New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01
BEYOND THE SIERRAS.
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE-COSTLY STATE INSIl-
TUTIONS-R. L. STEVENSON
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San Francisco. Sept. 3o.-For week the police
force of this city has devoted almost its entire
attention to the search for the men who hrr'
the fatal dynamite bomb on the water from;
last Sunday morning. killing four men and N
turing two Others one If them so badly that
he will be helpless for life. Three union sailors
arrested under circumstances only slightly sus-
picious Immediately a,tcr the explosion, are held
in close confinement bnt are AS yet charged
with no crime Scores of men have been seized
and Intercepted in secret without result. Inc
finding in lodging-hOnSc of a vaise containing
dynamite, fuse, and saws such AS UNION sailors
have used for cutting the anchor chains Of
vessels manned by nOn-union men was beheVe'
to be the best clew; hut the man whose name
was printed boldly across the valisc has been
arrested and tells such clear, straightforward
story that this line Of Investigation seems -
have failed apparently. The valise is connected
in some way with the crime, perhaps as a
blind" 10 mislead The detectives.
Without doubt, this dynamite affair was one Of
the worst crimes the coast has known The
perpetrators OF it did not mean to blow mp the
men who suffered. That purely an acct
dent. The intended victims were man who runs
non-union sailors bcarlng-housc his wife and
children, and his dodgers. There seems to be no
strong hope of catching the fends, and, even Ii
accident leads to THEN detection. conviction Will
he exceedingly difficult.
Public attention has been called To a serious
drain on the State Treasury. in the sh9pe o.
contributions toward the support of institutions
for the care of the Delinquent dependent; and de
fective classes There are State prisons, five i'll
sane asyuns and six other large institutions, with
a total of 900 inmates. In ioIty-iour year
these places have cost more than $50 COCOON
Last yedr the running expenses were S2.1Ooo"o
Experts for the State report that the Ier capi''
cost is nearly twice that in any other state
The Past Masters Association of the Masonic
order in San Frau cisco has about decided t. ADOPT
feature unique for Masonry. Pablo rhS'o"'
services under the auspices OF the ord"r are /"
be held on Sunday evenings in the M'somc lclhpir
An extension Of the prosperous and widely
known Association of California Pioneers has
beon formed undcr the name OF .,rgonauts OF tdh-
fornia. Tie Pioneers admit no person who came
~ the State after 1919 The now order VIII let III
any white man who has been III California 10Y
twenty-five years it, purpose Will De IN eiiec'
the same as that Of the Pioneers
On Thursday. October 90, the ba.llcship Oregon
rov, q, the WAYS AZ the Union Iron Works, TINS
city will be laun,hcd. Governor PennoYcr' o.
OREGON 1as select Miss Daisy Alnswoith, oil
Oakland. who has h'cn also prominent IN oregon
society 10 name the vessel. The launch VIII 'c
made a social affair if tie weather be peasant
many bay parties having been arranged.
Hussia's interest in the sealing question is evil
doncod by the recent arrival here of Nicholas
,irebnetzky. governor If the Commodor" Islands
which include the !, .,ian seal rookeries. ne came
over from his o.lc.ai post on Bring lslahu' ' ~
been summoned = -. Petersburg Tor cOhlcr'n,c
IN matters touching the seal fisheries II
SrongIt with him the papers Of seven sealing
schooners includn- one American vessel; VIM
were overhauled h,rause they Nen'urn 49,, ll-i.
the thrty-mile zollr around the Russian rookeries
Tho cruise Of Coi.nf Fe,tetics, son-n-aw OF j.
y uec'in in his NV Yacht. tn, De- Talna, VIII
soon Lerin Nltn hi, wife, th" Count Will Nl-lt
the South Sea Islands least Known 10 nay ;sIIs
brin--ing up at sydney The yacnt : deeply a''en
win !argc quantities of provisions anu GoC's n'u"
for the native trade. Although the Count has APP
Piled for a rowing license for pleasure cLuisg
II is understood that he wiil &c some Hd''"7'
possibly for south Pacific curio'
The United States cruiser Boston, 80 long on
c1,ard over American interests at Honolulu l. eA-
rrscted here ri ONT October g. IL i reported mat
her hull j. 80 deeply pittcd by rust and marine
arowths that oc plates VIII nave 10 ~, Tr,,,d
She will 90 ou- ~ commission at Mare If'lah"'
where SHE wi, be drydockcd for rcpa!s
Literary y. cpl. here. who had been expecting a
,.;s;+ from Po'nrt Louis Stevenson, were mhch
disappontod - learn that The novelist. VINO 9aI'
mn in the last Australian steamer. stcpd AZ non
oiulu intendin@ TO return soon - m, SCUM 0'''.
Passengers Oh thc steamer say mat b" WI ~ P'o.
beaIth and that L. took the trip for the penrht
Of sea air an change Of climate. He has ior
months had a -iow fever
Mrs John Dr,w this week aided another 70 her
parts. playin. oa Mo,dav night for 'h" ir- line
Widow Warren. in the Old English comedy ~,
Road 70 Ruin From artistic point OF Nlr"
The perfornanc. Wa gratifying Success, bat the
ENGAGEMENT VS. financially Il failure