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THE OREGON--SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY. 1, 1004. I
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Romance, of the
French Founder
of Dubuque
From . tli
Dubuqus (I.) Telegraph-
- ' 1 .' Herald. " .'
HB story of Julian. Dubuqus reads
like romanoe, . .
W have been taught to think
of him mm Hixm first whits hi.
tlef ia low," ZAd to -revere ths . low
. bones crumbling under tho gray tower
xrn the bluff. But thlo puts miles of
-distance between tils lift and our own.
It la when wo think of him as bo was
.. when- ho first can to tho vUlaga that
. ii now our. city -a young, . handsome
Canadian Frenchman, wlUi tba flro of
youth and tho love of sd venture burning
In his veins, that wo feel ths-distance
: raeit sway. Whatever led the- young
man Into the wild western region there
're no record toft to tell. - lie was not
driven by nectsslcy. In bis Canadian
home be had had tho exoellent educa
.: tlon that was the strongest sign of cul
ture and wealth 111 years ago. He was
s. well-to-do young man. with capital
enough st It to establish himself In
" business. .;-, ..,.f ,.- , . r..t
The early settlers of Bt Louis tell of
bis handsome face, his courtesy and the
French grace that was typical of hint'
. All of these, characteristics make' his
' life- among th Indians most -mysterious.
"Was to Impelled by- a boyish love af
udventurc when he came west or was
there -an -early romance In his, young
'life? FeW men are philanthropic-enough
to shut themselves away f rem the world
tot pure love of mankind.' '' When" we
"think of - his v long,- semi-savage life.
i among people not of his kind and know
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.HICH ia the way to the
, Seamen's Institute?"
r The Inquiry. was made
, . : "w - a, anon, mica-sei
youth whose badge, cap, and brass but
tons at once) told ane ha was aj annran
- mat he Uvea u alone, without the mar-1 tics. I knew the place was on Front
. wuwu ntaae iivnauniNi w so i street, v ana -although soma, block out
Cj many waits men or his time. . ws are I of my way. I peered to accompany him
-tempted to weave Into It a bit of ro-lso far. And. Indeed. It was lucky that
. unnoc ,. uui tnis is -only ' s liaeiy con
v Jecture." AH we know Is that" he came
, dowu tho Mississippi In 1784.
Jullea Dubuque was ' only a' boy of
,'25 when he xame to the little lend of
tha Mississippi lying between Catfish
creek and Eagle point ' " "-'
i-bmi llvln emr'.Pralrls du vessel was properly made fast and eon-
uihi' wui wmu-vi xauLene naa car
rled the news of . wonderful discoveries
f lead near the' Great River, The
stories of the Indians aroused ths young
.; man,- and ha made his way down the
Mississippi to the present site of Dubuque.
Fox village stood near where the
he had met soma one -to guide him. for
ne naa been stumbling over the rail
way track to the north of the depot for
some time, not knowing which direction
to, take. '.v,. iv-:-- .- '
His ship was moored at tho Oceanic
dock; they had not rknocked off", tilt the
sequently It wss already dark before
I he had found his way across the river,
'Though only having been at sea three
years, he had been around - the Horn
throe times, and had been to various
ports hi Australia and South America,
"But. ha told me. .1 have always
' ty now stands, called the village of bor . 7f cr?k JS V .-SZ
-Kettle Chief. It-eon.l.t.4 f Indian th "I crack. 14 ":nd
HKPiliim ina riaasi maawi'si geaaas-
lodges, extending back ' from . the river,
.and sheltering a hundred warriors and
r their families. It was among these In
diana that - Pubuque secured shelter
daily the Seamen's Institute,'
'Just then wo came In full view of
the building Itself, the warm light shin
ing from the. windows, giving the place
a comfortable and cheerful appearance.
while he explored the country lor lead . 'i..l J cneerrui appearance
ure . " - I The. chaplain was standing In ths door
way,, and with a cordial . grasp of the
hand, ha bade us welcome.
