The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895, 3 ST BARBARAS C ANTA BAR 16.—The annual carnival of this lotus-land town, “with her brow on the mountains and her feet to BARA, Can, April the sea,” was fairly fnangurated to-day. The opening event was the bril- liant Hazard fete in honor of the officers of the United States c er Olympia and the directors of the Santa Barbara Flower Festival Asso:iation, held at the Hazard villa in the shadow of the old mission. Downtown the dec; finishing touches to the g ors are putting the an- ning State s y- s before he ngemer » the flower show to-mor- row are also complete. People tc ive from sll sides, | ring outside cot- tions to meet the demand. and ti tage , which originated this m of festival in this section at en President Harrison visited to surpass all former Everything is propitious. her is The presence of the and her officers lends a touch of 1 interest. re to-day is the arrival of d bands of forty pieces 1 San Francisco, and the white-caped ers contr r dash of color th their arches are of. the an national bute anoth reets he latter around are vild flo ard is be: 1g arranged the s which are to nd his wife at the big b 1a; arri t decorati et decoratic tonish the wor! vals to-day v Hol- , Alfred Frank Miss . Victor Aoki, Miss F. Mrs. S. Huff, H. Ball San Diego, Mr. and . McRuer, Mr. and Mrs. Breden, Kutner, Mr. and Mrs. . Abbott, Mrs. M. L. Taylor, 1 lor, Wanda Wilkson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Roncovieri, D. M. Ramsay, Mrs. W. H. Mahoney, Mrs. Scott R. Chappell, Miss M. W. Mrs. William Mc- . Mr. and Mrs. . M. Simpson. e hours of 10 pia, now lying in the channel, pen house to all citizens of and tourists who may care and to whom a cordial invita- extended. A number of little sail- are constantly plying between the r and the shore, and crowds will take vantage of this invitation. THE HAZARD RECEPTION. | Carnival Guests Magnificently Enter- tained at the Romantic Mission Home. SANTA BARBARA, Carn, April 16.— The Hazard home in Santa Barbara lies on the heights directly back of the mission, and adjoining the old mission garden. Be- side the main entrance from the road, but hidden by high stone walls, is the disused cemetery of the mission fathers, with its sealed gate, which gave Miss Hazard the made her famous: The Closed ‘Beside the mission w The horsemen gaily pass it every day, And children stop beneath its shade to play, Brown-faced from tropic suns. And just beyond the shady sycamore There is a sudden angle in the wall, With pediment and cross to crown it all, Above a fast-closed door. Without—the stir of life, Of solemn cypress, with And tender weeping will That grow above the tomb. within—the gloom somber green can be seen, The wall 18 high and _strong, the gate closed fast, The masonry shows white against the moss, And over all still stands the stone carved cross To tell us 0f the past. Thou fast closed gate of death—or of new life— We knock in vain, immovable thou art, 1In vain the clamor of a breaking heart, In vain our eager strife. But for each one some time thy fast closed door W1l open soft] 11 shall see that day. Beneath thy cross-crowned arch, there lies the way To life forevermore. There are eight acres in the Hazard e, for besides the spacious orhamental nds fronting the road it extends down the bluff and crosses Mission Creek, where there is a shady grove of sycamore and oake, a rose house and a low building with a tiled roof. This bit of Jowland, together with the bluffs that rise above it, are left in their natural state, especial care having been taken to preserve the native shrubs and flowers, while all that a skillful gar- dener’s hand, directed by intelligent thought, can accomplish have united to make a luxurious garden of the slope in front of the house, where all manner of rare and unresisting plants and shrubs are seen, The entire grounds are surrounded by stone walls, and around the edge of the bluff on which the house stands, this wall becomes a massive edifice, with enormous stone buttresses, which look like formida- ble fortications when viewed from the val- ley beyond. Near the victuresque stone bridge, which crosses Mission Creek on the public road near by, a structure only made possi- ble through Mr. Hazard's generosity, is the fragment of an ancient stone wall, time- stained and lichen-grown, relics of the vanished Mission settlement. This crum- bling fragment”has been carefully. pre- served by Mr. Hazard, and upon