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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

made a pleasant call on Mrs. C. T,
Norman this morning.
Miss Ada Caldwell, of Hedrick, ID
yisisting relatives and friends here.
Mrs. Lille Goodman and Frank
Bradfield. of Brookville. were quietly
married here Wednesday at the Meth
odist parsonage, Rev. Decker of
ficiating.
G. w. Norman and daughter
Hazel, have returned from a pleasant
visit with relatives at Mt. Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Ingham are yis-
ting at the j. III. Murphy home.
Miss Cora Dawson, of Columbus
Junction, Is visiting her sister, Mrs.
w. r. Miller.
The baseball boys will give an Ice
cream social Saturday night at Pack
WOOD hall.
Dr.. j. f. Clarke, of Fairfield, was a
professional visitor here today.
A trained nurse from Keokuk IL
waiting on Mrs. Swan Nelson, whose
condition is serious.
Mage Ruggles, who was overcom.
with heat the first of the week, Is im-
proving.
Rev. Underwood. of Ottumwa. will
preach tonight at the Christian
church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
Gov. CUMMINS
CHIEF SPEAKER
PROMINENT OUT OF TOWN OR.
AToRs INVITED TO TALK
ON LABOR DAY
HAMILTON mi KENDALL
Candidates for Congress Will Both
Lend Their E%loquence to Make
the Celebration a
Success.

With Governor A. B. Cummins as
the chief speaker of the day and q
number of other prominent orators
of southeastern Iowa to combine their
~eloquence with that of the governor,
the celebration of Labor Day by the
local Trades and Labor assembly
promises to outrank anything previous
ly attempted by Ottumwa in the field
of local celebrations.
The progress of the Labor Day eel.
ebration planned by the local labor
organizations that are affiliated with
the local Trades and Labor assembly
Is rapid and the preparations we'll
under way to make the event SO full
Of interest to organized labor, one of
the greatest IL not the very best cele-
bration ever attempted by local labor.
Prominent Speakers.
An elaborate program is under CON
struction and includes in It's ~oratorical
participants some Of the best and
most popular public men Of the state,
district and city. Among those inyit-
ted and who have signifed a willing
ness to. assist In the %oratorical pro-
gram are: Governor A. B. Cummins,
Congressman Dan w. Hamilton, N. f..
SAAuCi eSdiiuluuCo VII tuS IlcpuDllCdU
ticket for congressman; Judge M. A.
Roberts, w. G. Minnick and a number
of local speakers. Within a few days
the committee will have arrangements
completed and the entire program
will be published.
Meet July 22.
At a meeting of the Trades and La
Dor assembly held Wednesday even
ing, July 8, matters Of considerable
import to the members and especially
to the delegates to the assembly came
before the body and will be again
taken up at the meeting Of the as
sembly at the next session, July %.
Elect Officers.
This meeting will be given over to
the semi-annual election of officers.
The entire membership are pleased
with the progress made by the labor
movement within the past six months
and expect to make possible by the
coming election even greater strides
in that direction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
Some Old Indian Chiefs of the
Early History of Wapello County

