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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20
MANY CONGRESSES
More Than a Hundred Are to Be
Held in Paris
IN CONNECTION With THE FAIR
Efforts That Will Be Made to
Please All Tastes.
A BUILDING FOR WOMEN

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, January IL, 1900.
Now that we are dating our letters 1900,
probably the discussion as to whether this
is the nineteenth or the twentieth century
will be dropped for a time. The carica-
turist 6. Redon has brought out a very
amusing sketch in which he portrays the
vanishing nineteenth century pulling the
exposition his way-the exposition being
typified as gay PariSian-while the TWEEN
ueth century, disguised as an up-to-date
fur-clad automobilist, is taking her gal
lantly by the arm. Miss Exposition, by the
expression of her countenance shows she
is very much bored by the discussion, and
doesn't care rap to which century she be-
longs. provided she is permitted to make
her great fair an instructive entertaining
and interesting show for the whole world
The successful exposition should be
both heavy and Light" This paradox
ical way of putting it means that it must
contain enough of that which is serious and
important and lasting to enlist the atten-
ton of persons seriously inclined, while at
the same time 1t must provide amusement
and diversion for those who come to the
ground on pleasure bent. The 1863 EXPOSE
ton bids fair to prove somewhat more Sc
rious and earnest than is usually the case
with such undertakings. Frederic Passy
out ol the HloSl prominent advocates OF all
peace agftationS, says that in his opinion
the bazaar element should be eliminated
from q universal exposition, so that people
will be provided with other displays than
those placed before their eyes daily in the
shops and stores of the leading cities. To
quote his own words: Mutual exchanges of
bullets and shells should be replaced by
the exchange of packages and cases, for
warded as friendly presents from one ex-
tremity of the earth to the other. Frater-
nifty dictated to us by interest understood
by reason, blessed by hearts, Is what the
exposition should realize, or more correctly
speaking, it is that which the 1900 EXPOSE
ton should teach us to understand and to
desire"
105 Congresses.
One of the most important features of the
fair will be the congresses of 1900, of which
already 100 arranged. In the limits of
this letter only few of these can be men
toned by name. emitting all details. Among
the topics which authorities and experts
will gather from all parts of the world to
discuss will be architecture. automobiiism
the blind. cheap dwellings, commercial
travellers. deaf and dumb, dentistry, draw
ing, feminine institutions firemen. hypno-
tism. life saving, literary and artistic rights
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lions, who will they be? The people of the
United States. 1t will be as though you
mad continued your own great transconti-
mental railroad lines-which now end at the
PaclhcS eastern SEoIe-to Asia, the Pacific
steamships being only links in the chain,
mere ferries.
The new country that will find its outlet
at Vladivostock Is purely AGRICULTURAL It's
manufactures, like the manufactures of
Russia herself, ere comparatively unim-
portant. our great wealth lies in our for
ests and fields, and for many years this
state of things must continue. The United
states. then, as the most accessible manu-
featuring neighbor. must be looked to as
the source from which we may procure the
machinery necessary to develop and work
our great area Of agricultural and wooded
lands. To the United States, also we must
look for the machinery with which we shall
develop the great mineral deposits that sur
veys show exist in Siberia and the adjacent
territory.
A Bit of Prophecy.
From the day on which the first through
train Is hauled over the new railroad, 1 ex-
pect to see the result 1 predict manifest it.
self both in your Pacific coast cities, and
inland, at your manufacturing centers.
Much Of the material for the construc-
ton and operation of the completed sec
ticns of the road has come from the United
States. Already, then. you have had great
benefits from the enterprise But what you
nave had is merely a drop in the bucket
The real benefit will come when the road is
regularly opened for business, when COM
rlunities are building up along It's line,
when areas now uninha bited and unde-
yeloped shall spring into life under the
magic touch of immigration American
capital AMI American enterprise will be
tremendous factors In Siberia then and
there will be no section of your country.
north, south, east or west, that will not be
affected favorab1y Your millionaire and
your workman will equally feel the stimu-
lus
Russia Needs Our Products
At the present day Russia imports from
the United States many times as much as
she exports to this country. Last year We
took from you products worth more than
$50, 900 900, while you took from us products
worth only S1,0O0,OOO This shows how
much we need your products and how glad
we are to get them. You sent us principal
ly machinery. We sent you a small part
of our agricultural crops.
Now, when this new railroad is finished,
we shall not only add vastly to your field
but we shall also bring our markets to your
very doors No other manufacturing nation
is situated that it can reach this new
commercial area to so good advantage
The United States. through it's Pacific ports
will then enjoy privileges that, coupled
with the conditions which have given YOU
such an important place in the worlds
commerce, will enable you to do business
under favoring circumstances that other
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nations cannot change. either in the iname-
date present or in the years to come
Frfendship for America.

