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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

enue, between it and the Mall. rows of shanties, tenements and cheap hotels rose mushroomlike to disgrace the na- tion's capital. And the worst of 1t all is that they are there yet, as any visitor can testify who has to wend his way for more than half the distance between them in going from the capitol to the White House or treasury. It is pro- posed now to restore the Mall to its pristine glory as originally intended, and these eyesores will be torn down to make way for others more in harmony with the general scheme of adornment.
 One of the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of carrying out the new-old plan of establishment was the station of the Pennsylvania railroad, which not only stood upon the inner edge of the Mall, close to Pennsylvania avenue, but was, of course, connected by wide track age with it's main line north and south. Strange to say, the management held titles to the land granted it by some shortsighted administration of the old regime and all endeavors to oust 1t were futile until President Cassatt hirn- self proposed to join with the commits sioners in beautifying the capital. ! It was at first proposed that the Penn sylvania remove its trackage and build new station to the south of the Mall, but fortunately through the acquisition of control over the Baltimore and Ohio system the two roads were united under one management, and 1t was made pos sible to erect a station that could be used as a terminal for both. The old sites will be abandoned. all grade cross ings will be abolished. and thus the ground will be left clear for the carry ing out of the great scheme of embel- lishment, which will include the cree tion of monuments a memorial bridge, hundreds of small parks in and around the city, boulevards and speedways, ar- tificial islands in the Potomac, etc, and the erection of public buildings on an intelligent plan.
 EGBERT J. WATRoUs
 Washington.
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waiting hall will be the customary rooms for the handling of baggage by perfected appliances, and beneath the lofty roof of the Delaware avenue ex- tension space for thirty-six tracks. thus providing for all contingencies.
 Large as it is. the projected union station is only in keeping with the new order of things in Washington since the park commission was created two years ago for consideration of schemes for the city's betterment. This com mission composed of eminent architects and landscape gardeners appointed by the District committee with the sanc- ton of congress, has undertaken the restoration of Washington along lines in harmony with the original plan of the city by l. Enfant more than hun dred years ago. This comprehensive scheme has stood the test of more than a century, and the best the commission could do, in its opinion, after visiting the finest capitals of Europe and cogi- tating over the plan for months, was to recommend its adoption and elabora- tion, The chief feature of the L. Enfant scheme was the uniting of the two great structures of the capital-the cap- itol on the hill and the White House near the Potomac-by parklike con- nection called the Mall. This stretch of verdant park and gardens is more than mile in length and was intended as an eme 'ald setting for great edifices On each side of it were to be erected the great department buildings as they should become necessary, and this az gregation of park and magnificent structures was to be the fitting nuci gus of the city.
 It is all the more remarkable in view of the indorsement of the plan by the commissioners, that this comprehensive scheme was projected when Washing ton was virtually a swampy forest But it was not adhered to, unfortunately, for in the stress of subsequent times the city fathers allowed themselves to be diverted by the prospect of public emol- ument. so that along Pennsylvania av-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

TTENRY LOUIS REGINALD DE KovEN H is one of the few 'fmusicai Yankees"
 living who has beted the world with comic operas. Born in Middietown, Conn, of ex-Senator Farwell's beautiful daughters and resides in Washington, where he com poses such delightful operas as "The Begum," Robin Hood," Rob Roy' and "Foxy Cutler"
 After musical education in Germany, Vic tor Herbert, Dublin born, grandson of Lover, famous novelist, came to this country in 1886. He has been bandmaster Of the TWenty-sec- ond regiment of New York since 1894 and conductor of the Pittsburg orchestra since 1898. As composer he is well known by his "Prince Ananias,v "IdoPs Eye" etc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

TTERR ARTHUR NIkIScH was born in
 I'll Germany, but became an American
 musician after he had achieved Euro pean reputation. He is forty-seven years old. At eleven he entered the Royal Conservatory Of Music at Vienna and carried off many prizes. Coming to the United States, he reached the climax of his fame as conductor of the Boston Symphony orchestra.
 Like Herr Nikisch, Emil Paur attracted such attention in his native country, Austria, that, his fame extending to America, he also was invited over to the land Of the free. Con ducted the Boston symphony 18s39s, since leader of the Paur orchestra and f899-fo00 of the Metropolitan opera, New York lie is now a New Yorker and first class American.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

nuDLEY BUCK, the oldest member of 1 this musical cotere, is a Connecticut
 product, dating from 1889. He studied in Dresden and Paris, but made his great rep. utation in the United States. Was fer several years the popular organist of Boston's Music hall and later organist at Holy Trinity, Brook lyn. lie is famed composer of church and organ music, operas and choruses.
 Reversing the usual custom, David Bis pham, a native of PhiIadeIphia, went abroad for his Iaurels. He got them, too, as principal baritone of the Royal opera, London, with which he has been connected since 1891. He is forty-six years old, and his baritone roles in German, French and Italian have made his fortune. Now giving recitais in America
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

