The San Francisco call., 1899-09-17

or more ladies of the party will be care
fuliy looked after, as well as that Of the
visiting members of the institute.
The Eastern members of the institute
who will attend the meeting Were sup
posed TO meet in Chicago Yesterday.
From there the special train of Wagner
ceed over the Northern route, making a
Few brief stops in the northwestern min
ing regions, and entering California next
Saturday as stated, spending over two
weeks in the State, and returning by the
Southern route. About two weeks ago
Rossiter W. Raymond sent to Secretary
friends who at that time had announced
their intention Of attending. This list will
be enlarged, and it does not include 9TH
ers than the New York party. The list
is as follows:
w. J; Harris, Montclair. n. J.; Profess
sor Heinrich Ries, Ithaca, n. Y; Charles
McCrery, Duquesne, Pa; ". 6. Parke,
Pa; Professor n. W. ". Lord I'd Columbus, iouis,
Ohio; Miss Margaret Bell, Ottawa, Can
ada; DR.. Otto Mulhauser, La Sale, H..
Theodore d. Rand, Philadelphia; Edwin
Ludlow. Mrs. Edwin Ludlow, Hartshorne,
|. T.; w: S. de Camp, Miss de Camp, Full
ton Chain, n. Y; A. W. Sheafer, Potts
vile, Pa; X. Riensberg, Chicago; Ernest
z. ", Parker, Or, David T. Day Mrs
David T. Day, Washington, D. c.; F. E.
Bachman, Mrs. F. E. Bachman, Buffalo,
\. Y; 3. F. Fackenthal Jr., Mrs. b. F..
gelsville, Pa; A. D. Chidsey, Mrs. A. d.
Chdsey, Miss Florence Shemer, Easton,
Pa; William McIlwain, Mrs. William Nc
Twain, Reading. Pa; Samuel Thomas,
Z. D. Bellinger, Syracuse, n. Y; Mrs.
John Meigs, Pottstown, Pa; w. H.
Adams, Mrs. w. II. Adams, Miss Adams,
Mineral City, Va; David Williams, Mrs.
Mrs. R. w. Raymond, Theodore Dwight,
S. NJ. Richardson, John Cabot Jr., DR..
James Douglass, Miss Douglass, Miss NJ.
Douglass, New York.
number Of eminent men whose wide
regulations are not confined to the fields
of mining, geology and metallurgy,, in
which they have chiefly acquired what
fame is theirs. DR.. James Douglass of
New York is the president Of the insti-
tute and Of the company owning the great
T. Day of the United States Geological
Survey has needed no Identification among
mining men for many years. Many other
names command respect in these fields
and out Of them.
A few very eminent men will probably
be greatly missed, because they will get
good money for mixing in big legal
battle now on in the courts at Butte City,
Mont. in which the company owning the
great Anaconda mine IS party and in
which valuable ore bodies far under
ground are at stake.
Rossiter W. Raymond, founder and
present secretary of the institute, and the
oldest and best known authority on the
mining resources of the country, is an
expert on one side. So are Waldemar
Linggren and Clarence King, who have
done such splendid service to the mining
industry through the United States Geo
logical Survey and otherwise. So are w
S. Keyes and Louis Janin Of San Fran
cisco. The hearing of this suit begins
tomorrow at Butte City, and these men
are supposed to be there. If the trial pro-
ceeds they will likely stay there; If not
they will be present.
The party that Will meet the visitors al
Montague will, according to the present
plans, include President J. H. Neff, Vice
President w. G. Ralston. Secretary z. II.
benjamin, Professor s. B. Christy, w A.
George Johnston, B. T. Lacy, John NJ
Wright. Dan T. Cole, ]. F. Halloran, Cur
tis II. Lindley Fred Bradley. j. J. Craw-
ford Andrew Carrigan and Joseph Sloss
The meeting is Of especial Importance to