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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
TAFT NOMINATION PLANS.
Senator Warner Of Missouri Discloses
Program for the Nitifi-
o,%;an

Nahant, Mass, July Pointed
States Senator William Warner of
Missouri today announced the detailed
program for the notification of Wil-
lam H. Taft at Cincinnati on July %
Of his nomination as follows:
July %, 8 a. m.-Salutes OF annon
10 a. m.-Flag raising on the lawn
of the residence of Charles P. Taft,
brother of the nominee.
IL a. Modification committee es-
corted to Charles P. Taft's residence
and received informally by William
H. Taft.
IL noon-Oncial notification by
speech by Senator Warner, and re.
Spouse by Mr.. Taft.
The exercises are to take place on
a platform on the lawn.
/ p. m.-Review by marching club
1:30 p. m.-Public reception from
platform on lawn.
2:30 p. m.--Luncheon by Charles P
Taft to members of the notification
committee.
$3.50 p. m.-Automobile ride through
suburbs.
5 p. Undressing Of thousands d
toy balloons from various parts of the
city.
6 p. m.-Dinner at the Country club
to members of the notification com
mittee and guests.
s p. m.--Fireworks from barges in
the river to be witnessed by Mr.. Taft
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
MRS. BROCKMAN
IS SUMMONED
WIFE OF WE'LL KNOWN PHYSIC
IAN PASSED AWAY AT 8
P. M. YESTERDAY.

After an illness Of several years
which gradually absorbed her strength
death came as a relief to Mrs. Angus
ia Ann, wife of DR.. D.. G. Brockman at
s o'clock Sunday evening, at the resi-
dence, corner of Second and Green
streets.
Mrs. Brockman was born May Is
1855, and raj SO years Of age at the
time of her death. She is survived by
her husband, DR. D. G. Brockman; one
son, Charles; four daughters, Helen
Louise, Hilda and Ruth of this city
and one brother, Charles e. Mallory
of Indianapolis.
The decedent has been a residen,
of this city for the past sixteen years
having come to Ottumwa in the
spring of 1892 from Marengo. Fol
some years past her health has failed
her and she has been a patient suffer,
er throughout her long illness.
The funeral will take place from the
late residence tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock, conducted by DR.. F. T
Stoltz. Interment will be in Ottumwa
cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
CONQUEST OF iowa WAS THROUGH
Peaceful means NO IND|ANW WARS

The history proper of Wapelio coun-
.ty begins with the establishment of
the Indian agency. Early in 1888.
soon after the ratification by the
United States of the treaty of 1887
with the Sacs and Foxes, General
Street toook steps for the establish
ment of an Indian Agency, within the
boundaries and as convenient as pos
sible to the village of the. Indians.
Early in the summer of 1889 General
Street moved his family down from
Prairie du Chen and took possession
of the agency.
In the summer of 1910, j. P. Eddy
was licensed by General Beach, who
succeeded General Street, as Indian
agent, as a trader, and established his
trading post as the Indian village Of
Hardish, where the village of Eddy
Vile is now located He continued to
carry on a very flourishing business
there until the final session of the In
dian lands in 1912. There was also
another trading post at the mouth of
Sugar Creek, east of Ottumwa and
these traders and the Indian agent
were the only white men, VINO were
lawfully permitted to remain upon the
soil of Wapello county until the
spring of 1S43.
There were no fierce wars to deter
mine the possession of the territory
which is now Iowa. The conquest was
in a peaceful beginning with
the cession of the Louisiana pur-
chase by Napoleon and ending in the
different treaties with the Indians,
who had actual possession and certain
rights that could not be ignored by
the American people.
In 1912 the Indians made a a final
cession of all their lands in the ter.
ritory of Iowa and agreed to leave, al
lowing it's settlement by the whites.
The treaty was to go into effect May
/, 1S43. Before the night of that day
it is claimed there were not less than
1000 persons actually inhabiting the
country. For some time previous the
pioneers had been making arrange
ments to take possession of the land
as soon as it was thrown open for set.
tlement, and had encamped upon the
imaginary boundary line between lief
ferson and Wapello couTSssas, ready
when the hour of midnight struck to
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members of the committee and guests
from the decks Of the steamer Island
Queen.
MURRAY, sR. INJURED.

