New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-08
TIE TALK OF CALIFORNIA.
CHINESE DRAGON PARADE" CHRONICLE
BuIIpNG-STANFoRD UNIVERSITY
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c.. r..rc;.co Sent. THE Chinese dragon
-. this week. which filed through the streets
90 Chinatown for two days. illustrated 'he s"s"
;neucnce Christianity has had upon the coohe
The narade was in honor OF the Uou OF Nn"i'S'
who in remote antiquity saved q province run
-. This dreaded enemy was typfed by
''...or o,er no feet long carried by forty men,
,T,n ,,nooessiop was marked by many lesser delhes
~ ,nan,,Scence of costumes and by the large
number of Young children in line. In passing
,hroucb the chief streets, frecrackers were eN'
,lodod and the smoke of these and OF the Durh-
inc mink. the sounds Of the Chinese drums' Gym
halls and flutes and the shouts OF the actors
md spectators, made up scene that was purely
Oriental The spectacle was witnessed by seVer"i
thousands of whites.
On the morning after the last day OF the paraue
the dead walls OF Chinatown were naming WIN
b,iobt red posters containing manifesto ol 'ho
merchants and artisans against the CmhSe VT"
sul-General the substance of when mas oeeu Pu'
Isbed in The Tribune Although there Is uonoV
less some eXaggeration in the charges, Pu'ii0
sentiment among the Chinese is welI-nigh uh"ni-
nous against the Consul.
The new Chronicle building is now the most
20 the new City Hall The frame is up to the
tenth story, total height of 1877 feet; ana On
,op of this will be 6s-foot tower. The ouiiding
Is Of steel IRON stone brick and terra-cotta, ana
f. probs bly the first absolutely freproof structure
n he built here. From it's roof one can see clear
over the Palace Hotel. 1t is hoped to have inc
bujlding completed by January Is, 1880, "heh
will be celebrated the twenty-lifth birthday oil
THE San Francisco Chronicle
The sixteenth National Conference OF .Chari-
ties and Correction will meet here next Wedhes-
nav 1t will continue one week. and promises 10
ne largely attended by Eastern delegates as well
as by members of Coast societies. Great prePara-
lions have been made to give the delegates re-
ception that will maintain San FranciSeos repu'a-
ton for hospitality.
The most important street Improvement Tor
wears will be the paving with bitumlnouS rock
of Kearney-st from Washington TO Market Inc
present pavement is a mixture of Belgian block ana
oobblcstones; uneven, dirty and noisy.
The first sale of choice California wine at auction
this wee), resulted satisfactorily. The choicest
claret brought sl3 a case, and fine port sofa at
81 Most Of The purchasers were private pdfues
who bought wine for their C,En USE
A New-Yorlx wne-dealcr has suggested 10 the
yiticultural Commission the formation OF a VINE
trust in California lie says 100000 could be
secured easily in Ncw-YorlS and that the syndicate
could purchase the chief vineyards, paying nail
cash: but the scheme is not thought practcaoie,
US il is impossible to control the market
After nearly a -car of litigation, the State Min
inc Bureau has secured control of the 100000
appropriation made by the last Legislature The
worl, OF, the Bureau in developing good mines has
been invaluable.
Michael Hawkins who made an outrageous
attaek on Mrs. Potter Donohue in her carriage,
was sentenced yesterday to one year in the county
jail and was fined $500. lie persisted IN assert
inc that the discharge OF the pistol was an
accident and that he was perfect gentleman
Edgar Mills has presented TO the Pacific
Theological Seminary s?5O0 to found scholar
shin 10 he called The Margaret Mills Scholar
ship in memory of his wife, who died recently
Dr. George Massey chief botanst of the Dc
yarrlncR Of Agriculture, is re, engaged IN
collecting specimens Of California plants for the
National lIcrbafium at Washington
A few years ago nearly all the iron used here
for railroads rs we'll as for large buildings and
ships, was brought from. the East j., now I'M
other mills furnish the greater part OF TINS
material used on the Coast; So great is the
demand, especially by the cable roads, That the
their plant by two compound Corss engines and
other machinery.
An important sale of Market-st property was
n Id this week. Senator George Hearst bought
sixty-thrce feet frontage ON Markct-st., running
through 10 Ellisst., and adjoining the Baldwin
Hotel for $500. geo, or nearly $4,000 per front
foot Senator Hearst will Immediately erect
fine building on the lot
Eight buildings surrounding the main quad
rangle Of the Stanford University are completed.
end work is being pushed on the chapel. IL is
Senator Stanford's hope that the institution may
be opened next fall. about year from now. 1t
is not his plan to complete al the buildings at
first but start will be made with accommoda-
lions for 800 students of each sex and the in
structiol will range all the way from kinder
garten 10 post graduate studies No one has yet
been found who is willing to assume charge Of
this novel university, and it is probable that Sen
atcr Stanford will be its president.
lncendiaries this week came near wipng out
Ukiah, the capital OF Mendocino County, and the
terminus Of the New DOnahue Railroad one
hotel was set on fire, and saved three times; the
fourth attempt was successful and a number OF
bu, ine.s buildings destroyed. Only the
hack of wind saved the entire town from Gestrnc-
ton. Thee repeated incendiary fires have led
several towns To hire extra watchmen from now
until the rains come this is the worst season
for the sudden spread of fires in country towns,
where everything is dry as finder