Nebraska Newspapers

    HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1907.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
FOl'NDED 11Y EDWARD ROSEWATER.
VICTOR ROSB7WATER, EDITOR. '
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STATEMENT OP CIRCT7L.ATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County. es.
Charlea C. Rosewater, general manager
of The Ree Publishing Company, heinii
duly sworn, savs that the actual number
of full and complete copies of The Daily,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee prlnt3d
during the month of May, 1807. was as
follows:
1 35,660
3 30,610
t 38,190
35,410
8 34,300
6 35,680
1 35,480
38,600
35,730
10 35,290
11 85,390
1 84,550
1 35,430
14 35,380
1 35,330
1 35,460
11.. i 85.380
18. 35,T00
33,800
SO 36,370
21 36,630
21 35,610
23 35,500
24..... 35,630
5 35,800
26 34,600
IT; 35,460
in 35,610
29 36,010
SO 35,630
11 35,610
Total. .. 1,096,630
Less unsold and returned copies 9,667
Net total ; a,086.P93
Dally average 35,063
CHARLES C. ROSBWATER,
Oeneral Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 31st day of May, 1907.
(Seal) M. J3, HUNQATE. '
Notary Public.
WHKSt OUT OP TOWR.
obsrrlbers leaving the city tern.
yorrily ahonld have The Dee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as oftea as requested.
Richard Croker sayg he careg noth
ing about the crowned heads of Eu
rope. He la satisfied to wear a derby.
Colonel Bryan is opposed to a third
term for the president, but has no ob
jection whatever to a third nomina
tion. ;
The secretary of the treasury has
Issued an order withdrawing all $10,
000 bills from circulation. Sent
yours In yet? . .
The call for coal Is again heard In
Nebraska. ; If roal cannot be fur
nished here during the summer, what
will it be next winter?
If the JapiineBe declare war' on the
Vnlted States ' it might be a good
scheme to turn Harry Orchard loose
and start blm after them.
If the railroads 'themselves had the
information the State commission Is
asking for their business might be ex
pedited, or at Inapt simplified.
A summer resort hotel at Norfolk.,
Va.,was burned the other night and
the guests had their first chance of the
season to get comfortably warm.
An American has been sent to Jail
in Russia for wearing a red necktie.
Glad to know there is some place
where the man .with the red necktie
gets his, deserts.
Governor, Magoon declares the
greatest need of Cuba is good roads.
Uncle Sam found a good road into
Cuba, but seems to be unable to find a
safe one leading out.
Harry j Orchard deserves one credit
mark,, any way. He Just deserted his
numerous wlves-lnstead of blowing
them up with dynamite; as he did most
of his casual acquaintances.
It Is unfair to try to make political
capital of the fact that Senator Knox
lives in PlUsburg. His home is there,
but he does not visit the place often
enough to become contaminated.
That strike over In France seems to
be due to the fact that the adulterated
wine Is being offered for sale at home,
tactead of being exclusively reserved
for the American tra4o. as in the past.
The ladles who want the plaster of
Paris hose models removed from the
windows of the, dry ." goods stores
hould understand 'that the merchants
Jlaplay them as a mere matter of
form. ' ' '
Kansas Is calling for 20,000 men to
ld in harvesting the wheat crop. This
will surprise newspaper readers who
have been led to believe that the
wheat has already been harvested and
sold for about a dollar a bushel In Cht-
Tle report that Mayor Scbmltx has
betn keeping up the war on the Japa
nese in 8 n Francisco as a result of a
little conference he had with the Ger
man emperor last summer is almost
s good as some of the romances
Harry Orchard la manufacturing at
Boise.
