The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1904, Page 17

T Pages 17102 ¢ THE CALL l Pages 171024 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1904. CUENTS IN EUROPE OF INTEREST TO MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NEW WORLD + Bitter Contest Is Being Waged Over Estate Left CARNEGIE'S by Great Hungarian Novelist. g Youthf_fil Widow of Tokai Fighting Relatives. .—\doptgd Daughter Would Break His Will. ——— BUDAPEST, Oct. 8.—Maurus Jokai's a very inter- On the one ul widow of the ist, who is in rty; on the other d daughter, who w, and who finds contest over he courts are look- elations of at author. time, at Weiss, e years his time. He is worth The atement 2 ire were T ible collec- € and | es were not T t re t publishing h F u s s have v years to run lion vigorous an- ks Frau g her S as to entory of the e to Jokai's pub- zthy's lawyers de- ntory should urt has refused the first has won MARRIES JEWISH ACTRESS. s fir Jokal been dead four- ried Mile. Belle d to the Na- p! The courtship was , for the aged author proved wooer, but the disparity in ges of the couple exposed them to e. It was this which led a defense of marriage and young women in his own marriage in relatives of his first wife, of whom he had written after her decease, “She was the angel of salvation®who rescued me from exile and death, the sharer of all my sorrows, the pride of my 1 declared that it was an in- sult to her memory. The fact that his youthful bride was an obscure actress caused the marriage to be regarded with strong disapprobation in the high social circles in which the great man had long been a W ome guest, and when it was discovered that she was also 2 Jewess the anti-Semitic feeling, which is so strong in Hungary, was aroused against him. In consequence he fell into disfavor, not only with the court and stocracy, but "also with the Magyar students, who had formerly been his most enthusiastic admirers, and the ever fickle public generally. No Jonger did he receive invitations to ex- clusive court functions. When at other gatherings he chanced to meet mem- bers of the imperial family, in place of the warm greetings which he had been accustomed to receive at their hands he was treated with cold formality. Many old friends ostentatiously ignored him. Among those who remained true to him not a few refused to receive his wife, but the proud old man refused to accept invitations in which she was not included. RELATIVES INDIGNANT. It was on the occasion of the first anniversary of his first wife's death after his second marriage that he was made to feel the full measure of the odium he had incurred by wedding a third rate Jewish actress. As had been his custom on each anniversary of his first wife's death Jokai drove to the cemetery where she was buried to pay a tribute to her memory. He de- posited on her grave a wreath which bore the inscription, “Rosa, from her ever-loving and ever-sorrowing hus- band, Maurus.” His young wife, whom he had taken with him, placed on the - ——— tremely hard to bear, Grief at my loss is increased by my complete in- security. Whom am I to appeal to? I am unknown. My husband had been all the time with the regiment in the mountain service, being with those keeping back Kuroki's army. There have been scarcely any newspaper dispatches about this force, which, however, devotedly performed its role, and fow having lost its hero the fam- ily begs that it should not be deprived of what blood their father merited.” Inquiries have established the fact that all payments to families of of- | | c/oxarsr : JOOTHFUL— WO - e TIPS T\‘\\ e N Eaad other wreath which bore the from Bella. latives the Re 2. Later the ached the ceme- al offerings on first w y to place flo lignantly tore up that they found nt the fragments to Jo- Jokai paid another v ry and placed anothe vife's grav but her :nfuriated rela- tives again troyed it. Then Jokai ted legal proceedings aga them to rally public opinion to to the ceme- wreath on his denouncing their conduct But popular feeling, tak- of the al questions in- in the u mly quarrel, unmis- 5 proclaimed itself against him. He was no longer the nation’s idol. Of late friends of tne family have been m strenuous efforts to bring about a tion between Frau Feszthy widow. There were strong hoves tHit these would be suc- cessful and t the details of Jok family life might not be revealed in law courts and pu k to the world. Such hopes, however, are now almost entirely dissipated through