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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1903-08-13
Is, 9innlnlcr.

,}m fiioli6sn IuBfnno befiitoert iih
cine piertel Dtillion III better aui 5treif
uno in einenl ieDr arDBen @ebiet 1T oie
SnouFrie falt gang ins Stpden aera=
tben. 4ts etrpas Rsues uno anHal,
lenb3s miro bic uorSiiaiibe Grao1ilas
ton Der 5trsiter beSeiedb1ile!, Die es ihnen
ern0a!id)te, meitgehsnoe 8orbereitlln-
Gen fiir Den Streit au trefSen, obne oaB
Die Yeb0roen eilpus geDabr iDiroen.
@iner aus SbanQbai einaeirnffenen
3speIde auFolae IinO bel DER ueberz
idwemmung pon Ger am II. Snli Die
Gtoot @hse=foo in @Aina bellnaefu1t
luuros, 700 Berionen ums 2eben ee=
tommen. 3lpeitanIeuo Berionsn baben
tjre 9anse 0abe perlorea.
Iei6e Napbtaqneaen. Die fib iiber
cine Strefs pon 200 Werft ansoe1nen.
Iiuo in Dem GouUetemsni auben, i'm
GGut0ius, entoeft pDroea.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1903-08-13

= Ger Observation-Disclosures Der eno-
Iiiden Nrnee, Yoro &oberts. BAT alle
Sffisiere uno 9oloaten. tpelde in Siio=
aTrifa tpabreno bes 8urentrieges 3ienlte
eeleiitet haben. b6flidit 'eriidt, Die in
ben 8urenbauiern aeltobleuen 8ibeln
auriidsuerFtatten. Die Srore bat olel
Seiterfeit errest. oa Sffisiere uno Sol
baten cine aem6bnlihe @ibel nld)t fir
einen 10 tolibaren @eaenitano qebalten
baben, Der Die Giidsobe beoinat, aber
bic 6od)e hat ald cine erniie 5giie.
SIN ieoer 8urenbibel 1T ndlnlieb Der
e5tammbaum Der SSomilie psrselcbnet
nno man1e redtmdBi9e @lQenthitmer
Der Sibel Itno ourd) ben @srhlii i'll
eroBe Nerleoenbeit aeratbel "a ibren
oaourh Die gemeiie ibrer slniptiiAe aul
lire 2dnoereisn feblen.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1903-08-13

s5n Columbia. g. g.. wuroe Die 4(
Sabre atte Neaerin 2is5ie Niteu uerbaf.
tet. no1oem Iie elnaeltauoen butte. oat
iip llren Slpei tleinen Ginoern sie G0pit
ubseIdIasen uno Oisie ins 6sner &C.
morfen bate.
Su Der gtdbe bon Gutbris, Otla.,
f0no ell G0mpf StpiiAen Slerldsmanns
lhaIten uno gldubern itati, bsi Dem
elmer oer Gsgteren 9et0otet uno eln ana
Oerer, Iolple ein Oilis=Sberiff iAuer
OsrleBt lUurOsn.
9m Z. 2uHuf bat Elm furGtbarer
Sturm nit 9u9ellpetter uno gBOlteu=
brii0en i'm gansen Staate &anla5 9r0=
Sen S0aoen 9et0an.
Sn oen counties Orange uno Su!=
liOan in Stem DOrf trat in Der No6t
pom 7. auT Oeu s. Wugult elm lturter
6roTt Elm, uuo YuNwelseu uno Wtui5
9lben beOeuteno S9aOeu 9slitten.
IN gteu YOrt wuroe Der nIpu5jerenoe
1elegat" Samuel Yarts oe5 tb0;liGen
2lngrifs i9ulOig befunoen. Gr wuroe
llberijiDrt, in elmer 2lrbeIterOerI0mm=
lung elnelf Wann Vumens O'8ciQ
miB0Onoelt 81 9aben.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1903-08-13

