The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX._NO. 138 PRICE FIVE CEN SANTA BARBARA'S BUDS AND BABES Dimpled Autocrats of the Nursery Parade in the Pavilion. REIGN AMID FLOWERS. Pretty Little Tots in Decorated Carriages Win Piaudits and Trophies. FLORA'S CHOICE OFFERINGS. Carnival Guests Gaze Upon a Magai- ficent Coilection of California Plants, SANTA BARBARA, Car., April 15— ““Where does the dust come from?” in- quired a Frenchman who to-day witnessed what is an unusual feature of the carnival season. From the Mojave desert,” a humorous e replied. Why do they not go out and water the desert?” was the second question pro- pounded by the foreigner. The day has been dusty and the wind has blown incessantly. That has made little difference, as the programme bas been of indoor entertainment, but it is the prayer of the natives that the accustomed calm and pleasant weather be restored to- morrow. The parade and the battle of rs would not be improved by the ealthful breezes. Weather experts pre- dict that the wind will not blow. rta Barbara is to-night a bewildering with 10,000 more inhabitants than it weak ago. The streets are almost Every material that California in flower-beds, in st or on the distant hills has been brought into service for the adorn- ment of the city. Six large loads of hay, being hauled for decorative purposes, were counted on State str et yesterday afternoon. That gives an idea of the extent of the decorations, with a suggestion of the Santa Barbara citizens’ versatility. Hotels are over- crowde: the homes of the people are with mests, but accommodations 1 be provided for those who come. The laden in decorations. ws in w success of the caraival is assured, the man- agers sz The floral parade will begin at 2 o’clock to-morrow. to be followed by the battle of roses. The concluding event of Friday evening will be the carnival ball. The Spanish musicians played valiantly in the further end of the pavilion this af- ternoon, the roof of the large tent-like structure was kept in furious motion by the wind that has blown all day, and the flags and bunting streamers were in con- stant laborious flutter. Among the roses and the rarer flowers which were arranged on tables all over the crash-covered floor, six hundred or more ladies the movable chairs and con- versed with the escorts for whom no seats bad been provided. Ina general way the scene was that of a fashionable ana flower- bedecked audience waiting fora society to begin, but it was in reality ten circuses that the people were waiting to see, for there were just ten babies in the baby parade. The Spanish band began an old Cas- tiilian lullaby and] that audience arose as suddenly as 1f the playful Southern breeze had succeeded in its attempt to take the roof away. Every woman said something endearing and every man exclaimed, awyer is the postmaster at Santa a, but as a greater distinction still the father of those twins. The white arriage that contained the babies haa been built for two. It was richly decor- ated with roses and white ribbons, and in their floral vehicle the babies, face to face, were sound asleep. The chubby tots are Wilbur and Rebecca. A pretty thought was in having the carriage wheeled by twins of a deciaedly larger growth—two pretty little girls from Montecito. The twins were at the head of the little procession that went around the audience a dozen times or more. All the babies were near the age of 2 years, and if it had been the duty of the judges to decide which was the most beautiful the task would have been far more difficult than that of deciding which carriage was the most prettily bedecked. It was the car- riages that were placed in competition for the silver cup and the babies, like the roses, were ornaments. Edessa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, ‘W. H. Arne, nestled in her rolling bed of white roses and cooed at everybody. Mr. and Mrs. Heyls’ baby, Maud, was stately and quiet. The carriage seemed to be made of roses. Pink and white roses formed the bower in which was Helen. The baby son of Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Ja- quith—George Russell Mitchell—was a manly looking infant, and the pink roses were like the coior of his cheeks. Mr. and Mrs. Bean were patriotic enough to send two babies to the show. They had no child of 2 years, so they sent one of 3 Yyears and another of 1 year, which made the