I could not help thinking what an in
estimable blessing ' ths place must be
v , Four years before, the wife of an In
; dlan warrior, Peeota, had' discovered a
. rich mine of lead. A little lnvestlga-
..flon OR the furl, fit 1thi.a.A
jvlnced him of its value, but he was too Jr ,li this oy; srrlving here far
wise to preclpiute his action. 8o be fro noma and without a friend; so fir
spent several months with ths Indians f" concerned, where could
"getting acquainted.' Mia youth, his 5.? " M WM not tor tn' InstltuUt
handsome face, his good nature and Th n"rr com n too plainly "the
U hearty- manner delighted hi. hosts, f'h.t ti? i"Z "i" .th6 'T5
and he was a welcome gueat He ork Z0 u by "-
pUyed with the chUdren. tended the I1"hm!!1 k Jb
Sick, hobnobbed with the warriors, and Z?7 .! Drlnt cub- there have
mTn- i. ;:"...rr !. .v" " the privilege of meeting friends who
saape htm. And his tact was richly I11 them to their homes and entertain
rewaraea. ,ir ias than a year Utar the
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them, making - them - welcome
Americans .know how. to 0 '
; Let us Jola the chaplain as ha shows
a group or newcomers around the build
Jng. . On the ground floor we first enter
the concert room, --where - weekly' con
certs and social gatherings are arranged
for , their entertainment The walls of
Ihe room, are tastefully decorated with
photographs of ships and sailors, which
have been presented by the seamen to
the Institute. In grateful remembrance
of the pleasant times they have spent
beneath Its roof. Opposite Is ths men's
reading room, where the old shellbacks
sit around ths Are, and spin wondrous
yarns about the last ship, which some
how is always vastly, superior to the
Ths next place we Inspect Is the bll
liard room, where the walls are lined
with books, given by the Library asso
ciation of Portland. Opening out of
this Is ths gymnaalum. where the gloves
krs In constant request A sailing ship
scarcely ever makes a voyage without
a fight or two taking place among ths
crew; and one can hardly be surprised
at this, for very - often there are not
more than three of the same national
Hy In the whole crowd.
Upstairs are two comfortable end
tastefully furnished rooms for appren
tlcea and officers. . Here the chaolaln
also hss his quarters. Ths chaplain's
walls . sre covered with photographs
given ss tokens Of the respect and grat
itude whleh all feel who come within
his Influence
Lastly wsu-go Into the little chaoel
where ehort services are held each Sun
day, the English services being some
times supplemented by services in Ger
man. French, or Italian, to ault the
requirements of those In port.
The Institute wss opened In 19. when
Dr. Hay was appointed to organise the
work under a local committee consist
ing of James Laldlaw, W. J. Buraa. R.
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ai only I ftf Wl ;
llllawlalfa,if
FAREWELL SERVICE
fThe Importance of the work will be
bent understood when tt Is realised that
this Is no - Isolated eflart, ' but part of
a world-embracing scheme by which the
Church Is reaching seamen.
The Miastons to Snamen have 101 sim
ilar Institutes In different parts of the
world, and their blue flag ia known and
honored by seamen In every corner of
the globs, and It many of those, who
visit the Institute la this city are for
eigners. It must be remembered that
American aeamea art . receiving a gen-
eroue' welcome in. similar Institutes
England and Australia, In Cape Town and
Hongkong, in Antwerp' and Calcutta.
Rector Bruce, la charge of the Inst!
tut, said of It:
"To' a young sailor It Is difficult 'to
overestimate the value of euck a pise
He has left home while a mere boy, and
is at once thrown into a life that Is be
set with temptation and largnly -re
moved from ordinary religious In flu
enres. He reachea port and longs for a
little recreation after the monotonous
drudgery of his life at sea.- He has
scarcely landed before he Is sought by
tnose wnn would profit by his Inexpert
ence. The lands in the north end, lrf a
district honeycombed with saloons and
dives of the vilest description. Hs Is
tempted to desert his -ship by crimps,
who, prompted by the hope of , blood
mnney, an not neaitate - to use every
poasiois oovice to achieve their Infa-moua-
end. The sailor who llatena to
their plauslhle promises will soon dis
cover that he hss bartered Als soul. tor
h mess of pottage, and Ida moment of
rouy nss rorreitea the accumulated aav.
I ina Of manv muntha. After a fmm itaa
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THE' CHAPEL
Livingston, and T. D. Wilcox. In 1101
after two years of excellent work Dr.