ence among the red men everywhere.
But ,Keokuk's failing vas whiskey.
Keokuk was a clever old Indian and
1t was almost impossible for even the
most cunning man, masked with fiat
terry and Deceit, to get ahead Of the
willy red man, for even Joseph Smith
failed to fool Keokuk, as was shown
by q story OF Keokuk's visit to the
Mormon seer.
While Keokuk vas living near OF
tumwa he received a message from
the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith,
inviting him, as king of the sacs and
Foxes, to a royal conference at his pal
ace at Nauvoo, on a matter of highest
Importance to their respective peo-
pie.
So Keokuk arrived. with his train OF
followers and listened to a long disser-
tation On the fact that the North
American Indians were the lost tribes
of the children of Israel as detailed in
the bible and that he, as the prophet
of God, held a divine commission to
gather them together and to lead
them to the land of milk and honey"
After a few minutes the willy old In
dian arose and said that he would not
controyert anything that his great
brother had said, but he wished to in
quire about the milk and honey" He
said that the Indians did not care for
milk, they would much prefer streams
Of water, and that there was plenty of
honey in the forests without hunting
for any more. The point that interest
ed him and his tribe was whether or,
not the new government would pay
good annuities and whether there was
plenty of whiskey.
And Joseph Smith saw that he had
met his match and that Keokuk was
not the proper material with which
to increase his army of dupes and the
conference closed as amiably as pos
sible.
keokuk camped In South Ottumwa.
Keokuk had his camp in what is
now South Ottumwa, situated about
a mile from the river on a long sloping
plain. His tent stood where the Irving
school stands now and there old Keo.
kuk, i'll his Indian jargon, instructed
his people.
How queer 1t seems now that
where once stood the wigwam and
bark huts Of the Sacs and Foxes now
long streets stretch before one and
lofty buildings stand. Where once the
Indians had their war dances and pow
vows, now school children run harm.
lessly and play tag"
It Is an interesting story, this his
tory of Wapello county. Watch for
the later stories about the first set
tiers and their work here as pioneers
and then think to yourselves how
much Ottumwa has improved.
A series of six historical sketches
Of Ottumwa and Wapello are being
prepared in this Office by a member
OF the Courier staff and will appear
weekly for the next five weeks. (Edi-
tors note).
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
BRYAN AGAINST THE IRISH?

Des Moines Capitalists the Hon.
William j. Bryan, perpetual candidate
for the Democratic presidential nom
nation, some special antipathy against
the Irish?
We certainly Should dislike to be-
lieve that anyone actuated by such
noble ideals rs the peerless has ever
protested would be actuated in any
degree by sentiments of race preju-
dice, but really as the doughty Ne.
braska warrior stalks across the ma
tional political arena, the number OF
fine old Irish scalps dangling from his
belt helps to make up a most inter-
esting spectacle.
And thus are the trophies labelled:
Col. John M. Guffey Of Pennsyl-
vania.
Hon. Pat McCarren of New York.
Hon. Thomas Grady of New York.
Hon. Roger T. Sullivan of Illinois.
Hon. John T. McGraw of Virginia.
Hon. Robert Burke Of Illinois.
The list Of Irish Democrats who
have felt the hot blasts of Organic
wrath could probably be extended In.
definitely but the above conspicuous
illustrations would seem to furnish
ample basis for the charge that Mr..
Bryan seems to be at war with a
very large Irish contingent, whose In
1uence and votes he will sorely need
on the coming November election day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Why is It that an Indian story al
ways attracts attention? For the sim
pie reason that the whole world is in.
terested in a fighter, some one with
life and unusual manners, and who
more than the Indian has these two
characteristics?
Everyone knows that the red men
used to chase the buffalo over the
grassy hills of what is now Ottumwa
and were accustomed to fish in the
clear streams that flow into the Des
Moines. But how many know what In
history and particularly with the af-
fairs of Wapello county?
The old Indian warriors are tenn
ing with interest for the stories OF
their thrilling adventures and blood
curdling fights arouse in everyone Az
interest of which perchance they are
ashamed. But there is the other side
of the Indian character which many
of the white people of America forget,
for many of the old chieftains were of
the real type of manhood.
BlackhaWk SeIfmade Indian.
First in the list stands Black Hawk,
the great chief for whom the west
Ottumwa bridge is named. The char
acter of Black Hawk, the chief Of the
Sac and Fox Indians, stands out as a
"self made Indian" II such an Amer.
icanism al be parodied. He became
a warrior at the age of fifteen and his
entire life was in accordance with the
precepts of the red man. The history
of this chief is not intimately associa-
tod With yNoro11N pN,,rty hut he ,o,,cf
be mentioned because of his influence
as a dictator, as well as a great ruler.
Black Hawk lived to a very old
age. Shortly after his burial his body
was stolen by some sacrilegious per.
son and some years afterwards the
bones came into the possession of a
physician of Quincy, III. They were
finally taken to Burlington where they
were hidden and later burned.
Wapello Is the chief who interests
the people of this county the most,
He was a powerful ruler among his
people, but was also a fast friend OF
the whites, especially the first Indian
agent, Gen. Street. For his honesty
and uprightness in his dealings with
the white nan he has won the name OF
this splendid county.
Buried Near Old Friend.
He is buried with his friend, Gen
Street, on the old Agency Farm
which lies a few rods from the c., B
& @. railroad tracks east OF Agency
City.
Keokuk, the great sachem, was 8
man of tall, commanding presence
straight as an arrow, and, when
aroused, he could make such an elo
quent speech that he could change
the opinion Of the entire tribe. He
was selected by the United States
government to distribute ammunition
to the Sacs and Foxes, not only be
cause of his energies when opposed t.
the nation in battle, but for his infu
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
HISTORICAL

