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The National tribune., 1893-06-15

ii. Westmoreland County.-12 Bucks of America
IL. First Flag of South Carolina.
are arranged in six straight lines. the upper
and lower one containing eight stars and the
remaining four seven.
The American flag now floats over every
Government building in the land, in accord
ance with an act of Congress passed within q
few years 1t will not be long before it will
be floating over every schoolhouse, public and
parocbial if the ceaseless efforts of certain bodies
of our patriotic citizens continue. In many
schools the privilege of raising the flag each
morning and lowering it at the close of the
day is given to the scholar who stands highest
in certain branches, and the consequence is an
additional stimulus toward good work in the
class.
The sentiment of respect for the American
flag and what it means is well worth foster
ing. With the heterogeneous masses of new
peoples coming to our country every day, and
the children Of these aliens constantly adding
to the attendance upon our schools, it is an
essential thing that the latter be taught pat
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FoRD's THEATER AFTER THE COLLAPSE.

she carts, and each load was taken and dumped
on the street. There was much danger to the
rescuing gangs, for the edges of the fallen floors
hung threateningly downward over tho heads
of the workers. 1t seemed that little progress
could be made in clearing away the immense
mass of fallen rubbish, but the work, neverthe-
less, progressed rapidly. and by o'clock in the
evening the debris had been gone through and
all the victims removed.
When the wreckage had been cleared away
it was then known that the number Of dead
was %, while the list of injured, some prob
The National tribune., 1893-06-15
F0RD'S TBEATER
Terrible Disaster In Notorious
Building.

With crash and a grinding roar section
of the three floors of the old Ford's Theater
building in Washington, D. c., fell through to
the cellar about 10 o'clock Friday morning.
The building was occupied by 500 clerks of the
Record and Pension Division of the War De
partment, and the sections of the three floors
which gave way were occupied by $50 clerks, a
score of these being killed and the remainder
more or less severely injured.
Men who were in the building say the crash
came without warning. Those on the top floor
were suddenly thrown to the floor below, aud
the weight of falling timber and furniture
broke down the second and first floors. For
tunately only the forward half of the floors
gave way. The outer ends OF the floors and
the rear part of the structure remained intact.
The walls did not fall. though badly cracked.
A general fire alarm was tufhed in few
minutes after the crash, and then all the am
balances in the city were summoned. As
quickly as possible the police and fremen
formed reserve brigade and ready hands as
sisted them to take ont the killed and
wounded. In less than an hour about % persons
had been taken out, and every few minutes
thereafter some still form would be borne on a
The National tribune., 1893-06-15

J. Privateer Pennant.-14. Mrs. Ross's Flag.-15.
PulaskPs Banner.
dition of the motto word Liberty" across the
lower edge The Beaver flag of New York was
yellow banner with brown beaver in the
middle of it. The Linked Hand flag of the
Newburyport (Mass.) company was peculiar.
Its field was a combination of light and dark
blue and olive green was the body color of the
flag. 1t was carried from IT'S TO 1888.
The Westmoreland County flag was one of
the flags which bore the motto Don't Tread
on Ne" with snake coiled above il, all on
blue fly, and red, white and blue field of bars
The flag of the First Rife Regiment of Pennsyl-
Tania was known as the Hunter and Panther
hsg and its colors were olive-green for the fly,
and red and yellow for the remainder. The
Bucks CT America flag bore on body color of
yellow, the design of stag and pine tree.
The flag of the Culpepper minute men bore the
motto Liberty or Death; Don't Tread on Me, !"
with coiled snake on a white background.
The Liberty Tree flag consisted of the words
Liberty Tree" above q green pine tree and
the words below IAN Appeal to God" all on a
white field, banded on the upper and lower
edges with dark blue
The flag Of the Washington Life Guard bore
the motto Conquer or Die" Figures on it
represented Liberty giving a banner to a cav
alryman, who stood beside his horse. The
Cambridge flag consisted of alternated red and
white stripes for the Fly, and 8 blue field with
red aud white bands arranged like the colors of
King George. The Rhode Island State Troop
nag bore blue anchor with crown and the
The National tribune., 1893-06-15

