The National tribune., 1907-04-11

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80 Iii ,,,,.;n,, ,r.s nnca 81. nro,arty
~ Gu pan;an,,n pntier h.. heen IN
E,riana $50 wnars isnd w., ,,sad in
tLa decoratinnv for the recention of az
pr.sidant go, 49, prirhfan IN 1877
.hI,hn,ah Sc Hr;oin so.an,s 70 indi-
cate some antiouitv the frat Americani
Stars onS Str;nss 10 dnIv 10 years old
II We ,nado a. tha o.rsIer NJ precident
r ,;ncoIn vhen he aiseovared that the
NaIionar aae wss ba;no made ahroad of
fore;pn nateriai THE President in
snected the material for the first home
made nap onIv three DAYS before his
a $50 ssjp,tion
..Tbe flag differs from the modern
pattern nv having ~ stripes and only
az stars. Of which ~ are arranged in a
that the relic win he boupbt for Amer
ica -
II does not seem, possible that this
flag can he in foreign hands Nor is II
likely that President Lincoln had the
flag made to order as suggested. No
bunting was made IN, the limited States
d,,tv of 40 nor cent. unon foreign bunt-
ing, which stimulated Rem Butler to
add bunting factory to his other hold
u 1865 Cen Butler presented to the
United states Senate n handsome flag
of bunting. much better in quality than
the foreign stufT used in making orr
flags mn to that time. and this flag was
raised above the Senate Chamber at
noon of that day the first flag "alI
American that ever fioated over the
United States CanitoI This flag was 21
feet fIv nv - feet hoist While M rec
ord Of the fate of This flag has been
kent If is more than nrobabIe that IL
Get, tiii ,yorn to rihhons and then went
into the dust bean as Cen RutIer couId
not have taken If back. or presented IL
to the President after it had been given
to the United States Senate 1t must be
some other ..Rutler, flag that 10 To he
auctioned over there
Archie Roosevelt is now able to he
out doors and to ride his wheel. The
LITTLE lad had a hard null of II for his
responded finely to the treatment and
it looks as though no seeds of the dis
ease are left 20 torment him in later
years.
The Senatorial situation in Rhode
Island remains i'm stain nuo. Some az
ballots have been taken.
Senator nf Montana
member of the Postal Commission an
pointed to consider the Question of bet
Ter business methods for the Postoffice
penartn,ent was in the CITY Last week
The Senator said II had been charged
thai the Money Order Department of the
Government loses 81. 900 Der day. While
the Commission had moi found this
charge substantiated. the Senator ex-
pressed the oninion that undouhtedIv
bureaus Of the pnstaI service that ought
There is n nroposition for the an
Monument of Director Of Posts who
is to hold his nosition jrrespective Of
any changes in the Office of the POST
which tho Senator adj
mitted had some merit The Commits
sion will consider the tpropriety of rec
the creation of sucb an
Office. iT'so
IL Il
On the reouest. ofo the Territorial
Board of immipratop- of Hawaii tbe
DEPARTMENT of COMMERCE and I,ahor
has detailed Inspector Hendrick. of the
Bureau of Immierafjo,, tn .nroceed 10
Madeira to .cconna n.nssns-ai hnndrs5
snans,, immiprantr from snain To How
oluIu on beard the steamer Kumeric
II will be Insnector HSn6rick.s duty tn
see that the immigrants ase we'll treat
ed and pronerIy fed -
The steamer HeIionoJjs from cardifY
Wales. sailed for Spain a3monfh ago to
take on 9. 600 Spaniafds-- wha arc tn 90
TO the Hawaiian Islands
is cncour "a eine in every nroI,er wav the
immigration to the Islands of Spanish
peopie. Large numbers of them already
have arrived I'm the island and MANY
thousands more are expected to reach
Honolulu i'm the fext SIX months -
One of The reforms inauour.ted in
the Division Of Sunnlies of the Postof-
flee. Denartmenf since that Division was
placed under the supervision of Assist
notification of Postmasters thruont the
country to order supplies for their offlces
in sufficient auautity Ia serve for one
wear There lad been nrevious,v a ract
of uniformity i'm tbis resnect Pos,mas-
tiers sending I'm renuisitions at irrep,Iar
intervals for varying amounts of SIN
Mics rbie. causad consitara hIa conf,,-
sion and entailed a great amonnt of nm.
necessary wnrI; in the DivtsIon of Sun-
nfjes
AZ a resu,t of the pew ins+ructfons
inward NJ ~ oftf, r.r,,ystfIona have hasy,
received from postmasters most NJ
theyr nrderine n vearss s,,nn,,, rhjs
Iare. inffux az order. has ,arsad tho a..
visior 10 f.II considarahiv, IN arrear. =,
tba matter ~ GiIing ren,ys;t,ons thar1
beIng now a bout Iesoo ,,naIi.d reon,s,-
tions on hand
IS =. :
The ac,tpo Sacrst.r ~ u,r no. ..
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