New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-16
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
JUSTICE APPEASED-CROPS-ST DIvI-
SION-LOSSES by STORM

SlON-LONSLA ~ SIOEM
-rro ~ pcca sicNAL coEEfspoNul>r on I'M rninrsr.
san Francisco. Feb. 1J.-Aftcr being over one
year without an execution Justice was appcased
Yesterday hy tnc str1ngng Of % poor cooc, whO
there Is pretty good reason to think, was insane
Nurdcrcrs who have been fed at the cty's eN-
pcn,c Tor four years were passed by. and this
wptchcd Chinaman, who had neither money
friends nor political influence, was served as a
sacrifice. lie LAUGHED. sang. played poker and
-or-ci himself with food almost up 10 the boar
wien hc WIS led to the scahoh. An autopsy
showed tlnors on his BRAIN but the physicians
have not yet decided whether these would cause
insanity. II they admit insanity, they place
expert, wlo declared the Chutuan sane I'm
,cr awkward situation. TIL, execution had no
moral irNgrn.c. because Of The number Of old
criminals p.,srd hy. That regard for the law
Is bcconin. lc-, here is shown hy the increase in
murders aud other grave crimes The ho0dlum
element is growing rapidly, and an outrageous
robbery and assault upon young woman In the
best residence quarter. IN broad daylight, this
week show, tie b..lnc>s of the youthful criminals.
With tie city poorly pohced and iunes III favor
Of criminals. there Is little prospect Of reducing
crime 40 Nlu Francisco
H. the way of amu,cmcnts grand opera las
p
has not been received with the sam" cutIasla
that greeted beer three years ago. The audiences
have been lar.c, hut coldiy critical and su.r.-
An applause SAN Fuuc,>eans like the Atheul4H5.
are c.-cr for some ucW thing. and Tamagno, tie
rf,.t tenor, furnishes this novelty in opera. ~
tlr first performance OF "Othcllo.' on Wcdnes-
day ni-ht. be- W., recalled ten times IN all, and
his singing excited such enthusiasm as was never
seen here before Alhani and Del Puentc also
received great applause
shenandoah is the only play at the theatres
which draws croWdcd houses IN spite of the at
fractions of opera. Frederick Wardc Is playing
~NIreinius" IN tie New California, and next
week viii give The Mouu'cbauk.
The death of Captain j. G. Bunncr. at the
Veterans Home al loantvillc removes man
who had singular career lie came of old
KuickcrbocAcr stock, and, after graduating at
Columbia in 1922, hc entered the Navy and made
the Mediterranean cruise, during which lie saw
Tie poct I,yron received ON his vessel. \ wound
forced him 10 retire from the Navy. but at the
outbreak of the Rebellion he volunteered, and dill
Good service in the Mississippi squadron IN train
ing Naval recruits. After the war he came to
California, and for twenty years hc has been
nearly blind from cataract
school. at Whittier Los Angeles County, was land
tins week. The system pursued VIII DE That OF
placing the Juvenile inmates IN cottages ana CIV
ing them some degree of freedom. Inc sch"'i
, Ina, secured one hundred and SIXTY acres OF good
land and AN effort Will be made 10 carry ON farm
ing and nuit-growing, rs well ~ To ieach trades
The appropriation tor the school Is S@oo,ooo, ana
il Is eXpeccd that the buildings viii be conpleteI
hv nci October. This IS the first school OF the
kind 10 be established IN California.
Tie talk of a division Of the State in which
rs largely rubbish. \ twO-thlrds majority Of thc
Lcltslaturc can never be secured Tor snch
project because most of the wealth ana influence
/, IN the northern and central counties ana inc
representative men of these sections would no
more consent 10 split mp california IMAM new
Workers would agree 10 the division OF their state
Sectional jealousy exists, but II Is mIGciS que
a. the fact that the northern and central cOun-
ties have shown that they can produce goou
oranges and Lemons, whereas me southern coun-
lie, claim n monopoly IN RAISING citrus lruuS.
Oranpc-rrowers OF southern California have
had Il bonanza this year. ms they nave secured
- - pcr box for Washington NaNals on trees
and III 80 for seedlings The crop VIII reach
900 carloads, when Is Il c"hSlu'I""ie Ai'lo"'O
over last year.
In Pomona over 5000 acres will be planted
this season 10 sugar bcctS. EXPERIMENT. mas
shown that the soil Is adapted to the hect' ana
Richnrd Grid and other capitalists VIII import
machinery from Germany and start large mil.
large acreage Of new rasin vineyards will
come into full bearing this year ana owners
are greatly exercised over the labor problem
THE exclusion Of the Chinese has had a tendency
e. concentrate the coolies in the cities. where
they get better wages in factories and domestic
service than they can secure Ill held WORK, ana
il has been found impossible 90 obtain sufficient
supply of white help The labor OF picking
GRAPES and curing raisins is not hard, and even
women and children earn over ~ per day. in
Guiding board, while active men can make -.
The solution Of this problem will probably be
found in the importation of whole families from
the East and their settlement In the raisin dis
tricts with an agreement for regular employ
mcnt Of the men, and work for other members
of the family during the picking season.
Reports brought by cattle men from Nevada
show that the first estimate of nifty per cent
LOSSES by the great storm is not exaggerated
while sheep growers will suffer fully seventy live
per cent. The snow is disappearing rapidly, but
The herds and hocks in Northern aud Eastern
Nevada could not be driven out u the railroad
and persisted before the warmer weather set Ia