patches had failed to reach Richmo
Later the papers were hacked In Fl
trunks and transferred from ri
mend to Washington by their GU,
dian, Colonel John #. Pickett. y
mad represented the interests of
Confederacy in Mexico and had G
trlbuted to the collection valuable {
important communications relating
the installation by France of M,
niilan upon the transitory impel
throne of the first named country.
After indexing the papers Colo
Pickett endeavored for years TO
pose Of them to some practical
vantage. believing that It would
wrong to destroy material by VIII
history is written. In April Is
tney We're removed to Canada wht
AFTER two weeks examination
agents appointed for that p,irpc
'hey were purchased for use of
government. a few months later Il
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
Physicians Say Tnal lhe Boys are
Suffering from an Attack Of
csrsbro Spinal kenIng IDS.
i may BECOME EPIDEMIC HERE
Unusual Thing In Medical Jurispru.
dence for Three Membe1 of One
Family to Become III With the
Dreaded Disease at One ime-Llt-
tie Boys are Aged 10, an 6 Years.

The three little sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Wood are Why iii in
their home in East Hanbon with
cerebro spinal meningitis.
The little boys are McKinty Wood
aged lO years; Allen Who'd, aged
eight years, ana Gerald Wpd, aged
six years.
1t is most unusual thinA in med
lcai jurisprudence for three henbers
OF family to be stricken titlI the
disease at one time and thecate of
the Wood children is being Watched
with unusual interest by thamtdical
profession. DR.. George K.lytnder-
slice Is the family physician fu the
Woods.
DR.. Vanderslice said last nth that
'he Doss were suffering FROM crebro
spinal meningitis, but added hat it
is yet entirsly too early to tcecast
the outcome Of the illness. n said
one of the boys had been sic two
days, the other twenty-four lors and
The third one about twelve hhlr. The
uisease was diagnosed us sphs min
nights yesterday morning.
Is also feared that an splemic
OF the disease may be discovde her,
later, as spinal meningitis ia aid to
DE very contagious and at this be-
comes an epidemic among hldren.
1t is one Of the most dreaded,f dis.
eases that the physicians AYE to
combat.
MI. and Mrs. Wood are hihy re-
spected In their community ah they
are receiving the sympathy d!heir
friends and neighbors.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
.As1zes@Mzzz1sszz


MOS Mr. l'elvin delivered fine nd.
dress to the Elks. He compliment
ed Hampton lodge in the most fiat
tering manner. declaring that the
E!ks of Hampton had every reason
TO feel proud of the excellent show.
ing they presented. Mr.. Belvin
said In his visits throughout the
state he had not visited mo
prosperous or more enthusiastic
lodge than the one in lie "Old Game
Cock town.
MIR. lsclrin was later the guest
OF tho lodge nj II special SMOKER
arranged for his entertainment.
Mr.. Belvin will return TO his home
in Richmond this morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
INSTALLATION OF THE NEW
OFFICERS OF B. P. O. ELKS
State Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
eeivln Waited Hampton Lodge
Last Night.

Tho installation of officers in
Hampton Lodge OF ,Ilks last night
proved most interesting occasion
to the members of the order, as MIR.
Preston Bclvin, the state deputy
grand exalted ruler. was present am.
ofhciated. Mr.. Belvin introduced
nniune feature by placing the past
exalted rulers OF the lodge In charge
lof tho stations and then taking cacn
new oiiieor separately TO his chair
and insta'iing him there for the
coming twelve months.
Following the installation ceremo.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
SUES FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.

Mrs. Marion Hancock Wants the Cir.
cult Court to Grant Separation.
In the Circuit Court yesterday Mrs.
Aiarion Collier Hancock, through her
attorney, Mr.. Fay S. Collier, brought
suit for an absolute divorce from her
husband, Mr.. Jesse T. Hancock. The
papers In the case were not filed with
the notice furnished Clerk of the
ney.
Mrs. Hancock is well known in
Hampton, being engaged in the mil
iinery business. Mr.. Hancock who
formerly resided in Richmond, is a
printer by trade and was at one time
travelling salesman,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
The Happy FAMILY.

