The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1896, Page 1

| 0000'KJBJQ§'].9-|4i wouy uaxe; aq o0} jou aaded sy “vo LUME LXXIX._NO. 142, SA LA FIESTA DF L0S NGELES Queen Mildred's Revelers Are Ready for the Congquest. STREETS GAYLY GARBED Angelenos Decorate Their City in the Colors of the Carnival, HER MAJESTY'S RICH ROBES. Regal Costumes Mads in California From Material Purchased Within the State. LOS ANGELES, Carn.,, April 19.—One day-more and Los Angeles will be en fete. Already the city has a holiday appear- ance, but a great deal of work remains to be done in the next twenty-four uours to make the town a fit nlace of residence for her Majesty, the queen of the carnival, whose coming has been heralded for Tues- day evening. The Queen’s merry maskers will take possession of the city on the afternoon of that day. They will parade the ic array, pillaging the stores and marts of trade for such articles as they think are meet tributes for their gracious sovereign. The merchants who are wise will bar their doors against the invaders, but those who have already contributed liberally of their wealth to defray the expenses of the court will have little to fear, as the Queen bas given instructions that her foragers shall pass the houses of all such and loot only the business places of rich men who have refused to make voluntary contributions of their substance for the entertainment of her Majesty and her train. To the credit of the pusiness men of Los Angeles as a whole it must be said that they have shown great enterprise and lib- brality in the matter of subscrlbing funds for the fiesta and devising means whereby to make the third annual carnival the most successful event of the kind ever at- tempted on * he Pacific Coast. From pres- ent indications there is every reason to believe that their expectations will be real- ized and that the thousands of visitors to Los Angeles this week will see such a ser- ies of feies as has never been equaled on the Western shores of this continent. There is oniy one contingency that can detract from the pleasure of the occasion and that is the weather, an element that usually does not enter into the calcula- tions of the people in this land of sun- shine in making preparations for outdoor amusements. This year seems to be ex- ceptional, however, in view of the high winds that have prevailed for nearly a week, which, to some extent, marred the floral festival at Santa Barbara. Should this kind of weather continue it would in- terfere materially with the comfort of the spectators and participants in the carnival events, and might prove disastrous to some of the street decorations, but the people are hopeful and are going ahead with the preparations just as though they were assured of the finest kind of weather. It would be very unusual, indeed, if there should be two weeks of such weather as that of last week. To-day was raw and hilly and a rough wind came in from the A change of weather before Tues- confidently expected. A great many of the street decorations were completed yesteraay and last night. All along the line of march, which takes in Broadway, Spring and Main streets, from Seventh street to the plaza, the elec- tric poles are being decorated with palm leaves and boughs of pepper, eucalyptus and other evergreens. Banners of red, vellow and green floated to the breeze from wires stretched across streets at intervals of about 100 feet. The streets leading from the railroad stations to the center of the city are similarly decorated, giving visitors from abroad the impression that the whole city is decked in colors typical of the orange, the oiive and wine. Many of the business houses and private residences are being elaborately decorated, the red, green and yellow of the fiesta being harmoniously blended with the national colors. At night red, green ana yellow incadescent electric light greet the eye on every hand. Wires are being strung . along all the business streets about eight feet from the curb, from which thousands of Chinese lanterns will be suspended. The city during the five nights of the carnival will be most brilliantly illuminated. On a block of vacant ground bounded by Bixth, Hope, Seventh and Flower streets, tribunes have been erected for the seating 0f 5000 people. The seatsare arranged in tiers around what is called tbe Queen’s Highway, through which all processions will pass immediately after starting. In the center of the tribunes the queen, surrounded by her maids of honor and the gentlemen of her court, will be seated on a throne, from which she will review all the parades. The sale of seats began last Mon- day and notwithstanding the fact that the price was repeatedly raised nearly