The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
HERO Of MANILA
TO Be HONORED
San Jose Preparing for
Dewey Day.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, April 1s.-The people of San
Jose and Santa Clara County will honor
Admiral Dewey on May with a monster
celebration at Agricultural Park. Bust
ness of all kinds will be sus-
pended and the brave admiral and
his fight at Manila will be the subject of
the jollifcation. Everything is to be
Dewey that day. Prizes have been offered
for a topical song, a commemorative ode,
an original poem, a poster, naval or
military farce, a floral design, a march
and a gavotte of Dewey at Manila There
will be a fine musical and literary pro-
gramme.
The celebration will open at sunrise with
cannon salute and until sunset there
will not be a dull moment. number of
the marines, sailors and officers from the
Iowa will be present. They will be given
a reception at the depot. after which a
parade will be formed and the march
taken up to Agricultural Park. Here a
basket picnic and reunion will be held.
Refreshments will be served. Games of
various kinds and athletic sports will be
enjoyed. A feature is the baseball game
between Stanford University and Santa
Clara College.
Besides celebrating the defeat of the
Spanish the success of the undertaking.
are to help in the erection of an art build
ing to house the fine collection of paint
ings Mrs. NJ p. O'Connor has donated to
the people of this city. The collection is
an exceedingly fine one and is worth thou
sands of dollars 1t was with the proViso
that a building be erected that Mrs
O'Connor made the gift. 1t contains many
magnificent copies of works by the old
masters. While there are not quite so
many originals as in the Croker gallery
at Sacramento, yet in many respects 1t
is superior to that collection. The State
has already given a site for the building
In the Normal School square. 1t is pro-
posed to put $40 900 in the building Some
$4,000 has been subscribed. The executive
committee of the Arc Building Associa-
ton, which has charge of the celebration
is as follows: Mrs. E. o. Smith, presi-
dent; Mrs. Nicholas Bowden, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. R. S. HoIway, secretary; Mrs.
]. H. Pierce, Mrs. w. B. Hobson. Mrs.
Edward Williams, Mrs. C. H Clement
Mrs. G. NJ. Bowman, Mrs: Carrie Stevens
Walter, Mrs Mitchell Phillips, Miss Mary
Beans, Colonel Philo Hersey, Major
Whitton and Professors r. S. Holway and
F. z. Russell.
The ladies have received encouraging
letters from Mrs. Jane l.. Stanford, Pro
fessor David Starr Jordan and other
prominent persons. Even Coils P. Hunt
ington, who has the reputation of be-
ing exceedingly close in this respect, has
consented to supply free transportation
for the Iowa crew TO San Jose and re-
turn. Huntington sent the following let
ter to Mrs. Mitchell Phillips acting presi-
dent of the Art Association:
SAN FRANCISCO, April II. 1899.
I am in receipt of your letter of the 14th
relative to the Dewey day celebration which
San Jose. and in reph beg to say that the
request you proffer that the Southern Pacific
donate the transportation of a car to be at
tached to the train leaving San Francisco May
/ at a. M, returning the same AFTERNOON,
meets with my cordial assent.
The company will be both willing and pleased
to do this in the hope that 1t may help to
make the celebration in honor Of the hero of
Manila successful as you all hope it may
be. am very glad you let us know about it.
asked Mr.. Kruttschnitt. general man
ager. If there was any reason why should
not accommodate numerous friends in San
Jose by granting this request, and he re-
sponded. by no means. The people of San
Jose have always been particularly friendly
with our company and think we should all
be glad to show them this courtesy.
Mr.. Kruttechnitt now has the matter in
mind and VIII make the arrangement you
desire. Very truly yours
G. P HUNTINGTON.