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CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Parade of Veterans in Grand Camp at
Lynchburg.


A dispatch from Lynchburg, Va, last
night says:
Immediately after the grand camp had
been called to order Capt. ]. Taylor STRAIT
ton of Richmond made his report as
chairman of the credential committee,
showing that fifty-two camps are repre-
scented here and the SO past commanders,
is commanders, 143 delegates and 234 al
ternates are present.
Quartermaster Gen. Upton D. Jennings
reported the total collections to be $501.53,
with a balance on hand of $1O4.14
The report of the treasurer of the Home
for Needy Confederate Women, on Grace
street, Richmond, was read, showing to-
tai receipts to be S11,940.56; total dis
bursements,. 81, 791 Sc; total assets, $780,
64S7O, and total liabilities, $4,S54.52.
Grand Commander Christian then intro
duced Senator John w. Daniel, chairman
of the history committee, who was re-
ceived with much cheering.
The report was voluminouS and dealt In
historical facts and figures, which COW
cred many pages, and which had been
obtained by careful research of govern
ment records. 1t corrected many err
roneous statements. Some space was de-
voted to the restoration Of records under
taken by the federal government under
the law passed by the Fifty-seventh Con-
gress, and in which work Virginia is now
aiding through the efforts of Maj. Robert
w. Hunter, secretary of military records.
The report urges all who have records
which will assist in this work to give or
loan them to the state, that they may be
embodied in the official records.
In the afternoon the parade of the vet
Grams took place through the principal
streets to the courthouse, where they
were reviewed by the grand commander.
Several camps in full uniform marched in
the procession. Gov. and Mrs. Montague
parade, while Senator Daniel. in gray
uniform. bravely limped on his crutches
with Garland Rhodes Camp The streets
were lined with people, who cheered con-
tinuously. The chief marshal was Col.
Cary Breckenridge of Fincastle, with Maj.
S. Griffin of Bedford as chief of staff.
Tonight at Confederate Hall another
large audience was present and heard the
Rev. Dr. Randolph Harrison McKim of
Washington deliver his grafton on the
motives and aims of the soldiers of the
south in the civil war.
After the Grafton a reception to the Of
ficers of the grand camps, sponsors and
visitors was given by Old Dominion
Chapter at Hill City Hall, which was at
tended by Gov. and Mrs Montague. Sena-
tor Daniel, Congressman Glass and many
others
During the morning the Grand Camp of
Sons of Veterans held a short session.
transacted all necessary business and ad-
1ourned sine die, after electing the fol-
lowing officers: Division commander. p.
Lee Trinkle of Wytheville; Commanded
for the LIST Brigade, A. H. Jennings of
Lynchburs; commander for the I'd Rri-
Rade, Edwin H. Courtney of Richmond
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TO RAISE MORE COTTON.
Projected Development OF Frencn TO-
lonial Fields.

The recent great cotton corner IN America
apparently caused fright IN Europe w.
all of the cotton-using and manufacturing
nations have set themselves to the task OK
nroduc,ne their own cotton and relying no
further than absolutely necessary upon inc
American product.
Consul General Skinner at Marseille Is the
last of several consular officers in Europe
IN call attention to this important move
ment. which he does in the shape OF a spe-
cial report published by the Department OF
Commerce and Labor. He says that an as
ISOLATION has been formed in France Tor the
purpose of arousing public opinion and pro-
curing support for the projected develop
ment of the French colonial cotton fields
This association has visited all the COM
mercial cities and has pointed to the danger
of the cutting off Of American cotton sup
nIv by consumption of the entire cotton
crop in the United States. which now pro
duces 10 per cent of the worlds cotton. The
association is seeking particularly to de-
yelop cotton culture fin Sudan, Dahomey and
Madagascar, French colonies believed to b
especially adapted to the growth of cotton
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FREDERICK GIRL WINS SUIT.
Gave Up Position in Washington t.
Marry Defendant.

