The herald., 1897-02-20
move will be verygratifying to the peo-
pie at large, as he is very unpopular.
SAN DIEGO
Carnival Of Water-0oddess' Robes-Theo-
sophists' Organizations

SAN DIEGO, Feb. ia carnival of
water precedes the Water carnival. The
storm, which began yesterday, burst
| over the city this morning with greater
violence, flooding the streets and almost
submerging the water front. The squat
ters on the tide lands were partly
| swamped, many of them having to
leave their shanties and seek higher
grounds. The principal streets of the
city resembled small lakes and the gut
| ters overfowed on the pavements, max
ing bridges necessary a the crossings,
| and in many instances the streams were
| too wide and deep for bridging, making
| long detours necessary. The barge Of
| the goddess of the carnival was hauled
| under the wharf and protected by can
vas until the storm rolls by.
| Referring to water, the San Diego
Water company and the city council had
their annual tilt last evening over the
| fixing of rates. The plant of the COM
| pany cost 5000 900, and while the COM
pany claims that the rates for water
| should be fixed on this basis, 1t is willing
| to accept the decision of Judge Mckinley
| of Los Angeles as a basis, which fixed
the value of the plant few years after
| its completion at $750,000 This would
enable the company to pay interest on
| its bonds and realize a fair profit after
paying for necessary construction work.
| The city objects to this valuation, put
| ting it at about half that figure. The
| reason evidently is that the rival COM
pany, the Southern California Noun
| tain Water company, has offered to du-
! plicate the plant for 100000 Labor and
| material are much cheaper now than
when the present works were construct
| ed, but the point of this offer is that the
| rival company hopes to weaken the pres
| ent company by reducing it's revenues
and probably swallow it. The new COM
pany seems to be reaching. out for every
thing in sight or out of it. But if the
courts should decide that the issue of
81, 900 bonds to the new company is
illegal, 1t is doubtful whether it could
construct the plant.
The advance contingent of the carni-
val has arrived, and things are looking
liveiier than usual. All of the availa BILE
dressmakers in town are at work on the
elaborate costumes of the goddess, Mrs.
Lewis Reed Works. and the dresses of
her seventeen maids of honor. The fem
mime world Is on the tiptoe of excite-
ment and curiosity as to the material
and outline of the goddess dress. 1t
will, no doubt, be a poem dream, and
sonnet thing "just lovely" all in one, and
the prettiest thing about it will be the
goddess.
flagship, where the spectators can see
the goddess and her court, and the ad-
miral, who will review from the flagship
the passing fleet, illumined by electric
lights. There will be a brass band on the
barge, also one on the flagship, and
these will alternate IN making things
lively. There will be three other barges
placed near loaded with fireworks, and
these will keep up a cross-fire of rockets
of various~colors. The ships will be il
Illuminated with electricity and Japanese
lanterns, and in addition to sending up
rockets from the rigging, will flash out
white search-Hghts amidst the vari-
cclored lights, which will give the bay
the appearance of an ever-changing pan
Drama of lights of every color of the rain
bow, ,intermingled with grand and scenic
effects, the illumined waters rejecting
the confusion of lights and the decorated
vessels as a painting on canvas.
Information has not yet been received
from Washington to the effect that the
British government has consented for
the sailors of the Comus to take part in
the parade Some of the British sailors,
however, will not be able to parade on
that day and the remainder of the red
Jackets may not if they continue their
visits to the prescribed district known
as the "stingray."- About twenty of the
crew of the Philadelphia and an equal
numDer OIL BrlulSn ldTS lHQulSeQ III d
knock out last evening, with the result
that some were laid up for repairs. For
the past several days sham battles were
had on the drill grounds on North is
land and in Old Town, but the one last
evening was a real one. No casualties.
There are about fifty branches of the
Theosophical society on the Pacific
coast with a membership of about 2000,"
said Mr.. e. B. Rambo today. There
are 1876 branches in the United States,
with a total membership of about 10000.
I presume that the reason why the
Swedish countess Wachtmeister opposes
Mrs. K. A. Tingley and our work is that
things do not go her way Mrs. Tingey
is the organizer of the American branch
of the order. We wish to make it an
American institution and to preserve it's
autonomy. Heretofore the American
branch has been governed from India,
under the direction of H. S. Olcott We
propose that our branch shall remain an
American institution This is the cause
of the opposition of the countess, Mrs.
Besant and others. We hope to organize
Lotus circle in San Diego. These cir
cles are for the children. There is cir
Gle in the larger towns of the Pacific
coast" concluded Mr.. Rambo.
At the Unitarian church on Sunday
addresses will be delivered by Mrs
Tingley and others. The ministers of
the various churches have been especial
ly invited.