New-York tribune., 1895-05-12

FLOWER cARNivA1.s-wHEAT sPEcULA-
r1oN-MRs. srEvENsoNs PLANS.

T1ON-MRS STEVENSON'S PLANS.
fnr rELroRArH TO THE rRiBuNE.l
San Francisco. May 1.-THE various cities
near San Francisco are following this year the
example OF Southern California towns and are
holding flower festivals. II In pretty custom.
a. Il serves to bring out. better even than
National holiday. all the people OF each section
and TO foster civic pride. This week Rose
Carnival was held In Santa Rosa. the handsome
county seat Of sonoma County. which was at
tended by thousands OF visitors. The city Is
celebrated for its rose gardens. ana at this
festival the floral decorations were worth going
many miles to Next week Healdspurg Will
hold similar festival and early in June Santa
Cruz will give a unique show-a Water Carnival
--on Monterey Bay
The Fair will case will be pretty sure to clear
I'D one mystery which has greatly puzzled san
Francisco business men. This Is whether the old
mining millionaire was the real owner OF the
200 900 tons Of wheat, which, for nearly two
years. has been lying in Port Costa warehouses.
The wheat was bought at high price py
broker. McGlaufin, for an unknown principai
who evidently had secret information OF
prospective advance. This rise In wheat never
came and the accumulated grain was allowed
to pile up in the warehouses so that storage
alone amounts to 100000. Recently McGlauiiins s
bookkeeper disappea ared taking with him the
records Of these wheat purchases. so tnat
legal effort to get at the facts Of this big wheat
deal may be baked II 1t should be proved that
Fair was the real purchaser Of this wheat the
deal will be one Of the most curious In the MIS-
tory of speculation. Fair, 1t will be remembered,
helped his old partners, Flood and Mackay, when
they were caught In a great wheat deal. and lost
about $4,000 000 He then commented on the
folly OF men who had made their fortune IN
mining gambling in wheat. Yet scarcely TWO
years later he engaged In precisely the same
venture and lost, exactly as his old partners
did.
The Union League Club gave last night "A
banquet to Senator Cullom. OF Illinois, which wae
attended by all the prominent Republicans here.
Mr.. Cullom has been making careful study OF
California, especially In regard to her harbors
and the needs OF her commerce. He has In
spected Santa Monica and San Pedro. when
are rival claimants for the honor OF serving as
the port OF Los Angeles. and his opinion on the'r
merits will probably have great weight win
the Senate Committee on Commerce.
Though Mrs. Stevenson. the widow of the
novelist declares she will return TO Samoa those
who know her well say she will probably make
her home in this city. where she has many
friends, The plantation at Vailima, pack W
Apia WAS valuable only az retreat tor s.evom ",'.
son where he enjoyed better health man W any
other spot. The place was not pfoaueuVs, "a
nothing was sold from it ana ~ wouid hot % pr,ns
10 cents on tho dollar for what was rNpe""'"
on II. .,o. - tnow
that his widow will publish his incomplete s'oty
"Veir OF tIcrmiston" ~ hS left II, or not ny aI!'
She Will not permit any other hand to hn'sh ~.
Whether II will be printed mt all rests WIN
sidney Colvn 20 decide. Stevenson rcgardea
this as the best thing he had ever written.
The deficiency OF heat which WAS reported last
week from all parts OF the State has been RENE
died this week The weather has been very
warm in ali districts. and fruit II ripening fas,.
srhe only unfavora bic incident was a fierce norm
wind In the Sacramento Valley. which forced
cherries and young peaches off the trees Ine
wheat crop on the dry lands OF the San Joaquin
valley will be the largest known for ten years
II il estimated that the sugar beet factory az
chino in san Bernardino County. VIII convert
100 600 tons OF beets into sugar TINS season. ins
msans the distribution of 100000 among the
Sarmers and workmen OF that district. Inc
chino factory Is the most perfect on the coast:
a large number OF cattle and hogs are fatteneo
on the refuse OF the beets
Orders came from Russia this week 1or TWO
carloads of Sierra Nevada redwood Tor lead,
nencils The fine grained mountain REDWOOD
q said IN be equal to Florida cedar Tor pencils.
As the cedar is nearly exhausted. the demand
Tor california redwood will increase.