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GREAT FIRE HORROR'
PEOPLE AND PROPERTY BURN ON
CANADIAN BORDER-WHOLE
. FAMILIES WIPED OUT.
' SETTLERS DAZED WITH GRIEF
Scores Roam Streets and Woods in a
Demented Condition-Tornado of <
Flame Hits Beaudette and Spooner , ,
Wiping Out Towns in Half an Hour.
Warroad , 1\1inn.-The greatest cata -
trophe that Minnesota has experienced
since [ the Hinckley horror , fifteen
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jyears ago , occurred Friday night and
( Saturday , when the whole Minesot .
IManitoba : : : boarder country was swept
! by fire , and as details became known
'the disaster assumed appalling pro' <
! ' portions. The number qf deaths Sui .
day was estimated at 100 to 200 , al-
: most entirely among settlers in the
.woods around the towns of Beaudette ,
: Pitt , Roosevelt and Graceton. Very
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[ escaped , and this. estimate may faB
'considerably : short of the actual nun
Iber. Scenes of horror : are reported
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ifrom \ every point. : People lost their :
'heads ' completely and ran aimlessly
. . .about , bewailing their loss. Streets
of towns were strewn with personal
: belongings which were thrown away
'in ' their flight.
Crowds of able bodied men , mostly
workmen with no person to care for ,
iran pell-mell to board the waiting train
at ! Beaudette to the exclusion of wo- <
imen and children and refused positive- <
Ily in assisting in saving property. : An
jcastbound freight went through a
! burned culvert near Pitt and blocked
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IBeaudette ( were burned Friday night.
A hurricane was blowing at the time
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and within ten minutes after the ap-
ipearance of the fire the inhabitants of
Ithe town were forced to flee for their
lives : , being unable to save any of their
.property. .
| Gov. Eberhart , as president of the
state . Red Cross society , called upon :
the citizens of the state for contribu-
tions of money , provisions and clotl
ing for the fire sufferers.
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ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL ( ) TAFT
Aunt Delia Torrey Hears a Startling
Story from a Strange
Man.
Millbury , Mass.-An alleged schemi
for the assassination of President Taft
was unfolded to Miss Delia C. Torrey ,
aunt of the president , by a stranger
-who called at her home Saturday. The
man , who refused to give his name ,
claimed to have overheard the plotters !
while in Boston. As he departed he
threatened to return and kill Miss Tor ;
rey if the matter got into the news-
papers.
The man went away from Millbur
as suddenly and as mysteriously as he <
had come , and there is no clew as to
his whereabouts , although Miss : Torrey
immediately reported the facts to the
Millbury authorities and they in turn
asked the assistance of Worcester po
lice. The matter has also been report.
r ed to the secret service authorities.
Miners Walled Up.
Trinidad , Colo.-Between fifty and
100 men nearly all Americans , are re
liably reported walled up in the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company's mine at
Starksville , seven miles south of here , ,
by an explosion reported to have oc .
curred at 10:50 Saturday night. The
xplosion was caused by an accumula-
j : on of gas. Immediately upon receipt
Df . the report a special train was made
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up here carrying doctors , nurses , vol.
unteer parties and 'newspaper men.
Ample galleries in the mine are relied
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possible-means of escape. '
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Mandac Pleads Guilty.
l\Ianila.-Simon Mandac , at one time i
governor of Ilecos Norte , who was at
the head of a rising in Neuva Viscaya
and who was captured recently by the
constabulary , pleaded guilty before the
court at Bayonbong. He- placed the ,
burden of blame on his conspirators :
and promised to reveal all of the de- , I
tails of the plot. Sentence was re
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tions < . . on ' the locaniye stock " ' market fol-
low : Top beeves , $5.85. Top hogs ,
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In Vigorous Eruption.
" Seattle , Wash.-The steamer Mack-
inaw , from Bering , reports that Mt.
Shisheldin , on Unimak island , close to
which all ships pass on entering Be-
ring sea , is in more vigorous eruption
now than at any previous time since it
began its activity five months ago.
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New York. - Twenty-eight.bodies : of
vicitms of awamping : of .the : battle i I
ship New Hampshire's barge last Sat.
urday night have been taken from the
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LEGISLATOR ACCUSED OF OFFEI .
ING BRIBE TESTIFIES BEFORE
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Declares Speaker of Illinois House
Asked Him to Get Democratic !
Members to Vote for Lorimer-
Broderick Disclaims Bribery.
