New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-04
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
WATCHING STEAMERS CLOSELY-IHE NE
PUBLICAN CAMPAlGN-MWH1RT
MURDLR-TO RESTORE AN
OLD MISSION.
OLD MISSION.

OLD MISSION.
San Francisco Sept 3.-Thc fear OF choiera Has
spread even to this city, and the reports ifo" "
York. as well as the Presidents proclamation ""'o
led to active local precautions against VIC o"'' =;
Of the disease San Franciscos chei u""e
f,o,, tho Panama steamers which will be watcheo
closely The reports from Austraha an" |"i''"
show that the cholera has not appeared az any
n,r+s in the two countries OF course they al
WAYS have cholera in the native quarters Vi
nor,s but il is seldom epidemic. The scourge that
has reached Persia does not appear to nave traV-
.lled further eastward In Australia smallpox Is
virulent IN Sydney, but 1t Is feared that the
s4earners which pass near cholera-infectcd ports,
,yn1 carry the disease to Sydney and Auckland.
The steamer Mouowai. which arrived yesterday,
was carefully gatcd, although she had clean
bill of health. The health officers are making ne
roic efforts to clean Chinatown, but the work is
discouraging because of the large number OF
shanties reeking with filth which line the alleys
and which would have to DO burned to make the
work effective.
The Republican campaign will open tonight
throughout the State. In this city great mass
meeting will be held, the speakers being George
A. Knight, a prominent lawyer, and Irving NJ
Scott the builder of the new cruisers Charleston
and san Francisco The Republican plan of cam
paign has been carefully matured, and the leaders
are confident of success.
The foul assassination Of Louis McWhirter, one
Of the most prominent lawyers and politicians of
Fresno, has excited strong feeling throughout the
State, while in Fresno popular sentiment is so bit
ter that il may yet lead to lynchlng should
proof be secured against any Of the suspected per-
sons. The murder would have Deen credit to
Kemper County, it was carried out in so cold
blooded way. McWhirter had exposed the ras-
cality of the local Democratic ring, and he babe
fair TO overturn their rule at the coming election,
90 two assissins were hired to kill him They
succeeded and escaped, hut should they fail to be
brought to justice the men who employed them
will taste the fruit Of their work, for an over
whelming vote will be cast against the old ring
reward of scr, 900 is offered by McWhirter's rela-
tivcs and friends for evidence that will convict
the assassins
The Hiberna Savings Bank moved to-day from
Its old site at Market and Montgomery SITS, 10
its fine, new granite building at the corner Of
Jones and Market SITS.
For weeks Oakland has been excited over the
Liljegren divorce case. II was suit brought by
the Rev. F. L. Liljegren, of the Swedish Methodist
Church, against his wife for infdelity She has
good voice and is fair to look upon. One of
her husbands devices was 10 lay trap for her
and by help of "divorce detective" he obtained
evidence, but the judge threw it out. divorce
was granted however, on her European record.
The death Of Mrs. Martin Murphy at San Jose
this week removed one of the best-known pioneer
women of California. She came to California in
l643, and her family has always exercised "a
strong influence in Santa Clara County. Her
estate amounting 70 S5,0O0,OOO, was divided
-. ol,;i no ..,,d har hue
the founders of the College OF Notre Dame in
San jose, and her charities We're many.
Tic overturning of the Yosemite stage enc day
this week is noteworthy simply for the eXtIaor
binary cause of the accident. swarm of hornets
suddenly descended the four horses it
rounded Inspiration Point, at the entrance of the
valley, and the leaders jumped over the cliff and
were strangled, while the stage was upset. and
, tie three men on board werr oil injured This is
the first Serious accident on any stage road into
Yosemite Valley for many years. Hundreds OF
tourists are conveyed every week over the three
mountain ranges into the valley, but so excellent
are the teams and skilful the drivers thdJ accl-
dents are almost unknown
small grove of big trees has been discovered
in Placer County, on the middle fork of the Amer
s1nd K hy William nG' iTE student
Stanford University. lie thinks that this grove. OF
which only six trees are standing, marks the eX-
IRENE northern limit OIL -IONNH VI tic Nt"Ot'
gigantea. Some of the fallen trees measure twenty
feet in diameter. The grove has probably been
saved from complete extinction by dense grove
OF sugar pines around II.
The old Mission of San Luis Rey. near San
Diego, is to be partially restored and will serve
as IA retreat for the Franciscan order, VINO nnd
Mexican rule heavy in these days. The Govern
nent of Diaz has imposed sharp censorship on
fhe Franciscans, and To escape this and other
annoyance they have decided TO occupy the san
Luis Rey Mission, which was founded BY their
and richest of the California missions, but it's
decay was as rapid and complete as that of the