New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21

THE GEARY LAW-UNLUCKf TOURISTS
THEATRICAL NOTES-CROPS.
1nr rkLEcEArm TO NE TnIDUNKI


San Francisco, MAY l0.-1he Supreme Court
decision UNFOLDING the constituticnai'y oil
the Gcary act has Lccn the chief topic oil com
ment this week in San Francisco and throughout
the State The decision gratifying 10 Naii-
fornIans as the great majority of people mere
could see no lust ground for doubling the power
of the Government to force tie Chinese 10 TcS-
ister The Eastern idea. however. that inc 0c-
cision would be followed hv any acts VI Nlo-
lencc toward the Chinese is erroneous. Inc only
manifestation in San Francisco was small meet
inc arranged by Dr. ODonncll. the dntl-Ch!'cSc
crank. who has been trying Tor years 10 secure
office on the issue that che Chinese must 90
The General opinion is here that Congress must
he called upon either TO extend tn" TINE Ior
Chinese registration or to provide lhoHN 'o'
d.rortinC the coolies The Chinese are no"
alive TO the danger of their position and il
they Mad another opportunity 10 register tieS
wonlJ comply with the law to a mar. They
x.,e simrlv mislcd ~ their legal advisers. who
.nroared confident that the Supreme Court would
doclare the law invalid. There has been some
-xcitsment among the highbinCers in Chinatown
Int the police have easily suiRucd TINS. Inc
Tribune's last comment on the decision was fc'.'
here with pleasure. a. it showed thorough KNOW
edge of the situation in California ana was /"
marked contrast 20 the offensive Pro-O"'
views of most of the other Eastern newspapers
The Australian tourists who arrived TINS weeN
on the steamer Monowai will probably re'n'ii,''i
for their natural lives their sensations wien '''
fonnd that checks sound banks OF 1oioo.'H'
"a Crdnov wore refused by cautious San Fran
cisco cashiers. Several of these tourists "e'o 50
unfortunate as TO hod the paper of collapsed
hanks and for these there was no nope 'h9'""
- an ENJOYABLE visit TO the Worlds Fair anu Eng
rnfu
Monovai was on her long voyage across 'i'e
poo;ec M loss than eleven banks i'll Australia went
ir.o Humiliation. and the very day the vesse' ar
;,,.a tho cable brought news Of two more failures
I-rdor those circumstances il Is not strange '"d'
San Francisco bankers do not care 10 NATURE JAIN
checks from tie Antipod'S
There is a good prospect for the hanging Vi 'o'
.ral notorious California murdcrers since ','V
limited STATES supreme Court has decided tha' ''e
new law requiring all executions h"id III '''c ''''
Prison If san Quentin does not affect the ca'S "a
condemned criminals The technical devices ~
which criminals escape justice or oeler '"r ""F
If reckoning for years would be ludlcrouS "'ic
mt tlc subject one which is OF the graves -"
portance The present month III San r',,'
10. ritnossos oyor dozen bloody crimes. feope
with rae, or ar,cind grievance, have ma ~
e. Tho uistol anparonIlV under the impression '"'''
Con Fr.rcieco ilrcs arr l-nient ana 0ur I"TS ~
construed that 1t is vel nlsh lnpoS'lo n,d ,hara
a murderer 4 few lc-al executions "oIi" "'''>
Sora serve TO clear the moral atmosphere =.
The Olympic Athletic ggH Lost S ros. m Gn M
nion+ The show WAS crowded for week, nu'
the money Leaked awag in rdar aH on who
hnn hann nrccicc,t for c~vcn years and VINO nis
built up the cuG 'radsr,d di reM Sndns on
So. and a laror membership 80 that It's shc-
cess even with large debit seems assurei chic
Nat Goodwin had practically no o 1,rS
wool, * the other theatres are all playin@ iingmN
M ,Soor Vice. s Goodwin made hit at the Baldwin
in * Gildcd Fool. ana CerG,?inS COMEDY
cnived warm rrasr from the critics c.,.o chow
Cron rrrr:S from all par's Of the Nt2'" s ,1,M
that r. r,!,, crop viii b. considerably l,sS I'M
L. ,co~ IT, eo,,.on = tn" DpJtiieI1 ana HS!,t.
nomntics was TOO wet The holdover stock Is hgnt
Of I'm, wheat and barley, and the nay , eio2 70
i;cht The fruit outlook is Very proIs'hs ,
nrnncs and raisn grapes will give large Yields oma
pnricots will be light. There Will De an aNfra Az
Weld of wine grapes California farmers VIII lo,
inve any bonanza crops this year, but the S'dsoh
will be better than for two years