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VALENTINE , NEB.
I. M. RICE , - - - Publish .
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If you have any grounds for eon
plaint ( , dissolve them.
. All signs point to a sky full of 11y. :
-Ing machines before long.
A ' stole the root
PhiladelphIa' rool
from a church , and PIttsburg is jeal-
ous.
Some day this part of the country
will get mad and clean up with Medi-
cine Hat.
No man in an automobile should re-
gard himself as a licensed killer of
his kind.
When churches select press agents
they should seek them outside of the-
atrIcal ranks.
England has invented luminous golf
. balls for those who are afraid to hole
out in the dark.
The anti-kiss button is all right In
principle , but so many ladies use
hooks and eyes.
A Chicago man has the last word !
His wife dislocated her jaw while
"bawling him out.
Nicaragua's revolution continues
pegging away in a manner to keep <
very one feeling natural. ,
Paper money is to be made smaller.
But cheer up. It will probably con-
tinue to look bigger and bigger.
"Beware of pickpockets and hat-
i \ pins , " warns the London police , thus
putting both parties on their guard.
Liliuokalani Is given to understand
that since she has no crown she does
iot need any crown lands to sup- ]
port it.
Singing is proposed in Paris as an
aid In uplifting the morals of young
people. But how about the old people
next door ?
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Cook books Issued by the govern-
ment have proved so interesting that
a bureau of household recipes mIght
Tie suggested.
The Michigan is our fastest battle-
ship , but the medals for the shot-put
and marathon records have not yet
been awarded.
Generally speaking , the main dif-
ference between the husband's poor
kIn and the wife's is that his doesn't
cost her anything.
A Nebraska woman's hat , decora- ,
ted with fruit , was eaten by a horse.
But It was of practical use , at least ,
while others like It- .
"No photographer who Is an artist
will flatter a patron , " says a London
) weekly. , No photographer who is an
'artist" will make a living , either , eh ?
Indianapolis doctors made a man a
new nose from a chunk of his leg.
He limps now , and he can't smell , but
. otherwise the operation was a sue
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New York's subway has improved
on its old straps by putting in cast
steel hangers , with porcelain handles.
But the public is expected to do its
hanging on in the same old style.
"Training for housekeeping is woe-
fully missing from our school sys
tem , " says an Ohio manufacturer. Is
this another covert attack on the bIs-
cuits of the woman's college gradu-
ate ?
The German emperor keeps up fifty
residences , some of which he has
never seen. He probably wishes to
"hava things prepared in case he Is
ever caught far from home late at
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Meanwhile , it may comfort those
persons who think they have had a
narrow escape to reflect that it will
* > e seventy-five years before Halley's
comet visits this part of the universe
again.
Scientific measurements establish
that Yale students weigh more and
are thicker in the neck and chest
than In 1864. How much larger they
are In their minds is not statistically
Imparted.
The number of cigarettes which are
smoked in this country is rapidly in
. creasing. Perhaps this Is due to the
precautions that are being taken to
top the sale of poisons to irrespon
filble people.
A Chicago minister says woman's
greatest fault is that of telling little
. "White ones. He should understand
that many married women have to
take . drastic measures to preserve
the family reputation.
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President Twitchell of the Maine
. State Pomological society reports , aft-
er an investigation , that from 100,000
to 160,000 apple trees have been set
cuMn : Maine this year. Perhaps what
used to be the Pine Tree state may
become the Apple Tree state in time.
Michigan bank robber says his
/ sweetheart drove him to crime. Men
haven't changed since Adam's time.
Not even found any new excuses.
People who undertake to cure all
ailments by going without food are al
most invariably benefited to the ex-
tent of acquiring a first rate appe-
tf tee
After Louisiana has prohibited
mother's bridge whist it might turn
Its massive intellect to some of the
, .questionable sports indulged in by
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Finds Campus Corner.
Robert Harvey , state surveyor , . has :
found the initial corner of the campus
of the Peru state normal school after
a search of many weeks which led him
through many experiences that might
have caused a Sherlock : Holmes to
give up in despair. By his own efforts ;
and the aid of many old settlers
remembered the marks made in t the !
