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Rsbuksd BY Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln could administer
a singing rebuke when the necessity
demanded. as thus % General Blunt
for fostering Lynch law" Judge
Lynch sometimes takes jurisdiction or
cases Which prove too strung Tor the
courts. bar This n thr first ease within
my knowledge wherein thc court be-
lng able 10 malumin Jurisdiction
ngainsi Judge lynch thp military has
come 10 The Assistance az the latter
lie was rather milder with Cart
Schurz: ~ ccrialuly know that lf t1p
war falls the administration fats uml
that | VIII hp hnmc1 FOR h. whether
deserve Il or not. aud ought 70 be
blamed n could do better You think
could do better Therefore you
blame me already ! think could nor
10 better Therefore | blame you Tor
blaming me-"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

"well, don't GIVE ME THAT PEN
believe shooting Will do the boy any
good. Give me that pen"
Time and again Lincoln issued par
dons 20 private soldiers who were 70
be shot for some offensc against MILL.
tary discipline. one Of his biogra.
piers, who speut six months with him
In the White House. has said that II -
great pity that Lincoln could not
have had an additional secretary whose
sole duty should have been 20 make
note of the appeals for soldier pardons
ana the presidents action thereon from
day 20 day These Incidents would
have made priceless volume. But
many such incidents have been pre-.
served. which Illustrate the Unborn
kindllncss ANA tenderness OF Abraham
Lincoln. Sometimes these incidents
had an amusing side owing 10 the pres.
ldents habit OF saying funny things
when be was doing serious things.
An elderly woman induced the IA.
nous Thad Stevens TO 20 with her
10 the president. and plead for the Ire
or her son. who had been court mar.
tailed nnd condemned Mr. Stevens
strongly recommended the pardon. stat.
ing that he knew all the facts LIN
coin issued the pardon IS they walk
ed down the hall the happy old lady
said 10 Stevens. II knew II was a
lcopperhead lie
"yvhat DO you refer 90. madam
WHY. they told me he was an ugly
iSXing man lie Is the hnndsomest
man ever saw In my lifc"
\ a young man In q New York regi
mont had inserfed two or three tunes
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

Is a contrary view
10 that held BY
the majority of
those who know
him that Iin-
coins stories were
never told TOR tho
purpose ~ raising
a laugh boz were
related SOLELY for
illustration or o.
bukc. aud when
tho latter was tho
ease the M a y
against whom Il
was direct a
would have pre-
fcrrcd any other
method II ne had
sense enough 20
comprehend IN e
point Vuigar and
commonplace peo-
plc. n o " r err.
would grasp only
tho funny points
OF HIS stories and
would ignore the
lessons they were
intended Is teach.
when III his
thirties Lincoln
rna "a tngmiur
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

house OF William Butler. a close friend,
He was practically the same as one Of
the family Sarah Richard was a
younger sister Of Mrs. Butler
In the summer OF 1910. when Lincoln
was thlrty.one years OF age. he made
proposal Of marriage 20 Sarah. The
girl was then only sixteen. Years after
Lincolns death this lady long mar
ried aud resident Of western state.
reluctantly admitted "a Mr. Herndon
that Lincoln had proposed % her add.
INK thnt she coH scarcely see what
good 10 could dn history
relng nearly twire MS old ns the girl.
no doubt Lincoln considered himself
quite an ancient person 40 any rate.
he seems 20 hive taken that view Of
himself IN talking ~ Sarah about mar
riage. lie recalled 10 her the 1919
story Of the marriage ~ tho patriarch
Abraham 60 Sarah This he urneJ
an argument FOR smother onion o.
Abrahanl aud sarah
My reason Cor declining bis Eco
posal~ wrnte ihe lady. 'wn< the wide
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

II cuufIhoh. II 1 IL hE DiHNl-D II
these men don't ! DON'T"
behave ] shall have to put you In prls-
on for their sins"
A correspondent OF New York
newspaper related that once Lincoln
turned 90 him aud said after granting
q pardon to n young soldier condemned
% death bis mother having pleaded
for mercy ~ person. Perhaps | have
done wrong. bnt at ail events have
made that poor woman happy"
One Of the last Official acts OF Abra-
ham Lincoln -some claim that II was
his very last-was 10 write pardon
for Confederate In Missouri who
some months before had goue north
through the Federal lines 10 see his
family and upon trying 90 Get back TO
his command hpd been captured auh
condemned as spy. Il. A. DOW
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Lincolr's L.st Lin.s.


