The San Francisco call., 1896-04-30
Each Train Brings Its Quota,
but the Accommodations
Are Ample.
QUEEN LAURA RULES TONIGHT
Her Majesty to Receive the Keys Of
the City From Mayor
Jesse.


one longed for genuine, professional
weather prophet. Even the local weather.
wise were respectfully consulted, for a
shower that came in the forenoon alarmed
the carnival workers. People hastily took
shelter in the stores and houses and dis
cussed the prospect for sunshine, while
the general opinion was expressed that it
would clear up. AS soon as the streets
had been nicely sprinkled the sun shone
forth again and for the rest of the day he
did nothing but glow brightly upon the
preparations for the carnival; and now
the local weather prophets are in high
feather, for they prophesied truly and
there is every prospect that the weather
will continue to be warm and brilliant.
The town is all alive tonight Visitors
have poured in by all the trains and peo-
pie from the surrounding country have
arrived in carriages, in carts and on horse
back. Such ample accommodations have
been provided tnat, in spite of the large
crowd OF visitors, every one has had good
dinner and can look forw ard TRANQUILITY to
the prospect of sleeping on a comfortable
bed
Most of the visitors are in the streets,
watching the preparations and admiring
the many decorations which have already
gone up. The marshals, on prancing
steeds, are dashing about, rehearsing for
the procession, and the whole city is one
scene of life, motion and color. Red, yell
low and green flash out from the fronts of
the stores along the line of march mapped
out for the procession.
Tie colors are to be seen in bunting.
cheese cloth and all sorts of gauzv fabrics.
Red, yellow and grean streamers futter
languldly in the air, for there is little
wind, and nearly every man, woman and
child on the bustling streets wears the
same colors, in the form of bows and
rosettes Arches. covered with boughs of
redwood and pine, are rapidly being con-
structed along the main streets. To-mor-
row they will blossom with masses of
fragrant roses, but the flowers are not to
be put into position until the eleventh
hour, in order that they may preserve
their freshness.
Carloads of roses have been brought
into the city, and carloads more will be
gathered as soon as dawn comes. The
Atheneum is being handsomely decorated
for the coronation of the Queen, which
occurs tomorrow evening. Her Majesty
will stand on raised dais, draped in GRIM
son or orange, and the carnival colors will
be displayed eonspicuously in the trap
pings of the theater. Behind the throne
is huge butterfly banked by masses of
roses. The boxes reserved for the Queen
and her attendants are draped with white
satin and white streamers, and the plat
form is a wilderness of tropical palms and
ferns
The Queen, Mrs. Laura Matthews Bur-
ris, will be gowned in white satin covered
by filmy tulle, and her maid of honor.
Miss Sue Crooks, will wear gold-colored
silk. G. o. Richards, the prime minister,
will have to conine his sartorial ambitions
to dress suit, but he will add to the pa
geantry by garnishlng it with huge car
nival rosette.
The programme for tomorrow includes
field sports in the morning and bicycle
races in the afternoon, but the chief event
of the day will be the coronation, which
is to take place at P. M. in the Athen-
8um.
The Queen and her maids of honor will
ride in barouches. decorated in white.
from the Burris mansion to the Athe-
naum, escorted by Roncovieri's band of
sixty pieces. President ]. G. Sims will
deliver an opening address. and Major
J. w. Jesse will give an address of welcome
and present the Queen with the keys of
the city.
A large influx of people is expected to-
morrow, but although all the hotels are
already full, such good arrangements have
been made that the committee on accom-
modations still has a number of rooms at
its disposal.
The carnival committee held a session
tonight and completed all its arrange
ments. 1t has been decided that prize.
winners shall all be given small silk flags,
red for first prize, yellow for second and
green for the third.
No vehicles will be allowed on the line of
march of Fridays procession and all car
riages wishing to take part in the
parade must report at the starting point
before II A. NJ. to be assigned places by the
grand marshal. Seats commanding a fine
view of the parade have been reserved for
strangers, so that people coming over on
Friday will be able to secure places as
easily as those who have been here from
the opening of the carnival.
At the coronation the boxes at the west
side of the theater will be reserved for the
San Francisco press.
An interesting feature of the procession
on Friday will be General Valleio's old
carriage, which was brought out from
Spain in 1884. 1t is expected that the
generals descendants, to the third and
fourth generation, will appear in the car
riage. The vehicle will be drawn by four
black horses, and Will be decorated by
Granville Harris and William Thomas.
Governor Budd and his staff will arrive
IN time to participate in Fridays process.
sion.