60's , he found the stone that marli
the center of the section in which
the campus is located , but proved that
it was incorrectly -placed. As all stir
veys have been based on this old sur-
/ey it will be taken as the correct one
Mr. Harvey placed a dozen or more
new monuments at the different * zIg-
zag corners of the campus and future
generations may find a history of the
survey chiseled on brick ' under ce- <
ment and with iron pipe and wooden
poles to mark the spots.
Lack of Water for Irrigation.
State Engineer E. -Simpson , as
secretary of the state board of irrig -
tion , has received many complaints
from [ western Nebraska from irriga-
tors. Complaints are made that ! .
claimants are using water to which <
Dthers have prior. rights. Inform . :
Lion received indicates that the North
Platte river and all of the smaller
streams in the western part of the
state are almost dry. Lack of snow in
: the : mountains in Colorado and \Vy-
oming is given as the reason for lack
of water in the Platte river. Usually
these rivers rise the latter part of <
June from the melting snow.
Governor's : At Home Days
Much having been said about the
absence of Governor - Shallenbergf
from his office , Private Secretar
Furse has looked up the record and
finds that Governor Sheldon was al .
sent from the state ninety-eight days
in two years , being an average of over
four days a month , and that Governor
lhallenfoerger ( was absent from the
- tate forty-eight days in eighteen
months , being an average of less than
) three days a month. A record is kept of
the number of days the governor i is
absent from the state , but no record
is kept of the number of days he is
bsent ' from the capital.
University Place Depot.
The railway commission which re
cently permitted a slight change in
the proposed location of the Rock : : Is-
land depot at University Place has
approved plans and specifications for :
the building. The plans approved cal
for a structure 40x20 feet with a wait-
ing room at one end and a freight
room at the other with a telegraph
and ticket office between the two
rooms. The work of construction wil
soon be commenced.
Lincoln' Not Free High School.
Because the Lincoln high school has
sued contracts with school districts
and requires a promise that non - resi-
dent pupils . will pay $ 18 a year addi-
: jnal to the $27 tuition allowed under
the : free high school law , State Super-
tendent E. C. Bishop has issued a
itice that he is under the necessity
of withdrawing from the Lincoln high
hool recognition under the free high
hool tuition law.
Appeal to Supreme Court.
J. E. Lichenstiger and Charles H.
eadrich , Lincoln retailers who were
found guilty in the court of Judge
\ ewart with a violation of the pure
food law of Nebraska , were arraigned
and fined $10 each. The defendants
were charged with selling .rd and
ttolene in cans not properly labeled '
or branded. The fines were not paid
as an , appeal had already been taken
to the supreme court.
The Direct Legislation league will
Dceed with its original plans for
mring the election of a direct legis-
latlon legislature this fall , "now that
the special session is out of the ques-
tion. President John H. Mockett , jr. ,
said : "The league from now on will
work to two ends. It will try to se-
cure favorable pledges in all the party
tforms , and also from all the legls-
lative candidates. The public inter-
: est in the question is shown to be
such : that we cannot see how any
party convention can justly refuse a
chance to vote on the question , no
matter what the Individual views of
party leaders may be on the merits of
the question. But the work will not
stop with the party platforms. For
the information of voters at the pri-
maries the league will question candi
dates for the legislature. With the
voters informed in advance of the po-
sition of candidates on this question
there ' should be no difficulty , in most
tricts to secure the nomination on
all tickets of initiative and referen-
dum men. "
State Auditor Barton has registered
' onds in the amount of $650 for school
district No. 118 , Cherry : county. Cher-
iry county is noted for large school
districts , -but if there are any : larger
than this one it has not yet been dis-
covered. The district comprises 99
sections of land , being nearly ten
miles square , has 27 children of school
age , , 24 voters and the assessed valua-
tion of all the property amounts to
65400. At the special election to
vote these bonds but 12 votes were
cast , all in favor - . of the bonds. \
SLAYER IS LYNCHED
MOB STORMS NEWARK ( O. ) JAIL
AND HANGS "DRY" DE
TECTIVE.
