The evening times., 1900-07-02
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS

Education in Mexico is almost entirely
under Government direction" said Felipe
Vale. at the Riggs, this morning Mr.
Vale Is connected with the Astronomical
Observatory at Tacubaya, and is a profess
school at ChepuItepec- There are very
few private educational institutions. and
such are OF minor Importance" he con-
tinued- We haze a very complete sys-
ten. for both elementary and higher edu-
cation There are the public schools in
which education is nov compulsory, acade-
micai schools. colleges. and advanced
schools where instruction for professional
careers is given We have a school Of
mines. Of Law. Of medicine. a school Of
architecture. and an excellent school OF
music which Is conducted by the Govern
ment. We have also q military academy
at Chepultepee and naval school az Vera
Cruz.
'-OHs astronomical observatory 3 under
the Department OF Public Works. and is
engaged in much the same work as is
done in this country by the Naval OBJ
serv4tory- We are devoting much atten-
ton to weather observations, although
not as far advanced rs Is the science IN
the United States. / have paid a visit 10
the Naval Observatory ard have found
much to interest and to benefit me- !
have also been through the Coast and
Geodetie Survey" Mr. Vale is stopping
in Washington. en- route TO Paris, where
be viii represent his Government at the
Geodetie Congress and the Astro-pEoto-
graphic Congress to be held there
DR.. s. II. Durgin and l. G. Burnhan. OF
Baltimore. and r. J. Watson, OF PhIladel-
phia, EhO are registered at the Shcreham
are interested in the establishment OF a
station ia Central America for the inspec-
tion Of fruits imported into this country
r. Petsch, OF Berlin, who Is a guest al
the Shorebam is the Councillor OF the Pos
tai Telegraph Service Of the German Era
pire- As councillor, he has charge OF the
entire German telephone system I am, %
be said, Investigating the methods In
vogue in this country. and am seeking the
points OF superiority especially in insuia
ton that exist here. Ny inspection is
made in an Official capacity and I am here
as the representative Of my Government
There is little difference in method be-
tween Is Our exchanges are all manipu-
lated by girls as Is done here. md every
thing else except in minor details is much
the same. OF course there are no cOmpet-
ing telephone lines, as the whole system
is under the control OF the Government
That government ownership is a success. I
think. is best attested by the number OF
our subscribers. IN Berlin. alone. there
are 80. 900 subscribers who are divided
among nine stations. The largest station
has 1000 phones. a number that ! believe
Is only exceeded by a station in New York
city Our rates average about as in this
country The highest rate charged is $50
marks per annum, or about s4S. The
lowest rate is I20 marks for 400 calls. with
a supplementary rate Of 1-2 cents for
each additional call The longest telephone
line in Europe is between Berlin and Par
is. distance Of ]. 500 kilometers. or nearly
900 miles This is the second longest in
the world that from New York 10 Chicago
being somewhat over that distance" Mr.
Pe;sch returns to Germany in about one
month.
John G. Held. OF Juneau. Alaska, is a
guest at the Arlington Mr. Held is a
prominent Republican at Juneau. and rep
resented the Territory as delegate to the
National Convention at Philadelphia
H. R Pingree. Governor OF Michigan.
who is a guest at the Arlington, is in the
Capital in connection with the war claims
Of his State.
"Chickamauga VIII hold reunion this
fail OF the blue and the grey" said Cor
don Lee. OF Georgia. al the Arlington. this
morning The meeting Is arranged for
September. and fully 5e.o09 strangers are
expected to attend The town has been
very quiet since two years ago when the
rational encampment OF the United states
troops was there"
B L Ferguson. who registers from BaIy-
castle, Ireland. IS guest at the Shore
ham