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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN NOMINATED
ON FIRST BALLOT BY TREMENDOUS MAJORITY

William Jennings Bryan nominated for the third time Dem
the presidency $40 O'Clock Friday
The by which this Mr. Bryan S922;
Johnson As; Judge Gray, 5912.
Instantly nomination of Mr. Bryan
animous
The nomination effected at the conclusion of night session
that lasted exactly eight hours.
johnson secured follows Connecticut 5; Georgia. 2
Minnesota, D. New Hampshire Pennsy
3; Rhode Island B.
Gray-Deaware Georgia, 20 New Jersey a. Pennsy
9H.
voting-One delegate Maine and in Vermont All the
other votes went to Bryan
nomination pending
report resolutions committee being resolved
while awaiting the of the committee The
of the developed general enthusiasm for Nebraska the home
the the other
the best oraoy the convention afforded
Bryan placed in nomination minutes past O'Clock by
Dunn The seconded Senator
Oregon then by Governor Glenn of North Carolina
Ollie from Kentucky and Augustus Thomas
delegate Missouri made electryng talks and the
them despite the hour which then
nearing 3 O'Clock.
A. johnson of Minnesota by W. S
Gray of Delaware by Irving L. Handy
kept for twenty five minutes during which Chairman Clayton
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

A popular movement has been
started by the Union League Club of
Chicago to provide suitable memo
rial for Grover Cleveland. in recogni-
ton of his services to the nation and
to Chicago.
Information received at the State
Department is that the estimated loss
of life in the recent revolution in Para
quay was from 100 to $50 persons,
while 400 we're wounded. The city Of
Ascuncion has become tranquil
President Roosevelt has appointed
Col. William M. Marshall to lie chief
of the corps of engineers of the army,
succeeding Brig. Gen. Alexander Mac
kenzie. who retired May 25th. Col
onel Marshall has been in charge Of
the river and harbor works in the
New York district.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in decision just rendered up
holds the present laws enforced by
the railroads requiring shippers of
lumber on open cars TO use stakes TO
secure safe transportation. The con-
tcntion of the lumber men was that
such practice subjected them to I'M
due expense.
A revolutionary movement has
broken out against the government or
Honduras, Senior Ugarte. the minister
in Washington, receiving word tues
day from the town of Cracias, about
twenty miles from the Salvadorian
border, has been taken by a force,
coming presumably from Salvador. 1t
has garrison of forty or fifty men
,lat ic
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces that the fall examination for
the departmental service in Washing
ton will be held at the following
places: Colorado-Denver. Septem.
Der Sth. October Sth, 14ths 9th; Du-
range, September 9th, October 14th;
Fort Collins, September 9th, October
18th: Grand Junction. September 9th.
October 18th and 18th: Montrose, Sep
TENDER 9th, October 14th; Pueblo. Sep
TENDER 9th, 10th; Trinidad. Septem-
Der 9th, October 14th. nth. New
Observation-Disclosures September 9th,
October l4th 10th; Las Vegas, Sep
TENDER 9th, october 18th. Wyoming.
Cheyenne. September 9th, October
18th; Laramie, September 9th, 10th;
October 18th; Rock Springs, Ssptem-
per 2lSt, SHERIDAN, oepteHpSi sth'
10th. October 18th.
Governor Sanders OF Louisiana has
decided to appoint a permanent state
board OF arbitration to handle labor
troubles. The board will consist of
five members, two to be suggested by
employers and two by the employees.
the four to select the fifth member.
Rear Admiral James II. Dayton.
commander-in-chief of the Pacific
fleet, will be relieved of duty on July
31st and ordered home to await his re-
tirement on the 25th of October, Rear
Admiral william T. Swinburne, COM
manding the second squadron. sue
ceeding him in chief command.
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The Venezuela court of cessation, on
July 1st confirmed the decision of the
civil courts of first instance condemn
ing the New York & Bermudez AS
phait company to pay fine of $4,000.
900 to the Venezuelan government. No
appeal from this last judgment is pos
sible.
A glass company at Pittsburg an
nounces that it has received several
orders and will begin at once to manu-
facture headstones of glass to mark
graves. A unique feature of the new
tombstone will be that there can be
blown in the glass Il photograph of the
deceased person.
London has been having some re-
markedly clear, bright weather. 1t has
been almost as light as day up to 10
O'Clock at night, and even at midnight
the sky has been clear enough to read
without the aid of artificial light. Some
say they have been able to play tennis
up to quarter of II.