HAD KILLED A SALOON !
Officers of Anti-Rum League Raid
"Near Beer" Saloons in Which
Man Is Shot and Dies Later - Tl
Trouble Begins.
Newark , O. - Battering down the 1
doors of the jail , a mob of women ,
men and children Friday took Charles
Etherington , an anti-saloon detective ,
who confessed to having killed a man
here , and lynched him in the public
square.
The : mob which had been Increasl
all evening at the Jail became frenzi
nnd refused to listen to pleadings for \ ;
preservation of order.
They broke all the jail windows am
rammed in the outer door , taking the
keys from the jailer. They quid ]
found the prisoner's cell on the second
floor and then , dragged by a rope , the
man was taken up Third street to the
square and across the park to the
southeast corner , where he was
strung up over the arm of a telephone
pole.
pole.The
The shooting of Howard and the
lynching of Etherington is the cul- :
inination of-long standing trouble be- 1
tween the "wets" and "drys" here.
Etherington and twenty others , ; all
3ald : to be "dry" detectives , came here
from : Cleveland and other places to
get evidence against "near beer" sa-
loons. At the first place no trout
aros . At the second Charles Rich-
ards , the bartender , was handcuff' '
for ' over an hour. At the third pllce
visIted the trouble started.
A mob of 2,000 gathered and threj -
ened the detectives. With revolvers
drawn the Anti-Saloon league office
etreated to a hotel. The police i In-
terfered there , arresting eight of the
detectives.
At the police station , where they <
were searched , revolvers , black jacks
and cartridge belts were ' taken from
them.
The remaining twelve detectives
. roke and ran , pursued by the howling
mob. Half a dozen were caught and
beaten. The police rescued most of
them. A downtown crowd fell on
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James Henderson of Columbus , and
eat him to ? severely that he was
taken to the Newark hospital. Ether.
igton , who tied to the ball park ,
stumbled in his flight and the crowd
set upon him. Howard , the proprietor
of a "near beer" saloon , the last place
searched by the detectives , was in
front of Etherington when the latter
drew a revolver and fired. . *
Etherington was hurried to the jail
with a yelling mob at the heels of the
police who were protecting him. All
afternoon the crowd stormed about
the place threatening to lynch the de-
tective. '
The crisis came when word was
ashed Irom the Newark hospital that
oward , who was a former city po-
! jeman , had died there of his wound.
Up to this time Sheriff William Linke
apparently had the situation well in I :
ind. When It became known that
oward was dqad an immense crowd
; ithered In front of the jail , the win-
dows were smashed , the door battered
in and Etherington dragged out and <
strung up.
Newark , which over a year ago was
" " " beer" saloons
voted "dry , has "near
aich the Anti-Saloon league ofnciali
rave In the past said they suspected
of selling beer. Feeling has been high
against the Anti-Saloon leaguers for a
' ong time.
' = VLLS FAR WITH AEROPLANE
' ironess De La Roche Loses Head at
Approach of Other Aeronauts-
Is Fatally Hurt
Bethany Plain , Rhelms. - Baronet
De la Roche , the first French woman
roplanist , was injured probably
fatally here Friday by falling from a
heIght of more than 150 feet.
Baroness De la Roche had flown
.aro und the field . once at a height of
80 meters (250 ( feet ) , when suddenly
in front of the applauding tribunes
she appeared to become frightened
and confused at the approach of two
other aeroplanes. She began to de-
scend , but while still 60 meters from !
the i ground lost control of the ma
chine. The aeroplane turned over and
fell like a log.
The baroness' legs and arms were
broken. Her mangled body was re-
moved from the wreckage and taken
to the hospital , where she is said to
be dying. It was found that her skull
was fractured.
While momentarily conscious the
baroness said that the rush of air
from a motor passing over her head
had frightened her , whereupon she cut
the ignition and lost control of her
machine.