Mrs. Puttlbone la said to hare stam
peded at the appearance of the Omaha
trade Wosters at Boise, If she had
3nl known It, these same gentlemen
are about the mildest mannered lot of
gents who ever wont abroad and she
might have found among them many
who earnestly feel sympathy tor her
ta her present poltkv
amkhtca's wttta t TnrmyTtny. -Despite
the unseasonable weather
of April and May, the ravages of the
green bug and kindred pests and other
unfavorable factors, the wheat crop
of the United States for 1907 will, ac
cording to the estimates of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, amount to 634,
974,000 bushels, or enough to supply
all possible demands of home con
sumption and leave something
like 150,000,000 bushels for ex
port This estimate of the gov-
! ernment la baaed on rnndltlnnn ex
isting on June 1, but all indications
are that the actual production will be
very considerably In excess of the esti
mate. Reports from the entire wheat
belt show that the spring wheat Is in
good condition and that a couple of
months of warm weather will produce
a harvest equal to that of last year,
although the present - condition is
about 7 points below that of June 1
last year. . Tho estimated harvest,
government figures, for 1907 of 634,
974,000 bushels, is about 100,000,000
bushels less than .that of 1906, 60,
000,000 bushels less than that of 1905
and 80,000,000 bushels greater than
that of 1904. .' ,"
Next to the size of the crop, tho
most important thing to the wheat
grower is the price that will be ob
tained for it, and on this point tho
outlook is very encouraging. The
foreign demand for American wheat
and flour is larger than at any time in
years and the shortage of the wheat
crop In most of the European coun
tries furnishes assurance that the de
mand will continue and Increase. In
the ten months ending with April
Wheat exports aggregated 66,000,000
bushels as compared with. 22,000,000
bushels for the same period of the pre
vious year. The export of wheat has
fluctuated greatly since 1892, when
this country sent 234,000,000 bushels
abroad. Since that time the demands
for home consumption have increased
so rapidly that the export trade has
fallenxofl from year to year, until the
enormous crop of .1906 left another
healthy surplus for export The per
cent of wheat exported has dropped
from 40 per cent in 1902 to about 14
per cent in 1906. Experts estimate
that the home demand will call for
about 635,000,000 bushels of the com
ing crop, leaving about 100,000,00T
bushels for export Russia, Argen
tina, British-India and the Balkan
countries report an exceedingly short
crop this year, and as these countries
have been large contributors to the
European demands, tho deficit -win as
sure a ruling high price for all the sur
plus crop of the United States. It is
even safe to estimate that the prices
that will prevail in the world markets
for the coming year will make the
wheat crop for 1907 quite as valuable,
in dollars and cents, as was the larger
crop of 1906. From a pocketbook
standpoint the American wheat
grower has no cause for .complaint.
ARMS AND THE W'OAfEJT. "
Patriotic Americans will hope sin
cerely that Japan will forego Its plans
for making war on the United States
until the administration can dlsnose
of a little matter down at West Point
that has the entire army by the ears,
which is exciting the diplomatic circle
and Is causing society leaders at
Washington to break up their homes
and hasten to summer resorts without
waiting for the ice to go out of the
rivers. Damage suits have been filed
against army officials, courts-martial
by wholesale are promised and there
are hints that "certain letters" will be
given out. at the psychological moment
that will cause the whole country to
Eit up and take notice. .
The trouble started when Lieuten
ant Colonel Howze, commandant of
cadets, ordered Miss Fairfax, a daugh
ter of Lieutenant Colonel Ayres, to re
move a cadet's overcoat which had
been loaned to her during the Easter
parade. She refused, " Military dis
cipline had to be maintained and Lieu
tenant Colonel Howze enforced his or
der. Mrs. Ayres went on the warpath
and the case was .Tarried to Washing
ton, resulting In an order from the
secretary of war, barring Mrs. Ayres
from the academy grounds and refus
ing her permission to visit her son,
who Is a West Point cadet. Here la
what Mrs. Ayres says about that:
It la Indeed humiliating for a woman of
my high social standlntr to be barrt-rt out in
this manner, as If I had committed some j
i-riuua uurnse. i came rrom a long line of
army officers. My ancestors were In the
army txrore West Point was ever thought
Of. My social portion wag established 100
year before I was born, you might say, so
that you can see how humiliating It Is to
be thus treated.
