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TO REUNITE BLUE AND GRAY.
Union Colonel Invited to Confederate
Meeting at Richmond

PITTSBURG. February IA reunion OF
the Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans may be
brought about before the ranks of both or
ganizations are wiped out by death. Col.
J. M. Schoonmaker of this city. who is high
in the councils of the Grand Army, ana
Gen. Stephen ID. Lee. commander-n-chief
Of the United Confederate Veterans, are
now trying to bring it about. Col. Schoon-
maker has received an invitation to attend
the reunion of the Confederate Veterans.
which will be held in Richmond, Va, May
30 and 81 and June 1. and s.
Not to be outdone Col. Schoonmaker has
invited not only Gen. Lee, but u number OF
his friends. members of the Confederate
Veterans. to attend the reunion of the
Union soldiers which is to be held in Sara
toga, N. Y. the latter part OF next August
or the first week In September.
Col. Schoonmaker was in command OF the
advance cavalry of Gen. Hunters army I'm
the Lynchburg raid. and his treatment of
the confederates won for him their admlra-
ton. 1t was Col Schoonmaker who saved
the Lexington Boys Academy from being
fired upon during the raid
A knowledge of this and other similar
acts reached the ears OF Gen. John Il. Cor
don prior to his death. and he sent an in
vitation to Col. Sehoenmaker to attend the
last reunion of the Confederate Veterans
Soon after the invitation was received
Gen. Gordon died suddenly. which pre-
vented Col Schoonmaker from accepting
the invitation. Col. Schoonmaker has Just
received the following letter from Gen.
Lee:
my Dear Comrade: / learn that Gen.
Gordon, just before his death, invited you
to attend the reunion of the United Con-
federate Veterans, and that you did, not
come because of his death. Now. as my
comrades friend, renew this invitation
and request you to attend the reunion at
Richmond Va. and / trust that our lives
may be spared and we may be such friends
as you and Commander Gordon were
Col Schoonmaker Immediately sent a let
ter to Gen. Lee accepting the invitation,
and in return invited the confederates TO
attend the Grand Army encampment
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MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Chicago Will Have to Pay Heavily
for It.

CHICAGO, February u.-Municipal own
ership theories, as set forth by Mayor
Dunno, are costing the city of Chicago a
pretty penny. This is shown In the growth
of the city's law department. both as to the
number Of persons employed and the aggre-
gate expenses.
In 1908 the total expense of the corpora
ton counsers Office was $73OOO This was
increased in 1904 to $1O6, $50 In 1905, the
first year Of the Dunno administration, the
ONCE cost $148,063 Estimates for the year
1906. the figures not yet being compiled,
give a total of more than 100000.
During the first six monts of last year
the city spent for its law advisers $97 $40,
as compared with $82.345 for the CORE
spending period of the previous year. At
the same rate of increase the expenses Of
the law department viii exceed $2J0O00 for
the current year. not taking into account
the heavy additions required as result of
taking over the city attorneys work.
The law department seems to have been
the refuge Of O large number OF more or
less political lawyers who endeared them
selves to the mayor by their zeal for l. NJ
o. There are no civil service requirements
regarding appointments In the corporation
counsels Office, and the places had to be
provided for the men who made themselves
useful. One after another Of them was sent
to the corporation counsel's dHace.
AS the office could not get along without
the force which had been framed In city
work nearly all the old force was retained.
II is related at the city hail that in at
least a dozen cases Corporation Counsel
], Ham Lewis in the jarson Of the corri-
doris, .went to the mat with the mayor and
succeeded In preventing the retention Of
men without any qualifications to do the
work. In other instances he was unable to
overcome the political pull of the appii-
cants and they went on the payroll perma-
nentiy. -
The real work Of the Office continues to
be done by the old-timers. who were kept on
Notwithstanding the faet that they were
all Harrison men. Sometimes they were
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ACCOMPLISHED HIS TASK.
Capt. oldrieve Walked on Water
1900 Miles.

