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Snow Fell in Central Colorado and than three inches fell in Denver.
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Conclusive Evidence that Cleveland is being used as a recruiting station for white slavers has been found by Probation Officer Christian in an ip- vestigation. '
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The City of Fargo, 6. D., will cut a melon next March. Every taxpayer will get a dividend of 1-2 per cent.
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pr. Jacob 8. Wells, a dentist of Far go, S. D., declares that girls with pink teeth make better wives than any oth- CT brand.
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Governor Wilson and w. J. Bryan will speak from the same platform in Lincoln, Neb., on October 5.
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MiddIesex County.

for personal reasons). G. M. Sampson K, Charles M. Perry K
 Middiasa1 CnurkN
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More Than 1e,35o Babies were born in New York state during July, which exceeds the number of deaths by S,O95,
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The Steamship Bella Found a copper buoy near Foreland sound, Spitzber- gen, marked, "Andree's North Pole Ex- petition, 1S96."
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Police Interference in the national convention of negro Odd Fellows at Atlanta, Ga, Saturday, prevented del- egates from fighting over the election of grand master.
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Charges That Women EmpIoyes of hotels in Boston have been obliged to work more than 54 hours a week will be investigated this week by the grand jury.
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II. Murphy, Negro, confessed as- saflant of a well known white woman Of Alton, Fla. was taken from officers by a mob and lynched near that place.
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A Perpoiss Seven Feet Long was
 captured off Holly Beach. N. ].
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Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, Saturday or dered an army supply post established in Fl Paso, Texas.
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To Provide More Room for crowds at the Washington ball park, the fed eral government has ordered condem- nation and raging of buildings cover ing half a square.
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Condensed Telegrams

A Smallpox Epidemic Is Raging in
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A Terrific Storm That Swept the Pensacola, Florida, water front Friday night, did Thousands of dollars dam age to shipping.
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In an Effort to Win a Years Tuition six Harvard undergraduates are com peting in a walk from New York to Cambridge, Mass.
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The Name of HelNn J. Grant of A. bany county will appear as presiden- tial elector for Wyoming on the pro- gressive party's ticket in that state.
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Edward Haymoor, an American, is believed to have been killed by Mexi- can rebels near Morelos. He was member of @ Mormon colony.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-16

Tho New Mikado Issued a procla- nation of amnesty freeing hundreds of his subjects. He also gave $500, 900 to charity, one-fifth of which goes to Corean institutions.
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Cornelius c. Hayes, the denoted New York police Inspector. who was recently placed on trial for making a statement. alleged to be false, re- flecting on Police Commissioner Wal do, was found guilty of the charges Saturday and dismissed from the de- partment
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The Panama Canal is to be opened to traffic in the fall of 1918.
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runs on the track and does the work of a
thousand men-smooths down the dump
Mere rock is put on. and finally, even
with the spreader, it Is too high for UNI
loading.
And then what do these engineers do?
Do they seek new dump? Not at ALL
They merely run out the track shifter, a
mighty machine which picks UP tracks,
ties and all and lifts them over SO that
another dump can be made. This ma
chine will throw more than a mile OF
track nine feet in eight hours, and it
represents the work OF 600 men. Never
theless 1t is handled by three white men
and six laborera Single plows have un-
loaded sixteen trains in eight hours. an
amount SO great that it would take 10000
horses to haul 1t if piled upon wagons
But let us go on. We have already
Travelled three miles and are pretty we'll
along the cut. See how the rock runs
in lines on each side. The strata vary
and they are Of different colors. As we
pass one Of the foremen hands me a piece
of rock in which q seashell has been
petrif1ed. That shell must have been de-
posted here when the ocean was over
the tops of these mountains.
The rock Of Gold Hill is of many col
ors. AS we pass through it Is 4 o'clock
in the evening and the suns rays are
bringing them out. Some OF the rock is
light red; other strata are blue and there
are great patches Of yellow and Of varie-
gated hues. Much OF the wall is Of the
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same color as the blue clay in the great
diamond pipes Of South Africa, and, like
the latter 1t weathers upon exposure to
air. One of the workmen tells me he has
picked up stones which are a beautiful
crystal and which. when cut. shine like
moonstone. Would 1t not be strange
to find diamonds here in our canal bed?
