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Show m SALT LAKE fill SALT LAKE MEET j HAEMONIOUS ONE L Salt Lake City, Aug. 30. Work mmk mapped out for tho Trans-Mlssls-Hl1 slppi Commercial congress at the UjL twenty-third annual session which U closed her today Includes a west-fill west-fill Bido campaign for the bottcrment of jam farming, amendments to tho state uff commerce law, agitation for tho roll ro-ll ductlon of flro losseo, "See America U first," propaganda; Improvement of w tho gulf porta and flood prevention HH on tho Mississippi. There woro 19 adopted many lesser resolutions in-H' in-H' eluding a demand for a first class R modern bridge between Portland, II I Ore., and Vancouver, Wash. James If H. Brady of Pocatello, Ida., whose U, selection as president was confirmed Hi by tho congress today and John L. H. Powell of Wichita, Kan., the new K vice president announced today that ' they had agreed to push the "work of II the congress in their respective ter-llj ter-llj ritorles so that an impressive show- III ing might bo made at the 1013 meet-Hi meet-Hi ing in Wichita. i The Salt Lake meeting has been r harmonious. Somo differences of WL opinion have developed but they have HI been in regard to methods rather HV than ends. 2H Edwin J. Becker of Kansas City li will continue as secretary of tho or- Wtj ganiration. Rfe MEET IN SALT LAKE It TO SELECT TICKTES H Salt Lake, Aug. 31. Democrats of I the Fifth and Seventh judicial dls- Kl trlcta held their judicial conventions VI here yesterday afternoon Owing to fitt the fact that It is often hard for the Kl delegates from all tho counties com- KIi prising theso districts to got together ml' at another tlmo it was arranged that Bit these conventions should be held In I Salt Lake following tho state conven- Plj tlon, and that tho dolegates to the Ju- ViK diclal conventions should bo the same ffilj as those to tho state convontion. II h At the Fifth district convention r Judge Joshua Greenwood of Fillmore f -was renominated by acclamation h I George Udall of Eureka was nominat- u j ed for district attorney also by ac- I; t clamation. he Fifth district com- J prises the counties of Washington, it, y. Iron, Millard, Beavor and Juab It Former Judge Ferdinand Erlckson Ik i) of ML Pleasant was nominated by acts ac-ts 'i clamation for Judge of tho Seventh I district C. A, Robertson of Grand lU S county Bald in nominating Judge Er-til Er-til I cson at tne people of the Sev-Jga Sev-Jga 1 onth district were going to exercise jr9 1 tho proper sort of judicial recall by M ' s recalling Judgo Erlckson to the -f.osi-Sm i, tion he formerly occupied on " the em v bench o fthe Seventh district I L. 0. Hoffman of Carbon county fl f "was named by acclamation for district W r attorney. Included in tho Seventh H $ district aro the counties of Sanpete, fig r Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan. P 5 f MOURNS FOR WIFE 9 W AS HOME BURNS. B I Salt Lake, Aug. 31 William Smith, I 63 years of age, of 71 Grapo street, ' H was probably saved from being burn- Fj ed to death In his bed at midnight J" last night, three nours after the death p of his aged wife, by the accidental i discovery by a passerby of fire with- jij in his humble home. ji Insensible to all but the grief In his JT heart, the bereaved man lay on his j! bed calling upon the name of Mb dead lull wife while smoko filled the place from n burning clothes set on fire by a IHI match droppod among them by him HB1 after the lighting of a lamp. ir Neighbors wero summoned and threo of them ontoring the house stamped out the fire and throw the ' burning clothing Into the yard. The fl lamp of the death-watch, lighted by the match that started the flro- burn-m burn-m ed dimly through the smoke. 1 Tho death of Annie Davidson Smith, I C5 years of age, wife of William Smith, at 9 o'clock last night was due J to an Injury received last Saturday ft in a fall while carrying a bucket of water. She had complained of a pain in her side and died quite suddenly. Mrs. Smith 1b survived by her hus-, hus-, band, two sons and a daughter by a former marriage, and n brother, all of ( this city. The body had been ro-i ro-i moved to the morgue of Undertaker Joseph William Taylor but a short 4 -while before the Incident of the fire. |