New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
POPULISTS OPPOSED TO SEWAL1-TRADE
WITH THE CONTEMPORARIES
MISERY
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San Francisco, July 1S-Great interest Is
manifested here in the attitude which the Pop
ulists will take toward the Democratic National
ticket The California delegates might be able TO
accept Bryan with some changes In the pat
form but they cannot stomach Sewali VINO rep
resents everything that the California fopuhs'
opposes and whose record "a hard shipnas'er
has been known on this coast for years. In fact.
the "Sewall ships il name OF warning 10
sailors because of the cruelty and niggardly
economy that are sanctioned by the owner and
practised by all the captains. The Coast Sea-
mems Union controls 10000 votes on this coast.
and these will be cast solidly against Sewal.
The strandinC Of the Pacific Mail steamer
Colombia within a stones throw OF the foghorn
at Pigeon Point has been the chief topic of dis
cussion among seafaring men Captain clark
was stranger to the coast, but this fact ought
to have made him more careful in Identifying
the fog signals. and there was no excuse for TAX
Ing his boat ten miles nearer the shore than the
regular course or for running at a speed OF
fourteen knots during a thick fog. The coast is
rocky where the Colombia struck. and hole was
ripped in her bottom fully one-third her length.
This is the second bad loss the Pacific Mail has
suffered within a year. the other being the
and the loss Of nearly all on board.
Wheat brokers and grain growers are much in
terested in the lively fight among the four big
shipping firms for cornering the wheat crop OF
California George W. McNear seems to have
stolen a march his rivals. for he has secured
warehouses at all the principal points in the
State. and with his flour mills within easy reach
of Port Costa the great shipping place Of Cali
ic
petitors are Jacob Eppinger; Balfour. Guthrie &
Co.. and Girvin & Eyre The fight for supremacy
promises to be a lively one.
The first Of three big British tramp steamers
arrived this week to load wheat for England.
She is the Linlithgow and will carry 5000 tons.
The others are the Strathgarry and the IN
daunted which are nov on their way here in
ballast from Japan. Between them they will
take 10000 tons of wheat California flour has
won complete victory over the product of
Oregon mills For nearly year shipments mere
10 the Orient have fallen off, while at Tacoma
they have increased. China and Japan have
fairly tested Oregon -four. and now the China
trade is returning to this port This week orders
came for 1000 tons for immediate shipment TO
China and large orders were also received from
Central America
Two California mining men who returned
from South Africa this week warn men with
out capital from going to the Transvaal or other
mining districts They say there are good open
ings for expert mining engineers and for men
in other professions. but that hardships and dis-
appointment await those who expect TO WORK 1or
wages.
Ex-President Carlos Ezeta. Of Salvador. was
grossly insulted this week by Pedro JimneZ.
whom he had had whipped and driven out OF
Salvador when he was In power Jmninez spa.
&c 10
known in Spanish America. hut Ezeta falled 10
challenge him, just as he failed TO resent
similar insult last year In Paris
One Of the saddest cases Of hopeless misery
seen in this city in years is that OF hfteen-ye ear
old Lena Grimm who is in an advanced stage },
leprosy Her parents took her to Hawan "heh
she was an infant. and there In some way she
contracted the disease. 1t did not manifest
itself until a few years ago, when she was nv
ing in Humboldt County with her tather hel
mother having died. Neighbors forced 'he
father TO move on, wherever he settled, ana
finally he made a home on the Humboldt Coast
a mile from any other house. Even there tne
law officers reached him. and. in despair, ne
brought the girl to the San Francisco pesthouse'
Here she has no company except leprous Uni
nese woman. She cannot read, ana appears
stupeied by the disease. which Will soon END her
life.
Two old Californians died this week. each Of
whom had an eventful career. Thomas falo-
mares of Pomona, squandered princely fort
une in gambling and other sports OF l'"Vo
acres which he Inherited sixty vars Az ~
rad only a beggarly homestead when the emu
came. All the rest had slipped away from nm;
along with 1900 cattle and many Thousand
sheep The other man was Jackson tpy, Oh
,rahama Comfy who was one of the first set
tiers in the Upper Sacramento Valley. he De
yeloped a fine ranch and filled many puphc
places with credit
The paintings left by the old Caiorhia aTtist,
r-radar,ck Rickart were burned this week in
his former Oakland home. These pictures We're
the ONLY estate beQueathed by the artist 10 ms
daughter who had made all arrangements iol
100 cole when the fire came and destroyed
them in an hour
T, has been a dull week at the theatres. but
carmen" at the California, with Rose Eytihse
and Frederick Warde In the chief r"'es' mas zone
so good a business that II VIII pe continue" '
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