The morning call., 1894-02-01
CITRUS PREMIUMS.
Awards to Be Made To-
Day for the North.
WAR STILL WAGES AT CAIRO.
Imported Musicians Have Undue
Prominence.
FISH FROZEN IN ICY BLOCKS.
Preparations for Saturdays Grand
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Me-
mento of General Grant.


Oranges and lemons will have another
field day this afternoon at the Northern
and Central California building. The
awards will be made in connection with
the Northern Citrus Fair. and a horticul-
tural jubilati0n will follow.
The officers of the exhibit will give a
| luncheon at the 40 Mining Camp to the
principal officials of the exposition. An
| nouncement of the prize winners will after
ward be made by Professor f. w. Hilgard,
B. N. Lelong and David Allison, VINO CON-
prise the judges. in the Northern Counties
will be given and speeches will be made
by DirectOr-GeneTal de Young and others.
With to-day the citrus com mpetition ends,
but the display of fine specimens of oranges
and lemons will be continued and the nigh
will De maintained.
The executive committee has ord cred
that the Iowa State band shall play two
concerts daily and the Mldwinter Expo
sltion band only one. Usually the Iowa
musicians have the better opportunity for
performing before the visitors TO Sunset
City, but yesterday the San Francisco play
ers had an innings. The Midwinter band
was at the stand near the Administration
attractive programme under the alternate
leadership of ii. j. Stewart and 9. ii.
ChSsasa. Although most of the seats had
been removed from the neig h bor h GOD dur
Ing the macadamiZrng OF the road, an un-
usually large audience listened TO the con-
certs. The people showed their appreci-
alton of the local musicians by frequent ap-
nlause, and two numbers were encOred. The
nnance committee Will probably demand that
the Exposition Dand be heard at least as often
as lie lOWauS curing the tattPf's engagement
Civil wal sIl,l RACES on tile Cairo streets. Com
merce was suspended and all the booths were
closed yesterday. 1he dancing girls bottled
up their grace and there were no theatrical at
fractions of any sort. The cOncliatory inter-
view arranged for yesterday between the con-
cessionaires ana their tenants did not take
place, the former falling 10 keep the appoint
ment
The woI shippers OF the sun and the disciples
OF the prophet hung about The Oriental Village
pouring out their grievances ID The ears OF
every one who would listen. They represent
their financial condItlon as deplOrabe and aver
that their families are starving. They insist
that th.ir future Is hopeless unless the charge
OF 10 cents al the village Kate be removed. In
stead OF the threats which accompanied The
commencement of the strike there ara now en-
treaties In the meantime the prOprletOrs of
the general village say nothing.
one of the most beautiful features Of next
Saturday nights display viii be The lliumina-
tion OF lie dome of the Administration build
ing, in spiral, from base 10 apex The glass
dome OF tie Agricultural and Horticultural
building will be lighted from the interior. All
OF the main buildings will be outlined with
incandescent lights and The grounds will be
Illuminated win arc lights. Lieutenant Has
son, The electrical engineer OF the exposition
and Lieutenant Hunt, chief of the department
OF mechanical arts, are working day and night
TO get everything In readiness for this lighting
carnival. which will be very enjoyable.
Big blocks of ice are being frozen for the por-
tlcO of ihe Horticultural building. Each block
will contain twelve nsn, every one a different
variety. The fsh-inhabiIed blocks Will be
nlacpn pNnihtIOn Saturday nd
Monday, II being estimated that the Ice, placed
Iii The shadow OF The roof will not melt for
three days.
hilmar Stephany, the manager of the Vienna
| Prater concession, is arranging for reception
| 10 be rendered 10 The press IN Franz Joseph
| Hall TOMORROW evening, and 250 newspaper
people OF San Francisco Will De invited as spe-
| cial ,gue.ts of the occasion; will be accorded
front tables In the concert hall, aud these tables
will be laden with everything that is good and
palatable. Three thousand other Invitations
Will b. sent out. and IL goes without saying that
everybody Invited will CO. Tor the word has
been passed In musical circles In and about
San Francisco that tile orchestra and military
concerts by the Vienna baud are rare treats i'm
! the musical line.
The Concessionaires' Club has elected a new
| set OF officers, and the meetings are now held
every Tuesday evening at Acazar Hall. The
new directorate of the club Is as follows: Victor
| ID. Duboce, president; j. Barrows, first vice
president; L. Hahn, second vice. president:
Louis Saronl, secretary; L. II. Mitchell, treas
| urer.i
The Emergency Hospital will be removed
| to-day from the quarters temporarily occupied
in Festival Hall to its permanent building
south Of the Administration building. The
| hospital is flushed and is neat and convenient
! structure.
Win the last day Of January Traffic Manage,
Daily has handled 3I4 cars OF exhibits at the
exposition grounds, all having been unloaded
and their contents arranged I'm the various
| buildings. Twelve cars are now at the Oak.
| land pier and fifty cars of exhibits are on The
way from Chicago. 1t Is expected that all
these shipments will be received here within
the next two weeks.
Humboldt County is proudly exhibiting q
| small fiame structure brought from Fort Hum
boldt. Ii is the sentry-b box in which General
Grant did duty when he was stationed there as
hrst lieutenant: Ii occupies prominent place
In The Humboldt building, and from its asso
Citations will attract much attention.
Governor Levi X. Fuller OF Vermont has ap-
pointed +. Dillingham;. president OF the Pacific
Coast Association. Sons of Vermont, as one OF
the honorary commissioners from the Green
| pOintment Is intended as a recognition Of the
society by the State OF Vermont Governor
| Fuller writes that a number OF prominent Yer
| monters are planning TO come TO San Fran
cisco. and that he will select special day tt
be observed under the auspices oil Fermonier.
at the time when the largest numbrr OF native.
OF that State will be In this city. A meeting o.
| Vermonters will be held In room 1 of the Mills
building on Saturday evening for the purpose
| OF perfecting arrangements for the proper OBJ
seryancr OF Vermont day.
The following programme OF music will bs
| rendered by the Midwinter Exposition band
this afternoon at O'Clock in The Marufac
lures building:
PART 7.
Grand overture. "Robespierre". Litto
(a) Chilean Dance" e"...........,.......De Desorme
", noni u9 hal .G1ile
introducing the principal aras from the
works of this famou composer
| Valse de concert. "Blouming Youth" Wiegant
PART
| Overture, "Athaliar' .......... MendeIssohy N
Danse chsracteristique, THE Darky's Dream"
Nuy Ha uSlnl
Fantasia, "scotch and Irish Airs .Spaet.
Comprising the principal arIzs of Scotland
| and Ireland. with variations for cornet
| clarionet. nute, euphonium. trombone and
bassos.
osop' ,arousai Collin:
The Iowa State band this morning will pIa,
| the following numbers:
| Fest march. from "Tannhauser'' Wagpe,
| overture. "Don Juan. an''..-................M MOI ar
SIarlonet solo fseected) Charles Hubbard
| Waltz, "Espana" ".......................W w aiteufe
Selection from allaces grand opera MAR tana
| "RnssIan Dance CIink,
Selection from the opera ..Boccac c io'' supp,
March, ''Second REGIMENT .......... D. w Reeve
The following is the programme to be rem
dered by the Iowa State band this afternoon:
Overture, Tampa. u.,.................He HeroI,