Tyrone, Iowa, July 2o.-Thomas
Murray. n of the widely known Mon
roe county pioneer residents, sustain
ed a severe injury Saturday morning
at his home a mile south of this place.
The old gentlemtn has reached the
age of 80 years, and being troubled by
the extreme hot weather had gone out
Of doors to get a breath of fresh air.
Upon the approach of a shower he
was returning to the house, and when
he got upon the porch he lost his bal
ance and fell striking upon his right
shoulder, which was d%islocated. DR..
Herrick was called and reduced the
dislocation. The injury is quite pain
ful and 1t will be some time before
he regains his normal health. He is,
however, resting as easy as the ma.
ture of the injury will permit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
NEGRO ARRESTED
is WRONG MAN
FRED MILLER OF KEB TAKEN IN
FOR OKLAHOMA CITY
MURDERER.

Deputy Sheriff Mike Garyin and Pa.
tdolman Lightner arrested a negro
Saturday evening supposed to be a
bad man. They were looking for a
man who murdered the sheriff and
two deputies at Oklahoma City a
short time ago.
A tip was given the sheriff's office
that a suspicious looking mar was
seen to enter a box car in the west
end of the city and a search was i'm,
mediately made for the supposed
crook.
With guns in hand and suspicious
of their approach, the officers surpris-
ed the man and placed him under ar
rest. He gave his name as Fred Mil
Ter. A telegram to Oklahoma City
brought forth the information that the
man under arrest did not answer the
description Of the murderer. Miller
was released today. He is said to re.
side ear Keb.
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WOULD AID The
COLORED YOUTH
W. L. JONES OF. MASON CITY
SPEAKS AT A. NJ. E. CHURCH
TONIGHT.
AN II o M E
Farm Of 200 Acres Given Over to Or
Phanase for coIored Chill
dren of the
State.

w l.. Jones, a negro farmer, resid-
Ing near Mason City and state organ
izer of the Afro-American council is
in the city today in the interest OF
the negro industrial home for orphans
that he has established at his farm.
Mr.. Jones will speak tonight on the
home question at the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
Already Mr.. Jones said that $780,
900 had been subscribed for the sup
port Of the home.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Jones to
take in orphans between the ages of
1 and 16 years. MI. Jones has 200
acres of land and a sixteen room
house which will, for the present,
house the children. 1t is the plan to
buy the property by an association,
the property then to be decided to the
colored children of the United States
Mr.. Jones' Plan.
Mr.. Jones today in speaking of the
subject Of the movement said:
1.-THE balance of my life l intend
with whatever strength that | have
and the help of the board, to build an
orphans home where l can teach the
boys and girls of my rae to be self
supporting. The boys will be taught
the best methods of western farming
while the girls will be taught to be
good housekeepers in every sense Of
the word. They will have hours fol
work, hours for study with a good
teacher, and they will have theil
hours for play. They shall be taught
to fear God and live good mora
lives"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
CAROLINE LADD
PASSES AWAY
DECEDENT HAD BEEN ILL FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS WITH
TYPHOID FEVER.

Following an illness of several
weeks of typhoid fever, Miss Caroline
Ladd, the only daughter of the late
Charles F. G.. and Mrs. Kate M. Ladd,
died at liza o'clock this morning at
the residence of her mother, ZIG West
Fourth street.
Miss Ladd had a host of friends and
~acquaintances who mourn her untime-
ly death, and the news of her demise
was a great shock to them.
Caroline Laid was born in Ottumwa
January 20, 1884 and had<resided here
since. She was the eldest granddaugh-
ter of the late General John M. He'd
rick.
The funeral will be held from the
residence of Mrs. Kate M. Laid We'd
nesday afternoon at 8 O'Clock. The
services will be conducted by the Rev.
w. G. Hengen of Trinity Episcopal
church, of which the decedent was a
member. Interment will be in Ottum-
wa cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
PACkEY MCFARLAND TO TAKE
ON PHIL BROCK ON AUG.