riotism first and foremost In certain schools
In New York, notably those attended by the
children of the poor Of all nationalties, tho
flag exercise" is made principal of the days
lessons Trained as these children are being
trained. some of them from the age OF four or
six years, in an exercise in which the display
of the American flag is the chief part, and
taught to repeat the motto lone language,
one country, one fag," and later on the sig
niicance of what they do and say drilled into
their more receptive minds. it would be strange
if, whatever their parentage, the vast majority
do not all become embued with healthy rev.
erence for the flag of this country and be-
come through this influence more than any
thing else. good American citizens. Respect
for the Star Spangled Banner is the essence
of patriotism.
The following stirring lines from the pen OF
I. j. Grove, of Detroit Mich, aptly carry out
the watchword:
FLAG on EVERY sCHooLHoUsE
Raise the flag ev'ry schoolhouse; let it fioai
upon the breeze;
Sing aloud the "Spangled Banner" as Il rises Ger
the trees.
Tell the children all it's story on the land and or
the sea-
That its pet names are "old Glory" and 18th.
Banner of the Free;
martyrs shed
That we might live in freedoms land after the,
were with the deadi
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stretcher from the building. Police and Army
ambulances, cabs, carriages and vehicles of
every description were pressed into service for
carrying the dead and injured to the hospitals.
The Commissioners of the District Of Columbia
took possession of the building and vicinity in
person and helped direct the police and the
rescuers. Owing to excellent police regulations
the rescuers were not hndered in their work
by the an xious crowds, and it was not long be
fore the debris had been cleared away to such
an extent that the work of rescue could be
carried on without hindrance
Those who were early on the scene found the
body of colored man in the alley in the rear
of the building where John Wilkes Booth had
his horse tethered the night he killed President
Lincoln. This was George M. Arnold, we'll
known colored clerk, and a prominent Grand
Army man. He jumped from third-story
window.
Both the military and naval authorities took
prompt action. Gen. Schofeld ordered two
troops of cavalry from Fort Myer, just across
the river, and two companies OF infantry from
the Arsenal to the scene Of the disaster. The
Secretary of the Navy ordered out all the naval
medical officers stationed here. and also opened
The National tribune., 1893-06-15
Important Pension Order,

Judge Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions,
with the approval Of Secretary Hoke Smith, has
issued an important order as to adjudicating
and fixing rates of pension under the act of
June q, 1890.
A claim for pension under the second section
of the act of June 81, 1890, can only be allowed
upon proof of mental or physical disability of a
permanent character, not the result of the
claimants own vicious habits, incapacitating
him from the performance Of manual labor in
such degree as to render him unable to earn
a support.
No specific injury or disability can, as such,
have pensionable rating under that act nor
be considered otherwise than az it affects the
capacity of the claimant to perform ordinary
manual labor.
Proof that the disability is not the result oil
the claimants own vicious habits is requisite.
To give the claimant pensionable status under
this act the disability must be such as to in.
capacitate him from the performance of manual
labor In such degree as to render him unable
to earn q support; yet the act recognizes differ
| ences in the degree of such pensionable dis.
ability, giving SIP per month in case of the
| greatest, and Sc per month in case of the Lowest
degree of such pensionable disability rendering
| the claimant unable to earn support by man.
| ual labor
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port Company.
word Hope across the crown, above 1t, all on
white field; there was q union consisting of a
blue field and l3 stars arranged in three rows
The Pulaski banner was colored orange banded
with yellow, and on it was the motto, mon
Alias Regit."
John Adams, the Puritan. was the master
spirit of the commission appointed early in
June, III, by the Continental Congress, then
10 session in Philadelphia, to prepare and
submit design for National emblem. The
committee made it's report after many days
consultation. and its recommendations, which
were enacted and approved, were:
Resolved. That the flag Of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white
that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue
held. representing new constellation.
That the number Is has proved not un-
lucky one for the American people is obvious.
The 10 stripes were chosen TO represent the Is
States. The red, white, and blue adopted were
possibly the most beautiful combination oil
three coiors that could be made; and red being
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Reinstatad.

