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Plan to Honor Zola's Memory. PARIS, Oct. 8. A movement has been started to have the body of Emlle Zola placed In the Pantheon. The movement took definite form October 2, the anniversary of bis death, -when a demonstration was made at hla tomb la the cemetery, at Montmartro.

tlon. Crooks received the rudiments of his education In a workhouse school, but while he Is not- as eloquent or rhetorical a speaker as King of Battersea;" as 'Burns is commencing to be called, he is listened to with respect and patience In the House of Commons. Carnegie makes a supreme effort to be present in the gallery of the House whenever it is known that either Crooks or. Burns going to speak on any important subject. It is known that Passmore Edwards, the capitalist who shares with Carnegie the distinction of getting rid of his surplus wealth by the creation of public libraries, offered pay John Burns $2000 a to'.

defray in Parliament- Carnegie approached Crooks with tne same object when he won Woolwich for the Liberals. Both offers -were refused because both men to be free -to act independently. "Workhouse children in Poplar dls- 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 substantial portion of the expense defrayed by Carnegie.

The organizers of such treats, however, are under strict' Injunctions to keen Carnegie's name out of the list of contributors. In this quiet and unostentatious way Carnegie disposes, of thou-' sands of dollars yearly- throughout poor districts In England and Scotland. When it is suggested to him that his name should appear in the list of subscribers he explains that, he desires to be- Identified only with the creation of public i libraries and the promotion of; education generally. fleers are suspended in all cases when the latter are killed. Wife of Russian Lieutenant Colonel Makes a Pathetic Appeal to the Public.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 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. Nadlne Ryndine, residing at Kieff.

She says: "My husband, a lieutenant colonel commanding the Tenth Siberian Rifles, was killed at Liaoyang. I have ceased to receive any pay. I have seven children to support and am now means whatever. "My misfortune began long before this. Compelled to make a hasty departure 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 decided to speak out. My position la ex- Van Wyck 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 before his departure, in which he compared London with Berlin to the disadvantage of the former. London, he said, had been standing still for a score of years. It had no parks, no pleasures beyond eating, drfnklng and theater going. Many sarcastic comments 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 metropolis. Judgingby the nettled tone of the newspaper comments, however, Van Wyck would seem to -have touched the raw.

DEAD NOVELIST AND TWO OF THE WOMEN FIGHTING FOR HIS ESTATE. WHEN OFFICER IS KILLED HIS FAMILY MUST SUFFER British Scientists Say That Loud Speakers Scatter Millions of Germs fn Atmosphere. LONDON, Oct. A new terror has been added to the public life of the average politician who finds the effort of addressing his constituents a tiresome performance. Now It Is learned on no less an authority than that of the medical department of the local government board that he may not only bore himself and his audience, but that he may prove the medium of disseminating Infection.

"As the outcome of varied and repeated experiments," says Dr. Mersyn Gordon of the local government board, "it has been well substantiated that not only in the act of coughing and sneezing, but also In the act of loud speaking, fine droplets of mucus are sprayed from the mouth to the air, 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 Incredible." "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 millions of these organisms." NEW PERIL DISCOVERED CV OASIPAIGN ORATORY 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 hesitate 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 that the Prince had had to supplement his Income In order to be able to maintain Marlborough House, his official residence. Sir Edward Cassel is as generous where royalty is concerned as Baron de Hirsch was in his best days, so there can be no danger of early disaster to the Prince's turf undertakings. Chroniclers of King Edward's movements during his present visit to Marienbad have failed to notice the extra precautions that are being taken to secure his personal safety. The harrassing of anarchists in London and in England generally has so exasperated the "comrades" abroad that his Majesty'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 Superintendent Melville as the head of the department of the police service charged with the safety of the sovereign is recognized as a misfortune by the King's advisers because that officer's knowledge of the ways of the Continental anarchist was unique.

