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Jnwwt.'.'..' ., rynrrmTflt5r PRIIT 27)597 I?TTirT!SSI23!5Sfl(fll w WAITED! Everybody to examine the nns and standing of the Un ion Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, before insuring. It has the lowest continuous death rate of any company. Realizes the highest rate of interest on in vested assets which enables it to pay large dividends. Policies incontestibe n n d non -forfeitable after third year. The Union Central issues endowment policies at ordi nary life rates; these policies are now maturing and being paid in from one to two years earlier than time estimated by the company. They protect the family and estate during the younger years of life, and the insured in old age at regu lar life rates. Other desirable policies issued. 3 Call on us or write for plans. J2 "! C3 ZM J M- RDSUSTQtf, Mat Apent.ZZS C3 0. L. MKSHWR, Ant. State Agent." T3iO.'TrVUMPBfrLr, Vity tSottcUor. I Room 23 llurr Iloolc,T3 ' " "" LINCOLN, NEB. Leaders in Photography. f(EU ff5 5tudio5. Wc mak pcclnlty of the celebrated BROMIDE Life sized picture nnil liirnUtVthc Illicit work at low cut prices. Beat Cabinets $3.00 Elegant line o( Picture Triune In stock and made to order. Call and ce tit. H. W. KBLLEY & CO. 101G O Street. LINCOLN, NEU Monarch of the Dailies! Omaha Bee! Delivered to any part of the city for 20 cents a week, every day in the year Leave sub scriptions at Lincoln bureau, I027 P street. FINE : ART : STUDIO 1 a 14 O street xarplne samples of our work before ordering elsewhere. Cabinet Photograph reduced from Si to 3 per don Drayage and Koving OLIVER MAGGARD Desire to Inform the public that hi equip ment for moving Household Good,Planot Safe, Marchandisc, Heavy Machinery etc., Is the best In the city. Special men and wagons are kest for the removal 0 Pianos and Household Goods, Which are always handled by competant and experienced help, and the latest appll. ances used for handling Safes and othei heavy good. Call, address or telephone OLIVER MAGGARD Telephone in 917 O t. HARGREAYEU BROS., r. 1 .11 75 Strce- Wholesale Grocers, Fruit, Produce and Commission Merchants SE. MOORE, . 103J O Street Dealer and Jobber In Will Pip. Lace Curtains. Shade,and Interior Deco- t&fcimcfen BITS OF 0UII10US HISTORY. HOW THE CITV OF WASHINGTON WA9 FOUNDED. Tim Pntplirtlf r.)n of (Iih I'iiIIiit of III Country -1 tin ilriilu of l.'i:nfiiiil, Who llculnnril (h CM) A Olt'liiiilcil Scpmlb. Iilr llr lliirm. HmvIaI Oomapondctico.) Wahiii.mito.n, April 25. Nowlioro la thn liaiiut of WiiHhiugtoii held In dcior rovcti'iico tlinii lioin In the- rYilcrnl city. If WiiNlilngton wns tho fattier of his country the Hynonyitm of nuti'i nullum inll nlciiiitcly lo ox pi est I1I0 relation ulilp to tin1 vapltul. It wn WiiHlilngtoii who concolvi'il tho city, mlcctoil tho bIIo, bccuiciI tegUlntlro location of tho neat of govartimeiit, and Ixiro tho brunt of tho burden of not ting tho Rtrlplltig capital upon Its foot. Tho story of Washington tho limn niul Washington tho city In well told In history ami yet not well known to tho Hopla It In a story worth telling ngnin and again, ami of cno clal tlmvllneiM Just now when tho great accomplishment!! of tho first president nro receiving so much nttcntiou, When drat Inaugurated president a hundred yours ngo Washington wan busy with his plans for tho creation of n groat national city on tho shores of his Iwlorcd Poto mac, Washington was In this ns In many other mnttcran long ways ahead of his times. Tho nlto of tho present capi tal city had been scon by him nnd had won his admiration, many years before, Whon n inero boy ho saw It whllo riding tho country on horseback, nnd spoko of It when ns n young olllccr ho camped with Dnuldock on tho hill wltcro stands tho National observatory, within the limits of tho present city. Then thcro was nothing hero but wooded slopes partly tilled by two or threo farmers. On tho hill tops was an almost unbroken thicket of scrub oaks, and tho lowlands w'oro covered with underbrush of nldor; but Iwtweon tho broad Potomno nnd tho bluds, n mllo nnd n half away, and tho heights of Rock creek at Georgetown and of tho Eastern branch, II vo tulles apart, thcro lay nu amphitheatre of bucIi gcntlo slopes and useful lovels that tho oyo of tho young surveyor wns quickly attracted to It. Washington, always morn of a merchant and engineer than artist, had thought of n great com mercial city hero, with tho imvlg ablo Potomac, reaching to tho sea. to help It in tho rnco for suprem acy. It was In this spirit that ho had Rurvoyed tho route, of a canal from tho Potomno to tho Youghlogheny, de signed to connect tho Atlantic with tho Ohio nt PlttHburg. Of a company or ganised to build such n canal ho after ward became president. And J et It is possible that oven nt thnt early day ho foresaw tho destiny of his country, nnd felt siiro it would hoiuo tlmo reijuiro a capital. If ho did not dieniu of Inde pendence, ho surely looked