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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
The Uniycrsity and the Trust.

A recent work on constitutional history,
by Andrew Bascom. is, without being iadi-
cal or socialistic in tone, extremely out
spoken on the subject OF certain tendencies
Of American civilization. The author says
in so many words that American politics
and social life have been insidiously and
seriously corrupted by the influence of
commercialism. He cites the Standard Oil
Company as an example Of the great cor
porations which have influenced politics.
and he remarks in this connection:
at stands forth as gigantic aggregation of
every commercial evil which free people, grog
ing into national strength, ought to reject
And again he says, arguing that the
competitive system has been so perverted
as to be corrupting instead of puri-
flying force:
"our politics owe their deterioration TO the fact
that important and opposed social interests
have lot Ion: ime appeared in them. The pre-
dominance of neither party produces any decisive
change. Victory here victory there only shifts
the causes Of irritation. During the slavery con
trovcrsy. strong men were kept in the front, and
oftentimcs mea Of remarkable moral tone The
nation was led by its leaders, and discussion
went forward which was in q high degree siimu.
lating TO the public mind and heart. The one diff
hcuty in this period. in itself one Of national
development was that the social and political
interests involved were irrcconcilable, and in
capable OF reaching any higher point of union
Increasingly political parties have lost social
affiliations. No permanent and pushing social
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11

We do not wonder that the incomplete
ness of Lord Roberts victory at Pretoria
should begin to excite comment and grum-
bling in England. The Beers retired, TO
be sure. but they retired with all their
artillery. including siege guns, their sup
plies, and one thousand British prisoners.
They are now admitted to be in position
to prolong the war by at least two months.
and 1t is undeniable that the situation in
China is vast encouragement to them to
Keep on fighting, in the hope that some
International ENHANCEMENT may yet save
their independence
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
THE pEKN INVASION.
Interview Between Ii WhnnE and
the DOwager Empress.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Scene: Audience room in the imperial
| palace at Pekin.
| The Dowager Empress-Imbeci,e pigi
What is this hear, Have tie foreign dogs
| cared to set foot on the sacred soil of the
| son of the moon?
] Ii Wharg-Calm yourself. your ineffable
! majesty. Only hardful. mere bunch OF
| the dogs have laried from thsir ships. We
| could eat them all with chopsticks if We so
| desired.
The Empress-Mud-rat, Son of a scor-
| pion! Why don't you eat them. thenf
| Why do you bother me?
| Lii whang-Don't distress yourself. god
| mother of the solar systemi II will surely
come out right. These foreign devils will
presently return to their ships and all will
| be we'll
| The Empress-Return, Oh. hold me
| tight, I'll do somebody a mischief Re-
| turn, Cut their heads of at once,
| Lii Whang-It would never do, your i'm
perial urp:shnes5. III the first place 10000
| heads would spring up fer each enc cut of.
| In the second place. they wouldn't let US.
The Empres-Oh, oh. oh. to think l
should be bullied in my own palace. Give
| EN- slow poison.
Ii Wtang-Radtant sister Of the stars.
| it can't be did.
The Empress-And you positively refuse
to cut off their heads?
Ii Whang-I must, distinguished sweet
ness.
The Empress-Then cut off your own,
Ii Whang--Cut OFF this head that IS filled
alone with thoughts of thee? Darken these
eyes that see only your exquisite imasef
Still this tongue that sings only thy
praises? Chill these lips that long to taste
the nectar OF thine? Shorten these ears?
Enough, l haven't the heart to do it,
The Empress-Why. you poor little pig
tailed rat, Has il gone so far as this?
And you really think me lovely? Te-he
he.
Ii Whang-Loveiier than the sacred
lacquer work in the garden Of the three
Flang- FIang Finer than spun silk. Sweet
err than the chop sooey OF the gods. More
TO be desired than apples from the holy
tree Of Chin chin. Empress. you're gild-
ed peachi
The Empress-Oh, whangie. how you
aatter, You may kiss my longest finger
nail.
III Whang-Bliss ineffable, And about
the foreign devils, Your Imperial High
ness?
The Empress-Do with them as you will.
whangie. / leave it all in your hands. Tell
me again that you think me handsome.
half hour later Lii Whang pauses In
the corridor as he leaves the imperial eu-
dience chamber.
LII Whang-Ain't l a pootee inee dip
lomat? / gless yes,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
OTIS LEAVES ROCHESTER.
Expected to Arrive In Washington
Early This Morning.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, June 10.-den
Erwell s. Otis left the city at 7:45 O'Clock
tonight over the Northern Central. His
destination is Washington. Barring acct
dents he will arrive there at 7:45 tomorrow
morning. and as soon as possible will re-
port to the President.
There was crowd of perhaps two dozen
people at the station to see him off, among
them Mrs. Otis and the Misses Otis. The
general said he had been in hopes that
he could slip into Rochester and out again
without attracting any attention, but the
first man who saw at the station shouted
out: There comes General Otis. and
telephoned to the newspapers. Capt
Fred w. SIader and Lieut.. David S. Stan
ley. personal aids. accompanied the gen
eral to Washington.
There has been some mild dissatisfac-
tion expressed at General Otis visit in
advance OF the big celebration to be given
uext Friday. 1t had been hoped that he
would arrive in time, but it must be con-
fessed that little of the enthusiasm
that was expected at the distinguished
soldiers arrival has been spent in ad-
vance. They do not blame the general,
for 1t is plain that he really believed he
could come here and not be recognized.
He did not realize the extent to which
Rochester people were anticipating his
arrival and probably does not understand
1t yet.
Some of the trades unions are exerting
themselves to hurt the celebration. The
contract for the big arch was let to
Thomas Finucane. a mont union contractor.
and the work has been done by non-union
men. A goodsized detail of police has
been on guard at the arch all the time
to prevent trouble.
The labor unions have started systemat-
!cally to show their power. and it Is an
open secret that members of the differe:.
bands that will march in the parade have
declared that they will not march under
the arch but will go around it when they |
come there. AS the members of most of !
The bands belong to musical unions this |
will mean. If they persist in it. that |
he parade will be thrown into the great |
est disorder at the arch, where the crowd |
will be msssed.
1t is also stated that the electricians of
he city refuse to wire it for lighting out
u sympathy with their agyrieved breth-
ZEN. About all the electricians of the
'ity belong to unions. SO here is a chance |
or more serious trouble.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
CUBAN ToAsFs TO SPAIN.
Pleas for Unity Among the Latin
American Countries.


