The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1901, Page 1

'VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 46, , TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901. aken from rary.++++ PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROFESSOR GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD RECEIVES DISMISSAL FROM FACULTY OF LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY Head of the History Department Is Forced to Retire Because of His Refusal to Tender to President Jordan an Apology for His Criticisim of Mrs, Stanford’s Course in Causing the Removal of Dr. Edward A. Ross Special thatch to The Call. TA UNIVERSITY, Jan. 14.—Professor George - E head of the history department of Stanford T has beem dismissed from the faculty and ge sentiment is again aroused to a hi piteh e ses leading up to Dr. Howard's cnforced res- igrat X an outgrowth of the dismissal of Dr. E. A Ross from the department of sociol last November. Dr » was one of the most outspoken of several of the Stan- a sty who regarded Mrs. Stanford’s rference as a w freedom of speech and academi On Novem- after Dr. Ross’ delivered the address for either his apology end of Dr. resignat whic or resig Professor Ross shared close pers and, e same independence and intellectual freedom terized the dis conomist At the time the address was given it created a profound sensation and was the s of much comment outside of college circles as well as within. The impassioned outburst was before Dr. Howard's class In “French Revolution.” Stu- ts that ng remember how intensely sin- fessor was that morning. He opened he could not confine himself to ge of the past century when ent of bigotry and intoler- the present Ross was a martyr to a principle at his forced retirement would university. He declared that In s a serious blow had been and the consequences must be deplorable. In conclusion he ut- ich are supposed to have been st he university authorities: I do mot bou down to Saint Market Street. I do not doff my hat to the Six Companies. Neither am I afraid of the Eoly Standard 0il.” » matter to Professor Howard by ning of the present semester, when which fully expiains the position UNIVERSITY, ITY 1 Cniversity vour class criticiz »f the university ed in univer- unjust, and, in the explana I now deem it = £y for thie breach of courtesy our attituds toward the management tee a proper harmonious relation in request that you at once tender the end of the current year, or matter prevent harmonious co- 1y yours DAVID 8 was written the following LAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY._ Department of History. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal “niversity. is my JORDAN, President. dismissal by the authorities of ‘the uni- revolution on the subject of ce of the teacher In the discussion was as earnest a protest against as 1 was capable of making. urteous reference to the presiderit nor £h e discussion of the general theme there sapproval of their action. person who heard me will say unjust in their to the influences of free wpeech in various institu- as the motives and influences gov- " otly or by implication, 4 in the published statement of Dr. Ross and f your conversation with me on the even- eared. nother passage in your letter. You that since my address before the Ahe method of presentation or motives and Adress 1 referred ¥ . ave asked me to remain in the uni- 1a A3d not ish me to resign. On n versation regarding the Ross inci- pos that you should not ask my resig- nanded ft. How then could you have My conscience is clear In this matter. as 1 belleve, in the cause of individual 3 Therefore, in response to your demand, gnation to take effect at v leasure im- ge. Very truly your G HOWARD which was Sunday last, the mcceptance of JUNIOR UNIVERSITY. of the President ) UNIVERSITY, Cal, Jan 1901 v senree v niversity—Dear Sir: Your let- tion as pr is Aul P t a date to e with the « & Words of my letter of the 9th worde are: “Fa I request > tender r resign take effact ot 4 of the current year, or soomer, ‘eelings in the revent co-operation feciesioiesfosfesosioriocioriose sfeierferiorierioiesiriefoioiode docfoofoctonferd DR. SHELDON CAUSES REVOLT OF SERVANTS harmontous |OVERTUR Reading of His New Book “Born to Serve” Has Caused a Commotion in Topeka. | Tackles PEACE MADE BY DICK CROKER Paddock, * o2 + | THE DISMISSED PROFESSOR. - * until that time.” T shall be glad to know your further wish in