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Washington since her husband assumed
ne cabinet post But during those brief
soiourns she met her future colleagues
and received visits of the women with
whom she will be most intimately asso-
ciated when the season opens next au-
tu:nn. The most arduous portion Of Mrs.
Nagei's mission TO the capital was 10 Sc
cure a home for next winter. ard her
quest proved successful. The Secretary
signed a lease for the mansion IL 1871 X
street. recently the home OF Lieut. Gen.
Chaffee. and with his family will take
possession next autumn. This home is
within the circle Of the capitals most
brilliant social Mayfair. II is close to tho
residence OF the Secretary of State ant.
it's immediate neighborhooo Is redolen.
with the memories OF disting uisleti pub
Sic men. The Secretary OF War lived
within the square and Fairbanks Vice
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years ago in the Christ Cathedral of St
Louis to Miss Emile Catlin, and the
other brother John r. Shepley. married
the daughter of the late Ethan All IN
Hitchcock. All the Hitchcocks are IN
seclusion for the Secretary o the In
terror who died last spring. But late
the friends Of the former st. Louis cab
net family will have the pleasure Of wei
coming them in the home of the present
holder OF a portfol from the same west
ern city Miss Nasel will entertain many
Of her former friends and schoolmates
during the season and the ST Louis ele-
ment next winter bids fair TO loom large
on the social calendar. The Nagels in
their st. Louis and Massachusetts homes
are noted for their hospitality and for
gathering delightful people into one com
pany. and such reputation inspires the
utmost hopes in those who accuse Wash
ington hostesses of Formally and of fol-
lowing a beaten path.
Copyright, 1909, by Margaret b. Downing,
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NLD Section of Washing
~ ton Was Lively Place in
Old Days-There Were No
Outlaws, But Much Free-for-
all Fighting = Mostly Popu-
lated by the Irish-Union
Station Now Stands Almost
in Midst of Former Swan
poodle MANY Old Settlers
Tell of Exciting Times When
Police and Roughs Came to a
Clash.
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made president Of one of the largest cor
porations in the country. but he called
himself .Swampoodler." and he died
there, as he said he would.
4 score or more years ago Il was Gus
tomary to hold all funerals on Sunday II
il was In any way possible. SO that IL
would not be necessary for the men TO
lose time from their work. The burying
grounds were beyond "Swampoodle." and
IL was a common thing TO see long
line Of carriages following hcarse as
corted BY the members of some impor-
tant order in full regalia. preceded by a
brass band. passing slowly along III street.
This was all right. and the greatest re-
spect was shown. but. unfortunately for
them, the negroes. too, objected TO losing
time. and followed the example set by
the whites. and also held their funerals
Sunday. The appearance OF one Of these
was the signal for a grand rally. Stones,
at the cortege. the glass Of the ilcarse
was broken. the participants pelted and
tnsuited. until in some instances they
were compelled to turn back.
The Irish wakes were the scenes of
many brawls. To the house OF the dead
a crowd OF men and women. the latter
to condole with the mournerS and the
former. while. ostensbly actuated by the
same intention. to drink the whisky pro-
vided by them. II was frequently the
case that there would be general mix
up before the morning among these bibu-
ious sympathizers.
In the summer evenings the young girls
OF X street sitting with their admirers
In the yards OF their more preten,ious
homes. would be startled. though not at
all surprised. by the thud OF running feet
along the street and the dashing OF a
man through the yard, pursued by
squad of police. II the door OF the house
was open he might dash within, through
and out at the back entrance. scale the
rear fence and be gone before the officers
had reached the front gate. Sometimes
instead Of one man there would be sew
eral. but they seldom failed to get away.
for they made 1t their business to know
every inch of "Swampoodle.
-
One Christmas an Irish gentlewoman
was disturbed by such a clatter and.
throwing open her door, a man dashed
into her house. The police who were en-
gagged in the man-hunt stopped at the
door and demanded him.
do not arrest him on Christmas day,
gentlemen" said the woman.
I'VE viii take him II he comes out"
said the officers. hut we will not enter
your house to get him.
The man was given q place In which to
sleep of the effects Of his too generous
rotations. after which he shared the fam
lily table for the Christmas dinner. He
went away when II was dark enough. and
he never forgot. This man was terror
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. every real w ash
ingtonian Swan
poodle is a name
that recalls many
things. For years
one of the most ia
nous sections oi
the city. today it is
but q IN e m O r Y.
There are many
who remember II
as it was when
they were boys and
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in "Swampoodle. leader in all its devil
try. and considered. Justly. an all-round
hard case. After the Christmas episode
he issued orders that no bum should
sit on the fence Of the lady who had be-
friended him.. and IL he found one there
knock him of with blow that insured
the future obedience OF that particular Of
fender. In specially turbulent times he
would patrol that part of the street to
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seven-year-old daughter fitted up for
fancy parties as 1t did TO dress her debut
tante daughter and to keep her older boy
In college, The youngsters have their sea-
sons of gayety and the little Misses Nagel
can enjoy life to the fullest.
Miss Hildegarde Nagel is the daughter
of the Secretary by his first marriage 70
Miss Fannie .Brandeis of Louisville. She
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y the group OF new
"a b net chatelaines
perhaps the least
known TO Wash
iugton is tie wife
OF the Secretary OF
Commerce and La
hor. Mrs. Charles
Nagel OF ST. Louis.
Mrs. Sagel is in
deep mourning and
has made but two
short visits 10
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the Poodle" then in the height of its
glory, was place OF mystery. a place to
fear, a place to avoid. The building of
the Union station and the general inn
provements in that section have resulted
in the partial passing of this picturesque
and purnacious neighborhood. a glimpse
Of its past. in the days when 1t fourished
like the proverbial green bay tree, will
recall much of interest to those who.
years ago. knew it. not as a thing of the
past. but of the present.
In the old days the minions of the law
went there in squads of six and eight to
seek one man. the dog catcher had to
have a police escort to impound vagrant
VS. worth for a negro to venture within
the lines of its enyirons marke. taboo
for his race. This was the territory
bounded by I'd street northwest. I'd street
northeast F and X streets. The
sight of a black face was as the waving
of red flag before bull - the real
-'Swampoodler But the depth of his
hatred was reserved for the police, and
against the officers OF the precinct he
waged unrelentins war.
Jackson alley was the very heart of
'Swampoodle." For many years it was
Inhabited almost entirely by people who
We're called "tinkers'' or timers" from
the fact that they were tinworkers. From
being but five or six families they in time
became the larger part of the alleys pop
ulation. though there We're also Irish
families living there. The latter how
ever lived mostly on the adjacent streets.
the better class on Myrtle and X streets.
which were the fine streets of the dis
trict. As late AS twenty years ago the
north side OF + street was not built up
at all but afforded it's jewellers on the
south side an uninterrup ed view of
swamp. railroad track and pasture lands
10 the green slope of Neligan,s hill. at
the foot of which was q broad. deep
valley called the mill race, probably be-
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The photograph shows the eutran