HAVANA. June 10.-The visit Of tie
Argentine training ship Presidente Sas-
miento is being used by the Spaniards as
an occasion to arouse unity OF feeling In
behalf OF Spain among the Cubans Tho
officers Of the ship are treated with great
ceremony. A banquet In their honor was
given last night at the Spanish Casino at
which 800 of the leading ,Spaniards were
present.
All the speeches made were along The
line Of the necessity for common action by
the Spanish American countries in sympa-
thy with the mother country. Nothing
was said that was really hostile to the
United States. but It was made very plata
by the speakers that they believed that
preservation from overwhelming domi
nance OF American influence In North and
South America could only be effected by
all the offshoots Of Spain standing with
her. for her, for her language. laws. and
civilization. The speeches were appeals
to the Iatins against the Anglo-Saxons.
not in anger or harshness. but within
legitimate aspirations for the triumph Of
Spanish radical ideas.
Senior Espinoza. one Of the editors Of
the "Diario de la Marina referred to the
loss of Cuba. He said he thought Spain
had been more than repaid for the loss
OF the island By the sympathy with which
her former colonies greeted her In her mis-
fortunes. He appealed TO Cubans to re-
member their race and its institutions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
COOL WATER IN NICARAGUA.
Prepared by the Wife for Her Lazy
Spouse to Drink