all were sold in a few days. On nearly every vacant Jot along the line of march addi- tional tribunes are being erected and seats are selling in advance like hot cakes. Be- sides these every window ana balcony along the routéof the parades will have its quota of spectators, The line of march is a long one and ample opportunity will be afforded the countless thousands who will threng the city to see all the pageants. After passing through the queen’s highway near the point of forming the route will be via Sixth street to Broadway, to First, to Spring, to Seventn, to Main, to and around the piaza, countermarch on Main to Tem- ple and thence on Spring street back %o First and Broadway, where the processions will disband. The course will be about three miles long. The choice of a Queen by the executive committee of La Fiesta was a most happy one. Mrs., Mark Lewis, upon whom the Y honor was conferred, is a most beautiful young woman and very popular. She will make the ideal Queen. Her father, R. H. Howell, a well-known capitalist, and her husband, assistant cashier of the State Loan and Trust Company, have spared no ex- pensea to make Ler wardrobe the most regal ever displayed in Los Angeles. Each of her gowns has been evolvea with an eye to the most effective detail. They were designed and made by Miss Alice Gastren, and all the material, the yards and yards of shining satin, the webs of filmy lace, the golden jeweled embroidery and the royal ermine, were bought in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles 1ay well be content with the knowledge that when such an occasion offers she has within her stores material quite befitting a Queen’s wardrobe. First there is the dress in which her Majesty appears when she, with her court, meets the ceremonial committee at the pavilion Tuesday night—a shining shim- mering pink brocade with great sPlasn'es of yellow chrysanthemums covering it. A fall of rich lace ornaments the front, embroidered with jewels. From this falls long yellow silken tabs, finished with gold fringe and gold ornaments of costly beads. Immense puffed sleeves and a Marie An- toinette collar of gold lace finish the waist, while a long court train of yellow sa!in, edged with ermine, gives a most beautiful and queenly effect. The lovely day gown which will he seen at the tribunes is of rich white sila, bro- caded in green and pink. Emerald green velvet tabs, fastened with an immense rhinestone buckle, the tabs falling to the feet, ornament the waist, while from the high Medici collar, jeweled and glittering, sweeps the train of green velvet, lined with pink satinand trimmed. with ermine. The decorations are of pearl passementerie and form a striking contrast to the em- erald velvet decorations. At Athletic Park the dress worn will be of white monsseline de soie over white satin. Over this fall yards and yards of filmy Valenciennes lace. A Spanish flounce finishes the skirt, ornamented with garlands of green and white tendrils ana Nile green roses. A white hat, a white silken and lace flounced parasol, long white gloves and white satin slippers are part of this costume. The ball dress is, perhaps, in its comple- tion the most beautiful. It isof dazzling white satin, with jeweled plastrons, gold and jeweled embroideries ornamenting the skirt. The sleeves are puffed and are of gold-brocaded silk, a high gold lace collar finishing the neck. The long court train is of gold brocade, lined with yellow satin and finished with ermine. With all these dresses the jeweled girdle and necklace of rubies and the beautiful crown are worn and the golden scepter is carried. The queen’s clear cut, regular features, her delicately tinted complexion,i her beautiful bronze brown eyes with their long lashes, her tall and stately figure, all com- bine in effects of extreme and queenly beauty. F. K. Rule’s two little sons, Gerald and Roy, will carry the Queen’s train in the picturesque dress of court pages. In nearly every shopwindow in the city are displayed photographs of this stately woman who has been chosen to rule over the Angelenos during the period of the fiesta. Her dazzling beauty will be charm- ingly angmented by that of sixteen maids of honor, who have all been chosen for their grace of form and manner. One.of the greatest events of the fiesta will be the concert to be given on Wednes- day evening.’ A magnificent chorus of Johu F. Francis, President of La Fiesta of Los Angeles. 