The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1901, Page 2

THE SA FRANCISCO ALL., MONDAY, MAY 6, 1901 ALL IN READINESS TO GREET THE PRESIDENT McKINLEY RESTS IN OLD EL PASO Continued from First Page. President and Mrs. McKinley as soon as the members of the Davis Committee had withdrawn. While they were waiting at the end of the Pullman they were photo- graphed. As the ladies withdrew, Mrs. McKinley appeared at the door.of the car and smiled sweetly at those in the vicin- ity. She was greeted with cheers, the u?ung of hats and the waving of hand- kerchiefs. She threw kisses to a number of children who were near at hand, and the little ones scemed to appreciate this gracious act of the first lady of the land. Mrs. McKinley’s Health. Mrs. McKinley's health has not been good and she shows plainly the effects of | the fatiguing journey across the great State of Texas. She is better to-day, but &t other points to the dition, and her physician at one time fcared that it would be necessary for her to discontinue the journ Many per- sons in the crowd .to-day noted that her face indicated that her health Was not good. They also noted the tenderness with jch the President supported her with his arm and assisted her to and from the seat. Alarming reports concerning her state of health have been telegraphed from various -points along the route. These have been somewhat exaggerated. it cannot be denied that she is in a very frail condition of health, but there has been no decided change for better or worse. At New Orleans the rocking of the boat completely upset her and for an hour or two she kept to her cabin, with the Presi- dent in consta: upon her. At San Antonio she was in a state of partial collapse on account of the very warm weather and the excitement | incident to such a trip. orning when she went for a served that she was q walked feebly and had to be supported. Yet, it must be remembered that as long ago as the fi uguration of President McKinley she in mueh the same con- dition and had to be supported on the platform at the east front of the Capitol y the President’s brother, Abner Mc- Kinley. It is hoped that she will be able to accomplish the remainder of the jour- ney without serious indisposition. To-mor- row the ladies of the party w tained in Old Juarez at a it is hoped that Mr well enough to be pr - The Southern Reception. I asked Secretary Hay to-r me his impressior corded Pres and of gene sections Tt is a satisfaction to comply with The Call's request.” said he, “f; unbounded plea: some public utte: ¥ ti all feel over the generous and ho treatment we have r line since we left Washingto: pected it, and were not disappointed iberality and hospitality of the people have long b proverbial in our country. If there h: been any lack of enthusiasm at any point along the line, it was not observable by any member of our party. The Southern people have learned the art of entertaining in a quiet manner. If there has been any lack of nolsy demonstrations, it is because of this fact. Our receptions at various points along the route have been quiet but none the less cordial. Business and general con- ditions are improviug in the South, and we are happy to note it.” Postmaster General Smith said: “Our weicome in the South has been all that we expected. Everywhere have we received the most kindly treatment. It must be remembered that a vast rumber of people in the South aregopposed politi- cally to the present admistration, but it has gratified us to observe that the Southern peopie have not allowed political prejudices to influence them to any tent. A Steady Improvement. “I have observed in the public prints some allusions to a rather cool treatment accorded the President and his associates on his trip; but it must be remembered that Southern methods are different from + METCALF URGES VALLEJO TRIP Congressman Victor H. Metcalf of the Third District said this evening: | “It would be an excellent | thing if the President could find time to wvisit the Mare Island Navy Yard, for much good would come, from such a trip. I will leave to-morrow for the south to meet the President and will take the matter up at that time. The great difficulty is that the route of the President has al- ready been completed and it is P wvery difficult to make a change. I have just returned from Vallejo and the people of that city are much inter- ested. They hope that at least the Secretary of the Navy will visit the navy yard. I hope to ‘be able to have a portion of the Presidential party, if not the President, go to Vallejo.” +- L e o T e e o S B S S i B S S S A R S T Y WL DEVELDP GOFFEE FELDS American Capital to Be Invested in Our New Possessions. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, May 5.—All the cpt- fee consumed in the United States can be grown in the islands which have been ac- yuired since the outbreak of the Spanish war. This is the conclusion reached by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Degan.ment after 2. careful study of the coffee producing capabilities of our new insular possessions. The islands in which coffee can be successfully grown are Ha- wail, Porto Rico and ‘the Philippines. Porto Rican coffee, in the markets where it is well known, 15 regarded as the best In the world, and ic is the conclusion of the Bureau of Btatistics that when the coffee plantations have been developed in the Phflleinel and Hawall all of one million dollars or more which the United Btates sends abroad every week for cof- fee can be expended among_the inhabi- tants of our own islands. ~Porto Rican coffe has long commanded the high prices n the European markets, though R has een comparatively little known in the United States. The developments of coffee culture in &wun during the. past few years have n very satisfactory both in quality of the coffee produced and the prices real- dzed. In the Philippines the product is of & high grade, and the™ fact that the eastward the | gravest apprehension was felt for her con- | and anxious attendance | TiE ELPAaso { cHORCH AT WHICH PREJSIDENT MEKINLEY ATTENDED SERVICE THE LOCOMOTIVE., THAT WiLL WHIRL THE | those of the North. In place of the pyro- technic welcomes to which we are accus- tomed in the North, we have received in | the South receptions none the less sincere | because quietly expressed. As for gen- eral business conditions in the South and conditions generally, they are just about as we expected. No close observer can fail to notice a steady improvement in business and_industrial conditions in the South, slow but sure, and God speed the | day when the Southern country will be | completely regenerated and revived! Her natural resources are abundant, her peo- ple intelligent and industrious.” There no reason Wwhy _general prosperity throughout the South should be retarded, and if any act of the administration can | be an aid to the material welfare of the Southern people, ¥ ay be sure it will }be forthcoming.” Phoenix Prepared. | PHOENIX, Ariz., May 5—Phoenix is | elaborately decorated and preparations are almost complete for a great welcome to the Presidential party. The President is scheduled to arrive in Phoenix on Tues- day. —_— | London Times Comments. LONDON, May 6.—Commenting editori- | ally on the “exceptional circumstances of President McKinley’s tour and its party objects,” the Times refers-to his *‘use of language at New Orleans h, in a liberal | sense, might be adopted with acclamation by the Cobden Club,”.and adds: “If by | seven weeks of unremitting toil he can ob- |tain any acceptance for these principles | among the American people he will be | able to look back upon them as the best | spent weeks of his political life.” SR AT | | GOVERNOR NASH'S ‘ WESTWARD TRIP Religious Services With Song and Music Held -Aboard the Ohio Special KANSAS CITY, May 5.—The Ohio spe- cial bearing Governor N and staff and about one hundred citizens of Ohio to San Francisco for the launching of the | battleship Ohio passed through Kansas City soon after noon- to-day. Religious | services were held on board the train at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. George W. Collier, who was chaplain :of the Thirty- | fourth’ Ohio Regiment during the Civil | War, in the same brigade with President McKinley. : |~ Rev. Dr. Collier read the Thirty-fourth | Psalm and based his discourse on it. As | there were many good singers in the party the music was a prominent feature. For accompaniment there was the hum of the train, which was making almost a mile a minute. Nearly all on the train had been called into one of the larger cars for the services. The train was in charge of General Pas- senger Agent McCarthy of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern to St. Louis, then of A. A, Gallagher of the Missouri Pacific, El"lyllcll conditions and climate of the lands are very similar to those of.Japan, the