This is the second fatal accident at
this ; meeting , Aviator Wachter hav-
tn Ig ; been killed.
One Killed In a Wreck.
Mason [ City , la. - One person wa
kilIed and several injured when a
) th-bound Illinois Central freight
train plunged into Red Cedar creek ,
near here , Friday. Fifteen cars went
over the " -foot embankment.
Pinchot to Speak in Kansas City
Kansas City. i\Io.-It : was announced
Friday [ that Gifford Pinchot ex-chief
for ster of the government , will de-
liver an address before the Knife and
Forl c club of Uii ? cj ; y OP. t & # nigbt of
Julr ; 15.
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CHICAGO GROCER CHARGED WITH
TRYING TO CORRUPT.
Indictment Furnishes Sensation In
Legislative Bribery Scandal
Browne's Case Continued.
Chicago. - A fresh sensation in con-
nection with the legislative bribery
scandal arose when State's Attorney I
Wayman Wednesday announced that !
an Indictment had been voted charg-
Ing John A. Maloy , a grocer , with at-
tempting to corrupt Oscar T. Morford ,
a juror In the recent trial of Lee
O'Neil Browne.
Morford , his wife and his father ,
Thorough Morford , testified before the
grand jury. Mrs. Morford testified
that shortly after the Browne jury had
been sworn , she went to Maloy's
grocery within the neighborhood in i
which the Morfords live. Maloy , she ,
said , gave her two cigars , which he
asked her to give to her husband , who ,
had been accepted on the jury. Maloy
asked her to use her Influence to per- :
suade her husband to vote for the ac-
quittal of Browne , holding out as a
reward of doing so that Morford
would not have to work for a railroad
any more as he would get a lump of
money.
By agreement between counsel the
retrial of the case of Lee O'Neil
Browne , charged with bribing Repre-
sentative Charles A. White to vote for
William Lorimer for United States
senator , was continued to July 20.
DEATH IN TORNADO'S PATH
Hits Circus and Shatters Tent , KIll-
Ing One-Levels Crops-Wires
Are Down.
Watertown , S. D.-One dead and a J
score Injured , the main tent and me-
nagerie tent of Ringlings' circus in
ruins and two horses killed is the
result of a tornado here.
The spectators had barely left the
tent when the first blast ripped the <
canvas Into ribbons. The canvas
caught fire from the lamps and was !
carried blazing Into the air by the
gale.
It was the heaviest hailstorm ever
witnessed In the Red river valley.
It extended over the northern part
of Grand Forks county and across
Polk county , Minnesota.
In some sections the crops were
pounded down to the ground and < 3
leaves were stripped from the trees.
Details are meager , as all wires are
down west.
Reports received from Brecken-
ridge , Minn. , Grand Forks , N. D. , ,
Sioux Falls and Brookings , in South
Dakota , tell of bad storms and much
damage Inside the storm belt , but de
tails- are lacking.
NAVY HEADS ARE FORCED OUT
Captains Veder , Wright and Under-
. wood Make Way for "New Blood"
-Selections Cause Surprise.
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Washington.-"Plucked" from the
active list of the navy , Captains D. W.
Veder , Edmund B. Underwood and
Edward Everett Wright were retired
The [ trio of compulsory transfers com-
pletes ) the quota of fourteen vacancies
necessary in the active list to permit
promotions under the "new blood"
provisions of the naval personnel act.
The selections made by the board
of five admirals surprised naval of-
ficers.
American Warships at Marseilles.
Iarse1lles.-The naval academy
practise squadron consisting of the
battleships Iowa , Indiana and Massa-
chusetts , with 500 midshipmen from
the naval academy at Annapolis , ar-
rived in harbor Friday from Plpmouth.
Rain Stops Forest Fires.
Calumet , Mich. - Heavy : rain here
Friday broke the prolonged drought
and proved a blessing to farmers
whose crops were greatly damaged.
The ' rain extinguished the forest fires
parts of this district.
