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THE WEATHER. !
Forecast for Sesteaaber 15:
Eaa Francisco and Ttdnlty — Cloudy
Friday; ISsrht south triads, changing to
brisk we«eriy.
A. G. UcADIE,
DUtrict Forecaster.
VOLUME XCVIII— NO. 107.
BURBANK GIVES HIS VIEWS ON CHILD CULTURE
We in America form a nation with the bloods of half the peoples of the* world wit Kin our veins. We are more-crossed than any pother nation- in the history of;the world, and here we meet
the same results that are always seen in a much crossed race of plants, all the worst as well as allthe best qualities of each ;arcbirougrit^ right here is where selective
environment counts. All the necessary crossing has ibeen done, andnow comes the work o^ the finest human race
which has ever been known. It is perhaps this country which will produce that race. Many years will pass before the finish; work >isj attainc^d, but it is, sure to* come. The characteristics peoples
that make up this nation will show in the composite with many of thc-evil characteristics removed, and the : finished product will' fe
SAYS HUM AN PLANT RESPONDS
QUICKLY TO ITS ENVIRONMENT
cage opeaks at
Dinner in His
BELIEVES IN
EVOLUTION
Optimistic Over
" the Future
ot Man
HAS FAITH
IN AMERICA
At the complimentary dinner given to
Luther Burbank by the California State
Board ©f Trade, at the Palace Hole! last
ni*ht, the eminent horticulturist made, a
remarkable speech.
For the first time in his career be- rave
his views on the training of children. To
W* imputation as a specialist_wltji_j>lants
•.mi Kew«rK he added laurels as an ex
pounder of heredity and environment . as
affecting child Hit, which he thinks ts
"HKire susceptible than anything in the
world to influence." -* ;-*_V '-:-.
Every line of the speech is destined to
be rezntmbtred and discussed .far and
•wide, for the conclusions are clear cut
an<j «riicingly' expressed. He spoke as
to.lows:
\u25a0"Mr. President and my highly esteemed
but deluded friends — deluded if you expect
Luther Eurbark to exhibit that ready fa
cility In handling the English language
which thest- gentlemen who have been
chosen to address you possess:
MIM)> HIS OWN" BUSIA'KSS.
'"Eitr since I came to this curious world
I have steadily, on -.i occasions, tried to
mind ay own business and especially to
escape publicity, but alas, here 1 am
once mere dragged out Into the lime light.
If you came hert expecting me to help
on the fireworks you* have my sympathy,
but I congratulate you on the good judg
ment exhibited in your choice of the gen
tlemen who have spoken and those who
are yet to address you. It was a fine bit
cf humor to .place me in the midst of
•uch a galaxy of orators, and it must be
very amusing to you, but this part of the
performance i E no joke to this victim of
Untoward circumstances. '
"I was brought up in a family like
raost of you and my eyes . have always
been wide open when something appeared
which promised to be useful to myself or
ethers. Among other things flowers and
children never escape my notice, but chil
dren respond to 10.000 subtle influences
which leave no more impression on a
plant than they would on a sphinx. You
naay say, 'well, what do you know about
children?" Anything - love, we study
and I have observed that in searching for
good teachers you do not choose parents
cf large families on account of their su
perior knowledge of children. You gener
*!Iy select those who have no families of
their own. do ycu not? Therefore, as one
cf the latter class, I claim the prii-iiege
cf stating a word for the helpless little
victims.
"Borne time ago I accorded a St. Louis
clergyman a five-minute Interview, the re
euit of which Is that I have been plunged
into the arena of child culture, and fan- ''
tastic words have been put In my mouth
•which 1 were never uttered, especially in
placing environment bo far above hered
ity. They are on the average exactly
equal, in fact, life is a fluctuating bal
ances between these two lines of energy
Eornetinws one holds the reins, somel
times the other, but both are always In
action where there is life.
"On this subject even many alleged sci
entists seem very much muddied, and how
can those who do not make it a special
«tudy be expected to have well-deflned
ideas on it?
3IE.V PART OF HUMAN* TREE.
