FIRE AT EAST OAKLAND.-OAKLANDSept. ..11,—Flr« fronj a defective flue causedS900> damag* to' W. Logan's house, fi(» EastFourteenth street, at 1 o'clock this mornlnj.

CHURCH FEDERATION,,-, ELECTS—

JJERKELET. Bept. 11.—

The Berkeley, Federa-tion of Churches has organized for the work ofthe coming year by electing a new set of of-ficers, .as follows: President,- Rev. A' 8Coate» :vice president. H. •R.-. Braden ;treas^t.rer. Rev. E. W. -Darst: -secretary. Rev. R.S.j Eartraan: executive committee— Rev..E. "L,,-ParEons.- t)r. W.

-H; Hopkins, tRcv. J.- H

Pcele/ J. T. Farrar, Gilbert Shepcrd.

Cyder Walthour ,Wln« at Berlin.. .BERLIN,.Sept. 11.—

:"Bobby" Wal-thour. the American bicyclist; won theinternational bicycle race at 100 kilo-meters; here, to-day.: His time was1 hour,;22 minutes and .18 secondsDickerman' of Holland. Hall of Hol-land Rnd Roble: of Germany J finishednar named. .". Walthour won e;isily andwithout haying. to. change hia motorpace.

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LONDON, Sept 11.—-Leo Stern, theviolinist, husband 0/ Susanne-*Adarris,the singer, is dead. . •-

Violinist Dies In London.

"Warrant Officer Raven of the Brit-ing warship 'Wildfire has made a¦world'* record with the revolver, scor-ing all bulls, at twenty yards, andg-etting outelde the black only once atfifty yards, a total of 167 points outof*possible 1C8. . .:

SACRAMENTO. Sept. .11.—Miss Jes-sie P. Loomls.'.aged 32 years, threwherself ln

;front. of a moving train atCorning to-day and .was almost .in-stantly Wiled. .She -resided witL herbrother, B. N. Loomls of Corning, andhas been suffering from a fever, whichis believed to have -affected her mind.

Younc Woman FalLs Before Train.PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad, Sept-

11.—rThe< steamer Kennett has sailedfrom Venezuela with the first cargoof asphalt shipped by President Castrofrom the property of the New Yorkand Bermudez Asphalt Company, itsdestination is unknown. ,Itis.statedhere that the asphalt company' willask for an embargo upon the cargo.

Loads Vessel With Cargo From MineTaken Frrnn . Xcxr,York.and

Bermudez Company.

CASTRO MAKES HIS FIRSTSHIPMENT OF . ASPHALTMUKDEN,.Sept. 11.

—Allis quiet In

this region. Itis understood that themain force of Japanese has retired toYentai. '

A solemn service was held here to-day for the repose of the souls of thosekilled In action, it waa attended bythe entire staff and garrison. A fewdistant shot were heard during theccremonj'.

The weather is threatening and morerain Is expected.

Service Held for the Repose of Soulsof Russian Soldiers.

LAST RITES FOR THE DEAD. CHICAGO Sept. lL-rAllprobabilityof complications at the stockyards wasremoved to-day when the packing-houseteamsters* voted to return to work to-morrow. The offer of the packers totake back as many teamsters as areneeded and to hire the others as neces-sity,demands was made known througha committee that had visited the pack-

ers and the proposition was acceptedwithout opposition.'

Action Removes All Fear. of Compli-cations Arising .Over the Strike

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. ... Settlement.

packing-house teamsters.voteJto go rack to work

Dates are to be applied -for to theWestern

-Jockey Club. In case suit-able periods for racing are not grantedby that body

'the aggregation will

proceed'to buy a box of.matches and

make a little Jockey Club of Its own.probably a.Southern Jockey club. -,'A-man rM-ell.known.in New York

business circles is at present promot-ing the; scheme.

NEW YORK,-'Sent: 11.—Three biffowners, three big;' breeders^ and threebig capitalists . propose to establishanother racing circuit on a errandscale. .This circuit will be composedmainly of three tracks

—a new track

at St. Louis, a Chicago track, prob-ably Worth, and :a track ¦• at NewOrleans.-*'. .'¦'-. ':¦"¦' • J- ..^";.: 7 :

CIRCUIT OF RACETRACKSFOR THE MIDDLE WEST

ST. LOUIS. SepL 11.—Thelocal stock-holders of the Continental,' Consolid-ated and American Tobacco companies

have been *nc-tfRed that a meeting willbe held in New York on September 30,at which a complete merger, of thethree companies' will;be' voted upon.The proposed new company, will con-trol the entire tobacco, business of thecountry.

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K>-cdicrate Will be Formed for Pur-lK»?e of ControHinjr Entire Busi-

ness of Country,

illREE TOBACCO CONCERNSTO nE 5IERGED INTO ON'E

LABOR PARTY'S OFFICERS.— OAKfcAXnSept, 11.

