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investigation begun. This has been
going IN ut intervals ever since. un.
til I venture to say that few persons
horn In a pioneer community. as Lin.
coin was, and as early as 1903, have
their lineage on both sides as clearly
established as that of Abraham Lin.
coin. Il takes, indeed, a most amaz.
ing credaitty for any one to believe
the stories ! have all1ded to after hav-
ing looked at the records of his fam.
lily. Lincoln himself, backed by the
record IN the Lincoln family Bible, is
the first authority for the name Of his
father and mother. The father, Thorn.
as Lincoln, far from being a poor
white, was the son Of a prosperous
Kentuck pioneer, a man Of honorable
and wellsestablished lineage who had
come from Virginia as a friend OF
Daniel Boone, and had there bought
large tracts Of land and begun to grow
ZIP with the country, where he was
killed by the Indians. He left a large
family. BY the law OF Kentucky the
estate ! ent mainly to the Oldest son,
and the youngest, Thomas Lincoln,
was left to shift for himself. This
Youngest Q grew to manhood, and
ON June 10, 1906 was married, at
Deechiaua. Kentucky, to a young wo-
man IL o family well known in the
vicinity. Nancy Hanks. There is no
doubt whatever about thu time and
the piace OF their marriage. All the
Illegal documents required in Kentucky
at that reriod for a marriage are in
existence. Not only have we the bond
and the certificate, but the marriage
is duly entered in a list Of marriage
returns made by Jesse Head. n of
fbe bestlsnown early Methodist min.
listers of Kentucky. It is now to be
seen Ia the records of Washington
county. Kentucky. There is even in
existence a yery full and amusing &C.
count Of the wedding and the fanfare
which Followed by a guest who was
present, and who for years after was
accustomed to visit Thomas and Nan.
cy. This guest. Christopher colum.
bus Graham, a unique and perfectly
trustworthy man, a prominent citizen
Of Louisville. died only a. few years
ago
But while these documents dispose
ehectuaily of the question of the par
entage Of Lincoln, they do not, OF
course. clear up the shadow which
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Coal CARS
ONE THOUSAND NEW eoNpoLAs
PASS THROUGH WHEELING
FOR C.. AND Q. AT HUNT.
iNGToM.

WHEELING, Feb. 1s.-The Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad has just com,
pleted the delivery Of 1000 new ches,
apeake and Ohio gondolas to that road
at Huntington. These ears were han.
died through the Benwood yard diff,
ing the nigh water. On account Of
the southern end Of the Ohio river
road being damaged by high water
and trains annulled for some days,
road and in the different yards, which
necessitated the company filling ur
the passing sidings. Several engines
We're borrowed from the Wheeling
aud Pfttshurg divisions to help move
these empties, and other loading tina,
had accumulated. and in a few days
all surplus loading will 60 forward
and regular loading will move as be
fore the flood.
The Chesapeake and Ohio is receiy
ing first shipment OF steel rails from
pittsburg via Benwood and the Ohio
river division, which wifi be deliveries
to It at Huntington. One train Of So
loads of steel rail1 left Benwood Thurs
day and most Of the through freight
trains going South are filed out a,
Benwood with this loading.
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Among the many wrongs OF history
and they are legion-there is none
in our American chapter at least
which is graver than that which has
been done the parents. and particular.
Iy the ,aother OF Abraham Lanceln.
OF coarse. L refer to the widespread
tradition that Lincoln was bornsof that
class known in the South as sspoor
whites" that his father was not
Thomas Lincoln, as his ~biographers
insist on declaring. but a rich and cul.
tured planter Of another State than
Kentucky. and that his mother not
only gave g fatherless boy TO the
world. but herself was a nameless
child. The Tradition has always lack.
ed particularly. For instance, there
has been large difference. OF opinion
about the planter who fathered Abra-
ham, who has was and where he. came
from. One story calls him Enloe, an.
other Calhoun, another Hardin, and
several d!fferent States claim him. On.
ly five years ago a book was published
in North Caroline to prove that Lin
coins father was a resident of that
State. The bulk of the testimony of.
fered In this instance came from men
and Women who had been born long
after Abraham Lincoln, had never
seen him. and never heard the tale
they reneatad nnfD fionp apfa, nj. afa..
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Endless Chain
For N. B. Scott
PRIVATE pALzELL BOOSTS scorr
FOR PRESIDENCY
IN 1908.