CHE Belongs to a Well
~ Known St. Louis Family
is Well Equipped for Her
High Social Position - Has
Selected a Commodious Home
on K Street, But Will Not
Take Possession Until the
Autumn-The Nagels an In
teresting Family.
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see that "the lady" was not made an
easy.
And yet this is the man of whom The
story is told that. a squad of police3ica
having once arrested him. he locked his
hands around lamp post and chung
there. defying them even while they beat
his hands almost TO pulp with their
clubs. The sight was sickeninG. and some
OF his friends persuaded him To relinausl
his hold before his mother should arrive
10 see II.
Up to about 1859 there was no pa
troll wagon in ".Swampoodle." and prev
Gus to that il not an uncommon
sight to "A man being dra eyed Or
carried bodily TO the police station.
whica was then at ist and i north
west. II was near the waning Of
.Swampoodie's' glory that negro Was
knocked senSeleSS ny an Office. and moth
ing elSr being available. lie was loaded on
a cart In which was being hauled = huge
block of ice. The ice must have acted as
a restorer. as he came u his senses just
as they reached tine station and. seeing
the officer in question standing near. g
promptly knocked him out with one blow.
When approached upon the subject Of
.Swampoodle" and Swampoodlers, Ma
Sylvester said: ''Ths district was not
the resort OF thieves nor was there any
criminal element there. There was a
great deal of fighting among tie different
factions. The rough element. nv which
I mean the disord arlies. have gradua'iy
been eliminated. The development Of
Swampoodle has not kept pace w tn other
sections of the city in its build ng I'M
provement. but it is wonderfully changed
for the better"
DO you think that the reputation OF
the section had anything TO do with its
slow growth. MAORI"
Not at all. not at all. Now that the
Union depot has been established there.
and having for It's main after es OF traf-
fic such broad and handsom avenues as
New Jersey. Massachusetts and Della
ware. II Is bound to become one of tho
most attractive sections of the city. Tbs
traffic necesstated the better patrolling "f
the precinct as disturbing and unpleas-
ant sights must be eraGicated Most OF
the unsightly build 'ngs that used to cum
Der this neighborhood have been removed,
and we no longer have any trouble with
that precinct. There used to he a great
many saloons but now they have been
thinned out to a reasonable number.
The "Swampoodle" of old has passed
forever. The new Union station stands
upor it's grave, a magnificent monument.
AS an epitaph oil the old ''Swampoodle"
ii might he well to quote from informa
ton obtained from Capt 'Byrnes of the
sixth precinct, who has done duty there
for thirty seven years. There never was
within its environS a sinale house or
bad repute." he SAYS, and the morals OF
Its inhabitants were clean There was no
thieving done there. and no refuge. for
nor liberation Of thieves. There were TO
thugs to waylay the unwa!y In the dark.
A stranger might, il he minded his bus
ness and did not wear uniform, pass
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unmoissted There were no murders com.
United there by white men. The men
who were arrested. and they were legion,
were tried in the Police Court their cases
never being of the kind to be taken to the
grand jury.
There remains intact today but the two
blocks that were the heart of the old
"Swampoodle." between North Capitol
and 1st streets east and G and I streets.
These are still known as "Swampoode."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
immortality and Optimism.