greatest coffee producing island of the warld, suggests great possibilities to those wiy desire to see American money ex- pended under the American flag. The fact that the United States is by far the great- est coffee-consuming country of the world, and is steadily increasing her consump- tion, suggests that American capital and energy may turn their attention to this promising fleld now cpened in the islands ‘where American enterprise can safely en- ter upon business undertakings. Our coffee importations during the ninc months ending with March, 1901, amounted to 617,344,000 pounds, with a value of $45,- 218,000, a sum nearly $5,000,000 in excess of the value of the coffee imports of the same months of the Lreceding fiscal year, indicating that for the full fiscal year the total value of the coffee imported into the United States will be about $60,000,000. Marin’s Reception. SAN RAFAEL, May 5~The Marin County committee for the reception of President McKinley in this county during his visit in the State has prepared its Elann. ‘When the President arrives at ausalito he will be met by all the Sausa- lito school children and many others from the interior of the county. Mount Tamal- ias Military Academy and the Selborne hool will turn out in force and Com- y D of the city under Captain Cheda 1l also be at this point to greet the esident. - A special car will take the party to Mill Valley, from which place an- other train carry the party to the top of Mount Tamalpais. Here' a banquet will be tendered the President. Arrange- ments have been made to make the visit to the mountain as private as possible. et U Colton Prepares. COLTON, May 5—The city is being gayly -| decorated’ with scores of flags and yards of bunting in honor of the coming of the nation’s President. Preparationsiare be- ing madé to present each member of the party fruits and flowers. There will be hundreds of visitors here, as people from Riverside and San Bernardino have al- ready signified their intention of greeting the chief magistrateupon his arrival here. 1 and at Kansas City George T. Gunnip of | the Santa Fe took charge of it. The train wa‘s‘ on schedule time and all aboard were | well. | _Governor Nash was met here by Major | Willlam Arner, past commander of the | Grand Army of the Republic. Many prom- | inent Missourians and residents of Ohio also met the party. | FORMAL WELCOME FOR PRESIDENT |Gage to Inaugurate Series of Receptions by Extend- ing at Redlands the Freedom of the State REDLANDS, May 5.—Active prepara- | tions are under way for the entertainment | of President McKinley and party. The | large double arches at the principal street crossings and at the entrance and exit of | Smiley Park are well under way. Business | houses and residences are floating Old | Glory to the breeze and bunting in liberal | quantities is being used. Redlands will | be decorated in gala attire, the like of | which has not been seen before. | The hotels have already reserved almost all their rooms for people who expect to be here Presidential day. Railroad officials predict that there will be 10,000 visitors here. | _The Presidential gsrty will arrive over | the Southern Pacific Railroad Wednes- day at 9 a. m., and will be escorted to the Casa Loma Hotel by the Grand Army of the Republic, National Guard and mount- ed police. The streets from the depot to | the Jhotel will be literally covered with | flowers, and on either side will be placed a line_of school children, who will wave | palm branches and strew flowers in the President’s pathway. | _ Arriving at the hotel a reception will be held, and after an introduction by Mayor | Fowler official welcome to the State of | California will be tendered by Governor Gage, Lieutenant Governor Neff, Senator Bard, Chief Justice Beatty of the Su- preme Court, the Congressional commit- tee and the legislative committee, During the delivery of the addresses and responses the women of Redlands will tender a reception to the guest of honor, Mrs. McKinley, in the hotel parlors. After these ceremonies the party will take carriages for a drive over Redlands, along the following route: Down Orange street to the park, through the park to Grant avenue, to Brookside avenue, to Railroad avenue, to Olive avenue, to Cres- cent boulevard, up to Cypress avenue, up Cypress avenue to Terracina, f: Ter- racina to Canon Crest Park (Smiley Heights), down the Berpentine drive to Crescent boulevard, Crown