New-York tribune., 1886-03-28
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
SENATOR HEARST-BOGUS MILK-GRAlN
AND FRUIT.

TBY TELEGRAPH TO rRIRUyR
SIN FcANcIsCO March 27.-The appointment OF
George Hearst ~ Senator To succeed General Miller
occa~ioncd no surprise here IL had been an open
secret for time that lie would get the ONCE rs
IA reward for many liberal contributions to Demo-
cratic campaign funds. He is also owner OF tho
leading Democratic newspaper hero, which ho pur-
chased several years ago for the sole purpose OF
assisting his personal ambition for office Mr..
Horst is very wealthy miner, of little education
Int w,thal conservative as becomes mar of
propertg Years ago he served a tern in the State
legislature where his most prominent act was vot-
ing against 4 res )utiOn asking that Jeh. DAVIS he
specdlv tried. lt is not considered probable that
he will take very prominent position in the Senate
other than as an object of rosty by of his
millions.
Some time since Colman and Pattern wcro assas-
sInatcd near Seattle AMI report telcgraphpd by
the itor of a prO-Chinesc paper that they were
killed for their connection with tho indictment Of
anti Chinese rioters This made n subject for
much comment at the East and Hdrp0's Uoekiy
published pictorial sketch OF the crime. There
was not particle of evi cnce in support of the a.
snrtOn and the corprcrs jury which has Jnst
finished an exhaustive investigation cl cited not
word in support of the theory that they were mur-
derod by anti-Chnesc sympathizcrs; but every
thing showed that it the result OF land
quarrel Of long standing and the man who probably
committed the crime IS now in Jail awaiting trial
Everything points to his guilt, It was well known
that Gilman and he were enemies and the latter
was of u vindictive character. NcedIess To say.
those who sent the dismsoh mentioned have not
yet found time to send the proof of It's 'alseness
Determined efforts are being made. especially by
Democr ttic paDrrs, tn fastcn the theft Of Sl.Ooo
from the sub Treasury on eX-Cashirr Borneman.
His record of twenty years gives he Ire to thus
a tHar ia ti1nh hIit hat Hp
is of the now appulntces The THEFT " as clever
snd was male by the substitution OF pickages Of
access 10 the vault it will be extremely dificut
to fix the crime.
IIousekeeuers have boen much exercised recently
over the discovery that a large prOportion OF the
milk sold is made f-om mixture oi nitrate o. pot
ash glvcerlne and other chemicals. 1hiS ls an
invention of a ph-'sician and much money has
been made by the sale OF the spurious compounI.
Exposure has hdrt the vile business here. however
and one of the prn ripais has gone East to nitro
duce the comp 'und in Chicago and elsewhere
Workers should he on the lookout. AS 1t i'm
possible for an ordinary person to distinguish
between the spurious and gcnuinc articles
The Chronicle publishes reports from its CORE
sp0ndents all the state with reference To crop
PROSPECTS, for the coming season. BY these II IL
shown that Uerc is an lncTeasc IN acrrage ol gram
ranging from 10 to 80 per cent IN various counties
and that the outlook for heavy yield OF wheat
and barley is unprecedentedly eucouraplng. In
cranes and fruit there has been very large
increase ot acreage and unless heavy fr0sls should
prevail in April-cnntingrncY rot very likely tU
OcCur-the crop of frult will he cn"Trnnus. For
some time fir IL growers have been en'leaN"IlES 10
form an OTIauizatinn by which their products
might be shi Jpcd last at snch low tfel2ht rates as
would enable consumers in Eastern cities 70 m
dulge in CailOTiI frult at moderate pIccS. con-
panV WAS formed which prOpnrtOGed ItS stOck W
the acreage of fruit Of Subscribers and at rccCut
meeting by majority of one vote iiTin o. ChcaG"
shippers who have been manly instrumental III
keeping mp prices and have made a larg" fortune
Thereby carturrd tho society and WCfn appointed
sole Eastern agents. thereby leaving the irll
grn gers inst where thew were before. As result
local unions are beng formed and IL ~ probable
that in snite of tn, Efforts Of tine ChcagO firm,
New Workers. Will this wear he able to purchase
California fruit at nuch lower prices than PIE
vailed last seHsnn In three weeks cherries from
the early fruit region OF aCayle Will hG IN market
to bc followed in rapid succession by aprcots
peaches etc.
Stock of the Spring Valley Wafer COmnany,
which has the monopoly OF supply ng thi1 cry
the ruinor thrt q number of New-Irrk capitalists
and others intended constructing another syNtom
The Chinese elected from Eureka over a year aUo
sued that city for flI2,0OO, $1,000 hong cGnSr-
uueEtial IniIrd states Judge Sawyer - ordered
that item stricken ont, leaving however S1IOOo
claimed for damage to property ASSESSED at loss
than $4,000.
Local politicians have been cNrtod tac pnst
week over the cioicc of - new Street SUpcrintrh-
dent the monument having recently Il ed. The
-tru.gIp Was between two ho-Sr- equally corrupt
Tor ~pplls Amounting to "A large sIm. Fully - per
cent of the street fund ~ diverted from proper
channels and the result is that san Francis. o has
the fthir-t streets IN the country. They havr not
been swcpi since January ]. uavrmeuts are broken
aud worn out ami tsr con iltOn IS simply disgrace
lul with no prospect of relief.