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pected 10 take place tomorrow a { Mount
Oliyet Cemetery Baltimore.
MaSOns viii conduct the funeral of
VIII II Smith at o'clock Tuesday.
Columbia COmmandery will have charge
Of the service at the residence. 70
Eighth Street northwest AT The grave,
New Jerusalem Lodge, no. ?. viii con-
duct the ceremony. The body will be
buried in Rock Creek Cemetery by the
side Of the body Of HIS mother Almas
Temple and Columbia Chapter. Royal
Arch. viii send representatives and floral
tributes
Besides his sister. Mrs. o. ". Ham
mond. and his father. employed as a
night Waterman in the pOstotfice build
l ing. Mr. Smith IS survived by three sis
/ tiers, Mrs. George w. Beaton, Miss
Katherine Smith. and Miss Rose smith
! They arrived from New York yesterday.
about the time the body was brought to
/ the house by Undertaken Wright
/ The funeral Of DR.. Blumer VIII be held
] az Christ Church. near the navy yard.
/ at the same hour. The Rev Arthur s.
/ Jones viii be present. but the services
viii be under the direction OF Columbia
I Gonmandery, while Lafayette Chapter.
/ Royal Arch. and Almas Temple will
( have representative. as VIII also Har-
I mony Lodge. No. u. which will conduct
/ the ceremony at the grave In Congress
/ siOnal Cemetery.
Wife Frustrated.
I The body is at the residence Of thu
! father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. John
BlUmer. o01 Ninth Street southeast In
a room not far from the corpse is the
young wife. slightly recovered from tho
shock which FRUSTRATED her Saturday
| night
/ The body Of J. George Smith will be
! removed TO the home at 1872 Grant
/ Street Mount Pleasant. today. nm
mother was cabled in Brighton, Eng.
land. She answered yesterday. STRIVING
In her sorrow 20 console the widow
| Mr. and Mrs. Albert stephan. father and
I mother Of Mrs Smith arrived houe
night. Other relatives and many friends
were AZ the grief-stricken home during
the day
Rev. J. +. a. Doernan. Of the Craze
Lutheran Church, Will conduct the fu-
neral services at the residence Friends
/ and relatives arc invited to the sery-ic,
at O'Clock. but the interment in Rock
Creek Cemetery Will be private MANI
been arranged last night
At Mount Oiivet Cemetery.
The body Of Miss Hazel i,izer vii
be privately buried at mount OIivet
Cemetery tomorrow. me services viii
be held al 10 o'clock tomorrow mornine
at Holy Trinity Church The Very Rev
James F. X. Mulvaney. s. J., the pastor
will offciate. and deliver a brief ser.
mon during the services. The pail
I bearers. who have been selected from
the many friends Of the dead girl. viii
/ be Charles Staub, Percy Smith, Robert
SOmmeTville. Frank Hudson Frank
Tucker. and Frank Clark. Miss HIze1
Z had just received aga appointment as ,
clerk at the Democratic national head
quarters. ard was to have reported "a
3 this morning.
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Cor. nth and F SIS n w.

Shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping.
penmanship arithmetic. English. etc.
Day and night, all the year. Lowest
prices. Books. etc, free. Typewriters
sent TO students homes SItuat tons
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Half price for full course # You enroll
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him should an accident happen and
many lives be lost.
There is no law or regulation apply
ing 10 motor vessels used exclusively
for pleasure purposes
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District Without a LAM
To Control the Launches

The most Inexperienced novice may
take command OF uaphtha launch or
any other kind Of pleasure craft. I'm Po-
tomac waters. and no law can reach
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MARRIED.

CANDEE-BENHAM at the
residence Of the brides parents. on Mon
Smvthe. MARY c. BENHAM TO HARRY
A. CANDEE. II
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MOUNTAIN LAKE WATER
TOO COLD FOR PARKER

trade, the home market. labor and the
taTih. prosperity under protection. free
raw material reduction OF prices under
protection. prices and the trusts. rcci-
procity, protection sentiment I'm Eng
land. the British tariff, the iron and
steel industry OF the United States, the
tiu-plate Industry. and the textile in
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NEW REPUBLICAN
CAMPAIGN BOOK