"Biologically considered, each human
being is only an inside expression of the
great tre* of human life, and what*l
«hall cay to you this evening Is in the be
lief that any subject Is better understood
when seen from several slightly different
points of view.
"The great questions at stake are.
Which has the more influence In building
the life of a child, heredity or environ"
ment? And. Are acquired character? in
herited? My own observations prove ;hat
all characters that' are Inherited "iave
ence been acquired, and that heredity is
onlr the sum of all these past environ
ments, which If . impressed on the hered
ity long and strong enough in any specific
direction will become a part of heredlty
iuelf. and this new heredity, already
\u25a0lightly -changed by" these late" environ
ments, will have to meet new environ
ments as before, which will rby repetition
become fixed . in the ever new and con
stantly, fluctuating heredity.
••IJId you ever think what !« the moat
pllftltlr and the moat predom prof f\ct
«f all the acres f. It Is sot pips, un^
book*, or locomotive*, cotton or r Cfe *—
hat '\u25a0htldrrn. Children csnint " / > c
' trmtc-4 alike; rarb . baa" - - hla «, , L -r
• perlal ladividnalltr, rrhlch *f J Mr' .V
most valuable ot all fndownifc.- ' (f
all nmaltkc' •ojropeM'c^^ V^
/>
The San Francisco Call.
FAMOUS HORTICULTL'RIST WHO,' AT.-.V BANQUET GIVEN* "FOR HIM LAST NIGHT AT THE : PAIiACE HOTEL. BY THE .
STATE BOARD OF TRADE. GAVE A COMPREHENSIVE EXPRESSION OF HIS VIEWS OX THE INFLUENCE OF EN- *:
AND HEREDITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT. OF CHARACTER' IN CHILDREN. v . - \u25a0 .~ '
Great Scientist Declares Nature ;-Mp3p|ge^|l^
a Wonderful Race" on This Gbntinent;: \u25a0
made, and 'right . here comes the weak
eat point in' the present \u25a0 educational
«v»tfim. . •
**I have long. been studying on the Intri
cate complexity "of the action ofheredi
tary and environmental forces_on. life/
both in plants and in man.ahd thesj com
pariaans and deductions " came; clearly,,
sharply and naturally/, :• -;
"It has . been 'said ' that to improve a
child we should begin with . the grand
parents: This is only:a~half-truth;-which
perhaps had better never have -been' saldi
Do not waste any/of, your, time on* grand T ;
parents unless you ' commence on them in
earliest pliable childhood. If we hope If or
any Improvement of the: human 'race: we
must begin with the child, as the" child
responds more readily • to,\ environment
than any creature In/ existence.' ;\ The
change may come In, the first, "generation^
and It may not. It may 'nott show at* all
for many generations,' but "patience 'and.
constant attention wiU finally be ! reward
ed ia the survival of the imost beautiful,
the most precious or the fittest, .which
ever you may wish to call It. .^ffi|SMBSi
MAY EASILY LVFLUEXCED.'
"You all know that some great force is
necessary to . change the aspect of min-.
erals and metals.' Powerful adds, 'great
heat, electricity, mechanical force or some
such l Influence ; must be , brought ; to ' bear
upon them. . Less potent Influences ' will
work . a complete change in- plant "life."
Mild heat,; sunshine, the atmosphere and
greatly diluted chemicals will all directly
affect.; the growth of the plant and; the
production * of " fruits and flowers." And
when; we come " to \u25a0 animal lifer especially
in man, X w-e ,; find « that > the • force ; or ; Influ
ence necessaryjtb affect a. transformation
Is' extremely slight'^ This is why^'envlron-^
ment , plays such an Important ' part ; InT the*
development of man.'- \u25a0
"In L'child-rcairinir T«nvironra«at " is
equally; essential with heredity. Mind
you, I { do not , uajr that hrredlt y is r: of
ao consequence: .It great .fac
tor, and often makes environment ? al
most powerless. ,-\Vhen \ certain '\ heredi-'
t«r j- tendrncica are almost; I \u25a0 d<- 1 1 bl r i\u25a0
gralnedt environment \ will \ have \u25a0 a"; hard .