But I despair Of giving you the scenes
of Culebra. The cut Is indescribable and
its features change every moment. We
stop at last under Gold Hill. the top OF
which is more than 500 feet above
sea level. We are now on the very level
of the canal bed, just about forty feet
above the surface Of the Caribbean IND
the Pacific ocean. We are in rocky,
ragged gorge Of numerous levels. which
rise like cliffs on each side of us. At
places the rock il cracked as though an
earthquake had shattered 1t. Right near
here were the great slides when thou
sands upon thousands of tons rolled down
into the cut. The cracks can be seen
everywhere as We move. We CLIMB the
heights to Culebra and as We do SO nno
ourselves wondering whether the whole
mountain will slide. The engineers, now
ever, know all the dangers. They have
tested every part Of the excavation ana
understand just how to handle the canal
IL any part Of the mountain should move.
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wires which run here and there. We
must be ever on guard to jump out OF
the way of the trains and also to watch
out for the explosions Of dynamite which
are preparing the rock for the steam
shovels.
4 +
There are steam shovels everywhere
working. There are hundreds of Jamai-
can and Barbadian negroes engaged in
drilling. There are gangs of Italians
moving the tracks, and other gangs Of
negroes and whites, in water up to their
waists repairing the shovels. The drill
ing goes on everywhere, and / venture
You have never seen such drilling before.
The drills have derricks above them.
They are. in fact, derricks on wheels.
and you can see thicket OF the der
Each drill consists of one Of these der
ricks and a long steel shaft, which rises
and falls, making a dynamite hole as
big around as your arm and twenty-six
feet deep for the blasting. The force
which moves the drill is compressed air
sent through pipe as thick as the waist,
which runs from one end Of the cut to
the other. There are altogether more
than thirteen miles of such pipes, the
air coming from compressers at RIO
Grande, Empire and Las Cascades.
Here they are charging the drillings
with dynamite. That long line of holes
running a thousand yards up the cut is
ready for an explosion. The men are
testing them before they put in the can
dies. By and by they will go Oft with
the noise Of battlesh;p in action. Far
Their on is another gang drilling in front
of the steam shovels which are working
on the explosions Of last night
That is the way the mountain is cut
down. The rock is first broken to pieces.
and then loaded by steam shovels into
the cars and carried on the railroad OFT
Of the cut.
But let us move onward. Watch out
for your feet. You may trip on the
wires and an electric shock send You to
heaven or the reverse. Don't you see
that train coming? You must get far of
the track. Those cars are loaded with
rocks and earth. and huge rocks frequent
ly fall and men are killed by them. The
ar Is full Of sharp dust. carried on by
the motion. The train Is 600 feet long
and every car is loaded with that mighty
blue rock.
But let us stop at this great steam
shovel and watch it. See how 1t gouges
out the rocks and earth exploded by
dynamite. There are scores Of other
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our railroads. They puff out great vol
umes of smoke, but the stiff wind which
Is blowing keeps the air clear.
These cars are Lidgerwood cars. which
are unloaded with plows. There are more
than 1900 of them now in use, and at
the same time an equal number of steel
dump cars large and small There are
more than 1000 cars moving back and
forth through the work, and on the
average there Is a train every four min
utes all the day through.
The Lidgerwood cars are among the
wonders Of modern excavation. There
are twenty of them in each train. and
each car is, I should judge. about thirty
feet long. One train will measure over
600 feet on the track. and eight or nine
trains make a mile. These cars are un-
loaded with plows. They are fiat, with q
wall as high as your waist at one side,
and are 50 connected by steel aprons
that when loaded the earth and rock
form q windrow or great bank from one
end Of the train to the other.
When they shoot out on the dumps
the engines have such machinery that
they drag mighty steel pillow over the
train and it shovels the mass at one mo-
ton far out from the side of the track.