The Republican campaign text book
for 1904 is completed and will be sent
out from the New York and Chicago
headquarters.
The leading subjects discussed are;
Tariff. prosperity. labor. wages and
prices. trusts. the Panama Canal, Cuba
and Cuban reciprocity. expansion and
its results the Investigations OF the
postal and land frauds and punishment
OF offenders. rural free delivery. irTi-
cation. and the general record Of the
Republican party and or President
Roosevelt
The opening page OF the campaign
book is a repetition Of the para graph
that opened the textbook or 1900 This
paragraph cites four great facts" en-
fitting the Republican party to further
confidence Of the country. It is assert
ed that these facts hold good as much
for 1904 as for 1900
The first of these was that its pledges
OF 1896 had been redeemed; second, that
prosperity had come as q result: third.
that developments had shown the fall
lacy OF Democratic contentious. and
fourth. the conditions which had come
TO other parts Of the world and their
people as result Of promises fulfilled
b,. the Republican party in the United
States
McKinley's Speeches.
The book contains the last speeches of
William Mckinley and Marcus A
Hanna; speeches by Senator Fairbanks
and Secretary Hay, ex-Secretary Root,
and Speaker Cannon. The Republican.
Democratic, and Populist platforms are
given conslderab BILE space.
The tariff chapter occupies about sew
srty-fiyc pages OF the book, discusses
the tariffs or the principal countries OF
the world the tariff history &c the
United States, trusts and the tariff, ex-
port prices. the effect Of the protective
L@rI6 On revenue and upon the export
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VARDAMAN EXPERT
AS A "FLIP-FLOP'

Governor Vardaman. Of Mississippi. is
gaining a reputation as a "fip-hop' ar
t-st A few weeks ago he was charged
BY Postmaster General --ayue with pub
fishing an editorial making a disrespect-
fuI allusion 10 Mrs. Roosevelt. mother
OF the President.
At that time he vigorously denied the
charge. but he now. over his own sigma
ture admits that there IS ruth in the
Postmaster Generals charges.
Mr.. Payne today gave out for publi-
cation the following extracts from the
Charleston News and Courier" which
have a significant bearing on the case:
Anderson. Aug. SpeciaD.-Several
days ago the editor OF the Anderson
Daily Mail wrote to Gov. J. X Varda-
man. OF Mississippi and asked him
about the truth Of the assertion made by
Postmaster General Payne, that Cover
nor Vardaman. had, while editor Of a
newspaper in Mississippi. some years
ago. published an editorial making a
disrespectful allusion 70 Mrs. Roosevelt,
the mother Of the President.
The following letter has been receiv-
] ed iE reply:
" Executive Department.
| q" Jackson SIfss., Aug. 9.
d" Ny dear sir: Your very kind favor
l Of the fourth instant. has been received.
! II / had a copy OF the Commonwealth
/ YOU desire / would take great pleasure
/ in sending II TO you. but the files OF the
| old paper are a hundred miles away.
! There was nothing in that editorial OF
/ fensive to Mrs. Roosevelt OF that reflect
/ cd upon her in the least
/ &c L simply undertook. upon scientific
1 grounds, an explanation OF Teddy s
! degeueraCy and general cuSsedness,
/ without holding his ancestors respon-
/ sible for IL. I thought I owed IL TO his
/ ancestors. Really, I should be ashamed
| to charge the devil himself with the
| responsibility Of the infamy OF that dis
/ tingutshed accIOent.
/ Sincerely and cordially.
y. x. NARDAMAN.' -
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INFORMATION BUREAU.

The Times
WILL GIVE FREE INFORMATION CONCERN
ING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT
APPEAR IN IT'S COLUMNS CIRCULARS
WILL Be FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION
AT The COUNTER OF THE TINES
Miss Balch's Civil Service Institute,
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Thousands Prepared for
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Permanent Organization.