battle \ to" effect f a^change^lnf thel' child,
bat \u25a0 t bet a 'change " can ; he , vrroagh t ' by.
the f so rro n adla g» iwe' all',, know. \ The '
particular subject may at ' first be stub
b«rn agilmt these Influences, but '. re-
prated application lo the aame modl
tj ins; forces yin ~: sucoeedinjc^ Keneratlons
w til -at • last accomplish the ; desired ob
ject.--".; .\u25a0•..*.• \u25a0 :;\u25a0. .; \u25a0;* :".,-.%-: ;;;'> :
; "All animal life is sensitive to environ
ment. \u25a0 You \u25a0- can change . the oyster 'by
gradually' changing : Ita \u25a0 environment,* and
youknow the oyster, is a' very low_ type of
life. . Take' an ox/ a' horsei a dog, a man,*
and' that .which; of ten counts-niost .in the
development i'of each ': is ' environment ; : but
of all living things the : child is : the . most
sensitive. -, Surroundings act upon It as the
outside .world ; acts ; upon ;\u25a0 the plate -, of i the
camera; ' every. 1 poesible" Influence y acting
exteriorily .will. leave its impress' upon : the
child, and ; the / traits ; which ? it ; inherited
will-, be - overcome ; to* a \u25a0 certain -extent,; in
many cases t being .: even \u25a0'\u25a0. more ]'• apparent
than - heredity^ { The : child :Is like ia" cut'
diamond, its' many^facets receiving sharp,
clear inipreesions ; . not i possible* 1 to "\u25a0 a.^peb-"
ble,^ with \u0084thia; difference, % however. "\u25a0"\u25a0; that
the change wrought in the chlld'f rom; the
influences Vwithbuttberomes constitutional
and . Ingrained.' i A "child absorbs Tenvironf
ment. It is -the imost susceptible' thing An
! the world to j influence;- and ; if ; that :>: > force
be v; applied 'rightly : and constantly^ when
the child'; lsj in ; its l greatest \ receptive con- ;
'dition\the [effect -.will, be'pronounced, im-.j
mediate and. permanent.' :'
%E.VVIROX.ME>T STRONG.
- "Tltrrr li no doubt that If a rhilrt
With- a' vlcioiii'tein'pcr be - placed ia an
environment^ot ; peace ;. and .- qnlet .the
trmptr' wlllichaiißC. «vboy?bortt i
of KCBtlr VJTrhite^ parent* \ among V In
dlnna;"6nd ! hc^will;BTOwinp-Uke:aßVln-
dlan. r^-Let f the > child k boiru of crlmloat |
parent*'. hare^ «'.'aettlaa;i>f ; morality and
decency^ aid v, the.' chances '; are f, that . he'
\u25a0will 1 not 1 KToyvi into -s a criminal *> but i to'
an tTapriKht £ man. : '~ l*do f not * "mar£: that^
hrredlt y * *rIH not * Miaetlmei ) asacrt it-"
»»lf,* of coarine.'iWheii'jthe^criminal'ta-.
r »tlnct* cropi7out>jin^an s individual '; it
mf g b t appear^ »» ;U; U Venvlrbnment were
leveled itotheileround^ hit ?ln(«icceed-*
lag genera tiona 1 the \u25a0 effect of \u25a0 constant
higher r environment ,' not t- 'ail to^
become ;' fixed. "'.J' ' . .>'.,: \u25a0'.'•\u25a0\u25a0- .;.: : .'• \u25a0-"• ' ; •,\u25a0';.' ."\u25a0.-.;\u25a0-.'. ,i :c": c"
"We in America- f orm ja f ; nation iwlth
the"; bloods iof f< half i the | peoples^ of 5 the^'
\u25a0world twlthin|our i |v«ins.%^We \u25a0sir « fmore 1
crossed * than* anyiotherlC nation^ in the^
hlst'ory^orthe.world.^and^hereiWe-meet^
tHe v same ' that * are '- alwaj-j'j'aeen
SAN/- Francisco; [September ,15. \ 1 905;
in a. . much = crossed -race of plants: all
the worst as^wellias^all the best quali
ties of each .""are ".brought ' out"^in their
fullest' intensities, tahd; right %.here Sis
where selective' environment. counts.-^All
the riecessaryVcrqssing has been" done
and now comes the iWork'of elimination/
the work of^rcfihing. .until we" shall get
an ; ultimate ..product '-that will -be \u25a0 -the
finest ' human . race^whlch has ever been
known. lt;is.., perhaps;^, this -country
which wili:xprodu*ce;that: race. -Many
years will, pass before the finished work
Is attained/ butitlis sure, to come r^The
I characteristics^. the. many,^people's that
make-up this I nation will .show' in the
composite .withZraany,. of.: the evil \u25a0char
acteristics , removed j and : the finished
product will ;benhe-race7bf \u0084the" f uturV
;:: ;- In my work>wUli pl.nt. ! mmd ? now .