NEW ORLEANS. February 11-Capt.
Charles w. Oldrieve yesterday ACCOMPLISH
ed the feat of walking on water from Gin
cinnati to New Orleans. 1.60O miles. in
forty days. lacking forty-fve minutes.
thereby winning the worlds championship
and bet of 5000. Oldrieve met with an
accident just before reaching the goal at
the head of Canal street that nearly cost
his life. The big wooden shoes suddenly
slid outward and the water-walker turned
turtle. His wife, who accompanied him
all the way in a rowboat, rescued the cap
tain.
Oldrieve left Cincinnati January 1 at noon
on a wager that he would walk to New Or
leans in forty days. At the falls above
Louisville he was delayed for twenty-four
hours. and this allowance it was agreed
should be computed in the time.
Oldrieve was in motion only during day.
light. staying over every night at various
landings He was equipped with shoes
made of cedar wood. feet inches long.
5 inches broad and Z inches deep. In a
gasoline boat preceding the water-walker
were Capt. J. W. Weatherington of Dallas,
Texas. who backed Oldrieve, and Arthur
Jones, representing Edward Williams Of
Boston. who laid the wager.
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Events at Vienna, Va.
orrespondence Of The Star.


VIENNA, Va. February IL, 1907.
Fairfax county will probably present three
candidates for congressional honors-R.
Walton Moore and 8. r. Denohoe of Fair
fax and Robert e. Lee of Burke Station
It is said to be conceded that Mr. Moore
can secure the honor by simply announcing
his candidacy. but some of his close friends
assert he will probably decline the Office,
owing to his law practice. Mr.. Donohoe Is
the owner of the Fairfax Herald and for
merly represented Fairfax county in the
state senate Mr.. Lee recently resigned as
as q member OF the state house of dele
gates. thus leaving him free to enter the
congressional fight.
Rev. F. w. Fisher, formerly pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, who has been on
circuit duty I'm Missouri during the past
three years. has returned here and will
probably make Vienna his future home.
Miss Hattie Oertel has gone to Augusta,
Ga. on a three months visit.
DIR. I. E. Oertel has returned to his home
in Augusta. Ga.
Mr.. Charles Dennison is seriously Ill Of
pneumonia.
Fruit growers Of the county say the re-
cent cold wave has done irreparabie injury
to the peach, pear and apple trees through
out the section.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. f. J. Haieht.
principal, her school will remain closed for
a few days.
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COL. PEPPERS STUD
BRINGS IN $81 $50

LEXINGTON, KY. February 11.-Mead-
owthorpe stud. owned by the estate of the
late Col. James E. Pepper, the noted turf
man and distiller Of this city, was disposed
of Saturday. The thoroughbreds and farm
brought total of $s1,0o0. The best sales
We're as follows:
Lady Pepper. blk. M, 10. by Hindoo, dam
Jacenet by imp. bennington. to ]. L. Mad
den, A.0OO.
Stylitene. b. M, Is, by im Stylites, dam
Per Adventure by imp. Buckden, to o. H.
Chenaut, $1,000.
La Joya. blk. M. 10, by Hindoo, dam
Labelle by Reform. to j. r. Madden, SIS. 800
Love Note. CHI M, 8. by imp. Kantaka.
dam Lady Pepper by HindOo, to J. e. Mad
den, S1,500.
Bay colt by imp. Resolute II. Stylitene
by imp. Stylite. to j. E. Madden. $3.50
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THE MIAMI TO NASSAU
MOTOR BOAT RACE

MIAMI. Fla, February lit is now es-
timated that four motor boats and four
auxiliaries will take part in the race from
here to Nassau tomorrow morning. Sew
eral of the enthusiastic mOtor-boat men
here are SO determined to make the race a
success that they declare they will charter
boats to start IL there is not a good repre-
sentation.
The gunboat Scorpion, under the COM
mand of Capt. F. w. Kellogg. which win
act as an escort to the motor boats In the
race arrived In the harbor here. Cant
Kellogg said that since he left Boston, Feb
ruary 1, he experienced some of the worst
storms of his sea career. especially of the
New England coast and Cape Hatteras.
Even the oldest of his sailors, who have
journeyed the seas over and ever again
were seasick. He said In regard to the
race that he did not think 1t possible for
the motor boats to Withstand the seas. and
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MeIlody-LeWis Match for WEI
terWeight Title.
RACE OF MOTOR BOATS
Schaefer and Sutton to Play 5000
Point Match.
SALE OF THE PEPPER STABLE
Bright Prospects Of the NJ. A. c. Base
Five Leads the League.