Sn Meofer bahen aAt Mdoban I'M
Nlter BON IA -l6 SuDren cine ridtiHc
Gduberbanot qebiDet. Die 3duberr
banoe fling nit Der Yeraubun9 tlener
&inoer al, pertibte oann tIeinere Gin=
Bride uno qr0Bere 9iebItd0le; hnnn
f0I9te ein tl60tIider Ginbrub il, einem
Suuelierluoen uno enoliD Iu1ten 1is
IOQar einen dnGetruntener, erluahIenen
Wann gu beraubelr. Sei oieielu teBteu
abenteuer wuroen Die Nngrsiferinuen
Iiiberraibt uno UerGaftet. Die beioen
0Nuptihulbi9en tpuroeu nit je s'uei
Sabren 3udt6aus beltroft, ,udlreno
Der Jticbter Ole jtin9eren oerTiibrteu
.Jfit4lieoer Der 8onoe IN enc Sehe=
runQsanfolt Ianote.
0umpbreo & 0ogon's prdIerUen=
fabrit in Gutlnno bel DortsmOutD 1T
am Wontaa 9tu6mitta9 Our9 cine st.
0lOlion serIt0rt nOr6en, bel Der Orri
BeriOncn 9etDOtet uno Elm 3uben0 ber.
tbt uurben. Sic Gjet0Oteten lino orei
}lrbetter N0mens Saio Rear, QNnn.
ItutGler .uuo Sale Standings. Eie
'Fabrit tuuroe ON Mor9en gum erlten
Dial IN oieIer SuiIon in Ystritb OetsYt
uno b0lo 0arauf wur0e oas N0n3e 8e.
0Qu0e SerIt0rt.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1903-08-13
6eueraGict,tcuant GcISGu &
gStleS

6otte am gomfa9 Die Nlters3ren3e UOu
ga Sabren errei1t ilnb muroe nit si=
mem eiufaden 5a9esbefebt entlGhen,
obne elm Wort DER 9lnertennung fir
ielre 9ienlte uno 8eroienite. Ser 5aB
Der Clique i'm Department. oes GrIeQs=
oepartements, Die ibu ieit Sabren ilbes
raa suriidIebte, mahte ft6 bis gum lsBs
ten Nugenblife 9elteno.
DAB man Doberen Srtes nit BE-
wuBtiein ben bohuerbienten 8eneral
beleibigen tpollte, ergab Iid auh ba=
raus, oaB Die Satin bes prdiioenter
benz @enerallieutenant Ooung. Der nun
gum Sbertfommanoirenoen D0rrilft,
bel oieiem Mnlab einen prddtigen 3o'
ienitrauB suihifte.
General Wliles bat unter Dem Site
v@eneralorbre SO. l16" eineu leBter
strneebefebi eriaiIeu. iii tuei4enl e1
Ieine &arriere I6iloert unb ben GFfiSie'
rem uno Maunidaften oss liebenoer
5eeres ieinen Dant ausipri6t fiji
oersn multerailtise Siibruna pdbrent
Ieiner Dienitaeit. IN oem Sotnmen
tpeiit Miles barauf bin, oab Die Nrme'
Der Yer. 9taaten auh unter oet
| ihpieriglten 8erbdltniRen iib iepersei
als ibrer Nuf9abe aeiua6ien bepdhr
babe. @r i1lieBt nit ben Worten
Ser @enerallieutenant bat Oas felt
gertrauen In bic Nrmee. oab lie in De-
3utunft bel allen Gelegenheiten ebenII
alorreid beiteben miro, tpie in Der Ser
gan9enbeit. Seine beIten gBtinIh
Qelten Der Mrmee.
NelIon u. M lies.
@eneraflieutenant.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1903-08-13
gtuaiaaa.

