322 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



"There was in the procession and in Williams' hall the old battle flag 

 of the 85th Missouri regiment, which was carried in the bloody battle of 

 Pea Ridge and sixteen other fights in Missouri. This old battle-torn and 

 tattered flag is now owned by Frank Bartlett Post G. A. R., of Los An- 

 geles. ' ' 



RAYMOND HOTEL DAY. 



November 17, 1886, was opening daj' of the great Raymond hotel, 

 which was an affair of local importance second only to the building of the 

 S. G. V. railroad, and was therefore a notable event in Pasadena's history. 

 [See Chapter 24.] 



EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION -DAY. 



December 19, 1888, the parlors of the Carlton hotel in Pasadena were 

 occupied by an assemblage of editors, who made the day historic by organ- 

 izing here an association, which still continues. A brief report of the mat- 

 ter I quote from the Pasadena Standard of December 22 : 



"About thirty newspaper men assembled in Pasadena last Wednesday 

 and organized the Editorial Association of Southern California. ly. M. Holt 

 of the San Bernardino Times was elected president, and W. L. Vail of the 

 Pasadena Star, secretary. On motion the chair appointed Dr. H. A. Reid 

 of Pasadena, O. A. Stevens of L,os Angeles, George Rice of Alhambra, 

 Scipio Craig of Redlands, and D. M. Baker of Santa Ana, a committee on 

 organization. Committee's report adopted. H. J. Vail of Pasadena, Scipio 

 Craig of Redlands, W. H. Nixon of Santa Barbara, H. E. Boothby of 

 Fresno, and Warren Wilson of San Diego were appointed committee on 

 Constitution and By-Eaws, to report at first annual meeting, at Chamber of 

 Commerce in Los Angeles, the second Tuesday of January, 1889. Thirty- 

 three names were enrolled for membership. The Pasadena Board of Trade 

 gave them a banquet at the Carlton hotel. A free excursion over the 

 Altadena railroad, and free seats at the Pickwick Club minstrel enter- 

 tainment were also accepted." 



OWEN brown's funeral DAY. 



January 10, 1889, was a day of pre-eminent historic associations in 

 Pasadena, as connected with the funeral of Owen Brown. Of all the news- 

 paper reports published at that time, that of the Pasadena Standard of Jan- 

 uary 12 contained much the greatest embodiment of history points pertinent 

 to the notable occasion, and hence I quote from it : 



FUNERAL OF OWEN BROWN, THE LAST SURVIVOR OF JOHN BROWN 's 

 HISTORIC RAID ON HARPER'S FERRY, VA., IN 185Q. 



Died, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Henry Thompson, in this 

 city, on January 8, 1889, Owen Brown, aged 64 years, 2 months and 4 days. 



Owen Brown was born at Hudson, Ohio, November 4, 1824, and was 

 the third son of John Brown's first family, there being twenty children in all. 



Owen was with his father all through the struggle between the free 

 state men and border ruffians in Kansas in 1856 and following years, and 

 took part in the first pitched battle at Black Jack on the Missouri and Kan- 

 sas border, and also at Ossawatomie where his younger brother, an un- 

 armed lad, was deliberately shot down in the street. Jason was also in 

 these battles. 



