The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1906, Page 4

BIG GATHERING SINGS PRAISE. — Fifty-Third Natal Day of Young Men’s Christian Association Honored. < | { | | | | 4 JATION WHO CONDUCT- | OF THE FIFTY-THIRD A feature of the at- nce of many prom- | and mer: the co Coleman, vice preside on and chairman of the presided, and with him General Davis, were Secretary ilcox, Btate secretary of the Young | Men's Christian Association work sides the admirable orchestra, the | kerbooker Quartet rend®ed some vocal selections with splendid effect, and then Vice Pres} Coleman,. in the ab- t President Rolla V. Watt, who ls in the East, introduced the speaker of the | afternoon, General Secretary McCoy, who d ered &n fllustrated address on| “Young Men and the Growth of the King- | dom.” The speaker dwelt specially on the cru- | cial hour in a young man’s life—that hour | when he leaves home to face the world. | He delivered a touching eulogy on the life | of Sir John Williams, “the founder of the great brotherhod of men,” and then gave & remarkable idea of the vast work of the | Young Men's Christian Association in | different perts of the world, with the aid of pictures. The {llustrations showed the assoclation’s bulldings, groups of college students, rafiroad men's part in the work, men in the army and navy, shop meetings | and educational classes in copnection with | the association. These pictures, just 100, | were thrown in rapid succession upon the screen and proved most interesting from 2 statistical point of view. ! McCoy told of the 400,00 young men who in North America alone included 1o | the great membership, and said that there | are no less than 50 spiendid structures devoted to the service of the work. A | strong appeal was made by the speaker, | who has devoted over twenty-five years | of bis life to this work, for the young | manhood of the land to stand firm and | true to the great principles for which the | Man of Nesareth lived and died. | —————— | PLANTS HAVE EVERY { ENSE BUT HEARING This Is the Theory of Dr. Conrad of Johns Hopkins University. BALTIMORE, Feb. 4—Dr. Henry s.’ Conrad of the botanical department uf\ Johns Hopkins University, while he does | mot accept in toto the theory of Dr. G. Haberlandt of the University of Gantz| that in the stems of plants and in the leaves of trees there are organs that re- semble the eyes of animals and that| through these plants perceive the light, | is convinced that in some form plants | have all the senses of animals except that | of hearing. He says: | “We have never been able to discover | any way in which they are susceptible to nd; but in seeing, feeling and \utinx! are developed.” | Conrad has been for some time | Dr. making studies in this lise. atory work was being done upon the pow- In one labor- er of plants to e. There were placed in 2 windéw a number of plants of the bean family. Those plants which were in Lhel glare of the sun had the edges of the! lcaves turned upward toward the sun, so | 5 10 escape too great an amount of sun- ght. Those that were in the shade had their ~iem FARMER PEER CETS PORTFOLIO Britain’s New Minister for J, Agriculture Particularly Well Qualified for Post Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 4 —When a British peer is placed at the head of a Govern- ment department it is not usually con- sidered at all essential that he should know anything of the business with which he deals—and generally he doesp’t. But in appointing Earl Car- rington Minister for Agriculture, the new Premier, Sir Henry Campbell-Ban- nerman, has chosen a man who is par- tioularly well qualified for the post. The Barl's knowledge of matters agri- cultural is derived not only from the ownership of 23.000 acres In this coun- try, which he manages with conspicu- ous success, but from his experience of Colonial life, for he was Governor of New SBouth Wales from 1883 to 1890. It is getting on forty years since he came into possession of his property, and during all that period he has had only eighteen 'changes of tenantry, eliminating those occasioned by death. He is one of the pioneers in that move- ment for the parcelling out of small sliotments among agricultural laborers which holde out the best hope of re- viving England's decaying agriculture. He has demonstrated that the system can be successfully worked on his own estate, and elsewhere has done yeoman service In retalning country folk on the soil and helping them to become | land owners. There is historio prece- dent for his appointment, for Ifs grapdfather was Minister for Agricul- ture in the early part of the nineteenth century, before the office lapsed into that oblivion from which it was res- cued a few years ago. Lord Carrington belongs to the older section of the Liberal party—he is 68— but has notably preserved his virility, clear grasp of business affairs and etriking originality. He 1s an inti- mate friend of the King and attended him when, as Prince of Wales, he vis- ited India thirty years ago. He shares with the Barl of Ancaster the