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Torpedo Attack on the Florida.

One of the most important tests of
the new science of naval architecture
was made in a torpedo attack upon the
old monitor Florida in Hampton Roads
The prime object of this was to test the
protection from torpedo attack by wa
ter-tight bulkheads The monitor is
one of four constructed in 1902 and
carries two 12-inch breech-loading rifles.
She is a small vessel of 1925 tons, and
was anchored in quiet water about one
Il mile south of the jamestown
Exposition grounds. A coal barge was
anchored off the starboard side about
400 feet distant from the torpedo sta
ton. In order to make the most minute
observations of the attack Rear-Ad-
mirals Mason, Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance. and Caps. Chief of the Bu-
reau of Construction. with Commanders
Chambers, Quimby'.and Diffenbach and
Assistant Naval Constructor McEntee,
went into the turret of the Florida
about Is or Is feet above the level at
which the torpedo was to strike. A tug
carrying the Secretary of War, the Sec
rotary of the Navy and other officials
and officers took position at a little dis
lance for observations. The torpedo
struck fairly at a speed of about %
miles an hour, hitting the side of the
monitor below the belt and eight feet
below water line. There was a loud
roar and huge column of water min
gled with fragments of the torpedo
Very properly the authorities do not
disclose all that was learned from the
experiment but it is stated that the
damage was confined to the single COM
partment penetrated. and the thrush of
water was SO far controlled that the
Florida showed but a moderate list to
starboard. The officers on board said
that the only sensation they experienced
was that of a comparatively mild earth
quake, and that the noise of the explos-
sion was not unlike that of a violent
thunder clap. The Florida continued
able to fight all of her guns, with the
chief injury to her being the change of
trim and loss of speed.
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Soldiers. Monument i'm Iowa.

May % there was a fine monument
dedicated at Scotch Grove, Iowa. to the
soldiers of the Union who went out
from that town. Scotch Grove was set
tied in 1887 by number of immigrants
coming from Scotland by the way of
British America. These were men and
women of exceptional character. and
when the rebellion broke out they sent
their sons to fight for the Union The
monument is fine piece of granite.
with a soldier standing at parade rest
on the summit of the pedestal 1t was
unvaied by Miss Margaret Sutherland,
and the addresses were delivered by
Rev. John c. Magee and Maj. S. S. Far
well.
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retain him in his Administration and
give him an important place.
No Decision Yet.

Meanwhile the search for a National
Chairman goes on The men who make
1 q business of electing incumbentS for all
| important offices have been putting for
ward q lot of names. The. speculation
goes merrily on every day, altho no one
has any authority yet for saying that
any particular Republican is going to
be selected. Some big men have been
mentioned who could have the place if
| they would take it. Senator w. Murray
Carne, of Massachusetts,, is one of them.
But Senator Crane said mo- a consid-
cradle time ago. There is some pros
pect that Postmaster General George
Won L. Meyer will be named and also
possibly that Mr.. Hitchcock will be
named, if it is not Mr.. Meyer. The lat
ter could raise the needful funds, some
thing that Mr.. Hitchcock might have
much trouble doing. National Commit
teeman Frank B. Kellogg. of Minnesota.
has also been mentioned, and some
think he stands a pretty fair show. He
is good politician, and if chosen prob
ably would not have to surrender his
$4,000 year compensation sfrom the
Department of Justice for trust busting.
The sum sounds large for compensation
in the Federal service, but Chairman
Tawney, of the House Appropriations
Committee. after a very persistent in
quiry, concluded that that WAS about
what the Government was paying AR
Kellogg
The matter will be finally settled in
about a week. provided the special COM
mittee of the National Committee.
named to aid the nominee in the mat
ter, is able to meet him at Virginia Hot
Springs about July S. There has been
some delay because of the illness of
James Schoolcraft Sherman, the Vice
Presidential nominee, Mr. Sherman is
a very skilful politician, and the Secre-
tary naturally wants to have the bene-
fit of his advice.
Probably Mr.. Sherman will come this
way in the course of few days, and
the chances are that he will have some
practical suggestions to offer. He is go
ing to resign his position as Chairman
of the Republican Congressional Com
mittee, TO which he was reelected this
past Winter. and will devote his ener-
gies to helping the National ticket to
victory. Representative Tawney. of
Minnesota. the Vice Chairman of the
committee. who has had much to do
with the management of Congressional
campaigns during the last six or eight
years, will probably succeed Mr.. Sher-
man as Congressional Chairman.
While the wrangle over the National
Craftsmanship proceeds Nominee Taft
is doing lot of work in making ready
for the campaign. He is talking things
over with his advisers, is getting ideas
about what his plan of action should be
during the campaign, and about the
time the Denver Convention has made
it's nominations and adjourned the Re-
publican nominee will have his am
munition magazines full, and will be
prepared to give the enemy hail Co.
lumbia.
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OF THE DECLARATION.
The Signatures Were Not Affixed for
Some Weeks After the Adoption.
Something as to the Signers.
The Signers 80.

