Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
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If representatives by Representative
Bixby of Delaware county. The bill
carries with it an appropriation OF
100000, and provides for the purchase
IF suitable site at or near the city
Of Des Moines. the erection of build.
lngs, and the purchase Of furnishings.
A similar bill was presented to the
general assembly two years ago. but
failed to pass. Mr.. Bixby is row OF
the opinion that the need of such
reformatory is even more clearly
evident, and he has the support OF
several additional members of the
house. In fact, members Of the com
mittee that visited the penitentiary
1T Anamosa are Of the opinion that
| 1t is absolutely necessary to estabs
.ish such a reformatory. The Blk.
by bill provides that the board OF
control of state institutions shall
purchase the necessary grounds and
have supervision of the establish
ment Of the new institution, and that
the reformatory, when completed,
shall be under the control Of the
board.
The committee OF the legislature
| which visited Glenwood decided to
report in favor Of cutting down the
appropriations asked for that institu.
ton from $4,000, which the board OF
control reported was needed, to about
s42, 900. The sum of $4,000 was asked
for for water supply in separate
DILL, but the committee concluded
that $4,000 would be sufficient for
The purpose. The other $4,000 or
$4,000 will go to general repairs and
chat sort Of thing.
Hon. Charles AldriGh has received
and had hung In the art gallery OF
the Iowa Hall of History, fine oil
portrait of Rear Admiral John Grimes
Walker The admiral Is claimed ks
an Iowan. He was the son OF The
sister of Governor Grimes and was
brought up in Iowa by Governor
Crimes. He went to the naval acad-
envy from this state when Is years
of age, in 1850. He was bora in New
Hampshire, but the fact does not in
terfere with the just claim made by
Iowa. He has been one of the noted
and effective men of the nation. His
service during the war was conspic-
nous for bravery. He was on the
Winona under Farragut, was at the
capture of New Orleans and his oper-
atoms at VIC sburg remain green in
the memory of the Iowa soldiers who
served there. He served as chief
Of the bureau of navigation and on
he lighthouse board, and held many
other places of prominence In the
naval service, includsng Instructor
ships in the academy itself. He was
made a commodore in 1889 and acted
as rear admiral, a rank which he
was given later. He was retired at
50 in 1887.
A movement organized by directors
IF musical Conservatives of the city
and backed by musicians of Des
Moines is under way looking to Pc
:ition to Ex-Governor Larrabee asking
dim to remove from Eldora the great
organ recently installed there to place
in the state house. Mr.. Larrabee
moved the organ from the Iowa build
ing at the st. Louis exposition and
placed 1t in the state industrial school
for boys. His attention will be called
to the fact the organ is hardly used
at all in it's present location. The
petition will carry a guarantee from
Des Moines musical Conservatives
that public concerts will be given
every Sunday afternoon.
Judge Smith Mcpherson refused to
grant an injunction against the ex-
ecutive council to prevent them from
printing the population yoturns 81
Atlantic as prayed by the Rock
Island Brewing Company. The judge
in his opinion said that he did not
believe it to be his business to NEEDLE
with the case, which was one for
the state courts, He said that he
could not be called upon to fix the
population of the city of Atlantic and
upon that determination base the in
junction. Attorney General Mullan
appeared for the executive council
and Attorney Rockefellow for the
brewing company. The action In
the state courts will now be followed
by both parties. 1t Is not believed
that the publication of the census re.
port will be hindered in the least by
the present. status Of the trouble.
Before his assembled guests, includ-
ing three of the governors OF Iowa and
their wives, a number Of the senators
OF the state of Iowa and their wives
and prominent Des Moines people, Ma.
jor S. H. M. Byers demonstrated at
st. Helens few nights ago his escape
from the confederate prison at Column
bia, s. G. Not only was the majors
brilliant descriptive power brought in
to use, but among his curios Major
Byers has the hole through which he
escaped. This he sawed out of the
old prison some monts ago. To the
entertainment Of his guests Major
Byers crawled through the hole, de-
scribing the scene which occurred
over forty years ago during the war
Of the rebellion. This hole, preserved
in section Of the original wall of the
old prison, Is Mapor Byers' most treas
ured posses, On and it's exhibition on
the occasion referred to is the fifN
time that even his closest friends have
been shown the means of his memoir
able escape.
A travelling man received the fol-
lowing telegram from his wife:
Twins arrived tonight. More bgt