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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1896. jection, would have Leen displeaseda about. Of course the parade was made up in non- sensical array, but nonsense and laughter are the soul of this fiesta. The line of march' was from Fifth to Broadway, to Fourth, to Spring, to Third, to Broadway, to First, to Spring, along Spring to Temple block, to Main, to First, to Spring, to Third, to Main, to Fourth, to Spring, and all along the route the mask- ers made free with whatever property they coveted, The Chamber of Commerce was raided and from that place a stuffed griz- zly bear was taken. Many merchants were compelied to pay tribute to the fiesta queen, and the only policeman who dared to attempt to do his duty was placed in the big steel cage and carried away. A typewriter girl, who was really a boy in disguise, was the policeman’s fellow pris- oner, and these were a warning to all others who might either displease or please the queen. The man who bhurled the rocks was one of a large body of patriotic defenders, but the cage was not big enough to contain all these patriots, and s thorough repulse was satisfactory to the Queen. At the head of the maskers was the Queen’s orchestra, composed of a Chinese band. W. R. Dinmore, O. F. Kinney, Elmer Wachtel, Michael Hant and little Roy Bancroft as mascot, were in Chinese dress of bright purples, pale blues and soft lavenders, long queues and hideous masks. The Queen’s Lancers, mounted, were in brnl- liant yellow, green and red. The commer- cial travelers carried valises and wore streamers of fiesta colors and long linen dusters. The Jonathan Club members threw confetti obtained from Paris. The Queen’s Merry Maskers were in long, loose garments of red and wite, tall hats and general clownish air. The crowds followed in fantastic array—clowns and | priests and monkeys and men, bicyclers in mask, and men, women and children. It | was a highly satisfactory inauguration of the fiesta, and the success is regarded as an indication of the glory of the week. The ceremonial committee was com- posed of C. 8. Walton, Charles F. Sloane, Frank Thomas, C. L. Wilde and W. R. Dinmore. Charles F. Sloane was grand marshal of the day and chairman of the parade committee. The streets were thronged at every point of the city center, and the Los Angeles people are confident that there will be more people here this week than have | been seen at any previous fiesta. There is plenty to amuse the visitors during every hour in the day, ana suburban business men complain that the sightseers will have no time to zet away from the parad- ing and the merriment within the city limits. The parade to-morrow afternoon will be one of the big events of the week. Major Madison T. Owens has been appointed | grand marshal, with Colonel William Spencer and Major Ruby E. W. Kinsey as a The formation of the line will be as follows: Military division—Brigadier-General C. F. a. Last, commanding. Staff —Captain W. O. Welch, A. A. A. G.; Jemes A. Driffi], lieuten- and A. A. G.; James J. Choate, colonel. and surgeon; Cyrus Wil- major and engineer officer; John W. F. | and inspector; John W. A. Off, | quATterm: ; CharlesT. Meredith, | ry; John L. A. Last, r rifie practice; John T.Jones, dvocate; Charles M. Baker, de-camp: George H. Bower, .decamp; Orderlies E. A. Levan and J. ¥ wards, sergeant majors. Battalion, United States warship Philadel- | phia. Chiei of Battalion—Lieuteuant-Com- mander R. R. Ingersol, U. 8. N. Stafi—Past Assistant Surgeon F. A. Hesler, | N major an major and major, inspe major and U medical oficer; Ensign E. H. Camp- bell, U. 8. N., adjutant; Gunner I A. Eilers, U. 8. ) ordnance officer; Carpenter Ottol Barth, U. 8. N., chief of pionc hief Quar- termaster Herman, U. S. N.. sergeant- major. Ploneers—Chief Carpenter's Mate R. Hartwick, U. & ana petty officers. Band— Writer, first class, St. M. Katzer, U. 8. N., drum maor; bandmaster, Charles Grosskurth, U rst musician, Gustav Liese, U. 8. N. United States troops and State militia. Second division — Major Russell, marshal, and aids. San Diego band. Mounted Foresters. Knights of Pythias of Los Angeles. Knights of Pythias of Pasadena. Knights of Pythias of Riverside. High School cadets. Third division—C. A.