From the New Orleans Times Democracy
THE excitement about the ice reminds
me- said a railroad man. who had been
listener to the chemists little disserta-
ton, of the primitive method of cool
ing water in vogue in Mexico and Central
America. The principle is perfectly SIM
pie. but there is a certain knack about the
thing that | have never known a white
man to fully acquire. When native in
one of the broilng hot little villages of
interior Nicaragua wants to cool some
water. she fills a half-gallon earthenware
jar about two-thirds full. Parenthetcally
| say She because this is a task that re-
quires more energy than any male Mica
raguan was ever known to possess The
jar is made of baked clay, and. not being
glazed, is partially porous and soon be-
comes moist on the outside. Two leather
straps are firmly attached to the neck.
and, seiZing these in her hands, she be
gins to rotate the jar swiftly in the air.
The mouth is wide open, but centrifugal
attraction keeps the liquid from flying out
The average native woman is frail and
listless in appearance, but the endurance
which she exhibits at this sort of calls
thanics is marvellous. 1t is about the
sa.de as swinging Indian clubs, and l am
afraid to say how long l have seen one
keep it up. lest you might set me down
master lies in one corner Of their 'jacal.
or hut smoking cigarette and watching
the operation languidly. When the woman
thinks the water is sufficiently cool she
stops with dextrous twist of the wrist,
and hands him the jar. Usually he takes
a gulp. growls out Mocha calora! which
is native patols for blamed hot and she
begins again. patiently describing pin
wheels | have never made test with
a thermometer but | assure you they can
reduce tepid water to the temperature OF
a very cool mountain spring. In Mexico
the natives confine themselves, as rule
to dampening the jar on the outside and
placing 1t In current Of air. Near the
little mountain village OF Santa Rosa, on
the Mexican Central, there is a cave
through which n strong breeze passes at
all hours of the day. have seen the mouth
almost choked with water jars, left there
"a coal off"
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my Stntc Glory.


VIVIH INT BOstOn HtTaId.)
Massachusetts, can take special and particular
pride in the class that will be graduated at
West Point next week. no less than three of the
five highest honor men therein being credited
TO this State. Pillsbury Of Massachusetts, stands
at the head Of the class. and he is credited with
having made an astonishing record in scholar
ship from The day of his admission. Adams of
Massachusetts stands next 10 Pillsbury and Law.
son OF Massachusetts, stands fifth, according to
present calculations. the final examination, being
yet in progress. This record of cadets from a
single State in the class is said to be some.
thing quite unique in the history of the Mill.
t1ry Academy.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
DIR. PAUL GIBIER KILLED.
Fatal Termination of n Runaway Ac
cident Near suffolk. n. Y.


cident Near suffolk. NY
NEW YORK, June 10.-Dr. Paul Gibier,
the head Of the Pasteur Institute in this
city, was killed in runaway accident on
his country home at Suffern, N. Y, yes-
terday. He was driving around the place
about o'clock in the evening in buggy
with his mother-in-law. Mrs. c. v Hoen,
of Baltimore, who had been visiting DR..
Gibier and Mrs. Gibier for fortnight
The horse became frightened by The re-
port of some frearm discharged in the
woods and boited. DR.. GiDier stroye to
rein ii in, but the reins broke
The horse ran furiously and at one of
the turns of the road. which is bordered
By a rough stone fence. the buggy was
overturned. and DR.. Gibier and Mrs Hoen
we're thrown out. DR.. Gibier was thrown
against the fence. striking the back of
his head on one of the stones His skull
was fractured and he died at midnight
without having recovered consciousness.
DR.. Gibier was born on October Q, 1851.
in France. and was educated there He
was graduated from the medical univer-
sity OF Paris. became assistant professor
of comparative medicine at the Museum
of Paris and was resident physician at diff
ferent times in three or four hospitals.
In 1889 the Government sent him to Spain
to study an outbreak of cholera there and
for his services he received a gold medal.
In the following year he was sent to
the south OF France to study the same
disease. and for his achievements there
he was made a chevaier II the Legion of
Honor. In 1888 the Government sent him
to Havana and to Florida 10 study yell
low fever. On his way home he stopped
in New York. He returned here the next
year and In 1890 he started the Pasteur
Institute. the specially of which origi-
nally was preventive treatment for hydro
phcbia. All the anti-toxines, however,
u-ithi.,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
FORTUNE FOUND AT SEA.
Ships Picks Up Abandoned Carr
Valued mt 100000.