average all right. Daniel Bean was the younger and Raymond the elder. Emma Bean and Mary Bean, two pretty Jittle girls, propelled the carriages, which were decorated with lilac, cloth and wild flowers that corresponded in eolor. The carriages were in tandem, connected by lilac ribbons. Francis, the pride of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maguire, was in a glorious and nice carriage of nasturtiums. He sat erect, and the dark brown eyes be- neath his almost golden hair, seemed full of interest in the proceedis Mrs. Frank Streeter’s baby (Violet) was among roses of white and pink, and was too happy to care for the opinion of the judges. The pretty girls in white who propeiled the cerriages, in addition to those mentioned, w Fern Andrews, Ethelin Heyl, Helen Nichols, Grace Staf- ford and Mamie Doty. As the little process on moved in its con- tinuous circle the Spanish orchestra re- tired from the stage, and the red-coated bandmen from the flagship Philadelphia worked their way through the audience. “Play something for the babies’” suggest- ed an elderly man with a blue badge, and the leader of the band answered with an assenting bow. The stern men of the navy may not be expected to know all about babies; they do not dream of sea fights to the music of the lullaby, but yet they do not shrink from army duty and the bandmaster’s at- tempt on this occasion was as graceful as he knew how to make it. He played the famous' *‘Eleventh Infantry March” and to the music of the naval band the babies in the roses moved along, and then a final circuit was made and on the carriage of the nasturtiums was placed a trophy, on which was worked “The Winner.” Baby Maguire was happy, but his mother ivas happier and it's a wonder that the carriage, baby and all were not crushed in the rush of congratulations. When six months old this infant won the prize at the Santa Barbara County baby show. Nobody would tell who the judges were. It was not easy to decide which the pret- tiest carriage was. Those covered with roses were as exquisite as can be imagined, but, of course, the nasturtiums were gor- geous and made Baby Maguire’s buggy especially prominent. No second cup had been offered, and that was well for the judges; but the ladies all said that the Postmaster’s twins deserved a prize. The baby parade was so entertaining that 1t was repeated at the opening of the even- ing concert. sitors to the pavilion to-day did not know whether to marvel most at the won- arous perfection or remarkable variety of flowers on exhibition. Growths from the tropics elbowed the nomeliest and dearest of native plants, Wild flowers from the hills and canyons mingled their fragrance with the breath of tender exotics; rare ferns from the 1slands of the Pacificnodded in a friendiy way to roses and carnations bred in European nurseries, and curious growths from the barren land of Terra del Fuego stood side by side with the prodigal yield of our own California gardens. The Southern California Acclimatizing Association—that interesting organization of which Dr. Franchesci is the most active representative, and which is bound soon to lead to the establishment of botanical gardens here—was represented in a unique and most facinating exhibit. For several years this association has been busily en- gaged in importing from al! parts of the globe valuable and beautiful growths which it was believed would adapt them- selves to the climate of Southern Califor- nia and thrive vigorously out of doors. This work has been of necessity experi- mental; but these experiments have yielded many notable successes, and as a result Santa Barbara has added to her wealth some hundreds of shrubs and plants which have never before been grown in the United States. A careful selection of the interesting and attractive specimen plants was introduced in yester- day’s exhibit. Along with these the director presented a number of native plants and shrubs which deserve a wider appreciation and cuiture. Buddleia Madagascarensis, a climber from Madagascar, has glossy, pinnated green leaves, with very long bunches of bright yellow flowers. Itis especially desirable on account of its being a winter bloomer, flowering all the season. Another winter bloomer comes from India, and is called the Hexacentis Mysorensis. It is also a climber and bears brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers. A Bignonia recently