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Though Ghildish in Plot, Ezra Kendall Makes It a Vaudeville Joke- Book— Local Theaters Present a Wide Range* of Interesting Performances That Are -Enjoyed by Appreciative Audiences "VINEGAR BUYER" DOES NOT SHINE AS A GREAT PLAY CLEVER PEOPLE WHO ARE . AMUSING AUDIENCES AT LOCAL THEATERS; \ The * third week of "In .Wall \ Street" began last night at "the .Grand-.Opera house with no 'apparent diminution of in terest.. All the favorites— Raymond; Cav crley, Ross, Cheridah * Simpson, Kitty Grand' Opera-House. > BUTTE, '.: Mont.; 'Aug.; 3.— A ; specials rom Pony, Mont., says that ; in a quarrel -fol lowing a dispute over; a trivial matter A. 8. Shelley shot and 1 killed ' B. C' Crawford and , mortally wounded C.i ,W.' ; Alklre.\The shooting -took place 'In a saloon- late i to day . Saloon Quarrel - Ends in ? Murder; ,' E. : \ E. Hunsacker, against whom com plaint was^ made ', to the police ¦ by Miss Sadie Brown on July 17, was landed In the City Prison last evening. He was captured in Eugene, 1 Or.", and returned to ¦ this ; city by Detective Ed , Gibson. : Miss Brown al leges that ; Hunsacker while ; representing himself as a* real estate agent pawned jewelry" valued at $100 which she had given/him to keep for her. The charge against ; the ; prisoner Is felony embezzle menU Prisoner Is Brought BackA, ¦ ¦ The great j Kaufmann "troupe ¦) ls> beyond the, shadow of a doubt , the. greatest 'ag gregation', of trick .bicyclists that the world ;- has ; . ever produced. Their work Is simply | beyond description. - 1 They are doing hair-raising stunts at the Orpheum this -week with an; ease and a grace ; that bring; gasps • of wonder, and, cries of tap proval. The restbf the show is excellent. Orpheum. CHEYENNE, Wyo.; Aug. 3.— The State Supreme Court to-day handed down an important decision In the " matter of the interstate water rights. ! The court held that the priority of rights rule applied and the' District Court of Sheridan Coun ty, has ; jurisdiction to enjoin the diver slbn' of streams in Montana where such diversion; injures a prior user of water in Wyoming. ' , Defines Interstate Water Rights. The last week of the "combination bur lesques, "Under : the Red Globe", and "The Three • Muskeeters," began last night at Fischer's 'Theater. There, was the usual big cro_wd; and the merry frivolities went with possibly, even more zest- than. ever. Preparations are in full swing now for the presentation. next week of. the burlesques "The Bis Little Princess!' and "Quo Vass ISS." • '"¦ .-: ''.;¦*: •... Fischer's. "The Highwayman," De Koven's comic opera, with Camllle d'Arville in the lead ing soprano part, commenced- the third week of its run at the Tivoli last even- Ing. In . common with every audience which has greeted Miss d'Arville since her return to the stage, last, night's house was lavish with its applause. Sev eral of her numbers were repeatedly en cored, and her excellent support came in for a big share of ¦ the honors! Ed win Stevens, as Foxy Quiller, Is particu larly good, """ and- , Arthur Cunningham leaves nothing to be desired as Dick Fitzgerald, the : romantic young Irish knight of the road. Two of his solos met with a splendid reception. Annie Myers and Edward^Webb do ; some clever /com-' edy work, and Bertha Davis has a small part, which she; fills acceptably. "The Highwayman" is ; put on in an artistic style,' the music is • tuneful, , the book clever and' the people are well trained. The Tivoli . Is ' rehearsing "The Fortune Teller" for early production. Tivoli. PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 3^A check f or $100 has been received from President Roosevelt for Theodore Roosevelt Signet, the boy born to Mr. and Mrs. William H.' Signet of McKeesport some weeks ago, and- which is the twentieth child born to^Mr. Signet. The money has been placed in bank to the credit of- the baby, the interest to accumulate until he is. 21 years of age. . .. "President Sends Gift to a Baby. Little Blossom, announced as the "viva clous comedienne," coon-shouted herself into Immediate favor at the Chutes last night,, her. immense voice filling the capa cious theater to the farthest corner. Les ter and Curtin, the "mari-o'-warsmen," gave a 'capital comedy . acrobatic act, Hank Whitcomb offered some .very clever imitations of animals and birds and Hath away ' and Walton did some of the»best sand and eccentric dancing \ seen In the city in many x a day. The three. Kuhns, novelty musiciansr the great Zano, inys tlfier, and the; anlmatoscope, showing some new. and amusing moving, pictures, completed a thoroughly satisfactory pro gramme. • The amateurs will appear on Thursday night. , , " . . . Chutes. This influence of public opinion will probably result In no action being taken. PEKING, Aug. 3.