The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 1, 1901, Page 11

“TELL ME, PRETTY MAIDEN,” STAMPS ITS MELODY ON EARS OF HEARERS “Florodora” Reaches Expectations-—Alcazar’s New Company Meets With Complete Favor---Haworth’s Unusual Shylock. AN FRANCISCO is now lined up with t of the earth on the . dora” que “Florado- en, and has t filled mbia to greet the 0st as many peo- nding for the two the bright non- brings to town e the book of “The written a vastly smarter r ““Florolora,” achieving an almost > in the satiric society Holyrood. The plot has a than is common with its sufficiently bright, and to catchy, sparkling for which Mr. Leslie ble. The mountings been r que, and the cos- umes bright novel and fresh, end_there is us that goes like work, with the aid of an apparently unlimited mber of pretty girls and orchestra, too, i er Mr. y pleas- knows, is_one that has been stolen from , Dolores, by a respectat yrus W. Gt : Dolores’ lamented p: = the a perfume, by which the i succeeded in ac- His attempt to »dorous crime by and his RANDoLPH reEAU -y PyeTo MTADGE~ mENBERS PrioTo Fox ATRICAL FIRMAMENT WHO ARE NTERTAINMENT OF THE PATRONS OF THREE OF AT PRESENT CONTRIBUTING THE LEADING PLAYHOUSES RELIGION WILL BE THE SUBJECT Annual Session to Be Held by Congrega- tional Churches. Delegates Are Coming From All Parts of the State. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 30. The forty-ninth annual session of the General Association of the Congregational Churches of California will convene at the First Congregational Church in th's city to-morrow afternoon and continue with morning, afternoon and evening ses- sions until kriday, when it will adjourn. The programme for the convention will be as follows: - Tuesduy afternoon, October 1, 2 o'clock— Opening devotional service, led by Rev. H. E. Banham, Cloverdale; 3, organization, roll call by registrar, address of welcome, Kgv. C. R. Brown, pastor; response by moderator, appoint- ment of committees, reports from delcgates to fraternal bodies, introduction of delegates from fraternal bodies; 5, adjournment. Tuesday evening, 7:30 o'clock—Praise service led by Rev. H. ¥. Burgess, Auburn; 8, Asso- clational sermon, Rev. Griffith Griffiths, Eu- reka; communion service, led by Rey. William Windsor, Campbell; Rev. W, C. Day, San Franelsco, Wednesday morning, October 2, 8:30 o'clock— Devotional service. léd by Rev. A. E. John- son, Haywards; 9, business, reports of commit- tees; 9:30, narrative of the churches, Rev. J. H. Goodell, Oakland; 10, paper, ‘‘Seriousness of the Church's Present Situation,” Rev. George B. Hatch, Berkeley; 10:30, papers and discussion, ““The Prayer Brooks, Oakland; (2) from the layman’ point, Stuart Elliot, San Francisco; 11: Dess, 12, adjournmeént. Wednesday afternoon—Two o'clock, devotion- al gervice, led by Rev. R. B. Cherington, Ken- wood; 2:15, business; 2:30, Congregational Church Building Society, Rev. H, H. Wikoff; 2:45, Congregational Sunday School and Pub- lishing Society, Rev. E. J. Singer “‘The Pacidc.” W. Ferrier; 3 ev. “Foreign (1) Missions,” Forward Movements in Other Denominations,” Rev. B. M. Palmer, Benicia; (2) “"Our Own Forward Movement,' R, Chamberlain, Oakland: (3) report by Rev. Wal- ter Frear: (4 Woman's Board of the Pacific, Mrs. A. P. Peck, president; (5) addresses by misslonaries; 5:15, business; adjournment. Wednesday evening—7:30 o’clock, praise ser- vice, led by Rev. H. H. Cole, San Franclsco; £:00, Californfa Home Missionary Society, ‘Woman's Home Missionary Union. Thursday morning, October 3—8:30 o'clock, de- vofional services, led by Rev. M. J. Luark, Murphy's: 9:00, business; 9:15, annual business meeting of California Home Missionary Soclety; 10:15, papers and discussion; subject, ‘“‘Church Faderation”; (1), "History of the Movement,” Rev. 8. C. Patterson, Petaluma; (2), “Its Prac- Rev. J. R. Knodell, Santa tical Workings, Cruz, 11:45. report of trustees of Ministerial Relief Soclety; 12, adjournment. Thursday afternoon—2 o'clock, devotional ser- vice, led by Rev. W. H. Cooke, Sunol Glen; 2 siness; 2:30, papers and diseussion; sub- ject, ““The Movement for Bétter Religious In- struction’ ‘Need of It Rev. C. G. Bald- ;) win, Palo Alto; (2), What Is Being Done and Projected,” Rev. H. M. Tenney, San Jose; 4:00, Atherton street, Berkeley; inspection of sem- inary building; 5:30, supper (for delegates) in First Congregational Church, Berkeley, with speechee; toastmaster, President J. K. Mec- Lean. Thursday evening, 7:30—Praise service, led 5. R. Yarrow, Rocklin; 8:00—Papers ussion. Subject, ‘““The New Evangel- “‘Religious Experience Under It,” Rev, C Milliken, Cupertino; 2, ‘‘Preach- ing Under It”; 3, ‘‘Church Membership Under 1t Rev. George C. Adams, San Francisco. ¥riday morning, Octobér 4, 8:30—Devotional service, led by Rév. B. D. Naylor, Grass Val- ley. 8:45—Business; Pacific Theological Semi- nary; 1, report of board of visitors; 2, report of freasurer. 