During Il recent visit 10 the White
House former Senator william 81
Stewart commented on the fact that
be visited the mansion on the night
Of President LIncoln's assassination
and probably received from tic mar.
tyred executive the last lines be ever
wrote Pointing 10 the portico OF the
White House. he continued:
~ saw President Lincoln get into bis
carriage from those steps the night he
was Killed was the last man 10
speak TO him az the White House Tie
wrote me a note that night that !
would give $1,000 FOR ~ ! had # now
mr. Lncolns calling hour FOR con.
gressional visitors was Z O'Clock In the
evening ! was N the sennte and call.
ed nj the White House about 730
O'Clock that evening Tho presidential
Offices were located then In the second
story From there | sent my card 20
the president. who wrote upon II these
words 4 have an engagement 20 take
Mrs Lincoln 70 the theater, an engage
ment never break Call tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock That. be
lieyc. was the last line Mr. Lincoln
ever wrote
"On my way out OF the White House
met President Lincoln In the lobby
going 20 his carriage with his wife.
lie stopped to shake hands and re-
pcatcd 10 me that he would Ike 10
have me call the next morning !
stood there until ne helped Mrs LIN.
coin w the carringr and got IN him
self"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

hearis other
great men have ulled the worlds intel.
lcct ana Imagination more dian he het
none in our day has been So loved h
Is the very humanuess 90 the nam thet
endears him 20 as For CHS REASON we
trcasuse every scrap of pcro~d tesn.
mony concerning him
And yet there g another Side of Lm
coin TINT the touch with his homoy
human nature however Intimate. doea
not reveal II IS misty elusive
something. his undiscovered greatness
Il quality that cannot be weighed OF
bounded or defined He surprises us
with unexpected depths ana beauties
lie reveals % us gllmpscs 81 outloobs
over undiscovered countries Behind
his rough exterior we seem rs sense tiip
soul OF prophet at distance he APP
pears almost rs one OF those legendary
divine Ggurcs that We nre told came 70
guide men when the world was young
Surely II IN our prosaic age any one
has been sent for work and has been
guided ia that work IN ways we d. not
sec Abraham Lincoln was such a one.
And 70 this view even the personal I'm.
presslons boar witness
Horace Greeley in an undelivered lee.
ture published ia the Century many
years after bis death has given many
glimpscs OF lincoln Probably mono g
more Interesting than his hrst impress
sion.
II was OF the time that Lincoln
served In congress AMI refutes the idea
that the future emancipation was home
~. az least at the time IN question
Greeley said
IIncoln was not quite forty years Old
He was genial. cheerful rather comcly
notlccably tall and the only Whig from
illinois-not remarkable otherwise. 20 tic
best OF my recollection. To was generally
liked on our side ~ the house lie made
two or three moderate speeches which att
tracted litile attention. lie voted gen-
orally 70 forbid the Introduction or slavery
into the territories but ho did not vote
Tor Mr. Cats resolution looking 70 the
immediate abolition OF slavery in the fed
crai district There were men accounted
ADLER on our sldc OF the house. yet | Judge
that no other was more generally liked
and esteemed than he. And yet had
each OF us been required 20 name the man
among us who would first attain the
presidency | doubt whether hvo Of us
would have designated Abraham Lincoln
Daniel W Voorhees, paid this tribute
TO the courage Of the 1rst martyr presl
dent
/ was lu congress Whllo Lincoln was in
the White House aud saw q great doal ~
him. lie was q man who know nothing
OF physical fear and, While men about
him used a. ten him stories 81 possible
assassination and the necessity ~ caro-.
Lincoln never seemed % pay much hood
20 them Iie was often seen WALKING
about tie streets Or making frequent exc
cursionH to tbc forts hud camps and other
points about Washington 7 don't think
lie was afraid ~ anything on earth
Ex-Governor Alvin Saunders Of Ne
braska when n boy saw much Of LIN
coin and heard his stories or these ne
said
IL has always seemed a me, though ID
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

occasion TO cali
upon the presi
dent ln March,
1855 regarding
BIT sid.erahle
number of par
loiis FOR which
Pills. constituents
had requested
him ID apply In
Mis- souri during
tile war m an y
men had been
arrested by the
Federal oufh1,.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

