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VETS IN LINE.
Thirty-Fivc Thousand of Them in tho
Parade at Milwaukee.
u ieculnp' Again Hears "Marchinr
through Georgla"-Mrs. Logan En-
uslnsticaIlY Grcotcd.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. g. This morning the cit
les and towns OF the State seemed 10 have omn
'iea themselves INTO Milwaukee, Before ten
oelocR two thousand people from Waukcsho
aiune had arrived, and It is not an exagperltion
10 say that by noon fully hlty thousand Wis.
consln people from outside the city had arrived
There were great many delegations that OK
pectcd TO reach here last night but were he
lated, anu arrived between and 0 o'c1ocl, tbis
morning. There was a little more disorder in
fnding quarters than there was Yesterday
morning as attention was centercd on the pa.
rade but most of the arrivals managed 10 Gud
their quarters and get into place in time 10
move with the column.
In the hotels the crush was terrible. II was
oil one could do to force his way through In
the P1ankinton House especially, where Gen.
eral sherman, General Alger, Commissioner
Tanner and Mrs. Logan were, crowds were
standing around waiting to get a 81 mpse Of the
distinguished parties Mrs. J.oghl. coming
down the steps from the large dinngh about
9o'clock, leaning on the arm of General Alucr
was forced to hold an impromptu reception as
crowd OF vets from one direction aud a bcvy
OF ladies' from the opposite direction rushed to
greet her, Mrs Logan had u distinguished an.
pcarancc as she stood a step above the crowd
before her, her rlddy face set in Il frame of
silver white hair, wrcathcd with smlcs. She
seems to never tire OF receiving the greetings Of
the boys" and certainly the boys never tire Of
greeting her She divides The hunors with Cen
eral Sherman.
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SHOOTS VIII RLPOOL RAPIDS.


NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Aug. 26.-Car-
Isle d. Graham made a successful trip
through the whirlpool rapids yesterday
afternoon in barrel-shapcd boat. At
first the boat travelled easy, but soon was
in the grasp of the more rapid current
that hastoncd its journey. ltrode beauti-
fully. In the trip through the rapids it
frequently disappeared from sight, and
when itstruck tho big wave in front Of
Buttery's s elevator, it was cut OF sight so
long that many believed it to be lost
The course it took was down the center
of the river At 4:j2 o'clock it entered
the whirlpool, and the thousands of pco-
pie who had gathered there to witness
his friends recover the barrel were
doomed to be disappointed, for, instead
of being caught in the main current and
carried across the pool, as is usually the
case, it huggcd the American side, and
was carried into the quiet water in front
of the outlet, and was forced slightly
over nearly to the Canadian side. For
minute it was question whether il
was to go around the pool or down
the river. But the outward bound cur
rent was too strong, and at 454 p. m,
Graham passed out of the pool and down
through the fearful water opposite Fos-
ter's Flats, which is the most feared by
all rapid nayigators. All these dangers
Graham passed in safety, and at
sos p. m, Seymour Weming and John
Lonsdale, of Lewiston, picked him and
his little vessel up just above the old
Lewiston hrijlTo on the Comedian side.
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NUMBER fl.
PERSONAL AND iMPERSoNAL