forward to local autonomy and tho need of u sent of government. Tho slto of this city ho often passed on his way to and from Georgetown, nnd Inter, when occupied with public cares, whllo en route from Philadelphia nnd Now York to hH homo at Mount Vernon. It is a curious fact that for generations tho Indiana used tho Blto of this city us n meotiug place, hold ing hero many council fires. Of theso great "talks" traditions survived nil through Washington's life, and this legislntivo and governmental use of tho ground by tho aborigines may havo sug gested to Washington a slinilnr uso by tho now posscRsois of tho soil. However this may havo been, It Is cor tain that Washington wns the llrat and foremost champion of tho location of tho national capital on tho shores of tho Potomno, For eight or ten years a bitter contest wns waged In congress over tho selection of n slto for tho capital of tho young republic, Theio were many rival aspirants for the honor, nnd oven at that early day sectional jealousies weio strong. Now England nnd Now York wore afraid tho south might gnlu undno advantage over them. Tho judgment of congress often changed, and as its favor shifted from nlto to site now tho Susquehanna, then the falls of the Dela ware, again tho Potomac, and later (J or mantown tho country was thrown Into a turmoil of conflicting opinion ami in terests. At one tlmo a bill passed both houses of congress locating the capital at Gcrmantown, now a subutbof Phila delphia, but somo delay ensuing, recon sideration was had and Ucrmnntown lost her golden opportunity. So bitter be came the contest that It wns feared tho republic, ns yet none too Btrongly welded, would bo shattered ero ix settlement was reached. All this tlmo Washington fa vored tho Potomnc, as Ids correspondence shows, and wns loth to abandon the project which had occupied his attention for many years, but ho modestly ro fralued from lining his great iufluenco in any active manner. ,At this juncture another contention arose and threatened tho stability of the republic. It was, curiously enough, a' public mensuro similar to tho direct tax refunding bill, which President Clovo land vetoed n few months ngo. In car rying on the war of independenco tho Now England and northern states hud contracted large debts, which they now wished tho government to assume, Tho south, having 110 such obligations, or, if any, of smaller sums, naturally pro tested. Secession was threatened by both sides, so high did tho feeling run. This danger was averted by a bottlo of wine nnd u good dinner, just as bottles in wine nnd good dinners occasionally exert great (ullueiico upon th legislation and KIItli'H r this day. Hamilton und JefTeaou lu-ddeutully metvln front of the president!) houho in Philadelphia and engaged In conversation about tho re funding meuMiio und capital project, for half an hour they walked up and down together, nnd next day met at dinner In JelTcrbon'd house, having for company several of tho promi nent men of both north and soutlu Hamilton, taking the initiutlvo, ox pressed the opinion that tho men of the north would bo willing to let ilm capital go to the Potomac If tho men of tho south would consent to pas sage of the debt assumption act. This suggestion foracomprombo wns happily received, ti ml the prosperity of tho Union nnd of the futuio capital on tho Potomac was di link by all present before tho com pany disponed, It thus appears that the north sold tho capital for tho pi Ice of Its state debt, n bargain which the south wns piobably moro than willing to makf Dm tug the long debate Mr. Madison, urterward president, saldi "If It weio Kssllile to promulgate our laws by somo Instantaneous opera tion, it would bo of less conseiueuco where the seat of government might bo placed." That condition, though not prophesied by Madison, nnd probably not dreamed of by tho most imaginative statesmen or sclentlfl' men of tho day, has boon virtually realised in tho Wash ington of thu present, tho uows of the capital Mug instantaneously dissemi nated throughout tho country by thu electric telegraph. With fast railway trains and the comforts of modern travel noliody complains becauso tho capital Is 600 miles ft om tho center of population. Madison, however, had In him 11 llttlo of tho spirit of prophecy, for !in expressed tho belief that tho center of population "may oven extend beyond tho Potomno." If Madison had been so fortunate as to llvo to bo as old ns Chovrcul, who died tho other day, ho would havo seen tho center of imputation n good ways on tho other side of tho Allegheiilcs. It must havo leen with genulno pleas tiro that President Washington enmo down to Georgetown nnd issued, March 80, 1701. disorders to tho commissioners who hnd been chosen to survoy the Fed eral city. Maryland ceded her part of tho ton miles squaro, according to her agreement, but tho laud owners were not bo easily disused of. Thcro wcro only three or four of them, but they proved