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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM
Chicago Is at Last Quit of Her Street
Car Question-Final Settlement
in April.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-The city council
by vote OF 81 to u passed, over the
veto of Mayor Dunno the ordinances
granting twenty-year franchises to the
present street railway companies OF
Chicago. The ordinances will become
valid if ratified by referendum vote at
the city election IN April. thus settling
finally the street car franchise question
which has been a foremost subject in
Chicago for ten years.
Under the ordinances franchises are
to be granted for twenty years to the
Chicago City railway and Union Trac-
ton company. The companies are to
give universal transfers, through routes
ana better service for q 5-cent fare.
The lines are to be reha affiliated under
the direction Of the city at a cost Of
100000. The city, on a months
notice, may buy the lines for $50,0O0,-
coo plus the cost of rebuilding. While
the companies operate the lines they
are to pay the city 50 per cent. of the
net income.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12

has been going on at intervals ever
since, until l venture TO say that few
persons born in a pioneer community.
as Lincoln was, and as early as 1900,
have their lineage on both sides as
clearly established as that of Abraham
Lincoln. 1t takes, indeed, a most amaz-
ing credulity for any one to believe the
stories / have alluded to after having
looked at the records of his family.
Lincoln himself, backed by the record
in the Lincoln family Bible, is the first
authority for the time and place of his
birth, as we'll as the name of his father
and mother. The father, Thomas Lin
coin, far from being a poor white"
was the son of prosperous Kentucky
pioneer q man of honorable and we'll
established lineage who had come from
Virginia as a friend Of Daniel Boone,
and had there bought large tracts of
land and begun to grow up with the
country, where he was killed by the
Indians. He left large family. BY
the law of Kentucky the estate went
mainly to the oldest son, and the
youngest, Thomas Lincoln, was left to
shift for himself This youngest son
grew to manhood, and on June 10. 1906.
was married, at Beechland, Kentucky
to a young woman of a family we'll
known in the vicinity. Nancy Hanks
There is no doubt whatever about the
time and the place of their marriage
All the legal documents required in
Kentucky at that period 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,
one of the beSt-known early Methodist
ministers Of Kentucky 1t is now to
be seen in the records of Washington
County. Kentucky. There is even in
existence a very full and amusing ac-
count of the wedding and the fan
fare which followed by a guest who
was present, and who for years after
was accustomed to visit Thomas and
Nancy. This guest. Christopher Co
lumbus Graham, a unique and perfectly
trustworthy man, a prominent citizen OF
Louisville, died only few years ago.
But while these documents dispose
effectually of the question of the parent
age Of Lincoln, they do not Of course,
,lear up the shadow which hangs over
dle parentage of his mother Is there
lnything to show that Nancy Hanks
herself was of as clear and clean lin
sage as her husband? There had been
nothing whatever until a few years
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12

marriage returns not only showed that
Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln were
married regularly three years before
the birth of Abraham Lincoln, thus set
ting forever at rest the story Of Lin
coins LEGITIMACY, but they showed that
this Nancy Hanks was the one named
in the will The suspicion in regard to
the origin of Lincoln's mother was re-
moved by this discovery of the will,
for the recognition of any one as his
child by a man in his will is consid-
cred by the law as sufficient proof of
paternity.
Now what sort of people were Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks? It has
been inferred by those who have made
no investigation Of Thomas Lincoln's
life that Nancy Hanks made a very
poor choice of a husband The facts
do not entirely warrant this theory.
Thomas Lincoln had been forced from
his boyhood to shift for himself in q
young and undeveloped country. He
is known to have been a man who in
spite of this wandering life contracted
no bad habits. He was temperate and
| honest, and his name is recorded in
more than one place in the records of
Kentucky He was a church-goer, and.
II uadluOn may be belleVed, stout de-
fender of his peculiar religious views.
| He held advanced ideas of what was
/ already an important public question in
Kentucky, the right to hold negroes as
slaves. One of his old friends has said
of him and his wife, Nancy Hanks,
that they were Gust stepped full OF
notions about the wrongs of slavery
and the rights of men, as explained BY
Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine y
These facts show that he must have
been a man Of some natural intelli-
gence. He had a trade and owned q
farm.
That the two people who endured its
hardships and made in spite of them a
home where a boy could conceive and
nourish such ideals and enthusiasrns as
inspired Abraham Lincoln from his
early years should have their names
darkened by unfounded suspicious is a
cruel injustice against which every
honest and patriotic American ought
to set his face II in carrying out the
noble project Of making National Park
of the Kentucky far-1 where Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks made their
first home the directors do nothing
more than to set forth the facts OF
the parentage of Abraham Lincoln they
will justify their undertaking.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
The Parents of
Abraham Lincoln
By IDA NJ. TARBELL
By IDA NJ. TARBELL

