Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-26
STATE HOUSE,
Librarian Carver and Chairman
Carleton Home Again.
Spent Two Months Visiting European
Places Of Interest.
President Roosevelt Will Visit the Cap
itoI, Wednesday Morning.

Hon. L. T. Carleton, chairman of the
fish and game commission, and Hon. l..
d. Carver, State librarian, have re-
turned from their two months visit in
Europe and both were at the State
House, yesterday, attending to their
official duties. They had d delightful
trip abroad and enjoyed every moment
of their stay.
I'VE made a practice" said Mr.. Car
yer, of first taking a drive around the
cities we visited so as to obtain bird s
eye view of them. Then we would go
sight seeing in a systematic way, and l
doubt if we missed anything of inter-
est in any of the places where we
stopped.
I'm England we visited Southampton,
Liverpool, London, Sheffield, Leeds and
Dover. London appeared dull es-
pecially after seeing Paris. In Scot
land we visited Edinburg, Aberfoil,
| taking coach and boat rides through
| the highlands and then went to Glas-
gov. From Paris we went to Cologne
| and spent half a day in making a trip
| down the Rhine. We went down by
| rail and came back by steamer. The
| river scenery is very beautiful.
"ln Germany we visited Berlin, fine
| city, and Potsdam, where are located
the palaces of the emperor. We saw
the noted San Souci palace, built by
Frederick the Great. From Berlin we
| went to Hanover, where George |. of
| England was born, where the house OF
| Hanover, famous in English history
originated. We passed through BEL
| GUM on our way from Cologne to Ber-
| lin. This country is a veritable line of
industry. Mining and manufacturing
are extensively carried on there. From
| Hanover we went to Holland visiting
| Amsterdam where we saw great
| picture galleries. the wonder of the
world. and examined the dixie and canal
systems of Holland. Then we went to
| The Hague and saw the palaces OF
Queen Wilhelmina, and the famous
| picture gallery there located. From
| the Hook of Holland we crossed the
| North Sea to England.
| I'VE left London the day before the
coronation of King Edward so as tc
avoid the crowds Of people expected
| and went into the highlands of Scot
land. There was very little decoration
| attempted. The original decorations
had been destroyed by the weather, and
there was only a slight attempt made
to replace them. The route of the pro-
cession was changed from the original
plan so that the ceremony was only q
perfunctory sort of an affair. A great
deal of money was lost by tradespeople
| and others who made preparations for
business on an extended scale, and the
postponement of the coronation cere-
monies was bitter disappointment to
them. King Edward is a great favorite
with his people and whenever he APP
pears they become enthusiastic over
| him.
! Il regard the German people as the
most energetic and progressive of any
saw, although the country is bur-
| dened with a large standing army The
| flower of the German youth must join
| the army and 100000 men are thus
taken from all productive enterprises
Harvesting is delayed because labor is
so scarce. Yet. regardless of this Sc
| rious drawback Germany is full OF
| manufacturing enterprises that have
| practically grown UP in the past 20
years.
1.-The Scotch seemed to be very in
| dustrious. Glasgow, with its 500. 900
people. is one of the finest cities in the
| world. 1t has established many mum :
cipal improvements. The city owns a
water system. which cost upwards of
| S20. 0O0. 900, lights it's streets by cleo
| tricity and conducts street railway
system. which excells any street rail-