New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
PURE FOOD AGITATION-JAPANEsE IN
HAWAII-RUsH TO ALASKAN MINES.


fly TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNEI
San Francisco. March 20.-The Board OF Heai'h
Is doing good work in It's crusade against adul-
toroted food and drugs score Of arrests have
been made. and this week a local grocer named
Cr,ne was tried on the charge of selling as rasp-
berry syrup q compound Of sugar-cane glucose
water and aniline dye The purchaser or TINS
mixture was made very Ill, and bottle bought
Of the same place was introduced In evidence
olonp with the original package. The jury con-
victed Cline but the Eastern manufacturers VI
this spurious syrup have furnished runds 10
carry the case to Supreme Court under the
snecious plea that no dealer IL responsible lor
The quality of goods in sealed packages. when lie
buys them of a reputable firm at full market
price.
Serious trouble Is threatened in Hawaii over
the refusal of the Government TO permit the
landing Of 537 japanese contract laborers' IL Is
o,o,,,od that these Japs have been brought IN IN
violation of the law and II Is rumored that this
chinIoad is the first Of many which VIII be sent
70 Hawaii. in order to make the number or Japs
co overwhelming that when the proper time
comes It will be an easy matter to gain controi
~ tho Government. 1t Is said that the Japanese
have arms concealed in the various isiands' anu
that they seriously mediate forcioie seizure Vi
rho Government They are also prepared 10 'ahe
tho great bulk Of the raw sugar Oh the isiaho
should Congress abrogate the reciprocity treaty
bjg refinery has been built near 1okohaiha'
and a line Of vessels Will be put on at once 10
carry the Hawaiian sugar crop to japan shouiu
the renewal of the reciprocity treaty be denied
~. nr,zeNght at Carson created as great ex-
o,tement here as National election. The at
tendance from this city was not so large as eX-
nected probably because of the heavy expense OF
railroad fare and board at Carson, hence there
seemed to be the greater eagerness TO learn the
details of the battle. The newspaper puietln
boards were besieged by enormous crowd.
which filed the streets and blockaded traflc IL
was a kind Of popular mania which seemed 10
arrect nearly all classes. The two leading news
papers here gave more space TO II IMAM 10 the
Inauguration OF President Mckinley, and for
DAYS before the battle they surrendered more
than a page every day TO discuss the concltion
of the pugists and gossip about the gang or
hr,isers and gamblers that nocked to the Nevada
state captal Carson gained much in coin dur
ing the last fortnight. but the press comment on
the States mercenary policy in legalizing prize
fights must hare been CALLING to all Nevadans
With any self-rcspect. The Western Union Tele
Yraph Company scored great success in han
ding the great mass of special dispatches ned at
Carson Wednesday night me soo company
strung eight new wires. at cost or SZO,ooo. and
with forty operators on the ground they were
prepared to send 10000 words an hour. They
actually handled over 100000 words between
o'clock and midnight. when all the desks were
cleared 1t was the best piece Of Geographic
work ever done on this coast. and 1t was man.
aged by Superintendent Frank Jaynes. Of the
Pacific Coast Division. who personally directed
all details at Carson. and Manager William j.
Martin who was in charge at this end
The Home and Child Study Association was
formed here this week, with Mrs. +. G. Green
president Among the officers and directors are
Mrs Phoebe Hearst, Mrs. Caroline Severance
and Nine Clavere. of Los Angeles: Miss Sarah
d Hamlin and Mrs. Mary Kincaid An effort
will be made TO apply scientific principles 10
practical everyday work The first public meet
ing will be held during the week Of the Woman's
Congress.
Playgoers have had an unusual variety OF at
fractions this week. Fanny Davenport made a
pany has presented grand and comic operas in
good style Cissy Fitzgerald has had fair sue
cess but her English jokes don't appeal TO
California audiences. which can never be ac-
cused Of Anglomania-
The largest consignment of coffee for the sea-
son was received this week from. Central
America 1t amounted to 13.42I bags.
A renewal in foreign orders for Pacific Coast
lumber is noted Two cargoes for Mexico We're
placed this week. one for Honolulu and another
for Great Britain.
A new strike Of valuable ore was reported this
week on the desert only five miles south Of the
railroad station at Mojave. The first claim was
discovered there last November. Now there are
$50 men in the camp, which bids fair TO rival
Randsburg, which Is about nifty miles away.
Even with the heavy cost of shipping ore to
reduction works. much of 1t nets SD ton profit