After time the pile rises, and then q
gigantic spreader-another machine which
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carried letter to you from Gen. Sheri-
dan in this tinfoil, holding it under my
tongue. have permit to go through
the Confederate lines three times week,
the letter II was arrested or searched.
Telling the man to return for his
answer at o'clock hurried home, un-
rolled the tinfoil. and read Gen. Sheri-
dams letter. 1t was as follows:
~ learn from Maj Gen. Crook that you are
me % Sa the Of Ga sa
forces the number Of divisions in his army and
his probable or reported intentions7 Have any
very respectfully. your most oSsa!sns servant.
Major General, Commanding.
You can trust the bearer
'Gen: Crook and his staff frequently
took dinner at our home when the Union
forces had been in and around Winchester
some months before. On this occasion
I had said to him: I wish were Gen.
Sheridan. If Gen. Sheridan knew as
much as do he would capture Early 8
force do not think then l had any
definite Information, although I was usu-
ally pretty well informed. Anyhow, Gen.
Crook had come to regard me as q Union
woman who could be trusted. and / saw
by Gen. Sheridan's letter that he had
recommended me to Sheridan.
II took Gen. Sheridan's letter home
with me. greatly troubled I realized
what would be the consequences II I
should give him this Information, which.
as IL by some act of providence, had
obtained from my Confederate acquain-
lance only two evenings before 1 turned
to my mother for guidance, not taking my
sister into my secret, for that, 1 knew,
would be fatal.
II will pay no attention to the let
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more women sit at long tables day after
day, week after week, year after year,
counting money. They are marvelously
adept. Picking up. one after another,
with lightning-like rapidity. great bum
dies of bank notes and bills. torn and tat
tered, some Of them, which have been
sent back to Uncle Sam for redemption,
their nimble fingers fly through the pack
ages. their brains tally up each day mil
lions of the nations wealth.
But romance has curious way, after
all. of bobbing up in the most unexpected
of places and Of intruding itself even into
such gloomy depths as the vaulted strong
rooms of the United States Treasury.
Nevertheless, one learns with surprise at
first that among these women. counting,
counting, counting ceaselessly all day
long great stacks of money, there Is one
who nearly half century ago played a
dramatic and sensational part in the
great civil war. and by her woman's wit
and superb patriotism saved from defeat
the army of Gen. Phil Sheridan. in the
valley OF the Shenandoah, and gave to
him instead one Of his notable victories.
II X
This woman is no longer the gay young
girl she was in 1864, when she gave to
Gen. Sheridan information about the Con-
federate strength and position in the val
ed Confederate officer. and which Sheri-
dan, acting upon. turned to such good
advantage for the Union cause. She is
q white-haired lady now. sweet and gentle
in appearance, yet showing in her quiet
eyes and firm chin those traits of char
acter which enabled her to carry to q
successful conclusion an act which would
have brought her the death of q spy on
the scaffold If she had been suspected by
the southerners.
Always loyal. although her sister was
q rebel" this young Virginia girl holds
the assistance she gave to Sheridan az
the most momentous event in her life. AS
for Gen. Sheridan. he has publicly &C.
knowledged his debt to her. and her
proudest possession today Is a watch
and chain which Gen. Sheridan presented
to her on the 10th Of January. 1857, al
a token of his appreciation. She wears
the keepsake constantly.
The heroine of this dramatic episode OF
the war between the states, who has beer
termed THE Loyal Girl of Winchester
il Mrs Rebecca l.. Wright Bonsal. but II
was as Becky Wright. one Of the bellies
Of old Winchester, that she played hel
part In the drama of the war.
Miss Wright was born near Winchester
January 3, 1888. Her ancestors were fol
many generations Of the Society OF
Friends. or Quakers, and she was edu.
Gated In the winchester public school
and afterward taught school at HopeweI
Meeting, Va.
This portion Of the valley Of Virgins
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MRS. REBECCA WRIGHT BONSAL AS
SHE LOOKS TODAY.