At Hammondsport, New York, July
5th Glenn II. Curtiss made an ascen-
sion in the aerodrome No. 3, the June
Bug, and for the first time in the series
of trials made a turn during the flight
and faced directly toward the starting
point. After covering five-eighths OF
a mile Curtiss brought the machine
down with slight damage.
The swift Cunard liner Lusitania
has broken another speed record by
logging CAB nautical miles day, &C
cording to information received by
the Cunard line officials in New York
However, the Lusitunia has merely
moved her own record a couple of
notches higher as she previously held
the speed record at GAL miles per day
An important pontifical document
reforming the organization and work
ing of the Roman congregation has
been made public. 1t removes Great
Britain, Holland and Canada and the
United States from the jurisdiction
of the propaganda, these countries
thus ceasing to be considered mission
airy lands by the Roman Catholic
church.
Four hours of heroic work on the
part of a physician resulted Tuesday
in the resuscitation of Miss Isabel
Hannah, u pretty siXteen-year-old girl
who was apparently drowned while
bathing at Rochester beach, Maryland.
Hypodermic injections and massage OF
the body were continued by Ut. II. l..
Linsky of Baltimore after her friends
had given her up for dead.
Commander Peary was given good
sendoff on starting on his North Pole
search Tuesday, the 18th inst. His
steamer, the Roosevelt, was at anchor
near the presidents yacht, in oyster
Bay harbor, and was inspected and
greatly admired by the man it was
named after. The president shook
hands with the exploring party and
wished all good luck. Commander
Peary said ITS North Pole or bust,
this time"
A temporary injunction has been
granted at Rochester, New York, by
Justice Benton restraining the SUI
preme council of the Independent Or
der of Foresters from increasing its
insurance rates pending the action
brought on that point by Henry }.
Simmelnk of Rochester. The matter
of increasing the rates for insurance IN
this fraternal order was taken up at
convention in Canada this year. I'm
der the present order it will be i'm
possible for the order to put the in
crease into effect.
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plainly dpeasue what seemed be attempt
stampede the convention Deware demonstration coming later
of brief duration.
been made reclamation fol
lowing twohs roll call of the the johnson and Gray
trooped the Bryan delegates and pledged their support to Dem
ocracy leaders.
by Charles T. Murphy chief who rising his feet when
York delegation called announced that New York
candidate solid for the
the following the nomination by
ammany the other delegates
acclaim.
RADICAL PLATFORM ADOPTED
feven of aruouS labor punctuated only by time
and Sleep the resolutions committee Thursday night
nngs Bryan presidential candidate of the Demo
cratic party 1t platform which satisfies the radicals and the labor
trainers think. offend the conservatives
The report the and had the full sane
ton Of Bryan the party standard bearer who chosen WITHIN
of the adoption OF the platform
Evene that went the platform that had not been approved
telephone
suggested by the leader where the phraeooy OF the
pan that drafted by the committee after the report
of the committees received early in the day
adopted the convention, to set forth
unmaabe the party position important question
public eye. ~ . - ~
the leading the nominating speech
routine character The proceedings were be
filled when decided TO
the rules and proceed the nominating Of candidates with the
should be taken until after the adop
ton of the platform
the called Alabama yielded to Nebraska
Ignatus nominating speech 81 obey the
state in solemn land the mandate OF the
wholesome Democracy of the nation
pronounced the of William Jennings Bryan
wild pandemonum of yelling cheering
with
and all sorts of for exactly one hou
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written into the fundamental law of

written into the fundamental law OF
the state.
President Roosevelt said that his
opinion of the constitution of our state
was not fit for publication. That.
however, is true of a great many OF
the opinions of the president of this
nation"
Shouts of laughter followed.
1.-The great secretary Of war came
to Oklahoma and waged war against
our constitution" continued Senator
Gore. HE asked US to give up our
right Of liberty and self-government.
But the greatest apostle of human lib
erty came down and advised US to &C.
cept it, and by a majority Of over 1oo,-
900 Oklahoma rejected the advice Of
Taft and d p C d the advice Of
Bryan"
It was 1:2O o'clock when the magic
name OF the Nebraskan was men
toned. If the affair had been pre-
arranged the outburst of cheers could
not have come with greater unanim-
ity from the mass of humanity within
sound of the blind orators voice. AS
the fire spread. delegates arose,
climbed upon their chairs, waved hats
umbl elias, canes, kerchiefs, fans, arms
and everything else that was loose.