— The question has arisen amone the. foreign Ministers as to whether they have jurisdiction at Shanghai in the case of the editor and staff of the Chinese reform newspaper Supao, • published In that city, against whom • warrants of arrest' have been is sued bv the Taotai of Shanghai on the charge* of publishing seditious matter. The Russian/ French and'American Min isters . are in favor* of surrendering the reformers, while it is understoodvthat the British Minister is opposed to taking this step and ia awaiting instructions from London. . . , Taotai of Shanghai Issues Warrants for Arrest of Staff of Re form Newspaper. CHINESE EDITORS MAY BE SENT TO PRISON Janice Meredith was greeted on the second night of its production by a full auditorium of appreciative people who enjoyed the humor of the .play and ap plauded the heroic passages with equal gusto. Lillian Kemble shows at her best as Janice, the playful moods alternating with the serious phases affording her the required opportunity of displaying her mettle. In both the grave and the gay she was at home. She is well supported by Elsie Esmond, one of the best sou brettes ever seen at the California. The two compose a team of grace, wit and beauty that it would be difficult to match. The hero, George Soule Spencer, grows more into favor with the audience for his manly style of acting - and won much merited applause last night. A clever bit of dialect Is furnished by Joseph Dalley, who in fact -redeemed the play from what " would otherwise have been a dangerous approach to flatness. That old time favorite Irish character, James M. Ward, appears to advantage as the father, of the incomparable comedian, Frank MacVicars. California. HONOLULU, Aug. 3.— The local political situation is likely to be complicated by the action, to-day of the -Republican Cen tral Committee, which decided to hold open primaries for the county election. It is probable -that a third ticket, proposed as a citizens' reform movement, will be placed in the field. The Home Rulers, consltlng mainly of natives, have already gone into the campaign, and lt is asserted that the Hawaiians and half-whites have announced their Intention' of capturing the Republican organization In addition to attending to their own political inter ests. If the Home Rulers triumph at the polls the county will "be ruled by natives, and if the Hawaiians secure the Republi can organization they will' nominate a mixed ticket of natives, half- whites and whites who are friendly to them. The citizens' ticket is proposed to obviate the possibility of turning over all the offices to the natives. Decision Arrived At by Central Com mittee of the Party May Com plicate the Situation. HONOLULU REPUBLICANS TO HOLD OPEN PRIMARIES ! The Central Theater scored another suc cess last night in Edwin Arden's powerful Russian drama ",Zorah." Standing-room was at a premium, and the play, founded on a story of the persccutlqns of the chil dren of the Hebrew race In the, land of the Czar, created a large amount of en thusiasm. The stage setting. of "Zorah" Is unusually fine, the bazaar of antiquities being a scene of Oriental splendor, and the scene in the Siberian mines of striking realism. Herschel MayalV' made an Ideal Rabbi Francos. The rabbi is a physician as well as a priest, and in the mines to which a tyrannical Governor has con demned him and his affianced wife, Zorah, he performs marvelous cures during, an epidemic of the plague. • The Governor child is stricken by the dread malady. The rabbi is sent for as a last resort. He sees his chance to be avenged on the en emy who has broken his life, but. Zorah pleads' the child's cause and he buries his hatred and brings the little tme back from the door ¦ of ¦ death. Miss Eugenia Thais Lawton gave an Impersonation of Zorah; that was convincingly effective. The cast Is a very long one. To Henry Shumer as the Governor, of I Moscow, however, more than passing mention la due. Edwin T. Emery has a capital part.In Mr.,Slaugh ter, and Miss Myrtle Vane Is delightful as Miss Smith of Chicago. These two furnish-the comedy of the piece! "Zorah" is , a -great attraction and will »• run to crowded houses all the week. Central. Griffith and Anna Wilks— contribute their quota to . the success of the piece, and the drills of the pretty chorus girls con tinue a pleasing feature of the produc tion. . ¦ . : The. delightful comedy -"The Butter flies," by Henry Guy Carleton— first pre sented here by John Drew and his com pany—was the attraction at the Alcazar • Theater last night. The piece was beau tifully staged *nd Its production by the clever stock company left almost noth ing to be desired. It has more than one good moral lesson in showing that there is something to live for in this world besides money, and that' pride can be humbled by unheralded generosity. White Whittlesey. as Frederick Ossian. was a whole-souled lover and the part suited him admirably. Bertha Creighton as Miriam was lovable and charming be cause she was natural. George ' Os bourne was Hiram Green, who made hla millions without any schooling, and his work was artistic and effective. Harry S. Hilllard in the ungracious part of Barrington, his son, was clever and con vincing. Charles Wyngate caricatured the part of Andrew Strong, the wealthy young Englishman, to such an extent as to make it ludicrous. Oza Waldrop was bewitching as Suzanne Ellse and Miss Marie Howe as Mrs. Beverly Stuart- Dodge and Miss Eleanor Gordon as Mrs. Ossian were excellent. Fr,ank Bacon had an uncongenial part as Roscoe Bllser. Alcazar. . 