Chicago.-Lee O'Neil .Browne , mi
nority leader in the Forty-sixth gei -
eral assembly , took the witness stand
before the senatorial investigating
committee Thursday and told a story
with sensational aspects. Among
these was a declaration that Edward
Shurtleff , speaker of the house of rep-
resentatives , was the dictator of the
plan to elect William Lorimer United
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States senator.
The minority leader began his tes- :
timony with disputing evidence given
by legislators who accuse him of bri-
bery. He denied sending for Repre-
sentative. Charles A. White to come
to his ( Browne's ) hotel room on May
25 , 1909 , the night before Mr. Lori-
mer's election.
Browne testified that about three
weeks before Lorimer's election
Speaker Shurtleff : came to him apd
asked him whether he could "get the
boys to vote for' Lorimer , " meaning
Browne's friends.
Browne said be told Shurtleff he
didn't know . . and had , not at that time
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made up his mind to support Lorimei
Browne acknowledged being in St.
Louis June 21. He said he met Shej
hard , Link , Beckemeyer and Luke ,
and thought he met Clark. They were
called to meet him through the ager
cy of others , , he said , to discuss his
political future and his probable can-
didacy for minority leader.
"Did you ever pay Link or Becke
meyer $1,000 ? " asked Attorney Aus-
trian.
"No. "
Browne either denied all the
charges of bribery or evaded by an-
swering "I don't remember. "
Absolute denial of payment of
$2,500 or any other sum to State Sen
ator D. W. Holstlaw or any other
legislator in connection with the elec-
tion of Lorimer was made by State <
Senator John Broderick.
Broderick underwent a grilling
cross-examination , but remained un
shaken. The prosecution finally dis
missed him after futile attempts to
impeach his testimony.
Broderick stubbornly repelled all at-
tempts to cause him to commit him-
self. He denied that he ever received
any money for his own vote ; al
knowledge of the use of money in the
election of Lorimer or that he ever
dealt out a "jack-pot" to the members
of the senate , including Holstlaw.
He admitted having met Holstlaw
in his saloon on the West side about
June 16 , 1909. Asked if he had writ-
ten Holstlaw to come to Chicago , the
witness refused to answer on the
ground that he might be giving testi-
mony against himself.
Representative John Griffin of Chi-
cago , who followed Broderick , denied
that he had solicited Representative
Henry Terrill's vote for Lorimer on
a promise of money , or offered any
other legislator money for his vote.
Terrill had testified that Griffin had
said there would be " $1,000 in it. "
BIG BOYCOTT FIGHT BEGUN
Buck Stove and Range Company ol
St. Louis Files Brief in Injunc-
tion Contest.
Washington.-Probably the greatest
labor fight waged in years in the Su-
preme court of the United States was
opened Thursday when Daniel Daven
port and J. J. Darlington , as attor-
neys for the Buck's Stove and Range
company of St. Louis filed its side
of the famous controversy over the
"We don't patronize list" of the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor. The case
will come up for argument before the
court probably next week. The brief
was an outline of the arguments to be
presented orally at that time. The
brief for the American Federation of
Labor , which objected to any injunc-
tion in the case , has not been filed.
The supreme court of the District
of Columbia issued a.broad injunction
against the American Federation to
prevent it frpm boycotting the Buck's
Stove and Range company , which was
barged with operating an "open"
shop. The court of appeals of , the dis-
trict modified the decree of the lower
court. It was this modification that
ormed the basis of the argument pre-
ented to the court.
. Name Senator for Governor.
Nashville , Tenn.-The regular Dem-
ocratic convention Thursday nomi-
nated Senator Robert L. Taylor for
governor to succeed M. R. Patterson
who resigned. A temperance plank
was adopted declaring that the tem-
perance issue had no place in the
gubernatorial campaign and that it
should be settled by the legislature.
Fights Ten Police Two Hours.
Detroit , Mich.-Barricaded in a bed-
Frederick Lenchaw
room of his home ,
wounded Patrolman Haddox and
fought off nine other officers for two
hours Thursday. The police had been
tiled to quell a family quarrel.
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Hartley , la. - The body of George
Godfrey , who shot and killed Miss
Rika Amelsberg. near here becaubt.
she had resented his attentions , was t
fOUD9 , Thursday : in a cornfield near i
the scene of the murder. Ii
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PEACEOFFER fAILS
ARMED MEN CAMP AROUN
HOMESTEAD OF OUTLAW
JOHN DIETZ.
