New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-14
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
OFFICIAL DELINQUENCY-A BANKS CAREER
CHINESE ARRIVALS.
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San Francisco July l3.-This city has peny
NJ laws and ordinances but the difficulty is to
secure endorsements. The coroner is expected
by law to investigate all deaths where there
Is suspcion of suicide or foul play, yet most of
the mysterious deaths recently have been allowed
20 90 without inQpests. Two cases have occurred
within a week. One was that Of Morris Eek
stein. a commercial traveller from New-York,
whose name was incorrectly sent out as Meyer
He WAS asphyxlated in the Palace Hotel with oil
the surroundings Of suicide, both gas Jets
being turned on and the windows tightly closed.
The coroner said that death resulted from peri
eardtis. and was prevailed on by the relatives
10 hold no inquest. A more fragrant case was
that of Louis Kaplan police court clerk, who
died very suddenly. II is shown TINT he stabbed
himself with sharp paper-knife, and 1t is sus-
pected that he ended his life with poison, yet
the coroner says the wounds were inflicted while
Kaplan was delirous and death was due to
natural causes. 1t reported on the day OF
Kaplan's death that he was defaulter. but an
examination of his books shows that his accounts
were square
The Rank of California which passed its quarter
centennial this week, presents one OF the most
striking examples of successful recuperation from
a great disaster in the history of American imam
cial institution Twcnty-ninc wealthy men
founded il in SEA- the largest stockholders belng
d. o. Mills w. c. RalstOn, T. S. Fritz Alvlnza
HAYWARD, o. F. Griffin, John o. Earl and D. b.
Thomas Its paid-up capital stock was TWO
millions. with the privilege of increase to five
millions. The bank ran brilliant course, ana
the stockholders received more in profits In the
first decade than they paid in for stock. The
memorable year 1875 saw sudden disaster IAN
upon the bank The statement of July oil that
wear showed a surplus of over 81 100000, yet IN
the following month the bank failed. lalsIon
had speculated with the funds and Sought sulciue
As an escape from disgrace IL looked as uhouGh
the bank would never be reopened, but ID. u
Mills came 10 the rescue and he with other large
capitalists, restored the credit of the bank, ana
paid all the Indebtedness Since then the pdhK
has enjoyed a new lease of prosperity, ana the
cash balance TO the credit of depositOrs this
month is over $4,000 900, larger sum than
in any year except the great boom season oil
1874. when ComSt0clI bullion yield turned IN
$4,000 COO In that year the resources were
over 81 9. 600 OOO-now they are S15,50o,0OO. ms
hank by lbs prompt recovery did more tnah All
else 10 establish California credit throughout
the country. and give confidence to the people
of the Coast in the safety of the bank
The public schools or San Francisco are
gradually coming under the influence OF the
politicians Length of service and falth1ulle
in duty have no claims on the School Board "Inc"
is held by the political bosses Tor phahcy III
voting fat contracts TO their henchmen con-
sn,cuous instance of this was afforded this week
when John SWEET, principal OF the Girls c mIg9
School WAS forced TO resign. o"V'o
retired univ lingly, as he Is stu an aDe Icitc1ci
and is in good physical condition. Bal Doss
Buckley, majority in the School Boafu luIoiLi e
HIM that he must co. and u avoid the scandal P 1
ouurrei he resigned. Mr. SWEET may De cdliou
tie father OF the public school system III 1!iis
city. lie was FIRST - oreahze II III ~ mel
f,,bien and for thirty-fve years he mas WorNe1
in various capacities, mainly as the pfihSgIPm vi
a high school For one term NJ was ouuP'Cia
;cndent OF Schools Whcn tne liz airs
and remark, were highly praised; ana ne Wa
specially honored by leading teachers from 'hf
iqAt That such a man sht uld De uflNei 0ut VI
bis Mace by the petty persecution Of Demo
cratic ward politicians who want his place lot "a
favorite has created great Indignation among Vio
friends of the public school system - -;
The School Beard made many other changes IN III
tcacheIs most Of them 10 satisfy tne cI? oi .i ~
blind Bos and fully oneihlrd OF tle p'i arc pe
of the public schools in San Francisco are re-
petition they would be dropped out.
Tie Blythe will case comes up next Mond9y
More than Il score Of laWy erN VIII appear, IePito
, lien es,a,c n''' of the old Welsh millionaire
Knmols are ahoat in regard 10 compromise among
the alleged heirs, who fear If the case one ge' 80
estate As il is the LEGAL fight has resulted ~
the loss of a valuable concession at the NOUN
of the Colorado River, in Upper sonora upon
which BLYTHE had spent many thousands OF uOl-
lars In is TO the interest of San Francisco TO nave
fhe estate speedily settled as the cmef properly
is the block bounded by Market Geary ana Ju
MONT SIS which is now the business part OF me
ritv hut is covered with old, ramshackle build
irGI The division and sale of this property
would lead to the erection OF handsome once
bindings on what is now the most valuable piece
Of ground in the city.
Seventy. four Chinese arrived this week from
China but sixty were bound for Panama ana
NeNico Most Of them were ticketed TO Manza-
Milo and CSuayInas. and their evident intention
is 10 come back up here the unguarded
soutbrrn border. Despite the fact that the he
strction Act is rigidly enforced here, Chinatown
continues to spread, and It's population IS lncreas
ing which shows that there is ii leak somewhere
GUS R1egels, an old miner, who for twenty
wears WAS maStcr.mechanlc for Senator Far IN
yarious Comstock mines died here this week in
extreme poverty. lie retired from active work
several months ago, but was supposed 10 have
fortune of 81 ,enG laid aside for a rainy day.
lie died in filth and squalOr. The nurse who was
hired TO attend him INDUCED in drunken de
hauch while he was breathing his last. His
friends think he was robbed of his securities or
else that he lost his fortune in secret stock
SPECULATION. Senator Fair knew nothing Of his
condition until his death. He paid the burial eX-
penses.