brought from England and wholly new to this country is a climber with rich, dull purple leaves, exquisitely veined. The bamboo has taken so kindly to this soil and climate and lends itself so mar- velously to decoration that many looked with exceeding interest upon a new species never beiore grown in this country—the Bambusa Pubescens, with velvety stems and foliage. A tiny plant with the pre- tentious title of Adiantum Cristitum Veneris is a recent importation from Great Britain, and isa new species of maiden- hair fern, greatly strengthened and de- veloped. The most bewitching plant in this ex- hibit, however, was a little native of the Arizona mountains, known by the sug- gestive name Henchera Sanguinea. It would almost seem as if we of the Pacific Coast must go abroad to learn the value of our own possessions, for it was not until this plant bad made a great sensation throughout Europe some four or five years ago and was industriously sought and cultivated by European florists that it was heard of in this country. It isa dainty growth, sending up slender, arrowy shaft from a cluster of broad-veined leaves like the saxifrage, ana this shaft is crowned with delicate drooping trumpets of a vivid coral tint, opening in a five- pointed star. Baroni Megastigma, an Australian plant with exceedingly fra- grant flowers—yellowish brown flowers re- sembling the Fritallarias—was unfortu- nately out of bloom, and only its preity leafage could be seen. A small specimen of the Lyonothamus Floribundis, that remarkable tree found only on Santa Cruz Island, and which is 80 alien to all of the known growths of the world that a new order had to be especially created for it, attracted much attention. A larger specimen now growing in the groundsof the association is expected to bloom this season. This tree attains a growth of from fifty to sixty feet, has ex- quisite, fernlike foliage and bears great clusters. A California chestnut—that curious cac- tus vulgarly known as the devil’s pincush- ion, which snared the clothing of more then one venturesome spectator—and a rare species of cactus, the Eehinocactus Lecontei Flavisbimus, with yellow spines, first found in the Mohave desert last. year, together with the quaint pitcher-plant, native to this State, attracted much atten- tion. Nothing in the entire pavilion, however, saving and except the baby show of the afternoon, could vie in fascination with that strange growth known as the old man cactus, or Pilocereus Zenilis. This extraordinary freak of vegetation was com- pletely draped in long, hoary fibers, and its knoblike structure causes it to bear the most absurd likeness to an old man’s head, seen from the rear. When the fibrous growth becomes dingy it has to be washea, like the genuine article. The cactus exhibit of Dr. Lorenzo G. Yates included many rare and unusual plants. Two of these—the Cereus speciossimma and Philocactus feastii—were brilliant with bloom, the foimer bearing a magnificent vermilion pendant, bell-like blossom, its white stamens hanging in an immense tassel from the center; the latter bearing A BAT CUASTHL a great rose-colored flower, with a golden center. The Rhipsalis paradoxi, branching in a queer, iwisting, triangular serpent- like form, was also 1n bloom, arare and interesting sight, for the little snow-white flowers were precisely like strawberry blos- soms. The Aloe varicosa, 1ts fleshy dark- green foliage studded with minute white dots, sent a tall spike of blood-red blossoms, each oddly tipped with green. The Antherium schertzeranum, or fla- mingo plant, streamed its brillant scarlet vetals like a tropical bird in its green set- ting. There were a number of rare ferns grow- ing vigorously with delicate foliage and curious markings, and among these was one about which Dr. Yates tells a good story on himself. Fifteen years ago he imported this fern from New Zealand at considerable expense, but after he had carefully cherished it for some time he was aghast at learning that this very species, the Osmunda Struthiopteris, Japenica, which he had sent across the ocean 10 secure, was also a native of North America. Ranking everything in diversity and unique character was a collection of plants entered by Mr. Gillespie of Montecito. A rare palm from Brazil is vulgarly known as the monkey’s dinner bell, owing to the fact that the fruit eplits open with a loud report, whereupon the monkeys, which