New-York tribune., 1896-03-29
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN sUFFRAGE-FREE efHH|f
LONG LAND JOURNEY
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LONG LAND JOURNEY.
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,,a,c,aco March 2S.-A big meeting OF
%ho advocates Of woman suffrage WAS "eiu TN"
u..k end final arrangements were iiiaoe io' '"0
.,,,r IN this state. The last Legislature
a a constitutional amendment 8iNihS
,rousr the right to vote in all state eiec'io'"'
hu, this amendment Is to be submitted 10 s'n
eral vote at a special election IN NoVehioe'' 'o
the women have decided to make careiui o'''
,,.ss 81 the state and secure the passage of the
amendment, The leaders in California are Airs'
sarah r. Cooper. president Of the Suffrage
r,.m,o,gn Association and Mrs. Ellen c. Sar-
.. nreedent of the State Woman Suffrage
Association. They have planned campaign
,,h,ch will begin at San Diego in the far south
an Anr,l G and end at Marysville in the nor'h
carly In Nav Meetings will be held In all the
cities and among the speakers WILDE susan d.
Anthony. the Rev. Anna II. Shaw. Elizapeth u
Yates Harriet May Mills and Mary "arie''
Hay In each county woman suffrage CUM
,nittee has been working for months ana 'ne
ubo,e s,ate has been carefully canvassed. the
suffragists hope to carry the amendment Oy
$4,000 voteel
One wear ago the Golden Gate Park Museum
was opened IN the Fine Arts Building OF 'he
Midw1nter Fair During this time boo'ooo peop'e
have visited It, and 1t has received Zooo giits
from $50 persons. 1t has now thirteen rooiiis
containing $4,000 objects, valued at sooV'o"o.
Some important collections have been gathereo
by NJ H. De Young. notably rare iot OF
Napoleonic medals and curos. The Museum
owed it's life TO him. and he has been untirihe
IN stimulating its growth. A special feature Is
TO be made Of documents. pictures and articles
illustrating California pioneer life and the life OF
Indian tribes.
When the Durrant murder trial was going on
here a local playwright used the chief 1ncloents
of the revolving murders in Emanuel Church as
the basis for a melodrama, which he called "A
Crime Of a Century" Judge Murphy promptly
put a stop to its production by an inJunctioh
but now the Supreme Court decides that the
Judges action was illegal and that the play can
be given. on the ground that its suppression was
q violation Of the right of free speech
A fury will have to decide the truth In regard
10 the commission of $3.50 which PRESIDENT o.
G. Murphy charged Mrs Ellen Cotton as MS lee
for selling her house on Mob Hill to C. r. hunt
,neton for $4,000. The bank is suing Mrs
Cotton for the amount of this fee. which, II
holds. she overdrew on her account. In de-
fence. she says that Murphy assured her lie
would charge no fee. as he expected to get MS
Aat,v denies this and swears that no arrange
,nent was made 1t was brought out that Muir
nhv tried to get $4,000 commission from MT
huntington. but the Southern Paciflcs presi-
dent paid s25OO to his own agent, Joseph ~
Redding. and refused to yield any more
The Yosemite Valley season opened unusually
early this year. fourteen tourists going INTO 'he
valley ON Wednesday. They and those VINO
rare privilege Of seeing the mountain walls OF
Yosemite covered with snow. New arrange, ,o
,nents have been made that the trip 10 .ne
valley consumes less than one day.
Professor Albert Koebele returned here from
Honolulu this week for short visit. Koepeie
Ss ON exnert entomologist who saved Caillorii
orange groves from the scale by developing the
Australian ladybug, and VINO has uole one ,nr, s,,,
service for the Hawaiian conee piahs ~ thn p cor
sns x ,,onter from all fear Of pests. Koebele 10
under contract with the Hawaiian 1oVeInihen. Gu !.
as pest destroyer which Will not expire 4o'
three years.
,,,o,oS.or Gilbert. OF Stanford University. who
bas lust returned from three months trlp 70
panama after fishes. secured many vaiuaole
anacimens Professor Gilbert and the thIee
students who accompanied MN i.sHsu .'' ,. Ans
Bay, using dynamite, but oiten tney 80 rSs' +hat
snec,mens through sharks and frigate plros tha'
would dash in and seize the nsh.
The chief incident Of the theatrical week has
been the appearance OF Herr Schott, yne Mas ,a,
nsr;an tenor with Frau Materna. In Wagneran
seIections at the Auditorium. TWO concerts
were given with orchestra, and addltonal at
fration was lent by Violnst OndriceK. Inc
audiences at both performances were large ana
enthusiastic
Harry De Wndte, correspondent for "Ine ran
Mail Gazette" is here making ready 10. ms lailo
trip from New-York TO Paris by way OF AlasKa
Kamschatka Siberia and Russia. he Is just
from Venezuela where he found everything very
ouIet This long land trip was the IDEA Oh Mr
Gust Editor Of Astors journal. who was recently
dropped out unceremoniously. Only 3o0 OUT OF
2l 900 miles will be by water. From ST. Mlchaei
the traveller will 60 by schooner to Anadyr, on
the Siberian coast where four months must De
spent in darkness before the Journey can be re-
sumed by dog sledge.
Professor James Bradford Olcott. Of South
Manchester Conn, is here studying California
conditions in order that when he returns TO ms
home he can experiment with grasses that VIII
retain their greenness during the long dry sum-
Iner IN this State. He thinks he can find coarse
grasses that will keep their color and their Juices
throughout the season.
The reported closing Of the Coultervie mines,
in Mariposa County, is denied by the manager
Only one hundred men have been laid of, while
the engineers experiment on getting electric
power from Merced or Tuolumne mills. There Is
enough ore In sight TO run one hundred more
stamps II cheap power can be secured.
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THE HARTFORD CAMPAIGN.