Sporting men are greatly interested in the
fifteen-rcund mill for the welterweight
championship between Honey Melody of
Boston and Willie Lewis Of New York,
which will be decided at Valley Falls, r. l.,
tonight Lewis is confident, and so are his
friends. He met Melody some time ago In
what was a quick and decisive battle, Mel
lody scoring a Knockout in the second
round with a sudden blow on the jaw at
time when Lewis appeared to be having
much the better of the argument Lewis
and his followers set up cry of Lucky
punch" and have been clamoring for an
other battle ever since.
Lewis a Middleweight.
Lewis is practically III the middleweight
class In order to take Melody on. how
ever he agreed to weigh 142 pounds. the
welterweight limit. and in about three
weeks of training he has taken off at least
twenty pounds. Whether this loss of flesh
in so short time has impaired his strength
or not remains to be seen when Lewis puts
up his hands tonight, but conservative
judges of physical training believe that
Lewis has been compelled to weaken him
self to some extent in order to make the
required weight Lewis is rugged boxer,
possessing considerable cleverness and an
ability to take much punishment. He has
and vicinity for some tine but he has never
been regarded as a real top-notcher. he
took part in contest with Joe Cans in
the Garden last summer. in which the latter
was clearly under a pull Melody. having
knocked Lewis out once, must be regarded
having advantage when he enters the
ring. known to fight fans as the Indian
sign.
Can't Overcome a Knockout.
II has seldom failed that once a pugilist
suffers a knockout at the hands of another
he is never able to regain his lost laureis
in another encounter with the same pugilist
1t was this way with Young Corbett and
McGovern. Jeffries and Fitzsimmons, JEFF
fries and Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Maher.
Mccoy and Ryan, Walcott and Creedon,
and hundreds of other ring battles that
might be enumerated If one had the time
and space. The man who was knocked out
in the first encounter met the same fate or
a crushing defeat when he came back again
for another test.
So it looks in the case of Melody and
Lewis. The latter knows that Melody has
a sleep-producing wallop that put him out
before ne could dodge out of harms way in
the previous mill. and for that reason con-
SENTATIVE ring experts say that unless Lewis
shows wonderful Improvement, rare form
and unusual courage he will meet another
Waterloo.
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YALE FIVE LEADS
BASKET BALL LEAGUE

With more than half OF the scheduled
games of the intercollegiate Basket Ball
League played, Yale leads. The New Haven
players have beaten every five in the asso-
citation.
Cornell has developed fast in the last
few weeks and may be able to turn the
tables on Yale at New Haven while Prince
ton, the present tailender, with not single
victory to her credit may be expected to
put up fierce fight on February % against
Yale. in order to get at least one victory.
The Tigers have nearly always been able to
beat Yale on the Princeton floor in past
seasons, no matter how much disparity
seemed to be between the teams on their
early record
or -
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WAITING FOR NEWS
ABOUT THE ASTOR TROPHY

LONDON, England, February 1.-THE
leading women Town tennis players of Eng
land are anxiously awaiting some news
from America respecting the international
contest for which Mrs. John Jacob Astor
offered a costly trophy last summer.
When Miss May Sutton was in England
last July she was understood to be acting
as kind of advance agent for Mrs. Aston
and other promoters Of the suggested
Anglo-American match.
Not only did she enlist the ardent sympa-
thies Of the lawn tennis public here. but
promises to go over to America this cominc
summer were made by several of the fore
most women players. )
Mrs. Hillyard. for several years woman
ton stopped in Leicestershire, was most
keen about the tour and expressed her
willingness to captain the British contin-
gent.
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BASE BALL NOTES.

While in st. Louis recently President
Dewey OF Boston signed pony battery
OF six-footers in Jake Boultes and Jesse
W. Orondorf. both of the st. Louis Troll
ley League. Boultes is about twenty two
years old and orondorff twenty-four
Boultes won fifteen out OF sixteen games
in his league.
I'D never dare show my face at the
ball park again." said Charley >Comiskey
''if | sold Sullivan. Walsh or Altrock at
any price. and I'd be lucky IL the fans
didn't burn the plant down on my head"
Frank Selee says much of Nick Alt
rock $ success Is due to mis- consummate
ability in holding runners to base, thus
preventing good starts and materially
reducing the number of s,olen bases. He
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Emerson Institute Schedule.

Track, basket ball and base ball teams
have recently been organized at Emer-
son Institute and an attractive schedule
for the base ball team has been prepared.
At a recent meeting W. H. yesterday
was elected manager and r. T. Marmion
captain. Following is the schedule:
March 29-Western High. Washington.
April 6-Army and Navy Prep, WASH
ington.
April 12-Business High Washington.
April 13-Washington School, Washing
ton.
April 29-Bethel Military Academy,
Warrenton, Va.
April 24-Episcopal High, Alexandria,
Va.
May Army and Navy Washington.
May 1O-Boys Latin School. Baltimore
May 15-Eastern High, Washington
May 11-Baltimore Country School, Bal
timore.
May 29-Ea stern.
June 2-Woodberry Forest, Orange. Va
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ROWING AT HARVARD.
Crew Candidates Will Start on the
Machines Today.

