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COLD WEATIHER GOODS AT HOT WEATHER PRICES. In order to open our Fall Season early, we shall begin to-morrow what we_ term a Forced Sale; that is a sale of Winter goods in Summer, There is only one way by which we can do this and that is to offer them at such a tremendous reduction from regular price that our customers will buy them now and lay them aside until they are needed. R emember, Fall will be here in a little over two weeks; we intend in those coming two weeks to sell Fall Coods atsuch a tremendous sacrifice, thatit will be an advertisement to us for the balance of the season. The sale is for Monday and Tuesday only. NOTION SALE. Pins, 1lc Paper. Hair Pins, 3 papers 1c. Tape, 13;¢ roll. Long Black Pins, 1%c aper. Elastic Webhing, 2%c yard. Corset Stays, 5c paiv. Linen Thread 3cspool. 1 8ilk ‘Thread, 2¢ spool. at Basting Thread,?c spl. } Safety Pins, 21;¢c paper. j $24 7 5 . Thimbles, 1c. i o i 2 o Goff’s Bl't Braid 3¢ roll | We will offer our $45 Plush Cout at Dress Shields, 7c¢ pz_\,ir. $29.75 Red Marking Cotton, i G R 9c doz. Weogive o written guaranteo withall | Goxrset Laces, 3 for ic. o o Hooks & Eyes,13;c papyr. 20 CrochetNeedleslceach Andover, W shall ano place on sule | E €211 Buttons 1%c doz. | Monday, a linc of : b En}.hroidery Silk L.c8pl Ladies' Newmarkets and Children's |3 Bow Ruching, %c yd. CLOAK SALE. €25, Plush Coat for $16.98. A 835, Plush Coat that would be mense n at that price $19.94. A Plush Cloak that we sh | 840 this fall; Monday and T an im- for 11 retail ot sday only | Cloaks 10c Linen Laces 4c yd. i . od 1 i | And il give 83 per eent off of our fant | SC American Laces 2%:c K prices on these goods. yard. ' DON'T FORGET OUR PLUSH CLOAK | DON'T FOR( OUR PLUSH CLOAK 1 | SALE. SALE. i 4 { Dress Goods and Linens, force the Sale S8 GOO DS, we sh ! prices in two. 20c Double Width Double Fold DRESS GOODS ALL SHADES Ioc__a;lard. 15¢ Dress Goods 39c a Yard. $1.00 All Wool DRESS GOODS 49¢ a Yard, $1,50 HENRIETTAS 75c_'(3_1{_ard. Pon't Forgel Our PPlush Cloak sale, Dress fioods and Linens TABLE LINENS At 33¢ a Yard, All LINEN CRASH reduced to 6%:c a yard. 40c T,)_\memlown to 25c. 40c WHITE GOODS for 15¢ a yard. 12 yds of ZEPHYR GINGHAM, 69¢. 12 yds CALICO for 59c,wort_h__8_l-_3c a yd. Here is a bargain, 10 ards COTTON FLAN- EL for 59¢. 10 yds 15¢ COTTON FLANNEL for 99c. A fancy TURKISH %‘gWEL for 19c worih c. DBon’t Forgel Our Piush ¢ sale, We intend to make this our opening Fall Sale, the grandest ever inaugurated in Omaha. Our mail order department is now in good running order, and we get all orders off the same day they are received. No mail orders fille ; $1.00. Plush Cloaks sent on approval, provided customers pay express both ways if they do not keep the garment. on Ribbons. in all the new fall shades: 15¢ Ribbon......9¢ yard 25c¢ Ribbon....17cyard 35c¢ Ribbon...23c yard 50c Ribbon...29c yard This is the finest line have ever put on sale. CORSETS. Grand reduction inour Corset Depart- ment. $1,00 Corsets raduced to 43¢, $1.25 Corsets reduced to 89c, $3.00 Satin Corset, in ail shades, of Ribbons we $ .15, Down’s Seif-Adjusted Corset, 99¢. This is the best Corset in the market. RUCHING. A lot of 50¢ Ruching, Monday and Tues- 19¢ Yard. Don’t torget our Plush Cloak sale. sale | ‘sextra h L 1 wy Winter Underw that will retail this winter at 7se, Mon day and Tuesday, At 39c. - We will also offer a line of Ladies’ Underwenr av the same price. W in CHILDREN'S UNDER- WLEAR, an assorted lot at from 9t 1o 296 s worth fully double. © offer Will o offer in the Gents’ line 25 Suits of Fine Knit Underwear, which ail all the and Tue: At $3.97. A suit from #8 to $£10, Mon- Don’t fq Sale. set our Cloak IR PLUNIES We have oy 10 new fall shades of 3ilk Plushes. These goods will be good value at $1.00. In fact some of our conts petitors retail them at $1. If you want a Plush Dress for this fall, now is the time tobhuy it, We are going w offer them Monday at 59¢ fgr_}ar.d.