E. S. Martin, In Harper's Magazine
for August: Altogether, the belief in
immortality must be rated among the
important bases of optimism. 1t helps
in a good many ways; opens door to
the solution OF good many perpiexi-
ties: helps some of us to acceptance
of that science of the relations of
men to men which we find in the
Christian gospel: makes life bigger
and more interesting speculation, with
larger possibilities of profit than are
quite within moral ken. Noble charac-
tiers have developed without its aid
but as rule the great characters
seem to reach out for it. and, as years
increase upon them, doubtless rest on
1t more and more. It makes for
patience for hope, for liberation and
good humor. Anything is endurable
that is only process. Signor Ferrero
says that we Americans are pretty
much all optimists, and very good
humored. and surprisingly gentle, all
OF which be admires in us with gem
erous envy. and says our mood about
life Is by no means that OF Europe.
That is partly due, 1t may be, to the
liveliness OF our American sense that
we pnd all orr concerns are In the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
Don't Blame John Calvin.

Burrell in Washington Press: IN
his book. English Traits" Emerson
says "the middle ages Turk In the
streets OF London" OF course they
do. and in lots smaller and more
provincial places as well. They lurked
on brushy farms in this county fifty
to sixty years ago, and worked their /
will with two men, men OF capacity
whom I could name, but won't. TO
make reluctant butter come, they al
ways threw silver dollar of the dads
into the churn to charm the cream and
exercise the frolicsome, mischievous
| imps that. otherwise, would hold the
butter back. And to shoe off the evil
| spirits, they nailed horseshoes over
doors, as hundreds of folks still do,
and nailed shoes On the bttom OF the
hog trough, SO the pigs could not
be cheated out. Of their rightful swill
by greedy Pucks. Years ago man
had been murdered in that region,
and his ghost went shopping around,
making life burden to a good many
people he'd come whooping. snort
ing and yelling round nearly every
night, and whack clubs and stones
against the sides Of houses, and make
dread noises through the houses In
THE Silly nights, waken and disturb
and scare people, and mysterious
A steps would clatter up and down
i stairs. and voices sass each other all
night in the halls, like squirrels
1 suuabbling, and wrangling over nuts
1 in a garnet. and these mems wits
4 served notice that they were about to
vacate the premises in their skulls.
and the men actually pulled out OF
their homes thus haunted. Well, these
men couldn't help IT.. and are not to
be blamed. They did not make them
selves, but were imperfect machines
made by some one else. and they
worked as they had to. as all ma
chimes must work IL they work at all.
This talk about free will and all Its
Implications, is very shallow stuff,
and the belief in it does many cruel
tintustices. Calvin had just to construe
, the doctor as big candle and to light
him and let his tissues and fats gut.
ter down the sides of him and smell
Don't blame John. We still do the like
OF 1t when we lynch negro, don't
we? Folks, in the main, do as they
have to do. BY no possible miracles
could those superstidous. shiftless
men who used horse shoes. coins
sloughed snake skins, and the spin
ers of an oak shivared by lightning
as sovereign talismans, have been as
thrifty and clear headed as Jay Gould
Hartman, Jim Hill, end the Standard
Oil crowd. The point is, we do no,
t any more kill those poor, deluded folk
a because the age has amellorated and
I does not allow 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26

