The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12
KING HUMDERT WAS KIND
His Majesty, Who Had on -;
Colored Shirt, EN- braCed
a Californian.
Signors Devote and Fugazi Describe
the Honors Heaped Upon
Them in Rome.

While strife is raging in the italian col
ony at home over the result of the Goth
tieth September celebration, letters have
just been received at the Office of PItalia,
showing that honors were heaped upon
the San Francisco delegates at the same
celebration in Rome. The correspondence
is from Signors Devote and Fugazi, who
formed part of the delegation and who are
both well-known members of the local
colony. Devote says:
Yesterday King Humbert gave us reception,
so simply and without ceremony so demOcrati-
cFlly that we were astonished. He bade US
welcome without any preamble, questioned us
about our San Francisco colony and discussed
it with US at length, asking the most minute
particulars. The audience lasted about forty
minutes. Then the King shook us by the hand
several times and in dismissing US he charged
us to greet all our countrymen OF the Pacific
Coast in his name. cannot express TO you the
emotion that felt at the first moment in see
ing before ME this old man (for he has grown
altogether Old, so kind and SO affable and
dressed with so much simplicity, for the King
even had on q cOlored shirt.
On all hands we California delegates have
been well received, anu the Dante Allighieri
Society gave us fine position in the process
sion just in front OF the survivors OF the
Thousand veterans. All along the line OF
route we were applauded. The scene was an
exciting one. We saw old ladies dash forward
into the ranks OF the procession to kiss an
ancient banner that one of the Thousand
carried, and old and young strove to be al
lowed at least to touch it. There were not less
than 100000 people in the parade, the crowds
on the benches were enormous, and continual
wave of humanity struggled for standing room
to see the grand display.
A letter just received from Fugazi also
gives details of the honors heaped on the
California representatives,. 1t says:
All along the line of march the California
delegation was applauded especially in going
through the Porta Pia, where the hand-clap-
pings aud cries of ''Viva!' for the San Fran
cisco brethren were overwhelming. The
march lasted four and half hours and we re.
manned in procession for six hours, continu-
| ally compelled to have our hats in our hands
| to salute the public, which applauded our
| beautiful standard on which was written in
! gold letters, "DelegaZlone di San Francisco, -
| with the arms of Savoy and Eureka" The
Dante Alhghieri Society gave us the post OF
| honor among its representatives and those OF
| the Thousand" veterans In short, it was q
! triumph for our colony.
Yesterday Devote and l had private audi
| ence with King Humbert, who talked with US
| for forty minutes, asked many questions and
| before saying farewell embraced me with effu-
| sion and charged me to salute and shake
| hands for him with all our fellow-countrymen
| in California. The King was more courteous
and affable than l can describe to you.
To-day we are paying visits to members oi
the Cabinet and we shall go last of all to Min
| iste- Crispi.