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For Your Breakfast

The Tribune Is now reaching
Ogden on the special newspaper
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Licensed to Wed.
Special 10 The Trib

SpecInI 70 Tic IFIDUne.
OGDEN, Oct 2S-A license to marry
was issued by the county clerk Wednes
day to Ward Meyer. Goodlng. Ida, and
Stella Coin. WelllnGton. Kansas.
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Record Breaking House,

Special TO The Tribune.
OGDEN, Oct. 2s.-"The Clansrnsn" was
given az the Grand opera house tonight,
and was greatly enjoyed by the largest
audience that has been seen In the house
for years.
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BUSINESS CHANGE.

S. NJ. Taylor e. Co, SUCCESSORS to Jo-
seph E. Taylor, undertakers and en-
balmers. Snme address, 25l253-255
e. 1st South,
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BANK CLEARINGS
ARE CLIMBING UP

Some idea of the returning
business prosperity here may be
gained from the fact that for
the first tune in many months
the bank clearipgs exceeded tho
accounts, for the corresponding
days of last wear.
The totals for October 81
were S773,32S.2O as against
S746,630,26 for thc correspond
ing day. last year. making a
gain for the two days Of $133,-
J9J over last year.
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GRAY SEES NOTHING
BUT AMERICAN VICTORY

Some people are born lucky and this
seemed to be the case with Nate r GRAY
Of 220 State street Not that he has at
ta!ned fame politically or otherwise but
In the matter OF venturing guess he was
so successful that he IS the proud nos
SCISSOR OF a handsome gold and silver
medal. Back In 1885, when he was ac
lively interested in politics. more so than
today on account OF now being engaged
In business, he was jotinglv asked to
guess on the vote TO be polled In Utah
that year. At that time a small paper
was running a guess column Mr. GRAY
tried several times and each time, II later
appeared. brought him nearer TO tho
mark. When the election returns had
been finally counted and posted IL was
found that he had come within an even
dozen OF the exact number polIed' His
guess was 41.39I and the total vote was
41.402. For this he was awarded a medal
made by the late +. J. Swaner
Talking of politics Wednesday. Mr.
Gray recalled the incident and laugh
'pgly said he guessed" he would have
no medals awarded him this year. He
had not looked into the situation so
closely this year az heretofore but he
was positive from what he had seen and
heard that the American party would he
victorious In the county by a handsome
majority. 70'''e
Picture Framing.
Good work at moderate prices. Mi1o
ley-Bodel Co, 33 e, LIST South
Tap when9 Oofober IL
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Pictures and Frames.
Midgley Bodel Co., 33 Z. lst South.
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AMERICAN RALLY TO BE
HELD AT PARK CITY

Special 10 The Tribune.
PARK CITY, Oct, 2s.-Bip
preparations are being made for
the American rally to be held
here Thursday night, and the
meeting promises to be 4 grand
success. Actresses will be made
by A. j, Weber, American nomi
nee for district attorney, and
j. +. Gibbs, Appropriate music
VIII be furnished and q rousing
time is promised.
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Tag when? October 81.
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c, l.. Jones arrived at the Cullen Wee
ncsday from Los Angeles. He is cor
nrected with the auditing department {
the Salt Lake Route
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j.. G. Rowe. one of the owners Of tn,
Lost Packer mine In Idaho, is registered
at the Wilson. Mr.. Rowe came her,
Wednesday from his home In Chicago.
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II; c. Goodman. a well known Moal
stockman, is at the Cullen. He expects
TO remain several days
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W. w. Pierce OF HALEY, Ida, a we'll
known sheep raiser. is at the Wilson for
q weeks stay,
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Preston I. Slayback, assistant cashle
of the Denver National bank, is regis
tered at the Cullen. He is here renewin,
old time friendships
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Tag when7 October 81.
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Judge Joshua Greenwood OF Fillmore
Is stopping a the Kenyon. He is here on
business
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Rochester, N Y, in 1911, and st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, in 1912.
Electric Parade.
The electric parade of the Shriners
last night surpassed in beauty and
splendor anything ever seen in the
Northwest Over 5000 men were in
line, representing almost every large
city in the country. Twenty-seven
Arab patrols, gorgeously uniformed in
costumes typical of the Orient, were
the feature of the parade. Their
clever execution of intricate evolu-
tions called forth great bursts of ap-
plause all along the line of march.
The parade passed through streets
brilliantly Illuminated with colored
lights, forming fairylike picture that
battles description. The line of march
was thronged with the greatest crowd
of people that ever gathered in the
streets of st. Paul. 1t is not extrava-
CANT to say that fully 100000 people
saw the parade.
In the morning the Shriners partici-
pated in exercises of breaking ground
for the new Masonic temple
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BRYAN AND KERN
IS THE TICKET
Standard Bearers Chosen by the
Democratic National
Convention.
INDIANA GETS SECOND PLACE
Bryan's Nomination Comes After Siren
nous All-Night Session-Cheers
for Johnson.
For President,
WILLIAM j. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA.
For Vice President,
JOHN WORTH KERN OF INDIANA.
For President,