Mr.. McComas. who opened the meet
ing. retired gracefully I'm favor OF 4
younger man and s. l. Webb was
made temporary chairman and Del BTy-
ant secretary. The temporary Organi-
cation then was made permanent In
spea king TO the Democrats he congratu-
lated the party on the cleanest ticket
sirce West Virginia had been made a
State and when November comes there
vail be more Democrats than there were
ever heard OF before
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Last fall the officials of the Steam
boat Inspection bureau held q meeting
I'm this city and adopted measures by
which all pleasure craft, operated by
steam, electricity. or sasoleue should
he placed under control Of this bureau.
These mea sureS were Incorporated into
a resolution ana presented 10 Congress.
Then the manufacturers az launches
became busy They protested thai such
q resolution would ruin thei- business.
They asserted that a i7unch was as safe
as horse and carriage or an automo-
bile
Makers Won.
So forcibly. cIoquentIy. anC earnestly
eel they plead their cause that Congress
listened to their pleadings and the rcso-
luton was 'pigeonholed-"
a steam, launch may he as safe as a
horse and carriage or an automobile
said Inspector General Uhler today. but
there is this difference: II anything
happens to a horse and carriage o. an
automobile. You can always put your
feet on the ground. II naptha launch
should catch fire. there IS one OF two
alternatives for the inexperienced
can either burn to death or die by
drowning
at is to avoid either Of these alterna-
tives, and td1preyeut such catastrophe
rs that which happened 10 the ReCTea-
ton last Saturday. that induced the
steamboat inspection service 20 take up
the matter with a view OF having Con-
Eress pass the necessary regulations
Another effort 70 bring pleasure craft
under the Jurisdiction OF the Stes boa [
( service will be made when Congress
cauYcneS. Inspector General Thler sa vs.
/ he Is determined to push the matter and
/ hopes that Congress will now see the
! necessity Of pa ssing such regulations as
win bring pleasure craft under control
Of his bureau.
! May Be Repeated.
/ II this be done all power vessels used
/ for pleasure purposes will be licensed
| an engineer and pilot will nave control
/ life preservers will be carried. and the
! boats viii be subjected to rigid lnspec-
J ton.
In the meantime steamboats, under
| fifteen tons burden may be operate
without a license and without insDec-
| ton. Man, woman or child. experience I
! or inexperienced. may command
! Saturdays accident may be reDeate.l
I any day without the authorities beiu1
J able TO interfere.
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Jacob Tome institute
Boarding School for Boys,
PORT DEPOSIT, ND.

PORT DEPOSIT, Nd.
Prepares for college, technical school or buzI-
ness Manual training. physical culture. ath-
ietic sports, svimrlins pool. Location Of un-
surpassed beauty Endowment exceeding two
million dollars. Tuition, 500; room, board,
ETC. 400: 10 extras. Free tuition for residents
OF Maryland. For Illustrated circular address
DIRECTOR A. " HARRIS, Sc d. july25-S0t
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Democrats Enthusiastic.

Mr.. McComas. for fifteen years chair
man of the district conventions in JEFF
ferson, opened the nominating conven-
ton amid great enthusiasm.
The i'airviev schoolhouse was crowd
ed nol only with representative Democ-
racy hgi with the flower Of manhood I'm
Jefferson district. Mr.. McComas struck
the keynote when he declared the Demo
Gratis had the cleanest ticket in years
and will fight together for victory in TIE
national State, county and district cam
Eaigp. He said men this fall were 20
decide whether OF not this land Was
30 be a republic. whether Tho people
were to rule and when we win this
fail" said MIR MCCOmas. the baleful
negro influence will r. put oJt Of white
mans nOlitics.
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.SPELLBINDER
CATCHES FIRE

