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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
Roosevelt. the Fallen.

Let 1t be remarked with proper SORROW
that II matters not whether the New York
boss with the broken rib c0npals Hanna
to swallow Colonel Roosevelt, or not the
result will be the same as far as The
Rough Rider with the fiowery Boer name
Is concerned.
The roses which formerly blooned On
his veldt are covered with caterpilars, ard.
moreover they are nov seen TO be not
roses, but cabbages. Platt, the high
priest of putrid politics, has rubbed up
against the equestrian statue of the San
Juan hero, and the glaze is off from it. 1t
is seen to be mud.
In common with all good Americans, We
ore sincerely sorry for this. Up TO Sun
day there was a widespread conviction
that, however cratic and headstrong Taco
dore Roosevelt might be. he was of the
stuff OF which men are made, and that he
could not be swerved from a course which
he believed to be right by any insidious or
corrupt argument or temptation. A few
weeks ago, when be declared that he would
not have the Philadelphia nomination for
the Vice Presidency, there may have teen
people who thought he was playing politics,
and was trying TO build up boom for him.
self that the general trust agent in con-
troll Of his party could not sQuelch. BIT
those who had known the virile cowboy
refused to take that view of his attitude.
There was q great deal Of excuse for this
conviction. As Governor OF New York.
Roosevelt dared to challenge the enmity
q the Plat machine. He instigated and
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
Hinting Mt n Future,


PruH tHc ihiiaueiphla Record.)
Fortunately for ex-Speaker Thomas Brackets
Reed, he cannot be classified among political
rejecta, and. therefore. his announcement thu t
he docs not think Of the probability of ever re-
entering politics. will receive more than pass
ing attention. Whilst Speaker of the House his
dicta were immutable az the DEGREES of Olym
prs. and the power he welded was well.nigh ir.
resistible. He was greater II an his party and
in himself immeasuraby greater than his party,s
latest selection for the Presidential Office He
was not always right, but he was always coura-
ge0us and ever fought in the open Since his
retirement from Congress his Allow- Republicans
have learned to resSSrt him because h. foresaw
the trend of the Administrations policy asd pre-
ierred to retire rather than submit to it and
endorse it Speaker OF the House. Notwith-
standing Mr.. Reeds disnclination to think Of re
entering the political field it would not be sur
prising il, after the present epidemic of Hanna
mania shall have run its course, he should be
induced to abandon the pleasures and profits of
private life for the turmoil and labor OF the
hastings in order TO rehabilitate his party.
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damned through the Legislature cor
poraticn franchise tax law. which made
every trust, monopoly, railway, and tram
way combination in New York hate him
and long for his destruction. On soIie &C.
casions, il is true, he showed the white
feather. He did surrender to Plat On
more than one occasion, but, when-
ever he did SO, the act was so mani
testify in the interest of harmony that
melody in his own party felt that it count
ed But, none of his friends ever be-
iieved that he could be brought to throw
up the sponge at Philadelphia without
ever getting out of his corner.
He has done so, and it only remains for
the next Legislature of the Empire State
to pass an act changing his Christian
name from Theodore to Dennis. If there
had been a fraction as much sense as
"bcunce" in his composition it would have
occurred to him that he, and not Plat,
He could have continued to say to the
latter that en- honest citizen could not al
low his name to be put on ticket which
reeked Of Algerism. Eaganism, Sampson
ism, violation Of the Constitution, and car
petbag corruption in the colonies. He
could have refused to stand for the defeat
of the Nicaragua Canal bill in the inter-
ests of the Hanna Panama syndicate. and
for the ship subsidy steal, and his refusal
to shoulder those policies of infamy would
have strengthened him with the American
people. He could have dared Plat to re-
fuse him a denomination for the COVER
norship of New York.
But Roosevelt is fallen idol. Should he
be nominated as Mr.. McKinley's running
mate he will go before the country in that
capacity exactly as Long. or Sampson, OF
Eagan, or Taylor-late of Kentucky but
now Of Indiana-would. as a creature of
the trusts represented by Mark Hanna.
All that his name might have meant to
Republican voters in case he had honestly
asked for the nomination has been lost to
the party by his invertebracy at Philadel-
phia. II does not lie in his mouth any
more to say that William Mckinley has
the backbone of chocolate eclair in a
candy store window His own is demon
strated to have the consistency of fresh
marshmallow drop.
Theodore Roosevelt is like his boom as
he described it: "A dead cock in the pitt"
Until Saturday he enjoyed the love of his
friends and the respect of his political
enemies. Since then he has changed the
one into fearful pity for his weakness and
the other into contempt. 1t matters not
what the outcome may be. He may ac-
cept the dusty shelf prepared for him, or
he may go home to fight rear guard ac-
ton for the preservation of his ambi-
tons In either case he will go down to
history as a leader who, in terror of de-
feat, committed suicide with victory under
his nose
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
THE CABINET MEETING.
Few Members Present and Politics
Mainly Discussed.