‘ il kerehies, In our Handkerchief Department we all offer some Colored Handker- ¢ Each. s0 have about 50 dozen very fine Handkerchiefs, worth up to $1.00, which Monday and Tuesday we will sell At 29c. We have just rece auction 100 dozen shall off at ONE ved from New York ampie Bustles, We ¢ them Monday and Tuesday HALF PRICK t our Plush Cloak Don't fu j Sale. Remember, it is for Monday and Tuesday only. under ‘We will lay aside and keep till wanted, any of the above plush coats advertised, if the purchaser will make a small cash deposit on the same STONEHILL, 1818 Douglas St, Omaha. in the congressional conven of Douglas count favor of Yost, and his dele ition should The ropub declared in WEEKS OF AGONY AT AN EN h Rosewater offered as a substitute the > he Douglas | following Coenellandizosy Becio)f o Resolved, That the delegations from County Delegations. of the nine'w the de! of Omuha a shall rec- persons to ion_and commend rds in the srates from CONVENTION AND ITS RESULTS. it delegates upon being indorsed by a majol of this convention shall represent Doug county and said delegation shall vote as a u on the choice for Mr. Rosewater then took issue with Mr, Hascall upon the question raised by Mr. Has call and quoted historical facts in support of his argument relating to the disposition of the electoral vote in states, and alluded to the action of the electoral college of Vir. ginia_in 1900, which cast a divided vote for Douglas, Breckenridge and Bell. He de- clared in favor of a delegation to the state convention, which would |\n; be in the mar- o e o ity hall | ket to be traded, trammelled ot The delegates nuscn})b}u\ fll the }r\(,\ hall T T AP very promptly and at 2:20 were called o | (040 Tndians to represent Dot order by John Rush, chairman of the county | My, Rosewater said he was in favor committee, who in®n brief specch summer- {zed the objects of the meeting and spoke of the two aspirants for’ congressional honors, Mr. Connell and Mr. Webster, in very fitting A Resolution Commending Attorney ieneral Leese's Conduct Voted Down By the Howls of Doz- ens of Railroad Tools. Republican County Convention. The agony is over and the republican sounty convention has adjourned. The re- sult will be gathered by reading the follow- tng: of county being represented in a manuner becom: ing the metropolis of the state, and w conceding that the mujor of the con - tion favored Mr, Yost th e has other in- terests bey cleetion of a 1 to fill ferms, ufter which nominations for the ofice | the oft e sute of tempo chal was declared open. stitut ded for r M Hascall put in nomination W, F. | commendation by wards and precincts and g : S : V' I preise the veto power Bechel and the nomination was seconded by | d exereise the veto pov m confirming Richard Hall spoke briefly in_opposi the substitute, He commended M & delegate from the Fourth, Mr. Unit, of the Ninth ward sprang to his feet and moved as an amendment that Mr. | views as sound and made the propos Lindsay nct as temporory chairman. This | Mr. Connell and My, Yost air motion was deliberately ignored by Mr. | the Nl‘mirf. A \ul!"u\' r;!l 884 1 Rush, who put the question in favor of | PArts of the housc showed him his ex sat down to rise no more. h Redman, of the Fifth 1 a dig in the ribs by Bechel, declared it carried, and had Bechel in the chair in less than three minutes by the wate Fred Nye was then elected sceretary and D. V. Sholes assistant secretary. Mr. Unit desired to oo heard on the ques- tion of the cl Janship, but he was knocked out by Haseall, who declared that the c vention had no time to Wi on “kickers, and Mr. Bechel promptly declared Hascal remarks us timely and Mr. Unit out of orde: Chen Jose gave Mr. Co ing to the he, with thir 0 whoen s behind his , made 1t possible