are themselves unable to open the fruit, always rush for the nuts to secure a feast. A royal palm of Cuba included in this exhibit, some nine feet in height, with leaves like the date palm, is flourishing so luxuriantly that the possessor seems to have demonstrated its successful growth in the open air ot our climate, although it has heretofore been regarded as a hot- house plant. The most beautiful feature of this exhibition and one of the most be- wildering sights in the pavilion, always excepting the babies, was a clarodendro, a climber from Brazil, covered with bloom, its curious snow-white calyx closing uvon the flower in the bud like a tiny, triangu- lar balloon, which bursts open to form a floating background fora velvety, crimson, star-like flower. Mr. Gillespie also ex- hibited a small cocoanut tree; a rare sago palm, the Encipilatos lehmanni, from South Africa; a specimen of the divon eduli from Mexico, with sharp cut comb- like leaflets, and numerous interesting foreign growths, chiefly grown for orna- mental purposes. To the Misses Jennings and Master John Edwards the public is indebted for the charming collections of wild iowers which avpeared as fresh asif just brought from their homes in canyon and on hillsides. Here were the Brodiaeas, Minor and Capi- tata, the former a lily like growth of deep blue, veined with purple and nodding on a siender stem. Dainty golden violets lifted pansy faces, and delicate Mariposa lilies curved their pink-tinted petals to disclose their butter- fly markings. Many who looked through this collection for the first time made the acquaintance of the Platystemon Califor- pica, a vrue California poppy, although it resembles nothing so much as a wildwood anemone of New England forest, albeit lacking the pink flush of the latter ana having its fragile stem furred. Thisdainty flower fairly carpets the mesas of the channel islands in springtime. Wild mustard and the bright yellow of wild rape; the gay little yellow aaisy, with its white-tipped petals, known as tidy-tips; the blood-red blossomed, slen- der-throated and star-mouthed pink, the Silene Californica; dwarf Gillias, the royal white blossomsof the Clematis Lasiantha, the brilliant colors of the painters brush, sweet wild roses, gorgeous spikes of lark. spur, the magenta blossoms of the hum- mirgbird flower, briltiant little sunflowers, the fuschia-like red sprays of the wild gooseberry, the homely, ola-fashioned red clover and the pure gold of the poppy combined to {each that our native wild flowers, if properly cultivated and nur- tured, would rival any flowers in the land. Among the cut flowers, Mrs. Dr. Halv's | table led in beauty and variety. Roses, | carnations, and other popular blossoms, were here seen in their utmost perfection; but interest centered upon a few rare and curious flowers. A Solanum from India was notable for its great leaves, shaped | precisely like those o the white oak, but bronzed underneath, its starry white flowers, with peaked ¢olden pistil, clus- tered about the heart of the plant. A traveler and a botanist remarked that he saw here for the first time in this coun- try the flowers of the Robinia Pseudo Acacia, or pink locust, which originated in Paris a year or two ago, as well asthe Robinia Hispida, with btossoms of a deep 1ose and furry stems, which give it its dis- tinctive name. A choice shrub from Mex- ico, the Choisya Ternata, has blossoms which, in aspect and perfume, bear a remarkable resemblance to the orange, and the plant is now being extensively grown in Paris as a substitute for the latter on account of its easy culti- vation. A small but vivid yellow flower proved to be a Barberry, a native of Terra del Fuego, which has borne transplanting from that frigid land to Southern Califor- nia with wonderful equanimity, flourish- ing here as well as in its native soil. Miss Blake's table had few rare plants, but displayed a wealth of common culti- vated flowers grown to perfection. Her pelargoniums and carnations and roses were of marked beauty. Double esch- scholtzias, sprays of the cedar of Lebanan and a great flowering spike of the classical acanthus were the unique features. Mrs. Neal of Montecito exhibitea a large variety of garden flowers of great perfec- tion and beauty—carnations, roses, helio- trope, double petunias, pelargoniums, gaillardias, calliopsys and an exquisite wild flower from Santa Cruz Island, Erigerium