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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1905)
'MtmhTi&inimHmmammmKm ynwwmn MAM Mmmtir,irMiin w 4iirawi -WT " St -UTr.,. r! aiuiijutu,M'Aimiuj.uiMJUtf,ia.iJJiau THE WRONG WAY TO WALK Inelegant and Slovonly Gait Noticed All Too Frequently. Walking-one of tho most popular nnd beneficial cerci6es Is well dls ctiBBOd In Good Housekeeping: Very stout or slouchy pooplo allow tho nbdomon lo "load." Brnln work crs, worriers, nil norvous nnd physi cally uncultivated poople, lot their heads lond; tho hand Is furthor ad ancod thnn nny othor part of tho por tion Dyspeptics whoso thoughtB ero centered on tholr stomachs, often un consciously lend with the wnlst lino Just ovor the offeudlng orgnn. Oc casionally a weak-willed pcrBon per mits tho knoos to lead. When a thin, bad wnlker moves rapidly, thero often seems to be a'rnce between noso nnd hupoH, and you wateh to boo which will arrlvo at tho goal first. When a young woman's skirt nnd a joung man's trousers show n bulging tiape over tho knoos, tholr owners nro lending nodentary llvos or havo novcr learned to walk corroctly. This part of tho lower limbs should bo kept straight, and tho ball of tho foot, not tho huol, should touch the ground first. When ho head la bcilt for long hours over sewing machine or lodger r onion bed, It Is not an easy matter lo pull it back to Us proper position and mnko It stny thero, and it scorns so much inoro easy nnd comfortable to let tho chest sink thnn to hold It up to Its right place; but tho demands of health and benuty are ldontlcal In the mnttor of n head hold easily, not egotistically, back, and n chest kept in tho highest nnd most advanced position. It Is a striking lact that this atti tude of head and cnost Is oxprosslve, not only of health and graco, but of tho finer mental qualities. Tho em barrassed boy drops his head; If ho would hold his head up, his nervous ness would disappear. Tho shy girl thinks that ovcry one In tho room Is looking at her, and her che3t sinks; but If sho would hold it up assumo tho attitude of courage, though sho have it not sho wouldn't caro wheth er they looked or not. Tho self-conscious person who knows ho is stiff and awkward, and who knows that his stiffness and awkwardness nro tho direct results of his self-conscious-Hess, should lmnglno that a strong string Is attached to the uppor part of his chest and held by an Invisible hnnd above him. All ho has to do Is to lot his body depend from thnt string and keep his head well back or It, nnd. his mind and body will nllko become easy and free. Tho most fc-racoful walker I ovor know told mo that she habitually walked by tho aid of this Invisible cord. Tooth Brushes. Dr. 8. II. Arnold gives some interest ing facts and good advice In regard to that dally friend, tho tooth brush: Nearly all brushes nro mndo from bristles taken from the wild hogs of Russia or Chlnn. Tho hnndlo3 nro common hoof bones. They nro mndo mostly In Japan, France, England nnd Germany and by ono firm In the United States. Probably English brushes nro the best mndo and worst pimped. Tho French nro next In qual ity, but far ahead in form. Germany nnd Japan nro generally imitators. Somo of the most expensive English and French, and nil American brushes. nro' mado In factories under moro or less sanitary conditions, nut tno cnenp er grades, Including nil Germnn and Japanese brushes, are mndo in tno huts of tho peasants, whore cattle, dogs, swlno, fowls nnd humans are herded In common. Tho bristlos and bene nro given out by tho dealer and taken Into tho country, whoro thoy nro nssorted by tho npod and young chil dren and diseased persons, tho strong er members of tho family working at more, rotnunerutivo employment. Those cheap brushes are often In tho most unsanitary and wretched sur- roundlngs imaginable and It Is a slg- and that Is that any physical derange nlllcnnt fnct thnt after being mndo J mont, no mattpr how slight, loavos its thoy are soldom sterilized before 1 impress on tho systom. nnd that tho using. 