New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-06
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
A PRISON RIOT LED BY OPIUM FIENDs-
D1yRRANrs NEW LEASE OF LIFE.

A PRISON RIOT LED BY OPIUM F1ENoo-
DuRRANrs NEW LEASE OF LIFE
rpx TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDuNE.l
Gan Francisco. juno 6.-The mutiny among
.,x hundred convicts In San Quentin Prison
came IN a sudden end in the middle OF the week.
when Warden Hale adopted severe measures
For several DAYS he contented himself with piac-
ing unruIy strikers on diet OF bread anu "a'e''
hut the confusion caused by shouts ana haii'-
mering on cell doors by the ringleaders leu MN
90 turn the hose on them. The Governor also
threatened them with loss Of citizenship Tor hie'
So they finally capitulated and agreed 70 WORE
rb. chief cause Of the trouble was the opium
habit. About one-third Of all the convicts IN 'his
State are habitual users Of opium, ana iuns
half Of the others acquire the hapit IN 'a''''
often in this prison. Heretofore the orus na0
heen smurgled into prison in large quantities.
49,. ,o,e,v a sbarp watch has been kept and
the on,um flends have failed to get their supplies
This derivation made them half insane. and IL
waa those wretches who fomented the riot. Ihev
,yu, ba removed to Folsom Prison. which Is
Gov ,ess pleasant place than San Quentin. with
O warden who believes in strict discipline.
The prolonging Of the life Of Quarantine muir
derer has created q bad impression IN 'his cry
and State. No other crime In twenty years mas
caused so much public feeling. Inc o''u"
stantial evidence agans: Durrant was 80 e0"
elusive that Governor Budd. after nearly Two
weeks. study OF the case. declined to Interfere
The appeal to the Supreme Court Is on iiiii'''
technical pretext which will be swept away
=. oro. hrt attn II gains two or three more
months Of life to the young criminal similar
o,naa, saved for q few months the life OF Saitoh
n uyordan the railroad striker who wrecked
q train during the big riot at Sacramento anu
caused the death Of the engineer and four Ohi.eo
c,..as So,diers Worden was contemptioie
.nacn,en of a man. professional labor aelta-
TOR who hated soldiers because they proKe 'ie
hocthone Of the strike. Yet Mr.. CieVeiaho'
uben President pleaded for Worden's hfe' De-
cause OF his old friendship for the mans mo'her'
who comes Of an excellent family In hoches'e''
,.re LIGHT has been thrown by the police on
A. ,nvster,ous death of Isaac Hoffman, the
wholesale clothing merchant. OF hoffman
p,hschud who was we'll known in New-1 orK'
A. .,a outse. the detectives adopted the theor!
q, suicide and tried to fit facts TO H. ou' 'ie
.u,onsv shows that It would have been nearly
,nnossible for any one to inflict on himseif Vic
wounds from which Hoffman died. Inc n,er
chant had many domestic and business 49, his
hut he was not the kind OF man 10 tah hod 'i,'
oun life Grave suspicion rests upon 'Io ,,"o 70
,"anar Figel who is detained by the ponce u
huvp ,he result of the investigation
The death of Captain Samuel BAR re,lio ord
.na NJ the most prominent shlppins mn ~ W.
,nin,nq operators on this coast. Az one ~ ~
nad ten large clipper ships. but at MS oeatn IN nc
cwned zen riS tbree the Two Brothers, the 70,
pnn;te and the Occidental. or late years nc naa
engaged largely in numbering anu nIi,e, for
~ recentlv sold a coal mine IN washington Ava
100000
r,b. first new building TO be erected IN NOM.
,orvst since the Mills Building was nhlsisu
so i ~ mn, I'm nv the Luning Company, on the
VIII ,h p corner of Montgomery ana outter
" will consist Of a basement ana 'iiee
stories.
rho Fravlev company made its reappeara lic
.. .ha Columbia Theatre this Week ana va
varn,ly greeted. 1t opened IN my All
go :, ,or which the actors were not suiteu an
"a, n.har bouses except the variety theatreS,
s,e oIosed hut the Lilliputians open next week
at the Baldwin.
Ola Calen Clark. who has been guarolaIi Vi .iie
vosor,ite Valley for twenty-four years mas
fosei.,i'e occnunt of age and infirmties. He
LII occupv a house in the valley. Gar Mas G. e
W 49, frst 10 direct attention TO the Aosenii,e,
o,d he has always been eager 10 pres ", a.,
nnt,ral beauties. though often oploseu ny
ia, a 1.bo knew more about practical poIltlcs
than about forestry
ponorts from the harvest fields IN various
'ntias chow that the grain crop VIII De ian
a ,,;a1d except In q few counties where the
,S,,S vas excessIe. The fruit crop VIII NC
light.