ST. ALBANS. w Va, Aug 15-While
delivering a heated address at Jefferson
district convention the clothes OF G. F.
McComas took fire. and for a while there
was considerable commOtion among the
assembly. Smoke was first seen issuing
from his coat pocket and friends shout
ed. "McComas. you're on fire.
Energy OF McComas formerly directed
toward placing s. L. Webb I'm nomIna-
ton for ma gistrate was at once applied
to putting himself out. which was
easily dUAe after removing a big burn
ing tobacco pipe out Of his pocket. IL
the ardOr OF his oratory he had placed
the smoking mouthpiece in his coat with
out thinking.
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School for BOYS. fitting for St. Johns or other
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cc-. Term begins sept Il.
Address THOMAS FELL, Al, PHI D.,LL-O.
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made III the organization OF the society
was the exclusion OF the gallant fnet1.
who composed that peerless army. They
have from time to time amended tho
constitution go as to provide for success
sors to the members who are rapidly
passing away. This provision allows the
sons 70 succeed their fathers. and II,
cases where tho member ~ without Issue
he may nominate his successor--a late
provision allows the sons OF the daugh-
tors OF distinguished officers to become,
members OF the society-whlch Will per-
petuate the society generations longer.
The Society Of the Army OF the Cunl-
bertrand followed by perfecting an or
ganization at Cincinnati. February 16..
1868. They properly admitted officers and
men who served with credit in the old
Army OF the Cumberland Naturally
General George Fl. Thomas was Its presi-
dent until his death In 1870
General Rosecrans succeeded General
Thomas, and he was In turn succeeded
by General P. H. Sheridan. who con.
tinued at tho head Of the society until
4 his death, In 1887. They followed the
Army OF the Tennessee In adopting O.
badge, which incorporated tho insignia
OF tho corps of which 1t was composed
THE five pointed star Of the Twentieth,
triangle OF the Fourth and acorn OF the
Fourteenth blended together. making an
appropriate combination. Besides thelE
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General NJ. r. Toroc treasurer,
General Fawlins remained president TN.
III bis death In l1s7s. General W, =. sher-
man was elected his successor, ana con-
tinuied to serve Until his death, 1892, Gem
aeral g. M. Dodge having succeeded Gen. J.
eral shArn1An, ne 5is now serving ana VIII
probably be continued during his life.
tin,o.
a great majority OF tho grand heroes
OF that resistless army have passed to
their reward. All the original officers
IRE now gones General Hickenlooper, the
last survivor, having died recently.
Che achievements Of the society have
been IN Keeping with that OF the old
Army OF thu Tennessee. In addition TO
grand record OF noble charity, they have
contributed literally to the erection Of
monuments to the memory Of the great
heroes OF that army--one to General y.
b. Mcpherson. on the battlefield ut At
5lanta; one at Clyde. o.. and one IN
Washington; also to the equestrian mon
ur1cnts OF General Sherman and General
Logan and the llfe-size statue of
General John "A. Rawlins In Washington.
\ The badge which they adopted COM
bii1es the cartridge box Of the Fifteenth
and the arrow. OF the Seventeenth corps4
and the Roman numerals OF the Thir-
teenth. which had no other Insignia dur
ing the war. Perhaps tho only mistake
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charity work they, too, have, with the
aid of Congress, erected fins monuments
TO the memory Of Generals Gar field and
Thomas In Washington. ana have now
In course Of construction an equestrian
5one to 1.ieutsiiant-G General r. H. Sherry
dan. $ 81 ssi.g t "a
December is, 1868. during the reunion
OF soldiers At Chicago. the Society Of
the Army Of the Ohio was organize1,
General John NJ. sctofleld president. and
the Army OF Georgia, General Henry WI
Slocil11 president OF these two last
there seems little preserved The ma
Jority OF them being members OF sother'
societies. they do not seem to have con-
tinued these organizations with much en- \
thusinsm, preterring to join in tho PHI
lanthropic work OF the larger societies..
The Army OF the JaneS was organized
September 2, 1868, clecting General
Charles Devens president, but this socie-
ty subsequently united with the Socle-
" Of the Army OF the Potomac or
ganlzed In 1869. Such distinguished off
cera as Generals p. II. Sheridan, George
q. Meade. Joseph Hooker, A. y. Burn
side. irwin MCDOWELL. w. s. Hancock,
John f. Hartrnnft. H. w. Slocum. W..
3. FRANKLIN, Daniel e. Sckles, H. g..
Wright. Charles Devens, J, A. Humphreys.
John Newton. u. S. Grant, NJ r. Nc
Mahon and j. G. Robinson have presided
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OF SOCIETIES I'M UNION ARMY
BY MRS. JOHN "a. LOG AN.
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over this society. believe only two Of
this great galaxy survive. x 5..
rho Society Of the Army and Navy of
tho Gulf was organized In 1869, eleot-
Ing Admiral D. q. Farragut az pres-
ident which position he held Until his
death. ts4
The Society OF tho Army OF west vir-
sglnin was organized In 1870, electng Gan.
eral r. y. Hayes as It's first president,
Many other societies have been organ
lied to perpetuate tho deeds OF certain
corps or other military divisions, but.
With the passing away OF tho leading
spirits OF these organizations they have
one by ono lapsed into insight ficnnce.
and no longer hold reunions. elect Of
ficers or busy themselves with tho his
tory or interests that were once 80 abb
aorbing to them.
Time has gathered almost all OF the
great commanders and dulled the ener-
giles and weakened the powers Of those
who remain and who were once enthu-
slastic over the victories they had
achieved and the records they had made.
General g. M. Dodge, General ]. M.
schotield and General Daniel p. sickles
are, believe, the only surviving presi-
dents Of tho societies Of these gallant
armies.
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ofthis society, General Slckles,
nov serving, having been elected to that

