The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1895, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXVIL—NO. 132, AN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1895 — TWENTY-SIX PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PACIFIC COAST NEWS. 3 sy | Fatal Cutting Affray at| the Anthony House Postoffice. LOSS OF TWO VESSELS.| Improvements in the Russian | River and Dry Creek Valleys. Suiclde of a Farmer Near Corning. The Arroyo Grande Robber | Sentenced. House Posto! mother had b body over the hea: inch gash. When ‘the me f the affray the wounc still alive, but he cannot recover. { Bayne is 16 years of age and formerl in Grass Valley. He was captur: ORGANIZE AT HEALDSBURG. A Society Which Will Improve Russian River and Dry Creek Valleys. i HEALDSBURG, C representative c and Dry Creek v aftérnoon and adden called the meeting to ef speech said there was much room improvement here and that desirable settlers could only be had by the county being made attractive. One of the drawback: hought, was from the de- struetion wrought by the overflow ef the R;fii‘n River and Dry Creek. “Atamparary Sratization WS éffected election of W. N. Gladden as chair- nd J. J. Livernaesh as secrefary. z speeches were made by A. L. er, William Rowland, Lee Laughlin, 0. L. Soules and many others. The most important result of the meet- ing was that steps were taken to straighten the channels of Rus: Creek. i Arnes, W. N. Gladden, T. B. ish and Lee Laughlin, was ap- structions, and C. Foreman and G. H. Har- mon will act as a committee to see what is needed toimprove Dry Creek. The amount of the improvements to be made will be expensive for one or two levees will be needed. The association adjourned to meet next | Eaturdsy and effect a permanent organiza- tion. —_—— CAST UPON VANCOUVER ISLAND. Wreckage from an Unknown Vessel Sighted oy an Alaska Steawmer. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasxg., Aj ng a large quantity g doors, window sashes, etc., along the north end of Van- couver Island. The natives have recovered a large amount of lumber, but no trace of a vessel has been found. pping men here areat a loss to account for the iden- ity of the unfort: craft, a3 no vessel with such a cargo sailed from the Sound recently. The supposition is that she either a schooner or large barkentine. | The Topeka also reports the loss of the schooner Winnifred, near k2, in a heavy sea recently. No lives were lost. The | schooner was a small vessel used in trading | amongithe Indian settlements and canner- ies north of Alaska’s capital. e SUICIDE AT CORNING. Charles Hunt Ends His Life With a Charge of Shot. CORNING, Car.,, April 20. — Charles Hunt, 68 years of age, commiited suicide here to-day by shooting himself. He fastened a shotgun to a tree, sat down, put the gun to his heart and pulled the trigger withacord. He was an old farmer and has long resided | near Corning. He has been sickalong time. Once before he tried to kill himself. unt leaves a widow and stepson. PO R SONOMA COUNTY WINE. Heary Shipments Have Been Made Dur- ing the Past Sixz Days. HEALDSBURG, Cat., April 20.—The i from this place, Windsor for the past six days have t in the history of the ¥ every cellar in this district has been sold the last two days, through the wine-makers' syndicate. Eleven wine- makers have sold at 121 cents per gallon, the aggregate of wine transferred proof to show that she had never employed nor authorized the employment of the plaintiff in the cause. Another suit bronght by District Attor- ney Fulkertk of Stanislaus County for the same purpose has et to be tried. -~ NAPA ASYLUM SUPPLIES. A Majority of the Contracts Awarded to San Frameiseo Firms. NAPA, Car, 0.—The Trustees of the ins ‘lum here opened bids to-day for fur! rg supplies for the coming six months, and contracts were ‘awarded as fol h of San Francisco: use & Co. of San Franciseo; am, Hoppe & Co. of San Fran- meats, Norton, Teller & Co.of oceries, Pacific Marine of San-Francisco; dry Beard & Sons of Napa; tock, Lubin & Co. of Sac- J. A. McClelland & Co. Stockton Mill- ing Company of Stockion; soap, M. Mor- ganthal of San Francisco; shoes and slip- pers, Thompson, Beard & Sons of Napa; brooms and hes, Thompson, Beard & fresh butter, Dairymen's Francisco; blankets, Napa tm Passing of Conductor Fillmore of the Famous * Cannonball” Train. Car., April 20.