300 voices has been assiduou: and the effect of this harmony 3t rarmeas ensemble cannot fail to be one of the greatest musical events in'the history of the city. The services of Mrs. Maud Berry Fisher, who has a voice of great range, wonderful flexibility and of great sympa- thetic quality, have been secured as so- prano soloist. Mrs. Charles Dickman, who has a voice of wonderful depth and beauty, and has been the golo contralto in the most noted choirs of San Francisco and Oakland, will also be heard. The tenor is Andrew Bo- gert. Heisan artist of renown and favor in the musical world, and has a magnifi- cent voice—pure, unalloyed and sweet. Anothe: great feature of the week’s fes- tivities will be the floral parade on Satur- day. Besides innumerable other decorated equipages, there will be a score of tally-ho horses. The Jonathan Club expects to carry off first prize with its tally-ho, the decorations of which will cost hundrads of dollars. Sy Lo i S HEALDSBURG'S CONTEMNT. Final Count of the Votes for Queen to Be Made This Evening. HEALDSBURG, Cav., April 19. — The contest for queen of Healdsburg's Floral Festival closes to-morrow evening at 7:30 ballgt box, for hundreds of votes were moneyed value. The finance committee does not intend to let any enterprising individual get away with the contents of the box. Without a doubt the vote to-morrow will be heavy. There are four pretty girls who would be willing to wear the floral crown, and the friends of each are working hard for their fayorite. Even on this blustering Snunday workers were out in the farming districts adding to the already large purses raised. Miss Nellie Petiay heads the list with 1570 votes, having 300 more than Miss Alice Haigh, who leads Miss Edna Biddle by fourteen votes. Miss Oza Waldrop is close up. Miss Waldropis a pretty blonde, and her many friends are quite intent to have her in fourth place until the last ballot has been put into the box, when, they declare, she will be found to have a sufficient number to make her queen. A committee from the Veteran Fire- man's Association was here from San Francisco to-day making arrangements for the accommodation of the association d uring-festival days. The decoration committee has been al- lowed $425 additional for the purpose of making an electrical display, and a five- pointed star of electric lights will be hung over the plaza. Hundreds of blue and white incandescent lights will make the business portion of town bright as day by night. & Entries for the parade are coming in from all parts of Sonoma County and one float has been entered from Mendocino County. Five bands have been engaged for the fiesta. e Sails From Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., April 19.— The United States steamer Albatross, which has been lying Lere for the last week, will leave for S8an Pedro to-morrow, where it will remain for the next week to give the officers and men an opportunity to view the Los Angeles fiesta. The Alba- tross isthe United States Fishing Commis sion boat, and prior to coming here did some deep sea dredging around Santa Cruz n?d Santa Rosa Islancs, but found nothing of note. BALLING BOOTH. Greeted With Wild Enthusiasm at Cooper Union, New Xork. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 19.—An enthusiastic gathering greeted Com- mander Ballington Booth of the Volun- teers to-night at a meeting of the organi- zation held in Cooper Union. The com- mander made a brief statement of his position in regard to the Salvation Army and his reason for feaving it, and when he spoke of his sentiments toward the' Ameri- can people and American institutions the applause was so loud and_long-continued that be had to beg for silence before he coaches and drags, with from four to eight 1 was allowed to proceed. o’clock, and to-night a guard watches the | | deposited to-day, and each represents a | FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1896. ey PRICE FIVE CENTS. STREET AIOTS W HONOLULL The Portuguese in an Angry and Troublesome Mood. CONFLICT WITH POLICE. President Dole Has a Narrow Escape From Personal Violence. THE MOB FINALLY DISPERSED. Indications of a Conspiracy Looking to . the Restoration of the Ex-Queen. HONOLULU, Hawarr, April 10.—There 1s a feeling of unrest and uncer tainty in | this city at present, which arose from the | recent Portuguese demonstration to the Legislature, and which has been aggra- vated by occurrences since that time, the principal one of which was a regular Por- tuguese riot on Sunday evenin g last. | tain Scott, at the head of a dozen heavily of excited Portuguese to go home, but they ! paid no attention to him. A lieutenant of police came up at this juncture and asked the President for orders. He was told to clear the streets and arrest any who opposed the order. By this time seven or eight police were on hand, including two or three of the mounted patrol. These charged on the mob, and picking out two or three of the | ringleaders attempted