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| the police from venturing within the
danger lines during the period of prepar-
| ing the dynamite blast. Others appeared
anxious lest they be blown to atoms, yet
| were possessed apparently by feeling
of such natural courage that they were
prepared to face the worst like soldier
on the field of battle. Others still were
of don't care" sort, to whom the nov
city of the occasion and the uncertainty
of the outcome were sufficient to pass the
time of waiting and personal safety was
not a matter for any worriment.
Extreme Precautions Taken.
All the preparations for the great
blast were apparently completed at $50
o'clock. half hour after the time when
the crash was scheduled to occur. The
dynamite had been most carefully placed,
the plugging inserted and the wooden
sheathing of heavy planks stretched
around in lean-to fashion to prevent
damage from flying debris. No oppor-
tunity was to be given any bystander to
inquire afterward in a hospital cot as to
who threw the brick?" All seemed
ready. Then there was a wait.
The switch to the electric wire, con-
trolling the fuse at the base of the
stack, was located at the southwest cor
ner of Thirteen -and-a half and D
Streets. The operator stepped back
and waited while a colored man ran
around the dangerous ground and saw
that all was in proper shape for the
grand stroke. Then an elaborate course
of wagging was begun between the
representatives of the contractors, the
20. K" was given that no human being
was within the danger lines, and the
crowd awaited developments.
Experts Watch the Work.
The razing occupied but few seconds
Contractor James L. Karrick stood a
few feet from the switch box, with the
subcontractor, Harry o. Brown. who
was in direct charge of the working
men, and w. ]. Douglass, Engineer of
Bridges of the District of Columbia. un-
der whose supervision the dynamite was
placed and exploded. An athletically-
Du1lU cOlOreQ nldH Sleppeu 10 iHe DOA
as the word was given. He was Charles
Dixon, of 1929 Ninth Street northwest,
one of the chief workmen employed on
the job.
Dixon lost no time in performing his
part. Grasping the knob of the switch
in his right hand, he lifted it nearly
three feet in the air and gave it ter
rifle, full-arm- and body downward
thrust and the doom of the towering
stack was sealed.
Scene as the Stack Fell.
The tower heaved. 1t gave a great.
sudden, awful gasp. It's whole vast
weight was lifted straight upward, but
for a fraction of an instant only. Then
It fell directly at its own base, in sec
tions broken off simultaneously from
the top, by reason of its immense
weight.
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G. A. R. Supplies.

Cne'loi of 1914 Blankets. with deep
cclnrod borders; bought to sell At
81. %: Green Ticket price. sac.
Full Double bed Comforts fllled
with soft cotton and coveSai With
e,cgant silkoiine: in all the aif"r-
en-; 1atierns: others are asking S1.5o
for this comfort; Friday only $l.e5.
Elegant Rosedale and Elita Quilts;
full double size: regular Sac value:
Green Ticket we, ioc.
Regular &C Husk Towels: only
to customer; Green Ticket price.
&c.
Full Size Turkish Bath Towels;
regular 15c value; Friday. lo}sc.
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STEAMER BREAKS ALL
PREVIOUS RECORDS
coame, Capt. L. ]. Sargent, Makes
Trip Between Gotham and Porto
Rico in Ninety-seven Hours.

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The American
steamship Coamo. Capt. L. ]. Sargent
of the New York and Porto Rico Steam
ship Company, arrived at San Juan, p
r.. on Wednesday at o'clock in the
afternoon, making the trip from this
city in ninety-seven hours.
This is the fastest trip made and
breaks all records between New York
and Porto Rico.
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OEC for Muslin Under.
10 wear worth 39c.

