New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.

REPUBLICAN RAlLROAD MEN 1--WE LIE
LIE TO BRYAN-JAPANEsE STEAM
SHIP Observation-Disclosures IN
THE ,;UMBER OF CHINESE
LABORERS.
SsY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR.BUNE]
San Francisco, Oct. 24-The Republicans OF
California propose to make the remaining Gays
before election noteworthy for active work In all
parts of the State. All the best speakers will
be in the field. and Speaker Reed is expected
20 como up through the State from the South.
CONGRESSMAN Boutelle has made good impress
sion wherever he has spoken. Measures are
being taken to hold great daylight hepuoHcdn
parade next Saturday afternoon to emphasize
the business mems and manufacturers oesire
FOR good government. sound money ana pros
perity Members Of the largest commercial anu
manufacturing houses in the city have Warmly
approved the plan. and II 1t be adopted the pro-
cession promises to be noteworthy IN NUMBERS
and character Of the men In line. the biggest
meeting of the campaign was held here TINS
,r..k under the auspices Of the Railway En-
rioves. Republican Club which Is the largest
no,,tical organization west Of the MISSISSIPPI.
numbering over LOO members Democratic pa
rers have asserted that the railroad men wore
Mckinley badges and joined Mckinley cluos ID
order to keep their places: so this Dis cruz oe-
terrnned to give practical PROOF that these as
sertions were falsehoods. Its members arrahseo
for a great meeting at the Auditorium 'urheo
ont in full and showed by their appreciation ol
the speech Of General Barnes that their poticai
opinions were their own. The susees'oh Va
Bryan that employees wear Mckinney paoseS anu
then vote for him is not taken kindly here where
6f+een wears ago a successful effort was made
%o nrotect the voter from the espionage o- any
business or political associates.
rh. Chamber Of Commerce this week adopted
. memorial to Congress setting forth the neces-
.itv for protective attention on behalf OF our
ocean mail stea amships serving under the Ma
tion ensign" This menora! was caiied OUT oy
the threatened competition OF heaVAy sups''
dized Japanese steamship lines. the ne" Id"
IN Japan is so liberal that hfteen-knot snip
will receive about $4,000 for the round trip
between Yokohama and San Francisco Two
new lines will soon be In operation oet"e
Janan and this coast. and unless the United
States does something to meet the competltioh'
one or both Of the regular Chinese lines must
fail. The Chamber does not favor granting
subsidv to the Pacific Mail, because 1t would
s,rnnlv be used TO pay dividends. but 1t recon-
snends aid to the Oceanic Steamship Company
and to northern lines owned by Americans
A few wears ago seven exiles from Siberia were
picked up at sea IN terrible conuitUn ~ c1
open, open U"Sd .n,d aO wosuI tale of banishment to
saghalien Island for political offences, ana 50
wrought upon the sympathies OF tne oina, amd
were provided with work WORD came Ion, ,,,n
Russia that they were common Thaielactors WIZ ao
would have been hanged IN ths country, % %
most Of them were guilty Of murder. Soon they
began to appear in the courts ana MeIe sem 80 W
JAIL and State Prison for various Oneness hia Nie
named Kovalev committed an atroclouS ooupie
murder in Sacramento and was recently hahseu.
This week the last Of the gang was sen. ~ "
prison for twenty years for burglary. Iney hasS S
cost California several thousand dollars anu
have given the charitable some insight into t'uS-
sian criminal characters.
Julia Marlowe Taber and her company re-
ceived a cordial welcome at the Balowlh. pus
The houses have not kept up to the promise VI
ira frst nigh. There Is nothing noteworthy al
Ahe other theatres
One OF the features Of Californs lie which
a not often noticed in print is the large ue-
Of the Chinese labong popua,o o 81 Sainn iie
off almost one-half during the last three years
srhe State Labor Commissioner has finished MS
investigation Of the Chinese IN anu IN the
factories The overall factories few years ago
employed nearly 5000 Coolies Now they nave
only srd 1SSo i9S to 3 soo SnSS Chinese
one-nfth of the number is engaged. This great
falling OF is due partly to the exodus or Coones
IN China and partly to their preference for en-
caring In business for themselves. such as iaun-
DIV work. vegetable growing and fruit raising.
The crowded condition Of the University OF
,r.alifornia has compelled the erection OF tents
on the campus at Berkeley to serve as quarters
Tor luncheon and study. II was planned at irst
20 have some recitations held In these tents but
This scheme vas abandoned. This week IL rye
tent thirty by sixty feet, was put up FOR the
accommodation Of the women and two more
tents will be provided for the male students;
The climate Is so mild here that with poard
moor and a stove a tent may be made comfort
able even In midwinter. When the three tents
arc up the campus at Berkeley will have the
look OF o camp-meeting.
Tho overland fruit exports from Northern and
Central California for the first nine months OF
this year show a marked falling on from . last aet
wear. This decline is as follows: Ripe fruit. 1900
TONS: dried fruit. 5000 tons; raisns. 5000 tons:
canned goods. 1000 tons.
Nearly $4,5OOOO0 worth Of English sovereigns
have been received here from Australia within
n month and Il Is estimated that before this
wheat crop is all shipped. the amount will be
increased $100000O0 Most OF this Is to pay
for wheat bills