By Scotch verdict the impcached officials Of
Nebraska have been renstated, but they had
close call. The Supreme Court by vote of
two to one has declared Secretary of State Allen,
Attorney General Hastings, and Commissioner
of Public Lands and Buildings Humphrey in
nocent of the charges brought against them by
the Legislature.
The National tribune., 1893-06-15
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON O. THURSDAY JUNE 49, 1898

That its white our faith should strengthen that the
peoples cause 10 just
And no monarch e'er shall rule US but the God in
whom we srustt
That its blue for truth eternal like the sky
above,
Fer should keep us true and loyal. and our Ma
toms honor love;
It's stars shall Tighten all the world and must prove
to all who see
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Bradley. who introduced the bill, being from
the former State. 1t was a long time after this
that the flag of 1875 fioated, witnessing several
signal victories on our side during the troubles
of 1872 1t was not until Indiana was admitted
in 1916 that another committee was appointed
by Congress to make second change. Before
this committee Capt. Samuel Chester Reid.
whose naval CALAMITY had won for him hero's
need, proposed plan for the progressive al
iteration of the flag, which would make its
significance stronger than ever. His PROPOSE
tion was that the emblem be made up of 13
stripes, alternate red and white, and that an
additional star be placed in the blue field on
the Fourth of July following the birth of each
new State. Thus the stripes represented the
Is original States from which the United States
sprang, and the blue field with its stars, our
great country with its numerous States.
The first bill to this effect was laid on the
table, but on April 4, 1913, the law was ap-
proved by President Monroe And this is the
flag that floats to-day, altered only as indicated.
The admission of North Dakota South Dakota,
Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming
within the last few years has rspidly brought
the number of stars up to Al. The Union is
in the shape of square rectangle, and the stars
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House WHERE FIRST FLAG WAS MADE.
mid prairies broad and "Rockies'' wild--the
schoolhouse means the outlaws doom.
Keep the flag and school united far North, and
West, mid wealth untold
Up and down the grand Pacific, raise 1t high In
"land of gold"
Farther yet in isles of ocean. send the news DER
hill and crag,
Teach them worth alone Is royal, all are free be-
meath our flag;
Take them, our flag and school together tell them
these have freed the slave.
Tell them fame and honor open to the faithful and
the brave;
Cheer then beautiful banner, our country and
victories won,
Our schools our heroes. our eagle, cheer for our
many in one.'
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of valuable documents. A great deal of the
work of the Pension Office is dependent on
these records, and their value to the Govern
ment and to individuals is inestimable.
All the carts and workmen that could be
secured were pressed into service to clear away
the debris The workmen shoveled plaster,
brick, documents, and broken furniture into
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-05-01
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
DOWN THE vALGEY NOTES.
The school Trouble saAd to Have Beer Innseh in tlc Interest of InYNers

The School Trouble Sald to Have Been J Caused in the Interest of Lawyers. [, NAUGArucK, Sept. 22.-It is to be hoped that the school muddle that has been forced upon the Center school district, as many think for no other purpose than to enable some of our attorneys to collect a fiat fee, will soon be settled. Our board of school visitors is composed of four demo- crats, Dr. Futile. Patrick Brennan, George Andrews and John Breen, with two repub- icans, w. F. Rodenbach and A. H. Day ton. The examining committee is Dr. Futile, w. F. Rodenbach, Patrick Brennan and A. H. Dayton, all ranked among our very best citizens.
 There was very large attendance at the opera house last night to see Fife Ellsler in her new play, Doris" which' was a rich dramatic treat. On Saturday night Manager Hine will again present The Colonel and l." Those who enjoy clean play with laugh in every line should at tend.
 The scaffolding used to finish up the ceiling and dome at the public library building was taken down yesterday. Nor cross .E Co. will finish about December l.
 Fred Bayer was fined S7 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail on one charge yesterday for assaulting an officer, and S5 for intoxication. Alfred Anderson, for insulting ladies and indecent exposure, was fined S7 and costs on one and S5 on the other.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
Reid & Hughes New Goods at Bargain
 Prices.

