New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
INTEREST IN MANILA SITUA1lON
AMERICANS IN HONOLULC-plf
FERING REPORTS FROM
KLONDIKE
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TSIDuNE1

ca, Francisco Sept 9--The SITUATION III
Manila is watched with keen Interest mere aS
4, g.. recognized that upon Aguinaldos aiu'uue
res,a the DISPOSITION Of all the volunteer f"ei-
ments here and Of many others al the r'a'''
. Whatever may be the outcome III Mana' " "
uretty certain that three regiments he'e "''
be forwarded 10 Honolulu, and that s'e''
military camp will he established 'here' ~
that troops may he dispatched promptly |" 'ne
Philippines should any sudden turn IN eNe"'s
demand their presence there. IL Is re'osN"
here now that the eth California hes'iheh'
MA. ZOO impatient Had the men waited little
longer there is no question mat 'he! "ou'"
have seen service in Honolulu. II not in Manila
Reports from Honolulu show that the Gil!
IL crowded with Americans, VINO nave s"ai
over the islands under the mistaken i'"pie'
sion that good opportunities were awaiting
young professional and business men. now that
annexation has become a fact. They failed 10
take into consideration The presence OF large
body OF Asiatic shopkeepers. and also the re-
stric.ions which are thrown around new ar
rivals Several commercial travellers had
disagreeable experience with Honolulu oro'-
nance which imposes a tax Of 500" before any
one sell goods.
The arrival Of a steamer direct from st Mich
aels this week with about Sl.50oOO0 In treasure
has revived interest somewhat in the Klondike.
but most OF the returned miners have nara LUCK
stories to tell. Nest OF the money on the steam
or was in the form of drafts to the Alaska
Commercial Company. The most conflicting Re
ports are received OF the wealth OF the klon-
dixie. Walter De Varila Deputy United states
Geological and Mineral surveyor. is quoted as
saying that mining In the Klondike is d gamble,
because II is not true placer country an the
gold is tine product OF erosion or of glacial
action Captain John McCarerty. ex-Collector
Of Customs for Alaska. declares that much eX-
aggeration has been INDUCED in by some Seattle
and San Francisco newspapers In the interest of
transportation companies He declares that enc
man. whom he helped TO get out Of Dawson.
was credited by Seattle papers with a fortune
OF $1,000 The facts We're that the man had
only enough 10 reach home. and that was given
20 him In charity. McCafferty asserts that out
side OF forty claims on the FL Dorado and
twenty on the Bonanza creeks not one Of the
eighteen hundred claims In the Klondike has
paid the expenses OF working. He figures out
that S7000O000 has been sunk In claims and
will never he recovered
On the other hand. H. s White. who was com
missioned by Reuters Agency TO investigate the
Klondike declares that bench claims prov
ing richer than those in the bed Of creeks. and
he instances one miner. Stanley. who panned
out 81, 600 day with a single rocker He thinks
these bench claims sure TO produce millions
annually, and that the district is sure 10 last
for a number OF years. White IS opposed TO the
Canadian royalty and says il should be abol-
ished
One OF the handsomest pieces Of jewellers
work ever seen in the city is a large cut-glass
fruit bowl with a stand made out If five hun
dred nuggets sodered together. The bowl is in
tended as gift TO Captain Constantine OF the
Northwest Territory police, on his return from
q visit TO England. II was made from nuggets
contributed by miners. and is worth $1,000.
Professor George Geisinger. of the State Uni
versity started this week for Egypt. where he
expects to make d thorough study Of the Bibli-
cal cipher code OF Abrahamc symDOlogY lie
has made discovery which he thinks Will
change the prevailing theory or scholars ana
ne will spend six months in Egypt IN practca
research. especially among the seventy thrd
sect OF MahOmetans.
Henry Miller again scored a succ' 80 this week
In "A Marriage 81 Convenience at BALDWIN :
Theatre The First Born PoWers's chinese
drama which succeeded in NewYork. but failed
In London, has been revived at the Alcazar and
is enjoying good run. 1t requires som" kno" 20
edge Of Chinese character and hie TO. appreciate
the play and II va. probaL lily lack Of this know
edge which led to the failure in London.
Modjeska opens az the Baldwin next week in
plays with which her name IS familiar. but in
tine course OF her engagement she viii appear IN
an elaborate production ~ Antony and Cleo
patra
Business W Is badly interrupted this week as
Monday state La Dor Day ana yesterday
was Admission Day Both were lega' holidays
and banks and large mercantile houses were
closed. There has been no special activity IN
any line of stocks and bonds except sugar
stocks but ali bonds are held firmly AiasHs
Packers stocks advanced To lO1 ca reports OF d
fund sufficient 10 pay 49, cents a month hNi-
dend for another yea.