One lot of Ladies' Underwear. in
Guiding Corset Covers, Drawers,
Chemise. and infant Slips Corset
covers made with full front trimmed
with six rows OF valercjeDnes lace
down the front and finished with
narrow edging around rack. draw
ers with benstifched ruIic end threc
.tucks above; others trimmed with
embroidery; goods worth acc; Green
Ticket price, CSC.
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Pennsylvania Avenue. The next in
slant, in less time than needed for the
telling, the late towering monster was
crumbled to bits in great compact
heap. not brick falling more than
hundred feet from the base of the
chimney.
Immediately there arose a large,
rushing cloud of finely powdered dust
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As soon as the blast was set off. the
cheers of the bystanders began. When
the top of the stack began to crumble,
Just mere second afterward, the
cheers grew louder. More people joined
in the shout when vast seams ran down
the falling chimney and clouds of dust
were waited northward, in the direc-
tion Of, the fall. and spread out over
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every snapshot artist probably secured
at least one fine picture. A little calm
ness and besitancy before pressing the
button by some was amply repaid. as
each instant in the towers progress
toward destruction created new and
more wonderful-looking picture. In
view of the number of men taking
views, the people of Washington will
doubtless find many splendid prints OBJ
tainable for preservation as souvenirs
of the passing OF one of the city's noted
landmarks of recent years.
CIcwding Into the Lot.
With the destruction complete. tbs
crowd OF men and boys Immediately
swung into the Observation-Disclosures
lot mounted the pile of brick debris,
and complacently awaited further photo
graphing of the scene.
Contractor Karrick will quickly clear
the ground of all the stone, brick. and
debris of every description in prepara-
ton for. encampment week, when the
plot will be occupied by visiting veter-
ans. 1t is estimated that the stack con-
tanned over 175,OOO bricks, and that a
large proportion of them will be avail
able for use in other buildings now in
course of erection in various parts OF
the city.
A Strike Rumor Explained.
Interest in the passing of the we'll
known landmark led to many inquiries
as to the probable time when its de-
struction would be attempted, and re-
port gained currency that the looked-fof
event would have to be postponed be-
cause of certain rumored grievances
among the workingmen. However, moth
ing interfered with the carrying out of
| the program as planned.
Contractor Brown said to Times rep
resentative that there had been no trou-
BILE at all among the men themselves,
but that a contractor doing some rail-
iwav construction work up in Virginia
had needed skilled drillers and had asked
the five workingmen to leave their JOBS
| here and work for him there.
Three of the men left. Mr.. Brown said,
and their places were at once filled. The
two other men refused to listen to any
proposition while engaged on the razing
of the tower and finished their work ac
ceptably Judging by their, comments
afterward, they felt too great a local
pride in their part in the work to be
drawn away at the final moment by in
ducements offered elsewhere.
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$50 and $500 Pants
SI.76.
$3.50 and $500 Pants,
$2.76.
$500 and 5000 Pants,
S3.95.
$500 and $7.50 Pants,
$6.45.
Boys Clothing.

Boys Double breasted Short
Pants Suits; all-wool and extra
pair OF Pants with each f 4 AP
Suit; sizes are broken: IN
but the value is S3.. " UsOO
Boys Corduroy Knee
Pants, with patent bands ARc
and taped seams; regular u1J
75c. Pants. For. ~
Young Mems Long Pants Suits,
in plain eolors; only half dozen
Of them; sizes IA and q n II
Is Is - years; $3.50 and MIA
$500 Suits. we ~
Lot o. Boys Stiff-bosom
Shirts. in broken sizes; 1ec
good patterns; were lac III
and S9c...........-........-V w
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Steamers in Collision.

LIVERPOOL. Sept. 1.-THE Dominion
liner Manxman collided with the Nor
wegian steamer George. in the Mersey
today. Both vessels were considerably
damaged, but Io lives were lost.
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sI.25 ChateIaines. Csc

Beaded Chatelaines. chamois lin
ed. inside pocket and oxidized
trimmings; worth s1.25; Green
Ticket price, Csc.
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Saks & Company,
Leaders Since 1867.
BRENNAN IS"

A Remnant in this sore means
small quantity; odd and end;
} broken size-but always and in
variably Saks-standard value.
} With such Interpretation ..RenI-
nantt Prices have strong mag
netism.
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sl.GO Kimonos. Sqc.

Ladies regular sico Long Kimo-
nos OF plain white India linen, with
pink. blue. and lavender borders;
Green Ticket price. 59c.
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Any Waists, 49c.

All of our White and Colored
Waists. regardless of price. will go
today at Ace.
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FIanneiette Skirt Pattern, l9c

One lot of Flannelette Skirt Pat
terms in plain colors with pink. blue,
and red borders: regular 29c value;
Green Ticket price, l9c.
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Mems Furnishings.

Mems Solid Tan or Blue Neg
ligee Shirts, made of arc
French Percale;. broken u1J
sizes of 75c. Shirts. .-..- ~
Mems Colored Balbriggan Shirts
and Drawers; regular 1Sr
soc. grade. but not all M
Mems Fast Black Hose.
only a few pairs of scat 1nF
tering sizes; regular 15c. u1l
Hose. ~
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Ladies' Hose, I21c.