This is the ticket which the Demo
cratic party in national convention
has selected for the presidential cam
paign of 1908. William Jennings Bry-
an was chosen for the third time as
the Democratic candidate for presi-
dent after an all-night session Thurs
day night, marked by the most re-
markable demonstrations ever seen in
convention John Worth Kern was
nominated by reclamation Friday aft
ernoon as the running mate for Mr..
Bryan.
The convention was called to order
Tuesday at noon by Thomas Taggart,
chairman of the national committee.
Theodore A. Bell of California was in
troduced as temporary chairman, and
Immediately began his keynote
speech. His declarations as to the in
tentions of the Democratic party were
received with loud applause, and the
mention Of Bryan's name caused
wild demonstration. At the conclusion
of Mr.. Bells speech resolutions re-
garding the death of Cleveland were
unanimously adopted. The various
committees were then named and the
convention adjourned until noon Wed
nesday.
When the convention assembled at
noon Wednesday it was announced
that the committee on credentials was
not ready to report Speeches were
called for to fill in the time. Mr.
Gore, the blind senator from Oklaho-
ma, took the stand in response to a
popular demand. The senator took
early occasion to refer in glowing
terms to Bryan. At the mention Of
the name of the "commoner" the dele
gates went wild and there ensued a
| demonstration the like of which has
never been seen In any convention.
The uproar continued for an hour and
twenty-seven minutes, and only was
broken by the physical inability of
Those participating to continue any
longer. When order was restored the
convention adjourned until O'Clock
in the evening. At the night session,
after an hour of speechmaking, the
committee on credentials reported on
thee Pennsylvania and other contested
cases. The report, which was against
the Guffey faction in Pennsylvania,
was adopted, and the convention ad-
journed until II o'clock Thursday.
The opening session Thursday last
ed three hours and brought about the
completion of the permanent organiza-
ton of the convention, with the re-
sounding address of Congressman
Clayton of Alabama, permanent chair
man. The platform committee not be-
ing ready to report, the convention
took a recess until evening.
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Crimes and Criminals.

Henry C. Berg, merchant of Clay
ton Center, Iowa, cut his throat from
ear to ear. Dependency over ill
health was the cause.
Mrs. Mary McElroy is dead at Iowa
City, Iowa, as the result of blood
poisoning, caused by her being bit
ten by man during quarrel.
Nicholas de Mazo shot and killed
his fifteen-year-old bride of seven
months at Scranton, Pa. She had left
him because of alleged brutal treat
ment.
Loot valued at $4,000 was secured
by safeblowers, who drilled their way
through a twenty-inch brick wall into
the Offices of the Diamond Point Pen
company in Beekman street, New
York, and then shattered two safes
with dynamite The police have nc
clue to the robbers.
Richard Alexander, treasurer, and a
member of the board of governors OF
the Real Estate Board of Brokers OF
New York, shot himself twice at Dex
ter Me-, and probably will die. Mr.
Alexander had brooded over the death
of his wife two weeks ago.
Suddenly going insane on train
at Bondtown, Va, Dan Cloves of Big
stone Gap, Va, reached over to the
seat in front of him and cut James
Sturgill's throat from ear to ear Then
he turned the razor on himself anG
made two severe wounds in his owr
throat. Gloves had never seen Stur
gill before. Sturgill will probably die
James Mckee, alias J. Mack, whs
assaulted the county Jail at Waterloo
Iowa, and liberated three prisoners
was recaptured at Cedar Rapids while
going to the home of his wife. All the
prisoners now are in custody again.
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Personal.

Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the
hUncle Remus" magazine, died at his
home in Atlanta, Ca, after a short
illness. Mr.. Harris was in his sixtieth
year.
The municipal council of Paris has
decided to purchase Richard Miller's
salon picture, "Toy Seller" MT. Miller
is regarded as one of the cleverest of
the young American artists.
George Ellery Hale, director of the
solar observatory Of the Carnegie in
stitution of Washington at Mount Will
son, Cal, has been elected correspond
ing member CT the French Academy
of Sciences.
Henry Farnam won the prize of ST.
900 offered by NJ. Argengeud of Paris
for the first aeroplanist who remain
ed in the air for fifteen minutes. M.
Farman succeeded in remaining in the
air for twenty minutes, covering a dis
lance of eighteen kilometers in that
time
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Chooses Awful Death.

Punxsutawney, Pa, July 16.-After
driving his wife from the house and
sending his two children to her with
$1,000 in cash and the deed to his
property, Stephen Joshua, proprietor
of store at Wisahwa, near here,
yesterday saturated his bed with kero-
sene, set it afire and crwling under it
fired three bullets into his head, dy-
ing almost instantly. 1t is said Joshua
was extremely jealous of his wife.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPITOMF
important Events Mt Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
At the Capital.

Rear Admiral James H. Dayton,
commander-in-chief Of the Pacific
fleet, according to orders issued by
the navy department, will be relieved
of duty on the 31st inst, and placed
on the retired list.
1t has been definitely settled that
Count Brun, the Danish minister to
the United States, will be transferred
from Washington to London in the au-
tumn, to succeed F. e. Debile, who
retires from the diplomatic service.
Charles S. McCulloch, formerly a
lieutenant in the regular army, sew
ing a term of two years in the mill
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth for
irregularities in the handling Of his
company funds, has been released on
receipt of pardon from President
Roosevelt.
According to advices received in
Paris from Washington, William H.
Taft recently announced to certain Of
his friends his purpose, If elected
president of the United States. of ap-
pointing George Won L. Meyer, at
present postmaster general, to be his
secretary of state.
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AMERICANS WIN TWO MEDALS.
Opening Victory at Olympic Games
Goes to Yankees


London, July 16 - America and
Great Britain captured most of the
laurels yesterday in the first real bust
ness day of the Olympic sports. Twice
the Stars and Stripes futtered to the
top of the staff in the center OF The
arena and the American enthusiasts.
who monopolized a section Of the
stadium, waved their flags and broke
out in cheers which, in a smaller
field, would have been deafening.
The honors were nearly even, for OF
the four events finished, the United
States and the United Kingdom each
won two gold medals.
To add to the satisfaction of the
Americans the judge decided that
George w. Gadsick of the Chicago
Athletic association had done the best
work in the fancy diving.
There was the greatest enthusiasm
among the American spectators and
competitors over the fact that their
team captured the first two me1lls
of the Olympiad. The results of the
day were highly satisfactory to the
American spectators and contestants.
John J. Flanagan, Irish-American Ath-
letic club, broke the Olympian recol d
in the hammer throw and won the
first gold medal for any event.
But it was in the 1,500 meter run
that the Americans won their spec
tacular victory and dashed the hopes
of the home athletes completely.
Englishmen had counted on this race
as a sure victory, expecting Wilson
and Hallows to divide the first two
places between them, with the Ameri-
cans a possible third. Sheppard the
American, crossed the tape one yard
and a half ahead Of Wilson. Hallows
was five yards back of Wilson. TAFT
of Canada finished fourth.
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Accidental Happenings.