ago, through the efforts of Mrs. Caro-
line Hanks Hitchcock of Cambridge,
Mass, who had in preparation the
genealogy of the Hanks family in
America, little volume was published,
showing what she had established in
regard to Nancy Hanks. Mrs. Hitch
cock had begun at the far end of the
line-the arrival Of one Benjamin Hanl-s
in Massachusetts IN 1909.
She discovered that one Of his sons.
William, moved to Virginia, and that
in the latter part of the eighteenth cen
fury his children formed in Amelia
County of that State a large settle
ment. All the records of these families
she found in the Hall of Records in
Richmond. When the migration into
Kentucky began, late in the century, il
was joined by many members of the
Hanks settlement in Amelia County
Among others to go was Joseph Hanks
with his wife, Nancy Shipley Hanks,
and their children. Mrs. Hitchcock
traced this Joseph Hanks, by means OF
land records, to Nelson County. Ken
lucky, where she found that he died
in 1893, leaving behind a will, which
she discovered in the records of Bards-
town, Kentucky. This will shows that
at the time of his death Joseph Hanks
had eight living children, to whom he
bequeathed property. The youngest OF
these was my daughter Nancy" as
the will puts it
Mrs, Hitchcock's first query, on read
ing this will, was: Can it be that this
little girl-she was but nine years old
when her father died-is the Nancy
Hanks who sixteen years later became
the mother of Abraham Lincoln?" She
determined to find out She learned
from relations and friends of the fam
lily of Joseph Hanks still living that
soon after her fathers death, Nancy
went to live with an uncle, Richard
Berry, who, the records showed, had
come from Virginia TO Kentucky at the
same time that Joseph Hanks came. A
little further research, and Mrs. Hitch
cock found that there had been brought
to light through the efforts of friends
of Abraham Lincoln all the documents
to show that in 1906 Nancy Hanks and
Thomas Lincoln were married at Beech
land, Kentucky. Now, one of these
documents was a marriage bond II
was signed by Richard Berry, the uncle
of the little girl recognized in the will
of Joseph Hanks. Here, then, was the
chain complete The marriage bond and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12

refer to the widespread tradition that
Lincoln was born of that class known
IN the South as poor whites" that
his father was not Thomas Lincoln, as
his biographcrs insist on declaring, but
a rich and cultured planter of another
State than Kentucky, and that his
mother not only gave a fatherless boy
TO the world, but herself was a name
less child The tradition has always
lacked particularly. For instance, there
has been large difference Of opinion
about the planter who fathered Abra-
ham, who he was and where he came
from. One story calls him Enloe, an
other Calhoun, another Hardin, and sew
eral different States claim him. Only
five years ago a book was published in
North Carolina to prove that Lincoln's
father was a resident of that State
The bulk of the testimony offered IN
this instance came from men and women
who had been born long after Abra-
ham Lincoln, had never seen him, and
never heard the tale they repeated until
long after his election to the Presidency.
OF the truth of these statements as to
Lincoln's origin no proof has ever been
produced They were rumors, diligently
spread in the first place by those who
for political purposes were glad to be
little a political opponent. They grew
with telling, and, curiously enough, two
of Lincoln's best friends helped perpet-
uate them-Messrs. Lamon and Hern-
don-both of whom wrote lives of the
President which are of great interest
and value. But neither of these men
was a student, and they did not take
the trouble to look for records Of Mr..
Lincoln's birth They accepted rumors
and enlarged upon them Indeed, it
was not until perhaps twenty-five years
ago that the matter was taken up seri-
ously and an investigation begun This
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
Great Future fer Berlin.

