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oxnard Wins at Last.

AFTER many disappointments the popular
0xuard colors were seen In front I'm the
maiden three-year-old race. They were
worn By the imported FLY Lotowanna.
daughter of the great Australian racehorse
and sire Trenton. out of the mare TabItha
by the Irish horse Barcaldine. one of the
greatest race horses of his day.
I.olowanna had been well tried with Be-
aemi5. and most OF the trainers had a
wage down on her yesterday. Frllls and
Adams We're also backed. as was High
Brush. hut none OF them had chance with
the OXnard FLY. who got away flying and
never let any of the others reach her.
High Brush got the place just as easily.
while Adams. who closed a gap. caught
Frlis in the last fifty yards and beat her
ont for third place. The rest of the field
were not OF much account.
Yorkshire Lad, IN the last race. also
made runaway race OF II. His last race
"A few days ago showed improvement, and
yesterday he was wild horse. He stood
his opponents on their heads I'm the first
three fUrlOngs. run In .35 and had matters
all his own way thereafter.
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The drill Mall of the Center Market
armory of the National Guard of the Dis
trIct had been profusely decorated with
flags of all colors by direction Of Gen.
George H. Harries. chairman OF the citi-
gems finance and entertainment committee.
The assemblage was large one, and
long before the meeting was called to order
by COL NJ. Emmett Urell. chairman of the
committee ON ceremonies, the coo seats had
been occupied and there was standing room
only. the veterans being massed behind the
tiers of seats.
Just before the gavel fell the delegates
to the national assembly of the ladies'
auxiliaries to the United Spanish War Vet
Mrs. Mary T.. Gedney of Mount Vernon,
N. Y. national president; Mrs. Isabelle
AIexauder of Cleveland Ohio. past national
president: Mrs. J. X. Galloway. president
of the District of Columbia Auxiliary, and
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball past District
president
Banners and Flags.
Many Of the state delegations had pro-
vided themselves with banners ana flags
bearing the names of their respective
states and department. Nearly all the
delegates and visitors were attired in the
distinctive blue and gray uniform of the
United Spanish War Veterans, symbolic of
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United states, to Russia and Japan, the
wori of peace which brought the end or
their great strife.
"All honor TO you. And TO the regular
army and navy. withou; which success in
any war since the revolution would have
been impossible, and whose adequate MAIN
tenanCc is the best guarantee o. peace.
1t was during the course of Mr. Mao
farIand's address that the mention of the
names of President Roosevelt and the late
President Mckinley evoked applause and
soldier yells.
Completely Overwhelmed
Major Chas. r. Miller Of Cleveland, Ohio.
the national commander in-chief. was next
presented to the vast audience He said
the welcome extended by Commissioner
mcfarland had touched his heart. but that
extended by his comrades Of the L. S W
V. had completely overwhc lined him. He
said he was glad to be welcomed to the
beautiful city of Washington because it
was the official home Of Our honorei COM
rade. Theodore Roosevelt"
Address by Major Miller.
When Major Miller commander-in-chief
arose to deliver his address he was greeted
with cheers by his comrades He began
by briefly rccountirg his visits , the vari-
Gus camps throughout the country includ-
Ing that to President Roosevelt. when ar
engagements were made for the presen. en-
campment.
AT that interview" the speaker said
1.-The President kindly yoiunteerrds his as
sistance in the matter of the ABSORPTION
of the Legion Of the Spanish War Veterans
of Massachusetts by our organization and
wish to acknowledge in this public way
the value of his services. and to say that
the favorable result Of the negotiations
was largely due 20 his interest in and love
of the orga Gization.
Continuing. the chief said:
Early in September the committee on
revision of rules and regula tons met at
Cedar Point. at the time of the department
encampment of the state of Ohio. and the
revision of rules and regulati ions was thor
oughiy coAAdercd by tie committee, its
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Adjutant Generals Report.