Mrs. Ayres Is a real daughter of the
revolution, apparently, and insists that
her son is being persecuted, asserting
that he has been denied a furlough
because he spoke to a plebe. "He is
being persecuted because he is so pop
ular," adds hla spunky sisfer, who as
serts that "he is positively the hand
somest man that ever came to West
Point." Lieutenant Colonel Ayres
has also been doing a little talking
and has been asked by the War -department
if he is ready to stand for an
interview, attributed to him, in which
he says he is being persecuted and his
wife insulted because they are friends
of General Leonard Wood. A court
martial is assured if Colonel Ayres
admits the statements contained in the
Interview. In the :: meantime. Mrs.
Ayres has commenced a suit for $100,
000 damages against Lieutenant Col
onel Howze and other West Point offi
cials and, it Is Intimated, has made
Secretary Taft a party to the suit.
The merits of the controversy are
not clear. Justice, army regulationa
and even the law may be on the side
of the authorities, but they must learn
that a society leader snubbed fears
neither muskets, artillery not any laws
that man hag ever made and that this
matter rnuBt be settled, and settled
right, before the United States army
will be allowed to take on Japan or
any other country that will not be sat
isfied until it gets a licking.
rE.VSSTLVAKIA AKO THE JMRIFr".
The Industries of Pennsylvania,
perhaps more than those of any other
state In the union, have profited by
the hlfih protective tariff and hereto
fore the republicans of the state have
been listed among the most ardent
standpatters. In pnrty conventions,
on the stump, in congress and through
the press the Pennsylvania republicans
have at all times stood In the forefront
of those who have announced "tariff
tinkering" and have attempted to
make the country believe that the
Dlngley schedules are sacred. Last
year, in state convention, the Pennsyl
vania republicans put themselves
squarely on record as opposed to tariff
revision, by the adoption of this plat
form plank:
Wo again declare our devotion to the re
publican doctrine of protection to American
Industries and American labor, and com
mend our delegation In congress for their
Arm and effective stand against the dis
turbance of existing conditions.
However, the one thing more Im
portant than the tariff, in the minds of
the Pennsylvania republicans, is tho
practice and principle of being first to
pick out choice seats in the band
wagon. The convention which was
held the other day to nominate a
candidate for state treasurer and
launch the presidential boom of Phil
ander Chase Knox adopted a platform
which contained this temperate and
noncommittal declaration on the tariff
issue:
President Roosevelt has publicly declared
that: "The general tariff policy to which,
without regard to changes In detnll, I be
lieve this country to be Irrevocably com
mitted Is fundamentally based upon ample
recognition of the difference In labor cost
here and abroad." We Indorse those decla
rations and declare our unfaltering adher
ence to the great principle of protection to
American labor, American Industries and
American products.
There Pennsylvania stands, ready
for a reserved seat In the bandwagon,
prepared to support tariff revision,
reciprocity or any proposition on the
subject that may be agreed upon by
the national convention. Pennsyl
vania republicans are not only able to
read handwriting on the wall, but they
long ago learned the wisdom of keep
ing an anchor to wln'ard.
SAFE AND SASE FOURTH.
The agitation for a safer and saner
observance of the Fourth of July Is
again renewed. Much progress has
been made during the last two or
three years In the way of robbing the)
day of Its terrors and making It more
an occasion of public rejoicing and
less of slaughter, but much remains
yet to be done. Much patriotic exu
berance exists for which an outlet
must be found, and this seems to be
popularly associated with the explo
sion of. "villainous saltpeter" - and
other compounds for the production
of noise. To he sure, the hazard is
extreme, yet the patriot takes no tic-
count of the risk he runs. His mind
Is centered on the noise he is making
and If the boom is sufficiently loud he
cheerfully overlooks the occasional
finger that goes off with the cracker
or bomb, and only when he Is later
held In the embrace' of tetanus or
something equally pleasant does he
reflect that maybe the republic would
have stood 88 long if hla zeal had been
loss effervescent.
In only one way can enthusiasm of
this type be repressed. It Is a waste
of time to tell this man that he can
have Just as good a time on the Fourth
of July and yet make less noise. He
knows it, but declines to be guided by
reason on that day. And the boy is
less responsible than the man; it is
his belief that the Fourth of July was
divinely instituted as a day on which
all sorts of explosive things are to be
let off anywhere and everywhere. The
attendant loss of life and property as
the result of this mistaken notion has
no deterrent effect whatever on the
celebrants. In order that safety mav
be assured and sanity made certain
the absolute prohibition of the sale of
high explosives Is necessary.