Mrs. Scrappngton lin the midst OF
her reading)-Here is an item which
says that full.grown rhinoceresses
cost $4,000 apiece.
MI Scrappinston (meanly)-"Eh.
yam And isn't 1t pity that women
can't wear them on their hatsq,,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION.
Hampton Chapter Met With Miss
Edith Thompson, on Boulevard

Hampton Chapter Met With Miss
Edith Thompson, on Boulevard.
Hampton Chapter, Daughters of
me american Revolution, held ii
most delightful meeting with Miss
Gdith Thompson, on the boulevard
Yesterday afternoon. Miss Thomp.
son read a splendidly written paper
on the National Soldiers Home and
lne hampton Normal and gricultur.
al institute" in which she rave a
concise history OF the two big in.
situations.
The little books of old Virginia
recipes We're distributed among tho
members and brought forth many
words OF communication.
me chapter has pl aced the hook
on sale at the drug stores and ~
members Of the chapter.
At the May meeting. the Officers
VIII be elected and a program mr.
ranged for the coming year.
No Star Course Attrac ton Toniaht
me Alpine Enter tainers. Wn,
wore 10 appear at the Fort Monro,
Dung Mems Christian Associatioy
.omignt as the last of the sta,
course attractions, have been forced
10 cancel the engageI1 ent on account
inc illness of three of the omar
tet, The Floyds. n stronp attrootic Mo,
VIII supply the number, coming /,
. a,, iort on next Tuesday night
! "pi' IN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
A Close Call.

Minneapolis a mattress and
bedding as fire eXtinguishers Detective
Thomas Gallagher saved the lives of
Eve persons who were trapped by fire
In their rooms on the third floor Of
L. G.. Aldrich's lodging house, 226
Washington avenue south.
The fire was started by the explo-
sion of a kerosene lamp in the hall.
The bottom was blown out of the lamp
and the blazing oil thrown about
The floor between the stairway and
the front rooms was ablaze in a Sec
ond and escape was impossible.
The front rooms were occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Dolan and their baby
and Mrs. Mary Wilson and her baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Vaughan, state fair
visitors, who occupied a side room,
ran down the stairs to give the alarm.
The others tried to do the same thing,
but were driven back and all rushed
to the windows opening on Washing
ton avenue and screamed for help.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
State Finances.

st. Paul-The state Of Minnesota
had $2,012,712.93 cash on hand to be.
gin business with September 2. This
is according to the statement prepared
by the state treasurer, G. G. Dinehart,
for the close of August's business.
This is an unusually large amount of
money in the treasury even for this
time of year.
The balances on hand in the various
funds are as follows:
Revenue fund, $568,874.47; soldiers
relief, $2S,327.S9; funding tax, $43,-
705.57; state road and bridge, $685.
512.70; permanent school fund, $751;
657.49; general school fund, $923,454.-
60; permanent university, $10,S00.S2;
general university, $64,441.22; internal
improvement, $25,191.SS; internal i'm
provement land, $52,099.03; university
campus, $71,945; swamp land fund,
$31,S42.71; swamp land interest,
$2,5S6.41; hay inspection fund, $685.
Sc; grain inspection, $47,370.49; total,
S2.O12,71293.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
MINNESOTA VIEWS
Interesting items Gathered in the
Gopher State
Dairy Industry.


Minneapolis-The growth of the
dairy industry in Minnesota, from 142
struggling creameries in 1886 to $50
or more prosperous creameries, shows
it's Importance in the state. Atten-
ton to this growth is called by w.
w. Wall, secretary of the state dairy
and food department, in letter to L.
B. Arnold, assistant land commissioner
Of the Duluth & Iron Range Railway
company. The letter was written in
answer to a letter received from Mr..
Arnold in which he told of the efforts
being made by that company to in
duce settlers to take up the lands
owned by the company in St. Louis
county One of the chief induce
ments offered is the exceptional adap-
liability of the land for dairying pur-
poses.
That Minnesota occupies the top
rank in the quality of the butter pro-
duced Is quite generally known
thruout the state, but the extent of
the business is not so much matter
of common knowledge. While the
exact figures Of the production of but
ter this year, of course, are not OBJ
tainable as yet, the growth Of the
business in the last three years indi-
Gates that it undoubtedly will reach .
total of about 10O,0O0,0OO pounds, and
when the uniform high grade of thia
product is considered the value of the
industry to the state will be readily
realized.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
JUST A GENTLE HINT.
One Remedy Appearances Indicated
Nobleman Had Never Tried.

