New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
REVIVED INTEREST IN MINING ROSA
BONHEI'R'S HEIR \ CALIFORNIA
GIRI-MODJESKA'S NEW
PLAY CONDEMNED.
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San Francisco Sept. 30-The annual meeting
Df the American Association Of Mining En-
gineers excited much interest here because or
the revival of all kinds Of mining throughout
California. one ~ the plants which the visitors
inspected was the great copper mine at kesWlck
Shasta COUNTY This great mine was bought by
an English syndicate. which cXpends about three
million dollars. yearly for wages freight and
materials and receives a clean profit OF SS'NWH
a year The discussion OF mining topics and the
visit Of the famous American experts Will do
much TO stimulate California mining and induce
people Of this state 10 develop properties that
are rich. The mining engineers started last
night TO inspect the Mother Lode Of Sierra
Nevada. They Will be gone one week
Ten consignments Of British sovereiGns from
sydney have been received here this year. the
latest on the steamer Mariposa The total for
the nine months amounts to Sl1.11o147. while
from August l. 1897 to september 2l 1898 no
Jess than SIS 3D. 80 in English gold came here
from Australia. Freight rates to the Orient
have been Increased - per cent 10y the southern
Pacific Company over the Pacific Mail line
This is due 10 the general advance in freight
rates on Atlantic steamship lines owing TO the
scanty number 81 vessels in the service. The
limited states and British Governments have
.
t1hat the vessels left cannot handle the business
4 curious craft will soon be seen in the yacht
races on san Francisco Bay. This is a flying
rroa built by T. J. CavernG. who formerly
lived in Ceylon and who knows what the proa
ican do. The main boat is fifty feet long. with
I'VE feet beam and eighteen inches draft. The
second boat thirty feet from the first. has
length az Twenty-Five feet. with three feet
bean The sail is satccn and works on shears.
In the new wholesale business district south ~
'Niarkct-st another fine block VIII he built This
is fve-storv building for Miller. Sloss Scott
wholesale dealers ir hardware. which viii be
erected on the southeast corner Of Mission and
,Trcmont SITS The cost win he S2ooooo
Commander John NJ. Hawey has arrived u
take charge OF the historic Hartford. Farraguts
old flagship which will 60 into commission on
October training ship for young sailors
The commander expects to sail early in Noven1-
Der. but this is scarcely possible a large
amount Of work still remains TO be done on the
Hartford at the Mare Island Navy Yard
Miss Annie Klumpke 70 whom Rosa Bonheur
left her fortune is one Of a family Of California
girls four % whom have won fame artists.
Annie gained success az painter when her
KNITTING Girl" was hung in the Paris Salon
much attention. and her painting Of the famous
French artist was in the Salon when death came
10 its subject The other sisters have won dis
tinction in medicine. music and astronomy
Dorothea Klumpkc is famous as a mathema-
.;ician. and has a position an astronomer in
the Paris Observatory.
Madame Modieska presented here this week
her new play Marie Antoinette." by Clinton
stuart The critics all praised the art with
which she acted hut condemned the play as
1urgid in dialogue and ineffective i'm the first
three acts. Unless thoroughly revised and re-
written they pr,dici that it cannot make a sue
cess Modieska remains another week ct the
Columbia Theatre, playing in Much Ado ABOUT
Nothing" Marie Stuart ana Macbeth
This year has beaten the record in the snip
,,lent of California fruit to the Eastern market
The Southern Pacific Company is shipping from
zen 10 fifteen carloads day. and up TO the end
pf this month superintendent Fillmore estimates
that the seasons shipment Of fruit viii amount
] 0 Is 600 cars. against 1000 for the best prev
Gus year. BOT fre CHIT car is idle on the South
crn Pacific system. and u will be all the railroad
company can DO TO handle this great CALIFORNIA
fruit crop. which means many million dollars 20
lie divided among several thousand small fruit
growers
The stock Of tho new Hawaiian Sugar Panta-
Zion Comuanv was listed ON the Exchange this
week This is Honakaa which adjons Paauhau.
on the island If Hawaii Its capital IS l'"VW
shares. and the stock was listed al S''' II has
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increased 10 - per cent. This year the crop
ovas 9 40 tons. while next season IT Is expected
abe crop will be- Too" tons.
No less than four vessels have arrived at Hon
.nlulu this month from NcW-York. with 10000
ions Of fertilizer for sugar plantations. Despite
The richness 81 the volcanic soil OF the islands.
il Is found that dig crops ~ sugar cane exhaust
the land. and il is necessary 10 supply the Gle
1nents which sugar cane demands for rank
growth Four more vessels are on The way from
'Nc,v-York 10 Honolulu with fertilizer. and TWO
lqIl0lli with tfHl tons Cf nitrate.
The almond crop Of the san joaquin Valley IS
much larger than was expected me almond
blossom is one of the most sensitive To colo, ana
heavy frOstS carly i'm the season We're SAID TO
have practically killed the entire crop In this
valley. This was soon seen to be eNasgerau3n
nut even experts did not foresee SO large weld
rbo growth vii average from $,;O to $50
acre on the crop. as almonds are selling al from
- cents to l. cents pound.
This has been another dull week i'm stocks and
rhonds Prices have fuctuated little Several
shares Of the Bank Of California stock sold al
S2S5 q share. Giant Powder advanced from i'i2
10 7Sl4. hut sugar stocks and others Just ABOUT
held their own The Boston quicksilver mine
will pay its first 10 per cent dividend on MONDAY.
RECENT ENCAT4TION N THE FORth.
f12ome correspondence Of The London Post
In The b as Forum mSnh y1 s a S@ i:5 Faoa
Gacomo Boni have continued 90 give splendid re-
Hundreds of tons e earh hsye been rem r, rH,
,1rom the side OF the Bdsl ca lfniia men - r y"
fragments OF she inscription discovered last June
The bases Of nine columns supporting me poruco
II the FACADE have been brought 20 light ana the
mosaic pavement of ne interior has been cleared
covered for the last thousand years Pert Of me
layemsnr Pa ,i og is IN sgcndd nreser1ation
As FAR yet be seen the front Of the Basilica
sEuet have extended :or ar least one hundred anc
twenty feet while - depth as Ear a. hitherto e%,
.avated j. about eighty feet Pronahy me oIlsihai
,nsn,s bar The v.av 10 further excavations
excavations along the Sdcra Ia are SUN XIV