[Sumner, marshai; aids— M. A. Woliskill, C.R.Sumner, f. W. Sabichi, Coude Jones, C. G. Rhone, J. J. Johoston, J. R. Winston, F. W. Millspaugh. Santa Barbara band. Caballeros. Pueblo Indians, in charge of Charles F. Lummis. Fourth division—Captain Hampton Hutton, marshal; aids—J. P. Randolph, H. Drew, Wil- liam Dunn, William Mathews, H. Mathews. Pasadena band. Eagle. Pasadena float. California float. Sea float. Trade float. Blanchard and Fitzgerald band. Grain float. Fruit float. Cahuenga float. Temescal Indians, Fifth division—Johrustone E.Jones, marshal; aids—John C. Cline, Ralph Dominguez, F. R. Willis, George Reed, Guy Woodward, Lewis C. Broww, George Wilson, James K. Stevens, E. C. Attrill, Riverside band. Chinese floats. Dragon. Sixth division—Chief Moore, marshal. Douglas band. One-third Fire Department. Ontario band. One-third Fire Department, Santa Ana band. One-third Fire Department, Rain began falling at 10:50 o’clock to- night, just as hundreds were on the way home from the pavilion. It is feared that the decorations will be greatly injured, but there is no expectation thatto-morrow will be rainy. The weather has been delight- ful until this evemng. Thousands of Japanese lanterns have been spoiled by the rain, but if there is a return to bright weather before morning, the other decora- tions will not be seriously injured. The streets are aglow even to the high building tops, with rows and fantastic designs of electric lizghts in the fiesta colors, and in the rain the effect is peculiarly brilliant, with reflections wherever the water touches a hard surface. Rain fell during the fiesta of last year, but the only injury was in causing the colors of the bunting to mingle. Rapid scurrying was a feature to-night that formed a whole carnival in itself. The huge pavilion was thronged and all the theaters were overcrowded. Light, sum- mery costumes were worn by thousands of ladies, and the rain came heavily and with no warning when the streets were covered by the homeward-bound people. S SR GIVEN THE SILVER KEY. Mayor Rader Surrenders to the Ruler of the Fete. LOS ANGELES, Cawn, April 21.—The real festivities of the great Fiesta de Los Angeles were duly ushered in at Hazard's Pavilion to-night. The reception to her Majesty could scarcely have been nwore fervent and enthusiastic to a real poten- tate. Mrs. Mildred Howell-Lewis is, in- SCENE AT THE CORNER OF FIRST AND SPRING STREETS, LOS ANGELES. ments of a Corinne and the grace and beauty of a Henrietta Temple. Before 8 o’clock the great pavilion was a mass of iuterested humanity, and a splendid com- pany of people it was. Youth, beauty and grace made up the throng. At 8:15 o'clock Roncovieri’s American Concert band played an overture. A herald’s bugle announced the presence of the Queen at the entrance to the pavilion. The Queen’s lancers filed in and down the middle aisle, and then taking opposite sides formed with their lances a continu- ous archway from the entrance to the foot of the throne. At the second call her Majesty appeared on the arm of her Prime Minister, Hon. E. T. Gibbon. The ap-| plause which greeted her progress to the throne was tumultuous, genuine and hearty. Rising above the plaudits were heard the sweet strains of Roncovieri’s “Inaugural March,” which the composer dedicated to John F. Francis, president of La Fiesta. The ladies of the court filed in, courtesied to their Queen and took seats on the plat- form. Hon. R. F. Del Valle, the orator of the evening, delivered bis adaress to the Queen in choicest English and manner pleasing. The progress in the arts, sciences and literature which had characterized her loyal subjects during the past year were dwelt upon. The wonderful achievements of the Goddesses Pomona, Ceres and Flora were extolled, and at the close of Mr. Del Valle’s address Mayor Rader of Los Angeles extended hearty greetings to his successor. He told the charming Queen that the cares of office wera onerous, and he was glad of an opportunity to surrender the weighty responsibilities for a season into her hands, and he tendered to her Majesty the great silver key to the city. At this the royal looters and merry- makers offered their trophies to the Queen, being designated in turn by Henry Dock- weiler. Some of these tributes were gro- tesque and comical in the extreme and produced outbursts of laughter from the audience. A well-considered response was made on behalf of the Queen by Prime Minister Gibbon, who thereafter read the royal proclamation of his sovereign. Three sub- jects—John F. Francis, Hon. T. 