dignity of Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. As Agricultural Minister he gets §10,000 a year. He has a mag- nificent opportunity to really earn his pay, for the department badly needs overhauling. I called there once after a protracted rainy spell to inquire what effect the wet weather had on the growing crops. After interviewing a couple of officials I was told that there was no one connected with the department who possessed any infor- mation on the subject. One of the of- ficials was kind enough to suggest that T might find out what I wanted by interviewing the editor of some ag- ricultural paper. able to tell’you,” he added. “He would have to know, you know, to hold his job.” Perhaps under Lord Carrington’s regime it may become necessary for a Board of Agriculture official to know something In order to hold his job. ——————— One of the consequences of young Al- fonso's visit to England is the birth of the “hidalgo” hat, a modified Spanisk lesves turned back close to the | turban, with which modish Englishmen hare bedecking thelr heads. {1 | Yot Tientsin “He would surely be- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 INERICHNS DISHISSED B CHINSE { Direetor of Education and a Customs Commissioner of Flowery Kingdom Ousted Beeause They Are Yankees 'BOYCOTT SECURES NEW LEASE OF LIFE | Failure of Congress to in | Any Way Alter Exclusion | Law Stirs the Orientals | to Renewal of Aetivity e | PBKING, Feb. 4~Yuan Shi Kai, Vice- | roy of Chili province, has discharged | Professor F. D. Tenney, the foreign di- | rector of education, who organized the new ul;:uol system in this province and within three years made it a model for the empire. Strong opposition has arisen lately to foreign management of the schools and particularly against Dr. Ten- | ney because he is an American. Yuan | 8hi Kai told Dr. Tenney that he appre- | clated his work, but Yuan Shi Kai has so many enemies that he could not af- ford to keep Professor Tenney. The boycott agitation against American | goods is being revived. When It began | Mr. Rockhill, the American Minister, and the American Consuls urged the Chi- nese to walt until Congress had time to | act on their demands and the failure of Congress to modify the exclusion law | has aroused the resentment of the Chi- | nese. | Btrong pressure has been brought to | bear Gipon the Government to remove E. B. Drew, the Commissioner of Customs | at Canton, who is considered one of the ablest men in the establishment of Sir | Robert Hart, Director General of Mari- | time Customs. The fgeling against Drew | 1s due to the fact that he is an Amerl- | can. | Professor Tenney was an appointee of | Yuan Shi Kai and commenced the con- | struction of the college at Paoting-fu, | the seat of the Viceroy. In July, 19w, at | the time of the Boxer uprising, Dr. Ten- , ney was the president of the Unlversity He became angry over the nightly entertainments given by the high officers of the allied troops and at | | the delay of the officers to march from Tientsin to Peking, offering to guide the army thither. “This business is not progressing in accordance with Anglo-Saxon traditions,” he sald, “Twenty thousand soldiers stay- | ing here while women and children of | their own race are starving and await- | ing ‘massacre eighty miles away, military | and naval officers meanwnile wasting time in bickering over petty politics, is a sorry spectable. It will be a dark blot | on the reputation of every commanding | officer here if the white people in Peking | are allowed to perish without a desperate effort to save them.” |BELIEVE THEY HAVE GLANDERS SUBDUED ArmyVeterinarians Treating Horses at the Presidio - of Monterey. Special Dispatch to The Call. MONTEREY, Feb. The veterinarians at the Presidio have the glanders well in hand. So far but three horses have been killed. About seventy-five horses have been isolated, but it is now certain that many of these are not suffering with the disease. An autopsy will be held on the horses shot yesterday. Another veterina- rian is coming from San Francisco and e thorough Investigation will be made. All the horses have now been vaccinated and the authorities are confident that the disease will be stamped out, though it may be necessary to kill a few more horses. SEES CORONER PICK UP -HUSBAND’S BODY Reno Woman’s Curiosity Ex- poses Her to an Awful - Shock. Spectal Dispatch to The Call, RENO, Feb. 4—Joseph Elia walked in front of the Tonopah express at the Center-street crosging near the South- ern Paclific depot here this evening and was literally ground to pleces. His wife, attracted by the crowd, saw the Cor- oner gather the mangled remains into e basket and did not know the vic- tim was her husband until later. Since then she has been hysterical. Elia was | a promihent hotel-keeper here and had just opened his new establishment. He was about 86 years of age. It Is gen- erally believed his death was entirely accidental. —————— HOME COMFORTS IN THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Telephone Company, in Making