1 Individual can never bo exactly tho Tho English brushes nro generally samo as before. Wo know this Is con very much too large to be efficient. trnry to tho opinion generally hold, for Tho Fronch nro bottor shaped, but nro wo frequently hoar tho remark mado apt to be too long of head, making j concerning ono who has recontly much wasto to the brush, and aro tod" passed through a slight sickness: long of bristle. "Tho doctor says ho is ns sound as a A wldo brush is not advisable be cause It limits tho movement possibly longitudinally to the tooth. T ing bris tles nre no! the beet, bee. iso thoy bend when the brush Is thrust back between cheek and teeth, and stny bent till the brush Is withdrawn, thus missing the Interproximal spaces bo much In noed of cleaning. Soft brls ties bocomo softer whon wot, and utterly fall to enter tho spaces at all. If tho surface of the bristlos is con caved longitudinally to fit the labial curve of tho teeth, then whon tho brush is reversod and used on tho lin gual surfaces, only tho ends of tho brush engage the teeth; hence, moro tooth are missed than cleaned, and tho user Is decolved Into thinking he has cleaned his teeth because ho has brushed thom. Studying tho brush over and what Is required of It. it would seem that tho brush best adapted to uso In tho hu man mouth should have a short, nar row hoad, with short, rather stiff brls ties, trimmod strnlght longitudinally nnd convex latltudinnlly. that each lino of bristlos may como successively Into use as the brush is rotated. Breathing for Strength. Inroad of tha above bonding might ho wriUea. "Breathing for Wo." Fqr that Is roally what wo do. And since this fact is so oasijy demon strated, it is strange that we have a HE not moro quickly and fully dlscovorcd that In this vital process lies tho socrot romedy for a thousand ills, if not "tho fablo fountain of Immortal youth." Men havo lived weeks with out oatlng; dnys without drinking, nnd nights without sleeping; but how long can we llvo without breathing? Twenty ouncos of food and a few pints of water will supply tho body ono day; but, upon a low estimate, it requires thirty thousand pints of air In tho same length of time. Tho delicate machine which this volume of nlr ontors Is said to contain ovor 700,000,000 air cells, or llttlo workshops. Into tho walls of these thoro flows, llko tho sowerago of a groat city, tho foul, vonous blood of tho body. In thoso remarkable work shops it Is quickly transformed Into a rushing rod torrent filled with life giving oxygon from tho air. What a wondorful invontlonl What a miracu lous process! And yet you nro trust ed with oporatlng ono of theso Instru ments. Would you noto Its magical effect under propor conditions? Then stand orect Opon tho doors nnd windows; or, If you nro sick In bod, have them oponod. Lift your chost and chin, nnd brentho tho invigorating nlr of hea ven, till tho muscles of your abdomon fairly bound with joy. Now, isn't that a tonic. Then tako it many times a day. You can repent tho doso oftsn. Evon as I writo tho fresh air tickles my finger tips; for when wo breatho dooply, It goos to all parts of tho body. To "Tho Suffer-In' Neat." There wns o llttlo woman In n very soiry plight: For, Htrnnno 40 toll, this woman Disliked to dwell with light. 8he closed lwr blinds up tightly, Tlmn craped tho windows o'er, For fenr tho Messed muislilnc Would ppoll her walls and floqr. This dnlnty little woman Orew ery pale and thin. Just like the wcnU potato sprouts Jn cellars deep nnd dim. Ah, silly llttlo woman! You Imvc faded out of sight. IiccaUHo you would not let In The sweetness of God's light'. Farm nnd Fireside. Consumption Can Be Conquered. The universal Interest in tho Antl Tuberculosis movement is shown In ovory convention held to consider this work. Tho discussions nro practical, not thcorotlcnl. Tho audiences nro popular, not merely professional. Tho whole peoplo aro lntcreted. In a session just closed at Atlanta, Georgia, many Important and Interest ing phases of the prevention and euro of consumption wore considered. Dr. C. P. Ambler gave a concise rovlow of tho duty of tho physician in charge, to tho patient and family. His paper was enthusiastically rocelved and adopted as tho sense of tho League on this subject. His points wore as follows: First, Tuberculosis is not the fatal dlseaso commonly believed. Second While communicable It can bo mado practically harmless by tho propor courso on tho part of tho patient. Third Tho chief cause of tho high