New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-01
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL CONVERSATIONAL
NAPHTHA YACHT-GENERAL NOTES.

cheaper prices than the same goods can be made
IN New-England This is especially the case III
regard TO small articles. For instance, last week
a firm here bought carload OF rubber buttons
Of Reynell & Co. agents for Kobe factory. ior
$1,000, the largest single order for buttons ever
given on this coast. The price they paid was
less by one-thrd than the wholesale price In New
York A warning Of the results OF this competi
ton was given last spring by THE Chronicle
which pointed out that not even French Cana
dian labor in Massachusetts, factories could COM
pete with Japanese. who are willing to do skilled
work for 10 cents day. The japanese in San
Francisco have driven the Chinese out or the
curio trade. and their stores for the sale of bam-
boo furniture are scattered all over the city.
Long affidavits were read by Durrant's coun-
sci this week TO show that trial should De given
10 the convicted murderer. chiefly on the ground
OF prejudice against the accused man, stirreo up
nv the newspapers After two days spent IN
reading these affidavits the case went over I'LL
next week 1t is not probable that Durrant Will
no sentenced for a fortnight He seems to think
the gallows is far off in the future, as ne was
CAV and smiling when he appeared in court
The courts this week decided in favor OF Ru-
doph Spreckels in the matter OF gift OF sooV'oVV
of Hawaiian plantation stock which his father
wished TO revoke. Inc Sllt was maui wv 49,
sears ago. but since then Rudolph has taken sides
with Augustus against his father Old Claus de-
,ermined 10 punish the buy by stripping him of
his property SO he brough suit on the ground
that this gift invalid because his wife didn't
give her consent as the new state law requires
the wife to do when community property Is trans
ferred. The Court held nat the wifes faiIuTe
10 protest for over two years barred any acloh
In addition TO this the Court held that the new
law applied only to community property acquired
since 1891 when the amendment was passed
II ,s announced that both Lord Sholto Douglas
and his bride will soon appear here at a theatre
in variety performance. The young English
man will be merely walking gentleman. while
his wife will give a song and dance
Charles l.. Fairs new naphtha yacht. the Lu-
cero is here and will soon have her test. On the
trip from Seattle to this port she had to put INTO
Astoria for repairs but the builder declares that
This failure of The engines was due entirely TO
neglect in oiling. The yacht made fast time from
Astoria down, and she proved perfectly sea-
worthy. Experts have doubted the feasibility Of
running a hundred-foo yacht with naphtha but
A. looks as though the engines would stand the
required test.
James g. Olcott. one OF the foremost experts on
grasses in this country Is here on his way to Aus
,ralia to study grasses which endure the hot dry
summers of the Antpodes. He is connected with
Tho Connecticut state Agricultural Department.
The harsh criticism which Caspar ". Whitney
recently made on the Olympic and Reliance attn
le;ic clubs Of this city has stirred up much ieel-
tng here whitney does scant justice 70 the Olym-
mic which lowered its initiation fee not only TO
Increase its revenue. but to permit poor young
men to enjoy facilities for scientific exercise Its
quarters are So large that there was no danger
OF overcrowdng especially as many of the older
members are too busy to spend much time al the
club The retort is made by Olympic men that
what they have done has been initiated by the
Manhattan Club. Of New-York. The offence OF
pawning trophies is one which no club can guard
against
Senator George c. Perkins will try to induce
Congress this winter to establish Naval training
school for boys on Goat Island in this harbor.
which is Government reserve. Perkins, who
began life on the Maine coast as a sailor before
the mast. thinks this state should have such
training school. and that graduates should have
places as engineers and fremep on American YES
sells He has been much interested in the rescue
Of boys from street life and teaching them use
ful trades.
The ship Reaper has Just been chartered here
20 go TO Honolulu in ballast to load sugar for
Philadelphia. This is noteworthy as the first time
a ship has received a sugar charter from Hawaii
for Philadelphia. The ship Babcock which ar
rived from Liverpool with coal has also obtained
a similar charter. The Hawaiian sugar crop is
large. and from the present appearance much OF
II will be shipped direct 10 the Atlantic Coast.
Claus Spreckes is now negotiating with Ha-
waiian sugar planters for a renewal of his con-
tract to refine their sugar in San Francisco The
f,la anti Hprp4 and he a ne
of quarter of cent a pound which Spreckes
has been receiving. or they threaten to fight the
Trust. They claim they have the backing of John
D. Rockefeller and other large capitalists.
Some amusing testimony was heard this week
IA the suit Of John f. Nash late stage manager
Of the TivOli Opera House. against Mrs. Kreiing,
the proprietor. for two years salary. Nash was
discharged by Mrs Kreling because. she said. ne
neglected business TO play the races. Nash showed
that he had been three years with Gilbert and
Sullivan. seven years with the j. G. Duff Opera
Company and three years with the Bostonians
The defence made much fun Of Nash's peculiari-
ties but jury promptly returned verdict for
him for the first years salary and he is pretty
sure 10 win. another suit for the second years
coin.
De Wolf Hopper has made another success with
"Dr. Syntax." which received almost as much APP
plause as Wang" Hermann also has done well
with his illusions many of which are novel and
effective. Dxey has done well at The Columbia
In THE Lottery Of Love
No crime that has occurred on this coast in
several months has caused SO much comment az
that OF sixteen year-old Lloyd Montgomery. of
Brownsville Ore. who murdered his father,
mother and a casual visitor al the ranch. He
shot all three because his father scolded him for
going hunting instead OF doing his farm work.
and slapped his face. In a paroXysm OF rage the
boy went to the house got his rife and shot the
three dead When arrested he denied all knowl-
edge Of the crime. Then later he said the visitor
did the shooting and finally broke down and
confessed the hideous details He has touch
OF insanity. but his ungOvernabe temper has
shown itself many times. He has been bred on
farm, and knew nothing Of city life.
In the Oakland Jail lies James " Dupree. who
has National record bigamist and swindler.
He is now under arrest for obtaining money under
false pretences. His favorite plan Of operation
Is to secure railroad. telegraph and Wells-Fargo
Express office in small Western town and then
secure jewelry from New-York and Chicago firms
for a mythical company. In writing for these