Die rlniOerlitdt 9eioet5er9 Feiert,
lebte gBOGe Die @entenniaI=Jeier oe,
&rneuerun9 0srIelben
3u ben llnlUsttsrn, lueIbe 9euti9:
lan0's T!ub9ebiete in IeBttr 3eit beim=
Iuhten, tommen nun iNwere Stjirmt
in DIT unO WoroIee. 9ieislben babsu
Oielen SAaoeu, beIOuoers iii Der Noros
lee an ben 0aligen. an0srintet unc
oiele Sbiffe gum Stranoen QebroDt,
luObei leioer audi Oieie W}enlOenlebeu
oerlOren 9ln9en.
9as gegen 700 @inDobner sd0lenot
9orf &emten9riin i'm lQhliI0en YoGt=
lanoe mar Der Sbauplab zines IOref.
llNen Oramas. 9tutbt5 ert0Nte pI0b,
| li6 SFeueroInrm, uno nls Die @inwob=
ner bin5uHfilr5ten, fanOen lie OO5 0uus
Oes GutsbeliBers Neuost III Slam
men. lRit raIe1oer @eIOwiroi9teit
bate bns Geutr aud Die gum YDoen
flbrenoe 3rcppe er9rifer. Sort idlie=
| fen ie95 &inoer oes Nsubel. Wae
Ie9s perbrannten, ebe 0ilIIe gelsiItct
msroen tonnte.
GberIt 59iebl, Der Friibere Burell,
fommanoant 1T in Ya0 Gei9enbaa in
gapern geItorbeu.
Sn Meb lit Elm lnteroIfi5ier 9tamens
Ouutel megen in Woer1ingen, 2Otb:
ringen, be9anQener, llnglaubIl6e,
SDloatenI I6moerelen, au Spei Sabrer
uno iehs DIonaten 8eFdnaniB uno gu,
De9rooirung perurtbeilt moroen. 0un.
tel NOR angetlaat, lett Dem leBten Be-
sember nitt meniger al5 576 brutal
0auoIun9en on Soloaten be9an9en 81
| baben.
| Sn Siefenbrunn. Satbien, mar be
| @igeutbiimer Gi1ter in elmer Giesnrub
oamit belddfti9t, Sizes aussumerfen
oen er on Die @iIenbabn Dertaufel
ppllte. gr bate Trau uno Gino su
| @sielli6oft mitasnommen. als lid
plDbliG4 cine Manb Der @rube ienft
uno ole orei peridiittets. @be Siilf
| tam. ,paren lie erltift un0 fonnter rlu
als 2ei6en an oas Sa9esliat seiOroer
mer0en.
| 9lm Sonntae erei9nete iih in 2ifu
bon uno nmsebung ein beftiges gro
beben. perIbieoene 8ebduoe tuuroen be
| i1doi9t. ood bort man nihts bon ei
lnen 0erluIf oil Wenlhenleben.
| eSn Der Ndhe oes Sorfes Bano. Sat-
an Der @renae bon Nlgier uno Warot
TO, fam ss su einem Sampf stpii6el
frans0lii6en uno marottaniiden Srup
pen. Sic Warottoner, Die cine Nn5ab
| auf fItdnoii1e Sabplen DerfolNt batten
waren troB oes Brotefes Der frens0li
iden 8rsnspoltsn in fran36iiides Ge
| bet eiu9eorunoen. uno Der 3uiammen
ftob mar bic 6olse. 3luei franS0iii9
uuo slpei marottanilde Solbaten uur
cen get0otet uno eine Nn5abl auf bel
Den Seiten permunoet.
| 9lm Sonntas lit papit pius X. I'M
ter 8etbeiligung bon 10000 Wteulhsl
lunb unter Wufmenoun9 groBen Yom
pes I'M 9om ct. Yeters 9etrDnt NOR
ben.
! eu Marieille III auf oen frans0IiIde,
Miniiter= prdliOenten @ombes Elm Ut
telltat Deriibt moroen; CT fam unper
lebt bapon. aber Drei Der glttentGte
trusen auf Der 6Iudt im &i mi
Der 9olisei TAmere 8erleBullgel oapon
i Observation-Disclosures 9trbeite
Iuno Qirbeiterinnen in GrimmiBibal
\ Sadfen, rei1ieu bel fliilI 5eItllfubrl
fen in 5olae uon Standardization ibs
Giinolaung ein.
j Dus ungariihe Miniiteriltm Gbue
; bat ieine gntlahuns eingereidt.
Il ssn Monaftir in Maeeooilien lit 81
Eriiiiiide aonlul BON eiilem tiirtilae
@enoarnlen ermorDet looroen.
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luiaul.

