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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
Russia en- Asia
ASOMOS De UN CONFLICTO

El proceder que esta observandO Ru-
sia en- Corea Sc dice que es ell mas
aprOp6sito para exasperar los japo
neses. Buques de guerra rusos Sc en-
cuentran, invernando, en- ell puerto,
Masampo COrea, donde s1bditos rusos
lOgraron, ell pasado Otono, mediante
una supuesta venta de 40 acres de
terrenos a orillas del aqua, apoderarse
de tan valiOsa propiedad ocasionando
considerable alayma entire los iapoLeses
al saber la n0ticia. Ain cuando la
prensa ofciosa MEGA que exista en- la
actualidad dificultad alguna entire am
bos imperios, la mayorfa de los diarios
japOneses reconoce como un hecho in
negable que al fin irremlsiblemente,
vendFan las manOs Russia Y Jap6n.
Las dltimas nOticias llegadas de Co
rea, anuncian que ell namero de iapo-
neses residences EN- aquel pals esta ca
reciend0 cOnstantemente Y que llegan
muchOs cargamentOs de arroz, del ia
pom, 10 cuaE cOnsideran como indiciO de
un peligro que amaga aquel pals. A
pesar de este, en- la apariencia la tran
quihdad es completa.
Sc han terminado tod0s los arreglos
necesarios para transferir al gobierno
todos los ferrocarriles japoneses en- ell
case de one Sc perturbe la paz Sc ha
resueltO que las maniobras navales del
Jap6n Sc verifquen en- ell mes de Abril.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
Ri inI6rnD del General Davis
ANTE Ell eOMITE De LAS
lSLAS DEL PACIFICO Y PUERTO RICt


Interrogado ell General Davis acerca
de los medios considerados por 6l mas
convenientes para remediar la desas-
trosa situaci6n cleada por el huracan,
expres6 que no podfa precisar exacta-
mente cuales serfan preferibles; pero
que recordaba que, estando en- condi-
clones analogas la isla Mauricio de los
ingleses en- 1892, ell Gobierno acudi6
en- su auxilio con un emprestito de diez
millones de rupSes medic peso pr6xi-
mamente cada rupt], habiendO pedido
detalles de la forma en- que Sc llev6 a
cabo la operaci6n q Londres y al Con-
sal americana correspondence. Ell in
teres que Sc garantiz6 fue el de 8 por
100.
Para Puerto Rico serfa necesario
aplicar prontamente un emprestito de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
DOS GENBRALES INGhESES
PESlMlSTAS
Probable rendici6n
DE LADYSMTTH

En- los cfrculos de Londres no Sc
oculta Ell pesar que inspira ell tenor de
que ocurra un cambio deplorable en- la
situaci6n de la plaza de Ladysmith.
Persunas competentfsimos en- ell arte
de la guerra, como 10 son ell general
Darlington, que esta aguardando Or
denes para salir Embellishments con
destino al Africa del sur; y Lord Gi
ford, antique ayudante de Campo del
general Worseley dicen, que no les sor
prendera que antes de una semana Sc
ap0deren los "boers" de Ladysmith, ha-
cieDdo prisioneros suyos a los 10000
hombres que acaudilla en- aquella plaza
ell general White.
Lord Clifford, que conoce bien todo
ell terrenO Ell que Sc libra la guerra,
dice que no puede comprender como Ell
general Warren pudo trepar q las altu-
ras de Spionkop sin antes haber toma-
do todas las posiciones que dominan
aquellas. Lord Clifford alade que no
puede echarse la culpa a los defectos
de que adolecen las cartas geograficas
del pals, va que con ell general Warren
deben ir muchos Oficiales que han
prestado servicios en- Ladysmith en-
sus inmediaciones y los euales hubie
ra bastado algnnas excuIsiones de S "a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
NUEVA YORK

diez m:Ilones de pesos, del que una
parte ira al Gobierno insalar, otra a
las escuelas, otra a los caminos otra
s los propietarios de fincas rdsticas,
que hoy tienen que depender de la mi
sericordia de los prestamistas.
Habla del Banco Territorial v Agrf
cola y de las operaciones del mismo
Hace referencia luego q la Orden
General ndmero 1876 sobre la jurisdic
ci6n atribuida q los Alcaldes en- las
faltas en- ella determinadas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
NOTIGIA5 ) DEL OLA