10:00—Paper and discussion. Sub- ject, ‘“The Person of Christ in Current Re- ligious Thinking,” Professor F. H. Foster, Pa- cific Theological Seminary. 11:00—Closing busi- ness; reports of eommittees, 11:30—Closing de- votional service, led by the’ moderator. 12:00— Final adjournment. By vote of assocfation pastors are requested to remember in prayer at the public services of Sunday, September 29, the approaching ses- sion of the General Association. e Holmes Fooled His Wife. OAKLAND, Sept. 30.—Judge Ellsworth gave Mrs. Ethylle Holmes a divorce to- day from Carroll Holmes after listening to the testimony of the wife, her mother and two friends regarding Holmes’ cruel- ty. It developed in the testimony that Holmes had once made a deed of some property to his wife, who afterward dis- covered that he had no property and was only playing a joke. absence. F tly, sings his not strong voice, jldren ugh to ing she | nt little | but she Miss Mil- the cast. Miss the and "] ] -1 8 ® a ances Gordon is another and is charming as Angela k Abercord, was mooth and Under tiae | Philip Ryiey beautifully un- Tweed 2 felicitously origi- a splendid part as sung by one of the mbers ever seen on the local nd was encored time and again | which went away at 11:15 “arrived.” demonstrated offered at the | avalleria” and have become favorite operas and the rendition was fully | house bi 2 B B8 2 2 -] 2 2 8 » ] -4 g was His ringing vs perfect in intonation, he full beauty of the score, of the part of the recreant wed the true dram- 1g Cup SONg was redemanded. Barbareschi 2d her voice answered all s of the trying role. Her strong and her we Italian face made her the life. Ferrari sang d_ Poliettini_was the Tivoli has given us. ir as Lucia. The inter- s times, a opened | he performance of “I Pagliacei” with his | magnificent singing of the prologue, and he great impression he made last year was duplicated. His acting of the role f the revengeful clown equals his Iago | abucco. Montanari as Nedda ap- | red for the first time in some weeks | | splendid. was warmly welcomed. Castellano as eceived Canio was in good voice, his liant upper tones being particularly Pollettini sang the serenade well, nd Zani's Silvio was a good performance. The orchestral direction of Steindorff was never better, the choruses going with fine ecision “armen” is the bill to-night. This week is the last of the Bizet opera. Alcazar. The mew stock company at the Alcazar heater commenced its season last night, producing R. C. Carton’s play, “Liberty Hall.” The opening was an auspicious cne. The gheater was crowded, the newcomers were enthusiastically welcomed and cre- ated a most favorable impression, the play was good and there were flowers geiore for every member of the company. M. L. Alsop. the new leading man, at once established himself as a prime favorite. He has an attractive stage presence and & clear and powerful voice, well modu- lated. He played the part of Mr. Owen | tenderne: | voice and winning way: perfectly and naturally. Miss Alberta ! Converse, the new leading lady, was ap- parently timid at first, but oon | showed that the judgment of the manage- | ment in selecting her was not misplaced. She has a_charming personality and her acting is finely shaded. She carried the audience with her in the part of Blanche Chilworth, which she played with rare and expression. Miss Carrle Lamont as Amy, her sister, was warmly received, as she was the winsome, lovable girl to the life. She has a sweet, clear Dana Tracy, the new juvenile, did not have any oppor- tunity of proving what he is capable of doing in the part of Robert Binks, the shop boy. Of the old members of the company Frank Bacon did a very clever plece of character work as Todman, the old bookseller, and Howard Scott was almost as good as Briginshaw, the vulgar tradesman. The other parts were credit- ably filied by Paul Gerson, Barton Hill, Walter Belasco, Carlyle Moore, Marfe Howe and Agnes Ranken. There should be crowded houses during the week. Grand Opera-House Joseph Haworth with iconoclastic hand hes pulled down and broken all the ideals of days gone by in the interpretation of