WHEELING, Feb. 19.-Local Re.
publican veterans or the civil wa
Monday received a letter from "Prt.
yate" j. NJ. Dalzell boosting Senator
N. B. Scott on the presidential nom.
nation in 1908. Dalze1's idea is to
start the endless cham letter scheme
aincng the Republican civil war vet.
Grams, asking every one who receives
a letter to write ten Others.
he letter Is as follows:
February 16. 1907.
Dear Comrades:
ut is believed by Senator SCOTS
friends since the active part taken
by him in the recent pension fesisia.
ton tthe Age BID that he is an
available candidate for the Presiden-
cy OF the United States next year. We
all know him from Name to Califor.
mia, as a farm boy, as a soldier with
q musket for three years, as a brave,
kind. good Senator, and we cam make
him President. He is known to all
Republicans as a great ieader on our
National Committee and has hosts OF
friends among u leaders in every
State of the Union 10 a degree no
other possesses.
HE is not seeking the Presidency
1t Is seeking him.
ITO this end a cham letter is
started. Please copy It n publish
1t. Send ten copies to every spirited
Republican, and each one send ten
more copies, and so on till we cover
the country and put It to the test.
"Hoping you each will write ten
such, and each who get the letters
coty of and send ten, and SO on un.
til every Republican gets one, Sin
eerely,
q. NJ. DALzELL,
IA Private"
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hangs over the %parentage Of his moth
er. Is there anything to show that
Nancy Hanks herself was Of as clear
and clean lineage as her husband?
There had been nothing whatever IN:
I'll a few years ago. through the EFFORTS
Of Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitchcock. OF
Cambridge. Mass. who had in prepare.
ton the geneatogy Of the Hanks fam.
lily In America, a little volume was
published, showing what she had es-
ltablishel in regard to Nancy Hanks.
Mrs. Hitchcock had begun at the far
end of the line-the arrival Of one
Bsnjamin Hanks in Massachusetts in
I1se9.
She discovered that one Of his sons,
William, moved to Virginia, and that
in the latter part OF the eighteenth
century his children formed in Anne.
LA county OF that State, a large set.
Element. All the records of these fam,
lilies she found in the Hall Of Records
in Richmond. When the migration
into Kentucky began. late in the CEN
fury It was Joined by many members
of the Hanks settlement in Amelia
county. Among others to go was 10.
seph Hanks with his wife, Nancy Ship.
ley Hanks, and their children. Mrs.
Hitchcock traced this Joseph Hanks,
by means of land records, to Nelson
county, Kentucky, where she found
that he died in 1893, leaving behind
a will, which she discovered in the
records of Bardstown, Kentucky. This
will shows that at the time of his
death Joseph Hanks had eight living
children, to WHOM he bequesthed prop.
erty. The youngest of these was "My
daughter Nancy" as the will puts it.
Mrs. Kitchock's first query, on read.
ing this viii. was: Can It be that
this little girl-she was but nine years
old when her father died-is the Nan.
cy Hanks who sixteen years later be
came the mother Of Abraham Lin
coln2" She determined to find out
She learned from relations and friends
Of the family of Joseph Hanks still liy
ing that, soon after her fathers death
Nancy went to live with an ancle
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-19

Group can positively be stopped in
20 minutes. No Notwithstanding to
sicken or distres your child. A sweet,
pleasant and safe Syrup, called Or.
Shops Group Cure, does the work and
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Cure Is for cronp, acme, remember.
It does not claim to cure a dozen all.
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by 2. A Billingslea q co.
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ANOTHER WONDER OF SCIENCES
biology has Proved hat D.4s-e 4
Caused b. q Germ.