His successor, Mr. Quln, is an officer of wide experience of the same class of criminals, but he has not been able to strike so much terror Into the hearts of the "comrades" as Melville. Hence It is that extra precautions are now necessary. 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 assistance of a number of men supplied locally, all roads and railway stations leading to Marienbad are carefully patrolled, while Chief Superintendent Quin keeps his eye on his royal charge constantly during the day and at night two detectives well armed stand outside his Majesty's bedroom.

Until King Edward discouraged these elaborate precautionary measures and even now he makes no attempt to conceal the feeling that they are a mixed blessing to him. The late Queen Victoria 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. AH the smartest men had to be at her beck and call and it was not the advantag-e of the chief if any of his nen were guilty of the slightest dereliction of duty. Although it is considered a mark of honor be recommended for the duty of protecting the sovereign It was a distinction not altogether relished by the men Kha watched: over Queen grave another wreath which bore the words, "Rosa from Bella." Later the first wife's relatives reached the cemetery to place their floral offerings on the tomb. They indignantly tore up both of the wreaths that they found there and sent the fragments to Jokai's home.

Jokai paid another visit to the cemetery and placed another wreath on his wife's grave, but her rnfuriated relatives again destroyed it- Then Jokai started legal proceedings against them jind sought to rally public opinion to his side by denouncing their conduct in the press. But popular feeling, taklittle heed of the legal questions involved in the unseemly quarrel, unmistakably proclaimed itself against him. He was no longer the nation's idol. Of late friends of the family have been making strenuous efforts to bring about a reconcilliation between Frau Feszthy and Jokai's widow. There were strong hoDes these would be successful and that the details of Jokai's family life might not be revealed in law courts and published to the world.

Such hopes, however, are now almost entirely dissipated through the verdict of the Jury impaneled to investigate the charges made by Frau Jokai that the Feszthy family had behaved badly toward Jokai 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 Feszthy 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 peaceful compromise will be reached. The Budapest courts will probably have to decide the whole affair finally. LONDON.

Oct. 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 tho illness from which she has suffered recently. The malady of the Countess' has been the cause of no small social embarrassment. She has seemed unable to get enough 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 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 ho did not like to rouse her.

But the awkwardness 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. of the servants had the slightest inkling as to the number expected and had laid for twenty. Sixteen people, however, turned, up, and after a trying delay "the guests and host proceded to this 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 become 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 railway 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 Walpole. It was in 18S3 that Miss Corbin became the Countess of Crford, and soon after her marriage she and her husband went oft 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 historic 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. Yankee Girl Who Married an Earl a Victim of Odd Disease BUDAPEST, Oct.

Maurus Jokai's estate Is the object of a very interesting family quarreL On the one side stands the youthful widow of the great Hungarian novelist, who is in possession of the property; on the other eide is Jokai's adopted daughter, who is older than the widow, and who finds herself disinherited. The contest over the will has already begun in the courts and the Budapest gossips are looking forward to some new revelations of the domestic life of the great author. Jckal married for the second time, at the age of 75, an actress. Bells Weiss, who was more than fifty-five years his Junior, being only 19 at the time. He had no children of his own, but had adopted a daughter, who is now the wife of a nter named Arpad Feszthy.

The new wife and Frau Feszthy soon quarreled and the latter found herself a very unwelcome guest at the Jokai home. The marriage took place in 1893, and after that time Jokai's daughter saw but little of him. When Jokai's will was opened it was found that he had left everything to his wife and completely disinherited Frau Feszthy, the document stating that ample provision had been made for her during his lifetime. Frau Feszthy has filed a protest agrainst the will, alleging; that Jokai was not his own master at the time the will was made. VALUE OF THE ESTATE.