Im- CHAMBERLAIN MAY SECEDE Believed That the English Statesman Will Form a Separate Party of His Own BREAKS WITH BALFOUR He Will Insist Upon Tariff Reform Which the Former ~Premier Has Not Accepted LONDON, Feb. 5,—That there is a split in the Unionist party is recognized by the Unionist newspapers this morning. They say it is definitely known that Bal- four and Chamberlain have agreed to disagree.and that it is believed Cham- berlain will withdraw from his adhesion to Balfour and organize a separate party on tariff reform. This, it is admitted by the Standard, the Morning Post and other Unionist newspapers, will be the only course open to Chamberjain unless, in- deed, Balfour decides to ‘vall a meeting of the party and allow its members to decide the question of leadership. Even then, the papers say, it is not believed that either Balfour or Chamberlain will recede, the former Premier having told, Chamberlain that he would not accept his tariff reform policy. The whole situation forms the political sensation of the hour and nothl else is discussed in the political clubs. It was stated very emphatically yesterday that it Balfour would not agree to call the meeting of the party, former Becretary ot Btate for Home Affairs Akers-Doug- las would be appointed leader ad interim untll Balfour is returned to Parliament by the city of London. There is still a remote chance of Walter Hume Long, former president of the local Government Board, being asked to accept the leader+ ship under a compromise, but well-in- formed persons gay positively that Bal- four will refuse anything like a compro- mise, while Chamberlain insists on stand- ing for protection. It s even intimated that the invitation to Balfour to stand for the seat for the city of Londen, resigned in his favor by Alban G, H. Gibbs, may be withdrawn unless he goes over to the Chamberlain policy, but this is believed to be hardly likely. The Liberals will decide to-day whether they will contest for the seat for the city of London, and in view of latest develop- ments there|ls a likelthood that Balfour wili have to ‘fight for it. SERICES HELD FOR LATE KNG Simplicity Marks Armnge-' ment of Death Chamber of Christian of Denmark ———— COPENHAGEN, Feb. ¢-—There was an impressive memorial service over ‘the body of King Christian in the “garden” room of the palace to-night. All the members of the royal family were present, but otherwise the cere- mony was strictly private. Early in the day a representative of the Associated Press was permitted to visit the “garden” room. It is called the “garden shoal,” because the win- dows open on the beautiful palace gardens. A striking feature of the ly- ing-in-state of the monarch is its ex- treme simplicity and the abundant evi- dence of the loving reverence of the members of the royal family, who spend most of their time in the room arrang- ing the flowers and disposing of newly arriving wreaths and floral designs. Two.sentries of the foot guards, wear- ing old-fashioned busbies, stand at the door. & The only occupants of the room at the tlme of the correspondent’s visit were the King's four personal adju- tants and a lackey, who will remain beside the coffin, until it is removed to its last resting place within the gray walls of Riskelde. The coffin lies in the middle of the room, before the Danish Kings and Queens whose plc- tures line the red tapestried walls. It is covered with two Danish flags and lles amid banks of the rarest flowers surrounded by wreaths, lilies, pinks and white ros violets, lilies of the valley and carnations. On .the coffin is the. brass helmet, with its plume, and the crossed sword and scabbard worn by King Christian when he was the captain of the Dan- ish Horse Guards, the standards of which regiment are planted on either side of the head, flanking two enor- mous sliver candélabra from the collec- tion of the Danish Kings at Rosen- borg. P A massive silver crucifix stands on a white covered-table, while palms and ferns are arrange® in the corners of the room to complete the picture of impressive simplieity. The entire absénce ef black from the “garden” room is noteworthy. The red walls, gilded window frames and the multi-colored flowers, among which the King's favorite “Magna Charta” rose predominates, completely remove from the rdom .the usual appearance of a death chamber. The whole grouping 1906. COUNT BON WY FIGURE W A DUEL Duke Whose Wife Is a Prin- cipal in the Paris Scandal Is Certain to Demand Immediate Satisfaction EXPECTED COMBAT IS THEME OF CLUBS Famous Maitre d’Arms Picks Castellane to Be the Victor if He Choose Foils as the Weapons to Be Used Epecial Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Feb. 4—The sequel fo the sep- aration of the Count and Countess de Castellane s expected to be a duel be- tween the Count and the husband of the Duchess, who is sald to have been discov- ered by the Countess with her husband. The Duke bears a name synonymous with high finance the world over and all Paris ie to-night awaiting the details of his demand for satisfaction. The