WILL FIGHT TO LAST DITCH
Master of Cameron Dam Refuses to 1
Surrender Except to Governor of
Wisconsin and Defies Overtures of
Attorney General.
Winter , Wis. - John Dietz ha :
refused to surrender to anyone but
the governor of the state of Wi : -
iconsin I and has emphatically declared
himself to this edict to J. M. Froelich ,
the St. Paul envoy , who went to inte :
cede in his behalf to avoid bloodshed.
To the attorney general of Wiscon-
sin and the secretary of the governor ,
who accompanied him on his trip to
_ . the Dietz cabin to obtain his surrender
and the transfer of the case to another
county , John Dietz made the same
, statements.
"Well , this is the end , " said Sheriff
Madden when he learned the result of
Governor Davidson's effort to bring ;
peace to Cameron Dam.
"There is nothing for us to do , but
to get Dietz and we'll do it. "
The deputies completely surround
the Dietz homestead. Deputy Fred
Thorbahn , who is in command , said
that he had two men stationed at in-
tervals of 20 rods all around the clear-
ing in which the little log cabin is :
located.
"We will not rush the house , but
will wait until one of us gets the drop
on him , " said Thorbahn. "We will
order him to throw up his hands and
if he doesn't I have instructed my
men to shoot. "
The little log cabin in which the
Dietz ; family lives is built on a little
knoll , which commands a view of the
forest on all sides. There is low
ground on all sides of the knoll except
one. About fifty yards from the house
is the stable and just beyond the
stable is a cornfield and several piles
of lumber.
Nels Poison and Colonel Munson
were signaled from the Dietz cabin by
the wave of a handkerchief from Mr.
Froelich , who preceded them. They
walked out of the woods and across
the clearing waving a newspaper.
As they neared the Thornapple
river , Dietz , as though in honor of
their visit , raised an American flag to
the Tnasthead above the cabin. At
least 100 men , correspondents , depu-
ties and citizens gathered in the
woods and with field glasses watched
the : honse.
When Dietz and his family and the
three ; visitors came out of the cabin
they stood and talked and then started
.to walk slowly down the hill towards
the river. Dietz followed , gesticula-
ing. At times his voice was raised in
emphasis as he recited his wrongs.
Attorney Gilbert offered Dietz a fair
: trial , one of the best lawyers in the
' itate , and said he would quash all war-
ants against members of his family
if he would surrender to Sheriff Mad-
den. Dietz spurned all offers and said
he would resist to the last ditch.
Navy Blast Kills Two.
Washington.-Two men are dead
and one seriously injured as the re-
sult of an explosion in the high ex-
plosIve building of the Washington
navy yard Tuesday.
Captain Beatty , the commandant of
lie navy yard , has ordered a board of
investigation to determine the cause
of the accident.
Fast Mail Train Wrecked.
Sharon , Mass.-All traffic on the
. ( few York , New Haven & Hartford
railroad was held up at this point
'hursday ' by a wreck due to a col-
sion between a fast mail train and
'a freight. An engineer and a brake-
lan suffered fatal injuries.
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Wife of Ambassador III.
New York.-Baroness von Hengel-
LUller , wife of the" Austrian : ambas-
; idor , is seriously ill at the Hotel St.
egie , where she is .sta ing with her
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/ CONVENED IN SPOKANE.
Congressman Mondell Presides and
E perts From All Over the World
Are Amoig the Delegates.
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Spokane , Wash. - With delegates
representing five billion acres of dry
farm land in America , Russia , Ger
many , France , British South Africa ,
Australia , Turkey , India , Italy , Brazil ,
Argentine and Algeria , together with
governors of five northwestern states ,
three members of congress , represent
atives of six foreign nations , heads of
federal and state departments and
many prominent agricultural experts
present the fifth annual Dry Farming
congress opened here Monday : night.
Jo. connection with the congress
there is an exposition , where com
prehensive displays are made of the
products of the field , orchard and gar-
den to demonstrate what has been
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accomplished in the so-called semi.
arid and arid districts in all parts
of the world. Prizes of a total value
of $10,000 are offered in the various
competitions , which are free and
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open to all dry farmers. The speak-
ers' list includes the names of many
prominent statesmen , scientists , and
agriculturists.
Congressman F. W. Mondell of Wy-
oming , president of the organization , ,
formally convened the congress in
the Washington state armory. .
