The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1896, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 140. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAN PEDRO OR SANTA MONICA, Rival Harbor Delegations Talk Before the Senate Committee. M'LACHLAN'S ATTITUDE. Trying to Carry Out the Pledge Made to the People of His District. NOT FOR HUNTINGTON'S SCHEME Collis, However, Has His Say and Champions the Railread Interests. WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 17.—The rival San Pedro and Santa Monica harbor delegations were arrayed against each other before the Senate Commerce Com- mittee to-day. The session lasted from until 5 p. ™. Senators White s, Representative McLachlan, Huntington and several of his agents to- gether with the nine Los Angeles dele- gates were present. The first speaker was achlgn, who gave the following suc- ct history of the case: Perhaps it would be well for me at the outset of my remarks to state briefly the history of harbor matters in the vicinity Los Angeles. More than twenty years apo Congress made an appropriation for the mmprovement of Wilmington harbor, now known as the insiae harbor of San Pedro, and various appropriations have been made for improvement of that har- bor until they now aggregate nearly $1,000,000. Some years ago the Govern- ment engineers made an investigation of the outside harbor at San Pedro and re- ported the feasibility of constructing a deep-sea harbor in that vicinity. *‘A short time afterward another survey was made by Government engineers for the purpose of determining which was the better p for the outside bharbor, at San Pearo or Santa Monica, 2 place located in the neighborhond of thirty miles north- west of San Pedro. Reports of the Gov- ernment engineers in reference to the in- vestigation of these two harbors are a | matter of record, and can be examined by vou for themselves. They will show that the Government engineers in comparing the two locations, specified certain advan- tages in favor of San Pedro. ‘‘Since that last report there hasbeen a great deal of agitation over the question as to which is the better location fora deep-sea harbor in that locality, ard each locality has had its supporters. When I was nominated for Congress I stated that if I were elected I would do all in my power to obtain a provision for a deep-sea barbor at San Pedro. I think thateach candidate nominated by either party in that campaign two years ago did the same thing. The general sentiment of the peo- ple, based largely, I believe, upon the re- ports of the Government engineers, was in favor of 8an Pedro. *‘These are conditions on which Icame to Congress. I arrived in Washington and found here the friends of San Pedro in aoubt as to the advisability of contend- ing for an appropriation for an outside harbor at San Pedro at this session. After consultation with the friends of San Pedro harbor I decided 1t was wise on account of depleted condition of the treasury and nomical ideas which seemed to prevail to confine my efforts to an appropriation to deepen the inside harbor at San Pedro to eighteen feet at mean low water, ac- cording to the report of Colonel Benyaurd, who stated that it could be done for $392,000. “I was the last friend of San Pedro who finally assented to that course, and the friends of San Pedro will bear me out when I say that I told them that I was elected to come here to work for an out- side barbor at San Pedro. That was my pledge to the people, and I feared I would not be justified in confining my efforts to an inside harbor, But it seemed the best thing to do. “We went before the House Committee and asked for an appropriation of $392.000 forsthe improvement of the inner harbor at San Pedro, at the same time stating that we did not relinquish our efforts for an outside harbor in that locality, but dis- tinctly declared the reasons why we had concluded to confine our efforts at this Congress for an appropriation for an inside narbor. “Just before the river and harbor bill was reported to the House it was learned that the House Committee bhad included in it an appropriation for ‘the full amount that was asked for an inside harbor at San Pedro and also an appropriation for about - $2,800,000 for the construction of an outside harbor at Santa Monica. “I am bound here to state, asa represen- tative from that district, that I never asked an appropriation for Santa Monica. | We simply confined our efforts to the in- side harbor at San Pedro. AndI now say, as a representative of that district, coming fresh from the people, that I am not here