The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-01
ROOSEVELT IN
J.BROWN'S TOWN
Visits Little Old Log Cabin Built
Before the Civil War.
HIS TRAIN IN STORM ALL NIGHT
Standing Where Battle OF Osawatornie
Was Fought, Ex-President Gives
His Ideas Of Freedom and
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HIS TRAIN IN STORM ALL NIGHT.

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osawatomie, Kans, Aug 31.-Spe.
cial: Colonel Roosevelt and party ar
rived here at $3.50 this morning and
hey were given an enthusiastic well
come after the long ride from Denver
James r. Garfield and Clifford Pinchot
are preparing to leave the Roosevelt
party at Kansas City to go to Wiscon-
sin and assist Senator LaF'ollette in
his campaign. Roosevelt is planning
to give LaFoIlette a lift when he
makes his scheduled speech in Mil,
waukee on Sept. 2. The governor
with his staff left the Roosevelt spe-
cial at Usage. Representatives Muir
dock and Madison, house insurgents,
VIM. Allen White and several other
insurgents were on hand to welcome
Roosevelt to Eastern Kansas. 1t be-
came known today that the midwest
ern insurgents as well as others of
the far west are looking to Roosevelt
for national leadership. He held a
conference with Pinchot and Garfield
Who are securing the country in the
interests of insurgency.
On his arrival here Roosevelt was
aiken to the little old log cabin that
John Brown built when he came to
0sawatomie from the east TO begin
lis fight for freedom $4,000 visitors
we're in the city and thousands lined
he streets along which the Colonel
made his pilgrimage to the shrine of
Kansas and cheered him. Roosevelt
'eyiewed the old John Brown battle
ield where the gorilla warfare was
;arried on that preceded the civil war.
Kansas insurgents and regulars did
honor to Roosevelt from the moment
ne entered the state last night. The
Roosevelt train ran through rain
storm almost all night.
The John Brown cabin which the
a2-presideur visited was occupied by
3rown at the time Of the battle Of
0sawatomie, though it was never own
ed by him. The cabin was the prop.
erty of the Rev. s. L. Adair, brother.
in-law OF John Brown II was here
that the eleven slaves taken out of
Missouri by John Brown were con
eealed, and within few rods of the
cabin Frederick Brown, son OF John
Brown, was shot down by the Nilsson.
ri invaders. The property is now oc.
3upied by the widow of the Rev. c.
). Adair, who was nephew of John
Brown.
Following the visit to the John
Brown cabin Colonel Roosevelt was
escorted back to town and TOOK lunch
con as the guest of the local CONNER
cial Club and the Spanish War vet
Grams. Promptly at one o'clock the
exercises of the day began with a pa
rade of military and civic organiza-
ions which was reviewed by Colonel
Roosevelt and other notable guests
from grand stand erected in the
battlefield park
The so-called battle Of Osawatomie,
in commemoration of which today's
exercises were held, occurred August
80, 1860. On the morning of that day
mand of John w. Reed and Rev Mar
tin White, attacked Osawatomie and
burned the town. A pitched battle
ensued. The Kansans-forty-on in
number-were led by John Brown
Frederick Brown, son of John
Brown, was killed: also six other
free soldiers" No accurate informa-
tion as to the number of Missourians
killed has ever been obtained, as the
dead and wounded we're carried away
by their comrades.
On August 30, 1877, on the twenty
first anniversary of the conflict. a
monument was dedicated to the free
soldiers who won the battle. 1t was
located IN the heart of the battle
ground II Is called the John Brown
monument
The original inscription on the mon
lument read: IN commemoration of
those who on the Both of August, 1855,
gave up their lives az the battle Of
0sawatomie in defense of freedom. =
Later an additional inscription,
which excited wide comment was
placed on the monument, This in
scription reads tThis monument is
also in commemoration of the hero.
ism OF Captain John Brown. who com
tmauded at the battle of osawatomie,
August 80, 1856 who died and con
auered American slavery on the seat
fold at Charleston, Va, December 2,
1852