The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-13
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Alfonso Felix Bernasconi de Corte is at
the Shoreham- He is native of the Ar
gentine Republic. hailing from Buenos
Ayres, but he has homes in every quarter
of the globe In Switzerland he has a
marble palace in Milan he has a mansion,
in Rome a magnificent dwelling, and in
Paris a house OF extraordinary size and
maSnifCenCe. In Argentina he owns hun
dreds of square miles of land and has
large holdings of real estate IN Buenos
Ayres
Alfonso Felix Bernasconi. his father
was one Of the first Europeans to go into
Argentina He made the most of his op-
portunlties, and was, at the time OF his
death, one of the richest men in that coun-
try Through his mother young De COrte
Is heir 10 a title one of MS maternal
uncies now living in Switzerland being
count The estate of this man and the
title viii fail to young De C0rte. as he is
The only male descendant of the line.
His education was obtained in univer-
sites in Europe. and upon graduating
from The last Heidelberg he started on
his travels lie is not wandering aim
IeSsly, but with a view to studying la
Dor conditions. and the economies of
finance, upon which subjects he is taking
notes for book he intends TO write.
Labor conditions and the economies of
finance. he said this morning. as he
chatted with q reporter are matters of
practical and not theoretical Importance
TO me- In Argentina l own hundreds of
square miles OF agricultural and grazing
ltnds- upon which l have hundreds Of
employees 1t Is almost rs il l We're Il SOW
erelSn OF the place. so much are nv en-
pioyeS subject TO my direction. The ex-
ports from my estates every year amount
70 I
you see II IS necessary that | should have
something more than an academic ac-
QuaIptance With the facts of business
am IN the United States to study the
methods of the financial and commercial
INSTITUTIONS, and am not merely on pleas
ure bent"
argentina, he said: The country is now
upon solid financial basis 1t has
passed through the crises that are ALWAYS
70 De expected in d new community and
from now on We expect that money in
vested Will bring a safe and easily cal
Cuiable return The city of Buenos Ay-rt-ss
mas increased rapidly in size The ma
JoFlty OF the inhabitants are Italians hut
,AmeTlcanS IN large numbers are to b.
I l as wei as British, French. Ger
ma ' t no Spansh 90, its 900 population, at
Now that the revolution is practically
suppressed in Colombia" said Minister
Silyela at the Arlington this morning, we
hope that financial conditions will i'm
prove You cannot imagine the great
financial depression which has existed in
our country since the beginning of the
insurrection- In all ports there have been
blockades and the MagdaIena River.
which leads to the capital, 3ogota has
been entirely closed. Trade of any kind
has been impossible, and all the products
Of the country have been locked in. There
has been no business mO-ing. and ex-
change has fallen lower and lower The
blOckades having been lifted trade is be-
ginning to move and our money is begin
ming TO resume its normal value again
StltI. the country Is in a most discourage
ing plight. and most drastic measures
VIII be required to put 1t right again
The failure of Congress TO appropriate
$1,000 to enable the Library Of Congress
10 keep open on Sunday afternoons and
evenings Is keenIy regretted by the heads
of the institution. The proposition was
one which had not only the hearty sane
ton Of everyone in the Library building.
but had behind it a precedent and a Gus
tom established and followed by all public
libraries of any Importance in the United
States Librarian Putnam said this morn
ing:
I cannot account Tor the action Of Con-
sAS-'9 S-ACEk5t AEci4 tLAe SlpNbSlLlOG mat
there was some misunderstanding of our
purposes The small amount which we
asked could not have been refused merely
for ecOnomy's sake The benefit Of the
opening Of the Library on Sunday after
moons, especially 10 residents of the Dis
trict. would be exceedingly great The
population OF Washington is made up TO a
great degree of persons in departments. in
scientific institutions. in schools and coll
leges who cannot without a great deal Of
Inconvenience visit the Library on a week
day If the Library could be kept open on
Sundays they could spend a few hours
there prOfitably- l calculate that the num-
Der Of people using the Library facilities |
on Sunday would be half again if not
twice. as large as that using them en- week |
days.
1t must be understood that il was in |
tended TO Keep the building open only from
Z clock IN the afternoon To 70 at night
Out OF the Library force Of more than 800
only about fifty would have 10 work on
Sundays. for most of the departments, !
such as the catalOgUing and copyright
rooms, need not be open. No one would |
be forced to work II would be a matter /
of choice ard only those who desired the +
extra pay for the extra service would b,. !
put on the special roll.
1t viii be absolutely impossible to open
the Library on Sundays unless some ap- !
preparation Is made for it The only way ;
II could be- done would be by asking for /
volunteers out of the force for the Sun
day work a thing OF which I would never .
think for q moment We shall make an
attempt again next year TO get the neces- /
SaT5 -uuCS &nG expect success.