gW WHITE HOUSE.
the grand east room, w ill be so thor
oughly changed as to be hardly recog
nizable.
*
I confess to a feeling o f amazement
as well as o f bewilderment when I en-
tered the executive mansion the other
day anil gazed about me. In common
K v e r T 1>re* * ll e n t o r f> re * 1 ,,en t' » with the rest o f the world, diplomats
1 Ulfe Since A d a in e* T im e H ue H ud u princes, servants and the public gener
fry ut " i m p r o v i n g ” th e E x e c u t iv e ally hnd previously been admitted at
the entrance underneath the great
plosion.
north portico; but now all this Is
changed. Instead o f elbowing your
I »ullniuin correspondence:
T 1» ii speaking commen w ay through the crowds assembled at
tary on tbu statu of the public receptions and fighting your
architecture os an art " V out through the doorway which at
to-day that In the restora I lllt‘ 8ame time afforded Ingress and
tion o f the W hite egress you w ill be ushered in at one
H ouse
now
pro ■ entranceandshownout at another. One
feel -------
rather
lonesome,
o f course
mucouuie,
ut course,
gressing the origin | w ill ----
al a r c h l t e c tural not to have his ribs punched and his
(EVERSION T O O R I G I N A L P L A N 8
1
IN I T S R E S T O R A T I O N .
I
plans are being fo l
low ed In almost ev-
le v e r y particular. In
»th e tlrst place, there
( has been a turning
’ ubout, so to speuk,
l o f the W h ite House
I Itself, so that what
we
have for so
I many years regarded as the front Is
I relegated to the rear and comparative
I obscurity and w h at has been looked
I upon as the rear portion o f the execu-
I tlve mansion Is now restored to Its
1 place of kouor, as prim arily Intended.
James Hoban. the architect, with
trbom President W ashington consult
ed long and seriously, w as a master of
his art, as this tribute to his genius
now shows.
It Is 110 years since W ashington lnld
the cornerstone and 102 since John
Adams went to the W h ite House to re
side, or, rather, to camp, the mansion
being so cold and damp that a literal
house-warming w as goin g on all the
time. I'p to that tim e Its coat had
been about 1280.000, hut up to th > pres
ent the total expenditure. Including the
L IT T L E W H IT E HOUSE. O LD W ITITE HOUSE
toes trodden on, but the behest has
gone forth, and the fiat Is said to be
final. 1‘ restlge will count for nothing
with the committee o f almllshinent,
and relics hitherto regarded as some
what sacred from association with Lin
coln, Grant, Arthur, Hayes. Harrison,
et nl., have been ruthlessly swept
uway, even the opalescent screen that
divided the great corridor and made
the space so limited at receptions.
H a lf a million dollars Is a goodly
sum to be spent In the renovation o f
a single structure even If It be the
C O L O N N A D E C O N N E C T IN G T H E T W O “ W H IT E H O U S E S ."
lut appropriation o f 8500,000, w ill not
tall short o f $2,000,000. N early every
President or President’ s w ife since
Adams’ time has had a try at "Im
proving” the W h ite House, and the
^ft-A C IS O F O U X D A T IO H O F E A S T
WI.NO
executive mansion o f a big nation like
ours, but It Is hoped that this last over
turning w ill suffice and that the next
Incumbents o f the
bite House w ill
accept the art and architectural deci
sions as Anal—at least fo r another dec
ade or so. The conservatory has been
taken bodily away, the state banquet
room has been changed so that no for
m er visitant to the mansion would
know It, and as to the east room It has
never had such an overhauling since
the virtuous Abigail Adam s hung up
her “ w eekly wash” to dry within Its
walls. The red, the blue and the green
rooms still preserve their prevailing
tints Inviolate—no pun Intended—but
otherwise they have undergone radical
changes.
Even
the
furnishings—
chairs once sat on by Abraham Lin
coln, mahogany tieneath which a dozen
Presidential occupants o f the W hite
House have bent their knees and china
that erstwhile adorned the tables at
many a festive board—are to be re
placed by modern articles.