John Hart. who drives bakers
wagon in Westchester, Pa, is "A great
grandson OF the John Hart who signed
,hc Declaration of Independence.
81 am tickled to DEATH" exclaimed
John Grant, Utica man, as he heard
.he climax Of story. Then, consist
emily with his allegation, he fell over
and died.
--Silas Wilson, cripple who sold
soap for "A living, died in New York
the other day. 1t is said he looked
enough like Jay Gould to have been
his twin brother.
Arthur, brother OF General
George b. Mcclellan, is engaged in
business at Drifton, Pa. He is about
fifty years old. Of medium height and
was a major in the late war.
DR.. Donlin, interpreter OF the
General Sessions Court of New York,
speaks eleven different languages flu
emily, and can make himself under
stood in several mere. He has held
his place over twenty years.
On his deathbed Barnum's great
giant, Colonel Goshen, confessed the
commission OF a crime to an attending
minister The old fellow was hardly
cold before the minister rushed to the
newspapers and brayed it out for the
delectation OF the curious, withhold
ing only the details of the crime.
There is a gentleman living near
Quitman, Brooks County, Ga, who
never ate "a morsel OF bread and meat
in his life He subsists principally on
fruits and potatoes. He weighs near
lv 200 and was never sick longer than
an hour in his life. lie drinks a gall
lon OF milk day.
Mrs. Mary L. Hanchett, who died
recently at Chittcnango, n Y, was
the second woman graduate OF an
American medical college. She re-
ceiyed the degree of Doctor OF Medi-
cine from the Albany Medical College
in 1913. She was woman OF great
Intelligence and force of character
The Duchess OF Edinburgh is a
sort of crank on beds. When she was
a child she insisted on the sheets be-
ing stretched tightly over the mat
tresses and sewed down, and now she
has all her mattresses made to order
in Paris, and furnishes her beds with
the greatest fastidiousness.
General Boulanger's one idol in
life is said to he his mother She was
with him in 1859 during the ten months
in which he was in danger from a
wound received at Solferino, and
which has entirely healed. He spends
every Sunday afternoon and evening
with her, and if away always sends
her a telegram.
Sir Lyon Playfair says that dur
ing seventeen years service as mem
Der of Parliament he came in contact
with the most eminent medical men OF
England, and he put the question to
most of them: "Did you, in your ex-
tcnsive practice, ever know patient
who was afraid to die?" With two
exceptions they answered "No."
An cmplovc of Jay uotnu recenul J
remarked: George Gould and hi
father love each other as much as any
father and son ! ever saw, and th'
same is the case with the other boys
who consequently are always glad t(
90 home to their parents. Gould has
impaired to his sons skill enough tc
take care of themselves. One of hi
boys is a good telegraph operator, an
other is a good stenographer, Ih'
old man can go all over this land anC
dictate his dispatches to ono boy ant
the other one can send them by wire.
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SERIOUS CATTLE DISEASE.


Dying by Thousands on the oklahoma
Ranges, and Infected Animals shipped to
Market.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2s.-Reliablc news
Of the greatest Importance to cattle men
in all sections of the United States.
comes from the southern line Of Kansas
and the pasture lands of the Indian Ter
ritory. There has been for some time
a suspicion among cattle dealers that
the herds of native and Texas cattle
which range in the Territory
were afflicted with Texas fever, but
nothing definite could be learned. man
named William Johnson has just re-
turned from trip to Oklahoma, and
passed through the country whore tho
herds are pastured. As he made the
trip on horseback he was able to thor.
oughly investigate the trouble. llo
says that not only are ne natives ~
hnted. but tho Toxes cattle
are dying by hundreds in the pasture
south of Arkansas City. The symptoms
are exactly the same as Texas fover, but
thorough Texans have never boon
known to die of the disease before. He
says cattle are being shipped to market
from pastures where carcasses are lying
in hundreds and of the same brands aS
those shipped, and that they are con
sidered good enough for Gamers stock,
and every thing goes.
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TO GO IT ALONE.
Canadians Indignant Over What
They Style Yankee Outrages.
Declaration of Independence, or Words
to That Effect.

MONTREAL, Aug. 2s.-During tho last
forty-eight hours the indignation ex-
pressed by Canadians over what they
are pleased to style Yankee outrages in
Behring sea has taken new phase,
and this comes from the party in politics
known as the advanced Liberals, which
is fast becoming the power in the Do
minior. This new departure is nothing
more or less than the declaration of in
dependence of Canada. The Montreal
Herald owned by the Hon.. Peter
Mitchell, late land probably to be
again minister of marine and fisheries,
and the organ of the advanced Liberals,
publishes a strong leaderAdvocating the
independence Of CanadsxRth her than have
her made the cats paw - imperial pol
iticians The views ST forth in the
leader, a lengthy one are also to be TAX
On as the personal views Of Mr.. Mitch
ell. 1ac points of the Hcrald's article
arc as follows: III the statements mado
in the Washington dispatch publish
ed in yesterdays Herald convey
a correct representation of tho
views held by Iarrison's administra-
tion respecting the Behring Sea diff
Guilty, and if there is complete accord
of understanding between the British
and American governments on the mat
ter, the situation must be regarded as
invested with new and startling inter
est for Canada The article then
briefly reviews the claim of the United
States, and continues: "ln other words,
the United States and Great Britain
fully understand each other, they will
settle the difficulty in their own way
and without any reference TO Canada $
views and in pure spirit Of charity.'
The article concludes as follows: There
is one point on which the people Of
Canada are entitled to receive explicit
information, and that without delay.
If it should turn out that our Cove n
mcnt have made no emphatic protest
against this method of treating Canada $
vital interests, then the people of Can
ada viii be justified in taking the mat
ter into their own hands and dealing
with it in the most effective manner
open to them"
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DARING ViLlAlNY.
A Lone Stagc-Robbrr's Dccd-Rcsisting
Passengers Shot-E.c,pe of the gh-