er ? :?, Introduce-: color here, shape
there, size or "per Turne, according; to the
product desired.^ li. such processes" tie
teachings ; of (nature; arel followed: h It*
great i forces '»"re > employed. "0 All
lha * ' "\u25a0" keen done 'for. plants and flow
\u25a0 its by crossing, nature baa already ac
! complinbed "T for \u25a0 theJ-Americanp people.
'• Byj the /crossings' jot strength*
; has iin -; one \ 1 na lance been secured, - iB"i B "
i another intellectuality, in still another
! moral Z force. ?.j > a tare alone 'could : "> do
thin. »^Thei{worfc> of man's 1 bead ; and
hand j could t not «! be I summoned 'to - pre
scrifcej torj- the '* development : of 'a i «»cc.
A: preconceived and mnppcd-out cross
: Ing ; of bloods flndn V> no 1 ' place In the
; making Jof i peoples and nations. But
, when', nature \ has ; already done \u25a0 its "duty
and the crossing :' leaves a product
which jnl the rocßh displays " the T ;.- best
hnmnn , attrlltntca, all 'that * is ; left to' be
done * falls : to " selective environment. -
v \u25a0\u25a0•"-\u25a0--. FITTEST tM^W o'^T^BOßJr.*; %V ' •
: ."Man >. has : by.* 1104 means S reached \ the
ultimate. ]-r : The'J fittest *has;- not "*\u25a0 yetv'sur-'
vived.v ln the: processof 'eilmtnatlonsth'e
weaker' must fail.V but* the ] battle 1
changed s its base ; : from } brute;: f drcefto"
mental iintegrity.',.^ We«now,¥have J what
ar^]popularlyjknowh£as[flve sehses^but !
tl»efe/are^me"n¥of Istronigsmlndslwhose '
reasoning;'] hasl rarelyS been fat I f atil tTand ' i
who;are:coldly.'sclentlflc}in"|thelr)meth-j
odsTlwhOj attest* to 1 the ; possibillty?of i yet
deyeldplngTaysixthjSrase.^JVho^ls ihe
Continued f oi'. Page 2, Column - 1.
RIDDLES HIS
FRIEND WITH
QUAIL SHOT
Grbthamite Wounds
Tallac Landlprd
..By Accident.
Henry OTallon Fires
of Gun Into
M. -Lawrence, -
Injured Man flurried to This
; 'City in Sp^iS Caiv \u25a0'"
"Sent lrom ßeno. ; •
Wounded nig-h unto - death' by -the
charge from. a friend's gun." M.7-Law
rence, "J for"' the'last* twenty years -lessee'
o t : the Hotel jTal lac ' at' Lake • Tahoel. was
hro^ught ]to « th ia'^cltyj: inV'a; speclai^car^
last*e yen ia^t^rTd Tpaw^ li^s^ ln^the*AV»_r£
. d<^-k ";H6jpitiil.^.'wlieW? \u25a0 his .^medical -.;. at
tendants ;aie^ eLoscfy^'waichki ig-?hls^cbn
tlitiorii'-: fearful •'.\u25a0'• that '^pneumonia'; may,
erid'Ws'llfe." ; The'un fortunate' man 'was
s h otT.'eur l y•* 6 ri "-J W ed h e s da y,7;ri ea r \u25a0 :: p t he
Hotel ;Talla'ci .while; returning^ from „ -a
mbrhitisr . hunt .;,\u25a0 with'-: several of •:. his
guest 3. .*» For.'atime^ttwaa - # fearfe<l..thiit
the- pppurar.^bonlf ace killed,
butt he { fisiilly ' resra^netl.'.conaclousness;
aii d,"- r ea li 2 In g *,' t h e£ n eed '.. ot_ * the" .' best
m'edlca,!-* treatment,'; ii^spcclal ;caf ; ;\vas
ordered:. from. .Reno" and. ,the ;.woun*ded
man, ; accompanied fby : bls wife "and his
uephewV'.Ooo.rxe^Cpnxstock." started ! on
his • pidnfuf journey*. to; this. bity.:-ye'iter£
aay.mornih^ -> "":.-.;'-:•' ~-~ : ~ .7 - * . ..
