New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
San Francisco Free of the BU6oV'c
Placue-G. Il. Z. Convention.

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San Francisco, Feb 27-surgeon General
wyman this week gave San Francisco clean
bill OF health in regard to the bubonic plague
much to the relief Of merchants and snlPO"h-
ers, who have been greatly worried oy tne
quarantine established by Mexican ana AUS
tra:Ian ports. No one who has investigated
the matter thoroughly believes that genuine
plague ever existed here, but long as GER
tain doctors certified that the disease was
prevalent in Chinatown It is a great rehef 10
know that they now pronounce 1t e1trpAteu'
The city's death rate has not been s"eileu
beyond what to be expected considering
the rapid growth In population. but those VINO
have compiled statistics took the census Oh
three years ago as a basis, whereas 1t Is uh-
denIable that the city has gained at least
1900 inhabitants in these three years. san
Francisco has been peculiarly fortunate in this
plague affair, as everything was done by the
local officials to make Chinatown clean and
to check the spread of disease. had 1t existed
To claim that this virulent Orieptal disease
could remain IN Chinatown for months ana
not spread to the filthy Italian and spanish
quarters adjoining is doing violence to all
sanitary experience.
The D. o. Mills astronomical expedition winch
sailed this week for Santiago Chilli. has aroused
much interest among astronomers. TWO years
ago Mr. Mills who gave Lick Observatory It's
fine spectograph, or photOgraphing spectroscope'
set aside $24.O COO to cover the expenses OF an eA
DedItion to Chill to determine the exact rate Oh
movement of the brighter stars and to estimate
the direction of the movement OF the solar sys-
tenn Apparatus has been secured and all ar
rangements have been made for two years
stay near Santiago. Director Campoeh Oh LICK
Observatory expected to set up the instruments
rstus at San Diego will prevent him from going
and his assistant William H. Wright will be IN
charge, Later Harold X. Palmer. now Instructor
in practical astronomy at the University OF Oal-
ifornia will assist in the work
! It was decided this week that the Coh'en-
| tfon OF the Grand Army Of the RepuDhc Sfoulu
| he held here during the week oeSlhIllhs aug
| II Commander in Chief Stewart received o
. v,or,o welcome, and everything indicates the
| largest gathering of the order in years SpeclaI
| orraneAnents will be made for excursions So
| that veterans and their friends can see all the
| great scenic features of the State
| Mascagni has had such great success in his
concerts here that he will conduct four operate
| performances next week at the Tivoh opera
| House. giving "Cavalleria Rusticana' and Sc
| Iections from William Ratcline ana 4ne
| Hymn to the Sun from Iris
| Walter n Dfmmick. formerly chief clerk oi
| the San Francisco Mint vas recently SELL
| fenced to two years in State prison for en-
! bezzling 1864. This only one OF seVeraI
| counts as Dimmick held responsible Iof
the disappearance of $50 OO0. He was tried OF
| two counts for small sums and convicted. HIS
| first sentence of two years is now affirmed py
| the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and
| II the second sentence is also affirmed Dimmlck
| will spend four years in prison He was tried
| twice for the embezzlement of $4,000, but each
time the jury disagreed. The third trial will
| conoe I'D on March 9. If ne is convicted the
| maximum sentence is five years
| Jeremiah Lynch. VINO spent several years III 'Ll'
| tlondike, gave a dinner this week for AlasKa
! pioneers and those who took part In the big rusr
| to Dawson seven years ago The room was mao'
| TO resemble the interior of a Klondike log CABIN
| and the table was decorated with white mowers
| and y!olets, to represent the frozen Bonanza
| Creek between banks of snow and ice Among
| those Dresent were George Carmack. dlscoEereI
| Of gold on Bonanza Creek: Jack" Dalton VINO
| found the open trail from the coast to Dawson
| and three Klondike milliOnaires-Berry, LamE
| and Leggett.