—The Cnlon Labor party county com-

mittee waa organised last night by th* ejec-tion of the following officers: Chairman, B. f\Calhoun; vice chairman. W. F. Annstmn"*secretary. T. L. HoMen: trtasuref. A. S. Orms-by: sergeant at arms. W. H. Sweeney. Chair-man Calhoun appclnted an executive- commit-tee as follows: A. 8. Ormsby (chairman), k.M.' Rowe. Charles Calhoun. G. J. Britt, -WH. Sweeney. E. G. Cox, E. F. O'Brien. Wil-liam Allen, Paul Wuthe, W. T. MeNallvE. T. Van Alstlne. U O. MaZthewa, J 13

'Kay.

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The -Boating Club will entertain at.IdoraPark on October. 6.

-Instead of

-October-'!,- thechange having been, considered advisable. Theaffair Is In charge ?-«fm committee consistingof Stuart Hawley,*.'00;.G. J. Anlpff. '05: A. CKeane, 'C5. and J. P. Loeb. MS. The proceedsof the "night" will.be devoted to the purchaseof a shell to be -used In

'the" races against

this year.' .

The .annual reception to the graduate stu-dents will"be held In Hearst Hall next Mon-day night,- the function to be under the au«-<

pices ¦ of the Associated Graduate Stu-dent*.:-The following committees are Incharge* Arrangements

—Carlos G. White,

Portia Ackerman, Marietta Edwards. -TalhilahLe Conte. Fred Blanchard, J. A. Wilson. Re-ception

—Miss Le Conte, Beverly B.'- Allen'.-*A.

M.'Cleghorn. Bessie Forse, GertruJe M.

-Jew-

ett, Benjamin J. Kurtz, Ivan M.->L.inforth' R.I*.McwlUIama. James D. Maddrfll. Dora* L.Martin,.-Clarence W. Peck, Helen Powell Dor-othy Schroeder. A. J. Woolsey.

'Decoration

—Portia Adterman. Elizabeth Arnelll, • j.¦ -a/Champreufc.. M. Frledtrtch, Fletcher-.Hamil-ton. Chrletlne Hutton. Clinton IC-'Judy, FredJ. Johnson. 'Edna Lewis, Sophie BchroedcrHattle McWheaton, J. XT> WlUon, OliverYoungs. ln\-itatlon

—Marietta 'Edwards, Mary

McGrew. Maude Kagle. Henrietta Wade. Re-treshment-r-Fred Blanchard, ¦Carrie W. LIddle,Irving Needhatn, Rachel B. La thr&p, George AEmlthsonv ¦••-,. ¦¦•¦-.. • ¦-' ¦

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rBERKELET, Sept. 11."—Plans for the addi-tion to liarmon Gymnasium, and the completeremodeling ol .the present arrangements' In' thelocker, rooms'and baths have' been. finallyadoptfed. .Work 'will bruin just as,'' toon a* bids arereceived and accepted, asMt Is the desire' t'ooffer students the best accommodations as" soonas possible.' "The vrdrk will"cost" )$12, 000, thissum having been set- Aside by '.the regents. Ac-cording-to. the plans the main -entrance willhereafter .be :on the eajt *ide of the building,and rthe present lockera^ and offices near^themwill be tornIout io provide a lobby foj- theconvenient entrance

'of a.large cfowd. ¦-"The

present bnthrooms .will be displaced bj^ lock-ers. On:the ground floor will be a - greatbathroom, ,containing 130 showers. Here thefloor' will be cemented - and Inlaid and-- tiled.The approach from the lockers willbe on aninclined plane. Special .arrangements -will bemade in the athletic quarters. There' will bea tteparate entrance on- the west- side, and allof the unpez, part of which Is now used fortraining truarters. ¦'wUl be given to 'the. ath-letes. There will be twenty showers for? the'college men and ten for the visiting teams,besides -three rubbing rooms and lockers.

UNIVERSITY EVENTS SARATOGA, Sept. 11.—

-This hasbfen a da;* of informal conferencesamong tne Republican leaders "gath-ered here In advance of the Stateconvention called for Wednesday.Lntp to-night there seemed to bei ageneral^ Impression that there wouldbe no contest over, the nomination forGovernor. Governor Odell and Sena-tor Platt had a long talk this morn-ing and were together at dinner atSaratoga Lake to-night. AfterwardSenator^ Platt said:"Iam for the nomination of Wood-

ruff as Governor, us Governor Odelltell? me,he has had no candidate. Ishould think there would be a goodchance of Woodruffs nomination." . '

Mnkes Announcement.Senator. After Conference With Odell,

PLATT FOR WOODRUFF.Cyclist Makes Xerv 3111c Record.

VAILSBURG,N. J.. Sept. 11.—Yatls-burg*s "annual handicap" day. tardayproduced a new American record-^forone mile, Frank L. Kramer; winning

the handicap at that distance fromscratch In 1:49 2-5, only two-fi\fth»; ijfa second slower than the world's rec-ord made by McFarland in Australiaseveral months ago.

President—

Ludwig W'arnke- Alameda.'

Vice-presidents—F. B. Cook. East Oakland; F. G.Elben. West Oakland: C Hadlen. West Berke-ley; George TV-Morris. AlameJa; F. C. Har-vey, Alvarado. Treasurer

—George A Rus-

Fe!l, Oakland. Directors— S. J. Sill, Berke-ley; II.D. CuehlnR. Oakland; G. A. Russell.Oakland: G. T. Morris. Alameda: O. Hoffman,East Oakland. -Secretary

—James G. Reed.