Capt. Charles F. Sherwood, national ad-
jutant general. submitted his report.
He paid d compliment to the previous ad-
mlnistration by saying that he received the
furniture in excellent condition and suit
able for the business of national headquar-
tiers. and all books and papers had been
kept and packed in a systematic manner, and
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thority He then introduced Mr.. H. B. F.
Macfarland president Of the Board OF Dis
trict Commissioners of the District OF Co
iumbia.
Commissioner Macfarland's Address.
Commissioner mcfarland was warmly
greeted by the audience. and extended
a hearty welcome to the veterans, speaking
follows:
Wa shington is glad to welcome the vet
Grams of the war for humanity, which has
had such remarkable and beneficent re-
su.ts. In TINS hall. where the first or
gan zat:on of Spanish War Veterans was
formed the repr esentat:ves of the great
national order 10 which they now belong
ought to feel peculiarly at home. Here in
the NATIONAL capital, whence they were
called into service ard where their efforts
were directed. by President Mckinley. him
self a veteran of the civil war. passing on
the honorable tradition of the American
volunteer. OF the American soldier. here
where the greatest oil ;Gc Spanish war
veterans. now communicated eff of the
army and navy, waits to welcome his com
rades at the White House. you do not need
to be given the freedom of the city.
War Was Righteous.
Never was war more righteous or sue
cessful than your war. A3n though it was
fortunately little in lis length and its cost,
it was great in its spirit and its conse
qucnccs Ii was thrice blessed. 1t blessed
the islands which it freed from medieval
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VETERANS OF THE
WAR WITH SPAIN
Third Annual Encampment of
Soldier Organization.
DELEGATES IN CONVENTION
Opening Ceremonies Held at National
Guard Armory.
ENTHUSIASM AT HIGH PITCH
Reports of Commander-in-Ch and
Other Officers-In Blue and
Khaki.
Opening Ceremonies Held at National
Guard Armory
ENTHUSIASM AT HIGH PITCH

Spanish American War Veterans
from practically every state in the
Union are in attendance upon the
third annual encampment OF the or
ganization, which began its sessions
here today. Since last Saturday
noon organizations OF the veterans
have been arriving here on every
incoming train, and by the time the
first session of the encampment
was called to order by Commander
in-ChIcf Charles X. Miller OF Ohio
all of the eastern, middle, western
and southern states were represent
ed by big delegations. Massachu-
sets, New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Oklahoma have
sent notably large delegations. Okla
homa will endeavOr to have the next
annual encampment held in the new
state.
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the complete reunion of the north and the
south. as a result of the war with Spain.
Others wore the blue and khaki they had
worn in the tripcs when they responded to
President MckinIcy's call to duty in 1895.
In fact. every type of Uncle Sam lighting
men WAS represented in the gathering at
the National Guard armCry today. There
were Roosevelt Rough Riders. artillerymen.
troopers, infantry men. and men Of the
Signal Corps. Engineer Corps, and the
medical department. The encampment was
typicaliy a soldier assemblage and was
marked by true soliierly comradery aad en-
thusiasm.
This remark brought forth more applause
lie spoke feeliugly of President Mckinley
rs another comradc who had gone to the
great beyond and was numbered in the
galaxy of stars there"
Maj. Miller said future historians will
say that the war with Spa was the most
important in this epoch of our history
1.-The small war. as it has been called" he
added made us Il world power, and also
made it possible for our comrade in the
White House TO dictate terms OF peace to
Japan and Russia
s The president general of the National
. Auxiliary to the L. 5. W. ". Mrs. Gedney
thanked the members of the organization
for the assistance they had given her in
her work in the past year. and said that
twenty-five new auXil aries had been form
ed during the last twelve months. She
stated that there are thousands of patriotic
women in this country who should join
the auxlliarieS.
Chairman Ureil. after Bidding the dele
gates welcome. introduced the national
chaplain Rev. Father w. H. l. Reany
L. s. N. who invoked divine blessing for
the encampment and its proceedings the
nation, President Roosevelt and all In au-
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Second Division Staff.

Lieut. F. R. Husemen. ting chief of
staff. announces that the staff of Capt. Lee
M. Lipscomb. marshal of the second divi-
sion. VIII be composed as follows:
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, chief of
staff; Capt. John H. McTeer, Capt. Charles
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year in the history of our organization but
because of the fact that, as a result of this
correspondence, large number of camps
are now in process Of organization, and
feel very sure that before the termina ton
OF this administration considerably over
100 new camps will pave been mustered
into our organiZation.s
Heavy Gain in Membership.
In concluding his remarks. Maj Miller
said
at is impossible at this time to report the
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full membership of the organization, for
the reason that many of the camps are de-
linquent in furnishing to national head
quarters their semi-annual reports Those
camps reporting, however show a gain of
over ~ per cent in membership during the
first six months Ct the year, and if the same
ratio of gain prevails in all camps during
the last half of the year, our me:nbf rshIp.
based on the report of Adjt. Gen. HUI son,
should approximate 1900.
Our growth has been more rapid than
that of the Grand Army of the Republic
during The corresponding years of its his
tory. which fact indicates that our future
is now assured"
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tyranny of custom, of ignorance. of gov
crrment 1t blessed the old world country
from which they were taken and which has
been richer and more prosperous ever since.
II blessed the United States with the re-
ward Of such service. which is always more
service. with the burdens and duties which
bring a nation to full manhood. and with
the influence in the world affairs and the
respect and honor which it did not have
before.
Let us he thankful that its new power.
won in arduoUS effort. has been used only
for TIE best interests of the world. Today,
in Cuba itself. free Cuba, whose lndepend-
enCe We gave. and now maintain. all men
can see the contradiction of the charge that
we are nothing but selfish. bent on con-
quest given over to material things. But
We could pDnc % what we did in China with
our new power, with just the same line
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Have Right to Rejoice.