of The Illinois legislature OF that time
an eyewitness says
Tie certainly was ono % the leading
members and think. was regarded az
&c equal n army mombor OF the house IN
debate and ability lie was awkward IN
manner when speaking. hIo had n sway
ing motion Of tho body and a swinging Of
his long arms that were somewhat TN
graceful. And remember 20 have heard
tho MEMBERS laughing and talking about
appointing a bQmnitteo 20 hold his coat
taila when hetwas speaking and keep
them atill.
Here y a much earlier glimpse Of .
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

after all, the pol
Icy OF peace"
Mr. Lincoln re
marked that he
guessed that
Henderson was
right. where
upon the latter
said he was
sure he was aud
the president
ought to flgp
the pardon list
wei. IN be
burned ~ /
,Yauff - g.f,l ri,
coin. taking up
his pen NOW,
Hende rsoD. n
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

essnry Colonel
j. NJ Se0vcltolls
this Inside ITS
tory or the move
that insured
peace between
the United
states mud
Great Britain 20
the time thar
mason and Sii
dell were emp
turcd. without
letting Sccre
tary stanton
know Of tho
move Lincoln
wrote directly
to Queen victo
ria III reply nc
received ii le,ter
from her nssur
ing him That the
peaceful contll
tlon existing be-
tween America
md Enrlnnd
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

all. Il IS
the persona !
10 u q h I h a !
counts. Those
whoclasp hands
with a man.
who look into
his eyes. who
break bren Il
with him. who
~ee him IN daily
lie. who hear
his veice and
know his hu
man side Il Is
they who can
bring the heart.
OF mon 10 him
Abraham lin.
coin Is one 81
whom the world
especially de
uiunds this III.
innate knOwl.
edge for there
is ~ one OF
modern times
nt least That so
peculiarly np.
ptgsls to men 5
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

When finally re
captured he tried
20 poison his
guards. lie was
condemned 10
death. twas dis
covered that the
boy had been Of
unsotsid mind
Ills mother went
10 Stanton who
positively rcfns
cd 10 hear her
She went 60 Lin
coin. who told
her that he uc
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

I I|IT-"'-I-II IT ''|I||I
..,s view the case being SO aggla
nfcd Finally M T. o'clock Of the
light before the execution was 10 taAF
lace the mother induced United
tntes senator 70 go 10 the president
nd make a last appeal on the grouni
The boys Insanity lincoln was "
=.
The boy Is insane. and 4 would BE-
urler," the senator said. We DC
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

President Why.
he Is an old
ne tx n Dor OF
mine | can't al.
low him 10 bc
shotr' cried Kel.
logg.
Lincoln was
still In bed ATT.
or briefly consid.
ering the matter
In his own mind
Tho said
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

hush OUT. the president quite indig.
nantiy when protesting against some
pardon or contemplated pardon. Now
and then when he found that Lincoln
was positively determined and BE-
could not have bis way which was. IN
fact. the way OF law Ia time OF war
the secretary would boil over With dis
gust and rush out 81 the presence OF
bis superior Mr. Stanton's notion Of
military necessity was identlcai with
that Of the sterntsl general in the Geld.
while air Lincoln always took com.
mon SENSE view Of every such situation
and tempered Justice with mercy
Soldiers tried and condemned by
court martial FOR dcsertion. sleeping OF
sentinel duty or other military crimes
or derelictious never failed 20 Hnd d
friend IN the white House Il any OF
their relatives or sympnthizers could
manage 70 see the president The course
OF many a soldiers doom or delivcrance
ran thus Court martial condemned
Stanton approved. Lincoln pardoned
Mr., Lincoln was seldom able 90 resist
the pitlful plea ~ woman IN behalf
of a husband 81 4 son who was 60 be
shot M dayhrak next morning. aud II
the woman carrled her baby into the
white House the Infant hnd quito as
much effect npon the tender heurt on
the president as a baby N court has On
a Jury trying man FOR murder
One evening Congressman KELLOGG
received dispatch 70 the effect that a
soldier boy from his own town IN New
York was 10 be shot the noNt day on
conviction OF a serious mlsdemeanor
Kellogg rushed 20 Secretary Stanton.
who was Ike adamant Then he rush
cd 20 President Lincoln. who had gone
TO bed. but the congressman managed
70 get into the executive bedchamber
Lincoln ana Kellogg had been III con.
gross together and were old friends.
"Thls boy must not be shot Mr.
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The Girl
Who Rejected
Lincoln.