The biggest city In the world so
years to come will be Berlin. That is
the calculation Of Herr Olumke, a
noted statistician. It's population Will
be near 100000, and its only seri-
Gus rival will be New York. In a
pamphlet he has written to set forth
this prophetic theory, Herr Olumke
says the population OF Berlin is in
creasing more rapidly than that Of any
other city except Budapest, Hungary.
To-day Great Berlin contains over
100000 inhabitants. The rapid
growth with Berlin's political and
commercial importance will place the
Prussian capital ahead Of London,
Paris and New York. He calculates
that London In 1853 will have 100000
inhabitants.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
DAUGHTER as a Substitute.

An old bachelor bought a pair Of
socks and found attached to one a pa
per with these words: 81 am young
lady Of 20 and would like to CORE
spond with a bachelor with a view to
matrimony." The name and address
were given. The bachelor wrote and
in a few days got this reply:
Mamma was married 20 years ago.
Evidently the merchant Of whom you
bought those sox did not advertise or
he would have sold them long ago.
My mother handed me your letter and
said possibly might suit. I am IS"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
A Grateful Town.

A man who had been born and reared
in q small town in the interior went
to one of the large cities, engaged in
business and accumulated a fortune.
After a lapse of twenty-five years he
made n visit to his native village. De-
string to do something for the place,
he rented a vacant building on the
principal street for a long term of
years and telegraphed an order for q
first class chemical engine and other
appurtenances.
Having previously secured the prom
Use of the village trustees that q volun-
teer fire department would be organ
lied at once, he had the satisfaction of
seeing the engine installed in the build
ing before he went away.
A few days after his return to the
him a copy Of the local paper. It con
tanned a full account of his philan-
thropic action and expressed the graft
tude Of the citizens for his liberality
but wound up thus:
"There is q general feeling, however
that with his vast wealth it wouldn't
have hurt him q bit If he had given
us instead q system Of waterworks and
a regular steam fire engine, with 9
span Of bay horses and q paid fire de
partment Then we could have crow
ed over every town in the county. AS
1t Is, we are merely on a par witt
Pilgrimville and Kohankus, and If WE
go to putting on airs they'll give u:
| the laugh
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
Innufre md Enoufro.

while you are on the subject Of
spelling" says a correspondent, "can.
you kindly explain why business men
persist in writing enquire and EN-
curry for inquire and inquiry The
word IS pronounced in and in clear
ly expresses the meaning"
The explanation, we think, must be
that business men are too much given
to the study Of the elder classics of
our language. In the romance of Gen
erydes," for example, the business
man reads that:
OF emery man he enqueryd the certente
Whiche Of his men were ded and whiche
were taken.
And they have noted that Child's text
OF '"The Bailiff's Daughter OF Islng-
ton" says that:
To faire London she would go
Her true love to enquire.
Congreve spells it with an "e," but
Milton with an a." Spenser spelled 1t
with an 81" but the translators Of the
Authorized Version" spelled it with
an &c" So the honors are perhaps
easy as regards the classics. But there
ls no doubt that the app has it all its
own way in the practice Of modern
writer's Of repute.-London News
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
To faire London she would go
Her true love TO enquire.
Testing Errs For Freshness.

Dissolve two ounces Of salt in pint
Of water and then place the egg to be
tested in this liquid a new laid egg
VIII at once sink TO the bottom; an egg
three days old VIII remain suspended
about midway, and an egg that Is FIVE
days old or more viii float on the top
Of the solution. The vacuum in the
she'll is the explanation Of the varying
actions of the egg. The larger it be
comes owing to the evaporation Of the
contents through the shell the more
easily the egg floats
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
Persia Is Moving Ahead.

Teheran, Feb. 12.-The shah has sent
a message to parliament granting all
the popular demands, including formal
recognition that the country is under
constitutional government. This mes
sage was telegraphed to Tabriz, where
the people had seized the arsenal and
closed the government offices. All is
quiet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
Death of a Kansas Heroine.