to-day asking for an appropriation for Santa Monica, but asking for one to com- plete the inside harbor of San Pedro ac- cording to the plan of Col. Benyaurd, and if in the wisdom of the committee they see their way clear to give us an appropria- tion for an outside harbor I ask you to give it for the construction of such harbor at San Pedro. No locality in the United * States is more entitled to a large appro- priation for such improvements. No ex- penditure of public money will bring « better results, not only to that locality but to the whole nation.” ‘W. C. Patterson, president of the Board of Trade of Los Angeles, said: “In view of the repeated reports of the United States engineers and in view of the repeatedly expressed preferences of our people it would seem to us superfluous to discuss the question of a site for a deep sea barbor. It would seem scarcely necessary for us to attack the claims which have been vresented for establishing a harbor at a location which has not besn favored by any considerable body of our people; which has not been snpported by any of the eminent engineers of the United States Government, which has not been favored by either of the distinguished Senators from California or by any representatives in Congress—from the section of the country which is interested in the con- struction of a harbor contigious to Los Angeles. It would seem these facts alone should be sufficient to eiiminate from con- sideration any other location than San Pedro.” Judge A. M. Stephens followed Mr, Pat- terson and said for the San Pedro project: “It will bring large and small vessels into immediate contact, allowing foreign commerce to come into immediate contact with the coastwise vessels. It ivill be more economical in the administration and con- struction than a breakwater at Santa Mon- icaand will enable the Government by rea- sonable expenditure to attain any reason- able depth over the inner bar, thus accom- modating all classes of vessels. i “With all these reasons in favor of San Pedro you will readily see why our peovle insist upon that location. It has been urged as a reason why Santa Monica should receive an appropriation that Mr. Huntington has tried San Pedro and found that it would not answer the purpose and that he accordingly built his pier at Santa Monica. I do not believe that Mr. Hunt- ington abandoned the construction of a pierat San Pedro for any such reason. On the contrary, I think I can point out the true reasons. About 1875 an inde- pendent railroad line was built from Los Angeles to Santa Monica, with a pier_ to deep water at the latter point. This line and pier about 1877 was bought by the Southern Pacific and fell at once into in- nocuoue desuetude. “That company having no competitor at either place showed its faith in San Pedro by transferring all business to that point, and using lighters at San Pedro instead of the deep-sea pier at Santa Monica. This continued to be the case until the Redondo people built their wharf in 1887. That company by contracts with merchauts se- cured about 53 per cent of all the ocean freights to Los Angeles. Then the South- ern Pacific determined to and did move up the coast to the extremest point. I think this accounts for the move, and had Redondo pier not been built no pier would have been built at Santa Monica.” Ex-Mayor Hazzard of Los Angeles argued forcibly in favor of San Pedro. The first witness in the afternoon ses- sion of the committee was Major C. W. Raymond of the corps of engineers. He was & member of the board appointed by the Secretary of War in 1892 and he said that the reasons for the preference given by the board to San Pedro had been stated very clearly and concisely in its report. In answer to questions by various mensbers | of the commfttee Major Raymond de- tailed at some length the points on which, in his opinion, the harbor at San Pedro was to be preferred to that of Santa Monica. Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Harris of the engineer corps, also a member of the army board of 1892, added his statement in sup- port of the views of the board. Then the friends of Santa Monica came to present the arguments in favor of that harbor. Collis P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, told how his predecessor, Mr, Stanford, had mistak- enly assumed that San Pedro was to be the important port on the coast and had ex- pended nearly a million of dollars there; put now he (Mr. Huntington), when he made a visit of mspection, became satis- fied thata mistake had been committed and went to work and built a track to and docks at Santa Monica, which he pre- dicted would become a very important port. E. L. Coltrell, civil engineer, furnished the committee with a variety of technical reasons why Santa Monica was to be pre- ferred to San Pedro. Ex-Senator Cole of California spoke of the wonderful progress of Los Angelesin population and wealth during the last ten years, and gave it as his opinion that fully nine-tenths of the people of Los Angeles now favored Santa Monica, although they had been passive in the matter during the past year. The final argument in favor of Santa Monica was made by Mr. Mitchell, but he had not got through with his speech at the time of adjournment. The hearing will be continued to-mor- Tow. SHOT AN INNCCENT LAD, Blunder of the Vigilantes Who Are in Pursuit of Davies. But the Affair Only Increases the Fury of the Feeling Against the Bank-Wrecker. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 17.—The vicinity of Winterset, forty miles south- west of here, is still alive with vigilantes on the trail of C. O. Davies, the escaped bank- wrecker. He has not been seen in over twenty-four hours. When last seen a school girl observed him heading for the timber about eight miles north of Winter- set. Late last night Jim Donahue, aged 18 years, was encountered by a posse of vigilantes and ordered to halt. Instead he put spurs to his horse ana the crowd, believing him to be Dayies, fired. One charge of buckshot entered the back of his head and he will probably die. He lived with bis widowed mother on a farm near the scene of the accident. The result*of the accident has been to further enrage the people against Davies, and a lynching will almost certainly take place if he is caught. It is believed he will never be taken alive. ——a Stoddard’s Shortage., CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 17.—The finance committee of the City Council to- night reported to that body that the ex- pert examination of the booksof J.C. Stoddard, City Treasurer, revealed a short age of $11000. Stoddard has been in office sixteen vears. Itis believed that careless bookkeepers and dishonest assistants are the cause of the defalcation. No prosecu- tion is likely to be made. The city wiil not lose anything, as his bond is good. S A x Five Children Smothered. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 17.—Five French children were suffocated in a tene- ment house fire at Turner Falls, Mass., this morning. The property loss was small, ALLEGED CONGRESS'IONAL COMMITTEE RLOM.™ Z2°R DELEGATION BECLY A0 MAnoney 1] 11/)) [ARCHITECTS r{:" g TRYING TO PATCH UP A WOBBLING DELEGATION. WHAT GENERAL LEE 15 TO LEARN Importance of the Mission of the Consul-General to Havana. WELCOME TO AMERICANS Prisoners Not to Be Shot Down or Put in Dungeons With- out a Protest, JUSTICE MAY BE SECURED. Barbarous Tactics of the Spanish to Form the Subject of Special Inquiry. HAVANA, Cusa, April15 (via Tampa, Fla., April 17.)—The appointment of Gen. eral Fitzhugh Lee to succeed Consul-Gen- eral Williams it is understood by Ameri- cans here as well as by the authorities at the palace asan adroit way of sending a military commissioner from the States to Cuba. When there was an intimation a fortnight ago that Mr. Cleveland contem- plated sending a commission here to learn what was going on the officials at Madrid said very plainly that no military or other | commission would be accepted by them or permitted to pry into affairs in Cuba. There is, therefore, some curiosity as to how General Lee will be received and as to what facitities will be accorded him for learning what is transpiring outside of the city of Havana. The Spanish officials with whom I have talked will not discuss any other mission he may be supposed to have. They haye got along so smoothly with Consul-Gen- eral Williams, who has devoted himself assiduously to viewing bills of lading and allowed Americans in jail to rot there and others to be shot down and their prop- erty destroyed, that there may be trouble when a live American comes here to rep- resent Uncle Sam. i It goes without saying that American residents will welcome General Lee with open arms. He will not be long in discov- ering that a state of war exists in Cuba; that life is respected on one side and pris- oners set free, while on the other a war of extermination againstall Cubans is waged, prisoners of war are shot and cut to pieces and political suspects imprisoned by thousands. He will learn that Spain is powerless to protect American property throughout the isiand; that millions of dollars worth of property belonging to our citizens has