8. C. Lowe and W. C. Patterson—were designated by their ruler as worthy of the order of knighthood. Messrs. Francis and Lowe were found in the audience, led forward and duly knighted and decorated with the insignia of their position. Roncovieri’s band gave an illustrated concert, beginning with the cverture to “William Tell” by Rossini. As the sweet strains of music arose, panoramas repro- ducing scenes in the life of Tell were thrown upon a canvas. These changing and dissolving views, as well as those which followed in the descriptive nautical piece, “The American Bailor's Life at Sea,” by Miller; the symphonic poem, “The Dance of Death,” thé ‘‘American Patrol” and the “Blue and the Gray,” Wwere extremely realistic. IN CARNIVAL GARB. Brilliant Decorations of the Streets and Business Blocks. LOS ANGELES, Carn., April 21.—The Los Angeles business man has sustained himself. He has done more than this— he has added new laurels to his al- ready well-earned reputation for cour- age, liberality and goaheaditiveness. He knew that much of the attractiveness and leasure of these days of merry-making would result from a liberal display of busi- ness-house decorations, and to realize a thing with the average Los Angeles busi- ness man is reason enough for action. He goes about his seli-appointed task zeal- ousiy, but cheerfully. The pluck of the Los Angeles business man of the present day has never been known to wane. Through good or evil revort; whether menaced by a boom and encouraged by steady growth to his town and gradual ac- cretion to his business; in slow, dull times; in hours of disappointment and short returns—in fact, at all times the Los Angeles business man has kept his courage to the sticking point and has never for a folds, pennants and stars. The great golden eagle on the Times building has his massive neck encircled by the tricol- ored bunting. This bird seems to realize that he is in the midst of gala days for his adopted city and delights to contem- plate in mute silence the animation and hilarity going on below. The Herald’s double arch at Third and Broadway is not complete, but, with tbe name in great block letters all studded with electric lamps and finished out with a pyramid bedecked with the colors, festoons and palms, it can readily be seen that the whole will give a very charming effect at night. The Evening Express, the Jour- nal and the Record all deserve special mention, but only a few of the many su- perb decorations may be mentioned here. The Machinery Supply Company’s build- ing at First and Broadway is elegantly decorated, the bunting being formed into panels, fans and stars. The Title Guaran- tee and Trust Company, at 109 South Broadway, must have employed real art- tists to superintend its decorations. They are unique and highly attractive. So, too, are the offices of Easton, Eldridge & Co. at 121 South Broadway and Gardner & Dow, real-estate agents, at 139 South Broadway. Attne City Hall plumes, stars and the American colors are blended in pleasing and delightful harmoay. An elaborate arch greets the view at the en- trance to the Boston Dry-goods Store, while the building is immensely and pro- fusely decorated. At the entrance to the Bradbury block the name over the arch is wrought in roses, pinks and poppies amid trailing green vines, bordered with palms, which give it a charming appearance. Chinese lanterns, bunting and flags project from its many windows. The Chamber of Commerce building is a study for an artist. There are crescents, folds, fans and scores of unique designs of la fiesta and National colors and two dozen flagpoles aloft, all supporting flut- tering emblems of nations. The arch is ornamented with stalks of cane, festooned with grasses and sections of ears of corn attached thereto and strings of beads com- posed of peanuts, At different points along Broadway, Spring and Main streets are huge squares formed by means of wires, around which are fastened the fluffy plume of the pampas, the tricolors aiternating. Strung upon wires within these squares made of charming plumes of bright “colors are: “Viva Ja Fiesta, 1896." Observation- stands, with seats at 25 and 50 cents, have been erected on many vacant lots onall the principal streets. To return to individual decorations. The most elaborately decorated store on Broadway is that of the Los Angeles Fur- niture Company. There is richness here in coloring rarely seen