El Ministro de Hacienda del Gabinete
espanol, sonar Villaverde, lego ell 20 de
Enero, ante ell Congreso, ell proyecto de ley
respecto conversion de la deuda de Cuba
y Filipinas. La conversion sera veluntaria
y los tipos del cange serau: por cada cien
unidades de Billetes hipotecarios dc Cuba
de la emission de 1886, ciento veinte de la
Deuda Perpetua, exterior; por cada Glen
unidades de Billetes hipOtecarios de Cuba
de la emission de 1890, Glen de la Deuda
Perp6tua, exterior. La deuda de Filipinas
Sc convertira entregando por cada 127 uni
dades Cincuenta de la Deuda Perp6tua, ex
terror. El Gobierno fijara la fecha en- que
ha de empezar la conversion.
Don Mannel Eg6zeue ha tenido la aten-
ci6n de participarnos que Sc ha hecho cargo
de Ia alcaldfa y Presidencia del Consejo mu-
nicipal de esta ciudad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
La red franc0Sa
DE CABLES SUBMARINES

La prensa francesa, capitaneada por
Ell Figaro de Paris, pide con toda ur
gencia al Gobierno que Sc vote en- las
Camaras una Ley ordenando Sc COM
plete sin p6rdida de tempo la red ma
cional de cables submarines, pues en-
tempo de guerra correrfa Francia
grandfsino peligro de perder sus colo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
ROBERTS Y KITCHENER
A CAMPANA

Telegramas de Cape Town dicen
que ell general Roberts de Canda-
har, Comandante ell jefe de las tro-
pas de operaciones, y Ell general
Kitchener, jefe de Estado Mayor
de aquelIas han salido para ell tea
tro de la guerra con el fin de po
nerse al frente del eiercito.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
Ell GENERAL BULLER
DOS DIAS De FUEGO

Los referidos telegramas anaden
que ell general Butler ha estado
combatiendo incesahtemente estos
dos dltimos dias contra las tropas
republicans.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
UMA SOLICIIuD

Telegramas de Washington dicen
que los albaniles organizados de esa
Isla tratan de unirse los de Ia
Union International Americana =
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08

Los cablegramas que preceden son
propiedad del BoLETIN MERCANTIL, y
pneden reproducirse en- cualquier for
ma, abonando q la Empresa 30 pesos
orc por cada uno que Sc I;tilice.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
AL NORTE DEL TUGELA

Sir Redvers Butler como conse-
cuencia de la obstinada lucha soste,
nida, ha tornado algunas posiciones
al Norte del Rio Tugela.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
UNA SEMANA

Sc cree que la discussion de las
Taritas durara una semana, q 10
sumo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
DISCUSSION De LAS TARIFAS
PUERTORRIQUENAS

El Comite de Was y Medios ia
acordado que ell dia 15 del mes en-
curse principle el debate acerca de
las Tarifas de Puerto Rico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
Information DDrG1lG
DespaChOs Especiales
Dc Ia ASSOCIATED PRESS"
Al"BOletin MerCantil"
NueVa York, 5 h febTerO
Ell CAPTAIN SMITH
EN- FILlPlNAS
Ha sido muerto en- Filipinas ell
captain Mr.. Smith, Recaudador que
fue de la Aduana ue Ponce
Ell C0NDE De LAS ALMENAS
NO LE HARAN DESISTIR
Ell Conde de las Almenas ha de-
clarado d!timamente que tiene el
decidido prop6sito de persistir en- su
actitud, sin que nadie nj NADIA pue-
da hacerle desistir.
Ell C0NDE De LAS ALMENAS
NO LE HARAM DESISTIR
La PES1E BUBONICA
DESAPARICION