mkASs k80n6SSh 0ONSAA AS
SHE LOOKS TODAY.
also that so badly were defenders of
Richmond needed that not only would no
achievements be sent to Early, but that,
on the contrary, his force was already
greatly weakened by the detachment Of
troops from his command for the defense
, of the Confederate capital. He also had
specific information as to an artillery di-
vision which had been Withdrawn from
Early's command. We spent q pleasant
evening together, and our rebel friend
left US without suspicion that he had
placed In my hands information which, IL
In the possession OF the Union general.
would enable him to crush Gen. Early
and regain supremacy in the valley. Nor
did myself realize the importance Of the
information had obtained. That was to
come later.
Tho 18TH Of September I was sitting
In my schoolroom during the noon re-
cesu when the door opened and an intel
hgent-looking negro entered the room
and softly closed the door behind him.
81 want to speak to Miss Wright he
said.
.sT am Miss Wright replied, but
there are two Of US. myself and my sister.
Perhaps thee wants to see my sister.
Hannah
sNo, DON'T he answered. Your
sister IL not on our SIDE want - see
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ly about the matter Then, when had
prayed to God. went to my desk and
wrote the following letter to Gen. Sheri-
dan:
September 16, 1884.
have no communication whatever with the
sion Of Gen. Kershaw, and Cutshaw's artillery,
twelve guns and men, Gen. Anderson command
peeted, as they cannot be spared from Richmond.
l do not know how the troops are situated, but
the force Is much smaller than represented
of their strength and position, and the bearer
may call again.
VERY respectfully yours
II rolled this letter up in the tinfoil.
gave IT to him. snG he pat under his
tongue, so that he could swallow 1t in
stantly If captured. With the precious
letter thus hidden the negro safely passed
federate pickets, and it reached Gen.
Sheridan near Wildwood"
In his rersonalN Memoirs Gen. Sheri-
dan says:
TENDER that received from Miss Wright
the positive information that Kershaw
was in march toward Front Royal on his
way by Chester Gap to Richmond. Con-
at once resolved to throw my whole force
into Newtown the next day, but dis
patch from Gen. Grant directing me to
meet. him at Charles Town, whittier he was
COIIlilS 10 COuSQ1l Will ul6, CAUSED me 10
defer action until after I should see
him."
Sheridan at this time was in desperate
straits. and the information he received
from Miss Wright was a Godsend to him.
July "a Crook had been defeated near
Winchester by Early, and In August
Sheridan had been placed in command OF
the Union forces on the Shenandoah.
Early fell back to Winchester. and
Sheridan took up position about ten miles
ELarlvfS forces hoinO tod
on Opequan creek. four miles from town
This was the relative position Of the
two armies when Miss Wright's informa.
ton came to Sheridan. Meanwhile there
ington. The country was clamoring fol
action. Sheridan returned from the con-
ference with Grant, and resolved to rist
battle on the word of a southern gir
moved to the attack on Early's force, and
engaged him about dawn on the 18th
Early was defeated, and fell back Il
Winchester. whence. during the night, ht
retreated eight miles. and took up q
strong position on Fishers hill. Sheridan
won brilliant victory, although at a cos
Of 1890 of his men, Of whom $50 were
killed. and the balance wounded and cap
tured. The entire Confederate loss wa.
about 5000. 1000 wounded being found In
the hospitals in Winchester, and nearly
5000 prisoners were taken.
y y
On the 22d Sheridan routed Early again
at Fishers hill. and pursued him up thi
valley for nearly fifty miles, when he re-
turned to Cedar creek. half way between
Fishers hill and Winchester. October
10. after forced night march. Early sur.
prised the Union camps at Cedar creek
captured twenty guns. ana before
o'clock seemed to have won q complete
victory. It was then that Sheridan made
his famous ride to Winchester. twenty
miles away" rallied his troops, attacked
Early, and defeated him, and completed,
crushed the Confederate army.
Meanwhile. II was with the engagemenl
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start and it runs in winding canyon
through the mountains from there on
until 1t is lost in the great lake of Gatun.