The Cabinet meeting yesterday was an
uneyentful one. Secretaries Gage. Long.
and Wilson, and Postmaster General
Smith were absent. The utter absence Of
any recent dispatches from Minister Con-
ger prevented opportunity for discussing
the Pekin situation intelligently
Much OF the time was spent in discuss
ing the political situation at Philadelphia
Secretary Root returned yesterday from
the Convention town and was accordingly,
in position to give his colleagues some OF
the lates: inside views OF the situation
there.
AT the CONCLUSION of the meeting. II was
announced as unlikely that an extra ges-
sion of Congress will be called to consider
the Chinese situation.
The story OF tine Conventions work at
Philadelphia is being recounted telegraph
ically to President Mckinley by means Of
the through wire service which connects
the White House with the Convention
Hall. The Geographic service at the historic
old Mansion is under charge OF Colonel
Montgomery. 1t has connections with all
the great telegraph and telephone COM
panies. and can reach any part of the
country almost instantly. Special pride is
always taken by the office In furnishing
the President with the Convention news
at the very earliest moment, and he is
kept constantly in touch with all that is
now going on at the Republican gather
ing.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
A CHARLIE ROSS CASE.
An Association Formed to Unrnvel a
Massachusetts Mystery.

BOSTON, June 19.-MaSsaC husetts hzs a
Charlie Ross case that is attracting the
attention of all New England, and leading
citizens of Lowell have formed an aSsocia-
ton with the sole object of solving the
mystery.
Arthur Dent, four years old, disappe red
on the morning of March rs. and all efforts
to find him have been unavailing. 1t is be-
loved that the child has been kidnapped.
The association that has been formed will
engage detectives and advertise des rip
lions OF the boy far and wide.
Col. A. NJ. Chadwick, Treasurer of the
fremont and Suffolk cotton mills, Is the
chairman of this association. Other mem
beIs are Lee W. Bugbee, Councilman Wal
kerr and X. W. Street. all influential mil
men. meeting is held once each week
in a room at City Hall in LOWELL
The father of the missing boy is in mod
crate circumstances. He is a driver in the
employ of the Lawrence corporation.
Though his earnings are slender. he has
offered a reward of $500 for information
leading to the return of his little son.
The boy gith whom Arthur Dent is sup
posed to have gone away on the morning of
March % told two stories when asked
where Arthur was. He was given 10 cents
by Mr.. Dent. Tell me what you did with
my boy?' he said. did you push him into
the river?'
Yes. pushed him into the water" the
boy replied. pocketing the money.
Later he was spoken to again. You did
not throw Arthur Dent into the river, did
you?"
No. have not seen him at all, and did
not go near the water. anyway"
Opinion is that the two boys had not seen
each other on the morning of March 2S.
One person claims to have ssen the bow
with two women on the day he di apps red
ard is able to give good description Of
them. They were midlle-aged people, size
said. ard wore dark clothes and back HITS
with black feathers. The younger of the
two had on brown coat. the other a black
ulster. Arthur Dent walked between then,
and smiling. bag of candy in his
hand.
Mrs. Arthur Dent, mother Of the mi sing
boy, is growing thin and pale
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
A TRIBUTE TOrWHEEI.ER.
What n Chicago Mar said of the
General


CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 19.-Brigader Cen
eral Wheeler, Fighting oIoe,' is to be
stationed in Chicago, and the Windy City
rejoices at his coming. Word has been
received from Washington that the vet
eran OF three wars would relieve Brigadier
General Wade in charge 9of the Depart
ment of the Lakes. This will leave Briga-
der General Wade in charge OF the De-
partment of the Dakotas.
General Wheeler is now in Washington
and he will probably start for Chicago
this week. as his orders are to assume
command Immediately. He will remain
here until September 10, his sixty fourth
birthday, when he will reach the age
limit and retire from active service, but
still ready for service.
General Wheeler's coming here is bound
to result in an ovation, for there are men
from the lands of the purtans and the
men of tho South who love him. There
is one old man, veteran of the Franco
Prussian war, and who served on the
Union side In the civil war, who owns
delicatessen store here. His soh was one
of the Eighth Illinois. When he was told
that the little general was to become COM
mander of the Department of the Lakes
he said:
I'm lakewood Cemetery l haye boy
VINO died at Montauk Point. / went there
because a despatch said my son was dead.
II was the day before General Wheeler
lost his son. l was one of a crowd seek
ing out the little general. He was listen
ing IN his tent to many complaints. He
came out of his tent and was surprised
he could be SO little and SO great.
He said to us, Gentlemen, l am very
busy, what do you want?' Somehow the
others stood back and the little general
came up to me and said, What is it?' /
told him my boy was dead and that
wanted to take his body home. He took
off his hat and bowed to me.
Just then one Of his aides rushed up
and said that no one Of the generals staff
had been given time for their lunch and
then the little general said, L don't ex-
pect to get any lunch Then they went
me and took my hand May God be good
to you.' he said. Your son died mans
death. fighting for his country. 1t was
the next morning when Joe Wheeler at
tended the funeral OF his own beloved
son. There was the flag covered coffin
and the little general with his daughters
kneeling beside the casket. The minister
said:
/ am the resurrection and the life, and
over the hills Of Montauk the buges sound
ed the reveille. There are veterans in the
Philippines who when the word reaches
them that little General Joe is to end
his career in the uniform of the blue will
take off their well worn campaign hats and
shout for the little general who once wore
the grey and was true blue in refusing
the suggestion of surrender when the
arms of North and South won at San
tiago.'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
Practical Jokes.

It is reported that a factory girl in
Chester, Pennsylvania, is in danger of los
ing her life through severe fright caused
by practical joker. The girl had par
ticular horror of snakes and the would-be
humorist procured toy snake and
dropped il over her shoulder onto the ia
BILE at which she was sitting. She tainted
and was taken home. She has never re-
covered from the shock and is now dan
gerously i'll. The custom known as prac-
teal joking can hardly be condemned too
severely. In nine cases out of ten it Is
merely idiotic, and in the tenth case 1t
is dangerous. There is nothing funny
in causing another person-usually sem
sitive and nervous individual-annoyance
and pain and the results of such per-
Torrance may be so serious that all the
amusement will be taken out Of the affair
even for the joker. The whole business
is barbarous from any point Of view.
There was Russian Car once who
went by the name of Ivan the Terrible,
and he was probably the finest example Of
the practical Joker which can be found in
thing excruciatipgly sensational. The mere
fact that another person was suffering
pain was not enough for him; he was
artistic in its infiiction. When the French
Ambassador dared to appear with his hat
on in the imperial presence this merry
monarch ordered the hat to be nailed to
the head of the unfortunate man. He was
in the habit of having people sewed up
in bearskins and set up for dogs to worry.
There were a great many horrors of one
kind or another at his court, which he
regarded in the light of fine jokes.
Of course, no American practical joker
has anything in common with this bar
humorist merely scares timid people half
out of their wits by ingenious devices.
mortifes his sensitive and refined rela-
tives before strangers, or makes life a
nightmare for an impressionable child by
continual bullying, ridicule, or other
means. The ways in which a child can be
tormented are almost legion, and few peo-
pie do not recall some bitter experience
due to the deliberate cruelty of an older
person.
II ought to be understood that this sort
of things is not funny and that it is
cruel. To a perfectly healthy person a
snake is not generally an object of fear,
but there are some people who, at the !
sight of one Of these reptiles, are seized |
with commissions of nervous terror Cen
orally speaking, they are not responsible |
for this, and they should not be made to |
suffer for it. All sorty of peculiar an
tipathies are TO be found among sensible |
people, and as nobody likes TO be conspic-
uous for such a weakness of the nerves
it is generally safe to conclude that the |
person possessed of such an antipathy has
hard to overcome it. There is
no more sense or kindness in tormenting
that person by playing on his weakness
than there would be in taking advantage
Of his lameness to throw him down, if he
TO be a cripple.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
PLEADING FOR THE Beers.
Webster Davis Efforts Mt Philndel-
phia in Behalf of the BurEhers.