The band struck up Dixie" 1t was
like throwing a torch into a key OF
dynamite. The volume of cheers
swelled. the yelling increased and. to
the practiced eye of the convention
follower, it was plain that they were
off"
Pennsylvania started the parade OF
state standards; Kentucky, with staff
bent in the act of pulling it loose from
the fixtures. followed; Massachusetts
came along with a piece of furniture
clinging to its standard; Michigan, In
diana, Illinois. were all in the process
sion early. Tibbets. with his Bryan
banner came down from the rostrum
AT this juncture and. with the standard
bearers following him. the procession
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began its march of over an hour
Idaho, North Dakota. Hawaii, Okla
homa, Arizona, Kansas. Missouri-on
they came, the first triumphal tour OF
the floor being finished at 1870.
1t was exactly 2:47 y. must one
hour and twenty-seven minutes by tho
watch that | held in my hand through
out the emonstration-when Senator
Gore resumed thus:
MY countrymen, to the greater and
older states OF this great republic.
Oklahoma has only this to say: Go
thou and do likewise | thank you"
Ollie James of Kentucky was then
recognized with a motion for recess to
8 O'Clock, which he introduced with
these words:
Gentlemen of the convention. a
blind man was wise enough to see that
the delegates did not want to adjourn
over an hour ago"
Recess to o'clock followed
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been found in the den of the Tammany
tiger"
The audience roared with laughter
for half minute. Then Gore resumed.
81 saw it on exhibition there as
curiosity" More laughter.
Continuing he said:
oklahoma rejoices to make her de-
but under circumstances so suspicious.
She rejoices in being able to put on
long dresses she is now eating at the
long table with the grown folks. II
there is anybody here that does not
know anything and everything, ask
Oklahoma-shell tell you. Oklahoma
brings greeting of good cheer to her
elder sisters from the most Democratic
state in this union.
II come to you from the state where
Democracy is a fact and not a figure
of speech; where the principles of
Jeffersonian Democracy have been
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GENERAL NEWS.
Fire at Port Au Prince, Hayti, July
5th. destroyed 440 buildings.

Fire at Port Au Prince. Hayti, July
5th destroyed 440 buildings.
Madame Anna Gould and Prince
Helie de Sagan were married at a
registry office in London on the 18th
inst. A subsequent ceremony was con
Quoted at the French Protestant
church on Soho square. There was
absolutely no secrecy about the we'd
ding
There is absolutely nothing in ia
pan except the friendliest feeling for
the United States. War talk is silly"
declared Kametaro Nayashida. special
representative of the Mikado and chief
secretary of the Japanese house of
parliament, when interviewed at Chi
cago.
John ID. Rockefeller quietly cele-
brated his sixty-ninth birthday at For
est Hill, Cleveland, on the Sth inst.
To the friends who called he declared
that he never felt better.
A telegram protesting the adoption
of free pulp and free paper resolu-
ton was sent by the Maine Lumber
men G. Land Owners association to
the chairman of the Democratic ma
tional convention st Denver. The dis
patch declares that free pulp and
.paper would be injurious to Names
and throw thousands of wage
;earners out of employment.
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Denver.-The Denver News bryan
Democratic) reports Wednesdays pro
ceedings in the Democratic national
convention as follows:
At l2:15 D. m Temporary Chairman
Bell began calling the convention to or
der. He finished the job in five min
utes. The Rev. Christian +. Reisner,
pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal
church of Denver, offered an invoca~
don.
After the Associated Rose Clubs of
Milwaukee had passed through the hall
Senator Grady of New York presented
he report of the committee on rules
and order of business, which was
adopted. 1t was in effect that the rules
governing the last national convention,
based on the house rules of the Fifty
third Congress, with the addition that
al resolutions be submitted to the
proper committee without debate, gov
ern the present convention.
ut appears" said Chairman Bell
that the committees are unable to re-
port at this time. so the convention
will proceed to minor matters. The
chair will recognize w. II. Marin Of
Arkansas"
l ne gentleman from Arkansas pre-
scented resolutions in memory of the
late Senator James J. Jones, former
chairman of the national committee,
which were read and adopted
The introducer of the resolutions
hen delivered brief eulogy of the de-
arted.