its face GATES THROWN GOPEN, , and Thursday and Friday, | A.M. and 6 2. M., | ARNIVAL GUESTS TAKE POSSESSION OF THE FLowER CITY, |FETED AT HAZARD VILLA Magnificent Reception Ten- dered the Carnival Visitors. | THEY DANCE AND MAKE MERRY. | ;A Programme of Delights Such as | | Only California Hospitality ‘ Can Provide. | he has placed a large gilded sun dial with | an old Latin inscription. This dial is con- | sulted by passers-by, and isa feature of | the valley. The house is a modest cottage in low, | dipping roofs, seeming to bend and curve | with the vines that run right over and | around them. It commands unsurpassed | in every direction. In front the old | on church, lichen-grown and hoary, when viewed from its “‘unrestorec” rear, occupies the foreground, and beyond are | town and sea,and the amethystine isl- | ands bounding the horizon. There is a broad view of the mesa ana another | glimpse of silvery water to the south and | Bliss, Howard, Leslie, Evans, Will Alex- ander, Vance, Greenway, Rogers, B. S. Hayne, Vail, Miss Goddard, Samuel Ilsby, Carl Howard, Mrs. Higginson, Miss Hodahe, Miss Neph, Miss Baxter, G. 8. J. Oliver. The following officers and members of the Olympia’s staff were present: Captain J. J. Reed, Lieutenant Commander E. W. Sturdy, Lieutenants I. 8. Phelps, E.J. Dorn, Frank Sherman, W. B. Bu- chanan, A. C. Diffenbach, Ensign George Mallison, Assistant Engineer R. E. Carney; past assistant surgeon, M. C. Piggott; ligutenant, L. C. Prince; medi- cal inspector, J. Gayres; pay inspector, A. W. Bacon; chief engineer, Joseph Willey; past assistant engineer, William Dunning; assistant engineer, J. L. Robinson; and Messrs. Sticht, Chadwick, Elder, Pearson, Pratt, Hinds, Doddridge, Verrell, McDon- ald, Doyle and Kuhlwein. The couples who took part in the dance were: Mr. Carl Stoddard and Miss Fair- banks, Dr. Harold Sidbotham and Miss Miriam Moore, Mr. Frank Bliss and Miss Boyce, Mr. Howard and Miss Dibblee, Mr. Lesley and Miss Sidbotham, Mr. Evans and Mrs. Sidbotham, Dr. and Mrs. Thaw, Mr. Will Alexander and Miss Stod- dard, Mr. Vance and Miss Gaty, Mr. Tameron and Miss Grace Harrison, Frank Whitney and Miss Panchita Dib- blee, Mr. Worthington and Miss Colby, W.W. Burton and Miss Ethel Doulton, Mr. Summers and Miss Everhart, Herman | Eddy and Miss Doubleday, Mr. Rogers and Miss Fernald, Louis Dreyfus and Miss Wheeler, Mr. Greenway and Mrs. Louis Dreyfus, B. 8. Hayne and Mrs. Martin, Mr. Vail and Miss Nickerson. The entrance to the grounds of the Hazard willa, after a visit to Santa Bar- bara mission, above which the grounds lie, afforded the strangest contrast. From the hush and severity of the somber sanctum, | with its white plaster walls and solemn pictures of life and death, it seemed like bursting into another world to invade the brilliant company and sunny plaisance, separated only by ‘‘the closed door.” By 4:30 o'clock the carriages began to sweep up the driveway, discharge their guests, and return by a detour around by the commodious stables. There were rigs of all kinds, from the carryall that broucht the cadets of the Olympia, to several quaint little gurneys impressed by town visitors. And soon came cantering along on smart little bronchos a cavalcade of Mexicans, in the brightest attire of their nation, and furnishea with musical instru- ments. Hard by the house they reined up and tuned their instruments in concert, winding up with a little rehearsal, that was evidently satisfactory, for they soon rode off to the Hazard villa,jwith guttural | laughter mingling with the clattering of hoofs. The guests were welcomed by Mr. Haz- west, and north and northeast are the | mountains, rugged and majestic. | From one point of view, dwindling and | melting away like a dream, Mission Can- | yon, with its beautiful drives, its wealth | of rich groves and ever-changing vistas, lies close at hand, and during six months of the | year the musical ripple of the brook below | sounds its soft cadencein the ears of the dwellers in this cottage on the heights. | The reception and dance of to-day was | given in honor of Captain Reed and other officers of the Olympia. The parlor, a| long apartment extending across the house, with polished, inlaid floor and ceiling of | redwood in its own rich natural tints, with | valls decorated with a morris chintz in green and white and gold, was one of | | the rooms thrown open to the guests. The | room is furnished in quiet elegance, in | keeping with the general simplicity of the ard