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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , OCTOBER 2(5 ( , 181)0 ) , 0 an illustrated , true and concise history of the © Special Pictures of the 1st Nebraska Raising "Ola Glory" at Sort Santa Crux , Iiaat-ooe including the late Colonel Stotsenberg , Camp Mesa , the Hospital Reproduced from an Illustration In f On lo Honda and the line rosier of the regiment Illustrations taken pital fighting a complete , fat the U hi e by showing promotions , etc. White the Douglas , A Book Wat4 correspond- * In order to givea11 the cut of the Salt friends Francisco Exam Pre of the First Nebraska an opportunity of hav iner. served ing a complete and correct history of the regi for ment The Omaha Bee has at great expense placed this beautiful future book within their reach' ' no coupon required order quick as we The Olfl iBlnufls. Doll at Cast flttmaye In xtiSo. , Xadronc refer Reproduced from tin Illustration la , " 1n to Manila " have only a limited number. ence. Sent to any address upon receipt of the price , The First American Flag Raised Over Manila. Address Omaha Bee. . , History Department Reduced Tram n Illustration la " Oa to Manila. " I HONORS TO FORMER HEROES Tributes to the BravB by a Grateful People in Years Past. CHARACTER OF RECEPTIONS TENDERED DrmniiH < rntlvc ( irccUiiK * to Ferry , "Old Hlultorr , " InfujcU - , lc- cntur , Hull , CHeDouoiiKli ami Otburn. The tnagnincent receptions given to Admiral Dewey , both In New York and " spectacle ot u "Washington , eclipse any similar character In the past , when cere mony ot honoring the bravo was participated tow thousands only ot the In by but a grandfathers and grandmothers , and the fa cilities for making great spectacular demonstrations were , limited. Nevertheless , there have- been notable receptions previ ously , attended by processions , dinners , the Washington balls and entertainments , relates ington Star , and wo can well Imagine that Decatur , Dainbrldge , Hull , Perry and others distinguished In the nnvy ; Jackson , Hnrrl- and others , before the eon , Scott , Drown of the century expiration ot the second decade tury , were as heartily received In the capital were the heroes ot the tal ot the nation as later years , though but few were the re cipients of a general ovation. Thcro was some opposition to the war of 3812 , and , In some sections , peace at any iprlce was advocated , and Governor Strong ot Massachusetts , In a mccsago to the legis lature ot that state , said the war was un necessary and unjustifiable , and expressed the hope that the government would pro- vldo for the common defense , but make no attempt ! ) to extend our territory by conquest or purchase ; while In one state , If no more , the keepers of Jails -\\ero \ prohibited from rocelvlng military prisoners , Hut notwlth- tanding a state sonata resolved that "It did not liohoovu a moral and religious people " lu victories over our enemies , pleto rejolco the people did not withhold their plaudits from the heroic commanders , The citizens of the District were not be hind these ! n other parts of the country , and as early as November , 1813 , they pro- pared to honor Commodores JJUIIIUHUKU , Morrla and others , who had been called to the formal reception tendered the city , Before cheers wherever - dered they were greeted with ever recognized , but want ot time , after having dined with the mayor and corporation them to decline tion of Georgetown , forced a dinner by the Washington people nnd subsequent honors. The phenomenal victory ot I'erry on Lake Erlo of September 10 , 1813 , was duly an nounced , General W , II. Harrison , In com mand of the forces on the lake * , receiving ' "Wo have the mcBaago of Captain I'erry : met tbo enemy and they are ours. " and the the following secretary of the navy receiving ing "Sir : : U has pleased the Almighty to gtv to the arms of the United States a signal victory over their enemies. The British squadron , consisting of two ships , two brigs , this moment one schooner and ono sloop , have ment surrendered to the force under uiy command after a abort conflict. " The National Intelligencer , In announcing this victory , said It presents "the dazzling , the astonishing fact that a fleet Inferior in mimbcra has 'not only vanquished , but cap tured every vessel ot the licet of a stronger antagonist. " That such u victory was the cause ot re joicing needs no nlllrmatlon. New York , Buffalo , Albany , Rrle , and other places Il luminated on the reception of the news , and Perry received the plaudits of the people. Ha wan everywhere greeted with salutes and processions. Perry arrived In Washington - 1 ton January 25 following , and was received with a salute and honored by a dinner at Tonilinson's hotel , on Capitol Hill , at which Mayor Blake presided. At the table were Cotnmcdoro Tlngloy , Daniel Carroll of Dud- Jlngton , General Walter Jones , Secretary of State Monroe , Secretary of the Navy Jones , Henry Clay nnd many of the leading citi zens. Captain Perry responded briefly to a toast , the sentiment being : "Tho man who , In his opposition to a particular administration , does not forget his duty to hla country. " Mr. Clay's sentiments found expression lu the words : "The policy which looks to peace as the end of the war and to the war as the means ot peace. " The United States sloop Arsus was launched at the navy yard a few days after , on which occasion the gallant I'erry was present nnd a guest at n dinner In his honor given by Commodore Tlngley : Wherever ho was recognized during his -week's sojourn he was heartily cheered. In Baltimore Perry was received with the greatest enthusiasm ; with a salute of can non and bell ; with bonfires and Illumina tion. He was given n banquet at the Foun tain Inn. At n circus performance he at tended there the audience arose nnd with the performers cheered themselves hoarse , and eo great was the demonstration that the performance was totally eclipsed. I n HP Ires Commence. At Philadelphia , Now York and Iloston Perry was honored with the most hearty receptions , and these. In the daya when the war was In progress , the enemy's vessels often being in our waters nnd the public being uncertain as to their destination. The victory on Lake Erie had given con fidence as to the ultimate triumph of the United States and the toast , "The American Navy Youngest Child of Neptune , but Heir-Apparent to Glory , " became n favorite ono. Many also appreciated the sentiment expressed > by a local poet : "Hall beauteous Columbia ! The. queen of the west Grasp mariners' rights for the shield of thy breast , Respect the great innxlm that burnished thy blrth- Xo nation shall bind us on ocean or earth. " During this war iboth soldier nnd sailor niado names for the .scroll of > fame , but there were hut few formal welcomes at the capital Decatur , whoso exploits In the Al gerian war , and who captured the British hln Macedonian. was enthuslastlcallv greeted 'by the citizens , as were Captain Hull , who took the Guerlere and afterward was In command of the Washington navy yard 'for ' several years , and Captain McDon- ough , the hero of Lake Cliamplaln , When Captain Ualnbrldge of the frigate Constltu- tlon ( "Old Ironsides" ) , the captor of the Java , was he the festivities In his honor were commenced by a dinner In Georgetown , but because of the exigencies ot the service ho had to decline other honors planned for him. Ohl llleUnry. General Andrew Jackson , whoso victory at Now Orleans January 8 , 1S15 made him tue hero ot the times , was styled the Savior of the South , and In whatever place his duties as the major general commanding the armies In the south called him he > was re ceived with demonstrations of joy , cities , towns and villages vicing with each other In doing him honor. It was not. however , until the fall of the year that he could spare time to visit Washington. Leaving his home In Tennessee , with Mrs. Jackson and his aid , Major Head , by private conveyance , October 15 , it waa not until November 17 that ho reached the capital , his route being a con tinuous ovation. In Lynchburg and some of the larger places ho had to remain Uiorter or longer periods , to participate in the demonstrations In his honor. He had been expected earlier. Reacbta Georgetown a day late , he stoppcvl there one day , arriving at Kexnvln'a hotc-I the 17th of Novtcnbcr On his route from Georgetown lay the ruins of the White House and the two ex- ecutlvo buildings , the marka of the van dalism of the British troops prcpetrated In the preceding August a scene , his. admirers Insisted , which would never have been wlt- nusscd had ho been In Washington at the time. General Jackson was escorted by a prcices- slon ; the citizens , with coo accord , Il luminated their houses , and the city councils of Washington , Georgetown and Alexandria respectively adopted and formally presented him with resolutions. Addresses and dinners in his honor were given by them at Keowln's , Crawford's and Mclaughlin's hotels , respectively , and by many public ofllcers and private citizens , while proces sions , through decorated street ? , did escort duty , and cannon and ibell were usej for saluting purposes. At some of the dinners , when the toasts wcro drunk , music , with a salvo of artillery , drowned the cheers. "Tho Star Spangled Banner , " scarce a year after It was written by Key , was then the popular song , and that the era of good feel ing between us and the mother country pre vailed was made apparent by the frequent