A dispatch from Frederick. Nd. last
night says: In the circuit court here today
Miss Mamie L. Brengle was given ver-
dict for $4,000 damages against George ].
Ross for breach of promise. Miss Brengle
is the pretty daughter of a Frederick police
man. Ross is the youngest son of Charles
w. Ross, ST., a wealthy lawyer and a
member of one of Frederick's most promi-
nent families.
On the witness stand Miss Brengle testi-
fed that Ross, who is now married. paid
her attention for more than year and
asked her to marry him, to which she con-
scented. At his request, she stated, she gave
up position in Washington and returned
to her home at Frederick. where she made
preparations to be married
Her father, Policeman George Brengle,
testified that he had gone to young Ross
and told him that he had better keep away
from his daughter, because he knew of
the opposition Of Ross family to the match,
but Ross declared his determination to
marry her. Miss Brengles suit for the
breach Of promise was brought shortly
after Ross marriage to another young lady.
She asked $4,000 damages
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descended from domestic camels that lad
been turned loose were to be found in some
or the western sand plains Of the United
there are stories that herd of them exists
in Arizona.
The dromedary is the plains camel. while
the beast with two humps Is the fayorite
FOR mountain use. In Sokotra the latter
camel climbs up steep steps hewn into the
face of the rock, and In all places where
they are used as mountain climbers thew
are almost as surefooted as mules Pre-
shewalski, the Russian explorer found wild
camels in the worst mountain regions of
Asia, in places so dangerous that the
human foot could not find hold
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THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Kensington Democrats Hold Meeting
and Unfurl Banner

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
KENSINGTON, Md, September TO- 1904.
The Democratic Club of Kensington open
ed its campaign last night with an open
meeting in the town hall. preceding which
a large Parker and Davis banner was
spread to the breeze amid cheers and the
playing of THE Star Spangied Banner by
the KensIngton brass band. The banner
doats across Montgomery avenue between
the town hall and the plaza, and is an
American flag, Is by % feet, with the In
scription, ''Kensington Democratic Club.
Parker and Davis
auditorium of the hall being filled to over
flowing with citizens from this town and
vicinity, as well number of ladies.
Walter A. Johnston, the president of the
club, presided, and among others seated
upon the stage were Isaac Loeb Strauss.
Creed NJ. Fulton, John E r. Wood, Edward
Peter and Robert G. Hilton.
The president In his opening address out
lined the work of the club in its efforts for
state and national success in past cam
paigns and pledged its energies for the
present contest He then introduced Mr..
Creed M. Fulton of Washington, VINO IN a
logical manner spoke of the ideals and aims
of democracy. The next speaker. Mr.. isaac
Loeb Strauss of Baltimore, reviewed mucn
of the political history of the nation ana
dwelt upon the struggle of the founders or
democracy against the Capitalization OF
power In federal government he Voiceu
the sentiment of the preceding speaker IN
his denunciation of the tariff.
Mr. John E. r. Wood of Frederick, Mo-
was the last speaker, and he confined ms
remarks to issues of the present campaign
which he said, were many. the speaker
stated that he was against the holding or
the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico. the ac-
ou:sition of the Panama canal, and in other
ways differed from the course the presen.
administration has pursued. The clup Will
hold four such open meetings during tle
campaign, and has the promise OIL GoVefhoF
Warfield to speak at one of them
Mr. Brainard H. Warner. Jr.. arrived at
his home here yesterday from Leipzig, Yer
MANY having recently resigned his position
as American consul at that place, the onSo
being now filed by his brother, Mr. Soutn-
ard Warner. Mr. Warner returned to this
country for the purpose of taking part IN
the presidential campaign. He crossed the
Atlantic in company with Col. george -.
Pearre the congressional representative OF
This district and Mrs. Pearre. The coionel,
II was learned, has been ABROAD ior MS
health but returns little improved ana VIII
snend the fall in sanitarlum at Wa'he
Glen N Y leaving his campaign mere Lor
reelection in the hands of his frienus MI.
warmers stay in Kensington VIII pe NS S
hrief at this time, as he leaves touas 10
West Virginia, where he is pooheu i"i
number of speeches. ,,,.- 1oclson
Mrs c. R. Clark and the Misses ti,,
formerly of Kensington. and more ,,,,nst.
of San Antonio, Tex, nave peen 'ie $50
" Mr. and Mrs Joseph w. Buck or WASH
t,tnn street Mrs Clark leaves here TO-DAY
fn1 a visit with relatives at Niagara faiis'
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ANIMALS MOST WIDELY SPREAD
Wherever Man Lives Are Found Horse
Pig and Cow.