J: .\u25a0•;SO'"FALLOX*IS .GRIEVED. :7^^^
• The 'relatives "of.- the c ; wounded .jman'
last n|g-i3t;i!ecllned ,to; df?cusst ; the ac-J
cldent further^ thiun, U»; admit that.Law
rence : is : badly, wuuricedtand •, hfs '^pby
siclan. Dr.v Hertzstein*,- has . hopes g£ft>fj
his i recovery."* provided'-that • pneumonia
does^not detin.ras' it frequently, does In
cases of I tiiis-character.*^ They/refused
: to ","g ive - the '•\u25a0\u25a0 name -^of .-• the : guest -. from
vv'hose:gTin; theusbot ;was;flrcd, -explain-*
ing-thiitMie -isial great; friend of . : Law r ;
reiice -and, isr-asr deeply.: sn-ieyed -.over
the f accident Tas\ are A Uie*. members ,*• of
the*woundeti"'fnan'sifa"mily.: .* *-_ v .; -j^.,
-•• A * me'3S2gtt f t rom f • Reno-_ •'. last .- night.
ho*v:ever, <; statetl,* that" the man*. who; shot
Lawrence Ms* Henry* ,O;Fall6n; a ,, rpromi
netit-resideiit'Of. New-xXprk.-who had
been visltlhs«Lak.e Tahoe;and enjoying
outines - with" : LawrenCe-l Wednesday
lvo 'rning Lawrence^iO'FallQn Jand' sev
eral" other • ma! e ' guests s " ofTthe l* Hotel
Tallac left* that .< hos telry-f orja] hunt in
the helghborins.;country..j On tthe '.re
turn trip" they ranl'into^ a^bunch. of
mountaiul'quaiirfand dlamoun.ted. from
their horses ; with a view of^settingr '- a
bfctteri'chanceJto'ruse'thelrjzuns^nuhe
game. ' ; .' .; " \,. " \u25a0}. - ' - ' '- * ' ->'",'" ,' •"• • " '".
-: '•lawbescefalls.Vj
\u25a0They" had '• separated; and ,> were
tiently waiting for; the: quails to- rise
from, thebrush when' suddenly. the^birds
whizzed over: their heads.^; O'Fallon and
Lawrence -"were !v:about -J twenty .^ feet
anart latter! standing >in>' clearing,
when'ithe * former;^ In* ot jex v
cltcn^ent. rpulled,the!trigBreriofr pulled,the!trig8reriof his shot-;
Vun-eniptyingr ; almostithe:entlre chargre
of shot into* the body- of his companion.
