New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-01
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SIN FRANCISCO.
sUaPON'S CONFESSIONS - CHINESE De
AUCHERY-PROPOSED STEAMSHIP LINE.
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eU.pONrS CONFESSIONS - CHINESE DE-
BArCHFRY-PROPOSED STEAMSHIP LINE.
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SAN Fr,NC1sCo. May 81 There is respite IN
tbc sharon casc for six weeks in order to give the
iudge time to rccuI.ratc. This week has been con-
snmed by the testimony of the ex-senator VINO de
livcrcd what certainly might be caued an uh-
vanished tale lie frankly declared that ne hau
paid the plaintf 500 per month 10 stay with nun.
but he objected 10 her beng called n "mlstresN.
uc SAID he STYLED her o. an Illicit relation" His
story was not shaken by cross-cxamination' bnt me
scandal which if was feared would result from the
efforts of the prosecution to bring ont the names oi
Mr.. Sharon's many misresscs was obvated by the
witncsss admission that he maintained other
women besides the plaintiff during the last fonr
years But none of them did lie Introduce to trends
or allow to live in his hotel.
A new method of supplying Chinese women lor
this city has been discovered. Recently an oiu
woman came from Hong Kong with ticket to VIC
torla Beng unsuccessful in her attempt 10 iHhu
here she went to Victoria hut soon after appeared
in Portland with some young Chinese women, each
of whom was accompanied by Chinsinan VINO
claimed to be her husband. To bolster their claims
ND they showed marriage certificates signed by JUS
tees Of the peace The next heard of them, they
arrived here on a steamer and succeeded In getting
into Chinatown 1t is now discovered That these
women were shipped direct from China TO Victoria,
and that the men who pcrsonated their husbands
went from this city to Victoria for that purpose ana
now have the women in brOthels which they keep
The hanging of Major, the murderer at Oakland
last week has resulted in substantial gain to the
science of surgery. About week before the cxecu-
tion Majors arm was fractured in on effort to es-
cane After death it was found that the initial pro-
cess of healing had begun and that this was effected
nv the organization of the blood which was poured
ont around the fracture at fine time of the injury.
This blood held the broken bones IN place and
proves What was not known before, that prompt
adjustment OF bones fracture is essential to per-
feet repair.
An Australian who recently arrived here on his
way TO England saws there is much talk at Mel
bourne and sydney of the cstablishu ent OF last
line of steamers between Sydney and san ranc sco
A voyage between those ports ought To he made III
seventeen DAYS but by reason of SLOW steamers
and stoupage at Honolulu the trip is seldom made
in less than twenty-five days. If fast line were
established my informant said, it would get the
patronage Of large number OF Australian mer-
clients who are forced to go to England during me
summer and who dread the voyage across the IN
dian Ocean and through the SueZ Cana! IN the lear
full heats of midsummer. Ihey WOulu choose inc
journey by way of this city and .Aew-lork were IL
not for loss OF time.
Decoration Day generally observed IN TINS
city and throughout the coast. The street parade
here was unusually fine and largo NUMBER OF
graves were decorated.