Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-15

THE SHIFTING OF INERRlATEs
Heads Of the State Hospitals Glad to
Get Rid Of These Troublesome charg-
es Man to Take Charge at Knox.
vile, Not Vet Selected Des Moi
nes Army Post to be Honored.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 15.-The quarterly
conference of the superintendents OF
the state institutions is being held here
to-day. These quarterly conferences are
lprovided for by law, and have come
to be recognized as of vast Importance
to the people of the state by and thru
the concentration of work by the heads
of the institutions. Neither of, the
two new Observation-Disclosures
and Drake--is present at the confer
|ence. Superintendent Sessions has just
! taken hold at Davenport, and Colonel
Drake will not take charge of Eldora
for some time. Another will be added
to the list of superntendents before
the year is closed, a man to take charge
Of Knoxville. The heads of the state
Hospitals will only be too glad to get
rid Of the inebriates. though they re-
port that in view of the prospect OF
opening new institution. the courts
tare not sending SO many of the ineb-
rates to the hospitals. Superintendent
voldeng, at Cherokee. who at the last
stand against the whole law and prac-
ltically declared that he believed littia
was being accomplished IN the way OF
effectinr cures. has modified his views.
TT would not be fair to say that moth
ling is being done toward effecting
cures" said Superintendent Voldeng,
ION the contrary, l know that cures
are effected. l know of persons who
| ,hnr ad from tho Ghnr0-
kee hospital cured and they have been
ont over a year and have not gone
back to their ways The report Of
the April meeting of the superintend-
ents has just been issued by the state
board and it contains the full paper
by Judge Kline on Alcoholism" a
paper which Superintendent Miles pre-
dicted would take front rank in the
foreground of temperance literature
and will be quoted from the rostrum
100 years to come"
So
l. Now that Des Moines has an army
post it is to be always on the visiting
list of the high military dignitaries
who traverse the country Just now
/ expectation is high over the prospect
of a visit about August 10 from the
official United States inspecting party
consisting of Brigadier General Chat
fee. chief of staff, the real head Of the
United States army today; General G.
| f. Humphrey, quartermaster general of
1 the army, and Captain Grote Hutchin-
son, of the Eighth cavalry, aide to Cen
| eral Chaffee, with corps of clerks ana
stenographers, and an office fitted up
| on a special car. In fact the informa-
/ ton reaches here that the real war Of
| flee Is to be here on wheels and All
the work of the war department will
be carried on from day to day by the
Office force just the same as if the head
| OF the army was in Washington. The
party will spend one day at Fort
Des Moines. The party travels about
t1b.0O0 miles and visits all the army
posts of the country General Chaffee
! leaves Washington on June 25 on this
extended trip and Des Moines will be
one OF the last places visited.
| The Iowa national guard is not in all
respects the regular army. but gradual
Ily the systems followed are being
lmade to conform exactly to the regular
methods An illustration of the strict
ness which prevails is given in the
fact that it has been decided that Major
John T. Hume, who has been designat-
ed as assistant adjutant general will
be required to take the examination be-
fore he is commissioned. 1t has been
decided that no person shall be commits
stoned without an examination. Major
Hume has been in the office of adju-
| tant general these twenty years, ex-
cept when he saw service with the Iowa
| ID nd
are few better informed on military
tactics. He has been for years helping
| in the examination Of others and in
specting Iowa companies-but he will
have to stand up and be examined be-
fore he gets a commission different
from the one he now holds. And the
same will be true of whoever is APP
pointed assistant inspector general in
| his place.
| Thanks to the foresight of the state
board of control the state of Iowa will
not have to pay any of the extra price
put upon beef by the beef packers.
About ten days ago the board let the
contract for the meat products for the
quarter which Will end September 80
next This calls for about 100000
worth of meat. the Armours and Swift
furnishing the beef and and Agar the
pork The contract was let in advance
| because of the belief of the board that
a rise was coming in beef and now
the added price is officially announced.
State Superintendent Riggs encount-
cred something odd in his last trip out
! in the state. He spoke to a graduating
class at the high school at Sibley
where there We're four Of one family in
the class He states that he never heard
of such a case before in the state and
does not expect again to meet such a
class.
Prof. Frank Sessions had charge Of