Ladies' Fast Black Hose. all
seamless; double heel and toe;
worth 15c; Green Ticket price, l21.c.
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25c m@@ a dozen


Not less than "a dozen to a Gus
tomer-but as many dozen as you
want.
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Ready.to-wear pique 1i
linen and duck Hats CJ

Stylish Plque. Linen and Duck
Readv-to-wear Outing Hats-white
trimmed with black. white trim
med with green, white trimmed with
blue, and all-white trimmed with
satin and velvet with bound edges.
and finished with buckle and quills-
are sold UP 10 s1.95 elsewhere. Green
Ticket price 53c.
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Mems Separate Pants.

This is about the last chance
you'll have to enjoy the semi-an-
nual reduction. The assortment
is getting down pretty low; sizes
will be badly broken after tomor-
rows siege. il 1t Is repetition
Of previous days this week. Neat
Striped Worsteds and Fancy
Cheviots-absolutely perfect fit
ting.
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A. dozen Toe Linen
Collars for 25e

What are left of those special
Mems and Boys regular 10c Linen
Collars-now broke in sizes and as
sortment. of course-5ut still some
OF both Standing and Turn down
styies-will be put on sale tenor
row morning, in dozen lotst-9
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4 most complete assortment Of
new and stvlish Ready dy-to-wear Felt
Hats, at prices ranging from 99c. to
s3aS.
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get us into serious trouble. and we'll be
where we can help the cavalry yell
Strong as his temptation was, 81 waited
until the next morning. however, before
working forward toward the cavalry, ut
Johnsun's Sation. though he was con-
WINGED that there was nobody in the
neighborhood to modest the trains, which
were already more than sufficiently pro-
tected by the other parties to his right,
leaving absolutely no chance of his being
called on.
The racket up near Johnson's Station
continued with occasional intermisSioHs,
and was at times emphasized by cannon
firing. which excited the boys, though
Shorty continued to pooh-poOh the idea
that there could be anything really serious
about cavalry fighting. They could not
help feeling that they ought to be there.
instead of lying idly in the rear listening.
ri led them down a road which inclined
to the railroad. and along another leading
into it came a squad Of Union cavalry,
led by handsome young Sergeant, with
frank, black eyes, a bright, open cOunten-
ance, and black hair growing in short
curlS. He was the embodiment of happy
youth, strength and daring.
Hello. 2O0th Indiana" he called out
cheerily; what are you doing here?"
Hello, 92d Illinois," returned 81.
We're out here guarding the Fourteenth
Corps's fOrage-trains. What are you do
ing out here"
20, we're in Kilpatrick's cavalry now.
Have been ever since the Atlanta cam
paign. We're in Smith ID. Atkins Bri-
gade-best brigade in the army-92d H.,
9th Mich, and 9th and 10th Ohio Cav.
We've daisy fighter for a Brigadier-
General-he is our old COlonel-and
we've got Spencer carbines-beSt gun ever
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reported to I.icut.-Col. Van BuSkirk the
results of his scout. Col. Van Buskirk
had been listening to one of his Captains,
who had come in from n scout toward
Aiken, in which he had wounded some
rebels and brought in few prisoners.
Near him, also listening intcntly, were
two young, alert-looking men, one wear
ing the Shculdcr-Straps of a Colonel Of
cavalry-Smith ID. Atkins, the comman-
der OF the Second Brigade; and the other
the single star of a Brigadier-GeReral-
,,IudsOn Fitzpatrick. the commander Of the
Third Cavalry Division, Military Division
of the Mississippi. Fitzpatrick wore
sweeping Side-whiskcrs. had wide mouth
and restless, penetrating eyes. and
jaunty. deyil-may-care manner
Col. Atkins" he said. promptly and
decisively. you will march early tOmOr-
row morning. and attack the enemy at
Aiken. You will push your attack with
the utmost vigor. and go rs far as you
can. will go with you"
Colonel said Licut.-Col. Van Bus
kirk, addressing himself TO Col. Atkins,
Il claim the advance as my right.
you shall have it," answered Col. At
kins. IF the 92d Ill. can't shake those
fellows up, no regiment in the army can"
The ODD gave cheer as this news
came down to them. 81 and Shorty found
several old acquaintance in the 92d, and
spent the evening in talking over the CAM
paigns with them, and relating the fate Of
mutual friends.
The next morning they fell in behind
the regiment. as it went forward. with a
battalion. under Capt. Schermerhorn in
advance.
Lets be modest" said 81. This amt
our fight, nor that. of our Corps even,
though the ODD Ill. used to belong to it.
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THE CHANGE IN THE PENSION BUREAU.