mortality Is late diagnosis. Fourth Lato diagnosis Is caused by indifference of tho patient to early symptoms and carelessness on tho , part of tho physician consulted. Flfth Dy thorough, systematic In struction of the patient better results can bo accomplished than by medica tion. Sixth Instruction of patient, fam ily and friends, and close observance on their part of tho rules laid down will practically rob tho dlseaso of Its method and moans of extending. Items that Count. Thore Is ono Important fact that should bo Indelibly fixed In tho mind of ovory thinking, reasoning being, boll now!" This Is optimism, puro nnd simple, on tho pnrt of tho phys ician, and It does good by establishing confidence In tho mind of tho whilom patient; but, In reullty, it Is not so. No disturbance of the normal courso of tho functions can pass away and leave things exactly ns they were. A permanent damage has been Inflicted, and although It Is not appreciated at the tlmo, Nature is 11 rigid bookkeeper, and theso apparently trifling debts to her are duly ontorod against the Indi vidual, and you may rely upon It that sooner or later tho bill will bo pre sented. It Is the sum total of theso minor lnjurios that become formida ble the accumulation of theso trif HiiK ''"rangoments that broak down constitutions ultimately. The Use of the Potato. According to statistics cited by Wal drou In the Rovuo pour Tous, tho po tato is more largely used In Europo than any other food substance tho uvorage amount annually eaten per capita being ns follows In tho differ ent countries nnmod: England, 242 pounds; Austria, (1G2 pounds; France, C97 pounds; Norway and Sweden, 739 pounds; Oormany, 1.29S pounds; Ire land, 1.304 pounds. Tho por dlom con sumption for England is eleven ounces r day. and Ireland, throo and three fourths pound, or nearly six tlmo? as muoh. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Alnsworth will colobrato on both tho 4 th and 6th of July. Secretary Morton will roslgn his navy portfolio July 1. Hornco A. Scott, a veteran merchant c Osceola, has retired irom buslniRs. Tho Bradshaw Tolophono company has increased its capital stock to $G0, 000. Wedding bells aro ringing morrlly all ovor Nebraska this rosy, month of June. John Price, colored, and a boy nam ed Loo nro In duranco vno at Platts mouth for robbing cars. Tho Klng-Grnham Manufacturing company of Omaha has been organized with a capital stock of $100,000. Labor Commissioner Bush will en deavor to provido labor for thoso who wish to go to tho harvest floldQ this G. yoar. Many of tho farmers of Gage county who lost their wheat crop by tho hall aro mulling plans to increase tlielr cornacroage. Tho new concreto mill dam at Holmcsvlllo i3 nearly complotod. A dynamo Is to bo placed In the mill, whlcu will furnish light" for tho town. Three now rural mall routos woro opened in Gago county last week, mak ing thirty In nil and completely cover ing tho county with tho rural delivery systom. Mrs. Estolla Sharpies, an aged iu mato of tho Homo for tho Frloudloss, Lincoln, wns found dead In her bed. It is presumed that sho died of heart disease. Tho graduating class of tho Llnco.n High school this year 13 tho largest 'g tho nlstory of thcMnstltutlon. Thero will bo close to 17C graduates, as com pared with a record number of 110. Tho German American bank at York has boon Incorporated with a capital stock of $30,000. Joshua Cox, S. S. Suscaden and others aro interested in tho venture. Chief Justice Holcomb granted a suspension of sontenco to John E. Chandler of Custer county, who was sentenced to three years In tho peni tentiary, for tho theft of a stoer. More than seventy-five graduates from tho various medical scnools wish to npply for permission to practlco In Nebraska and tho stato examination for theso will bo held next week. A barn belonging to J. II. Twnrling, southeast of btromsburg, was struck by lightning and totally destroyed ex cept tho horses. His loss will bo nearly $2,000, with an lnsurauco of about $C00. Tho North Platte Valley Water Us ors' association has filed articles of Incorporation with tho secretary of state. The capital stock Is $200,000. This Is to control tho water used in tho Pathflndor project. Sovornl attaches of tho stato gamo warden's office went to Clny