New-York tribune., 1905-10-22

argument that it hurt his cause rather than
helped it.
The increase in registration over 1903 Is 1f4lo-
The vote for Schnftz in that election was POOLS.
and the combined vote Of Croker tRep9 ana
Lane Dem) was S2.199 The increase OF reg
istration in the seven districts where Scnrlltz
polled his heaviest vote is only 1859. while the
increase in the other districts is 1885 FROM
these figures it seems to be impossloie Io'
Schnitz to get In enough Of an increase TO carry
him to victory. That he viii gain any material
part of the Republican or Democratic vote y not
probable The election promises to be the most
exciting for many years, as many persons not
usually active in politics are taking Keen IN
terest in the effort to rid the city Of the graft
ers' who have given it an unenviable reputation
throughout the country
The Bank Commissioners report this week
that the wealth of California in State banks eS-
elusive of national banks. is S515.309-O84 IN re-
sources. and thar deposits are s40o.612O'S- ms
is gain of 100000 in resources and S5s.'oo'-
coo in deposits There are Al State banks II
California.
Local inspectors this week finished the IN
vestigation Of the grounding Of the steamship
Alameda on Fort Point Reef. near the entrance
TO the Golden Gate They found conclusive
proof that the Lime Point fog signal was not
blowing up to the time Of the accident. despllo
the keepers testimony that it was SeVeriI
trustworthy witnesses fatty Contradlcteo MN
and sened TO esta bHsh the fact that the disaster
TO the Alameda was due to the failure 10 near
this powerful signal The Fort Point s'gnai
was sounding but il is weak and was not heard
The floating of the Alameda was one Of the best
pieces of work done here in q long time
The narrow escape of the two little daughters
Of Eugene Lent. a lawyer. Of this city, from
death from fornaIdehyde in their milk has
led rbe attorney TO prosecute the dairy that fur
nfshed the milk An analysis by a chemist
showed poison and milk from other daIrles re-
vealed similar poison, used to keep the IlI-A
from sourfng. Mayor Schmitz's Board OF F1ei4lh
was. .coupIained TO- but as no action taken
MI Lent began legal proceedings 1t is hoped
that this exposure viii lead to more stringent
enforcement Of the laws against the adultera-
ton Of milk.
Leon B. Newton. alias Meats, was sentenced
this week in Oakland to five years IN san Quen-
tin prison for petty larceny. He was recently
discharged from Folsom after serving a term
for burglary. and he was such model prison.
er that the warden gave him letter TO q
former prison guard in Alameda Newton re-
paid the kindness OF the guard by stealing a
diamond ring from the guards wife. Newton
is said to be the scapegrace son of an English
nobleman.
Charles NJ Hatfield who calls himself a rain
maker and who won the prize offered by Los
Angeles last year for thirteen inches Of rain,
has signed q contract with the British COlum-
bia authorities. By its terms, if he brings rain
to the arid regions that are back of the Coast
Range OF mountains. he is 10 receive $4,000.
half Of which is TO be paid by the government
Hatfield operates by uberating chemicals from
the top of a tall tower. Last year in Los An
geIes rainfall was more than double that of any
previous rainy season for a decade. and Hat
field easily won his wager But what made his
victory dubious was that all other points in
Southern California were almost equally
blessed with heavy rains.
Reports from the California Academy of
Sciences expedition TO the Galapagos Archi-
pelago give details OF the work at CIippertou
and Cocos Islands. Extensive collections were
made at CIipperton, the only coral island Of
the Eastern Pacific. At Cocos Island specimens
OF many new species OF animal and plant life
were obtained. Although only thirteen miles in
circumference, Cocos Island contains birds, rep
tiles, insects and rnollusks not found in any
other part of the earth.
George H. Bailey. Of NIodoc County, last year
drained and reclaimed sixty acres of tuIe land
and sowed II 10 timothy. Now he has just
finished thrashing thirty thousand pounds Of
timothy seed from these sixty acres. The land
was formerly d worthless swamp covered with
rank growth Of tules ten feet high. The land
seems TO be as rich as the famous peat lands of
the Sacramento Valley.
The delegation of Congressman that Is visit
ing Arizona and making an investigation Of its
fitness TO become a State has evidently changed
its views when brought face 10 face with tho
resources of the Territory and the needs Of its
people The members Of the delegation have