New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
vrur cAsE-RACING-NEw COAST RAIL
poAp-TRADE STATISTICS.
TO THE TRIBUNE.

r.;sco Aug I0.-The Blythe case mas |
.,ad nv few interesting features this week
,ho,, the only thing which reheVes uhe uc"uV
..a;rr, Is the humor Of Judge Coney' Oile o"y
- ,,.oo, lawyer objected TO the Introduction OF
.,.".t - the marriage of a witness when the !udge
r.marked oh, admit IT, Leu nave one "s"i
ua,r;ase in tie case, anyway
The San Frarcisco Stock Exchange has at last
,.'.sss a. investigate the serious charges against
,ho management of the Savage Mining Company.
m. charges made by the Mining Association are
,ha, ,bere is an unex planned difference OF s2l $4,000
he,wscn the car sample assays OF ore and the pulp
.ss,vs NJ the mills They allege that the stock
holders have been robbed of this amount, and ask:
.If this large sum has been openly abStracted,
,hat do the secret steslngs amount TOP Dis
.ortsn,ed stockholders tried recently to Gust the
old directors but failed to secure enough votes;
hence the present appeal
Edmund T. Dooley. former superintendent of the
Rows and Girls Aid Society, is charged with vast
inc the estates of several minor children of whom
he is guardian. DOoley about two years ago was
appointed to manage the Southern INDUSTRIAL
Home at San Diego, for which the late Mr. Pierce
Jeff 81. ooo. 900 There were TO be industrial and
manual training schools, but nothing yet has been
built. Dooley has retired because the executor
of the estate thought he put in too many bills for
expenses,
There is n good prospect that the police will put
an end TO the smuggling" contests which have been
carried on here in open defiance OF law In the
variety theatre in which Killen was arrested two
men have been killed in so-caled sDarring exhibit
tons within a year. and at the athletic CLUBS
many brutal scenes have been witnessed
The Bay District Association races, announced
for this week failed to come off because of the lack
OF entries The Palo Alto. Pleasanton. Nalensin,
Hickok and Griffin strings were on hand, but IN
the races set for the first two days only two entries
were ready for each. To avoid the suspicion OF
unfairncss the meeting was declared off. Pre'i-
dent Iinchman of the association says he was pre-
vailed on by the principal turfmen TO announce inc
meeting so early in the season, but many who had
promised entries failed to get in. This fiasco will
haye a bad effect on races this fall
new coast railroad Is projected, 10 run from
about San Mateo to Spanishtown, and thus reach
the large belt of fine redwood timber near san
Grecorio This timber lies along the mountain
ridec west of Crystal Spring Lake, and the inter
csine question he raised viii the cutting OF TINS
Timber allow the ocean winds and fOgS 10 sNeep
over the San Mateo Valley, which Is now wen
shetcredY
Trade statistics for July show some curious feat
ures. Thrce-quaiters OF a million ia ". N'c ~,
dollars was exported TO China. and the totil en-
ports of Mexican dollars to the ORIENT Tor teNeh
months this year amount to 50. 25UOoV. as against
81 40, 900 for the corresponding period OF IaSt
year This increase is due to the great scarcity
Of coin in China.
The Weld Of California quicksilver has been ex-
trrmely small fr some time he receipts Tor
JUN were only .?iS TASKS. ard the exports only
81 tasks The tot ii exports for tine first seven
month, were only 3l54 TASKS, mo- one-half thai
Of the similar period last year. The exports OF
wheat and -four have been heavy for July. The
heaf exports were over 2jG, 600 centalS. and OF
H.ur I0i Oup barrels. This large export OF 1ohr
Wa duo - a heavy demand from Great Britain
During thc mouth the largest wheat cargo ever
shipped To Brazil left th' port
Frlit-rrovcrs in Sacramento and Los Angeles
were much alarmed this week over
,cuorts that the plum curculio had made It's
appearance IN several ORCHARDS PM me e., S' ao
- uctivc rest in Sacramento thus far California
has he'd several raVascs OF the curcuho
valuable book on iruit-growne in California,
Ivy Edward j. Wicks0l, lecturer on horticulture
i'm the State University. was issued this week by
Dewey a Co. of this city II is the first com,
prrhcnsivC manual on the subject aud gives tull
directions for the cultivation Of all fruits. with
IN, localities i'm which the particular varict es
have been found TO flourish best 1t is finely
illustrated
The bullion product of the Comstock Lode for
tht quarter ending june 30 was about 10000
tons. valued at $4,000 The only dividend
paying mine is the Consolidated California and
Virginia. which, with the exception Of two months.
has paid fifty cents month all through During
most of the year it could he bought for 81 a
share. The cost of production in all the mines,
owing 10 cXtravagant methods and the high prcc
of milling is enormous. This Is the dull season
on the Comstock, and the piling up of assess
ments most of the mines has knocked prices
down to bedrock.
The new Government survey of the boundary
line between Nevada and California is about
completed, and il is reported that Lake Tahoe is
almost entirely within Nevada, the line cstab-
lished by Van Schmadt is a long way east Of
that laid dowl by the United States survey.