The Sc signers of the Declaration
were as follows: Roger Sherman, Sam
uel Huntington, William Williams and
Oliver Wolcott, of Connecticut; Caesar
Rodney, George Read and Thomas Nc
Kean, of Delaware; Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall and George Walton, of
Georgia; Samuel Chase, William Paca,
Carrollton, of Maryland; John Hancock,
Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert
Thomas Stone and Charles Carroll of
Treat Paine and Elbridge Gerry, of
Massachusetts; Josiah Bartlett, William
Whipple and Matthew Thornton, of New
Hampshire; Richard Stockton, John
Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John
Hart and Abraham Clark, of New Jer-
sey; William Floyd, Philip Livingston,
Francis Lewis and Lewis Morris, of New
York; William Hooper, Joseph Hewes
and John Penn, of North Carolina; Rob-
ert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin
Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer,
James Smith, George Taylor, James
Wilson and George Ross, of Pennsylya-
mia; Stephen Hopkins and William Ell
leEX4 OF Rhode Island; Edward Rutledge.
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Department of New York, G. A. r..

Comrade Chas. A. Orr, Buffalo. n. Y,
writes: Our Department Encampment
here last week was very gratifying and
successful in more ways than one The
officers elected without opposition were
William H. Daniels, of Ogdensburg.
Commander; William A. Boyd, of New
York, Senior Vice; DR.. Robert P. Bush,
of EImira Junior Vice; Henry Clay
Woods, of Bath, Chaplain for the third
term. and DIR. W. Q. Higgins, of San
born, Medical Director. There was OPP
position to our Council and Delegate
ticket, but we won out by $50 70 200
majority and many of our voters went
to the Falls sightseeing and home
before we got to balloting, because
there was no opposition TO the princi-
pal officers.
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nenartment of Kansas.

The 9th Annual Encampment of
Kansas. G. A. r., held at Kansas City,
Kan. May 1921, 1908, elected these
officers: Commander, W. A. Morgan;
S. V. c.. VIM. A. Ogden: ]. " c., S. j.
Churchill; Chaplain, S., Lampman;
Medical Director, w. +. Wait. The De-
partment Commander made these staff
appointments: Charles Harris. Empo-
ria, A. A c.; w. w. Denison, Topeka,
A. Q. NJ. c.; o. L. Moore, Abilene, j.
A; Fl. Fl. Carr. Wichita, Chief of Staff;
A. c. Hilligoss, Chief of Aids, Parsons.
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AZ uat snrir-s. Ark.

on May % the Department of Ar
kansas elected officers. They are: De-
partment Commander. C. e. Newman,
Judsonia; Senior Vice Commander L.
A. Thomas, Hot Springs; Junior Vice
Commander, A Y. Kiliingsworth, ST.
loam Springs: Medical Director A. ID.
Thomas. Little Rock; Chaplain, j. w.
Lane. Sloan Springs; A. A. and A. NJ.
O. General. George w. Clark, Little
Rock Council of Administration, Nj.
Kerst, Little Rock; ]. H. DENLY. Hot
Springs; o. NJ. Spellman, Lake Farm;
j. H. Avery. Hot Springs; A r. Ross,
Little Rock.
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The Lee Statue.

