New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-06
TOPICS, IN CALIFORNIA.
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS PROBABLE =
KLoNDIKE OFFICIALS DISMISSED
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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centres in the candidates for congressman
II "a conceded now by the best judges that
Gage. the Republican candidate for Governor
will carry the State by substantial piu-
rality. The official estimate in Los Anseies
County is that Gage will carry the county
by four thousand majority Gage is haru
headed. honest lawyer. who has MADE d"
excellent impression throughout the state ne
n not so good a speaker as Congressman ma
guire. his Democratic opponent. but ne gives '"e
,nnress,on Of honesty and fairness, and he mas
no record like Mcguire Of repeated change OIL
partes to secure public Office Maguire mas
been in turn Sand-Lotter. Democrat oihe'e
Taxer Populist, Non partisan ana lnoepe"uen''
Now he Is back In the Democratic ioiu "e'
.,a 10 Endorsed by Populists. Mcguire is a pro-
fessional politician. with no properly anu 49,.
he was nominated there were bills against MI"
for personal property taxes for TWO Se"'S'
Republicans are confident OF eecting four con
cra.smsn-J A. Barham LIST District Victor H.
,.o,calfs lid: julius Kahn. WITH, and Eugene
r Loud With The Id and With districts are
doubtful with the chances In favor OF the ne
ruh,,cans IN the With Marion Devries, Deiho-
Graf IN the lid. is pretty sure to defeat Ryan
ponub,can hut in the With Russell j. waters
Republican ought to win against c. A. bario"'
Den,ocrat and Popust Barlow has oeeh en-
nosed In several frauds OF glarirs chafac'e''
Castle. Democrat. in the With Distric'' 10 gu
20 beat Needham. Republican. The o'a'e Hee
,a.ure is almost sure TO have gooa "o'N'Ne
majority. and may thus elect successor u
United States Senator White
,otoble real estate sale this week was that
=, D,v,dend Block at Pine and Leidersdorn SIS
IN y w. Hopkins for $4,000 CASH Inc ou, o
ing cost $4,000 when II was erected III TO-
by John c. Morrison. jr. Morrison mao ii'"D0
big fortune out Of Consolidated virginia an"
other Constock mining shares. ana MS ii'co'.
was $4,000 month. He named the ne" Jun
ing Dividend Block, and connoentl! eApeo
pay forsit out OF his monthly revenues ,
n was finished the COmstock boom coiiaP'
end the building was mortgagea io- F0o''V
Morrison died soon after, leaving only ie',',
nant OF his great fortune, and his oiocA was ~.
n Charles Crocker for S9I,OOo. since 'ie
lion OF big office buildings. 1t mas suhe'eu' "'N
the new owner will remodel 1t.
A new California trotting-hcTse oie
,rnearod in the person Of Winthrop Ae''e' "
vounc banker VINO married MISS A nCe
sbe shares with her brother an So'VoV'0"'
rbrea Kentucky mares arrived TINS "eeN ~
,,e Iester stables. They are Lapeha' i
s,,alev and Simcne. II Is curious co''iO'
.ba, this week has seen the retirement u
walter Hobart from the field or amateur sp0
To has determined to take charge oi HIS co.,
md lanes Cross the manager OF MS ee'a
,ears has been retired. Hooar' Is oIo "
nest amateur sx-in-hand drivers IN
,s well as one Of the best polo payers
Tho Rev. John F. Gardner. Interpreter oi ~
chinese Bureau has been warned 'i"' ms .
threatened by highbinders. whose |, ''N 49,
wade laws he has recently exposeu
,erning was conveyed by frieno'y
Cow when Dr. Gardner ventures i''o
-hlnese quarter he is accompanied o' d 's
uard Of deputy -marshals. IL Is ho'
,ha, these Celestial braves VIII uaie
rh,te officials. though within snort '''ne nv
have wreaked vengeance on se'e'"'
.bo have incurred their anger.
Tho Frawley company gave THE TRANSIT %
40" a, the Baldwin this week. ana a Do' ,
House" as special Friday matinee >eN'
week Charles Dickson and Henriet1a Nros9 ,'1.-
,nnear in Mistakes Will Happen r'a"''
.onnany has had a fairly successlu sea'o"
no baldwin though Banch Bates Is not ai'
dooi leading woman. and Bell the leaoin8 man
mas discharged for drunkenness Deio'e WV
son opened
This week the cornerstone or me re-, nV smrds
-. q, stanford University was laid Inc Iui,
80 ~ erection of the building We're given ~
Thomas Welton Stanford. brother OF IN t1 o60 and
~ the University. 1t VIII cost oi'o'V Sn1,h NJ
a,u have a frontage OF 1OO rect anu a w tn
los ,aet and will be OF San Jose SANDSTONE az
Interior Will be IN marble. 1t VIII Ma
100 600 books The present nIT nIf ,h,et .
.ons,s,s of ~ 600 volumes and lc,Uo pdi'ip''
Those who have relatives or frien1s III .h 1n,
Klondike country will be pleased 70 neo oorrmnt
Co-arror Opilyie has turned out soiie ooii
Canadian police officials who were IN Uhai 81 e.,
The Dawson Posto.fice, and mas lns,a .! nod
ians Ogilvie found that l-oVVV Ie,'. .hat NO
haen thrown into large tank ana ina. ~
use,I r.ae made 70 distribute the malls. Lel-
ters for which miners had valnly Wan.eu 60
than a year were rescued anu Iiie'e No.bing tc
rejoicing throughout the Klonolke' N 3,I a,
equal the corruption Of the police oil.iais o. q,
Dawson was ever seen in the carry uas $3.50
California mining for the FoTty niev ,hat Is
have Iynched the men for the foul play Una. !,
dai,y nractised in the Klondike. NO prospecsrI,
can get claim recorded without slVIis a
10 an official, nor can ne even ie a. ,.,eids III
ground has been filed on. unless ne "a 80
an ounce Of gold dust. All the maps anu ,N,
ords which In other places are open " 49, 90,
inspection are there under noCS am half in,eres
IN his claim to the recorder before ne couio &c
It legally located.
The changes Of fortune to which typlcai NJ, .S'
dixie miners are subject was well lIIustrateu ,,ni
week when news came OF swift WAFER Pm .
Cates's return 10 Skaguay dead broke Swl
Water gained a name and fortune by plo,ln'
boats through the rapids or the upper un IN
River. He invested IL mines. and last yea
was rated as a millionaire. He was the Srea,
est poker player in Dawson. and he SET styie
In haberdashery Then In an evil hour ne ZOO
a trip TO Frisco for recreation. Here he De
came enamoured of a concert-hal singer. whon
ne married. She obtained much of his prop
erty and then tried to get a divorce Swil
Water" went East and formed several Mon
dixie companies. Then he returned mere an
started for Dawson with his wlfes sister
Everything went wrong with him. his sister
in-law caricatured his wedding on the stage i
Dawson. and when fall came she started 70
civilization Swift Water followed her, bu
on the way out he lost all his money at poke
and is now stranded at Skaguay. Anothe
Kondike miner who suddenly gained forum
this summer on Bonanza Creek spent $1,000
In one week in Seattle. putting more money !
circulation than that town had seen for a lon
time.