~ NE OF Abraham Llncoln's love
affairs OF which but little has
been written was known
- vaguely 10 William II. Hern
don. his law partner at Springfield and
one Of his blographers Mr.. Herndon
has chronleled IN an extended footnote
in his biography about all that Is
known concerning this Instance OF Lin
coins lovemaking The girls name
was Sarah Rlckard
For years prior to his marriage to
Mary Todd, Lincoln had lived IN the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-02-15

)NIN A.. STANTON. Lin.
coins grim and iron heart
ed secretary OF war. FIRE.
quently had harsh clashes
with his chief because OF
the tender hearted presi.
dents inclination to par.
don condemned or I'M.
prisoned soldiers when.
ever he could find the
slightest justification for
such clemency either IN
military regulations or or
binary human mercy. AZ
times. II ~ related. Stun.
ton would talk back" "a
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tcopyright. 1908. BY }, A. Edserton-i
The Glenwood post., 1908-11-14
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

November 10th four additional lettei
carriers will be appointed at Denver.
The Treasury on the 9Th inst. pur-
chased $4,000 ounces of silver for de-
livery at New Orleans and 10000
ounces for delivery at Denver at 50-
| 3G5 cents a fine ounce.
w. r. Harr of the Department of
Justice has been sent to Honolulu to
| Investigate charges made by Rev DR..
| Thwing of that place against District
| Attorney Robert w. Breckons, who
was appointed from Wyoming.
Vice President Fairbanks has ap-
pointed Senator Albert J. Hopkins of
Illinois a member of the national mon
etary commission to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Sen
ator William N. Allison of Iowa
Continued reports of successful
| treatment of pulmonary and other
cures of tuberculosis by the mercury
cure, discovered by Surgeon B. l..
| Wright, U. s. N, are being reported
to the bureau of medicine and surgery.
After December 1st the money de-
rived by the government from timber
sales, permits for stock grazing and
for special uses of various resources
in the national forest reserves, will
be deposited with national banks in
stead of being forwarded to Washing
ton to be locked in the treasury.
Among these repositories are the Den
yer National and the First National
of Albuquerque.
That President Roosevelt may be
the successor of Senator Platt in the
Senate Is considered by many in
Washington as not at all improbable
He has said within the past year that
with Mr. Taft as President he would
not feel the same hesitancy about en-
tering the Senate that he would feel
with some one in the White House
with whom his relations were not as
intimate as they are with Mr.. Taft.
1t is the general opinion in Washing
ton that as result of conference at
the White House between President
Roosevelt, James Wadsworth, Jr.,
speaker of the New York assembly,
and William l.. Ward, Republican ma
tional committeeman, the man who
will be supported by them next Janu-
ary to succeed Thomas C. Platt March
4, 1909, as United States senator, will
be Elihu Root. secretary of state.
The worlds production OF cotton for
mill consumption during the year end
ing August 81, 1908, exceeded by
2,34O,O00 bales the production of the
previous year. according to the CEN
sus bureaus report on the supply and
distribution of cotton.
President Roosevelt has made pub
lice letter in reply to questions in re-
gard to Mr.. Taft's religious views in
which he declares that a mans re-
ligion lis his own personal affair and.
SO long as he is d good man. has moth.
Ing to do with his ntpeaa for ofRon
The Glenwood post., 1908-11-14
Separate race Schools Sustained.

Washington.-In deciding the case
of Hersa college VS.. the state of Ken
tucky favorably to the state, the Su-
preme Court of the United States Mon
day decided that the states of the
union may constitutionally legislate to
prevent the co-education of the white
and black races. The case was insti-
tuted to test the validity of the state
law OF 1904 prohibiting white and black
children from attending the same
schools. The higher state court took
the position that the white and black
races are naturally antagonistic, and
that the forced separation of the chill
dren Of the two is in the line of preser-
vation of peace.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
was handed down by Justice Brewer
and affirmed the finding of both the
Kentucky Circuit Court and the Court
of Appeals. Justice Harlan and Day
dissented.
The Glenwood post., 1908-11-14
SECOND DAY OF
LABOR MEETING
COUNCIL ENDORSES PRESIDENT
GoMPERs' POSITION IN BUCK
STOVE AND RANGE FIGHT.
LINCOLN Centennial
REPORTS OF SECRETARY AND
TREASURER SHOW FLOURISH
ING CONDITION..