Omaha has an ordinance designed
to prevent the sale of dangerous ex
plosives in any form, and providing
for other regulations that, if pronerlv
enforced, will make the Fourth a holi
day somewhat in keeping with its na
tional importance. Mayor Dahlman
might give over writing dog-muzzle
proclamations long enough to write
one calling public attention to the ex
istence of tho flroworks ordinance and
his intention to enforce it strictly.
It was not to be expected that the
railroad accountants would find the
request of the State Rnllroud commis
sion for specific Information at all to
their liking, but sooner or later they
will respond to the demand made upon
them. The information is needed for
the proper carrying out of the purpose
of the commission.
Teamsters In the parking house dis
trict In Chicago demand an Increase
of 15 per cent in wages because the
price of meats they handle has been
advanced S3 per cut. The packers
may, of course, retort that the team
sters ar not compelled to eat meat.
Alexander Graham Bell predicts the
coming of the time when a man will
be able to pick up a church and fly
away with It. The nature of man will
have to change before that time. Just
now he shows a marked disposition to
leave the churches alone.
Bulldln inspector Withnell la ac
cused by contractors of laying un
reasonable restrictions against their
use of the streets while erecting build
ings. As a matter of act, the publK-
has been very patient with contractors
in this matter.
State Treasurer Brian proposes that
the state, too, shall have some benefit
of the prosperity and "ks that the
banks that are paying 4 per cent to
private depositors pay 8 per cent to
the state, which seems a very reasona
ble request.
"There was plenty of Ice in August,
1816," says an eastern paper. There
will be plenty o? Ice in August, 1907,
too, and the ice man will probably
eoak you for double 'price for it to
make up for what. he lost in May and
June.
Secretary Taft is not particular
about whom the Pennsylvania repub
licans endorse for the presidency, but
doubtless he would like to have a hint
a to where they will throw their vote
on the second or third ballot
Secretary Taft will find Omaha a
veritable beehive of activity when he
reaches here. If all the various pro
grams are carried out In their entirety
be will have to stop here five days In
stead of as many hours.
The London Spectator insists that
President RooRevelt should accept an
other term. Mr. Taft. Mr. Fairbanks,
Mr. Cortelyou. et al., may not be ex
pected to cancel their subscriptions to
the Spectator. 1
Poor I.o mm n Unekstop.
St. Ivouls Globe-Democrat.
One of the alleged nature fakers brings
In an Indian to back up a disputed state
ment. The white man's burden has in-
creased since his veracity was attacked.
Jewellesa Consistency.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Former President Cleveland denounces
hunters who shoot animals merely for tho
sake of killing them. What about the man
who fishes merely for the sake of getting
bites T
' Merer brom
Brooklyn Eagle.
"Ten years ago the woods were full of
popular republicans. Today there Is only
ono" Is a Bryan epigram. But the shadow
of that one never grows less, and the name
of tho shadow Is Taft.
Per Capita fiction.
Washington Post.
The announcement that the per capita
wealth of the country Is now $1,S10 does
not lessen the troubles of the young men
who hav to hock their winter overcoats
In order to get openwork socks.
Tim for Conversation. ' -
Pittsburg Plapateh.
President Roorevett's advocacy of an
eight-hour day for wives Is thought to in
clude that limitation on the talking per
formance. This would give heaas of fami
lies enlarged time to listen to tho president.
Vaulting; Meat Prices.
Wall Street Journal.
In. the old nursery' rhyme, "the cow
jumped over the moon," but If meat prices
keep on going up the whole edible animal
tribe, from the calf to the caribou, will no
longer be content with -moon-vaulting, but
will Jump the aun and the stars as well.
Treatment of Cancer.
Springfield Republican.
A distinguished' dprman authority. Prof.
Von Iyden, has Just come out In support
of the trypsin treatment for cancer, which
has for the last year aroused so much dis
cussion. He declares positively that the
malignant growths so treated disappear and
do not return, and 'some of his followers
have been publishing papers In Berlin In
which their experiments are described. If
this Is borne out by further tests It will,
of course, revolutionize the treatment of
cancer.
