The evening times., 1900-06-26
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

7 am visiting the United States on a
tour of observation" said X Won PosteIs,
OF st. Petersburg. at The Ebbitt. this morn
ing. My profession Is that Of architect
and for my own instruction I am uraveiing
through the principal countries Of America
and Europe to see what is 10 be seen in
architecture. have beea much interested
in the many-stOried dwellings IN NeW
York. In Russia our methods Of coustrUc-
tions are entirely different on account Of
the severely cold weather. II ST. Peters
burg the houses are never over Eve stO-
Ties IN height. and the walls are very
thick The law requires the walls 10 be
an zsvS- IN thickness an asciu is one
third o. a sageI. which is equivalent 10
seven feet English. The windows Of our
buildings are always double, and in many
instances are thre1feld. The window
sashes do not pull Up and down as here.
but open from the middle inward We do
not use any saLlsyJues for the eXteriocs
OF buildings. and all are constructed Of
Finland granite or red brick Country
houses are built Of wOod-Eauge logs.
which IT one over the other. Laukcd in
front and behind by boards return 10
Europe in five days
Col. Samuel Parker. A y Kepoikai. C.
3. Wilson, and " H McIEerney. Of Homo
lulu, are registered at the Shoreham. Col
CnsI Parker was a delegate from the Ha-
waiian Islands TO the Philadelphia Con
veutiOn. He gave a luncheon yeserday 10
several friends at ChamberIin's.
a big percentage Of the reported profits
Of such concerns as ours. said James c.
Gray. OF the Carnegie Company at Cham
berlin's. this morning. is not available for
dividends. but must be expended 10 keep
The industry Up 10 date The Carnegie
people do this reIiEiOUsIy. 4 contrary
practice Is shown IN many enterprises II
means no progress no new inventions. ev-
erything OF the last century. new machines
passed by because they cost too much
money. and as a consequence over they. 20
into the pit Of bankruptcy"
July ! VII see $4,000 people settled in
Cape Nome. said Judge " 5. Hitchcock. at
the Riggs this morning Fortunes are to
10 be made In those long stretches OF sznd
l eEqulred Of q man who owned many
mines IL Alaska from which bo - -
ceived the greatest results HIS rep-y was
that he had become rich from the one
which had cost him the least 50 VIII il
be al Nome Wealth Will Be found IN VI
. tAbetLS4 ElaCeS- SllA leave Tor that
country II a few weeks ! have ben
through she Alaska gold countries. and
many OF my friends are there Although
mining camp law is the most equitable il
the world, the operations Of the code re-
Gently enacted BY Congress viii b apQre-
cizJed-"
Thomas c. Human. who registers Z on
Odessa. Russia, is & guest at Clamberlin's :
Nj Human is an American but has rcr
seen his native country before fer i've
years
H W2da. H Natada. X TsrCe. and y
kUnoEL OF Tokyo. are registered az the
Arlington These gentlemen are engaged
in stOck-raising il Japan, and are in A1er
ica to investigate the methods in vogue
here Of cattle raising
r kOnGo and NJ AJagawa. Of Tokyo. are
registered at the Arlington Both gentle
men are interested in the Ashio COpp :
mines OF Japan. the richest IN that island
. They have been investigating mining ne