The Department of Iowa has protest.
ed against placing the statue of r. E.
Lee in the Hall of Fame at Washington,
and in a Memorial Day sermon at Grin
nell the orator made a personal plea
that the survivors of the Union army
should exercise broad charity in the
matter and cease to harbor malice
against the fallen foe. The members
of the Post at Grinnell do not like this
idea, and have put on record their OPP
position in a well-written argument by
Henry A. Field, of the 1st Iowa, and
published in the Grinnell papers.
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A Onc-Armed Soldier Victim.

Much feeling has been aroused by
Congressman Buffers removal of
George w. Brown from the Postoffice
at Wayne, Pa. Comrade Brown was
in the H29th' Pa, and lost an arm at
Resaca. He made fine record in his
office, but brought oil Representative
Buffers enmity BY refusing to remove
an efficient employee to make a place
for ore that Butler wanted. Brown
has high testimonials from his Off
GERS and good recommendations from
his superiors in the Postoffice Depart
ment
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Snan,Is Eamiiinr.

Comrade ]. H. Oberlin, President,
Co. E, 18th Pa. Association, headquar-
ters at York Furnace, Pa, has issued
General order No. %, C. s., of which
the first paragraph is: The members
of this command are hereby ordered to
report at these headquarters not later
than 10 a. M, Tuesday, July 81, 1908,
having provided themselves with three
days cooked rations." If that don't
rally the boys to that Reunion nothing
but patrol guard will get them to-
gether. 1t makes every old vet begin
to look for his haversack and canteen.
The. Secretary of the company is T. b.
Hambleton, Greene, Lancaster County,
Pa
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Memorial nay at HenoIuIu.

Memorial Day was celebrated at
Honolulu II. l., with unusual earn
estness and solemnity. In the parade
appeared IS veterans of the civil war
with a much larger number of those
of the Spanish war and they We're
escorted by committees of the Regular
Army and of the National Guard of
Hawaii. Commander p. r. Rider
read the eloquent ritual of the Grand
Army, Chaplain Dickey invoked the
blessing of God. the Gettysburg address
was recited by J. Roy Douglas and
there were music and recitations.
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Merging tI.c Dcpartmen,s.

