New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26
OPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
u-NICIPAI. ELECTION-ORANGE "HO"
rps OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF ALASKA.
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FreenOlQelS
in which to draft a charter. ana 'hen' "''N'
advertisement, 1t will be submitted u P'p 49,
vote San Francisco Is one Of the few Dig c'''7'
- 49, oou,.-, uhicb is governed under an Or
eaDic law that Is thirty years o'u' - nc
N, charter but the municipal government - C''
TOD ON under a Consolidation Act whlCh mas
heen frequently amended by the i-es
The result is tina. all the offices are ca'''e ~.
under the old expensive system WIN" ~ ,,'I,
The maximum Of employees 10 be hireu a. mo-
salaries and forbids the concentration "a ~
snonsbilty in the hands Of the Mayor VI 80
council Of the principal officers Hence a'' -,
s,o-,pents are crowded with pohtical paw"
cams On high salaries. entirely out OF propo' wv
N the work done. and taxes are 80 -,"a..
that ownership Of ell except the pe'' =,
,ronerty hos become a burden. All
- ,x..orrroan, hone, TO see q charter adop'eu
for Il will give home rule. free IRON" "
legislative Interference. and 1t VIII De SURE ~
-.,. In tho service The danger now
.ho, tho I7reeholders may introduce so
- od,co, reforms that conservative pioP
- y,srs will ioin hands with 'he o''N
- ,o,,ers IN defeat IT, as three charters ""'
raoav heen defeated within the last III teen
.,, leather this week has caused
80 &, oil the orange growing sections
r. .,lx,ob the extent of the loss can
NJ 10
-. .,,ros.ed vet The mercury fell lower Ill
~, ,ncsIes Riverside end san BerhH'u'"'
.,as +han in twenty-five years III MANY
49,. ,,o glass registered ten degrees Oe'o"
tao,,,g nont which, with ripe ana ripe'''"s
orarcos on the trees. means complete iVsS -
a.. ,r,i, On the high lands there WIS "''
damage from the frost. but In all the 20" i""N'
the loss cannot fan to be very heaVy'
mi estimate places the total quantity Vi o'i,'7
IN the trees ready for marketing III u' o,
california at ten thousand carloads OF -'o'''
howe Az a rough estimate OF 81 ooN '"''
ranresents S6OOO.OOO. How much OF TINS orop
was gathered at the first warning ny "
Weather Bureau is unknown. but II VIII P'oo
eblv reach one-nfth. The weather P"''""
aor,orstrated its great usefulness in this Crisis
for II its warnings. dispatched D! "'e7'ap
telephone to all principal districts hao pee"
nromptly needed the loss would have peeh
small.
Man who own steamers or who have VesseiS
chartered will coin money next spring. NeNei
IN the history Of the Coast has there oeeh 50
great a demand for vessels The big gram c'oP
stripped the Coast Of deep-sea ships' ana 'He
Klond,ke rush bids fair to engage every steamer
that can be pressed into service. All the coai-
carving vessels will be used for passenger
10 maintain supply Of coal at Unalaska, Dutch
Harbor and st. Nichaels. The rates for passage
and freight arc sure to be high. as the demand
will far exceed the supply. No estimate can
be made Of the passengers who will go from TINS
CITY TO the Klondike, but the number will run
far I'D in the thousands as Australia alone
will send several thousand prospeCtors. All the
passenger accommodations on the steamers from
sydney for several months are engaged ana
much of the freight space has been transformed
into cabins.
Letters from prospectors who went up 10 Cop
per River from this city show that they are
having a hard time. They found navigation Of
Copper River difficult that they could not
make over two three miles day dragging
boats through the shallow water. Frequently
they were stuck on bars. and had TO portage
boats and loads. They camped at Algank
on November Il. and hadn't been able to move
from that place for whole month They ex-
pected to go further up the river by February
No finds of gold had been made, and writer
warned his friends from setting out for the Cop
per River region until rich strikes were actually
made. as he said the whole country was untr!ed
and no knew whether 1t would ysld or not
Work on the new Western Union telegraph
line from Seattle to Victoria will begin at once
The estimated cost Of the new line is $2500t0
Two large copper wires will run from Seattle
10 Port Angeles. and thirty miles OF cable con-
tanning three conductors from Port Angeles to
Victoria. One copper wire VIII also be
built from this city direct 10 Port Angeles In
addition there will be a branch loop between
Seattle and Vancouver With these new lines
there will be no difficulty in handling all the
news from the Klondke next spring The Postal
Telegraph and the Canadian Pacific Telegraph
have had monopoly heretofore into Victoria
and they have Disseminated in an arbitrary
manner. often permitting newspaper 10
monopoze the wires for the greater part of a
night
The decision this week that st9ekh9Iders must
ings Bank means that hundreds of small de-
postors OF the broken bank will not get their
money back This was the bank which was
started by Richard ard Frank Mcdonald as a
feeder to the Pacific Bank. 1t was doomed as a
special depository for small sums and boxes
were given to children 10 encourage savings
Yet the McDonalds looted 1t when the Pacific
Bank was forced TO the wall. and the depositors
have received only about 20 cents on the dollar
in dividends.
The appraisement OF the estate Of Colonel
Charles Fred Croker shows that II amounts to
trfe over 81 100000, Of which all except
$4,000 is represented by stocks and bonds
There were no notes OF friends. so that IL
Crocker hsd loaned any Money IN this way he
estate was appraised such notes most of them
worthless amounted to large
The legal firm Of Delmas q Shortrdge was
dissolved this week For four years OF its ex-
istence il has been interested in some Of the
most extensive litigation in the city. including
the Fair will case.
The downfall OF John w. Harbourne librarian
OF the Free Library Of Alameda, ted much
surprise here Earbourne came from New-York
about five years ago. and soon became promi-
nent in Alameda political circles lie founded
political club. and devoted himself 10 the de-
Of the year ne had appropriated money turned
in for the purchase % books. and by forged re-
his s.ealings is about 81 100. Harbourne has
disappeared leaving his family practically desti-
tt