pilia in Behalf of the Burghers.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-The Hon.
Webster Davis, who recently was forced
out OF the office OF Assistant Sec
Rotary of the Interior. after his .eturn
from the seat of the South African war,
is here pleading eloquently for the Boer
cause. He declares that his party will do
Itself incalculabIe injury if it omits a
strong resolution of sympathy for The
Beers in its platform.
Said Mr.. Davis to The Times represen-
tative tonight;
1.-THE Republican party Will make very
great mistake II 1t does not adopt reso-
luton in favor of the two South African
Republics, and the struggling patriots
therein, or at any rate settle for all time
the charge that there is a secret UNDER
standing between this country and Great
Britain. In Europe and South Africa 1t
is alleged by British press agents and
British officials that in case any foreign
nation should intervene in favor of the
Beers this Government would Immediately
support Great Britain with its army and
navy.
1T must be understood throughout the
world that our Government must not be-
como the tail to the British kite, and the
masses Of the American people will never
consent to our taking a stand In favor OF
a monarchy as against Republic. Great
Britain was the bitter enemy of Abraham
Lincoln and James G.. Blaine. the two
greatest Americans and Republicans who
have ever lived. and l believe the Repub-
licans OF today who love the memory OF
those great patriots will resent the efforts
of certain bosses to turn their parry over
to Great Britain and to aid her in any OF
her selfish, greedy schemes.
ut will never do for the Republican
party to drift far away from the common
people Of America
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
EXPORTS FROM HAVANA.
Dccrense rs Compared with the First
Five Months of Last Year,

Five Months OF Last Year.
The Division of Customs and Irsular AZ
fairs Of the War Department yesterday
gave out statement showing decrease OF
s535.02T in the exports from the port of la
vana, Cuba, for the first five months of
1900. as compared with the same period Of
1899:
The exports by months were: January,
1899, s3,5o7, 16s; January, 1900. 50. 535, III;
February, 1899, s2,397.0t February. 1850,
s2,S45, 7s5; March, 1899, ;3,o54,59l; March,
1900. s2,492537; April. 1859, s2,G4j.739;
April, 1900, s2,2S2.6 sS; May, 1899, 1885,
o26; May, 1900. s2,617.S5s
The exports by countries during the
month OF May, 1890. were:
To the United States si,1GS,s $50; to the
Argentine Republic. SHOES to Bolivia,
$3.50; to Brazil, 50, 319 to the British West
Indies. s1,270; to Colombia, IS. $685. to Cos
ia Rica, s55s; to Chile. s31907; to the
Danish West Indies. $3.50; to the Dutch
West Indies. $3.50; to Ecuador, 500; to
Guatemala. s472; to Honduras. s32; to
Mexico. S3.63S; to Nova Scotia, S2,557; to
Newfoundland, si25; to Peru. s4.565; 10
Porto Rico, 1896; to Quebec, Ontario, etc,
S2i 23S; TO Uruguay, 1912; TO Venezuela,
S2l5; TO Austria, $685.; TO Belgium Si,-
75S; to England, s31s,1l4; to France, $780,
G00; to Germany. s5i.1S5; to Gibraltar.
s31i; to Italy, S5,26i; to the Netherlands,
1924; to Portugal, s4,471; to Russia. ST.,
S05; to Scotland, $685.; to Spain, $685.
S45i to Sweden and Norway. s466; to Switz-
erland. sl14: to Turkey, $751;; to Japan,
1852; to British Africa, s7,99S: to British
Australasia. S20,11 and to the Hawaiian
Islands. 1892.
An examination of the above figures will
show that in the matter of exports for the
month of May, 1900, the United States
leads any other country, France being sec.
ond, England third, Spain fourth, and
Germany fifth.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20
WHAT CABLE BREAKS MEAN.
Significance of TeIegrnphic Inter-
fuptiOns In Countries at War.

