The morning call., 1894-06-20

fair grounds on Monday night. About
midnight fire broke out IN one OF the
huts in the Dahomey village, and an alarm
was run in which called the lar IRE
department to the scene. When the IRE
men arrived upon the scene the tilmsy hut
| was burning merrily and the daTk-Skinned
! natives of Africa were dancing around
! like wild men. They turned out OF all the
tents in the village, naked and excited.
| Even the women forgot to make their
| toilets before emerging from the tents
which were threatened with destruc ion.
Men and women alike shrieked and yelled
and danced about their Enclosure as If they
were mad. Although the 1lremeD lost no
time in getting water upon the burning
hut, they could not prevent a second one
from catching fire and burning. The
blaze, however, did not extend any further
as couple OF streams Of water quenehed
il, aud the naked Africans. after chatter
ing and rolling their eyeballs in excess of
terror, became quleted and retired once
more TO the seclusion of their huts.
Tomorrow had been placed on the ex-
position calenda- several weeks ago as the
day on which the San Francisco Fedora
ton of WOmen's Clubs we're to hold liter
airy and musical exercises in Festival Hall,
but the federation failed 10 complete its
arrangements, and the idea of having a
day under its auspices at The exposition
has been abandoned.
1uuIoud1 Will uOL DC WllUOuI sUIDb SORT
of celebration. however, for the Women's
Press Club of San Francisco are coming
out In body and will do the fair for all it
is worth. The members Of this Organza-
ton Will meet at their parlors, 1904 Powell
street, at $50 a. NJ, and Will proceed TO
the exposition grounds in a body. No Off
clal programme has been prepared. The
members of the association will have
headquarters among the literary exhibits
in the gallery of he Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building.
The Mexican band will give a special
concert in the Franz Joseph Hail of the
Vienna Prater this evening a. O'clock
The admission will be free and special
programme has been prepared for the
occasion:
faso DoDIe observation-disclosures SaintSaens
6anIssia, Macbeth Verdi
P Bravo
Pandereta solo, Los Ratos" Chueca
CaDriccio Instrumental. EspnOsa
n Aueia Ar n9a
Los Sobrinos del Captain Gran.......... CabalIero
On next Saturday the old and the new
residents of Placer County intend to have
a celebration and in connection with il to
have special green-fruit exhibition. This
Will be the only display Of the kind
specially made by any county during the
exposition. The OrchardiSts and fruit
shippers of that county are united in an
C4Ioll ~ uidho L idCet OOuuLH udF EIduu
success, ana they are determined also that
all visitors on that occasion shall be salts
tied that Placer COunty's claim of being
the banner fruit county of California is
not an idle boast
On Saturday also occurs the celebration
of Finland's day. There will be two sets
of exercises in Festival Hall, one at 2
p. NJ ana the other at p. NJ, with
speeches and recitatOns ana music.
The managers of the French club, Cercle
d HarmOnie. on Post street, have accorded
the use of their commit e-roomS TO Mr..
Hugo Bendix as manager on the part of
the foreign commissioners in connection
with the coming celebration OF "All Ma
tons Day" at the exposition on Sunday,
July /. Responses have already been re-
ceived from nearly all the local foreign
military organizations, and there is every
reason TO believe that "All Nations Day"
will be one OF the big events OF the ex-
position.
To-day will be sOuvenir-spoon day at
the exposition. 1t appears upon the ex-
position calendar as Swiss Day" and the
spoons are feature of the event. Each
purchaser of ticket will receive a coupon
emitting the holder to a souvenir spoon.