The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
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The Third National Corn exposition
closed In Omaha yesterday. The prize
winners In many departments were de-
clared by the judges to surpass In excel
lence those OF previous years.
Flax went to 81 bushel on the Min
neapolis grain market yesterday n record
never before attained Aecording to the
the Dai1otas produced 1000, 600 bushels OF
this grain this year.
Clarence w Marks, a business man
and horseman: died in car on the
south side elevated railroad in Chicago.
Saturday. Mr. Marks at one time was
the owner of Joe Patchen. the famous
PAGER.
mysterious young woman who at
tempted suicide Friday night at Virginia
Beach. Norfolk. Va, is believed TO be
DYING. Though first signing her name as
Ruth Morton OF Chicago" the girl. fully
conscious. refused to reveal her iden-
tity,
]. w. Bridge, superintendent OF the
Pittsburg, Monongahela & Washington
Railway company. shot himself yester-
day and: is dying in a Pittsburg hospital.
Before he lapsed into unconsciousness
Bridge said it was partly an accident"
He left letter addressed TO his wife.
Miss Grace Todd OF Arcola. NJ. fnan-
cial secretary OF the Woman's Mission,
ary society OF the Methodist Episcopal
church OF America, died yesterday at Am
srerdam. \, Y, ms result OF Injuries
suffered in an automobile accident. Miss
itbu SPcHL ilH4ll g'Hlc 4u buliin>
The United States battleship Georgia.
recently in collision with the battleship
Nebraska during the feet maneuvers.
was struck by, the propeller of the col
Roads yesterday. causing. according 10
telegraphic reports from Old Point Com
fort. considerable leak In the battleship.
Burglars may have turned on the gas
Kelly yesterday in their Nat In West
Forty eighth street. New York. Gas was
pouring from the Kitchen range when a
policeman entered the ilar through a win
dow The rooms were in disorder. with
the contents OF trunks and bureaus scat
tered about.
The defense In the trial of John ]
Sheridan OF Goldheld. accused OF the
murder OF his wife. has announced that
II will close IT'S side OF the case Tues
day Witnesses from San Francisco and
elsewhere nave testified TO the good
character OF the defendant, but have also
been produced TO support the plea Of in
sanity.
Complaining that the verdict In his
case was 'repugnant" because a number
OF the counts against him were based
banker. John r. Walsh, yesterday filed
In the supreme court of the. United
states his petition for a writ Of certo-
rari, which, II granted. would have the
effect OF bringing the record In the case
TO the supreme court for general review.
Capt w. c. Fullaman. now command
anu dl tile UdNdl TRIMMING slallDn at new
port. r. l., was yesterday selected as
the next commander OF the battleship
Mississippi. He viii succeed Capt, J, c.
Fremont who has been designated as
the commander Of the Boston navy yard.
Commander p. w. Hourigan will be com
mandant OF the training station at New
port.
Echoes OF the senior class election at
Harvard last Monday. In which Hamil-
ton Fish, Jr.. OF Garrison, n. Y, and
captain of the football eleyen was de-
feated for first marshal at class day
still reverberate about the college yard
at Cambridge. Since Tuesday. Fish has
not been seen about the college, and 1,
was rumored that he had severed his
connection with the university. Satur-
day he denied the report; stating that
he had merely gone to New York fer
the holidays.
The body OF Samuel Metcaf, an en-
ploye OF the Pratt sawmiIl. near Clmar-
ron, y. NJ. was found late Friday night
and IL Is believed the man was murdered
Metcaf started Thursday morning, or
horseback. to Ration, to attend the funer
al OF his her-ln-law, c. p. Roc. which
took place yesterday afternoon. His body
was found In ii lonely spot on the road
and a mile. away his horse was found
Blood on the snow and wounds on tho
head confirm the opinion that Metcali
was slain. He has a divorced wife and
two children In Trinidad.