street, High- land avenue, Center street, up Prospect — WIS MILLIONS I BIE DEAS Reports Credit. George Whittell With Great Success. X ; Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 5—One of the big winners in the post-election market in Wall street and about whom the oublic knows little, is a quiet San Francisco man named George Whittell, now staying at the Waldorf-Astoria. He has been a bull since last October and has bought some standard stocks not traded in on Ex- change, which have marvelously appre- Ciated fn value, as well as taking & “Hyer at mnoted speculative issues. ~He was wealthy before he began and an acquaint- ance of his said positively to-day that ‘Whittell's fortune had been swelled by 000,000 since the election. “I know it, for he made it under my very nose,” saild this man, who is more or less of a public man and a widely known trader besides. ‘“He made it in Naztional City Bank, Standard Oil, Atchi- son and Union Pacific principally.” 1t 1s_quite_possiblé, however, that the sum of Mr. Whittell’s winnings has been exaggerated. George Whittell is well known here as 2 prominent society and club man. He left San cisco a year or two ago and established his residence in New York. A short while after leaving here the courts were called upon to decide_the question of Whittell's residence. ‘e had’ by made executor of the estate of Nichol PREJIDENTIAL TRAIN THROOGH THE t+ GOLDEN & TATE= - & 5 Hill, thence down Cajon street to Olive avenue, past the Smiley Public Library, to the railroad depot for departure on the train at 12 o'clock. President McKinley and Governor Gage' will ride in the first carriage; in the sec- ond Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Gage; in the third Miss Barber and Henry T. Scott; in the fourth Secretary Hay and Mrs. Hay; in the fifth Secretary Long and Mrs. Long; sixth, Postmaster General Smith and Mrs. Smith; seventh, Secretary Hitchcock and Miss_Hitchcock; eighth, Secretary- Wilson and Miss Wilson; ninth, Secretary Cortel- you, Mrs, Cortelyou, L. I. Scott, J. Krutt- schnitt; tenth, Dr. Rixey, Mrs. Rixey, C. C. Moore and Mrs. Moore; other carriages with State and county officials. ‘With _each carriage will be a_member %f the board of directors of the Redlands oard of Trade, who will point out to the party places of interest along the drive. WEEK OF FIESTA IN LOS ANGELES Electricity Has Trans- formed City Into Glitter- ing and Bejeweled Stage LOS ANGELES, May b5.—Preparations for entertaining the Presidential party are rapidly nearing completion. From to-morrow night on through every ‘night of fiesta week the business district of the city will be a place transformed. Up and down and across the streets, high over the heads of every one, will blaze a myriad of varicolored lights. Electricity is to run riot through the general decor- ative scheme. From pole to pole and from house top Luning, and when he rendered an ac- count of his stewardship a suit was insti- tuted by Mrs. Fife, one of the heirs, for more than $700,000, which she clalmed was due her. hittell claimed the estate had depreciated to that extent. The suit to determine his legal residence grew out of the suit for damages and was brought be- fore the Federal and United States Cir- cuit courts, . TDOORS OF THE SALOONS ARE TIGHTLY CLOSED OMAHA, May 5—The Sunday closing orders were for the most part observed to-day. ‘Two saloon-keepers were arrest- ed for failing to bolt their side doors and half a dozen bootblacks were arrested, KANSAS CITY, May 5.—Saloons in Kan- sas Clty were closed as tight as a drum to-day, for the first time in six years. P Y Sacramento’s Display. SACRAMENTO, May 6.—At a meeting of the citizens' committee of reception to the President it was decided to give an electrical display. The main streets of the city will be strung with incandescent lights and the State Capitol building _will be covered with the same from the dome to the gTonnd. e arches of the Street Falir will be utilized and the Queen's throne will be placed at the disposal of the President’s party while tke grand stand will b packed with thousands of school children. In Ventura. VENTURA, May 6.