Profitless Dlseuaslon.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
It would have been better If the discus
sion between the president and an accom
plished writer of animal stories had never
taken place. It has produced hard feelings.
Every kind-hearted person Is Interested In
stories attributing a degree of Intelligence
to animals, but' there is a point at which
sentiment should stop. Aesop's Fables have
been pleasing and educating to thousands
of children' and grown people, but they
were always presented with the under
standing that they were symbolic.
UauinliiHV Part of Trust History.
Philadelphia Record.
In the government's suit against the
Standard Oil company to hare It declared
an Illegal combination, which suit Is pend
ing In the federal court at St. Paul, an
attempt was made to strike out of the
bill all allegations of acts of conspiracy
antedating the enactment of the Sherman
law. A very considerable and. perhaps, the
most damning part of the history of this
first and greatest of the trusts would thus
have been eliminated from the case. The
attempt failed; and the denial of the mo
tion to strike out was Just. There Is no
question here of an ex post facto law; the
crime of the Standard.- though conceived
and partly carried out before the enact
ment, has been a continuous and persis
tent one. It Is all of a piece.
ATTACKI NG THE t'OAl, COM DIMS
Meanest of Modern Trusts Called
Into Court.
Kansas City Times.
The most selfish, sordid and oppressive
trusts are those that control and arbl-
trarlly Increase the cost of foods and I
fuels. Among these are the several Coal
trusts, the most powerful and oppressive
of which is that which affects the anthra
cite business, controlling W rer cent of
the deposits, 75 per cent of the output and
76 per cent of the transportation. This
trust is made up of ciutl owning railroads
In the eart, and the suit riled in the United
States circuit court at Philadelphia Is for
the purpose of breaking up the combina
tion nnd annulling the mergers under which
these roads have destroyed competition In
their territory.
This action by the Department of Justlc
is In keeping with the general law-enforcement
plans of the administration and the
particular policy of enunciating the neces
sities of llf from the onerous, burdens
Imposed by the trusts. The president has
taken an especial Interest In the conserva
tion and regulation of the nation's coal sup
ply. A little less than a year ago he tem
porarily, withdrew all coal-bearing lands of
the publlo domain from disposal aod asked
for legislation under which the government
should be able to retain the fee title to
these land and lease the mineral fuel
rights under strict government regulation.
It Is his firm belief that the government
should give no more fee titles to private
owners for lands bearing mineral fuels, but
should retain these lands In perpetuity, or
until their fuel supplies shall have been
exhausted under government leases. He
has not yet had the legislation asked for,
but he believes be will get It. In the mean
time he Is doing his utmest to enforce the
bll trust laws against the fuel roonooolles
FACTS) ASOl'T TMH FLAG.
Official
History ef the
Stars and
P tripes.
Exactly one hundred and thirty years
ago today the Star and Stripes wer
designated by the congress the emblem of
the republic. The only difference between
the flag of 1907 and the flag of 1777 Is the
Increase In the number of stars In the
field of blue, corresponding to the number
of states In the union. Previous to thol
adoption of this flag the different colonies
had used flags of their own. The neces-
slty of a common national flag was recog-
...:u. nowrver, eany in mi, ana congress
delegated to a committee authority "
to de -
sign a suitable flag for the nation." Ac
cordingly General Washington and Robert
Morris called upon Mrs. Betsy Rons, In
her little home In Arch street, Philadel
phia, and requested her to make a flag
from a design rondo by Oeneral Washing
ton. Betsy Ross was an old Quaker
woman, the widow of John Ross. She was
a dressmaker and Washington had em
ployed her, and, therefore, when the ques
tion of the flag came up thought of her as
the proper person to make U.
The design proposed by Washington
(which was made under directions of con
gress) had six-pointed stars arranged In
a circle. Betsy Ross suggested that a
flve-polnted star should be adopted as being
much easier to make. Her suggestion was
accepted by the committee and the flag she
made was adopted by the congress on June
14, 1777. tTnder a resolution of
Betsy Ross received 14 ls id
congress i
for flags
made for the fleet in the Delaware river.
Afterward the contract "to mako all the
government flags was awarded to her.