Not the least Of your advantages lies In
the fact that Americas people and Amer
fca's products are alike immensely popular
with the people Of Russia and her posses
sions. This feeling of goodwill exists alike
among the masses and the classes. An
American is always welcomed in Russia,
whether he visits the hut of the peasant or
the palace Of the noble. In town and in
country. in st. Petersburg and in the FARM
ing districts. we all speak of Americans as
our brothers across the sea-
This feeling is literally all-pervasive. 1t
may not be easy to trace its origin and
growth, but it is easy enough to demon
strate that 1t exists. No observant Amer
lean who has ever visited Russia can have
failed to notice it. We seem, in our coun-
enterprising people on this side of the
world This sentiment is as strong with
the individual it is with the nation 1
suppose that with us as individuals 1t is
largely because we as a nation took sides
with the united States at the time of her
severest struggles
A Historical Reference.
This must naturally have had its infiu-
ence on us as people. and with the pas
sage of time good feeling for you has
spread among us until now, as I have said,
the peasant and the noble. the merchant
and the farmer, all alike, look upon all
Americans their brothers. The senti-
nent ma1ifests itself in all sorts of striking
ways. No American warship ever visits
our waters that is not received with en-
thusiastic demonstrations both on the part
of our people and our authorities
When, during your civil war, some of the
European governments We're almost active
~ hostile. while nearly all We're apathettc
Russia never wavered for moment in her
friendship for the United States. She show
ed openly and clearly where she stood.
How much influence her action had In
mOld1ng public sentiment at a critical time
in the European courts 1t is impossible for
me to say. Perhaps I cannot justly assert
that our stand had any actual value or in
fuence, but 1t certainly showed, as had SO
often been shown before, that we were
something more than fair weather friends
Remembering that such feelings underlie
our relations. 1T should not be hard to I'M
derstand how the building of the Trans
siberian road means much to America. To
Russia the advantages accruing from its
construction are chiefly strategical To
America will come enormous advantages
from the commercial and financial stand
points.
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mathematics, naval architecture number
ing cottons, ornithology, peace popular
credits. photography, press, public charity,
psychology, security against steam engines,
stenography, Sunday rest theatrical mate
rails. abuse of tobacco, women's rights and
workingmen's associations.
Some of these congresses will last as long
as three weeks, while others will finish
their business in forty-eight hours The
medical congress will be attended by sew
eral thousand doctors, who will come from
all parts of the world. To receive the MEM
bers of these several gatherings with due
honors the exposition has provided not
only magnificent building and the neces-
sary funds to entertain on an elaborate
scale. but the French government and the
municipality of Paris have likewise voted
large sums of money and made such ar
rangements with railroads, steamship lines
and other companies controlling public
utilities that the visitors will enjoy special
concessions and unusual advantages.
The Congregational Chief.
All Of tine congresses will have the same
chief-M. Cartel, who occupied the same
post at the Paris exposition of 1889 He
is a man of broad attachments and pro-
found learning, a chief of civil engineers
and a professor at the faculty of medicine
The building in which the conventions will
meet will be known as Congress Hall. 1t
is a handsome structure on the bank Of the
Seine in the Louis XVI style of architec-
ture, and has been built entirely by French
W0rkmen associations. The lower portion
of the ground floor is reserved exclusively
for social economy exhibits. The first floor
will contain one immense hall, BIS feet long
by 80 feet wide. with five meeting rooms
for the congressionalists. One of these will
seat 800 persons and two of the smaller
ones will accommodate $50 people, while
two others have seating capacity of $50
persons each. Congresses attended by over
one thousand visitors will be held in the
Paris Sorbonne or in the Palace of the
Trocadero. The large hall mentioned above
will be one of the finest locations in the
entire exposition for the enjoyment of the
fetes which. take place on the Seine at
night. Visitors will be in beautiful log
gia at the waters edge, with a scene before
their eyes suggesting nocturne at Venice.
having a score of brilliantly Illuminated
foreign buildings OF the most varied archi-
lecture on the opposite bank as a back
ground.
For the Workingmen.
Those who make a study not only of
products but of producers, will find in the
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vilion, and further sum of 500 600 has
been appropriated for the preparation on
municipal exhibits. with $36,oo0 more for
the installation Of the same. To this amount
Slp,en may be added for sundries and in
cldentals, $4,000 for municipal fetes in
Paris and SaD,OU as a subsidy for the
municipalities exposition fetes All these
grants were voted unanimously and with
out discussion, so 1t will be seen that the
city intends to maintain her old traditions
or hospitality and entertain her visitors on
a scale uninterrupted heretofore
The Municipal building on the exposition
grounds will differ from all the other pat
aces in one respect. 1t will contain an
Interior park with numerous grass plots,
fountains, rustic benches and PATHWAYS
Several imposing groups of sculpture will
be placed In this novel miniature park The
various city departments will make dis
plays of their most interesting features.
The famous Bertillon will exhibit the an
paratus he employs for the Identification
OF criminals, but for obvious reasons he
Will not be given an opportunity to offer
an expert demonstration of his handwrit-
ing theories, as was the case in the Drew
fus trial at Rennes. The police and fire
departments and the municipal department
OF education will likewise make elaborate
displays. There will also be shown in
cases. safe from vandal hands, various val
liable historical documents pertaining to
the history of Paris.
A<N
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From Tft-BitS.
Il understand" remarked the reporter
to the manager of a railway noted for the
unpunctuality of its trains, that there
was an accident on your railway last
night
"Oh, do you?" was the sarcastic reply.
Yes, sir"
do you know anything about it?''
"Only that it happened to the train which
was due here at S:15.'
THAT train came in to the minute, SIR"
said the manager, firmly.
Are you sure of that?"
"Of course | am
Thanks. That must have been the acct
dent referred to- and the reporter lodged
out safely.
Mrs. ]. Brassey Pushe-'I confess I'm
dying to get my daughter married"
The Brute-"Er-what other inducements
do you offer."-Life.
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in its recesses are to be found many a Sc
cret yet Nay, | venture to say despite
my preamble that the continent remains
for most practical purposes as unknown to
us as when the Victoria Nyanza and the
Congo Were undiscovered The names of
mountains. towns, villages, settlements and
tribes have been written on the blank
spaces of the maps, but what of that?
They are but the distinguishing terms of
their respective localities and are useful for
reference. This work has occupied twenty
five centuries, and the devotion of countless
explorers whose object was not to examine
details. but to reach some ohjectif-and
who had no time or opportunity to do more
than note the more prominent features
along their routes. Thus English travellers
and settlers in South Africa passed over
the diamond fields and occupied farmsteads
above the gold fields for scores of years
without suSpecting the Unreasonable
wealth beneath. Thus several travellers
whose business it was to explore came
within viewing distance of Huwenzori with
out once SuSp5 ting that its snowy crown
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Siberian Railroad Twill Greatly In
crease our Trade.
RUSSIA uEEDSilOUR MANUFACTURES
Feelings Of Friendship Toward the
United States.
A P L ANT PROPHECY