been destroyed, and the pros- pect of recompense is as shadowy as cas- tles in Spain. He will hear of Americans who have been shot down by Spenish troops and will find others imprisoned in dun- geons with no prospect of trial or release. His eyes will be opened to that which has stirred the heart of mankind, for the truth has been told by all American corre- spondents with one exception. They have got the news out in spite of the Epanish censor and of all the barriers to truth that the parrowmindedness of the middle ages bas endeavored to erect around the island of Cuba. Correspondents have been thrown into Moro Castle. Others have been ex- pelled. Those who remain know' what fate awaits them. But the truth gets out just the same. If the appointment of Gen- | eral Lee means that the administration | seeks light in view of all the misrepresen- tations that have been and are going | through official channels, it is a step in | the right direction and had it been taken | months ago, thousands of lives would | have been saved. J. FrasK CLARK. FROM SPANISH SCURCES. Reports of Several Minor Defeats of the Insurgents. HAVANA, Cuss, April 17.—Reports from columns of irec . which have been | operating for several iduys against Maceo have been received. According to these the troops destroyed a number of camps that the rebels had been compelled to abandon and pursued portions of Maceo's forces further west in the province of H Pinar del Rio. The troops had one officer and five soldiers wounded and a corporal sunstruck. The rebel losses are unknown. Maceo was said to be near Lechuza, the scene of his recent defeat of the Spanish troops, vesterday. Colonel Elolu and the guerrillas of San Domingo report that they have attacked groups of rebels and had hand-to-hand fights with them. The guerrillas state that twenty-one of the insurgents were killed and a number wounded. The Span- iards had two wounded. L THREE PRISONERS SHOT. They Faced the Fatal Flinching. HAVANA, Cusa, April 17.—Three pris- oners, named Berges, Hernandez and Buc- caleo were shot at Cabanas fortress this morning. The executions were public. The doomed men knelt, facing the wall of the fortress, with their backs toward the trocps. All three fell at the first volley, but two were not instantly killed, receiv- ing single shots each. The prisoners met death bravely. Two of the men were col- ored and one white. The men were taken prisoners in the action of Candelaria. —_—— SENOR SAGASTA ACTIVE. Calls a Ministry to Formulate a Cuban Programme. MADRID, Srarx, April 17.—Members of the Madrid election board have been fined 2000 francs each for corrupt handling of votes in the recent elections. Senor Sa- gasta, ex-Prime Minister, has called a meeting of the Liberal leaders in the Cortes for the purpose of formulating a Cuban programme. The question of inter- national relations, especially as regards the United States, will be raised in debate on the address in reply to the Queen Regent’s speech and the recent electoral scandals wiil also be denounced. Volley Without ALLISON-McKINLEX CLUB. Manifesto Explaining the Candidacy of the Jowa Senator. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 17.—The manifesto to the people of the State to-day setting forth the objects of their organiza- tion. It is explained that the club is formed, not to prejudice the candidacy of Senator Allison, but rather to assure that Allison’s candidacy will not be used by the politicians to make a trade with the lowa vote to defeat McKinley. This club proposes to send a large uniformed march- ing body to St. Louis to keep the Iowa delegation in line and assure that they shall not vote for any other candidate than McKinley after Allison isout of the race. They say McKinley is the unanimous second ohoice of the State, and that the country newspapers are almost all sup- porting him for second choice. The mani- festo says McKinley is demanded by the people of Iowa, after their favorite son, because he represents the principles of pro- tection. e £ Populists of Nebraska. ‘ HASTINGS, Nesg., April 17.—The Pop- ulist State Central Committee to-day fixed upon July 15, at Grand Island, as the time and place for hoiding the State delegate convention, and at Hastings, on a dayin August to be yet determined, to nominate State.officers. A resolution favoring free coinage of silver and indorsing Senator Allen for the Presidency was adopted. H. . Taubeneck and Governor Holcomb ‘were present and spoke. * Allison-McKinley Iowa Club issued a | SUICIDE IN THE SEATTLE JAIL, Allsop, the Alleged Slayer | of Two Women, Ends His Life. IS SLOWLY STRANGLED. |His Body Found Hanging to a | Rope Woven From Strips of a Blanket. | GUILTY BEYOND A DOUBT. | Said to Have Been Accused in an Affi- i davit Made by a Former | Wife. SEATTLE, Wasn., April 17.