and his stately daughter and assem- bled in the reception-room, off which was a little enclosed space, where the Spanish band discoursed sweet music—so sweet, in act, that by and by the desire to dance seized the Trilby-feet present and shortly there were whirling couples on the polished floor, in graceful, unprogrammed dance. And the sailor boys were in their ele- ment. The way in which they made friends with the young ladies was little short of marvelous, as well as the vows they made before they left them. Com- mander Reed was there, of course, but he only smiled grimly upon his young vil- lains and appeared content that they should make hay under the bright Santa Barbara sun. The brass buttons were the delight of the girls. By and by there was a surprise. Miss Hazard invited the guests toward a glass | | | | | | | iration for the beautiful poem that | THE HAZARD RESIDENCE WHERE THE RECEPTION TOOK PLACE. [ [From a photograph.] cottage, and is a poem in color, while the great window at the northwest end, with its broad upholstered seat and its single | | great pane of plate glass framing the su- | | perb movntain vista in picture, who: lights and shades and tones and tints are | ever varying, is an inspiration in itself. | Red and yellow, the Spanish colors, pre- ‘ vailed in, the floral decorations of this | room, cloth of gold roses of great size and ‘i wonderful colors being contrasted with the | glowing crimson of the Reina Marie Hen- ; | rietta roses, with here and there a spray of | scarlet” passion flowers. The reception- room adjoining, separated by moss-green | portieres on the one side and turquoise- blue on the other, and finished in natural woods, was bowered in pink roses. The guests at the reception were: Joseph | ). Perkins, Miss Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. I. | M. Baxley, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton B. Hale, | | Miss Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. Richard | J. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Burton, | Charles’ F. Eaton, Mr. and Mrs. R. Rad- | clifi-Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. Kinton | Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Thaw, Mr. |and Mrs. C. C. Park, Mr. and Mrs. 1} Edwin wyer, Miss Everhart, the | Misses Nickerson, Mr. and Mrs. Harrold | Sidebotham, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Felton G. Booth, Admiral : and Mrs. Harmony, Miss McGowan, Miss | Chauncey, Miss Waugh, Miss Doeg, Miss | Fernald, Mrs. Roberts, M Snively, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Waterman, Miss Colt, Mrs. Channey, the Misses Hawley, Miss Bell, | Miss Rogers, Mrs. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. E. | W. Gaty, Miss Ada Gaty, Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Black, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Canfield, | Mrs. Thatcher, Mr.and Mrs, D. F. Baxter, | Miss Baxter, Miss Stoddard, Mrs. Loug- | head, Miss Beatrice Harrcden, the Misses | Lord, Mrs. Redington, Mrs. Howard, the Misses de la Guerra, Mrs. Thomas Dibblee, the Misses Panchita, Teresa and Ynez Dibblee, Mr. and Mrs. Fithian, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dreyfus, Miss Double- | day, Lieutenant and Mrs. Eliot, the | Misses Weld, Colby, Doulton, Wheeler, Sidbotham, Boyce, Merriam, Moore, Fair- banks, Grace Harrison, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Ramsford, Captain and Mrs, Lord; Messrs, Agassiz, Oscar Coast, Frank Whitney, Wor- thington Summers, Herman Eddy, Adam, Sedgwick, Cameron, Carl Stoddard, Frank door leading from the reception-room to the garden and murmured something about a Spanish fandango going on out there, and the guests crowded out upon the battlemented lawn overlooking the grand expanse of Mission Canyon, away across toward the stupendous Santa Ynez range, with its wrickled surface, half bare, half clothed in verdure, under the blue Italian sky, and there was a surprise. A platform had been built on the lawn, forming the stage in the magnificent natural scene. At the back of the platform, between the stage and the battlements, were ranged the bright garbed Mexicans on horseback—the same who a little before had rehearsed under a shady pepper tree. There were three guitars at least and two violins, and after a quaint overture one of the cavalcade slipped from his broncho and advanced onto the stage. Then the eldest musician, an old man with a gay red scarf and a big sombrero, chanted something and the