MICHIGAN INDORSES TAF1
Republican State Convention Adopts
Platform That Praises Tariff Law
and Present Administration.
Detroit , Mich. - In spite of what
was supposed to have been a sweep-
ing "progressive" victory in the re
cent Republican primaries , the Re-
publican state convention aligned the
party in Michigan on the side of the
regulars. It adopted a platform un-
qualifiedly indorsing President Taft
and his administration and indorsing
less enthusiastically but none the less
certainly the new tariff law.
The work of the convention in nom-
inating candidates for the state ticket
was much less important than usual ,
the nominees for the most important
offices having been selected by the
district primary method in September.
Parole System Is Favored.
Washington. - Such time-honored
methods of punishment as the
dungeon , starvation , silence , the soli
tary cell , darkness and corporal pun-
ishment have been largely discredited
In American reformatories , according
to the report of the committee on re-
formatory work and parole made to
the American Prison association.
Cotton Lockout Is ' Ended.
Manchester , England. - The trouble
between the Federation of Master
Cotton Spinners and its employes ,
which resulted in the lockout of 130-
000 operatives , was settled Thursday
and the mills will be reopened next
week.
Rich Publisher' Kills Self.
New York.-Frank M. Lupton , pub-
lisher of the People's Home Journal :
and a millionaire , .committed suicide
Phursday . by cutting his throat in the
bathroom of his home in BrooklYn.
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Winter Wheat.
Gage County - Winter wheat h i
about all sowed in Gage county ant
Uhe crop average is about three weeks :
ahead of last year at this time. The !
acreage this year is somewhat larg
than last.
Granary Is Burned.
Howard County.-In a violent eiCC
trie storm Sunday evening , the gran
ary of A. L. Balliinan was struck by 1
lightning and destroyed by fire. It
was stored with grained. His auto
mobile , standing in the runway , Wa ; !
burned.
Goes to the Philippines.
Cass County-Miss Julia Kerr , who
recently resigned as teacher in the
Plattsmouth schools , left for San
Francisco , from which place she will
sail for the Philippines. She will reo
side with an aunt , Miss Marie Gilman ,
who has charge of a postoffice at a
otation about six miles from Manil .
Dates Are Fixed.
Cuming County Secretary Wei
has announced the date of the Cum-
ing County Farmers' institute for
January 12 , 1911. The Cuming Coui -
ty Poultry association has fixed Jan-
uary 12 , 13 and 14 as the dates of its
annual exhibition and poultry and pet <
stock show , therefore the two events
will occur simultaneously.
Wymore Man's Close Call.
Gage County-A Jacobs , a butcher
from Wymore , narrowly escaped be-
ing killed at the Burlington station.
In attempting to board the train he
missed his looting and fell against
the trucks and rolled on the track.
The baggage man grabbed him and
pulled him from under the coach be- <
fore the hind wheels passed ove .
'him.
Woman Drowns in Platte.
Butler County-Miss Edna Kavan ,
of Butler county , a girl of 19 years ,
was drowned in the Platte river two
miles south of Schuyier. Miss Kavan
was crossing the C. , B. & Q. bridge
and there she was met by a section
hand , who , by his gesticulations and
talk , is said to have frightened her.
While she was attempting to escape
from him she fell into the river.
A Would-Be Suicide.
Jefferson County-The arrival of :
his wife at the proper moment , prot
ably saved the life of Will Aultman ,
who lives at the "little town of Thomp-
son , six miles southwest of Fairbur : .
When Mrs. Aultman arrived on the <
scene , she found her husband hang-
Ing from a rafter in the barn , with a
rope around his neck. She ran to the
house and secured a knife and cut
the : rope and saved him.
Ground to Pieces.
Custer County-Word has reachec
Broken Bow that Lewis Booknau , an
old and respected former resident of
Custer county , but late of Lincoln ,
was ground to pieces at Hazard by
falling under the wheels of a moving
freight. He had been looking after
some property at that place and was
attempting to board a west bound
train when the accident occurred. Mr.
Booknau was about 60 years old.
Killed by Threshing Machine.
Platte County-Elmer Guiles , a
farmer residing seven miles north-
west of Monroe , was killed in an ac-
cident with a threshing machine. The
machine , which was owned by Isaac
Jones , was being drawn past the
Guiles home , when Mr. Guiles , in a
moment of pleasantry , ran out and
attempted to ride astride the tongue.