A. C. Crutchmer, Past Department
Commander of Indian Territory, is not
satisfied with the notice given of the
merging of the two Departments of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. which
took place at Guthrie, Okla, May 10,
20, 81 and %. Commander-in-ch
Burton was with them at the time and
made a fine speech. Commander Horn
aday, of the Department of Oklahoma,
also made fine speech. and Comrade
Crutchmer tried to rise to the occasion.
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In General Orders No. 1, of the new
Department Administration. Depart
ment Commander John P. Victory an
nounces the following officers selected
and installed for the ensuing term for
the Department of New Mexico. G. a.
r.: Commander, John p. Victory.
Santa Fe; Senior Vice Commander j.
w. Long. Tular0sa: Junior Vice Conn
mander H w. Turner. Albuquerque;
Chaplain. Rev. Thos. HARDWOOD. Al
buquerque: Medical Director, Smith H
Simpson Taos
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Elmer S. Battin, Patriotic Instructor,
Lawton, Okla, worked up a splendid
celebration of the birthday of the Amer
lean flag at his town. The papers con-
tanned lengthy notices of the exercises,
which were unusually interesting and
largely attended. The flag drill by "a
school girls. under the leadership of
Miss Blanche Morton, was unusually
fine. A fine silk flag was presented to
the Post by the Woman's Relief Corps.
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with most of the others. were attached
Aug. 2. 1t is said that the idea of sign
ing does not seem TO have occurred inn
mediately; 1t was not until the 10th of
July, as will appear by reference to the
secret archives of the Congress, did the
resolution pass, directing the Declara-
ton of independence to be engrossed
upon the parchment which is now one
of the sacred assets of the Government
After the Declaration was ordered en-
crossed it was laid before the Congress,
and was then signed on the I'd of Au-
gust, as has been stated, by those men,
bers present. Those members who were
absent subscribed to the Declaration as
soon as the opportunity offered after
ward.
John Adams, the second President Of
the United States so inseparably con-
nected with the active political affairs
of the Colonies was probably more ar
IDENTIFY for the separation from England
than any other member of the Con-
gress. AS early as 1874 he. with Mr..
Richard Henry Lee. believed that latter
all, we must fight One can hardly
connect John Adams with any kind of
hilarty and noise with the explosion of
powder, the blare of cymbals and the
beating of drums, and yet in his exulta-
ton over the acceptance of the Declara-
ton by Congress he gave utterance to
those sentiments which have been the
handspring of the joy and matchmaking
proclivities of the youth of the country
from that first Fourth of July to this
one. In writing to his wife on the 5th
of July he said:
A Day for Joyous Noise.
Yesterday the greatest question was
decided that was ever debated in Amer
lea: and greater perhaps never was or
will be decided among men. resolu-
ton was passed without one dissenting
Colony, that these United States are
and of right ought to be free and indie
pendent States. The day is passed. The
Fourth of July, 1875. will be a memoir
able epoch in the history of America.
l am apt to believe it will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the great
anniversary festival. 1t ought to be
commemorated as the day of deliver
ance by solemn acts of devotion to Al
mighty God 1t ought to be solemniZed
with pomps, shows. games, sports. guns,
bells, bonfires and Examinations from
one end of the continent to the other
from this time forward forever. You
will think me transported with enthu-
siasm, but I am not. l am well aware
of the toll and blood and treasure that
ii will cost to maintain this Declaration
and support and defend these States
Yet thru all the gloom 1 can see the
rays of light and glory. / can see that
the act is worth more than all the
means. and that prosperity will triumph,
altho you and / may rue, which l hope
we shall not"
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The only one of these eight States
that can be counted as Democratic from
its political record to date is Nevada
1t has the only Democratic Representa-
tive In Congress from west of the Mis-
souri, River 1t has one Democratic
Senator, whose sole, Democratic COL
league from that same section comes
from Colorado.
The columns show what a very up
hill fight there is ahead of Mr.. Bryan.
altho, of course. the present political
complexion of States was made in the
Roosevelt Presidential year of 1904 and
the Congressional year of 1906. when
stirring appeals were made to voters
to uphold him in his policies.
On the other hand if Taft can hold
his 144 electoral votes in the more con-
sentative Eastern States. as outlined, he
will need only SO votes out of the West
ern States that claim to be more pro-
gressive politically. California, Illinois,
Iowa, Michigan. Minnesota, and Ohio,
his native State, would exactly turn the
trick. All are very certain Republican
States. Iowa. Michigan and Minnesota
never cast an electoral vote for a Demo-
cratic Presidential candidate.
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Mad Mosauitoes.

An Oklahoman WHO thinks he knows
more about yellow fever than the SCI
entists has peculiar theory to ex-
plain it, He believes the disease is
spread by mosquitoes that have gone
mad. The hot weather affects the in
sects much as it does dogs who con-
tract hydrophobia.
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Reunion 18th III.

The. 18th Ill. held it's Reunion at
Dixon on the anniversary of its muster
into service. The battle record On the
18th Ill. reaches from Chickasaw
Bayou TO Madison, Ala. There We're
2S survivors present and letters read
from So others who could not attend.
The following We're elected officers by
acclamation: President, Gordon NJ.
Pierce, b; Vice President, Lew
Eckers, d; Secretary-Treasurer, r. NJ.
Havenor, +.
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Railway building.

The Railway Age states that $3.50
miles of new track was laid IN the
United States in 1907, being eight per
cent less than in the previous year. The
States in which largest mileage was
laid were: Louisiana, 422 miles; South
Dakota, 3s5 miles; Florida, BAL miles;
Texas, 314 miles, and Washington, 311
miles
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Memorial Day at Florence. s. G.