Committees: Executive—

George Hoffman,chairman; M. P. Manning, Geonre T. Morris.Reception

—A. J. Nor, chairman; H. Hauch

D. S. Alnsworth. J. D. Miller. W. W. Thomas'H. B. Haseltine. A. Demars. S. J Sill, W j'.Reed. L. Wamke. Finance-— George A. Rus-sell, chairman; George Turn Suden. Pro-gramme

—A. Powers, chairman: George A

RusseU.. J.. S. Wix^on. Games— J. L. Wood-worth, chairman: F. G. Elben, Al Fink, M.li. Dlerasen. C. Hadlen. F. A. Reynolds, R.Gilxan, J. 8. Crawford. Floor—H. GrifllnK.chairman: II.Duncan. Jc^in Rooney. II.C.Jones. Music

—L. W'arnke, chairman; G...T.

Morris. Ticket—

George Hoffman, chairman*M. P. Manning. Prlw;

—L. W*rnke, .chair-

man; G. A. RuseeJi; Gecrge Morris, M. PManning, H. 'D. Cushlng, J.G. Reed. Ladles'Kuecrlng contest

—George Morris, chairman; C.

A. James, J. H. Barker. . Members and clerks'drawing—M. L. Dierspen, chairman; P. N.Anton. F. J. Greenwood.

OAKLAND,Sept. 11.—

The AlamedaCounty Retail Grocers and Merchants'Association will hold its first annualouting Sunday, September 18. at Sun-set Park. .Train leaves foot of Mar-ket street. San Francisco, at 8 o'clock,stopping at First street and Broadway,East Oakland, Twenty-third avenue.San Leandro, Haywards and Niles.The committee has collected. 500 prizesfor distribution. There will be racesand i?ames, guessing contest, baseball,dancing and drawing contests formembers and their clerks. Mostcareful supervision of the grounds willbe maintained, as it is designed tomake the affair a family one. .

The officers arid the committees areas follows:.

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Sunset I*nrk for Members, Fami-lies and Their Friends.

Association Arranges fop a Day at

"The Holv.Catholic Church'.'.was thesubject of a discourse given' this even-Ing by the Rev. M. D. Buck at th*ThIrty-fourth-street Methodist Church.

:*. "The Model. Wife" was the subjectof a sermon this evening by the Rev.E.E. .Baker, pastor of the First Pres-byterian Church. ..The annual meeting of the Woman's

Homo j:Missionary "Union,of. NorthernCalifornia

"will be '-'held at Pilgrim

Congregational Church. Eighth avenueand East

-Fifteenth *streets, oh Tues-

day, jopening with a morning sessionat 10:30 o'clock. Mrs. J.B. Hume ofBerkeley. Mrs. Tv C.1Edwards: of SanJose, ;Mrsi'E. S. Williams of Saratoga,Mrs. F. -R. -N.' Clayton and .the Rev.W. T. Patchell of San Francisco willdeliver' addresses. ... - .

The Rev. C. II, Hobart. formerlypastor of the First Baptist Church,and Mrs. Hobart, are the guests of¦Mrs. Matilda Brown at 506 Caledoniaavenue. A reception in honor of theHobarts will be held Tuesday eveningat the First. Baptist Church, where theformer nastor preached- to-day. Dr.Hobart la now pastor of the First Bap-tist Church of Pasadena. The Hobartsare" on their way home from the St.Louis Fair.

;.The *Bay Association of-

Congrrega-

tional Churches has called a sessfon forTuesday at the Fourth CongregationalChurch, Thirty-sixth and Grove streets.Three delegates from eaoh church willbe. seated. The theme ;wll) be "TheChurch in Its Relations to Social Con-ditions." At the afternoon session, at2:30 o'clock. Professor William F. Ra-der will deliver ;an address on "TheMessage of Amos?, the -Preacher of So-cial and Civic Righteousness." J. StittXyilBpn willspeak on "The Message ofSocialism to the Church." ."PresentSignificant Social and Industrial Ten-dencies" will be discussed by the Rev.Robert Whitaker. Supper willbe servedat 6 o'clock, following a business meet-Ing of the association.

-.In the evening • the will

hold a song -.service, beginning at 7:45o'clock, followed by addresses on "TheRelation of the Wage Earner to theChurch, 1.' .by O. A. Tveltmoe,

4edltor ofOrganized Labor, .and by the Rev. B.M. .Palmer on "The Relation of theChurch to the Wage Earner." ArthurArlett Is- moderator, the Rev. B. M.Palmer scribe and the Rev. R. I.Brooks registrar of the association.

Oakland Oflce San Francisco Call,1016. Broadway, Sept. 11.