W h ile the original plan o f the struc
ture has been adhered to—with Its
front facing l ’ otomacward and Its
colonnaded wings stretching out east
an 1 west—there has been erected one
building which la In every sense an
Innovation. I refer to the “ little W hite
H ouse." already am ply described In
the columns o f the press. It w ill be
devoted exclusively to the President’s
executive business. By means o f this
building all business can be trans
acted without the confines o f the
W h ite House proper, and the latter 1 «
reserved, according to the original In
tention, as a private dw elling place
fo r the executive and his fam ily, with
an occasional throw ing open o f Its
doors to diplomats and the public at
great receptions. It w ill be preserved
as a show place, o f course, as hereto
fore, but the sanctity o f the President's
domestic circle need not be Invaded,
nor need there be any repetition o f the
jam s and mobs that the mansion has
witnessed many a time In the past.
T h e modernized W h ite House w ill ap
peal to all lovers o f the beautiful, but
the future visitant, say nt the Presi
dent's public reception In January n e x t
w ill need a guide, even If he be w ell
acquainted with the mansion o f old,
in order to find his w a y ab ou t
J“ t to have this p rivilege Is Mrs.
“°e*evelL who shows herself more
radical and far-reaching than any o f
* r predecessors.
Talented Thomas Jefferson’ s Influ-
«ce was apparent id the W h ite House
^iteration after It w as burned by the
itlsh In 1814. and he was especially
favor o f the colonnaded w alks pro-
«tln g east and w e s t which are the
fMef features o f this Intter day reno-
r»llon. By means o f these extensions
,0d by the rehabilitation o f the base-
®«t, hitherto devoted to Ignoble uses
i
domestic economy, the W h ite
°nse wl11 he made to face abont to
rt the Potomac, as projected by H o
ik and Will present its back to Penn-
Wanta avenue. A ll the b igw igs o f
**hmgton, the ambassadors, 8u-
C°urt Justices and diplomats in
, ' ral w l" he driven to the teno
In chasing the Ideal one often suc
ns k !** entrance and enter the base ceeds In catching up with the material.
band Wf0re beln* adnj|tted to the
T h e expected happens ottener than
«ton I,“c,’pt,on room In the second
And this reception room, like the unexpected.
TREATY MELD UP.
vention
Human serum, contrary to expecta
tion. has proven effectiv« In counter
acting effects of the tsetie fly bite In
low er animals, and feebly active as a
preventive.
The vibration o f the diaphragm o f a
telephone receiver Is not easily mens-
ured, but the best calculation Is said
to show a movement o f about one
twenty-millionth o f an Inch.
By the new electrical apparatus o f
Prof. C. W . Carmen, pictures on any
opaque material are projected upon a
screen. Even a view from the object
Itself, If the latter Is not too large,
may be magnified and tbrown upon the
sheet, without any lantern-slide.
Wood yam , as now manufactured In
Germany, Is stated to cost about half
as much as cotton yarn. It Is supplied
WANT CANTEEN
President Palma Has Pigeon-Holed Cuba’s |
Reply to the United States.
General Corbin Declares in Favor
of the Post Exchange.
Washington, Nov. 8.— con trary to
the common understanding here, it ap
pears that the draft of the Cuban re
ciprocity treaty has not yet left Havana
on its return to Washington, but in SAYS GOOD DISCIPLINE DEMANDS IT
stead is now reposing in a pigeonhole
in tiie desk of President Palma. The Annual Report ol the Adjutant dcncral
Deals with Every Feature of the •
misunderstanding as to the location oi
|
treaty arose from a statement from
| Minister Squiers at Havana that be
expected the tieaty to be sent the day |
Army—More Amusements.
W’ ashintgon, N ov.