1t looks now. as if it were intended that
the present Commissioner of Pensions
would be allowed to finish out his fiscal
ycar-new two months distant-and get
the credit of another immense saving.
There is Il feature of injustice in this.
Every year since Mr.. Evans has been in
office he has called for several millions
more than he has intended to spend, and
at the end of the year has made much
trumpeting over having saved an i'm
mense sum from the vOracious pension
sharks" This trick was so transparent
that everybody ut last saw through it
plainly, and he had to drop it. Last
year therefore, he only called for about
what he meant to eXpend next year
some S139,000, 600, instead of $145, 100000
or S146,G0O,000. This will barely cover
the roll as it is now, and leave nothing
for the incoming Commissioner to save
without cutting down the roll. If he
makes any increase he will incur a deficit,
and give the pension-hating papers q
chance to howl. On the other hand, Evans
will 90 out Of office showing a saving
of some millions for this, his last year.
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THE National Association of Ex-Pris-
oners of war has sustained severe and
unexpected loss in the death of Past Ma
ti0nal President James Atwell, of Pitts
burg, Pa, and formerly of Knap's Bat
terry. Comrade Atwell has been for many
years Il very active member of the AssO-
citation, and infused world of life into
it. He was in Washington recently in
company with Comrades Harry White. of
Indiana. Pa: Jas. ID. Walker. of Pitts
burg. National President; Ziegler. OF Get
tysburg, and Bricker, Of Butler, members
of the Commission TO erect a monument
to the Pennsylvania soldiers who died at
AnderSonyille. They. were also here to
look out for quarters and other accommo-
dations for the Association during the Ma
tional Eneampment Comrade AtweIl,
who seemed in the best of health and spir-
its. went OH with COmrade Walker to At
iantic City. where they met Comrade
Stephen ID. Long. The Secretary of the As
ISOLATION. for consultation, There Com
rade Atwc!I was seized with apoplexy.
Comrade Walker hurried home with him,
where he died April %. No man will be
more missed from the ranks Of the Elk
Prisoners of War.
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An UNREcoNsTRUcTED BISHOP.

JEFF. Davis. in the later years of his
fife, used to boast that there vas not Il
woman or a preacher in the South who
was reconstructed" and the speech of
Right Rev. b. J. Kelley, Bishop OF the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgia, be-
fore the Confederate Veterans at Savan-
nah, shows the Roman Catholic clergy to
he IN The same class with their Protestant
brethren. Bishop Kelley said:
'The gentleman who now happens TO
sit in the Presidential chair at Washing
ton wrote as follows Of President Davis:
Before Jefferson Davis took his place
among archtraitOrs, il was not unnatural
that 10 dishonesty he should add treachery
to the public. The moral difference be-
tween Benedict Arnold, oil the one hand,
and Aaron Burr and jefferson Davis, Oh
the other, was the difference between a
politician who sells his vote for money
and one who supports a bad measure to
get a high political position
when Mr.. Davis was living and a
prisoner u fellow named Miles placed
shacklcs on him in prison, though there
was no necessity for it, and no one but
a b5ute would have done it. But | have
never heard that Miles, after Mr.. DAVIS
death. brutalIy maligued his character
that species of envenOmed malice was re.
served for the recreant son of q South
ern woman, the Rough Rider of Republi-
can politics, the accidcncy of 1902: the
lightning change artist of the White
House who can hob-nob with the Kaiser
brother and sit cheek -by-jowl with an
Alabama negro; who can indulge in mean,
ingless platitudeS while South on the
bravery and common heritage Of South
ern heroes, and denOunce them before the
Grand Army as anarchists: who can pro
fess a broad American spirit which brand,
sectionalism as n crime, and laud thu
LOYALTY Of our veterans of 1S61-lS65 tC
THE Constitution and reunited country
while the damning evidence of his own
written word shows that he compared til,
nDblest Roman of them alr-Jeffersoi
Bayis-tO Benedict Arnold.
Jefferson Davis was statesman. Z
soldier. and man of high character: Z
Senator, Cabinet officer, a President. moi
pat in Office by 4 bullet, but by ballot.
Theodore ROosevelt's title TO immortal
fame will rest on shooting beasts and
nrotiting by the murdcrOus act of a repro
bate who shot Il man."
This is precisely the same kind of vi
eiOus senseless vituperation as used "a
delight JEFF. Davis from the lips of South
ern termagants. II is not the speech OF
1 man. but the rancorous billingsgate of a
fshwife.
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SENATOR ELK1Ns,s WAR RECORD.