OUTING TO BE GIVKNBY COUNTY GROCERS

Club event. 25 birds—Hoyt 22, Nauman 19,Forster 23. Gamble, lit. Muniock 21, Jacobnen14, S'ade 19. Cuneo 15, Halfcht '2u, Payne 19.Hirschle 15. Lewis 22.' Frankel 17, Holesclaw17, Stone 19, Decker 21, Daniels '£i. Patrick IS,Holllnt 23, Walpert lh. Pizani 17. Hution iu.E Klevesahl 21, Uurfclnd 21. Shields 1». Iver-sen 21. Nickels 12. Ashland 13. H. Klevesahl13, "-'.' .'. '¦-.-. '-

Medal event, sixteen yards— Nauman shotat 27, broke 25: Halght 2U—20. Daniels 25—23,Slade 27—21. Daniels 27—22. Forster 28—^2.Jacobson 28

—23, Walpert 27

—1<J, Cuneo 28

—17.

Frankel 3O—22. Dr. Payne 27—22. Lewis26—1», Hollinc -35—21. Patrick 27—19, Haas25—IS, M. J. Iverson •20

—17, H. Klevesahl

30—20. Murdock 2«— 2TJ, Shields 27—la.sanl 27—20, Burfelnd, Hutton 27—22... .

Kirst-classi tnedal race. 25 birds—

Daniels 17,Iversen 22. Nauman 24. Gamble 21. Shields ID.

Second class. ,23 birds—

Jacobsen 19, .Walpert15, Elade 18. H. P. Jacobson won the medal.

The members of the Union GunClub held. their final bluerock shootof the season yesterday at . Inglesidetraps. Luncheon was served on thegrounds to celebrate the closing day.

Clarence Nauman, the crack shot,won the medalin the first class.. Thisprize has been contested for by thegun -men since the season opened inMarch. - W. P. Jacobsen won thehonors . in the second class. F. J.Stone, Al Holesclaw, E. W. Decker ofFresno and D. S. Hirschle of Vallejoattended ¦ the shoot.

Nauman Bhot in excellent form. Intwo events he succeeded in breakingforty-nine bluerocks out of fifty-two.Following are the scores:

UNION GUN CLUB HOLDS-FINAL SHOOT OP SEASON

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 11.—The ftre inBig Basin Is now well under control

and the State Park is saved. On.account of false reports going out ParkCommissioner H. F. Kron, who hsrs/|estreturned from Big Basin, makes* thsfollowing statement: "California Red-wooK Park absolutely safe. Semp#r-vlrens and Governor's camps intact.Through the heroic work of WardenPllkington.with able assistance of ilo-Abee brothers and I. T. Bloom, at themost critical moments, ths danger ofburning the Governor's camp ,wa3averted." .:-'.¦ Z ; T." '

Fire Is Under Control and Governor'sCamp Escapes.

STATE PAl'.K IS SAVED.

Pastors; and Laymen Will. Talk on Church's delationVto Condition of Society

Walter M<x>re. a wealthy resident ofBirmingham. Ala., with a iparty offriends, arrived at the Palace yester-day. ¦ ,-.:,.> ;:-,;;•; -r-\i

Dr. b. M. Taylor, a retired physicianof Washington. D. C, is among thelatest arrivals at the Palace.

AI Ames, a prominent, manufacturerof Gait, registered yesterday at theLick.

Dr. H. D. Hamilton and Dr. W. O.Iieillyof Montreal are guests at thePalace.

J. P. Morgenson. proprietor of a hotelat Los Gatos, Is registered at the Pal-ace.

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Fred W. Swanton of Santa Cruz is atthe Palace-

Captain F. C. Jewell, U. S. A., is atthe Palace.

H. Fraley. a merchant of Reno, is atthe St. Francis.

T. O'Farrell and wife of St. Louis areat the St. Francis.

Manuel Grerrera. a traveler fromSpain, is at the Palace.

A. C. Snyder. a business man of San-ta Cruz, Is at the Lick.

H. S. Edwards, a capitalist of SantaBarbara, is at the Palace.

Dr. and Mrs. Frannfeller of Canton.Ohio, are at the Occidental.

J. L. Bry?on. a mining man of May-bert. is registered at the Lick.

F. B. Wilder, a mining man of Chi-huahua, Mexico, is at the Occidental.

PERSONALS.

SOCIOLOGICALTHEME TAKEN

SCENE AT LAYING OF CORNER-STONE OF FIRST CONGHKGA-•noNAt ciiURcir of alameua.

Mirs Hok Strol*J. Mis* IaiIu Ubhoff. MissAnr.a AbrmulW. Mi*s Julia Klnsay. MissAllie Marlin, Joseph Prows*. Arthur SugiJen.H. C. Wehr. n. Haley. Charles Prinectal. Mr.and Mrs. C. "W. Heyer. Mr. and Mrs. CharlesEtrcbel and Mr. and Mr.«. L. J. Htmrnersmith.

HAYWARDS. Sept. 11.—The en-pagement of Miss Lulu UbhofT andJoseph Prowse has just been an-nounced and the young people are re-ceiving the congratulations of theirfriends. The engagement was an-nounced at a party piven at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. C. \V. Keyer. Amongthose present were: . '

Enjrascmpnt Is Announced.