Beginning with today the Courier
will give to It's readers a series Of
historical events in the making of OF
tumwa and Wapello county. Each
sketch will be complete in itself, but
naturally one will hinge on the 9TH
er. 1t is suggested that these sketches
the first of which appears in this is
sue, be clipped from the paper and
saved, thus forming a brief history of
the most important events Of county
and city.
Following are the subjects that will
be touched on in these articles:
Old Indian Chiefs.
Opening Of Wapello County for Set.
Element.
Pioneers of Wapello County.
Laying out of Ottumwa- Why Mar
ket Street is Wider Than the Other
Streets.
Points of Interest in Ottumwa..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
International Congress Of
tuberculosis to- be Held Soon

culosis congress takes up the consider
atlon OF the disease. No longer Is
there any question that tuberculosis
IN animals Is communicable to human
beings. 1t Is due largely to the re-
searches of American medical men
That this fact has been fimly establish
ed. 1t has been but a few years since
the eminent DR.. Koch aroused wide
spread comment by a paper in which
ne took the opposite view. He was ap-
parently ont aware how deeply Amer
leans had gone into this field of study
or he would been less pronounced in
conclusions that are now generally ac-
cepted as wrong. Not a little has been
done by the United States department
of agriculture, through it's experts, in
getting at the facts as to the COM
municipality Of tuberculosis from ami
mails to man and man to animals. It
Is expected that it will be accepted
by the congress as settled that such
communicability is a fact and that
time will be devoted to the question
OF how to prevent the communication
from being accomplished. Some
physicians take the view that the do.
mestic pet is a good thing to Danish
from the house entirely. AS to food
and dairy animals, there is increased
activity on the part of federal, state
and municipal authorities in this coun-
try and on the part of the authorities
OF most other enlightened countries to
guard from tuberculosis and in this
way to protect humankind.
pr LL-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

herent principles, any fundamental
convictions that would enable him to
say, or n one to say for him, Here
l stand"
Such a man could never be a trusted
candidate of any organized political
party with a history and traditions
and a recognized attitude toward gov
ernmental institutions. The decline
and dispersion of the Democratic par
ty, with its great record of national
achievement from Jefferson to Cleve-
land has been the inevitable result of
the invasion of Populism into its
ranks, and the elevation of Bryan
Into the position of leadership, to the
exclusion Of nearly every man of Dem
ocratic convictions or experience. Bry-
an, with his notions of highly central
lied power, has nothing in common
with Democracy, as Americans under
stand the term. His qualities are
those Of the beguiling leader of the
moi who develops, with power, into
the personal despot-the very antithe-
sis OF all u American ideas. That
Mr.. Bryan is personally a mild and
attractive gentleman, with the intel
lectual limitations already noticed,
does not make him any less danger
ous, Is the unprecedented violence Of
his handling of the convention, IN
utter contempt of all rule but the
might Of numbers, has sufficiently
demonstrated.
The power that controlled the Re-
publican convention at Chicago was
the organized authority of the party,
not the despotism of any one man;
and 1t was as the candidate of the
party, representing its principles and
policies, and with his character and
capacity tested by long and RESPONSE
Bile public service, that Mr.. Taft was
placed in nomination. Mr.. Bryan has
destroyed a party to effect the nomi-
nation Of himself. The two candidates
thus stand in strongest contrast, not
merely In personal equipment or in
platform phrases, but in all their sur
roundings and in the tendencies and
purposes which they embody. Between
such candidates the public Judgment
has not often failed. 1t has v yet
awarded the Presidency to a candi-
date who has openly and persistently
sought it as a personal prize, and our
political dis%integration must be mors
advanced than can be believed if 1t
shall do so now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
Washington Bureau Of
The OttumWa Courier