\ The first intimation' O'Fallom received
of the • fact- that ihe I had | wounded (Law
rence-wM ;yhenithe*'latteri stagsered
and \u25a0 fell unconscious^ to! the, J ground. ; A
hurried '"examination :of ft the . -wounded
man ? revealed Rthe^ f aits Mat* shot/ had
penetrated * his facei v^chest.'; aegs , and
arms t and ; had , i torn > away; a PPftloni of
his •scalps Shot .were \ ; embedded. , all
around- hla f eyes^ I but J fortunatoly.i they;
had'not^enteredlithetol-KanSi of .sight^
Seve*rali of ? the*'sh^t? had Centered
rence's left lung; and, blood was flowing j
from '\u25a0: his; many ;wonnds.| v r v?^-,
"\u25a0 He t was: hurried; back to : t the,^ Hotel
Tallac Vand -i, arrangements *\u25a0 immediately
made tt or the f journey/ to^thlsZclty,/ for
which Ja- carAwas ? chartered' > by ;.wireT
F O'Fallon,» overcome s by : the - unfortunate
affalr,\which he:attrib'utes;to"|hlsXown
carelessness. "was unable Jto. accompany j
the' wounde'd ijman^to i • this cl ty. r'al though »'
he expressed J"a s great desire lo'do' so. .• . r j
TAXES MI?ST BE PAID ;. -: " . v-^J
- ' OX'IXDIAX.TRUSTjFUXDS
i ifnited : States ;\u25a0 Judge ' / Renders • Decision
t • Affecting Holdlngs^f ,Aborlgi»es" i^ -
S 'r . -All "Over. Country^?^ *^ '-;*""'
r OMAHA."' Neb.rf Sept.", 1 l.'-^Judgre t Mun
ger.inr the United i States, District 'Court
to-dayMhandeTdd<rwnj|a.%^declsl6n j^'ln
whichjhe'declai-e'dithatithe.ln'dlan-jtrust"
funda,^orJ^helfshlpT-land^,;sto">4whlch^
Congress] hasfgiyen \ aj regular^ ti tleTfand
f undsfdeposlted |in|b"anks 'to : ttie"Jcredit
of > Indians f ronrS tKe^Tsalep'of
thes^eUanas'ar^taxaJjlei'the^sameTas^the
f property>£f!anyroth^r^cltizen^TheTdei,
cisiohll«;an|imp"prtaritione.\as;it' i aitecta'
a^great|am6unt^ of *Indian^ holdings jfall
alonel represents 1 $75,000 1 funds
in~4bank ? 4 to]: the> credit* of '\u25a0 Omaha^and
.Wlnnebago ' lnd ians.' "* -?';\u25a0' ' '" \u25a0_", "\u25a0** ' v . "7 * ' * i
THE THEATERS.
•ALCAZAR— "ViIIcn the Vagabond.'*
CALIFORNIA— "The Wise Guy."
XENTRAl^— '"Weddeil. but No Wife."
\ CHUTES— Vaadevin*.'. Matinee.
• COLUMBIA— '.'Tie Pit."
; GRA>TD->Terk State Foika."
"MAJESTIC— '•The Sea Welf.-
ORPHEI-'il— VaudevlUe.
TTVOLI— Grand Oo«ra..
TO ALMOST
ENCIRCLE
THE GLOBE
Gable to to Di
rect to Empire
4 of : Japan.
jtoericatfEnterprisels
Wictor Tears
II of Efiort,
Government of Island King
; \ doml Grants Mackay
\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0': Big (^cession. /.; .
NEW. YORK. Sept. ~.U.— Througt Axa«r-
Ican enterprise" v , way h^s.been won to
connect'the. western continent by \u25a0 direct
submarine telegraphic lines ..with ,the em
pire . -'.of y Clarence 1 H. ... Mackay,
. president of the Conimercial . Pacific* Cable
Cc m pan y, to-day made the announcement
that his company | has,, secured \u25a0 the netres-'
. saryV^concesslqn* Irto-'friejitejvT; Yokohama,
Japan,' > and jShanghai,,C^iba-Sj Shanghai, , C^iba-S: .Yes terday;
the . last r s UpT'. In -i a : series . ; o£ V diplomatic
negotiations, .- which <'. were 'begun iat \ the
wish "i.of pPresiidentrMcKinley \ and vwbich
liayej-extended . Qver^. a ;_ period ,of ; about
three^years,'; was -taken - .when/Mr.TvTaka
hlra-,tne;Ja^nese Minister to* the. United
St&tei,',' affixed .rhis -Tslgnature .to i' Japan's
agreement *;• with y\ the;. Commercial Cable
Oompany.for landing rights a^ Yokohama.
