The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12

San JOSE HELD BY
KING OF CARNIVAL
Native Sons Conclude Their
Celebration With Scenes of
Gayest Merry Making
special Dispatch 10 The Call

SAN JOSE, Sept 1.-THE Native
Sons and Daughters celebration closed
tonight amid the merriest revelry.
King Kokomo CASTOR and his retinue
of supporters took the city tonight and
marched in triumphant procession
through the streets.
The police patrol of the city has been
captured by the kings guardsmen and
is being utilized in conveying those
without mask before the monarch, who
holds forth in the city hall.
Those who were tried before the
carnival king, William a. CASTOR as he
is known in ordinary life, were fur
nished with passport exempting
them from further arrest
FOURTH MISSION BELL
An interesting feature in connection
With todays celebration was the es-
tablishment OF the fourth mission bell
in the vicinity of San Jose to mark the
FL Canine real
The site is at the southernmost point
of Cadwallader park, at the junction
of First and Second streets The plac-
ing of the bell was conducted under the
auspices of joint committee of the
local parlors Of the Native Sons and
Daughters, of which Mrs. J. III. Hill is
the chairman and j. NJ Waterman is
the secretary.
The ceremonies were simple and brief
and in accord with those observed at
the placing of other mission bells along
the ancient Canine real in this neigh
borhood through the energies of Mrs
Alice Hare OF the Womens club of San
ia Clara.
TOOK PART IN EXERCISES
Among those taking part in the ex-|
ercises were:
Mrs A P. Hill of vendome parlor
No. 100; Rev. r. A. Gieeson, S. j., of
of of the superior Bench o of this III nnru COUNTY,
Mrs. Alice Hare of the Woman's club
of Santa Clara, Miss Eliza ID. Keith.
past grand president of the Native
Daughters and chairman of the land
marks committee of that order: Mrs.
James Goily OF Keith parlor No. 1877.
Mrs Younger of San Jose parlor, and
J. g. Mcmillan, Mrs. John E. Richards,
NJ +. Williams, Miss Clare Percy West
phal. Mrs. Gertrude A: Hill of yen-
dome parlor. Mrs. L. E Tiggings of the
Pioneers and Mrs. william Higgings.
At the instance of Mrs A P Hill,
Rev. r. A Gleeson acted as chairman
of the meeting. In his opening re-
marks he explained the reason of plac-
ing the mission bells along the old
road Of the padres. He said that the
ceremony of placing bells in the old
missions by the Franciscan padres was
very elaborate because the use of a
bell in a church has many meanings
which mere memorial bell placed on
the roadside does not have. In the
time of the Indians the mission bells
We're used in baptisma1 services, in
matrimonial services and in burial
services, etc.
BLESSED THE BELL
Father Gleeson then blessed the bell,
asking God to bless 1T and a II who pass
by it, and also that it be symbol
not only of the trials of the past but
or the joys of the future He then
introduced Judge Richards. who made
one of his customary feIicitous ad-
dresses, in which he paid high trib-
ute to the heroism, zeal and industry
of the old padres who made the wild
men OF the valleys amenable to law
and order and in whom they planted
the seeds of civilization
PLANNED BY WOMEN
The thought of continuing in north
ern California this work so abiy bee1,n
In the southern part Of the state oc-
Cured TO Mrs. Hare in 1908.
IL was laid by her before the Santa
Cara womans club who from tima
TO time made their plans known to
every important club or organizarion
in this part of the state
instantly it struck resnonsiv.
chord Offers OF assistance came On
every hand. until Mrs. Hare ar,l tba
local organization of which she is
member found the dream within rho
grasp of realization
In Few months. If plans 10 not
miscarry, many additional posts iii
be erected here and there in this mart
of the state to guide the .raysiar
along the same paths trod Inv ths
padres in days that are fast becoming
distant.