in street decora- tions. The work was done under the supervision of J. C. Bannister, head deco- rator of the company. The colored fabrics are bunched so that the red and the yel- low and the green are distinctly separate and.extend from the top of the building to the sidewalk. The first story isadream in coloring, the decorations flavoring of Napoleonic times. The great show-win- dows of the store are also very tastefully decorated. The Ville de Paris, on Broadway, be- tween Second and Third streets, is gor- geously decorated. The great canopy, ex- tending the whole frontage of the store- room and covering the sidewalk, is rich in its blending of tiesta colorings. The Harper & Reynolds hardware estab- lishment on North Main street was hand- somely decorated this morning, the fine effect being produced by long columns of fiesta-colored bunting and elaborate ar- rangements of the scarlet, yellow and green in the windows. One of the most attractive and artistic displays in front decorations is that of the Southern California Furniture Company on South Main street. The artist here has not lost sight of National patriotism, but, with the fiesta colors, has also displayed a commendable degree of regard for the em- blems held dear by all lovers off *“Uncle Sam.” Over the entrance is a real eagle, with his pinions outstretched, covering moment permitted himself to distrust the future of his own city. The Los Angeles business man has turned the entire business portion of hi into one grand array of tri- colors. The streets are beautifully arched and arrayed in fiesta-colored bunting. Almost every wire which spans the principal streets is laden with the car- dinal, gold and green in some more or less attractive forms, but the unique, pretty and elaborate emblematic forms are dis- played from the great blocks of brick and stone which abound along the ‘principal thoroughfares of the city. Broadway, that modern wonder of all those who knew Loa Angeles in its “‘boom days,” contains the most elaborate and exteusive business- house decorations; then Spring and Main streets. deed, one of nature’s queens, pure and simple. She possesses the accomplish- cannon and ball, as if ready for defense. To the left is a picture of George and Martha Washington, while on the right is displayed a likeness of Christopher Co- lumbus. The rich fiesta colorings in bunting create a most pleasing effect on the build- ing at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, occupied by the Los Angeles Lignting Company. At night the front of the building will be illuminated by colored lights. { The courthouse is not upon one of the main business streets, still its location is such that the lavish fiesta decorations are very noticeable even at a great distance. Leading hotels, such as the Hollenbeck, Nadeau and Westminster, are elaborately decorated with fiesta colors, Manager Pridham of Wells, Fargo & Co. To begin with, the newspaper buildings | are profusely ornamented with buntmgl has given the company’s office, at the cor- ner of Main and Third streets, a gala ap- pearance by the artistic use of fiesta colors. The effects are produced by pretty bunting draperies in the windows on Main and Third streets. It is one of the neatest and handsomest decorations in the business center, The American flag is very much in evi- dence upon the Turn Verein society’s big brownstone front block on South Main street, below Third. There is also a lavish use of bunting and a perfect wealth of Jap- anese lanterns from the windows, which will lend the air of an exchanted palace to the building at night. For superb effects in massive decorations probably the most elaborate and unique is that upon the front of the Odd Fellows’ building on South Main street. The brownstone of the front is almost com- pletely concealed beneath the lavish adorn- ments of fiesta colors from top to bottom. A prettily decorated business house on South Spring street is E. T. Cook’s book- store. Inside and out the fiesta colors have been advantageously used to produce gay effects, the show-window drapings in bunting being particularly handsome. The doorway of H. 0. Haines’ store at 419 Broadway is beautifully decorated with bunting. The front of the Broadway aepartment-store is elaborately adorned with bright-colored fabrics. The Gardner- Zellner Piano Company, in*fthe Byrne block, on Broadway, has decorated its store front most artistically