25 Pieces Fancy Wool Dress Goods, 36 inches wide, at 25c 8 yard. assortment of colors, at sSc each, worth SIPS
 Ladies Cashmere Gloves, good quality, only 19c a pair.
 Good quality writing paper at 12Ic box.
 s- Assorted Tacks in one pound ackages at 5c each.
 Mems Natural Vol Shirts and Drawers a. 64c each, worth 75c.
 One case Ladies Corsets, extra lor.r waist. silk flos>ed and perfect fitting al 39 each.
 Mems Natural wool half hose at l7c a pair worth 25c.
 Stamped TraysCloths, hemstitch- ed, 10c each.
 One case of linen diaper at $l l9 q piece, worth Sl.
 A lot of children's GretchepA, new styles, all sizes. at s 50 each
 Latie>' diagonal Jackets. new goodS and stylish at S3 47 wort s5.
 50 Childreu's GosSam rS, sizes i to II years at 75c each.
 The above are all new goods ard cheap
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIES.
Record of Business in the state for the
 Past Week.

Record of Business in the state for the
 Past Week.
 The summary of the Weekly Record for the current week is as follows:
 Real estate sales-New Haven and West Haven I5 Bridgeport l5, Hartford and East Hartford r. Waterbury ,. Mcriden9 9. New Britain I, Middletown l, New Lon don 1 Danbury }, Norwalk i Ansonia l. Derby }. shelton 3, WilhmnntiC 1.
 Real estate mortgages Haven and West Haven S2S. .35O, Bridgeport S9,74o, Hartford and East Hartford S25.05u, Wat crhury SS. .O75 Mcriden S3,05o. New Brit ain SIS .4uO. Middletown S5. 74u, Norwich S5. 5,N. New London Si .309. Danhury Sll,- l32 Norwalk Si.725. Ansonia S4.60n, Derby TIP, shelton S2 .l40, Wilimantic $500
 The total number of sales this week is SS as compared with 60 for the preceding week and 136 for the corresponding week last year. The total of recorded mort gagrs is SPY .S23 against Sl71 ,669 the pre- ccding week. and SlS4.27 for the core spending week last year.
 For the corresponding week last year New Havan reported 90 sales. Bridgeport IS, Hartford :, Waterbury 13, Meriden 9. New Britain II. Middletown I, Norwich I, New London I. Danbury 6. Norwalk ,. Ansonia i. shelton l.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
EJiie ElIsIer in .Doris.r

Fife Ellsler is firmly established in the good graees of our theatre patrons, and it is needless for us to add, she isin every way worthy of their esteem. Her acting is force ful, sympathetic, in many instances. bril- liant, and more than all, wou>anly. In Doris, she is said to have role to put her dramatic powers to their greatest test. Doris, like her other other great plays is English in type but entirely unlike. Hazel hlrke, in every other respect. While as strongly dramatic and emotional. it has none of its somberness.
 The Reilly < Woods Big show.
 Supplementing the excellent vaudeville performance of the Reilly & Woods big show that appears at the Jacques opera house on Saturday night will be presented very novel feature in the shape of an eX- citing sparring contest between a boxing kangaroo and the champion Australian fighter, Tom Fully, who will give an exhi- bition of their skill by sparring three rounds in which the kangaroo worsts his antagonist invariably
 Poor Jonathan"
 Poor Jonathan" was given at the opera dience. Fred solomon sang and acted well as Jonathan; W. F. Rochester. as Tobias Quickly Was a good fun maker Madge Leasing. the soubrcttc and Drew , Donaldson, the prima donna, gave good satisfaction. In other respects the com pany was ordinary. The chorus was moi carefully trained and the orchestra wns simply mot in it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
CONLON BROS. Domestic Department. Commencing Wednesday Morning Sept. 2Oth.