the matter, and it may be communicated to Vice President Branner, who ! is acting president, with full powers, in my absence. Very truly yours. DAVID S. JORDAN, President. Pacific Grove, Cal The correspondence closed with this letter from Professor Howard: LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR artment of History TANFORD UNIV Jordan, Stanford Universl ignation is recefved. RSITY. Jan. 4, 1901 Dear Sir: Your Of course I am well aware President D: letter accepting m that the rights of the large number of students now registered in my classes are involved xing the time of my resignation. Theretdte, since I am being 4 issed from a life position on the alleged ground of discourtesy to the authorities of the university, it seemed to me but falr that you should take the responsibility of saying whether I should remain to the end of the vear. You decline to take that re- sponsibility, and so leave me but I should have been wi; the sake of my students co-operation” you mean a duty according to the spirit which I have thus one safe and dignified course. remain to the close of the year for I have felt sure that by ‘‘harmonious ful the of far labored. toward the university or toward my protesting against revolutionary proceedings. whole present incident is a question of free speech. Therefore I am not willing to pledge myself in advance to abide by the uneertain original Implied contract under I have not changed my attitude profescorfal duties. I am only The vital point of the interpretation of the ambiguous phrese: *‘should your feelings in the matter prevent harmonious co-operation umtil that time.” Hence I wish my resignation to take effect at once. Very truly yours, GEORGE E. HOWARD. Professor George Elliott Howard is one of the most gifted historians in America. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1876, took his A. M. In 1879 and his Ph.D. in 184 He was a student in history and jurisprudence at the universi- tles of Munich and Paris from 1876 to 1878. From 1879 to 1891 he was professor of history in the University of Nebraska. He also acted as secretary of the Nebraska State Historical Soci- ety from 1885 to 1891 When Stanford University -opened Dr. Howard was the | first man chosen for a position on the faculty of the new in- stitution by President Jordan. Among his students Dr. How- ard is looked to as an inspiring leader in intellectual pursuits. President Jordan, speaking of his work to a Stanford graduate, said: ““We have many good teachers at Stanford, but Dr. How- ard comes the nearest to being a really great teacher. He is in many respects an ideal teacher.” Professor Howard has been at Stanford ever since the doors | of the university were thrown open. During this time he has given his best thought and work to the institution, with the | resul{ that his department h: far has his judgment been trusted the plans for the new made Stanford famous. 8o building which is being erected for the use of the departments of history, English and economics. He it was who had planned the academy of history, economics and sociology for graduate work which would occupy the Stanford residence 1 Ban Francisco. To-night Professor Howard expressed deep regret that he | could not be able to fulfill his cherished ambition to make Stan- ford’s history department the best equipped in States. “Ten years more,” he head of the de that money would bu erally with finarices." Dr. Howard h that he will finisk the last twelve v “would see us ranking at the We could have anvthing . for Mrs. book upon which he has been engaged for nd which he considers his life work. The work will be entitled “A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Especially in the United States and England.” oughly exhaust the subject and will cover a virgin ground. Professor How: he said ne had delivered his last lecture to his classes. B I e e e e e S R SRR S ES FOR |VIOLATION OF RULES BY WEST POINT CADETS —lpticis |Failing to Mollify Bishop | While Investigating Hazing Potter, Tammany’s Chief Congressmen Learn That Whisky and Cigar- ettes Are Used. Rev. Mr. SR | R O Aty Ly . Kans., Jan. 14—Rev. Charles | NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Richard Croker,| WEST POINT, N. Y., Jan, 14.