Hay was transferred to New Tork, and
the present chaplain, the Rev. C Cum-
mlng Bruce, waa appointed.' Mr. Bruce
la a native of Scotland and a graduate
of Cambridge university. He spent sev
eral years In a great city pariah, and
he has had a wide experience of work
among seamen In Liverpool, London, and
elsewhere. He haa traveled extensively
tn Europe, and tt Is to this that ws may
perhapa attribute his Interest in the sea
men of many lands. Working in cor
dial' co-operation with the chaplain la
W. 8. Fletcher, the veteran missionary
of. the American Seamen's Friend so
ciety. An old sailor, having served be
fore the roast In the forties, he has
devoted the last 14 years of his life to
the qulef spread of the gospel among
the seamen frequenting this port
It is sometimes supposed thst the mis
sion is an English ons for English sail
ors, but this Is Incorrect and a
visit will quickly dispel the Illusion.
Every ship that arrives In port Is vis
ited by officers of ths Institute and a
good proportion of the crew, American
and English. French and German. Scan
dinavian and Italian, find their way. to
the Institute, and all receive the same
cheery greeting. Perhapa no nation ap
preciate the Institute more fully than
the German, and many are the lettera
received from the fatherland that spook
In - glowing - terms of the good times
spent In Portland.
ashore he has no option. but to ship
again, and his family, who had looked
for a shsre of his wsges. sre left to
starve at home. - r
"In the face of such 'temptation ths
Institute is a veritable harbor of refuge.
No wonder a mother writes! 1 don't
know what my son would have dons
without the Mission to Seamen Insti
tutes In different parte of the world;
they have been the only home he has
had during his long absence. - I trust
you will long continue to carry on ths
good work you are doing. Infringing
healthy and gentle influences -to bear on
the poor, wandering boys In tbetr rough
lives; It I splendid work end worthy
of the best support ws can give it both
in timo and money.' " W. K.
-,Jdlans granted him ths exclusive prlvi
Jegs .of .lead mining. o tba richest mln-
-raj tract in Louisiana. .
The First Oraat la Zowa.
i . VThe grant gave him the right to mine
on a-tract of land extending along the
liver from the mouth of the Little Ma
tjuoketa to the Tete dea Morta, a dis
tance of seven leagues,, and - running
westward about three , leagues. The
papers read: ,
"We sell and abandon to Dubuque
all the coast and ths contents of the
mines discovered by the wife of Peosta,
so that nq white man -or Indian shall
. make any pretentions to It without the
consent of Sleur Julien Dubuque." , .
' Chten. September 32, 1711.
As soon aa ho had secured the lease
he went back to Prairie du Chlen for
assistants. When, he returned to the
. villaa-A .f STafrfrl fHtA V. ..
' him 10 Canadians to assist him as over
seers, boatmen, smelters and wood
choppers. For his sake the -Indians
welcomed his companions, and allowed
them to make their home tn tha villas
The mining began at once. He employed
- the Indian women and old men of .the
. trioe to assist him in digging the ore
He opened farms, erected houses and a
, horsemlli, and put up a smelting) fur
nace near Dubuque's bluff. He opened
o tores, bought furs and sold goods and
. Indian trinkets. Twice a year . h took
boat loads of ore,-furs snd hides to fit
lxtuis where Jie exchanged them for
L - gooda,-supliei ''Ind money. 1. In .the
1 frontier town, where the world's fair
..i..to be.,Jeid , jtblxjBar;hs.. was known
as ths largest trader of the unmr mi.
Slsslppt. Valley, and his- semi-annual
trlps were of great Importance, a .
As ho worked ha found time to culti
vate the Indiana He learned the habits,
- - superstitions and traditions of the Fox
nation, as he learned the language. In
return xor ma - interest, they gave him
tho name of ."Little Cloud" and a rever
ence and. trust that was .alwaya touch
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Dtthuo.as'i First white Tlsitor.
Robert Df our.!:.
fof Music.
