The morning call., 1894-05-16

OF his life were spent in Nevada, and,
though he did not live there now, be was
always pleased 10 meet NeVadans ana felt
| as they belonged TO him and he TO them.
Ex-Governor John II. kincald said that
Nevada people did not like talk. They
preferred something else and took 1t
straight. He held UP SUPERINTENDENT Yer
ngton to the admiration Of the girls and
said that Jim is son of the Silver State Of
whom all Nevadans are proud.
Ex-Governor Charles 4. LawlOn fol-
lowed IN a brief address in which he made
happy reference to the time when, as he
expressed it, "the peoUle OF Nevada
| honOred him more than he deserved"
| Since that time he had moved into the
! Puget Sound country where people can
| live without trying TO. on clans. But in
all his wanderings he had never forgotten
| NevadanS and was proud TO be numbered
among them.
Rolin NJ. Daggett had been down upon
the programme for poem, but he said
the time at his command after knowing OF
his assignment was not sufficient for the
harvesting OF Pegasus, let alone his trip
| to Olympus, so he spoke a few words
with ut lines in numbers. He concurred
in the Oit-repeaed declaration that the
man who had failed to live in Nevada in
its flush times had never lived at all
G.. c. POwning was introduced as the
orator of the day, but disclaimed the
| honor. He paid q glowing tribute TO Ne
| vada's resources and to her Independence,
declaring that the BATTLEFRONT State asks
no odds Of any one aud owes not quarter
| OF dollar except to herself. Other speak
| ers were Wells Drury, d. E. Bailey, Major
| StODehll. J. A. Stpvaus, w. ID. Jones and
S. I. Gage and Adjutant-General c. c.
Allen. representing Governor Markham.
At the conclusion Of these exercises the
| Nevadans held open house in Their build
Ing and treated every one with character
! iStic hospitality. In the receptiOn-roOm of
the building a musical and literary enter
! tainment took place between 4 and B
o'clock in which the participants were
Alfred A. Bodkin, MDIe. Alice WalZ. Miss
Miss Clara Mcconnell. Miss Pearl Noble
and Miss Maud Noble, the last named
! ladies' being the sOloiSts upon the coTnet
and upon the trombone.
A great many Of the specially invited
! guests at the Nevada celebration went
| over to the Vienna Prater. where they had
! been invited also to participate in the
! bullshead breakfast under the auspices Of
the Society of Old Friends. The Prater
I served a SumptuOus repaSt. Speeches
were made by Governor Colcord, j. ID.
| Bailey, W. q. Sherman. General X. ID.
Laidlaw and others.
The following rules have been adopted
for the rock-drillng contest in connection
with the observance of Miners day, on
/ Tuesday. the 22d inst:
The competition will take place al 8 2. NJ. ID
! the recreation court. and will be open TO all
miners on The Pacific Coast
Eacn county VIII have tie privilege of send
| ing three teams OF three men. three teams of
| TWO men and three single hand drillers. or the
different teams Will be allowed 10 double up if
/ they so desire IN oIder 10 allow the same men
10 work in each class.
! One thousand dollars in cash viii be awarded
! for the deepes, hole driven IN fifteen minutes,
/ divided as follows:
First prize for best single-hand dEiler, S12o.
! Second riZe, $50.
FIRST prize for best team of Two drillers, 5000.
! Second prize, SlO0.
First prize for best team Of three, $500.
Second prize, $3.50.
All entries must be made on or before
! noon of Thursday, May H.
| In case of the inability of any of the
! contestants to be present on the day of the
! con test others may be substituted from
the same county at the discretion of the
/ drilling committee.
L me for drilling will be limited to fit
! teen minutes.
All drills used by teams of TWO and three
must be seven-eighths steel.
All drills used by single-handers must
| be five-eighths steel.
All hammers used by teams of two and
three must not exceed eight pounds In
weight.
Hammers used by single-handers must
| not exceed four pounds in weight.
All drills and hammers USED in the con-
test to be furnished by the competitors
| ready for WORK. A forge and a vii will
be furnished by the committee, so that
contestants may resharpen and retemper
their own tools, if necessary.
In order not TO give QuaTrymen an ad-
vantage over miners each contestant will
be required to drill three holes-One down
| ward, another upward and a third side
wise-and the mean depth of the three
holes will be made the basis for the COM
petitiVe drill.
All teams in the second class shall CON-
pete at the same time.
All communications regarding the con-
! test should be addressed to Edward H.
Benjamin, general superintendent of min
! ing department at the Midwinter Fai-
The tandangO dancers will appear at
Mrs. Stockwel'S benefit on Thursday after
noon. On the same evening the Lom ber-
dero quintet Will be a special feature OF
The 40 camp dancehOuse. A series of
Midwinter firework dis lays are to be
made from the TOD of Mount Shasta.
The half-rate or admission will prevail
again next Sunday. If the weather is
fine large attendance Is expected. Many
people whose business detains them
on Saturday night have never seen the
! fireworks. and are DESTROYS Of witnessing
one of the famous pyrotecbnic displays
and to comply with the wishes of such cit-
Zens the management has arranged to
! have display of fireworks on recreation
/
! day. a contract for $1,000 worth Of pyro-
technics was accordingly signed by the
Encouragement for that occasion.
Major John A. Stanton, chief of the De-
partmeDt OF Fine Arts, Will be orator of
| the day at the Polish cele bration next sun
day afternoon. Ex-Justice e. w, Me
| Knstry will preside, and F. j. Murasky
Will recite poem Chevalier de Kontski
! will give some Instrumental music. and
Nine. Modjeska will recite Polish poem,
! ST. Mary's College will hold its com
mencement exercises al Festival Hall on
Friday. the % b inst, at $3.50 and p. NJ.
In the morning there will be fieid-day ex
ercises at TO- and battalion drill at2P. NJ
Any one showing a college invitation at
the turnstlles on that day can purchase al
mission tickets for % cents, Children 10
cents.
Sacramento will have a grand day at
Sunset City on June 9. The school chill
dren will be brought down from The Can
ital City in excursion trains, and there will
be athletic sports on the recreation
grounds.
GERMAN DAY.