The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-22
THE CARNIVAL
OF CARNIVALS
AstOria's 1897 Regatta Proves to Be
the Best Ever Held.
MANY UNIQUE FEATURES
Nahae raradss and Ball Eclipse all FOR
msf Efforts The Ladies kho Helped
Some Hianers- Monday.

Asiora's fourth annual regatta has rA-
cccdeJ al pact eyvnts IN the history Of
the city.
Tho verdict il ANA. amous thRy this
years managing committee hns accom-
plluhci more In short space Of time
than any other body organized for q
similar purpose IN Astoria The carnival
VAS inauguratcd not oJy to p-rpctuat-
the annual fetes "a, tho mouth OF ,he
rivcr but also TO celebrate the principal
even, In Astoriu's history-%he opening
Of the railroad. The program for each
day was carefully arranged and the dlf-
fcroaS events were pulled on promptly
and 10 the satisfaction Of the partIcl-
pants. as we'll as thc public.
The Illuminated marine parade last
ngm was nt,ing climax 10 the water
carnival Every boat oa the river. headed
by ti- coumbinc. was brtliiaasly ilghted
with Cha. lanterns, electric lamps. red
irc. sky rockets. roman candles and ey.
erything else that would burn. Uuu-
dr,ds Of people lir"d n. docks and
Nhnrvcr TO witness the briuia 4 spcc,a-
Gle
The uaiquc features of the carnival
were the naval parade, Friday morling.
the coronation ~ ,he quocu ard the
Frani bail O. the evening. Mr.. W G.
Gossiln was u queen amoGg queens. Her
Frll handsome lady. surrounded by
courJ of beautiful maids The scene pre-
sontrl. when sh- received her crown.
al the golden keys OF the city was
certainly one loaE 20 De- remembered
nrd will so down s. the annals Of As
torin as the srca. event of the ranroa
year At The b0ll IN the evening the
queen and her court formed the center
Of 'trartin. All paid homage 20 them.
ami an OF the evenings ,u;crtalnn @ T.
ccntercd about the royal party The
decorations OF the hail room were elab.
crate and did honor 20 her royal maj
cs,y. The ladies who superinteaiei the
affair were Mysdames Il. Van nuseL
F. ]. Taylor. C. II, Thomson. John Adair
j. II. Smith. Albert Dunbar H. c. Van
puscn. =. l. Cherry. w stine, c, Van
Duscn. II. j. Smith, G, W, Lounsberry,
j. o. Han;horn. the Misses Alien. Gray,
Halstead, uenbotn. Nellie and Katie Fla
vel
Messrs. David Dunno and Admiral l.
~ Day. OF Portland. who havo attended
the carnival. say that It has been the
greatest event OF the kind In yhe history
Of Oregon. and they are enthusiastic
over the proposition TO Incorporate the
committee as permanent Organization
to hold regatta every year. They say
THAI Il will not only De great benefit
TO Astorians, and permit ;he arrange
ment more In detail of the various events
and assure large fund for the carrying
out OF the cnrnivals but that many
Portland men and others ihrouhgout the
state will be glad 10 join such perma.
yent organization,
The committee was unable, last night,
to announce the winners Of all OF yes
terday's races. In the cann"ry schooner
race Bco,h's Alice woa, and Booths
Grace took second money. In the sloop
race. the Maylower won. Undine second
Columbia third. The official announce
ment will be made later OF the winners
of all the contests. Several protests,
filed last night in the FISH boat race,
caused delay In the decision
During the races yesterday, win War
ren's boat capsized al the black buoy,
and the cat boat Unknown also cap
sized Both were righted and the crows
rescued without coming 10 any grief
The athltd tic sports for tomorrow VIII
be composed of some OF the most inter-
esting contests ever witnessed in the city.
Among the leading events scheduled are
trick bicycle riding by a Portland ex-
pert. the baseball game betwean the Fats
and the Leans. tugs OF war, pillow fight,
and many other sports, The detailed
program will be published tomorrow
morning.