The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-25


Berlin Grand Outside Sentinel
Spanish waltz strand trustees
Schottlsche GTana geIegaIes
Polka D. q. w.
Waltz. .....................NS 5. g, W
Medley Goodnight
The committees in charge were as fol-
lows:
Floor manager, Rod W. Church; assist
ants-George T. Loher, Paul w. Wuthe.
Floor committee. Z. Cronin, Joseph
Boquet, G. ]. Hans, C. H. Cowell, Con.
Reuter-, H. n. Gard
Reception committee-Dr. J. L. Mayor,
L. S. Stone, Judge J. J. Allen, E. S. Reed,
W. P. Geary.
Few took their departure from the JOY
Gus scene until the last strains of music
died away in the early hours of the morn
ing.
With the selection of the next celebra-
ton seat and of the place for holding the
next Grand Parlor meeting interest is now
most absorbed in the election of grand Off
GERS, which will take place to-day. Two of
the contests for office are attracting par
ticular attention-that for grand lecturer,
in which Eugene F. Bert and George d.
Clark are pitted against each other, and
that for grand orator, the asplrants for
which are William NJ. Conley and K. A.
Messerve. There are also two interesting
canvasses being made for outside sentinel
and for trustees.
Early in the fight for lecturer n. G. W.
Dinkelspiel was announced as candidate,
but his name has now been Withdrawn,
leaving it square issue between the two
gentlemen named.
For grand orator there is a friendly
rivalry between the two candidates. but
the contest is being waged with no less de-
termination and energy by reason of there
being no bitterness in it. The friends of
both neglect no chance to make point for
their respective fayorites.
No less than seven delegates are out for
the honor of serving as outside sentinel at
the next Grand Parlor meeting. They are
as follows: J. ]. Pfister of Suisun, George
N Van Orden of San Francisco Charles
o. Dunbar of Santa Rosa, Joe Norris of
Centerville, Gus Weiss of Martinez, John
feathers of Woodland and J. II. Petersen
of Dixon.
Although the board of grand trustees is
comprised of seven members, there will be
contest for six of the positions, as one
usually goes to the city where is held the
Grand Parlor meeting. For these offices
there are no less than eleven candidates in
the field, as follows: James l.. Gallagher
and Lewis Byington of San Francisco,
J. E. Prewett of Auburn, r. G. Rust of
Jackson, Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz,
Peter Zabala of Salinas, NJ. Mierson of
Placerville, Percy V. Long of Haywards,
Rod w. Church of Oakland, Homer Prindle
of San Jose and Joseph f. Coffey of Red
wood City.
AS up to date comparatively little of the
routine business has been transacted mat
tiers will be pushed to-day, but it is expect
ted that large part OF Friday will be de-
voted to cleaning up the business of the
parlor.
This evening the visitors and residents
of Oakland will be treated to a spectacular
hot in
cence anything ever before seen there. 1t
will be water carnival arranged under
the Joint supervision of 7. p. Robinson of
the local Native Son committee and COM
mittee of the California Yacht Club COM
posed of Marston Campbell, Commodore
Bruce, Vice-Commodore Duncan, Port
Captain J. Sherry and +. III. Reed.
The exhibition will be on the water
front. near Broadway. In midstream will
be anchored a fiotilla of yachts and boats,
presenting q front of something over a
quarter of mile and being four or five
boats deep. These will all be handsomely
decorated with bunting and flags and bril-
liantly illuminated with Chinese lanterns.
The larger boats will be furthest from
shore, and the view presented to the spec
tators will be a gradually ascending slope
of brilliant color.
About $50 feet from shore in front of the
center yacht, will be stationed an ele-
gantly decorated barge, from which the
Fifth Infantry band will discourse sweet
strains until after midnight, beginning at
o'clock.
In the course of the evening there will
be marine parade about the barge, when
twelve steam and naphtha launches will
tow the smaller yachts, all most pictur-
esquely adorned with bunting and lights.
There will also be rowing procession of
the boats of the Columbia and University
boat clubs and of the fragile craft of the
Oakland Canoe Club. In this no less than
eighty boats are expected to participate,
and all will be thoroughly Illuminated.
Yachts to the number of about forty will
be present from the California Yacht Club,
about fifteen from the Encinai Yacht Club,
| and the San Francisco Yacht Club will
probably contribute eight or ten of the
large boats.
For the further entertainment of the
people there will be a fine pyrotechnic ex-
hibition on the barge. About $500 worth
of red and blue fire, rockets and aerial
bombs have been provided, and several of
the yachts will also be supplied with means
| to make brilliant the surrounding at
mosphere, and that those on shore may not
be troubled to see their way the Oakland
! Gas, Light and Heat Company have put in,
| free of charge, all the necessary arc lights
to dispel the darkness.
Friday night there will be banquet at
| the rooms of the Acme Club, where covers
will be laid for about 400 guests.
| Harry Roach was killed by the cavern of
| mine in Webb CITY Mo-, nearly three