A*n JTagreemeVt "Cf ot^ landing 'J rights .at
Shanghai . was /signed. ; byj- China : oeveral
. weeks ' ago. .1 .When? these -"new" -"cables are
completed,^MrJ" Mackay said,' their length,
added! to, 'other* cables i;- already : laid or
about'f to : be .built, '-will ; f orna - part *of a
s> r stem .'which, extends '. two-thirds of the
distance' around^th«rglbbe./,h , \u25a0"
\ ? .The"*caJ>le£connectloni ' with both Japan
and Chlna\wdrbe" made ,by extenilng the
pFesent^linest of .' the fcqmpany -which , run
from* San'FrariclscQ .: through the stations
of*. H6holulu.* ; Mid way.tGuam'and* Manila.
Japan : will ' be-reached i by i laying a* cable
f rom" Guam" in. the ;Paciflc Ocean direct to
Yokohama." fvThe"cable ,^tb^ China . will . be
laid -fromj Manila^ to \ShanghaL""-l-'; . -
:'i In f announcing the,- successful ' Issue ,- to
the rifSOtlatlonsVMr. "' Mackay "said
tc-day:y^ \ , i.;" .v -Jr -.-;-'/.;'-"' --i ; .. :
,^."We '-'shall j proceed -at^once : with the
manufacture and; laylrig.or thesejcables,
wbJeh;' will - take J*. several , months. \ The
Commercial Pacific - Cable. .Company, will
Ih'en; pierce .the "'Far East at three i points,
namely, t^the '^Philippines, \u25a0 China ''' and
DREXEL GOES
INTO EXILE ON
ISLE OF WIGHT
noiuiceiffis Native
": *, Special . Dispatch ' t» ' Th» - Call.
i PHIIjADELPHIAV- Sept. : 14.— Society is
hammlnt 'over; a Vreporf. thati Anthony iJ.'
Drexel,' son of old Anthony, J.'; ; who found
ed the famous banking-house of Drexel &
Coj; s was * about to expatriate i himself , and.
following jtheJexampleJofAWlHlam -.Wal
dorf * : Astor.;, settle >; In; -England," having
nothing i further .to ido ; with j America ex
cept: to; collect 'his income "from ; this "ebun
try./^^~..;;-,:.- r V: r . ; -: . . _ " '\;;"';>
3 -, Drexel has : announced that { dv r In ? 'i the
comlng-? i winterihe^wlilitake l ',up ;his . resi
dence;ln^th~e/lBle" afJ^WlghtT- He v would
not <aay^t whether,; his\stay^ there ..will be
permanent,^ but '_be f Intimated / that \* he
,w ; 6uld J bulld T;a vgreat i summer .palace Ton
the' isle^and/resldeTat : other,, times lnear
liindonI tt T -~v "Oi' --'-\u25a0' 'v. - .'•'.-" •.:*»* -V." *\u25a0
."> Drexel. who is. by^birth of the innermost
circleTdf 'Philaderphla^arid lNew, ; York * so^
"clety^^cameshere'|dlrectly ti from * Newport.'
It^ls 'j sald.^to f arrange 1 his affairs "for ' his
voluntary/exile^He t,will f goj soo> .toTXew
York'aridtsan: thence: to England." He re
fuses ,to deny I the \ report.*.-
Claim. Right to Balld Railroad.
r . ANTWERP. 1 S«pt. , 1 4.— :TheV Metropole
to-days 5 says lithe '? Belgian - 1 Mln Ister |at
Peklnerihas'b«en^dlrecte<L to,co-op«ratc
wlth.'thel. l Frencli~Minlsterr ; in; making
representations Ito^Chlna * to Ithe :*effect
thatl th«"P.eking-Hankow_, Railroad fcon
cesaion Jglveis ". Franeb-Belglari 7 Interests
priority
afterltKaTwithdrawaltof ithe*Amerlcan«J
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
NOT ENOUGH
COFFINS TO
HOLD DEAD
Scores Perish in a
Town Stricken^
.by Fever. :
Building Lumber Used
to Encase Victims of
Epidemic.