| Ships Picks Up Abandoned Cargo
Valued mt 100000.
PHILADELPHIA. June 10.-One Of tho
richest prizes ever picked up at sea is
| now making her way across the Atlantic
to Gibraltar. in charge of six seamen from
| the British ship Senator. The vessel is
the Norwegian iron shop Superb. with
| rich cargo of ore. which was picked up in
latitude s6 N, Longitude SO W.. totally
abandoned but in first-class condition, YES
gel and cargo being valued at $200.000.
The prize was spoken on May "a in
latitude 1904 N. longitude 20.C4 W. by
Captain Jones, of the British steamship
Chiverstone. which arrived at this port
yesterday from Carthagena. Despite the
fact that the Superb, which is a full
rugged ship. was manned by only six men,
there were no requests for assistance made
to Captain Jones. who stated that signals
displayed showed that the vessel was pro-
ceeding from Gibraltar. When last seen
he calculated she was proceeding at the
rate OF about four knots.
The Superb left Rio Janeiro on Febru-
airy H. for Middlesborough. England. with
a full cargo CT manganese ore. and was
deserted by her crew. who became need-
lessly alarmed in storm on April q. in
north. Inc lEiSHleHeu
were picked uD by the bark Seafarer.
from San Francisco for Hull. and were
landed at Portland by the tug Oceana
on May /.
The British ship Senator. from which
vessel the prize crew was taken. sighted
the abandoned vessel on May g. and an
officer on board the vessel found her sound
and stanch, with the exception of her
main, mizzen. and foretop- gallant masts.
which were gone. About sixty feet of her
amidship starboard rail was also gone,
but otherwise she was as sound and
staneh as on the day she was launched.
An examination made by the officers from
the Senator showed that the vessel was
deeply laden with ore. but did not leak.
A call was made for volunteers from
the Senator and five seamen in charge Of
the second mate were sent on board and
stated by insurance experts yesterday to
be one of the most valuable that has ever
been picked up at sea, both vessel and
cargo being subject to the salvors' de-
mands.
The entire crew, as well as the owners
of the Senator, will participate in the
salvage award. which will be at least Is,
per cent of the value of the Superb and
..s. cargo. estimated to be worth not less
than $500. coo. and probably a great deal
more.
The Superb, which until recently hailed
from London. is 220 1-2 feet long. 81 1-2
feet beam. and registers LAG gross tons.
A. P. Ulriken, of Mandel, Norway, is her
principal owner.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
PASSING OF THE TARANTULA.
The Giant VcnomOus Spider Said to
bc Growing Scarce.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
i've seen the famous ella monster
often said an Arizona man in the hotel
lobby last evening. at is simply an TN
couth. horrible looking lizard. and I'd
rather encounter a hundred OF them than
a single tarantula. I'll never forget the
first time l ever saw one of those giant
spiders. | was living near Phoenix then.
and had gone out to take 4 look at a min
eral deposit recently discovered on Ivy
land. The place was some distance away.
and l was walking across a stretch of
level, sandy country, when 1 noticed a
queer round object, about the size of a
mans clinched fist. lying near a little pile
of rocks. 1t looked for all the world like
one of those snarls of hair that women
take out of their combs. but when l drew
nearer | saw that il was alive, and recog-
nized it from descIiptio ns as desert tar
antula. Its legs were all drawn under its
body at the time, and IL seemed indescib-
ably lumpy end sluggish. bu. as | stopped
down to get a closer view it made sud
den. quick movement and then jumped
square at my face. l lodged il by pure
instinct, and the thing missed me and
struck the sand two or three feet away
1t ran several yards with Incredible swift
ness and then turned as II to charge again.
but l had had enough. I beat retreat.
Since then I have killed a number OF tar
antulas and caught them alive. but I have
never outgrown the horror they inspire.
THE coarse brown hair that covers their
bodies makes them seem much larger than
they really are and they have immensely
muscular legs. Their pugnacity and
strength are almost Incredible. They Will
attack anything. regardless OF size. and
they make the most amazing leaps through
the air. OF late years. / am glad to say,
they have become very scarce, for every
frontiersman is their natural enemy. and
the war against them is fierce and relent-
less. The bite OF the creature is said TO be
fatal. ant; | have known them TO kill
horses. but l have no personal knowledge
of any case of human being who died
from the effect of the poison. Their Ill
repute in that particular is probably exag-
parated' -
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
CAPTAIN PITCHER UNPOPULAR
No Longer to Issue Orders to the Ha-
yann Chief of Police