The trolley car, the automobile and
the train have made transportation SO
easy that people seldom walk 1ny
more. They ride to business, to the
theatre, the store, the resort. from the
country into town, from one street
to another, until walking has become
quite a lost art. In a generation or
two more we will forget how to use
our legs. Man is BY nature walk
ing animal. He was never made TO
sit still and be swiftly moved from
place to place. And he is beginning to
show the results of failure to use the
motor muscles. He is becoming toe
fat and pudgy, and no small portion OF
his i'll health might be traced to this
failure to develop his muscles and
use his physical faculties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
New Church at Pennington.

Pennington News: Father Troy is
very much elated over the prospects
for his parish. The foundation is be-
ing laid for a modest new church edi-
fee. 1t is located west of the parson-
age in the same block. 1t will be built
Of rock face cement blocks and will be
3ox4o. with vestibule in front.
The corner stone will be laid Sun
day, August %, with Very Rev. Father
O'Reilly of Keokuk officiating. Faith
err Foley of Quincy, will deliver the
principal address. Excursions for the
knights of Columbus will be run from
Kaokiik and Fort Madison.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
Enforcing a Good Law.

Des Moines Tribune: From state
ments being given out by the depart
ment OF agriculture 1t Is evident that
the pure food and drugs act is at last
accomplishing much in the way OF pro-
tecting the public against the mis-
branding and adulteration Of food pro
ducts. Goods are being confiscated
and condemned In large quantities.
and In some instances the guilty
PARTIES are being heavily fined.
One OF the most recent statements
issued by the department contains
notices OF judgment in thirteen
different cases. Ten are cases OF
misbranding and three OF adui-
teration Officials OF the depart
ment are uncovering the most
fragrant violations OF the law.
one consignment of black pepper was
examined by the bureau Of chemistry
and found to contain cracker crumbs,
ground nutshells and fruit pits.
In Barnum's day, perhaps, the peo-
pie liked to be humbusged, but they
have been pretty well educated into a
different frame Of mind, and In the
matter Of food and medicines, particu-
larly Americans now want just what
they are paying for. The pure 1000
act. which became u law only after a
bitter struggle extending over several
years is likely to prove one OF the
most valuable on the nations statute
books If the officials charged with us
enforcement continue to do their full
duty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
Quackerx Rampant.

Jacksonville Courier: The United
Doctors are established In several
communities in Illinois and are claim
ing to cure everything from leprosy 70
the pip. They even make the declara-
ton that they have cured almost
countless numbers of cases OF epliep-
sy. These doctors may be wonder
workers. They say they are. But any
man who will deliberately state that
he has cured epilepsy Is liar, as Will
be attested by every reputable physi-
clan IN the world. Many things may
be done to relieve epilepsy and to de-
fer or prevent the recurrence OF the
attacks. but it is not durable. OF
course 1t may At some time be con-
quered, but at present It is incur
able. and any rascal who deceives
people into entertaining false hopes
regarding it and at the same time
separates them from their good
money should have 9 care lest the
| law takes him in charge
II the united doctors, the con
glomerated doctors. the amalgamated
doctors or any other doctors could
cure epilepsy they would not find i
necessary to gallivant about the coun
try seeking whom they might deyour
they could sit in deliberately furnish
ed offices anu be regarded as Dene'ac
tors to mankind and could roll IN earn
ed wealth uncounted.
when cure for epilepsy is fount
1t will not be placed In the manu-
of charlatans and quacks. It VIII o.
4 given to the world of medicine AM
A all who desire may benefit
AS regards doctors 1t is prett'
good idea to fight rather shy 9
those who do most of their practicin'
with their mouths, aided and abette'
by overwrought imaginations an
spurred on by the itching pain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
Good Advice 70 Republicans.