outcome of the encounter i a matter of debate wherever the rasping of folls and the clash of blades are heard. “What will be the outcome of such a duel?” was asked of Kirchoeffer, the fa- mous Maitre d'arms of Paris, who knows the skill of every conspicuous fencer and duelist on the continent. “If it is with folls,” was the replyg ‘‘the Count will have a great advantagé, for there are few in Burope who can match | him with the darning needle. He is light, but he is quick as a panther. On the other hand, if it Is with swords, the Duke, with his superior physique, will have an even chance. He, too, has skill with this weapon.” The breach between the Castellanes is apparently as wide as ever. The Countess is constantly besieged even by her own attorneys, as well as by emissaries of Count Boni, who seek to effect reconciiia- slon. It s learned from these that the Count has admitted everything and has"| thrown himself upon her forgiveness. The probability of a duel ha¥ been brought to bear as an added argument that she should make peace with the father of her children before he faces an injured hus- band upon the field of honor. The Cqunt denies himself to all but his intimate friends. One of these is author- ity for the statement that Boni looks for- ward to the encounter with no great re- luctance. He has fought duels before and Is confident of his skill. “My happiness has- disappeared,” wept the Countess yesterday as she repulsed representatives of her husband's family who were seeking to make peace. “I have borne much,” she is-alleged to have said, “but this I never can overlook. It is too shameful.” Nevertheless it is predicted by those who know them both that the American Countess will relent in the end. Meanwhile all aristocratic Paris is buzz- ing with the affairs of the Castellanes. It is not often that clubs and drawing- rooms have to discuss a morsel that in- volves high society, high politics and high finance. T o WRETCHED LIFE OF COUNTESS. LONDON, Feb. +—Notwithstanding the reports from Paris that the Countess Boni de Castellane had come to London, she was not discoverable here to-day; but The Call correspondent has met a French lady with very especial means of know- ing the exact position of affairs in the Castelane household, who said, laugh- ingly: “They are always separating; then they make up again. You see, Count Boni knows pretty well that the Gould millions are quite handy 1o have about the house and in spite of ‘his airs and graces he is a very practical individual. He never made any secret of his excesses, which are numerous, but because of the really great position of all his belongings he is tolerated even if no secret is made of his extravagances, which are not limitea to the splendid home he and his wife created. “Just a few months ago he furnished superb apartments where, when he de- sires, he lives en garcon. The establish- ment is not dedicated to any especial di- vinity, but he gathers about him there a select varlety of houris that happen to charm him collectively. “The gilded youths of Paris tell weird storfes of the orgles that occur in this exquisite little cage. The Comtesse Anna could occasionally overlook Boni's out- rageous lapses In other quarters, but to be insulted by a grande dame of the Fau- bourg St. Germain, the Duchess d'Uzes, was too much for her to swallow. “It is a strange thing that little Boni, ‘with his painted face, padded chest, laced waist and high heels, shodld have two of the manliest fellows as brothers to be found in the whole French aristocracy. They look with considergble horror upon the little man-monkey, but still he is accepted at all polite houses. I think the Comtesse Anna honestly detests him, but she has her children to consider, and Bonl loves her money. “I don't think a permanent separation {-rather suggests the glorious crowning of an honored life. . This note waé also struck by the prayers and sermons in all the churches to-day, in which King Christian was eulogized not so much as a monarch, provements, Is Following Out Its Old Policy of Looking After the Welfare of Its Operators, In its big plan of improvement that is now nearing completion the tele- phone company has paid particular at- tention to its policy of looking after the comfort of its operators. In each of the four new *“Central” exchange bulldings Space was reserved for a resting room, a kitchen and a dining. room. These resting rooms are fur- nished in a home-like manner, hnvlns curtains and rugs and couches an easy chairs. Here during recesses the girls may read or sleep. If they are temporarily indisposed there is a ma- tron at hand with simple remedies for their relief. For mcrnncg cases each exchange has a minfature hospital. The kitchens and dining-room pre- sent an inviting appearance. Every- thing is clean and neat. Snowy white linen is provided for the tables, and the dishes, the silver and thé service are bétter than can be found in nine-tenths of the public restaurants. Here oper- ators are given hot lunches, consistin, of soups, meats, bread and buttter an tea and coffee. Enrythlug is of the best quality, but it costs the operator nothing, the lunches being furnished by the company without charge. The lunch nr]m:u is greatly appre- ciated by the girls, as it not only saves them money, but does \nvg th the ordeal of having to stand around tired and hu in a crowded public din- ing-room waiting for a eeat, an ago with which nearly all working girls: are familiar, The company announces but as a splendid pattern for every Christian. ———— FOREST FIRE IN ITALY . CAUSES VAST DAMAGE Flames Cover Twelve Square Miles and Destroy Factorfes in Their Path. MILAN, Feb. 4.