New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA
THE POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION SuS-
TANNED LOCAL TAX RATE
INCREASED MODJESKA
AS CLEOPATRA.
AS CLEOPATRA.
fsY TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBuSE.l

San Francisco Sept. A.-Reports from the
East that the Republican prospects In California
are dismal and that Senator Hanna mas ooo"
commissioned to infuse more life into the cam
paign are ri2iculed by the leaders here. mere
have been faction fights in San Francisco o"e
to the bad sath of n prominent Roprbhcah' WIN
has seen At at this late day to oppose me men
against whom he made no protest at the o'a'e
Convention but this is a mere episode. Ihroue"-
out the state there is a general feehng OF COLI
ndence in the success Of the Repubhcahs' De
cause of the good financial management oi
the Administration and because OF the speedy
and successful end of the war secretary
Alger is not popular here, ana re IS hd'eu
in Southern California because or MS an
tagonisn, 20 San Pedro Harbor Improvements.
but the great majority of the voters are Will
ing TO abide by the official inquiry. and they
believe President Mckinley has done everything
IN his power to insure the comfort and safety
of the troops. Against Gage. who represents al
conservative Republican traditions, and who re-
ceIves the benefit OF the good work of the Ad-
ministration is arrayed Congressman Mcguire
and his following of spoils hunters and crank
reformers, many Of whom gained notorletS OH
the sand lots in the days Of Kearneylsm '" nat
hurts Mcguire throughout the state is MS SIN
gle-tax record which he has never repuolateu
and which he cannot repudate. as several Oh HIS
chosen lieutenants are leaders or thls HhdhClai
heresy that would throw all the burden or taxa
ton upon the owners Of city real estate ana
>cunt,v farms Another part of his record
which Mcguire would like to bury is his warm
advocacy of free trade. In the LNth congress
he voted persistently against the INDEBTEDNESS
and fruit-raisers of California he Vo'eu
against the Dingley bill. which saved wool men
from ruin. Mcguire also voted against giving
q two-cent tariff prunes. or ~ Genus Oh
raisins. He voted to place only @'-oeht 'a'ii.
IN foreign oranges when Republicans desired
Go cents. and he opposed every increase OF 'ari'i
on fruits and nuts though people of California
Irrespective Of politics. were practically uhahi-
nous for high duties. in order that fruit-erow
e,s might be saved from bankruptcy. which the
Ccrman-Wilson law threatened to bring upon
them II is not likely that Californians VIII
con forget that Mcguire did everything IN MS
mower while in Congress to advance free-traue
doctrines. which he imbibed from his mentor
Henry George.
The local tax rate Cor the fiscal year was
fxed this week at 81 SO6 on 500. or 10 cents
IN excess Of last years rate. Among the feat
ures of the new levy is an appropriation OF
$4,000 for free collection of garbage; S'o'"o
for acquiring property in disreputabe districts
and converting it into ST. Mary's Park ana
S5OOOO for a new hospital. The total revenue
from taxation will amount to S4,6l2O4o, and the
total expenditures of the city government are
estimated at 5000 BOB More work is being
done on the streets now than for years. Mar
ket-st is nearly paved with btumen from FIRST
TO Sixth St. ana many other streets nave peeh
ordered paved with the same material An or
der will soon be issued for raising all SIDEWALKS
six feet on Market-st., from Main-st. to the
waterfront.
julius Kruttschnitt. the general manager OF
the Southern Pacific Company, was victim re-
Gently of a peculiar robbery He left his city
house to go to Burlingame with his family. and
on his return this week he found that his home
had been ransacked by burglars. who carried
away plumber from a wedding suit TO baby's
cradle. clocks. porteres, furniture, jewery and
bric-a- brac-all stolen. The police soon found
that raid had been made by the small boys or
the neghborhood, ranging from nine to fourteen
years of age who had left their plumber with
relatives or sold 1t to pawnships A $50 clock
was sold for 10 cents. The railroad manager
has recovered most of his goods, but declares
that he will prosecute the thieves as well as
the receivers Of the stolen goods
Another Stanford student has been honored
by the British Museum which has chosen Perry
O. Symonds to collect geological specimens in
South America. Mr. SymOnds will start in at
Guayaqu and will follow the Andes down to
the Straits OF Magellan His main efforts will
be to secure specimens of all mammals. but he
will not neglect reptiles birds and insects He
expects to be gone three years. and as the
museum takes five specimens Of each species
gathered. some idea OF the labor may be gained.
Modjeska received high praise from all local
critics for her Cleopatra, which here
for the second time in this country. The
staging and costumes were extremely artistic
and the work of the actress nephew. Her
conception of the Egyptian Queen is absolutely
unlike that of Bernhardt and others. as she
simply developed the refined sensualism Of the
woman and makes her seductive without fe-
rocity and force Nance O'Neill, whose real
name is Gertrude Lamson. appeared at the
Columbia with Mckee Rankin's company and
was warmly welcomed She is a California
girl whose father bitterly opposed her stage
ambition, and on the of her theatrical debut.
five years ago. he prayed al church meeting
that she might fail in her first attempt. Since
then he has become reconciled to her choice, and
this week he attended the theatre and his
daughter in THE Jewess.
An Indiana Sheriff this week decided not to
risk ENHANCEMENT IN the meshes of California
law So ne kidnapped Cadwallader the bank
epobezzler Of Union City Ind. and by means Of
a special train succeeded in taking his man
over the State line before warrants could be
served in habeas corpus proceedings. 1t was
q merry chase over the Sierras between rail
road and telegraph. but by sharp devices the
Indiana Sheriff eluded several pursuing officers
What will be the result is uncertain, but it is
not likely that the State officers will urge the
prosecution OF the energetic Official who out
witted them Certainly methods adopted in
the Bodkin case give some reasonable ground
for the desire 10 avoid the technicalities Of
California law.
There is still a strong demand for bonds
which not taxed. and many stocks which
pay good dividends sought. Sugar stocks
weakened a mite Hawaiian Commercial which
opened weak at 20. sold down TO 2r. though
Hutchinson held up 10 IS. All railroad bonds
were In good demand
LOCAL BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.