The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-01
UNCLE sam NOT SATISFIED
With The hCtS Of The Gillian Junta and
Holds Two War-ShipS Hard Bly,
SOAPOIOGY FOR THE AFFRONTS AS YET,
Great Secrecy Regarding the Matter.
Washington Notes.


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept SO-The Chilian
situation is unchanged. and It continues to
be asubjeot Of sohoitude in official circles.
No new acts of dscourtesy at tho hands Of
the Chilian Junta are reported AT the same
time il is not known that the Junta las
amply apologized for former insults or given
assurances that untrendly demonstrations in
the future will not be made 10 American citi-
zens The interest felt in the situation has
not abated. and that the Government still
feels tho necessity Of having United States
men-Of-war IN Chilian waters within easy call
Is attested 10y the fact that the San Francisco
which touched 81 Payta, Peru. on her way TO
san Francisco, has been ordered 70 remain at
payta and await developments.
The Dnited States ship orktown, which
some weeks ago was ordered % China, has
been ordered 90 stop on her way thence at
Valparaiso for orders. She will on her way
down the Atlantic coast stop at Monteyideo.
UNCLE SAM NOT Satisfied.
In the event that the Chilian situation does
Dot demand her presence at Valparaiso orders
can then be sent her to proceed direct to
China The San Francisco will remain at
layta for the present and the Baltimore at
Valparaiso. This disposition Of the only
shows that the Government is not
satisfied that all the trouble with
Chill is past or that IN the unstable condition
Of that country on the verge of presidential
election. new troubles may not arise. COM
peiling the United states TO the protection of
her citizens and her dignity to he represented
by q sufficient naval force in order if neces-
sty arises. that she may assert herself
Government officials still maintain the
greatest secrecy about the cable communica-
tons that are passing between Washington
N".".. N..NH O. ..... e..a.
few days matters may so shape themselves
that they can with safety make the exact
nature of the trouble known 10 the public.
SUPERIORITY or OUR WEATHER SERVICE.
Professor Harrington. chief of the Weather
Bureau has Just returned from Europe.
where he attended the Meteorological Con-
gress at Munich. During his absence he saw
much that was instructive and is we'll pleased
with the results of the conference. My OBJ
ject In going abroad he said to-day, was
10 attend q meeting of the representatives
Of the different countries in Munich TO
procure uniformity IN meteorological work
al over the world. This was in q LARGE meas
ure accomplished and all the governments
were represented, even from Iceland and
Brazil. 50 that you can see that the confer
ence was largely attended. The conference
was trlIngual and discussions were either in
English. German OF French. The details of the
meeting would be unlnteresting to the general
,
consideration and cOrdiality wherever we
went and IN many cases the National flag was
run up when we visited the weather bureaus.
Tie bureaus in Europe are no. conducted on
the scale that we have here. We have $50
emfl0yes under tins one roof and YOU
viii not find more than thirty or forty in any
Of the weather bureaus of the cities [ visited
neither have they the magnificent service we
have in forecastng the weather. Their CEN
tIal Office is more like the headquarters of
one Of our local iorecasters.
NO COMPARISON.
''lou can readily see how this is when You
compare one of these countries 70 some of
our single States. In Europe the collection
OF telrgrams from all parts of the country
tie accurate forecastug. and the paint
ING of weather maps IS crude compared
with the perfect system that exists IN
the nited States. OF course we have a
era sweep from ocean 10 ocean and the
best opportunity In the world to study the
weather. All of our observations are taken
slmu taneOusly all over the country at O'clock
A. M.and = O'Clock =. NJ. Washington time.
that oi The 18th meridian SO that We have an
elrate picture, SO % speak, over the whole
country at identicaly the same minute,
These reports are made 40 : o'clock flashed
a.r0s. the wires To this Office. and at 10
o'clock the weather map is printed and
on my desk. Now see the way
IS done in Germany. The Obserya-
tons nre sent % Hamburg and are taken
along the coast with a variance of three hours
teiween the time OF making the observations
according u the distance Il the station Ne
cessarly such observations are not accurate,
aud nowhere DO the weather reports and tho
forecasts approach the perfection that is
reached with u.s."
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Senator Morgan called on the President this
morning and presented Major Semple a dis
un-usled iurist OF Alabama. as "a candidate
ior tie Democratic vacancy on the Inter
state Commerce Commission.