The morning call., 1894-01-01
MINERS IN THE GOLD MINE.
Crowds at Boone's Arena of
Wild Animals.
COLORS RAISED ON THE PLAZA.
All the Concessions Opened Liber-
ally ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
New Years Day at the Fair.

The last day of the year found Sunset
City with al: the metropolitan accompani-
ments peculiar TO exposition towns AL
most all the buildings are we'll on toward
completion and many are entirely finished
None have been accepted, it being tie de-
. sire of the management to approve all
structures simultaneously. =;
With ALMOST Incredible rapidly build
ings have been erected all over the
grounds, and many have been finished in
excellent style. Some nnfavorable COM
L -C has been induced by the artistic de-
fects of the mushroom growth Of kiosks
which haye sprurguD on .all.sides. Critics
maintain that these little Shanties mar the
architectural harmony of Sunset City.
Although cold fog enYe]0ped the bui1i-
ings all day and the roads about the build
ings were heavily covered With mire tho
attendance was not apDreciablY diinfn-
ished. In ali 1898 persons paid admission
TO the grounds on the. last day of the>year,
leaving with the gatekeepe $500 for the
day. In addition there were many free
admissions not included ln*the foregoing
statement. ..'' -. =: -: .::':-7-
E. a. Fielder. chief of the department.
OF admissions, mas issued order 2 TO In
spectors and gatekeepers to the effect that
passes Issued from his department eX pir-
ing by Limitation on December 81 are to be
honored for fee admission up to and in
Guiding January 3. After that date the
REGULAR season: passes will be available.
Those concessions now open fer patron
age did rushing business yesterday. The
Santa Barbara aInphlbia was crowded
during the afternoon. The chief regret of
the managers of the scenic railway Is that
they did not arrange for eight cars in
stead of four. Crowds surrounded the
gates for hours and fought for admittance
to the cars: he struggle; for rice was
near approach TO football Scrlmmage,
and at the close of the days business the
receipts amazed even the projectors. a
succession OF bitches in the. running gear
maTred the pleasure of the patrons some
what. At brief intervals a sudden sus-
pension of motion occurred and loaded
cars were lett standing in tunnels or at
the summit of steep grade, while the dis
arranged betting was readjusted.
BooDe's arena. of trained Hons was
opened yesterday with signal success.
Two performances were given during the
afternoon, and each was crowded. a pro-
gramme of varied attractions was pre-
sented, each numter being specially inter
estIng in its own field. =.
After orchestral selections GilbeTt's ST.
berlan wolves engaged the attention of the
crowded amphitheater Four wolves yere
J >.
eliminating in a clever con tOrtion act o d a
chair. Ma ttbews and his. five trained
goats followed with a number OF tricks,
jumping and hurdie-raeing. Then. b.
CARTS BEARS cinnamon and a grizzly,
leaped into the arena. The former ha :
several odd tricks and the latter is a wres-
thing bear. Trained dogs and monkeys
and dozen, Japanese and Australian
cockatoos salternated ID popular approval.
Nataiie's pigs, under the direction of: a
Grecian clown, furnished n0.Iittle amuse-
ment and prepared the way forthe feature
of the performance, The feats of the lions
controlled by Col. L. Daniel Boone and
Mile. CaTlOttL Tie eXtraOrdinary:power
OF the trainers over the savage animals was
matter OF universal aston lshment. Their
feats were. original and startling, and sew;
eral spectators declared that the perform
erS ecfDsed Hageabaeh's at the Chicago
exposition.
Out at the ostrich farm scores swarmed
around the entrance and gaZed at the
chicks exhibited in the front window, but
few paid the admission fee and went in
side. 10 induce large attendance the
proprietor has decided 10 reduce the cost
OF admission from 50 TO 10 cents until the
formal opening of the exposition. Visitors
crowded about the Esquimau village and
the wigwams of the Sioux, but there was
no exhibition Yesterday IN these conces
slons LOT within tne Oriental Enclosure,
Early: in the day the pioneer OF the
ostrich farm met with painful accident.
He is the first ostrich Matched. in Califor-
ria and saw the light in 1886. He essayed
to explore the regions on the other side of
the wire fence, and stuck fast In his
struggles TO release himself be very nearly
gave up the guest. AS it is he will carry
TO his grave pair of badly SCARED legs.
from which the skin is now completely
stripped.
The national colors were raised on the
flagstaff in the grand plaza yesterday. and
similar ceremony took place IN the Rou-
manian building, where the flag of Rou-
mania floated from a temporary pole
All OF the exposition officers were at
Sunset City during the day. The director
general spent several hours about the Ad-
mlnlstFaton building. planning the intp-
Tior. A great part of the first floor will
be given uD to local and visiting journal
lists. the official business being confined TO
the second story.
1t was found impossible to open the
Colorado gold mine to the public vester-
day az intended. To-day, however, every-
thing Will be in readiness for visitors. and
the mine Will resound with the blasts of
the miners underground. The main tunnel
has been run for 100 feet, cutting the vein
at about 40 feet in. The mineral is ex
posed in the footWall, and in the overhead
stope men may be seen busily at work
The paystreak and small feeders are to he