New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-30
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
NEW WHEAT IN MARKET-DRAMATlC
AND PERsONAL-RANDsBUR
Inx TELEGRAPH TO TIE rnIpuNE.l

IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIpcNE.l
San Francisco. May 29.-The death OF Frank
McCopr,n this week removed man VINO mao
been identired with the development OF Gan
Francisco for forty years. He was one OF inc
rro,sctors Of Golden Gate Park. and had his ad-
v,ca been followed the city would have had
superb boulevard extending direct from Inc
Panhandle" Of the Park TO the intersection OF
Van Ness-ave and Market-st. His scheme was
defeated: hence to-day there is no good drive
way straight to the Park McCoppin VIII also
he remembered for his services In bringing from
Australia the lady bug. which cleared Southerh
California orange groves OF dangerous pe'"
the cottony cushion scale.
The first car OF new wheat Of this season was
received at Stockton on Thursday from he!"
County. Reports received by Stockton gram
dealers show that the harvest throughout '"e
San Joaquin Valley was much better 'hah was
expected even a fortnight ago "hea' ''"'
looked poor in the field is yielding iairE' "
the southern end Of the valley. where 'he e'op
last year was very light, the harvest Is o'''
usually promising.
The Pacific Mail Company this week sent an
extra steamer TO Central American ports IN Or
6er TO discourage recent opposition Two o'ie'
extra steamers have also been chartered lot 'hi'
service On the China route the same po"'S
was adopted owing to threatened rnterie'e0e
nv a Japanese line. which has collapsed ihe
c,enalvon. which arrived this week from 1oAo-
hama. was the first to appear OF these ne" '""'
tered steamers on the Oriental Line
In the death of Captain Charles upper al San
Jose this week California lost pioneer ana
MEXICAN War veteran. Upper was an associate
Of Fremont who came here AFTER the wal Will
Mexico When the Rebellion broke out ne orgah-
ICED company Of California volunteers ana
was made captain
Nat" Goodwin has played 10 iarse hOua AZ
this week in AN American citizen AT tiie ~
coZor Francis Powers little one-act she,ch Vi
C,hinatown entitled The First Born, sun SV
tinues to draw big audiences ina, L. are &c oriental
with the mpressveness of TINS oit Oh vi NH CO
traged,, which Is handled With as mucn Shi a.,
Chester B. Fernald shows in his tales Oh TIC 0"''
Francisco Chinese quarter
Rosalnd Amelia Young, direct descehua,. e
OF one of the mutineers OF lhe Do s so,iiverod
settled on Pitcairn Island. is here ana oe,,' c.
a lecture this week on the strange SCUM SCUM 80
Island community in which she mas sp mS+nr,,
life She has written successiuL o1 1as been
of the Pitcairn Islanders, and she ha' ,.,r,aer
school teacher at home since she was th 49,
years old. She may visit Eastern cities oeioie
her return next winter. ,. ,ha San
Much feeling is shown Throughout inc 90.
1oaouin Valley over the exclusion from nus
STA on account of his religion OF AuoipI ~ w.
~ ono Of the richest men in Fresno anu ny
head Of n great mercantile company, Wmcn
has stores In six Of the large towns OF t,ie Va az,
lev Kutner is millionaire. ard pesloes ~, S
other interests has founded large lrult e euit
onv He also built and gave 10 FRESNO "s Ai''
schoohouse.
The Alaska Cod Fish Company this year VII
employ nine small schooners In thelr uaue'
which Is Increasing every year Inc Alash so
cod has firm white meat, and the denahu -. ~,
a. is Increasing steadily. orders coming from
Central America Australia and the racine ISL
ands.
Survivors are at work for the Santa re NIX
tnp q line from Kramer TO the new MoJaVe
Desert mining camp of Randsburs Inc camp
Sc growing rapidly and the mines onl! heeo
water to be very productive Ola miners ue
clare that Randsburg is the most promlslhe
district discovered in California for ten years.
The lumber trade Of oregon is Just oegln-
ming to attract notice. Heretofore washington
State has enioyed a monopoly OF lumber eN-
norta.ion Now a strong. new corporation tns
Pacific Lumber Company. has entered tne I ,
and is shipping lumber from the CoIuHp H
River This week the British ship SeIKirK lei.
Astoria for Yokohama with lumber. Ihe sal'ie
company Is now loading the japanese steamer
Tenko Maru for Japan, and is under engdse
ment 10 load the steamer Chun sung ana .iie
shin Eureka both of which are now on the wa!
to Portland from China. Each Will take ABOUT
! 100000 feet.