From the Pittsburg Leader.
The three animals that are most widely
spread over the earth the cow, the
horse and the pig. These animals did not
spread through their own efforts. but were
developed by man. and gradually rendered
adaptable to practically every place where
man himself can live.
Cattle entered America simultaneously
with its discovery, for Columbus introduced
Spanish steers and cows in 1893. In 1925
they were introduced into Mexico, which
offered ideal conditions for them. From
Mexico they spread into Texas, where the
new conditions of range and feeding 0e-
veloped a race of cattle that became known
as Texas cattle. and these animals are
typical of range bred cattle of America
now.
The pig had its origin In India, and its
first conquest was that of eastern Asia
and the archipelagoes of the eastern seas.
China fell an early victim to the love of
the pig. Records show that the cuitiva-
ton of the grunting porker was a high
art in that land as long ago as 5000 years
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before Christ One of the greatest of the
Chinese feast days is known by the name

before Christ One of the greatest of the
Chinese feast days is known by the name
pig"
The Koran forbids the use of pork, just
as the Mosaic law does; hence the pig Is
not raised in countries where the Moham-
medan law rules. But in all other parts
of the world the porker is as popular as
the COW or the horse: and there are as
many varieties Of pig. due to local causes
and to different ways of breeding in diff
ferent countries as there are varieties of
horses and cattle.
1t has always been a matter of wonder
to naturalists and economists that the
camel did not become so widely spread as
any of these three animals in the course of
its thousands of years Of existence as a
domestic animal
The camel combines the advantages of
OK and horse as draught animal and bur-
den carrier: 1t is of high food value; 1t
gives excellent milk; its demands In the
form of food and water are exceedingly
modest, and it's hair Is of great value.
While the camel probably could not bear
all the extremes OF climate that the horse
or cow can bear, 1t is by no means a diff
cult animal to acclimate, as is shown by
the fact that 1t Is used as a draught ami
NAL in the colder parts of Siberia, OF the
Russian and Turkestan steppes. In the
Himalayas. In Africa and in Austria.
1t is well known that wild camels which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
MAJOR STERNBERG RETIRED.
He Began His Military Career In 1885
With New York Infantry.

Capt. Theodore Sternberg of the quarter
masters department. veteran of the war
of the rebellion, has been placed on the re-
tired list by operation Of law on account of
age. He began his military career in Au-
gust. 1862, as first lieutenant and quarter
master of the 121st New York Infantry, and
was honorably mustered out in June, 1865.
In July, 1898. he was appointed a major in
the volunteer pay department, and in Feb
ruary. 1901, was appointed quartermaster
in the regular establishment with the rank
of captain. Because of his service In the
civil war he Is advanced to the grade OF
major on the retired list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
PROPOSALS INVITED.
Contracts to Be Awarded for Mail
Routes in Eastern States.

The Post Office Department has issued
advertisements inviting proposals for car
rying the mails on all the star and steam.
boat routes in New England, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware.
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia for
the next contract term of four years, be-
ginning July 1, 1905. The advertisements
include 4,S79 mail routes, on which the
present contract pay is approximately
81 555 900 per annum.
Advertisements also were issued for reg
ulation screen-wagon service in eighty-one
of the larger cities in the states named for
the same contract term. This advertise
ment is for ninety-one routes, on which the
present pay is approximately $5sl,OO0 per
annum
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HEAL 1E] NOTICE !!
Householders Cautioned.
TYPHOID FEVER PREVALENT.
pIsINFEcr YOUR PREMISES WITH
PI.ATT's CHLORIDES.

Typhoid prevalent, can be prevented by the
careful boiling of drinking water and the thorough
use of a reliable disinfectant. For purifying the
waste pipes, closets, sinks and all waste-carrying
arrangements, for sprinkling about the cellars,
store rooms, etc., Piatts Chlorides has proven
most reliable and economical disinfectant. 1t IL
colorless liquid and when diluted and sprinkisd
about leaves stain smell. while It instantly
removes any foul odors and destroys breed
ing matter. A quart bottle will last an average
family a month"; and It can be obtained at al
drugyists' high-class grocers and housefurnishina
dealers sel6-3t.4o
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A Part Never is the Whole:

From Life.
Most divorces are caused by a very
common mistake"
What is it?'
Many man In love only with a dimple
or a curl makes the mistake of marrying
the whole girl"
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same review we read that on the whole
gold discoveries have not been of use.
For all fields response may be given on
the same lines as for California. Is not
California now, Is not Australia, worth
all they cost? But we are not studying
whether gold prospecting or gold mining
verse. Loss may befall the miners in di-
rect results, and yet by extending popula-
ton, opening up new districts creating
new centers of production, they may add
largely to the welfare of mankind.
Our Supply of Gold.
Quite another question is whether the
supply of yellow metal in this country and
In the world is in excess. That problem is
important and far-reachng. We are to
note that gold here is in the ratio of 40
TO the total currency, while in Great Brit
10; In Russia, S7.71, and in Austria Hun
gary, $3.50. In all these countries COM
bined, gold Is 69.6 to the total circulation.
If the worlds experience is to be accepted
our gold is not in excess, although our
whole volume of money may be too great.
Gold, whether In coin or certificates, be-
comes elastic as currency just to the ex-
tent that 1t comes to the treasury and goes
out from the vaults. This counter flow has
no limit save the operations of trade. No
payments or deposits in this form will be
rejected. and the treasure will be held in
tact until the public use draws 1t out. Coin
and certificates are interchangeable, and
elasticity may assert itself to any degree.
Our total circulation per capita at $31. O6
exceeds that of every other nation save
France, where 1t Is 5000. But our indus
try and enterprise and local traffic also lead
in the comparison. The question is grave
whether our currency is not in excess OF
our needs.
Finance Our Vital Current.
american finance does not stand alone, a
Teneriffe in midocean, a Shasta or Rainier
or Mont Blanc rising in solitary majesty
among their ranges. 1t is the vital current
of the activity of the people. Its strength
is not in theory or in petty technicalities.
1t is strong with the brain and Drawn OF
So 600 citizens; with the varied resources
of mine and soil and forest and running
waters; with the sheep and horses on many
ranches and the cattle on thousand hills;
with coal and iron and all their products;
with wheat and corn and sugar and cotton;
with the inventive minds and skillful fin
gers of efficient artisans; with forge and
factory and dynamo and motor, and not
least with school and college, with univer-
sity and church. Financial strength is In
wealth of every kind, but not less in the
purest morality and the worthiest char
acter"
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An optimist.
From Puck.

from tuck.
First Hobo-"Ever had a ride in an auter-
mobile ClarenceT'
Second Hobo-"Nope: but it's ony mat
ter NV a few years. at de most. before DC
perlice departme nts adopt DEM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16

L. r. Johns. a miller. was torn to pieces
by bursting fiywheel In a mill at Column
bia, Va, yesterday. Engineer Johnson was
also hurt and the engine room wrecked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16

Joseph Mcdonnell, whose back was
broken by a fall from a pile Of lumber died
yesterday at Portsmouth. having lived over
two weeks with a broken back.
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Stronghold Of Our financial System.

