New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE KLoNpIKE DEVELOPMENTS CAUSE
SERIOUS ALARM--EX-MAYOR SUTROS
ILLNESS-THE FAIR WILL CASE
SCARCITY OF SAILORS
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San Francisco, Sept 1.-THE weeks devel-
onments in Klondike affairs have caused acute
alarm. 1t is now certain that not only the un-
fortunate men who are rushing to their own
destruction over the passes will starve. but
also those who are already at the mines. The
steamer National City. which put in at Eureka
on Wednesday. and the Cleaveand, which ar
rived yesterday at Seattle brought intellience
which shows that the conditions are much
worse than any one had supposed Not even
the handfuls OF yellow nuggets which those IN
the diggings are taking out are able to ho'o
them there in the face OF certain starvation,
and there are now such numbers leaving DaW-
son City that It may be called an exodus
Stores have already closed their doors There
is no earthly possibility Of getting enough 1000
up tho river 10 sustail the people now there'
let alone the poor deluded ones who are break
ing their necks TO get over the passes with
only sufficient supplies to last them to. the ehd
OF their journey. And this shortness has al
fected the output of the district, and viii fur-
Their 90 So Men cannot work without eating'
and there is no chance of their getting enough
to sustain life 10 say nothing of doing hard
work Already II is known what will he DONE
Those going in over the passes without ample
supplies 20 carry them until spring-and those
we'll supplied will not number twenty-five
will be sent back without ceremony the mo-
ment they reach Dawson. Those now in the
diggings will draw lots. and the unlucky ones
will have to get out CT the country for the
time being This Is going TO cause a lot OF
suffering, FOR the last river boats for the sea-
son have left Dawson. and "a come out means
a dangerous and difficult overland trip. People
AT Skaruay nav be reached and relieved but
surely have TO he sent out this winter mean
an undertaking Just about as great as to so
TO the North Pole.
Adolph Sutro. ex-Mayor and wen-knoWn cap
italist is so seriously i'll that his friends are
alarmed. He has been away several weeks try
ing TO recuperate but seems to be falling A
general breaking up of the system appears 10 De
the trouble.
The Fair will case has got to the stage OF ar
gun,ents and in itself has been undressing
The feature of the affair has been the EFFORTS or
'Raroness" Won T1rkheim to get word with At
torney Delmas. She has waited OUTSIDE the
courtroom door every day. and followed Deimas
on the street Finally her demonstrations pc
came so threatening that Delmas had the ponce
furnish him a detective as a body guard Baron
ess' Won Turkheim will be rememb ered as the
woman who the mistress of the attorney.
She married swindler as she alleges. through
Vaccinations OF Delmas and he deserted her IN
London. 1t is for this the woman wants, salts
faction.
Sailors are scarce at this port. The immense
wheat crop moved has created a demand for sea-
men which lust at this moment cannot be met.
Nearly a dozen British ships are In TINS port
ready for loading with wheat for the BRUSH Isles
but are unable to get seamen TO man tnem Cne
reason for the scarcity is that the unusuaIiy
large fishing feet took the surplus 10 Alaska .hs
year and they have not yet returned the kion-
dixie excitement also took away large numper'
The Oriental may be slow in adapting himself
to Occidental customs. but when he does MARI
I'D his mind to change he goes TO the Hrnt. ins
latest instance of this kind is the marriage OF
Chinese at sea to escape the operation OF the
law which says that a. year must intervene
after divorce before marriage relations may
again be established. On the steamer wnicn
left for San Diego yesterday were Chew Len, d
wealthy Chinese merchant, and Yutt Sene, VINO
has been a ward Of the Chinese Mission In THIS
city. The woman has been divorced only rev
weeks and therefore the couple VIII DE married
at sea.
The charter-makers are hard at work trying
to put together instrument to mt TINS pc
culiar city. The sections under consideration
this week relate to the powers or the Mayor ana
the Board of Supervisors. 1t Is the design 10
increase the responsibility or the Mayor anu
hedge the Supervisors with as many safeguards
as possible.
The Stevenson Block. on the southeast corner
of California and Montgomery SITS. in the heart
of the downtown district, was put up Tor auc-
ton this week The highest bid received was
$111.JOO, and the piece was "itnorawn, "a
The property was appraised at S1o0OOo
As usual with San Francisco public buildings
the new Hall of Justice is progressing slowly.
day or two ago the contractors withdrew every
man at work. and loud protests had been mace
by citizens. The struc' ure VIII propapiy hans
fire like the City Hail. which took twenty years
to complete, to the benefit of many Boards OF
Supervisors and contractors.