Center to assist in tho prosecution of August Anders, charged with using dynnmlto to kill fish. Tho department Is seek ing to stamp out pot hunting and fish ing altogether. W. H. Pcbornnt, a section hand at 4 Torrlngtou, was killed by being struck by a train on tho Burlington near An gora. Tho remnlns wero brought to Allianco, where Coroner Mooro hold an inquest, tho jury finding that death was accidental. A commercial club was organized at Stromsburg with forty-flvo members, J. W. Wilson chairman and A. Hcdbloom secretary. Several questions wero discussed, particularly concerning tho now survey for a railroad running two miles north of tho city. Tho coroner's jury Investigating tho death of M. E. Evans, whoso body was found" in tho stairway of tho Calumet restaurant at Nelson, returned a ver dict finding that ho camo to his death from tho results of a blow on tho hoad with n blunt Instrument in tho hands ofE. S.-McCormlck, In tho prcsonco of George Chnpinau. Both thoso men nro now undor nrrest for murder. ii. O. Chrlstlnn, somnphoro man on tho Rock Island. between Richfield and Meadow, three miles southonst of Springfield, Sarpy county, found sev eral sheets of United States postago stamps scnttercd along the railway wost of tho somnnhoro. Thoy aro 1 and 2-cont stamps nnd wero supposed to havo boen thrown there by parties who had stoU-n thom, or thoy may havo blown out of tho mail car win dow. Tho Union Pacific company has made a mutually satisfactory settle ment at Grand Island with tho fam ily of Lona Speotzon, tho llttlo girl who had an arm cut off In a crossing accldont about llvo months ago. Tho settlement Is for $5,000 cash, with the promiso that after tho young woman hns mado tho regular court In tho high school and learned .stenography sho will bo glvon a position In tho offices of tho company nnd shall bo given whatever transportation sho may nt nny time need. Bort Stevens of Red Cloud, while leading a horso and sitting In a wag on. In somo manner got his leg eu tangled In the ropo and fhe horso, suddenly pulling back, broke tho young man's log just below tho knee. Tho semi-annual statement by Stato Treasurer Mortensen Indlcatos that $993,805.32 has been recolvod into tho stato gonornl fund during tho past six months ending May 31. while In tho same porlod $973,448.45 has been paid out At the beginning of the half year the general fund had $iGJ2 to its credit, while at the closo the amount was $21,372.39. IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA. L. Shumway of Scotts Bluff Tells What Is Being Done. Regarding tho articles of Incorpora tion of tho North Platto Valloy Wat er Users' association, which havo boen filed with Secretary of Stato Ga lusha, G. L. Shumway of Scots Bluff says Its purposes aro to co-operato with government work In that section of tho country; to get wator subscrip tions .from tho owners of deeded lands; to act as agent between tho government nnd tho Irrigator in col lecting chnrges for water, and to sot tie disputes which may arise ovor wat er distribution in tho future. Ono of tho things which tho federal Irrigation act overlooked was a statutory author ity to uso tho power which may bo developed from Its works for any oth er purpose than that of promoting ir rigation. Tho Water Usors' associa tion has provided for that contin gency and niny appropriate it for any purpose Contracts for construction of forty six miles of government canal, at an oxpenso approximating $450,000, wero nwarded a fow days ago, nnd fifty miles moro will soon bo in Bhnpo or bids, which will tako it to tho lako region. Three lakos aro contemplated near Scotts Bluff, tho smaller to cover 1,200 acros nnd to boforty feet deep; tho others to cover 4,000 to 5,000 acres nnd to bo fifty to ninety feet deep. Tho government hns soventy five men prosecuting hurveys and cross-sectioning In NebraBkn, and it is expected contracts for this fifty mile? will bo let in July or August. CATTLE ARE POISONED BY WILD PARSLEY Reports havo been received at tho state university from western counties of this state that cattle in various lo calities In that section nro being pois oned by feeding on what Is supposed to bo a spocles of wild parsley, says tho Nebraska Stato Journal. It Is said thnb tho animals dlo suddenly after