An invitation from the Jane Jeffer-
son Club of Denver to the visiting
ladies was read.
While the clerk was announcing tel
egrams in his hands for members,
Chairman Bell interrupted to state
that the Michigan delegation had lost
its Bible.
for spellbinders. Taylor of Tennessee.
Governor Folk of Missouri. Towne of
New York, and others. were Justify
called for. Chairman Bell was deter
mined to have order He pounded away
for a few minutes, declaring that it was
the best arm exercise he had had since
he left the Golden state. The crowd
continued to exercise its lung power.
Towne was not in the hall: Bob "1'ay-
Tor, too" was absent. But the blind
statesman from Oklahoma was on
leck. At lis p. m, amid volume of
cheers. he was led to the rostrum.
MIR. Chairman, ladies and gentle
men and fellow Democrats of this con
vention and of the United States" he
began. Il am requested first to an
nounce that the Michigan Bible has
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Thursdays First Session.

Denver.-At 1880 Thursday TEN.
porary Chairman Bell began to vigor-
ously pound for order and hundreds
of assistant sergeants-at-arms began
to clear the aisles and order delegates,
alternates and spectators to take their
seats.
1t was ten minutes before order was
restored, and at 11:40 the chairman
announced an invocation by Rabbi
Koch and the great audience remained
standing while the rabbi prayed.
Senator McCreary of Kentucky pre-
scented the report of the committee on
permanent organization recommending
Hon. Henry d. Clayton of Alabama as
permanent chairman, and the tempo
rary officers, outside of chairman, as
the permanent officers of the conven-
ton. The report was adopted.
In retiring from the temporary
Craftsmanship, which he so ably and
acceptably filled, Temporary Chair
man Bell said
The hour has now come when |
must relinquish my office of tempo
rary chairman, and | want to ask the
indulgence of the convention for few
moments. ! wish to thank the men,
bers OF this convention for the honor
tba,r hactnwaJ un,p mo ,,;cb T.,
tb,nl, the members Of tbis co,vont;on
FOR the decorum and consjdo,,tion
which thew have cons;stantl,, sbau,n
q me also wish 70 th,nI; Tho n,an,
bers of tris deleg,tion ror +hair aan
currence in tbn renort If tba oon,
mittee on nerm,rent orooni,o,tan
That committea,s salection 49,.
honor IN CaIiforni, nc vii -, ~. ~,
lection of ono Of lie oi,i,ars' No. ',,
tamnorarv nresiding officor 'o''
II take pleasure in introd,o; -.
vou your normorort oh,i,., w
FRESHMAN Henry n Clavton a. Ala
hama l"
The anneor,nc. Of Cboir,, S,,.,.
ton IN the nIatfor,, uos thn anoo 80
of an outburst of onnI,usa tbot Ia,toa
for several minutes
MANY references in CIavtor,s ,d-
dress wera IoudIv onnIauded osnnciai.
" those in reference to prnsidont
Rooseyelt's adentness nc y nrass ,aont
and the ccwardIv submission If tho
Republicon marty to RooeevcIt,s soIoc.
tion of his own successor His dacl,ro.
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duration Wednesday paudits
for that lasted hour and minutes
would probably have lasted much longer but
of order
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JIMMY" MUMMY
MODERN MARVEL
CORPSE EM6ALMED BY PENNsYL-
vANIA UNDERTAKEN SEEMS
PERFECTLY PRESERVED.
FEAT ATTRACTS SCIENTISTS
J. p. Ross Believes He Has Discovered
Process Of Treating the Dead
Which Was Used by the
Ancient Egyptians.

Brownsville. Pa.-This little vii
lage, so miles up the river from Pitts
burg, was visited by lot of scientific
looking people the other day, each of
whom visited the undertaking rooms
OF j. p. Ross, whose mummy" is now
attracting such wide attention. Among
the visitors were two who had been
sent by the Carnegie museum at Pitts.
burg. Every one insisted on feeling
the face of Jimmy as the mummy
has been named. and, after contact
with the hard, cold features, each went
away certain that Ross had something
new--while he may not have discov-
cred the secret which for centuries
was looked for in the pyramids, GER
tainly something more than is known
TO the average undertaken.