You have a right to rejoice in all that
YOU did in the war that brought our own
north and south. yes, our own veterans of
the blue and gray, to fight side by side
under the old flag. that freed Cuba. Porto
Rice and the Philippines, that gave us
new and great place in the affairs of the
world 50 that we could save China from
dfsrnem berment and say through the Span
ish war colonel now President of the
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Indiana avenue at 80 o'clock tomorrow
and report to the acting chief of staff
for instructions. The second division will
consist of two hrigades-miitary and civic.
The organizations comprising the second d.
Wis on will assemble I'd street between
Indiana and Pennsylvania avenues.
The commanding officer of each organiza-
ton will report to the acting chief OF stan
at AZ street and Indiana avenue at lao
for assignment.
Feature of the Encampment.
One of the features of the parade tomor-
row afternoon will be a detachment of
about sixty boys from the Industrial Home
Scfool on Wisconsin, avenue They will
wear gray uniforms and clmpaiSn hats
and lie accompanied by drum corps. This
detachment: viii be commanded by Sargt.
member OF Gen. Nelson y. Miles Camp,
Nc. !. of this city.
At the reception to lie given by President
Roosevelt to the veterans at the White
House Wednesday afternoon at 2:5o o'clock
Capt. J. Walter Mitchell. commander of
the Department of the District OF Columbia,
will present to the President one of the
handsome bronze souvenir delegate badges
bearing the likeness of ''Comrade" Roose-
welt on a raised medallion in the center of
the Spanish War Veterans cross.
Mr. Walter s. Hale. a former member of
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp. of San Fran
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A Social Paradox.

From .he Baltimore American.
THAT man never will admit that he is
bored
"Of course not; he's too well drilled
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
Future Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO Aug. 1.-The wheat market mani
Tested considerable hrmness early in the day
because of lively demand by shorts, who were
driven 10 cover by reports OF revolutionary out
breaks in Russia The market was also in
nuenced at the start by a decrease in local re-
ceipts. Toward the end of the first hour how
ever. sentiment became bearish and prices
quickly declined. The change In sentiment was
due chiefly TO a report from Kansas City
which claimed that the latest estimate OF the
wheat crop OF Kansas placed the Yield at 90
100000 bushels. amount greatly in excess
OF any previous crop. On the decline prices
reached new low record mark for the season
Late in the session the market rallied and al
most all of the loss regained. The late
demand came largely from shorts. September
opened 4 G$c 70 A@5se higher at T4IhG
I4Ac, sold at 74bc and then declined to TsA
gI34se. The close was at 1914 @T4c, loss
OF Il
The corn market was firm early in the day
Later, however, the market weakened on sell
ing induced by reports of larger acceptances
from the country, and closed weak September
closed sc down at 49kc.
The oat market was weak all day. The close
was at 3oZ 13o%c.
Provisions were weak because OF decline
OF . to l0c in the price Of live hogs AT the
close September pork was off 22hc; lard was
down l2i5e and ribs were 75ze lower
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
Butter. Cheese and Eggs.