The Ships will come through the lake and
steam on at full speed through the cut
and the water of the cut and the lake
will be at the same level.
The Culebra cut is at the lowest pass
of the Andes. those mighty mountains
which in South America rise more than
four miles above the sea, but bow down
humbly as they reach the isthmus on
their way north to join hant.s with the
Rockies. Right here at Panama the
mountains are on the average only about
one-third of mile high, and at Culebra
the tallest peak. known as Gold Hill, is
800 feet above the sea. The lowest pass
is only 800 feet. and we have cut this
down SO that ships can sail through it
and the surface of the canal waters be
only eighty-five feet above the level Of
the two oceans.
We shall start for our trip about nine
miles from the Pacific right under the
mighty lock of Pedro Miguel, into which
the steamers win come when they have
passed through the cut This lock is as
tall as a three-story house. and 1t will
drop the ships to the level of the locks at
Mirafores, where they have two more
gigantic drops before they reach the level
of the Pacific.
We crawl down into the locks and go
carefully as we wind our way about
through the network Of steel wires and
cables, SO many in number that they look
like thicket. We dodge to keep out
of the way of the concrete. which is fall
ing into the network, and pick out our
path along the line of the railroad.
We soon reach the beginning of the
cut and there start on our walk to Guile
bra. The average man goes through these
works on motor car or is shot by
them on a special train, which makes un-
Outstanding impossible. In this trip of
ours we shall take our feet in our hands
and move in and out among the machin-
cry and workmep. lodging the spoil
trains which are carrying their rivers of
earth and rock down to the great dam
at Gatun and to the mighty Pacific ocean
breakwater which is connecting Balboa
with the Island of Naos. Much of our
way is on the ties of the railroads, some
of ii is over the masses Of rocks cast
up by the explosions, and We shall
have to climb from level to level
and avoid tripping over the electric
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takes up rock and clay, two hogshead-
fuls at bite. and spits them into the
Of the world and it does its work without
kicking 1t never stops and never strikes
1t Is q tool OF the gods, but a little man
works it with touch of his finger.
tons in five bites. and we have shovels
which have loaded more than 1000 cubic
yards in a day. Records are kept Of the
work Of each. and single machines fire.
quently load $1,000 cubic yards Of earth
and upward in one working month. II
that amount of material were loaded
upon two-horse wagons 1t would take
10000 horses to haul 1t, and. esti-
would fill roadway 500 niles long.
As we look l take out my watch and
time the loading. Of a car. The shovel
drops mouthful weighing from five to
eight tons every sixteen seconds. and
the car is filled in a little over a minute.
In one days work a single shovel has
loaded more than 5000 tons, and last
March f1fty-one shovels excavated on an
average almost 5000 yards each.
AS We watch the work one Of the show
els comes to rest, and I remark to the
man who forms the brains Of the giant
upon the mighty power he is handling.
YES" he replies, this machine is
partson with that of all nature about u.s.
We have ants here in Culebra which drag
along leaves four times as big as them
selves and five times their weight. Their
machinery Is more wonderful than this,
and tell you God has man beat every
time"
But let us go on. Look up at the hills
we are now passing through. The tops
OF the canyon are Of the greenest Of
green. and they look refreshing in con-
trast with the SCARED desert down here
in the cut See the railroad trains NOV
ing on that level above US. There Is an
other caravan on the level below. others
In the cut and high above US are twenty
cars flying away down to Balboa. There
Is a train at the right. at the left and
trains everywhere carrying rivers Of rock.
They make US think of the battle of
BalaAlava-engines to right Of them, en-
gines to left of them, engines in front
Of them volleyed and Numbered.
Now stop and look at the cars Did
you ever see such engines before? They
are giants In comparison with those OF
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)ME with me this
morning for a trip
through the Guile
b r a cut, that
mighty nine-mile
cash in the Andes
which is to bring
the shipping of
the two oceans to-
gether. 1t practi-
cally begins at
p e d 70 Miguel,
where we shall