—William H. conductor of the famous “Can- train, the fastest in the State, has frequently made seventy miles from Colten to Los Angeles, died Iy at Crafton at 5 o’clock this after- rhage of the lungs. He e of histrain at 6:15 n the afternoon ard complained of feeling unwe and this morning his train re- turned in charge of Conductor Hynana- General Superintendent Fillmore e wife of the«eceased passed through 1 route to Crafton this afternoon. The deceased was one of the most highly | esteemed men in the Southern Pacific ser- v and there are many persons who re- ed to travel on any other train from here to Los Angeles. D DEATH OF A FAMOUS SACHEM. Chief George of the Capilamo Indians Drowned Near Fancouver. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 20.—Chief George of the Capilanos, once one of the st powerful Indian tribes, is dead, his body being washed ashore this morning and an upturned canoe found floating a short distance away. Members of the tribe state that George had been missing three days, and it is surmised that in cross- { ing the narrows his canoe was capsized. Chief George was only 40 years old; and succeeded his brother, who was chief for many vears. The Capilanes were at one time & powerful and warlike tribe, and the old chief, father of the deceased, was a mighty warrior. Chief George used to re- late with pride bow his father on one oc- casion slew no less ‘than ten. nozshern In< dians in a battle. ————— CACHED AT CHILKOOT PASS. Two Hundred tiailons of Tiquor Seized by the Cutter Corwin. SEATTLE, Wase. ,April 21.—The steamer City of Topeka, which arrived from Alaska to-day, brings news of the seizure on the summit of Chilkoot Pass of 200 gallons of liguor by officers from the revenue cutter Corwin. It wascached in the snow, and as the Indians demanded exorbitant | prices for carrying it down to Sheep Camp it was emptied into the snow. Some In- dians found sixty gallons of whisky on | Sheep Creek and got gloriously drunk on it. e L B SOLD T0O PORTLAND PARTIES. Firve Thousand Herses to Be Slaughtered Jor the Market. PENDLETON, Or., April 20. — Jade Switzler, living on the Columbia River, sold 5000 horses to a Portland syndicate. They are to be slaughtered at Portland, the meat packed and all partsof the carcass utilized. This is now the only market for the thousands of horses on the Eastern Oregon and Washington ranges. The price was less than $5 per head. e SENTENCED AT SAN LUIS. Highwayman Bunwp Must Serve Ten Years at San Quentin. SAN LUISO OBISPO, Car., April 20.— Charley Clayton Bump, the Arroyo Grande robber, was sentenced to-day by Judge Gregg to ten years in San Quentin. Bump appears to feel little remorse for his crime, but is deeply grieved that he is a cause of disgrace to his friends and fam- ily, who are prominent in Spokane, Death at Pase Robles. PASO ROBLES, CaL., April 20.—Mary Ann Dunn died last evening at this place, at the age of 76. She was a pioneer of the State, having landed and settled near Sac- ramento in 1850. She moved to this county in 1860, where she has resided until her death. She reared a large family of chil- dren, among whom are Mrs. D. D. Black- burn and Mrs. D. W. James. Attempted Suicide at Sacramento. SA CRAMENTO, CaL., April 20.—Laura Griffen made three attempts to commit suicide this evening by throwing herself on the track before' moving switch engines in the raitroad yard in this city. She was vrevented by the switchmen, who event- ually handed her over to the police. The wom an is a resident of a downtown lodg- ing-house, and had been drinking heavily. Injured at Nevada City, NEVADA CITY, CaL., April 20.—Robert H. Beatty, Attérney-General of Nevada, was attacked by vertigo to-day, while walking along a street in this city. He fell upon the sidewalk and received a severe scalp wound, besides having his face so badly lacerated that he will be disfignred g With the new cooperage now being made and emptied, o trouble will be experienced in handling the grape crop of 189, S A4 STOCKTON SUIT DECIDED. Becretary McCabe Worsted in an Action o Recover Attorney's Fees. BTOCKTON, CAL., April 20.—The j 3 N, il ). — jury in the casle 21 Ed McCabe, the private sec- retary of Govermor Budd, against Mrs. Lhz;fbeth M. Howell, to-day brought in a verdict for the defendant. The suit was braughl 10 Tecover attorney’s fees for ser- vices alleged t0 have been rendered in the famous Johnson estate settlement case. ‘The defendant simply denied, and offered for life. ———— San Luis Obispo Blaze. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CaL., April 20.—The building occupied 'by A.N. Cunningham as a photograph gallery and residence, and the adjoining building, used as a lodging- house in ‘connection with the Laughery Hotel, were destroyed by fire this after- noon. The loss is $2000; insured for $1000. - Will Use Puente Oil. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., April 21.— F. C. Finkel has just surveyed a lead pipe line for conveying ¢il from the oil wells at Puente to Chino, to be used as fuel for the Chino sugar factory, which, when in opera- | cisco. LS ANGELES' LAST. Close of the Week of Great and Varied Revels. EL DIA DE LAS FLORES. Beautiful Parade and Battle of the Flowers the Feature. NIGHT SCENES OF GREAT JOY. Amid All the Clamor the Queen of the Fiesta Relinquishes Her Rule. LOS ANGELES, CaL., April 20.—A mad- cap climax is being set upon the week’s | revel to-night. By way of placing it in | extra strong relief it was immediately | preceded by the one purely esthetic num- | ber on the programme. Here was Flora all the afternoon trooping down through all the beautiful ways of | herchosen city of the Angels, with gar- lands. of the heliotrope and the red, red rose and the yellow marguerite and every lovely emblem of her most delicate con- ceit, spreading their perfume everywhere, coming in fairy phaetons, built of sweet | pea blossoms, or tripping archly through seme labyrinth of trailing smilax, with bunches of field daisies in her hair or helding proudly high the calla lily to still preserve in matchless white the token of her purity. So she banished every sordid influence beyond the city’s gates and that of her own sweet self spread itself everywhere, while she led the people up to her high place -and swathed them in her fragrance and taught them thoughts of paradise. The Festival Queen herself, subdued by the charm of Flora’s winsome graces, came down from her gaundy throne and begged leave to ride with her, and did so ride, through sll the city. And so while thesun went down the spirit of poesy and the spell of music and the charm of incense was over all. Then Flora slept. Straightway out of every shadow of the night came imps of darkness and discord, taking every conceivable shape, and versed in every impossible noise. A wild revel of the masquer is on, in which men, women and children are taking part. Men and women wearing the livery of the ciown, the monk and the devil and their wives, with every change that the clever inven- tion of a city full of people can ring on these, are floating through the streets with their tinhorns, bells, whistles, whirligigs, rattles, tumtums and whatsoevers. It isa harum-scarum night of joillity and good nature, in which the spirit of the car- nival which has been set up in high places for the people to look at all this week as it in review, the pomp or pageants in which they took no part, now unbndled and every man is himself. The city is illuminated with the bril- liancy of Wednesday night, the people are | out in wagons, on horseback, on bicycles and on foot moving in every direction, a mass i chaos, without form butby no means void, disorganized bands of musi- cians, rollicking crowds with bells, a clamor, an orgie—a nightmare. It is the end of the reign of the festival Queen, the beautiful, merry and loving Queen, who came with blessings to her people here in the city of Los Angeles a little week ago—a long, long week ago— short in the mere record of time, but ages in the good she has done, who bade her subjects to put away care while she re- mained with them and to learn to live. She taught them to open their eyes that they might see why flowers and fruit and song were made and how each might have and enjoy them. She taught them to love one another, and be glad and to make merry. Her reign is ended. It is midnight. But the thousand strange sounds of the revelry clash and clang in every street, and the strange forms of the revelers dance and flit under the lights and in and out of the shadows, loath to let go their short season of license, so well have they learned the lesson which the good queen taught. But, alas! the good gueen is dead. Long live the queen! And may all the blessings that she brought return fo and multiply about her! The last set piece in the programme of the day and week was the battle of the flowers, “el dia de las flores.”” The bat- tle of the flowers had that same battle of the flowers at Santa Barbara to stand against as a criterion, and as Santa Bar- bara’s great fete is beyond all compare, *‘el dia de las flores” suffered in compari: son. But the display here was very, very heautiful just the same. There was a prodigal wealth of flowers arranged with rare taste. The procession, which was a mile long, passed before the Queen in the park, where the throng on the tripunes filled the entire space and the windows and housetops of houses fronting the park were