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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20
WARRlNG
S;
The Race War at
Springfield Keeps
Militia Busy

SPRINGFIELD. Aug. 1.-THE race
war which began here last Friday
night is believed to be thing OF the
past. Last night passed without unto.
ward incident and 1t was confidently
asserted today by those in charge of
the situation that no mob of any size
Will form from now on.
Sporadic cases of dlsorderly conduct
may and probably will claim the at.
tention of the militia but 1t Is not an.
tipiated that the troops will be con
fronted by any serious tasks.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Aug. 17.-With
troops dotting every section of the city
the mob was able last night to put
another negro to death. The name OF
the victim is not known. as the mur.
der took place at the state fair grounds
considerable distance from the city.
The report to military headquarters
this morning was that the mob chased
two negroes to the fair grounds, cap
tured one of them in an empty build
ing. The one negro was quickly pin
ned down and his throat cut and he
was otherwise terribly mutilated by
the crowd. The other negro escaped
after being severely wounded and gave
the alarm to n detachment OF soldiers
who had been sent to the fair grounds.
but telephone adyices say the mob dis
persed Immediately after numbering
the negro
SPRINGFIELD. Ill, Aug 17.-(Aft-
quiet today. The race war is over.
Even the report of the second negro
lynching at the fair grounds sent out
this morning proves to be untrue.
There were harsh threats but no hang
ing or killing of any kind.
PEORIA. Ill, Aug. III am one of
those who helped to lynch Donnegan
at Springfield, and believe am going
insane" was the statement of Charles
Goodwin at the office of the superin-
tendent of the Bartonville asylum last
night.
I'VE stamped him in the face, we
cut his throat. and then put rope
around his neck. That's what 1t took
to kill him.
Goodwin said that he was formerly
a member of the Thirty-second United
States volunteers in the Philippines
and has a sister at the asylum. He
was placed under guard
SPRINGFIELD. Aug 18.-An attack
upon pickets and the forced hegira of
$50 negroes from the cornfields on the
outskirts of the city to the state ar
senal kept the militia busy this morn
ing. Firing upon the sentries and
their answering shots occurred less
than two blocks from the headquarters
of General Young. No one was hurt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20
COLORADO NEWS.

Delta county expects to ship 1,200
cars of fruit this season.
Arthur Cornforth Is n candidate for
nomination of state senator at Colo
RADIO Springs.
Congressman George w. Cook has
taken up the fight against the high
rates charged by western lines to the
G A. II. encampment.
Former State Senator James W. Nc
Creery of Greeley has announced his
candidacy for the United States sen
ate to succeed Teller.
The 2-year-old child Of Eugenio Ba-
-ela is in the Trinidad hospital suf-
fering from the bite of a rattlesnake.
The child was bitten while playing in
the yard and is in serious condition.
According to the estimate OF the
executors of the will OF Junius +.
Brown, the wealthy pioneer business
man of Denver. left an estate valued
at 100000. OF this 100000 was In
real estate, bringing in an income of
$4,000 n year and the remainder was
in personal property.
Eugenio Arnoldln, an employe at the
Revenue mine, committed suicide FRI
day morning by shooting himself
through the heart His body was found
later by miners on their way to work.
Arnoldin was 22 years old. unmarried
and had no relatives In this country.
He had been In the Revenue six years.
|. in the Arapahoe county court Satur-
day Judge William G. Alexander rem
dered his decision In the now famous
Petersburg slot machine cases, and
ordered Sheriff George E. Beech to
retain custody OF the two machines
now in his possession and TO destroy
them according to law. He. however,
allowed a stay OF execution pending an
appeal to the supreme court.
Improvement OF the highways Of the
state is the slogan adopted by the
Rocky Mountain Highway association
| When the legislature next convenes
representatives OF the association will
appear armed with bill backed up By
the sentiment OF all business men ant
commercial bodies Interested in ths
good roads project, and appealing Il
the legislative members for aid.
Mrs. II. M. Hogg Of Pueblo, who hai
been visiting In Telluride for som'
time. has been lavishly entertaine,
BY her many friends here and In n
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20
THEDAY'S
VISITORS
President Roosevelt is
Giving Much Time
to Callers

