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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
HER BOTTLE OF INK SENT HOME.
But the Parcel Was Big Enough to
Contain q Snfe.

One woman who lives in Pine Avenue
went shopping. This happened last Mon
day. She left her home with purple plumes
in her bonnet and she lost not one of them
in her trip downtown.
She had read an advertisement in Sun
day newspaper. 1t told her that she could
buy a bottle OF ink for l cent. The woman
bought the ink for penny and asked that
ii be delivered to her home The clerk
said nothing. Neither did the man in the
parcel room. He worked by himself. De-
livering penny purchase was ripe wal
nuts to the man.
Next day a wagon with a silk-hatted
man on the drivers seat and a freckle
aced boy as tiger on the rear step rolled
up in front OF the house In Pine Avenue.
The freckled-faced lad ran up the steps
and crushed the electric button with
thumb which he had used but few mo-
ments before in shooting craps" This
game. by the way, is one Of chance. He
held in his arm a box. of goodly size. The
woman of the house opened the door
Mrs. So and So?' asked the boy with
the freckles.
Yes was the wOman's reply.
kindly receipt this Slip"
why, | have nothing coming in such
bulk" the woman said.
But you are So and So?" the freckied
boy enquired.
Yes" declared the woman, but there
must be a mistake"
However. the box was taken to the
kitchen and opened with sledge and ham
mer. Excelsior was strewn upon the floor
in the woman's wild endeavor to solve the
secret of the enclosure. 1t chung in yellow
strands about the pipes of the sink, pulled
its way into the door leading to the wild
nnIt .prl al,
passage to the dining room.
Then the woman in Pine Avenue found
her 1-cent bottle OF ink. 1t was in the
centre of this great wad Of shavings.
The man in the parcel room was one of
Jest and merriment. He rolled nonsense
into a joke and enjoys the fun. even If it
did cost penny or two more to the firm
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
The American Ice Trust.

The New York Ice Trust seems to be
having even a warmer time of 1t than the
weather would warrant, and most people
will be quite satisfied with that fact. Ice,
IN the modern city, has become not a
luxury but necessity, and where a neces-
sity can be cornered and held by a
monopoly, causing infinite suffering to
children and invalids. simply because some
greedy capitalists wish 20 add TO their
already bulky rolls of bonds, 1t is time for
somebody to interfere.
Perhaps, in the city of the future, the
ice will be supplied by municipal plants.
1t seems as If something of the sort might
easily be done, and under even a moder-
ately honest government II could be
managed SO as to give the people cheaper
ice than they are getting under the present
system. In addition to, this. they would
have the remedy in their own hands if
they found they were being cheated There
may be cry OF ''paternalism" II anything
Of the sort is proposed, but II one must
submit to arbitrary dictation In such q
matter as the price of necessary COM
modify like ice. 1t seems as il IL might be
Just as well to have the dictatorship sub
1ect TO popular vote. In the case OF the
Ice Trust. an attempt was made TO raise
the price Of this article, in purely arbi-
trary way. The trust fully intended to
double fits profits; in fact. 1t would almost
have doubled the actual price. II Ia absurd
to suppose that any ice famine, or Increase
in the price of labor, could have so in
creased the expenses Of the trust that It
was necessary to ask double the price of
last year for this commodity. II was SIM
ply deliberate and open robbery. The
people could not help themselves, because
those who were most hurt by the change
had little influence. The scale of prices
had been carefully arranged so as not to
nulct anyone who could protest effective
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
MR.. VANDERBILT HAS FUN
He CavOrts In IN Virginia Reel with
n Juvenile Partner.