wayman.
ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. 27-A lone
highwayman held up and robbed the
stage that runs between Geogcbic on
the Milwaukee. Lake Shore and West
crn railroad, just over the line in Mich
igan and Geogebic Lake, a summer re
sort, whore people from the large cities
spend dog-days, As the stage was run
ming at lively gait through a dense
forest when about two miles from the
station man jumped out in front Of it,
and, pointing two big navy rcvolyers at
the driver, commanded him in good old
Western style to throw up his hands,
at the same time extending the same
order to the four passengers inside the
coach, with the further provision that
they shell out" all loose valuablcs and
currency. One of the passengers went
down in his pocket, but instead of
bringing out his pocket-book he clinchcd
af.ltol in his hand and began iirinr at
the ro5ber. The desperate Immediately
returned the fire, and, although the
drAer whipped the horses into mad
gallop, his aim was true. ID. Macker-
char book-kceper in the First National
Bank Of Minneapolis, received the first
bullet in his cheek, while a second went
crashing through his leg. Another
passenger, named A, &, Blocschhain,
of Bcllcvillc, H., raised in his
seat as the horses were
whipped away Just in time to receive a
bullet in the hip. He fell forward and
pitched over the side Of the coach into
the roadway. The horses continued on
run and the wounded man was left to
take his chances with the robbnr. That
villain threatened at first to kill him,
but finally desistod after securing So
and his victims watch and chain, The
wounded man lay bleeding lit the road
for three hours before any one cour-
ageous enough t) go 10 his succor was
secured. He was taken to the hoSpita!
at Bessemer, but the loss of blood was
so great as to blight all hopn of rccoS-
cry. The robbcr escaped.
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ppstilcncp Threatened,

JouNsrowN, Pa, Aug. 27.-The water
in the river is getting very low here,
and, as consequence, a great deal of
pestilcnce- breeding matter is being eX-
posed. The stencil along the river bank
is becoming unbearablc, and especially
along the point and near the stone
bridge are the odors very nauscating.
There are quite likely many dead bodies
in the sand along the banks, and also in
the bottom of the river. The body of a
child was taken out of the sand near the
stone bridge to-day.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 26.-The captain OF
the steamship La Gascogne which ar
rived here yesterday afternoon, reports
that on Friday morning at 3 o'clock, in
latitude A. deg IS min, longitude SO
deg, his vessel narrowly escaped col
liding with number ficebergs, tho lar
gcst of which was one hundred and fifty
feet in height The night was moon
light, however, and the danger was
dicovercd just in timc to avert disas-
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Trnmns Sold at AuCtiOn.

MoBERLy, Mo-, Aug. 27-Four tramps
arrested here for vaErancy were put up
at public auction from the Court House
steps. The sale had been duly adver-
tised according to the law. and there
vas large crowd present. The bidding
was not very spirited. Two of the
tramps went 10 farmers for two dollars
= head, and another was bid in for sew
enty-five cents. The fourth tramp could
find no purchaser, and he was returned
to Jail. The three who wcro sold must
serve their purchasers for four months.
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HOW TYPE is MADE,