OYSTER BAY. N. Y. Aug. IT,
President Roosevelt is spending con-
siderable portion Of his time today
with visitors who came to Sycamore
Hill. During the forenoon his callers
were John Mccullough. formerly chief
OF police of New York. and Lindsay
Dennison, magazine writer. At lunch.
con the president will entertain this
afternoon Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou, who will come over from
his summer home at Huntington with
Congressman Fassett of Elmira, N. Y,
Senor Queseon, prominent Filipino.
and his interpreter. Senior Escamillo,
and Stephen H. Oline Of New York.
member Of the executive committee
on international conciliation. Later in
the day Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Newberry and Charles Sheldon
will be the guests OF the president.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29

sylyanla, the father of the House"
dresses in dapper fashion and al
ways wears n wcll-iitting derby.
Capt. Hobson. true to Southern
fashion. too. wears soft gray felt
that gives him an easy. serene ap-
pcarancc.
Speaker Cannon is probably the
most unconventional of all represcn.
tatives about his millinery. lie has
the science of living down to fine
point. He never wastes time and has
more respect for quarter of an hour
than most people have for twenty.
dollar bill. AT the New Year day
White House reception he came wear
| ing funny little round felt hat, such
as the boys of his school days might
have worn. Taking ii off he gave
1t twist and the little headpiece.
temporarily crushed. looked about as
big as postage stamp. With this
he showed it into his hip pocket.
will You tell me-" said friendly
representative, tapping him on the
shoulder, why yon wore that hat
here in preference TO silk one?"
oh. haven't time to stand in that
cloak room line waiting to get silk
hat back?" replied the time-saving
Speaker.
Representative John Sharp VII,
liams and Ollie James both have
heads OF such size that any one
might be proud Of and both are 10y
al to the traditional Southern broad
brim hat pattern.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota is an
other of the big-headed statesmen
The circumference of his brain size
brings joy to the scientists to gaze
| upon. but his head presents only n
good crop of brains. There is moth
ing particularly artistic about its de-
| sign. The senator is chairman OF the
committe on Indian affairs and hob
nobbing with the delegations of the
red men who bring their grievances
10 the senator's committee to untan-
gle, he likes to wear the broad black
felt hat, which makes him feel at
home with his wards and also COM
pcls their adm.rafon Members of
the committee say the red man SHES
ut silk hats. This emblem of tall
civilization does not inspire conf
dencc in the Indians breast. and he
has little or no use for its weaver.
Take it all in ALL said scien-
fist. who escorted party of fellow
workers through the nations wcrt
rooms. II think we can well lie proud
of our statesmen. AS am not an
art critic. can't say whether our
representatives possess as much in
good looks as the French statesmen.
/ am sure they are not as badly
dressed as the English; they may not
be as imposing as the German, hut
as for brains-well, we have got them
right here. Washington Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
THAT Are WORN

esentatiye Payne is so particular
10, indeed! But just because it's his
cad he has to fit, and that's no joke
S he will tell you. His hat measure
lent is Z and l4-l6ths. just as near
} s as il can possibly be. And who
FER heard of any one wearing a No
The twentieth century head las
~ grown that large yet, but the sci
3tists predict that the next century
III produce n big crop of No. S
MIR. Payne always affects the der.
4 style. He says he has so much
.jhculty getting this kind, because
Aiy are Il bit off stock in size, thar
y hasn't the patience to boAGr
s3iher Mr. Payne just wears plain
hw hats in the summer, the sane
~ Representative Doo-little from
sAidy Greek and Representative
Aech-breaker of Sapphire Bend. 1.
~ Id take SO much real Panama ma
ieau 10 build Mr.. Payne comforla-
summer hat that even with the
,ressional salary raise he saya he
sid not do ii. He says his hear has
grown n bit since coming to Con
t. which compliment he .sys
Ercss can take if it wants to.
IA xt to Mr.. Payne, Bourke Cock
aof New York furnishes the soc
Abest interest study in brains to
dtists. He wears a hat one size
Ter than Mr.. Payne. The Tam
M chief. like Napoleon, and lres!-
S Roosevelt, and other great lea1
is moderately small in Stature
his enormous head is set on a
of good. broad shoulders, and
mot give him the appearance OF
Ed particularly topheavy. He ar
wears a derby. Sometimes his
es say ii is too small ana gives
Fad the appearance of bullying
lei fash;on-on either side.
New York has no monopoly on
as those two brain powers
carelessly suggest to the nm.
g. Not II bit of it! Thdre's
tentative Birdsall of Iowa. He
S shock of gray curly hair COW
: bis immense head, which is
Il generous plan. He doesn't
trying to get derbies to fit
he wears just big. black
hat. which rolls at the sides
I, a deep pathway through /.
ter of it,
d heres the far. West reprcsent-
! bart by Representative Kahn
d 3ornia. He has to wear big
!, rim felt hats for the same
O Stored in his expansive dome
Pit. or thoughts. is, first hand
n lnd. the expert knowledge OF
cd spearean, biblical and Gre
hffi Isle student. He may not
All expert information on state
INF lat the older statesmen have
X of long experience. but he
Re exact age of Hamlet, when
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
MONEY WHICH GEORGE
WASHINGTON BORROWED
Congressman carIIn viii TRY to Oct
for Great Boulevard 20 Mount
Vernon.

