The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-01


ARTS tower.
$50 P. M.-COncert by Mexican band in
music pavilion near Administration
building.
2;45 p. M.-COncert by Cassasa's Mid
winter Exposition band in Liberal Arts
building.
p. M.-Evening chimes on the bells.
1880 z. M.-Grand illumination of the
exposition buildings and central court,
including steel tower and Firth wheel.
P. NJ. - Concert by Mexican band
in music pavilion, near Admin istratiOn
building.
$40 and $50 P. NJ. The wonderful
electric fountain.
The Midwinter Fair has a Jonah. All
Of the officials are agreed upon that point
and they have also settled upon the iden.
tity Of the haTbnger of i'll luck.
Whenever q special attraction is an
nounced at Sunset City rain or fog pre-
vents its being carried out TO a successful
completion. Especially in connection WI tn
announcements of pyrOtechnic displays
bad weather invariably initiates against
the interests Of the exposition. On the
last three Sundays. 25-cent rate having
been announced and large crowds expected,
there vas bad weather on the first day of
the week, every other day being fine, with
out any fair fetes.
On Wednesday night an elaborate dis
play of fireworks and a special illumina-
ton of the central court had been an
nuunced in connection with the observ-
ance of Decoration day. a Scotch mist
kept visitors uncOm Portable all afternoon.
In the evening the fog developed info
steady dTlZZle. The directOr-geneIal or
dered the parade to take place as an
nOunced. Then the rain Increased so in
violence that the order for the pyrotechnics
was cOuntermanded.
No sooner had all the fireworks para
phernala been removed and the persons
engaged to participate IN the parade dis
missed than the rain ceased, the moon
shOne steadily and the stars twinkled mer-
Tlly. At the advertised hour for the pro-
cesslOn TO appear the visitors we're en-
JOying perfect summer night. Loud out
cries and vigorous protests followed the
announcement that there would be no
show, and the management got itself dis
liked in consequence
This experience has been repeated MANY
times All through the working Of the
fair the fine Italian hand Of the Jonah has
been plainly discernible DirectOr-Gen-
eral de Young points to Milton Gunckel,
the fireworks manager, al the man whose
behavior Justites his use as food for big
fish. After Gunekel has made desirable
contracts with the management for a dis
play the weather invariably comes to his
assistance and he saves his fireworks.
Viscount 7. de POrterhouse Robinson,
the amusement director, has been driven
TO the verge of insanity by the atmos-
pheTic impediments to his success. He is
determined to take rid of the Jonah, who
caused drought when the country was
suffering for rain, and sends floods when
the crops are so far advanced as to require
fine weather.
All day yesterday the willowy ViscOunt,
wearing Traffic Manager Days boots and
spurs, circulated around the grounds a
petition for signatures. The document
asks the executive committee to call upon
Colonel Shafter and the guards to cast
Jonah Gunckel out of the grounds. The
dlTector-geDeral volunteered the informa-
tlon that the management would supple
ment this proposed disposition of the
Jonah by an appropriation for his trans
portation to the arid regions of Death
Valley.
A picturesque parade, albeit trife
garish. ushered in the Oriental celebration
Of Ottoman day at the fair yesterday. 1t
was the anniversary Of the ascension TO
the Ottoman throne of Abdul Hamid
Kahn, and all the officers of the admins
fration, members of the executive COM
mi:tee and county commissioners decorated
their heads with fezes Of scarlet.
The procession left the Oriental village
4
ton band at its head, moved around the
grand court and through the Midway back
to the village. Count Valcourt de Yer
mont, the Oriental concessionalre
marched at the head OF the line, and be-
hind him were all the merchants of Cairo
street and the attaches of the village on
foot. Then came the Turkish dancing
girls on camels, the boys on ponies and
dOnkeys with the sword dancers perform
lag their gyrations during the entire line
of march.
The visitors at the exposition crowded
around the procession, and many of them
followed the paraders down to Festival
Hall. where the exercises of the day were
TO take place. Never in the history of the
exposition has the hall presented a scene
more extraordinarily national than on
thls occasion. The great majority of the
audience were swarthy, red-feZzed Otto
mans, and they comprised the most en-
thusiastic audience ever gathered there.
Count Vermont sat behind the table on
the stage and over him stood Mussulman
with an American flag 10 his band. AT either
end OF the Ia bic stood Turks IN national cos
tune, with Turkish flags in their hands,
and thus was there blending of Turkey
and America from the outset. One OF the
Turkish hag-bearers chanted an inVOca-
ton as a preliminary to the opening of
the exercises.
Count Vermont made an apology for the
non-appearance of the Turkish Consul
george Il. L. HAL, VINO was 10 nave pre-
sided. Count Vermont disclamed ability
to fill the position with as much credit as
Consul hall would have gained, but voun-
teered to do his best. He called atten-
ton TO the fact that this was the anniVer-
cary of the ascension of the present Sultan
TO the throne of Turkey and of the Otto
man Empire. Although he had not lived
long in COnstantinOple he had heard
enough from others no knew better than
he of the great worth of this ilustrious
monarch who relgnS over Turkey in
Europe. Turkey in Asia and Turkey in
Africa.
Director General de Young spoke about
the gloTies Of the Ottoman Empire, which
he said had been written in gold and 10
blood
Knall Aborlhu spoke in English and
Scbabel DamOns in Arabic on behalf Of
the temporarily good-natured shOpkeepers
on the Cairo street. The last speech was
that VI r. II. Truesdell, chief of the de-
pzTtnsHt II publicity, who was introduced
TUX " be one Of US" The Hebrew
RABBI gftbs village and Syrian priest then
rectts4 brzYers.
The mswbsfs If the State Board of
Hotteglihis net yesterday in the Horti-
cahbf&l pt}NizZ and arranged pro-
gfaWHs f@f tie esisbration of Horticul-
tural dEy ~ J1ns 2. All Of the horticul-
tofal coaaslss VI California will take part