New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA
TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED TRADE All
SAN FRANCISCO-GOL DIGGINGS
IN LOWER CALIFORNIA PAN
OUT SMALL.
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San Francisco. June 24.-The Chamber Of
Commerce committee. which has investigated
The water front and provision for the rapidly
increasing shipping business Of the port recon-
rnenAs that the sea wall be extended. and that
additional wharf facilities be provided. The
nicturesoue old Fishcrmen's Wharf it is urged,
should be removed beyond the end Of the SEA
wall and the space which it now occupies should
no converted into two fine docks. Rapid in
crease Of the shipping business with Hawaii and
the PHILIPPINES demands more room for vessels
All tho arrangements have been made for the
,rcornoratIon of the California Fruit Growers
Association which will start an independent re-
frigerator car line and appoint agents TO mar
hot fruit in Eastern cities. II good Judgment is
sbovn in the management Of the new company
Il cannot fail to be a success, as all the large
fruit growers have subscribed for the stock
The Southern Pacific company is planning for
a fine display at the Paris Fair OF woods min
erals and agricultural products along its lines
from New Orleans to Portland Ore" and from
Can Francisco to ogden. Utah. Primarily 1t
will he an advertisement for the railroad and
tho large tracts Of land which it has for sale
but incidentally It will attract much attention
70 n great variety Of the resources Of California
7, "a exnected that William II. Mills. land agent
Of the company. will be in charge OF the exhipi,
Mr. Mills knows California as probably no other
man knows IT, and his management OF the as
| NAV would assure its success.
| Comnlete exposure was made this week OF the
| fraudulent gold stampede TO the san Rogue
| n,acers in Lower California Many prospectors
who rushed to the new diggings from San Diego
| are now returning They declare that the
| ground isn't rich and that an industrious man
! does well who pans out by dry washing "
, dav Mexicans and Indians are satisfied with
this sum- but American miners who spent sew
oral hundred dollars each for outfits. were great
" disguised when they found how they had
been swindled. Most OF the false reports were
spread by men interested in the transportation
business
DR. Frank A. Fetter who has been acting pro-
fessor OF economy at Stanford University for
| the last year. will remain in charge or the de-
| partment. He came here from Indiana Uni
| versity with some OF his special students lie u
| now making a sociological study or portion ol
the tenement district south Of Market-st. In Sar
| Francisco.
Edwin Markham, whose book OF verse. The
Man with the Hoe and other Poems" has
| aroused much interest, started this week 10
| New-York on a short visit. Professor MARKHAM
has been writing good poetry for fifteen years
but 1t remained for his poem on Millets paint
ing to create a sensation and bring nm int
public notice. The manuscript of his poems ha'
been held by a New-York publisher for over tw
years but 1t was more enterprising rival VIII
finally brought out his work.
Dispositions were read this week In the divorc
case OF DR.. George Lung, a surgeon In tn
| United States Navy. He accuses his wife o
| gross intemperance. and afidavits relate he
| escapades In Honolulu, which created a publ
scandal. The witnesses assert that she was fire.