The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16

IdhCn HUH lAiC DOd JA ' - hiSAi soldier on the battlefield at Chan cellorsville, a daguerreotype of a young man and a girl has been re- turned to the girl in the picture after a search lasting B years. The search has been conducted by Ed gar w. Whitehour, a retired free holder at Paterson, N. J. His wife's father, Nicholas Barnes, member of New Jersey regiment, was captured in the Civil war and the daguerreo- type was given to him by Confed- crate to send North. On the back of the case were the names of James Rowson and Nellie Augusta Nettle- ton. MT. Whitehour for years has been trying to trace the names and locate, if possible, the woman whose likeness was presented. Recently the history of the Nettleton family was consulted and the result was the finding of claimant for the picture. Nellie Augusta Nettleton was finally located in the person of Mrs. l.. 5. Stow of Milford, Conn. The daguer- reotype taken in her youth is now in her possession.
 As a result of his attempt to as- sault May Morris, 12-year-old white girl, Albert Fields, a gro, was lynched at LongyiN xas. While returning home I lslt in the neighborhood, the egro seized the child and attempted to carry her into a nearby thicket, but drop ped her and ran when her screams attracted the attention of an old ne- gro, who started to the rescue. Sev, eral hours after the assault was at tempted, Albert Fields was arrested, fully identified by the young girl and the old negro who came to her rescue. He was taken to the court house yard, rope put around his neck, horse driven from under him and he was left dangling. The mob refrained from shooting, He was strung up at 10:05 p. m., after mak- ino a full confession. The mob con- sisted of many hundred people, all of whom were unmasked. They quietly dispersed.
 United States Senator Owen of Oklahoma must pay the law firm of Dudley & Kitchener $10,000 for ser vices rendered by them in connec- ton with an allowance of the $5,- 100000 claim of the Cherokee h. dians granted by the last Congress, according to a decision Tuesday by Justice Robb of the District of Co., lumbia Court of Appeals. The de- cision says that Senator Owen re- ceived an attorneys fee of $750,0OO under the claim as allowed by Con- gress. The decision reverses the Dis trict Supreme Court, which found in Oewn's favor. ''The appellants, 7 said Judge Robb, "have rendered Owen the services they agreed to render and he has reaped the bene- ft."
 Forgetting for the time being his right name and taking out license to marry Miss Cora Slappy in the name of Joe Foy, by which he has been known on the race tracks for years, Harry Schaefer, well-known western race track character, whose home is in Chicago, was forced by the mother of the bride to remarry the young girl at Memphis, Tuesday, two ceremanies and two licenses fig uring in the proceedings. The cou- pie were married the first time in a cab which stopped in front of the office of the magistrate who tied the knot.
 Because there was no cell large enough to accommodate him, and be- cause he could no longer be kept in the jail hospital, Dan Wadsworth, lineal descendant of one of the founders of Hartford, and the fat test man in New England, was Tues day released from the county jail, at Hartford, Conn.,, and put in charge of the probation officer.
 The Republicans made a net gain of ten aldermen in Tuesdays elec- tion in Chicago. The new council