New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-24
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE uNEMPLOYED-MIDw1 fAiH-
COLD HUNTERS IN THE DESERT


San Francisco. Dec. 20 (speciaD.-A big mass
meeting in aid of the unemployed VIII pe heiu
next Tuesday Over $4,000 have regis'ereu a.
~. headouarters and Of these a large majority
nn.or IN he genuine workingmen who are eager
% cot something to do Many are married anu
have families depending upon them Their cause
haa heen grievously hurt by the actions oi 'ie
gang of tramps that recently infested the po''-
office site Those fellows refused WORK ""e"
offered them because they objected 10 '"e ""e.'
Since then men have come In here iro'" '"e III
.r,or ond tho north until now the city swarms
with UNEMPLOYED The Southern PACING COM
nanv Is greatly troubled with tramps' "no oo"'"
its freight trains in such numbers that 'he' o""
not be thrown off Superintendent Fillmore sue
gests that each city establish roch-oiea"'"e
yard and make all tramps put IN TWO "ou''
every day breaking stone for street pavement.
Je saws Fresno has tried this plan WIN sie"'
success.
Tho M,dyinter Fair will be formally opehed
nm the first day of the new year anu '"e ca
ercises promise to call out one OF inc '"i So
crowds ever seen in San Francisco lhere VIII
he a big procession and the Governor VIII ue-
49, the main address The music will be fur
n,shed by the special fair band ana 'he Iowa
state Band Very few exhibits will be in place
IN moving goods from Chicago. but the managers
believe there will be enough to see 10 recon-
pense any one for the admission fee
A system Of petty thefts from packages OF
gold dust sent to Wells. Fargo & Co Tor COMING
at the Mint has been broken up 1t seems 'hat
the clerk F. Cullen, who made the deposits or
gold dust at the Mint. took a nugget from
each package. thus making profit OF from you
"a SIM q dav AS there are always impurities
IN gold the owners were unable to prove that
any theft had occurred. The continued discrep-
ancies however, led 10 the suspicion and cullen
was caught in the act
The local theatres are in very bad way Only
two houses-the Grand Opera House and the
California-are open this week AT the Granu
"Sinhad' Is drawing large audiences. because IL
As a holiday spectacle. AT the California Charies
Dickson is doing fairly with Admit'eu To- t .he
Rar" Next week Stockwells will open under the
MANAGEMENT of Mr. Purdy, Fanny Eice nus nus
band There will be no show for StockWei III
creditors to attach, as Mr. Puroy mas s merry
house direct from the owners There Is a N h,
war at the Tivoli the ownership OF TINS no.'e
~ cheap opera William KEELING WIDOW cIa.ns
sole ownership, but this claim Is uisputeu y! .
Ssad managers brother John. There Is pros
nect az costly litigation over the matter With
will probably transfer the prohts OF 'he 'he""V
to the lawyers pockets
The conviction Of Martin O'Neili OF man,
oils
G,1ffs was rightly called by Judge Wailace
miscarriage of justice. The crime whicH o.
CURED after a drinking bout in a water l'o ~
saloon was inexpressbly brutal. out uiiuei VIZ
verdict all that Judge Wallace cuid inpo'ss
was ten years in States prison. when W., VIZ,
credit for good conduct will be reduced 70 apou ,
six and a half years. Tine leiIo" "e'e'''
twenty years behind the bars.
G. Prebie a young German. has Jus, rea acn,o
here from Vladivostock. He crossed opyiia'
following almost the same route taken D! MI
nan in his inspection Of Siberian prisons. ne
found the chief danger to travellers was liO ,
varrant convicts. who roamed the woous ~
winter. He thinks Vladvostock Is desuheu "
he the great trading port Of the orient Wndt
amused him was to find large, nerce usels
near the city during the severest cola Oh
winter.
new mining camp has been opened on ,he
sdre of Death Valley. 1t is located AT uoiei
Fresno County in the Mojave desert placc ~, ~
drv that all water has 70 be brought lMr.! my, n
on muleback Dry washers are used ana tliu us
only the coarsest gold is saved the arr - 'icH
and mans out well large extent Oh
country II looks now as though Dedlh '""o'
would be full of prospectors this winter
Another good rain occurred this week, the 1ail
In the northern counties amounting 10 an ilCh
and a half and in Central California 10 a nan
inch The rain will help fruit trees anu III SeN
oral counties IL was sorey needed by grain