for erat to be cted 1o the district, wh > talle on Mr. Redman's part evolked considerable ap: piause on the part of the Webster faction Mike Lee took up the cudgel for Hascall and sent buel one at Redman concerning some of the delegates who were sent to the 1 convention to support Conucll, and Joseph On metion of Mr. Michael Loe the sec subsided. Lee claimed that after the dele. tarices were nstructed o act as a committee | garion had performed its duty to Yost it on credentials, and the chairmen of the Ly A e e e rious delega o requested to turn in | gliose--monopoly or anti-mo All he their lists o r being o ates and alternates, which that present were all wanted waus to see Yost ge Paul Vanderyoort th was sent there instruc but if Mr. Rosewater om the there. nounced that he A to vote for Connell, orsook Yost he would led evoked the repe gates pron. The question having arisen us to w in the absenco of both dele the absentee could delegate proxy, th ntion declared that in all such cos ation should cast the vote, "The report of the committee on erodentixls was thien adopted. A On motion of Mr. Gurley the temporary ganization wi anent. Mr. Whitm ret, offered a her e and altornate his powor to a cment caused . sensation lobby. tricd to makea sneech, but upon by a delegate who called y re then reiterated hi; ment that the county had d Yost und Connell, but former state ed in favor of the Webster faction gesolution pr laction Yof | aain got in its work by groaniug vigorously (o ding for tho scloction .of } and Whitmore wilted. thirty-soven dolegaton for the state conven | “proq Nye bursted the string which held forine sandidacy. for the state treastiryship, | 1im down und bobbed up to ask Mr. Rose- TG o state treasurysibi | water o question or two, Which wer the committeo to cousist of two doiegates | promytiy auswered, after which he sat dow: to think from South Omaba, four from the outside - o Mr. Rosewater retorted to Vandervoort Pprocinets, and the remainder at large. ¢ isew orted to Vi Nr. Brown offercd s an amendmont a res- lJ--fl l-;}l!“m«lt\fl}l)wlpll\w‘:- !";::m’;‘"i"'m'- \,“" olutlon, wroviding for the seloction by dele- | U000 MY, Yost to contradiot him. He Efi.h's from each wo from each ward, two from South pposed to withdraw his substitute if Omahe, one from b procinet, and nvention would adopt the following. six ot who shall ved, That the republicans of Douglas Douglas _ cou in the state county cordially endorse Attorney tion, and a like vumber to represent | eral Leese I his faithful, fen less aud cfcient discharge of duty the delegates to the stat hereby instructed to give b and use all honoruble mean nomination. Mr. Hascall rose to remark that he was favorable to Attoruey General Lecso and wouid support hiw, but did not believe in pledging the delegation to him, and by so doing sacritice Mr, Yost's chances of momi Dation, Mr. Woolley urzed the rejection of the sub- stitute and the adoption of Mr. Whitmore's resolution, Mr, Yostarose and made a personal ap- peal to have the resolution voted down, as it would mterfore with his chunces of suceoss. After u little more cross-tire between Rose- and convention are n their support secure his re- Doulglas county at the congressional conven tion. v In support of his resolution Mr. Brown urged its adoption in behalf of good gov ernment and the principles of republicanism which were based upon fair representation. His remarks brought Mr. Hascall to b fect. He eharacterized Mr. Brown's logic as simple, and asked why majorities shoula not rule as absolutely here as in a presidential election, If the majority of any state vote for a presidential candidate he gets the entire electoral vote of the state. Douglas county should go into the state corve:tion solid. I Mr. Counell had a majority of the delegates it was unfair not to give them to him and decidedly out of form to aliow a