'ASPEH. Wyo., Aug. 3. — The Jury In th« *ei*Jnd trial of E. S. Murphy, charged with the -murder of a sheep herder named Frit* Kas pahn. reported at «i o'clock this evening, having: tailed to aer»*. Kleven of the men stood for conviction and one lor acquittal. The appraisement of the plant of the Spring Valley Water Works at J2S,024,3S3, estimates for public library and readlng- Previous : reports on street paving, among which is mentioned as notable the reconstruction of the pavement of Third street from Mission to Berry streets are reproduced. These" reports generally rec ommend basalt blocks or asphalt pa^ng for future use. • . " The result of the investigation of the City Engineer into the project to obtain a water supply from the Tuolumne River is made part of the report and in the in troduction the present phase of the situa tion Is set forth. The decision of the Sec retary of the Interior on the petition to allow rights of way through the Yosem- Ite reserve and the constructions of res ervoirs has not yet been rendered. The proposed acquirement of the Geary street franchise by the city and the ope ration of the road are made a feature of the report. • Attached to this are esti mates for the construction of a street car line from Fulton street along Tenth avenue io Point Lbbos avenue to Geary street and along Geary street to Market, to be operated by an overhead trolley. The question is to be submitted to the people at the November election. City Engineer C. E. Grunsky filed yes terday with the Board of Public Works his annual report, which Is com posed mainly of previous reports made on various questions . submitted to the Engineer's department by the 'board and a detailed aecount of the expenditures of the office during the last fiscal year. According to theNreport, the estimate of the. cost of. work necessary to the city which, was submitted before the adoption of the last budget was $944,390. Under the appropriation only 5125.0S3 06 could be expended in betterments, leaving the bal ance untouched, the completion of the work ; the report adds, being a pressing need to the convenience of the. public. room, proposed new sewer system, plans for new county jail and addition to the Hall of Justice, estimates on land for public parks in the Mission, Twin Peaks. Telegraph Hill and other sections of the city; plans for new city and county hos pital and estimates for new schoolhouses. all previously published, make up the body of the report. "Should, however. Dr. Bollard take his grievances "to the secular courts he would probably find as little sympathy there as he has so far in the Judicial bodies ap pointed by church authority. In every in stance where aggrieved clergymen have appealed to the courts from canonical de cisions of the church it has been decided against them. Decisions affecting precisely identical circumstances as the Bollard case have always been to the effect that clergy of a church are subject to Its law* presuming that the canons governing the discipline of that church have been right ly observed." What Dr. Bollard's next move will be is not known. A rumor is current among those clergy men and others Interested in the proceed ings of Rev. Dr. Bollard of Vallejo against Bishop Moreland of Sacramento that, the recalcitrant clergyman has been again nonsuited in hla attempt to appeal from the Judgment of the court that ac quitted the Bishop on all counts at the trial in May last. The ruling 'of the Pre siding Bishop Is that the hearing of the charges was fairly conducted and its de cision not subiect to review. A member of the court said: "That is the only possible decision under the cir cumstances; in fact, there Is no one who could either grant a new trial or reverse the verdict of the first one. Aa far as tho church is concerned, the case is con cluded. Albert Gumpeoy, the man who was con signed to a cell in the detention hospital for the Insane Saturday, was declared to •he pane and consequently was discharged frnm the detention hospital yesterday meaning. Gumpeoy was taken away by sympathizing friends, who will look after Jiim until his relatives are heard from. - Gjuxapeoy Declared to -Be Sane. OROSS Kendalllsm is "The Vine gar Buyer," Ezra Kendall's me dium for entering upon starshlp, and perpetrated for the first time here last night at the Co lumbia. It is Mr. Kendall's joke book— last solace of the way stations— in three acts, with Nick Cartery Intermezzos by one Hubert Hall Winslow. As a play it is artlessness itself; as a joke, criminal. All that is cood of "The Vinegar Buyer" is Mr. Kendall himself, who should hie Slim back to the woods of vaudeville with ill speed. He is lost, pitiably lost in the "legitimate." Those anxious to laugh— and Kendall's Mr. Kendall has the leading role of the vinegar buyer — and why, on earth, a vine gar buyer? He does an