New-York tribune., 1902-08-03
On THE PACIFIC SLOPE
INTEREST SCIENTISTS
POLICE MUST CLEAR OUT
HIGHBINDERS.

San Francisco. Aug. 1.-The serious eartn-
quakes which have occurred in the last 1e"
| days at various points in Santa Barbara Soui''
have aroused the interest of scientists Inc re-
| gIon is full of oil and asphalt deposits anu lux
years has been the centre or An ear.hquaAe
area There are smoking assures on hillsldes
| near Los Angeles which are locally called VOL
canoss but have never emitted anything ex-
cent smoke Many years ago the Santa fnez
Mission in this district was destroyed by earth-
ouakes It is believed that the shocks are Que
to the contraction of the earths SURFACE over
asphalt or oil beds. The peculiar twisting mo
tion which characterized the latest heavy SHOCK
puzzles the scientists.
What is probably the largest tree in the world
has been discovered high up in the sierras III
Fresno County. on the property OF iuihpei
company. 1t is seauoia and six feet from 'iie
ground measures 154 feet inches in circum-
ference which gives 1t q diameter OF more thali
ffty-one feet
The electrical decorations for the coming en-
campment OF the knights Of Pythias which are
now being installed will be by far the most
| elaborate ever seen here. Market-st. from the
waterfront TO Tenth-st.. mile and haii' Win
be a series of flaming arches.
| Tho heat warped and battered four masted
] British ship Pyrenees. saved by Captain George
Potter after she was abandoned by her Has'er
and crew on Manga Reva Lagoon. IN the Sou'h
| Pacific arrived here this week Fire was as
| covered In the Pyrenees in midocean' ana the1e
| was a race across the Pacific to Pitcairn lsiana
; wbere captain Bryce expected TO beach his
| vessel The surf so high. however. that no
| landing was possible, and a passage was made
| IN Manga Reva There the iron hulk was left
| After the vessel had been beached the wreck
| was sold at Papeete for $500. and Captain
Potter In the face Of great difficulties, repaired
| the ship took her to Papeete, and then sailed
| her to this port 1t will cost much to repair
| the Pyrenees but she is still stanch. and may
! have many years OF usefulness
| Chief of Police Whitman has Issued orders
| that the police must drive the hghblnders and
| professional blackmailers from Chinatown, who
| live by levying toll on rich merchants and fallen
| women. AS several thousand Chinese are alb
sent working in canneries and orchards. the
| highbinders have been driven to exact unusual
ly heavy sums from merchants. and the latter
have protested 10 the police These highbinders
| all go heavily armed, and most of the grave
| crimes in Chinatown due to them.
At the summer school of the University of
California which has just closed, S29 students
were in attendance from twenty-four States and
Territories No less than 100 came from outside
of California; three We're from China. two from
Japan two from Argentina. four from Hawaii
and four from the Philippines OF the scholars
enrolled 503 graduates OF colleges or sec
ondary schools and 80 were teachers; 39T were
men and 432 women.
Thomas w. Haskins, '03, University of Cali
fornia has been appointed as student inter
prefer in China under the United States Min
lister to China. For two years Mr.. Haskins and
Julian H. Arnold '02 University of California
will devote themselves to the study of Chinese
in order to fit themselves interpreters in the
American Legation and eonsuates in China.
A remarkable sale of real estate made
a few days ago when 81 900 was paid front
foot for small lot in California-st. near San
some. adjoining the New-York Mutual Life In,
surance Building. This fancy price due
probably to the desire of the Mutual Life to
secure the lot for addition to its building.
The appointment of John r. Hitchcock as
assistant to general manager of the Santa Fe
lines this coast raises to this important po-
stion railroad man who is not yet thirty
years old. Hitchcock has been In the employ
of the Santa Fe more than twelve years start
ing as boy and has mastered all the details
of the work.
TROUBLE IN THE DIME MUSEUM
From The Chicago Tribune
The Dog Faced Man-How did the giansess act
when you chucked her under the chin P'
The Living Skeleton-She seemed to be kiehIy