man on it whe would not work for hiw with all Lis might ranks of the Connell sup- | Whitmore and Woolley, the secre- was instructed to read the resolution bstitute, and then on a viva voce vote air declared the substitute lost and the original resolution carried. "red Gray then proposed the follow- ing, which was carrvied: Hesolved, Thal as Hon. W. J. Connell is the choice of this convention for congress, that @ committee of thir teen be appointed follows: One from each ward in the city and South Omaha and three from the country preeimcts to leet thirty-seven delegates, 1o consist of t from cach ward in the city of Omaha, two f) £ a, m the country pre s and ten at large to represent him in the con, ional _convention, and that the same action be taken in regard w Mr. 08, Mr. Rush characterized Mr. ( sition s the acme of fair play A motion to table the resolution was lost and the resolution carried amidst a good deal of cheering, Then was pandemonium let loose and con- fusjon reigned supreme for a few moments, while the chair pounded with his little for order 1n vain. When the tumult chmr anuounced s propo- had the subsided committee the for the selection of the congressional delegates as follows: Behm, Price Shiller, Henr Omaha, John inders, R. brook, Rosicky, Fred Hall, Joseph Lee, A. W. M. Parker, D, 1. M ken outh Omaha, Dr. Glasgov horn, Owen Whitney; C! H. West Omaha, Georg Rolfs; elected chose deleg: on were C. 1. Yo M. Stanberry, Mike Maul, {'W. Gray, i Bolln, M.'S. Lindsay, Dr. J. M go! 3 G. Whitmo While the committee was out Hon. John Thurston, being called for. made a brief but strong speech on the national issucs, which ved with cheers. hurston culogized W. ud wound up with an appeal to unty to send a solid delegation 10 gisluture to belp re-cleet General hurston fir snot be it ieneral Manderson for u United States senator in behalf of the state and of the soidier, and recommending him to the people of the state as a candidate for re election,” which was adopted, Mr. Rosewater then offered the fo! 'hat the owing republicans *” the faithful, of his dutie conventi and the de creby instructed to giv ull hone le me: nomination Mr. Fred Gray expressed himself surprised that M water, who conducted a paper which was supported by the business men of Omaha, towhom Attorney General Leese had shown himself hostile on the board of transi portation, should offer such a resolution. Mr. at Some length, referred to the rebuff wmaha merchants received from Judge Mason before tt transportation Mr. Rosewater stated he had no apology to te in offering the resolution. There merchants in Omaba who bad acrified the public interest to pri gain and that class would naturaliy side with the railroads against the atto Juage Mason was not Mr. Le onvention endorsed Manderson for a S term of six years; Laird was running for & fourth term and Dorscy for a third: why should not Leese, the first attorney 1 who has ever dared to do his duty in of threats of defeat and promises of ation, be retained in his place, De- at this resolution and you say to the state that Omiaha sides with the ra {‘.n- cowiwon interests of oth t 1 are 18 to secure his re- Yost appealed to his friends to vote against this resolution as it would interfere with his ehances of success, Midst a tumult u division was called on this resolution, and finally a vote called for by wards and precincts. The railroad men on the floorand in the lobby made a desperate effort all along the line, and the resolution was tabled—87 to 20 voles, Quite a number of those who voted against the resolution tried to explain their votes urder all sorts of pretenses. The committee appointed to select dele- es to the state convent r of the 1« reported in W. A Mentor, I Jenkins, John 1, 122, Cohen,” Joseph Bowles, Paul 3 g oort, A. L. Wiggins, ( C. Barton, y M. S. Lindsay, C. J. Joh 1 Duscn, A, J. Baldwin, H. C. Whit or Walters, 1. n, Henry Bolln, 1 T. C. Bruner, I Finnie, George W, Roberts, ( . H. Butler, , F. P, Hind- ! L. Chat John M. hort a olution was intro- Frank Mooores expresing regret of the death of General Phillip H. 1, the gallant soldier, was unani adopted. ort of the committee was adopted, mittee recommended rmstrong v, “Johu Hoy, Rosicky, Fred alter B > Bechel, W. hn MeDonald. Behm, e, Saur , Charle Leavitt, DV, Estabrook, C. K. Sholes, John B, Furay, M. S ton, D. ucken, R. S. Ivive, F. M. Swith, 3. 