San Francisco, Cal, July 20.-Harry
Gilmore, Jr., manager of Packey Nc
Farland, the Chicago lightweight, an
nounced last night he had accepted
the terms offered by Tom McCarey of
the Pacific Athletic club of Los An
geles for a ten round bout with Phil
Brock, to take place on the evening
of August 7.
Jim Jeffries for a return match with
Freddy Welsh, the lightweight cham
pion of England, to take place at Yer
non September Z, Labor day.
Mcfarland was greatly disappointed
not to get a match with Battling Mel
son, but Nelson saw more money in d
return fight with Cans and doesn't
seem anxious to meet Packey.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21

rush on, American like, the heels of
the departing Indians.
The last half of the night of April
30, the pioneers worked marking their
claims which embraced from so to
1872 acres each, by setting stakes in
the prairie and blazing the trees in the
timber.
On February 10, 1914, the Territorial
legislature passed an act for the or
g%anization of the county, previous to
which time it had been attached to
Jefferson county for judicial purposes.
There is a story told of the sheriff Of
Jefferson, coming over into Wapello
county and attempting to exert his
judicial authority making an arrest.
He was seized by a band of men who
made him drunk and then put him to
bed in a boarding house. The next
morning, after setting him on his
horse they sent him home with the
injunction that Wapello county would
need nc aid from Jefferson county in
the future.
The long stretches of fertile country
numerous creeks, rich coal beds and
~unexcelled lands for the production of
wheat and corn made Wapello coun-
ty a rich addition to the settled coun-
of the country. The region was ex-
%ceptionally beautiful with its hills and
rich valleys. with it's thousands Of
trees of hickory, oak and maple. The
low places near the river were filed
with tall prairie grass and thickets of
haw and plum. On what is now
Main street, there were various ponds
that We're made the resort of the
wild fowl in the proper season.
Buffalo, deer and elk ranged boldly
over the hills, while a n occasional
black bear came down to the river for
a drink and slipped back to its hole
in the hills.
Settlements were made along the
streams, but the country was most
thickly settled near what are now
Eddyville, Ottumwa and Dahlonega,
each town thriving about the same I'M
til the choice for county seal was dis.
puted and then followed what was
known as the "Dahlongea War
After a long and heated struggle OF.
tumwa was finally decided upon and
! after that it's growth was steady.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
HUGO KELLY LANDS IN SAN
FRANCISCO FOR kETcHEL FIGHT

San Francisco, Cal, July 20.-Hugo
Kelly, who fights Stanley Ketchel here
July 81, arrived last night with Mana
ger Silvie Feretti.
Kelly has signed provisional ar
ticles, but the main points, including
the weight, division of purse and Sc
lection of referee, will be settled to-
morrow night.
.The recognized middle-weight
limit" said Feretti, sis 15S pounds
ringside. We stand ready to make
that weight, and as we understand
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From Tuesdays Daily.
Sargent fits trusses right.

f.E3s ".t. #-.s
GILGER-Sunday, July 10, 1908, at
7:40 a. m, Mrs. Katherine, wife of
William Gilger, at the age of Sc years
after a long illness. Mrs. Gilger is
survived by her husband, three sons,
Henry zulauf, William and Herbert
Gilger, two daughters, Gertrude
Gilger and Mrs. Lloyd Hirst and
n sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Lange, of
Burlington.
The funeral will be held from the
late residence. tomorrow at 2 p. m,
conducted by Rev. f. w. Landeeck, of
Hedrick. Interment in Ottumwa Gem
etery.
BOWEN - Monday, July 20, 1908. at
4 a. m, in her 8Sth year, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Bowen, died at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. John Peach,
1913 Lincoln avenue.
The funeral will be held Tuesday.
July Il, at 5 p. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Furnished by ottumwa Title and Loa

Furnished by ottumwa Title and Loan
Co, Summers Building, Corner
Court and Seconds Streets.
Rachel Cloutman to e. L. Mil
let, lot 100 in Ottumwa.....S3 SO, 10000
Loren Allen and wife to Tt.
George McElroy. lot 80, In
block 33 r. S. Smiths fifth
addition to Ottumwa, other
considerations and. $500
Frank ". Sellern to Emma G..
Cellern, his wife, Is acres,
out of Sc. ", of NE. II,
28-72-13 ...................
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there is an objection to ringside
weight, we will make it at any hour.
At this short notice, Kelly cannot be
expected to make 154 pounds.
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SEEK MISSING SON
Dave Waters is Looking for Sixteen.
Year-old Boy who Left
Sunday.