—Confronted by the stern fact that within a few days he would be taken back to Duluth to an- swer for the killing of Miss Lena Olsen for her money, and by the further probability of having to account for the death of his first wife, James E. Allsop, who was ar- rested in this city last evening by Detec- tive John Courtney of Minneapolis, took his own life to-night. He hanged himself in a cell in the city jail between the hours of 8 and 10 o’clock. His body was found by Detective Courtney about 10:30 o'clock and cut down by that officer, with tbe as- sistance of Jailer Peer. Courtney had started to his department to retire, and on the way stopped at the jail to see how his prisoner was faring. He was too late. Life had passed from the body, which was yet warm. Allsop had torn his blankets, plaiting the strips into arope, which he tied about his neckand then made fast to an iron bolt four feet and six inches above the floor. He held his legs and feet from the floor in such man- ner as to be able to produce strangulation and death, the desired result. His body when found stood in a half-crouch- ing attitude, with the_ legs doubled up beneath 1t. Coroner Askam was called in, but de- cided not to hold an inquest. The body was then taken to the Morgue. where it lies on a slab to-night, as cold and lifeless as those of the persons whose lives Allsop was accused of having taken. During the day Detective Courtney sev- eral times remarked that Allsop showed signs of breaking down, ard expressed the belief that the man would commuit suicide if he only had an opportunity. Shortly after the tragic end, Courtney declared that if there was any way it could be done without violating the law he proposed to take the body back to Minneapolis. Evidence that wculd place a noose about lated rapidly after his arrest by Courtney. The officer to-day proved beyond question that the pris- oner, who was known here and in Tacoma by hundreds of peopleas Allsop, wasa man who traveled in Minneapelis and Duluth as A. Austin. A lady living in this city, who knew All- sop in Tacoma and also in Kansas, where heswas Mayor of Wakeeney, Trego County, in the eighties, says Mrs. William Bur- roughs of Tacoma isin possession of an affidavit or confession in writing, in which the first Mrs. Allsop declares that her bus- baud had on tivo occasions tried to poison her. When the first attempt was: made they were living in either Michigan or ‘Wisconsin, and according to the state- the neck of the murderer had accumu-, | ment Allsop administered paris green in a nicely prepared dish of lettuce, of which his wife was very fond. Suspecting some- thing, Mrs. Allsop abstained from partak- ingof the dish and had the contents an- alyzed, with the result, as claimed, that enough paris green was found in the let- tuce to kill three women. The same in- formant states that it was the general be- lief in Tacoma at the time of the alleged runaway that Mrs. Allsop, who was known to have lived most unhappily with iler husband, had met with foul play rather than accidental death. Allsop spent his boyvhood days at Gil- bertsville, Otsego County, N. Y., where he was a schoolmate of Henry Foster, a well-known resident of this cit CAUSING GREAT UNEASINESS. Residents of Buluwayo Becoming Alarmed by the Presence of Many Matabeles. LONDON, Ex6., April 17.—A telegram has been received from Sir Hercules Rob- inson, Governor of Cape Colony and British High Commissioner in South Africa, in which he says he does not fear that Bulu- wayo has been captured by the Matabeles, as rumored. He adds that every precaution has been taken for the safety of the town. The re- enforcements sent to Buluwayo will keep the road open for the transportation of food supplies. Forts have been erected and occupied in the Manyive Pass, A dispatch from Buluwayo says that the presence of a larger number of natives within the town is causing uneasiness. The native women have taken a quantity of European clothing out of Buluwayo for the use of Matebeles, who, when attired in such clothing, have been aliowed to enter the place without being questioned. It is believed a quantity of assegais have been smuggled into the town. The white residents demand that a search for concealed weapons be made, fearing that the natives in the town will treacherously attack them. CAPE TOWN, Sourn AFRICA, April 17.