WASHINGTON, D.. c., Jan. 81 -.
Representative Carin today intro
duced a bill in the House recurring
me government to pay TO the State
OF Virginia $4,000, which George
washington borrowed from the state
and used TO help build the White
House and other public buildings IN
washington. and the interest which
mas accrued upon this debt, amount
ing to about $l,500,o0O. The bill pro-
yides that this money shall be maid
TO the Mount Vernon Avenue Asso-
citation, to- which the state has re-
leased all its claims for the debt and
That this association shall use the
money for the construction of a snlen-
aid boulevard along. the south hank
Oh the Potomac from that point
"nere the proposed memorial bridge
VIII meach to Mount Vernon.
Inc boulevard Is to be 200 feet
wide. and sections of 1t are TO he
assigned TO the different states for
decoration. Mr.. Carlin sdid TO-DAY
'nat the government had never de-
MED the claim OF Virginia to this
money, but that it had never been
actiVely pushed by the state.
on, similar to this was passed by the
senate In former years, but was new
or acted upon by the House.
the Dill has been referred to It's
proper committee and 1t is the in
tention of Mr. Carlin to push It Wig.
orousiy and to secure its passage at
this session of Congress, IL II is
possible to do so.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
The FAMILY OF lKER
is Whole Lot of Them
and Can be Found in All
Walks of Life.

In the last days OF the RepublIo
there was no family which was more
distinguished than the Aker family.
In the first decade of the twentieth
century, hardly paper or maya.
zine but had some reference to one
or the other OF them. The most dis.
tinguished OF them we're Muck n
Aker, Nature f.. Aker. and Rebate It.
Aker. IL is not clear now what the
relationship of these three was. al.
though 1t Is known that they were
closely connected. Many. OF the hest
authorities believe them to have been
brothers. but 1t is hardly likely that
tilree men OF such diverse character
could have been the sons OF one
father.
IL seems moro likely that Rebate
u. Aker was the son or possibly the
Drother OF one For Aker, who was
united States senator from one of
the principal commonwealths at that
Tine There are authorities who de.
ny this relationship strenuousIy and
insist that For Aker belonged to n
collateral and insignificant branch of
the Aker family OF which Trouble M.
AKer was by far the ablest represen.
tativc.
AS TO Muck r. Aker. there is no
doubt that he was closely connected
with certain congressman by the
name of NoPass Robert b. Aker. n
resident of the bridegroom district
! then known as Brooklyn.
There are some geneaiocists who
believe they have traced the family
back as far as the First American
revolution and who aver that thew
were all descended from famous re.
ligious man who was called o. r.
Aker. who came to this country and
settled first in Pennsylvania. but this
aycrment is substantiated on philo
logical grounds only.
Rebate T. Aker was immensely
wealthy and history tells of bitter
teud between him and his followers
and the followers OF one Trus, q. f.
10. Aker, a distant cousin.
Both Nature +. Aker and Much r
Aker were noted for their literary
abilities and their vivid Imaginations
although their work lay along dfferent
lines, ting former devoting himself 10
the study OF biology and animal life
the latter attending solely to political
and social phenome na-February lin.
pincotts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
a Saint and 2 God.