Sn Y6ilooeIp6in Iino an e5omItd9
>uvb oen GinIturS elmer Sribilne I'm
Rational Yuisbal Yorf aDei BsrIOnen
let0otet unO mebr al5 bunoert Ibmer
oerlebt tDOrocn. Non Den NerleBteu
ino lejtDer no0 Iieben GeItOrben.
Sn 9tnotone. gDaIb., murOe Mobel
JW6arO, Elm l3jdbrlgss OidO6en, Sod
ter oe5 Sberiff5 st. s.. 9ti6aro bon
Qiotin @ountp, BON Miaiam Sonilton,
euem "A Sabre olten 6armer, geIbdn=
oct uno ermoroet. 5roB Den yemii=
bungen os3 sberiifs Hi6aro, Gin
2Dn69sriht 81 oerbinoern, purOe oas
.Sef0nQniB oOb am udhten 3NQe u0d)
l]iitternuAt UDn einem 8olt5baufen er=
itiirmt, Der oaS Stbeulul beraus6olte
uno an eiuen Ieis9rOpbenpoIten ouf=
l0tl9te.
9ie Gletri5itdtswesfe bon SuscaIo0s
ia, Nla., lialp am 5. gtugut our6 cine
Srplulion 5srnDrt tuOrOen. 3uei
Rdnner DlrOeH babel get0Otet uno
aiete uerleBt. glele DduIsr i'm @s.
Iddftstbeil Der Staot Iilo bel3Goi9t.
9a5 orei Meilen n6rolib bon Bluff,
ton, Sno.. gel;oene Wa9aSin Der @m=
plre=Nmericon 9iitroQlpceriue SO. III
Isbte WO6s in Die 2uft eeflOgen. 9oa
gan3c tabliRement tpuroe 5erltDrt UNI
lBilliam Sowaro, 20. 8aoabau9b UNI
Wm. Steffp, Qn9efelte, lpuroen ir
Stiife 9erilIen.
! Sn St. 2ouis ri6tete am 6. Nuouf
Elm Bino. uno 8seenlturm. Der iibri
aens nur turse 3eit anbielt. auf ben
Nusfeaunasplob sroBen S6aoen OIL
5bepoor Gihter. Elm Ylumen9drtner
muroe auf Der Stele eetDotet uno u
G. Glart. ein Zimmerman, wuro
uahrideinli6 t6otliA Oerlebt. Siebsl
anbere Mrbeitsr tamen nit luenise
llDllmmen 8erlsBungsn oauon. Se
Oil ben neutrality-suspicious. angeri9
tete Sdaoen belduft iia auf $40. 900
Simon Yooter uno feline 6rau, oi
in Den Bergen in ssrantlin gountp
3enn.. Elm tleines Saus bepobnten
limo ermorost lporben uno ihr 9au:
lging oann in SSlammen auf. De
Goppelmoro mar Elm Ga6eatt. lpel
BOoter uno feline Grau i'm 8erba6
| Itanoen, ben Steuerbeamten eine WDno
llheinbrennerei Derratbeu gu baben.
| sn Sattiesburs, MiN.. 1T Der Siege
Sames SOnes pe9en zines mDroeriihel
an9riffs auf ben 8efdngniB= geripalte
| M. M. SertOn BON einem Noltsbaufe,
Isebdn9t tporoen.
Sn Stlaboma Gitp, Cfla., bat eli
Wob Elm Saus, oas lib eine Negeril
erbauen lieB, nit GDnamit in Die 2uf
geiprenet, 10 oaB BON Dem Nsubau nu
Elm Sriimmerbaufen iibrig blieb. 3tpi
/ ihen Beiben uno gte9eru berridt il
Oklahoma cine fur6tbare Seinoihaf
uno man bat ben Neaern tuno 9etban
oaB lie ii1 anoerswo nieoerlaiien loll
ten.
eSn Sen0erlDtt, Ser, lpuroe eln Ne
ger 1tamens Wlanuel 5bumpIon, De,
ben 8eriuh 9enadt bate. ein Trdul
Sparts 81 peraetpalti9en, su 90 Sabret
/ 3ubtbaustrafe Derurtbeilt.
4 lin feline lterbenbe Sohter nod ein
mai su iebelt bat Serr 2riue, Dber
1 Sneeniellr Der II. 9. 5tabl-gorpora
ton, Die Sabrt bon Gbicaao ilad so
4 9nQeles. Sal. nit einem GpeSialsu,
Lin SO etunben uno 40 Wlinutel! suriif
9eleet. es 1T oies i'm 5 5tunoen Uni
WinItsu lDsniaer als Der beriibmt
9eacut 5pt5ialaua I'M Sabre 1910 os
brnuht bate. arpBoem lam Der go
ter all ipdt oas aino mar lhon eeItor
ben, als ct lih NIT ieinem 3nse nod i
Ganlas befano.
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Shen @bieu, Elm Mitglieo Der 6ine=
Sifden &eformpartei, tpuroe in getina
auf 8efebl Der RaiIerine Wittms nit
8ambusf0den gu Sooe 9eprilselt.
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uno gltern uiliel,. Dab grot, tpeldes
BON nnieren aus9esei6netsn opeerleB"
Mebl gernadt 1T, bic 2ebenstraft lit.
,pel1e Den Gleinen Gnohen uu0 Wus.
feln biloet, ba oaiielbe nlebr NdbrifOff
ent1alt. als iraeno Elm anoeres Webl.
llnier i66nes .peerleb" Mebl lit Der
SroIi Der tpeiIen Wutter uno Die sSreuoe
Der 6ausfrau, Ole ibr eisenes grOo
baft.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26

