New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
UNsEAwORTHy' VESSELS FoR|rHE hhoN-
DIKE-INDICTMENT OF COAL TRUST

San Francisco March 3 (SpeciaD.-The Mon
6jke excitement continues. despite gloomy re-
norris from those who have~started out ." '"e
trails Every steamer that leaves TINS Guy is
crowded and most of the passengers appeal ~
ne we'll fitted out The.chief danger however iie'
in the sending out of all kinds OF uhseA"o' '"'
craft with inexperienced p.Ets 10 guide the YES
sells through the inner passage from 'ne oo"''o
to Dyea and Skaguay. one OF the most ui'''' u,'
ara dangerous pieces OF navigation In the world
An L,,ds ~ craft have been pressed intoSerNice
Gov corrvinr Messengers .rhe latest being 'he
steam schooner Tfllamook. This boat useo "
carry a dozen passengers 10 coast poiii'e 'NN
she sailed this week for Alaska with quarters
FOR two hundred.
The reports direct from Dawson sho" '"a'
much gold IS being taken out. and tha' 'he
lower end OF Bonanza Creek. which was re-
garded as nearly worthless. Is yieid'hs we'll
Th,s came IN a private letter from Joaquin
Miller. who has claim there. ana may Fe' Vo'''e
on. ., The frozen North rich man. Max New
berry the only artist who has sent pen Draw
,nes from the Klondike. has claim adjoining
Miller's He left for Dawson this week carry
inr a plant for small sawmill. in which there
VIII probably be more. money than In the mines
: The fight against the Coal Trust advanced
mis- week another step. when all the wholesale
and retail dealers in the trust were indicted by
the United States Grand Jury. The indictment
shows that for three years the eight importers
who are indicted have actually controlled all
the coal for domestic purposes brought 70 san
Francisco. The retail members OF the Coal
Dealers Association are accused OF having COM
hned 10 keep coal a certain price. irrespective
of cost or supply. This Will be the nrst
criminal trial on the coast under the law against
restraint OF Interstate commerce.
The application OF Adolph Sutro's guardian
Tor authority 10 sell real estate which Will Drlhg
100000 is the first public revelation or the oao
condition Of the Sutro estate. Before the collapse
Of his powers Sutro was harassed for READY
money as for years he refused TO sell any OF ms
hundreds of acres of suburban property which
he owned between the city outskirts ana the GIN
House Now the estate owes over SoooooO Dor
rowed from banks and there is nothing with
which 10 clear off this huge debt except the
sale OF real property. This property Is appraised
at s3OOO0OO but II put up at auction would
bring little more than the debt, because OF the
duIness in the real estate market. The apphca.
lion makes ii plain that the Sutro heirs DO not
propose TO keep the old mionaires promise 10
give his library TO the city
A meeting Of large wine producers from Napa
Sonoma, Alameda and several other counues
has held here this week, and an organization was
perfected Its object is to prevent the Cahforhia
Wine Makers Association from sacrihcins VINE
as il has been doing for several months by
this union these producers hope 10 controi the
situation and save small vineyardists from SELL
ing wine to the association at less than the cost
of king
r C. Porter Of Honolulu. who committed sui
eide at Iivermore by throwing himself under
train was we'll known in Hawaii. where for
wears he was chief accountant for Claus SprecK-
els He was given a place as Minister OF
Finance in the Cabinet in order to piaca'e
snreckeIs. but was retired when the millionaire
demanded $4,000 which he had advanced.
- : he extraordinary success Of the Bostonians
g., "pob,n. Hood" is the theatrical sensation OF
the week The opera has been given here al
every visit by the company. and this time II
was nut on with come msgivinss for single
w,ek between THE Serenaders" and RIP van
Wrinkle" BY Tuesday there was not seating
room for the remainder of the week. and the
opera will he continued the greater part OF next
week
Professor Woodworth OF the State University
&c engaged in preparing descriptive and biblio-
graphical list of all genera and species or can
fornia insects. The State is rich in insects. ana
the expected work will include more than SIX
thousand species which have been classlhed ID
New-Jersev The latter state has only twenty
specjes of the bee family. while California has
thirty-one genera. representing fully one num-
-dred species.
Bishop William Taylor. the African mission
arv received this week news Of the death OF his
niece DR. Jennie Taylor Gordon. at Malamge
in Angola, of fever: She was graduate or
Dickinson College. Pennsylvania, and OF the
Philadelphia Medical College and had served
four wears in Africa. Her courage, medical skill
and constant cheerfulness made her power In
missionary work.
The suicide Of Leopold Feldman. this week
has revived stories OF the escapades OF this
black sheen in a rich Jewish family Of London
J,eopold who had been cast off by his father as
tncorrlgible came here about three years ago.
and gained his first employment In dancehall
conducted by the notorious Big Bertha Al
Ter failure as variety actor he eked out a
wretched existence as a clerk in several stores
until he stole jewery from a friend. For this
he served a year in the House or Correction.
He posed here at one time as the real Sir Robert
Peel and gained money from friends OF that
family. Those who helped him found him UNI
trustworthy. so that finally he ended his life
90 escape want
The new Wells. Fargo & Company Express
Building which is now sbeing constructed at
the northwest corner of Second and Mission
SITS. will be an addition TO San FRANCISCO bust
ness structures. II will be OF granite. gray
brick and terra Gotta, six stories high and will
run through to New MOntgOmery-st.
The local bond and stock market has been dull
this week. doubtless due TO the reaction from
the excitement OF the previous week. Sugar
stocks declined in sympathy with the decline
in the East but the Hutchinson plantation was
Arm, closing at 45h cents The menace Of the
opposition gas company had little influence on
gas and electric stocks. The first sale Of Ne
vada National Bark stock was made at 100
which is $40 above quotations for its old stock.
HnTSENENTN AT HOT SPRINGS