to lw very stubborn nnd greedy. In thoflo days tho method of condemna tion of prlvato proicrty for public uso was not as well understood ns it now is, and when tho commissioners got into trouble with the famous Davy Burns thoy asked tho president to como nnd help them out. Even Washington wns at first unable to do anything with tho obstlnato Scotchmun, who did not want n capital nt his front door, and didn't caro whether tho seat of govern ment camo to tho Potomnu or went to tho Asslniboino. Washington wrestled with him for several days, and It Is said that on one occasion Hums turned on tho father of his country nnd said to hiim "You tulk very lino, Mr. Washington, and probably expect pcoplo to bollevo nil you Bay, but whnt would you havo been If you hadn't married tho Widow Custis?" A few moro interviews with testy Davy exhausted Washington's pa tleuco, and ho finally informed D.ivy Uurns that tho government want ed his laud und Intended getting it in ono way or another, turns there upon came to terms, mid transferred his six hundred acres, which ho did not liko to boo spoiled for 11 good farm to make 11 poor capital, on tho snmo terms that had been made with tho other owners of tho slto tho government to have ono lot nnd tho original owner ono alternately. Uurns stipulated that his cottage must not bo Interfered with in tho laying out of tho city, und ns this condition wns agreed to by Washington, Davy Uurns' cottngo still stands, ono of the historical curiosities of tho capital. Nearly nil of these negotiations wcro carried "on by Washington In person. Among the estates thus broken up und merged In the Federal city, as Washing ton always called tho placo, was one which had como down to tho heirs of Francis Pope, who settled heroin 100:1 Among the older residents of tho city 0110 often hears a tradition spoken of that Pope designed tho starting or a small town on his property, which he called Itotuc, nnd spoko of hluisilf ni thoPopoof Homo. Tho high giniiud mi which his residence was built he called Cupltollno hill, in true Roman fashion, and it was tin odd coincidence that the Cupltoline hill of this pioneer's fancy should becomo tho Capitol hill of actual ity more than n century after his death. Another local tradition is that two other cities were spread ovor this ground long before congress adopted It us 11 sent of government, ono being called Currolls burg und tho other Hamburg, but nei ther making progress beyond tho first pniicr survey. Throughout his eight yeais in the presidential chair Washington continued to ovinco u lively Interest in tho Federal city, Tho now capital was named Wash ington by tho commissioners without tho president's knowledge, but with tho com mon consent of congress and people. It was Washington who employed Maj. L'Enfant, tho French genius who planned tho city not for ono century, but for thou sands of years, and who planned wiser and better than anybody In his lifetimo was willing to glvo him credit for. Tho chief men of that day were provincial, colonial nnd narrow in their ideas of art und expenditure. They hnd Imjcii rcured for tho must part In tho practice of tho strictest private economy, nnd all through the revolution and afterward had not known what it was to manago tho nlTnlrs of n government witli a sur plus of millions in its vaults. Indeed, tho government had to borrow money from the state of Maryland to carry on Its building operations, and so low wns tho republic's credit that Maryland de clined to mako tho loan till tho capital commissioners pledged their privnto for tunes to its repayment. L'Enfant, on tho other hand, was metropolitan, grand In his ideas, and of courso tho commis sioners and everybody elso were unnblo to appreciate him und his work, und as ho was of a pcrvcrw; dis position, as geniuses have u right to be, It was not long beforo ho had lieconio Involved in quarrels with nearly everybody in the city. Even Washington, who admired his talents very much, found it difllcult to get along with him, und finally dismissed him. A curious Instance of the poveity and economy of tho tlmo is found in tho fact that for planning this wonderful city and giving his personal attention for man" months to tho survey und pre liminary operations, L'Enfant was paid tho iii'.mlllcer.t sum of $3,000, His suc cessor, mnii of much ability, was no ctiscd of greediness becauso ho desired to bo paid ?" u day nnd expenses, nnd was finally Induced by Jefferson to dls hmi80 w I tli reimbursement. At that time Jcircrson was tho only man In conspicuous public life who had any considerable nrt culture, and who had hud the advantages of extensile for eign tinvel Even JelTcrson wanted tho city laid out In a regularity of squares with all thu streets intersecting nt right angles, as In Philadelphia, and, unfortu nately, In most other Aineilcan cities. L'Enfiiiii iiiado the regular chess board squares as Jefferson wished, but ho nlso put in so many avenues