Rev. Thornton A. Mills of the Sec-ond Presbyterian . Church, offeredprayer. Rev. Anthony Mills of thsUnitarian Church

'delivered an ad-

dress. Mrs. T. J. "Watkins and Mrs.Stephen A. Jones read papers on thslife of deceased and Mrs. CarrieStevens Walter recited an originalpoem. An eloquent address was givenby John E. Rlchard3, in which he ex-tolled the virtues of Mrs. Smith andspoke of her many good deads.' .¦.•:

. PAN JOSE, Sept. '11.—Friends andacquaintances honored the late 'Mrs.E. O. Smith, who wa3 one 'o'f *th<»most popular women of this city, atmemorial services at the First Uni-tarian Church this afternoon. Mrs.Smith was the first president of theWoman's Club. Itwas under this or-ganization the exercises were 'h-Id.Especially fine music was rendered.

Jose to Honor Memory ofGood Woman.

Impressive Ceremony Is Meld in San

MEMORIAL SERVICE TO*

LATE MRS. -SMITH

The new edifice Js half completedand when finished' will be one ot themost attractive in'.Alameda. > it willcost $35,000, most, of which has al-ready been subscribed. . -. ~

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The services closed with,.the. bene-diction, pronounced-: byK.'»«the .. R*v.'George Morris, who founded the FirstCongregational Church twenty-sixyears ago-

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ALAMEDA, fiept. ',11.—Ceremoniessimple but impresslre attended- thelaying of tlve cornerstone of the newFirst Congregational" Church at/Cen-tral 'ftvCnue and" 'Chestnut .street thisafternoon. Rev. L. Potter Hitchcock,

the'pas\"or,

~'directed

''the' 5 exercises,

which Were witnessed by -a¦ large as-semblage. Rev. Oilman Parker ofthe First Baptist Church opened witha* reading .from Scripture and was fol-lowed by Rev. PhiUfc C. Fletcher ofthe Union Streejt -Methb.dist : Chiirchgfoutti,'• wbo offered prayer; " R>v.-I;C.' Meserve of tjtie—PrymdUth 'Congre-gational Church' -pt-San Frsmitaco 'de-livered'the "se.rmdn. of 'the occasion,saying' in part: .. ; \',,;¦.''*"-'¦-".It is an imwYtJint artU re'spoiwib'.e TJtriiertak"-

ingr •»<> bu;td ar.d oecuiiy a hcnse< of worshipand to carry <rtr the. work Of God as It .shouldb» ctinducu-Jv ; To. b« Jastir.p. a church iyu«;t

have a secure er.J staler foundation, wejllaMand constructed of tli»-richf materials":' • Tn!»applies to- the -spiritual -church -as well as to

the buiidlns. •- - •- • • ¦ . • -,The foundation of the spiritual church Is

composed ol three esfcentlals-^the Word of God,Jesus Christ and Urothrrhcod. The Bible, theWord of Gcd Is the one and only book forChristians. ?* Many ¦-•books have: b*en • wflttf-nabout it and maa.v more< w!4l be. written, butth»>. Elb'.t like Mount -Shasta, -which pointsever to

'heaven, •neve'r' changes. • Our fore-

fathers umeraily referred to It as the Word ofGod, btcauwj they firmly believed In It. Thatdesignation is tun so . comnymly.used nowa-days, and e^me, Iam sorry to say, do not re-gard it ?¦ authoritative. It is a r'ty that sucha rreat mind as that of the late iHerbert.- Spen-cer n»ver appreciated •¦ the -Word of God, butexit-ted in a. state bordering on. Infidelity. Ifamari thinks of nothing,but machinery arid ma-terial belnss he .will-become, somewhat ¦ me-chanical and materialistic But we miKht ai«w*ll. try to reason ourselves away as to.at-tempt to rpason Go<] away. The Word of Godtells us about Gc3 -am! is' *ah Important part'Ofthe foundation of cur faith. • ' '. ¦

Brotherhood is another strong; element, .ofChristianity and v,-e have had a splendid eje-

empllticatlun of it hereabouts during the lastten «iavfi. when a' powerful fraternity met. Inconclave, in San Francisco. The .Inslenla ofthat society Is the cross and the crown, em-blem* of Christianity. ItIs rare that a societygets higher than .the motives wnlch called: Itinto h<tinc. Are 'we Christians for Jiy or com-fort? There is BomethinR-ln it'bVtter- still. Itis the privilege. every .ChriHtiap- has of takingup the cress "of Chrift iinA carrying It withhim. The best brolfccrhood is that' which flndsIts iource in iymnathy. Whei) we have suchfellowship in our s'oulw and Iripur churththenwe have a Taith nnfl'a church that ¦wHMIve. ¦-.

ItI*said that this year, with Bryanand free silver out of the campaign,the Democrats are again unanimous.This statement, however, is contradict-ed by some of the radical among theparty. There are many Bryan Demo-crats in Maine and the name of Parkerhas caused no enthusiasm among them.Itmay btf fair to assume that many ofthe Democrats will now take occasiontc- retaliate upon the gold Democratswho forsook Bryan and this year eitherremain away from the polls, or elsevote the Republican ticket.

