New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE POSTOFFICE SITE-CRIME IN CHINA
OWN-TOPOLOBAMPO.
;sY TELEGRAPH TO Tue IhIhUNE.1

San Francisco Feb 13.-The public has grown
weary OF the long and dsgraceful quarrel over the
posofice site and il has been specially disgusting
this week by the threat Of the commissioners 10
allow the appropriation 10 lapse unless te seventh
end Mission SITS site be accepted. II looks no" as
though the persistence OF the people VINO nave
been pushing this site would win, but III tins case
the heavy mail of the business district VIII ne
handled at branch Office at the + Try IL l. uhdei
stood that the pO>t0iiicc building here VIII
be in realiiy Government building, Of which the
postoncc will occupy the lower floor ana "oVcfn-
nent officers will fill the other three stories Tins
will leave the present Appraisers building entirely
free for the customs department, which Is sadly
cIamped in its present quarters.
Much interest has been excited here by T. &
Armstrong; scheme for a great 'aliforhla frW'
Trust. which shall practically control the packing
and Chipping Of green and dried fruit. Armstrong
is now inspecting his big ranch near Lodi i'll the
San joaquin Valley and holding conferences there
with leading fruit-growers. Even if he doesn't
succeed his planting a Thousand acres 70 various
fruits has induced many 10 follow his example.
The frst Of next month 1000 olive trees
of the choicest varieties will he planted near
lodi. Tie S;atb Board of horticulture
is also interested in forming combination
of fruit-grOwcrS which will he strong enough 10
secure a reduction in railroad rates. One OF the
main IDEAS is to eliminate the middlemen, who
now get phe lions share of the profits. cOnNeh-
ton will he held at Fresno next Thursday.
The csta blshrnent of police station in the heart
OF Chinatown IA noteworthy incident TIL, week.
IL is TO Judge OF it's effect, but the moral
influence ON the Highhnders cannot fail to be
sautary The fact that fifteen officers, besides.
regular Chinatown detectives, Will make the place
= OH he. &c IN
of the escape of Chinese criminals The High
binders have given signs that they were still active
The murder of old DIR. Ycc which at flrst was
supposed to be for plumber. proves 10 have been /
the revenge of the Hehbinders. because the doctor
was mainly Instrumental in securing truce be-
tween various societies during the New Year
festivities His murderers Lad planned several
blackma expeditions which the truce defeated
henec they held meeting, decided on his death
and coolly murdered MN.
Roland Reed in the Club Friend has drawn
good houses 10 the California, though his own |
friends scarcely recognized him in this dress suit
business. Miss Gale has made a success of her
second week in Shakespearean and standard plays |
at the Baldwin.
Smilerr, bAe Australian sporting writer, made a
dismal failure VI his first lecture here, as onN |
about 100 people We're i'll the hall
The coyote bounty law which was passed 10
dearly one hundred thousand dollars have b'ch
paid ont in nine months 10000 scaits have been
,urred in and s. paid for each scalp thai IS ccrtled
10 as killed in the county where II Is presented.
Kern County heads the list with over 2,jo0
coyotes slain, The next Legislature will probably
repeal the law and compel each county 10 pay out
its own coyote money.
IT is reported that a wealthy Kansas -four manu-
facturer named Hoffman has come TO the aid of
the Topolotampo Colony and proposes TO reoreanize
II. His scheme is. first 10 complete a ditch 70
Fuerte River so that the Colony lands will be
provided with ample water for irrigation, and then
the old company and invite new settlers
The scheme appears plausible. but no one should
70 to this cornmunstic experiment in SlnalOa with
out first a>cerloIning from trustworthy source
the actual condition of the Colony. The pioneers
suffered untold har1ships and recent reports from
the Colony have not been encouraging.
Many colony towns in Southern California have
enforced prohibition from the outset, and even
Riverside has had hard fight against the saloons.
Pomona this week ended the struggle against man
who opened saloon in violation of the ordinance.
il took two weeks TO secure jury, hut il only
required fifteen minutes for the jury TO convict
the saloonkeeper.