For many years there have been circu-
lafing more or less openly charges of Sen
ator Eikins's completely with the Missouri
gUerl Has. particularly the James and
Younger brothers, and Quantrell. DR..
Lecds.'a member of Reno Post. Grafton,
W. Va, has been very active AMI persist
ent in making these charges, and at 4
recent meeting of Reno Post the follow
in: resolution was adopted:
',I;e il resolved. by Reno Post. G. A.
L.. That the Department Encampment,
which is to meet April %. be required to
invest gate the charge made by DR.. Leeds
against Stephen Il. ElkinS; that Elkins is
an impc StOr on the Grand Army. he never
having been Il soldier. And. if the charge
is true. that Elkins's name be stricken
from the books of the G.. A. R.. and. K
the charge is not true. that DR.. Leeds be
dishonOrably discharged
Senator Elkins was born in Perry Co.,
O., in 1871, but was taken 70 Missouri
at an early age, growing up there, being
educated in the schools of the State, and
graduating from the State University in
1860 He was admitted to the bar i'll
1861, and after that went to New Mexico,
from which Territory he wds sent to Con-
gress for two terms.
Senator Elkins worked hard to secufs
the pardon of the Younger brothers, and
said that he was actuated BY gratitude
for their kindness to him when he was
taken prisoner by Quantrell. His friends
say that he has nothing to fear from az
investigation, but welcomes it as 4 means
Of shutting up DR.. Leeds
The Annual Encampment of the De-
pGrtmert of West Virginia began its scs-
sion last Tuesday at New Ma-tinsville.
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JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS. who represents
one of the terribly-bulldozed districts of
Mississippi, in which were committed
some of the most shocking outrages
against the negroes, and in which but Il
men had the courage to vote the Republi-
can ticket at the last election, unshack-
eled his tongue last Monday in TRADE
against Gen. Smith. whom he denounced
as "a brute in uniform" This from the
Representative from the Yazoo District is
Satan rebuiing sin with a vengeance.
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THE latest perturbation in England is
as to who shall be Lord High Constable.
As the functions of this official are con-
fined TO walking before the rest of the
nobility. at the Coronation, carrying a
little ornamented stick, they are within
the range of so many intellects that there
is vigorous competition for the office.
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Gov. JEFF DAVIS, of Arkansas, has
decided to secede from the Baptist Church
because the church requires that he obey
its laws. There is something in Il name.
after ALL
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CoMMANDER-IN-Cn CHIEF TORRANCE is
now on his Southern tour. visiting the De-
partments of Georgia, Alabama, Louisi-
ana and Mississippi and Texas.
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TIT. prices of eggs. poultry and butter
are going down. Attack the meat trust
by eating more of them, and less beef.
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WE set out to cure the ladrone evil, and
the water-cure may be the very best to
emnloY.
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THE Poles are complaining bitterly Of
the way in which the Germans are Ger
MANNING Poland Among other things,
all names of places have TO b. German
izcl, by which Wroclaw becomes Breslau,
Czczewo is changed into Dirschau, and
Bydeoszcz into Bromberg. The rest of
the world will welcome this metamor-
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TYPHOID fever is strictly filth disease.
Like cholera, it must be drunk. There is
no other way of taking it. 1t would seem
that the Queen OF Holland should have
been able 10 get pure water to drink.
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GEN. JACOB II. SMITH, who is now I'M
der ire for his orders in the Philippines
to 'Lill all boys over TO- entered the
army in June, 1861, as First Lieutenant
in the I'd Ky. and came out Captain
in 1865. He was brevetted Major for gal
liant conduct st Shiloh. He entered the
Regular Army in 1867 as a Captain in the
18Th L. s.. became a Major and Judge
Advocate in 1869, and Went back into the
line the next year. He became Colonel
of the 18th u. S. in 1899. and was 4 Brig
adler General of Volunteers in the Span
ish War. He is n thorough soldier and
gentleman, standing high in the esteem
of wide circle of acquaintance, and no.
body doubts but that whatever orders he
may have issued were entirely justified by
the circumstances and suited to the
emergency.
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THE Veterans everywhere will be graft
fed to learn that Representative Robert
w. Miers, of Indiana, has been given an
enthusiastic denomination. Mr. Mers
has been thick-and-thin friend of the
veterans, and stood up for them on all
occasions, even when many who have been
loud in their protestations have weakened.