New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-19
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
SIN INA NUIOOU.
STOCK DLES-CRIMES-wILL CASE
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 1e.-The work OF cxcava-
ton among the debris Of the collapsed stock
brokers' assets still goes on and fresh curios IN
the way OF fraud are unearthed daily The worst
exhibit as yet is that of John Mckenzie. who owed
his customers nearly $500. 900 on the dav ne put
I'D his shutters lie had sold his customers
stocks held by him in trust and had "shortedr
the whole list Of stocks from top to bottom He
received money UP to the evening before his fail
,re and reported purchases Of stock when he
never bought n share. He continued to "short
Consolidated Virginia and Ophir when they were
going up from SO to IS per day. and his spccula-
lions were so desperate that only the utter col
lapse Of the market inside OF a fortnight could
have saved him Now he appeals to his creditors
for mercy turns over all his property, worth
500 900 and expects the people he has swindled
to accept twenty cents on the dollar. Tie
counts Of the fugitive brokers show rascay meth
dds Of business which have seldom been paralleed
here It was developed that Baldwin Gardiner
who is still in hiding. was in the habit Of
terinr fictitious accounts OF stock purchases that
had never occurred. and though he had an account
at bank ne kept nearly all his money and stocks
at the Safe Deposit Company's The bitter feeling
against several of these brokers is kept alive by
the women they have swinded, and they will
probably find that the wrath Of women cheated
will suffice to carry them into San Quentin. The
life is out OF the stock boom, although prices
are still maintained at figures in ridiculous dis
proportion TO actual values. The latest reports
from Consolidated Virginia and California show
that ore only triie above ordinary low grade
is being taken out while in other COmstock
mines there Is nothing in sight except in assess
ments.
Two murders and one probably fatal assault
make I'D the dark record Of capital crime in this
city for the week One murder grew out Of the
cable car strike and the facility with which the
men CHARGED with this crime have cvaded Justice
before makes conviction very doubtful. Another
murder was that of one haclSman by another. The
third case is that of Policeman Osgood. whose
throat was cut and his windpipe nearly severed
by knife blow from foreign sailor. who evil
dcntly mistook the officer for some enemy. The
assailant is at large with small prospect OF bcn,
found Meanwhile continuance of murder trials
20 on In local courts and sentimental uries refuse
TO agree on the punishment Of murderers against
whom evidence is convincing.
The fastest time ever made by a railroad train
on this coast was male by a special engine and
baggage car on the Central Pacific which was
sent from here To Sacramento To secure the de
Iayed costumes OF the Aimee Company. The run
Of one hundred and seventy EIGHT miles made
rate of about one minute and seven seconds b
mile.
The Ingram will. has been refused probate
This probably ends remarkable case. Hannah
c. In ram n woman OF middle are. with an estate
Of 900 married her ado ted son IN order th-t
he should inherit all her property After mar
riage she became inSanely Jealous Of him and her
suspci' were fosteIed by the Rev }; L. Hatch
an eX-preacher with peculiar record. lie so
thoroug hly gained her confidence that she left
him all her estate. On the trial it was shown
that the woman's Jealousy was groundlesS ana
that her mind was diseased.
The splitting up of great farms. which cover
thousands Of is Of the best 81 ms of the
growth of the State The latest tract TO be sub
divided Is Theodore Winters bic ranch. Del RO
near Sacramento. The ranch will be sold in lots
TO suit and three sales Of his thoroughbred racing
stock will be held between now an next June.
uiuues. reported UnaJ ARRANGEMENTS hive
been made to bring fifteen thousand people into
Los Angeles County TINS no 't',, "' CaIIo ond
The colonies growing rapidly OaDle anu
electric railroads being laid in several OF
them while the Southern Pacific and the Atchlson
rairoa IS eager RI ais for buildnt feeders TO
the chief Oran ,e-gr0wins colonies Nothln. Ike
This growth has been seen in California since the
earliest DAYS Of san Francisco. There Is now he
re- Congress a bill for conveying TO DR.. Wozen-
raft large tract of the Colorado desert near the
Colorado River condition that he reclaims II
by irrigation. For twenty -hve years he has been
laboring to get this grant. His surveys show
hat water can he introduced from the river at
no great expense and thus millions Of acres be
con eited into fine farmin: and fruit lands 1t
has been demonstrated that grapes and otner
uit may be grown in mid-descrt and Will ripen
from month to six weeks earlier than In
ther parts of the State. while near the Colorado
Xiv er all temperate AMI semhtropical fruits grow
abundance II the concessi n be granted by
The present Congress 1t will mean a boom for what
has been regarded q WORTHLESS desert.
The strike on the two cable roads shows no SIN
Of imlne late en- ing. The strikers are CROWN:
10 demonstrative every day and although the
Suffer Street Company is running nearly It's full
Implement of cars by day. tonight only an &C.
casiona car ventures out for fear OF accidents !"
"Stcrday several passengers on the hoise-car
branch the Sutton Street road were hurt by
stones thrown by boys Every car carries po-
oman, but these guardians thus far have failed
TO arrest any Of the miscreants who threw stones
he strikers have lost much Of the public sym
pathy at first extended to them. On the other
and Superintendent McCord has been needlessly
n with the men and at the outset precipi
tated the strike by cursing che committee that
waited on him and swearing that he would make
hem work for dollar day McCOrd Is the
nan who in the last campaign organized a gang
of shoulder hitters and tried TO break VI Re
publican club in the city. All the Suffer- Street
men are bitterly hostile TO him and this personal
illfeeling largely prevents compromise.
An anticlimaX to the striking epidemic is fur
nishcd by the messenger boys, who are parading
through the streets To excite sympathy. They
want seventy-ivc cents per day.
The Citrus fniI viii has been held at Sacra-
mcnto Throughout tho week WAS the most complete
exhibit Of rs kind ever he'll in the State Twenty
two counties In the northern and central ra,t OF
the state were represented whereas previous
exhibition has included more than five counties
Resides oranges and lemons all the products OF
the northern counties were displayed. The fair
demonstrated beyond question the fact that In
the foothfll region far north Us shasta good
ORANGES may be grown without special protection
from frost or winds The managers of the fair
propose TO TRANSPORT the exhibition TO Chicago
.. .Lo .auroads hnAa anreed Ln CAREY tho fr,,it