maritium, marigold, scented, with a whirl of golden stamens and fine aster petals of lilac tint. Mrs, Neal isknown as one of the most successful growers in this vicinity, and a couple of specimens of John Sievers’ | famous rainbow rose, exhibited by her to-day, far surpassed any that have ever been seen at San Francisco floral shows. Joseph J. Perkins, a prominent citizen of Santa Barbara, offerea a charming ex- hibit from his own garden, including some fine navel oranges, which took the first vrize. The Misses Tierney and Mrs. Charles Woodbridge had collections of roses of exquisite form and coloring, and Mrs. Sexton presented an interesting dis- piay of wild flowers from Ventura County. John Spence had a large display of su- perb flowers and plants occupying the center stand. Professor T.N. Snow dis- played many fine roses, not named, and a remarkably pretty collection of cinerarias. A small exhibit of fruit added variety to the programme. Although this is the poorest seasom of the year for fruit a considerable variety was shown. The Messrs. Shepard Bros. of Mountain View ranch, Casitas Pass, made a veritable sensation with specimen strawberries of the scarlet chief—enormous, bright red berries. J. E. Shepard exhibited Eureka lemons in all stages,; from the tree to the final curing. A single specimen measured 13 inches by 14}4 inches in circumference. F. J. Barker bad golden dates and some tremendous citrons of commerce. Joseph Sexton exhibited Amona Cherimoias or custard apples. William Ferl showed some fine limes and bananas from his pictur- esque plantation in Montecito. I. B. Pierce exhibited sweet-rind lemons and the Misses Tierney showed fine specimens of this fruit, as wail as some superb speci- mens of grape fruit. G. B. Parma brought from his Monte- cito ranch of Vila Franc great navel oranges, Mediterranean sweets, St. Mich- aels, Eureka lemons and loquats. Follow- ing is a complete list of all exhibitors: John Spence, William Ferl, Mrs. Sexton, L. G. Yates, Dr. Franceschi, Miss Jennings, Mrs. /| Charles Woodbridge. Misses Sproul and Yates, Shepard Brothers, Mrs. Dr. Hall, Mrs. A.A. Nicholson, Miss Hazard, I. B.-Pierce, G. W. Gil- lespie, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Neal, Mrs. | Beach, Mrs. E. L. Baker, C. M. Gidney, Master | John Edwards, G. B. Parma, Miss Jennie Crane, | Miss Neal, J. E. Shepard, the Misses Tierney, Mrs. M. A. Ashley. The awards were as follows: Roses, named varicties—First premium, Mrs. Neal; second, the Misses Tierney. Plants in pots or boxes, best collection— First, G. W. Gillespie. Cut flowess in variety—First premfum, Mrs. B. J. Hall; second, Miss Neal. Wild flowers, named, best collection—First, Miss F. Jennings. Wild flowers, unnamed, best collection— First, Miss Jennings; second, Master John Ed- wards. Foreign ferns, growing, best collection—First, Dr. L. G. Yates. Pansies, cut flowers, best display—Miss Jennie | Crane, Best bouquet of roses—C. M. Gidney. Best bouquet of mixed flowers—Misses Sproul and Yates. Rosebud, best-namea variety—Miss Neal. In the classes devoted to professionals, John Spence carried off all the prizes. California plants and flowers, in potsor in ‘boxes, first premium, Dr. Franceschi. Cactus, best display, Dr. L. G. Yates. Best dispiay of shrubs, flowers, vines, etc., uot included in any other class, Dr, Franceschi. Oranges, largest number of named varieties grown in Santa Barbara County, G. B. Parma. Best variety or oranges, named, J. J. Per- kins, Best display named varieties of lemons, Shepard Bros. Best display named varieties of lemons, Sherard Bros.; second premium. G. B. Parma., Best display of limes, William Ferl. Best display of loquats, G. B. Parma. Best display of citrons, 1. B. Pierce. Best display of fresh strawberries, J. E. Shep- ard. Best display of tropical fruits, William Ferl. Special (sweet peas), Mrs. A. A. Nickerson. Eight cars, including four Pullmans, all loaded with passengers, came in on to- night’s train. Hotel busses were stand- ing at the depot, but the drivers did not call or bid for custom. To-morrow another large excursion will arrive. Prominent visitors at the carnival are: Prominent visitors at the carnival are: Admiral Beardslee and the Philadelphia officers; Geerge E. Baldwin, Los Angeles; Charles Doulton, Hueneme; G. Wit- kowski, San Francisco; G. M. Buel, San Francisco; E. I. Callery, San Francisco; H. M. Delany, Los