— Great Britain has through the Government of Cape Colony informed President Kruger of the Transvaal of her intention to send re-enforcements to the British troops in Cape Colony and Natal. The President was assured that this ac- tion does not indicate any change in Great Britain’s friendly policy toward the Trans- vaal, and that the information was given to him lest those wishing to prevent a last- ing entente between the two countries should misrepresent Great Britain’s mo- tives in sending further troops to South Africa. e b U Stolen Jewelry Found. LONDOYN, Exc., Aprii 17.—Two men giving the numes of Dunlop and Turner and describing themselves as “gentlemen servants,” were arraigned in the police court to-day, charged with baving stolen diamonds worth $15,000, which were found on them. In the lodgings of the men was found other jewelry worth $20,000. It is believed that the jéwe:s are the proceeds of the robbery of the residgence of Townsend Burden in New York some time ago. CERE B Repulse of the Dervishes. LONDON, Exc., April 17.—A dispatch from Suakim says that 300 Dervishes of cavalry and 1000 of infantry made an at- tack upon friendly Arabs and drove them into the Erkowit Hills. The Dervishes afterward attacked a_Soudanese battalion, and the fight resulted in the repulse of the Dervishes with a notable loss. The Der- vishes also attacked the Eighth Egyptian Cavalry and were again repulsed, with a loss of thirty killed. —— Factories Are Flooded. SHERBROOKE, Quesgc, April 17.—The river here has been rising for several days and there is now over three feet of water on the floors of the many manufacturing establishments on the flats, stopping work therein. The central businesspart of the town of Ricbmond is completely in- undated. e e German Claims Settled. HAMBURG, GErMANy, April 17.—The Boersenhalle publishes a dispatch from Caracas stating that the arrangement for the settlement of the German railway claims have been signed. The company will receive 36,000,000 bolivars if a loan is sanctioned by Congres: SUFFERING OF ARMENIANS An Immediate Need for Funds to Assist the Red Cross Work. Miss Barton Reports on the Afflictions and Deaths of the Persecuted People. NEW YORK, N. Y.; April 17.—Miss Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross Society, cables to the National Relief Com- mittee as follows: CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Aprll 17.— Trask, New York—Hubble, in charge of the Red Cross Relief Expedition at Marasch, reports, April 13: ““Three thousand sick of typhus, in- cluding the English Consul.” On April 15 he reports: “Sickness at Zeitoum increasing, with forty to fifty deatns daily. Great and immedi- ate need of funds. General coudition of relief work favorable.” BARTON. “The National Armenian Committee, in giving out this appeal, cannot refrain from reminding the American people of all classes and sects that Miss Barton under- took this work ot relief only in response to the urgent request of the public and as- surances that the work woula be gen- erously maintained to the end. Not one- fifth of the $500,00¢ needed to carry on the relief work on the smallest calculation made has yet been given and yet the need and facilities for carrying on relief are greater than ever. In fact, unless the people are aided the various agencies will be practically thrown away and thousands will inevitably perish of pestilence and starvation. *‘The Christianity and honor of the American people are at stake, as well as the lives of the survivors of the massacres, most of whom are helpless and innocent women and children. It should be re- membered that by showing a lively inter- est in the suffcrers by liberally supporting the agencies at work for their relief isthe best and most efficient way of securing for them more considerate treatment at the hands of the Turkish Government. Indi- viduals, churches and clubs should at once send large gifts to Brown Brothers & Co., 59 Wall street, New York, who are the authorized treasurers. HSPENCER TRASK, * “Chairman Executive Committee,” SANTA BARBARA'S CARNIVAL DANCE. A Week of Revelry Ends in a Terpsichorean Function. GAYETY SET TO MUSIC Fifteen Thousand Persons Fill the Pavilion That Covers the Waltzers. MAIDS GARBED AS FLOWERS Pretty Performance Preceding the Grand March—Dazzling Costumes of the Ladies. SANTA BARBARA, Car., April 17.