republican state convention for the
Office of governor. He was not nominat-
ed then, but two years later the conven-
tion of the republican party rendered
him the nomination, and he was elected.
In the SUMMER of 1897, Governor
Drake sustained severe injuries by reas-
on q g. taif which threatened to reopen
the wound which had been inflicted in
the battle Of Marks Mills, and from
which he had already suffered greatly.
This, combined with chronic ailment,
which had impaired his health for some
years, determined him to retire to
private life, and he announced, a few
weeks after the accident, his intention
not to be candidate for governor for a
second term.
General Drake was married December
"a, 1S55,to Mary Jane Lord of Ohio, a ma
tive of New Brunswick, Canada. She
died at Centerville, Iowa, June %, 1888.
Mrs. Drake was a woman of superior
intelligence, leader in society and in
the church. Her character for sincerity
was specially marked, as were also her
kindness and liberality, and she was
loved and admired by her associates.
She was the mother of seven children.
General Drake never married after
the death Of his wife. Six children of
General brakes family survive: Frank
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26

Mt. Ayr has landed another plum from
the republican tree. State Superintend-
ent-elect Riggs has appointed Prof. j..
G. Bennett, of that town, as his assist
ant in office at salary Of $1,000 per
year. Prof. Bennett has served two
terms as superintendent of Ringgold
county, and is man we'll qualified for
the place. There must be some expert
tree shaker over there at Mt. Ayr, the
way the fruit has been falling of late.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26
Gen. DRAKE DEAD
I0Wa's Ex-Governor was Dis
tinguished Both as Citizen
and as Soldier

Centerville, Ia, Nov. 20.-After an ill
ness of but two days, General Francis
Marion Drake, ex-governor of Iowa, died
at the home nf his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Goss, at Ills o'clock this morning. 1t
was feared last night that the combined
attack of diabetes and his old army
wound would prove too much for Gener-
al Drake, and it did, though he made a
brave struggle to win his fight with
death.
The iron will of the general had car
ried him through SO many battles in
business life and the sick room, that he
never gave up the struggle till near the
end, and was conscious within half an
hour of death.
When General Drake realized his
serious condition he was solicitous that
his children should be with him. AS
the family had been an extremely de-
voted one, all his children but two were
at his bedside, but his remaining son
and daughter were unable to reach here
in time. While his father was breath
ing his last, John A. Drake was busily
engaged in Chicago just before noon
today procuring special train to bring
him to the bedside, but before he start
ed the general had died, and the specia
was abandoned. He will arrive at
o'clock tomorrow morning. Mrs. J. L
Sawyers will arrive from Baltimore to
morrow noon.
The funeral will be held Monday al
2:30 at the Central Church Of Christ il
Centerville. This church was dedicated
last April, when the Drake family were
together for the last time, they furnish
ing the $4,000 required to build it. The
body will lie in state at the church OF
4 Monday till noon. Rev. F. L. Moffa'
and st. Johns Commandery, Knight.
Templars, will have charge of the funer
al. Interment will be at the side of hi
wife here. Drake library, opened las
February, is closed till after the funer
al, and business generally will suspend
Monday afternoon.
General Drake leaves will, dating
back a few years, with several codicils
attached, in which it is thought Drake
university is remembered, though the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26

Ellsworth, business man of Center
vile; John Adams, railroad official in
Chicago; Amelia, Mrs. Theodore p.
Shonts, wife Of the president of the
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa railroad; Eva,
wife of Henry Goss, merchant of Cen
terville; Jennie, wife of DR.. John l..
Sawyers, of Centerville, and Mary Lord,
wife of George W. Sturdivant, also a
merchant of Centerville. - -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26