with bunting and Japanese fans. The froat of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank building, on North Main street, was converted into u mass of fiesta colors this morning, and the effect as seen from the junction of Temple and Spring strets is very artistic, as that also of the decorations of the First Nationa: Bank building. P. H. Mathews, the South Main paint-dealer, reflected his feelings in 2 handsome decoration of the store. In the center, above, is the motto, “Welcome, Fiesta de Los Angeles,” exe- cuted on a triangle, in bright colors, while on either side is a display of the fiesta colors. OH THE VERGE OF A RIS Premier Bourgeois and His Cab- inet May Yet Have to Retire. Denounced by the Senate for Remain- ing in Office in Violation of the Constitution. PARIS, France, April 21.—In the Senate to-day M. Demoule made an attack upon the Cabinet and denounced their remain- ing in power after having been defeated in the Senate as a violation of the constitu- tion. The Benate, he said, was willing to vote the Madagascar credits only to a con- stitutional Ministry. He therefore pro- posed that the Senate adjourn until a Mimstry should come before it which possessed the confidence of both houses of the French Parliament. Premier Bour- geois protested against such action. 1t wasnot the Senate's prerogative, he de- clared, thus to judge the Ministry, a right which belonged to the National Congress alone. The Senate, by a vote of 171 to 90, adopted a motion to defer discussion of the Madagascar credits until a new Min- istry should be formed. The Ministers left the Senate chamber when the vote on the motion was announced and assembled at the Foreign Office to discuss the situa- tion. Tne Radical Senators and Deputies visited M. Bourgeois and his colleagues and urged them to continue in the strug- gle. Later the Ministers went to_the Pal- ace of the Elysee (o consult President Faure. It is believed they decided not to resign, but to convoke the Chamber of Deputies and demand a revition of the constitution, presumably in the direction of withdrawing the Cabinet from direct responsibility to the Chamber. 1t was officially announced this evening that the Ministry, in view of the Senate’s attitude in barring the expenditure neces- 8ary to maintain the troops in Madagaszar, had decided to resign, but were unwilling to abandon office before explaining to the Chamber of Deputies the facts of the situ- ation. Subsequently M. Bourgeois informed President Faure of the result of the confer- ence and afterward conferred with M. Brisson, president of the Chamber of Deputies, who then summoned that body to meet on Thursday. The Chamber ad- journed on April 1, not intending to meet again until May 19. — Inspected the Fortre COBURG, Germaxy, April 21, — The Emperor inspected the fortress here this morning and started for Warnburg this afternoon. STATESMEN TALK ABOUT FINANCES, Appropriations for Indian Schools Before the Senate. CHURCH AND THE STATE. Secular Questions Again Crop Up During the General Debates. ALL EDUCATION IS FAVORED. Attempts to Shut Out Further Gov- ernment Aids to Denoninational Institutions. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.—The Indian appropriation bill occupied the attention of the Senate during the greater part of to-day’s session. The discussion as to appropriations to pay for *‘legal serv- ices” rendered to the ‘*‘old settlers, or Western Cherokzes,” resulted in the re- jection—ayes 15, noes 36—of an amend- ment offered by Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire, allowing the claimants to bring suit in the Court of Claims, ana in the subsequent adoption of the committee amendment for payment of specified amounts to about fifteen claimants. After that matter was got out of the way the question of secular 1ndian schools came up and gave rise to rather an interesting discussion, which was not concluded when the Senate at 5:30 adjourned until to- mOITOW. Sherman (R.) of Ohio reported from the Finance Committee an amendment to the House bill already on the calendar ex- empting brandy made from various fruits from the provisions of the law relating to the manufacture of spirits. The amend- ment is to repeal the provision of ths exist- ing law allowing a rebate of the tax on alcohol used in the arts and for wmedicinal purposes. Senate bill granting to the American Invalid Aid Society of Boston, Mass,, the