A bulletin Issued from the War depart
ment a few years ago gives the following
facts about the origin of the flag:
The American congress. In session at
Philadelphia, established by Its resolution
of June 14, 1T77, a national flag for the
tTnlted States of America. The resolution
was as follows:
"Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes, alternate
rea ana wiute; that the union be thirteen
stars, wiute in a blue field, representing
new i-unnieiiauon.
Although nearly a year previous, July 4,
1776, these thirteen Vnlted States had been
declared Independent, this resolution Is the
first legislative action recorded relating to
a national flag for the now sovereignty.
ino uiie oi xnirteen stripes was not a
new feature, as they had been Introduced
(In alternate white and blue) on the upper
left-hand comer of a standard presented
to ths Philadelphia Ught Horse by Its
captain In the early part of 1775, and.
moreover, the union flag of the thirteen
united colonies raised at Washington's
headquarters, at Cambridge, January 2,
1776, had the thirteen stripes Just as they
are this day, but it also had the crosses of
St. George and St, Andrew on a blue
ground In the corner. There is no satis
factory evidence, however, that any flag
bearing the union of stars had been In
public use before the resolution of June,
1777.
It Is not known to whom the credit of
designing the Stars and Stripes Is due. It
Is claimed that a Mrs. John Ross, an up
holsterer who resided on Arch street, Phil
adelphia, was the maker of the first flag
combining the stars and stripes. Her de
scendants assert that a committee yf con
gress, accompanied by Oeneral Washing
ton, who was In Philadelphia In June, 1778,
called upon Mrs. Ross and engaged her to
make the flag . from a rough drawing,
which, at. her suggestion, was redrawn by
Oeneral Washington In pencil In her bacli
parlor, and the flag thus designed was
adopted by congress.
Although the resolution establishing thet
flag was not officially promulgated by the
secretary, of congress until September S,
1777, 'It seems well authenticated that'tlfe
Stars and Stripes were carried at the bat
tle of the Brandywine, September 11, 1777,
and thenceforward during all the battles
of the revolution.
The flag remained unchanged for about
eighteen years after Its adoption. By this
time two more states, Vermont and Ken
tucky, had been admitted to the union,
and on January 13, 1794, congress enacted
that from and after May 1, 17tt, the flag
of the t'nlted States be fifteen stripes, al
ternate red and white, that the union be
fifteen stars, white In a blue field.
This flag was the national banner from
1796 to 3"il8, during which period occurred
the war of 1X12 with Great Britain. By
1R18 five additional states, Tennessee, OMo,
Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi," had
been admitted into the union and therefore
a further change In the flag seemed to be
rqulred. After considerable discussion In
congress on tho subject the act of April 4,
181S, was passed, which provided:
"First That from and after the 4th day
of July next the flag of the United States
be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red
and white: that the union have twenty
stars, white 1 a blue field.
"Second That on the admission of every
new state Into the union one Mar be added
to the union of the flag and that such addi
tion shall take effect on the 4th dny of
July next succeeding such admission."
The return to the thirteen stripes of the
1777 flag was due In a measure to a rever
ence for the standard of the revolution.
but It was also due to the fact that a fur
ther Increase of the number of stripes
would have made the width of the flag out
of proportion to its length unless the stripes
were narrowed and this would have Im
paired their distinctness when see from a
distance.
No act has since been passed by congress
altering this feature of the flag, and It ia
the same h originally adopted, except as I
to the numix-r of stars In its union. In the
war with Mexico the national flag bore
twenty-nine stars In Its union, during the
late civil war thirty-five, and now forty
five star. In ono of the acts of congress
relating to the Hug has the manner of ar
ranging the stars been prescribe. 1, and In
consequence there has been a lack of unl-
formlty in the matter, and flags In use of
the public generully may be seen with the
stars arranged In various ways.
The early custom was to Insert the stars
In parallel rows across the blue flehl. and
this custom has. It la believed, boou ob
served. In the navy at least, since IMS, at
which time the president ordered the stars
to be, arranged lu suoh a manner on the
national flag used In the navy. In the
army, too. It la believed the stars have al
ways been arranged lr. horizontal rows
across the blue field, but not always lu
vertical rows; the effect, however, being
about the same as In the naval flag.
