New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
AWAITING THE TARIFF LAw-MlNlNG IN
A1AsKA-JAPAN's PROGRESS

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIpuNE.J
San Francisco March 13-Aii Caiiiorh'ahS "''
eagerly waiting for the assemblage OF the extra
session Of Congress. for upon It's acuoh III re-
rard to the tariff and the beet sugar INDUSTRY
will depend the prosperity or the state lor '"e
r.xt fonr wears Growers Of wheat. WOOL wine
and fruit are expecting to see the OLD nign 'aiiii
,,..tored for without 1t there will be small pront
IN the production of any of these staples. ~
Oh. heetsuear growers the action OF Congress
,raer. oven more. They claim that II Hawaiian
reciprocity is continued. the beet sugar iac'o-
ries cannot pay any profits. for the isia"a p'""
ara Get the bonus of two and half cents po"'N
,,,,.h ought to be given TO the producer or sugar
IN this state There are $4,000 acres III susa,
beets in California now. but this acreage oo"'>
be increased a hundredfold. as large tracts 20
rich valley land arc especially sui'eu " Wv
growth Of beets. producing a h'sher pe''e".ae
Of sugar than the product OF lanos IN any ''.o'
State Claus Spreckels. the sugar nino""
In coon begin the erection near Salinas IN
Monterey County, Of the largest beet sugar iac-
tory in the world It's capacity will be 5ooo TONS
.S.. aauy Welding over 100000 pounds OF
.uear and It will be run night and day TOT n'e
,,,or.hs II will thus produce more sugar thah
the three big factories at Watsonviiie' Ch'ho
and Alvarado.
I,aoo w w Morrow Of the United STATES
district Court. lectured here this week on me
Federal Government before the iounS -nen .
institute a Roman Catholic Society. his iect-
ure popular EXPOSITION vi ''0 '
ures OF our Government
The neurology Of the week includes Father
John Rinasco one Of the prominent jesuit eou-
Gators who had been president OF 81 lsna.ius
Coueee in this city, and head OF the Santa CARA
Catholic College; Gustave Sutro. cousin or tne
millionaire protector of the Sutro Iuhnel, anu
x H. Wade general manager or the A'SinsI ,
lines In Southern California. who died sudoeh'!
IN Los Angeles.
The French Opera Company opened this week
Az nsnv t,isadvantages as the troupe were
DELAYED an entire day by washout IN arr
iona The critics agreed that the Leading sing
ers showed they possessed good voices, put pet-
ter stage management will be required Il 'he
season Is to prove success.
FANNY Davenport arrived here this week ar
ter four years absence She VIII give us
monda" at the Baldwin. with the same eiaooi a'e
stage setting and scenic enects that iiiaue lei
"Cleonatra" noteworthy. James "A. Herne closeo
to.n,ght his three weeks engagement at the
BALDWIN in "Shore Acres" He has drawn good
houses and the play has scored success equai
To that of Shenandoah or AlaDama-
s,,..or,, California orange-growers will get
large returns for their fruit this season, as the
New-York demand is stronger than for severaI
years. The shipments of oranges mus tad
amount to 200 carloads, and IL is es'iiia'eo
that 400 cars are yet to be dispatched
The sudden illness and death Of ex-senator
Dolph at Portland proved a great shock 10 MS
many friends here. If will power could aVali
IN ward off disease. Dolph would nave mao
many more years Of life. Though very weak
physically he showed Roman fCrtitude, ana
did not give up hope until he began rapidly 10
lose strength, after the surgical operation Ior
the removal Of a leg made necessary by gan
creme.
big crowd Of miners will start from Seattle
for the Yukon as soon as the season in Alaska
will permit The rivalry between steamship
lines is keen and lower rates may be expected.
The Juneau Mining Company recently ORGANIZED
BY the Exploration Company or LONDON VIII
begin this season the most extensive mining
onerations in this country in the Silver Bow Ba-
sin back of Juneau The low grade ore is all on
a steep hillside so that no HOSTS or pumping
works will be needed. The vein has been traced
100 feet but with diamond drills this summer IL
will be tested for 600 feet. If ii holds out, a
hCO-stamp mill will be erected, the largest In
the world and more than twice the size of the
Treadwill Mill. Douglas Island winch mas
only 240 stamps. AS the ore can be mined lor
81 IS a ton and yields "a 81 ton, the enormous
profits may be seen.
The outlook for British Columbia seal poach-
ers Is gloomy, as the Indian hunters have refused
TO ship for less than So skin. At the low price
OF seaskins this leaves no margin of proht. so
that the prospect is that Behring Sea VIII be
free from seal pirates this season
Several cargoes Of steel rails have been sent
recently from Seattle to Kobe for new japanese
railroads and a steamer left Philadelphia this
week with thirty-fve locomotives and oo"O tons
of rails for japanese road. SO absorbed are
the Japanese in material development or their
own country since the with China that they
have ceased to flock into Hawaii and the immi-
grafton to California has fallen off largely.