Stronghold OF our financial System.
The stronghold of our financial system
is Its actual gold. as well as our statutes.
The world has about $500 0OO, 900 Of this
metal. of which the United States has in
it's stock S1342. 422.74O In the last re-
ported wear the world produced less than
$500 900 900, of which our mines gave
$50. 600 900. Our treasury holds 500 O0O,-
600 in gross, and our~banks, national and
other. have $3O0,00o000, approximately.
So over e-fifth of all the worlds gold
Is in the United States, and the bulk of 1t
in the banks and the treasury. The in
crease in gold in both forms in our cur
rency in five years has been just less than
$500 600 900 ($299, $50, 457), and in the past
year from August 70 August /, $137,-
721 900. The charge is put forth often in
spirit. and sometimes in words. that we
are extravagant and wasteful in the pos
session of so much of the precious metal
Are we?
"A leading financial journal of this city
quotes the president of one of the largest
banks in San Francisco as alleging that It
costs $50 to get dollar of gold out of the
ground. Was the metal all that the picks
Of the miners and their self sacrifice took
out of the earth? Did not the argonauts,
of 1S49 and their successors create the
California of today? The ranches. the
factories and shipyards, the cities. the
churches, the universities, the civiliza-
ton of that prosperous commonwealth.
are a part of the harvest planted by that
$40 of the miners.
"A writer in the Nineteenth Century al
leges that in Australia the balance in
gold mining has been adverse, and in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-26
HAWTHORNE ENTRIES.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-The races at
Hawthorne tomorrow attracted the
following entry:
First race four and a half furlongs-Grace
Elliott no Mart Gentry ITO. Itch ITO. Bass
Wood 10. Siss Lee 10. Colonel Rupert 11S.
PacihcO 113. The Gadhy 113, Portsmouth 49,
Togo 49, Baker 113. West Brookheld 113,
Bonebrake No. Dixie Andrews 115, Rainwitch
115 Ralph Reese 11S
Second race mile, selling-Royal Pirate
90. John f. Owens 1O1, Fading Light 1O2- Kill
morie 1o4 Sioux Chief 1O4. Tam o. Shanter
1O4 Allie Virgie 1O4, Marshalsea log. Ethy-
lene 100 DR. Stephens 100. Inventor ia
Third race six furlongs, handicap-Peter
Paul 1O4 Clifton Forge 106, Ananias LOG. Fos-
sill 40. Port Royal 112. Irene Lindsey 1l6,
Big Ben us New Mown Hay LOG. New Mown
Hay and Big Ben. Durnell entryO
Fourth race. mile, Selling-Nannan 50,
Berry Wadden 81, Watermelon 50, Golden Min
eral 81 Dungannon 90. Maud Muller 80, Marco
eS GIoriosa 102 Mr. Farnum 10S, Sweetie 100,
Casava 1O5 Hainault 105.
Fifth race five furlongs, selling-Lady Fash
ion "a 10 Lo Mai a. Devout 90. Swedish Lad
81 Bowling Butte 90 Lady Lasca 90. Useful
LADY 90 DundaIl 1O2, Janeta 1O2, Big Beach
los Lillian Ayres los. St. Denis 1O6
sixth race seven furlongs-Fly Lady 1O4.
Jusequa La 1O4, Eleata 1O4, Berntce 1O4, Tell
fare IO6 General Steward 100, Salivate log,
charlie Miller LOG. Great Eastern 100, Bay
wood 100 Copper 100.
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JEFFRIES' QUIET DAY.
His Only Exercise Is Rowing on Lake
Merritt.

Champion James J. Jeffries spent a
quiet day in Oakland yesterday. The
only interval during the entire day
that hefelt like fight was when Lam
ders Stevens bawled him out at the
Liberty Theater in the evening and
then~he wanted to get" Mr.. Potter
of Texas" but as a line of footlights
separated the two Mr.. Stevens escaped
uninjured.
The-incidents of the last day before
the battle were few. The big cham
pion awoke at the usual time. He
took his breakfast with his friends
and his wife at the Gas Kitchen. Then
the champion enjoyed a row on Lake
Merritt with John ]. Marcovich, his
great friend. There was a substantial
luncheon and another row on Lake
Merritt. These little sprints on the
water We're the only exercise in which
the champion INDUCED.
In the evening the only fighting OF
the day began. Mr.. Jeffries with his
wife attended the Liberty Theater in
company with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Van Court. John ]. Marcovich, Alfred
Scott and his cousin. Landers Stew
ems discovered the big champion in
the audience and from that moment
there was a running fire of remarks.
When Mr.. Stevens. as Mr. Potter of
Texas, had TO eject number of wait
ers from the room it was. TIL fire you
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-26
LEW POWELL BEATS WOLFF
IN A ONE-SIDED FIGHT
Latter. Displays Unusual Gameness,
but Is No Match for the Light
weight Amateur Champion.

Lew Powell beat Willie Wolff be-
fore the Hayes Valley Club last night
in Woodwards Pavilion. Wolff dis
played an unusual amount of game
ness. For round and a half he was
staggering around the ring helpless,
when the police stopped the fight in the
third round. In the first round both
lads spared to try each other out
Wolff FASTENED his downfall in the
second round when he started to mix
it. Powell steadied himself and with
well-aimed right landed fairly on
the point. From then on it was a
one-sided bout
Abe Label knocked out Harry Tenny
in the second round. Both boys dis
played cleverness, but Label was the
best.
Telegraph Hill Jack O'Brien re-
versed matters with his namesake from
the south side and knocked him out
in the third. The second edition was
held in the street, but a policeman
refused to allow a decision.
Eddie Kehoe won the decision from
Eddie Sullivan. Joe Mcdonald beat
Loren Brown in a round. Harry Baker
won a decision from Chefie Johnson.
Charlie Dunn won the decision from
George Brown.