(FrOm the Philadelphia llmes)
Only few persons have ever been for
tuIate enough to see the Assistant Secre-
,ary of the United States Treasury. who
is woE;i, in the neighborhood of 10000, COO
cavorting up and down in Virginia reel
and dancing cake walk with the enthu-
siasm of a debutante.
This, however. is what the residents OF
Lansdowne were treated to Saturday
night. when Assistant Secretary Vander.ip
had probably one of the best times be has
ever had in his life, at a children's party
in Barker Hall.
Mr.. Vanderlip arrived late with Pro-
fessor Johnson of the University of Penn
sylvania with whom he is staying. They
were Just in time to find places in an i'm
promptu cake walk. but neither of them
had a partner. Only one girl was left
q tiny little thing, not more than fourteen
but Mr.. Vanderlip saw her first and she
was only too glad to walk with him.
The Assistant Secretary is considerably
more than six feet tall and weighs be-
tween 225 and 240 pounds. SO naturally
there was n murmur of CYCLES when he
and his partner stepped forward. Diplo-
mat, financier. and all, he is, neverthe-
less, a good cake walker and was called
out several times just missing the prize.
He pirouetted around during the two
fteps and waltzes, regardless Of the size
or the age of his partner. and when the
Virginia reel was begun, he was selected
as leader, with the same slip Of girl
with whom he had been SO successful in
the cake walk.
Yesterday Mr.. Vanderlip was a trife
sore, but at any rate he had good time
and for few minutes had succeeded in
forgetting the per cent bonds which he
is issuing.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15

ly. The people had no remedy. When
all this is considered it looks as il the city
would be just as well of with the State
as a father. rather than with the Trust as
a stepiather.
Ii ice were supplied by the city there
would. of course. be the danger of corrupt
administration ana of ignorant maladmin-
istration; but this could be corrected, if
TIL agitation were sufficient to arouse the
psople to vote corrupt or incompetent Of
ficiais out-of power. and the chances are
that this would 10; be a profitable field fer
maladministr.tion. 1t would affect the
people too directly, and they would feel
the effects Of it altogether too much and
too quickly to make a steal at all safe
Every householder knows when the price
Of ice goes up "A penny per hundred
weight. And when this happened. every
householder in the big city of New York
would .bo enquirug Why" That would
be the opportunity OF the ward-room poll
tician. ara he would improve it. 1t is not
Z matter like cleaning streets or reforming
the tenement laws. Many of the people
who live in tenements are not particularly
anxious to be reformed. But they would
all want to know what the matter was If
their ice cost them ten cents instead OF
five, as the trust proposed that it should,
and the next election would bring land
slide down upon the heads of those re-
spcnsible. If municipal socialism is ever
generally tried in this country, the street
cars. the ice business, and the gas plants
will be the most hopeful fields for expert
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
THE CHINESE TROUBLES.
Missionary Says Famine and
Drought Caused Disturbance.

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE American
Bible Society has received a report frcm
Charles F. Cannon. one of its represen-
tatives in Tientsin. North China. con-
corning the disturbances there.
There has been In the north" Mr.
Cannon says, in part, extreme drought,
sufficiently severe to alarm the Govern
ment. and as a result the. crops pave
failed and famine has come to great
masses of the people. The distress has
been SO great that probably hundreds OF
ablebodied men. deprived alike OF work
and food, have turned highwaymen. tear
ing the clothes from well-dressed travel
ers, depriving women OF their trinkets
and making travel dangerous
Two great secret societies have been
looting and destroying the houses of ma
tive Christians In Shantung and threaten
Ing to kill or drive from the country all
foreigners. openly defying the soldiers
sent to suppress them. Some of the mis-
sionaries have their compounds filled with
native Christians whose homes have been
destroyed and themselves made destitute.
One native pastor is now on his way to
Tientsin, hiding by day and journeying
by night, to escape capture and deeapita-
ton at the hands of the rioters, who are
everywhere seeking him.
Although our missionaries have thus
far remained at their posts, in order TO
encourage and, so far as is possible, TO
protect their flocks. they are in constant
danger. Two OF our men were set upon by
a party who were out with the Rain God
praying for rain, and after beating and
hooking them they tore their clothes and
burned their books. They were not Sc
verely injured, however. and upon de-
handing to see the local official the crowd
collected and gave them a sum sufficient
to replace both books and clothing"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
MILLIONAIRE INVADERS.
a New Aspect In the Conditions OF
English Life.
(From the London Mail. }

