New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
MRS sTANFORDS GREAT GIFT TO THH
UNIVERSITY BEARING HER SUNS
NAME-TALL BUILDINGS UN-
AFFECTED BY EARTH
frr rErEonArH TO THE rRisuSr.l

CO, Francisco June 3-Mrs. Jane l.. stan
ford's deeds OF gift OF property worth S''VVVV'ooo
20 Stanford University is the largest Deneiac'ioh
20 An educational institution ever mace on the
Pacific Coast Mrs. stanford transferred TINS
property only reserving coltrol OF II curing heI
life in order that there should be no legal
.or,.s, aver II after her death. In the deed,
.,,,h covers sixty-fo four typewriter pages,
Nc stanford enumerates all the property
which her husband left to her. and she also
specifes a certain policy which she ue-
s,res 20 be pursued in the management Oh Tie
university The property enumerated ihciuueS
fourth interest in the Southern PACING haiiio"u
COMPANY a block OF thirteen thousand e""1''
Of Market Street Railway stock. 2oOO shares OF
pacific Improvement stock and 10000 acres OF
land in dozen counties Of California, mciuo-
ing the Great vina vineyard in Tehama County
which has over $500 acres planted with wine
grapes. and the Grdley wheat ranch In Butte
county which has 1900 acres in grain. Mrs
Stanford specifies that she wishes to have the
number of women students at the university
limited TO five hundred as she sees possible
danger To the institution in the rapid increase
Of the percentage Of girls. This percentage mas
grown from - in the first year to Al TINS year
when there were four hundred and htty WOMEN
students Many of the alumni believe that the
college spirit is hurt by this preponderance ol
women, and that the steady increase must DE
checked II the university is to hold us own III
athletic and oratorica contests Mrs. Stahioru
avs q high compliment to President Jordan by
giving him absolute power over the manage
uent of the educational affairs OF the uni
versity The institution Will begin It's e'sh'h
year next fall with an increased facuty anu
with ample means for all work. The memorial
chapel and the science hall are under con-
etr,,ctjon. and each will be fine building.
The choice OF a new president Of the State
University did not take place this week. as the
Regents found It impossible to adjust the IMAM
cial difficulties The deficit Of S4I.oOO year
cannot be remed1ed by legislation for TWO years
80 a provisional arrangement has been mace oy
a voluntary reduction OF the salary or large
number Of professors. the dropping Of many
assistant professors and the levying or TUITION
fee Of SO on all students, not excluding those
rbo hold scholarships 1t was decided to have
President Kellogg return TO his place for a
month. by which time it is hoped that an cleo
tion NAV be held Professor Wheeler. OF Cor
nell. is still the most popular candidate There
is no candidate among the present faculty men,
bers who has any strong following. 1t is imper-
alive that the president be man In the
prime of life 1t will take all his vigor and
ability to make the changes which are needed
10 secure reforms
The severe earthquake Of Thursday night did
no material damage. In fact. it valuable
as demonstrating that the tall office buildings
nj new construction cannot be affected even by
severe shocks. Though this latest earthquake
lasted only half minute. the earths movement
was a trife over three inches With any other
construction than steel frame and terra Gotta
this would mean irreparable damage to lofty
buildings. yet none of the new structures showed
so much as crack in the plastering to reveal
the severe wrenching through which they had
passed.
The heavy rain,this week caused some damage
to hay and early fruit like cherries and berries,
but in the main it helped wheat all late fruit
and sugar beets. In Southern California espe-
oially the sugar beet crop was greatly benefited.
The rainfall in the south was not heavy.
averaging about quarter of an inch. but in
parts Of the Sacramento and San Joaquin val
leys it amounted TO two inches.
There was nothing new or noteworthy present
ed AT any of the theatres this week. At the Co
umbia next week Herbert Kelley and Fife
Shannon will appear in a new play OF the South,
which the public will be asked TO name The
one sending the most appropriate title will re-
ceive 800 Dennis OSullvan scored a great
success here on Tuesday night with a pro-
gramme of Irish songs
George w Hazen has been made the United
States Secret Service agent for the Northern
District of California. with headquarters at Sar
Francisco. Special Agent Robert S. Browne
has been transferred to Los Angeles. and viii
have charge of Southern California. Browne
has made fine record during his service here
and in the last year he rounded up many coun
terfeiters.
The death OF James Dc Fremery this week re
moved a pioneer citizen. who OF thu
founders Of the San Francisco Savings Union
and for twenty-five years its president Fol
many years also he served consul for tn,
Netherlands
About the only feature Of the week in the
Stock and Bond Exchange the break il
Sugar stocks Hawaiian Commercial declined
from ITO TO 100. Hutchinson fell off from 34L
to 327s and Pauhau from AK to 40l4 Oceanic
Steamship declined from S5i1 to SO: Gas and
Electric from sc to 6111: Market Street Railway
from 1914 10 62h.
Flour shipments TO the Orient still continue
heavy. This week two big cargoes left port
The steamer Aztec carried HAAS barrels to
Hong Kong, and the st. Davis took IA 600 bar.
relS The ST. Davis was chartered in New York
10 go TO China for return cargo. Flour is car
ried from here as side charter TO cover expenses
ITS CLOSING EXERCISES.
Friday was the closing day of Miss Murphy's ant
Miss Gaylords school. formerly Miss Kelsey's
school. at No. West Eighty-thrd-st. The frs
part Of the programme illustrated three lines Of
nature work-the scientific. the literary and tn,
imaginative. Miss Mary Lillian Berry the gradu
ate of the year daughter Of Lieutenant comma nde
Albert G. Berry L. S. N. played the "Preislied'