New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
~ soy,Nn MONEY LEAGUE-BOOM IN
MINING-FAMOUS CHARACTER
DYING.
rny TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuNE.1

rny TELEGRAPH THE rRIBuNEl
cor Francisco. Sept 19.-Leadng merchants
and capitalists Of Frisco met TINS week anu
formed a Republican sound-money league i's
a,ro Is to assist the State Central Comm''ee III
nrocuring funds and in distributing literature
Several speakers reported that workingmeh were
q, an unsettled condition of mind, and that
-. noe N onportunity for making Republican
.orvsrts The officers of the league are Hor-
ace Davis president: Henry j. CrocNer anu
George Newhall vice-presdents; I. Cary FRIED
lander secretary, and Thomas Brown, treasurer
Captain Thomas Mein. who arrived In New
York from South Africa this week, will look AFTER
the mining interests on this coast OF the great
Exrloration Company OF London he mas peeh
a, Tho service of this company for years. having
charge Of the Treadwell mine in Alaska before
he went to the Transvaal The Exploration COM
many now controls the Anaconda copper mlne' IN
Montana: the Treadwen Mexican and Alaska
United Quartz. in Alaska the Lucky Boy III
Oregon. and the Oneida in Amador County Cal
Their agents have been examining numper vi
large properties in this State. and If Mein con-
Arms the agents reports several deals. involving
millions. will be made. This interest in Califor-
MIA mines of one of the richest companies in the
world is a great thing for the State. as II Will give
confidence TO local and Eastern capital and VIII
result IN the development OF many properties that
are now lying idle.
One Of the remarkable criminal mysteries Of
recent years in California was revived this week
nv the Supreme Court order granting new trial
10 DR. W. A. Sanders of Fresno County, now
serving a ten-year sentence for forgery. Sanders
u,as arrested last February for the murder OF
,x,u,a,n Wootton an old Englishman. VINO
owned a ranch near the doctors place Woo'toh
suddenly disappeared, having teen last seen IN
Sanders's wagon Sanders told remarKapie
.torv ~ two men coming to Wootton's place ana
bringing $4,000 In cash for It's purchase ne
said Wootton decided the ranch TO them anu 'ie"
went to Fresno to receive additiorai 'hone''
Sanders never saw them afterward. p"' lie"
DAVIS later he received from Wootton cheoA ~,
81 400. which ne cashed This cheek was iou"0
=. 10 q forgerv and for forging 1t Sanders was
tried and convicted Circumstantlal eViue"'e
that he killed the old Englishman was s'roi's'
hut not sufficient to justify trial for mu inr
The Supreme Court DECIDES Una. .n Iotitmde
court erred in not giving Sanders more ia In
an his defence Sanders was prominent III
eaucational affairs for years and ne was aiso
noted for his horticultural experiments
The British ship Lauriston ne last Oh nt co.
of fourteen vessels that have been 'yins luie ~,
months off Sausalito, vas chartered inns w.. 90
20 load wheat for England. SIX weeks ago an
- sbins were disengaged with 10 M
,,ediate nrosnect of charters. bat when tnc Ldu-
r;ston sails the little bay will be deserted
Demetrius Camarinos. Greek. wen mo hmo" is
70 ali San Francisco bohemians ana eplcui1 e
living AT the point Of Heath It the french fi7s
ntal He made a small fortune as II ue .'
and then opened the Sparta. restaurant, WIZ ~,
uas the headouarters If lawyers ana men WIZ
like artistic cooking. Camarinos was 'op noa
nitahIe for his new calling. and ms money
GRADUALLY melted away. He was connec'eu WIZ
certain Hawaiian customs frauds the .Apo ,
of which ruined his business SICKNESS ioiioH.u,
and though only in the prime ol NV '' O"''
of Gambia rinos are numbered
The Yosemite Valley Commission is trylhs "
as>ertain whether the Stoneman House IRE va
tncendiarv or accidental. The destruction Oh .iiS
hotel is unfortunate for tourists. as IL was .e
onlv modern house in the valley. and at 'he ra.e
worl &c done for the state two or three years
will be required to replace II.
Aupustus Pjtou has scored a hit by ms Irs,
.ason,s mana cement here. Mime. sans Gene
a: ,ha d,u season has crowded the BALDWIN TOT
three weeks some OF the largest AUDIENCES peihs
An tho last week The only other note"oi my
feature of the week is "A Matrimonial Maze
new farce by Craven. at the Coiurols'
The sweet-vine production OF Fresno anu
raiohhorinC districts this season VIII ne ,iiu.i
Ice than that Of last year Experts estlnate
+ha ortnut at 900 900 gallons. against Z,o"oVo
,aet vear One Of the largest wineries IN tne
world Is being built two miles and nan tou
Fresno bv the California Wine Association. ~
-,iu have capacity Of 1.!0O.NO gallons Oh WHY,
hut unlike most Fresno County wineries Will
not make brandy.