10.— The annual
rBP °rt o t Adjutant General Corbin, of
the arm y, deals with every feature of
the arm y, and begins with a statement
i showing that the army ia to be reduced
1 *>y December 1 to 60,020 men, of which
about 2,877 belong to the staff depart*
meats.
The report shows that during
the fiscal year, 35 officers were killed
in action or died o f wounds or disease;
21 resigned, and 08 retired. Of the
enlisted men, 1,277 were k illed or died
Uat“ ,ral, Kray Bla.te
,do^ no* I changes that the Cubans desire to make of wounds and disease; 35,806 were
bleacb well, but can be dyed almost in the convention.
Of course, gener- discharged on the expiration of service;
any color. It Is claimed to be well ally, these are known to be connected 5,498 were discharged for d isa b ility or
adapted for a variety o f uses, such as with the increase o f the rebate to be dismissed by order of court m artial;
linings for garments, bed ticks, blinds, allowed on Cuban Bngar and tobacco 4,667 deserted; two were missing, and
crumb cloths, etc.
entering the United States, and there 203 retired.
A new Industry In Norway Is the are indications that the administration
General Corbin has the follow in g to
manufacture o f pent fuel as a substi may be w illin g to yield sligh tly on this say regarding the canteen:
tute for coal, the machinery being point if no unreasonable delay is e x
“ The restoration of the exchange, as
driven and the peat dried and pressed hibited in the negotiations on the part it existed before the passage of the act
Into briquettes by electric pow er de of the Cubans. The rate of rebate pro of February 2, 1901, prohibiting the
rived from waterfalls. Peat In Its nat posed in the original convention is 20 sale of beer, is desired and urged by
ural condition contains 85 per cent per cent, and it is gathered that the the great majority ot officers and men,
o f water. The heat needed to expel Cubans want 50 per cent.
This late and by none more than those of pro
It ia obtained from electricity. There cannot be allowed, in view of the belief nounced temperance views. Numerous
Is talk o f Introducing tbe system Into that congress would certainly not sanc reports confirm tbe views leng held by
Ireland.
tion such a cut in duties, but between this office that the old exchange con
A self-lighting cigar Is tipped with these figures there is so wide a margin tributed to sobriety, health and con
a cap o f ground gloss, saltpetre, po tliat theie is room for compromise on a tentment of the men. The increase of
tassium chlorate and gum arable, and a basis that might be acceptable to both desertions, and of trials for infractions
of discipline is, by those best informed,
frictional Igniter Is placed on the sur sides.
The coaling station matter is, for the attributed to the abolition oi the former
face o f the cap. On scratching the Ig
niter, the cap burns freely and cannot tim e being, held in abeyance, the privileges of the exchange.’ ’
In conclusion the report says:
be extinguished by an ordinary wind. 10,000 tone of coal belonging to the
“ The instruction for men in vocal
The cap Is rendered Incandescent and United States navy now lying in a
tbe ground glass fused, so covering warehouse at Triicornia is being dimin- mnsic would be a step in the direction
the end of the cigar that no unpleasant sished, according to the needs of the of contentment and better discipline.
navy in G ulf waters, so that the Cuban Every regiment should have its march
taste results.
ing song. Frequent practice in singing,
Starless parts o f the sky are not rcm P '* 'nt of th « existen t» of an Am er
dark.
A t the L ow e Observatory In ican ™ va l station in Havana harbor is particularly daring the long winter
adjusting itself without friction, and, evenings, would do much to make the
California Edgar Larkin states, ^
indeed, it is said that tbe matter has men satisfied to remain in quarters and
stellar floor,” the background o f the
away from the baleful influence of the
visible universe, has been proven to be not been officially mentioned lately.
barrooms that exist in too great num
a vast sheet o f minute stellar points of
bers in the vicin ity of our m ilitary
QUNBÓAT TO HIS RESCUE.
varying degrees o f brightness, with
poets. These barrooms are under the
here and there a rift seeming to reveal
protection of the license law of the sev
tbe blackness o f outer space. It Is United States Will Compel Release of Her
eral states, and are beyond tiie control
Consular Agent by Venezuelans.
thought that the universe may be far
of the m ilitary authorities.”
larger than Is commonly believed.