recitation of a poem entitled "Tho United States nnd Kngland , " concluding : "Now , hero'fi to us 1)0111 ! we've fair wlnil and fair weather ; Let the Star Spangled Banner In triumph bo furled ; We will spllco the old cross and our bunt- Infi together And rldo every wave nnd defy all the world. " -Almle llrlcf UCHPOIIHCN. It was remarked that In his responses to toasts General Jackson was very brief and pointed. Hlw sentiments were expressed tersely In "A country's gratitude- the best reward for the tolls of a soldier. " For the victory at New Orleans ho disclaimed credit by remarking : "But to heaven and the brav ery of our Boldlers nre we Indebted for the victory. To heaven and them let It bo ascribed. " One of bis toasts was "Union the mire hauls of our political existence. " Over a month was spent here by him , offi cially , on business growing out of the war with Kngland , and the conduct of the Indian wars south and southwest , during which there was a round of entertainments , public and private , and dinners and banquets became - came so frequent that ono organization ten dered , an evening's entertainment "to relieve the monotony of dinners , " and a writer of that day recorded that "tho general seemed to enloy the change. " General Jackson started on his return to Ills homo December 24 , to the great disap pointment of friends at the north. In 1S1D , when his conduct was the subject of debate in congress , he returned to Washington , nr- rlvlug January 27. He remained until fully vindicated and then started north. Baltl- moro wns reached February 11 , but the weather prevented a proposed great outdoor demonstration , The banquets by the city councils and hfs receptions Indoors wereof tbo most enthusiastic character. In Phila delphia , New York and other places the weather was more propitious nnd the- out door demonstrations eclipsed all previous affairs of the kind. Cirt'iitvut if Tlimi All , The ovation paid to General Jackson by the people of New Orleans In 1827 , on the anni versary of his victory below that place , waa ono ot the most elaborate ever given an ofll. cer. By this time whatever bitterness caused by the arrest of Judge Hall had dis appeared and the people of the southwest vied with each other In doing Jackson honor. Ho had accepted an Invitation to visit that city and when the time came the committee went up to Natchez and received him. On the trip down. It ii said , there were hugo fires burning on the. river banks In his honor and some distance north of the city n fleet ot eighteen steamboats , gaily deco rated and lighted and laden with admirers , with music , were formed for escort. On ar rival at Now Orleans practically the whole j population of the place and thousands of others welcomed him , bells Dctng rung , can non fired and other forms adopted for tlie expression of the people's exuberance. With "Old Hickory" as the contra ! flguro the ova tion was kept up several days , balls , recep tions , entertainments , dinner and proces sions being the order till the time of his de parture. Ijiifnyette'N < -lc < imo. There has been probably no occasion In | which a grateful people paid more homage to a mortal man than In the ovation to Lafayette - fayetto In 1821 and 1S25 , when he was the guest of the nation. Coming here at the in- I vltatlon of the government , from August 15 , I 1824 , to September , 1S23 , he traversed much j of the country and In Now York , New Jer | sey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Vir ginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Alabama , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri , Tennessee , Kentucky , Illinois , In diana , Ohio , Connecticut , Rhode. Island and Massachusetts ho received the plaudits of state nnd municipal authorities , associations and the populace. At New York , where he first landed , there was a procession In his honor , the presenta tion of an address of welcome > by the city and other demonstrations of a grateful people ple accompanying , anil then commenced his Journey , In the course ot which the capital was leached October 12. 