New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
AN OUTBREAK OF CRIME-LUMBER MILLS
SHUT DOWN-THE WINE TRADE.
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Inr TELEGRAPH TO THE IEIBUSEl
San Francisco, May ga regular mania for
violent crimes seems to have p0s sesscd San Fran
cisco this week. and singular feature OF it is that
no less than three deadly assaults with pistols
were made by men upon women. In only one case
was the criminal successful, and this was IN q
tenement district, and grew out Of jealousy ana
morphIue. The cowardy attack OF Michael
Hawkins upon Mrs. Peter Donahue must be At
tributCd to insanity caused by financial ruin ana
disgrace, and indulgence in drink. HAWKINS
when himself, was always the soul OF courtesy
and noted for his polItenesS. lie still lansulshes
in jail and begins to appreciate the enOrmiy OIL
his offence.
The latest crime was the attempted shooting OF
his wife nv Willard G.. Wright, who once heiu
u prominent position in Berkeley, th' university
town across the bay. The wife, who originally
came from Texas and WAS divorced wotnaA'
WAS n notorious lobbyist IN the State Legislature
last Writer Wright married her secretly, and then
d;,appcared. lie recently returned and became
jcalon, Of his wife While she WAS reading Ella
Wheeler Wilcox's Poems of Passion to him
II. fired four shots at her. One struck
bcr souarcy in the temple, but the thickness of
the skull nat,encd out the bullet. The woman
is an adventures but Wright was a scholarly
man whose infatuation is mourncd by his friends.
Many sensational reports are circulated about
the burning Of the fine Russian cathedral IN this
CITY There is even doubt whether the fire WAS
inccndiary but th' stories OF burning OF marriage
records and OF plots to murder Bishop Vladimir
are without foundation. The Russian Chnrch
here i, largely composed Of Greeks and Savonians,
many of whom are wealthy. The church, which
WIS beautiful structure, will be rebuilt at once.
M conclusion has been reached IN negotiations
for IN, consolidation of the Mercantile and Me-
cIanics libraries and II looks as though the
Mercantile would continue the struggle by selling
IFS present quarters and moving uptown. 1t y
sadly reduced in membership, and few new books
are added to II, while ITS rooms are shut up ~
: in the evening.
Tho seduction in the enormous demand for rcd
wood mu.hcr from Southern California has result
cd IN clnttinc the market here with lumber Many
ucw mills were bull on Puget Sound when inc
Southern land boom was raging. AMI every t"ot "I
lumber they could turn out was bought ~ Go'h
rr,rrs Now the lumber men have mad" IN agree
rrut to shut down the mills periodically. 80 rs 7"
limit rroduriion. ON Jun" | all th" mills VIII
cIn>.. for u fortnight. lh,> combine" cnd> All
II. ", Of cheap lumber, TO- which babies ha'" bee"
prIyla..
Tho. new; California Theatre. even with sue al
tr,rrj,,, 4, Booth and Hrrct', has not don" d"
GOOD b..>.ur,,. This Is probably owing +" an IN
wise rlm OF doubling the ordinary Pre-" "i AL
mission lhr Booth >cas"u, "iIgintIl' pI"nh'"
lonr weeks, Las Poem r"lncch to three h Sr,,
l,tI.ur AM his aciIng frequently h"iraN> s'Sh' VI
ir,>l,uic Il~ r"rrii, hh> h~n even me- "
anal than on former N.s.i> I" tbs cifA' w." p",
ret has Always been a iaN"Eit" OF San ''"hc'N''
IlayG""Is
TIN, Sire % Sc,a>topol" HIS been a financial
failure " an outdoor show - h'Gan too eatY
IN tI, son The hra,"us oHn'i upon u Tor
urarIy = w,r> after II started. ana t." perform
"n.'r could -" gI'''"
W.unrm Haiti pa.r>. pioneer. who cam" on'
here. Ms, r,r rrrr Dana, IN trhiini E'sr' III
The tniit!r>, has issued THIS week nook oi ~
marI,nnI, ,radnbc "reminiscences. "nitl"d S.Ny
Year. IN laliutnin." lie built u" hrSt Dr'cH
hous" in San FRANCISCO. ernt thr n.s' snp 70
rnI du,f brought to Tins city from places
near Nuitcr'. mil For years hc Was
prom mem ,hprl'E merchant "i San l tnIr,%
and nu .i-,u,Igt" 4 Howard, Brhhh'h' '"''ih"'
and other early m.ihohhires
Franz, II II, who cot up tho sx days pedestrian
rnafrI.r, here hrs Hrd, lca>tns behind host "l
cTcIr - lI">N.ni!rl ever one, i-"m : al ', a.
To- LotcIac"lrr~ and b" viii never y" awe 10 n"''
any m":" fakes III San Francisco
The GolIcn cat" rrun As citation was i"rmSi
~ >,...rur4'u i..r Wrrk ~ orr ">.tI"h !" ,'Hc
California frtIt lH"u. The object IS |" plhr
large and small fr,.lt- growers on III" sam" bass
ami To- loss tie shpI"r to srr'' ms mar
III thu l,-t Ihr r"innisNi"n chafss VIII w
= is,c,l If - I.r cent, ~ IN i" other company
Va accents viii i' employed ~ Nc"-l ok OF M
cac" I'm, r'rr trai >rtIous VIII b" direct WIN
liz. rr.u!.,cIs III ii,s" and other cues.
\ French firm recently established here i
c.,',.rI L,r,r uuauiIiu'~ 81 California Vegetables
tnr iI. Iu,oirr, mhr,r'. lurIr cNi"rt, declare
liz, .,,nr,,I,. .,ro,n uu Ii"I"u Isl nj ~ The
sacramento Rover j. superior IN ihr Long Island
- ,'I.rr TN. pas are ~ finest IN
,l. world Tins linn buys ~" finest vr-cth' les
"a iaty,,"r, and i Pni'Ih en- UP W. r. ~
w IN. IL nrg,r- i I'm That lh"N nave IhF~'
r,,rI, from Pans, LONDON ana N"hih.
YIc p..,pon, Wine Conrany Of san Bcrnarlino
&, r,urI ms week received Ii> third order from
Jr,tirol ivr several handled barrels uf ~
,,,nrs md hraudIr> Pomona Was largely settled
Ia, lr,I,h rnluill.iS and their connection with
lie mother country >-'Us 10 hav" aidrd them IN
marketing Their wines. HE WINE company
;,ucu, d.cliIr> thu, the demand FOR California
,.u.r has Increased over - per cent IN southern
Iu.,l,! dam. In" last year, and that the cnrrt>
ore especially popular 'nc English wholesale
Lou,,. he learned had iusI par an order for
II 600 worth of calIfOrait wines and hrandioN.
\ large me dealer Of N"w-iori, now IN San
FraurI.ru s.rN> that California wines find most
purchasers among tn" middle classes at the East,
la,Iuc ;aur, pilrrS for foreign labels. He thinks
that -".ud t'II' rnIi clarct and whit" wines
would cone into general Ur even III New Eng.
Land II II was not fer tie prohihItion laws and
the result would b. - "Trut improvement in diGcs.
tIon and general health.