New-York tribune., 1902-03-23
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FAIR WILL
CASE-BUSINESS AND PER
SONAL NOTES.

San Francisco March 2O.-The settlement
Of the Fair will case, after seven years of
litigation. shows again in striking fashion the
absurdity of any man trying to tie up his
tate with trust clauses that virtually establish
an entail. Fair shrewd business man and
he knew much law, but though he had some of
the ablest lawyers in the State draft his WILL
the Supreme Court knocked out the trust clause
both to real and personal property. Fair
wished to tie up the estate, giving TO his three
children the income from it during their lives
and then handing 1t over 10 the children Of his
two daughters. Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs
W. K. Vanderbilt. jr He specifically disin-
herited the children of Charles l. Fair because
their father married against his wishes Now
according to the decision of the Supreme Court
this week the whole estate may be divided at
once among the three children. share and share
alike The personal property which is distrib-
uted by this latest decision is worth about
Sl,OOOOO0 and the real estate about S14OOOO)0
Though two of the Fair heirs make their homes
in New-York. most of the wealth will be in
vested here in the development of fine business
and dwelling house property, secured by their
shrewd father when prices were not more than
half what they are to-day. The real estate has
increased 100000 in value in four years
The Fair heirs. like the Crocker heirs have
wisely formed a corporation of the property.
and will keep IT intact as an estate. The first
large venture will be the building Of a $1,000
600 hotel on the summit of Mob Hill.
a fifteen and a half million dollar check was
drawn here this week to pay for the Market
Street Railway Company, which has now passed
into the hands of a Baltimore syndicate. At
torney General Tyrey L. Ford win be general
manager of the new company and it is under
stood that local street railroad men will hold
important executive places under him. Orders
have been given to expedite the construction
Of a big electric power house. Rails will also
he laid from the cemeteries of San Mateo and
electric trains will soon be running from this
city TO that fashionable suburb.
DR.. Seward Webb and party arrived here on
Wednesday evening in one Of the finest equipped
special trains of five cars that have ever crossed
this continent. DR.. Webbs visit is said 10 he
purely for pleasure though it is suspected he
will not fail to take notes of the railroad situa-
tion here for the Vanderbilt lines.
One of the pioneers OF the State. John G.
Brnckerhoff. of Dixon. Solans County, died this
week of heart disease. He came originally
from Albany. y. Y.
General W. II. L. Barnes. the Chauncey NJ.
pepew of San Francisco. submitted this week to
a painful operation for an abscess in the throat
at the root of the tongue. His physicians de- |
clare that he Will soon be out.
An English syndicate has bought the ].
Schiappa Pietra ranch. in Ventura County, just
south of Santa Clara River for 100000 Be
sides a large body of fine land. the purchasers
secure the waterworks and machinery OF the
Santa Clara Water and Irrigating Company.
From Stockton there has just been completed
the shipping Of 1900 barrels. or 125.OOO gallons.
OF wine direct to New-York by way Of Cape
Horn. This includes both dry and sweet wines.
the demand for which at the East is constantly
Increasing.
Henry f. Huntington, who has transferred
much Of his wealth recently from San Francisco
to Los Angeles. has just purchased fine lot on
Hughes Hill. near the Hotel Raymond, in South
Pasadena. and will erect there a costly house.
His grounds viii include many acres. and from
the summit Of the hill he will have view of the
San Gabriel Valley. almost equal TO that from
Raymond. which is known to all tourists as
one of the most beautiful in Southern California.
Five old mining men of Kootenai. in British
Columbia, VIII sail next week from Vancouver
for Siam. where they will prospect for gold.
mining engineer. They are the first party of eX-
perts from this country to go into the interior
of Siam after gold
The Alaska Bar Association has petitloned the
President 10 appoint John G. Held of Juneau
to succeed Judge Noyes on the United States
District Court bench Of Alaska. The petition
states that Held has been a practising attorney
before the court ever since its organization, in
1881 that he is especially familiar with Alaska
mining law. and that ht bears the highest repu-
tatlOn for ability and honesty.
on n tributary of GolOvin Bay forty miles
east of Cape Nome, diamonds have been found
by an old California miner The stones vary
from half carat to a carat in weight. They
were in placer deposits. and were washed out
with gold Henry G. Hanks former State
MineraloSist, when the first ruby sands from |
Cape Nome beach sent down here found |
under powerful 6O-diameter microscope tiny |
crystals that had the lustre and peculiar lines |
of rough diamonds.
IN NINTH REGIMENT OFFICFPS |
Lieutenant Daniel Conley Of Company X 9th |
Regiment, has been elected first lieutenant. Com
panies II and l will elect captains. Company |
II has elected Robert w. Irving a second Heuten- |
ant. He is from civil life but was educated at a |
military academy. II is understood that there will
be lively time In Company | over the election of
a second lieutenant. II is possible that the regi-
Inent may adopt flannel Kahki shirt. and the dif-
Ierent companies are to take vote on the ques-
tion The men will purchase the shirt themselves I
" a vote tavors It. COrpOras w. d. Collins and |
r. Weyrlch. Of Company b. have been promoted |