Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-17
THE CORNER STONE.
SAN BERNARDINo CoUNTY's GREAT
GALA DAY.
The State Hospital for the Insane
About to Build There well Begun
on Monday.

Monday was great day in the city of
San Bernardino and in all the county of
that name. The Southern California
state hospital for the insane is to be
erected about seven miles northeast of
the city, and the corner stone was laid
on the day just referred to. The gov
ernor of the state and his secretary, the
governor-elect, and many other state
officials were to be present, and the
ceremonies were in the hands of the
grand lodge of masons of the state.
Many distinguished guests were invited
from various points, and the event drew
a great concourse of people to the spot.
The hour for opening the ceremonies
was set for 3 p. m, at which
time it is estimated 5000 people
were on the spot. The site is about
three miles east of the road to Arrow
head springs and we'll up the foot OF the
mountains. The location is much like
that of the pretty town of Whittier, and
a similar view extends over the valley.
Historic details of the institution and
description of the proposed building ap-
peared in the HERALD on Monday morn
ing. All attempted at this time will be
few notes on the events of the day.
The Grand Masonic lodge officers ar
rived Sunday, consisting of A. X. Conk-
lin, G. M; M. Johnson, d. g. M. +.
c. Hail, S. G. W.; DR.. H. S. Orme, j.
CIV. IN. w. Spaulding, G. T. M. M. d.
Boruck. G. o.; George Johnson, G. S..
j. B. Stevens, A. G.. 3. T. Cockrill, g.
s. B.. A. Hanson. G. S. B.. G. G. Bush,
G. B. B.; F. G. Woodbury., S. 6. d. F.
p. Ball, D. g.; o. Bulls, j.
G. s.; George Lord, G. c.; Col.
Stevenson, OF Stevenson's regiment,
first grand master of the state. Col.
Stevenson's familiar and picturesque
figure was an interesting feature of the
day, both at the site and at the Stewart
hotel in the evening. 1t was into the
southern end of the state he came more
than forty years ago, and he was met
now on the spot by Judge S. o. Hough-
ton, of this city, former member OF
the regiment. For forty years the Col
onel had not visited the scenes of his
early adventures. He is now approach
ing the century term of life, and is still
hale, though of course bearing the
marks of his great age.
Major HI. l.. Drew, chairman of the
asylum trustees, called the audience to
order and introduced Grand Master A.
X. Conkling, of Inyo county, who took
charge of the ceremonies. The grand
officers then proceeded with the pro-
aramme, vocal music being furnished by
the Masonic quartette.
Governor Waterman made short
opening address. Colonel J. d.
the first grand lodge of Ma
-, ha eto 20
master thereof. Marcus d. Boruck made
the address of the afternoon, being an
elaborate presentation of the work OF
caring for the insane under modern
methods. BY the time this was closed
night was near at hand, and there was
journey of seven miles to make to get to
the city. William Harris, ESQ.,, had
been on the list for speech, but de-
clined. A letter of regret that illness
prevented his being present was read.
In the evening q reception was held in
the spacious parlors of the Stewart hotel,
after which procession was formed of
ladies and gentlemen, and the whole
party proceeded to the large rooms on
the ground floor OF the st. Charles hotel,
where an elaborate banquet was spread.
Hon. E. +. Spence acted as master OF
ceremonies in that tactful and genial
way which is characteristic of that gen.
tleman. He was introduced to the au-
dience by Mr.. Oscar Newberg, president
OF the board of trustees, of San Bernar-
dino. Toasts were drank to the governor
and the governor-elect, and cheers were
given for each with great good will. The
scene was brilliant one. The hall was
charmingly decorated with palm leaves
and flowers. The menu was pyinted on
satin, and an excellent string band dis
coursed delightful music. The following
sentiments were responded to:
State of California: R. w. Waterman
Pioneers: Judge Willis, of San Ber-
nardino.
The Ladies': TT. Vivian, of the San
Francisco Chronicle.
Sweet Bye-and-Bye: Walter S.
Moore
Our Benevolent Institutions: FL. A..
Palmer.
San Bernardino City: Judge G. w.
o. Rowell.
City of the Angels: Fl. 4. Hazard.
The hour of O'Clock in the morning
having arrived, the remainder of the
toasts were cut off.
The Grand lodge of Masons, in a spe-
cial car, returned north yesterday.
Between times at the banquet a quar-
tette from Los Angeles, led by Il. E.
Paulson, and comprising Fred Nay, G.
N. Pring, f. w. Wallace and w. Deity,
sang bits of well selected music
There were probably 400 guests at the
banquet, which was. excellently pro-
vided by Cowley & Baker of the Hol-
lenbeck, Los Angeles.
The fine Stewart hotel was packed
with guests all Monday and Tuesday,
and the management made heroic eff
forts to take care of their guests.