In the campaign just closed the na-tional issues have occupied a minorplace. From one end of the State tothe other there has, been discussion ofvarious local Issues. . If.the vote to-morrow should be entirely on nationalissues It Is believed that Maine wouldshow a plurality of 25,000 or 30,000 forRoosevelt. With State issues and localcontests involved it Is difficult to esti-mate what plurality William T. .Cobb.the Republican candidate for Governor,will get. He expects not less than 15.-000 plurality.

Representative Burlelgh said that hebelieves that the plurality will be from12,000 to 15.000. Representative Powersplaces the figures at from 15,000 to 18,-

000. The Republican State Committeebelieves that Representative Powers'flgures will be realized. .

George E. Hughes, the Democraticmember of the national committee, be-lieves the Republican plurality is to belargely reduced and he would not besurprised, he says, if the figures fellbelow 5000."

AUGUSTA. Me. Sept. 11.—The MaineState election tukes place to-morrow.The campaign has been hard foughtby both sides and it is expected a large

total vote will be polled.Politicians of both parties agree that

the Republican majority will not be solarge as it was in recent years. A dif-ference of opinion, however; exists asto which electic/n should be used forcomparison with the present one. TheRepublicans Insist that the only true

basis- for comparison Is the vote of 183£.fpr it was in that campaign.- that theMaine .Democrats- were unanimous? in$tn.tiinent. . That*. year;,Henry *¦ B.Cleaves, the Republican candidate forGovernor, received a plurality of 12,-503w ¦•¦•- ae- • ¦

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Special Dispatch to The Call

Politicians of Both PartiesA^ree That the RepublicanPlurality WillBe Reduced

HAYWARDS, Sept. 11.—The Su-preme Council of the I. D. E. S... aPortuguese fraternal organization, ofCalifornia, will convene at Haywards

to-morrow morning- for its twelfth an-nual session, which willcontinue untilFriday evening. It is. expected thatfully 1000 people will visit H&ywardsduring the session and many of thedelegates have already arrived.

The session will open to-morrowmorning with a solemn high mass at

AH Saints' Church, with the Rev.

Father L.aJly as celebrant. Imme-diately after the mags Father Governoof

"Centervllle will deliver a special

sermon, after wfrich jthe^day will bespent, in... fraternal.' visits.*;. On Tues::

day the first"'session of tHe SupremeCouncil ">'ill'be' held, anh reports.'. 6Jofficers will.be submitted. OnWednes,day will come h grand parade, andbarbeeuv. Thursday will be. devotedto the second session of the SupremeCouncil, and on Friday officers will boelected.

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The full name of the organization is»the Irmandade v do Divlno . EpiritoSanto, which translated means thaspirit of the Holy GhosL The orderwas organized more than twenty year3ago and now comprises sixty-twocouncils, with more than 4000 mem-bers. .: ,

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:-Following are jthe officers of theSupreme Council:

Supreme officers—

P»»t president. T. F."An-tonio; president. F. J. -Rose; vice preddent. J.V. Deu>: secretary. P. CJ< Leonardo; treasurer,M. F. Sllva; financial secretary, M. C. Sar-mento: nmrfhal, J. C. Plmental; surgeon. Dr.

J. ». Cabral.Supreme <ilrector»

—A. F. Cunha. ¦J. Valla-

dao, J. C. Silvelra. A. O. Pinho. M. Hena», A.11. Souza, A. F. Nunes.

Finance committee—

A. O. Perry and GeorgeS. Ohvelra.

Members of advisory board—

M. &. Pelsotoand J. F. Freltas.

Supreme Council of Portu-guese Fraternal Order Con-venes at Town of Haywards

Itwas discovered that the cause orthe explosion was firecrackers, thslabel attached to which showed theoutrage to be the work of a fanaticaladh«r<»nt of the la'.e John Kensil. theanti-ritualistic crusader. The culpritescaped.

I,ONDON. Sept. 11.—

A singular

affair took place in WestminsterAbhey .to-day. In the middle of themorning services a series of loud ex-plosions came from the North Tran-sept and started the kneelrng con-gregation to its feet and causlne analmost dangprous rush for tha doors.The P.ev. Canon Duckworth succeededin reassuring the people and in pre-venting a panic.

Fanatic Almost Causes a Panic Dur-inc Mornins Services at West-

niinstpr Abbey.

FIRECRACKERS DISTURBCONGREGATION' AT FRA.YEK

DOUBT ABOUTMAINE'S VOTE

SOLEMN MASSOPENS SESSION

The design of the natives was tomurder all the whites, but thU wasfrustrated.

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BRISBANE. Queensland, Sept- 11.—

News has been received from GermaaNew Guinea saying that nativestacked the Catholic mission and'ftiiir-dered Fathers Raschen and Ruttar.Brothers Bley. Plarshaert and ScheUe-ken3 and Sisters Sofia, Agatha, Annie.Agnes and Angella. • :;»

Thirty-sir natives were capturedand sixteen of them vrere executed forthe crime.