abandoned Fort Marcy mulitary reserva- tion near Santa Fe, N. M., as a sanitarium for pulmonary diseases was passed. Pugh (D.) of Alabama recalled the fact that he had yesterday withheld the mi- nority report of his cotleague (Morgan) on the Pacific railroads settlement bill. His colleague had left Washington this morn- ing and had sent him a note asking him to present the minority report and have it printed in the Record, adding that it had no reference to the biil reported last week by the Pacific Railroads Committee as he (Morgan) had never seen that bill nor heard it discussed. Gear (R.) of Iowa, chairman of the Paci- fic Railroads Committee, explained the fact by stating that Morgan had been detained at his house by illness and had been un- able to attend the recent sessions of the committee. Objection to having the report printedin the Record was made by Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire as unusual, and it was ordered to be printed as a document. The resolution offered yesterday by Cannon (R.) of Utah for a commission to inquire as to the practicability of establish- ing near Washington, D. C., a ground map of the United States, was taken up, and Cannon addressed the Senate in explana- tion and advocacy of it. The resolution ‘was placed on the calendar. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up and the discussion of the amendment for payment for legal services rendered to the “‘old settlers or Western Cherokees’ was continv~d, Palmer (D.) of Illinois opening it in opposition to the amend- ment. At 2 p. M. the Peffer bond resolution was laid before the Senate as unfinishad busi- ness, but it went over and the discussion on the amendment to pay for legal ser- vices for the Cherokee lndians was re- sumed. Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire moved an amendment requiring the balance due to the Western Cherokee Indians to be re- tained in the treasury and allowing the persons making claims for legal ser- vices to sue in the Court of Claims. After a long discussion Chandler's amendment was disagreed to—ayes 15, noes 36, The committee amendment was then agreed to witnout a division and the ques- tion recurred upon an amendment offered by Cockrell (D.) of Missouri, which de- clares it to be the settled policy of the Government to make no appropriations for tbe education of Indian children in sectarian schools as scon as provision can be made for them otherwise and requiring such provision to be made before 1898. The amendment led to considerable de- bate. Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire condemned all opposition to the Commit- | Cooke (R.) of Illinois, the tee on School System of the United States. In the name of patriotism he demanded there should be no umionof church and state. George (D.) of Mississippi opposed the amendment. He asserted that the Bap- tist church had uniformly refused to de- file its hands with any Government fund. Kyle (Pop.) of South Dakota advocated the Cockrell amendment and spoke of the good missionary work done by Catholics among the Indians. Thurston (R.) of Nebraska professed his profound respect for all religions, but de- clared that State and church shall be and remain divorced. Gorman (D.) of Delaware declared his surprise at the invocation of the Nebraska Senator and eulogized the work of all Christians. “Education,” he said, “by a Baptist preacher, a Protestant minister or a Catholic priest is better than no educa- tion at all.” Teller (R.) of Colorado thought the Catholic schools seemed to be the most successful Indian schools in the United States. He favored, however, the House provision for the immediate abolition of all Indian contract schools. The matter then went over without ac- tion, and at 5 o’clock the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. A Ll SESSION OF THE HOUSE. Goodwin Gets the Seat From the Fifth Alabama Distriot, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.