crowded. The Queen’s throne was beautifully trimmed with vining roses, and the Queen herself wore roses all about her. After the procession had passed once down the mall the Queen gave the signal for the battle and the air was filled with roses, sweet peas, carnations, marguerites, poppies, daisies and every flower in California. ‘The scene was superb, and provohed’the wildest enthusiasm. Horses waded in blossoms and drifts of them fell about the throne. The battle lasted ten minutes. Then the flower-decked vehicles moved out and to Seventh street, where the Queen and her court joined it in the royal carriages. The procession then moved through ali the principal streets, going over a longer course than any preceding it and without having announced any route. This was the first time the Queen appeared in parade, and was for the purpose of permitting all her loyal subjects to get a glimpse of her before her reign came to a close. The en- thusiasm along the route was immense. Following is the list of marshals and aids: F. G. Teed, Los Angeles; J. C. Fisher, San Diego: L W. Hellman Jr., San Fran- Division 1, saddle ponies, gitls—A. Moor- head, Pasadena; Dr. Cloud, New York; H. W. Hellman, Los Angeles. Saddle ponies, boys—A. Haas, Los An- geles; F. S. Berry, Fresno; H. B. Sontag, San Franciseco. Boy riders on burros—L Polaski, Los Angeles; Judge Blackstock, Ventura; O. J. Stough, S8an Diego. Children’s vehicles—F. W. King, Los Angeles; F. W. Dohrmann, San Francisco; A. E. Castle, San Francisco. Bicycles, girls—J. E. Cook, Los Angeles; Captain Diss, Redlands; N. W. Bell, Pasa- dena. Bicycles, boys—A. Sbarboro, San Fran- cisco; A. R. Briggs, San Francisco; C. D. Willard, Los Angeles. Division 2, two-horse tandems—F. V. Griffith, Los Angeles; W. M. Bunker, San Francisco; Seymour Lake, Pasadena. Floral floats—W. P. Wilshire, S8an Fran- cisco; F. P. MecLennan, New York; L Flei: an, Los Angeles. Di n 3. coach or tally-ho, six-in-hand —Hon. F. Rader, Los Angeles; D. M. Car- man, San Francisco; Stewart Menzies, San | Francisco. Victorias and T carts, two horses—Dr. T. L. Burnett, Los Angeles; 0. M. Wel- burn, San Francisco; A. H. Cargill, Orange County. Coach and tally-ho, four-in-hand—W. C. Patterson, Los Angeles; Charles M. Short- ridge, San Francisco; J. E. Jardine, Pasa- dena. Di on 4, carriages, surreys, two horses —C. J. Ellis. Los Angeles; L. Phipps, Walla Walla; A. W. Armstrong, Altadena. Saddle-horse, lady rider—Charles Silent, Los Angeles; W. 8. Gilmore, Pasadena; G. W. Parsons, Pasadera. Farm or spring wagon, two or more horses—L. E. Mosher, Los Angeles; J. O. Dunbar, Pheenix, Ariz.; R.P. Shoemaker, Pasadena. Division 5, buggy or phaeton, two horses—R. L. Craig, Los Angeles; E.E. Harloe, San Francisco; Julius Ludovich, Pasadena. Saddle-horses, gentleman riders—Charles Forman, Los Angeles; George F. Weeks, San Francisco; Hugh Craig, San Fran- cisco. Carriage, buggy or phaeton, one horse— Hon. E. M. Ross, Los Angeles; A. Chese- brough; Senator Bate of Tennessee. Division 6, village or dog cart, one horse—Hon. W. H. Clark, Los Angeles; Lyman. Gregory, M.D., Pomona; C. M. Volkmann, San Francisco. Girls on horses—Harry Wyatt, Los An- geles; J. C. Stubbs, San Francisco; Lester Osborne, Los Angeles. Pneumatic sulky—D. W. Blinn, Los Angeles; E. B. Willis, Sacramento, E. W. Holmes, Riverside. Road cart or sulky—Andrew Mullen, Los Angeles; J. Ross Jackson, San Francisco; Edward Hamilton, San Franciseo. Boys on horses—Dr. Krutz Sr., Los| Angeles; V. S. McClatchy, Bacramento; William 8. Frost, Baltimore. Division 7— Bicycle riders, ladies— Douglas White, Los Angeles; Jackson Hatch, San Jose; H. 8. Needler, New Orleans. Bicycle riders, gentlemen—]J. Bond Fran- cisco, Los Angeles; Theddore Colman, P piwaion presscing othe ivision 8, grofesque, ng other than the foregoing—C. W. R. Ford, Los Angeles; H. W. Norcross, San Diego; Mr. Jacobs, Coronado. Division 9, grotesque or fancifnl bicycle riders, ladies or gentlemen—E. F. C. Kiocke, Los Angeles; Frank Kasson, Mariposa; W.S. Green, Colusa. Equestrian novelty—General E. P, John- son, Los Angeles; W, E. Arthur, Pasa- dena; Hen. J. 8. Cox, Pasadena. The T. D. S8timson two-horse surrey was very beautiful in pink and white carnations, exquisitely outlined in asparagus plumo- sus. - Over 4000 carnations were used. The horses were decorated with red and white ribbons. The occupants were Miss Mamie Spencer and Miss Louise Bourke. They were in charming costumes of pink and white. The Kregelo brake was a vision of yel- low and white. It was a moving mass of mustard and marguerites. The occupants were Messrs, J. J. Stubbs, Will