soloist on the stage began to dance. The audience held its breath. He was only a lithe Mexican in long indigo-hued pantaloons and short scarf jacket, but the way he danced was a cantion. The musicians played faster and faster, all the while chanting weirdly, and ever and anon breaking out into a shrill, mock- ing crescendo that was quite startling. It turned out to be the rattlesnake dance, a famous measure with the Mexicans, and explained the extrardinary agility with which the dancer moved his pedal extrem- ities; no rattlesnake could have had a ghost of a chance to strike them. Then there were more dances, boleros, fandangoes and cachucas, and the gay audience luughed and applauded, and en- joyed it to the full. Afterward came the minuet, that stateliest of all dances, by some of the prettiest young ladies in Santa Barbara and vicinity. Socially, it was the feature of the fete. Nothing could be more graceful or more bewitching in its very seriousness, and every girl who danced it was perfect in the measure, courtesying and extending her hand as if she had stepped from the world of Joshua Reynolds or Gainsborough. It was a courtly trinmph. Between the battlements and the Santa Ynez mountains yawns a lovely canyon, and winding paths proceeding down its side from the gardens to a rose-bower be- neath find a silvery splashing stream. The guests soon found this out and presently the company was divided into twos and threes. They wandered all over the ex- tensive grounds. The varieties of the garden’s exotics from Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope were hailed with admiration. Not least among these was a wonderful scarlet canna and the strelitzia regina or bird of paradise, a strange growth which exactly resembles a bird’s neck and bill. Some found their way to a unique little turret summer-house, which terminates one line of the battle- ments. It was furnished as an amateur studio, and formed an ideal solitude for a tete-a-tete. Then there was more informal aancing and the people began to go away, but not before the hospitable punch-bowl, ices and other delicacies had refreshed the de- lighted guests. Miss Hazard was much complimented on the success of the fete, and truly it served a good purpose, besides its purely social‘ one, in bringing into close touch the man- agement and some of the chief workers in the fete, upon whom the burden and heat of the day have fallen. But one fact cast a little shadow over the bright fete, and this was the feeble health of the hostess, which prevented her from mingling with her guests. Miss Caroline Hazard filled the office with tact and dig- nity. She is a brunette with luminous dark eyes and has her mother’s umtely' carriage. She was simply but elegantly attired in a French gown of black velvet, made en traine, with a slashing of black satin about the bottom of the skirt. Her only orna- ment was a small diamond crescent at her throat. She was assisted in her duties by Mrs. Admiral Harmony, a sweet-faced, gray- haired woman, who wore a mauve gown, with pink roses as her only ornament; Mrs. Oliver, a lady greatly esteemed in Santa Barbara society, wore black silk with a white crepe corsage; Mrs. Clinton B. Hale, attired in a striped black and white silk, with a V corsage filled with lace; Mrs. Edwin Sawyer, whose recent bereavement was betokened by her quiet gown of black silk and crepon; Miss Rogers, attired in a striped silk tissue of an ivory tint, a half low corsage, a diamona necklace clasped about her throat; Miss Panchita Dibble, whose brunette beauty was brightened by | her cheery and black costume, and Miss | Stoddard, a pretty brown-haired, blue- eyed girl. The majority of the ladies wore pretty afternoon reception dresses, clearing the ground, and although there were some rich costumes seen, they were as a rule modest, summery gowns, adapted to the day and occasion. * Some of Santa Barbara’s prettiest society girls were present. Miss Ethel Doulton wore a simple spring muslin with a laven- der silk sash and violets in her hat., Miss Inez Dibble wore a brocaded silk of some elusive tint that was like sunlightand | moonlight blended ; Miss Doubleday wore a natty visiting costume of brown moire; Miss Baxter’s toilet was plain blue crepon, | trimmed with valenciennes; Miss Reding- ton was clad in a pale green dress, with a | simple straw hat trimmed in the same | springlike color. Mrs. Dreyfus, a pretty | young matron, wore a French toilet | of thin silken fabric, striped