Shylock in ““The Merchant of Venice.” He gives us a usurer of mild and even gentle manners. albeit of grim and ferocious speech and a purpose satanic in its lust for revenge. We miss the cyclone of furious hate, the sotl tearing passion of the Shylock we used to know and at whom the gallery delighted to hiss and hoot in its frank democracy. °'Tis a re- pulsive character at best, one that Shake- speare drew with unsparing hand, after he had escaped from one of those “uncles”” who did business with the un- fortunate in his time. But Shylock’s | desire for revenge smothers his avarice, and hate is the keynote of his being. Mr. Haworth in the character walks the stage as sedately as a philosopher and speaks the lines as well and precisely as if he were a professor of elocution. But the savage lust of the usurer for the blood of the bankrupt only smolders; there is a break here and there in the lava, an escape of hot steam and a few sparks, and that is all to tell of the volcanic fire beneath. The star's performance of the Jew, however, gives promise of a good Hamlet next week, a character more in accord with the actor's personality. Butler, Mayall and Bernard are good sup- port as Antonio, Bassanio and Gratiano, respectively. _Adele Belgrade, a trifie feminine for Portia, and Mabel Heritage, a sweet but rather insipid Jessica, con- stitute the remainder of the cast. Orpheum. Wilfred Clarke and his supporting com- | pany present the funniest sketch seen in this city for many a day at the Orpheum. Last night a packed house roared at the humerous_situations and unusually good stage business offered. The sketch must needs be seen to be appreciated. Madge Fox, direct from New York, where for six months she has turned theater-goers upside down at one particular roof gar- | den, combines coon-song shouting with acrobatic “stunts” extraordinary in the extreme. Boyce and Wilson are amusing song and dance men, indulging in abso- Jute cragyisms. Arnold Grazer and Blanche Trelease, the cleverest children before the public, give a wonderful sing- ing and dancing turn, combined with their ‘“Mysterious Mirrors.” Press Eld- ridge unloaded an avalanche of fun at the audience, Dorothy Morton sang new songs_and the Svengalis continued to mystify. The Parros brothers, than whom 10 betier acrobats ever visited S8an Fran- cisco, and the biograph, with moving pic- tures of the late President’s funeral, complete an exzellent programme, California. william H. West has surrounded hifh- self with a vocal corps of more than ordi- nary ability and a coterie of really funny comedians for his latest minstrel jubilee, which is playing a successful week's en- | popularity | sit gagement at the California. The end men | are led by the inimitable “Billy” Van, who tells jokes in a way that would posi- tively make a horse laugh. Van is heard to advantage in the olio also, and his is attested by _shrieks of | laughter.” Wes: himself is tMe most fin- | ished interlocutor on the minstrel stage, and the first part under his direction is a marvel of beauty. John H. King is a close second to Van in fun-making, and | scores largely with “Go Way Back and Down.” ement Stewart, Manuel Romaine and Georgle Jones, 'the boy barytone, sing beautiful selections in fine style. “Excelsior,” sung by a quintet, concludes a very clever first part. The olio comprises the Rio brothers, who have a distinct novelty in an acro- batic act, and the Zeb and Zarrow trio, who present a whirlwind of novel sur- prises with bicycles and wheels of the most fantastic description. Next week Herrmann, the great magi- cian, will be seen at the California in some of his latest fllusions. Central. “Kidnaped” in its initial appearance at the Central last night was greeted with a crowded house and constantly re- curring applause. The play is rather more realistic, if possible, than the ordi- nary melodrama, and is excellently ren- dered by the company. ki Willard ~ Blackmore, the hero of the play, in the character of a German dude, seemed to be the favorite with the au- dience. Jennie Wiedman was the next in line for honors, and Margaret Marshall and James Corrigan created no end of amusement in their characterization of an Irish couple. Frank Fanning, the vil- lain,» was hissed in a mannér which showed that he played his part to the entire satisfaction of the spectators, Ed- win Emery and Annette Marshall were also received vociferously. The minor parts were also well carried out and the play as a whole is admirably balanced. In view of last night's success, it