Sixteen of the HiiriyfSixCulprits Captured Are'Ex-ecuted for Heinous Crime

MUEDEREKS PUNISHED

Attack Mission in GermanNew Guinea and KillTenPriests, Brothers and Nuns

The E. P. Vandercook Company hasjust opened a large tract of land onPiedmont Heights. The tract is situ-ated in an ideal residence district, be-ing within a short distance of two linesof street cars. '<

On the same evening the NorthwestOakland Improvement Club held a largeand enthusiastic "bond meeting. Thespeakers were Councilman EHiottTPro-fessor L^ £>. Inskeep. Edwfa "Stearns,Charles Descormes, Edwin

'Sutherland

and P. Herbv. Both these'organiza-

tions indorsed the proposed issue of im-provement bonds.

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The Independence Square .Improve-ment Club of East Oakland held' an en-thusiastic bond rally on Friday even->ing, and after an animated discussionof the proposed issue adopted resolu-tions fully Indorsing every item andpledging the members of the club tovote for the same and to use every ef-fort to insure the succes3 of the propo-sition. This club willhold another bondrally on Friday. September 16.

The Fruitvale Board of Trade hashad 5000 cards printed which briefly de-scribe the advantages of Fruitvale as aresidence district. Half these cardshave been distributed among the visit-ors at the Knights Templar conclave inSan Francisco.

The, officers and directors of .theUnion Savings Bank are: William .G.Henshaw, president; . Charles T. Ro-dolph, vice president; A. E. H. Cramer,cashier; board of directors— WilliamG. Henshaw, Thomas Prather, CharlesT. Rcdolph. C. E. Palmer, R. S. Far-relly, Thomas Crellin, H. W. Meek,Henry A.Butters. C. H.King,George E.Grant, Shelby F. Martin.

That the proposal to issue bonds forthe improvement and adornment ofOakland is an all absorbing topic of in-terest among public spirited citizens ofthe community has been proved by thefact. that although the past week has,been as a holiday period three bondmeetings have been held by local im-provement organizations in widely sep-arated sections of the city.

The Piedmont District ImprovementClub held its first bond rally last Tues-day evening. The meeting was well at-tended in spite of the fact that thou-sands from this city were absent InSanFrancisco. The meeting was addressedby Supervisor. H. D. Rowe, Judge E. M.Gibson. P. M. Fisher and the Rev.Miles B. Fisher. .• >

The butWing occupies a ground spaceof 50x100 feet, and the banking roomon the ground floor is 70x37 feet In size.Allof the office furniture is of polishedhard wood, finished in burnished brasswork.

A special feature is the lunch roomfor employes of the bank. : This is onthe mezzanine floor and is reached, bya staircase at one side of the vaults. Itis furnished entirely in mahogany, andadjoining it are the kitchen and thelocker room, where each attache of thebank has a separate locker for thesafekeeping of his personal property.

The new building is eleven stories inheight, by far the tallest structure inthis city, and is constructed of steel,stone and brick, being absolutely fire-proof throughout. The fire and bur-glar oroof vaults are of the most mod-ern construction.

The Union Savings Bank has takenpossession of {he offices In the "sky-scraper" at Broadway and Thirteenthstreet, and the institution now rejoicesin the most elegantly appointed placeof business in this citv. The buildingwas projected by William G. Henshaw,president of the bank, and the plansfor the structure were , prepared byArchitect Waiter J. Matthews of Oak-land.

Oakland Offlce San Francisco Call,1015 Broadway, Sept. 1L

Young Spencer had been trying toclimb on one of the cars when heslipped and fell under . the wheels.The boy managed to cling to a handrail and save his body from beingcrushed, but his efforts did not availto save his life. The shock from theaccident and from the operation wastoo severe ,and the injured youth didnot rally.

Spencer was the eldest of- sevenchildren. He attended a public schooland -was a newspaper carrier. Hisfather, a miner, is absent from home.Mrs. Spencer is prostrated. The boy

lived at 122S Filbert street.

Stephen Spencer, 15- years old,- diedat'7 o'clock, this mornins at 'the Re-ceiving Hospital from- -the -effects ofinjuries sustained yesterday, when hewas run.over by one of RinglingBrothers' circus trains at the Six-teenth-street station. The boy's leftleg was crushed so badly that ampu-tation was necessary.

Oakland Office. San.;. Francisco Call,

1016 Broadway. Sept. '11.

Monday—

Scj'fcomore election. North Hall, 0u m. :.< 4 ;. ir.. Committee on graduate.- .-. .arsh:; £. 15 South Hall. 2 p. m. Com-mittee on admissions of graduate ccuncil.

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South Hall. 4 p. m. Glee Club, rehearsal.tttfUm Hall. S p. m. Afcsoctated graduate stu-.;-:,-.- reception. Hearst Hall, h p. m., allgraduate students of the university Invited.

Tuesday—

Board of regents, meetinc, MarkHotkiriS Institute, Sar» Francisco. ,'2 p. m.iMrgrt-e committee of the philosophical divisionof the graduate council, 13 South Hail, 4

A>. m. Y. W. «_\ A., Stiles Hall, 4:15 p. m.Y M. C. A., ceml-annual association meeting,feliles Hall, 7:15 p. ra. University Orchestra,Stiles Hall. & p. m. Students' congress, debate,1» North Hall, ts p. in.

—Question. "Rfsolved,

that President RoceeveK'tf action in twistingupon the open shep pcKcy in Government em-ployment was justifiable: affirmative

—Bohnett

•trS, Turner 'OS. 1. u.-;: -f7; negatlvt—

Griffiths"U6. Hadsell "CC, Andrews '06. Senate, debate.Hx.Het Hall, S p. m.