The graves of 3,017 Union soldiers
who died as prisoners of war were dec
GRATED on Memorial Day at Florence, S.
C. The ceremonies We're under the au-
spices of the Blue and the Gray. The
attendance, mostly ladies, was large
Mr.. C. Armor Newcomer, who was an
officer in Coles Maryland (Union) Cav
airy, was the orator of the occasion.
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There is not a single Democratic
United States Senator now in Con-
gress from these IL States and hardly
dozen Democratic Representatives.
This is mentioned to emphasize what a
political overturning there must be in
November if these IL States are to
furnish the 81 electoral votes which
Bryan must have with his 15S votes in
the solid South to be elected. If il
should develop that he has even a
lighting chance of carrying New York
the best judges believe he has not
the winning of the As remaining votes
necessary would not seem such an i'm
possible task, especially when ii is
granted that he will have about an
even chance in Indiana and also in
Nebraska. particularly in the latter State
If the labor men and the railroad men
support him as they are now indicating
an inclination to do.
For even if the remaining eight
States in the Electoral College, all in
the West, are seriously disaffected-
from the Republican standpoint-and
If Bryan should carry most of them. the
total would be comparatively small
They are the trans-Missouri States, as
follows:
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Reunion of the ssth Ohio.

The SD Annual Reunion of the
3Sth Ohio will be held at Toledo, Ohio,
Sept 1, the anniversary of the battle
of Jonesborough. v. w. Weeks, Secre-
tary, Delta, Ohio.
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SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY MAIL.

Send to DIR. Kilmer & Co.. .Bingham-
ton. n. Y, for sample bottle, free by
mail-it will convince anyone. You
Will also receive a booklet of valuable
Information. telling all about the kid
neys. When writing be sure and men,
ton the Washington National Tribune.
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THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION
CONTINUED from page one.l
from page one.)

ing toward the radical party views of
which Bryan promises to be the lead
ing champion in this campaign:
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Some Errors Corrected.

The printed Journals of Congress
make 1t appear that the Declaration of
Independence was adopted and signed
on the Fourth of July by the gentlemen
whose names are subscribed to it under
head of that date in a776sr This is not
correct, and indeed is most misleading.
Not a single signature was attached to
the Declaration for nearly 80 days. In
fact the only signature to the Declara-
ton of Independence on the 4th of July
was that of John Hancock. The first
publication of the Declaration was ac-
companied by the signature of John
Hancock alone. 1t was an accidental
association, and conferred no special
title to praise beyond his colleagues, but
preoccupied the attention of the public
and its admiration, and has contributed
in no small degree to a fame that does
not altogether belong TO him. His sig
nature was perfunctory,. nay. really OBJ
ligatory, since it passed the Congress
and he could do nothing
alse but sign.
The first signature of member of
the Congress was that of Samuel Adams.
"the poor gentleman" and the second
was that Of John Adams, and these,
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OUR BEST RICE FARMER.

The best rice farmer in the United
States-likewise in the worlds a jap
anese living near Webster, Tex. His
name is Seito Sahara. Sahara raises
an average of Us bushels to the acre.
Sahara began with a 320-aere farm,
but now controls about 200 acres. He
came to this country less than foEr
years ago from Kioto. He has become
an American citizen and is bringing up
his son to American ways and teaching
him that the United States is the great
est country in the world. Seito was a
member in Japan Of the imperial parli-
ament While serving in that capacity
he met DIR. S. A. Knapp, special demon
stration expert Of the American agri-
cultural department, who had been sent
to Japan to collect some new kinds Of
rice seed. He became convinced that
he would like to come to America, and
he sold his possessions and came. He
is rated at about 100000.
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THE EMORY SQUADRON
AND ITS LAHAINA CALL

LAHAINA July Thurday consisting
the battps Louisiana (fagshp) Ohio
of Admiral Emory anchor
o
committee called
HIM and his
The 4
which entertaining
There dance
fanta
The
in
division ahaina proceeding
There hundreds of
"a touching
Ankahala to
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With the Men Who Handle the Guns

''Then down, deep down, in the mighty
ship,
Unseen by the midday suns,
You II find the chaps who are giving
The raps-the men behind the guns! -
The most satisfactory feature of the
greatest cruise ever attempted in the
history of the world s navies has been
the magnificent showing made by the
American gunners of Admiral Evans
fleet in target practise held recently at
Magdalena Bay. During this practice
records were smashed right and left,
and even the most sanguine hopes of
the officers and men were realized.
That the work of the jack tars was
such as to call for special praise, may
be gathered from the words of Captain
r. r. IngersoI:
f'When the results of the target prae
tice at Magdalena are worked out they
will show better shooting than our