written Tor The Evening Star by Vladimir Teplow
imperial Consul General of Russia at New York.
Next TO Russia herself, no country in the
world VIII reap so much benefit from the
competitor of the trans-Sberian railroad as
the United States. The benefits it will con-
Ter on this country are so vast that 1 am
surprised that the facts have not been
made clear to your people long ago.
See what it will do-this railroad. 1t will
throw wide to your commerce the portals
of country as great in area as the United
States itself. In that country dwell mil
lions who must depend upon their neigh
bors, at least for many years to come, for
their manufactures. And the nearest of
these neighbors among manufacturing ma
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Those who make a study not only of
products but of producers, will find in the
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From the Chicago Tribune
Customer-"How long will IT take to nut
a small patch on this shoe?'
Cobbler-"About ten minutes, guess"
Customer-''Then I'll smoke cigar while
] am waiting"
Cobbler (after the first Whit of the
cigarl-'Iu have it done In about two
minutes, SIR"
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The Way of 1t.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Salesman-"What's the boss so mad about
this morning?'
Confidential Clerk-"He oversight him.
self"
Salesman-''Why. yesterday he got here
very early, and ne was Just as mad then"
Confidential Clerk-"Yes The alarm,
clock woke him up
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An Obstacle.

From Puck.
O'Brien the Fenian, in a stage Whisper
Are yez in favor av invadin' Canady?''
Casey-"Ot am that; but there's wan
thing that's botherin' me-"
O'Brien-"Phwat is it?'
Casey-"How the divn will we be able T.
git cur arms pasht tn coostoom officials
widout Dayin' dootyr'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-31
CHINATOWN
BOARD OF HEALTH MAKES A
MOVE.
Condemns Aala Tract and Residents
Has Reasonable Excuse.