An- geles: N. H.Ward, Naples; Mrs. Coleman, San Francisco: R. A. Wickenden, Los An- geles; H. B. Cromwell, Los Angeles; H. B. Rice, Fairbrook; Arthur Ward, N. A. Fixen, Los Alamos; W, Feliz, Los Alamos; S. T. Colner, Los Alamos; J. W. Little, Point Conception ; S. Donald, Los Angeles; ‘W. W. Eggert, Los Angeles; C. 8. Atwood, Vermont; James E. Reynolds, E! Rio; Arthur Coventry, Los Angeles; E. F. Knapp and W. K. Worcester, New Jersey; John Spiers, Los Angeles; -Miss Moul- hardt, Ventura; W.J.Mead, San Fran- cisco; J. F. Bohrneman, San Francisco; Jotin Thompson, A.B.S., Oakland; T.F. Hughes, San Francisco; W. J. Kincaid, San Francisco; Thomas A. Geary, Los Angeles; R. J. Hawkins, Los Angeles; P. Covarrubias, Ventura; R. Strathearn, Los Angeles; B. A. Blake, Carpinteria; Porter D. Castle, U. 8. N., Portland, Or.; Mrs. S. E. Champlin, Fairbury, Nebr.; Mrs. E. J. Pratt, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. J. G. Grove, Delaware; O. R. E. Jones, San Francisco; W. A. Henderson, Los Angeles; C. L. Whipple and wife, Los Angeles; C. Shepherd, Los Angeles; R. K. Delvalle, Camulos; A. H. Roberts, Los Angeles; E. Webster and wife, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. M. Griffith, Buffalo, N. Y.; Joseph H. Shadon and wife, Mrs. A. B. Jagus, Mrs. Ida F. Perkins and L. Haw- kins and wife, Minneapolis, Minn.; Wil- liam von Voss, San Francisco; R. N. Car- ter, Los Angeles; J. B. Houck, San Fran- cisco; Frank A. C. Ivil'e, Los Angeles; G. R. Delvalle, Miss Ida M. Morris, Phee- nixville, Pa.: Miss Waldron, Sunkirk, N, J.; Miss Hayes, Sunkirk, N. J.: F. B. El- berson, Los Angeles; J. Hetherington, Los Angeles; C. Samuelson, Los Angeles; R.G. Bodman, Southern Pacific Company; J. E. ‘Wooley, San Francisco; S. Loomis, San Francisco; Mrs. Howell, San Francisco: J. A. Williams, San Francisco; B. Cikle, Chicago; A. G. Case, Charles City, Iowa; Mrs. F. E. Barney and children, Minne- apolis, Minn.; T. A. Watson and wife, Boston; W. A. Henderson, Los Angeles; S. McDonald, Los Angeles; F. M. Ru- dolph, Lomvoc; H. 8. Chesire, Lompoc; Ed de la Cuesta and family, Santa Ynez; Charles Springer, Raton, N. Mex.; Mrs. H. M. Letts and daughter, Raton, N. Mex.; S. 8. Phillips, Arroyo Grande; L. Block, Arroyo Grande; Dr. H. C. Dimock and wife, Lompoc; P. J. McCormick, Los Angeles; W. J. 'Ballard, Los Angeles; Mrs. L. Kimball, Los Angeles; R. D. McQuiddy, San Francisco; Mrs. A. A. Morgan, Los Angeles; Mrs. W. T. Baker, Los Angeles; Mrs. Guerin and child, San Fernando; Ada B. Lake, Santa Maria; Clara McMee, Lompoc; T. F. Norton, Los Angeles; R. J. Hawkins, Los Angeles; J. B. Parke, H. 8. Rudolph and wife, Lom- poc; Arthur Rudolph, Lompoc; Edward Rudolph, Lompoc: J.de la Questa, wife ana/children, B. de la Questa, Santa Ynez; W. W. Gillingham, La Patera mine; A. S. Bell, La Patera mine; J. P. Davenport and wife, Los Angeles; D. 8. Blackburn and wife, Ventura; A. A. Willis and wife, Fresno; E. 8. Slates, Los Angeles; John Morgan, Los Angeles; C. M. Burr, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Giddines, Colorado Springs; Mis. Whitaker, New York; Mr. and Mrs. W. Price. Colorado Springs; H. M. Hughes and wife, Eagle Grove, Iowa; Dr. W. A. Turner and wife, Pasadena; Louis Spader and son, Ojai Valley; L. R. Willoughby and wife, Ventura; L. A. White and wife, Ventura; J. Westbrood Jr., St. Louis; Mrs. Elurt, Montecito; C. A. Seay, Car- pintenia; Oscar Stewart, Carpinteria; Mrs. M. J. Myers, Beliville, Ill.; Mrs. Ed L. Thomas, Bellville, Ill.; Miss Margaret Thomas, Bellville, IIL; W. B. Bone, San Francisco; S. L. Smith, Ojai Valley; S. Keelipe, Ojai Valley; B. R. Brant, San Francisco; David Henderson, Carpinteria; S. B. Carleton, Ventura; G. T. Jordan, G. M. Pierpoint, Ojai Valley; J. M. Manson, Colton; H, Pfiueger, Boston; Miss Lupe Macy, Oakland; W. H. Collins, Oakland; J. L. Palmer, Oakland; Mrs. J. M. Patter- son, San Jose; Al Williams, San Fran- cisco; Robert johnson, San Francisco: Harry Dean, Chicago; Mr. Behram and wife, Los Angeles; Kinnery, San Diego; M. E. Palmer, San Diego; k. H. Allen, Oakland; L. M. Reed, Janesville, Ohio; William Sanderwek, San Luis Obispo; Professor D. M. Bristol, Bris- tols; H. Show, S. R. Waite, Los Alamos; A. M. Mitchell, San Francisco; J. B. Laber, San Francisco; William Feliz, Los Alamos; Miss Beterholm, Lom- poc; J. English and wife, Santa Maria; J. Johnson and wife, Chicago; J. C. Neilson, Los Angeles; H. ¥. Quinn, Ventura; Captain