HAVANA, June 10.-Tke trouble between
Captain Pitcher and Chief of Police Carde-
mas and the mayor has been adjusted by
General Wood, who has directed Captain
Pitcher to only recommend changes in the
police rules to Chief Catdenas. II his rec
concentrations are not acted upon he is to
report to General Wood. who will issue or
Gers TO Chief Cardenes. Meanwhile the
cutlery against Captain Pitcher is increas-
ing. He is popular neither with the Cubaus
nor Americans.
a mass meeting of Americans has been
called for tomorrow night to protest
against his alleged tyrannies. 1t is said
that he refuses to hear any testimony con-
troverting statements made by the police,
and that he upholds the latter whether
they are right or wrong. regardless of JUS
tice. While Captain Pitcher has unques-
tionably done great good in supervising
the police. and as u magistrate, he at times
goes too far.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
Over EInbornti0ns.

satirlcal observer OF men and things,
BY the name of Eliot Gregory, enquiries in
a recently published book IL we are to be-
come a nation Of machine-made men, and
cites as q reason for his query the innum-
cradle devices yearly pateEfed which have
TO do with fastening the modern male
human being into his clothes. He describes
a sort CT cfrimmers' convention into which
he once came lit was held in q smoking
r"ri In which several OF these self-styled
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
SIX THOUSAND SINGERS.
seventeenth Annual Festival OF
PIattdcutsches VOlksfest Verein.

NEW YORK, June 10.-The seventeenth
annual festival CT the Plattsdeutsches
Volksfest verein. CT Brooklyn, began today
at Ridgewocd Lake. and was participated
in by more than 5000 persons. among them
representatives from the tifty-ive societies
belonging to the Verein. The ceremonies
began at p. m. with vocal and instru-
mental concert. During the day there were
present large delegations from the Hessian,
Swabian, and Bavarian Sasngerbunds. and
the United Singers, of Brooklyn.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11

1t will not do to look implicitly upon tn,
voting of Oregon in its State election as ties,
OF the political opinion OF the country. We have
before remarked that this States voting afforded
no indication OF the Democratic tide that swept
over the country in ls7G, 1851, lsg2, or lsgi Tie
same may be said Of it as regards the voting ot
the Middle West and the Pacific States in 1895
Bryan carried nearly all the Middle West then.
and, in addition. he took Washington and ono
elector in California, yet Oregon voted for Ne.
kinley. The State seems TO have a way of liz
owa of voting, not only falling to iall into the
political currents Of the East, but even not mar
iicipating in those nearer in its neighborhood
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-11
rhackeray and Baden-powcI

At a dinner party at the Baden-Powclls when
he was not yet three years old. the guests being
all learned and distinguished men, such as
Buckle and Whowell. Thackcray was handing
Mrs. Badcn-Powell in to dinner when he noticed
that one of the little children was following be-
hind This was the future scout. and the young
gentleman. as was his wont. was Just scramblins
into a chair, when Thackeray. fumbling in his
pocket produced a new shilling and said in HE
caressing voice, "There little one, you shall
have this shilling il you are good and run away.
lie carried that shilling with him. and it is now
80 hia most treasured possessions.
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Should Come Into Cnmn


IWTONIIIc.D
II IS a time for Democrats to get together
They never have had better opportunity Ia
meet the enemy upon favorable ground Demo.
crazy today stands for every principle that j.,
cherished by lovers of republican institutions
It's opponent stands for everything that is odous
politically and economically. In such a contest
there is no room for third party There are
but two sides. The Gold Democrats should o.,
into line. They are needed, and they will he
welcome in the Jeifersonian camp They can
rot afford TO shoot in the air.
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Not So Sickly After All.

Wichita to the penitentiary. On the way down
he begged the sheriff to tell the warden that "a
am sickly and not able to work in the coal
mines" The sheriff promised. and. after seeing
the warden told the negro that it was all fixed:
that he was not to work in the coal mines but
he Waterman at the dead house instead. "Gawd
Almighty"' shouted the affrighted negro Tell
DAT Walden | kin dig tolty tons oh coal a day
an don't let him put me wild dem corpuses.''
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From the New York Evening Post.

IT rOiI TIT WV fVIt TFVHIHS FVst.J
Mr. Plat is quite justified in regarding his
success in making Hazel, the Buffalo representa-
tive of his machine judge of United States
District Court Tor life 1.-THE greatest victory
OF his political career He rightly regards it
- his own work President Mckinley was only
his secretary in making the nomination.; Senator
Depew was only his echo in endorsing it; the
rest OF his associates only lay figures in
confirming his act according to the law OF "Srn.
,fori,l courtesy"