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Mr. Martyr Sends a Hurry CaU for a
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IIAT IS THE MATTER with
Willie's face. Mrs. MartyrT
It's all broken out Don't
tell me. I know ha has
scarlet fever. Tou can't deceive ma
Tou've been allowing him to play with
that- boy across the street who had It
three months ago. '
SAT HE HAS SCARLET FEVER,
. AND I KNOW."
Idsten! he's coughing. That's one of
me infallible signs, and his forehead
is covered with perspiration. That's an
otner. They always havs cold sweats
when they are coming down with scarlet
lever.
- Oh. when will you learn to safeguard
your children as they should be safe
guarded T I warned you when I saw the
flag out across the street .to keep your
cnuaren at noma, l told you what a ter
rible thing scarlet fever Is: how it leaves
cnuaren deaf and dumb and blind and
bereft of reason; how It spreads from
one child to another until a whole tarn
ily Is decimated.
I told you that itibaffled medical skill.
mat cuung a physician would be use
less, and -what do you dot Tou send
your children over to the very houss
wnere the terrible malady Is rasinc In
aw its rury, ana allow them to breathe
In the Infection and come home to die.
Yes, to die, madam, for you know very
well wbat a delicate constitution that
boy has, and that he will never be able
to withstand the ravages of ths horrible
disease.
Now, please do not interrupt me. I
say he has scarlet fever, and I know.
You'll call Dr. SkaggsT No, you will
not- You ought to know that he belongs
to a school of medicine which I disap
prove of. I will not have the man In
my house. .Where was Dr. DopemT Out
of town? -
Well, you might have sent him word
that your child had been exposed, It
seems to me, before he went away.
You did know he had been exposed.
You sent him right Into the Jaws of the
soarlet fever microbe yourself.
I suppose that waa a ruse of yours to
"LET MB FEEL YOUR PULSE."
get acquainted with your neighbors, and
you Imperilled your child's life in order
to gratify your paltry social ambitions.
That Mrs. Bascom across the street Is
not a proper Person to know, anvwav.
and I don't see why you should run after
her. She Is alwaya gadding downtown
when she ought to be at home attend
ing to her children.
Why don't you call that doctor? The
boy Is coughing again and I know tho
crisis of the disease will be here in a
few minutes, and he will go into a
spasm. Then what will you doT Call I
him Immediately. It does seem to me
that If I was a doctor like 8kaggs. when
I was summoned In. a life and death caae
I would come at once, instead of dawd
ling along.
Never mind! Even if I don't approve
of him, we have got to have somebody.
You hsve demonstrated your unfitness
to meet such a serious catastrophe as
that which has befallen our child.
Come here, Willie; let me feel your
pulse. Beating like a triphammer The
child is consumed with fever. Fever
patients don't perspire? Well, this child
Is perspiring, which shows how much
you know about that.
What waa that, Willie? You got pol
son ivy on your face? Pooh! Imagina
tion! You know you have been exposed
to scarlet fevert I saw you myself.
only yesterday, playing with that Bas
com boy, and it was not three weeks
sgo that I saw a red flag In front of
their house.
Oh, Doctor Sksggs. How do you dot
I fear my poor child here Is In the last
stages of scarlet fever. You should have
been called earlier, sir, but unfortun
ately,- 1 was not scqualnted with his
condition until tonight . - --
Poison . Ivy? Nonsense; where would
be get poison Ivy? I tell you It's scar
let fever. I should think a man of your
experience would know the disease when'
you saw It j
None In town? My dear sir, there was
a case across the street not three day
ago. I saw the flag myself.
What did you say, Mrs. Martyr? They
had an auction of household goods over
there? ' Well, why did you not tell me
before you called the doctor? You alarm
bpth of us unnecessarily, madam, and 1
(OnprrlgktvlSOa, r W. . Haant.)
(y Charles S. masselL)
HB question Involved In the mu"
af Richard Strauss Is n' t
t whether music can be used m
appeal to ths visual slds of th
Imagination that ts, " whether we rn
be made to sea things by means ff mt
steal sounds).' but whether muxto cnti
express abstract thought and, tn a way,
discuss It .-'.'.-v. '. ..:",.,
- The function of musle as an Instru
ment to mske ws see things was sw
tied long ago. We, ought to be well
enough sssured by this time that th
effects of sound and sight lis tn wir
minds so close together that la our
mental operations sounds may become
visions and vision sounds; - -
Thst wss suffloleatly demonstrated by
jV'sgner.' not to mention others. .