I-eavenworth, Kan, Feb. 12.-Mrs.
Clara ParQuette, a Kansas pioneer,
died Of apoplexy here, aged S. years.
In the border war days she hel Col
onel Jennison and his band Of Red
Legs" at bay at Shawnee, Kan, for
five hours, giving her husband, a
strong anti-slavery advocate VINO was
marked to be shot, time to escape.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
Rriton Wins a Boxing Bout,

London, Feb. 12.-In q twenty-round
boxing contest for the lightweight
championship Of England and a purse
of $1,000 at the National Sporting club
Jack Goldswain, Of London, knocked
out Pat Daley Of the United States,
in the fifth round.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12

If you are not pretty you can be
attractive and charming by cultivat-
ing a pleasant expression, by having
a cheerful disposition, and by train
ing your body to symmetry and
observation-disclosures,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
Chicago Coliseum Annex Burned.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-The Coliseum an
mex was destroyed by fire which for
a time threatened the main building.
The loss to the building and exhibitors
of the Chicago Hardware show, which
begins on Thursday, is estimated at
$4,000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12

Among h c
many wrongs of
history a n d
they are legion
there is none
in our Ameri-
can chapter at
least which is
gray than
that which has
been done the
and
particularly the
m 9th er, of
Abraham Lin
1Otr 0f ~0,,~ca
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-12
CaterplIIar's slant.

A caterpillar's eyes cannot see at
greater distance than 2-5ths Of an
inch
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
NO CLEw TO MURDER
OF JOHN ARLINGTON COULD BE
OBTAINED BY THE OFF,.
GERS SENT TO SCENE.

The officers OF the county are
nOnplussed so far as gathering a
clew as to who killed John Airing
ton ON Wednesday nilht as he was
/ leaving the home % his fancee. near
/ { raham. Deputy Sheriff +. X. West
and Assistant County Attorney w
/ +. Freeman returned to the city Fri
| day afternoon. and both gentlemen
state that while the people 70 that
section have their suspicious, they
have not the least clew in the world
as to who did the deed. The party
or parties who fired the shot that
suddenly ended the career of John
Arlington did a fine piece OF work
in clearing up the tracks which could
be used by the officers in running
them down.
The young man was to have been
married TO the daughter of Rev.
Guerin the morning following the
night that he was killed, as he was
corning out of the gate in company
with his sisters who had been with
Gi'l to make call just prior to the
wedding with "-pld have taken
place.
Assistant Attorney Freeman. sail
that the bullet that ended the 'ifr
of John Arlington plowed the skull
bone and split 1t in two parts tue
same as an axe would have done lad
that instrument been used.
In speaking of the search made
by him and the sheriff's deputies
who We're sent to the scene of the
killing, he said: We made thor
ougA search of all OF the ground
around the premises and saw several
tracks in that neighborhood, but
could not trace them but short
% lance when they would be lost.
We had no dogs thr Hc could pos.
sibly put ON the trail, and for that
reason We were put in bad predi-
camont"
The officers, Notwithstanding the
fact that they have no clew will
run down the suspicious which
they have. and which may lead TO a
cl,w that will be followed out and
may result in the capture of the
murderer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT FOR A
GREATER NUMBER THIS
YEAR THAN LAST.

The receipts Of the local cotton
market are showing up much better
this year than was expected in
the face OF the short crop. occd-
stoned by the bad weather early
In the spring, and the frost of last
month When compared with last
year the receipts up to the present
time are about TIE same.
The local compress up to the
present time Is about 5000 bales be-
hind this time last season In press.
ing cotton for export.
Including Saturday the local com.
press has pressed 1859 bales as
against 3iGij for the corresponding
period last year
Tine receipts Of the local cotton
yards for the week ending Dec. II
numbered li.2jO and the receipts
this year up TO date including Sat.
urday number 1854 bales. showing
the receipts for the past week 10
number 1904 bales In all probability
before the end Of the year the re-
c.ip's will ou,nuu5er the receipts
Of last year for a corresponding pc
rIod
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
Police Court News.