tencc and More Skill
The first step in the manufacture of
type is making punches; that is on the
end Of n short bar Of soft steel there is
cut II model for each character to be
used in the font or assortment OF the
types. This steel is hardened, and the
punch is then stuck on the side of
thin bar OF rolled copper which gives
a reversed duplicate Of the model type
and this when truly squared and fitted
to u mold, constitutes the matriX. All
the matrices Of font arc made to fit
single mold Two firmly screwed
combinations Of several pieces OF steel,
which make counterpart halves, form
the typo mold. These halves arc i'm
movable in the direction which deter
mines the height Of the body Of the let
tors, but can readily be adjusted in the
direction Of its width. Tho matrix is
| fitted at one end OF the mold; at the
other end is nm opening through which
I INC IltlttI lltldl - lllI'tlSh' = y ~
casting or founding machines are now
used IN the making OF type. THESE nave
framework, in the center of which is
pot Of typc-mctal kept fluid by fire
beneath. The mod is connected with
the melted metal through channel
| In the pot is fitted Il piston, which Is
kent in motion forcing the llud through
the channel into the mold. This in-
icctcd metal has been fused at low
heat. and, being cooled by a blast OF
cold air upon it, solidliies almost M
stanny. BY u mechanical movement
the mold is made TO open when 1t re-
cciycs the metal, and the matriN to
snring backward, while II little hook
throws ont the type. Then tho mold
closes. the matriN falls into its place
aoain. and the piston again throws in Il
little metal, 10 be thrown out again as
q ,ypc This machine works very
rapidly, throwing ont the complete
tynrs at the rate OF - to $50 minute,
according to the size The type has
now to be finished off by rubbing of
lhe sharp edges of the body, for the
face is usually perfect when is thrown
ont of the mold Tho little types ARE
then picked up one by one and careful
ly examined under magnilylng glass.
All perfect letters are set in rows and
thon wrapped in packages, each con-
thinning a certain number of pounds,
and MI defective letters arc thrown
aside to be melted over again. Types
are now all not only made to standard
hight, but with bodies OF the same
size only the faces varying in the dii-
rcrent fonts. Chicago Inter Ocean
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4 River Disaster.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 26. A few minutes
before 10 o'clock last night the New Or
leans steamer Commonwealth, running
for the day as a Coney Island boat, col
lidcd with and sunk the towboat Lame
Duck, near the l.. & y. railroad bridge,
and an hour later burned to the waters
edge at her moorings, foot of Parsons
street Fulton. At the time of the col
lison the boats were proceeding toward
each other. The collision was the mis-
understanding of signals. Three of the
Lame Ducks crew is believed to have
been drowned. The Commonwealth was
valued at ST., 900; insurance $500. u
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pobhar'S roDfeceinn

LIrrLrroN, w. Va, Aug. 2S.-The
gang of robbers that has (sen operating
so extensively in Greene County, Pa
and Wetzel, W. Va. since 1915, is at
last in a fair way to be broken up Chas.
Gorby. suspected Greene County man.
arrested last Friday, has made conles-
sion, covering fourteen years opera
tions of the gang. Six arrests have been
made, with many Others to follow.
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Female Highway Robbcr.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24,-Della Mahoney, a
former partner of the notorious Mollie
Mott, was held to the grand jury in
bonds of $500 by Justice Prindiyille
this morning for highway robbery.
Della stopped Wm. Springer, railroad
man from Blue Island, near the Lake
Front Park late last night and at the
muzzle of a big revolver compelled him
to give her what money he had, some
81 She was arrested soon after.
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A Cave Discovered.

CLAYsvILLE Pa, Aug. 2s.-Noah
Miller, while blasting a large rock on
his farm, found, when the rock was re.
moved, thecntrance to a cavern which
promises to rival the famous Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky. Mr. Miller explored
the cave over one hundred yards and
found chambers of different sizes. In
one was found skeleton, supposed to
be that of an Indian chief, as bows, ar
rows and other implements of war were
scattered around. BY the side of the
skeleton was found gold watch of a
strange and curious pattern.
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elsewhere els, of course 1t was day of beauty

ELSEWHERE OF course. 1t was day OF beauty
and Joy
o'erhoWng central camp-fres were held to-
n,snt AZ West Side Turner Hall and Light
,iotse aq"adron Armary besides dozen minor
o"es II was expected that General Sherman
would spear o. both the principal camp fires,
o0 ous ne lalcIto appear at either At West
9uc turner Han Mayor Thomas H. Brown
"'H'efed an address Of welcome and Commis.
s.ohcr oi Pensions Tanner responded. Com.
nahuor IN Chief Warner presided, and made
p'lcl address. There was a long list.of speakers,
,"oslN state department officers. General
,.u''"s fa'rchild presided at the other camp
I' .n a monster war song concert, attended by
'V Nelcrans and others, was given in large
'ch' III juneau Park Mrs. John A. Logan was
given reception at the Court house and was
escorted there by the entire Illinois depart
menl OF ., coo veterans
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Famine aud Cannibalism.

