The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-21

on Parnell, jabbing and beating him with
all his might with the prOnged bar. Par
nell released his hold and went backw ard
with fear and anger in his eyes as he
glared at Boone. 1t all took q. minute at
most, but tue floor was covered with blood
and Nero was torn and bitten so badly
that he may die.
The lions were hurried off the scene. and
wild applause burst from the spectators.
Then Professor Fred Bell aud J. II. Ban
field, exalted ruler of the Elks, entered the
arena and presented Boone with gold
badge, which had a cage and lions, with
Thieman PROSTATE and Boone entering to
save his life.
Miners day will be celebrated next
Tuesday, when great crowd is expected
from different parts of the State. The
great feature of the days celebration will
be grand handwriting tournament, for
which $1,000 has been offered in cash prizes
and for which sixteen entries have al
ready been made. Each county has the
privilege If sending teams fOG these con.
tests, and entries have been made as fol-
lows: In single drilling-A. Phillips of
Suffer Creek. B. F. MCGOWAN of Silver
Creek, n. Mrx.;C. J. Martin OF Amador
County. ". OCOnnor of Oakland, and T.
j. Ahearn. John COAn and Z. +. Durham
of Grass Valley.
Ia the double teams-Hovy and Kitto,
from the Kennedy mine. Amador; j.
COan and w. f. Durham of Grass Valley
Jerry Lynch aud Patrick Feeney OF Grass
Valley; j. Jefford and John Allen of
Grass Valley.
aud Dlngle, Amador County; f. ordan,
Con Kennedy and A. c. Woods OF Rock
lin, Placer Comfy; j. Coan. w. F. Dur
ham and George Levy of Grass Valley
j. Lynch, =. Feeney and J. Poe of Grass
Valley; and W. p. Rogers. J. H. Buddle
and George Stacy of Grass Valley.
One Of the South Sea Islanders who
USED TO march around the grounds with
his cOuntTymen, exposing his almost naked
body TO cold winds and moist air, has
been laid low with a bad attack of pneu-
mODia, which came upon him in the form
of a cold. The disease was new to him
and he reelected it in consequence. But the
poor fellow became so sick they took him
to the Emergency Hospital, where he Law
yesterday at the point of death. DIR.
Regensburger had little or no hope for his
recovery last night, and, in fact, expected
he would die before this morning Since
this dusky warrior took sick Consideration
has fallen upon the islanders and they in
sist on wearing blue wooden shirts and
warm clothing.
the Royal Pavilion. which faces the
fountain in front of the Administration
building, has a DR.. Jekyll and Mr., HYDE
character. From the outside 1t appears as
a really handsome pavilion, while it
flaunts the sign, Kunst und Gewerke-art
and industry. Inside there is q woman n
wax with a court gown about which won.
amused/by a song and some music. after
which the gown is shown. But on the op-
pOsite side of the hall is a large, luxurious
apartment fitted up after a fashion be-
coming the majority of those who NAV
be found in it. Its walls are covered with
bronze or old-go!d velvet, and soft divans
with ample pillows covered with the same
material line the walls. Rich heavy por-
there's hang in the doorways. A whisky
mill is running in one corner, strangely
out of place in the midst CT this luxury.
faded though 1t be. There Is an alcoys to
the right of the entrance, and here a
crowd struggled and surged all day long.
because in the recess gorgeous wheel of
fortune was doing thriving business.
Between the wheel and the crowd was a
board or counter where two gamblers raked
in silver and gold in handfuls and piles of
coin glistened in rows. The wheel itself
was turned by girl who mentioned in a
monotonous voice the result of each turn.
A casual glance was enough to convince a
visitor that the women around the board
were mostly of the fash tyre though some
decent women rubbed shoulders with
them in the fascination o, gaming This
concern is a Midwinter Fair concession
and has the most prominent and central
position of any concession on the grand
central court
There is another wheel OF fortune in a
shanty of the '49 camp. where all manner
of characters may be seen gambling their
money away.
The nickel-in-the-slot machines drew
such crowds in exposition buildings that
the aisles were frequently blocked