—A forest fire that started three days ago on the St. Goth- ard Rallway is still burning and now covers twelve square miles. Several hundred workmen are endeavoring to save the signal posts along the ‘track, and peasants are wotking to preserve their homes from destruction. A num- ber of factories and a chapel have been destroyed. The big electric station at Ancasca, mnear Dommodisile, is sur- rounded hy. fire. .Several towns are without light and many factories have shut down for want of motive power. A portion of the woods along the at- ern shore of Lake Maggloreis is also burning. | _Japan to Increase Navy. TOKIO, Feb. 4.—At a meeting of the sectional budget committee to-day, delgates representing the G‘vamm-nt sald that Japan expected to" increase the tonnage of her navy to 400,000 by the end ol_‘!ha’ fiscal year 1907-08. The international Itali; “King Hum- bert prize” of 2500 fi for .he must that not only will the system of provid- in| its employes be con- | tln‘nt'd’, but tn:fiu llb';fll be to im- prove this system at every opportunity. important contribution to-orthopedic sur- gery has been awarded to Dr. Oscar Cul- pins of Heidelberg. o8Ny will result. They are too dependent upon each other, and the Duchess d'Uzes can- not afford to have open scandal.” L T CAREER OF DUCHESS D'UZES. as Seciety Beauty and as a Daring Balloonist. The Duchess d'Uzes, mentioned as the intimate of Count de Castellane, is the wife of the premier Duke and peer in Famous A In New and Money - Saving Week Used Pianos Th Wiley B. Allen Co. @ Our salesrooms are overloaded with used pianos. have taken in part Autotone Pianos. 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SEE THEM TO-DAY. 931-933 MaRKeT ST SamFrancisco.CaL. SACRAMENTO, BRANCHES - OAKLAND, SAN JOSE, SANTA ROSA FRESNQ. RENO. NEV. PHOENDCARIZ. siasm over ballooning. She made her first DISCUSSES MAN’S RELATIONS trip in a balloon managed by Maurice Mallet, an aeronaut, in the summer of 1600, 'Two seasons later she was directing her own balloon, the Sirius, in a sompe- tition for women. Shd ascended from the park of the Aero Club at St. Cloud in the evening, ‘with the object of traveling a ‘greater distance than any competitor within twelve hours. She had gone sev- enty-five miles when an approaching storm compelled her to descend at 7 a. m. from Bloise. She won the second prize in the competition, the first going to Mme. Madeleine Savalle, who made 147 miles on a more favorable day. The Duchess is said to have tried to introduce the custom of calling on her friends pear Paris in a balloon at about tea time, but they discouraged the prac- tice because one never could tell when she was coming or to which of her frienas’ houses the vagrant balloon would carry her.. Moreover, her grappling-hooks scarred their lawns terribly. WITH HIS FELLOWS ON EARTH L. W. Rogers of Theosophical Soclety Urges Universal Brotherhood and Kind Treatment of Animals. L. W. Rogers of the San Francisco branch of the Theosophical Society lec- tured last night at the hall in the Aecad- emy of Sciences bullding on the fun mental relationship of human beings each other and to the animal kingdom. The lecture, which is given Im the fur- therance of the plan -of universal brotherhood, was well attended and the speaker frequently applauded. The greater portion of Mr. Ro £y address dealt with soclety’s treatment of the criminal and the neglect of ths ecriminally inclined. He also referred to the objects of the Theosophical Soclety, besides that of universal brotherhood, to promote the study of comparative religion, theosophy and science, and to investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in man. GOLDEN STATE LIMITED HE TRAIN T W France. He Is the son of the. Dowager Duchess d'Uzes, famous as the only master of hound in France, whose stag hunts in the forest of Rainbolllet have been pictured and written about in- numerable times. The = young Duchess was Marie Therese Henriette @ugustine Sophie @’Albert de Luynez, sister of the Duke de Chaulnesand DePicguigny and cousin of the Duke Luynez. She was married on January 12, 1894, in Paris to the prY t Duke d'Uzes, who succeeded his elder brother, who died five months before in Africa on an exploring ex- pedition. - The Duke d'Uzes full family name is Lo Emmanuel de Crussol. His elder sister married the Duke de Luynes, the young Duchess d'Uzes’ cousin. 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