Science Is douig wonders these days n
medicine rs well "a in mechanIca- Elucs
Adam Lived. tho human race n bcen
troubled with dandruff. Tor which no hair
Preparation has heretofore proved 4 1uc-
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dandruff or scurf by digging Into tho
scalp to get at tho roo or the hair. whore
II saps the vitality: causing itching scalp
falling hair. and finally baldncss- Wlth-
out dandrun hair must grow Iuxurizntiy-
II Ia the only destroyer of dardrufk
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1ee
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nide Co. Detroit. Mich.
Two .sizes-5s cents and si.oo.
3. A. Birlingslea & Co, specfsz
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REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
The way 10 tlatter a woman is not
TO compliment some other.
II a man keeps hts friends It's a sign
they don't see much of him.
The incest thing about a woman is
the way she believes a man when she
knows he isn't TO be believed.
II somebody has to do the carving
in heaven, how does he keep from
having wicked thoughts about tit
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"Moti,er. my i go down to the pond
to sail my boat2"
mo, dear the pond is not h~ygienic-
You may have ON boiled In filtered
water in the steriiized bathtub.- -
Browning's Magazine.
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$500 reward, s1oo.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
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known to the medical fraternity. Ca.
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requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal.
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
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by destroying the foundation Of the
disease, and giving the patient
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case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY G Co,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
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Among the Indians. who win soon
be training for the baseball season are
forty at Carlisle.
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county eovernm.nt.

Judge Of Circuit Court Fourteenth
Judicial District-John ". Mason.
Judge of intermediate Court
E. =. Morgan.
Prosecuting Attorney-scot q
Lowe.
Straightforward r. Furbee.
Clerk OF the Circuit court-R- B.
Parrish.
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Paw" asked Tommy, what is an
income taxgr
anything you have TO buy these
days. Tommy answered Nj. Tucker.
who was looking over his grocery.
coal and meat bills for the preceding
month.-chicago Tribune.
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-aerrymar in Warrington star.
Clerk Of tie county court-aeo. NJ

Clerk of the County court-Geo. M.
Jacobs.
County surveyor-L. H. wilcox.
County Superintendent Of Free
schools-Carter L. Faust.
Assessors-Duke Brand, Eastern
district; A. j.. Mcdaniel, Western
district.
constables-clarR W. Walker. J.
Lee Parker.
sorad Of Observation-Disclosures indie.
pendent District.
E. NJ. showalter, president; NJ. j
lLantz. w. E. Arnett, T. w. Boydston
Secretary.
City Government.
Mayor-w 3, Arnett.
City Clerk J. Engle.
City Collaboration s. Scott.
City Treasurer. b. Powell.
City Assessor-Rufus Morgan.
City solicitor-John L. Lehman.
Chief of Fire Department.. Franz
Reed.
Water Commissioners. Howard
swisher.
Street commissioner-eeo NJ. Rich.
ardson.
Health omcer-J. j. Lee.
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THE WEST YIRGINIAN
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt. Of New York.
Vice President-Charles w. Fair.
banks, of Indiana.
Secretary of state-Elihu Root, Of
New York.
Secretary of the Treasury-Lssiie
NJ. Shaw, of Iowa.
Secretary of war-wm. H. TAFT. Of
Chic.
Attorney General-charles A. Bona.
parte, II Maryland.
Postmaster General-George n
cortelyea, Of New York.
Secretary Of the Nayy-victor H
Metcaif, of California.
Secretary OF the Interlor-Ethar
Allen Hitchcock, OF Missouri.
Secretary Of Agricnltare-James
Wilson. of Iowa.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Oscar 8. Strauss. Of New York.
President OF the Senate pro ten
pore-William P. Frye, Of Maine.
Speaker OF the House OF Represen,
tatives-Joseph G. Cannon, Of Illinois.
Supreme Court Of the United states
Chief Justice-Melville w. Fuller.
Associate Justices-John M. Harlan
David J. Brewer, Henry B. Brown, Ed
ward D. White, Rufus W. Peckham,
Joseph McKenna. VIM. R. Day, oliver
Wendell Holmes. Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na.
than Con and Peter G. Prichard.
United States District Judges-Al.
ston G. Dayton and Benjamin f. Kel:
'ier. ia. asH.i&
United States District. coursLThe.
Northern District.
Judge-Alston G. Dayton.
Clerk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Atorney-E. M.
Showalter.
U. S. Marshal-Charles D. Elliott.
The Southern sDistriet.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller.
Clerk-Edwin NJ. Keatley.
District Attorney-Elliott Northcott.
U. s. Marshall-John K. Thompson.
United States Senators.
Stephen B. E1ktns and Nathan B.
Scott.
Representatives In Congress.
First district-Blackburn B. Doven.
er.
Second District-Thomas B. Davis.
Third distrIct-Joseph H. Gaines.
Foart, district-Harry G. Wood.
yard.
Fifth district-James A. Hughes.
Commissioner of Labor-L. v. Bar.
ton.
Chief Mine Inspector, w. Paul.
Supreme Court of Appeals.
Frank Cox. President; George Pot.
fenbargcr. Henry @. Mcwhorter, Hen
ry Brannon, Joseph M. Sanders.
B. Mathews.
State Government.
Goenror-w. NJ. o. Dawson.
Secretary Of state-charies w.
swisher.
Superintendent of sehoOls-rhomas
c. Millse.
County Government.
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supreme Court Of AppeaIs.