Significance of TeIegrnphic Inter-
ruptiOns In Countries at War.
NEW YORK, June ia man who has
an authoritative post in enc Of the trans
Atlantic cable ofices in this city. and who
has much to do with the bulletins sent
out announcing the Interruptions in the
service in different parts of the world,
said today:
TT has always been remarkable to me
that folks were SO slow to appreciate the
significance Of the bulletins and the great
amount Of information that II is possible
to gather from them by making certain
easy differences. Take the present Chi
nese crisis as an example. Read between
the lines Of the bulletins we sent out On
June IL We were told that telegraphic
communication between Tientsin and Pc
kin was Interrupted. AS this did not cut
Pekin off entirely (there was route by
way Of Kalgan and Maimachin working to
the Siberian frontier) the inference was
that all was still quiet at Pekin and what
ever political disturbances were prevailing
were taking place on the road to Pekin
from Tientsin, and that the disturbance
was an effort to disturb the international
relief force.
"One June II the bulletin reported:
Land line between Pekin and Kalgan in
terrupted.' This isolated the capital Of
China and suggested that the disturbances,
had spread to the northern districts. The
bulletin did not indicate that the city it,
self was disturbed, because the Interrupt
ton was described as being about 175
miles from Pekin. On June 16 the bulle-
tin said: Communication with Tientstin
interrupted / wonder how many realized
that this brief notice meant that all the
warships OF all the nations assembled at
Taku were cut off from communication
with their home Governments
"The cable and telegraph people real
lied its significance and in response to
urgent requests for further information
got word that the interruption was at
BANDED. short distance from Tientsin,
and that because Of the interruption all
communication with Tientsin and Taku
was cut of. 1t was easy to infer that
Tientsin was still quiet and that the trou-
Bile was confined to the suburb. The in
ference was confirmed by the announce
ment today that steamer will leave Che
foo daily for Tientsin with kilograms that
have full postofice addresses to be mailed
in that city. The postal service in Tien-
isin is still working properly
'Russia's strategy is incidentally shown
by the fact that 1t was possible to tele-
graph to Pekin through Siberia for two
lays after the Tientsin line had been cut.
And even today. while the Siberian line
S interrupted between Lutai and Taku,
he line is intact TO Port Arthur, Russia's,
stronghold across the bay from Taku"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20

1t has always been recognized that the
literature OF u country has a great deal
to do with shaping the character of its
people, although. perhaps, when all is said
and done, it is mere an effect than a
products of the age and conditions in
which they live. and in turn they help 10
express the spirit Of the people and TO in
fluence II. At least, that is the way it has
always been. But in the present century.
in America, il is doubtful whether litera-
ture has not been actually more moving
force than an effect. 1t has certainly lad
more influence than ever before on tie
character of the people, and has, on the
whole, been less natural outgrowth of
their life.
Our Literature is made up of dozen
alien elements, no one of which, until
forty or fifty years ago. could be called
American. We took our theology fiom the
Bible colored with Anglo-Saxon interpre-
,ations; our jurisprudence from the
Romans; our literature proper mostly from
England. France. and Germany. Even
when we began to have poets and novelists
of oug own they were not distinctly repre-
sentative of the people. Longfe.low, who
has probably been more widely read by
the American people than any other Ameri-
can or English poet except Shakespeare, is
anything but American in his spirit. H
was a product OF old English culture, AID
German folk lore and tradition, and almost
all OF his most popular poems are in the
German manner. Never for one moment
did he express the homely, Independent,
humorous. almost grotesque sentiment of
the American of his time. Whittier came
nearer doing this but he was sectional in
his character. Poe. the greatest poet of
his time, was Celt rather than an Ameri-
can. Hawthorne and Irving were English
in style. Emerson was really our first
great original. and his work came to light
about fifty Yeas ago Since that tim ,
perhaps the one author who expresses the
American spirit in all its crude. wholesome,
breezy, yet subtle originality, is Mark
Twain. There is nothing in the life Of
this people too high, too low, too comm on
place, or extravagant for him to under
stand or handle. But 1t is only in tie
present generation that we have anything
like purely American school of litera-
ture In other words, literature has only
recently come to be an effect rather than
a cause.
In the past. then, books have helped
to mold the spirit of the people How
have they done SO? 1t is worth while to
consider.
In the early days Of the Republic,
the books most generally circulated were
poems, theological works, and political
The attention of the people
was directed to high ideals. religious
and theoretical politics. They
studied principles rather than conditions.