" ToHN PHILIP sousA, the inimitable Amer can now garnering iaureIs abroad, was born in Washington, 1854, was musical conductor at seventeen and won fame as lead- CT of the United States Marine Corps band, 1sso-s2 Few men living have composed so many marches, songs, waItzes and light operas as he.
 Bnndmaster John Duss, who is four years the junior of Sousa, is his keen rival for hon. ors, and surpasses him in eccentricity. He taught school in Kansas, farmed in Nebraska, studied music in Germany and finally brought up as "patriarch" of the Harmony society at Economy over which and it's communstic fund of more than $5,ooo,ooo he rules with a rod of iron.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

NTAHAN FRANko first saw liglst IN in New Orleans, 1881, and made
 his bow to the public in com. pany with Patti at the age of eight, when he played violin solo in New, York. After studying at the Royal academy, Berlin, f870-7s, he returned to the United States and made good the promise of his youth.
 Francisco FanciulIi was born in italy fifty years ago and educated in Flor. ence, where he afterWard led grand opera. Coming to this country In 1875, he finally succeeded Sousa as leader Of the Marine Corps band, and five years ago became bandmaster of the Sew. enty-first regiment of New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

scheme was initiated and thirteen since it was enthusiastically adopted by the international conference at Washing ton. The surveys were long ago com- pleted, and large map in relief drawn to a scale was on exhibition at the Worlds Columbian exposition at Chi cago in 1893. Men have risked their lives and health in explorations, engi- neers have. filed their reports. and it is now known that the project is not only feasible, but ultimately likely to be re- alized Two great railway systems, the Mexican Central and the National, cross the border of Mexico and extend far down into that republic, connecting at the City of Mexico with Mexican road for Oaxaca, 343 miles, which is soon to be Joined to another line to the Mexico- Guatemala boundary. Some of the most difficult work will be encountered in Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, where the lines already ex- isting aggregate less than 1000 miles. and it is estimated that another thou sand will be required to complete the system to the isthmus of Panama. The roughest of the work will be encounter ed ir Colombia, 1872 miles ;ein Ecuador. 365 miles; Peru, 1,671; Bolivia, 774, and 1.143 insArgentina. But there is already a road southward from Cuzco, in Peru. to La Paz, in Bolivia toward which the very complete system in Argentina. soon to be connected with Chile. Is rum ming rapidly northward: so that about the only great gap exists north of Cuzco.
 Even at this time. forty years after the scheme was announced. it is impos- sible to fix a date for its completion. but the most sanguine of it's promoters pre- dict a through route from all the cities of the United States to and through South America as far as Buenos Ayrea as early as the year 1910.
 RALPH ". LESTERA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

ing that one person conceived it, and another carried it out, for the man who originated it is still living and hopes to witness it's achievement. This man is Mir. Hinton Rowan Helper, who is now seventy three years of age, but who gave out his conception of a great railway for connecting Boring strait with the strait of Magellan nearly for ty years ago. The Three Americas' railway project was received with sccrn and scofings when 1t was first announced but after James G. Blaine took it up and it was sanctioned by the pan-American conference which met in Washington thirteen years ago last Mo- vember there followed congressional ap- propriations for exploration, surveys and voluninous report which has kept the subject before the world. So today in view of the vast development of America and the extension of our rail- way systems in all directions the scheme no longer wears an aspect chi merical or quixotic.
 As tc. whether such a system, project ed to unite the capital of the United States with that of the Argentine Re- public, not to say Alaska and Patago- mia, will be a profitable undertaking de- pends upon the interpretation of the term. There is little doubt that it's ex- cessivel length of more than 10000 miles would break it's back in many places unless Atrafflc were diverted to various ports along the way, say, at Cartagena, Colon and Tehuantepec. connecting with lines of steamers for Tampa. New
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

York or New Orleans on the Atlantic coast and from several points on the Pacific for Californian ports. But as to the ultimate benefit of such a line to the republics of Central and South America there can be scarcely doubt Conn mercially considered, with an eye to di- rect returns from traffic and freight, the scheme is chimerieal: but sentimental ly viewed the conception is noble one and worthy of adoption, Incalculable results will flow from the development of interior countries at present cut off from the world, such as the coffee, rub Der, cabinet wood and mineral regions of the Andean slopes; from the stimu- lus which it will give to local and inter national trade, and from the welding together of scattered communities. Revolutions will decrease as people are brought together through the competi- tion of commerce, for they nearly al- ways start in the sparsely settled dis tricts of Central and South America and work their way to the centers of population, swelling as they go
 Above all, the influence exerted by the United States, the largest of these sister republics, will be immeasurably enhanced, for the projection of an all rail route from the capital of the United States to and through all the capitals of the southern republics will tend to- ward unification of sentiment and methods, with the great northern re- public always dominant. That the "lit- tie sisters in the south'' are already looking to this nation for guidance has been made manifest on several occa- sions. the most recent being the pan American alliance in support of the Monroe doctrine proposed by Argentina. The headlong dive taken by Argentina s minister into the sea of diplomacy dis turbed the waters considerably when he stated in the name of his government that ''the principle which we maintain
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