Sunday.
Dave Waters, a salesman for the
Hamm Brewing company, is seeking
his sixteen-year=old son Willie, who
left the city Sunday night. Mr.. Waters
has called on the police to aid him
in his search for the boy. Cards bear
ing the description of the young man
have been sent to several Iowa cities.
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The street BARRIERS use their scrap
ers to protect themselves from a
close shave, /,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
INVESTIGATE EVERYBODY.

We agree with Delegate Curlett
that Legislators have been too ready
to give the States money to lin yes,
LEGATIONS, and it were better there be
a standing investigating commission.
Figures show that during the past
two years $4,000, approximately,
have been expended for investiga.
tions, distributed as follows: Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, $6O725; Eas-
tern State hospital, 1881 80; Vir-
ginia Military Institute, $1,2I7 80;
auditing, $1,999.7S, and school
board, 1894 80. Mr.. Curlet. be-
ileves that such Investigations can be
conducted for sum far lees than
this amount. lie would fix the num-
Der of the standing committee at five
members, three delegates and two
senator's, to receive an annual salary
Of $500 and expenses. At every
session of the legislature considerable
amounts are apportioned to the State
institutions, without any accurate
knowledge of their needs, and in this
manner it is estimated that many
thousands of dollars are needlessly
Such a committee wopld
recommend the amounts of such ap.
portionments.
Along the same line, the legisla-
tnre should create the travelling au.
ditor commission. All State officials
receiving or disbursing public money
should be checked up period
cally. The honest and capable Of
fetal would not fear it, and the dis.
Eonest or incompetent one should 90.
Such a system would not only be
welcomed by the ore aud feared by
the other, but would save money to
the State, aud also show what men
more than others were deserving of
the public trust.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Baltimore, Fred
t-Ss,SzLS titEsI2NSH ericlsburg, Nor
= 1879 folk and Kappa
hammock River Routes,

Mid Wiuter Schedule I'm effect January 20. Os
steamers win leave Baltimore, Md. weather
permitting, from Picr No. 9. Light Stseo
wharf, as follows:
,Sunda,s ;, II noon. for westland, Nor th End
MIL Greek. White Stone, Irvington WeemS
Burhans, Burtons. u rbanna, Noraskon. Water
view, wheaton, Sharps, aud Tappa han mock
C. tuesdays. 1870 p. M, for North End, Mill
ry Point, Ottoman, Morans, Burhans, m. ton.
nrbanna. Wat View, Wheaton, ShnTps'
Bowiers, Wares, Wclfords and TSppahan-
weGnesdays 4:3O p. m. for North End. Mil
creek, White Stlnc. BuThans. Urhanna Mo
I nrsSnoh, water View, wheaton, Shevps and
End 6dTids M,iii A Up p m, tor wostlapd, North
man, Morans, Burhan's. urban9a. MNnsS-
kon, Water View. Wheaton, B1y PORT
SSnarps; Bowlers. Wares. We .fords, Tappa-
hammock, MAYORS, Blandfeld, Cartcrs. Las
IONS Leedstown, Saunders. Wilmont. Green
,aws' Port Royal, Port Conway, Hayrnount,
hSp Yard, Ratcl itfes and Fredericksburg
steamers will leave Frcdericksbur- Va
toe ana weather permitting, as follows:
N Mondays, p M, for Ratcliffes, Hop Yard
laws, wiImont, Saunders. Leedstown. Leave
beeustown 4 a. m. Tuesday. Laytons Car
tsrs s,0.i BlaInnacId, MAYORS, Tappabannock,
wheaton, Waterview, Monaskor, Urbanna,
hurhans, Millcnbeck, Morans, Otto,
mau, Merry Point, Irvington. Weems, White
arrive In baltimore Wednesday MORNINGS
Steamers will leave Tappahannock $50 n.
M. westcer permitting, Monday, Tuesday
Thursday and Friday, stopping at
following wharves: Welfords, Wares.
Bowlers, Sharps, Wheaton,, Wateryiew,
Burhans, Millenbeck, sMorans. tOttomans'
MERRY Point. Irvington, weems, White,
Stone, Mil Dreek, North End, swestlani and
arrive In Baltimsre Tuesday, Wednesday
Friday and Saturday mornings
monday and Friday.
MONDAY and Friday.
ION TueSesday and Friday only.
SrueSday.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
GOV. SWANSON's MESSAGE.