in | black and corn color and old rose. | Miss Everhart, the handsome Chicago girl, who, after years of effort in the Hull | house philanthropy, has come to Santa | Barbara to make her home and to recruit | her impaired health, wore a combination | of green wool and velvet, with a touch: of crimson magenta in her hat. Among the guests were George Agassiz, grandson of the famous scientist, and Miss | Gould, daughter of the famons Hm'vnrd‘ astronomer. A very pleasant surprise came at the last moment in the presence of | Mrs. Higginson, wife of the commander of | the Monterey, who had just come up from San Diego with her sister, Miss Holdine. Among the resident guests were Rear- | Admiral Harmony and his wife and Lieu- tenant and Mrs, Eliot, and as the bond of social connectior in the navy is even stronger than in the army, the presence of these and other guests caused many pleas- ant reunions and promoted the kindly tone of cordiality among the company. The Honorablg Rowland Hazard is a gen- tleman who has had a distinguished place in national politics, and whose familv is one of the oldest and most cultured in New Eneland, Nine generations of Hazards have been born in the old colonial mansion standing upon the great estate comprising more than 1000 acres of woodland, upland and | meadow, known far and wide as Oakwood, in the Narragansett country, back of Proy- idence, Rhode Island. This beautiful ancestral home Mr. Haz- | ard annually leaves for Santa Barbara, | where, because the mild and equable winter clitnate has proved of benefit to his | wife’s health, he has established his winter home in this pretty cottage. Generous and public-spirited, of a broad intelligence and possessed of a rare execu- | tive ability, he has for years been Santa Barbara’s most valued worker in all public measures, while his wife, with her noble presence, gracious spirit and kindliness of heart has exerted great influence upon the little city’s social life. Miss Caroline, the only unmarried daughter, isa writer of ability and rank. Her quaint study of family history, en- titled “Thomas, the Son of Rob,” has, unlike the ordinary family gene- alogy, taken rank with the most valuable of recent contributions to | New England history, and received | the high honor of an extended and very | complimentary review in the Atlantic Monthly. Her lately published book of poems, “Narragansett Ballads,” gives her a leading place as a poet. FOR SWEET CHARITY. An Elaborate Entertainment for the Benefit of the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. SANTA BARBARA, Cav., April 16.—An elaborate entertainment was giten to-night at the Opera-house for the benefit of the Cottage Hospital. The entertainment was | held at this time to secure the patronage of visitors for a worthy institution, which is supported by some of the best people of the county. Several prominent families contribute to keep open free individual rooms, and the natural attraction Santa Barbara has for invalids, makes the presence of the hospital peculiarly appropriate. The entergainment was under the man- agement of Joseph Worthington and the patronesses Wwere: Mrs. Ashley, Mrs. C. ©. Park, Mrs. Richard L. Hall, Mrs. R. Radliffe Whitehead, Mrs. L. B. Harrison, Mrs. A. Blair Thaw, Mrs. Rowland Hazard, Mrs. Ronald Thomas and the directors of the hospital. There was a large attendance, the proceeds being about $500. The seats were auctioned off, realizing between $2 and $5 each. The programme included a march by twenty-four Grecian maidens, as follows: The Misses Colt, Wheeler, Vaughn, the three Misses Nixon, the Misses Doeg, Boyce, Frazer, Fithian, Harrison, Stan- wood, Stuart, Meigs. Gaty, Chamberlain, Howard, More, Iames, Lord and Elizalde, and Mesdames Lawton, Austin and Stam- bach. There were also scenes from Grecian mythology, Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s “Pauline Pavlovna,” Count Panshine being impersonated by Mr. Worthington, besides musical numbers by Mrs. Pryce Phillips, Miss Nickerson and Miss Fernald. There were many encores, and the whole entertainment was thoroughly successful. WRECK OF A SCHOONER. Tke Dart Goes to Pieces on the Rocks Off Carmanah Point. VICTORIA, B. C., April 16.—The Port Townsend schooner Dart, forty tons, ran ashore six miles east of Carmanah Point, on the west coast, and is going to pieces. She is supposed to have dragged her an- chor from Neah Bay and been driven across in the gale Saturday. There is no sign of any of the crew. The schooner was valued at about $2000, and there was very little saved from the wreck. e Sails From Vancowver. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 16.—The steamer Warrimoo sailed for Australia this morning. She had only six saloon passen- gers but carried a cargo of 1000 tons. The Texas Lake Ice Company made a shipment of frozen salmon to England via the Aus- tralia a few months ago. The company has just received word that the shipment arrived in good condition and proved a success. They now intend to ship regu- larly by every steamer. VOTING AT SAVTA Sk, Friends of Miss Spottswood Again Advance Her to First Place. Elaborate Preparations Being Made by the Committee .for the Carnival Parade. SANTA ROSA, Carn., April 16.— Miss Belle Spottswood’s friends were very much in evidence to-day, and to-night she leads in the race for carnival queen. At the close of to-day’s voting the contestants stood in the following order: 1—Miss Spottswood, 688. Miss Donovan, 676. 3—Miss Matthews, 632. 4—DMiss Bishop, 263. . 5—Miss Denman, 255. 6—Miss Solomon, 261. 7—Miss Josie Byington, 252, 8—Miss Roney, 130. 9—Miss Stites, 126. 10—Miss Yost, 75. The rose carnival directors are rapidly perfecting arrangements for the coming fete. Plans and specifications for floats and a number of arches were submitted at a meeting of the committee last night, and it was decided that the Carnival Associa- tion will have a number of allegorical floats in the parade which, however, will not compete for prizes. It is believed the prizes offered will draw out a large num- ber of private carriages and floats, all of which will be gayly decorated. A proposition will be made to have the Board of Supervisors make a small appro- priation to be devoted to decorating the splendid Courthouse that stands in the center of the city. The Board of Education has been re- quested to have the public schools dis- missed during the fiesta, and it is believed the request will be granted. The city will be asked to keep all teams off Fourth street during the parade, so as not to mar the effect of the pagent in any way. A large force of special policemen will be put on, and the very best of order will prevail. Reports received from Healdsburg, So- noma, Cloverdale, Sebastopol and other towns to-day indicate that big crowds are are coming from those places. g FEDERATION OF LABOR. An Important Meeting of the Executive Council to Be Held. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., April 16.—The executive council of the Federation of Labor will meet here April 22and continue in session several days. This will be the first meeting since the Denver convention. John McBride, president of the federa- tion, will return from Hot Springs to- morrow. He is not sufficiently recovered from his illness, however, to preside at the council’s sessions, and Vice-President James Duncan will act in his stead. Among the questions to be considered by the council will be the difficulties of the Brewery Workers’ Union of Chicago. The latter refuses to pay $2000, which it owes to the federation, because a part of the money would go to the Knights of Labor. This will lead to the further consideration of the relations existing at present between the federation and the K. of L. s WAS A MAN OF NERVE. Death of Rat Gray, the Noted Chicago Detective. CHICAGO, Ttr., April 16.—Pat Gray, one of the most noted of Chicago’s de- tectives, died here to-day. Gray made much of his reputation as a man of good nerve during the breaking up of the Sam Bass gang of Texas outlaws in the 70’s, when his headquarters were in Dallas. At one time, while guarding a train-held up by Bass and his band, Gray held the ex- press-car behind barricaded doors until the outlaws threatened to burn the car. Find- ing longer resistance useless the detective hid a large portion of the money in a water-barrel and opened the safe to the robbers, who secured only $300 out of a large sum which the safe contained. —_——— SEVEN MEN TO BE HANGED. Governor Stone of Missouri Busy With Applications for Mercy. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 16.— Unless Governor Stone intervenes seven men will be hanged in this State Saturday. They are: Jacob Heinz, Henry Kaiser, James Murray and W. H. Taylor in St. Louis; John Burris, alias “Joseph Dusty,” in St. Joseph; Edward Murray in Gasco- nade County and James Crisp in Webster County. A delegation of St. Louis women waited on Governor Stone to-day in the interest of Heinz and Kaiser, but received no words of encouragement. Later in the day attor- ney for Taylor filed papers asking clemency for Taylor. Tt is expected the Governor will decide the fate of the condemned men to-morrow. R R Ejected Some Lessees. OMAHA, NeBr., April 16.