CAMBRIDGE, February 1.-THE Harvard
crew candidates will be called out today.
The men will row on the machines until
the weather permits rowing on the river.
The squad will be in charge Of Captain
Bacon and Coach Wray.
Harvard's boating outlook for this year
appears to be singularly bright. OF the last
years crew, which was victorious at New
London and did SO well against Cambridge
over in England, all except Captain Filley
and D. A. Newhall will again be eligible
The experience which the men derived from
their rowing together the greater part OF
the summer, as we'll as the opportunity
which they had to study the English meth
DDS of rowing, should prove Of the greatest
value to them. Captain Bacon has been
careful to see that the men should run no
chances of going stale after their long sea-
sons work by not allowing any of the var
sity men to row during the fall season.
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ScHkEFER AND SUTTON
WILL PLAY 1900 POINTS

CHICAGO. HI. February 11.-Schaefer
and Sutton have signed contract to play q
8.OOO-point match for trophy to be award
ed the winner by John C. Hemmer of this
city. The match viii be played some time
after March II and will be at 1872. Six
cities will be visited, a block OF 500 points
being played in each place. The cities
chosen for the exhibitions are Chicago, New
York, St Louis. Boston, Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. There Is some doubt about the
ability to secure a hall for the game in
Pittsburg, and Cincinnati or Cleveland may
be selected instead of Pittsburg.
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added that the auxiliaries would have .
hard time to make the Journey in safety.
Much regret was expressed over the ne
cessity for postponing the race for the Com
modore Allen trophy until next winter.
This was done in order to allow some Of
the big craft now In the north to enter.
It Is planned to have this race start at
Jacksonville and end at Miami There will
be racing carnivals next winter at st. Au-
gustine. Daytona, Rockledge, Palm Beach
and Miami. The boats taking part in the
Allen contest will make stops at these
places and take part In the events.
Commodore Allen bought the fast motor
boat Secret. He will change Its engine
from twenty to forty horsepower.
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way back again as the need of their serv
ices became apparent.
All the time the city is paying large sums
for special counsel. To look after imme-
date municipal ownership c. s. barrow
receives $50 day, with SO day to At
torney Glen f. Plumb to assist him.
Major z. 3. Tolman drew $50 day to
look after the traction cases-in the supreme
court. w. L. Fisher was put on the roll of
the mayors contingent fund at $1,000 n
year. Francis s. Walker, as a special coun-
sci, drew 500 day, and Joseph David
half as much. Porter Thorne is said to
have received $50 day.
In the city prosecutors office dozen men
were employed, mainly from the list of l.
NJ. o. workers. Even before the city at
torney's Office passed into the control Of
the mayor half dozen |. NJ o. men had
been sent with the request to give
them places.
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MANY REWARDS OFFERED
If the Culprits Are Caught They Will
Be Very Roughly Handled.
THREE MEN GUILTY OF CRIME
Their Two Victims, Who Were
Chloroformed, Unconscious for
Eight Hours.

RICHMOND, Va, February 11.-For the
first time an authentic report has been
made Of the recent atrocities at Gordons-
ville when the homes of four well-known
persons were entered the sleeping apart
ments of school girls and unmarried women
invaded, and in at least one instance two
young women, both students Of the Female
Institute at Gordonsville, attacked after
having been put under the influence of
choloform.
Every attempt was made to hide from
the public the fact of the outrages. The
victims, boarders in Gordonsvflle, and stu
dents Of the school. were quietly taken
home by their parents. Bloodhounds and
detectives were placed on the trail of the
fugitives early the following morning, but a
snowfall made it impossible for the dogs
to take up the scent. The fugitives are
still at large,
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RAILWAY BOWLERS.
Track and Roadway Team is Leading
in the Race.

