The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
PACIFIC COAST GOSSIP.
,RrAy,s COMING ERUPTION IN
CALIFORNIA.
49,. Ia, invader aud lie Encmies-A Back
,o,d. Father who MA Not Understand
An, Jokes when Eiopemcnt Was In 0ucs-
-. h.Inah NnnH BANANA

Nvcr five speeches on that day. On the 9th he
ill address me ltings ut San Diego and Los
Angeles. On the eth he Is billed to speak at
Alameda and Oakland, and twice in San Fran
d.co, and on the following day in San jose and
sacramento. In fact, whenever he feels op.
messed with words h will stop and blow off.
| As far as quantity Is concerned, Charley Lane
| has certainly got the worth Of his money.
1t is un(e TODD that Mr.. Brynn's keynote will
N tho dcsl otism of trusts and corporations.
This will require dextcrous handling. Perhaps
the most conspicuous syndicate on the coast is
that OF the silver miners. An orator who
breaches that 80 cents worth Of silver is equal
10 dollar in gold should send his bill in to tho
Sharon estate. Perh 'ps 1t would he safer to
K stick to the simple proposition that the rich and
\ the industrious should divide with the poor and
The idle and that they should go on dividing SO
long as there 10 anything to divide.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald, not unuatu-
ally envious of Denis Kearney's laurcls, ia
kept awake nights by the encroachments Of
japanese cheap labor. The sight OF q little
brown man working in the fields under a TEN.
a ~perature which drives Mr.. Fitzgerald's country
men TO the seclusion OF tho tent whore the demi.
Nhn Ia kept, 6lls bis soul with anguish and his
mouth with foam. Ho has lately heard that
laps are working in the beet fields, whereupon
10 telcgraphs to Senator Perkins: Under
existing circumstances beet industry Ii little
benefit to common farm labor"
Things have indeed come to a pretty pass
when Japanese are raising bcets on American
soil and no one clubs them on the head. or even
sticks a knife through them. Was it for this
that the heroic native fought and bled under
Kearney and .O'Donnell.f Your Jap is n more
\ nsidious foe than the heather Chince; As a
from Quong.tung, because in his impudence
s demands So many hours a day to 10 to school,
washing to interfere with his studies. True. he
sober an! Industrious. and 50 far from com
RRs''e efscts the utterpost taFtSins Of the
current rate Of wages; but bis Unsuitable greed
aF 'yat when he returns to the Kingdom Of the
sunrise. not only the savings which his f~rugality
EaowIedge' which his rivals seldom, acquire.
Fortunate II is that %slcepless patriots like Fitz-
E FSs4 have ss k Sc, gef e dEis q e{ gSo on mail hH' b %5'G so
stone him as he passes in the streets , 81 but as he
= and a sarcastic smile on his lips. they spit and
nowl. The requirements Of high civilization
are Imperative.
According to tho latest mail dispatches tho
Hawaiian planters were awaiting the action Of
Congress with philosophy. Mr.. Anterior, who
owns one OF the largest plantations. says that
The contract with Spreckels. which expires on
Dec. 81. will not be renewed, and that the planters
are inclined to ship the whole of their crop here
d after TO New York or Philadelphia instead Of
ALf OF it as at present. There is some talk Of
establishing a refinery at Victoria. B. c.; It ia
said that the Canadian, Government IL prepared
to assist the project, while the CANADIAN ana Pacific
ton, of refined sugar to Montreal end New
York. Meanwhile the 0ypar'!s Of the Chino
Of beets this campaign, from whit, h they will
extract $1,000 tons OF sugar. Their beets cost
them $3.50 q ton: their expense 'or crude Pc
troleum for fuel will be about 1926, 600.
Atew days ago the revenue cutter Corwin
FL - - L.I1. - a. Gil
III OF sas coaS; ot Clarlctte Island. pumped her
out and lowed her TO Port Arthur. All Hands had
persisted. Captain. crew. and Manager E. G.
Greenfield OF the Alaska Commercial Company
A and his wife and three children. But when tho
hulk was unloaded the bruised. shattered body
ola little siy-yearold boy was found among. the
; ;a5s0 n the s ;sEa5st t. and s;iv near him him a ,b s,,Gck King
5rsssei in .t big nightEoTn m and had probably
struck. 1t is not to be supposed that the father
and the. crew deserted the vessel, leaving the
little fellow on hoard; they were probably swept
vas jammei by floating lumber. The little body
vas bnriei. by the crew Of the Corwin on Char
Iotte ISLAND.
Down in the Gulf OF Panama. where a blazing
Sun pours red-hot rays upon the surface OF a
wni!ess se', there lie coral islands which are
never willingly visited by man, though from
time to time they are occupied by shiowrecked
f -~D ~ tS"N N"i'afS INV Vi
,hcse isl1nds is known as Cocos Island, another
bears the name Of the buccaneer Clipperton.
Last month news reached the British Admiralty
hat the crew of a British ship had been strand
don CiiPperton, and were playing Robinson
Conns was detached from the station at Esqui-
lanlt for their rescue.
Iaere + a story Hholt the Islands: In the
lays OF Drake and Morgan, u buccaneer,f fleeing
IRON a feet o. Spanish gellcons. made land on
me them. and conce aled his booty in u Granny
M H h Fnpka Nj ftD plnnu him. bA rn-
gned again and again. and he piled UP in his
ating place such a store OF pieces of eight, and
specs and. precious stones and fine wines. as
he worlt has never seen. and allowed himself
% be tanned to ,rerose on silken pillows by
dusky maidens whose eyes were burning, yet
snder. One day he went to sea and was never
Sa ~ 2, again: But the trensure Is there. and
md gnarled hands. has told the writer that he
nows exactly where to lay his hand on it.
Seldom has any romance been connected with
uunterfeiting. but the art Of making and circn-
Atng spurious money has its drama. Four
5ears ego james Rodgers, a boy Of eighteen. was
arrested for circulating spurious nickels. There
vas no doubt Of his guilt, but lie told so pitiful
4 tale Of the misery OF his little brothers and
sisters, whom he supported by his unlawful In
tustFy. that the Grand Jury not only refused to
lndict him, but gave him $5J out OF their
pockets and babe him go and counterfeit no
more. Thus provided with capital he made
p"Nuo htIi tRitS OuL " lChi. blbInuNh anu
oony, tin, and zinc, electroplated them with
p1pper and afterward with gold. and circulated
hem at the race tracks and at picnics. He was
alght, or course, and In his lodging were found
~pantities OF the metals In question, plaster OF
ans, nonlds, dies. melting pots. and a complete
esoTtinent Of chemicals.
Investigation led TO the discovery that while
= was the nominal head OF a gong OF counter
sleFs no olter than himself, tho ruling mind
(N,,s his sister Kitty, a Roo1-loOking girl Of II.
was she who superintonded tho issues Of the
se money; the mcmhcrs of the gang took their
Suefs from her. When the game WAS blown
.l2h, she packed the evidences OF their trade in
rni.es and sent them to the house OF an nc.
Gmntance. TO be kept till caleb for" And
Ss pretty little girl was so smart that VIII en-
new IS brought into court. the detectives. who
NEW well what she had done. were 'omp lied
.ohIess hat they had no evidence Oh which
WS could he held: 1t seems that she is In love
NINA member OF the band.
new branch Of trade has sprung up in the
,%"1a'hgton Archipelago. 1t is the export Of
"k TO South Africa. The ship Moreton will
a.. ~ II Few days with 200. 900 brick which
- VI cred nm thn p,nRffaut no hn llnat md ntlaH