0, H. J. Raiph, W. G. Whitmore, John Lewke, Owen Whitney and E. Gil m The conventioa then adjourned. Cc Echoes. In the language of John L. Webster, it was a famous victory. _Herman Timme didu't_explain Everybody kuew where he stood. In the t Rush of things midst of the excitement the lutions were left in the rail his votes. The vo se resolutions are liubl patriots st ho want to go to the legisla Fr rs will 8it by the side of J M. Thurston in the state convention, and the inevitable Wiggns will sit on lap. Thurston’s Thurston's endorsement of - Manderson Dretty 1 broke his heart. But it was of the by-play und was taken in a poli- Mr. Unit, of the Ninth, rose to explain why he Joved Yost better than Leese. It wasn't pecessary. We all knew it. That was the Unit ruie. Whitmore dist shed himself as the | chief bugler of the railroad combine. H too, was opposed to | , on general prin ciples, The railroad farmers were all that % Connell's dele, o XXX select done much worse if he had Lis ates from the slums of the bloody Third, Fred Dehm blandly explained voted against the Loese resolutions because it would prevent Yost from trading off the attorney general. Fred’s part in the tie-up was rathier disagrecable. Bechel was Rushed inte most_sublime picee of Mr. Rush, in his bland and_childlike manner, refused to hear anybody else except Hascall All is fair v &ind politics, but this was little too or | even for the most elustic political cons ition is not lik that he 1t was rather umusing to hear dervoort thi Connell with his_ven geance in ¢ Rosewater obstructed his bosom friend Yost in his effort to eapturc the delegation. Paul hasn't forgotten that Conuell came very near having him indicted | a8 au accomplice ana associate of Dick Curry in that slung-shot assault The tie-up between Yost and Connell was transparent, ¢ en through the Rush candle, better of the bargain and sale y. He may have sur- prised hi riends by this tie-up, but be didu’t disgust them as Connell did his whilom anti-monopoly associates by his abject surrender to the railroad gang e Paul Van reservoir for what some thought was high, §24,000. This was divided into fifty-six lots, Yesterday thirty six of these werc couveyed to Mr. Dumont ond others by W. A, Kuin for su even V50,600, i LINCOLN'S PRIMARY ELECTION Workingmen Make Their Felt at the Polls. Power THE RAILROAD FACTION DOWNED. © g Meeting of the Nebraska Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso- ciation—Delegates to the Deep Water Convention., COLN BUREAU OF THE OMAIA BEE, } 1029 P Sy T, LINCOLN. August 11, The primary fight in every ward of the city was tame compared with that in the Third. The Raymond-McBride forees were superbly organized. Headed by the Military band the laboring men formed in line at the corner of T and Eleventh streets, and marvched in a boay to the pol place at the corner of Q and Fourteenth. That the Pound jig was up was manifest from the fivst, Moore and Whedon et al were com- pletely unbalanced by the swoop of the vote. It was a surprise to They expected to divide it. They are now wondering how it was done. election in this city <t the dogmatic and dic of the railroad eorpora- thout doubt the countr roll eall in same way at the coming county con- ntion. Raymond and iride will the solid vote of their ward for the senate and house. Inadayor two it will be an cnsy matter