There are more Saint Valentines
than you can shake stick at, hut
the particular Valentine who was
made the patron of young lovers
seems to have been quiet young
Florentine who never did anything
In particular to deserve the election.
When the pagan gods were given
their official quietus some centuries
ago some of them were rude enough
TO refuse to admit that they We're
dead; old customs survived; the
switch from gods TO saints was not
made In a day: there was one deit,
In particular who had gained the af-
icctions OF the stupid multitude. and
nc was very imprudent when he was
politely asked 10 retire. This stub.
born individual was Cupid. and his
recalcitrant attitude created n scan.
dal throughout Christendom. But
Cupid stuck to his artillery, and final.
~ forced compromise 1t was
agreed that the old customs should
continue. but that the natron god
should DO changed to patron saint.
and the saint selected was the afore-
said Valentine. And yet Cupid seems
to hav got tho best of the bargsti
at that: it is on the saints birthday
that those sentimental misslves arc
EXCHANGED. bu the pink and pudgy
god, clothed in nothing to speak of
except his pinkness and pudginess is
featured conspicnously on the most.
ers-.thc saint can have the name. but
the god takes the game.-Don Mar.
quis In Uncle Remus's Magazine for
February. 11ssss.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
GET ONE AND GET BUSY.

nc died, and he can quote you every
line from the funeral service. AS a
master hand at Greek history and
art, there are few, if any, who can
overshadow him.
And there's Mr.. Denly of Michi.
gan. whose brain size never fails 10
catch the eye of the casual gallery
observer. And there's Representative
keifer of Ohio whom everybody
knows You cannot fail to see him.
If you ever meet him coming toward
YOU he looms up suddenly as big as
the latest French-made motor. In
spite of his age he has not changed
his quick. nervous step n bit, nor. for
that matter has he changed the style
OF his hat. He does not believe in
making frequent changes. and agrees
with the old adage hat three changes
is worse than a funeral, so he clings
to the shiny black beaver hat he wore
years ago when he first came TO
Washington. 1T may not be the lat.
est thing, you know. he says, "but it
suits ME exactly" and he fondly
draws it across his coat sleeve until
the silky beaver adheres to these love
pats and becomes docile and lovely
and unruflled. and then he puts 1t on
with as much pride as n debutante
dons her first party dress.
Everybody in Washington knows
the Fairbanks silk hat. but strangers
find 1t hard TO distinguish at first
glance just how much is Fairbanks
and just now much is hat.
If there is one thing that jeff Da.
Wis takes pride in. besides his amin.
ton to break the trusts. it is his big
white felt hat He adores it, He
says he likes to be original. and that's
the reason he is fond OF this big, at
tractive looking hat, because its kind
Is not the vogue in Washington. II
is the big and sweepy sort. and ir
worn by woman would make an ex.
ccllent Gainsborough
Senator Teller also likes the broad.
brim black felt hats and affects this
style in going to and from the CAPT
toll
Senator Carter of Montana Is one
OF the brain giants of the Senate. If
he had a. shock of hair instead of the
shiny badness covering his head he
would doubtless be the very man the
scientists could point to as illustrat.
ing their theory of brain size being
carried TO a No. hat. AS it Is Sena-
tor Carter wears seven and three
quarter black soft, narrow brim felt
nat for every day occasions.
Nature was not stngy in giving
Senator Tillman a good sized head.
but then the showing made by the
senatorial head is most gratifying to
even the most critical scientists, who
declare that orr very own Senate has
Il finer collection of good heads than
any similar body in the world.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee
is loyal to Southern hat standards.
and sticks 10 the broad.brlm black
felt policy. So does Griggs of Geor.
eia a3d so does Representative Byrd
of Mississippi.
Rcpresentativc Bingham of Penn.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
THE PARTING.

We have come "the primrose way.
Folly. thou and 1!
Such glamour and grace
Ever siimmered on thy face, M
Eyer such a witchery
Lit the eyes you turned to me-
Eyes that laughed with waywardness
Mockery and carelessness-
Gould fool like me withstand
roiiy's smile and waving hand?
so we came the primrose way
Folly, thou and L!
But now Folly. we must part !
Folly, thou and 1!
Shall one look with. mirth or tears
Back on all his wastrel years? Z,
Purposes dissolved IN vine
Pearls flung TO the hedless swine
Idle days and nights OF mirth. u
Were thy pleasures nothing worth?
Wen, there's no galnsaving we q
Squandered youth right rnerriiyi q.
But how. alas, we part, we part, -
Folly, thou and Il,
Don Marquis In Uncle Remus.s
Mo no ~, :.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29

