New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
FIGHTING CORRUPTION - SHIPMENTS OF
BRANDY AND WINE LITERARY.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE ThiBUNE'I

Francisco,
validity of the Grand Jury has monopohzeu az
tention here this week. Superior CouI' JUG
Wallace sentenced Richard Chute, local boss
.o q ane and inprisonment for refusing to obey
a Grand Jury subpoena. Chute got out WITH
- bobeos corpus. and this was heard before an
other SUPERIOR Court Judge, Murphy. The latter
decided that the Grand Jury was illegally CHOSEN
and discharged Chute. Meanwhile Buckley anu
his satellites had fed from the State rearing on"O
they would be involved In Chutes trouble Inere
is no question Of the irregularly OF Une uian"
Jury selected by Judge Wallace He rejected ohe
names of several prominent citizens ana 'seieo',a
as foreman Barclay Henley, Democratic pun
tician. who had served one term In congress IroN'
California Another member OF the Jury Is 'eie
miah Lynch who last year Issued o.V"i
pamphlet exposing Boss" Buckeyes tne1ts Ifooi
the CITY, The whole makeup OF the Oranu 'uiS
leads to the suspicion that it is plan on 'uuso
Wallaces part to make Democratic capltal anu ~
boom himself The war-cry of the Keiornneis ~
% Dovn with the Boodlers but it is difficult 10
see how by the ordinary processes the poii'ioi','
who have robbed the city and State may be
roocbed Unless the courts can be purified it Will
be impossible to secure conviction even II the ac
cusqd men are indicted The only way to accom-
plsb any reform would be for prominent citzehS
of both parties to unite and organize move
ment for the prosecution of the men who nave
brought the State Legislature into contempt
mass-meeting was held last night TO protesC
AGAINST the release of Chute but, as usual IL ulu
nothing except to give the speakers opportunity W
air their rhetoric. Judge Wallace, VINO Is al tiie
head of the present Democratic Reform 1arce'
is ambitious TO gain seat in the Chl'eu ou"teo
Supreme Court but he is SO cordially hated ny
Justice Field that the latter would rather see
Republican in his place than Wallace Inc hsh'
against boodlers and corruption, which Ought 10
be made outside of party lines, is therefore con-
trolled by petty personal motives anu oon
sequently it is hopeless to expect any good results
A corporation, composed OF fourteen young
native Calfornians, has been formed 10 plaht ioo
acres in prunes in Pajaro Valley, just below Santa
Clara Valley. 1t is expected TO make this one OF
the largest prune orchards in the State. as each
year new acres will be planted
England is becoming one of the best patrons OF
California wine and brandy. The market was
first opened by the sweetwine makers OF POMONA
many of whom are English. and IL has no" Ill
creased until an entire cargo of wine and brandy
has been shipped this week on the Clan MacKeh-
zie. which carried out 10000 gallons of WINE ana
81. 900 gallons of brandy. The whole cargo Is
valued at Ss5 900. English buyers prefer young
wines and brandes they claim that they nave
the best facilities in London for agelng wines
Ii is estimated that the wine and brandy snip
ment to England this year will amount TO hait
million dollars.
The death of Captain Gustavus Adolphus
Hull, recently retired from the regular army De-
cause of age. caused much sorrow here where he
was greatly esteemed. Captain Hull was promi-
ncnt in the religious world and Just before his
death had been chosen again as Superintendent
of the First Baptist Church SUNDAY school In this
city, Captain Hull wrote the dedlcatory hymn
which was sung at the opening of Stanford
University.
The first night of Mr. Pacheco's new play,
"Incog," drew fashionable house and the YER
dict was that the play was one OF the clevereSt
farces seen for long time "Sinbad' scored
success. but all admitted that it was too large
spectacle for Baldwins Theatre and would have
been seen to better advantage at the Grand Opera
House.
The first number is issued this week of The
California Illustrated Magazine" edited by Charles
Frederick Holder weilknown by his articles in
Popular Science The aim of the new maya
zine is 70 give a large space to Pacific Coast III
tcrcsts but at the time not to neglect general
literature and national questions. Among the
articles in this first issue are an illustrated paper
" Los Angeles" By eA-AlayOr spence Califorlas
Opportunity at tie Worlds Fair" by NJ. II. De
Young; 4 California Deer Hunt by Theodore
S Van Dyke, and The Desert Sea-" by II. ~
Rust The magazine is of the size OF Scribners,
The illustrations are artistic and the cover Is
the color of the California poppy. 1t is to be
issued monthly at SO year.
The lake on the Colorado Desert, which has
excited so much interest among scientists, shows
no signs Of leaving it's new home at Saton. II
is thirty miles long by ten wide, and though
the inflow doesn't equal the evaporation the waters
apparently are not recedng. The owners of the
salt works at Salton will probably attempt to
stop the crcvasse in the Colorado River through
which the food water is now Touring into the
desert. Manager DurbrOw Of the salt works has
just made trip of inspection 70 the break in the
Colorado banks and is satisfied that the water can
be permanently prevented from running into the
desert
LIKE IOHONK INDL1N CONFERENCE.