seems probable that the performance will have more than an ordinarly good run. Chutes, A large audience enjoyed the new biil at the Chutes last night. Mlle. Lotty scored a big hit with her beautiful poses. Carter Bros. are clever acrobats and do many new and daring feats. Deets and Don continue to be great favorites with their novel singing and dancing act. Other good number are the Carlson sisters, Valkyra, equilibrist, Berlin sisters in new songs and a series of new moving pictures, including scenes of McKinley the Buffalo Exposition. ks Fischer’s Concert House. Alice de Leon, a French chanteuse, made a tremendous hit at Fischer’s Con- cert House last night, as did also the pan- tomime, A Druggist's Troubles,” pre- sented by the Razillia company. Richards and Relyea, original ‘Roman ring” ar- tists, created an acrobatic sensation, and Agnes George, a child soubrette; Robert Nome, saxophone soloist, and Sam Holds- worth, tenor, completed an_excellent pro- gramme. The house was packed, Seven Pines Circle, Seven Pines Circle, Ladies of the Grand Army, entertained its friends last even- ing in its hall in the Pioneer bullding, there being present many of the veterans of the Civil War and a number of those who always embrace the opportunity of greeting the old soldiers and encouraging those who assist them. The committee, consisting of Mrs. J. Murray Bailey, Mrs. Dr. Ball and Mrs. Dr. Sherwood, offered a programme, preceded by a salufe to the national colors, that was made up of mu- sical and literary numbers, contributed by Miss Shafer, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Fletch- er, Lulu Lane, Alice Pullen, Mrs, S To Coach Oregon. BERKELEY, Sept. 20.—W. W. Smith, former captain and star halfback on the university football team, left to-night at 7 o’clock for the north to coach the Uni- versity of Oregon gridiron squad. He will put the men in condition for a contest with Washington and northern athietic clubs and probable meets with California and Stanford. Smith's position was form- erly held by Dr. Frank Simpson, Berke- ADAMS 7O FACE JURY OF PEERS Twelve Men Secured to Hear the Case of Jes- sup’s Slayer. e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 30. To-morrow morning at 10 o'clock Charles G. Adams, who killed J8hn G. Jessup, will face the jury that is to try him and which was completed this after- noon. After a struggle that has extended over five days the attorneys for the peo- ple and the defense succeeded to-day in getting the last of the necessary twelve men. They are: L. Linekin, C. B. White, John Madden, P. Quinlan, J. McGivney, P. J. Delehanty, N. G. Sturtevant, M. J. Hanley, Thomas White, Albert Bistorious, C. B. Harmon and J. J. White. Over and over again the attorneys have told the story of Adams’ crime to the men on the panel by putting hypothetical questions, of course, and the prejudices of the possible jurymen against the in- sanity and self-defense pleas have been inquired into exhaustively. “Altogether fifty-one men were examined, some among them having been summoned as special veniremen on account of the ex- haustion of the regular panel. Of these nineteen were dismissed by the defense, nine by the people and eleven by ..e court. The defense and prosecution went .almost to the limit of the peremptory challenges -which are allowed them, the former being given twenty and the latter ke en. When the case went on this afternoon after a recess since Friday, on account of the illness of Attorney Snook, the talesmen were examined in quick succes- slon and at the end of two hours the de- fense announced that it was satisfled with Thomas White, the last man examined. A short conference was then held, after Wwhich it was announced that the case woufd be continued until to-morrow morning. Adams continues to maintain the dis- interested attitude that he affected on the opening day of the trial. He buries his face in his hands and pays little or no attention to what is going on about him. His faithful daughter sits beside him con- stantly. — e Student Population Increases. BERKELEY, Sept. 30.