New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-08
BEYOND THE SIERRAS
ICS-CALIFORNIA CLIMATE-FRUIT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ESTATE.

SIIIPMENTS-LUNING ESTATE.
San Francisco. oct. All the political indica-
tons are such as to make California Republicans
confident in quarters where few weeks ago
they were merely hopeful. Two stump speakers
for the Central Committee returned yesterday
from tours which included a number Of old
time Democratic counties. bringing good news.
Such soidly Democratic counties as Mendoclno,
Lake and Sonoma are more than likely to be
Republican this year. noteworthy fact -
that In Sonoma many Democrats are refusing To
register There IS much distress In MendocnO
County. thousands If men being out of employ
ment who had been working in the sawmills.
In Lake County the hop industry IS in 4 worse
condition than the Mendocino lumber trade.
Democratic tinkcrlng with tho tariff is popu-
larry considered the chief cause Of this condi-
ton Of Affairs.
\ report from Fresno illustrates the extreme
ranges IL California climate. For week. ok
ccpt for two showery DAYS. the South and Cen
trail coast and the great interior valleys have
been swcltcring IN Il hat Ike tina, Of mid
summer. and yet relief expedition Is now
pushing ia way into the Serras from the y!cin-
ity of Fresno over trails made all but inpas-
sable by snow. The purpose IS 20 rescue two
girls and their brother. who are snQwbouni In
Kings River Canon whore they went last sum-
mer with a band Of COWS :lr the seasons dairy
INK
The Weather Bureau has discovered that
cloud cap at Carson Ncv.. is sure sign Of
rain I'm the Fresno raisn belt within twenty
four hours Tho warning OF the last rain came
I'm time to save the raisins drying in the Fresno
vineyards the growers having ak or eight hours
IN which - get I'm their ttrpaulns and cover
The trays. m PRECIPITATION was los inches in
san Francisco. and rangcu from scvcnty-hun-
dradths AZ Los Angeles 10 nearly tvs inches at
San Luis Obspo
After nearly thirty years u continuous ntiga-
tion the celebrated AlvArado Ranch case has
come 20 an end and tract of about l. 600 acres
u valuable land in Alameda and Contra Costa
counties much Of it within sight Of San Fran
cisco. is open TO Improvement Even IN It's neg
lec,cl state the land is worth close upon 5000
600 Tho final decree was entered last March.
and the time for the pay mcnt Of costs has just
expired.
The California rasin crop is going East rap
idly. the shipments t. September 80 amounting
To- $50 carloads. as against forty carloads at that
time last year. This unprecedented movement Is
due wholly To- the independent course Of the CALI
fornla growers ana shippers. They combined
and decided to send goods except +. O.. b.. but
found the Eastern buyers obstinate. Then they
telegraphcd for storage rates in Philadelphia
Kansas City ST. Louis. Chicago and New-iork.
and. finding them low in Fresno. they be-
gan rushing the produce 10 these points con-
signed to the account Of the combine and to be
sold gradually. prices and the market may
warrant
he shit Of M h,r 1rf =, So
tcmbcr 30. including prures was LOO carloads.
AZ against 200 carloads UP t. the same date last
year. dcciduous green fruits. $500 carloads this
year. as compared with 1900 in 1893, and canned
fruit and vegetables 1000 carloads. the record at
the same date last year being 600 carloads. Hops
show decrease Of five carloads TO date, the total
being only 10 carloads for this season. The ag-
grcgate for the year is expected, however. to ex-
coed the output of 1893
Mrs. Hermann OeIrchs Of New-York. with her
husband and son and Ler sister, Miss Virginia
Fair. arrived here on Tuesday. The visit il an
important one. inasmuch as It was undertaken
solely that Mrs Olcrlchs might come into the
possession Of her Inheritance Of 81 800 900 from her
mother. Besides. Mrs. Fairs daughters intend
TO see to the transfer of her body from its
temporary resting place To magnificent gran
tie mausoeum In Holy Cross Cemetery.
The estate of the late Nicholas Lunlng. $1,000
OC0 or more. crops up again. with sort OF scan
dal attached a daughter. Mrs George :. Fife.
has sold out her share in the trust company or
in bonds and realty. Now IL Is alleged that her
share really worth 81, 800 600 and il Is pos
sbe that she may go into the courts for a read
justmcnt. George s. Whittell. an executor Is
president OF the Luning Trust Company and hus-
band of one Of the rich old mans daughters.
John Lunng not long ago sold out his NTH in
terest for n beggarly 100000 and Oscar got
100000 for his share; while the Wh!ttells for
their nth. are drawing interest on 81 100000
The regular campaign assessment scandal I'm
the Federal Department has come out but the
assessors have eluled the reporters So far. II
was n typewriter circular mildly suggesting
that per cent Of each Government employees
sa.ary would 90 far toward bostering up the
Democracy and keeping the contributors in
office. The money 10 be paid 10 Lee d.
Gratis notary public. who signed the circular
CRAIG OF course, denies that he is acting for any
body I'm Office
The horticuturists OF ,he State are waking up
10 the fact that their great and growing industry
is seriously menaced by the Chinese who are
engaged in IT, In many districts the crop Is sold
on the trees To enterprising Chinese. who pick,
dry and market It, In other places orchards
leased by the year to Chinese, that not Il
trilng part Of the dried fruit output passes from
tree To market through Chinese hands. The
Chinese are 80 careless and slOvenly In their
methods of fruit handling that buyers refuse to
bid for their goods terms with the
product OF white labor Indeed. the difference In
quality has been so great this year that In the
north central fruit dist lets buyers have dis
eliminated against Chinese goods to the extent
OF l cent pound