But what Is not so-Ttear ts whether
muste Is ss good a vehicle of philosophy
as it Is of vision, and that la the whoU
problem about Straues. i .
Itf alt his music that ne played hers
last week there Was nothing visual;
there wss nothing thst. appealed to the
seeing side ot the Imagination. It was
sometimes descriptive,, thst is true, aa
In -EulensplegeL' but tt wsa never pic
ture-making, aa Wagner Is so habitually:
It had no scenic property and no vitality
of color. -.
Yet It is certain that R had a certain
marvelous Intellectual quality, and that
to some minds It wilt always appeal ss
the highest form of masie. These minds
will alwaya be Interested In It and In
tsnsely; yet never -much' moved by It
for the reason that Its appeal la to the
Intellect and not to the emotions. Very
likely, therefore. It will have a narrowly
limited following and a limited effect
upon the world's ' musical - history. It
will be in muslo asta large part of
Browning Is tn poetry, t Those thst like
It at all will like It better than any
thing else, but the number of those that
like- it will be small'
Indeed, Strauss is the Robert Brown
ing of music. Just as Swinburne ts tha
Wagner of poetry, 8helley its Beethoven
snd Tsnnyson Its Mendelssohn, so close
ly are the two arts allied. - Thus spoks
"Zarathustra," Is tho close analogue of
'Bordello," and "Eulensplegel" of "Flflne
at the Fair,'. Browning raised exactly:
the -same question In poetry;, namely,,
whether poetry could well be used as the
vehicle - of philosophical disquisition, '
whereas It had previously been restricted
to the one ' province of beauty. - The
question has never been satisfactorily
ssttled In poetry, and will hot be In mu
sic, because there Is always the personal
equation. . coming in, - "For r those that
like that sort of thing this Is the sort of
thing they Ilka Some persons unques-.
tionably derive very great satisfaction
from these works of Browning, as some
from the advanced music, of Richard
Strauss; but aa Browning's philosophical
monologues have not left much impress
In the trend of English poetry, so we
may think Strauss vrlll not have greater,
effect upon the trend of music. . .
Tho fact Is that art ts a matter or
feeling and no .of , Intellect and that
attempts to confuse Us sphere of Influ
ence (to borrow a phrase from Interna
tional politics),-will alwaya ba mors or J.
less disastrous. ,
The cut and drlsd tenets of philosophy
have nothing to do with art nor art with
them. .. . . ":.."'..'-..-' .'
When we get outside tho feeling In art ..
we begin to trample about tn tne field of
reason, and reason makes short work of
the trespassing amotions. , '
"Zarathustra" la reasoning In music,
"Bordello" Is reasoning In verse. Res-
anxlna, la mmUL In a. wav. Rut men have
apologise for you. Bellev4 me. doctor, vfp much swayed br it and until
I was not in ths lesst of th? opinion we live In a world hera ths inclusions
that your service, were necessary, but reason are noi perpsiuaur p
my wife became frightened and Insisted chance and clrcumatanca and fata they
upon calling you. I will not be. ; f b ; , ' . x ' w
Rha alwftva arnrrlM ihrnit th nklM ' Reasoning In DTOS0 IS fUtHS though:
snd I never can laugh her out of her I reasoning in poetry and muslo Is Ilka
Doctor
fears.
Ml
li
ft'
making marks on the sea sand.
It is an odd fact that exactly Ilka
I Rrownlns-. Btrausa has ths highest gifts
along the regular and accepted Unea of
his art ' Browning waa gifted to write
ublims poetry of the unquestioned sort;
Strauss Is a born melodist Conscien
tious, no doubt both of thetnt but th
magnificent body of English poetry was
not hunt un bv men that worked out
side Of the true. Strict boundaries of art
and tha cause of muslo la not likely to
be greatly furthered by works of ab
struse reflection like "Zarathustra." ,
After alL feelln IS best Tha reason
of man, how foolish, how trivial, how
svanescent In tha face of the stars! The
wisdom of the generation Is tha mock
ery of ths next But tha feeling of men
I are eternal ana rignr. worse oi mr
I founded on the universal emotions
of mankind do not need explanation or
apology, and they alone have had the
gift a imzsss:xxr:.7r-K;
VMM DABS BXFOaUl
DAWV.