The message of Governor Swanson to
the Legislature is one that will be gener-
ally received with approval and praised
for its brevity and directness. 1t
is wholly in a vein of cheerful optimism
and, beginning with the announcement of
money in bank, " he suggests its ex-
penditure along lines of greatest advan-
tage to the State.
One of his chief recommendations is
that the 500, 900 per annum which now
comes to the State from the oyster in
dustry, should be given the Board of
Fisheries for the further extension of
its work in protecting the State against
the depletion of oysters through the
depredations Of the pirates" This is
great subject, and should have the
best consideration possible.
The present ''oyster navy is more
or less of joke, although the present
board of Fisheries has never been sur
passed in ability and energy in doing
the best it can with the money in hand.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
IMPORTANT OYSTER
LAW PROPOSITIONS.
Supt, N. Y, p. s. N. r. r.

The State Board of Fisheries will re-
commend two-and-a-half inches as the
minimum size for lawful oysters
throughout Virginia Except in the up
per James, upper Potomac and seaside,
where no size is to be Observed, and
that the season for longing oysters
shall be from October 1st to April Ist
in all waters except Lynn Haven Bay
and the James and Potomac seed
grounds, ip the seed sections of which
two rivers it is to be from January LIST
to May 18th.
The Board believes that a d inch Gull
law properly enforced will suffice; if not
enforced, six-inch law would not save
the rocks. 1t also believes, as stat ed
in its annual report, that no dredging
should be permitted before January
first, in order to give the young suffi-
cient time to grow hard shell, and for
the same reason the season should be
changed on the upper James and up
per Potomac seed-bearing waters.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
BLEST TIDEwATER VIRGINIA.

Roses and other peeunials still are
blooming, dwarfed fruit or the trees
and mockiug birds not left us vet;
nor ice, nor snow, nor mud, 70 i'm
pede transit; half the population not
yet changed from summer underwear,
and no greas-coats or furs been ex
tracted from the moth-balls; Deem
Der and January begulled into Octo-
Der days, aud blowing and fencing
underway for the spriDg-did any
spot on the globe ever offer more
beatifc surroundings What boots
it if we are warned that February
wall bring icy blasts and March her
desultory and penetrating rains
Cannot We stand two months in.
clemency out of twelve months. In
truth, we should welcome thirty days
or freezing weather, and we hope il
will come, and come without varis
ton. We are healthy here, but q
severe freeze is always better for
continuous health; is better for the
ice gatherer, better for the oyster
market, and Of untold benefit to the
farmer and trucker. 1t is needed
tor the wheat and, above all, need ed
to extinguish insect life. We read
from nndou6ted authority that in
seets destroy annually nearly bill
lion dollars worth of crops, more
than the capitalization of all the ma.
tional banks in America! Their
presence is largely attributable to the
disappearance of our useful birds
robins and quar-, slaughtered by man
and the others flown in disgust be-
fore the march of the pestiferous En-
gllsh sparrow. But this almost un-
calculao!e sum may be greatly reduced
any succeeding season by a severe
winter. 1t kills the insect, the larvae
and destructive germs. Let severe
weather come,and welcome, but at the
same time let us prepare for it to
pass the short term with as much
comfort as possible.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

We expect hustling Accomac and
Northampton to lead, with their
great railroad, splendid truck farms
and vast fish and oyster territorys
but how about the others for compar-
isons? Lancaster, Matthews and
Observation-Disclosures they stand
out for fair valuationsl We blush
for the rich tobacco and tim Der lands
of Caroline, the estates of wealth and
big incomes of Richmond county,
the beautiful farms and rich Poto
mac region of Westmoreland, and do
not think Middlesex and Gloucester.
with fine farms, good horses and bold
water fronts are altogether up to the
mark.
But when we see some of the tim
Der and mineral and stock lands of
Western Virginia we feel quite proud
of some of our Underwater counties.
Out yonder two and three dollars an
acre for lands superior to ours, surely
calls for some better system of assess
ing taxes. The table in full for
Virginia is not go much an incentive
to shame some counties and pull
them up towards honest returns as
it will be to pull down some of our
Underwater counties and make them
dishonestin returning. Let us have
the equalization board, quickly, gen.
tlemen of the Assembly, before we,
too, fall into bad habits.