Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-09
DR.. |. c. WHITE TALKS.
Entertaining Story of the Re-
cent Trip Which He Made.

lis Selection Great Compliment to
His Ability-The Voyage Over to Eu-
rOpe-Cities Visited-Sights. Scenes
and Incidents Of a Most Fascinating
Charaeter-W Wonderful Mineral C0un-
try Tnspected-The Beautiful Yolga-
Great Fair at gni-NOvgorod-The
Meeting Of the Congress Received
by Royalty-G0mments Ou the Reeep-
ton.
DR.. l. G. White has just returned
from what is probably the most inter
esting trip ever taken by a Morgan
town man. Certain it is in selecting
DR.. White to make this trip, two ma
tional societies paid him the highest
compliment ever paid to a resident of
this town. liter d rest of a few days
during which he fully recovered from
the fatigue engendered by his trip,
the Doctor kindly consented to talk
of his voyage for the entertainment OF
the readers Of this paper. Last night
he was seen by our representative, and
most delightful recital Of the trip
was given. The description of the
"Four of us as representatives of
two American societies, the Geologi
cal Society of America and the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement
of Science, were appointed as dele
gates to the International Geological
Congress which met at st. Petersburg,
from August % to September 5.
Originally there We're three delegates
from each society, but one of them
died and another found it impossible
to go, so the representatives were re-
duced to four. We sailed from New
York on the North German Lloyd line
for Bremen, on July 9Th. After an
uneventful voyage Bremen was reach
ed.
From there we went to Hamburg
and Berlin, stopping short time at
each place and then to St. Petersburg,
which is 1900 miles from Berlin.
After short time spent in Berlin, We
took what is called the Ural excursion
which lasts month, inspecting the
Urais and going into Siberia. During
this trip the greatest mineral country
in the world was thoroughly inspected
by US. Almost every conceivable
mineral was to be found, and that in
the greatest proportion. Numberless
mines were inspected and all different
processes of mining were examined
closely by US. The UralS are very
much like our Alleghenies, running
in the same general direction, and be-
ing drained by a river which cores
ponds to our Ohio, emptying into the
Volga, which closely resembles the
Mississippi. The mountains belong
to the same age as our system and the
resemblance is in many respects
very close one.
During this excursion we visited
Katrinaberg, the greatest center for
gems in the world. Here more prec-
ious stones of all kinds, except dia
monds, are cut and polished than in
any other city in the world, and it is
headquarters all other kinds of gems.
The immense lapidaries were eXamin-
ed and the various interesting pro-
cesses in preparing gems for market.
After this fascinating visit, a special
steamer was put at our disposal and
we went to Nigni Novgorod, via the
Volga, celebrated in story and song as
the most beautiful river in the world.
Its reputation is well deserved one.
We were astounded by its beauty, and
by the magnificent ecnery which every
turn in She river revealed. The COM
merce Oh it was enormous. Nothing
like it had been imgained by our
party. But it drains one Of the rich
est countries in agriculture and miner
al resources Of the globe.
On our arrival at Nigni-Novgorod
we found the farmers fair in progress.
This fair is well known to everyone
from descriptions, but the reality was
bewildering one. Every nationality
was represented; perfect babel Of
tongues and delightful array of diff
ferent types of men was the result.
Here the wares Of the world are
brought to sell. Tea from far off
China, brought overland, silks from
India, furs from Siberia, and, in fact
goods from every portion of the globe
The fair is given under the auspices
of the crown, and is the center of
trade for the Empire. 1t lasts for
sixty days and is the most interesting
thing encountered during the trip.
From here we took the train again
and returned to st. Petersburg, where
we arrived on August 28th. The
Congress began on the next day. This
Congress is held every three years.