(From the London Mali-)
I'VE are not a rich aristocracy,' wrote
Lady Warwick seven years ago. I'VE are,
many of us. deadly poor, little better than
splendid paupers" Are these splendid
paupers, long owners of rural England. and
worthy sustainers OF the traditions OF a
noble race, giving way to American manu-
facturers, to South African spectators. 10
German merchant princes? Our old arts
tocracy absorbed the Rothschilds and Ben
tincks of previous generations and made
them part OF itself. The new millionaires
threaten to absorb it. From SkibO Castle,
near Dornoch Firth. down to Norres. by
Cowes, the cosmopolftans of capital a:e
seiziug some of the fairest spots of cur
land.
These millionaire invaders are so enor-
mously rich that they are Indifferent to
the fancy prices asked for great estates.
1t must be very extraordinary English ,s-
tate which cannot now be rented for from
$4,000 to $4,000 year. The upkeep of
such place will cost from $4,000 to G 10
600 year more. Even the poorest iaiIl on
aire, the man who Is not making more
than G50.000 year. can afford this
Meanwhile, In at least one case, the man
with family history. Of 500 years behind
him. has to bury himself in a ESQ year
semi detached villa in some quiet town
near London. The rent of his cd mansion
goes to satisfy mortgages, leaving him per-
haps $500 year for himself. This is 10
fancy Dicture
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15

The exposure of the effort by the Re-
publican Congressional Committee to hold
up the employees of the Senate AM House
for campaign expenses does not appear
TO bring the blush OF shame to the monu-
mental cheek of the committee. Represen-
tative overstreet, its secretary, on the con-
trary, takes advantage of the publicity
given to the matter, to warn the intended
victims that they are not protected by the
civil service law. and that anyone re-
fusing to be gone through should be con-
sidered as ian ungrateful fellow and an
undesirable constituent" 1t is harder to
shame Republican collecting agency for
corruption fund than it is said to be
to fool a fly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
THE DODGE JEWEL CASE.
Hearing Before Judge Brown Fa-
yOrHbIe to the Defence.

NEW YORK, June 1i.-Hearing in the
eminent TO have declared forfeited to The
Government diamonds and jewelry valued
at $4,000 which were seized by the Gus
toms authorities from Mrs. Phyllis E.
Dodge in June, 1899, was continued today
before Judge Addison Brown, in the United
States District Court w. Wickham Smith
, and F. r. Minrath represented Mrs. Dodge,
nett and his assistant, Mr.. Baldwin, rep
resented the Government.
General Burnett, whose argument against
the motion to dismiss the action was In
terrupted by the adjournment yesterday,
asserted that the jewelry had not been
declared, but that it was found later
upon an examination of Mrs. Dodge's bag
gage. He contended that the Government
at all times had a right to seize dutiable
goods not declared.
During the argument a short discussion
on points OF evidence took place between
the court and General Burnett.
SO far as the evidence shows said
Judge Brown, Mrs. Dodge answered cor
ItStIy uut=liOuS put W ueI
the jewelry.'
This remark was brought out by General
Burnett's contention that not all of Mrs.
Dodges jewelry had been declared.
Following General Burnetts argument
Assistant District Attorney Baldwin ar
gued briefly and stated he desired to bring
out further legal points against the dis
missal of the trial. When he ended Mr..
Smith further controverted the arguments
advanced by the Government and favored
dismissal.
Judge Brown then stated that unless the
Government had further evidence to sub
nit, that would be competent at this stage
of the case. he would grant the motion of
the attorneys for Mrs. Dodge to dismiss
the case on the ground that there had been
no intention to conceal or defraud that
the articles mentioned in the bill were
those of a purely personal nature. not for
sale. and not for presentation to others;
and that under the courts Interpretation |
of sections 2799 and 2s02 of the REVISED |
Statutes of 1899 the passenger was not |
compelled to enumerate the articles in |
question or particularize them, unless |
questioned by the customs authorities.
In a case of this kind said Judge |
Brown, where it is free from fraud. where |
there is no attempt at concealment on the |
part Of the passenger, forfeiture should |
not be imposed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
MADE MILLIONS BY HIS TACT.
Successful Methods of n Scot in the
KlOndike.
(From Ainslee's Magazine.)