to arrest them. The mob resisted, and as fast as one was ar- rested the mob would rescue him. The Portuguese fought with sticks and stones and finally commenced pulling off the pickets from neighboring fences. The police, except the lieutenant, were only armed with clubs, but they did good execution with them. A passing wagon was seized by the police and they made a stand around it, seizing a rioter and | throwing him in as they got a chance. Meanwhile, the mounted police were riding their horses through the mob and endeavoring to separate them. The mob by this time had got in front of President Dole’s house and was rapidly increasing in size. The Prezident went in among the vioters and urged them to dis- | perse, but they paid no attention to him, although they offered him no personal violence. In the meantime the facts had been telephoned to the police station, and Cap- A. Roncovieri, Musical Director of the Los Angeles Fiesta. armed police, came up Emma street in the patrol wagon at a gallop, and they arrived just in time to prevent loss of life. ; The lieutenant of police was surrounded | Mrs. Mark Lewis, Queen of the Los Angeles Fiesta, and Her Maids of Honor. by rioters on all sides and drew his pistol ecowvos o0 ~m000000 inactivity of the legislative committees on the Portuguese petitions. The Legisla- ture is inclined to treat the recent demon- stration as a bulldozing proposition and will be apt eventually to consign the pe- tition to the waste basket. In the meantime no one seems to really know what the Portuguese are up to. Readers of THE CaLy will remember that in these letters a prediction was made that the restoration of the ex-Queen was what was secretly aimed at, and from in- formation gained by your correspondant since that time he is more than ever con- vinced that that is what is really intended by some of the members of the society. Tam in a position to know that certain Portuguese have made treasonable utter- ances, and that these have been reported to the Government, which, so far, has made no move beyond watching the sus- pects very closely. How the Portuguese expect to effect the restoration is unknown, for they have noarmsor financial backing, but that they have some deep-laid scheme on foot is self-evident.. They have abso- lutely refused work on any of the planta- tions, even at the iucreased rate of $18 per month now offered. The Government, confident in its strength, is taking things very easily, but at the same time is fully awake to the situation. FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE. Anglo-American System of Arbitration to Be Discussed in Conference at Washington, WASHINGTON, ». C., April 19.—A national conference to discuss methods of securing a permanent system of arbitra- tion between the United States and Great Britain will. be held in Washington ‘Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The call contemplated a conference of the same size as a National convention, and it is expected from . the responses received that about 300 gentlemen will be in at- tendance. It was signed by a number of gentlemen prominently identified with the peace arbitration movement, including Chief Justice Fuller, General Miles of the army, Admiral Walker of the navy, Hon. John W. Foster, Cardinal Gibbons, Presi- dent Eliot of Harvard, Seth Low of New York, William H. Beatty of San Fran- cisco. Bishops Foss and Ryan of Philadel- phia, Rev. B. M. Palmer of New Orleans and Marshall Field of Chicago. Ex-Senator Edmunds is slated for pre- siding officer and the first day’s speakers include beside him Hon. John W. Foster, President James B. Angell of Michigan, Edward Atkinson of Massachusetts and Hon. Carl Schurz of New York. g gt KNIFE AGAINST PISTOL. Battle to Death on a Streetcar Between an Ex-Policeman and a Gang of Negroes. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., April 19.—As a result ‘of a battle on a streetcar about 1 o’clack this morning ex-Policeman Jonas and Will Hampton are dying and several others are saffering from wounds more or less serious. When Jonas was on the force he incurred the enmity of the negroes by the rough manner in which - he treated them, and since his removal from the force the negroes have repeatedly threat- ened him. When Jonas boarded the | streetcar he found it full of negroes, among | them being Will Hampton, who, having a grudge against the ex-officer, began curs- |ing him and a free fight followed, the ne- gro s attacking the white man. Hampton | used a pistol and Jonas a knife. The white man slashed with the knife, catting Hampton’s throat and wounding several others. Jonas finally put the negroes to | flight, but not before he had received a | bullet in the head'and was beaten almost to a jelly. All the negroes have been ar- rested. Jonas and Hampton will die. It is believed the attack on Jonas was pre- meditated. PRI ) g SOCLETY MAN DROWNED. Went Sailing With a Party of Six Young Friends. BALTIMORE, Mp., April 19.