Port of Spain, Island ol Trinidad,
Nov.
8.—
The
United
States
gunboat
A mysterious loss o f water Is often
FOR OREtfON STUDENTS.
noticed In boilers under steam but not M aiietta arrived yesterday at Barce
lona,
Veueuzela,
in
order
to
compel
the
In use. The valves appear to be tight,
Society of Sons of American Revolution
no escaping steam Is seen, but In a revolutionists there to release the Unit
Offers Prize for Best Essay.
fe w hours It Is necessary to Introduce ed States consular agent, Ignacio H.
Tbe Oregon society of Sons of the
more water.
What becomes o f the Baiz, who was arrested for refusing to
Mr. Baiz American Revolution at Portland offers
lost steam Is a problem that could be contribute to a forced loan.
thoroughly Investigated with p ro fit In is the richest man in Barcelona, and three prizes of $25, (15 and $10, re
The treat spectively, for the best essay w ritten
one case It was Btated the loss was a man of high position.
partly accounted for when windows ment to which he has been subjected by any student in any public ecnool in
over the boiler w ere opened, the cold ! is only an incident sim ilar to many Oregon, on any „one of the follow ing
air making visible a leak o f steam from others which have occurred in every four subjects:
The Battle of Bunker H ill.
every valve.
i part of Venezuela.
The Burgoyne Campaign.
Recent discussion o f the future ex-
The Beaport town of Hignrote, Vene-
The Treason of Benedict Arnold.
haustion o f fhe coal supply leads D. E. *oeja, w a s occupied tor three houra yes-
The Partisan Warfare in Hie Caro
Ifutclilns, one o f the government forest terday
*
- - by
- - forces
-
- landed * from the Vene
The landing lines; Marion, Sumpter and Pickens.
officers In Cape Colony, to advocate the zuelan gunboat Crespo.
Essays are lim ited in length to 2,500
plan o f cultivating forest timber for party is said to have caused great
fuel. In Cape T ow n to-day, he says. damage to property owned by Spanish words; must be written on legal cap on
It Is cheaper to plant a forest o f quick and French residents, and tiie French one side of the paper in the student's
grow ing trees fo r fuel than to Import warship D ’Estree has left Guayara to own handwriting and must be accom
panied by the certificate o f the princi-
coal. The eucalyptus Is an excellent investigate the matter.
The Dutch cruiser Holland and the j.al of the school attended by tiie au
wood for this purpose. Experiment has
shown that, when planted on tropical Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan have thor, to the effect that the author is a
bona fide student in the school and has
mountains. It w ill produce fuel at the arrived at La Guayara.
been in attendance therein not lees
rate o f twenty tons per year fo r each
than six weeks during the school year
DANISH ISLAND DEAL.
acre.
But Mr. Hutchins
thinks It
of 1902-3. Essays must be forwarded
would be possible to find some plant
to the chairman of the com mittee in
which. In sunny latitudes, with plenty People Who Blocked Sale of West Indies
charge, W allace McCamant, 34 Con
Are Badly Disappointed.
o f rainfall, would produce tw ice as
cord building, Portland, so as to reach
much fuel as that. This, he calculates,
Copenhagen, Nov. 8.— The time for
him not later than January 15, 1903.
would give the world tbe equivalent subscribing to the stock of the Danish
In awarding the prizes the committee
o f at least thirty times Its present con West Indian company has expired. Of
will be governed by these considera
sumption o f coal.
the $1,000,000 nominal capital only
tions: Historical accuracy, manner of
one-fifth was subscribed for, notwith
treatment, orthography, giam m ar, eny-
The P en Param ount.
standing the advertiiwmcnt given to the u
d puncto. tion
A Supreme Court Justice, a diploma concern by K ing Christian and Crown
Anv J
d itio n a l information
in
Any
additional
relative
tist and a w riter were talking o f the ex Prince Frederick taking stock.
