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Show GROUND IS BROn PAUAHA FAIR San Francisco In Gala At. tire Celebrates the Great Erent. HAN FBA.NCISCO, Jaa. 1 Bathed ia daulioK sunlight, th first 47 of th w year dawned ob Ra Francisco a bright and eleaa a it should. Prapa- enioyed the son sail cnuieHT of their talented brothers in misfortune la the annual minstrel show. A waa announced in tba attractive program, arranged ad printed bv convicts, con-victs, th produrtio was give eatirrH by ''home talent, even the manaseriHl fore being eompoeed of prisoners. ' ' VYsnlea Jiih K. Hoyle had suporv i.ion ver th show. The public was exrlnd d and thnlay of burnt erk asd slnr stirk was give over to th csavicts fur ee torment until lung after th aiual lock up time. Two perforntnnef were given In the old chapel, and vea the condemned ten were permitted to sit ia tba hi andlenre. Th perfuroters appesred t" tha eleooTSte, vri-colrred elothea of ninetrels, "erarked" joke, (rnteeomelv loralir4td sang eomlp and eentimentel aontr. and gave ereditahle accoust of themselves In the "nn night stand." Pickpockets, nurglsrs, ktghwsvmen. forgers and mew who were prominent in the public life of the state before their conviction were featured in the -program. Motion pirturee, a rsr treat to me who have Docs shut off front hr world for years, at intervals held the stores t of th great gathering. ratloa to aceommodat 100,009 per sobs had bees made by th managomant of th Paoama-Paetfie international expo-titioa expo-titioa at th xreiea consorted with breaking ground for Machinery hall. All th military org snitatioss of th eitv and lfi.000 chool children w.r. to march to the fair ground. F.ight aviator avia-tor war to (tit caper oa high, and a submarin waa to dive below tha surface sur-face of the bay. Tw racing balloon were to acatur $300 ia prise oa th bead, of the erowd. Ia th morning th Olympic elub held it. annual eroa country rar, and ia th afternoon 400 athlete swam ia th water of fcaa Kraaeisea bay for trophies. tro-phies. Three boat elub held rowing races, AIT QUEHTIhT CONVICTS OIVB JUHBTKHL IHOW BAN QUENTIN. Cal, Jaa. X. Th noaotoay of prison routin was dispelled dis-pelled today at Haa QueatiB pnitn-tisrv pnitn-tisrv when neartv "v) men In atnpes |