New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN oPEyrn
WORKING FOR AN ENDOWMENT
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PACIFIC

San Francisco Sept 20-The campaign ~.
been opened by the Republicans with a -,
ratification meeting. at which Dr. Parssa -
candidate for Governor. and Senator Beverid~.
were the principal speakers. The party :, =
good working condition in California. ana =
spite fusion between the Democrats and -.
Union Labor party good judges predict that -.
Republicans Will elect the Governor and frii
Congress ticket Democratic candidates 70
Congress are admitted to have poor sbou
and in the WITH and With districts the -,
made no nominations They VIII probafrg e.
dorse Edward j. Livernash in the Nth DiStr5e,
and W. ]. Wynn in the With, Union Labor car
didates. Livernash is erratic writer for ..-rb
Examiner who has chance against Kab-
and Wynn cannot defeat Loud in the WITH
The dropping Of three members from the A.
rectorate of Wells. Fargo & Co and the sum-
moning of Director Homer King and Acting
President Dudley Evans to New-York are take,
here convincing proof that the main ofieaz
of the express company viii soon be trane
ferred to New-York, and that L. H Hartman
will soon assume the presidency. Certo .nlv
with only three directors here il would be i'm
possible to carry any business II is re- .
gafded as pretty certain that merger OF taa
big express companies will be made.
The appointment of Hermann OeIrichs az adj
ministrator of the estate Of Charles l. Fair was
made this week without any opposition. the pub
lie administrator Withdrawing all his claims
Good lawyers regarded the public adninIstra-
tors claim as Illegal, since Mr. OeIrichs had es-
tablished residence kere- Charles Fairs death
will tie up for a whole year all the extensive
building operations of the Fair estate, upon
which work was ready to begin
California Methodists are working to secure a
100000 endowment for the University Of the
Pacific, which last year was cleared Of debt
The old institution at San Jose. which has
among its alumni many able men. has more
students this year than ever before President
McClish has promise of $4,000 for the fund
and it is thought that the balance will be raised
by the end of the year
Prince Rola son and heir of the Muree O,
Rajputana. India. will soon become student ar
the University of California He is graduate
of Calcutta University. The Prince is the first
native prince of India TO come 10 the Western
States for education.
The total number OF students at Stanford Uni
versity is now 1,3Os an increase Of 161 over last
year. Many came from the Far Eastern States.
All the new buildings being rushed to COM
pIetion, space is badly needed for lecture
rooms. The huge dormitories also crowded
Thirteen marble busts from Italy were received
this week and placed in position in Thomas
Welton Stanford Library al Palo Alto. They
include Cicero. Calico, Canova. Newton. Shake
speare, Pope, Ericsson. Longfeliow, Grant and
Edison.
The San Francisco savings banks, according
to the bank commissions report, have the
largest per capita Of deposits of any savings
banks in this country. There are 202, 3s1 de-
postors. with S13S 1913. 443 to their credit maxi
ing the per capita deposit s632 90, which is
equalled in any other city.
The completion of the Sierra Railroad from
Jamestown to Angels Camp. in Calaveras
County. will be celebrated to-day and to-mor-
row at Angels. Prince Poniatowski is the larg-
est owner in this railroad Angels Camp. cele-
brated in several of Bret Harte's stories,
once famous for its rich placer mines. Now it
Is known as the largest and richest quartz
mining district in California Thousands Of
stamps are falling rich ore night and day,
and last year, when water gave out late IN the
fall, for few weeks the residents of Angels
couldn't sleep because of the Guietude- They
were so accustomed to the roar OF the heavy
stamps all night that the sudden quiet acted
upon them precisely as noise does on one used
to stiffness.