—Plans for the re- ception of President McKinley and his party are rapidly maturing. The Board of Trade has been assured by Secretary Cortelyou that the party will remain here one hour. Ventura has arranged for a drive for the Presidental party, which will include the principal portions of the town as well as a short trip on the beach. —_— e If You Have Rheumatism Send no money, but writeDr.Shoop, Racine, Wis., box 137.for six bottles of Dr: Shoop's Rheumatic Cure,exp.pald. 1f cured pay35.50, 1f not,it is free® g ¥ to house top the decoration committee has stretched long strings of incandescent iights. Along Spring and Broadway streets there will be a sixteen-candle pow- er lamp to every foot at and on both sides of the streets. At intersections with cross streets more lights, a cloud of them and of every color in the spectrum, will be stretched in a high pointed canopy. The business district will for the week resemble more a gaudy bejewelled stage setting for an extravaganza. It is to be such a display as Los Angeles has never yet seen. Spring, Broadway and Maln streets are strung with twenty- four foot flags in flesta and national col- ors, all the business concerns are comlns to the front generally with rich hue bunting and banners and by Tuesday evening there will be little evidence left that the business district was ever given over to any other uses than those of pleasure, i The programme of the flesta is as fol- ows: illumination of the Tuesday, May 7—Grand principal streets from 7 to 12 p. m.; concert at park and other public places. ‘ednesday, May 8—Music &t public places and park from i0 to 12 & m. Arrival of Presidert McKinley at 2:30 p. m. at Arcade depot; will be received by G. A. R., Army and Navy League, local reception committee and other organizations. Parade from depot to Van Nuys Hotel. Public reception at Van Nuys from 3:30 to § p. m., when he will dine with Homer Lauglin in Adams street at 7:30, ‘where he will pass the night. Evening in city —Illumination and music in thé business sec- tion of Los Angeles. Thursday, May 9—Grand flower parade with gorgeous Orlental division carrying dragon. Subsequent to the parade the President will attend several functions in his honor and will visit the Soldlers’ Home at Santa Monica; to be there received by the old veterans. At 7:30 p. m. he will drive with General Otis. He will pass the night at Bivouae, Gen- eral Otls’ home. Evening in clty—Illumination and music in principal streets of Los_ Angeles. Friday, May 10—President will leave early in the morning for the north. There will be no_leave-taking. Forenoon in Los Angeles—Music in parks and other places. Afternoon—Race meet under auspices of Los Angeles Driving Club. Saturday, May 11—La Flesta closes. with music and’ general {llumination. : ARCHES TO SPAN OAKLAND DRIVES Reception at Berkeley to Be in Keeping With Republican Simplicity OAKLAND, May 5—The Presidential reception committee has nearly completed its plans of decoration. The streets on the route to be taken by the party will be strung with flags and banners on lines two feet apart from Fourteenth and Har- rison streets to the foot of Broadway. At — least three, if not five, arches will be erected along the route, including a floral arch at the intersection of Fourteenth street and Broadway. Arches will be built at Twelfth street and Broadway and at Twelfth and Washington streets. The committee has under consideration the erection of arches at Harrison and Thir- teenth streets and at the foot of Broad- way. 3 At the high school bullding a great can- opy of bunting and flags will be erected over the President's stand, which wiil face Lafayette Park. The entire building will be lavishly decorated. Chief of Police Hodgkins, who has charge of the arrangements for handling the crowds along_ the route and at the high school, has decided to string heavy wires along the curbs.and to barricade the streets leading into the high _schoo Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Grove and Je: ferson streets will be fenced off in order to prevent teams from encroaching upon the people. The police force will be in- creased by seventy-five special lceme! to guard the lino of 1 march, - Dollcemen e finance committee has $1500 scribed, with ready responses fromm:fi Ivho have been solicited. ~About 3000 will e needed to* defray the expens reeewion. = pense of the ere will' be a big demand f for decorative purposes. . The woriomers will call upon the citizens in due season to contribute from the thousands vate gardens that beautify the city. Prominent members of the Ebell So- clety, including Mrs. R. P. Gleason, Mrs W. H. Friend and others, have offered the suggestion that the ladles of and pregare an aporopriate