popular actress that she has myste.
riously lost 100000 worth of bright
Brazilian gems. distastc for
shakespeare Is not the only fad Tat
Tolstoy has affected. Ono of tho
queerest of his whms Is the idea
that he has TO wear his shirt outsiA.
of his hreechos and 20 barefoot as n
sort OF solacc and consolation to the
poor and povcrtystrickcn. 1t cannot
be denied that this class of the
worlds population sadly needs TO be
amused Wherever 1t may la-needs
10 be amused and clothed and fed
and If Tolstoy's attitude has that re-
suit. he will not have lived in vain.
Ihe Farmer is not so sure that this
particular within of the Russian has
been successful. for word came no,
long ago that the neighborhooT peas.
ants had undertaken to amuse them.
selves by making the great novelist
target for their flintlocks and horse.
pistols. Another of the Russians
whims is that churches and preachers
should be abolished ana the money
that Is now devoted TO their support
be given to the poor. Undoubtedly
some OF them could be spared In tie
interests OF Christian unity and econ
omy. hnt, on the whole, the world
seems to be getting along little bet
ter than 1t ever did, in spite OF the
existence of many people and things
mat should he reformed altogether
Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Re.
mus's Magazine for February.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
Historic ssLids

Our statesmen confirm the M
nonncement made by scientists i
mans brain size today far exceE
that of his forefathers. The req
sentatives themselves admit, Il,
along with swollen fortunes, We hi
swollen heads. and that the lawmEf
crs OF the United States Congress IS
as far ahead of the brain pattern AZ
substance OF the early Roman statE
men as this country is ahead of AZ
Caesars. E
It's an awful job taking the censE
of congressional heads, becauE
they're all SO verse with each arh
every individual about his own. NJ
very own head, because this Is SOM
thing every man is proud of. arE
likes 10 talk about. too. But If hi
heads Indicate brains. then Congre.e
is as plcntifully supplied with thu
article as the spring market is Will
new butter beets.
They are of all shapes and patternl
and designs and peculiar interior md
chanism. these brains. Some of then
are built on the most approved, up-to
date rapid-tire Calling order, while il
is said that more than half represent
the slow-soing. be-suro-you-are-r igl,l
tien-go-ahead and when-in-doubt.do
nothing sort.
II 1t be true that clothes make tn,
man 1t is also true that brains maxi
the hat. There are just as many
styles of hats in Congress as there
are brains. TO study mans profile
and the curve of his head is TO tel
just what kind of hat he wears. A
sure way to recognize a congressman
with his hat on is 10 know what par
Of the country he comes from.
The South is solid FOR Col. Waiter
son, Droad'lTlm, CHARACTERIZATION
style. a Southern statesman may
possess as many hats as Bea,
Brummcl. but YOU may be sure tina
in the collection there will be at ieas-
one or more black or white. gray oil
brown wide-sweepingbrim felt top
piece.
The West is as strong for the derby
brand. 1t SHES a hit at silk hats. as
it has at Bryan. although the Yves
tern silk hat contingent has many
converts.
An Eastern statesman likes the sill
hat. 1t gives the Eastern statesman
from our best bme-blood New lag
land crop of congressman to the Sill
avenue. New York kind. approves, =
is dignity. or at least an appearance
of it,
Serene Payne. who will soon rount
out quarter of Il centurys expert
encc representing the peoples inter
este Of Auburn. ". Y. and vicinity, /:
really the giant brain of the House
oHe has as much trouble getting hi.
nats made as society leader who
has to match her bonnes with he,
numerous gowns. Not because Rep
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
roIstoy and His Whirns.

Tho truth seems to be that Toll
stoys criticism of Shakespeare is
simply one of the many queer fads
and whims which men of genius af-
feet, and it is interesting in the same
measure as the announcement of a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29

a couple of well known baseball
players are going into the poultry
business on a large scale. They sire
ought to know q lot about fowls. }
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
COU UPON.

PA presentation at the Daily Press
fice, this Coupon and 1Oc entities
bearer to one Captain John Smith
lIvenir Puzzle. If the puzzle is to be
lied, &c must be added TO cover
Asage.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-12-19
NOTICE.

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the men may properly observe the
Christmas houday.