Four "hu5oes" who generally pass
in the night. but who were caught
on route in this city Friday after
poon were Up before the police court
Saturday morning with the charge of
vagrancy chalked up on the book
against them. Ardmore is not a
very healthful city for a good sized
hobo" and shortly after the bunch
struck town they were taken in
tow by the police officers OF the city.
The four were drilled upstairs be-
fore Judge John Gait to answer why
they should not labor with their
hands made for that purpose. In
stead of putting them on the streets
and the city getting but half wor.
out of the bunch they We're given
thirty minutes within which to leave
town, which they did to the better
ment Of Ardmore and Carter Co.
Saturday afternoon fighting case
was ON trial and parties fined.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
sHRINeRs ELECT OFFICERS.
India Temple at Oklahoma City Has
Annual Election.

India Temple, Ancient Arabic Or
der OF the Mystic Shrine. at Okla,
homaa city whore most Of the
Shriners OF Ardmore hold member
ship has elected and installed the
following officers:
G. W. Clark ilustrious potcutate.
:. G. Heyman, chief Rabban
Roscoe T. Kroh, assistant Rabbau
Rev W. c, Pierce hish Priest and
Prophet
VI Holcomb, Oriental guide
T. IT, Cooke, treasurer
C. W. Spencer. recording sccrrnro.
VIII ;. Guthrie and John Thread.
gin Of oklahoma city, Wm. Il. Tai.
maze of South McAlcstcr and W. j..
5pcako of Chickasha representatives.
30 the Imperial Council which meets
at St Paul next mly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
BRYAN SAID TO FAVOR GREAT.
ING OFFICE OF COMMISSION.
Err OF CHARITIES.

Ardmoreite Special.
Guthrie, Okla. Dec. 2l.-ln the
event Bryan is elected president at
The next presidential election. 1t Is
rumored that he will go President
Roosevelt one better and also create
a new cabinet Office.
This is rather startling advance
statement AT this time. but 1t is
rumored in Guthrie tonight that
such will probably be the case and
that an Oklahoman will occupy the
,hair created.
The story, which is not confirmed
says that Kate Bernard. state com
missioner Of charities and correc.
tions is the prime mover in the
creation OF this office. Her plan is
20 have cabinet office created
along the same lines as the Okla.
homa Office which she occupies only
national in its scope.
II is not known what the success
Of Miss Bernard's movements will be
or what the great commoner thinks
Of It. but the immensity of the idea
in itself is assertive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
TO CROSS FROZEN TRAIL.
Oscar Wells to Leave Shortly for
Alaskan Job,

How woIld you like to take ride
in a sled across an Alaskan trail i6s
miles in length?
You wouldn't like 1t.
Then you ought to feel thankful
that you are not Oscar \. Wells, sec
retary of the republican state cen
trail committee, or Judge Silas II.
Reid, recently named district Judge
of Alaska or any OF their assistants
who are soon to leave for their new
northern home.
Several weeks ago when Judge ST.
lar Reid was named as district judge
he selected Oscar Wells of ArdmOre
as his district clerk. Three deputies
were also named and after the mid
night oil had been burned by all in
ascertaining just whore Fairbanks,
Alaska. was situated they finally
learned that 1t was only 46S miles
from Sitka and the only way to
reach the town was via the the trail
route
Judge Silas Reid Is now in Seattle
waiting for his clerk and his assis-
tants He has recently been visiting
relatives in his former home town
OF Illinois.
Oscar Wells was in the city yester-
| day conferring with Chairman c. +.
| Hunter of the state central commit
tee and arranging to turn the po-
sition over to his successor.
Il am not going to resign until
| the last day" he told a friend. Il
don't know just who will be chosen
as my successor. c. Lincoln Nc
CURE has been elected To succeed
me as committeeman from my dis
trict. Just when the committee will
meet | have no idea. The headquar
ters have been moved to Guthrie
now. | expect to leave home for
Seattle shortly after Christmas and
arrive there so that can leave by
January l."-Oklahoma Times-Jour
nal.