SHE ALWAYS WORRIES
THE CHILDREN.
ABOUT
O, mystery-of the morning gloam.
Of haunted air,-r wwaiess uuem -
ro, wondsr of the deepening dome
I Afar, still far., the morning's flush!
My spirit hears, among the spheres.
The "round sarin a ever-quicaumiig
- rushl
nt - ihm MlaHlaalnnt. Small farms and
In IS05. tho' year after the denartnea I oardens were cultivated about the log
of. Lewis and Clark, the government I cabins, and "'Little Cloud" himself re-
fit tail nil nnhA unnl., , ' . I - -1 , . a. . l L. .
wuw.uv. vAouifciufi w explore I wivw nmrRet prvuuuv ,ii uiia -wft
,me Mississippi valley. it waa com
manded by Zebulon M. Pike, who started
up the Mississippi from St Louie. His
first glimpse of the present site of T-
; buqua he described as foliowa,':-.-'-..
"We saw an encampment of Fox In
dlans von the west shore of the river,
on a beautiful eminence, which appeared
to be an old town, ; It is about so miles
above Rock Island by the river." , .
-On the next day, Sunday, August 11,
vf the explorers arrived at the; village of
Kettle Chief, Which was now. known as
' the Mines of Spain. ., Lieutenant Pike
, writes:
, ,"We went saluted with i a fleW piece
. oy Monsieur' Dubuque, the proprietor,
There were no horses to take us to the
, mines, which were six miles west of the
river, and it was Impossible for me to
mane an Inspection of ; them' from, the
, river. I therefore proposed 10 queries,.
wnicn, .uuDuque ai-swered, The sub
stance of his answers ; were - that - the
hilneral lands were supposed to extend
i leagues in . length, and front one to
, three .leagues In width. Ths ora yielded
about n per cent and from 20,000 to
. 40,000 .pounds were annually .'.formed
- into pig aa,t. VipCf.:X--:-:--f
, The shores consist in general of pral
,f rle. which, when hot immediately border
i Ing the river, can be seen through ths
- skirt of the forest that In soma plaoes
line tha .banks.-; The timber is generally
maple, birch and oak, and .the soil very
excellent," . . r
... Sought Tltla io ana. - ! -k
It was this fertile soil that supplied
, a large part of the living to the whits
settlers. Dubuque encouraged his assist
ants io make homes . for themselves' Jn
the strange land. A number of the Can
adians .marrledjndtan women, and half
breed children played upon the banks
other supplies, In the meantime, the
founder of the Mines of Spain waa anx
ious to perfect his title to the leased
lands. Hs realised the value ot the possessions,.-and
that time might demand
something more than the permit of a
council of Fox Indians. He claimed that
he had paid for the lands in goods, and
In October, 1799, he presented to the
Spanish governor ' of Louisiana a pe
tition asking title to the lands, v The
request was referred by the governor
to Don Andrew Todd, a prominent mer
chant who had secured a monopoly, of
the Indian trade with the tribes of the
Mississippi. ' Toda - was ordered to ex
amine Into Dubuque's claim, and report
to the governor. In his report Todd
stated that he saw no reason why1 the
land eiatmsd by Dubuque should not be
granted to him, provided that Dubuque
should be prohibited front trading with
tba Indians, except by consent of Todd.
Ths Seoond Grant
On November 10,. 178, the governor
made the grant to Dubuque as presented
In his petition, and endorsed upon tt
"Granted as asked for under the restric
tions by the' . merchant Don Andrew
Todd, in his report .- . - ; . j
Soon after the grant was made ths
boundaries on ; tha - three sides - were
marked by monuments erected by the
Fox chiefs and Dubuque. - . ,. '
The Tight of the Indians to dispose
of their land, had always been recognised
by Spain,; and. Dubuque felt' secure in
his new grant But It was neither Spain
nor the Indians who were to have the
final disposition of the land. As the
years passed he became heavily, In
debted to' Auguste ? Chouteau. of St
Louis.; witn wnom ne carried on an ex.
tensive- business. In -October, 1104, he
oonveyed to Chouteau In settlement ot
his Indebtedness an undivided seven
sixteenths Interest of his land, estimated
at about 78,121 acres. It was also pro
vided that at the death of Dubuque all
the remainder of his Interest In i th'i
lands should go to Chouteau or his
heirs. . -4
. . ' An Early Kawsult.
