charred bodies are bound m hotels ruins aug 19 fire today destroyed the state room inn one block from the main entrance of the lewis and dark exposition and resulted in the death ol 01 two men whose badly charred bodies have not been identified A number of the occupants of the place including four women and two men were injured and removed to hospitals about 30 persons were in the building when the fire brotka out A search of the ruins revealed no more bodies and it is believed that only two alvea were lost CALLED ORDER BY SMITH apostle presides at last session of trans congress portland ore august 19 the concluding days session 0 the trans commercial congress was called to order by hon J H smith ot salt lake city who presented former secretary ot the interior john W noble of st louis general nobles subject was the department of commerce and labor the congress adopted the report ot tha on permanent organization which carried with it the endorsing ot officers lor the ensuing year these ahei president david R fronds st louis first vice president H D lowland san francisco second vice president L B prince santa fe new mexico third ric N G laramore Larj more carlmore Larl more N D fourth vice president C A fellows topeka kas secretary arthur F francis cripple creek colo reelected re elected treasurer IL B topping kansas city kansas city mo unanimously selected by the congress as the convention city tor 1906 CURED OF consumption only to lose his life by drowning new york august 19 Frederic lc hammann a brooklyn clerk who was S sent to vienna at the expense of a well known newspaper editor soma years ago to be treated for consumption and who was pronounced cured on his return waa drowned yesterday at rockaway hammann was an expert and had been practicing long distance swim mang while some distance out from I 1 the beach hp was taken with cramps and drowned before assistance cougil i roach him his body has not been re coal ed THE DANGER OF EPIDEMIC yellow fever almost under control in new orleans new orleans aug mang up results of the campaign to dato dr beverly warner said today that it was the opinion of the health authorities that ahlo the fever could not bo said to bo completely under control it la being controlled and that the chances are that there Is no loader danger ol 01 a serious epidemic