Wolters and Flint, and Miss Kregelo, Miss Stubbs of San Francisco, Miss St. Cline of Wis- consin, Miss Woinik of Chicago and Miss Fixen. Mrs. Fixen acted as chaperon. The ladies were dressed in yellow satin, with white, broad-brimmed leghorn hats and white feathers. The gentlemen wore white trousers, black coats, hats with fly- ing ribbons of yellow and yellow ties. The C. W. R. Ford four-in-hand brake was one of the most beautiful features of the parade. It was wholly covered with white sweet peas in a setting of smilax. The horses were driven by Mr. Ford, Mr. Tracy of San Francisco occupying the box with him. The ladies were in white and carried white parasols. They were Miss Alma Robinson, Miss Louise Robinson, Miss Maude Rose, Miss Mabel Rose, Miss Gray, Mrs. Packard of Boston. The effect of the pink and white sweet peas was very beautiful. J. H. F. Peck and Mrs. F. W. Braun drove a phaeton rep¥esenting a basket. It was very beautiful. The “T” cartof Mrs. J. P. Jones of Santa Monica was entirely covered with Duchesse roses. The horse, the harness, the entire outfit was a vision of beautiful rose color. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones'occupied the front seat. Miss Hobart of San Francisco and Miss Lester were in the back seats. ‘The ladies were in white gowns with pink trim mings. Their hats and parasols were also of rose color and they carried great clusters of pink roses, the whole effect being sim- ply exquisite. The Misses Ryan of Colonial Flats were in a “T” cart, a mass of pink and white roses. The body of the cart was white and the rest pink. The occupants were the Misses Ryan and Miss Stone of San Francisco. They wore white muslin gowns, big leghorn hats and carried white parasols. Dr. A. L. de Souchet was in a magnificent brougham, a waving mass of white marguerites. The horses were white and the harness of white satin. The effect was very fine. Dwight Babeock wore a white bloomer costume with blonde wig and drew with his bicycle a four-wheel pneumatic speed- ing wagon, put up by the Pavilion Cycling and Riding School. Little Cyrene Gorman rode in the wagon and drove the bicyclist with silken lines. ¢ To Introduce Fancy Jellies. SAN JOSE, CaL,, April 20.—At a meet- ing of the San Jose Grange to-day, a com- mittee was appointed to inquire into the conditions of the merket for fancy jams and jellies, the bulk ot which are shipped: from France and England. The prices realized from such products are good, and an effort will be made to induce the e JOLLY TARS RECEIVE Santa Barbara’s Elite Goes Aboard the Olympia. LANDSMEN HARDLYIN IT Officers of the Big Cruiser Royally Entertain Their Admiring Guests. GAY THE SCENE PRESENTED. Seamen Fittingly Show Thelr Ap- preciation of the Charms of the Flower City. SANTA BARBARA, Car, April 20.—No set of people have enjoved the past week’s festivities with half the zest of the Olym- pia'screw. It is always a delicht and a privilege for Jack to get on dry land, but when to the ordinary pleasures and novel- ty of life on terra firma are added the free- dom of a charming little town, whose in- habitants vie with each other in extending every courtesy and hospitality to the stranger, and where a great and beautiful festival, affording a series of enchanting sights, is in full blast, and where the mid- shipman, the naval officer and the sailor are the heroes of the day in their respective social circles, the sailors’ cup of joy flows over. On the afternoon of the Hazard recep- tion the officers were the honored guests and the reeipients of homage from all sides. On the day of the floral procession the boys in blue traveled up and down the streets dragging the floral Olympia behind them toa deafening accompaniment of cheers and were cheered again when they were at length relieved from their task and invited to prominent seats on the tribunes opposite the judges’ stand. When the gay cavalcade had passed for the last time and people were descending from the tribunes and hastesing home- ward or hotelward the Olympia boys re- mained until the last spectators had de- parted, and then reluctantly descended into the street and shouted, “Hurrah for Santa Barbara’ until they were hoarse, then scattered about the town. At twilight of that day a band of citi- zens slowly driving up the quiet lane that winds past the old Mission witnessed an extraordinary sight—a coupie of marines making a tour of the sights of the place emerged from the stately doerway of the ancient church and steod upon the worn stone platform. A sudden inspiration seized one and un- conscious of any spectators