It was this conveyance that gave rise
to one of the largest early lawsuits of
Iowa. In 1806 Dubuque and Chouteau
had filed a claim with the United Statu
for title to all of the lands which Du
buque had originally leased from' the
Indians. This tract embraced a tract
nine miles west from the Mississippi
and extending 21 miles along ths river
bank. It included all of the lead mines
known at the time, and all of the pres
ent city of Dubuque. For nearly- SO
years this claim was pending. Finally
a suit of ejectment was Instituted by
the heirs of the claimants of the grant
against : Patrick Molony, a farmer - in
Dubuaue county, who held a United
States patent ion his farm. The Chou
teau' heirs employed Reverdy Johnson,
the famous Maryland" lawyer, while the
Dubuque Settlers were represented ; by
Judge T. & Wilson and Piatt Smith of
Dubuque. The decision turned largely
on ; the " legal ' construction of the two
grants to Julten Dubuque,. and the court
held that they were merly leases tt mine
lead, and not Intended to convey actual
title to the land. , - '.'x- v:
Death of Dabuqae. v
But all this occurred after Dubuque's
death. Hd and his little white colony
worked the mines and carried on trade
in the Indian village for 21 years. . The
half-breed chHdren grew un about him,
and the young men whom ha brought
with him became grandfathers. Du
buque lived for a short time with an
Indian -woman, but he never married,
and --left no heirs. ; He never, returned
to his boyhood home, but tolled on. year
after year among: his chosen people.
with the knowledge thst ths land he
had worked so hard to gain would go
to another after bis death.
On : March 24. 1810, Dubuque died.
after a short Illness with pneumonia.
And then It was that "Little Cloud" re
ceived the reward for his work amoij?
his red brethren. The entire population
of the Mines of Spain followed him to
his grave, the Indian squaws walled
over his body, and the chiefs themselves
superintended his burial. He was laid
to rest on the river bluff, where a red
cedar cross, with the Inscription, "Julien
Dubuque, Miner of the Mines of Spain.
died March 24 th, 1810. aged 46 years
and six months." marked his burial
place. . , '
.Honor for "Uttle Cloud."
For years after Dubuque's death, no
white man was permitted by the Indians
to remain in the Mines of Spain. John
T.' Smith, a western pioneer, bought an
Interest In Dubuque's grant and at
tempted to carry on mining after his
death, but was not permitted to remain
by the Indians. They claimed that the
grant to Dubuque was issued to him
personally, ,. and cbuld not be used by
Other parties. The Fok chief Pla-no-sky
gathered his warri ora about him.
and Smith and his followers were, driven
out No one else might take the place
of Dubuque to his loyal Indian friends.
And they did him another and . mora
beautiful honor, for ths little Indian
village, so long known as Mines of
Spain, became in their musical tongue,
Dubuque Lead Mines."
pen sail on of Judges because of the
shortening of hours and the possible
consolidation of precincts would amount
to a large sum. One machine that was
offered was found Inapplicable to our
primary election system for some rea
aona. but- thin mnv not he tha cn with
the other approved and tasted kinds of
voting machines, And even If no ma
chins can be found that is adapted to
both primary and flnal elections H Is
probable that the use of machines for
the flnal elections alono would be found
to effect a heavy saving In expense. The
Introduction of machines at flnal elec
tions would simplify matters to that
extent, would expedite the count, Insure
absolute accuracy, prevent fraud and
render contests Impossible. Probably
also a way would be found, to adjust
them to primary elections when that
problem waa thoroughly understood.
Very little stands in the way of such
un aujusimem now in me case or tne
best known type of, machine.
