Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
Hsn. Williamson and many other d,sun-
gnshed officers of the civil war win be In

Gen. Williamson ana many other dlssln-
g,nshed officers OF the civil war will be in
attendance during the encampment.
Wednesday. at $50 a. M, will be held the
first business session of the encampment
at the auditorium; at two o'clock D. m will
occur the annual parade of the department.
The line has been made as short as possi-
BILE and do anything like Justice to the peo-
pie of Des Moines, who will so generously
entertain the encampment. Your com
mander hopes there may be large parade.
but also hopes that no comrade will over
tax himself for the sake of adding to the
number in line The department commander
and staff will take their places in the line,
and he will ask nothing of the comrades
ne Is not willing to do himself.
Immediately after the parade there will
be reunions OF all the organizations meet
ing during the encampment; ample ar
rangements have been made for that pur-
pose. Wednesday evening will be g1yen
up to camp dree, several OF which will be
held. AT one Of thess meetings Gen. @. M.
Dodge will give his personal recollection
OF Gen. w. 7. Sherman. There will DO
other speakers OF note. and at all the camp
nres there will be the best camp fra talk
ers In the state and out Of it
Thursday will be held the closing sessions
OF the e0campment, and In the evening
probably general installation of officers
Tnese arrangements may be modified some
what by the encampment itself, but not
materially" w.
Ex-Prisoners of War.
The managers Of the camp fire of
the ex-prisoners OF war during the en-
campment have arranged for an inter
esting programme which will include
speeches by Captain ]. A. Brewer,
chairman Of the meeting and head Of
the state society; Rev. S. H. Hedrick,
OF Allerton; Col. Andrew Geddes, OF
Washington, d. c.; Captain M. T. Rus
sell, OF Dies Moines, who is one Of the
four or five survivors OF the party that
built the Libby prison tunnel and got
out OF that prison through it; and Maj
s. II. M. Byers, who wrote Sherman's
March to the Sea-"
Teachers to Confer.
State Superintendent Barrett has re-
celved numerous responses to his invir
tatlon to private normal schools, sem
inarieS, and colleges for conference
May 18th here, with the state board of
education examiners, for the pur-
pose OF devising means for carrying
out the Hogue-Kling law for the state
recognition and inspection of schools
for the instruction of teachers. Among
the institutions which have accepted
the invitation are the following: Cen
trail college Of Pella, Western Normal
college OF Shenandoah, Tabor college,
Humboldt college, Simpson college of
1ndianola, Lenox college of Hopkinton,
Highland Park college, Upper Iowa
university Of Fayette, Drake univer-
sity, Luther college ofJewell, Western
Union college of lie Mars, Southern
Iowa Normal of Bloomfield, Denison
Normal college, Woodbfne Normal
school, Nora Springs seminary, Buena
Vista college OF Storm Lake and Iowa
Wesleyan university of Mount Pleas
ant. In many cases the president Of
the college or school will come and in
others some other representative OF
the institution.
Will Go to Detroit.
Gov. Cummins has appointed
the Iowa delegates to the National
Conference Of Charities and Correction
which will meet in Detroit May % 10
June ,. The delegates include the 6ol-
lowing:
6upegtntendeuA II. T. Gase, Of The col
diers' orphans home at Davenport; B. ].
Mills. OF the Industrial school at Edora;
Prof. Isaac l. Looe, Of the State university;
w. l. Casper. of Keokuk; Rev. H D..
Long, Of Council Bluffs. and Mrs F. A. Mil
Prof. Bruce e. Sheppard, Of Drake uni
versity, president Of the associated chari-
ties Of this city: also Rev. William n.
Slingerland, state superintendent of the
Iowa ehtldren's home; H. s. Hoilings-
worth, exchange clerk In the Valley ma
tional bank; Rev. NJ. A Sanford and Rev.
Marine 81. Jenney, Of the Unitarian pas
torate; Charlotte Goff. former secretary Of
the Des Moines associated charities; Mrs.
Isaac L. Hills, president OF the Iowa
branch and member OF the National Con-
grees Of Mothers for Iowa, and Mrs. Carrie
N. Ogilvie. editor Of the Mail and Times.
State Conventions.
A large number Of state conventions
viii be held In Des MONIES during May.
The following is a partial list of the
dates for these gatherings, all Of which
are Of state importance:
d. o. K. K. conclave. May 20.
9. A. r. encampment, May 20. q, a.
State Bankers' association, May q, q, e
State Medical association, May q, e.
State Photographers association. May
q, 2, g..
State intercollegiate field meet, May q.
Many Union Men.
The State Federation of Labor will
meet at Cedar Rapids May ID. Presi-
dent A. E. Holder, present deputy state
labor commissioner, says that the mum
Der of union men in Iowa to-day is
larger than IT ever was in the history
OF the state and that the attendance
at the federation meeting will be
larger than at any former convention.
He attributes the large number Of
union men in this state to the fact that
times are extremely prosperous. The
federation has no question of prime
Importance to consider except the en-
actment of the eight hour day and the
endorsement of the Hoar bill in con-
gress, which is intended to restrict fed
eral Judges in the issuance of injunc-
tions against strikers.
Smallpox Disappearing.
Secretary Kennedy OF the State
Board Of Health states that smallpox
is rapidly disappearing from the state
on account of the warm weather. The
heat is not SO much responsible for it
as the opening Of doors and windows