eating tho plant, and tho cases have become numerous enough to de mand investigation. Specimens of tho plant havo been sent to Dr. Bessoy, but havo not been fully enough devel oped to permit their poisonous or non- poisonous properties bolng definitely ascertained. Tho plant is supposed to be what la known ns "white flow ered parsley," a common low pralrlo plant with much divided leaves, and known to be poisonous to stock. It usually appears early In tho spring bo fore the grass Is suitable for pasture, and grows in small clumps or groups. When pasturo is good the cattle ro fuso to touch tho plan but often when they arc turned out very early In tho spring they are willing to eat almost anything green. It is suppos ed to bo something of this sort that has caused tho trouble this year, al though pasturo Is pretty well up by this tlmo. About ten or twelvo years ago much trouble was experienced from what was apparently tho samo plant. Tho university authorities wero asked for advice at tho tlmo and a big scare was worked up over tho weed. As soon as pasturo became good tho trouble ceased and the maf tor was dropped before good speci mens of the plant could bo sent to tho university for examination. It Is feared that tho same trouble will bo experienced again this year, and that as soon as tho cattlo aro ablo to find enough green stuff to feed upon with out catiug tho parsley, tho farmors will not care to InvestiRao further. Requests havo been made for full grown speclmons of tho weed, but theso havo not yet beon received. WELL-TO-DO FARMER FOUND DEAD IN BIN Pender Horman Boorman, n well-to-do farmor residing six mires south west of her, was found dead In an oat bin. It Is supposed ho commit ted suicide, as he was hnlglng to a beam with a rope around his neck. Ten Thousand for Hastings College. HASTINGS Rev. E. Van Dyko Wright has just roturned from an eastern trip. While away he secured a donation of $10,000 for tho endow ment fund of Hastings college. Farmers Co-Operate. Tho Farmors' Co-Operatlvo associa tion of Lebanon, with nn authorized capital stock of $20,000, has filed arti cles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of, stato. A similar cor poration, called tho Farmers Shipping company, with an nuthorlzed capital stock of $10,000, has been Incorporated by farmers living near Bartley, Red Willow county. Prof. Bessoy of tho University of Nebraska has received many com plaints from farmors over the stato regarding tho prevalence of yellow top clovor In -towly seedod alfalfa fields. It is thought that part of the alfalfa seed sold In Nebraska this spring has boen adulterated with this clovor seed. ARLINGTON W. W. Ely, a prom! - nont nnd wealthy farmer, who roslded throe-fourths of a milo north of An llngton, died of a solMnfilotod wound. H &hot himself with suicidal Intent THE ADMIRALTY 3TUPIFIED. Overwhelmed by the Disaster Over taking Rojestvcnsky. ST. PETERSBURG Tho Russian Admiralty Is literally stupefied at tho extont of tho disaster suffered by Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet, nnd its own ndvlces paint the situation in worse colors than oven the Toklo dis patchos. The Associated Press Vlad ivostok dispatch received at an early hour this morning accounts for only two ships of tho great Russian fleet tho cruiser Almaz and tho torpedo boat destroyer, Grozny and tho ab sence of news about tho battleship Navarin and tho cruisers Oleg nnd Au rora, which aro tho only fighting ships of any vnluo not enumerated In tho Japanos,o lists of destroyed or cap tured nnd which, up to 4:30 o'clock yestordny afternoon had not renched Vladivostok, renders almost idlo nny hope that they were able to shako off tho pursuing Japanoso cruisers and reached tho sholter of tho fortress at Golden Horn. Tho officers of the Almaz dispute Admiral Togo's claim of victory with practically no boats and destroyers scored heavily. Saturday night. Tho conditions on Sundny wore most fa vorable. Tho night was ca. 1 and clear and land wa3 vlslblo for forty miles' across tho Tsu Straits. Toklo is again jubilant Hundreds of callers and deputants throng tho Navy department offering thanks and congratulations. Tho newspapers de clare that Admiral Togo has gained a place beside Nelson. Tho disposition of the Jnpaneso fleot appears to havo beon an Ideal ono. Admiral Togo had walled for weeks In tho vicinity of Tsu islnnds, refusing to be lured away nnd to for feit his advantage. Tho inner lino was held by Admiral Togo with tho battleships and Ice Admiral Kamlmu ra with tho cruisers. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL VISIT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON President Roose velt will tako a trip through tho south next autumn. This announcement was mado at tho White House. Coupled with It was tho statement that tho extraordinary session of congress, which it is tho present intention of President Roosevelt to call, will not begin until after tho November elec tions." Tho president had Intended to begin his southern trip early in October, but within a day or two ho has concluded to postpone his departure until tho 17th. Tho trip will consumo nbout two weeks. As yet tho Itinerary has not been arranged definitely, but it is tho president's intention to visit many of tho Important cities of tho south, Including Richmond, Va Raleigh and Charlotte, N. C, Atlanta, Ga., Jack sonville and perhaps Tampa, Fla., Bir mingham, Tuskcgce, Montgomery' and Mobile, Ala., Now Orleans, La., and Llttlo Rock, Ark. Tho trip will end at Llttlo Rock. Rescue Captain and Crew. NEW YORK The life-saving sta tion a. Lone Hill, R. I., reports that n steamer is ashore abreast of Shlnno cock Light. Tho station vias put out but has not yet reached -er. Tho ves sel proved to be tho fishing steamer Seaconett, Captain Charles Fish, boun- from Greenport, L. I., to New York. Tho life-saving crow took off tho captain and two men comprising tho crew of tho fisherman, which lies full of water ono and three-quarter miles west of Shlnnecock Light. PUTS IN A WORD FOR PEACE. President Has Extended Conference with Count Casslni. WASHINGTON Tho president on Friday Btruck a ulow for peace In tho far cast In conforenco at tho White House with Count Casslni, tho Rus sian ambassador, tho president ex pressed tho earnest wish thnt Russia would forthwith conclude peaco with Japan. Prolongation of tho war, ho believes, will not result In victory for tho Russian army and can only servo to Increase Japnn's demands nnd ren der moro difficult tho drafting of a treaty of peace which tho czar as woll as tho mikado can sign. Tho presi dent spoke, he said, as tho friend of Russia no less than of Japan and In bohnlf not only of tho Washington government, but In luo interest of hu manity. Until his words havo reach ed tho Tsarskoo Solo and have boon communicated to Emperor Nicholas irf tho friendly spirit In which they wore uttered, tholr offoct cannot be esti mated. Soon after reaching his em bassy Count Casslni began tho prepa ration of a dispatch to his government Neither at the White House nor at tho Russian embassy could a formal statement regarding the conforenco bo obtained. Throughout the diplomatic corps thero is a strong hope that this conference marks the first step to ward peaco, but tho general opinion Is that weeks may elapse beforo even tho preliminary negotiations can bo begun. Makes Grand Duke Sick. BERLIN Grand Duke Vladimir Is not coming to tho wedding of Crown Prlnco Frederick William, as previ ously unnounced. A tologram of re gret' has beon rocelved from St. Pe tersburg saying tho grand duko Is too ll. to make n visit to Berlin possible and adding that tho grand duke d ! siros to remain in St. Petersburg dur ing this trying porlod to tako part in the councils of the government Grand Duko Michael and Grand Duchess Ma sla Pavlona will bring th Russian emperor's presents BIG SHOW OPENED LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION GETS UNDER WAY. YAS A GALA DAYJN PORTLAND President Toucheo the Key and Sets Machinery In Motion Crowds Walt and Watch for Signal to Be Flashed Across the Continent. PORTLAND, Ore. Amidst ti sceno of festivity nnd splendor never equalled In tho Pacific Northwest with din nnd clamor of cheering thousands accompanied by tho booming of artil lery and blaring of bands, Portland mado her bow to the world in tho formal opening of the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition on June 1. Tho ovont took place tinder conditions pres aging complete success to this histori cal commemoration of tho