is that a public debt cannot give rise to an armed intervention, and much less to the material occupation of the soil of American nations by any European power.' This was a step in advance of the most extreme Aenunciation of the Monroe doctrine by our own govern ment and trenched upon ground hith- erto considered as unsafe, diplomatical- ly speaking, but it shows the interest taken by the southern republics in the doctrine itself and is straw indi- eating the trend of the current.
 AS a quietus upon incipient 'revolu- tions,n then, and as means making for. desirable homogeneity of the American republics the projected rail- road will prove of infinite value to the world at large and worth all 1t will cost. Estimating it's total length at rather more than 10, 900 miles, nearly one-ha1f the system regarded as a whole is already built, for one may travel by rail from any large city of the United States to the isthmus of Te- huantepec, a distance of about 3,4OO miles, and another thousand miles are already in existence in various parts or South America. Roughly speaking, there remain $500 miles to build, and the estima ted cost of the system is put at s210,000000; so if Mir. Carnegie IS still yearning for methods to squander his fortune so that he may die poor he has here the opportunity of lifetime.
 It is doubtful, however, if he intends to devote to the scheme more than enough to finish the preliminary inves- tigations, in which case the subject re- mains almost in statu quo, for during the past thirteen years surveyors and engineers have been over the entire route Congress has expended $65,000 for surveys and an elaborate report. and the various republics are pledged to contribute whatever is necessary.
 Fortx years have elapsed since tha
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

ed ceiling. But this vast apartment takes up only about one-third the floor dimensions of the structure, and in case of an emergency requiring additional room it can be increased to 500 feet in length by throwing into it the. space re- served for lunchrooms. etc. Outside the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
PROPOSED UNION RAILROAD STATION IN WASHINGTON.

front, which itself will be made large enough to accommodate thousands of troops in review and great throngs of visitors.
 A $4000,000 marble building is mot to be sneezed at" whether it comes up to our exaggerated expectations or not,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

but it is promised that it shall do so in
 every respect. As the building itself will be one of the most imposing of it's class in the world, it's. great waiting room will be comm ensurate with it's vast size, or 245 feet long and 135 feet wide, with lofty arched and decorat-
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notable above everything of the kind that has taken place. Although pretty high, the enormous length of the sta ton seems to dwarf it's magnificent pro-
 portions, and consequently its height is to be artificially increased by a sunken terrace in the middle of the plaza in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
JOHANNES DAMRoscH, "a.

A KALI Eh JOF5ANTEES UAWHU6CFI, Td' WY nous composer, lecturer and conduct
 or, was born in Prussia, 1S62 but came to the United States with his father, . whom he succeeded as director of several ora <korics and symphony societies at his death in 4695. He was only tWenty-three when he took np this labor of love, but from the first gave promise of the great attanments of his later life in the world of music.
 The reputation of Frank Damrosch is only second to that of hts younger brother iec- kurer, organizer and music teacher, especially 8 in choral music. AWe need better music in cur schools" he says. "Let us begin to have good muslcs for music is the ennobIer of true patrsotIsn1.D
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

to its numerous parks and gardens, its wide, shaded streets and avenues and verdant surroundings it offers attrac- tions that can best be appreciated Tn the spring. Beautiful as 1t is, however, owing to the lavish expenditure or money. 1t is to be inmeasurably inn proved by the outlay of millions m the very near future. Among the greatest of these improvements will be the new union station, plans for which have been recently submitted and approved
 The subject is not a new one, having long been agitated. the two old stations having become obsolete, and, in fact, never having answered the require- ments of an ordinary town. The old B. and o. station is an eyesore, an archi- tectural monstrosity, while that of the Baltimore and Potomac-both in con- trol of the Pennsylvania management though fairly adequate architecturally, stands right in the center of the city's parks and is wholly out of place. But now that congress, the District comnlis- sioners and She Pennsylvania railroad 1se of better things in store for Wash lngton.
 According to the official plans. the structure will be longer than the capi- tol, or 760 feet, 90 feet high and core spOndingiy wide It is to be built of pure white marble. Its location, at the junction of Massachusetts and Dela- ware avenues, within four squares of the capitol, gives it a central situation advantageous in every respect and, to- gether with the elimination of grade crossings in the district, will mark an advance in Washington's improvement
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

3 it be true that MT.
 Andrew Carnegie has
 consented to finance the great railway scheme for uniting all
 the republics in the three Americas, it may be said of this stupendous undertak-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06

ASHINGTON is with out doubt the most sought and oftenest visited by tourists of any city in the United States. and from now on to the first or midi dle of May is the best season to visit the na- tinnal canital. Owing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-16
CIVIC FEDERATION.
Views on the open Shop" Pre-
scented by Capital and Labor.

