Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-03
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y DeS MOi11eS Letter
Items of Interest from Our Correspondent
u at the State Capital
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Dewey and twenty-five generals. res
they aided the meeting BY counter
manding the order sending the 11th
y. s. cavalry from Ft. Des Moines to
the Fort Riley maneuvefs until after
the meeting SO that the regiment
could participate in the big parade
and also give a half days review and
exhibition drill in honor of the Wis
itors.
Secretary Of Treasury Shaw, who
was was! governor of Iowa during the
Spanish-American was will be here
to represent the administration and
make an address. Governor Albert
B. Curlmins will make the welcoml-
ing address to the visitors Congress
man John A. T. Hull of Iowa, chair.
man of the house committee on mill
tary affairs, will speak
Every effort has been made to
make the visitors welcome. Mel
chants will decorate their places or
business as never before Headquar-
tiers will be at the Slavery Hotel, and
reception committees will meet the
incoming trains and escort the visit
ors to the hotels and bcFfding houses.
first day. In the afternoon the first
business session will be held at the
Knights of Pythias hall, and in the
evening there will be Smoker" at
the same place.
The forenoon Of the second day
will be spent at Fort Des Moines, the
new $3,000,000 home of the 11th cav
airy, U. S. A. The visitors will be
rendered a reception by Col. Earl d.
Thomas, and his officers, and later
there will be review and special ex-;
hibition drill In the afternoon there
will be the second business session,
and in the evening an exhibition of.
wrestling and boxing at the Iowa Ath-
iletic Club free to all visitors.
In the morning of the last day
will come the big parade, with Col.
Earl d. Thomas as chief marshal
The 18th Cavalry will be the escort
of honor to the visitors who will fol-
low their Commander in Chief, Col
A. S. Frost of Evanston, ILL.,, through,
the principal streets. The visitors,
will be formed by departments and.
camps. Following the visitors will
come the civic societies of the city,
and the local military organizations.
and the last division will be speciak
affair under the heading "As 1t was,
in the Philippines" and is the inspir-
alton Of the men and teamsters of Fit.
Des Moines, who will have some 100:
mules and twenty army wagons in,
line. This wagon and pack train will
be equipped as for a campaign and
escorted by cavalry and infantry.
There will be a band Of Filipinos in
proper costume, carabaos from Luzon
with their native attendants, captured
| prisoners from General Luna's army,
and Filipino women in carriages,
smoking the real Manila cigars. An
| insurgent army in costume will attack
the wagon train at various places,
and after the street fights are over,
the insurgents will come in and be
amigos" and Join with glee club
in singing the old songs coined in
the Philippines, and which those who
saw service in the islands love SO
well.
Standard Rates for Fraternais.
| CIV. Halves of Rock Island, Ill,
head clerk Of the Modern Woodmen
of America, has consented to appear
before the Iowa legislative insurance
commission, which is now investigat.
| ing fraternal orders There will be
no effort made to examine the Modern
| Woodmen, and Mr.. Halves testimony
| is to be of a general nature, relating
ITO the fraternal insurance business in
general.
The commission will put great
deal Of weight upon his testimony, on
account of his position as general
officer Of the largest of the fraternal
| societies The investigation of fra
ternals is being directed almost entire
" to the subject Of rates. Wide vari-
alton in the charges made by the diff
ferent societies for insurance at given
!! ages has been discovered. For in
stance, for $1,000 policy at the age
Of 1S years, the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen, which Is now on the
basis OF American Fraternal congress
rates, levies a monthly assessment of
$1.24. Some Of the Iowa companies
are selling the same insurance as low
as 30 and 60 cents month. The com.
mission will doubtless recommend a
law requiring the rates of fratzrnal
orders doing business in this state to
be based on approved experience
tables. The societies which have been
examined SO far are: The Yeomen.
Mystic Toilers, Highland Mobiles ana
Homesteaders. B. F. Rehkopf, Iowa
grand recorder for the A. o. u. w.
also appeared before the commission
Detectives Pocket Picked,
The pocket Of Detective W. b. Sims
was picked by a pickpocket and 1,is
purse containing SIS In cash and =
bank deposit certificate Of $500 stol.
en-. The detective, who Is considered
one Of the best men on the detective
force. was robbed while assisting De.
tective Brunnemer and McKircher
capture a gang Of eighteen tramps.
Migrants, and yeggmen who had es.
tablished headquarters near East FIJI.
teenth and the Rock Island tracks
The purse was found later IN poiicS
station, where the thief had dropped
it.
BACON RlND FOR CHIEF.
Big Indian Nominated by Progress
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