Frank Cox, President; George Pot.
fenbargcr. Henry @. Mcwhorter, Hen
ry Brannon, Joseph NJ. Sanders.
clerk-william B. Mathews.
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state Government

Goenror-w. NJ. O. Dawson.
Secretary Of state-charles W.
swisher.
Superintendent of schools-rhomas
G. Millss.
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Read the Daily west vlrginlan.
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Read the Daily Yves. vIrEInIan.
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United States District. ;coprts-The
Northern District.

United States Senators.
Stephen B. E1kins and Nathan B.
Scott.
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
K|DNAPERs CLIP
EARS OF VICTIMS
THIRD OKLAHOMA MURDER ADDS
NEW PHASE TO MYSTERY
THAT PUZZLES POLICE.
CUNRETH SEIZED ON STREET
Tracks of Automobile Found in Mud
Near His MutiIated Body In
creek-Three Crimes Al
most Identical.

Oklahoma City, Okla-The "ear.
clipping mysteries have become SO
puzzling to the local police and coun'
ty officials that the federal authorities
have been enlisted to assist in ferret
ing out the murderers. John r. Aber.
nathy, the "wolf-catching" marshal, is
now aiding the Oklahoma City Off
cials and the sheriffs of Kiowa, Grady
and Oklahoma counties.
So far facts are confined to the find,
ing of three bodies, clipped of ears
and mutilated. Arrests followed, pre-.
liminary hearings were held, but con.
yincing evidence was lacking. To add
to the complications, two of the bodies
have been given conflicting identified
tons
At first It was believed that gang
of wandering robbers and thugs beat
ing their way about on freight trains
were responsible for the killing, but
the supposed kidnapping of the latest
victim in an automobile from the
main streets OF Oklahoma City has
added more puzzling phase to the
mystery.
The first body found was lying in
Elk creek, near Hobart. Not only
were the ears missing, but the nose
and part of a cheek had been cut off.
After several days the body was iden-
titled as that OF ]. w. Mason, also
known as NJ. w. Taylor, by Arthur
Kirby, of Franklin, Tex, who said
that Mason had picked cotton with
him. Two Tyler brothers came from
San Antonio, Tex, and identified the
body as that of their missing brother.
But this Identification was proved in
correct when the missing brother
made his whereabouts known.
The second ''ear-clipping' case
came with the finding of the body in
a box car near Chickasaw. Both ears
had been removed close to the skull
and five bullet holes were in the chest.
The body was found on top of a pile
of railroad ties, loaded for shipment
to southwestern Oklahoma. IndiGa.
tons were that the murder had been
committed only short time before.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
OLD TIME DOCUMENT.
Catalogue of School Boys and Girls
Of 1854,

An interesting little pamphlet has
Just been received, and added to the
public library from J. D. Edmundson.
of Des Moines. 1t is an old catalogue
of the Oskaloosa Normal School for
the winter term of 1854. Professor
George w. Drake was the principal Of
the school: Judge j. A. l.. Crookham
was president. and John White one of
the trustees.
We note among the scholars ]. d.
Edmundson. William Edmundson. S. S.
Needham. Elizabeth Cunningham, John
r. Baer. John A. Kalbach, James c.
Fletcher. Thomas ]. Fletcher. James
Holt, William Pilgrim, William f.
Shepherd, William Sloan. l.. A.Swear-
ingen. Edward w. Wells. George A..
Wells, Amelia S. Baer, Lurana Green
ough and Caroline Greenough, some
of whom are still living In oskaloosa.
There were one hundred and fifty
three pupils of whom between forty
and fifty are still alive. The cata-
logue says: Board. including room.
wood and nights. can be had in the
place for $3.50 or $500 a week"
This will be an interesting document
to the Oskaloosa boys and girls of
1854, 1t was printed by Needham &
McNeeley. who were then proprietors
OF The Herald.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
SANTA CLAUSIS HERE
Great Loads Of Stuff Going Through
Mails.

