New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-20
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
STREET L1GHrING-MRs. CooPER's fo-
NrRA%CITRUs FAIR-THEATKlCAA'

inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBINH'l
Can Francisco. Dec 19.-This week has seen
. general movement among property-o""eis o'i
,..,n husiness streets for lighting THESE
thoroughfares with powerful eiec'i'o or
por,,ons of Kcarney. Geary and Suffer sts. afo
thus illuminated and before the opening "a ~,
,,.or Eourth-st and Montgomery-aVe. VIII
-. .h,aze with light. 1t is also proposed 70 erect
..r.a roxvs of large arc lights In Marhe'-s''
80, tho ferry TO Valencia-st. and TO put slhsio
IT,. ~ ,,rbt IN all the main business thorous"-
-.r.. that>ere freouented at night. These nsh'S
vii, bo maintained by property-o"helS' o"' -
d. hored that ultimately the city VIII aS'ui"e
the burden The good effect on business 10 Pc
ceptible and the electric lighting cannot Ian "
heneat permanently all retail trade. as wen 90
,o ,nnrove Immensely tho appearance OF 'he
city at night.
,,,.ro has been much local excitement over tho
nronosal 10 extend Sutter-st. through Aauie'
Nm Cemetery The opposition came from '"'
Cemetery Association and from influential own
arc NJ tombs and lots. The extension "ou'u
practically kill the cemetery. On sa''i''
grounds further interrnents IN all the cei"e'ei'e
within the city limits should be prohioi'eu ""'
Or. ,reuences against this are too strong APP
narentIv 10 overcome. The Sutter-st. extension
scheme has gone over for two month";
Tho funeral Of Mrs Sarah B. Cooper and her
A.uphter NJ the First Congregational Church.
WAS one Of the largest seen here Tor years. ano
,xas attended by representative men and women
OF n any religious and charitable organizations
and ,y nearly 1000 children from the various
k:ndergartens which Mrs. Cooper hao iou"ueu
and developed during tho last eighteeh years ~
was unfortunate that press reports sent 'hrous"-
nut the country for publication in the afternoon
newspapers Of the early news of this Tragedy &C.
clared that Mrs. Cooper had committed suicioe
with her daughter. and that the act OF ooth was
probably due to remorse over their bitter oppo-
sition to the Rev. Charles o. Brown, the oepoSeu
pastor Of their church. Both statements oiu
cruel injustice to Mrs. Cooper. Tor she was d
Christian woman. ard therefore would never
have taken her own life Her work ana her IN
Auence settled the fate Of Brown. but she took
ths lead In the opposition to the false preacher
because no man was willing to take 1t. she had
absolutely legal proof that he was unNt 10 oc-
cupy a pulpit, and she simply demanded tnat the
church adopt the procedure of jury: the evi.
dence was so overwhelming against Brown that
he was promptly cast out. but the puDhc never yer
knew that Mrs Cooper suppressed so,lie "a ~. .i'o
worst facts in order to save her church anu the
cause Of religion from needless shame.
DIR. William T. Harris. United States Commits
sioner OF Education, is in Berkeley as the CUES.
OF George II. Howison Mills. professor OF moral
3essor Mills Is president of the Berkeley Phio-
sophical Union, and under the auspices or TINS
Association Dr. Harris will deliver six lectures
before he returns to the East HIS frst iecture
Yesterday was on 1.-The Nature OF the Divine
Personality"
Major Charles z. Worden. United States Agent
ut the Klamath Indian Reservation IN Soutn-
eastern oregon. Is on his way 20 Washington 70
Give the Interior Department the benent OF MS
special knowledge on the boundary question pc
tween oregon and California He carries win
him a valuable and unique collection OF ma
math indian curios for the Smithsonian lnstitu-
ton Major Worden thinks the rush 70 OKia-
hona will be repeated when the l.SoooOO acres
Of the klamath Reservation are thrown open TO
settlers as this land is very fertile and the Gil
mate exceptionally healthy.
Palmer Cox's Brownies made hit at the
Baldwin Theatre this week, and the pretty spec
tacle promises to be the chief holiday attraction
Ioie Fuller has returned from Victoria The
story of her projected tour 10 China to dance
before the Emperor and old Ii Hung Chang was
one OF the cleverest bits OF work done by the
imaginative press agent In many months.
Next week determined effort will be made
by a large faction in the Pacific Union Club to
rescind the previous action for purchase of
site for a new clubhouse at BUSIEST and Van
ness-ave. Many influential members opposed
the removal. as they declare that the prosperity
Of the club depends on downtown location.
These favor the purchase Of the Calvary Church
property which is only two blocks from the pres
ent clubhouse. and also faces Union Square.
The Cosmos Club, which is largely MADE up or
Army and Navy men. will probably disincorpor-
ate soon as It is in financial straits
At Fresno has been held all this week citrus
fair, to which all the orange-growing colonies In
the San Joaquin Valley have contributed exhib-
its The display shows how large Is the acreage
in this State. which is suited to the profitable
growth Of the orange.
Tho historic old mining camp Of Tuoumne
County, known Jimtown, was partly destroyed
by fire this week. which swept all one side Of It's
main business street. The town was the centre
Of very rich placer diggings in early days. and Of
late years 1t has been the supply point Of some
Of the largest quartz mines In California like the
Rawhide and the App.