president Of this society, General slckles,
now serving, having been elected to that
position three times. js @ 81 q
April IA. 1866, In the Senate chan1ber
Of the state Capitol In Raleigh, N. ca.
n meeting to organize the Society Of the
Army Of tennessee was held. General
w. b. Woods presided. Major L. NJ Day
ton, Of General sherlnal,'s staff acted
as secretary to which office he was
afterward elected, and continued to fill
until his death few years ago.
at this meeting d committee was ap-
ro,nted to perfect plans Of organization,
Major-Generals r. p Blair. il, John a.
Logan and A. j. Smith and Brlgad!er-
General w. b Woods being named on the
committee. There were many other Of
ficers Of the old Army Of Tennessee at
the meeting. each desiring some organ
izai:on that would kepe alive evermore
its campaigns and glorious achievements.
General Blair reported for the commit
tee at an adjourned meeting held at the
same place April 25, 1855. the plan OF
org nIzation, with the following beautiful
summary of objects In view: as
''ro keep alive that kindly and cordial
feeling which has been one of the char
acteristics Of this army during its ca
reer In the service and which has given
Ct such harmony Of action. and con-
tributed in no small degree to Its glorl-
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They sleep in their own collins upon
straw These collins are placed slantwise.
"A Trappist monk never knows the bliss
Of slumherlng supine. unless he be ills8
In the gray OF the dawn they stealiforth
like shadows, for manual ia Dor forms
one of the great ethics of their creed N a
long spell Of inarticulate prayer heralds
IN the mute tas ks Eof each day a frugal
breakfast Is followed by one Of the &ster11-
est Of the daily ohlig ations-ea man
digs one shovelful Of earth from out of
his future grave. y.
And when the Trappist monk breathes
his last he is Y laid to rest In the same
robes in which he passed his everyday
life. Their habit conists Of a dull white
robe or cassock, 81 a black scapulary (the
cowl can be pulled UP over the head and
wooden glrdle.5 43 SCI. *, {l5sst
Yet, watching the members Of this de-
voted band at their toll, 1T is impossible
not to believe that they are happy III
their intense self denialsAn indescribable
air Of peaceful serenity seems to rest
upon the features Of one and all. They
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believe that the most austere abnegation
is the surest road to eternity, and thoy
live UP to their simple Ideal earnestly
perseveringly, but always silently.
4 Most usefully do they fill their place on
earth however despite the almost In
credible self-containment OF their lives.
They not only support themselves BY the
honest sweat Of their brow, but they
give abund ant aims to the poor who pre-
sent themselves at the monastery gates
Surely an 4orderilto admire and respect
byhmen&o all 'creeds are these monks OF
La Trappe. 3 S s ISL 81 tx 5i
The transformation they have effected
in their Loddiswell estate Is g source Of
husbandme themselves.
When they took over that demensei It was
wild and neglected inthe extreme. The
restoration Of and additions to the build
1ngs will not be quite completed until
about July next. Meanwhile the gloomy
old manor now looks like a typical mon
astery. 81
But 1t is mainly in the lands surround
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ous achievements In our conntrys cause.
1.-THE fame and glory Of all officers
belonging to this army who have fallen
either OH the field or In the line Q (
their daily duty shall bio q. sacred trust
to this society, which shall cause
proper memorials OF their services to
lie collected and preserved and thus
transmit their names with honor to pos
Eterity.
.''Tho families Of ali such officers who
shall be lii indigent circumstances Will
have a claim Upon the generosity OF the
society, and will be relieved by the vol
untary contributions Of Its members
whenever brought to their attention. In
like manner. the suffering families OF
those officers who may hereafter pc
stricken by death shall be trust IN the
hands OF the survivors,
No more beautiful declaration Of mo-
tives could be made, and right we'll has
this society fulfilled this pledge
At Cincinnati, o. November ID, 1866.
the society was permanently organized.
General John A. Rawlins. chief Of staff
OF General u. s. Grant, was elected pres
ident Generals John "A. Logan. r. Z.
Blair, Jr.. r. j. oglcsby, Giles a. Smith,.
w. W. Balknap and Lucius Fairchild
wero chosen vice-presldents; Colonel IA
nj. Dayton, recording secretary; General
4. Hlckenloorer. corresponding secretary;