but his com- rade his legs commenced to fly and he act- ually danced a hornpipe on the revered and time-honored steps of the gray old mission church, a hornpipe born of the very exuberance of happiness, a hornpipe at which the amiable old friars peacefully slumbering in the litchen-grown tombs but just around the corner would have smiled indulgence could they have wit- nessed it. On Friday the town literally swarmed with middies and marines. They were everywhere strolling along State street in two and threes aud fours, patrolling the boulevard, patronizing the baths, gambol- ing with the waves, dashing up the streets on horseback and riding up the canyons. This afternoon the tables were turned and the Olympia tarned host on a grand scale. For three days past it had been understood that between certain hours of the day the cruiser would receive all visi- tors who cared to go on board, and the lighter fisher-boats and the rowboats and sailboats that flit about the channel were kept busily plying back and forth between the battleship and wharf, reaping a golden harvest for their owners. But there were people in Santa Barbara who had not joined the general rush—peo- ple who had entertained the boys right royally—charming young ladies, whom they were loth te leave port without seeing once again; and it was recognition of these many courtesies as well as the promptings af this latter consideration which led to yesterday’s reception to some 400 invited guests. At a little before 2 a swift launch of the Olympia, capable of making her fifteen knots an hour, sped in the regular steamer path through the kelp towing a boat. The two together had a capacity of sev- enty-five passengers and were quickly loaded to their full capacity with the ladies and gentlemen who threnged the wharf, looking with interest at the snow- white cruiser floating like a swan on the blue bosom of thechannel. These trips were repeated at short intervals until the big boat was peopled with a crowd of gayly dressed ladies and their escorts, whae ex- plored the cruiser from deck to keel, look- ing into the big guns, inspecting the op- eration of the ammunition hoists, and prowling through kitchens and dining- rooms, sailors’ and officers’ cabins. Among those present were the following: Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Stow, Mr. and Mrs. Kinton Stevens, Dr. Moore, Dr.and Mrs. Stambach, Captain and Mrs. Briee, J.J. Perkins, W. W. Burton, Charles and Fran- cis Lord, Mr. Waterman, Mrs. Nixon, Miss Mabel Nixon, Miss Blanche Nixon, Miss Nixon, Mr. Bell, Misses Bell, three Misses Lacy, Mrs. Frank Bliss, Hugh Vail Jr., J. Barrett Fithian, Joel Fithian, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Andrews, Miss Wheeler, Clifford Moore, Miss Glasscock, Karl Howard, C. Fernald, Mr. and Mrs. Peveril Meigs, Martin Meigs, Miss R. Meigs, Mrs. Lacy, R. Fernald, Joseph Pierce, Miss Elizalde, Fred Poet, W. Bradbury, A. Hope Doeg, the Misses Doeg, Mrs. Chauncey, Mrs. Dibblee, Miss Panchita Divblee, Miss Ynez Dibblee, Frank Whitney, Louis G. Dreyfus and wife, Mr. Gunn (secretary of the Union Iron Works), Dr. Richard J. Hall, Judge R. B. Canfield, J. M. Whitney and wife, Miss Doubleday, D. C. E. Spence, Miss Everbart, Benjamin J. Hayne, Alston Hayne, C. B. Hale, Ad- miral and Mrs. Harmony, Miss Mitchell, Miss Evans, Miss Boulton, Charles Fer- nald, Miss Fernald, the Misses Yonge, W. Moore, Clifford Moore and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gaty, Miss Ade Gaty, the Messrs. Redington, Mr. Eaton. Price - Grant, George Coles, Walter Coles, Mr. Dun- wick, A. L. Braverman, C. W. Fuhren, W. Wertsch Jr., George Brand, C. F. Thomas, E. Donze, C. Wiedenbeck, the members of the Union and Country clubs and Festival Association and their families. It was generally understood that the list of guests invited this day was made up by the officers and nudshipmen, each of these being privileged to invite a certain num- ber. The CaLL reporter asked one of these how he made his.selections. +*Asked the prettiest girls I met,” was the prompt response. The question was put to another and another, and the response was the same in each case. So the young ladies who.were numbered among the Olympia’s guests may take this compli- ment to themselves. Captain Reed, in extending personal in- vitations to his guests, took pains to ex- plain that his ship was not at all in shape just yet; that it needed a good deal of rub— bing up and polishing; was rather dirty in fact. Whether or not the captain wanted to give a shock to the bright little house- wives of Santa Barbara it is not forall