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WRECK DEATHS NUMBER 23 ;
Big Four Officials Place Blame fOI
Railroad Accident at MIddletown
on Train Dispatcher.
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were added to the list of killed In the
wreck on the C. H. & D. tracks nea ]
Middletown , and the death of tw
more , which is expected by the physL
clans , will bring the number up to 1 2ii t
William Anninger of Springfield , aD
unidentified white man now at MId ,
dletown , and Evelyn Lloyd of Rour .
Point , Me. , who died at the Dayt
hospital , complete the list of those
who lost their lives as a result of
somebody's blunder.
Officials of the Big Four say that
the cause of the wreck can be found
In the fact that train dispatcher Sml
of the Cincinnati , Hamilton & Dayt }
road In Dayton , is alleged to have
"busted" or revoked an order givii
the freight train until 1:07 p. m. to
make the siding at Poasttown , and Is
said to have failed to give the passe -
ger a copy of this order. Had 1 he
given Pilot Wall a copy of this order
the passenger train would have re-
mained at Poast-Town until the
freight passed it. General Managi
Goold of the C. H. & D. , replying to
the statements made here by Wa ,
says the case was something like
that , tut he would not say so pos-
Itlvely.
An eleven-months-old baby hurle
100 feet from the telescoped second
car of the wreck was found alive in a
near-by corn field many hours after
the accident. The baby was orphaned
by the wreck , both parents bavin
been killed In the wreck.
HUGHES FOR CHIEF JUSTICE
Governor Will Probably Succeed Me " !
vllle W. Fuller As Head of
Supreme Court.
Washington. - With the death ot
ChIef Justice Melville W. Fuller and
the : probable retirement of Associate
Justice William H. Moody of the Su-
preme court , President Taft will have
two : vacancies in that court to fill :
within the next few months.
It Is generally believed that GOT .
Charles E. Hughes of New York , who
has been confirmed as an assoclat
justice , will be promoted to chief jus-
tice , and that Lloyd W. Bowers of
Chicago , solicitor general of the dt -
partment of Justice , will be appointed
justice In his place. The other alter- '
native suggested is that Mr. Bowers
be made chief justice , it having been
understood here for some time that
the president considered him qualified
In all legal respects for the place. It
Is known , however , that President
Taft has considered Governor Hughes
also In this connection so far as his
abilities are concerned.
YOUNG TAFT IS EXONERATED
State Commissioners Find That PresI-
dent's Son Was Not Responsible
for Auto Accident.
Beverly , Mass. - President Taft was
Informed that the state highway com-
missioners have completed their In-
vestigation Into the accident In which
Robert Taft , son of the president , ran
down with an automobile DI Gregor-
dlo , an Italian laborer.
Young Mr. Taft Is completely ex-
aerated the commissioners deciding
that he was In no way responsible for
the accident and the president will be
informed that his son may have an
automobile license as soon as he
cares to apply for It.
Paris Faces a Railway Strike.
Paris , France.-A general railway
rike is threatened. The men , who
jmand an increase In wages and
) her concessions , Thursday voted to
rike In principle pending the result
of negotiations with the com-
} nies.
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Building to Honor Bill Nye.
Salisbury , N. C. - The Bill Nye me-
orial committee has decided that
the memorial ] shall take the form of a
) illding at the Stonewall Jackson
aining school . at Concord , N. C
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CONGRESSMAN HAS CONFERENCE
WITH ROOSEVELT.
"Insurgent" Is Candidate for.Unltec * I
States Senator From State of
Washington. '
Oyster Bay , N. , Y. - One of Col
onel Roosevelt's Important confer-
ences was held with Representative
Poindexter , an Insurgent from the
state Washington. .
It can be stated that Congressman
Poindexter left Sagamore Hill with !
strong assurances that ho will have
the support of Colonel Roosevelt In his
campaign fight for the United States
senatorship ;
Mr. Poindexter , after his visit with
Colonel Roosevelt , said . : "He is thai
same old president. The man I have > .
worked with and loved , and I am stltt
going to work with. He is just tha
same as ever. He Is a wonderful
leader , and he is still the leader. I am ! !
tremendously pleased with my talk with !
him. He must tell the details if' he
wishes , of our conversation Colonel ,
Roosevelt and I and my associates I
have always worked together , and he !
assured me that we will continue tc2
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gether. '
Congressman Poindexter represents
the district from which Secretary Bak'
linger comes.