Perhaps the most interesting point in the case is the question as to the value of the estate. The widow insists that the poet died actually in debt, while the daughter asscrtp nonsense, and that the estate is worth nearly a million kronen The rstate was inventoried by a court notary, who seems to have accepted unhesitatingly all the widow's statements, ignoring the daughter's protests. According to the latter's statement, only a few articles of furniture were put in the schedule. Valuable collections of curios and pictures were not mentioned, neither were the publishing rights of the deceased, which Frau Frszthy asserts have fifty years to run and are worth at least half a million kronen Among the pictures was an oil painting by the famous Russian war artist, Vereschtschagin, who met with such a tragic end in the war in the Far East. This picture was dedicated to Jokai and bears the inscription in the painter's own handwriting.

"To Monsieur Jokai." Its value is put in the inventory at a few kronen only. Jokai's country villa at Fchwabcnberg. with a large park, is put down at $1200, whereas Frau FfEzthy declares it is worth over Of'O. Jokai's widow makes a vigorous anpwor to these charges and attacks Frau Feszthy very bitterly, threatening her with Fomo unpleasant revelations as to her treatment of her father. The official notary's inventory of the estate show? an indebtedness of $8000, $5400 of which is due to Jokai's publishers.

Frau Feszthy's lawyers demanded that a new inventory should be made, hut this the court has refused, so that the widow hits won the first round in the contest. MAIUUES ACTRESS. Jokai's first wife had been dead fourteen years when he married Mile. Belle Weiss, an actress attached to the National Theater in Budapest, whose acquaintance he made at the rehearsal of one of his plays. The courtship was a brief one, for the aped author proved an ardent wooer, but the disparity in the ages of the couple exposed them to much ridicule.

It was this which led Jokal to publish a defense of marriage between old men and young women in reneral, and of his own marriage in particular. The relatives of his first wife, of whom he had written after her decease, "She was the angel of salvation nvho rescued me from exile and death, the F.harer of all my sorrows, the pride of my life." declared that it was an insult to her memory. The fact that his youthful bride was an obscure actress caused the marriage to be regarded with strong disapprobation fn the high social circles in which the great man had long been a welcome guest, and it was discovered that she was also a 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 aristocracy, but 'also with the Magyar students, who had formerly been his most enthusiastic admirers, and the ever fickle public generally. No longer did he receive invitations to exclusive court functions.

When at other gatherings he chanced to meet members 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 oo the occasion of the first KEEPS GUESTS WAITING HOURS LONDON, Oct.

There are two labor members of the House of Commons in whom Andrew Carnegie takes a clal interest. These are John Burns, the pugnacious and satirical representative of Battersea, and "Will" Crooks, who caused a sensation some time ago by capturing a Conservative strongbold in the military depot of Woolwich. Carnegie is fond of saying when either man is discussed that Burns and Crooks are brilliant examples of triumphant democracy. 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 importance. Of the two men Crooks is the greater object of the Lord of Skibo's admlra- Adopted Daughter Would Break His Will.

Countess of Orford Seeks Cure of Embarrassing Malady Youthful Widow of Tokai Fighting Relatives. 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 generous millionaire's old house on Newmarket 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 when the latter could not command tha 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 deficiencies and accounts, but the. good man was generous 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 settlement of racing accounts. It Is new stated that the Prince of Wales has 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 burled to pay a tribute to her memory. He deposited on her grave a wreath which bore the inscription, "Rosa, from her ever-loving and ever-sorrowing husband, 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 insecurity. 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 now having lost its hero the family begs that it should not be deprived of what blood their father Inquiries have established the fact that all payments to families of of- FALLS ASLEEP WHENEVER SHE IS LEFT ALONE Prince of Wales to Make His Debut as Racing Man CARNEGIE'S IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY Bitter Contest Is Being Waged Over Estate Left by Great Hungarian Novelist. EVENTS IN EUROPE OF INTEREST TO MEN AND WOMEN OP THE NEW WORLD Pages 17 to 24 J.

Pages 17 to 24 4 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1904. Millionaire Interested in English Labor Leaders. Burns and Crooks Gain Respect of' Laird of Skibo..