Washington, D. c., July II.
Students of tuberculosis and suffer.
ers from it in all countries will un-
doubtedly be attracted by the forth
coming international congress on Tu-
berculosis which will be held In
Washington from September 81 to
October IL and over which President
Roosevelt has consented to preside.
In many respects this will be the
greatest gathering the world has ever
seen for the study of the great white
plague and the methods Of its cure
and prevention. From the headquar-
tiers in the Colorado building in this
city preparations for the congress are
being set on foot on q great scale and
already 1t Is assured there will be a
large attendance. 1t is expected that
every country in the civilized world
will be represented by eminent auth
critics on tuberculosis. From Europe,
Asia and Africa, even from Australia
and New Zealand, there will come an
aggregate Of 900 or 700 delegates.
South America will send a consider
able number Of Its ablest medical
authorities on this disease, while the
United States, Canada and Mexico
will have a representation Of several
thousand physicians, scientists, soci-
ologists and others who are engaged
in the movement for arresting the
progress Of consumption and tuber-
cular troubles in every form.
So many absorbing phases Of the
subject will be considered that 1t is
difficult to put ones finger on those
that will be most important. The
feature of the congress that will no
doubt attract the most public interest
will be the tuberculosis exhibition.
The meetings Of the congress are to
be held In the new national museum
and the exhibition will be given there.
It will cover $4,000 square feet OF
space, and will be intended to teach
a powerful, II terrible lesson, to those
who observe 1t, on the ravages of
tuberculosis and how the organs of the
body are weakened. and injured and
made good receiving places for the
germs Of tubercular. diseases through
poor air, lack of sunlight, poor food,
and the like.
communicabliity Of tuberculosis
From Animals.
One section Of the congress will de.
vote its attention to tuberculosis In
animals and its relation to men. This
opens up a wide field Of study and one
Of the utmost Importance. 1t is likely
to attract no small degree Of notice.
1t involves the whole question OF
tuberculosis In cattle, swine and other
food animals, of tuberculosis in dairy
herds and of tuberculosis among do.
nestle pets, such as cats, dogs, canary
birds and other creatures that are
petted and fondled in ones home. One
does not always reflect that the favor.
lite cat may be spreading tubercu.
loisis in the family, that the canary
bird may be deep in the throes OF
consumption or that the poodle dog Of
the lady Of the house may be swarm.
ing with white plague germs. This is
one phase Of the subject Of tuber.
culosis in animals that has been given
comparatively little attention. It will
doubtless h0 hazard Of when the tuber.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
. g q a CURE FOR
-

Rheu1nausm is causedb an excess of uric acid in te bIood. which cauiei
u MS.gl Me areuahont to all portions of the system. Every muscle nerve bone
ag JOIN anpsoros the acrd pain-producing poison, causing aches. Inflammation
eHness and oHer well known symptoms of the dsease. Permanent rief from ts
pans an. aHo discomfort OF rheumatism cannot be expected from the use Of ininents
nse!s amd odher external Treatment which does not reach the blood where the
US IS ocaud. such measures give temporary relief, but in order to cure heu-
c q s ue uric ACID and 1nhammatory poison must be expelled from the blood
aao..a cures cures rheumatism because lit a perfect blood purfer. IT goes down into
thu tine e inHnanon; ha nsna1alses the uric acid and drives tfom the blood S {. expes
.% ali iorma i eRhen g. the wsat & sou blood and permanently lures Rheumatism. In
enal pIo gpsnns needed Ne a o cre and at the same time a medicine that builds up the
@sN@ ns LIE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.. ATLANTA. Ca
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
Sunday School Meets at Fairfield.