souvenir, with flowers, for presentation to Kinley during her brief sta: dence of Senator George C. ‘erkins Preparations are going ‘on thoroughly and systematically for the reception at the University of California. No elab. orate features have been proposed, as the committees in charge desire to have the affair one of simplicity, in entire harmony ‘with republican and Am s P! d erican university The President is ex%ected to arri Berkeley station by cial e ‘:&e o train at in satin, Mrs. Mc- at the resi- the siden California a‘n§e d:lv:fi ‘-‘,’3 g::n::? “ to the oval of the college cinder path, where the exercises will be held. Center street from the station to the grounds will_be by a ko:-! committee arch will be erected over the Center-street As the university grounds m’flf;';""'fi u:el: nr:fi:u:ta.ed the driveway through the fhan proviaed by watura " Jecorations The committee of arrangements will make no attempt to seat all of the crowd expected. It would be impossib] Al- together about 8000 seats will be provided. teen ;::fluhorm — s cises.” Students will be Eieen | rence of seats, and they are now signing for T——-———____'——F PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT TRAIN PRSI FRESEES Continued from First Page. ception _committee. _ Second cacriage— Grand Commander Right Eminent Sir George B. McKee; Deputy Grand Com- mander Sir W. Frank Plerce: Grand Gen- eralissimo_Sir Willlam D. Knights; Grard Captain General Sir George Sinsabaugh. ‘he line of march will be from the Pal- ace Hotel to the Mechanics' Pavilion and return. The Subscriptions. The following subscriptions were re- ceived for the twenty-four hours ending Saturday evenirg: Whittier, Coburn & Co., $20; Gutta Percha | and Rubber Manufacturing Company, Hart & Brother, §20; Kohiberg, Strauss & Fr man, $20; Norton Tanning Company, $20; S. H. Frank & Co., $20; Thomas Denigan & Co., §2 Braun &, Prior, $20; Kron Tanning Compan: §20; Parcells, Greenwood & Co., $20; Frank Maskey & Co.. $20; Gruenhagen Brothegs. $2: Hastings Clothing Company, 320; G. H. Umbsen & Co., $20; Builock & Jones Co., §20; Giant Pow- der Company, §20; Bancroft-Whitney Company, $20; S. Bachman & Co., $20; St. Nicholas Hotel, $20. Hotel Pleasanton, $20; New Western and International Hotel, 320; Standard Biseuit Com- pany, $20; Gualala Mill Company, $20; Bartlett Doe, $20; Byxbee & Clark, §%; Pacific States | Saving, Loan and Building Company, $20; Bald- win' Jewelry Company, §20; M. Blaskower & Co., $20; H. U. Brandenstein, $20; John Sroufe . $20: Willlam & Wolff ‘& Co., $&a: ingston & Co., $20; Gutte ghan, Nelson & Co., $20; $20; American Type Company, 320 0., S T MW B $15; ~ Jesse E. 3 R. B. Hogue, 320; Pacific Metal Works, §20 Fischbeck & Cheetham. §20: J. Dunne & Co., & Frank, $20; Hicks-Judd Company, Gray < 7. L. Marks, $20; B. Pasquale & Co., . Hildebrandt & Posner Co., $20; Svrufl_m‘}tr Buneman, 320; Caley & Roeder, $20; 3 Motson & Campbell, $20; B. S. Pllisbury & Co., $20; Nevada Warehouse and Dock Com- Charles Newman, $20: 1. Deutch, $20; John Morton & Co.. $20; H. . $20; Mission Soap and “andle Works, $20; Nonotuck Silk Company. $20; Justinian Caire & Co., $20; F. Fugasl & Co., '§20; Albert Wolff (Spreckels Rotisserle), $20; Union Lumber Company, $20; John Center, 20. Golden Gate Cloak and Suit House, §20: & Co., $20; B;l‘un!mts;rl'& . 15; Kohler & Chase, al’s, e $i5; Hansen & Eirick, §15; Long Syrup Total, §1485. L J them at the ufiiversity. Tickets for seats wiil be sent to prominent citizens. The platform from which the President will speak will face the bleachers on the west. It will seat several hundred in- vited guests, among them members of tne Presidential party, Governor Nash of Ohio, Governor Gage, Regents, faculty and others. CAREFUL PLANS NEAR FRUITION San Jose Will Be a Wil- derness of Blossoms—A Splendid Floral Exhibit SAN JOSB, May 5.