At any rate the economy of installing
these machines where they can be util
land should be Investigated and at
once. The law requires suflsh long pre
liminaries thst If a test ts to be made
at ths fall election It ia high time to
move.) It the test should prove satis
factory after a selection had been made
the cost could be appropriated in two
budgets or distributed over a series of
years. There ought at least to be no
more postponements of the test
THS OOOX WHO OUZBSXB.
DOOHOMT XX YOTTJTO KAOKZHES.
f imi.. aiu 4. iuiicc, .
Even- If the most expensive of the
machines on the market? were selected
they would pay tor themselves In two
or three elections under our election
Uwe. The saving in-rent clerk hire. J with the cast-iron rules that resulats
stationery and printing and In the com 'modern cookery, and geniuses are sel-
From the Now ork Press. j
I'd give a dollar," said the man who
coddles his stomach, "to And a cook
who doesn't measure. She would glad
den my soul. The "cook who does things
by guess is a rare bird nowadays.' Bh
has genius, else she could not . dispense
to ths flat-house
dom Indigenous
kitchen.
"But there used to he nlentv of them.
Why, I remember the time when half The song ot thrush, .before the blush
A slngls leafon yonder tree, "
The planets rush hatn isit - nam
' heard:
And soon all branches whispering be!
That whisper wakes ths neatea Di ra
the kitchens in the land gloried In a
guoh-work cook. It did a fellow's eyes
And his whole Internal organisation good
to watch her. 8he would take a pinch
of this, a handful of that and a dash of
something else and mix them all to
gether, and the result would be the most
delectable tidbit that a fellow ever put
into nis mouth.
"Lord, Lord, but eating was a Pleas
ure in those days. It isn't so now. In
these whirligig times everything haa a
machine-made taste. That s because
the cooks measure so much. Instead
of trusting to Inspiration, as a heaven
born cook la bound to do, the kitchen
nutans in iouy measure even ine pan
they put in the porridge.
Of Dawn, - tha dreaming world hath
stirred! r - t ' v, ,
The old moon withers in the east"
The winds of space may drive her far:
In heaven's chanocl waits the priest-
Dawn's pontiff-priest; , the morning
starl'' v,K.i'i:v'Vr...;;:;VjS ... .
And yonder, lot a. shafted glow
Tha , gates or day-spring tail .ajar: ,
v. ;- , ., . .. - v .. . -ttuun jh. i nomas.
such cookery lacks individuality, and la
au on tne same dead level or medi
ocrity. Merciful heavens, what alia
these biscuit? They're as heavy ;as
ieau. . . ' ;y -,:;,t-
' "Possibly the cook made a mistake
said the man's wits. "I got a new cook
yesterday one 'that doesn't measure. " I
am afraid she didn't put enough bakins
puwuer in ins Discus,i
rmusi ot a soAHDra.
From th New York Press. ,
"It looks like rain,"
'I beg your pardon.
No wonder it looks like rainy , , ,
What doesr
"The weather., my dear sir. is a con-
dltton. Rain ts water In the act of
falling from' the clouds. It Is Impossi
ble, that they should look alike."
What I meant was that the sKy
looked like rain."
4 "Equally. Impossible. The sky Is the
blue vault above us the seeming arc
or dome that we mlstakably call the
heavens. V It does. not resemble faim.,'
water m the least -; ; -
Well, then, If you are so thunders -
ly particular. It looks ss If it wom 1
-' JUSi 1.19 Emfy'j
From the Philadelphia Inquirer. "
One of the achievements of the lata
legislature- or waryiana waa eutUns tr t ,.it"
uvwu i.uv uui ui m vunvrvunian more
han one-half before paying It Cleanlt
ness is too near to godliness for a Demo-
cratlc legialatur to have much sympa-
tny witnji.
The weather, as before statod.
condition, cannot rain."
"The clouds, tlien, t!me yn-i:
. , ( 1 Going tTp.
I From tha Plttshnrsr rjtitette.
Beveral St Louts J ; tra fuliiine
new stories to thoir 1 some
of them .ar. adding in - i their
prlco rates. .
'Ahl Here It coiii- -;
taken so .much time l-i t
that I shall R't t t i
1 enn roach tty k("
I mnv- nut V now ;
as you i 1 ? 1 v i
fft in . out ( f !'. r -
the ot !'.' -. 1
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