The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-22

the warmth of feeling among the people from
all parts OF California, and it reminded me
very much of the traditional happy family on
a large scale.
'tBy the way, want to compliment the CALL
on the surprise it gave the people OF Los An
geles when 1t produced those telegraphic pic
lures, which have been feature. l well re-
member the day the paper arrived, following
the opening of the fiesta, containing on its
front page a scene taken from the pageant.
Following this came the illustration of the
Fresno float and others in quick succession. The
people talked about it as though it had a
miraculous conception, and it took them some
time to acknowledge that it was done through
the application of perfected method. l be-
lieve it created more curiosity and interest
than any other newspaper accomplishment
ever attempted by a coast paper"
"What do you think of the possibilities of an
increased population?'
''I can readily understand how reasonable
the proposition is. You have a magnificent
strip Of land here, and, what is very unusual,
it can produce anything claimed for it. The
various zones are here and climatic conditions
hardly paralleied anywhere else in the world
exist in California. The best step you could
make is to increase the population and take
from the earth the riches it is waiting to yield
up to those who demand it with labor"
"The refusal of the Supreme Court to enter
tain the appeal of Fredericks, the man who SO
brutally murdered Bank Cashier Herrick, prac-
tically kills any hope that he might have had
OF escaping the full penalty of his crime" re-
marked prominent clergyman, as he sat in
the rotudna of the Grand last night.
al have just returned from San Quentin, and
have never seen a more deplorable, and yet
grotesque, spectacle than Fredericks now pre-
sents He is absolutely dumb when questioned,
except for deep, cultural sound that resem-
bles closely the disturbed grunt Of pig. His
dress consists entirely of undergarments, with
sleeves reaching only to the elbows, and lower
limbs bare to the knees. This strange suit is
bedaubed with paint of many hues, while from
the knees down perfect network of tatooed
figures and painted shapes are to be seen.
''He wears mask, on which are painted
some misunderstanding objects, the holes for the
eyes, nose and mouth creating weird, fright
full picture that one is not likely to forget. He,
as / said before, absolutely refused to talk to
me, meeting every question put to him with q
grunt. His keeper, McNulty, sticks closely by
the unfortunate fellow, placing it almost be-
yond his power to infiict any serious injury on
himself if he should ever feel inclined to at
tempt such a thing.
al can't help but feel sorry for Fredericks
since have seen him, and now there is very
grave doubt in my mind as to his sanity"
Charles Danforth Cobb an Eastern capitalist
who has been spending the winter in Southern
California, is at the Lick House. II was ex-
tremely imp ressed by the Los Angeles fiesta"
he said enthusiastically last night. cit was
particularly well managed and does the city
great credit. In spite of the dense crowds that
filled the streets every day never saw any
thing approaching row or scufiie. Indeed,
1T would be hard to imagine more courteous,
good-natured set of people. The school pro-
cession was especially well managed, and I
think that interested Eastern people-particu-
larly those from Boston = most The visi-
tors really did not expect to find the schools SO
thoroughly well organized as that procession
showed them to be, and the children were all
so intelligent looking and handsomely dressed.
Another thing that struck me was that all the
lady teachers marched with their classes-not
one was riding in carriage. All the people in
the town seemed to take the same interest in
the success of the fiesta, and there is no doubt
about it being both a success and great credit
to Los Angeles"