Chicago, oct. l6,-Niews by labor and
capital in regard to the open shop"
We're again presented today before the
National Civic Federation, holding a
three days conference here,
President samuel GOmpers OF the
American Federation Of Labor, called
the meeting 60 order one Of the first
speakers was Horny G. Hunter, chair
man Of the Metal Trades associl ton OF
New York lie spoke IN opposition TO
the closed shop on account, he SAID, OF
The present condition OF organised la
Dor and the methods pursued By abor
organizations for the accomplishment OF
their ends. Unions, he said assumed
To control shop methods and regulate
wages 10 the tinancal toss of employers
and Reorganization OF industry and
without regard to economic conditions.
The speaker spoke Of acts OF violence
on the part OF labor which he asserted
were done with the knowledge and APP
proyal of the union and appealed to
representative leaders to wipe out these
blots.
4 statement by Mr. Hunter regarding
the expulsion Of organizations from the
Central Federation union OF New York,
was challenged by James =, Archibald
OF New York, secretary of one OF the
uUlonA III inc buu3 W WHICH AlI' ilhuAcf
referred.
AIR Archibald denounced II is untrue,
as aid other labor leaders Interested
a wordy war was imminent, several
unionlsts shouting IN unison, 1T IL un-
true, II Is untrue
Mr Hunter said the statement which
hnd been made was taken from "A New
York paper and that be could not yolch
for It's truth.
An assertion alleged to have been
made at meeting by a union man IN
regard 60 the closing of the Morse
Shpbuilding company which Mr., Han
ter quoted from q newspaper was also
denounced as untrue air, Archibald
said II had never been uttered and that
he could not allow IL TO so uncontru-
dicted lie added that reference 10
the minutes Of the gathering would boar
out his assertion.
Mr. Archibald said the bollermakers
and the blacksmlths were not expelled
from the General Federation union for
not striking as asserted, but said q was
done because Of action detrimental to
the union Mn Hunter said ne was
glad to hear It rcpudatcd ana was ap-
plaude1
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-16
RICHARD MORRIS
BY ACCLAMAT|ON..
Nominated by Judge Powers for
Mayor, His Name Went Through
Convention With a Rush.
WAS NO OTHER CANDIDATE.
Brief Speech of Acceptance and Prom.
Use of Economic and Progressive
Administration, If Elected.

Richard r. Morris, present city treas
urer, was this afternoon nominated by
acclamation for the Office of mayor on
the Democratic ticket. His name was
presented by Judge Powers and II went
through with q rush There had been
determination throughout the day to
force the nomination which was ac-
cepted over Mr.. Morris protest. In ao-
cepting the honor he stepped to the
platform and delivered a brief and
ringing speech. In II he said
"In accepting your nomination for
mayor ] want TO say that | am deeply
and sincerely grateful to you all, To
be selected from among so many able,
trustworthy men as are now to be
found In the Democratic party would
be an honor to any man and is fully
appreciated my me. That this honor
has come TO me unsought for has made
a profound and lasting impression and
to fully justify your confidence will
be my earnest desire and effort. Your
cause is my cause and you may go
back to the citizens who have sent you
here and say for your mayor If elect
ed we will give you an honest admin
istration. We will give you progress
sive administration tempered by a wise
economy which WIN not overreach the
capacity Of the tax paying citizen
thanq you"
HARRIS FOR TREASURER.
Fisher S. Harris was nominated by
reclamation for city treasurer
DEFY FOR ATTORNEY.
Judge Charles c. Dey was named
unanimously for city attorney.
FOR RECORDER
John s, Crltchow was nominated by
reclamation for city recorder
FOR AUDITOR.
chas. b. Felt went through by Ac-
clnmation for city auditor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-16
Central American Matters.

Panama, Colombia, oct 16,--.Nicara-
guam cable advlces received here by
way of Acaiutla, Salvador, say the con-
ferences proposed by President Esca-
Ion OF Salvador Bonila OF Honduras
and Zelaya OF Nicaragua Will take place
Oct 20 without the presence Of The last
named president because the national
assembly OF Nicaragua has refused to
permit him to leave the country.
Confidential agents OF the govern
ments OF Nicaragua and Guatemala
have re-establishcd friendly relations
between these republics.
The Nicaraguan assembly has closed
It's session.
A Mr. Dietrich has offered 10 buy
1000 hectares Of national territory on
the Atlantic lateral,
The negotiations OF Mr.. Manning FOR
the purchase OF the Nicaraguan rail-
roads have failed.