to cast the legislative ticket of Lancaster county. Enongh is known at this hour to warrant the statement that the Iroads have been completel Ve £o into the convention with snowed und in this county. Lee: will have the solid vote for attorne general, Brown 1s Lanc nre d candidate for cor Charles Carter will have no small fol lowing for comn and buildin wncaster’ accounts will man. omas Benton is lef uditor of public t for some other vote for i be M TING OF HORSEMEN. Next in importance to the state comes the annual meeting of the braska Trotting Horse Breeders' asso- ciation, which takes place > sta fair grounds Wednesday Saturday of next weelk. of the horses already races givesthe conv puiation >d for the ution prominence uever before held, warranting the ief that the attendance will be la from all parts of the state and other states interested in the devel- opment of speed in horse flesh. Such support and encouragement ther fore ought to be given the meetings as will insure their continuance at this place, rapidiy taking rank as trotting horse districts of the coun The best blood of Kentucky, indeed of the world, courses in the veins of N braske and the int of the past which has brought this ¢ ment ought not to be permitted to we in any way. Support and the inter attendance on the part of zens will go a long way toward keeping up these uunual meetings. At this time 120 horses have been entered for speed trials, and some of the races promise to be the very best ever witnessed on Ne- braska turf. - Next week will be a busy nd interesting one in the city of Lin- coln and the promise is now that the horses, entertainments will be of the orvder. HARBOR CONVE DELEGAT The following is a list of dele; ] thus far appointed by Governor Thayer, to the Deep er convention. to be held at Denver, Col., on the 25th of this month: First Senatorial District, G Holland, Falls City, and D. Paw- nee City; Fourth, R. R. Livingston. Plattsmouth, and II. L. Reed, Weeping Water; Sixth, I. Rosewater. CadetTay- lor, and G. M. Hitcheoek, Omahag Seventh, E. K. Valentine, West Point, and H. Templeton, Tekamah; Tenth, L. D. Richards, Fremont, and Lorenzo Crounse,Fort Calhoun: Twelfth, E. L. Truso, Schuyler. and George G. Bowman, Columbus; Thirteenth, A. H. Church, North Platte, and - Sin- clair, Plum Creek: Seventeenth, Samuel N. Wolbach, Grand Island, and Thomas Darnell, St. Paul; Nineteenth, L. D, Simmons, Seward, and J. C. Roberts, David City: Twentieth, C. H, Gere and Mason, Lincoln; Twenty-first, A, cen, Beatrice; Twenty-sixth, Silas ted Cloud, and C. I, Adams, highest corge W. : . Twenty-seventh, Captain H. . Yocum and J. B, Hartwell, llast- ings, Twenty-cighth, W. I. Bechtol, Holdrege, 1d Joel Hill, Minden; Twenty-fourth, John Jensen, Genevaj Twenty-fifth, Danicl Nettleto Bightéenth, C. Hostettor, Cont The list is not yet completed. OMAHA EXCURSIONISTS, About two thousand Omaha ci ue to Lincoln this morning over Union i went direct spent most to day very two ons of the ing thirteen ¢ crowded with pleasure secke on ) & a gay time, of them, howe , all bent A large number or,putin a portion of the day in wking in the its of the Capital city. The exeursion party leit for home between 4 and 5 o'clock, CITY NEWS AND NOTES, Hon. C un Ty of St. Joseph, Mo. in the city to-day on i iness, Governor T yer returs Wahoo this mc ng, wher determine upon matters re coming militia encampment, 1 from he went to ng to the The building for the institute of feeble minded at Beatrice is finished. Secretary Laws and Commissioner tt will recommend ted by the lin Lowering the lished grade dev many of the beautifi the streets have 1o come out, This has sen especially true on P and Tenth ts. Things of beauty are not a joy foreve that it be ac- wourd of public lands and sidew: rintendent Mallalicu de rney on the afternoon tri level best to secure the encampient at that place, b > would think from the that this hard to ¢ county for submission,while th pecially in the ing a fred-for-all. Tt is hardly probable tthe Raymond-McBride forces : 1. Their ticket ttorne, is county is concern et Who Gwas the W A gold bunting case watch and a sl hunti watch, taken from auspicious character *‘Bronco,” arcest Tuesday, still await ideuiification at the chief’s office. “Bronco” is being held until the watclies are claimed. Theopinion iv that he is » duagerous thief. 