—H. P. C. | Wilson Jr., son of Dr. H. P. C. Wilson of DYNAMITE FOR THE MATABELES, Buluwayo's Defenders Lay a Train of the Deadly Explosive. FIRED BY ELECTRICITY. Mines Connected With the Cens tral Laager Can Be Ex- ploded Separately. RELIEF FORCE IN DANGER, Natives Move Southward to Attacl the Re-enforcements Dispatched From Mafeking. CAPE TOWN, SourH AFRricA, April 19.— A dispateh from Buluwayo, dated yester- day. says that the number of rebellious Matabeles is increasing daily and that they are massing closer to the town. A dynamite train that is arranged to be fired by electricity has been laid in the out- skirts and along the streets. The mines are all connected with the central laager and can be exploded separately. On Friday night some of the Matabeles changed their positions. It is be- believed that they moved southward to attempt to prevent the advance of the 500 men from Mafeking, who are marching to the relief of Buluwayo. e GERMAN TROOPS LANDED. Officials Discover Military Equipments Discharged From a Steamer. LONDON, ExG., April 19.—The Times wiil to-morrow publish a dispatch from Cape Town saying that the German steamer Bundesrath arrived at Delagoa Bay on Tuesday last and at Komati on Wednesday. It landed a large number of passengers, who did not wish 1o allow their luggage to be examined, however, and the searchers unearthed uniforms, top boots, helmets and other military equipments. The German officers after- * ward produced passports, and the party proceeded for Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. —a KRUGER'S DEMAND. Olaims £1,500,000 Indemnity for the Recent Baid by Jameson. LONDON, Exe6., April 19.—The Daily News' will -to-morrow say that President Kruger has claimed an indemnity of £1,500,000 from the British South Africa Company for the recent raid of Dr. James son into the Transvaal. PTG, Revolt on the Congo. LONDON, Exa., April 20.—The Times' Brussels dispatch says: A revolt has occurred among the natives at Aruwimi (on the Congo River, at the mouth of the Aruwimi River, in the Congo Free State), and several Congo Free State agents have been killed. STRUC BY A BOMB. A Poruguese Manufacturer and His Coachman Assassinated. LISBON, PorTUGAL, April 19.—While a wealthy manufacturer of this city named Dominguez was driving in a carriage last night to the Alexandria Raillway station, a bomb loaded with dynamite and nails was thrown at the carriage. The missile ex- ploded, blowing Senor Dominguez and his coachman to pieces. The police are searching for the miscreant who threw the bomb. el Sir Henry Parkes Il. LONDON, Exc., April 19.—A dispatch from Sydney, N. 8. W., says that ex-Frime Minister Sir Henry Parkes is suffering with bronchitis. His condition causes anxiety. NEW TO-DAY. One of the wrong things On the corner of Punchbowl and Emma streets a drunken ex-policeman took away a bicycle from a Portuguese boy, and his cries brought a lot of Portuguese women to his assistance. This portion of the city marks the commencement of the Portu- guese quarter, while a few doors below, on Emma street, is the residence of President Dole. A row ensued, in which the drunken policeman was roughly handled by a num- ber of Portuguese. He was, however, arrested by one of the mounted patrol, who was attracted to the scene by the dis- turbance, and taken to the station-house. In the meantime the crowd of Portu- guese had been swelled to two or three hundred, and two or’ three police had ar- rived on the scene. The Portuguese be- gan abusing the policemen and calling them all manner of vile names. President Dole heard the disturbance and came out to the street, where he warned a number to protect himself. The mob yelled that he would not shoot, buv he fired one shot on the ground. At the sound of the shot and /the sight of the rifles in the patrol wagon the mob dodged round the corner and disappeared. When the melee was over the police took stock of what they had in the wagon and found nine of the rioters, two of whom had to be sent to the hospital at once. The others were taken to the police sta- tion where they were at once bailed out by ieading Portuguese at $100 cash each. The “police escaped without any serious injuries. Since that occurrence there has been much ill-feeling betwaen the police and the Portuguese, which so far has only found vent in occasional volleys of stonesthrown at policemen from behind fences. 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