New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
FOOD SUPPLY OF THE KLONDlkE-CALi
roRNIA's GOLDEN JUBILEE~A
RICH STRIKE.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNE.]

....,o, here over the probable scarcity OF
provisions at Dawson City this winter causeu
by the failure Of boats OF the transpor,a0
ton companies to carry up the Yukon RIVER ."e
usual tmount Of supplies The whole ques'io"
rests upon the good Judgment and trus'"or'":
information Of men who are on the grou"u
II Is believed here by men OF the largest ca
perence in Alaska that shortage VIII suie'.
occur. and that no one except the Government
will feel able to avert II. The Alaska CONNER
ciaI Company's officials have been consistently
conservative from the outset OF the hiohuiho
excitement The heads OF the company III ''''
citv DISCOURAGED those who applied for passage
on the steamers last summer. AND predic'eo
almost exactly what has occurred. This COM
pany's agent. Captain Hansen. has sent oe-
tailed report from Dawson, dated Octoper ~"
which shows that there Is food ior 'hiiH
hundred people. whereas there were io' nv
hundred in town when he wrote ana many
new arrivals came every day from up the ri'e''
On the other hand. the agents or the Noi'"
American Trading and Transportation Noin
pany. Of which p. B. Weare OF Chcaso 10
president. declare that there is no danger OF
starvation 1t must be remembered however
that Weare encouraged the rush OF prospec'ors
last fall. and declared that all would reach 'he
Tllondike who went his steamers The iac'
4. that ont Of eighteen hundred who sailed py
tho Yukon River route only forty-fve reached
Dawson. There is a grave warning IN this for
those who are planning to 60 to the klonoiKe
IN the spring. None should venture to attempt
the trip unless they have at least one ton OF
food and 81. 900 in cash for emergencies. IL IS
useless to depend upon securing work. 1or' uh-
less food is more plentiful mex. season. very
little development work Will be done IN the
mines In fact those who have studied the
situation declare that the danger next season
will be worse than this because OF the enor-
nous number Of people who are preparing 10
come from Europe and the Eastern States and
enter Alaska without adequate preparation
Great preparations are being made for the
California Golden Jubilee parade next month
All the pioneers who were here before the dis
covcry Of gold will be specially invited. includ-
ing John Bidwell and Moses Schtllersoerger. OF
the Bonner party; Colonel William A. Menden-
hall and several others The parade will be H.
Illustrative of CALIFORNIA; history from the early
days and the floats will represent the old Fran
ciscan missions. the Spanish occupation and the
American conquest. the discovery of gold and
the great development Of the State Among the
cur,osites that will appear in the parade are
three old prairie schoOners. now in Suffers
Fort: the original flag of Stevenson's regiment
and TIE bear flag which was hoisted in Sonoma
County and led to the American conquest.
The California Ink Company has a shortage OF
$1,000. which is the work of Adoph bergman,
its boOkkeeper and cashier. He had been embez-
cling small amounts during the twenty months
of his employment and concealed his stealings
by dropping the figures in the footings OF long
columns, and then pocketing the amount
Chief Of Police Lees is trying to suppress the
nickel-in- the slot machines in cigar stores, as
they have been declared illegal Cigar dealers
have united to fight the ordinance. ana test
case will be tried and appealed to the Supreme
npon If he
tempt to enforce the law is that Police Commits
sioner Gunst. who keeps cigar store, was run
ming one OF the machines. but he was the first
to withdraw II.
poses. at the opening of the next semester. to
make mine engineering and metallurgy one OF
the most prominent departments PROFESSOR
Waldemar Lindgren has been secured as It's
head. He Is a Freiburg graduate, and has lately
been connected with the United States Geolog-
cal Survey. In this work he has investigated
the quicksilver deposits Of California and the
gold quartz veins Of the State, and on the latter
subject he has written a book which is regarded
as the chief authority
vice-Consul Ho Vow has been appointed Chi
nese Consul General in this city, an honor which
Is regarded Is a reward for his services In set
ting the differences between the See fup and
Sam Yup factions. which resulted in several
murders. Chang Yung Tong the present Con-
sul-General will return to Washington to take
the place Of Secretary of Legation, to which he
was assigned when asked TO ill the post here
The California Winemakers' Corporation de-
cided this week, they failed to find market
for their wines among San Francisco dealers, 70
60 into the markets Of the world ard Try 20
dispose Of their product. The outlook Tor good
prices for wine is gloomy as this years yleo
amounts to % 10000 gallons The corporation
has held an overstock Of 6'OOOOO gallons, and
city merchants have 5,Op.OW gallons rms
makes the total stock on hand 80 'Joo"o gallons
or two full years supply.
James Mcshane known the silk King Of
Japan" died suddenly in Berkeley this week
from occidental suffocation by gas For cleht
wears he was conspicuous in the silk trade IN
Japan, and his shipments were the largest EST. on
record Some Of his purchases involved hair a
million dollars
this week He owned twenty-five farms. or
total of IA 900 acres in San JOAQUIN County and
was the heaviest taxpayer IN the COUNT "a.
o,so owned one ranch Of 200 acres in SOlanO
cnurtv and another OF 1,2S0 acres In Fresno
County
The richest strike made on the Mother LODE
O., rears was uncovered this week 1t is
.r,r,v five foot ledge In the North star ann
piaci warrior consolidated mine. The ven
ho,rs free gold and is rich In sulphurets: or Iei
Iuride Three assays snow Fio; go, go auI ,nhos
~ Exncrts declare Il Is the widest ana riches
taAao fnund in a long time. and tnat ~ VII
ga, the famous Utica mine as goid producer
local BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS
Denutv-s Sheriff williams has received an exec"''o
.re,nst Jacob Lorlllard for $4,000 IN Ia'or
coorco Y Weed from Westchester County, 10
n.,ancs due on a judgment obtained against MI
Ioril,ard or December 49, 1890 for Soove' Inc ohei
was directed levy on the right, tile ana ihteres
y, Nv I,or,lard in property at No. 2ll West Forty
e,cb,b-st and onc-half part Of No. l2s Bowery, o
.h,cb lis pendens has been fled. The above tuds
49,, uas one OF several filed the same da