—Question. ••Resolved, that

the California compulsory vaccination schoollaw fehou'.d l*e repealed; affirmative

—J. L.

Harris '06, \V. Barstow '05; negative—

B. It.\Va!ker 06, E. D. White 05.

\\><5ne*day—

lx-gree committee of the scien-tific division of the graduate council. 14 SouthHull. 11 a. m. Weekly bleacher rally, fuot-ba!I bleacher*. 4 p. m. Graduate council. 13South Hall, 4 p. m. O>e Club, rehearsal.KUI*>s Hall, S> p. m.

Thursday—

Freshman class, meeting, HarmonGymnasium. 11 a. m.. permanent class cr-¦„¦¦ :. iuTi r.. Women's Mandolin and GuitarClub, rehearsal. Sti!es Hall. 5 p. m. Y. M.«: A., leader E. Cariton Belter 'O5, Stiles Hall.5:05 p. m.;subject. "Warfare." Senior rln%-Jnx. North Hall stejm. •::{•) p. m. Mandolin,»*njo and guitar clubs, rehearsal. Stiles Hall,7:2<» n. m.

Friday—

Glee Club, rehearsal. Harmon Gym-nasium. 11 a. m. University meeting-. Har-ir.cn Oymnasium. 11 a. m. The speakers will)<* Wiiliam Kent of Chicago and ProfessorThomas K. Bacon. Allother university exer-cises willbe sur;>ended during this hour. Re-eri'tlon to the class cf 11*08 by the T. M.C. A. and T. W. C. A.. Etilea Hall, 8 p. m..¦foy invitation.

Sunday—

German lecture by Rev. M. On-uerth, <5 Stiles Hall <Dana-Ftre«t entrance). 11a. m. These lecture* willbe delivered in Ger-man and willbe of a religious character. Thepf-ries willbe continued indefinitely every Sun-day morning. Open to the public. A halfhour cf rauilc by the University Orchestra.Greek Theater, 5 p. m. . The lower entranceswillbe clo«td durinsr the rendition of the pro-rrtffime. Or>en to the public. -,*..¦¦

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Besides this lecture there will be va-rious other functions for the week, thecalendar containing the following offi-cial anouncements:

Alden Sampson, recently game pre-Eerve expert in the United States Geo-lcgical Survey and secretary of theBoone and Crockett Club, will give anillustrated lecture on Monday evening,September 19, in Hearst Hall on "TheLife of the Forest." The lecture willbeillustrated* with a series of coloredEtereopticon views, the reward of ajourney through the United States for-est reserves inCalifornia and Washing-

ton. Mr. Sampson has aroused muchinterest in his suggestion of a series ofgame preserves.

Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.2KS Center Street, Sept. 11.

The university will soon be in a way

to fight its own fires. It is about to

come out In a full fledged flre fightingequipment. There will be a wellequipped student fire brigade.

The fire brigade consists of eight stu-dents banded together under the nameof the Pyro Club. A cottage is fur-nished them on the university grounds.

the free rent of the building beingayment for their services. Occasion-

ally drills are held, when the studentfiremen get around withsurprising cel-erity. Plans have been drawn for afirehouse and a contract will be letfor its construction. A3 soon as thebuilding is completed itwillbe furnish-ed with one piece of apparatus, a hosewagon, equipped with much hose. Itwill be a rubber-tired arrangement, so.that the firemen can pull it up anddown hhl without straining themselves,

there being no horses for the work. Intime it is expected that the universi-ty will have a regularly organized flredepartment, with steam fire engines,horses, hose wagons and chemical en-gines and hook and .ladders.

Berkeley Offlce San Francisco Call214S Center street, Sept. 11.

NATIVES SLAYMISSIONARIES

Architect Designs Plans forBuilding to House ItsMen and ..the Apparatus

Three Improvement Organ-izations Hold Big RalliesDuring the Holiday Week

Amputation: Fails to'Save the;Life of the. Youth Who

Was; Jlurt .at,.: His.. Play

Calendar for the Week In-dicates Busy Time forPeople of University

TO TALK ON WILD LIFE CLUBS INDORSE. BONDS NO RALLY FROM SHOCK PYRO CLUB IS TRAINING

Stephen £>i>encer Dies From•'Effect. Under: AVheeis sif a Circus Train

University Organizes De-partment for Purpose ofSaving Valuable Propertymination of the Quarry

AMen Sampson SuggestsWav to Prevent Exter-

Union Savings Bank NowOccupies. Elegant Officesin 3Iodern. Building

BOY'S INJURYPROVES FATAL

EQUIP STUDENTSTO FIGHT FIRE

NEW QUARTERSIN SKYSCRAPER

HOPES TO SAVEGAME ANIMALS

NEWS OF THECOUNTYOF ALAMEDACORNERSTONE ISLAID

WITH SOLEMN SERVICESNew House of Worship for/

1 the Rirst Con-gregational Church of Alameda rls -Begun

r . With""Simple but Impressive Ceremony!

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