5 HE WILL BE REME) MBERED- Senator Turpie Given a Bad Dose By w an Old Soldier. ASHINGTON, August 11.—[Special to Tig —Senator Turpie, of Indiana, has been tuken down several inches by a well-known soldier in this st o are any men, in the senate who 1 others, pretend to be the soldiers’ and anxious to sccure pensions for the boys, they are the two senators from ITuaiana. Both have sim- ilar war records, the character of which was iven to the public by senator Ingalls, re- . Along about’ the time Senator In- d his respects to Senator Voorhees, wied soldi from Indiana ap- proached Senator Turpie—at that time on the stool of repentance—and, after proper introduction, inquired if the senator would 20 with him to the pension office and use his influence to procure a pension for him. The senator looked into the soldier's papers, and friend, said that he would be delighted to do so; that when the papers were all Lt the soldies should come to him, and vould go together to the commissioner of vthing possible pensions. Senator Turpie »wn bold as time clapsed af- ter the switching Senator Ingalls gave his colleague, The other day the crippled soldier, having just wered from a severe illness and_secured the ion of his papers, again approached the senator, and renewing uaintance, reminded him of the visit vo or three months prior and requested i to #o W the pension office. The senator ted his brows, and exclaimed in pas- Lwill have to have proper identifica- ou, sir, before 1 can intercede for you in speur pension.’ It roquived but a few minutes for the sol- 1 p his erutehes, and produce proper ion, after which the senator de- scended from his lofty perch, and said that he would be glad to go 10 the pension ofice and o at once, This time the soldier spoke. few words, and the! tif a pension v of the h ft Senator ‘Purpie to when he went home ad- ¢ following not D. C, August Turpie, No. Sir: The t ands a fow m tten by n further department lled on you, ) to him th INGTON, David Dear t your Ve forg never trouble you uny oing 1o the tirst When I hs ago, or even hint some person who could dinian, nor did 1 think T identify me asy must be so ideltified, after eighteen years residence in the state, thirteen of which have been continuous at my present place of residence, Measured by our loyalty and ul service to the country during the var, 1 have u-thousand times better right to the title idiamian’ than you have, and there was no word or ' aeed mine during that time which led loyal people to hint, or teuthfully assert, that I was a traitor or & erhead. If this treatinent whieh I pe- 1 at your hands a few moments ago is a of your kind feeling for a union sol- + 1 pity those who hay n you for your little influ rtwents, Go to the trouble of taking before you 1o identify me as an In- Notsiv; I will first sce you sent to tions ought I will do so, Ve any more escnt us in of the title t manner in which k in_my face will be red until the end of your term, aud date and conversation will be prop- stered, copperh the senate, of senator, erly r wins raft off Col- z, after a pleassat 0 d madethe voyage from the Bay of FPundy. To-morrow at noom, the tide is in the flood, she will make ast stage of her trip, passing thro) ¢and under the bridge to the < basin. The raft is 562 feot long, 53 feet 5 and draw feer of wa €004 sLape. The raft is 5§

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