Ihere was continued allaround frmness in the
market Tor Dairy Produce, with top quality offer
ings or all three descriptions finding ready
outlet In regular local channels. There was
marked falling OF In the receipts Of Eggs and
prices Of selected and first Ranch had another
advance, while seconds stood previously
quoted. s;s The new quotation Of 2Tc was freely
oid Tor selected Eggs on the exchange, but there
were none to be had. Some light Withdrawals
from cold storage reported. Butter seemed
70 De more plentiful than on the preceding
day. but the receivers were not obliged to
reduce prices. trade being sufficiently large to
care for all the offerings. There was nothing
new In Cheese. The only transaction on the
exchange was sale of 25 new fat Cheese
at l2c per pound
- Receipts were IL 500 lbs Butter. $500 lbs
cheese and PA cases Eggs
The official quotations, as established by sales.
bids and offers on the floor of the Dairy Ex-
change, are follows:
=, BuTTER-Fresh Creamery extras 2Se per
10. steady; do frsts, 20c steady; seconds.
isc, steady; packing stock firm at l71sc for No.
CHEESE-Fancy California new fats. 12c
per lb. nrm; do hrsts. lie. firm; Young Amer
icas. fancy, 1870. firm; do frsts, 13c. arm;
Eastern storage. 1910. steady: Western. new.
15c. steady.
EGGS-Californa fresh selected. &c per
dozen, firm; frsts, 231ae, firm; seconds, 1I1he,
firm.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
OAKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

OAKLAND Avg Following were the sales
spd closing qu~t-ffoas today the Oakland
Stock and Bond Exchange:
f-- tom
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
Hay and FeedsfnRx

The feature Of the market yesterday was the
very large arrivals OF Bran and Shorts from the
north. those Of the former being il7s1 sacks
and those OF the latter Tli2 sacks There were
also $500 sacks Of Feed. These heavy deliveries
did not affect the market. as most of them had
been sold prior TO arrival. but they did not
serve 10 strengthen the situation, and the mar
The receipts Of Hay were e35 tons and were
largely by water. Including only 10 cars The
situation shows no appreciable variation The
tone OF the market varies from day to day. ac-
cording TO the receipts. The circular of Somers
& Co. says:
There has been decided diminution in HAY
shipments to market during the past week. ow-
ing to the fact that the Southern Pacific Com
pany has adopted the radical method Of clear
Ing its freight yards here by bringing very few
cars 10 market In ordinary times about 10 per
cent of all Hay arrivals Is by rail, whereas, ac-
cording to the past weeks record. fully rs per
cent has been by water. Many boats have been
pressed into service of late. and the active scene
OF operations has been transferred from the rial
road yards to the hay wharf A sweeping en-
barge on practically ali goods excepting per
ishable products, has been declared by the
Southern Pacific Company so that arrivals BY
rail will cease after what cars are now on the
way 10 market have been delivered here Sew.
era hundred OF these still out, so II only a
few are brought in daily 1t may be that we will
have rail arrivals TO report until the embargo is
raised.
I'VE hnd the local situation strong and with
large quantities of Hay awaiting shipment at
many points. Already the season is growing
late, and from present indications it does not
before the early I rains Active purchasing rel sing
throughout the country has ceased somewhat for
1t seems useless to continue buying with trans
porta tion facilities badly tangled as they are
Rt the moment. Although every one seems to
be anticipating decline In prices. yet II may
be that no heavy shipments will be brought in
to affect the present range. We report no
particular change In quota tions. for all arrivals
are taken at the old prices. with the choicer
grades in especially good demand
HiDDIlSGs~ ~s2ea$o per ton.
SHORTs-s21 .5o@22. so per ton.
FEEDSTUFFS = Rolled Barley, s22G23;
Mixed Feed. $23624; Oilcake Meal In 5-ton lots
S37 so: jobbing, S3s per ton: Cocoanut Cake
or meal at mills s23 in 10 and 500 30 in s ton
lots; Jobbing. s24; Corn Meal. s2sG29; Cracked
Corn. SOS. 500 20 80: Horse Beans. nominal: !:
Broom Corn Feed soc per ctl: Alfalfa Meal
carload lots, $40 so; iobbing. $50 per ton
Meaifalfa, sic so in car lots and $50 in smaller
quantities
HAY = Choice Wheat. sis .5oGl7 so per
ton: good Wheat. S15616; other grades
Wheat. s12@14; Wheat and ont sl2@i6: Tame
oat. S10616; Wild Oat, S9912; Alfalfa, $s@11;
stock. s7GS ner ton.
STRAW-40d6Qc per bale.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
Wheat and other Grains.