—A special to the Bee from Pender, Nebr., says: Cap- tain Beck ejected a number of the Flournoy Company’s lessees from the reservation yesterday, causing much excitement, but will permit others to remain until the case has been decided in court. Attorneys are on the reservation taking testimony for the hearing before the Federal Court in Omaha on Monday. STOCKTON'S BIG FUND. Swelling the Subscrip- tions to the Valley Road. TRUSTEES ARE CHOSEN. ‘They Will Represent the Con- tributors in Negotiating the Transfer. ENOUGH CASH ALREADY GIVEN. But the Work of Raising Funds Con- tinues With Undiminished Enthusiasm. STOCKTON, CaL., April 16.—The Stock- ton Commercial Association held a meet- ing to-night for the purpose of electing trustees to represent the contributors of the cash fund in an agreement to be made with the directors of the valley road, pro- viding that the railway will be built within a certain time and the land pur- chased with the fund used for railway pur- poses only. This was done as a guarantee to the men who are pledging themselves to pay the money to give the road what it asks for in the city of Stockton and San | Joaquin County, that they will have just what they expect to get for their money. Considerable discussion was had among the members as to whether there was any possibility of the road establishing ware- houses here on the land deeded to it. This would bring the railway into competition with the very men who are putting up the money. In order to prevent such an oc- currence it was decided to stipulate in the agreement that the land be used only for railroad purposes, as stipulated in the articles of incorporation of the valley road. The following trustees were selected, all of whom are among the principal business | men of the city: P. B. Fraser, president | of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank; | Fred M. West, president of the Stockton | Savings and Loan Society ; William Inglis, | capitalist; Sidney Newell, capitalist and | director of the California Navigation and Improvement Company, and I. S. Bost- | wick, another director of that concern and | alarge grain-dealer. | The work of collecting cash already sub- scribed will begin at once, in order that the lands may be purchased and turned | over to the trustees, to be by them deeded | to the railway company. | An alternative plan was suggested, by | which the property-owners shall deed the land direct to the railway, these deeds to be held in_trust until the railway carries | out its agreements in Stockton. Another | mass-meeting will be held Monday night | for the purpose of finishing up the cash | subseriptions, as well as those to the stock | ot the road. About $87,000 is now on the books of the Commercial Association pledged to the cash fund. The stock list shows to-night $93,500, and there will be no difficulty in raising all thatis required, both of cash and stock, before another week is out. As a matter of fact there is now about enough in the cash fund to purchase all the prop- erty and rights of way needed, but the Commercial Association is desirous of rais- ing the full sum of $100,000 to provide against any contingencies that may arise in securing rights of way through the county. Engineer Graham's party is camped near Collegeville to-night. There will be a concert here Friday night for the benefit of the railroad fund. George Sperry to-day donated a lot in the Sperry Addition to be sold for the same purpose. PORTERVILLE SWINGS INTO LINE. At a Mass-Meeting $9000 in One Lump Is seribed to the Valley Road. PORTERVILLE, Carn, April 16.