This is the story of Alexander McDon-
aid, one of the best known characters in
| the Yukon valley. He is great lumber
ing Scotchman-born in Nova Scotia
who up to the time Of the Klondike dis
coveries never had an idea of winning
greater fortune than that Of a day laborer.
He worked from mining camp to mining
camp along the Northwest. &c slow was
he and so awkward in his wOrk-his feet
entirely in his way and his bulk misht
for the size Of prospect holes-that he was
reputed never to be able to hold job for
longer than three weeks. He was at Daw-
SON shortly after the first locations were
made on the Klondike. He went out with
numerous stampedes, but never arrived in
time to locate paying claim.
FINALLY he stumbled across a newspaper
man named Hunt who had claim on b.
nanza Creek. Hunt had become discour-
aged because he had not the funds neces-
sary to develop it. This claim Mcdonald
purchased for $500 and set about develop
ing it In his usual slow and aimless fash
ion. Finding the claim fairly rich. he put
on a force of laborers and in few weeks
had taken out $4,000. This sum he used
Immediately to purchase other claims. All
that year he bought right and left every
thing of any promise that was offered to
him. often mortgaging the claims thus
bought to buy still other ground. Many OF
the ventures came to naught, but Few
gave such phenomenal returns that he
speedily took the rating Of a millionaire.
Out of one claim on FL Dorado Creek he
shoveled $4,000 in twelve hours. Today
he is probably worth between 100000
and s3.c90.G1
Many others came to success even more
suddenly than Mcdonald. One man on
Bonanza Creek took out ninety pounds
Of gold-about So. 000-iu single day. a
pan of gravel on FL Dorado Creek yielded
its lucky owner 81 100. This same man
cleaned up 5000 ounces OF dust anad mug
gets from his first weeks work
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
The shadow. of the War.


The alleged intention OF Russia to send troops
into China either with or without the consent
of the Chinese Government. involves, in the
opinion OF qualified judges. the necessity OF Great
Iirtain or Britain and its allies, putting man for
man in the field. so that Russian domination
Of the Chinese Empire shall not be the natural
and almost the necessary consequence of the
Hoxer resurrection. II Russia should decide TO
force the issue. Britain could not we'll afford TO
decline the challenge, and the ensuing contest
would necessarily be one in which the prestige
of the Empire would really be seriously threat
ened Fortunately, there is every probability that
Japan would fling itself into the struggle with all
he y;sor which in recent years has been displayed
by that progressive people. 1t happens, also
that American statesmen. since Stewards time
esnecially have been looking to the Pacific as
The dominating factor in the commerce Of the
future, not now too distant. The interest OF the
limited States in keeping open the markets OF
china. and therefore in maintaining the integrity
al The Chinese Empire under government OF
formers. is identical with that OF Great Britain
and Japan Before such combination Russia
might well think twice before proceeding with
schemes of occupation sure to he resisted. even
with 5000 British troops locked up in Africa.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
A TITAN OF IMMENSE VALUE.
The Reported Oner of 81 100000 for
n Great Painting.
tFrom the Boston Transcript.)


The preposterous report that someone
had offered 100000, or s1,GO0.000. for
Titian's celebrated painting Of Sacred
and Profane Love-" in the Borghese collec-
ton at Rome, is due in all probability 10
the universal hunger for astonishing peO-
pie, although 1t may have some color Of
possibility to the imagination Of kinder
garten financiers. Insensate prices have
been paid for Raphaels, that in the Ma
tional Gallery especially. which came from
the Marlborough collection, also for the
works of other old masters, but never any
such incredible price as this, Yetit would
BE- a hard matter to set the exact limit
of value In the case of sale of Titan,
more particularly such an example as the
absurdly misnamed Sacred and Profane
Love" II there exists in the world a
picture worth s1,O00,0O0. who would be
bold enough to deny the right of Titan,
the potentate of painters, to be the author
of that work? AS to the picture known
by the title of Sacred and Profane Love-
"a title which Titan did not give it, and
which has needlessly puzzled many com.
mentators-it Is now generally considered
simply as a fanciful or romantic compost
ton.
But Franz Wickoff a German critic.
has evolved theory, which has good
deal to recommend it, that this picture
represents an incident in the seventh book
of the "Argonautica'' of Valerius FLAG
Gus, the Latin poet. where II is related
that Medea. the enchantress, daughter
Of Aeetes, king OF Colchis, unwilling to
yield to her love for the Greek Jason, is
visited by Venus, who pleads for the low
er. and endeavors to persuade Medea to
follow her to the wood where Jason Is
waiting. Titan has represented this
scene as taking place in the open air;
the dawn is Just breaking and rosy
streaks appear on the horizon. i Tos:2g
woman richly dressed is seated on one
side Of the sculptured stone basin of
fountain, on the edge of which she has
placed a costly casket. Her right hand is
in her lap and holds a bunch Of magic
herbs. Deeply moved, she gazes fixedly
before her. lending car the while to the
persuasive voice Of another woman seated
near The form of this woman. around
which flutters a red mantle, Is Of mar
velous beauty. She rests her right hand
upon the fountains edge and with her
left holds on high vase from which is
sues light smoke. Between the two
women the God of Love is splashing in the
water with his chubby little hands.
Mr.. Wickoff maintains that in the beau
tiful nude figure Venus is easily recogni-
liable, even were her son not there to in
dictate her presence. The woman to whom
she speaks. and who. though unwilling to
yield blindly, still feels herself drawn by
an irresistible power, is Medea. who be-
trayed the King. her father, and followed
Jason, the stranger and enemy of her
peOple
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15

