New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11
SAN FRANCISCO.
INVESTIGATIONS - PLAGIARISM - MUSIC =
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INVESTIGATIONS - PLAGIARISM - MuSlC -
THE MINT.
rrRoN An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
SAN Francisco. Feb. IA regular epidemic OF
investigations has set in here Every oipciai WIN
anv weak points in his armor has been attacKeu
One of the most prominent is Immigration Commls-
sioner Bunker who had the handling of the mead
money tax on imported coolies. When the SIX
Comnanies we're rushing in Chinese at the rate OF
1000 or 5000. month this officer had good In
come Every coolic was taxed 20 cents. ms was
snnrosed to pay the costs Of examination ior IN
fochous diseases and to provide lazaretto lot
,epers Bunker has held the office for four years
In that time he has taken IN over Sl3'.oo. ho
nsed his father for a clerk and the quarantine Noi
missioner to do the heavy work OF examining 'no
newly imported heather. His own salary was
s. 900 year. and with the salaries OF DIS a''i0'
ants he managed to expsnd about one-haH tho TO-
ceipts The object of the investigation Is 10 i"Ao
him account for the balance. He declares that no
has invested the cash in real estate ana otne' o"
ness ventures in his own name, but ne sees no lc"
son yhy he should transfer the money 10 tho CIV
IA the Constitution provides only one use 'o' w
hrild a lazaretto for lepers. He has been on the
lookout for these unfortunates. but having io"nu
NON, he proposes TO cling to the coin in his posses
tbough the city mag be wcrsied on some techn'cai
point of law.
b,lfdozen other inv estig cations are also going on
with equally brilliant prospects of success one IS
10 ascertain how certain railroad commissioner
Suddenly accumulated wealth and retired 10 faheh
in Mana County. I his has already proved laliuro
on account Of the defective memory o. the chei wiz
ness Another IS to find ground for charges against
the warden of the San Quentin Prison W MIC .lo
agis3atve committee was at the prison on Saturday
an Algerian, who was serving out sentence Ior
ATTEMPTED murder and was employed as AN OUTSIDE
"trustv" quietly mingled with the visiting sta'os-
men and escaped. As tho committee was peIho-
cratic il has not escaped cruel gbes over this
nractical test of its eminent unrespectabl,y IN
onir,s have also been begun into the frauds IN tie
Street Department of this city, bnt according to the
present progress midsummer will only see the in
vastipa,ions fairly under way. Meanwhile the ab-
sence of the several Legislative Committees cripples
botb Uouscs at Sacramento, aud no bdsIness oil any
Importance has been done. The Democratic Legls-
latnre here like that at Albany seems TO I've mlinly
orcupied in drawing its pay. and in log-rohng DIS
in the interest of ward politicians.
ruy TR1pr-SE's exposure of the plagiarisms OF
Warren Cheney in his article Bret iiarte in the
January Orariqq Moth ly fell on the literary col
ony here Ike an earthquake. 1t was tue more IN.
fortunate because Cheney is the managing editor oil
| the magazine and has started ont with much uc"r-
ish of trumpets 1t seems that the periodical has
found patron in an iron founder OF this GUY out
he does not advance sufficient money TO lnsnre any
| adeouate nav for contributions. Hence the maya
zinc is largely flied with articles bv amateurs eager
| IN zee their names in print. Recently dinner was
oven NV the patron in honor of the rcv' al Of the
old Orcrland Many local literati wereiprcsent AMI
the nlaoiarist editor was seated between two sweet
| sngers of Oakland. His explanation of the IN
conscious cerebraton" of which he has been guilty
! IL not given A udcrOus case OF The same literary
| larceny has Ieaked ont at the state University
| The Berkleyan Society recently made arrangements
for publishing collection OF verses by students
! While the volume was IN the printers hands 1t was
discovered tat one of the sonncts by IN undergrad
nate damsel was boned y bodily from Corrdge
La,er when tne Sd ees Of three hundred copies mac
| been struck off another sonnet, stolen from well
| known English poet was found. The sheets were
destroyed and the Disguised printer was lofcea
| third time to make up the book
The oleomarcarine people are ont in strong force
At Sacramento and the probability is that they vii
| sncceed IN getting their measures through the Leg
| islature The darymen have little sympathy 10
their fight against the suet frauds, for short wegh
| and btgn prices have rot made them popular. They
in turn claim tDat Jne Hlch aiN i''oP"'''"''
for the lightweight rolls but the fact remains thai
a two pound roll. for which the consumer pays not
less than sixty cents and frequently As high ns
! ninety cents or one dollar always lacks several
ounces OF two pounds weight.
The local concert gardens are nothing # not am
| bitious One of them has just brought ont Gilbert
| and Sulivan's new comic opera lolanthe IN very
| fair STYLE while another wrestles witch Iraviata.'
| rhe performance ~ really excellent for the low
price of % cents and the cheap rates go far TO e1
Main the different success of the regular theatres
| Nearly everything is over-done here and amuse
menrs are no exception TO the rule. The city Is
about large enough to support three theatreS 1t II
no wonder then that the five good sized play-house
| and four large concert gardens keep their manager
on the ra2 ged edge of financial embarrassment
rumor that has spread CONSERVATION amoni
many old employees IN the Mint is that Frank rag
Is coming out next month to take the Office
Superintendent and that all those who cannot rea'
their Stalwart titles clear will lose their oilica
heads Nothing worse than this could happen to th
mint. as Page represents the worst phase OF ma
chine politics, but those who know him have ex
pected to see him appear in some lat position. Ii
has been in politics too long to 90 back to an!
useful work.
MEETING OF THE LACROSSE CLUE.