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kay were both
fatally injured in a fire in their home
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Charles E. Overton Clarke, while on
launch trip in st. Mary's river at
Sault Ste. Marie, fell in and was
drowned.
Mrs. o. Scribner, wife of the presi-
dent of the Associated Oil company,
was killed in an automobile accident
at Santa Cruz, Cal.
The hospital and police reports of
New York show that So persons died
and over 800 were Frustrated by the
excessive heat last week.
Albert P. Jepkes, German farmer
living near Dick, Iowa, fell from hay
NOW, striking On his head. He died
of his injuries thirty minutes later.
Rev. Simpson Ely, an evangelist
who had conducted services in every
from injuries received in fall from q
street car. Hes was f1fty-nine years
old
The seventeen-months-old child Of
Joe Ferring at Farley, Iowa, is dead
from the effects of the bite Of rat
tlesnake. The child was playing in
the yard when the reptile attacked
her.
Miss Maud Garnes of Muscatine,
Miss Vera Croxen of Atalissa and
Clyde Slater of Moscow were drowned
at Resley's lake, near Muscatine,
Iowa, by the sinking of a gasoline
launch.
During a severe storm on Lake On
tario the coal-laden barge James G..
Blaine came ashore off Oswego, N. Y,
and pounded to pieces on the beach.
Her crew of seven were rescued by
life savers.
Killed by train, probably several
days before the discovery of the body,
the remains of Regard Worsham were
found in a pool of water alongside the
Duluth. South Shore &C Atlantic tracks
near Singleton, Mich. The man had
a family in Finland.
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STOP CAR TO RESCUE GIRL.

Eau Claire, Wis, July Is. - Inter
urban passengers stopped their car
and rescued woman from an assail-
ant last night in the country between
here and Chippewa Falls. Miss Min
ME Heflin was attacked by an I'M
known man shortly after alighting
from the car. The passengers heard
her cries, the car was stopped and the
assailant pursued several miles, but
he escaped in the woods. Search for
him is being continued.
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MADM[N IN FIERCE
/ FIGHT WITH POSSE
Finding Capture Almost Certain
Two Insane Brothers Conn
nit Suicide.
BATTLE FOLLOWS A MURDER
Aged Mother of Crazed Brothers Found
in Barricaded House Frustrated
With Terror.

Benton, Harbor, Mich, July Is. -
Both August Gross, who yesterday.
without known cause, shot and fatally
wounded an inoffensive meat peddler
named James Kirk, and his younger
brother, Fred Gross, lost their lives in
a pitched battle with Sheriff Tenant
and posse of seven men who went
to the Gross home yesterday to arrest
August Gross None of the officers
was injured. The Gross brothers
are both supposed to have been in
sane.
Barrcaded in Farm House.
After shooting Kirk Monday Gross
barricaded himself in his farm house,
twelve miles from here, in Pipestone
township, and through the night ex-
changed occasional shots with the
crowd of farmers and deputies who
were guarding the premises to pre-
vent his escape.
His younger brother, Fred, joined
the crazed man in the defense of the
house, and the aged mother of the
two men was also in the house
throughout the night and during the
battle with the officers yesterday
morning.
The officers found her almost pros
trated with terror when they broke
into the house after the battle.
Fence as Breastworks.
The posse drove to the Gross farm
in two automobiles from Benton Har-
Dor yesterday morning. Shortly be-
fore their arrival the Gross brothers
had rushed from the house and taken
positions with their guns near the
front fence
After about fifteen shots had been
fired at the officers, who were reply
ing with rifles and shotguns, August
left his cover and ran for the house
Fred was wounded through the leg,
and when he found that he was una
Bile to follow he fired a bullet through
his own head. dying instantly.
Worry Dethrones Nina.
Expecting August to open fire mo-
mentarily, the posse closed in on the
house, entered it and found the crazed
man dead on his own bed A single
shot from shotgun charge had pene-
trated his head.
August Gross was a we'll educated
man. Worry over his failure to get
financial returns from a sight which
he had invontad For military riHac 10
said to have unsettled his mind, al
though it is declared that insanity is
hereditary in the family.
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GOVERNMENT HAS UPPER HAND.
Revolution In Honduras About on Its
Last Legs.