the ver- dict of the jury impaneled to investi- gate the charges made by Frau Jokal that the Feszthy family had behaved badly toward Jokali ana consequently had been disinherited. The jury found that these charges were not proved and they added further that they were satisfied from the evidence laid before them that the conduct of Frau Fesz- thy and her husband toward Jokal had been uniformly correct and proper. Jokai's widow is said to have taken this defeat very badly and there is little chance at present that any peace- ful compromise will be reached. The Budapest courts will probably have to decide the whole affair finally. ———— WHEN OFFICER IS KILLED HIS FAMILY MUST SUFFER Wife of Russian Lieutenant Colonel Makes a Pathetic Appeal to the Public. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 8—The following letter, published in the press to-day from the widow of an officer killed at Liaoyang, illustrates the present position of many Russian families. The writer is Mme. Nadine Ryndine, residing at Kieff. She says: “My husband, a lieutenant colonel commanding the Tenth Siberian Ri- fles, was killed at Liaoyang. I have ceased to receive any pay. I have sev- en children to support and am now without means whatever. “My misfortune began long before this. Compelled to make a hasty de- parture from Port Arthur, I had to abandon my property there. What little I took away disappeared on the railway journey and I got none of it back. “I have remained silent all this time, but now fate has deprived me of my dear husband and I have decid- ed to speak out. My position is ex~ IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY Millionaire Interested in English Laber Leaders. ——— Burns and Crooks Gain Respect of Laird of Skibo. e LONDON, Oct. 8.—There are two la- bor members of the House of Commons in whom Andrew Carnegie takes a spe- cial interest. These are John Burns, the pugnacious and satirical represent- ative of Battersea, and ‘“Will” Crooks, who caused a sensation some time ago by capturing a Conscrvative strong- hold in the military depot of Woolwich. Carnegie is fond of saying when either man {s discussed that Burns and Crooks are brilliant examples of tri- umphant democracy. X press cutting agency has strict injunction not to miss a word either man says in or out of Parliament when he is delivering himself on subjects of public impor- tance. Of the two men Crooks is the greater object of the Lord of Skibo’s admira- Prince of Wales to Make His Debut as Racing Man LONDON, Oct. 8—Those who know the relations, public and private, that existed betwen King Edward and the late Baron de Hirsch are not surprised that the Prince of Wales is going to start his racing career from the gener- ous millionaire’s old house on Newmar- ket Heath. It ought to be sacred ground to the heir apparent, for within its luxurious walls many a little racing matter and gamble was discussed by the Baron and the present King‘ when the latter could not command the wealth he can at present. If these same walls could speak they could tell tales of many a check drawn by the Baron to satisfy royal racing deficlencies and accounts, but the. good man was gen- erous to many outside royal circles and if he showed extra consideration for his most intimate friend, the Prince, as Edward was then, it mattered not to persons who were' pressing for settle- ment of racing accounts. It is now stated that the Prince of Wales has -~ % ) — S * i z [ | IHIRUS SOILAET .o //; c/ — —» | DEAD NOVELIST AND TWO OF THE WOMEN FIGHTING FOR HIS ESTATE. j ficers are suspended in all cases when the latter are killed. _———————— Van Wyck Angers, Londoners. LONDON, Oct. 8.—Ex-Mayor Van Wyck of New York, who sailed on the Baltic, rubbed, Londoners the wrong way by an interview he gave out be- fore his departure, in which he com- pared London with Berlin to the dis- advantage of the former. London, he said, had been standing still for a score of years. It had no parks, no pleasures beyond eating, drinking and theater going. Many sarcastic com- ments have been made on the New Yorker's pronouncement, and Van Wyck is urged to open his eyes when he next comes to the British metrop- olis. Judging by the nettled tone of the newspaper comments, however, Van Wyck would seem to have teuched the raw. tion. Crooks received the rudiments ot his education In a workhouse school, but while he is not as eloquent or rhetorical a speaker as the “Uncrowned King of Battersea,” as Burns is com- mencing to be