LONDON, Aug. 26.-Dispatchcs from
Egypt say that famine prevails at
Ehartoum, Kassala, Tokar, and other
river towns, The survivors are said to
be feeding upon the bodies of the dead.
About twenty deaths from starvation
daily are reported at Tokar
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Ascending Postmaster Capturcd.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2i.-lnformation
was received here of the arrest at Ben
tonyille. Ark, of J. K. Cunningham, the
Postmaster at CofIeysburg, Mo-, who alb
seconded with IS, 600 on June /, last, since
which time the detectives have pursued
him as far west as San Francisco, east to
Illinois and north to Manitoba.
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A s1OO 600 "Cloudburst.

CHARLOTTE, n. G., Aug. 2S.-A cloud
burst yesterday over Rockingham and
vicinity destroyed the dams and dam
aged the machinery of the Pee-Dcc the
Roberdce. the Great Falls, the Midway
and the Ledbetter mills. The loss is
estimated at 500, 900. Five hundred
hands were thrown out of employment.
The railroad track of the Carolina road
for fifteen miles is more or less torn up
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"Os,riches, like cattle, are lab

-."Ostriches, like cattle, are Liable
TO stampede, said u Cape Town man at
tbc pnlnce Hotel, "but the funniest
thing they do is TO waltz "How,
pray is that donc'" The leader of
The herd. generally the old male os-
,rich. evidently thinks that his follow
crs should have somo diversion on II
long march from one pasture TO an
other, so he begins by slowly turning
round and round. In five minutes the
whole flock is doing the same ana IL Is
quite n sight; their long plumcs waving
in the wind until they conclude TO quit
and 90 on their way. Music, oil course
has nothing TO do with their dancing
San Francisco Call
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Cnts TMCntY.Eomr Thrnais.

GuENT, Aug, 24.-An cpileptic in a
hospital for incurables in this city to-
day made an attack with a razor upon
the other patients in the institution,
who were in bed at the time. He badly
gashcd the throats of twenty-four of
them, but none was fatally Injured. II
has since been learned that the mad
man killed two patterns and the head
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Waylaii and Shot.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. 26.-James
and Henry Miles, brothers yesterday
waylaid, shot and instantly killed Wm.
Miller at Brunswick. near here. A year
ago VIM. Miller shot and killed Joseph
Miles during a quarrel which resulted
from Miles attentions to Mrs. Miller.
Miller was acquitted of the crime.
Miles brothers swore revenge.
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BIRMINGuAM, Ala, Aug. 2G.-W. A.
Gamble, ccntlyappointed U. S. Deputy
Marshal here, has been arrested upon a
charge of accepting bribes and agreeing
to have quashed certain indictments
against Illicit liquor men. Gamble as
serts his innocence.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24,-Tfe four muir
derers of womcn-Patrick Packenham,
Jack Lewis (colored), James Nolan and
Ferdinand Carolin-werc hanged in tho
yard of the Tombs prison yesterday
morning. There were two scaItolds and
two men were hanged on each
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More Nformons Thrashcd.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 27.-Three
Mormon elders, named Engel Taylor
and Laired, were severely whipped by
regulators in Marion County Friday
night. They had been proselyting In
the country for some time, and among
their converts were two married women,
who left their homes and families to
follow the elders.
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When il is remembered that the
Girl who cares for hcr looks takes a
bath every night before going to oed'
washes hor teeth, brushes her hair
back for fifteen minutes, ora'ds 1t IN
LONG braid, puts up dozen front and
back frizzcs, puts cold cream on her
face. elyccrinc and old gloves on her
hands ammonia on her chiggcr bites
and saws her prayers, the wonder grows
,hot Girls over 60 to bed at all'-Atch'-
.nn 4 Il Inhp
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New Hampshirc's War Obligation.

CONCORD, n. H., Aug. "a State
Treasurer Carter. has received for re-
lemption certificate for st50,0s0, it
being the last outstanding war obliga-
tion of the State. 1t mature. Septem-
Der /, and will be paid then.
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Sunday Ball Players Arrested.

HAMILTON, O., Aug. 20. The Cincin-
natl and Brooklyn Clubs attempted to
play game of ball here yesterday af-
ternoon, but the chief of police arrested
the players of both teams before the
fourth inning was completed. Each
player was fined IS and costs by Mayor
Dirk, which aggregated Sl5o.3O.
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Juase Field win Not Be Tried.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 2s,--The United
States circuit court was officially In
formed yesterday that tho charge of
murder against Justice Stephen j. Field
had been dismissed by the Stockton
court. Judge Sawyer accordingly dis
missed the habeas corpus proceedings
in the case of Justice Field.