New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
MANY HIGHWAY RoBBERIES DUE TO
DARK STREETS IN SAN FRANCISCO
OUTLOOK FOR RAISIN GROWERS.
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Son Francisco. May 5.-Hishway robbery In
.reouented streets Of the city continues though
one Of the footpads has been arrested ana mas
confessed to committing series OF poio crimes
that startled the residents or the western Al
6,,,on Wednesday night two robberies oc-
,rrred inst after midnight. and in one case
Young man. who had given up ms money was
dangerously shot because he resented handing
- h,s watch The police have no clews to
49, cr,r,es Until the beginning or the new
60, roar all electric and gas street lights in
C. Francisco are extinguished at midnight
g ,be lighting fund is exhausted The result
&c that on dark nights footpads have IDEAL con-
6i,tons in which to work. The police o'ncials
.re 50 much worried over the epidemic of street
,ohhery that they called IN for counsel ex-Chief
Of Police Lees.
BETTING on horse racing coursing was pro-
hibited this week by ordinance passed by the
Supervisors, but, strange 10 say. this ordinance
does not cover prizefghting. As this is one Of
The greatest poolroom cities in the country, it
will be interesting TO how this ordinance is
enforced.
The outlook for raisin growers is not cheerful.
The cooperative association will not be
tinued and NJ. Theodore Kearney, its president.
threatens 10 cut prices OF raisins to two and
half cents a pound. He attributes the failure
10 continue the association 20 the packers. Mean
while, the packers are loaded up with go car
loads of last years raisins on which they have
secured liberal loans from the banks. AS the
price of raisins has declined, the security which
the banks possess is not sufficient to cover the
loans.
The Santa Fe Railroad will not begin running
through passenger trains 20 the East before
June l. II is now handling through freight No
passenger trains will be run to Los Angeles at
the company's road is fully one hundred miles
longer than the Southern Pacific which effectu-
ally bars competition.
Shas Rock which has long been a menace to
navigation in the harbor was partially blown
I'D this week with nitro-gelatine. The explosion
lifted big column Of water thousand feet
in the air, but it did not entirely demolish the
rock. on which there is now fourteen feet of
water. 1t will be necessary TO drill holes in
the rock and try another blasting operation.
Nothing striking was presented at the
local theatres this week. Bret Har.a's Sue"
York was put on at the Grand Opera House to
Ill gap of one week until The Lady Slavey"
IS produced.
a meeting was held this week at the Leland
Stanford University to devise plans for making
a forest reserve OF the large redwood timber
tract in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.
known as the Big Basin" This tract contains
about 10000 acres and includes the Santa Cruz
big trees, giant redwOods, which are near ap
proach TO the sequoias in size and appearance.
Sacramento the State capital. has had this
week successful street fair which included
beautiful floral parade and the largest Chinese
procession ever held in the State, six hun
dred richly dressed Orientals being in line, with
dragon that was wonderful to behold.
Business very dull here in all the
changes this week, and the prices Of stocks have
fallen steadily. Even Hawaiian sugar stocks
declined, though they are paying large divi-
dends.