New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22
IN THE GOLDEN STATE.
CENSUS ENUMERATION - PRIZE-FlGhIS =
LOWER CALIFORNIA-ALASkA

my TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRrpuSE.I
San Francisco, June 21-Great uiss'''S'"'''o"
is expressed over the taking OF the locai oehs"''
as the work has not only been poorly oohe' puV
n large number of people at country resorts can
NOT he included No worse time lor getting
accurate figures could be selected. as the ehuhe-
rators started in the very week ai'er oie cioSe
~ file pubc schools. The result was they mlsseu
hundreds of families whom they "ouiu nave
caught a fortnight sooner. The policy Oh SecuI
ing information from servants leit III cn"'se VII
houses has been followed by many enumera'ors
yhen they could not learn the country addresses
Of families 1t is estimated than the iai'i,s y" ~
tho census. due to careless work. will be from
5000 to $4,000.
Governor Watcrman's letter urging Tile Az
torncy General to put an end to prlze-hSn'ihs III
the athletic clubs Of San Francisco ana o'"e'
California cities has added to the pubic sehu-
ment called out by the killing Of a man IN "ol'e"
Gate Park in fight last week A'torhcS -',n'
eral Johnson will proceed against any o"e"'.''
and Chief of Police Crowley has lssueo al o,"''
that all the spectators and participants III go
fight in San Francisco Will be arres'eu' -"
result has been the postponement of several
matches which were to occur this month ~ 10
n,ohable that test case will he made AT one Oh
like the California will do without sio9gins
matches until il is seen whether the law can be
orforced The trouble which Chief Crowley has
mot is that majority of the judges Of the courts
,,ere rccrlor attendants ut the fights and had so
etrono n fellow-fccling for the soggcrs thar they
invariably dismissed any prisoners with hohi-
inal fine. which club managers promptly paiu'
United States Marshal Gard, of Los Angeles has
10
II hears ont the story sent TO The Tribune IN
nearly every detail, and the proof is made stronger
bv aNidavits from seven reputable crlzehS'
Arrivals from Lower California report great en-
element among the Mexican residents over tne
proposcd capture of the peninsula when all
admit could have been easily carried out. 30
great was the Mexican Governments alarm that
il is probable that hereafter a much larger force
~ ,roops will be stationed at Ensenada and along
the border. The exposure of the plot has maze
IL UNPLEASANT for the Americans in Lower Call,
fornia as il has added to Mexican jealousy anu
suspicion.
That historic old tub, the Iroanois. Is again on
the dry-dock NJ Mare Island. The last time she
was repaired at the Navy Yard her speed iell
from nine To six knots Naval experts are now
Specializing whether she will make any headway
nj all when she again escapes from the hands OIL
rcparers She is still stanch vessel, and those
who have seen her at sea declare that she woutu
make good speed if properly navgated and sails
used to the full extent
This was tie livelicst week in Pine Street for
months MS PotoSi was rushed from Sc 10 81 III one
day, and all ncighborlng stocks sympathiZed WIN
it, Small operators who had been shortlng
the market wcr all cleared out but brokers en-
loved the week. as their commissions were large,
and the Offices looked rs they did four years ago
when the big strike was made in Consolidated
virginia.
Mr.. +. Lafran, once a wcll.known journalist Of
New-York, but now mining expert. has Just re-
turned from Honduras. where he has pcch super
intending the placer mines recently bought ~
an ENGLISH syndicate The mines are at 6ayafa,
and, though they have not Yet been developed
they promise well. Mr. lafTan took down en-
perenccd miners and mechanics. most OF whom
have married native women. 10 was attacK"i
by malarial fever and forced 10 leave the country
Faust up 20 Date" has done fair business
M Ialdwns but the hit OF the week has been
The old Homestead al the California Theatre:
Manager Harry Main has been smiling 10 himself
all the week because so many clever cXpcr's;
who did not look at The play-hils, mlstook Archic
Boyd for Dcnman Thompson himself.
Southern Arizona has Just been saved from one
of the worst drOuths known in the history OF thc
Territory. 40 rain had fallen since last Scptem-
hcr and fully 30 per cent of the cattle hhd per
ishcd the valleys and mcsas being covered witn
corcnsse, The ranges were heavily 0NerstOckcd,
cosc-croppihg Of feed adding 10 the suffering lsil-
ally rain does not fall until September but II u
had been DELAYED until then this year, no cattle
would have been left. Last week the Indians pre-
dictrd heavy rains. and this week the rains came,
filling al the lagoons and starting tho grasses.
Letters from Juanita, Alaska, say that that
Mace was never so dull before. No one can be
induced 10 nut money into the mines since thc
Bars Nest swindle. and most of the old miners
who have held their properties for a high price
are getting starved ont. southern Alaska Is illi
of low-rradr ore, much Of which may he worked
ms economically as the Treadwell mines. but no
capitalists will risk their coin on the best pros
poets Il is safe TO say that the Bears Nest fraud
IL .,,If m fpH-a al n
900 has retarded the mining development OF
Alaska for several years.