New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-21
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
DISSATISFIED WITH
NEW SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS
WHERE SOME OF THE MONEY
SPENT IN SHARON DIVORCE
CASE CANE FROM-CHI-
NEsE CHILDREN'S
FEET BOUND.
FEET BOUND.
tnv TELEGRAPH TO THE rRiBuSE.l

Gan E,rancjsco May 20.-The large irui'-
c-owers OF California will meet in convention
nex. tuesday at Sacramento TO devise means
Gov rsauc,ng the refrigerator freight charges
IN Chicago and New-York. This oreahiAeo no'
want among both citrus and csciduous nu''
.o,,sr. q dine to the excessive rates imposed
~, tho new railroad freight schedule, recently
,n.ae nubllc BY this schedule. fruit boxes nave
90 hs ~ certain dimensions and they are as
cd 10 certain certain weight OF fruit no
na.,er Whit the actual weight may be Inc
minimum carload lot also is fixed al -o'VoV ~,
stead of ~ 900 pounds As certain aHi'"'
of air space is imperative between 'he l'"' "
boxes in the cars. this order means 'na' '"e
,,nner will nav for m ore weight OF freight thah
he can crowd into car. unless ne choOses "
risk loss by spelling during transit Inc
frirerator-car business Is controlled u! '"e
Fruit Growers Express and the Conuhen'"'
Fruit Express. These two companies nave 0'"
bined with the Porter Brothers and the Earl fruit
comT anes who handle TIE bulk OF oa'lioi III"
fruit. 10 raise the rates so that even though
the fruit crop in this state is large and prices
nromise TO be good the lions share Of the profits
VIII 60 10 the transportation companies re-
frieerator-car TO New-York costs $40. or Slo a
ION which is however. double the rate on the
Northern Pacific from Portland Ore. to New
York The rates for intermediate points are
equally high. Fruit growers are determined not
10 submit to the new exactions. and II they ran
10 induce the Southern Pacific Company 10 run
its own refrigerator line or form a company OF
their own they will dry Or can most OF TINS
years fruit crop
Rear-Admiral Kempf assumed command or
the Mare Island Navy Yard this week on the
departure Of Rear-Adnlral Watson for Manila
These are busy times at Mare Island. as large
amount Of repair work is being done. III the
Governments plan of sending Farraguts ola
frigate the Hartford East is carried OUT II
will remove one of the greatest curlosltles at
the yard II was hoped here that the Farragut
would be converted into public naval museum
at San Francisco. something like Nelson's nag
ship. tine Victory. Is in England
In the insolvency proceeding against ola
NANNY" P.oaeant this week witness named
Brown a colored man. threw sidelight on the
old neSress's connection with the notorious
Sharon divorce case He testified that Nam
N.Y. told him that in three years she spent
sos 600 TO provide funds for the fight against
sharon OF course had the final decision OF
the state Supreme Court affirmed superior
Jndge Sulvan's decision for Saran AIthea
"Mammy" would have cleared up a iarse sum
IRON, her investment AS IT was her loss was
total she remained faithful to Sarah Althea
"a the end but war finally compelled 10 see he'
prOtege go to an insane asy iu'H'
A movement was begun this week by severaI
Methodist clergymen to prevent the foot -plnulhs
~ chinese female children horn in TINS CITY
The practice is said to he increasing ana .he
church society is determined 10 preaK IL up
Careful inquiry has shown that more man a
score If little Chinese Eabies are undergoine
the torture.
Notb,ng noteworthy was presented at theatres
This week except the revival OF OnehoaGn
"orpheus and Eurydce" at the lMos pima.
southweu Opera Company also revived fha
fore' AT the Grand Opera House. ana Joiheu
with II "Cavaleria Rustcana rms coll,p ,',ay
has made the old Mission-st playhouse p opulass
onca moro and IL gives remarkably soou
rnusicaI performance for the nominal price o,
haif p dollar AS the house is newly rehoVa ~
y end beautifully decorated this is apout 'ie
cheapest opera IN Gooo su'ioNiiN'"e'
this cou@uy
president Jordan Of Stanford University 10
strengthening the faculty Of the, instltuton ia
many ways. The latest addition 20 tne codP ~ ,h O
instructors is Professor T. F. Huntington OF 'ne
South Side High School Milwaukee VINO VIII De
the assistant in English. Professor running s .os,
is a graduate OF Cornell or w, anu "a a.
graduate student at Johns Hopkins and al Har-
ward.
Charles F. Lumms, Editor of The Land OF
sunshine Of Los Angeles, is trying to raise
funds for placing a monument over tne slase VI
Olive Mann Isbell who taught me nrst AneI ho
erected AT Santa Clara, where her nrst schooi
was located she died poor and old al santa
Paula last Marcn. ANY one lnteIesteu III pr,
eer education in California may send contrl-
button to The Land of Sunshine" or the Lana,
marks Club. of Los Angeles. but the gi1t shouIu
he plainly marked For the lsbel monuneh,
fund" The Landmarks Club has restored TWO
OF the old missions. and is row at work on the
third mission Of San Diego. This restoration
consists OF a faithful reproduction OF the orig
inals in the original material, and 1t has re-
ce.ved the warm COMMUNICATION OF artists Tor us
consciousness and Its beauty.
There have been trifing fluctuations In invest
nent stocks this week. but the dealings haven
been heavy. Alaska Packers closed at llZ12;
Hawaiian Commercial. at 11S; Giant Powder
at 77i2, and Oceanic Steamship. at ~.
WIZ yaDy CHAPEL TO Re BUILT