blazing trail to "old Oregon" by Captain Morrl wother Lewis and William Clark, who, commissioned by President Jefferson, explored tho great Oregon country ono hundred years ago. Tho celebration was participated in by tho president of tho United States and his personal representative, Charles W. Fairbanks, jeprosentatlves of tho state and of tho houso of rep resentatives of the national congress, of the army and tho navy, together with tho governors and staffs of tho states of California, Idaho, Washing ton and Oregon and multitudes of pec plo from far and near. All Portland was decked In her best, business was suspended and the holi day spirit was everywhere In evidence. The states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, In which June 1, had been doclarod a legal holiday in honor of tho centennial sent thousand of visit ors. Tho prelude to tho actual opening ceremonies at tho exposition consisted of tho parade, a grand pageant of'mlll tarlsm led by Vice President Fair banks, tho congressional party, visiting governors nnd other dignltnrles and tho exposition officials. With martial music, constantly playing, this Immodlato forerunner of tho actuality was greet ed with continued cheering along tho entlro lino of march from the now post office and through the business and residential sections of Portland to tho fair grounds. As tho troops passed tha mass of slght-seers flanking the column fell In behind and when tho exposition grounds wero reached thero was a stream of humanity miles long follow ing Its its wake. Thousands in tho meantime, anticipating tho onward rush had packed themselves around tho speaker's stand and occupied every point of vantage, and lato comers had fo bo content with being within seeing distance. At Washington, In tho presence of a distinguished assemblage, including all the mombers of the cabinet except Secretary Hay, who Is In Europe; as sociate justices of tho United States supreme court, members of tho diplo matic corps and invited guests, Pres ident Roosevelt, nt 2:45 o'clock in tho nfternoon, pressed tho telegraphic key which sounded the chimes in tho gov ernment building and started the ma chinery of the Lewis and Clark cen tennial exposition nt Portlnnd, Ore. Tho ceremony took place In tho east room of tho White House. Tho hour set for it was 4 o'clock. At tho tlmo fixed everything was In readi ness at the White Houso. Tho guests had assembled in tho east room and only the flash from Portland was nec essary to open uio ceremony. A cir cuit had been completed by tho West ern Union Telegraph company be tween the White House and tho Port land exposition grounds, tho tele graphic arrangements hero being un der tho supervision of J. W. Collins, chief operator of the Western Union offices In Washington. E. W. Smith ors, tho chief operator at tho White House offices, received and sent tho congratulatory messages which wero exchanged between President Rooso volt nnd President Goode of tho expo sition. THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE NEED A BIG NAVY NEW YORK Delivering an address In Brooklyn nt tho unveiling of a statue of Gonoral Slocum, President Roosovelt used theso significant words': v"If our navy is good ' onough wo havo a long career of peace and pros perity beforo us, and tho only likeli hood of trouble evor coming to us ns a nntlon will arise if wo let our navy becomo too small or inefficient A first class navy, first class In point of size, first class In point of efficiency and tho Individual unit or units In combination, is tho surest and cheap est guarantee of peace. I should think that ovory American looking at what Is happonlng and what has hap pened abroad and In our own history during tho past few years, must In deed bo blind If he cannot read that lesson." The Torpedo Boats Did It. TSARSKOE SKLO, RUSSIA The dispatch recolved by the emperor from Vladivostok containing details of tho battle in the straits of Korea announeoed heavy losses, according to which tho squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Nebogatoff was at tacked by a swarm of torpedo boats and all tho ships wore either sunk or captured. Tho main squadron com manded by Admiral Rojostvensky was attacked by Admiral Togo and lwt two ships. Tho others broke through i VA