of this city uiz
 Blankets $8, regular value $1 to S125O. Cofortables from 49c to $2 5oVaIue 75c and S5 so. o-4 Brown Sheetino 12 1-2c, regular 19c Bales Brown Sheetinos, 36in, 5 1-2c worth 7c. 9-4 Best Brown Sheetino, 18c, regular price, 25c. Crash dish toeno at 12c for 8c
 Glass ToweIno 1-2c good Value for Sc.
 Pieces beautiful patteru Pieces Turkey Red Oamask 19c biz for 4Oc. S15O, cheap from S1 to $25o.
 To offering Chenille Porteres from S3 toSO be duplicated exactly twice the price full line of Lace Curtains from 4oc S35O half Value. Sc.
 of Scarlet Medcated Flannel vh at of wor a soc per yard.
 Three Come See it. You always paid 8c
 Two cases of Best Indigo Calico at 5-84c always 8c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
WORLD OF. SPORTS.

George W. Knights Lee Hope won tho 2:3o race at Mcridcn yesterday in three straight heats
 The Mcridens came over this afternoon and went out to the West End grounds with the Acmcs. IL is hardly probable that game will be played, however.
 Roger Connor won the gold watch and chain awarded by vote la the most popular member of the New York team. Eddie Burke was second. Herman third. snd Ward fourth.
 Captain Bob Petit has added Pitcher Henry Grucher of the Troys to the Mrri- den team for the series with the Acm,s and he will pitch the game in Waterbury tO- morrow. Petit considers Grurhcr one of the very best pitchers in the Eastern league and feels certain of winning with him in the box. Lcahy will catch and Jimmy Donnclly. the Troys crank third hasrman. will be in that position, Petit going to second and slater going tn lytt field. Rogers will be on first and Thiys,n and Johnson in center and right MrriI,n Journal
 On account of thu recovery oG Catcher Zimmcr. the Cleveland cIUH Al~ given notice of rrl,as" tu GUu~ru. Pitcher, Hastings and Williams are ul>' to h, rv- leased.
 Pitcher Gcorgc IIaddock will have a chance to return to Washington his rlj love next season. Washington Iuoururl when he went away,and hr would be re- ceiVed with open arms.
 A I20-yard hnndicap will be ,,i,vn hy ,hy New Britain Handicap association at Evut- schlcr's park New Britain. Thur>lay, ne- tober l2 lN93. for priz,S divided ae fol- | lows: First S5u. second Slu. third >I, En- tries to be made to r. Ahcrp. r. u. E'N 35S New Britain. The asSNciation will give a scyrn-yard limit handicap "n tn, same day. entries for which will hrrvvri,r rj on day of race.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
VALKYRlE OR VIGILANT..
RACE FOR THE AMERICAS CUP

With the Volunteer, Valkyrie and VIGi-
 lnnt, tho Letter V Seems to Dc Much In
 Demand as B Mascot Among Yaohtsmen.
 Very High Priced Sport.
 - The letter V seems to be n magic one in the yachting world. In 1887 the swift Vol unteer defeated the Scotch yacht Thistle in a grand race for the America's cup and prevented the famous old trophy from be ing carried back to England. When Lord Dunraven, the plucky young Irish yachts man, challenged for the cup last fall, he apparently remembered the victorious V and named his yacht Nalkyrie. There were no strictly modern yachts in America at that time that could be utilized as cup defenders, but patriotic Yankee yachtsmen at once began planning for the fray. The result was that four new and strictly up to date yachts were built at a cost of at least S250,OOO. One was named the Pilgrim and another the Colonia, but the mascot that seemed to hover over such New England names and brought success to the Puritan and the Mayilower in 1885 and lSS6 was potent no longer apparently, for neither the Pilgrim nor the Colouia was fast enough.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
POLICE COURT.
An Italian Fined for Selling Liquor With
 |

An Italian Fined for Selling Liquor With
 out License.
 Iaviano. the Italian who was charged with selling liquor without d license on Pemberton street, was fined S25 and costs this morning. The two Italians who yes terday were brought in on capias testi- fled that they bought liquor from him. Nothing was done to them. as they were in the corridor of City hall yesterday, but did not think they had to go in until called.
 The case of Phil Silverthau, of New Haven, for selling jewelry and diamonds without license was adjourned until Thursday Everyone knows little Phil and likes him, but he must take out n license just the same. He is going to fight it, but the case looks dead against him.