Fairfield, Iowa, July 14.-The
third union monthly meeting
of the Sunday schools If
Fairfield was held last evening in the
Presbyterian church. Mrs. Louis
Hershberger Of the Congregational
Sunday school will preside. The threa
delegates to the recent state
ton at Marshalltown, Mrs. J. F. Hink-
house Chilcott and Miss Grace Htsei.
will present THAR rannrtA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

While locally Saturday and Sunday
were not the hottest days recorded in
a number of years, nevertheless in Chi
cago 1t was the hottest it has been in
seven years and In its wake a long
list Of deaths and prostrations Is the
result,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Who doesn't envy the boys at Camp
Ollepaw these scorching days? Word
comes from the Y. M. G. A. camp up
the Des Moines river that Young
America keeps from the heat by
splashing in the water along the sandy
beach. Won't these boys be the envy
Of the other playfellows when they
see the sunburn, the ruddy and healthy
complexion Of the campers?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Apparently the selection Of John
Worth Ke1n as the Democratic vice
presidential candidate means the bat
tie ground of the campaign will be
in the west. Democracy 1t is said
will %endeavor to redeem itself with
out a victory in New York, where 1t is
believed Tammany and McCarren both
will knife the ticket.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

"This is a nomination as purely
from the people as can be. I appreci-
ate the honor the more because 1t
came not from one person or a few
persons, but from the rank and file.
acting freely without compulsion."
Now what do you think of that?
If that wouldn't Jar you!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
Tuberculosis Is Diminishing.

OF course, the subject Of the cure
of tuberculosis will be a theme of alb
sorbing interest. 1t always it. 1t is
seldom a congress of this sort goes by
without talk arising that a new cure
has been discovered. But SO Tar as
known, no new specific cure for the
disease is to be presented at tile com
ing meeting. Much will be heard of
the open-air method of treatment.
This Is the treatment that is recog-
nized by the medical profession ZEN
orally as the best that has been deyel-
oped UP to date. 1t is expected that
discussion Of cures will concern main
ly improved methods Of out door
treatment, with good food, good air,
sunlight and out door sleeping. Pre-
vention of the disease is a less inter-
resting subject than its cure but In
reality the more important. 1t is the
doctrine Of the congress that the way
to accomplish results In stamping out
tuberculosis is by awakening the in
dividual to the Importance of SO liy-
ing as not to contract the disease.
The forthcoming gathering will be
a reflection Of the activities the
world over in the war on the tubercle
bacillus. 1t is. a question whether tu-
b~erculosis Is becoming less frequent
and lis yielding to the assaults upon
It. DR.. John 8. Fulton who Is secre-
tary general Of the congress, says 1t
Is undoubtedly true that tuberculosis
Is diminishing but that it will take
some years. perhaps until 1915, to
make 1t SO clearly apparent as to be
undisputed. BY that time, he believes
the effects, Of the widespread proven
tive efforts will come to be clearly
g
j. C. Welliver.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Already political wiseacres are
manipulating the figures to show the
result next November Of the National
election,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Governor Johnson couldn't get first
place at Denver, he wouldn't take sec
ond place SO he was given third place
by the convention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

The weather man says the back
bone of the present warm spell has
been broken. Now If it doesn't live
tool long with a broken back there is
consolation in the report.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
PAckwooD.

Packwood.-Mrs. H. A. A. Edmond
left Thursday night for Davenport on
business. Her husband and sister,
Miss 0 Edwards, accompanied ner.
Mrs. DR.. j. E. Clarke. of Fairfield,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
JUDGE TO BE APPOINTED.

1t will now be necessary to appoint
a member of the supreme bench Of
Iowa to fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Judge Bishop, which occurred
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Chicago papers have not advertised
the windy city as a summer resort
during the past several days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16

Vacation time? Sure, this hot
weather would drive anyone to vaca'
ton.
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herent principles, any fundamental
convictions that would enable him to
say, or n one to a for him, Here
l stand"