Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-05-27
From our regular correspondent

w ASniNtiON, ~. ~, May %.
There is gentle buzz around the
White House doors as Republicans
who want something file in and out,
but Congress is away, and the left over
servitors are at work vanishing the
desks and silver-surfacing the cuspi.
doris for next winters campaign.
There is not much exciting news to
send you, but the reservoir of genial
gossip never runs dry.
We miss the scrimmage on the floor?
We miss the angry fray;
We miss Dalzell's and Cochran's or
Atorical display;
We miss-sometimes-without doubt,
The wherewithal to pay,
For bills are in and cash is out
When Congress is away.
Perhaps tbs foolish, but we would
1t might forever stay,
And in rather sombre mood
We count the months from May;
In action weak and patience strong,
Dispirited we stray,
With purses short and faces long
When Congress is away.
Stanley. the great explorer, who
once made his home in Washington, is
dead. When he ran away from a poor
house in Wales and escaped as cabin
boy to New Orleans, thirteen years
old, he called himself Jack Rowlands,
but he had no idea who his father was,
or even his mother, and never knew.
Thirty years later, when he had
dragged the reluctant Livingstone to
light. and enriched the geography Of
the world by mapping the sources Of
the mysterious Nile, more than a doz.
en- women in different parts of Great
Britain and America came generously
forward and confessed to giving him
birth. His great feat even lifted young
Bennett from obscurity and revealed
him as a masterful editor. Stanley s
claim to having discovered Livingstone
and circumnavigated the vast Lake
Tanganyika was hailed with merciless
derision incredulity that made the
young explorer disgusted with human
nature. But he oullived it and re.
ceived the grateful applause of rulers,
statesmen and scholars in both hemi-
spheres. Sir Henry and Lady Stanley
came to America on their wedding
tour in December, 1890, and were en-.
tanned at the British Embassy in
Washington by Lord Pauncefote.
Distinguished people were present
from many cities.
Admiral Walker tells your cores
pondent that the Panama Canal will
cost 5000, 900, 600 to build and will re.
quire ten years-perhaps more. II
will employ 6O.OOO men during that
time besides the engineers, machinists
and skilled laborers. He thinks the
acquisition of John Findley Wallace
for civil engineer is q great hit.
The frenzy for flats seems to be
somewhat abating, especially for high
priced apartments. People who car
afford to pay $50 a month for family
accommodations prefer detached res
idence to any kind Of fiat whatever
Among the hundreds OF apartment
houses in the city, those that pay besI
are the ones that rent for $50 or less
This fact has given rise to a plan t
build in our western suburbs, just ovel
the Georgetown line, the largest apart
ment house in the world, to be ter
stories high and cost three million dol
lars. 1t will occupy four city square:
and will contain 1000 rooms. 1T
architecture will be French-Spanisf
and its name the Alhambra. 1t vii
have four acre park in the rear.
One of the great enterprises, out O
many now going forward in this city
is the building Of the $40, 900, 900 Epis
copal Cathedral, to be known as tn,
Cathedral of Sts. Peter aud Paul. Il
will stand upon bluff in the north
western part of the city, commanding
an extended and beautiful view ant
balancing the Capitol building at thu
other end of the town. To-day tn,
new Jordan font of the Cathedral wa
dedicated. 1t is of Carrara marble, al
octagon, fifteen feet in diameter, elab
orately wrought, surmounted by life
sized figures of Christ and the Apos
ties. The inside is paved with pebble
from the River Jordan. The cost O
the font was $4,000, all contributes
by Sunday School children. In tim,
this great cathedral will be a superb
work of art. About q year ago th'
President delivered sermon to th,
assembled bishops inside the cathedra
close. Bishop Satterlee hopes to in
duce all evangelical denominations I,
use the structure as place of wor
ship.
Insomnia and insubordination O
the liver atilict Secretary Taft, and b
is in danger af general breakdown