The rush of the Christmas mail is
now felt in full force at the oslIaloosa
postofice. The working forcs of the
Office was so crowded yesterday that
all were glad when night and the hour
for rest arrived. The building was
besieged by great crowd all day and
the registry department did about all
OF the business that 1t could well han
die. The arrival of the mails, heavy
with the holiday business, kept the
mail carriers humping" early and
late. The clerks did not have time to
stop and count up the extent of their
business for the day, but they are GER
tain they have exceeded past records.
The rush continues today. The
registry department is handling pack.
ages for nearby towns and the mail
carriers are having the hardest kind
of trips. Some of the boys have been
compelled to double on their load SO
great has been the bulk Of ~ mat
' ter carried.
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Blood was spattered on the ceiling and
sides of the car.
Again identifications were conflict
ing. The first naming of the body
as that of j. H. Crawford, laborer OF
futile, |. T., lead to the arrest OF his
wife, with whom he had quarreled and
whom he had left to go to Des Molnes.
Then followed the arrest of D. B.
Hathaway, Lon and l.. C. Keith, with
whom Crawford had last been seen In
Turtle.
Still five more arrests followed.
Five negroes were thrown into jail
but were released when they proved
an alibi
The body at this point was given
new Identification. This time Mrs S
w. Harrison, of Stonewall l. T., said
that the dead man was her brother
Ollie Little, of Isabel. Kan. She sent
photographs to the Kansas home to
strengthen the Identification. But
Mrs. Crawford is mistaken in heI
statements that the dead man is hei
husband.
The finding of the body of Wilbur
Gunreth near Oklahoma City made
the third "ear.clipping" murder. Botf
ears had been hacked OFF and foui
bullet holes we're in the body. Sew
eFai teeth had been knocked out and
the body was otherwise mutilated
Identification was made by papers
found in the dead mans clothing.
With the latest case the officials be
lieved that an organized gang was al
work, as the work Of the murderer OF
murderers in the three cases had beer
almost identical.
II is believed that Gunreth was kid
mapped from the business portion o.
Oklahoma City in an automobile. A
woman. has been found who heard 1
man scream and Immediately aftei
distinguished the sounds of an auto
mobile starting away rapidly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26
in ROLE OF OFFICER.
Mayor Ralston Arrests Disorderly
Man On Streets.

Oskaloosa has set many fine ex-
ample for her sister cities of 1owaf
and she has established records W.
out number, but it remained for
or Charles H. Ralston to pN
city in a new light before TIN
by an act of determination All
cry that was heartily applaud
those who were witness to it MOI
evening, and he viii receive u.
hearty commendation of the entirA
community and of the ladies' in par-
ticular.
The mayor arrested fellow near
the corner of High avenue and Mar
ket street, the busiest corner in the
city. The man was under the influ-
ence of liquor and was accosting lad
les and molesting them as they pass.
ed. He had bumped into lady at
the entrance of the Green & Bentley
drug store. She was frightened and
fastened into the store of Mayor
Ralston next door west. The fellow
had purposely disturbed the lady and
he started to follow her into the store.
The mayor was near at hand and II
did not take him long to grasp the
situation. Now Mr.. Ralston is not
noted for extra inches OF stature, but
he has a way about him that is quite
persuasive. The fellow he arrested
was much greater in size than Mr..
Ralston, but that made no difference.
He did not look for uniformed on
Ger. Neither did he hesitate nor falter
He laid hold of the miscreant and
jerlIed him along to the mayors office
in way that was not open to argu-
ment. Here he lodged a charge OF
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
against him and turned him over TO
an officer to be jagged for the night
The name of the fellow was Chad
Rhodes. He was later fined four dol
lars and eighty-fiye cents costs.