The earl of Surrey, afterward eiev.
enth duke of Norfolk, who was no.
tcrious gourmand and hard drinker
and leading member of the Beef
steak club, was so far from Clearly in
his person that his servants used to
avail themselves of his fits of drunken
ness-which were pretty frequent, by
the way-for the purpose Of wash
ing him. On these occasions they
stripped him as they would a corpse
and performed the needful ablutions.
He was equally notorious for his
horror of clean linen. One day, on
his complaining to Dudley North at
his club that he had become a per-
feet martyr to rheumatism and tried
every possible remedy without sue
cess the latter wittily replied:
pray, my lord, did you ever try
q clean shirt?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
By Robert Watchorn.

Commissioner of Immig grafton.
Public opinion is all wrong, or near
ly so, upon many phases of the immi-
grafton question. With more than a
million immigrants year we cannot
supply the urgent demands for labor.
The army of workers adds enormously
to the wealth and prosperity of the
country.
1t is not the scum of Europe we are
getting, but the pick of the most ear
nest and Woodworking Of it's popula-
tion AS to the morality of the immi-
grants of to-day, it seems to me that
it compares favorably with that of
our native born population.
All this is not a matter of mere
opinion or sentiment. 1t is borne out
by the actual statistics. Mr.. Reeves
figures, it seems to me, in some re-
spects, understate the facts. He men
tons $500 year as the earning power
of these immigrants. AS matter of
fact, these men will earn more, on
the average, than dollar a day.
think the figure may safely be in
creased by at least so per cent. With
in a few days Mr.. Charles Lorhn, the
New York state commissioner of la
Dor, came to me in search of men
could not supply. He estimated that
New York state alone needed 100000
men, to whom he would pay $25 a
month and board on the farms alone
Now, that does not look much like
overcrowding or the impossibility of
assimilating we hear so much about.
Of the million, or, to be exact, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
No Prize Fights or Booze.

st. Paul-The Minnesota river is not
to be used by excursion boats for
prize fights or Sunday booze parties.
Governor Johnson wrote to the
sheriffs of Hennepin, Ramsey, Wash
ington, Dakota, Scott and Carver coun-
ties, notifying them to prevent prize
fight which was advertised as the main
attraction on an excursion leaving st.
Paul Sunday morning at 1890, to go
up the Minnesota. The participants
were to be two colored heavyweights,
"Griff" Jones and Ben Themble of
Minneapolis. The sheriffs were asked
to prevent any such violation of law.
The fight was finally pulled off at Dia-
mond Bluff, Wisconsin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
By Emerson Mcmillan.

Chairman Conciliatory Committee OF the
Civic Federation.
Decidedly I favor an intelligent re-
striction of immigration on both our
eastern and western seaboards. With
out being an alarmist, venture to say
that the problem grows more difficult
each year and must ultimately de-
mand solution. America has accom-
plished wonders in assimilating great
hordes of immigrants from many diff
ferent countries, but it is a very serl-
Gus question how long at the present
rate of increase she can continue to
do so. Now it seems to me that when
foreigners come to us in such num-
bers that they form separate and dis
tinct communities, preserving their
language and traditions intact, they
constitute a menace. When such q
colony is formed it is difficult to break
up Assimilation goes on very Slowly.
AS a rule, the immigrant of recent
years differs from us widely il his
ideas of morality, his attitude toward
the law and in his general point OF
view. When we read Of the violent
crimes committed, the names are usu-
ally foreign The Black Hand out
RACES, for instance, have doubtless
been greatly exaggerated, but such as
they are they are a foreign importa-
ton, and of very recent years.
1t is undeniable, of course, that the
coming of these millions of laborers
has contributed much to the wealth
and prosperity Of the country. But
should this army of workers be in
creased indefinitely? We have a pop
ulation to-day in excess of SO,OOO,OOO
very active and alert people. 1t would
seem that the natural resources OF
the country could be developed and
the great business of the land carried
forward very we'll with our present
population and its natural increase.
And 1 am not among those who have
any fear of race suicide. The in
crease in the number Of immigrants
from year to year is astonishing. Can
we continue to receive this army in
definitely without some day reducing
our scale of income to that of Europe?
Does it seem probable that the Slavs,
the Russian Hebrews, the Sicilians
and others who are coming to us in
such numbers to-day will in a few
years have risen as have the Irish,
and have become as good Americans?
And if these foreigners with traditions
and manners very different from our
own are not assimilated, the problem
becomes a very serious one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
RRlEE NOTES.