Despachos de Lisboa aseguran
que la peste bub6nica ha desapare.
cido completamente de Oporto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08

asociacion, establecida en- Nueva
York, favorece y apoya la admission
de aquellos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
GACETA DE HOY

Inserta las Ordenes generates que
hemos publicadO en- la secci6n de noti-
cias del n1meIo anterior.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08
EAvOREcE Ia ADMISSION

Sc asegura que Ia mencionada
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08

para conocer perfectamente las condi-
clones del terreno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08

La suscripclon & este peri6dico,
dentro de la lsla, cuesta al mes
un peso adelantado y doce al aFio
II uimerO suelto. correspondence al dls.
8 centavos.
Apartado de Correos q.
san JUANP. R. FLDRiRO sDE 1900
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-08

Ha sido muerto en- Filipinas ell
captain Mr. Smith, Recaudador que
fuG de la Aduana ue Ponce.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP?

A cheap remedy for cough and colds
is all right, but you want something that
will relieve and cure the more severe
and dangerous results of throat and lung
throubles. What shall you do9 Go to Il
warmer and more regular climate? Yes,
if possible; if not possible for you; then
in either case take the ONLY remedy that
has been introduced in all civilized
countries with success in severe. throat
and lung troubles, "Boschee's German
Syrup" It not only heals and stimulates
the tissues to destroy the germ disease,
but allays Inflammation, causes easy
expectoration, gives a good nights rest.
and cures the patient. Try one bottle.
Recommended many years by all
druggists IN the world. Sample bottles
at AND. J. ECKSTSTEIN. 'f::,ss :@-rs.7 !.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24

State of Minnesota, County Of Brown, IS.
In Probate Court, Special Term, Dec. ~,
1899. & .s5szS :z.5ss
IN the matter of the estate of William
Werring, deceased. s.: g5
OnReading and fling the petition Of
William Werring Of Home representing,
among other things, that William
18th day Of May "a "a: 2. ls71. at Home
died intestate, and being a resident of this
County at the time of his death, leaving
goods, chatte1s and estate within this
County, and that the said petitioner is
a son of said deceased. and praying that
administration of said estate be to EN-
ma Lee granted: #
1t Is Ordered, that said petition be heard
beforethe Judge of this court, on the 25th
day of January, "A. %. 1890, at 10 O'clockA.
n. at the Probate Office in New Ulm, in
said County. * sss
Ordered Further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased, and to
all persons interested, by publishing CO.
py of this order once in each&week for
three successive weeks prior to said day
of hearing, in the New Ulm Review. "a
weekly newspaper printed and published
at the city of New Ulrn. in said County. =
Dated at New Uln1, Mimi, the 9th day
of December, A. ID. 1899. ~
BY the Court,
S. A. George,
d.@S0 Judge of Probate.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that publicaex :
animation of teachers for Brown Coun-
ty will be held at Springfield, Sleepy
Eye and New Ulm, ON Friday and Sat
urday, February 2nd and 3rd. ~ ~
All parties who intend to teach in the
county during the year and all now
teaching, who do not hold state certifi-
Gates are requested to take this examina-
ton. ID" =. ~
Examinations begin promptly, Friday
morning at 8 o'clock.
VIM. F. Runck, - ~
Go. Supt. of Schools.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
QUESTION ANSWERED

q -.sr-- s.a
Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers, and grandmothers,
never thought Of using ANYTHING else for
Indigestion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom heard of Appen-
dicitis, Nervous Prcstration or Heat
failure, etc. They used August Flower to
clean out the system and stop fernenta-
ton of undigested food regulate the ac-
ton of the liver, stimulate the nervous
and organic action Of the system, and
that is all they took when feeling dull
and bad with headaches and other aches.
You only need a few doses of Green's
August Flower, in liquid form, to make
you satisfied there is nothing serious the
matter with you. Sample bottles at p
s,'t ~|"e- - -" AND. j. ECKSTEIN. 3z5
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24

To all subscribers to the New Gin
Review. paying one year. subs riptloln
in advance we furnish the Farm Stock
] Home free of slarge No farmer
ought to Be wi tbnut this instructive:
Agricultural Journal. !. and now Is the
time tc get the Farm Stock q 5nm4s
gratis By snbscribin to the New Him
Review.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
THE OTHER FELLOWS. !