Denver-The entire morning session
of the American Federation of Labor
convention Tuesday was devoted TO
the reading of the annual report of the
executive council. This body is com
posed of all the officers of the fedora
ton, including a large number of vice
presidents.
The report is almost a replica or
President Gompers' annual statement.
The history of the fight between the
Buck Stove & Range Company and
the federation was gone over carefully
and the position taken by President
Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison was indorsed in
the report. 1t was shown that the con-
tempt proceedings against the three
offivers of the federation cost the Of
ganization little more than $4,000.
If the plans of the executive coun-
Gil carry to completion the hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln will be celebrated in most fit
ting style. The celebration will be par
ticipated in by wage earners only. The
centenary of Lincolns birth will occur
February -, 1909.
An office building for the federation
is also another important measure
urged by the executive council. As
outlined, the building will cost $4,000
and will be located in Washington, d.
c., the headquarters city of the fedora
ton. The money necessary for the
erection of the building will be bor-
rowed from the defense fund.
Secretary Frank Morrison's annual
report shows that 234 local unions have
affiliated with the A. F. of l.. and that
6,645 charters have been issued in the
last twelve months. There were SCI
strikes called during the year which
cost a total of 81 ,549, ,759.4i. OF the men
affected 1881 were benefited and 3d.
322 were not benefited The voting
strength of the federation is given at
1882. The receipts of the secretary
during the year were 1885, ,565.25 and
the expenses s196, 6,9S7.36, leaving a bal
ance on hand OF s13S,627.S9. The re
port shows large gain in member
ship.
The report of Treasurer John B..
Lennon shows total income with II
balance on hand October l. 1907, of
sS33,565.25 and total expenses of $780,
1876. In the hands of the treasurer
October l, 1908, there were sl3G,627.S9
The total funds handled during the in
cumbency of the treasurer, period of
eighteen years, amount to $l,7S2, ,943.19.
The Glenwood post., 1908-11-14
Wounds New York Postmaster.

New York.-Edward NJ. Morgan,
postmaster of New York City, was seri-
ously wounded in the abdomen Mon
day morning by bullet fired by E. H.
B. Mackey, an eccentric English stem
ographer, who then committed suicide
Mr.. Morgan probably owes his life to
the quick wit and bravery of his four
teen-ysar-old daughter, Dorothy, who
saw Mackey draw his revolver and
struck 1t with her hand. This deflect
ed the bullet, otherwise the postmaster
would have been fatally wounded, for
his aNailant was at close range and
fired four shots.
The shooting occurred at One Hun.
dred and Forty-sixth street, only a
short distance from Mr.. Morgan's
home. He was on his way down town
at the time.
An investigation of the life and rec
ord Of Mackey reveals that he was
of morbid nature and former in
mate of an asylum in Worcester, Mass
The Glenwood post., 1908-11-14
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews of
the University of Nebraska has ten
dered his resignation to take effect
January 1st.
Mr.. Bryan wrote a graceful letter to
Judge Taft, congratulating him on his
election and wishing him success in
his administration.
A slight earthquake shock is re-
ported from the country around S'a-
betha, Kas., at midnight of the 7th
inst. No damage was done.
Forest fires which have been rag
ing between Evansville, Indiana, and
Cairo, Illinois, for the last week, have
already caused a loss of 100000.
Engineers of the Wisconsin State
Geological Survey are making surveys
and other arrangements for the pro-
posed model highway in Milwaukee.
AT banquet of the Cincinnati Com
mercial Club given in his honor two
days after his election, William H.
Taft made an optimistic speech which
was hailed as sounding the keynote of
prosperity for the next four years. He
declared that he would strenuously en-
force the law against dishonest busi-
ness methods.
The petition of William B. Hearst
for transfer of the 100000 damage
suit of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
against him to the Federal Court was
granted by Judge Estell of the District
Court of Douglas county at Omaha
and the papers We're filed Saturday
with the clerk of the United States
Circuit Court
Rome G. Brown of Minneapolis,
president of the Harvard CLUBS of
America, 19O7-19OS, says President
Roosevelt cannot succeed DR.. Eliot at
Harvard for two reasons First, he
does not want the presidency; second,
couldn't get it. Not conservative
enough for Harvard presidency; could
not get one vote Harvard Board of
Overseers.'
Ralph Blaisdell, auditor for the Har-
riman system of railroads in the North
vice." issued an order forbidding en-
ployes in his department visiting sa-
looms or liquor houses for any purpose
whatsoever. The order effects about
500 employees. Several months ago
Blaisdell discharged all the women
partment and replaced them with men,
The women were dismissed on the
ground that men are more efficient