Hereafter there will be no difference In
the arrangement between th army and the
navy, as an agreement has been arrived at
between the War and Navy departments
on the subject.
The national flags hoisted at camps or
forts are made of bunting of American
manufacture. They are of the following
three sizes: The storm and recruiting flag,
eight feet rn length by four feet two Inches
in width; the post flag measuring twenty
feet In length by ten feet In width; the
garrison fiug, measuring thirty-six feet In
length by twenty feet In width (this flag
Is hoisted only on holidays and greuk occa
sions). The union is or.e-thlrd of the
length of the flag, and extends to the lower
edge of the fourth red stripe from the top
The national colors carried by regiments
of Infantry and artillery and the battalion
of engineers, on parade or In battle, are
made tit silk, aud are six fct si Uwhss
A Few
Piano
PIANO buying may he either a pleasuie
or an annoyance. It ic a pleasure wh-n
you can rely upon the word or the ni"r
chant to l the truth, the whole truth and
nrtthlma K i , K a... at. a 1 - .
i T you InstlnrtlvHy doiih" xhi
veracity of the dealer and feel that his
?rly,a"1!r" ' to m,,cn '"
: Always the aim of the Hosoe store ban
ieen to make piano buying a memornMe
pleasure. Uur salesmen have been i ln. n
and tralnoil with that end In view, and
we have beautiful display rooms In wh!ch
the visitor may inspect Our goods lvls
urelr and conveniently.
We appreciate that Piano buying Is not
a task that can b passed off lightlv. We
appreciate thot every purchaser wants nil
the Information he can get before mak
ing a selection.
Satisfaction cannot be obtained any
other way and the Hoape store not only
wishes, but encourages their visitors to
make a complete Investigation and In
spection of our good.
A. HOSPE C0.(
Bend for Catalogue and Prices,
long and six feet wide and mounted on
staffs. The field of the colors Is thirty-one
Inches In length and extends to the lower
etWe of th fmirtli tH r. from thu ton.
Tne lBeB of the fl ugwl n th Brlnjr ,n,i
navy are Mot fixed by law, but are pre
scribed bj army and navy regulations.
PEIHONAI, .NOTES.
Instead of being her husband's better half
Mrs. Gould would be satisfied with one
fourth of his Income.
William Waldorf Astor has divided JG0,
000 among four London charities for the
care of homeless and destitute children.
A man who blew Japanese snuff at a
crowd In St. Louis got killed by the vigor
of the remonstrance, utterly spoiling the
Joke for him.
"Stop smoking!" was the terse prescrip
tion for which a Chicago physician collected
a fee of $6,000 the largest price ever paid
for such a minimum of medical advice.
.Victor Herbert, who has been commis
sioned by Oscar Hammersteln to write a
grand opera with an American theme. Is
now at work on this theme, which wilt be
founded on an Indian legend, at Lake
Placid. New York.
Newport, at the opening of the summer
season, receives sound advice from a New
York clergyman concerning the wealthy
cottagers. Don't antagonlae or harm them,
he says, but uplift them. The time has
come, when the poor rich might appreciate
a little sympathy.
In the city of Springfield, Mass., Is a
private art collection which Is the largest
and most varied owned by any one person
In this country. It Is the property of G.
W. V. Smith, who has spent over fifty
years getting It together, and It is ranked
with the New York Metropolitan museum
and the Wallace Museum of London. Mr.
Smith has loaned hi collection to the city
of Springfield and Intends to make the
pictures eventually' the property of the
citizens.
The Limit In Trusts.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The trusts have been permitted by a long
suffering people to continue for many years
In their mad career. One by one we have
seen the things we like and the things
we need cornered by these octopuses and
removed from the reach of our pocketbook.
But when the heartless monsters attempt
to rob ua of our sauer kraut they have
taken a sten too far. The, Indignant pop.
ulace stands ready to rise Jn wrath and
smite this latest aggregation of corporate
greed and It were well for Its promoters
If they reconsidered their scheme before It
Is too late and the wrath of the sovereign
people has descended upon them.