WHEAT-Chicago was sc lower, with the
The thing which upset calculations for the
trade was report from an authority at Kansas
the crop 10000. 600 bushels. This report caused
considerable selling; in fact 1t made some
strong people who bought Wheat early sell 1t out
again on the break. There are good many
things evident to suggest that the Wheat prices
are dragging close to the bottom. The foreign
with this is the fact that American farmers are
about tired of selling their Wheat between 60c
Sas hns DoG Dot onshel IN the the trade
house has bought 1250000 bushels Wheat all
the way down. but despite this the market
shows absolutely life
Minneapolis the wheat beginning to
accumulate heavily and the Northwest crop
coming, the export business Will have to in
crease to larger volume than the present in
order to check the aggressive heaviness of the
commercial situation.
Kansas City wires: Three hundred thousand
bushels Wheat sold here for export"
San Francisco dealers reported moderate
business in medium sized lots, with concessions
necessary 70 sell round lots. The feeling was
easy Futures CASH csfs 'sS swhEAT. aIsafE
California Club 81 .32M a .35; California
Of California, 4 sl.ioai.55; Northern 5auss ciue
Soffhsra Red Red pls9s5a sis2s ais5 pI peer ct
FUTURES.
10 to II 80 O'Clock Session.
December ogsP g2s H!SR 81 LsS ssa cSss sss
BARLEY-The situation yesterday was un-
changed from the re s0ot day Rssa The
could get about what they had the assurance
TO ask for 1t. A sale OF brewing for
shipment at S1.07k Port Costa was reported
Feed to arrive here was quoted at 81 top, but
sellers said they could get $1.0Th for spot
Feed there any here.
Futures were 1%c higher
CASH BARLEY
Good 10 choice Feed. Sl@1.05: common
TO fafr. 9215 G9749c per ctl; Brewing and Ship
ping, $1.0Tn@110 per ctl.
FUTURES.
10 to 1:30 o'clock Session.
Open. High. Low. Close
December -. 96h 9SA 96k ssK
OATS-There was no further change yester-
day. the market being quiet.
Good to choice Red. S130G1. 40; common to
fair 81 .i561 .25: Blacks are nominal.
CORN-Previous prices rule, with the stua-
tion as before sta ted.
California. 81 80 al 80 for small round yellow
Western mixed. 81 4o@l .42Ia; Yellow, 81 2Jb a
1 As: White 81 42h@l 10 per ctl.
RYE-Continues nominal at 81 .30@1 .32h per
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
Recespt. of produce.
FOR WEDNESDAY. AUGUST /.

Flour. or SKIS :. 10. GAP r
Wheat, et.s -. i,o2oI
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
New Work Cotton 1farket.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-The market was
dull with business devoted almost entirely
70 evening up. News was bearish. but without
effect on the market. The Journal OF Commerce
monthly report shows 8 decline Of only ! point
The Giles report showed a decline of only 2
points This deterfora fion is triding. when II
was seen how the market held after these
reports came out two ring traders entered
the nit as buyers Of October. December and
January. Their scalping operations advanced
prices four OF FIVE points. but that was all A
bureau report Of between 50 and SIS Is ex-
pected. and unless the figures vary greatly from
these ideas the changes in the market will be
very limited. The deterioration comes mostly
from the Carolinas. Georgia and Alabama due
10 excessive rains. but the western part Of the
belt especially Texas, shows improvement for
the iast named State and promises under present
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
Potatoes, Onion. and Vegetables.

The Potato market still dragged along in the
same monotonous groove, with retailers limiting
their operations to the purchasing OF small lots
for immediate needs. After the wants of early
buyers were filled the market became very duh
and continued so throughout the day Onions re-
mained steady at the old quotations, supplies
being just about sufficient to balance the de-
mand.
Miscellaneous vegetables were generally weak
and several kinds were lower. The market was
overstocked with Cucumbers, Summer SqunsE
and Tomatoes and old lots OF the latter were
being turned over to sauce manufacturers at
prices far below the inside quotation
POTATOFS-Per ctl: River Whites. G0c1Sl;
Early Rose 5o@65c: Salinas Burbanks. 81 .15
ONIQ%S-Yei lnw. per ctl. Soel9oc.
yFGETABI.ES-Green Corn, crates. $16l1 80:
sacks. T5c@S1; Green Peas. 292iac per ID;
String Beans 2M2Ec per ID; Wax Beans, 3a4o
per ib; Lima Beans. c@Tc per ib; Tomatoes,
20Gl40c per box; Gucumbers, 4o@50c per box;
Summer Squash. 35M50c per boy. Garlic.
96l3Ibc per lb: Cabbsge, Gfc per ell; Cauiaower
40c per dozen; Carrots, Coo per sack Turnips.
COO per sack: Green. Okre. 5o0se5e per box: Egg
Plant 60cmSl per box; Green Pepners. S1Gi so
per box for Bell and 5oM15c for Chile.