New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-05-12

with electric lights and gayly decorated WIN
flags and bunting At night Market-st. VIII Do
blaze OF light and the ferry station tower and
the City Hall dome will be outlined in electric
light The climax OF the festivities Will be the
launching OF the battleship Ohio next Saturday
at the Union Iron Works
A majority OF the members of the Mechanics
Institute this week voted in favor OF selling the
Mechanics Pavilion. in Larkin-st.. opposite the
new City Hall. and another piece OF property IN
Folsom and using the proceeds TO erect suit
able building for housing the Institutes large
library The pavilion has been non productive
for years as Il is not arranged for stores under
meath and IL covers a whole block. The insti-
tute has debt OF s126O0O while 1t owns real
estate worth 81 100000. which brings in no reve-
nue.. The sale OF the pavilion site would be vel
coined by all property owners near the City Hall,
as II has prevented that vicinity from improv-
ing as IL should have done
The declaring OF a 10 per cent dividend by the
Consolidated Virginia and California Mining
Company. after over six years suspension OF
dividends. excited considerable comment For
some time this mine has been turning out con-
siderable good ore. which runs from $40 TO $50
a ton In gold and silver. The mine has heen
pumped out below the .. 100 foot level. and at
this great depth excellent ore is being found
lnefc Is already on mana NIUS,Ubb, which Will
suffice for five more monthly dividends This
dividend hurt instead of helping the stock as
quotations sagged from 50 90 to 81 % share
With the new process for working the ore the
mine ought TO pay better dividends as soon as
the present vein is opened up wider
George Inwood pioneer who died this week.
was noteworthy for his ecceptricites. He had
a long contest with the First Baptist Church
over the money which ne claimed he had ad-
vanced TO the church and which had not been
repaid. but the courts held against him. Then
he started new creed OF his own which re-
sembled the faith of the Seventh Day Advent
lists. and he secured considerable following.
He was bitterly hostile TO the Chinese. and on
the fence in front of his home he had anti-Chi-
nese sentiments painted with warning TO ali
Mongolians 10 keep off the premises. He wrote
his own funeral sermon twenty years before his
death. and printed copy OF IL was given TO
each person present at the funeral
The California State Board OF Education has
decided TO adopt McMasters's history OF the
United States in the grammar grades of the pub
lie schools The plates were secured from the
publishers and the books printed at the State
printing office The publishers will receive 80
per cent royalty on each copy sold. This is the
first enforcement OF the law which was
passed TO get rid Of the present inadequate series
OF school textbooks.
There was nothing noteworthy at the theatres
this week Sag Harbor'' was produced at the
Columbia, with Herne left out, and The Son of
Napoleon revamp OF "L'Aislon," was given
at the Grand Opera House. Next week the Nell
company at the California theatre Will present
Barbara Frietche,"
Oakland. the home OF ex-President Ezeta Of
Salvador and the diamonds of his wife will be
sold at auction next week 10 satisfy creditors. |
The Ezetas have lived in Oakland since the ex-
President was exiled from Salvador They lived |
mainly expectations as Ezeta constantly |
Intriguing TO seize control OF the government In
Salvador. In these schemes he failed and as his
a., fafh ar rich MI ant Of unnfa
fused them aid because Mrs. EEeta would not
return to his home they have at last reached |
financial collapse
Next month the marriage Of II. ]. Mccoy gem
eral secretary OF the San Francisco Young |
Mems Christian Association and Miss Frances |
Crowel will take place. Miss Crowell has been |
the private secretary OF Mr.. Mccoy for fifteen |
interests Of the association. Mr.. Mccoy came !
here nearly twenty years ago. from Lowell |
Mass. At that time there was only one Chris
tian association In California Since then he /
has helped to lay the cornerstones Of eight build
ings In as many different cities. He has erected
here q fine structure. which is OF the most |
completely appointed association headquarters |
In the country
land il dead He came here from Ohio In 1875 |
and started in the milling business. He was a |
brother of DR.. Glenn Of Colusa. who once owned |
the largest wheat ranch In California. and after
whom Glenn County was named.
The Easterbrook property, on the north side of i
Geary-st.. near Kearney-st.. was sold this week |
for over S2O0.0OO. The lot Is 90 by 122La feet
running through TO Union Square ave. and has |
on II four story building worth $4,000 Prop
erty the north side OF Pine-st. near Front \
st. belonging 10 Thomas OConnor. of New
York, sold for $4,000. The lot is 95 by |
100 feet. with an old two story building.
over twenty thousand persons came out here /
over the Southern Pacific lines on the special '