The exploiting rich sometimes build
hospitals for the poor; but they often
withhold from the poor what belongs to
them, and which would make charity un-
necessary. They sometimes build .chur
ches and pay preachers to tell the poor
about the glories of the world to come;
but they also infringe upon the rights OF
Paul Broadaxe.
The Denver Post expresses tie opin-
ION of the intelligent observers through
out the country when it says that, while
the country is sadly in need of relief
from overtaxation, those who expect re-
lief from the congress now in session
will be sadly disappointed. There will
be no tariff reform and none of the props
on which the trust superstructure rests
will oe knocked out. There will be no
reduction in taxation, and none Of the
war taxes will be removed, for the expen-
ses Of the government have grown to
such an extent under the policy Of ex-
pansion and imperialism, all the income
derived from internal taxation is needed,
and more too. 1t is idle to look for re-
lief from the party now in power, or to
hope for a reduction of taxes under a
system which must necessarily absorb
every dollar which can be ralseG.-Du-
luth Herald
The following article which is stray
ing around the country credited to ''ex-
change" contains whole lot of truth
that could be proftably learned by any
farmer who would try 1t:
A farmer stepped into a printing office
and says to the editor: "I'd like to take
your paper but Pm too poor" "Go
home," said the editor, "pick out hen,
call her mine and sell or save the eggs
from her for me and if she wants to set
let her, and next fall bring me all the
produce from that hen. I'll send the
paper When fall came the farmer found
that he was paying the price of two pa
pers. After shat he was never too poor
to take paper. Besides when he want
ed to borrow his neighbor's paper he
was always reading 1t, SO he Lad to wait
handed. There is nothing like taking
one Of your own and getting the news
from first hands. Try it.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
House for Sale 0heap

Seven room house and two lots, locat-
ed at Frank lin aud Second South streets
will be sold cheap. House is in first.
class condition, almost new Enquire
of Henry Neumann, Sleepy Eye, or Jos.
Gales, New Ulm.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
SEWING SCHOOL.

We will open our Sewing School for
the winter season in our rooms on the
second floor of the Beussmann Block,
January 9th, 1900,
II. and b. Scbaefer.
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24
CONCERNING Greenbacks.

Gold standard legislation contem-
plates the retirement of the greenbacks
and the substitution of notes to be issued
b. the banks secured only by the office
furniture of. these institutions. This
proposition, which also includes the idea
of keeping up the suppy of gold by the
issuing of bonds, is scheme to substi-
tute an interestpaylng obligation for a
debt that now draws no interest. While
the New York Sun is an administration
organ, its editor cannot be made to see
tn" beauties of this proposed legislation.
With sense and justice the Sun says in
answer to correspondent who claimed
the issue of circulating notes as "'the
natural province" of banks:
"We answer that the issuing of payer
money is not banking, but the exercise
by the gpvel nment of function like
that of coming metal money, the usur-
patton Of which by banks, under any
conditions, is wrong, and should be pro-
hibited. It is no more the natural pro-
vince of banks to issue circulating no.
tes than it is for them to run the post {
Office, maintain an army, or a navy, or
exercise any other government power.
That they have been allowed to 90 it in
past years is on reason why they should
be allowed to do it forever.
"The way to provide the sound, stable
and unimp mpeachable currency that is de-.
sired is to reserve for the government
the sole power to put the stamp of
money On metal or on paper" !
This is plain answer to direct ques-
tion and covers the ground tersely and
truely. While the extreme gold ad-
vocates are urging measures dangerous
and revolutionary, conservative opinion
in opposition is gaining strength. The
republican party is on thin ice and the
first thing its leaders know they will go
down to cold and paralyzing disaster.
Broadaxe. - -~Ea
New Ulm review., 1900-01-24

WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS
w for district office Managers in this
state to represent me in their own sur
rounding counties. Willing to par year
ly 5000, payable weekly. Desirable en-
ployment with unusual opportunities.
References exchanged. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. s. A, Park.
$40 Caxton Building, Chicago.
The National tribune., 1900-01-25
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Last week Gen. Nelson A. Miles Com
mand, Spanish War Veterans, was muster
ed in at 519 9th street in the presence of a
large audience, including many GAR.
and U.V.U. comrades and officials. Gen.
Dyrenforth, Commander-ln-Chief, U.V.U.,
and staff were among, the latter. Gen.
Miles left dinner at the White House to
be present The following are the officers
of the command: Charles w. Parker, Cap
tain; William F.. Ulrich, First Lieutenant;
Frank A. Howell, Second Lieutenant; L..
C. Dyer, Chaplain; Edward Keegin, Ser
geant of Guard; w. A. Reardon and Rufus
W. Pearson, Trustees; III. A. Hullfish, Ad-
jutant, and John III. O'Brien, Quartermas-
ter.
The Secretary of War has amended the
regulations of the Army pertaining to the
wearing of badges and similar decorations
so as to permit the officers and enlisted men
who, in their own right, or by right of in
heritance, are members of military soce-
ties; men who served in the Armies and
NaVies of the United States in the War of
the Revolution, the War of 1912, the Mexi-
can war, and the war of the rebellion, or are
members of the Regular Army and Navy
Union, to wear on all occasions of cere-
mony the distinctive badges of such socie-
ties.
1t is also provided that medals Of honor
and the several distinctive marks given
for excellence in rifle practice, as well as
army corps badges, may he worn on occa-
sions of ceremony. The wearing of in
sigma buttons" however, is prohibited.
The National tribune., 1900-01-25

81 never heard Of more than Pennsylva
MIA and New Jersey Avenues in 1905. =
r This bOasted Avenue is as much a
wilderness as Kentucky, with this advan-
tage, that the soil is good for nothing.
Some half-starved cattle browsing among
the bushes present a melancholy spectacle
TO the stranger. Quails and other birds
are constantly shot within hundred yards
Of the Capitol during the sitting of Con-
gress."
A few extracts from the sketch OF the
Life Of DIR. VIM. Gunton, who accompanied
his father from Norfolk, England, and ar
rived at the wharf in Georgetown Oct s,
1907, will be of interest. He writes that a
cluster of houses at the Navy Yard had
been rapidly collected, but between these
two points Washington, the Capital City,
though surveyed and mapped out, lay in
almost virgin nakedness. The Grand Ay-
enue Of Pennsylvania, running from one
extreme to the other, had, indeed, been
opened, as had also other streets in its vi
cinity.
The buildings in the city could be easily
counted. Near the Georgetown Circle
stood the Six and Seven Buildings, and in
the vicinity the boarding house of Mr.. VIM
IQ'Neal, the father Of Mrs. Eaton About
where the Treasury Building now stands
Were three or four houses.
Near what is the corner of Twelfth street
The National tribune., 1900-01-25

seems beyond comprehension; and yet the
plan from the first inception seems to have
been one of magnitude without a parallel.
The buildings from the outset were not
only to accommodate the Government OF a
new Republic, but buildings that should
be in keeping as the Nation advanced
The same sagacious minds that formed
the Constitution, that has proved to be the
bulwark of the Nation through the years,
in their conception of the buildings for a
Federal City, looked to a future in their con-
struction coordinate with the Constitution.
The distance Of the Presidents House
from the Capitol and other public buildings
might have been hindrance or matter Of
slow development; for We must remember
that heavy forests, swamps, bogs, mud,
bushes, thorns and tangle-wood had to be
overcome, and magnificent distances added
to the struggle.
Mr.. Hines, in his "Recollections," says:
II am confident that when first saw Penn
The National tribune., 1900-01-25
Work Of the Pension Office.

