The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24
State Historical Department Is to
Have Model of Battle
ship iowa"
sALYA1IONISTs TO HOLD BIG MEETING.
Attitude of Iowa Branch of Union
Veterans' UniOn-Silver Anniver-
sary of Independent Churches
Celebrated - Intense Apathy in
Politics-News of Interest.
Especial Correspondence

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 2O.-A $4,000
model of the batt,eship Iowa is about
to be installed in the state historical
department in Des Moines. 1t was Sc
cured for Hon. Charles Aldrich by
Speaker ID. B. Henderson, of the ma
tional house. 1t will be about eight
feet in length, encased in plate glass
and will be an absolutely accurate re-
production of the big ship which made
the state of Iowa famous during the
sea fights of the spanish-American
war. The model first goesto Dubuque,
to be there when the Henderson library
is opened, when it will be repacked and
shipped to the historical building here.
Salvation Army Rally.
Gen. William Booth. of the Salvation
Army, will be in Des Moines December
T. and will speak twice on that date.
The 5000 salvationists of the state are
much interested in the meeting and
most of them will be here for it. The
other religious organizations of this
city will help receive Gen. Booth. 1t
was his intention, originally. to stop
at Sioux City. in this state, hut he de-
cided to cut that out and come to Des
Moines, as it is easier of access to his
people. From here he goes to Omaha.
thence to Kansas City and thence to
St. Louis. He stops here on his tour
across the continent.
Employs an Eastern Lady.
Miss Helen Rex sKellar, of Boston.
has been employed by State Librarian
johnson Brigham to become cata-
loguer in the State library. Some of
the trustees of the institution thought
that the librarian should make an eff
fort to secure an Iowa person for this
work However, the policy of the man
agement always has been to secure the
higher salaried employees from the far
east. Miss Lavinia. Stell of Coon Rap
ids, has been appointed to minor po-
eition in the same institution. She was
educated out Of the state also.
Are with tho seceders.
The Iowa branch of the Iowa Vet
Grams union is in sympathy with the
departments Of the order which broke
away from Commander General Dyren-
forth at the national meeting recently
held In Washington. The order has
been breaking in two for several years
and the Iowa department. has Joined
Others in repudiatingGen Dyrenforth,
who was itspresident for several years.
and in ejecting him from the office. The
seceders have the largest number OF
the members of the order on their side.
Anniversnry Celebrated.
During the past week the silver, or
twenty fifth, anniversary Of the Asso-
citation Of Independent Churches of
Iowa was celebrated in Des Moines.
There wae a largo attendance. The
sessions were held at the Unitarian
church in Des Moines, which is the only
church in the state having the distinc-
being Miss Mary Stafford and Miss
Marie Jenny. Many eminent men from
the east were In attendance at the an
niversarv celebration.
Hsnae for Ex-Convicts.
The home for discharged convicts es-
tablished by L. S. Coffin on his farm
near Fort Dodge will be opened 0cto
Der "a. State officers and other promi-
nent men will attend the ceremonies
of its opening 1t isestablished to fur
nish convicts who are released a place
to stay and work until they are able
TO get employment, which will make
them self-supporting. Mr.. Coffin has
discovered by investigation that a ma
jority of released convicts go back tc
crime because they cannot get employ
ment when they state the fast to be
that they are just tout of prison; where
as if they get work without stating il
and nre afterwards found out they are
discharged. Maud Ballington Bootf
will be present for the opening of the
home and Gov. Cummins and Warden:
Hunter and Jones, of the two state
prisons, will be in attendance.
One Case of Leprosy.
Secretary Kennedy, of the state
board of health, after estigating thu
alleged cases of leprosy at Humbold
and at another Iowa point, has discov
cred that but one exists and that i!
near Humboldt. The patient isa young
woman recently from Norway. There
is no case atGilmore City.
A Ponderous Work.
John Jabine, of New Orleans, has
been doing land Office business in the
Des Moines river channel for severa
days near this city. During the sum
mer floods the Chicago Great Western
railroad lost about 100000 pounds o.
steel which was being hoisted into pc
sition for the new freight bridge build
ing near here. The steel went to the
bottom of the river and into the center
of the current. Tackle could not be at
tached to it by ordinary means ant
Jabine was sent for. He is deep sea
diver. He brought his apparatus will
him and by its use he is a Bile to work fol-
an hour under the water. He attaches
the tackle to the steel beams and they
are then hoisted to the surface by {
stationary engine. He also excavate:
about the pieces which have beer
buried by tile sand and mud in the bot
tom of the river, so that all of 1t car
be saved. Thousands of people have