Several prominent Chinese object to
the statement of DR.. Raymond that
new Chinatown is rapidly becoming as
insanitary as was old Chinatown be-
fore the fire. The protest reminds one
of the statement of Chu Gem in the
early days of quarantine, that China
town was as clean as the rest of the
city. The European smell differed
from the Chinese smell" and the
Oriental preferred the latter. That was
all there was to it.
The Board of Health Saturday, after
noon passed an order requiring the re-
sdents of Aala to vacate their houses
within forty-eight hours on account of
the insanitary condition of the locality.
DIR, Pratt has served notices on the
dwellers there and has been given pow
er to use force in the execution of the
order if such be found necessary.
c. Winam owns most of the con-
demned property. The district is GER
tainly in a miserable condition, but he
thinks he has a reasonable excuse for
failing to improve it. 1t has always
been very low and boggy, but the fill
ing in River Park made a catch basin
of Aala for the water from Palama,
multiplying it's sanitary deficiencies.
Several months ago Winam agreed
with Superintendent McCandless to give
land required for the extension of
DtItldllltb SlIteI III NOllSluIltbtlOll VI NiiS
filling in of his property by the Terri
torial government with dredger dig
gings. The government got the land
and extended Beretania street, but
Winam got nothing in return The
dredger broke down, and now the gov
ernment says it has no money for re-
pairs and continued operations, and
Winam win have to await the action
of the Legislature in the matter of
appropriations.
Winam therefore thinks he has a rea-
J sonable excuse. He went ahead with his
houses in the belief that his land would
be filled and met with this uneN7ecteo
obstacle. However much he may be
entitled to sympathy, on the other
hand, the Board of Health does not
purpose closing its eyes to the danger
of the place to the health of the COM
munity
The Chinaman is casting about fol
some means of filling the district. II
the work has to be done by carting the
expense will be very great. In the
meanwhile the numerous lodgers in the
houses, whites, natives and Asiatics
will have to find homes elsewhere. The
condemnir~ of his property is the be
ginning of practical work i'm abolish
! in" all low insanitary localities in the
! CITY.
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AFRAID OF CHINESE EGGS Settles ARE TOO FLNSY.
SEATS ON CAPITOL GROUNDS
GIVE AWAY.
Crowd at First Concert Smash Several
of Them-Agent Promises McCand-
less to Make Repairs.

The settees imported by the Terrific
rial government for the capitol grounds
have proved a failure. They are by no
means strong enough, and during the
first concert several of them We're
sprung i'm the back Superintendent
McCandless has made vigorous pro-
test to the local agent of the eastern
manufacturers and has secured the as
surance that the backbones of the set
tees would be strengthened.
Three dozen of the settees We're or
dered. They were an experiment, it be-
ing calculated to eventually supply
Emma Square, Thomas Square and
other public parks with them. When
the settees arrived they We're very
pretty and looked to be strong enough.
But the old adage "All is not gold that
glitters' proved true in their case.
The settees We're handsomely painted
to correspond with the green of the
capitol park, and were placed beneath
the trees. The very first test told the
story. Many of them We're broken
from the very lightest strain 1t was
plain that they could not possibly stand
the jamming of a big audience and
would therefore not fill the bill.
Mr.. McCandless claims that the con-
tract has not been complied with in as
such as durable settees We're promised
BE that as it may the agents have con-
sented to do the square thing to the
extent of having them strengthened.
1t is now expected that the work will
have to be done here, as it will be too
expensive to send them back east.
| They will not look so trim but service
is all the government is now looking
out for
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JUDGE LITTLE SPLURGES
GETS OUT A STUDY IN COURT
CALENDARS.
Big Enough to Hold The Cases of All
The Islands-Bank Supplies Money.
Some of the Cases.

Judge Little Of Hilo, is nothing if not
a "splurger." The Supreme court this
morning was shocked by the appear
ance of an immense bound pamphlet on
the back of which it was announced
that the booklet was the calendar for
the January term of the Circuit court at
Hilo 1t contained about twenty pages
chiefly blank-and was neatly bound
The Hilo Tribune got in an ad. on the
fly leaf as the publisher.
Two years ago the Hawaii calendar
was usually on fOolscap paper and was
written by the clerk with a pen. Judge
Wilder was a bit more tony and had
it printed on couple of long sheets of
legal paper. The new calendar is big
ger and greater and more elaborate an
enterprise than ever before attempted,
even by the Supreme court. Having a
proportionate display, Judge Humph-
reys' last calendar should have been
about the size Of the Standard diction-
ary.
Judge Little writes that he is not
worrying about the expenses of his
court. The Hilo bank has volunteered
to supply all the money required and
running chances of collecting out of the
Judiciary department. The proposal
has been accepted.
On the ilo'calendar for this term are
the following cases: Divorce, Is; jury
waived, 8; criminal 2S; jury civil, 26;
Judge Little has put the divorce list
on the first page of the calendar, which
is directly contrary to custom, the
divorce list always coming last. He eX-
plains that he does not wish to be idle
while the grand jury is doing it's work
so will take up divorce matters first
thing.
In the divorce list is a petition for Sc
paration of a rather unusual kind A
| young girl, scarcely over IA years of age
! stole away and married a Chinaman
named Kau Ian. Her parents were
dead, and the permission of the guar
/ dian II. b. Nalimu, was not secured. 1t
| is on the latter plea that the guardian
brings libel to annul the marriage.