—Had there been a quorum present to-day at the close of a six hours’ session the Populist vote of the House would have been in- creased from seven to eight by the adop- tion of a resoiution declaring Albert T. Goodwin entitled to a seat as Representa- tive from the Fifth District of Alabama. It had previously been voted—47 to 109— that James E. Cobb (D.) was not elected a Representative from that district in the Fifty-fourth Congress and that he was not entitled to the seat, thus reducing the Democratic strength from 100 to 99. Goodwin was nominated by the Popu- lists and indorsed by the Jefferson Demo- crats and Republicans, and the votes upon the right to the seat were given by the Re- publicans and Populists in the House. Cobb w@s supported by the solid Demo- cratic vote. In the consideration of the committee report Cobb championed his own cause and was assisted by Bartlett (D.) of Geor- gia, and the recommendation of commit- tee No. 1 was supported by Daniels (R.) of New York, chairman, and Royse (R.) of Indiana. Votes were taken viva voce on the resolution declaring Cobb entitled to his seat—ayes 47, noes 109—and ‘“‘by bal- lot” on a motion to recommit the case made by Densmore (D.) of Arkansas— ayes 60, noes 130. On the resolution de- ¢laring Goodwin entitled to the seatthe vote was 121 to 45. This wasnota quorum, and on motion of Dingley (R.) of Maine at 5:50 the House adjourned until to- morrow, leaving the question to be settled then. Before the House entered upon the con- sideration of the elections Henderson (R.) of Towa endeavored to secure unanimous consent for the postponement of the opera- tion of the agreement made last week to consider the bankruptey bill on Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday of this week to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, but Hepburn (R.) of Iowa ob- jected, being opposed to the consideration of any bill of that character. A Senate bill with amendments was passed for the relief of settiers who located on the Northern Pacific second indemnity belt between August 15, 1887, and January 19, 1889, their tisles having been. declared to be unsound. The report of the Committee on Elec- tions No. 1 on the contested case of Rin- aker vs. Downing, from the Sixteenth District of Illinois, was submitted by minority hav- which to pre- ing until Monday next in sent their views. FOUGHT THE CIRCUS MEN Ruralists Had a Lively Battle With Two Hundred At- taches of the Show. Citizens Helped the Pclice, but They Were Defeated in the En- counter. HUTCHINSON, Kans., April 21.—Par- ticulars of yesterday’s riots at St. John, Kans., were learned to-day. Bond Bros.’ circus was exhibiting there, and a number of “‘grafiers’’ attached to the show were running their gambling devices. A fight ensuned, and over 200 employes and roust- abouts attacked the ruralists. Police officers attempted to arrest one of the cir- cus men, and when the show people re- fused to give him up citizens offered their assistance to the officers. A bloody riot followed between the citi- zens and the circus gang, and the latter, armed with canes, guns and tentstakes, won the battle. Charles Glasscock, a citizen of St. John, was struck on the head with a tent stake and will die. Jack Hedees, a member of the circus, whose home is here, was badly injured. Another circus man was shot in the hip and several citizens were more or less injured. After the fight County Attorney Jen- NEW TO-DAY. 1 Apollinaris NATURAL MINERAL WATER. MALICIOUS STATEMENTS having been disseminated that the APOLLINARIS WATER offered for sale in San Franeiseo is not the Natural product of the APOLLINARIS SPRING in GERMANY, notice is hereby given that every arrival of APOLLINARIS WATER is accompanied by a CERTIFICATE from the Proprietors of the APOLLINARIS SPRING stating that the shipment consists of Apollinaris Natural Mineral Water, bottled at the Apollinaris Spring near Neuenahr, Rhenish Prussia. x Such Certificates are invariably declared and sub- scribed to by the said Proprietors in the presence of the CONSUL of the United States of America at COLOGNE in GERMANY, and are filed at the San Franeiseco Custom House where they can at all times be inspected. A REWARD of $1,000 will be paid for information which will lead to the conviction of any person or persons selling spurious Apollinaris Water. JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, Representing CHARLES GRAEF & CO., NEw YORK. Sole Agents of the APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDOR. nings wired Governor Morrill at Topeka for militia. Goverror Morrill wired at midnight that troops would be ordered out immediately. The Santa Fe people, how- ever, would not hold the train, and the circus men_got away at 11:30 o’clock last night for Dodge City. Governor Morrill ordered a company from Newton, and it passed through here this morning. e HUNDREDS MADE H(YMELESS. Devastation Caused by the Rise of the St. Lawrence. THREE RIVERS, Quesec, April 21.