called, he is listened to with respect and patience in the House of Commons. Carnegie makes a su- preme effort to be present in the gal- lery of the House whenever it is known that either Crooks or Burns is going to speak on any important subject. It is known that Passmore Edwards, the capitalist who shares with Carne- gie the distinction of getting rid of his surplus wealth by the creation of public libraries, offered to pay John Burns $2000 a year to defray his ex- penses in Parliament. Carnegie ap- proached Crooks with tne same object when he won Woolwich for the Liber- als. Both offers were refused because both men preferred to be free to act independently. ‘Workhouse children in the Poplar dis- . xii £ it trict, where Will Crooks resides, are also an object of Carnegie's attention. Appeals to him are unnecessary during the summer months when he knows that these destitute youngsters want a day in the country. The children of poor parents in the same district are also provided with excursions into some of the picturesque parts of Surrey and Essex, and a substantiat portion of the expense defrayed by Carnegie. The or- ganizers of such treats, however, are under strict injunctions to keep Car- negie’s name out of the list of contrib- utors. In this quiet and unostenta- tious way Carnegie disposes of thou- sands of dollars vyearly throughout poor districts in England and Scotland. ‘When it is suggested to him that his name should appear in the list of sub- scribers he explains that he desires to be identified only with the creation of public libraries and the promotion of education generally. QIDFTAT S ADPOPTE oo o DATUSGHITER, ] D AL FESZITAH I -+ bought Crafton House from Sir Ernest Cassel and that it will be the scene of the future King's turf operations. Those who are in a position to know something of the conditions of the Prince’s banking account do not hesi- tate to sav that he could not at the moment buy a rabbit hutch, much less a luxurious mansion and racing stables. It is not long since it was publicly stated thaf the Prince had had to sup- plement his income in order to be able to maintain Marlborough House, his official residence. Sir Edward Cassel is as generous where royalty is con- cerned as Baron de Hirsch was in his best days, so there can be no danger of early disaster to the Prince’s turf un- dertakings. Chreniclers of King Edward’s move- ments during his present visit to Mar- ienbad have failed to notice the extra precautions that are being taken to secure his personal safety. The har- rassing of anarchists in London and in England generally has so exasperated the “comrades” abroad that his Maj- esty’s advisers deemed it advisable to undertake methods of protection which had not hitherto been adopted during any of the King’s Continental trips. The resignation of former Superinten- dent Melville as the head of the de- partment of the police service charged with the safety of the sovereign is rec- ognized as a misfortune by the King’s advisers because that officer’s knowl- edge of the ways of the Continental anarchist was unique. His successor, Mr. Quin, is an officer of wide experi- ence of the same class of criminals, but he has not been able to strike so muck terror into the hearts of the ‘“‘comrades” as Melville. Hence it is that extra precautions are now neces- sary. The protecting guard on the present occasion is doubled and it is noted as somewhat remarkable that from the chief downward the majority of the detectives in waiting on his Majesty are Irishmen. With the as- sistance of a number of men supplied locally, all roads and railway stations leading to Marienbad are carefully patroiled, while Chief Superintendent Quin keeps his eye on his royal charge constantly during the day and at night two detectives well armed stand out- side his Majesty’s bedroom. Until re- cently King Edward discouraged these elaborate precautionary measures and even now he makes no attempt to con- ceal the feeling that they are a mixed blessing to him. The late Queen Vie- toria knew that she was one of the most popular sovereigns in Europe, but that feeling never prevented her from making the most elaborate demands upon Scotland Yard for her personal safety and protection. All the smartest men had to be at her beck and call and it was not to the advantage of the chief if any of his nen were guilty of the slightest dereliction of duty. Al- though it is considered a mark of honor to be recommended for the duty of pro- tecting the sovereign it was a distinc- tion not altogether relished by the men FALLS ASLEEP WHENEVER SHE IS LEFT ALONE Countess of Orford Seeks Cure of Em- barrassing Malady KEEPS GUESTS WAITING HOURS Yankee Girl Who Mar- ried an Earl a Vic- tim of Odd Disease LONDON, Oct. 8.