—Seventy-five per cent of all students registered at the University of California reside in this city, making the proportion a large in- crease over former vears. In 1894-9% b1 per cent of the students lived here; in 1899-00, 65 per cent, and last year 71.9 per cent. Of the 2229 students in the colleges EEA Le Courrier, Agnes Graves and the Grab Mandolin Clu%m The several nul;%e:; were well received and the performers loudly gpplnuded. ~ cn this side of the bay 229 live in San Francisco, 270 in Oakland, 3 in Alameda, 19 in neighboring places, such as San Rafael, Niles, etc., and 1675 in perkeley. adjournment to Pacific Theological Seminary, | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1901. fO— “In a Persian Garden,” \ “Rubaiyat,” Is-to Be Presented in Oakland. SONG CYCLE AROUSES UNUSUAL INTEREST With Words From the = ONE OF THE PROMINENT SING- ERS TO BE HEARD IN THE SONG CYCLE. L3 *+ o AKLAND, Sept. 30.—The produc- tion of Liza Lehmann's song cycle, “In a Persian Garden,” to- morrow evening at the Unitarian church, is exciting unusual inter- est in musical circles. This will be only the second time this much discussed | work has been presented in this city, the | first production being about three years ago. The words of this novel musical composition are taken from FitzGerald's translation of the ‘Rubalyat” of Omar Khayyam, and although as a musical composition the song cycle has frequentiy been a subject of disagreement among ley's coach, and by Lawrence Kaarsberg. ! musicians and critics, it is generally con- feature of a future concert. B e o e S e LLLE WANTED FURTHER TINE Contractor Denies That He Meant to Deceive Creditors. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 30. ‘W. V. Lillle, the Berkeley contractor who on Saturday night claimed that he was held up near the High School and relieved of $700 and who admitted to the police yesterday that the alleged robbery was a fiction of his own imagination, is now sorry that he was the sole party to the deception. Lillle feels that his strange action has harmed his name, but he as- serts that he was so worried over finuu- cial matters and nagged by persisient creditors that he could tihink of no other way to cause them to ease up for a while than to resort to the footpad method. Arter_thinking the matter over he con- cluded to contess his scheme to the po- lice yesterday and make a clean breust of the whole strange affair. He said: 1 am satisfied now that I did wrong in pre- tending that I was held up and robbed, but I couldn’t help it at the time. I was driven to it by persons to whom I owed money and who would give me no rest. Saturday I went to San Francisco to collect on a note that was due me and {o try and secure money from other people owing me. When I started for home I did not have enough b{ $200 to meet what 1 had to pay. 1 knew thal some of my creditors, who were not as deserving to be paid as oth- ers I owe, would be at the house. Rather than disappoint my .generous creditors, who should have thelr money as soon as any one else, I decided to meet a fictitious highwayman and be robbed. 1 intended to leave the money hid- den away until I obtained sufficlent to pay every one I owed. The statement that I told the story of the hold-up for the purpose of deceiving my cred- itors is false. I mean to pay every cent I owes and always meant to do so. I have been so Worked up over money troubles that I have hardly slept during the past week. I intended to give up a contract on a house I am building since this thing happened, but many friends ve come to me and offered to assist me. The oodmen in particular have been friends in need and friends in deed. I will square up all my debts if given time. ———— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Sept. 30.—Licenses to mar- ry were issued to-day to Frank A. John: son, 36, Oakland, and Nellie Roses, 21, Berkeley; Joseph S. Costa, 31, Elmhurst, and Annie Ramos, 16, Melrose; illiam i C. Cook, 23, and. Mary E. Maple, %5, boin of San Francisco; Edward J. Finnigan, 29, and Mary J. Leach, 27, hoth of San Francisco; Albert J. Murrita, 25, and Lot~ tle C. Costello, 21, both of San Francisco. —_— Oakland.Gutter Cleaning. OAKLAND, Sept. 30—Three gangs of workmen, seventy-five in all, will to-mor- row ccmmence cleaning the street gutfers of weeds and debris in order to have them in good condition for the early rains. : \ ceded to possess unusual merit. The singers who will present “‘In a Per- sian Garden” are all well and favorably known in this city, being Mrs. Carrle Brown Dexter, Miss Grace Carroll, Alger- non Aspland and Homer Henley of San Francisco. The last named gentle- man has not been heard in Oakland for a year or more. Will B. King will play the accompaniment, which, by the way, is not the least interesting feature of the work. A short miscellaneous programme will precede the song cycle, which will be as follows: (a) *“A Narrative” (Milden- burg), (b) “A Dream So Fair” (John W. Metcalf), Miss Grace Carroll; scene from “La Boheme” (Puccin), (b) soprano solo, (¢) grand duet, Mrs. | Carrie Brown Dexter and Algernon Asp- land. It is the intention of those interestel in the present concert to give a series Gt musical entertainments during the win- ter, in order to give music lovers an op- portunity to hear other works which ars equally meritorious, but which, owing to their peculiar construction, are uncom- mon. *“The Daisy Chain,” also by Liza Lehmann, will doubtless be the main + e e e X PUMMELS AL WTH UNBRELL Mrs. Still Unduly Free With the Feminine Weapon. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 30. For being unduly free with her umbrella Mrs. Annie E. 8till of Livermore is serv- ing a sentence of twenty days in the County Jail. Mrs. Still is accused of al- most fracturing Mrs. Cora Mitchell’s frontal bone with her deadly weapon and making it very unpleasant for the victim all around. All the parties to this story of #n um- brella and a broken head live In the town of Livermore. The Stills and the Mitch- ells have been neighbors for a long time and until lately they were on friendly terms. But one day the neighbors had a falling out over some trivial thing, with the result that they have been cherishing an aversion for each other. The breach was widened by the gossip of other peo- ple. The other night Mrs. Still laid in wait for Mrs. Mitchell behind a_ woodpile, a bale of hay or something that was not transparent and when the rival appeared began a fusillade of blows upon her head with an umbrella which she brougnt along for the purpose. Mrs. Still bela- bored so hard that she broke the weapon, after which she used her fists to advan- tage. Mrs. Mitehell, being taken wholly unawares, was compelled to submit to the abuse until her assallant grew tired, when she made her way home. But the tables were turned the next day, when Mrs. Mitchell had Mrs. Still arres ed for battery. The case was tried in the Justice Court and _attracted the entire population of the Livermore Valley, as the contestants are well known. Mrs. Mitchell had no trouble proving her case to the satisfaction of Justice Taylor, who ‘senjtzflced Mrs. Still to serve twenty days n jail. GEORGE GREEN MAY BOX RJAN AT KANSAS CITY Match Has Been Practically Arranged Between the Two Middle- 2 ‘weights. A match has practically been arranged beiween George Green, the local middle- weight, and Tommy Ryan to take place oun tke 10th of this month, before the Democratic Central Club of Kansas City. Green wired the club yesterday that he would accept the match if it increased the size of the purse offered. If he re- ceives a favorable reply Green will leave a: once for Kansas. In the meantime, he is training for the proposed bout at ‘the Olympic Club. (a) temor solo, | K. 11 WHEAT BURIES AILADAD TRACK Volmer Warehouse at Decoto Bursts Open. 35 S % Way for Trains Had to Be Dug Through the Grain. — gy Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 30. ‘With a crash that was heard for "a mile around, the great Volmer warehouse at Decoto burst open on Saturday night and buriéd the railroad track in grain. It was found necessary to dig a way through the loose grain in order to per- mit the passage of the regular trains. The wrecking of the warehouse was ons of the most peculiar, as well as disast- rous, events that has happened in the lower part of the county. R. Volmer & Co. had filled the warehouse to the very roof with grain which they had purchased from the farmers of Washington Town- ship. The inability of the farmers to get their grain to a market in_San Fran- cisco, or to tha shipping at Port Costa, made the purchase of grain a profitable Investment. Volmer & Co. have been making large purchases for several weeks and they stored their purchases in their warehouse at Decoto. In some way the underpinning of the warehouse gave way on Saturday night. When the drop came the warehouse burst wide open, and the grain was spread over the country for hundreds of feet around. The loss will fall entirely upon the Vol- mer company, for they purchased the grain outright and ownéd the contents of the warehouse. The loss will amount to about $5000. SHORT LIVED EXISTENCE OF A GROCERY FIRM Members of Eli;;gnrrd & Russell Company Fail to Agree and Disso- lution and Receiver Asked. OAKLAND, Sept. 30.