—The Con- Sheldon commenced the reading of his | acknowledged leader of all-powerful Tam- | ¢recsional investigating committee. held w book, “Born to Serve to his con- | Many, after falling to mollify Bishop Pot- 9A three sessions at the West Point Military ] _ | ter, made overtures for peace to Rev. = n here last night, and it has cre- | oot T Tol 0 Vicar of the Pro. |Academy to-day. The first two sessions omething of a fury among Topeka | Cathedral, Just before his departure and the greater part of the night séssion . The servant girls of Topeka at- | ¢or Burope Croker sent an invita- | were occupied in the examination of Sheldon’s church in Mr. who were there for their em- to-day Rev. Mr. Sheldon | the servamt girl problem in | aving the employers treat ! fused Croker's peac rvants as members of the family. tion of the problem was very gratifying to servants who occupled seats 's church, and to-day sev- ominent families have reported their girls, who demanded ent or higher wages. Many tion to Rev. Mr. those trouble and '3 |incident is related Sheldo | Paddock, who was admired his force o ve. Among the members of the Central | have an opportunity tional Church, where Rey, Mr. |Privately, Croker preached, are some of the most | {riend” to ride with nable families of the city, ani they | ‘ bringing gifts.” He ject strongly to the solution of the |y, untl he had servanl girl problem furnished by their | Pishop Petter, then ninister. i tation. Paddock to ride with him. When the invitation was refused, | the Tammany chieftain caused the Tam- | many anti-vice crusade to be started. | Bishop Potter recently told how he re- | not known until to-day that Croker had } =0 far humbled himself as to seek terms | from the Vicar of the Pro-Cathedral. | whereof he speaks. An emissary was sent | from the Democratic Club to Rev. rls have notified thelr mployers | wiing to assist him in his work among | expect better treatment In the [the East Sidé poor. dock 1s not easily deceived by Lewis Brown Jr. of Newpoft, who was |one of Keller's seconds in his fight with Booz. From the iine of examination adopted by the comm ttee, the Congressmen are evidently beat o2 the abolition of hazing and fighting =t the academy. They put Brown through an exhaustive examina- tion, in the course of which they elicited the fact that In violation of the rules and regulations of the institution, the upper class men carry intoxicating liquor into the reservation and consume a considera- ble quantity of it. Another stringent rule seems to have been broken with impunity. This is the regulation prohibiting smok- ing. Cadet Brown acknowledged that the majority of the cadets were cigarette smokers, and that 'plenty of cigarettes 1 were smuggled into the institution. « e proposals. It was The one who knows by Mr. assured that Croker f character and was That they might to discuss the matter invited his ‘“young him. Rev. Mr. Pad- “Greeks dallfed with his vis- communicated with he declined the invi- and free performance of academic | he was allowed to draw | the United | Stanford has provided us lib- | s no plans for the immediate future, except | It will thor- | will, however, Teave Stanford at once, as | NEELY 15 SUBIECT T0 EXTRADITION Supreme e Court Hands Down Unanimous De_cigign. Dectares Cuba Foreign Ter- | ritory Now Held in Trust. Kuling That Causes Administration to Fxpect to Be Upheid in Porto Rico and Philippine Cases. ey g.‘I“AIIIIIIIIILE DECISION EXPECTED N PORTO RICO AD PHILIPPINE CASES CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N, W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Friends of the administration think they see an incident of a favorable decision from the Supreme Court in the Porto Rico and Philippine cases In this quotation from the decision of the court rendered to- ,day in the Neely case: “Apart from the view that It is not competent for the judiciary to make any declaration upon the question of the length of time dur- ing which Cuba may be rightfully occupied and controlled by the United States in order to effect its pacification, it being the function of the political branch of the Gov- ernment to determine when such occupation and control shall cease, and therefore the claim that the troops of the United States recog- nized the existence of an estab- lished government known as the I I | WM%HMHH—PWM-H—MMMH—FM%H%X—HH+ republic of Cuba, but /s now using + | fts miHtary Ve Power e displace or overthrow it, ig with- out merit.” It is reasoned that if the Si preme Court considers the lengflh of time of occupation of Cuba may be continued in order to effect its pacification, a political question with which the court has nothing