The report of certificates issued for the
week ending Jan. IL shows
Army invalid: Original, n; increase and
additional. 2TS; reissue, 80; restoration
and renewal, 81; duplicate, "a; accrued. 81;
total, 4J9.
Army invalid (act Of June 27, 1890:
Original, 3S2: increase, 3G2; additional, 81;
reissue, u; restoration and renewal, 81;
supplemental, 3; duplicate, 45; accrued,
1876; total, 1,O25.
Army invalid (war with SPAIN: Origi-
nal, g. reissue, l; total, 4.
Army widow. etc: Original, 40; reissue,
3: restoration and renewal, .; duplicate,
10; total, 20.
Army widow, etc. (act Of June -, 1890;
| Original, 243; increase and additional, 2:
reissue 2; restoration and renewal, /,
| supplemental, .; duplicate, is; accrued:
,: total, 271.
Army widow, etc. (war with SPAIN:
| Original, 8.
Navy invalid: Original, l; increase and
| additional, 3; reissue, 2; restoration and
renewal, i; total, 9.
| Navy invalid (act of June -, 1890:
| Original, 50; increase and additional, a
| reissue, 3; restoration and renewal, T.
accrued, 8: total. 40
Navy invalid (war with Spain: Original /
| Navy widow, etc: Original, 2; duplicate,
| /; total, }.
Navy widow (act of June 27, 1S9Ol:
Original, I; restoration and renewal, /;
! total, s.
Navy widow (war with SPAIN: Origi-
nal, l.
Indian Wars-Widows: Duplicate, 8.
| Old War Invalid: Accrued, 1.
Mexican War-Survivors: Increase and
additional, q reissue, /; duplicate, 3; ac-
crued, q; total, u
Mexican War-Widows: Original, G; du-
plicate, >; total, TO-
Totals: Original. 7G4; increase and
additional, ia; reissue, 63; restoration and
renewal, II; supplemental, 5; duplicate
| 12l; accrued, 230. Grand total, 1874.
The National tribune., 1900-01-25

sylvania Avenue there was not one house
upon it" This was 1893 or 1900. The
commons, where the Avenue now is, from
the foot of Capitol Hill westward, was al
most impossible for vehicles of any kind.
Indeed, it was almost impossible to walk
for mud, thorns and briers.
After a while a tolerably good footway
was made by carting gravel, chips and
freestone. When this was done they be-
gan filling in and leveling the center of the
Avenue. He thinks it was 1901 that the
planting of trees was commenced along
the Avenue. A row was planted on each
side of the street, near where the curbstones
were to be set, and in addition two more
rows, of equal distance from the curbstones
and nearer the center of the Avenue. The
trees were Lombardy Poplars.
The Tiber, which ran at the foot Of Cap
itol Hill, could only be crossed along the
course of the Avenue by a foot-bridge
made of two logs placed side by side, on
which people walked across the stream in
going to and from the Capitol.
The Duke de la Rochefoucault Liancourt
wrote in 1896: There is not even one
| house between the Capitol and the Presi-
dents House. The plan of the city is both
judicious and noble; but it is, in fact, the
grandness and magnifcence of the plan
which render the conception no better than
dream"
William Jansen, in 1904, wrote: "The
entrances, or avenues, as they are pom
pously called, are the worst roads passed
! in the country. In the Winter
season, during the sitting of Congress, ev-
cry turn of your wagon-wheel is for miles
attended with danger. The roads are nev,
| er repaired. Deep ruts, rocks and stumps
! Of trees every minute impede your progress