Cedar Rapids Republican, II you
are a Republican, do not make up
your mind hastily about the new tariff
seven-eightls of the stuff that Il now
being put out is base misrepresenta-
ton OF the facts. The men with pref
udlces are now sending stuff out OF
Washington. The real facts will come
out after while. It was the same way
when the Mckinley law was enacted.
1t was lied about until the people
voted the McKinleys out Of power, and
with them went the tariff bill. Then
after four years of hard experience
they were glad to vote tae McKinleys
back, and when the Dingley law was
being enacted every one was SO glad
of II that M ono thought TO lie about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26
EFFECT OF TAX FERRET LAW

w. T. Buchanan, managing editor
Of the Des Moines Capital. writes from
Los Angeles to that paper that he ask
ed city editor there what were the
elements which had created city up
on the Los Angeles river and was told
nOhioans and Iowans." 1t seems to
Mr.. Buchanan as If this were true, as
he meets former citizens of Iowa on
every hand. why did they move there?
Mr.. Buchanan suggests two answers:
First-Ill health and the. desire to &c
to a milder climate. Second--The tax
laws of Iowa. Concerning the latter
he writes:
aThe last reason was surprise to
me but l found it quite generally dis
cussed among the former Iowans
Cashier Nichols declared that fully
two hundred deposits had been secur-
ed from former Iowans who had NOV.
ed their legal residence to California
lust because of what they termed the
tax ferret law In this state there is
little effort to tax money and credits
A man holding mortgage upon prop
erty is not expected to pay taxes. He
makes the man who gave the mort.
gage look after that vital question.
Bonds OF California municipalities and
Of the etatn as we'll ae nnblio service
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26

Washington Post: The practically
undated activity In industrial and
commercial circles during the past ten
days is nothing else than 4 reflex Of
good news from the great crop-produc-
ing areas of the country. The truth
that agriculture is the basis Of the
nations wealth has never been more
fully realized than during the present
season. When the farmer prospers
the country has cause for rejoicing. In
the revival OF business. 1t is he, not
the captain Of industry. who gives the
word. The farmer is the real general
issimo OF the Industrial forces.
When the man behind the plow
calls Gee ap' the city leader
cries "Alions = and the wheels
Of industry begin to spin; coal
is dug from the ground, rolling stock
is put in motion, steel and iron pro
duction increase, goods are ordered to
replenish the traders supply.
The wheat crop. which is practically
saved promises about the same az last
year, but ruling values make It the
most valuable ever known, the In
crease in the worlds demand and the
prospective shortage in the Argentine
crop having combined to enhance the
price. Heavy floods in portions OF the
Missouri valley have been damaging
| to corn, but favorable weather has
been the rule elsewhere in the grea'
corn-growing districts. and there Il
every reason to believe We are e
have at least a 5000, 600. 0oo-bushe
/ crop. with money value not far from
| So, 600, 000, 900. This means increased
net earnings for the railroads and NJ
idle cars, as well as riches for tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-26

The selection of Charles R. Crane OF
Chicago by President Taft to be min
lister to China has met with general
approval among business men. and
has proved acceptable to the Chinese
government According to state
ment made by Mr.. Crane. one Of the
principal aims of his appointment was
1.-THE aiding of American enterprise to
secure and maintain an adequate
foothold in a country which promises
to be the richest market Of the world. !"
In his opinion China SIS now the focus
of the worlds greatest international
problem" Mr.. Crane is member of
the manufacturing firm OF which his
father, r. T. Crane, is still the head,
and he has never held political Of
flee before. He supported Grover
Cleveland, but in the last campaign
was with Taft.