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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1901)
Conservative * OBITUARY. Benjamin Harrison. The death of Ex-Presideiit Harrison on Wednesday , March 18th , 1901 , re moved a , great and useful American citizen. His career was a triumph of intellectual industry , inspired by the best and highest ideals of rugged honesty. He was a patriot rather than a partisan. For his country he periled everything cheerfully , jeopardizing life in the defence of the union the constitution and the flag. But for his party he never gave up a single conviction nor sur rendered his manly right to think upon and conclusively determine for himself those constitutional questions involving the welfare of the republic. He was not popular with partisan politicians who pursue public callings for pay and prominence. Mr. Harrison was , how ever , esteemed as a safe lawyer and an honest and patriotic public servant by the thinking citizens of all the states of the union. His influence was for good. His life made those who knew him and were influenced by him better than they might have been without his example. His robust integrity , his defiant courage in the discharge of duty and his fidelity to what he believed the best interests of the country , make him a model for all American youth who wish to be honest citizens and serve their fellows with fidelity and efficiency. Edward Campbell. Edward Campbell a prominent , able and useful citizen of Iowa , who resided at Fairfield , died March 10th , at the age of 81 years. THE CONSERVATIVE had known , trusted and admired the judg ment of Mr. Campbell for many years It was through him that the honor of intimate social intercourse with Judge Jerry S. Black of Pennsylvania came to us many years ago. Mr. Campbell was honest , courageous and faithful in all things. In 1871 he became a member of the Iowa legislature. With him in that body were the late Senator Gear , John A. Kasson , John P. Irish , and other men of equally brilliant attainments , and among these Mr. Campbell at once took rank , and was accounted one of th < strongest men in that notably strong legislature. During the first term o : President Cleveland Mr. Campbell wa appointed to be United States marshall for the southern district of Iowa. He held this office for four and one-hal years , conforming strictly to the re quiremeuts of the public service by- wholly abstaining from an active part in poliuoal affairs and conducting the business of his office in such a manner as to best subserve the public interest , though in doing so he abandoned old practices which contributed materially to the fees of the office. In the coming and going of generations of men it is not often that the race is given an equal ly good example of an honest man , a useful citizen and a sincere friend. THE CHOUTEAUS. Through- the kindness of a distin guished member of the family , THE CONSERVATIVE is enabled to present herewith an outline sketch of the history of the Chouteau family since its settle ment in the American wilderness. This will , no doubt , be a welcome aid to many an investigator of western mat ters , who has been puzzled , like the writer , by the freqiient allusions to various members of this famous clan that are met with in all the early writers ; a list of the individuals who were concerned in the events of the first half of the last century will provide a very convenient string on which to hang these different mentions. A brief examination makes it clear that a confusion in regard to the Chou- teaus has existed in the minds of other students. Thas in a paper by Lieut. . S. Dudley , published in Vol. II of the Nebraska State Historical Society's re ports , the following statement occurs : Two brothers , Pierre and August Chateau , are supposed to have passed beyond the forks of the Platte in pursuit of furs as early as 1762. " Now the Auguste and Pierre Chouteau of that ; eneration were respectively twelve and four years old in 1762. These two brothers were , however , the beginners of the stoiy in which wo are interested. Col. Auguste Ohouteau wai born in New Orleans in 1750 , Pierre in 1758. They both came to St. Louis in 1764 , the year of the first settlement of that city. Col. Auguste is known as the founder of St. Louis. Ho was the first banker at that new trading post , occu pied various public positions and was i commissioner of the United States in the negotiation of several treaties witl the various tribes of Indians in the vicinity. He died in 1825. "In a gen era ! way , " says our authority , "Auguste Choutoau and his descendants operated in the south and southwest , Pierre Chouteau and his sons in the north and northwest. " As to Pierre , called Senior , it is said that "his earliest manhood was devoted to the Indian fur trade , in which he laid the foundation of his fortune. Hi trading post was at the mouth of tin Osage river ; his trade was chiefly with the Osage , Pawnees , Kiowas and tin neighboring tribes. Some years afte the transfer in 1804 , Mr. Ohouteau , then about fifty years of age , retired from the Indian trade , and devoted his energies to the care and superintendence of his large estate. " Ho died in 1849. It is evidently he of whom Lieut. Pike speaks frequently in his journal. Of his children , those who figure in the history of the fur trade and pioneer period , are the following : Augusto Pierre , born in 1786 , died in at Fort Gibson ; a West Pointer , who resigned from the service in 1809 , returned to St. Louis and entered the employ of the American Fur Company. He was the first to trade out on the Ar kansas , and it was from him that Ohou- teau's island in that.river took its name. Pierre "Cadet , " or Junior , bom in 1789. Ho traveled with Jules Dubuque on the upper Mississippi , and in 1809 with his father visited the various Indian tribes of the upper Missouri , returning in November of the same year. He entered into partnership with Bartholo mew Berthold , an Italian officer , a refu gee from Napoleonic persecution ; 'is it from him that Berthoud in northern Colorado got its name ? In 1829 the firm of Chouteau & Berthold engaged in the fur trade , in which Mr. Ohouteau con tinued until his death in 1865. One of his sons was Charles Pierre , born in 1819 , who "represented his father's interests in the firm of Ohouteau & Mackernoss , " ind was the father of the present Pierre 'houteau ' of St. Louis. Paul Liguest Ohouteau , born in 1792 , died in 1851. "Ho" was engaged in the fur trade and passed most of his active ife among the Indians. " The following were half brothers of Auguste P. , Pierre Cadet and Paul Liguest : v Francis Gesseau Ohouteau , born in 1797. "Removed to the upper Missouri and settled on the present site of Kansas City , of which place he was the founder , and for many years with his family were the only inhabitants. Ho never left the place and died there. " He was the father of Captain Pierre Menard Chouteau , well-known to many sur vivors of the steamboat days. Cyprieu , 1802-1879. "Employed by the Chouteau-Sarpy Fur Company at their trading post and lived among , , the Indians for many years. " He it was who entertained Captain Fremont at his post on the south side of the Kansas , a few miles west of Kansas City , on Fremont's way westward on his first ex pedition , in 1842. Charles B. , 1808-1884. Frederick , born 1809 , "employed by the Ohouteau-Sarpy Fur Company in the Indian country. " This is all that it seems necessary to quote for the present purpose. Some information may be given later , however , in regard to some other well-known names which appear here and there in the genealogy , through intermarriages ; as Sarpy , Cabanne and Ramsey Crooks. A. T. RICHARDSON. "OH ROSE ! RED ROSE. " Senator Thurston retires from the senate under the shadow of the "red rose. " Unimproved opportunities slaughtered in fits of mental aberration and maudlin sentiment lie dead all around him , and even the beneficiaries of his ruthless maladministration of party affairs snicker in their sleeves and rejoice that he is no more. Ho who kicks his friends to placate his enemies keeps his enemies and loses his friends. York Republican.