—The Countess of Orford, formerly Louise Corbin of New York, has gone with her husband, the Earl, to fish in Norway, and society is hoping that she will return cured of the illness from which she has suffered re- cently. The malady of the Countess" has been the cause of no small social embarrassment. She has seemed un- able to get enough sleep—often dozing through the whole day as well as the night. On one occasion recently, when she and the Earl were to give a dinner party — one of the smart affairs for which they have been noted—the guests were kept waiting until, at 8:30, the Earl had to confess to their guests that his wife was still sleeping and that he did not like to rouse her. But the awk- wardness did not finish then, as the Earl went on to ask if they would all mind waiting at least until 8:45, as no one but his wife knew how many guests had been invited or at what time they were expected to come to dinner. None of the servants had the slightest ink- ling as to the number expected and had laid for twenty. Sixteen people, how- ever, turned up, and after a trying de- lay the guests and host proceded to the dining-room, there to enjoy the dinner party without the presence of their hostess. The Earl and Countess have taken with them to Norway their little daugh- ter, the Hon. Dorothy Walpole, and the child owes it to her parents to be- come devoted to the rod, for the latter are great disciples of Izaak Walton. As a matter of fact, this sport holds for them a far more romantic interest than it does for its general devotees, as it was while fishing in Scotland that they first met. The former Miss Louise Corbin was, of course, the daughter of the American railvay magnate, and when she first knew her husband he had not succeeded to the earldom of Orford and was only known as the Hon. Robert Horace Wal- pole. It was in 1888 that Miss Corbin became the Countess of cCrford, and soon after her riarriage she and her husband went off to Florida tarpon fishing off the coast, and it was during this trip that Lord Orford got one of the biggest tarpon ever taken. It weighed 183 pounds. Lady Orford was almost as successful as her husband, for she returned having broken the ladies’ record in tarpon fishing. The Orfords are a very old and his- toric family, the first Earl having been none other than Sir Horace Walpole, the great parliamentarian. The present Earl of Orford began life in the navy, but he did not rise above the rank of sub-lieutenant, and In these latter days the Norfolk militia has claimed all his interest. —_—— NEW PERIL DISCOVERED IN CAMPAIGN ORATORY British Scientists Say That Loud Speakers Scatter Millions of Germs in Atmosphere. LONDON, Oct. 3.—A new terror has been added to the public life of the average politiclan who finds the effort of addressing his constituents a tire- some performance. Now it is learned on no less an authority than that of the medical department of the local gov- ernment board that he may not only bore himself and his audience, but th: he may prove the medium of dissem- inating infection. “As the outcome of varied and re- peated experiments,” says Dr. Mersyn Gordon of the local government board, “it has been well substantiated that not only in the act of coughing and sneez- ing, but also in the act of loud speak- ing, fine droplets of mucus are sprayed from the mouth to the alr, that they float in the air and that they may be ‘wafted by air currents such as obtain in ordinary rooms to a distance that appears at first sight almost incredi- ble.” “Micro-organisms,” said a London medical officer of health In confirmation of Gordon's statement, “abound in the respiratory passages and the mouth. They remain there so long as they are undisturbed, but are driven out in the midst of the spray which is emitted In the act of coughing, sneezing, singing or loud speaking. “Public orators, preachers and other people who speak forcibly send out mil- lions of these organisms.” ———— Plan to Honor Zola's Memory. PARIS, Oct. 8.—A movement has been started to have the body of Emile Zola placed in the Pantheon. The movement took definite form Oec- tober 2, the anniversary of his death, ‘when a demonstration was made at his tomb in the cemetery at Montmartre,