1t is greatly to be hoped that We may
hear this morning that the international
relief column has reached Pekin. But
even then 1t is not impossible that 1t
will have a severe fight before it can
reach the legations. The Chinese have
entrenched and mounted artillery to OPP
pose 1t, and there is some doubt as to
the adequacy of Seymour and McCalla's
force to effect their object. The fact is
no longer evaded that large bodies of
troops will have to be used before the
country can be pacified again, and the lives
and property of foreigners rendered safe.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
The Mi..ionarre. I'm China.

tFrOm The Chicago JoufhaI.D
The dispatches from Pekin remind US that the
missionary spirit is far from being as weak as
might be expected in a generation VIGOROUSLY
given TO irreligious money making. sudden
turning OF the lime light on China reveals hun
drcds Of self sacrificing men and women laboring
in remote corners of that terrifying kingdom at
the hazard OF their lives. Nor are they lacking
in the boldness that characterized men like Mar
quct,e. for we read Of them sturdily entrcnching
their missions and protecting converts against
the nnrderous Boxers" A. one place, by the
direction Of the Roman Catholic Bishop, the ma
tive Christians have been well armed and will
offer stiff resistance under the inspiring lead
ership OF their episcopal colonel.
Militant Christianity is not dead Trade fol-
lows the flag, it is true, but the flag follows the
missionary
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
AN ILLINOIS FOREST MONARCH.
Cook County Has nm Oak Seventeen
Feet in circumference.

In the suburb o; Glencoe stands the largest and
probabIy the Oldest oak tree in Cook County. 1t
towers many feet above the other trees of the
north shore. and can be seen from distance Of
miles in any direction.
The tree is on property owned by George F.
Orde. the cashier Of the Northern Trust Company
Bank. 1t stands only few feet back OF the
street block and a half east of the Northwestern
Railway, on Central Avenue. the first street run
ming toward the lake north OF the Glencoe sta
ton The ''monarch.' as it Is called by old resi-
dents OF the suburb. measures seventeen feet IN
circumference evef five feet in diameter. and is
estimlted to be about seventy five feet tall.
II can notice but little difference ia the size OF
that tree from the time when i first saw it,. said
Frank NewIall the patriarch Of Glencoe who first
settled in the suburb generation ago. and who
still owns one hundred acres in the town .0lk
trees grow slowly. When l saw this tree, which is
A White oak. over three decades ago, it was almost
as large as il is today"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
Defeated Candidates,


The Chicago Inter Ocean appears to have taken
the pains TO count the number Of men who have
been defeated as candidates for the Presidency
and fixes it at ninety-fve. Most of these have
been forgotten, but in the middle OF the century
there were few, like Henry Clay, Daniel Web
sth, William II. Seward and Stephen A. Douglas
who will be remembered in history without the
aid Of the honors of the office they sought. James
G. Blaine is the most prominent public man in
the list OF the later generation. To those of great
enincnce who sought the Presidency without OBJ
tanning a nomination to it should be added the
names of Salmon J. Chase and John Sherman.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-15
CALIFORNIA PLAGUE REPORT.
Governor Gnge Transmits His Find
fngs to Secretary Hay,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 14.-Governor
Gage transmitted long report on the
bubonic plague in San Francisco TO Sec
rotary Hay last evening in reply to
request for facts.
The Governor of California expressed
the belief that no case Of the plague has
at any time existed within the boundaries
Of this State. The report is countersigned
by prominent physicians and leading
bankers and business men.