running nt ncuto angles that tho monotonous effect was happily destroyed, and tho oportiinity presented for milking of tho capital tho magnificent city which it has finally be come. Washington suppoitcd L'Enfant In his design, which wns much criticised at tho time, und ho nlso supjiortcd him ns against John Adams, who insisted with n good deal of vigor that tho Capi tol or congress liouso should bo surround ed by all tho executlvo buildings in n great squaro of public edifices. Wash ington gnvo n good teason for tilts, ns ho did for everything, nnd it Is interesting to note that his reason was that If con gices and tho oxecutivo ofllccrs wero lo cated close together tho latter would bo so annoyed by tho former, ns they had been in Philadelphia, that they would havo to takothoir business homo In order to keep up with it. In this day of good streets und rapid and cheap means of travel tho congress liouso is found alto gether too closo to tho offices of tho president und his ministers, If tho com fort of tho Litter is to bo considered. Washington did not llvo long enough to see his fuvorlto city occupied ns a cap ital. Ho died In 1700, and government was not lomovcd hero till tho next year. When Washington Inst beheld tho city it was a mud holo in tho woods, almost wholly dovoid of streets, with thirty or forty residences, only two or threo of them spacious and comfortable, an un finished president's house, congress liouso and trcusury. Tho government was in volved in financial difficulties and bad to resort to lotteries for tho raising of funds a method sanctioned by Washington himself, but afterward regretted. A wretched placo It remained for more than half a century, or until it had becomo endeared to tho pcoplo of tho wholo coun try by tho civil wnr and its nssoclat'ons, nnd until Shepherd recreated it. Now it is magnificent, nnd tho judgment of tho first presldont and tho genius of Its designer havo been nmply vindicated. If tho spirit of tho Immortal Georgo now occasionally visits this mundano sphere, 'tis safo to say thcro is no spot affording it moro delight than tho ono on which young Washington set his prophetic gao when camped on Observatory hill with luckless Drnddock. Walter Wellman. TO SEE THE GREAT SHOW. KnoniKiui, Trice That Am Paid for SuU Along tho Itnulr. Special Correspondence) NKW Yoiik, April 25. Tho great show to bo given hero next week is, of courso, to bo 11 freo one, so far ns tho street pa rades go, but nil tho sunie, if anybody is coming to Now York to seo them it will bo ndvlsablo to Inehido In tho cstitnnto of expenses the item of tho cost of a good placo from which to view tho show. Thoro is no charge for looking at it, If you can find a placo from which you can seo it; but us all tho deslrablo places on tho Btrects aro likely to lw filled with eager crowds, thero has risen un oxtraor-J diunry demand for windows along tho route Naturally, tho first impulso of ovcry ono is to go to n hotel, but tho individual who relics on that will almost certainly bo "left." Tho main hotels of tho city are, most of them, along tho routo of tho procession, it is true, but they nro all crowded now, und nro likely to bo still more crowded dny by day till tho agony is over. Store nnd olllco windows, therefore have been rented for tho two days, nnd oven, in somo cases, prlvato houses havo been sublet ut figures that havo gono up rapidly nnd nro likely to go much higher. It is safe to say that thcro is not a win dow from which tho procession may bo seen which is not already rented, but many of thorn uro held by speculators who nro holding for tho highest prices. In ono instance, 1 am told that $3,000 vus paid two weeks ngo for tho ton (tout windows of 11 privnto liouso on Fifth uvenue. just ubovo Twenty-sixth street. In this case thu speculator who hired them arranged ten seats at each window, nnd ut first charged $30 a day for each seat for tho two days. Nearly nil wcro taken, but ho remarked chcorfully last night in tho Hoffman liouso that ho would not dlsposo of tho rest utidvr $50 a day. It seems a tremendous nricc. but ho will probably get it, for tho liouso Is ono of tho handsomest in tho neighbor hood. A good many pcoplo havo each paid $10 in advance for each of tho two days, for the privilege of occupying a camp Btool on n roof at tho corner of Twenty third street and Oroudway. This is probably tho best location In tho city, for tho roof Is not high and it overlooks Mndisou square, and unless tho weuthor is bad the camp stool peoplo will bo really better off than tho window holders. Tho notion of allowing trucks to stand at tho curb lines at tho corners of inter secting streets along tho routo, which was first publicly udvanced by Muyor Grant, Is likely to bo a bonanza to tho truckmen. Many of them havo already reserved their space and arranged for placing chairs on tho trucks, which chairs they will rent for all they can got. 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