The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-01
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Riggs House today 1T is the great
est State in the Union In the country
around the capital the windmills are still
turning and the eucalyptus trees continue
to exhale their pungent odor Speaking
of tress. reminds me that we have recently
discovered more of the big fellows in the
Santa Cruz ntains-bigger than those
which tourists have been looking at for
the last thirty years The region that
speak of is only about thirty-seyen miles
from San Francisco. but is almost mac
cessibls- The forest fires of the fall CT
1889 burned away the timber surrounding
the base and Stones OF the Santa Cruz
Mountains. In the heart of these noun
tains there was territory generally
known as the Big Basin. crater-like dis
trict covering about one hundred square
miles. the vegetation within was so
dense that only now and then would a
hardy wOodsnan venture in. Last winter,
though, this district was explored and the
big trees found The red wood of the Big
Basin is the Sequoia semperyirens. It IS
superior in height and symmetry 10 the
sequoia gigante2. There have been found
many of these trees which are three hun
one hundred feet in girth. W. Il. Dudley,
the botanist for Leland Stamford Uni
versity, announces the trees the oldest IN
existence. estimating the age OF some of
the larger specimens at three thousand
years. To support this he says that the
geologic formation of the Big Basin IS
PHeocene and that this particular region
existed in its present state prior TO the
glacial period.
\ good deal Of gossip goes on in the
hotel Iobbies concerning Joseph Z. Hall.
OF Bangor. NJ. who appears to be the
most promising candidate to represent the
fourth Congressional district of Maine
when Charles 4. Boutelle shall have re-
signed 1t is given out in semi-oficial
way that Mr.. Hall is Mr.. BOutelle's own
candidate. Mr. Hall comes from family
which has bsen> prominent in northern
Maine for many years. He was born IN
Pres cue Isle. in ArOostock county, in 1857,
and was educated in the public schools
iRgton a few years ago, and graduated
from the law department of Georgetown
University in 1897 and in 1883 was admit
ted TO the bar Of AroosJock county.
\ Secret Service man said TO a reporter
for The Times in an uptown hotel this
morning that several Of the finest eel
Iections OF counterfeit money IN
the United States have recently
been confscated by the Govern
uient IA Consequence of the law which
prohibits the holding Of counterfeit mon
ey- An instance il point was that Of a
bank cashier. who for years had made it
money coming INFO his possession. Other
collections were those of cashiers in the
big department stores whose idea was 10
compare the cCunterfeits with suspicious
noIes offered in the course Of business
News Of these collections reached the Sc
cret Service Bureau OF the Treasury De-
partment. and they we're confseated.
The uptown hCtel men are talking Of the
TumCr which comes from LoHdoD that the
Emperor OF Germany and the Prince o.
Wales may come to the United States to
attend the yacht races for he America 5
Cup and that they may. come 70 Washing
ton. This leads TO "reminiscences CT other
high titled Ders0nages Hho have come 70
Washington.
N'hca The Grand Duke Alexis. Of Russia,
visited tha United States. ne came as the
guest Of the Russian legation just al
ithat tine the Russian Minister was not in
favor a. the State Department. fer Il was
charged be had been writing letters 10 the
! press eEiucising the Administration, and
On that account his passports were about
| 10 be handed to him but owing to the
! Grand Dukes visit. these structures were
removed and during the Grand Dukes stay,
! the minister renaInsd persona grata, but
after the Grand Duke had departed. The
1 RUSSIAN Minister was recalled TIE PTesI-
! dent entertained the Grand Duke al a
! state dinner al the White House. and at
/ tended a reception at the Russian S-ega-
/ tion in his honor.
Although the visit Of the Prince OF
| Wales and the invitation extended by
! Congress &c the King OF Siam are the only
official precedeuts 10 govern any future
/ course Of the Administration. should the
royal guests come next fall, there are
mary incidents. 1t is said, in which the
! Government has entertained royal guests
| and special provisICa was made for their
! enter tainment and comfort while in The
+ United States Soon after his coronation.
! King KalakUa. OF Hawaii came 20 the
J United States On d visit and ran up a bill
Of so G3e for expenses. and Congress pass
ed oil approPFiaJiug that amount 10 pay
it, Soon after his Queen came 10 this
country. and even LiiiUokalari. when she
was monarch IN the islands came 70 the
United States and was entertained. Spe-
cial provision was made TO entertain royal
/ guests during the Worlds Fair at Chica-
go. and Princess EulaIie and the Duke oil
: NeTagua enjoyed the hospitality Of The ma
/ IiCn. When President Dole. soon after
his inauguration as President of Hawaii
came TO Washington. he was entertained
/ and Assistant Secretary of State CridIeE
and CommGRdant Davis. CT the navy. were
( appointed as representatives Of the Gov
ernment. to escort and accompany him dur
ing his visit to this country
/ RidgIey c. Hascomb. a commercial trav-
eler. who has just come up from the coun-
try along the Altamaba River and Cum
berland Sound. said at the National Hotel
today that great amount Of enJhtt
siasm is being displayed among the people
in Brunswick ca. over the approaching
national maritime congress, which vii
convene there on January 30 There vii
be representatives from all maritime and
Congressional bodies throughout tht
United States, and their appearance il
Georgia. II is said will mean 4 great dea
to the State It is promised that the as
! seubly VIII be non partisan and that IN;
sole object Will be TO devise plans by
/ which the maritime interests of this cOuu-
/ try can he reasserted by placing in tht
/ foreign carrying trade an increased mum
Der OF American built ships proportionatt
to the vast exports of the country