The Track and Roadway team is leading
in the pennant race of the Washington
Railway Relief Association Bowling League
with a percentage of 1914. The Mechanical
and Columbia teams are tied for second
place with a percentage of 06S.
In the Individual standing Brown of the
General Office team holds first honors with
an average OF 1904.
The averages are:
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Two prisoners, named calston and Rhodes.
escaped from the Tyreli ceunty Jail at CO.
lumbia, 8. c., when dinner was brought to
them. They seized the Jaiier as he entered
their cell, showed him into a corner, stepped
outside. locked the door and walked away
They are sttil ct liberty.
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A fine oil painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee
has been unveiled at the Confederate Wom-
ems Home In Richmond by Miss Mary Lee
The picture Is said to have been made from
some studies of Gen. Lee during his life
time. 1t Is presented by George c. Thomas
of Philadelphia through Miss Lee,
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Vespers Defeat Lakewoods.

The Fespers defeated the Lakewoods of
Carroll Institute in a very interesting
game of basket ball Saturday night, in
the hall of the former, by the score of 27
to 10 Although the Lakewoods played a
very good game the score was rather
One-Sidod The lipo-uD.
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HOTELS. RESTAURANTS G. CAFES.
WHERE TO DINE.

Walters Cafe and Dairy Lunch.
steam table lunch speciality. IL to 2. fell-tfa
90 r NV Breakfast, TO IL; dinner 4 10 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-11

MAJESTIC DAIRY LUNCH
oysters IN every style: We serve hot cakes ana
Jazz 9Ot,4
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HOTEL ENGEL,
Opp. New Unio Station Restaurant A Ia c.,,.
tuIPorteo oeers on oraugnt Ja3l Dot
HOTEL MONTROSE, N tTH II
European. Rooms 81 to 9. Resta ura Mt Ia carte.
Phone 1910. Table d'hote dinner, Soc. $3.50 to 3.
Ja22-9Ot.4
HARVEY'S, Pa s0s ayS; = , II i, ST.
varieties Of sea food--with every dish known n
gastronomy. Elegant lunch. II to 4. mys-.fA
The st. James, penSsl'ss Station
European. Rooms. 81 to 81
Highciass Restaurant ut Reasonable PrieeA
my13-tf4
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HSSS law SVAAs0 0Huoo.
In the room Of the Misses Davenport were
found "a large vial containing some liquid
and a pocket knife. supposedly the property
Of the intruders. The bottle was brought
to Richmond by Librarian Scott Cor analy-
sis. Chloroform and ammonia were present
In the bottle in large Quantities. The knife
is being held at Gordonsyilie. It is learned
that chloroferm ID not sold IA GordensvilIe.
a kind that is sold by only one merchant
In Gordonsyille, and the ef7eers are now
working on this clue. 1t is the consensus
of opinion that the intruders were white
men.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-27
DINED WITH ROOSEVELT.
Ex-Goyernor Hayward and DIR. Denny
Consult with President.
(The state, Nov. goth. J

President Roosevelt had to lunch-
con to-day Ex-Governor Heyward, of
South Carolina, and DR.. Denny, pre-
,sident of Washington and Lee Uni
yersity. With them he discussed the
proposed memorial at some South
ern institution of learning to Gen.
Robert e. Lee. MIR. Hayward is an
alumnus of Washington and Lee Uni
yersity, and he, with President Den-
ny, is interested in its location at
Lexington, the seat of the university.
President Roosevelt proposed this
memorial In letter on Lees BIRTH
day, the 18th OF January last. adj
dressed to the president of the WASH
|tngton Confederate Memorial Asso-
citation.
The idea has gained high favor,
both in the South and the North, and
an organization is about to be formed
to promote 1t. The idea in the minds
of DR.. Denny and Mr.. Hayward is to
have 1t in the form of ali endowment
to Washington and Lee University,
of which Gen.. Lee was president,
which was named in part for him
and where he Is buried.
Governor Hayward also discussed
with the President the present f1nan-
cial conditions with particular refer
ence to the situation in the South.
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Tree Life
Dundee Advertiser

Brazilian cocoanut palms live from
600 to 200 years and the Arabs as
sert that the date palm frequently
reaches the age Of 200 to 800 years
Wallan's oak, near Paisley, Scotland,
Is known to be more than 700 years
old,s and there are eight olive trees
on the Mount Of Olives, near Jerusa-
lem, which are known to have been
fiourishin" in 1899. The yews, at
Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, were
old trees when in 1880 the abbey
was built, and redwood in Marip-
osa Grove, California, is a manifold
centenarian. Baobab trees of Africa
have been computed to be more than
5000 years Old, and the deciduous
cypress at Chapultepec is considered
to be Of still greater age. Hum
boldt said that the Dracaena Draco
at Orotava, on Teneriffe, was one Of
the Oldest inhabitants of the earth.