Horrible Situation in Leeville,
La,, Made Known to the
Ontside Worlt
SpccJal Dljsatcij to Tbs CilL
[ * XEW ORLELAXS. Sept. 14.— Conditions
at Leeville, a, town of 400 fishermen and'
farmers twenty-fly* miles from here," ar»
appal^ng. Yellow fever' ha* been raging
th * r *^«f . three* weeks,' durtag- .which'; tlm«
scores have died, Including leading busi
ness men. 'The foil ; horror fof • the ; iltua- '
tlon was made* known \u25a0 here to-day.-. Tto
progress of the fever at Leevtlfc, was s<r k
terrible , that persons ; died. 1 In sneh. nusi
bersithat .the authorities . and - citizens
\u25a0 could not bury them fast enough. „ l
"Whole families were .destroyed by thf
I disease, . and for several : days the,- resl- \u25a0
I dents were without Tood or medicine. Th»»
famine was broken only when a physician
went . there, and \u25a0 supplies \u25a0 were . sent \u25a0 from :
i here .and adjacent places. The supply of
j cpfflns . also waaj exhausted, and some of
the - dead ' were buried ; without . caskets.
j Lumber " intended : for^ the - erection . of
j buildings \was used.: to^"rnake coffins, but
i the lumber was soon consumed. . Not until
| to-day j could Leeville -get Into commani
, cation with the outside world. T
: In Xew. Orleans to-day there was an ln
i crease In . the number "of * new cases and
| deaths.. Forty-nine persons are "reported
I to . ; have fallen ill with "the .disease, and
there; were six deaths,* bringing ta« total
up 'to 329. * There was nothing new in tha
local situation beyond. the increase In tha
number of new cases- and deaths. -
The situation at Tallulah is ixaprovtag.
Other.: country- reports; 'were:.. Patterson.
3);cases^Kenner, , 8 cases. Z deaths: St.
Rose. 2 cases; Barataria. 2 cases: Clrak*
Chenier.l death;. Harpe.. 2 cases; Berlck.
1 death: Houma, 3 cases.
CASE OF BEER
SENT BACK BY
THE PRESIDENT
Sets Doubts
Concerning His
Sobriety.
OYSTER ;BAY. Sept.H.—Presldent
Roosevelt -has not yet received 'the let
ter of protest said to hare been ad
dressed . to; him -by ; earnest adrof.
cates ; of total > • abstinence composing
Pittsburs '.Woman's Christian Temper
ance-Unlon,"who were horrified to learn
that the President had . directed that ; 3
note tot Ittianks^be sent: to ; a; Western
brewing- -company- In acknowledgment
of i the receipt of, a case 1 of beer which,
the brewing- company had presented to
the\Whlte House. '
*/As*a matter" of fact, the case of beer
which • has 1 been - the • Innocent - cause of
the deep shock "to" theTgood' ladies "of
Pittsburgh, .was promptly • retnrned ,by
the] President's • secretary 'to the ! brew-
In^ company which had tendered It. as
ls'customaryVwlth'such sifts. -'.The let-,
ter of "thanks -which- accompanied 'tha
frothy liquid's : return*, in formed .thrj
donors that." although the President ap
preciated their /courtesy." he could "not
possibly accept the, beer. \
v When the inquiry from the Woman's
Christian" Temperance ; Union ladies ar
rives there,"- they .will. be enlightened; by
Secretary ' Loeb '- as , to the i exact • facts. '
as 'well T as to the \u25a0 exact number^ of bot
tles in", the case.' which.-! It Is hoped. ] will
setv' their ' doubts '\u25a0 concerning' the aobr l
etyjof ; the", nation's executive com
pletely, at ; r^-t. t ;]g@BBBBHsM
- Rojestvensky Tarries In Japan.
ST. ; PETERSBURG. Sept ; U.— A lette?
received "here cfroiu* Japan '*ay» -Vlc»
Admiral «. Rojes w'enslcy ,: has " ; completelr
recovered from « the woundJ '.which in
sustainedVat, the 'battle r 6f. the Sea /or
Japan.ibut"that*he i will not come horn«
until" the* peace' treaty Jls ratified,