—Suit was begun to-day for a dissolution of the partnership existing among the members of the Agard & Russell Company and the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the busi- ness. The plaintiffs are George W. Scott, John F. Agard and James J. Agard and the defendant is George A. Russell. The plaintiffs charge in their complaint that on September 20, 1%1, they bought from the Agard & Russell Company out- standing accounts due the firm from varfous_debtors amounting to $17,000, of which $i000 is due from the defendant. Upon the purchase of these accounts the plaintiffs and defendant became co- partners in the grocery business. Since the firm was organized, the plaintiffs claim, the defendant has failed to live up to his agreement and has appropriated to his own use money he has collected. They say they have been excluded from col- lecting at all and that Russell is taking money in excess of the amount to which he is entitled —_————— JUDGE MELVIN CHARGES THE NEW GRAND JURY Formal Instructions Given to the Inquisitors Who Will Serve During the Half Year. OAKLAND, Sept. 30.—Judge Melvin in- structed the mew Grand Jury in its du- tles after it had been sworn in this morn- ing. His charge was purely formal, no reference being made to any particular event within the county that has hap- pened since the last Grand Jury adjourn- ed. The court said to the jurors: “I do not suppose any person would be so lost to all sense of decency as to approach you improperly; but if such threats should be made, either by oral or written communication, it is your duty to at oncs make known the fact to the court to the end that the offender may be rigidly and properly punished.” The jury is composed of-the following named citizens: Wallace Everson, P. Re- mond, H. W. Watkins, G. E. Chittenden, Ernest E. Hall, James Linfoot, H. C. Taft, E. P. Flint, W. 1. Reed, Andrew Ramage, Solomon Ehrmann, A., Klose, Elisher . Waterman, J. . W, _Sohst, George Kirk, D. N. Ceey, Henry Michael, Charles A. Sesslons and August Hageman. . —_——— ATTORNEYS STILL ARGUING, THE MANDAMUS CASE OAKLAND, Sept. 30.—The attorneys engaged in the mandamus suit of the Contra Costa Water Company against City Auditor Breed presented arguments before Judge Ellsworth to-day and when the sessioh came to a close the case was continued to Thursday for further argu- ment. Attorney Guy C. Earl, for the Auditor, devoted most of his remarks to_his con- tention that the water company has for- feited its franchise because it did not conform to a law which says that water rates must be fixed by ordinance and not by resolution. Replying, Attorney McCutchen, for the water company, insisted that the pen- alty for -the disobedience of the letter of the law is absurd. He said that the company might easily be deprived of its property without due process of law if the law was enforced and probably C. F. through no fault of the corporation. Af-1 torney Knight followed McCutchen for the company but did not finish. —————————— Mrs. Field’s Will Is Filed. OAKLAND, Sept. 3.—By the terms of the will of the late Mrs. Susan' Field, widow of the late Supreme Justice Field, one-third of the estate goes to a niece, Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney, superin- tendent of the Associated Charities of this city. Two-thirds of the property is willed to a sister, Mrs. Condit-Smith, which will revert to’another sister, Mrs. Mary L. Whitney of this city. The will was filed in Washington. —————————— Familiar Figure to Leave Colleg BERKELEY, Sept. 30.—John Maison, one of the familiar characters at the University of California, where during the last thirteen years he has acted as messenger or janitor, has resigned his position and will retire from active life. He was the first volunteer to enlist from California during the Civil War and served six years, first in the First Cali- fornia and later in the Second United States Artillery. He was wounded several times. P — Trustees to Fix Tax Rate. ALAMEDA, Sept. 3.—The City Trus- tees will hold a special meeting Friday night for the purpose of discussing tae tax rate for the year. The chances are that the rate will be the same as last year_the Trustees having aimed to keep the department estimates down so tl the rate will not go over $1 20 on the valuation. ——————— Chinese Is Beaten. Lee Now, a Chinese who conducts a broom factory at 749 Clay street, was beaten yesterday afternoon on Sixth street by hoodlums. A severe cut over his eye was attended at the Central Recely- ing Hospital. ‘When' the fickle appe- tite of the irritable con- valescent rejects every- thing else you can think of in the food line, try him with & cup of beef tea made from LIEBIG :--" OF BEEF. 0dds are that he it gratefully and feels better ter.