New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
pryTuE WILL cAsE-MIss FIELDS
10 RESIGNATION WITHDRAWN.
80, ,caArn TO THE rkBuSE.l
,.'no;sco. Aug. s.-smoli progress has boen


nsde ~ ,r,n however, that the grandfather |
\ has "'" -, o,aimant. the natural daughter OF
.'s .as medical quacl in England, ana
bVspe' .,mos narrowly escaped Imprisonment ior
81 ,,aa The reading of his Advertisements
n@ ,hat he inserted personal thanks from
s'sss,s rant and sherman for his alleged ser
80 as bosnital physician during the kepeihoh'
" .,;s medical fakir never left England VII ne
o. - here with the claimant, the reading oil TINS
literature caused much amusement NVuhsei ior
plr,he,s iuegimate daughter are ping up letters
..-s;,,en 70 her and her mother by the ola null
;orsire as evidence that he recognized lhe eh'iu
=. his heir The curious feature oil inc con'esV
T. ,hat the suit is brought under speclA statute
md whs, constitutes recognition OF an iiegi'linale
h;ld has not been definitely settled by the courts
=, ,,os thought the decision in the Jessup case
,o,,led this one question, but the supreme court
,h,.,v the whole matter into doubt again py
ordering rehearng of that case.
r,,u Starr King monument fund now amounts
- sII 400 and a model of the statue has been
made by d. G. French New-iork sculptor.
Tho s,stue will be of bronze, and he 10 l-2 feet
high II represents the great pulpit orator as de-
bvering an address The statue will be cast here
and erected in Golden Gate Park.
Joseph A. Donohoe, of Meno Park, has offered
medal 70 he given to the first discoyerer on this
coast of every new comet, and 10 the first OBJ
server who makes IA precise observation of tele-
Rsconc perjodio comet at any of it, expected re-
Turns. II is q curious coincidence that the same
week which saw this recognition OF astronomer
research Witnessed an offer by j. Mervyn Dona-
hue. another Californian, of purse of $1,000 for
prize-ight between Kilrain and the Australian
negro Peter Jackson, provided the contest should
take place in San Francisco.
Morris Baum the fugitive politician of this city,
who proved TO be a dcfaultcr in several thousand
dollars as we'll as q forger, has taken refuge IN
Bremen.
Superintendent Ruth r. Ford, of the California
Cotton Mills at East Oakland, has sent letter 10
the State Board of Trade urging the farmers TO
plant cotton and promising to pay good prices iOr
ginncd unginned cotton that they may denver
TO him. lie says that cotton can be grown prohl-
ably in all the great valleys now devoted NANNY
10 wheat, and even allowing for the high prlce OF
labor for picking, the profits would lie larger than
from wheat.
July was a quiet month in real estate bnt the
building record was heavy, as the contracts
amounted TO over 100000, bringing the seven
months record up to nearly s5,0000oo. which is
geo 0OO more than for the same period last year
Miss Kate Field has informed the State Viii
cultural Commission that she withdraws her recent
resignation as lecturer. Her main reason IS that
she does not propose be driven out OF the lecture
field by the Prohibitoaists.
representative of Peter c. kellogg, New
York auctioneer is expected here in a short time
IN make arrangements with the Viticultural Com
mission for regular auction sales of California
wires in New-lork The auctloneer beheNes lhat
by giving proper guarantees to purchasers Oh tne
quality of the wine this VIII prove the Pest
means for tho general INTRODUCTION
of California wines and brandles at the last T.
President Wetmore OF The COMMISSION , ht,la n
will be a success if nothing except wine III DOeies
is handled as should wine be sold IN DulA the
pool could easily depress prices. WINE niG iaSy
Mana and soncma winedoaiers conn laih pl uiili =
entity in dsnosing OF wines. the grapegroWeTs OF
the Pomona Valley, in Los Angeles C?un'y re-
ceiye orders from England for all me cmiaret,
sherry, port and brandy they can make Many NY
of he eolonists in Pomona are English, ana the
wine company there has taken great pans, 10
maintain the standard OF wines sent to the Eng
Ilish market.
J DE Barth shorb this week reported the re-
sults of his investigation Of the vine disease IN
Southern California This disease appeared ABOUT
six wears ago in Anahem, and durlng tnis periou
has destroyed fully 1000 acres OF GhoLce Fings
Neither Shorb nor DR. Dowlen, OF England. VINO
assisted him can throw any hight on the canss
of the malady The root and stalk DECAY anu hn
three years generally kills the Vlhe' ohorD .S-
leves the disease is due to Il fungons CROWN
while Or. Hardness thinks it is attributable TO
climate and soil.
This week through trains from san Francisco
ran TO Pacific Grove, near Monterey, inc seaS vi
the Chautauqua meetings and many other rehg-
ious aud educational conventions. This summer
resort among the pines by the seaside now num-
bers over 5000 people during the season
petition is being prepared in Tulare County
asking Congress TO abolish sales of timber lands
in eli the mountain ranges of California. Inc
effect Of the stripping of timber from the Sierra
Nevada range i'm Kern and Tulare counties has been
nearly 10 dry up Kings River and TO make 1uiare
lake only three feet deep in the deepest part.
Within ten years the lake has receded ter miles,
and if the timber cutting proceeds at the present
rate by the end Of the century the lake viii not
only be dry but Kings. MERGED and other large
rivess that come down from the mountains VIII
no longer furnish any water for irrigation Most
OF the mountain timber lands are held by syndl,
Gates or Spectators and the finest timber is reck-
lessly wasted, as the redwood forests have been
in Humboldt County.