E. Mor-e, Santa Maria; J. H. Stiliwell, Riverside; Dr. A. M. Sherman, | Kent, Ohio; D. P. Allen, Lemars, Iowa; F. M. Rudolph, H. S. Cherrie, Lompoc; 0. A. Wadleigh, Hueneme; R. H. Griffith and wife, Ojai Valley; Miss Effie Griffith, Miss Laura Griffith, Ojai Valiey; William G. Griffith, Ojai Valley; H. A. Averill and wife, Lompoc; William Bailey, Lompoc: Thomas S. Wood, Ciaremont; Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Wheeler, Claremont; John Tirelman and wife, Los Angeles; 8. L. BSmith, Ojai Valley; C. L. Clark, Los An- geles: R. H. Allen, Oakland; Theodore Parvin and wife, Saticoy; Mrs. R. H. Tut- tle, Maccaline, Mo.; Lena E. Broxen, Acin, Minn.; Miss G. Sheehan, Cham- paign, IlL.; Ed Mulvey, San Diego; Lewis Gribble, Colorado; 8. F. Oglesby, Car- penteria; - A. Davies, Toll House; J. R. Palmer, Toll House; Mrs. S. 8. Law, Miss Law, Chicago; Miss J. C. Brown, Los Angeles; Wilson T. Baldwin, P. L Company;-W. Wade, Pasadena; E. W. Sparrow, Michigan; Mrs. George E. Ram- say, Michigan; George M. Worth, Los Angeles; G. H. Uhendorf, Atlantic, Towa; George E. Dornburg, Long Beach; L. R. | Mezgar and wife, Pittsburg; Mrs. N. T. Gurge, Pittsburg; Dr. Nannie E. Clark, Los Angeles; Dr. A. G. Clark, Los Ange- les; Junius W. Hyero, Los Angeles; Dr. G. W. Kelley, Boston; Lewis Spader and son, Ojai Valley; W. W. Schuyler, Lompoc; Milton Schuyler, Lompoc; F. W. Lynch and Mrs. James Lynch, San Luis Obispo; Captain Moore and wife, Santa Maria; Mrs. Hartman, Santa Ynez; C. A. Hig- gins and wife, Santa Ynez; J. M. Cunnel and two ladies, Chicago; J. M. Morton, Ventura; A. C. Fitzell, San Francisco; C. E. Carter and wife, Lompoc; Mrs. W. G. Robinson, Lompoc; Mrs. Short, Lompoc; Charles Diel, J. L. McFarland, Pasadena; William H. Bliss and wife, New York; Miss Barnes, Miss Mildred Barnes, Julius Levy, Los Angeles; Dr. L. C. Harvey, Mrs. Harvey, Buffalo, N. Y.; Miss Harvey, Mrs. James R. Brevoort, Yonkers, X3 Mrs. L. Brevoort, Yonkers, N. Y.: Mrs. George Sherman, Burlington, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pattee, Winchester, Mass.; Miss F. 8. Perley, Lebanon, Vt,; Mrs, S. H. Web- ster, Miss L. Dickens, Mrs. A. W. Moulton, Mrs. A. A. Martin, Mrs. E. H. Thomas, San Francisco; Mrs. E. P. Buckingham, Vacaville; Mrs. I. J. Mead, A. L. Frick, Oakland; Miss N. Minor, J. Levy, San Francisco; J. L. Perley and wife, River- side; Charles A. Tait, San Francisco; Thomas H. Rooney and wife, San Fran- cisco; Mrs. Martin Windsor, Portland, Or.; Miss A. L. Atwood, Portland, Or.; Mrs. Bolivar Lovell, Walpole, N. H.: F. T. Sherman and wife, Chicago; W. B Fay, Worcester, Mass.; Samuel Adler, South Bend, Ind.; S. E. Swayne, Rich- mond, Ind.; Mrs. C. H. Bunker, Chicago; Miss Bunker, Chicago; Miss G. H. Dan- iels, New York; Mrs. L. B. Hamlin, Elgin, I1l.; Mrs. Lazard Lion, San Jose; Miss Estella Lion, San Jose; Ernest L. Lion and wife, San Jose; Mrs. Fred W. Moore, San Jose; Mrs. John Joyce, Columbus, O.; Mrs. W. J. Burns, Columbus, 0.; Mrs. M. J. Church, Santa Fe; F. E. Bangham and wife, Oakland; Mrs. B. Pezzoni, Guada- lupe; Dr. J. McGrail, Goleta; B. Dickens, Richmond, Va.; R. W. Plummer and wife, Mrs, R. H. Lambert, Mrs. R. L. Rig- don, San Francisco; H. Y. Witbeck and wife, San Francisco: P. L. Archibald, San Francisco; Mrs. S, Lane, Chicago; Miss Lane, Chicago; Mrs. L. M. Jones, Rich- mond, Va.; Mrs. J. W. Remy, Richmond, Ind.; F. E. Lynchfield and wife, Boston; R.W.Vaughn and wife,Chulavista; Dr.C. 8, Wardell and wife, Stamtord, Conn.; H. D. Hirschlauer anda wife, Pasadena; Miss May Newton, Pasadena; Miss W. E. Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. Austin E. Wing, Detroit; Mrs. W. F. Chichester, Los An- geles; Miss D. P. Dunn, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gray, Cairo, Ill.; Mrs. Gratefend, San Francisco; Andrew Mec- Nally and wife, Chicago; E. 8. Neff, Chi- cago; Fred G. McNally, Chicago; D. R. Cameron, Chicago; Miss Cameron,Chicago; C. P. Roraback, Pasadena; H. M. Greene, Pasadena; Mrs. H. C. Whitehead, Los Angeles; Mrs. G. C. Gunn, Kansas City; Edwin 8. Brown, Philadelphia; H. E. Deane, Berkeley; M. J. Petero, Pittsburg; M. A. Russeil, Massachusetts; A. F. Rus- sell, Sterling, Iil.; Mrs, H. J. Flower, Chi- cago; E. R. Ayersand wife, Los Angeles. WOUNDS NAYVGR * ND MARSHAL Vengeance of a Colorado Man Pursued by a Creditor. SHOOTS AT A LAWYER. Misses the Mark and an Attempt Is Made to Place Him Under Arrest. HE RESISTS WITH BULLETS. Escapes From the Town, but Is Killed by a Member of a Posse of Citizens. CENTRAL CITY, Covo., April 15.