In speaking of the visit of Mr. Poln-f
dexter , Mr. Roosevelt said :
"Representative Poindexter and I
went over together the political sltua-j
tion in the northwest. He assured m&
that he Is In hearty sympathy with my' '
conservation policies. Mr. Poindexter ; ,
is a candidate for the position ofi
United States senator and he Is polltr '
Ically opposed to that wing of the (
party headed by Secretary Ballingerj
Mr. Poindexter is a fine type of SJ
man. "
Washington.-Secretary Ballinger of
the Interior department , who returned
to Washington from Beverly Wedne& .
day , referred to a report from Oyster ; ;
Bay that former President Roosevelt
had espoused the cause of Represent
ative Miles Poindexter as a candidate
for the senate to succeed Senator
Piles of Washington , and said :
"If the published report is true Mr.
Roosevelt has been led astray by thef
deception of people who claim to bej
his friends. " He added that he haqj
taken no active part in the politics of
Washington for a long time and de
nied that he headed the party in thin4
state or any wing of It. .
"I do not consider Mr. Poindexter a-
Republican , " he continued , "but ri1 f )
rank Socialist or , rather , if he is noif
one he will be one soon. "
TAFT TO TAKE YACHT CRUISE
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President Will Extend Vacation Ten
Days and Make Trip Along '
Maine Coast.
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Beverly , Mass. - President Taft der
lded : Thursday that at the end of hi )
ten days' vacation he will take a tefj
days' [ cruise In the naval yacht M
lower for the purpose of resting u . : / '
The cruise will start on July 18 , _ f./
which date , donning the uniform /Y'
commander-in-chief of the navy , whic ' .
by the way , is the same as that
ommander-in-chief of the and
- - army an
president , Mr. Taft , accompanied bi
his family , will board the MaYflow
and weigh anchor for Bar Harbor anii
other summer ports of call on th . .
Maine coast. '
Bar Harbor will be the base from
which short trips will be made t6f
near-by points. The party will sleep- -
on board the yacht at night but wiljf "
probably go ashore at various places
where the golfing looks good. '
A convoy will probably follow thfr
Mayflower , as It Is regarded as toS-
great a risk to have the president gcf
to sea without assistance being ID
easy reach In case of accident. ;
BEGINS AN INFAMOUS RULE :
Nicaragua Adopts Reconcentratloti
Policy Under Which , for Years ,
Spain Governed Cuba.
Washington. - The state department ,
is Informed that Nicaragua has bi
gun the reconcentration policy whi < 4 }
made Spanish rule in Cuba so info
mouse \
The department has the text of as
order issued by Sebastiana Salinas d
the department of Granada , whlci
" inhabitants of
commands "all the ths
Mombacko Ridge to assemble wlthl J
twenty-four hours In Granada , without
dIstinction of age or sex. "
Persons not complying will be "r
garded as revolutionists and treate
as such. " That is , if General Salln
thinks fit he may shoot them or starve
them into submission. The people 0 : |
thIs ridge are anti-Madriz and thejs
are to be crushed In the most barbar :
ous manner.
Normal Corn Crop In Iowa.
Des Moines , Ia.-Secretary of A
culture James Wilson , who spoke
Ames , said that Iowa would have
normal crop and that oats looked safe
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Carson Will Go Abroad.
Washington. - Maj. John M. Carsoi )
chief of the bureau of manufactur
of the department of commerce )
labor , has been selected to go abroad
to look into the general trades con
tions and opportunities for nine Amer ;
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V'ashington.-Plans have been COB *
pieted by the supervising architect o'
the : treasury for a new building fo |
the : j bureau of engraving and printiM
which is tc cost . 1750000. . /
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