Pre-IeveMory Sale
N JULY 1ST we take our semi-annual in
ventory and we have quite a few broken
lines of suits and coat and pant suits
(303 all told) in sizes from 34 to 50, which
we wish to clean out before we take stock.
"We have placed them all on one table
and will sell them Friday and Saturday
for one price
These suits sold from $15.00 to $25.00 most of
them are $20.00 and $25.00 suits.
They are made in all the well known fabrics
worsteds, tweeds, cheviots, serges, etc., and the styles
and workmanship are examples of tho highest art in
tailoring (our label insures that).
In colorings they are mostly in tho gray mixtures
which are so much worn this season, but there are
some plain blues and dark mixtures among them.
Here is a scale of the sizes:
Sizes 3-.-35-3G-37-38-39-404244-4G-48-50
Number 34-31-41-7-33-17-27-47-21-10- 8- 7303 suits
Kemember Friday and Saturday these suits will
be sold for
00S
Bi'p wiring, Ming & Co
. E. S. WILCOX, Manager.
Words oh
uying
A Piano which will notbear a cl,-M
scrutiny. Its price considered, la tint
worthy of a place In our store. Wo handU
none such.
Being both the sought and the sekr
In our relations with the manufacturers
we have, of course, elected to represent
only those who produce tho best gooH.
The fuct that we are the largest llnno
establishment In the west la the cause of
our ability to choose what and where we
will In the Piano world.
Close study of the economies of th
Piano business and a sincere desire to il
ways deal fairly and squarely enables us
to offer tho lowest prices In the United
(Mates. On every piano In our storo we
have hut one price and all alike. Com.
missions we know to be a cause of hUU
prices. Therefore we do not give them.
Come In and see ua. You will like ua.
512 Douglas Street
We do Expert Tuning and Repairing.
L1.XE9 TO A SMILE.
"There won't be a scrap of evidence te
convict you about that fight. "
"I don't see how you make that out,
when It will all be evidence of a scrap,"
Baltimore American.
"I have known women all my life," re
marked the philosophical boarder: "and
the more I know them the less I know
them."
He knew them well enough, however, not
to let the landlady hear him. Chicago
Tribune.
"Do you keep good, honest goods here?"
aaked the fussy old man In the cafe.
"Well, sir," responded the waiter, "the
whisky's straight, all right, but, to be
candid with you, I think the pretxels are
crooked." Cleveland Leader.
"Why do you Insist that you will not be
a candidate?"
"Because," answered the wise statesman,
"anybody who has studied human nature
knows that people are most likely to want
what they think they can't have." Wash
ington Star.
Oayman Yes,
innocent young
I spent two years of my
life down In southwest
l ex as.
Oldboy 8o that's where you left your In.
noeent young life, la It? Philadelphia
Press.
"Experience," said I'ncle Bben, ''Is a
good teacher, but folks dat keeps on a-goln
to her school la mos'ly mighty dumb schol
ars." Washington Star.
FLAQ DAY.
W. D. Nesblt,
Lift ye a banner; and bare the head, and
Joy In each curving fold,
Watching the blue and the white and red
all honeat and brave and bold-
Knowing the faith of the noble dead who
gave us this flag to hold.
It Is a pillar of cloud by day and pillar of
fire by night;
Catching the gleam of the nun's first ray,
full glorious In the light;
Guiding the nation along Its way the red
and the blue and white.
Knowing the blessings of hope and peace
for aye In Its strands are stored
Minding the way that It gave release to
war guns that blared and roared;
Knowing the bugles will never cease to
sing with the ringing sword;
Knowing there never may be a spot on
stripe or on blazing star
Lest from the throat there will chorus hot
the shout that will sweep afar
Knowing it Is but the living thought of all
that we were and are.
Honor the white and the blue and red the
white Is the purpose pure.
The red Is the blood that was freely shed
that ever we might endure.
The blue Is the heaven which overhead '
i smllBSi down oh the lOunscienco -sure. "::!
Lift ye a banner and wave It high, and give
it the homage due!
Hold It a beruson In the sky a blessing for
me and you.
Lift ye a banner that will not die the red
and the white and blue!
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