—This city was the scene of intense excitement this morning, caused by the death of one man and the serious wounding of two others, one of whom will probably die. At 100’clock Sam Covington and Noah Driver went to the law office of J. M. Searight. Searight had been trying to collect a bill from Covington. When Covington en- tered the lawyer’s office he drew two re- volvers from his pockets and leveled them at the attorney, demanding that he make out a receipt for the bill without receiving any money. The attorney demurred and two shots were fired, neither of them taking effect, both passing through the floor. The authorities were notified and the the City Marshal, M. F. Keleher, hurried to the scene as rapidly as possible. Upon entering the room he was immediately shot by Covington, who started away and ran downstairs, meeting at the street entrance ex-Mayor Dick Williams, who endeavored to stop him. The revolvers were brought into play again and Wil- ams fell wounded. Then the desperate man started for the hills. As rapidly as possible a posse was or- ¢anized to foilow him. About half way between this city and Nevadaville he was overtaken by Henry Lehman, who shot | and killed him instantly upon his refusal | to surrender. The ball has been removed from Mayor ‘Williams’ body and there is a fair chance that he will recover. Marshal Keleher's | wounds are considered fatal and a tele« | gram was sent to Denver for Dr. John G. Boyce, who will come here on a special train to attend the wounded men. Cov- ington has been a resident of this place only for about a year and had always been considered a quiet, well behaved citizen, not at ali given to drinking. Hisbody lies at the Coroner’s office. HAND-TO-HAND BATILES, Sanguinary Encounters in Which Very Few Are Killed or Wounded. Guerrillas Captured by Insurgents. Spanish Officers Are Promoted for Valor. HAVANA, CuBs, Apnl 15—Colonel Pintos reports that his command had a fight with a party of insurgents under Maceo near Pozo Recondo in Havana province. The engagement terminated in a hand-to-hand encounter in which they rebels fought desperately with machetes.j The result, according to Colonel Pintos’! reports, was that the rebels lost ten killed, { while the Government force had only one' man wounded. A party of guerrillas, while foraging near Matanzas, encountered a superior force of | the enemy, and a battle followed in which six of the guerrillas were killed and onef was wounded. The column commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Navarro came to, the assistance of the guerrillas, and the combined Government forces routed th rebels. i A band of fourteen guerrillas, while on aj foraging expedition in the vicinity of Las Vegas, Province of Havana, was surprised | by a party of rebels 1000 strong under the{ leader Castillos. { They made a brave defense, but onlg; three of their number escaped, ten beingi| killed and one wounded. { It is said that Lieutenant-Colonel Debosy and Captain Crebe have been promoted for | their valor in the recent battle near Lechuza. It is reported that some of Maceo’s, forces made an attack upon the trocha near the south of the line yesterday, but were compelled to retire by tho gunboat Aimendares and the launch Dardo, aided ! by land forces. A DISASTROUS DEFEAT. Spaniards Admit That They Suffered a Kepulse at Lechuza. HAVANA, Cusa, April 15 (via Key West, Fla., April 15.)—The Spanish ad- mit that the Lechuza affair was one of the most disastrous battles of the war. The actual loss is still unknown. Maceo had been encamped upon the hills around Lechuza, fifteen miles west of the trocha, for eight days. Weyler had 30,000 men along the trocha awaiting a rebel attempt to cross, with 10,000 others in reconnoiter- ing columns under General Inclan. Coionel Debos was ordered to operate a combination attack upon Maceo. Debos attacked, relying upon others to support him. Inclan arrived after Debos had been driven thirteen miles, surrounded by Maceo’s men and under a constant fire of seven hours. Debos made a last stand at the stone sugar-house, on the shore of Cabanas Bay. General Inclan, aided by a gunboat, saved the remnant from annihilation. Colonel Sanchez Echavarria was ordered court- martialed, owing to his failure to arrive in time.