II have received many offers for my
secret for my Jimmy, but guess we
old boys will stick together" said
Ross, as he affectionately stroked the
face of the man who was killed here
seven weeks ago. Jimmy and have
been working out a problem which
was solved in the time of the Pharaohs,
but the answer was mislaid. | think |
have solved II. believe | have at
last found the secret of embalming
bodies so that they will keep for many
years. Anyway. | am so certain that
] don't care to dispose of my secret
nor let Jimmy out of my sight. IL I
am right 1t will prove a blessing to
mankind. If I'm wrong there will be
nothing to say and no one will have
gotten the worst of 1t, save Jimmy
Il have been working on this secret
in embalming for the past 22 years."
said Mr.. Ross but this is the first
time ! have found things working
right. 1t is the first time ! have had
perfect subject to work on, and now
for seven weeks | have been injecting
this new fluid into the corpse, and l
have obtained remarkable results.
First the face began to harden, and it
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is now as hard as marble. Anyone
who doubts this can investigate, as |
have nothing secret except my fluid,
which | make myself, and which
secret will be kept In my family. The
body Is In better shape than when IL
was carried in here, limp and lifeless,
seven weeks ago. 1t has been looked
at by scores OF physicians, and they
are all of this opinion"
Ross was one of the first under.
takers of the country to find that
chloride of zinc would not do well as
an ingredient of embalming fluid, as
ii had tendency to make the bodies
copper colored. Some years since he
substituted another ingredient to use
with formaldehyde in embalming, and
met with such good results that he de
cided to go further with a test which
he had figured out many years before.
1t has been eight months since he
completed his test and was ready for
the human body in which to make his
great test, but he had difficulty in Sc.
curing one.
One of the Pittsburg hospitals of
fered to allow him to use its labora.
tory, and would furnish body II the
hospital were allowed to share in the
discovery, but this Ross refused to
consider, as he wanted the secret for
his very own.
When the unknown man was killed
near his place, seven weeks ago, Ross
got the body, and found that there was
not break on the almost perfect
corpse. There were no claimants, and
in few weeks time Ross sent word
to the coroner of Washington county
that he was about to make an impor-
tant scientific test and he wanted the
body for his very own. The coroner
gave him the permission asked, and
has himself been an interested spec.
tator at many of the injections.
Ross said that he would spend his
last cent now to keep any relative
from claiming the body. as he has put
his whole life's work into It, II would
be an easy thing for any relative to
identify the body. as the face is moat
lifelike.
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Colorina Easter Euus.

There still exist plenty of old-fash.
Toned mothers who spend the day be-
fore Easter coloring eggs and staining
them with printed calico. II the chill.
dren are permitted to participate 1t is
really gloriously mussy event, In
which they revel and scream with
delight. There is no pastime so charm
ing to the youthful heart as
those particularly delicious kinds
OF plays, that cause all sorts
of havoc to ones garments and
ones countenance. Ink bottles
and coal pals have ever been the
favored playthings of infancy. These
may possibly be considered miserable
makeshifts for the delights of digging
In mother earth. Anyway the Easter
egg dyeing process has qualifications
not unlike those OF the ink we'll and
the coal bin. After the dyeing there
is sure to be cleaning. But what
matters that? The fun is the main
thing. The results are nothing.
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full efforts of Mr.. chickering's allies to
assassinate me, as a mild form of elm.
nation, one would naturally expect me
to sit calmly down and wait to be shot
in the back But you may tell Mr.
Pickering that | throw myself upon
your mercy. l have no other home
than this shell over the way. and
beg to be allowed to remain until--at
least--the blueblrds come"
Il quite sympathize with your re.
luctance to deliver the message your
SELF she said. rs this all you came
to say?"
II came to tell you that you could
have the house, and everything in its
hideous walls" | snapped; Ito tell you
that my chivalry is enough for some
situations and that | don't intend to
own announcement of the legacy IN
good part, but now, please believe me,
1t shall be yours tomorrow. I'll yield
possession to you whenever you ask
it,-but never to Arthur Pickering AS
against him and his treasure.hunters
and assassins | will hold out for a
dozen years."
"Nobly spoken, Mr. Glenarm! Yours
is really an admirable, though some.
what complex character"
MY character is my own, whatever
1t is" blurted.
81 shouldn't call that a debatable
proposition" she replied and was an
CRY to find how the mIrth had loved
in her could suddenly become so hate.
full. She half-turned away so that |
might not see her face. The thought
that she should countenance Picker.
ing in any way tore me with jealous
rage.
"Mr. Glenarm, you are what have
heard called a gutter, defined in COM