— Carnival week ended to-night in the splendor of the far-famed annual ball. The canvas pavilion adjoinéng the Arling- ton was the scene of the daucing. Itre- tained the decorations and the illumina- tions already described in connection with the great display of the roses, but where the tables of flowers had stood a crash- covered floor felt the tread of the dancer: In itself the bail was much like any brilliant event of the same nature in San Francisco, except that the dancing was in a tent instead of a hall, and the constant swaying of the breeze-blown roof gave a summery and out-of-doors aspect. There were no floral decorations of especial note, but flowers were not needed for the beauty of the scene. And Santa Barbara has been covered with flowers all the week. There were adout 15,000 persons in the pavilion, and everybody was delighted with the brilliancy of the social event. The programmes, given as souvenirs, were in the form of booklets. The cover was in rich brown shades, with a maiden’s por- trait and a palm background, partly con- cealed by the hinging ribbons of white moire. Descriptions of the costumes will be a description of the brightest, airiest ef~ fects that the artists can produce. Description of the wearers of the lace and the muslins and the silks would be a story from the infinite. Society maidens of quiet old Santa Barbara, were hardly in greater numbers than their sisters, the perenially summer girls of all California, and there were scores.of young ladies from the East. -8an Francisco -had a notable representation of the men and the naval officers were prominent. The ball was begun with a flower dance, performed by fifteen young ladies, who, with the exception of three in pink, wore costumes. of white tarletan and car- ried garlands of roses. It was an ex- quisite, simple performance. The people, who encroached far upon the floor—great was the throng—gave the well-deserved applause, and then a waltz began. The order of dances was as foliows March, “Grand Republic Lancers. “Court Life” Waltz, “Day Dreamn: Polka. i v ‘ata Morgana’ “Always Joll “The Smart $ outhern Roses’ Polka, “Naughty Boy’ Schottiscne, Dinab, W Waliz, “Lagunen’ Polka. “La Ballerina'. .. ‘Two-step, “Little Princess”. Waltz, “The Rainbow" ... “Waldteufel Schottische, ““Caprice Flirtation”. juarde A suggestion of the richness of the cos- tumes is in the description of that worn by Mrs. George B. Glenney of Buffalo. The gown was of rainbow satin, broad alternate stripes of shaded green and salmon. A heavy flounce of rich silk fell from the neck of the low bodice, and the bouffant sleeves were of pale green satin. A pale green sash interwoven with gold threads added a touch of oriental richness to the costume. A necklace of emeralds and rubiesen- circled her deck, and her dark hair was vowdered and drawn back in a pompadour coiffure. Mrs. Alexander Sedgewick (formerly Miss Rogers of Buffalo) was attired in ivory silk brocaded in a small checked pattern. Her ornaments were pearls. Miss Cudany of San Francisco wore a simple but costly gown of white mulle, with trimmings of fine Valenciennes lace, over a silk underdress, her bouffant sleeves beinz of white silk brocaded with pink roses. Mrs. John Percy Lawton was attired in brocaded silk with a creamy ground. Mrs. Dr. Thaw of Montecito was in an English gown of pale green brocaded satin, with low corsage and short sleeves. Her ornaments were crimson. Miss Ethel Doulton, a stately Montecito brunette, wore ivory-white satir, with deep flounces of crepe lisse, embroidered with forget-me-nots about the neck of her low corsage and the hem of her skirt. A necklace of turquoise, simulating the same delicate flower, completed the simple elegance of her toilet. Mrs. Dr. Winchester, a petite blonde, wore a gown of light pink satin, with lace at neck and sleeves. Mrs. Milton Stewart wore a white brocaded silk at her bodice of pearls, and a border of white ostrich plumes around her square-cut corsage. Two diamond brooches added a touch of brilliancy to her toilet. Mrs. Amelia Doremus wore a Louis XIV costume, with green satin petticoat and overdress of threaded silk. Mrs. S. P. Stros’ toilet was a brocaded silk with pink ground, the bodice of em- broidered creve lisse. Miss Carrie Bell, as a candy girl, wore a fancy costume symbolizing the striped candy of our childhood days—cream- colored silk, alternating with panels of gay red and white stripes. Miss Lupe Macy of Oakland, a petite brunette, wore a fascinating white mull costume. Miss Ressie Cooper wore a pretty gown of white mull, with odd letter pendent of dark green satin hanging from the belt, fashioned in the semblance of oakleaves. Mrs, Dr. Stambach was gowned in a simple pink silk. A costume of pale bro- caded crepe over pink silk was worn by Miss Evangeline Nixon. Miss Young of Montecito was attired in