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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
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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
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