wounded in the left thigh and fell into
the hands of the enemy. The wound
was pronounced mortal, the thigh bone
being slightly fractured by Belgian
ball, weighing one and one-half ounces,
the bone severing the ball, and the
pieces afterwards being extracted
from different parts Of the body, except
one drsehm of lead (Which lodged iii Che
bone where the ball struck, and still
remains. Owing to the severity Of the
wound he was not held prisoner, and
after continent of nearly six months,
and his wounds being sufficiently healed
he in October following, by the aid of
crutches rejoined his command in Little
Rock. He was soon after breveted
brigadier general of United States
volunteers, confirmed by the senate,
and assigned for duty. He relieved
General Thayer at st. Charles, and later
commanded brigade in the division of
General Shaler, and the post of DuvalFs
Bluff, Ark until his muster out of SER
wise in September, 1865.
After the war General Drake engaged
in the practice of law about six years,
acquiring a.high reputation as a crimi-
nal lawyer since which time he has
been engaged in the railroad and bank
ing business. What was the Keokuk
& Western road was built under his
energetic direction and management
from Keokuk to Centerville and then
to Van Vert, a distance Of $50 miles.
He also built the Abba & Centerville
road and several branches Of the Cen
trail of Iowa. He likewise built road
through Indiana and Illinois, called the
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa, 1874 miles long,
of which enterprise he remained at the
head until short time ago when he was
succeeded by his son-in-law Mr.. T. A.
Shonts. He was still president of the
Abba & Centerville railroad and presi-
dent of the Centerville National bank.
He was also president of the board
of trustees of Drake University, Des
Moines, Iowa, which bears his name
as one of it's founders and most liberal
/ benefactors. He was still director and
had served for nine years as president
of the Iowa Christian convention, and
only recently and on his request to
/ be relieved from serving further, the
office Of president meritus was created
and conferred upon him for life. He was
a life director and had served a term as
president of the American Missionary
society national organization; life
director and vice-president of the Amer
lean Bible society, and large contribu-
tor to these organizations and to the
Church Extension, the Ministerial Aid
Association, Y. M. C. A. Bible and Sun.
day School, Temperance, Charity, Hospi-
tai and homes and generally to the pro-
motion of every good organization and
work. Not Christian church has been
built in Iowa during the past decade
but his interest has been manifested by
{ gift ranging from $40 to $4,000, if he
had been appraised of the building.
General Drake was member of the
, Loyal Legion and the G. A. R. He was
an Odd Fellow and Mason Of high rank
and held honorary membership in his
home lodges.
NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR.
!, Il, 1893 General Drake was persuaded
to permit his name to come before the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26

General Francis Marion Drake, the
fourteenth governor of Iowa, was born
in Schuyler county, Illinois, December
80, 1880. He was the son of John Adams
Drake and Mrs. Harriet-O'Neil Drake.
John Adams Drake was born in North
Carolina, October Il, 1902, and was mar
ried to Miss Harriet O'Neil, June II,
1925.
In 1887 the family moved to Fort Mad
ison, Iowa, then in the territory of Wis
consin. The elder Mr.. Drake held the
Office of justice of the peace and probate
judge in that county, where he resided
nine years. He then removed to Davis
county, where he founded the town of
Drakeville, and engaged in business.
Francis M. received the ordinary educa-
tion that the schools of Ft. Madison and
and Davis county then afforded.
AN EARLY ADVENTURE.
After the discovery Of gold in Califor-
MIA young Drake, catching the mania of
the day, organized train to cross the
plains to the Eldorado. The train con-
sisted Of two wagons leach drawn by
eight oxen), accompanied by five men
and boy. They crossed the Missouri
river at Council Bluffs on the first of
May, 1852. He here organized a COM
pany of seventeen men, of which he was
chosen captain. 1t was known as the
Drakeville train. When the party
reached the Horse Shoe Bend of Shell
Creek, near the Platte river, it was met
by fifty Pawnees, who demanded a toll
of five oxen for crossing the creek.
Young Drake, refusing to pay prepared
for fight. He sent back to another
train for reinfcrcements, and began
battle with the Indians. When brakes
reinforcements arrived the enemy had
been strengthened so that they number
ed about 800. The fight was desperate
and bloody. Demoralized by loss of
their leader, who was killed by Drake
himself, the natives fled, leaving several
of their number dead on the field. The
party reached Sacramento without
further incident. Securing ranch on
the American river, Drake engaged a
herder to attend to his cattle, while he
sought gold in the Yuba diggings. He
was afterwards engaged in the horse
business at Sacramento, acting as his
own auctioneer in selling his stock. He
returned to Iowa in 1853. He crossed
the plains again in 1854 with drove OF
100 mich COWS. Returning again by
sea, the steamer Yankee Blade, on which
he was a passenger, was wrecked neal
Point Aguilla in Mexico. The vesse
was a total loss and many lives estimat
ed at 800, were lost. Securing small
boat which he wrestled from some
roughs who were robbing the passen
gers, he made narrow escape to land
The shore they reached was barren and
they lived for five days on raw meat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26

The Dubuque Times says: can expen-
diture Of over s9,Ooo,Ooo per year for
the support of the public schools shows
that Iowa is not neglecting the subject