Minneapolis - Charles Magnuson
died In his room while dressing to go
to his work at the 500 station.
Duluth-Eric Nelson, section fore
man on the Minnesota & Northern
Wisconsin, logging railroad, was
killed near Scanlon when a handcar
on which he and William Andrews,
fellow workman, were riding, was
struck by locomotive.
Monticello-Agnes, the 11-year-old
daughter of Gust Johnson of Big Lake,
was terribly burned last evening while
using kerosene to start fire.
Osakis-J. G. Hull, of Duluth, was
fined SIS Monday on charge that he
had violated the state game laws BY
haunting without license.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13
Rural Carriers Organize.

Faribault-The rural letter carriers
Of Rice county have organized with the
following officers: Carrier Temple Of
Morristown, president; Carrier Fer
gerson of Mortified, vice president;
Carrier Sellers of Faribault, secretary,
and Carrier Hawley Of Far1bault,
treasurer. Betterment of the rural
service and a mutual blending togeth-
err of forces for the general good Of
the carriers seemed to be the prime
object of the gathering. The organi-
cation will hold it's next meeting at
Mortified on Nov. 8.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-13

ences by stiletto. We even identify
the Italians roughly with the Black
Hand system of blackmail. The south
Italians are but a small fraction of all
immigration; the class of crimes to
which they are prone is a minor one
in our criminal records; the black
mail extorted by the Black Hand is
but drop in the bucket compared
with the volume of extortion currently
practiced by American business men,
within and without the law, against
American-born victims.
Viewing the situation broadly, there
is no decisive evidence pointing to
the criminality of the average immi-
grant. There is much pointing to his
superiority over the average native
American to industry, sobriety and the
patient liberation of adverse condi-
tons without outbreak. Indeed, the
most decided evidence on this point
comes from Great Britain, which coun-
try complains that of all her immi-
grants the Americans are the most
criminal, being three or four times as
bad as the average of the rest and
ten times as bad as the Poles and
Hungarians.
We do not conclude from this too
hastily that America is ultra GRIM
inal. But we quote it to signify that
he who seeks statistical support for
anti-immigration views, doing it in
sincerity and breadth, is apt to meet
with sour comfort.
Standard of immigrants.
Our own conclusions are that the
vast majority of immigrants are slight
ly above our American standards in
industry, sobriety and patient self-re-
straint, though they are undoubtedly
below us in initiative. They come
from countries where unceasing toll
is the price of life, and where the get
rich-quick microbe is virtually un-
known. In their Netherlands drunken
ness is minor crime, whereas in
Great Britain and America it is a ma
jor one. And as to patience under
conditions inviting to revolt, America
is proud of standing first among all
the non-Latin peoples of the temperate
zones in her promptness to resent pub
licly, by the passive rebellion of the
strike, if not by actual violence, the
presence of conditions unnecessarily
hard. Our complaint against the i'm
migrants must be that they are too
patient and submissive for American
standards, rather than that they are
too violent and resentful.
AS to illiteracy, it is true that the
immigrants are below our standard.
What of it? Education is thing of
itself, neither conducive to nor antag-
onistic to morality and happiness. 1t
may be a powerful tool to both. But
it is often used as an equally power
full tool against both. Our educated
classes are not always the happiest
ones. Our worst and biggest crooks
are the educated ones.
In short, man is Of value to a