well with it 1 as could be expected under the circum stances. There is a bright spot furnished by June Mathis as Janie, a pig-tailed, pug-posed country girl. . Miss Matbis de serves a better fate. An attentive claque looked after. Miss Lucille La Verne, and Ralph Dean did not do badly as a mili tant youngster. The rest filled in. The house was good. BLANCHE PARTIXGTON. vicinity is ordinarily supposed to be suffi cient provocation— found occasional op portunity when the joke book came up permost in the play. They laughed again —at themselves for laughing— at the riot ous absiirdity of the rest of it. With its childish Plot incongruous incident, absurd situation, "The Vinegar Buyer" is about the nearest thing to utter banality that has touched the town, an imposition on the Columbia .management and its audi ences. Church Will Not Review Bishop Moreland's Case. Submits Annual Review of Work Done in His Department. HONOI..t5£.U, Aug. 3.— The enterprising citizens of Honolulu are determined to do all -within their power to promote immi gration to the islands. With this end in view the Merchants' Association and the Chamber of Commerce have opened ex tensive headquarters and will advertise the advantages of Hawaii to the outside world, besides catering to the comfort of visitors who arrive here. The Merchants' Association has cabled to Secretary of War Root guaranteeing a constant supply of coal for army trans ports bound from the United States to or from Manila, and asking that troops sent to the Philippines be hereafter routed by way of Honolulu. Options on three steamers available for Government use as revenue cutters have been sent to Washington by E. R. Stack able, Collector of the Port of Honolulu. This action was taken in acordance with instructions received some time since, the Treasury Department being anxious to se cure an auxiliary vessel suitable for the use of its officials in Hawaii. Open Extensive Headquarters to Ad vertise the "Wonderful Advan tages of the Island. CITIZENS OF HAWAII - INVITE EWMIGBATION APPEAL DENIED TO DR. BOLLARD CITY ENGINEER MAKES REPORT - As soon as he heard the news President A. W. Foster left here for the scene, about five miles north, with doctors and wagons. •..-... , . - - • Superintendent Zook was taken to his home in San Rafael on a special train this afternoon. Superintendent Smalley had one arm badly Injured and was hurt in the back, but not seriously. Bookkeeper Houts was struck on the head by rocks, but not badly hurt. •The party had gone to the scene on a tour of inspection and came across a blast which did not appear to have been fired. They were examining it when the blast, which contained 550 pounds of black powder," exploded underneath them, throwing them some distance and delug ing them with rocks. Superintendent Zook suffered fractures of the arm and hand and was badly bruised and cut about the head and body. came very, near causing the deaths of General -Superintendent F. K: Zook, Su perintendent J. D. Smalley of the Stone Construction Company in ,. Oakland and Bookkeeper F. C. Houts of the Sprlng ville Construction Company of Sprlngville, Utah. ' - * "WILiLiITS, Aug.' 3.— The explosion of a blast on a new line of the California Northwestern Railroad near this town Special Dispatch to The Call. instituted. To-day the body was found fn a thicket. Nearby was a club covered *.ith matted hair and blood. Marks of a struggle were evident on all sides and the girl's clothes were badly torn. A clt^p wound in the back of the head showed the death blow. The girl had been outraged. L-ynch talk is heard on nil Fides to-night. | Arriving at the schoolhouse and not f.ndir.g Mabel there the other < children pave the alarm and a search was soo> i he country for miles In all directions all riay Sunday, all night and to-day until the corrse was found. A Coroner's jury is In session to-night. Sfcfrlff Richards recently returned from California and has been in Anatone while his family was camping in the woods two miles from town. Sunday morning the children started for Sunday-school to be held at Kelley"s schoolhouse. At a point In the road Mabel left the party, paying she would take a short cut to the schoolhouse. She was not seen alive cgain. Mabel Richards was 13 veaxs old, a daughter of R. H. Richards, Sheriff of Asotin County. The girl was first missed Eusday morning and searchers scoured .f j>ec!a! Dispatch to The Call. " SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 3.— Lying In a pool of her own blood, her clothing torn and disarranged, while her brain is ex posed bjr a terrible wound In the head, the Jlttlo body of Mabel Richards was found this afternoon In the woods on Montgomery Ridge, three miles from Ar.atone; Wash. Suspicion points to Philip Hamilton, a rancher, who lives alone on the breaks of Grand Ronde River, near town. He is under arrest and refuses to talk beyond n simple denial of guilt. Three Men Suffer the Fracture of Bones and Painful Bruises at . ¦ . the New Railroad Line ,. Above Willits. 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