— The water in the St. Lawrence has risen two feet since yesterday and is now higher than during the great flood of 1865, the highest on record here. An immense loss has been sustained by farmers near this city. Three Shundred homeless families are being 1odged by the city. The water works and electric light stations are flooded and the city 1s without either water or light supply. 2 - At Lake St. Peter ice passing down this afternoon swept the wharves and river front clean of all buildings, including the Richelien and Ontario Navigation Com- pany’s frei htsheds and offices and the Canadian Pucific freizhtsheds. People fled from their homesin terror. Thirty- two buildings have so far succumbed to the flood. : Over 1000 logs belonging to the St. Maurice Lumber Company broke their boom at Batiscan to-day and were carried away, taking with them Marsicotte’s bridge, 600 feet long. MISS EDNA LISSON. NEOF THE PRETTY YOUNG MISSES of Bakersfield is Miss Edna Lisson. The above portrait gives but a partial view of this beautiful girl. Her motner, Mrs. A. Lisson, vouches for the following: About two years ago Edna was suffering from eruptions of the skin. Her face, her hands, her body were at times all com- pletely covered with blotches of small vmples. Many were the remedies tried to no avail. All kinds of soaps, ointments and doctors’ prescriptions availed not. About this time Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilla was recommended. The first bot- tle was used and the only change for the better was the regularity of the bowels and the bright clearness of the eyes. Afterthe second bottle Edna began to get well. She not only became strong and hearty, but all the facial blemishes disappeared, and is now the beautiful young lady you see hefore you. ‘Luis story is not colored just to boom Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. The above story is about the mildest way of telling the actual facus concerning the blood remedy, Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Doctors have oiten been puzzled and “give it up’—about Juy’s. Itisa peculiar herb remedy. It contains no mineral poisons. It is made entirely of herbs. The only people who speak against the remedy are the druggists who have “A BETTER PROFIT" sarsaparilla. When you wanta good blood medicine that produces no pimples take Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilia. NG R E IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE MOST successful Specialist of the &ge in the treatment of all Nervous. Chronic and Privats diseases of both sexes. Lost Manhood, Vital Losses, Exhausting Drains, Impotency and all sexual disorders of YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED and OLD MEN a life-long study and practic Special atlention given to diseases of the Eye, ar, Head, Heart, Throat, Stomach, Liver and Bowels; Kidney, B'adder and Urinary Organs. Prompt and perfect cures guaranteed. The worthy poor ol the city are welcome to his best professional services on Friday afternoons of every week, free and without cost. Call or write. Offices permanently located 737 Market Strest, San Francisco, Cal. ROSE CARNIVALS =ss AND Aw=ee VENETIAN WATER CARNIVAL will swell the great tide of merry. making to sweep over the State this season. SANTA ROSA CARNIVAL 1s Programmed for April 30, May 1 and 2. The charming City of Roses is ve much st home with this favore flower, and her pride in its_exhibi- tion s amazing weal SAN MATEO COUNTY'S ROSE CARNIVAL 1s to be held at Redwood City on the. DATES NAMED ABOVE, and it will be abundently proven that San Meteo knows all about roses. SANTA CRUZ VENETIAR WATER CARNIVAL is announced for June 17 to 20, in. clusive. Mere mention brings vivid recollections of last season’s Ermllnt event, to be completely eclipsed this ear, it is said. Thousands will won- er how. REDUCED RATES w1ve made b, the Southern Pacific Company for al these brilliant events. Arrange your vacation programmes accordingly and call on theagents for particulars FOR BARBERS, BAK- ouse: -tables, brewers, bookbinders, und;' \kers, canners, dyers, foundries, laundries, paper pa) hangers, printers, Dainters, shoe factories, stable men, tar-roofers, nunanj tallors, etc. 5 BUCHAN g‘xos. Brush Manufacturers, 609 Sacramento3& :nrxpnssed only by her th of roses. I \% A L