New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09

EZETA-SAN FRANCISCO'S ASSESSMENT
NATIVE SONS-FINE FRUIT
PROSPECT
FRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRInryE.'

"' TRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIsryE'
San Francisco. Sept. S-General Ezeta and hi
fellow-refugees have cut a large figure in th'
Federal Court this week. Ezeta has told hi.
story Of the campaigns and killings in which HI
bore part, and his tale has been corroborated
by his companions. Ezeta leaves the impres-
sion Of of great force Of strong passions
and extreme cruelty His rage when he caught
sight Of DR.. Calderon, the present Consul here,
who responsible for his detention. was
savage and It seemed as though he were
tempted TO defy the Court and kill his enemy, as
he would certainly have done had he met Cald-
eron in Salvador. Ezeta would have helped his
case had he possessed more self-restraint
The increase Of San Franciscos assessment by
Is per cent was the result of votes by country
members Of the State Board Of Equalization.
Though most of the counties secured heavy
duction In assessment. owing to depreciation In
the value of lands anu to the financial strngency.
the majority Of the board appeared to think that
this city had not suffered from the tsisi-
depression. The real reason for this
just action was that the interior counties want
to make San Francisco carry more than her
share Of the heavy burden Of taxation.
A big celebration Of Admission Day will be
held at San Jose by the Native Sons, beginning
tomorrow. There are now 1S5 "parors."
branches Of the Native Sons in California, and
1t is expected that all these will be represented.
San Francisco, which has twenty-one branches.
will send 1900 delegates one OF the features
of the celebration will be trip TO Lick Observa-
tory and peep through tie big telescope
California fruitgrowers who did not sell their
crop at the outset OF. the season will get hand
some returns The partial failure Of the French
prune crop has doomed prices for fine prunes
and the associations have fixed six cents pound
as the minimum price The crop is not large, but
those who have good pr will realize large |
profit from their orchards The apricot crop is |
heavy. and no less than 400, 100 pounds Of dried
apricots were shipped from San Jose last week. |
The frutgrowers here believe that California this
year controls the fruit market Of the country. |
and that the Eastern dealers will have to fill |
shorts at high prices.
The Fresno raisin combine perfected this
week. and all the product OF Fresno, Tulare and
Kern counties will be packed under the super
vision Of one overseer. The combine expected sue
cess II 80 per cent Of the growers should sign an
agreement not to sell raisins TO outside packers.
In reality fully s95 per cent Of the growers have
signed. II Is expected that the raisin crop will
not fall below 10000 tons, and II may reach
40 900 tons. The association will market all the J
rasins. taking that the supply shall never
exceed the demand. The movement is good
thing for California growers, as 1t protects them
from cutthroat competition which never cheap
cred the price Of raisins to the consumer. but
only put money in the pockets Of the mddlemen.
"Charley's Aunt" scored hit at the Baldwin
this week, Its rollicking fun evidently pleasing
the, large audiences At the other houses there
s nothing worth mentioning. The California will |
open next week with Friends" and a genuine |
reproduction of the best New-York living pictures
s promised.
The San joss Road Club. cycling as
ISOLATION which boasts Otto Zeger the |
champion. member laid this week the |
Of fine new building. which
will be the headquarters Of TIE bicyclers Of |
he Santa Clara Valley. Probably for Its popula- =
ion San Jose has more wheemen than any other | e,
lily on this coast 1t s the ideal place for this =
port for twenty miles north or south from ,
ian Jose the country is as level as a billiard
able and the roads good.
The fires which are always dreaded at this | .
eason, when everything II dry as tinder have | ,
egun. The historic mining town Of Angels
amp. made famous by Bret Harte. had q narrow
Heape this week from complete destruction. As n
was. the Stockton House was burned as we'll r.
3 half.blcck In the business centre. The Lark. v
1ur Inn. popular suburban resort near San ! u