'In ' the meantime our forefathers had not been Idle nnd when the day arrived the arrangements for his entertainment were complete. The city councils had forwarded an address of wel come and had recommended a general Illu mination and decoration of the sparsely sit uated buildings , and the occasion being a nonpolitlcal one , there was naught to mar the harmony , high nnd low , man , woman nnd child , having but one object the honor of the nation's guest. It Is re-lnted that the nonunlformed mllltla , to a grc.it extent , adopted slmphi uniforms that they might make a martial showing. Lafayette , with his son , George Washington and Colonel Yasslur , was making his way to the capital of a nation ho had assisted Into being. Word caino of his glorious reception In Baltimore and the people of the District were nil agog for the grrnt dny. Ho and his party , traveling by coach , had been escorted from Baltimore by Maryland cavalry , and he stopped over at Ilossburgh , a wayside Inn and relay point for the stages running between Baltimore and Washing ton about tbo present site of the Maryland Agricultural college. This place they left about 0 o'clock in the morning under the escort of Captain Orlggs' cavalry' and thp Prince George's rifles , and npprpdchud the District. At the District line the distin guished guest was met by the committee cf arrangements , a number ot revolutionary officers and soldiers and cavalry companies of the District and Montgomery county , under Captains Andrews , Sprlggs nnd Dun- lop. The general wns placed In an open carriage drawn by four gray horses , In which wcro Major General Brown , Commodore Tlngley and Colonel G. W. P. Custls , and escorted to the capital. Meanwhile the ealuto fired by Captain Burch's artillery was taken up by the navy yard and arsenal , many of the cannon used having been cap tured from the British. A ] > iiriint'li to tin * Capitol. Escorted by the cavalry companies tht Intersection of Maryland and Tennessee avenues was reached. Hero the Infantry troops were assembled under General i Smith and Jones for escort duty. The capl- ' tel was approached by Kast Capitol street , and the military , with the right resting near Second street , formed a double line , and school children In holiday attire , the girls with bafckcts of flowers , flanked the road by which ho passed Into the capltol building. The distinguished guest and party , with the committee , left the carriages at the left of the line , and amid the cheers of the popu lace , while the military saluted , be walked to the capltol. At or near First 'Street an larch had been erected the night before , and this was surmounted by a live eagle. At this point were assembled twenty-five young women , each bearing a banner representing the twenty-four statea nnd the District. One , Miss Wattorson , presented Lafayette with an address , nnd led the way , all sing ing patriotic songs. The general , as he walked after them , literally had a bed ot roses made by the girls In scattering the floral tributes before him. Entering the senate wing of the capltol the guest of the nation was escorted to the tent of Washing ton ( loaned by his stepson , Colonel G. W. P. Custls ) , erected In the rotunda. Here he was Introduced to Mayors Welghtman and Cox , who welcomed him , and Mr. J , B. Cutting read an address and poem , the general making a fitting response. The line was again formed , and through Pennsylvania avenue the distinguished guest wns escorted to the president's house , Wil liams' Alexandria artillery firing a salute near the capltol , and Colonel Peter Force's Washington artillery performing a like duty soutl'i of the market. The reception by the president , James Monroe , an old friend , waa cordial , but brief , for "tho procession awaited him , " and , re viewing the line , Lafayette was escorted to the Franklin house , on Pennsylvania avenue near Twenty-first street. Hero General La fayette and suite took dinner with the mayor , councils and a number of citizens. In the evening there was a general illu mination , and fireworks In the form of rock ets everywhere. A reception to citizens was given the llth , na waa also a dinner by the president. Visits worn made subsequently to the navy yard nnd marine barracks , and Lafayette dined with General Brown , and nlfio witli the Georgetown and Alexandria authorities. Ho visited Mount Vernon , and left for Yorktown the 17th to participate In the celebration there on the anniversary of Cornwallls' surrender , the 19th. The general , after visiting various parts of the country , was here during the exciting presidential campaign , In which , as between Andrew Jackson , John Qtilncy Adams , W. II , Crawford und Henry Clay , there was no choice by the electoral college , and th6 house of representatives elected Mr. Adama. Ho left for his home In Franco In Septem ber , 1825 , taking his leave of tno nation at the White House. The scene there Is said to have been ono of the most affecting ever enacted. At the appointed hour General Lafayette appeared and feelingly addressed President Adams , closing with : "God bless you , sir , nnd nil wlio surround us ; God bites the American people , each of their elates and the federal government. Accept this patriotic fnrowell of an over flowing heart. Such will be Its last throb when It ceases to beat. " Then , taking Mr. Adums In his arms , ho gave way to toars. Recovering , ho relaxed his embrace and retired a few steps , but , again filling up , ho grasped the president and , with voice full of emotion , said : "God bless you. " On leaving , an immense procession of military nnd civic bodies was at hand , nnd he was by It escorted to the wharf , whole a steamboat received him nnd carried him down the river to the frigate lirandywine , aboard which ho culled for his home. Though there have Dten great public dem- onstratlonH since , and welcomes Imvo been tendered returning heroes , there has been none since that of Lafayette In which there was such general Interest taken cs there Is In the present. The Mexican war brought Into prominence Scott , Taylor , Worth , Shields nnd hosts of others , but there was no euch welcome given m Dewey received. The welcomes tcndctcd In earlier days were local In their character , and the honors paid the bodies of the dead officers ( surpassed these "given the living. The funerals of Colonel Truman Cross , Lieutenant Junlus Boylu , rcHpectlvcly , nnd others , were at- MISLEADING. She Mr. Jones has always been accustomed to the pen. He Spcucensn or pig ? tended by all the uniformed military com panies ot the Dfstrlct. I'ALACIi ! FOIl .lAI'AX'S FHINCIS. Cunt IjCI.OOO.OOO . uiul Iloii litre VCIII-M in llnlliltnur. The architect to the Imperial household of Japan has come to New York to buy steel to be used In the framework ot the new palace for.tbo . crown prince Yoshlhlto. Ilia name Is Tokumn Katayamn. "Tho now palace , " ho Bald to a New York Tribune reporter , "will bo one of the finest. It not the finest structure In Japan. It will cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 , and will take six or seven years In build ing. In no country are buildings thrown up with such nstoulshlng rapidity ns In America. In Japan we require more time , but the building of the palnco will bo un usually slow , because of the Intricate work to bo put on it. It will bo in the Italian rcnal.ssanco style , and In the decoration I shall endeavor to combine what IH best of Jopaneso art and of Kuropcan and American art as well. It IB likely that we shall Import some carvers from America , but It Is too soon to dlscufs that subject , for the building will not bo ready for decoration for several years. I do not know as yet the amount ot steel I shall have to buy , I notice that the price of steel Is steadily rising , ami I am afraid that my purchases hero may run up as high an $300,000. As noon as the material for the framework arrives , work on the palaca will bo begun. "Architecture In Jnpnn Is In n translllon- ary stage. The old wcodcn dwellings nro un- rntlsfactory for many rrasoas. chiefly because - cause they burn llho tinder boxes" . The or dinary brick building Is oven more undesir able , because the first hard earthquake shock will send It tumbling down upon the heads of UK occupants. When you consider that Japan has , on tbo average , about 300 earth quakes , of more or less violence , In a year , this Is not an unreasonable objection. Tin steel frames , however , have solved the prob lem. Japanese houees In the future will haw steel frames , and thu walls cnay then lit built of 'brisk ' or stone with perfect safety. But the height must bo limited. I should say that no building over four stories high , even though It had steel framework , would bo safa In Japan. The palace of the crown prlncs will bo only two stories. In the matter ot architecture Tnklo and Yokohama can never lie like Now York. The buildings may bo 03 wide und as long , but not nu high , There la a tendency In Japan to adopt the American architecture an far as possible , It varies no widely that monotony has no chance to creep In. "I think tlin next clncs of buildings to un dergo a change will bo the railroad stations , At present they are almost Invariably of the old wooden Fhanty style. Wo have none of the finu train sheds with great steel arches that you have In America , but I think the tlmo IB coming when wo will. I predict that the next few years will wltriew a wonderful revolution In Japanese architecture , " Detroit Journal : "Havn you burst throiifrh tlio limitations with which your sex has been encompassed ? " demanded ProBiesa. "J ride n diamond frame wheel ! " pro tested tlin Womun. "But with rlbboiiH on the handle barn ! " thundered Progress , with a terribly accus ing look. The Woman hung her head , guiltily. And yet how. pray was n person to utrlko off Hhurklog which were subjective , BO to speak ? HIMinjoj : . < i n. Hom'rvllle Journal : They had been sit ting together for half an hour ' J hm > enjoyed our conversation BO much ! " she exclalmud. as Hhv roue to go , "It 1 HO reslfut to talk with you ! " And after nhu had 1 ft him be remem bered tlmt ln > hadn't been ublo to get In ten v/or 1 eilgewlKO throughout the wliolo conversation.