The
to the competition may be obtained
tent o f the Influence wielded by each, piomoters, who are anti-salera, are
from W allace McCamant, chairman.
and the New York Times Justly credits downcast because of the weakness of
the last laugh to the writer.
the sentiment in favor o f aiding the
OPERATORS PROMISE.
“ I can govern by Injunctions, as the West Indian plan.
The leaders of
the movement intend to appeal to King
Populists put It," said the Judge.
Coal Barons Will Abide by the Findings of
“ I can Involve nations In war,” said George, of Greece, Queen Alexandra
the Peace Commission.
and the dowager czarina of Rnssia to
the ambassador.
Washington, Nov. 10.— Colonel Car
"A n d I could. If I would, make the buy aharee. The banks and a few in
world laugh at both o f you,” said tbe dividuals w ill probably face the matter roll D. W righ t and General John A.
and stand the lossea, since the treatr W ilton, members o f the anthracite coal
w
r i t e r . ____________
providing for the sale of the Danish strike commission, held a brief inter
A S e lle r .
West Indies to the United States was view with the president today. They
P layw righ t—I have here a German rejected partly on account of their reported that the individual operators
in the anthracite region had agreed to
tragedy.
promises. ___________________
abide by the findings of the commis
Manager—Don’t want 1L
Ladrones Are Very Active.
sion and had so notified Judge Gray,
P la y w rig h t--! was about to add.
President Roosevelt
translated, adapted, dramatized. eoD-
Washington, Nov. 8. — Manila pa- the chairman.
densed, arranged and set to ragtime per8 received at tbe war department was particniariy pleased with this in*
by myself.
state that the ladrones are making ormation, as it tended m aterially to
M anager—I’ ll take It, sir. P ra y name m o r e trouble than ever in the Philip- i m plify the problem which the com
your own terms.—Smart S e t
pines. They occasionally attack eon- mission has to solve.
_______________________ [ stabulary officers and prey upon de-
New River Found.
S eek ln g R e fu g e In E nglan d.
fenceless natives. The paper says that
_____ _ properties
_
Three
In different parts o f
Hampshire have recently been sold to
French religious communities who are
taking refuge In England.
---------------------------- -
A young man w h o takes tbe tim e at
noon to walk home with a pretty girl,
is making him self solid with the w rong
party; the girl, when It should be bis
following the sending of his message.
The Caban habits of procrastination,
rather than any disposition to actually
refrain from entering into treaty obli-
gâtions with the Uniter) ¡States, are
supposed to be the reason for delay.
In view of the fact that the treaty
has not yet come here, nor has Mr.
Squiers had a look at it, it follows that
the United States government is ofli-
d a lly ignorant of the nature of the
all bona fide insurgents have returned
to ways of peace and are maintaining
at least s semblance of a law-abiding
career. To remedy the evils, tbe con-
stabulary is to be increased to such a
number that tbe lawless band i may be
hunted down.
------------------------
Robbers Blow Up Bank Safe.
Hutchinson,
Kan, N or. 8 — Robbers
employer.
blew open the safe of the Tampa state
The first day that a girl gets her n ew bank near here and took $3,800 in
pictures home from the photographer’s c4„j,, escaping on a hand car. The
she doesn’t do anything but look at m f e was blown all to pieces.
them, and wonder If they are “ good."
New York , Nov. 10.— W . J. W ilson,
an explorer of the Canadian geological
survey, has returned with his party
from a tour through the unexplored
country to the southwest o f Janies hay,
says a Times dispatch from Ottawa,
Mr. W ilson reports the discovery of a
large river, hitherto ananrveyed and
running between the Albany river on
the south and the Ottawa Picket river
on the north. It has a course of over
300 milee and near James liar divides
into two branches, em ptying into Hud*
| ton bay.