New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-12
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
INTEREST IN THE FILIPINO FIGHTING
on PACIFIC COAsT-QUALITIES OF
JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS-FRll IL
CROP NOT INJURED By
SEVERE COLD.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuSE.l

San Francisco Feb 1.-THE sentence or the
marriage bureau swinders, Mrs Grace AIliSo'
and l. W Balm. to fifteen months in san Quen'in
Prison and 10 paw a fine Of 81. 800 has caused
much satisfaction here. These fakirs nave oeu
scores Of foolish men and they relied Tor I'M
munity on the hesitation Of their dupes TO APP
pear in court and prosecute.
Several well-known pioneers have died this
week one OF the most prominent was John r.
Ruggles wholesale grocer Of Dodge sweeney
& Co He was a native of Massachusetts, ana
reached here in the hfties, being delayed several
months by illness at Panama. Another pioneer
who died was Joseph II. Moore. a well-known
lawyer. whose age was seventy-four
Mrs Blythe Hnckley. the heiress Of the ia
nous Blythe estate. which consists Of the most
valuable block on Market-st is engaged 10 he
married to Robert p Greer, young business
man and a prominent member OF the cosmos
Club Mrs Hinckley's share Of the estate. after
paying small army Of lawyers amounts To
about 50 100000 The block is now covered with
old buildings and there seems to he no hope OF
agreement among the various owners to unite
and erect a handsome building.
Ward and James have made one Of the great
strikes OF recent years at the Columbia Theatre
This week i'm THE School for Scandal and
p
porrorraace which was warmly praised by the
critics Large houses show that san Fran
cisoars have wearled OF variety shows. ana VIII
patronlze literally anything which has real
merit The sale Of seats for next week Is uu-
usuallv large Teresa Carreno. the pianist. was
s,ovbound in Sierra. and arrived on THURSDAY
She gave her first concert yesterday AFTERNOON
70 large audience.
The japanese colony in San Francisco Is
initiating the Chinese in concealing the crimes
If It's members from the police This week
voung japanese had his skull fractured by an
enemy. who lured him TO room IN reS'dui AM
and then hit him over the head with a MONKEY
wrench The victim was taken TO the Japanese
hosrital and secreted for several DAYS pelo'e
,be notice were informed he was dying. IN the
roaan time the murderer fed. and VIII propapN
escape justice
1o,arese are svarming into the city. and their
~oe.ourants and lodging houses are increaSlhs'
rba women they bring are mainly for immoral
,u~ncses and as residents they nave no H'oi'
a. commend them than the Chlnese' As i"
ho~e~s they are not to he compared WIN 'e
Chinese as they have not the MonsG hat ten
pac,tv for sustained work. ana ther no. -
no. makes II difficult 10 handle large "o"'0S ~
wCrkmcn in the country
The battle-ship Iowa has attracted gted' az.
terfio1 in the course of her stay III IN "a
tbie week on two reception days the DIX sup
- .~,,,dc5 with visitors from early morning
till dark What impressed the local N'sIloi9 -
the liberal space given TO the quarters u u,u
crew. In all the vessels DuiIt heIe 'rC
have had small space for singing hammocNs.
II is expected the Iowa Will remain mere IoI
some time. All repairs on her viii be oQne al at
the Union Iron Works. as her draugn' - 'oo
great IN reach the Mare Island Navy Yard.
Cold weather and severe frost early this week
prevailed over nearly all parts of the state put
owing 10 the high winds in the s9ut me COun,
ties oranges were not injured. ana the oaI"ahF
"a lemons was slight Some early apricots and
almonds which were in blossom In santa cara
Valley will have no crop this year put IN 'le
majority Of the counties the run was ho' a 9
vanced far enough to be affected by the sudden
cold Reports from all over the state snow
that the wheat and barley crop VIII be larger
than ever before If the season continues eoou'
az the acreage is increased fully 20 per cent.
The real estate market is still dull. but all
agents agree that the boom in stocks and bonds
must soon collapse, and then attention viii be
given 20 business property. Real estate sales
for the last month amounted 10 $S4S,II6 The
largest transa elton Of the week was the sale OF
a lot 40 by 16j feet the south side of Mar
ket-st.. east of Sxth-st, running through TO
Stevenson-s st. for $4,000. The purchaser was
Mayor Phelan. who is picking up much good
business property. The price paid. $500 a front
foot is the highest price ever paid for property
I'm that vicinity.
The tedious struggle at Sacramento over the
election Of a California senator mas been almost
forgotten this week in the great excitement
over the long-expected thrashng Of AguinaldO's
insurgent rabble Manila Californians We're
becoming greatly wrought up the mac
tivity OF the Army at Manila and the calm
duraHCe of Filipino insOlence by General Otis
Letters from Cafornians in the LIST Regiment
have been printed. showing the utter WEAKNESS
Of the soldiers over the long delay and their
rage at the insults Of the Fpnos. Hence the
news that Aguinado had precipitated con-
fict was received here with much pleasure and
with confidence that few weeks VIII see the
end Of the opera bouffe The crowds around
the newspaper bulletins have been as large and
as deeply interested in the height Of the late
An extraordinary rise Of stocks and bonds has
caused much comment Change. It may
be that this ia a healthy advance, but 1t looks
as though insiders were unloading on the con-
flding public Hawaiian Commercial has gone
up TO 13. and so great has been the boom in
this stock that several cases are on record Of
people selling real estate and buying II. II is
given out that the stock will go to 500 share,
but IL is difficult TO what ground there is for
the advance, as il pays no dividends, and Is
not IN good financial condition. Contracosta
Water sold at 63. Market Street Railway at
Coz. Hutchinson Plantation at 33ia, and Giant
Powder at GA