to do, the question of the length of time the military occupation of the Philippines can continue will also be considered a political one, and that it can continue indefinitely as far as the Supreme Court is con- cerned. o o e o e e e ke ( WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The United States Supreme Court to-day announced | its'decision in the case of C. W. F. Neely, charged with embezzlement of the public | funds of Cuba while acting as financial agent of the department of posts of that | island. holding that Neely is subject to | extradition, I Justice Harlan handed down the court's decision, which was unanimous, and Im- I mediately after the decision was rendered |an order was issued requiring that the mandate in the case be Issued at once. Entering then upon his reasoning in the | case, Justice Harlan said that there was | no dispute that on the 6th of June, 1800, when the act under which this proceed- ing is brought hecame a law, Cuba was “under the control of the United States” | and “occupied by this Governmen “The court,”” he sald, “will take judictal’ notice that such were at the date named and are now the relations between this country and Cuba. So that the applica- bility of the ahove act to the present case | —and this is the first question to be ex- amlne‘d—depends upon the inquiry wheth- | er, within its meaning, Cuba is to be deemed a foreign country or territory. “We do not think this question at all difficult of solution if regard be had to the avowed objects Intended to be accom- plished by the war with Spain and by the military occupation of that island.” Announcing the court’s conclusion on the status of Cuba, Justice Harlan sald: “The facts above detailed make it clear that Cuba is foreign territory within the meaning of the act of June 6, 1900. Tt can- not be regarded In any constitutional, le- gal or international sense a part of the territory of the United States. While by the act of April 25, 1898, war was declared between this country and Spain, the President was directed and empowered to | use our entire land and naval forces, as well as the militla of the several States, to such extent as was necessary to carry the act into effect, that authorization was not for the purpose of making Cuba an integral part of the United States, but the purpose only of compelling the relin- quishment by Spain of its authority and the withdrawal of its forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. Thé legislative and executlve branches of the Government, vy the joint resolution of April 20, 1898, ex- pressly disclaimed any purpose to exer- cise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Cuba, ‘except for the pacification thereof,’ and asserts the determination of the United States, that object being ac- complished, to leave the xovemment -.nd control of Cuba to its own peopl Bt Has ‘been Gone in relation to Ciiba ) -H—I“H-I—P-H-l-i‘%mmmmwmwmi—mH~%%HM4fiH has had that end in view, and so far as the court is informed by the public his- tory of the relations of this country with that island nothing has been done incon- sistent with the declared object of the war with' Spain. PEACE PROTOCOL SIGNED BY ENVOYS OF CHINA, BUT PAPERS NOT TURNED OVER Imperial Seal Closely Guarded in Kwang Su's Apartments in the Forbidden City and Cannot Be Obtained Except by Order From Emperor i | TO SUCCEED LI HUNG CHANG — PRINCE CHING, WHO PROTESTS AGAINST THE CONTEMPLATED AP- ~ POINTMENT. | OF VICEROY CHANG CHIH TUNG.AS A PEACE ENVOY (Reproduced by Plrmlllion from Harper's Weekly.) X o EKING, Jan. 14.—The protocol was signed this morning, the idea of protesting against any clause % having been abandoned. Prince Ching has notified Senor de Colo- gan, the Spanish Minister, who is the dean of the diplomatic corps, that the agreement was signed yesterday morning, but that he dM not expect to be ablé to present it to the forelgn envoys before Wednesday, owing to the difficulty of ob- taining the ‘imperial seal, which, he as- serted, 1s-in the forbidden city and pri- vate apartments of the Emperor, guarded by the Emperor's most trusted servants. He said also that a personal order from the Emperor would be required before those who have the seal in charge would deliver it even to Prince Ching. Russla to-day began turning over the railway to Germany. The latter intends to place the managément of the line with former employes of the company, under military supervision. Germany has re- quested the station masters, engine driv- ers and mechanics who were formerly em- ployed to report at the German head- quarters, when they will be given their old positions. The Ministers have been annoyed at receiving messages from their respective governments asserting that press dis- patches say the agreement was signed Saturday, which s officially denled. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Secretary May was back at the State Department to-day for the first time in a week, and-although able to direct affairs he still shows signs of the severe cold he has had for some time. Minister Wu called early and there was a conference lasting a half-hour on the Chinese situation. -The department has now received responses from all the @ el leieimtelmfeeleteleme el e @ CHRISTIAN BLINN BECOMES SANE AND FINDS Suit Before the New York Supreme Court Reveals Story of a Remarkable Recovery. Epecial Dispatch to The Call Speclal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Jan. 14—What physicians call an almost miraculous recovery from mental derangement after the sufferer had been utterly oblivious to all his sur- roundings for three years, is involved in a suit now on trial in the Supreme Court for property variously valued at $30,000 and $120,000. Christian Biinn is the plaintiff, and it {e his recovery from insanity that is in- volved. His suit is against Mrs. Julla Schwartz for property now held by her, a deed to which Mr. Blinn says he signed at a time when he did not know what he was doing. Mr. Blinn about ten years ago was a builder and contractor, and was worth nearly $§750,000. He was taken ill with grip in 1889 and was in the care of Dr. J. A. Willlams, who in 1892 sent his patient to the asylum of Dr. R. C. F. Combes at Flushing, L. I, where he re- mained for three years. Mr. Blinn to-day § L% e powers relative to' the dispatch recently forwarded through our diplomatic repre- sentatives abroad urgently requesting that negotiations be expedited as fast as possible. All the powers concur in this view and express an earnest desire to reach a final settlement. It is rather a singular and unaccountable fact, however, that some of the foreign powers have re- ferred to delays caused by the United States, whereas the efforts of this Gov- ernment throughout have been to hurry matters along. It was for this reason that the recent proposition was made to re-| move the two points of indemnity and | treaties to Washington or some other cap- ital, although some of the powers seem to have the erroneous impression that this delayed proceedings. The State Depart- | ment adheres -o the purpose not to make | known the powers who favored or opposed the recent proposition. But in view of re- ports to the effect that Great Britain was most strenuous in opposition it can be stated that the Brilsh Government was one of those which received the sugges- tion most favorably. Up to the close of the official day Mr. Conger had not advised the department of the final 1Izn|nz fl( the peace protocol. EVACUATING CE]J.I PROVINCE TIENTSIN, Jan. 14—'1'!19 Russian troops except 1000 men detailed to guard the le- gation of Russia and the Tientsin and Shanhaikwan guards are evacuating the province of Chili and entraining for Kiao- chau, Manchuria. It is reported they are going to Mukden. BERLIN, Jan, 14.—Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, telegraphing from Peking under date of January 13, says: “The Pavel column returns January 14, having ascertained at Kingching that the Chinese troops at Suanhus effected a timely re- treat.” HIS PROPERTY GONE testified that during the three years he was In the asylum his mind was a blank. His memory returned to him as suddenly as It disappeared. He awoke ome morn- ing to find himself amid strangers and strange surroundings. He inquired where he was. When told he was in a sani- tarium he asked to be allowed to go home, as he feared his family would be worry- ing about him. It was a sudden awaken- ing from what seemed to him a night's sleep. When told he had been In the | Mrs. Lucretia .McIninch has been restore | gomery, and on being taken away by | continental scheme is carried or asylum three years he could not realize it. He could not recollect anything that had taken place in these years, but events of his early life were readily remémbered. He had thirty-three pieces of property before his iliness, from which he derived a large Income, but after his release from the institution he fouhd he had none of them. The property was in the name of persons who seemed strangers to him. FREED FRON THE SLAVERY OF RYPHOTISR Rescue of @ Womar Held for Fifteen Years. Strangely Disappears From Husband and Nine Children. o SR ' | Expresses Great Relief Upon Fscaping From the Man Who Kept Her I]nder Strange Influence. s Special Dispatch to The Call —e BOSTON, Jan. 14.