New-York tribune., 1898-01-23
TOPICS in CALIFORNIA.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR THE
JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE DIS
CovERY OF GOLD-RENEwEDA AC-
TIvITY IN oUTFITTING FOR
THE KLONDIKE-THE
MINING FAIR.
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MINING FAIR
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San Francisco. Jan. 22.-The arrangements io'
t,.a Jubilee celebration Of the hftieth anhNei
sary Of the discovery OF gold in California nave
49,, r-act,cally completed. and the parade
which will open the weeks exercises PROMISES W
he the best ever held on this coast Its dis-
t,nct,ye feature will be the revival OF pioneer
davs. so strange and SO interesting 10 'he
youncar generation. The early mining VIII De
illustrated bv floats. and old miners who nave
h.fn working in the Serras since ~ VIII give
,ractical exhibition OF the use OF rockers anu
suices and other utensils OF the placer miner
Some Of the men associated with Marshall INC
discove-er Of gold. will be in the parade ana l"eS
will have many curious relics OF Sut'e' 'oi'
which was the headquarters for Americans ue
fore the Mexican War broke out ana oeio'e '"e
bear flag uprising led to the seizure OF the terri
tory by the United States forces. In the paiaue
will also be a number OF old prairie schooheiS'
or big canvas-covered wagons, In wnlch 'he
pioneer families crossed the plains Some oi
these will be drawn by horses and others os
oxen. The Society Of Pioneers. the Mexican War
Veterans and the Native Sons VIII all turn OUT
IN full force, with many valuable relics ana
hammers The floats which will be conspicuous
in the parade Will give a review of CahIorhia
history and development and several VIII pe
elaborate One of the interesting DIVISIONS
Will be composed Of cowboys from the great
cattle ranches of San Joaquin and INDIANS iion
all parts Of the State They Will be IN iu'' ie
gala 1t is estimated that fully loooV peopie
will be in line. The Regular Army VIII De repre-
scented by all the United States troops IN 'nis
vicinity The exercises will continue unth SAT
urday night. when the Mining Fair VIII open
Tba arrival of twenty Klondike miners at
Seattle this week. with nuggets ana drai'S rep
resenting nearly S1.0O0,00O, has given great
stimulus 10 Quitting for the Yukon. Most Oh
the men who returned with fortunes had peeh
in Alaska only one season. ana thelr s'olies VI
,,a general richness Of the country and the
good prospects for men who are USED 10 'iiA-
ING and who carry sufficient food and other
supplies have greatly encouraged those VIM
are planning TO cross the Chilkoot next March'
The activity here in all the outftting trades IS
ramarkable All the steamship offices are be
sieged with applications for berths. ana TWO
vessels which sailed this week were crowded
One Of the curious features of the departure oi
these vessels was the large number OF ooes
which have been trained TO drag seds Here'o-
fore passengers coming out here nave hao 10 en-
cage accommodations on steamers mere Out hO"
the Southern Pacific Company has given oruers
+o cell IN Ney-York City or Chicago. or at other
large Eastern points llUOusi tlSht'S ~ -
skaeuay or St Michaels. This move was taken
TO block the competition by the Union facihc
and the Oregon Short Line to Seattle The San
Francisco market is far larger than ina. Cl
Seattle: the variety is more complete rom " nv ~
10 choose. and prices are lower mere i III,
centre OF supplies on this coast Tor beans ana
all evaporated vegetables and fruits IN TACT
California is now supplying most OF the Atlerl-
can demand for evaporated potatoes and onions.
Another point in favor OF san FRANCISCO Is lls
ample hotel accommodations. If one thousdhu
strangers should be LANDED in seattle IN oe r@y
the hotels would be overcrowded and lodglns
houses filed but San Francisco on several oc,
casions has readily provided rooms and poaro
for forty thousand strangers
The Mining Fair. which opens next Saturday
and continues until March Il. will be valua-
ble aid TO any one intending to go 10 the Mon
dixie While much Of the space Will be devoted
TO processes of mining in the VARIOUS of o,s re
auired for the Klondike. with specimens OF al,
the new kinds of evaporated and condensed
foods and samples of clothing, utensils, tenls
and other articles needed by miners All the
outftting houses have made special enorts 10
furnish attractive displays, and the result VIII
be actual practical schools for YUKON prospect
ors Not only will all the methods OF placer
mining under the Arctic Circle be shown Dut
even details of hOuse-building, care OF sup
niles cooking etc, will be exhibited. These
novel displays promise to be extremely inter
esting as we'll as useful The klondike outnt
is so radically different from anything required
in California. any other part or the Vest
that no experienced miner can get any adequate
idea of il without actual sight of the articles
required.
Much interest is shown here in the selection OF
the American Director General for the World s
Fair at Paris, and many strong Endorsements
of NJ H De Young. proprietor OF The enron
icle" and one OF the vice-presidents or the
Chicago Fair have been sent TO washington.
Mr. De Young made a special study OF the last
Worlds Fair al Paris. and the importance OF
his work for California at Chicago was gener-
ally recognized. He was also mainly ins,r3-
mental in making successful the California Mid
,vinter Fair Of which he was Drector-General
Few men in this country have so intimate and
practical o knowledge as he possesses Oh an 'he
details of management Of great exhlDluon.
vyuie Collier has made hit with THE Man
from Mexico" and the second week at the Bad
,.in has seen larger houses than the first.
.Courtrd into Court" has alsc done large busi-
ness Al the California The TivoN brought out
this week q new Irish opera brian bor"'
which has been well received.
President JORDAN aud several professors at
Stanford University discussed this week the sys-
fcn Of John Doe" warrants. which permits
ignorant country constabes TO arrest innocent
persons because OF their resemblance to sus-
pected criminals This illustrated by the
case OF Professor Dudley. wellknown botanist.
who was arrested and thrown into jail on suspl-
cion that ne was a counterfelter The consta-
bic refused to permit him 70 communicate win
friends. and IL was three days before he was
liberated Professor Dudley proposes to bring
q damage suit. against the officer, and also the
man who induced the officer TO arrest him.
Alaska Packers. Hawaiian Commercial and
Hutchinson Plantation were among the leading
active stocks Of the week An advance Of four
points occurred in Oceanic Steamship stock on
the report that q dividend would be paid.
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