New-York tribune., 1894-09-30
AT TIE GOLDEN GATE.
FEsTETICS-MRs. LUAS
WIGI~IIEAVY FRUIT sHlPMhNIS'

Try TELEGRAPH 10 THE rRihVNh'
san Francisco. Sept 2'-lhe i''''o''" "''
ra,., ~, - circus AT their municipal convention
during the greater part If the week i''9'
,,,,,,,,. ,u, through his slate. with only sihs'e
,ro,k and the. result is ticket which i al
| s, beneath contempt. except Tor IL" i''"
,r,, ruage Concy for the supreme Court oe"0"
,n,riY Ncpade the best official IN 'ha' ''iP''
,,r, department the city has known III years. ""'
df.,,od f,r denomination by BucKley' pe"u9
N.D,d. would not permit the boss 70 coi''roi MS
ou,e If the Republican conVen'oh' VIM
r,oets next week. nominates Tor Nd!oi 10
ru.rt the present incumbent. the TICKET "e"NE
bv him. will get big majority WI" i'''.
clever management the Repuoncahs oue"'
,., control Of the city government; Tor 'h'
p.norracy has burlened Itself with men WIN
i, not command the respect Of the people
r,, story, brought from Tahiti. OF the death
-, Count Fcstetics the son-n-law OF ). IS nag
,r an a little South Sea island, was rece'eu
b.re with grave doubt. The Count was ecceh-
,r,. and combined business and pleasure oy so-
i,,, ,n 4 trading expedition In the south "e'''
Ills Yacht the Tolna, was beauufully n''eo Wy,
- A ,,,rtaired lavishly at Honolulu ana
,r,btu Th. story has probably come through
,,.,,,., channels and resembles the romance OF a
rll
n.r.. hv an imaginative sailor. soon after the
c,unt and Countess sailed from san frah''sco'
neither Lloyd Tc,is nor the Haggins have re-
ceivcd any cable news of the Count uc"'"' ~
it is safe to call It canard.
The will Of llrs. Miranda Lux, widow OF the
r,ui,nalre cattIcman. gives power - her exc
cu,ors to carry ont the charitable purposes which
sb. WAS prevented from executing herself by the
onpos,tion of Henry Miller. her husbands part
nor Miller and Lux controlled the cattle Uad7
an this coast for years. Their ranchos formed
rrincipality and when Lux died he lett h'stuc-
,i,ns that his partner should nave seven years
IN which 10 settle with Lux's widow That term
oxnlr,I last March. but no settlement mas peeh
reached Mrs. Lux desired to use her money
far charity during her life, but she was not able.
she has left large sum for founding school
of manual training with liberal pelues's 10
many charities 1t remains to be seen whether
her executors will be more successful than the
Lack trustees in carrying out the wishes OF the
dead.
D. q. Mills and Colonel c. +. Crocker received
n warm send off on their trip around the world
when the steamer Oceanic sailed or Wednes-
Jav \ band accompanied the steamer as far as
the Golden Gate. Colonel Crocker Is said To be
the first high official OF either Oriental line oI
steamers to go To emma, anu IL IL cNpeNt'u th'tl
he will devote some time TO studying a trade
which has recently been menaced by Canadian
Pacific rivalry.
Fruit shipments to the East continue 10 be
heavy dried prunes leading the list. over 5OO,
600 pounds of pruneS were sent from san Jose
last week. and nearly as many dried aprcots
OF canned goods no less than 696,59O pounds were
forwarded while the wine and brandy amounted
t. 500 900 pounds. The shipments showed big
Increase over those Of the corresponding period
last year
The will OF John A. Steiberger has just been
found. nearly year after his estate had been
distributed. He left only n small property; but
the Is peculiar. as the estate has been
divided among relatives. and this division was
+ not according to the terms OF the Will. Suits will
be brought to recover from the heirs.
! The local theatres have presented nothing this
week worthy OF the attention of IA critical pay
goer. Melodrama and lignt opera have been
the staple. Good music has therefore been god
send. and Schuls orchestra has drawn excellent