Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04

~ ARLINGTON, b. C., July ~
M/ Come with me- this sunday
NJ morning and take look at
the city which is now the
news center Of our half Of the globe.
We are IN Rio 1e Janeiro where dele
gates from an the republics Of our
hemisphere are meeting In conference.
and whore our own secretary of state.
Mr.. Root. has gone Ia a man-of-war
10 be with them We are away down
below the equator 1000 miles or more
east Of New Work On the biggest Por-
,uguese city OF the world. and I'm what,
with the exception ~ Bucros Ayrcs,
Is the biggest Of all the cities OF The
lower half of our globe. We are In
the capital NJ Prazil. from where half
the land and half the people of South
America are governed. and iu the
chief financial and industrial city Of
the greatest lndcveloped empire on
earth. Rio is a fast growing town.
il had just crossed tho 100000 mark
I'm 1890. In 1900 Il reached 10000,
ard today II has AZ least 100000 more.
II Is bigger han any town I'm the
United States excepting Philadelphia.
Chicago or New York, and II Is only
10000 less than Buenos Ayres, which
has now Just 100000
WHERE THE CHARLESTON LIES.
To my mind Rio de Janelro is one
~ the most beautiful cities OF the
world. The harhor. I'm which our
man-of-war. the Charleston. lies watt
ing TO take Secv Root on down the
coast, is surrounded by great noun
tains with their tops I'm the clouds.
The mountains are covered with a
tropical vegetation from base TO sum-
NIT, and they are Of most curious
shapes One rises out Of the sea like
sugar loaf TO a height ~ more Than
twice that ~ the Washington monu-
ment. another Is mighty hunchback,
md others are great forts and massive
hattlementS The harbOr itself IL
shaped just Ike a pear but # Is IN
large that all the shipos of all the
world could anchor there and have
room to spare. II Is 100 miles around
It. and the water Is almost everywhere
over 60 feet deep. The bay Is dotted
with Islands which appear 10 float.
rs it were, upon It's diamond-studdod
surface.
SECRETARY ROOT IN PETRO-
POLLS.
Before describe Rio de Janeiro pro-
per which lies on a narrow plain be-
tween the mountains and the harbor.
LEI me take you up to Petropois. where
the foreign diplomats live all the year
around. and where Secretary Root and
our delegates are nov spending their
nights. going out and In TO Rio day
afer day.
Petropolls lies just back Of Rio, but II
Is more than half mile straight up In
the air above II. To reach 1t one
crosses the bay on a steamer a dis
lance Of u miles, then flies over swamps
upon cars 10 the foot Of the mountains
and then rises up them by means " a
cog railroad like that on Pixies Peak
This ride Is a succession Of wonders.
II starts In a Jungle OF gigantic trees
loaded with orchids. with mat OF
green bushes far below. Now one sees
a fern as high as a three-siory house,
and now feathery bamboos many feet
higher The road winds this way and
that. IL crosses ravne after ravlne
with silvery waterfalls flowing down
them. II passes In and out of tunnels,
and at times runs under rocks a thous-
and feet thick which seem ready 10
drop down and crush e..
As one rises he has magnificent views
Of Rio and the hsrbor. The train
shoots into the clouds and out into the
sunlight again. There are always clouds
on the tops q the hills. and In the
early morning the Brazilian capital and