DES MOINES RIVER

the largest stream in Iowa, rises in southwestern Minnesota in two forks, flows south southeast and empties into the Mi i ippi River about four miles from Keokuk, Ia. Its total length is about 500 miles and it drains a rich agricultural country. Its fall is so rapid that it furnishes water power for a great number of industrial establishments. GERALD, DESMOND, 15TH EARL GERALD OF (d. FITZ1583), succ. his /., 1558; imprisoned in Tower for demeanor before Privy Council, 1562. CAMILLE BENOIT (1760-94), Fr. journalist. On outbreak of Revolution D. supported it, stirring populace by flery speeches and pamphlets; wrote articles urging abolition of monarchy; pub. weekly’ Les Revolutions de France et de Brabant, 1789-91; became a member of Cordeliers Club and a follower of Danton; elected to National Convention, 1793; first friend of Robes pierre, but later incurred his enmity; guillotined on pre aged with Danton and others, D