New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
THE BOSS WINS - PRISON LABOR - BAN
CROFT PUBLISHING HOUSE-sAMOA.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUSE1

CROFT PUBLISHING HOUSE-SAMOA.
rsr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDuSE1
SAN Francisco. June 19.-The appointment OF
DIR. BRYAN al postmaster here was genuine Knock
out for the various factions OF Democrats whion
have fought blind Boss Buckley and his " lambs
II was thought by well-informed politicians that
the mere fact that Bryan was strong Buc KEY man
would damn him with President Cleveland as
Buckley represents the worst element oi "a'o
strikers and ballot-box suffers. Ihe BOSE now
ever. recently paid q visit TO Washington, and no
doubt be demonstrated to the Administration the
power which he wields in this city and hopes soon
70 WELD over tie State Personally Bryan Is an
honest man. but he must recognize Buckley 10 tine
extent of providing several good offices for the
"lambs.'
II announced that Governor Stoneman will
shortly order the State Prison Directors to abolish
within thirty days the system OF letting contracts
for convict labor San Quentin and Folsome
nr;sons In San Quentin the most lucrative
industrv ia the manu- facture of jute grain bags on
which profit of 800, 900 10 expected this year
becanse of the advance IN prices. At Folsome the
great source of profit is the stone quarry. Inc
directors, if ordered to suspend work In the
prisons will probably test in the courts the Hov-
ernor's power to control their management OF the
prisons His threatened action is due to the strong
pressure of the Federal Trades.
notorious lawyer named Joel X. Finley, who
was arrested about two years ago for procuring
fraudulent divorces. is again engaged In his old
business and was exposed by The Chronicle this
week The case on which Finley was arrested
before was PLAIN, but he secured repeated delays
from an accommodating judge until all the wit
nesses against him were out of the way; then the
suit was called and dismissed, although it was well
known that hundreds of fraudulent divorce DEGREES
had been issued by him. His safety from prosecu-
ton lay ill the fact that most of his victims lived IN
the country. Now Finley Is again az WORK
under the alias OF the "Cnited States Divorce
Bureau" and promises to secure divorces lot %luo
each. His procedure is much the same as before
suit being brought IN the nelghDorlhg to"n Vi
MARTINEZ to avoid publicity.
John Sedgwick, Superintendent of the House of
Correction. who was charged with dfunkenhess
and inehiciency. has been removed. ana l. n.
Machin appointed to the position. Machin IS
Republican well known in State politics Tor twenty
years He served one term as Lieutenant
| Governor during the war and was IN the custom
| House at san Francisco under Collector HARRISON
He is a man OF considerable executive ability ana
is expected to reform the shameful condition OF
this public institution.
Attempt was made this week to sell at auction
| the Bancroft property on Market-st. between Third
and Fourth sts This is the lot on which the great
| publishing house was situated 1t Is seventy-Dve
| feet OH Market-st and runs back one hundred anu
| thirty seven and half feet to Stevenson-st only
| one bid was made of 500 900. which was regarded
as too low. being only -, 500 per front foot; ~ Is
now stated that h. H. Bancroft Will reouiiu 'nc
publishing house on the lot
Federal officers arc much puzzled over what to DO
| with Chinese landed on habeas corpus wrlts, yet
| whose papers are proved fraudulent Under the Oh
rule the Pacific Mail Company returned such cases
by the ne 1t steamer Now it declines 10 take them
Tins makes ii necessary to keep the coUes mere III
iail two months. 1t WAS thought the cheapest
way TO rid the country Of them was to send the
| lias tn Hl
! inexpensive but the authorities there have passed
q rigid restriction act fOrbidding any Chinese 10
| enter the kingdom without passports. nt'l lew
months ago any vessel entering Hawaiian ports
could land twenty-five Chinese without passports,
but rapid has been the increase OF Mongoiiq9ns
| and so fatal their competition with native labor
that the Government was forced to adopt exclusion
measures This shuts the Chinese out of the Sand
wich Islands. Australian colonies British Co hmbla
and the United States and the Mexican Govern
| ment is considering the advisabiilty OF Daring
them out
The labor problem in the Sandwich Islands has
always been Tine mt Is ,hese
people are found to be unable 70 endure the hard
work or sugar s nrf9 u
10 the islands under five years contracts anu iarge
numbers whose contracts expire III ley mouths M,
| are preparing to come to California. me high
| prce OF land here dscourages them but unless
they ear secure liberal concessions OF iand from te
awaan G 10y T5e ce"nv pIan ." popular
| In the southern counties Is to he tired III Shasta
County where the Shasta Citrus Cololy has Just
been ncorporat ted. The lands lie three miles from
| Redding on the California and Oregon Railroad
and are red gravelly soil suitable for fruit ana
vines 1t has been demonstrated by actual ex
rerment that oranges can be grown there without
protection from frost and without irrigation
Colony lands offered for So 80 per acre
The last mail from the samoan Islands brought
the text of tie recent proclamation hich the lead
ing foreign consuls sustained. King Malietoa. II
seems according to this proclamation and CORE
spondence which preceded II, called npon tho
American Consul Mr. Greenebaum. TO help him, al
he feared the British and German consuls w0ult
declare for his rival, Tamasse. II he leading
American merchants doing business at Apl'
represent that MalietOa is more of an Opcra-bouh'
king than Kaakaua lie is greatly given Il
borrowing small change from his friends. and any
one can gain influence over him who Will lend hin
money. a batch OF complaints against onsu
Greenebaum was transmitted TO Secretary Bayart
this week signed ny forty-sx merchants OF Apo
Grepnebanm is charged with injuring American
trade oil the islands and with stirring up strife
CHICAGO.