to decide, but certain it is that the genial officer’s pride must have been’ greatly flattered by the exclamations of surprise | and admiration heard on all sides as the ladies invaded the cabin and explored the mysteries of the ship’s cuisine. They found the great brass beilers in which the food was cooked polished to the | last degree of brightness. The mess knives and forks shone with dazzling luster, the officers’ cabins were immaculate, not a bit | of dust could be found on the polished woodwork. Thedeck had been holystoned until it shone like a newly washed china plate. Not a suspicion of tarnish could be discovered in the turnsof the brasswork, | and even the bores of the big guns were so shining that the pretty girls might have used them for mirrors could they have | found the proper perspective. Captain Reed can rest assured that his | *“dirty boat’” will be a nightmare to the conscience of Santa Barbara housewives for many a day with its perfect system of electric lights throughout and its network | of telephone wires connecting all quarters. | The masculine element on the list of visitors might well have made savage com- plaint. There were handsome and fascin- | ating men and men of talent and of prop- erty and of wit among them, and they had driven proudly down to the wharf in com- pany with the pretty girls and anticipated no end of pleasure in showing them around the big ship. But from the time they set foot upou the | big ship’s deck they were a forlorn and slighted band. The officers and the mid- shipmen had it all their own way, and it was they and not the town boys who escorted the fair visitors about and ex- plained to them the mysteries of iife on the big cruiser. 1t was they who led them past the great coils of rope, carefully laid out in fancy patterns upon the deck, with a stout ma- rine besidé each one to restore the coilsto | their appointed curves whenever a careless foot dispiaced them. And most grievons of all it was the shoulder-straps and the midshipmen who led the pretty girls through waltz and schottische, while Santa Barbara's and San Francisco’s handsomest men gnashed their teeth and found out for once what it was to be wallflowers. The Arlington Orchestra furnished the music and its programme was varied and pleasing. After this came the merry medley of dance music. The orchestra is organized as follows: M. Adler, leader; Al Braver- man, violin; . C.. W. Fischer, viol; W. Wertsch, "cello; George Brand, bass; C. F. Thomas, flute; E. Donze, clarionet; C. ‘Weidenbach, cornet;- A. Elser, trombgne. The Olympia is now manned with about 400 men, the regularly commissioned offi- cers being thirty-two in number. There are thirty-six marines, seven green mid- shipmen and 332 sailors. To-morrow morning the big ship de- parts, and many will be the regrets on sea and, land. But 1896 will bring another year and another flower festival, and Santa Barbara hopes to see her visitors again in AL SOROHH 1S YOG Miss Donovan Again in the Lead in the Santa Rosa Contest Friends of the Rival Beautles Exert- ing Themselves as the End Draws Near. SANTA ROSA, Car., April 20.—It is a sensational race now to a finish in the con- test for carnival queen. The polls close next Monday evening at 8 o’clock, after which time no votes will be counted for any candidate. For the past three days Miss Belle Spotts- wood has been a large number of votes ahead. At 1:30 to-day shelead Miss Isabel Donovan about 30 votes. Over 400 votes went into the box thisafternoon, and when the count was made to-night Miss Dono- van was found to be 46 votes ahead. Miss Donovan’s friends accordingly are jubi- lant this evening and think she has a very good chance of winning. Miss Spottswood’s supporters say there will be a big change in the vote Monday. The candidates now stand in the follow- ing order: 1. Miss Donovan, 991. 2. Miss Spottswood, 945. 3. Miss Matthews, 632, 4. Miss Bishop, 263. 5. Miss Solomon, 260. 6. Miss Denman, 255. 7. Miss Byington, 252, 8. Miss Stites, 164. 9. Miss Roney, 130. 10. Mrs. Byington, 100. 11. Miss Yost, 75. The flower committee held a meeting this evening and considered the plans for gathering flowers for the carnival. Re- ports were received from different portions of the city showing that the gardens were heavily laden with numerous varieties of roses. The season is unusually favorable and promising. The warm sunshine is b g the buds out with beautiful effect. The committee feels that the supply will be inexhaustible. ‘Every day some new idea for the floats suggests itself and is brought in artistic and ingeniousreality. The business houses be handsomely decorated and the streets lined with flowers. Simmons Beats Dr. Price. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 20.—The race for a $10,000 stake between Dr. Price and Sim- mons was won the latter horse. An- by other match, to be run Thursday next, was arranged. k a% once BREAK AT FAIRFIELD. Five Desperate Prison- ers Escape From the County Jail. BURN THEIR WAY OUT. The Walls Pierced by an Iron Cap Heated Over a Lamp. ARMED POSSES IN PURSUIT. It IsThought the Escapes Are Hiding in the Vicinity and WIill Soon Be Retaken. 20 VALLEJO, Carn., April —Five des- perate mcn escaped from the jail at Fair- field this morning. They had been con- fined in one cell, and took an unusual means of gaining freedom. Fire was the medium used to break through to liberty. The convicts are still at large, though the surrounding country is being searched by posses. The plans of the escapes were coolly and skillfully executed. Their freedom was gained by means of an iron bar, which one of the five had secured while working on the rock pile and secreted beneath his clothes. After being locked up for the night, the bar was brought into useand a plan of escape devised. Just outside the cell a lamp was burning. The chimney was knocked off, and the men in turn held the bar over the flame until it becamered hot. They then pushed it through the interior wall of the cell. As the fumes of smoke from the burning wood arose it was industriously waved aside, and suspicion was thus allayed. After burning through the inside wall of the cell an outer wall of planking, almost four inches in thickness, was attacked, and again the iron bar was made to perform valu- able service. With energy and perseverance the convicts worked at their task for hours. By midnight they had reached the outer and last wall of the , composed of rus- tic. Fearing detection if the hot iron bar was used a knife made of hoop iron sharp- ened to a razor’s edge soon severed the boardsand they reached free air. No one in the jail was aroused, so skillfully did they do the work, and not until the rounds made this morning was the escape dis- covered. It appears that the men had intended to set fire to the prison after escaping, and had carried that plan into execution. After the blaze had been started they appar- ently changed their minds and extin- guished it. Had they allowed their incen- diary fire to get under headway the other prisoners in the jail would undoubtedly have been cremated. The hole burned by the prisoners in tke jail measured 84 by 1314 feet. The escaped prisoners had been “under restraint, more or less, and had showna disposition to shirk duty, When com- pelled to do hard work at the rock pile they rebelled. At this working-place the escape was planned and thence the imple- ments carried to the cell. Immediately on discovery of the break word was sent to all points throughout the State to apprehend the prisoners. The belief exists that the men separated on leaving the jail. All are hard characters and fight can be expected of them before they give up. Every avenue is closed against their leaving the county. They wear convict’s clothes, and the opinion of officers is that they are in hiding in the vicinity. Sheriff Ruff is determined that every man shall be retaken. The escaped prisoners are Watts Wilson, convicted of petty larceny; Spud Murphy, who attempted to murder several citizens a short time ago while suiffering from insanity; George Rose, who attempted to kill Constable Fleming; a man named Bryant, doing time for arson,” and a soldier named. Carter, who attempted to kill a companian in Benicia a few months ago during a drunken row. At a late hour to-night none of the prisoners had been caught, although the county and city is full of vigilant officers. CAPTURED AT PORTLAND. Officers Arrest a Conjidence Man Wanted in San Francisco. PORTLAND, Or., April 20.—John R. Green, P. Smith and William Dudley were arrested here this evening on a charge of attempting to bunko a Linn County farmer near Albany, Or., yesterday. The bunko men tried to use the familiar tin-box scheme on the farmer, and were only pre- vented from carrying out their intentions by the arrival of a friend of the farmer, who told him that he was being victimized. Green is supposed to be ‘“Crooked- mouthed Green,” a noted bunko man who is wanted in San Francisco. Chief Crowley of San Francisco has telegraphed to have ?ix{xal;eld until his identity can be estab- lished. LEYI STRAUSS &€0’s SPRING BOTTOM PANTS. EVERY PAIR GUARANTEEN FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.