—After an absemce of fifteen years, during all of which the woman claims she has been under the hypnotic influence of J. A. Montgomery, to the remnant of her family at Grea Pond, Me., her husband and four of ¥ nine children having died since the mot went away. Mrs. McIninch was fo Leominster, Mass., by her son-in R. Shuman, who had searched for many vears. She was living with Mont- r for man expressed great relief, the past fifteen years have been almost a total blank. Montgomery was a farm hand at Great Pond about sixteen vears ago Mrs. McIninch was known as a resnect able woman, the wife of an homest man and mother of nine children, when s disappeared. The husband dled some years after, his friends said, of a broke heart, and four of the children also pass away. Recently Shuman, Postmaster at G Pond and husband of a daughter of Me Ininch, who has been untiring in his forts to find the woman, unearthed a ¢ which he traced to Leominster, where ho found his mother-in-law living as the wifs of Montgomery. Sha was greatly prised to see her son-in-law, but readi consented to return with him to Grear Pond. Montgomery, who Is efiiployed as | a janitor, made no secret of the fact that the woman living as his wife was M MecTninch, but would say nothing fu concerning his relations with her man is 78 years of age and Mrs. McIninch 61 TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY PLANNED Grand Trunk and Wisconsin Central Lines the Moving Spirits in the New Enterprise. CHICAGO, Jan. 14—The Record morrow will say: Another ocean to ocean raflway scheme is reported to be takinz form. Tt involves two Chicago lines—tha Grand Trunk and the Wisconsin Central the former being the father of the move- ment, and provides for the Grand Trunk's assumption of control of the Wisconsin Central. This is the route in mind: Portl Maine. to Chicago. Grand Trunk: Ch to Ashland, Wis., Ashland to Duluth, Northern Pac new line: Duluth to Winnipeg. posed by.a syndicate headed by Willi McKenzle, and Winnipeg to Vancouver, line projected by James Dunsmuir. The Grand Trunk s said to have I desired to push into Manitoba in order to affer competition to its powerful rival, the Canadian Pacific. Negotiations for trol of the Wisconsin Central, it serted, have been carried on than three months. The Central now has an entrance Into Dul from Ashland, its northern termi over the Northern Pacific. If the tr Su piare Wiseonsin th a new line eighty miles in length will have to be bullt, to connect Ashland with Duluth, There are strong indications that the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific lines have antici- pated a transcontinental movement on the part of the Grand Trunk, McKenzle and Dunsmuir. It is said that the Lake Superfor and Manitoba Company. which filed articles of Incorporation a short time ago, was designed to keep the McKenzie Duluth-Winnipeg project from being car- ried out. HURRICANE SWEEPS ISLAND OF MAURITIUS Many Vesse. Driven Ashore, Among Them Being the Iracuaddy PORT LUIS, Island of Mauritius, Jan. 14.—A hurricane swept over this ‘island January 12, and during the storm a num- ber of vessels were driven ashore. Among these was the French steamship Iraou- addy, from Marseilles December 10 for Mauritius, which had a hole stove in her bottom, and the British steamship Mut- tra, from Caleutta November 30 for Co- lombo and Mauritius. The others were smaller craft. The damage inland was not serious. AEHET R FROZEN BODIES ARE FOUND IN THE SNOW Terrible Hardships of Passengers Who Attempted to Make Their Way to Odessa. LONDON, Jan. 15.—The Odessa corre- spondent of the Dally Mail, giving details of the experiences of the railway passen- gers who were snowbound while on the to Odessa, says: “All the trains have now arrived here. The drifts have hardened to the consist- ency of lce, and in one case a tunnel had to be cut through a drift 400 yards long and 38 feet deep. Many passengers who ‘The ‘deeds bore his name, but he could | had attempted to walk here wers found sleighing partles not remember signing them. by frozen to death.”