—Santa Clara County is ready to receive President McKinley in manner befitting the Garden City of the West. Thousands upon thousands of flowers are being plucked to do homor to the nation’s Chief Executive. A wilder- ness of blossoms will be presented on this occasion for the delight of the city's guests—a profusion such as it would be almost impossible to gather elsewhere than in the sunny and fertile valley of the Santa Clara. Arrangements are complete. The man- agement and the committees have worked long and hard. For nearly four months the preparation has been i jrogress, and there. have been thousands ‘of workers, from the school child who has acted as gardener, planting and training the smail plot of flowers set aside for each one who cared to help, to the director general, who has devoted his entire time to the Carnival affairs. Many hands have done hard work, and constant attention has made Santa Clara County's welcome the most pretentious, in a floral way, of any city on the President's route. San Jose will provide the Californian floral exhibit for the benefit of the Eastern visitors, and it will cause eyes to open wide at its magnificence. In the parade en the morning of the 14th, when President McKinley will ride at the head of a procession of fifty floral floats and hundreds of carriages deco- rated with blossoms, the idea has RQeen not to attempt to compete with the larger citles in number of organizations in line, nor in military splendor. The results of the fertile soil and beautiful climate, flowers in profusion, will be the sole rea- son for the exhibit. At a meeting yesterday of the ladies auxiliary committee, Mrs. Williams, a landscape gardener from near Alma, was given charge of the decoration of |the fountain in St. James Park. Her plans are very extensive and will make this one of the most beautiful features of the floral display. Mrs. Williams has one of the finest ferneries in the State, and sne intends to use her choice plants in the decorations. These will be arranged with an abundance of flowers to make the cen- ter of the park a floral labyrinth. Mrs. Addie Frink, secretary of the com- mittee, has already received notice of about five hundred contributions of flow- ers for the women's work in the decora- tions. The fear that the recent rain had injured the Carnival flower erop is un- founded, and there will be blossoms in plenty. A contribution to the. general fund of the carnival in the nature of a large check has been received from Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford. The university, too, has offered its Services In any way deemed best by the committee to heJp make the project a suctess. A miniature of the battleship Ohio made of flowers will be the offering of the Ohio- ans of this city and county to President MeKinley. At first it was intended to have it a float in the parade, but this has been abandoned, and the ship will now be suspended between two pillars in front of the Courthouse. The battleship will be §Welve‘hfeebt lon!.huvvh;‘te dcll;fi ‘,men ‘will ‘orm the base, while the detall work wi be of red and blue flowers. o The ladies’ auxiliary committee has asked and received permission from the management to name the person who will present the mammoth bouquet to Presi- lent McKinley. Mrs. E. O. th will robably be chosen, as it was her bright dea. that gave the carnival this feature. She is chairman of the ladies’ committee and has been very active in the arrange- ments for the festival. General J. 8. Gage, a veteran of the civil ‘war, will have charge of the President’'s salute of twenty-one guns. The eannon will be placed at such a distance from the incoming train that the report will not disturb any of the party. e members of the Grand Army Posts will compose the firing party. Ohio’s delegation will arrive in San Jose twenty-four hours before the Presidential party, on Sunday, the 12th. They will be given'a more extensive view of the county than it will be possible to give the Presi- dent, as Sunday afternoon will be devoted to driving the visitors about the beautiful valley roads. The headquarters of the Ohloans In the Courthouse will be handsomely decorated and here a reception will be tendered all residents of the Buckeye State. A special reception will be tendered Governor Nash and party of Ohio, and it s expected that the esident can be prevailed upon to attend for a short time. Open house will be kept during the carnival. Governor N::h;ampar‘li{“:yfll bed ta‘klen for a drive about the and iven an Itallan breakfast at the Quito farm. - . Santa Barbara SAN®A BARBARA. May 5.—P1 the reception of President ucx:.:lzy o Santa Barbara on May 10 have been com- g'l:ted. His visit is limited to three hours. iy R v Sk ber eliver an eV & & a !hm 1::311«: reception mc“dn““ thox:ah&l‘(; mm “Work:hen‘ back to the train at 1 ecoration Gent MeKinley 15 to bo city during Tege s and this picturesque vehicle ored with pink Duchess roses. Just the woodwork is being covered with silk which will afford a good backgro