Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
OUR San FRANCISCO GOSSIP.
A Row Over Reporter Who Was
Not in Full Dress.
THE CHINESE sYNplcATINe.
Generous Relief Contributions-The
p. ~ O. Steamers Co Land at San
Dicgo-Gettina Ready For
the Election.
A Rcception middle.

SAN Francisco, June 15.--fSpecial Tele-
gram 10 The BEE. The club circles Of San
Francisco are all stirred up over u little affair
at the Bohemian Club, which happened at a
banquet given TO Lieutenant Carlin, of the
United States steamer Vandalia, wrecked in
the Samoan storm. The different news
papers received invitations, and, in response,
the Alta sent John Isaacs, reporter, who
went in ordinary dress. The affair was full
dress, and Isaacs was not invited TO the table
or to q seat anywhere. He reported the
affair to his chief and spirited correspond
encc took place between James /. Robson,
managing editor of the Alta, and Peter
Robertson, president of the Bohemians and
also member of the Chronicle
staff, in which the former classed
the treatment OF his reporter as
"contemptible snobbery.n The fight ex-
tended to the Press club, and the discussion,
pro and con, has been lively.
San Francisco has shown that she de-
serves a reputation for generosity by sub.
scribing over $4,000 for the relief Of the
Johnstown and Seattle sufferers, of which
$4,000 has been sent to Johnstown, $50, 900
to Seattle, and over s., 600 yet remains in the
hands of the treasurer. Other towns
throughout the state have done as we'll, pro.
pOTbiOudOcly. u uOHdJiUB IuuuS III
ready raised for the Fourth of July and FORE
going the celebration
A controlling interest in the Musac con-
cession, large grant of miring land in
Lower California, was sold this week to a
Chinese syndicate, which owns mines on
the Columbia river in Peru, and at
several other localities. The miners are
located in the valley of the Real del Castillo,
about eighty miles southeast of San Diego.
The syndicate will build fumes, erect mills
and smelters, and expects to have from ten
to twelve hundred coolies at work within
sixty days. Besides the mining country, it
has secured extensive fishing rights off the
Mexican coast and large lot of tillable land
for truck farming.
Southern California, and particularly San
Diego, has been thoroughly aroused, for
some days, over the prospect of getting the
Pennsuar and Oriental line of steamers to
make that city its American landing place
for the Asiatic trade 1t was supposed, at
first. that Spreckels' brother was Interested
in the proposed change, but j. b. Alexander,
manager of Spreckles' southern California
business, says Barring Brothers & Co., the
London bankers, who are heavy stockhold-
ers in the Sante Fe railroad, have been try
ing TO bring about the change, in order to get
overland freight for that railroad.
Already guhernatorial candidates are
looming up for 1890. Governor Waterman,
who was elected lieutenant-governo in 1886
death of Governor Bartlett in 1887 has
announced that he would again be a candi-
date before the republican convention. There
is bitter opposition to him. and the repub-
lican candidate will probably be w. w.
Morrow
There has been almost an epidemic Of
murders, suicides and attempted murders
this week, there being no less than eight
since Monday. AS usual, the ever-present
coolie gets in with his knife for goodly
share of them, one having carved his white
employer becaused ordered to do some
washing,
For years the insurance companies doing
business on the coast have had a trust by
which rates have been outrageously high.
Desperate efforts have been made to get the
legislature to pass a mutual insurance bill,
but every session the trust has come down
with its sack and insurance for the people
was defeated Recently the trust has beer
trying to discipline some of it's members, who
have shown disposition to kick over the
traces, and the result is that some of the
bribery work of tho octopus upon the legis
lators is coming out, and the local papers are
making vigorous investigation. Should
the trust be broken, it will result in the
saving of over 50, 600, 600 year to the insured
of the coast.