New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
CROPS IN CALIFORNIA.
OPIUM sMUGGLNG-To BREED .TRoTTTNG
HORSES SUGAR TRUST.
tBr rELEaaArn TO THE rkpuyE,,

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TkBUSE.1
San Francisco, April e.--Detailed fruit and crop
reports from all parts Of the State slow that this
year promises the greatest yield on record The
reaction from the senseless land-boomng of the.
southern counties has led to an enormous in
crease in the acreage Of grain, and to the plant
ing Of many thousand acres in choice frut-trees.
Throughout the San Joaquin Valley the increased
acreage is scarcely less marked, owing to the
number OF new settlers, who have bought prop
erty in colonies. and have begun improvements
upon twenty and forty acre tracts. San Diego
takes the lead OF all the counties for its increase
of acreage, which is ive-fold over last season.
Los Angeles reports an increase of one-third. and
San Bernardno, San Luis 0bispo, Ventura. Kern,
Tuiare. Fresno and Butte Counties can show
equally large gains.
Il is impossible TO make any estimate Of the
number of acres Of young orchards and vineyards
which come into bearing for the first time this
yeas but it Is very large in all the fruit counties
The old plaeer-mning counties are rapidly coming
to the front as choice fruit-growing sections.
Tuolumne, for many years celebrated for rich
quartz and placer mining, now counts fruit as its
most valuable crop. One Of the chief shipping
ponts for green fruit to the East is Newcastle in
Placer County. the centre of the old mining
country.
The seizure of 81 5000 worth of Struggled
nuium here this week demonstrates clearly that
another big opium ring has been formed. 1t is
about five years since the old ring was broken up
by the Imprisonment of its leaders. During this
time the smuggers have mainly confined their
attention to the Canadian border. but it is under
stood that heavy importations have recently been
made into this city which have paid no revenue
to Uncle Sam. The latest device of the smugglers
Hl,o CHI
into an old scow and take IL to soap factory in
Butcbertown."
The annual meeting OF the Southern Pacific
Railway Company was marked only by the with
drawal of Timothy Hopkins from the directory and
the election of Thomas E. Stillnan in his place.
Mr.. StiIlman is attorney for the large interests
Of Mrs Hopkins-Searles, which have previously
been represented in the directory by young Hop
ldas. The change was made st the request Of
Mrs. Sesrles, who desired to have more direct
representation at the East. 1t is probable that
Messrs. Stanford, Huntington and Sullman will
have charge Of the company's business in New.
Gork.
California association Of breeders of trot-
ting horses was formed here this week. Among
the prominent turfIpen who signed the roll, per.
sonally or by proxy, were Leland Stanford, Arie.
LathrOp, 0rrin A. Hiekok, J. II. White, L. q.
Shippee. J. A. Goldsmith, L.. Valensin and ]. II.
White. The latter was elected president The
object OF the association is to further in every
way trottng-horse breeding in California.
The purchase of the American Sugar Refinery
by Havemeyers d Elder is q strong addition TO the
power of the Sugar Trust OH this coast. The Amer
lean Refinery has capacity Of $4,000 pounds
daily. and is in first-rate condition 1t has been
bitterly opposed to Sprecles since the latter tried
10 shut it up with a subsidy; and it controls the
OUTPUT of the Sandwich Island plantations, the
owners Of which are hostile TO Spreckles. The
active warfare of the Sugar Trust upon Speckles
Judge Wilson, of the Superior Court, who has
been the bench for eleven years. viii resign his
place next month, to go into the practice of law at
San DE go. The Judges chief reason FOR the
change is the inadequate salary, $4,000 per year.
The managers of Sam Jones the revivalist, made
an appeal to the Mechani IS Institute to reduce the
rent Of the pavilion, because OF the heavy ex-
penses Of this season and the small receipts. The
appeal was refused, as those familiar with the
largo collections declared that not less than $4,000
was collected, while the legitmate expenses were
no. over SO 900. Mr.. Jones hime received 81 200
IN collections for his months labors in saving souls
but what puzzles the public is what became OF the
s5, 900 over expenses which they contributed.
Bishop Kip, who has been thirty-fve years in
charge of the Episcopal Diocese OF California, has
applied for an assistant; but the Church is divided
upon the question OF division of the diocese
Southern California desires separation and an indie
pendent bishop and from present appearances It's
vii hss fs oees 70 nS y Td
Bishop Kip viii probably be stired on pension.
The body of Miss A. NJ. Austin, an old
schoolteacher Of this city, who afterward became
a successful raisin-grower in Fresno was cremated
this week at Los Angeles, according to her own
wish This is the thirteenth cremation at the
creatory, (Which was built by Dr.. Wills, grandson
Of Dr.. Lemoyne.