—A mass-meeting of citizens was held at Davis’ hall this afternoon for the purpose of taking action in regard to what Porter- ville would be willing to do to induce the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad to come this way. The meeting was very enthusiastic. P. P. Davis called the gathering to order. H. E. ¥ord was elected chairman and A. M. Lumley secretary. A number of speeches were made, and then the sub- scription list was opened by E. Newman, manager of the Pioneer Land Company. Newman stated that on behalf of the Pioneer Land Company he would start the list by putting down ten shares. The sub- scription list was headed by the following agreement: The undersigned do each and for himself, and not one for the other, hereby subscribe for the number of shares of the capital stock of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company as are set opposite our re- pective names, of the par value of 100 each, and do hereby further agree that the same may be issued to trustees, and that we will | | execute an agreement therefor as provided and agreed at the meeting of subscribers to the capital stock of said corporation, held at the Chamber of Commerce in the city of San Francisco, upon the 5th day of April, 1895. This subscription is subject to the fol- lowing conditions: First, that said rail- road company shall within four months from date agree in writing to construct its road to the town of Porterville within eighteen months from the date hereof, and, second, that at least 100 shares be sub- scribed on this list within twenty days from the date hereof. Subscriptions being in order, thirty-six stepped forward and put their names down for from one to five shares each, and in a few minutes the seeretary announced that a total of $9000 had been subscribed. A committee of four was appointed to solicit subscriptions within a radiusof fourmiles of Porterville. The Pioneer Land Com- pany, through its representative, agreed to put up ten shares additional for every ninety shares put up by the citizens of Porterville. The meeting adjourned amid much en- thusiasm for the new valley rogd. CONVIGTED AT SAVTACAUZ The Trial of the Notorious Baron Kanzler Brought to a Close. He Is Found Gullty of Practicing Medicine Without a Phy- siclan’s Certificate. SANTA CRUZ, Car., April 16.—Baron Wilhelm von Kanzler, the titled Austrian who gained considerable notoriety recently through claiming to have been married by | contract to pretty Edith Shepherd of this place, and who for several months has been incarcerated in the County Jail on a | charge of practicing medicine without a physician’s certificate, ended to-day in a verdict pronouncing him quilty of the charges against him. The case hasexcited considerable comment, through the con- nection of the unfortunate young girl with the affair. A number of witnesses were examined to-day, among them being local physicians and druggists. The defendant, Kanzler, when on the stand claimed that since his confinement in the County Jail he has lost his memory to a great extent, which asser- tion was proven without a doubt by his testimony. Kanzler claimed to have at- tended a Berlin university, but he denied ever claiming to be a physician or giving a prescription as a physician. After the arguments by the attorneys she case was given to the jury at 4 o’clock. The jury was out 20 minutes and brought in a verdict of guilty, it being the first con- viction under this law. Sentence will be pronounced at 10 o’clock to-morrow morn- ing, the maximum being one year in the County Jail and $500 fine, and the mini- mum being three months in the County Jail. i Sues the Bishop. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 16,—The Rev. J. J. Dunning, a Catholic priest, has begnn suit against Bishop Louis M. Fink of the Kansas City, Kans., diocese for $100, a claim for divine services at the Catholic hospital at Fort Scott, Kans. His bill | itemizes the services in this way: “To performing divine services from May 1, 1894, to August 11, 1894, ninety times at $1 each, $90; to offering benediction forty times at 25 cents each, $10. Bishop Fink has been served with & summons to appear Thursday to make answer. ey Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16.—To- day’s statement of the condition oi the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $184,074,764; zold reserve, $90,329,135. For Additional Telegraph sec Pages Eight and Ten. THE STRONG MAN AGAIN. Returned to the Full Use of His Strength and Faculties. To grow strong quickly after the ravages of disease Peruvian Bitters are known to be the most agreeable of tonics. They are a pleasant and refreshing drink. The celebrated Peruvian Bark is the principal ingredient of Pernvian Bitters. They also contain some of California’s choicest brandy, blended and compounded to- gether with the best aromatic and medicinal roots and herbs, which are selected with the utmost care. By using Peruvian Bitters you can successfully ward off the approach of colds and coughs, which are now so prevalent and are daily attacking new victims. 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