Last Legs.
Washington, July 16. - Manuel b.
Mia, a former president OF Honduras,
who earlier state department dis
patches have mentioned as being i'm
plicated in the uprising in that coua-
try, has protested his innocence. He
is now at Belize, British Honduras,
and expressed resentment at the &C
ton OF the Honduras government in
arresting and imprisoning some of his
friends suspected of activity in the
revolution. This information came to
the department from one of it's rep
resentatives and is the only feature of
Geographic news having to do with
the situation In Central America made
public yesterday. With the recapture
of Choluteca by the Honduran troops
the opinion prevails in administration
circles that the government is getting
the upper hand, as the movement
threatened on the northern border
failed to materialize.
Albany on Hand.
The American cruiser Albany is ex-
pected to arrive at Amalpa to-day and
then an accurate statement of condi-
tons in that section of Honduras is
expected from Capt. Mayo.
Following conference yesterday
between Acting Secretary Bacon, who
has just returned from Oyster Bay,
and Mexican Ambassador Creel, the
statement was authorized that Mexi-
co and the United States are in per-
feet accord on the Central American
question, and that both governments
will continue TO exert friendly media
ton in restoring peace in that part Of
the world and in impressing upon the
several states the necessity of abso-
lutte neutrality, in accordance with
the spirit and letter of the Washing
ton peace conference. Forcible inter
vention has not been considered.
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TAsRlZ is BOMRARDED.

Two Guns Turned on City, While
Rebels Reply With Rifles.
ST. Petersburg, July ia tlegram
received here from Tabriz states that
the bombardment with two guns of
the Umirathis quarter of the city be-
gan yesterday morning. The revolu.
tionists replied with heavy rife fire.
The result has not yet been reported.
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SAYS HER SON is MESSIAH

Woman Brands Boy of Six With Red
hot Iron.
New York, July 12.-Asserting that
her six-year-old son, Charles Goodsall,
was the Messiah, his mother, Mrs.
Grace Goodsall, branded his forehead
and throat with red-hot iron. The
child was rescued early yesterday
from the religion-crazed woman and
both were taken to the Bellevue hospi-
tai. The little boy, though terribly
burned, will recover.
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Hitchcock at Utica.

Utica, N. Y, July 1.-6Frank H.
Hitchcock, chairman of the Republic
an national campaign committee, and
Fred Curtis, literary editor of the con-
gressional campaign committee, came
to Utica yesterday to confer with
James S. Sherman, the Republican
candidate for vice president.
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BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT.

William Jennings Bryan of Nebras-
ka was nominated for the third time
for the Office of the president of the
United States by the Democratic ma
tional convention at $40 Friday morn
ing amid scenes of frenzied enthusi-
asm. The result came after an all
night session, which was kept in a
constant state of turmoil up to the
eliminating moment when the Nebras-
ka leader was proclaimed the choice
of the convention as the Democratic
standard bearer
The nomination was made on the
first and only ballot, the vote stand
ing:
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Shaw FORMING Meruer,

New York, July 16. - Leslie M.
Shaw, former secretary of the treas
ury, and until last spring the presi-
dent of the Carnegie Trust company,
was at his office yesterday after trip
to Montreal, which Wall street heard
was for the purpose of forming a $780,
100000 merger of Canadian public
utilities.
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William J. Bryan, 1924.
Gov. John A. Johnson, As.
Judge George Gray, 591a.
Wild Demonstration.

The announcement of the vote was
the signal for wild demonstration,
equaling in turbulence, if not in dura-
ton, the record-breaking display which
on Wednesday afternoon greeted the
first mention Of Mr.. Bryan's name in
the convention.
Twice before the throng had been
moved into mad ecstacy, first by the
speech placing the name of Bryan in
nomination, and again when that IF
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota was pro-
posed; but these manifestations paled
before the eliminating outburst of
emotion.
Make 1t Unanimous.
When for a moment order could be