New-York tribune., 1899-05-28
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
SUCCESS OF BAPTIST ANNIvERsARIEs-
SALE OF sUTRO EsTATE-NEw GOLD
MINES IN LOWER CALIFORNIA.


SALE OF sUTRO EsTATE-NEw GOLD
MINES IN LOWER CALIFORNIA.
san Francisco. May % (special).-The success
of the American Baptist anniversaries TINS week
A,ll probably bring other May conventions 10
.h,. coast San Francisco is peculiarly adapteo
for a convention city. as 1t can ACCOMMODATE
thousands of strangers without trouble owing
70 the largr number Of private hotels. lodging
houses and restaurants The cbeapness WIN
which good accommodations have been secured
here has been a subject OF common remark oy
the delegates. and all were delighted with the
,,..~,sod tourney and with the opportunity OF
Sae,ne at a merely nominal price some OF the
c,,ef .c,.n,o beauties Of the States. About three
,boussnd delegates are now in attendance. and
moro are due tonight. The meetings last until
r,ursdav The local Baptists have always been
n strong Organization. and their work was es-
necially noteworthy in the early days OF the
r,ty. They established the first Sunday-schooi
In the city and they also erected the nrst large
church II was on Washington-st., and years
400 u was tSansroEmedsinto Chinese lodging
house
California growers. this week perfected an or
sanitation at sacramento and made arrange
ments for forming an opposition co-opera'Ne
company which shall transport fruit 10 the
East at moderate rrtes. Many OF the iarse
fruit-growers have pA.dged their support 10 the
new company. and If the proper managers can
he secured II will prove success Agents vi
Earl Porter and of the two refrigerator lines
are making desperate. efforts to secure contracts
from growers so TO defeat the cooperative
company. but it is note sthought they Will sue
eeed.
Bv order OF the Court'this' week, large num-
be- OF pieces OF real estate owned by the late
Adolph Sutro will be sold an auction. with Zl'olo
shares OF railroad stock. Like Lucky balo-
win and several. other California milionaries'
sutro would not part with any OF his lano' even
,houcn offered good prices. He built the costly
sutro baths and electric railway TO the peacH
with borrowed money, that when he died ne
n,d n,ed no an Indebtedness OF nearly s'V'-
600 which draws interest at per cent me
,o, Income OF the estate is only S62,oOo'
,,h,cb does no more than pay interest and part
~ tho taxes Added to this the estate must pay
so,n 600 OF legacies to persons not members OF
the family so that the whole Indebtedness
,eacbes the large sum of $1OOOOOO 1t is PROB
able that the Market Street Railroad VIII secure
the sutro Railway stock. as this VIII give II con-
trol Of all the transportation 10 the oeach ana
the same company is also UNDERSTOOD 10 DC
ready 10 buy the Sutro baths. which would De
q valuable feature in connection with the two
railroads.
The Japanese training-sh Hiyei arrived here
this week and the officers and hfty-eleht mlo-
shipmen have been much In evidence on the
streets all the week They are manly LOOKING
fellows with fine, wholesome faces. The snip
hears many plates commemorative or incidents
in the battle of the Yalu. in which the Hiyei
suffered severe damage.
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon received
warm welcome here this week at the Columbia
Theatre in The Moth and the Flame The
piay was not pleasing in parts. but the acting
throughout was so good 10 redeem several
situations. The Tivoli Opera Company brought
out The Mandarin In excellent style. ana al
the Grand House The Gypsy Baron has been
revived
Pierre j. Frein. graduate student at
Johns Hopkins University, has been appointed
Instructor Of French at Stanford University.
He is a graduate of Williams In the class OF
80, and taught at the HOlbrook Military Acad-
emy, at Sing Sing and in the Oahu College, at
Honolulu.
Among the deaths OF the week that Of
William Patton, an architect, who came around
Cape Horn in the same ship as Thomas Blythe,
over whose estate famous legal contest was
raised for over twelve years. Mr.. Patton de-
signed many of the important buildings in San
Francisco including portions OF the new City
Hall. Emanuel Synagogue and the Safe Deposit
Building A. T. Dewey, pioneer printer, also
died this week. He was the publisher for many
years Of The Pacific Rural Press and The
Mining and Scientific Press
The experiment of supplying California val
leys with electric power from the foothills OF the
Sierras has been so successful that the Standard
Electric Company which gets it's power from
Blue Lakes. will double its present plant The
main service is now centred at Stockton In
the San Joaquin Valley, but in a few months
wires will be extended to this city. The intro
duction OF this electric power marks the begin
ming OF a great development of manufacturing
in San Francisco for II promises to make obso-
lete the present method OF generating power.
The price of coal has always handicapped man
ufacturing in San Francisco but the city has pc
culiar advantages for all kinds Of factory work.
as the mild climate removes all necessity for
heating shops.
stampede has taken place this week to the
new placer mines in Lower California, 400 miles
south OF San Diego Hundreds OF Mexican and
American miners are now on their way TO the
diggings. which said TO be rich. The
district is said 10 be twenty miles square. and
most OF the gold is found in black sand. within
two feet Of the surface. All the gold is OBJ
taired by dry washing. as the water is twenty
Cne miles away and sells for So gallon. The
climate is excessively hot at this season. and the
miners who have not money TO buy water lib
orally will suffer great hardships. Much gold
dust, mixed with nuggets. is being received at
San Diego. from the new camp. 1t is said that
the miners. who are using the crudest proc
esses. average from 81 TO $40 day.
This has been dull week in the Stock and
Bond Exchange. The life seems to be out Of
speculation in Sugar stocks and other securities
have not been literally dealt in The Pacific
Gas Improvement Company has reduced the
June dividend from 80 TO 40 cents. due to a re-
ducton in the cost Of gas and TO the starting
Of a company. Nearly all stocks fell off
during the week. Giant Powder declined from
IS 10 "A, Hawaiian Commercial from 115 to Ill
and San Francisco Gas and Electric from 81
20 65. Alaska Packers remains at ia
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