Vhile . in this position he lost his bal-
ance and fell under the front wheel
of the heavy separator. The engine
drawing the machine was stopped just
after the wheel had crushed him ,
causing internal injuries , from which
1e died a few hours later.
Etue Goes to Penjtentiary.
Adams County-Judge Dungan at
Hastings pronounced sentence upon
Frank ' JEtue , who pleaded guilty to
the charge of shooting Ray Hodger
at Kenesaw , July 3. The sentence
reads for seven and one-half years at
hard labor in the state penitentiary
and was in keeping with recommenda-
tions of the county attorney , who sub-
mitted a recapitulation of the evi-
dence at the request of Judge Dun-
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gan. Defendant's counsel agreed to
the sentence.
Dodge County. Louis Norse
ortby : and George Williams were
arrested at the Union station in Fre-
mont on a telegram from the sheriff
of Lawrence county , South Dakota ,
stating ; that they were wanted at
ead on the charge of stealing about
$200 ! worth of liquors and saloon sup-
plies from Nick Pupick. They were
arraigned in justice court as fugitives
from justice and committed to the
county jail to await requisition
papers from South Dakota. Both
protest their innocence , though ad- '
mitting that they had a bottle or two
of the liquor.
One Year in Penitentiary.
Wheeler County. Matthew C. Sam-
pIe was convicted of malicious as-
; .ult and cutting and stabbing with
tent to wound , and sentenced to
one year in the ' penitentiary. "
Scottsbluff County Fair.
Scottsbluff County. - The Scotts-
bluff county fair closed with an un-
ually ; good attendance and pro-
; am. Owing to the early , frost the'
vegetable display was not up to the
standard , but many _ specimens of
arm Droducts ' were exhibited
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Election Proclamation.
Acting in accordance with the stat
utes Governor Shallenberger has is
sued a proclamation informing the
people that an election will be held
-Nebraska on Tuesday. November
8. The proclamation contains the fol
lowing list of , officers and propositions
to be voted upon :
One . .
governor. , - > >
One lieutenant governor. ' .
One secretaryof state. t.
One auditor public accounts. .
One attorney general. ' * ?
One treasurer. " ' ; '
One commissioner of public lands
and buildings.
One super.ntendent of public . in- i
struction. _ . p _ _ _ . . .
One railv.viy commissioner. !
One congressman. First congres .
district.
sional . . . .
One congressman , Sacond congres
sional district.
One congressman , . Third , congres
sional district. „
One congressl .an. . Fourth congres
sional district.
One congressman. Fifth congres-
sional district. .
One congressman. Sixth congres- . '
sional district.
State senators for each senatorial
district. :
Members of the legislature for each
representative district.
An expression of preference for
United States senator.
Also for or against a proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
state of Nebraska , amending section
1 of article 7 , defining the qualifier
Uons of electors.
To Test Pure Food Law. ' .
State Food Commissioner Mains iap
decided to start a sf it against the
National Biscuit company for failure
to brand the net weight on packages
sold in Nebraska. It has 'been ar
ranged that O. J. King , groceryman ,
and Agent Page of the biscuit com-
pany shall be arrested for failure to
brand the net weight and that habeas
corpus proceedings shall be instituted
in the supreme court for the purpose
of testing the state food law in tiip
highest court in i the state. The state
law provides tqlhahe net weight of
food packages e stamped on
the outside of the "e. This law
the National Biscuit iny has re-
fused to comply with p to this
time State Food Comi Mains :
has taken no legal actio
State Corporation Tax
It is estimated that the s
nual license tax upon corpo
will bring in less- than was ree
last year. The first year the tax
imposed it resulted in the collect 0
of considerably more than $72,000. /
This year it is estimated that the ta , /
will be about $60,000. The tax is e ;
linquent September 1 and corporations
that have not paid the tax and a $10
penalty by November 30 : are subject
'to cancellation of charter. Up to date
57905.80 has been collected for th *
tax of 1910. There are 8,000 delin-
quent corporations. Not more than ,
half of these are expected to pay the
tax ; , because many corporations have
been consolidatled and swallowed up
by parent corporations for the express
purpose of evading the tax.
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Raised the Price.
The state board ' of purchase ana
applies has been notified of an in.
xasae in the price of coffee. The ;
tfard has been somewhat wedded to
coffee that costs 15 cents a pound.
The board has been buying 15-cent
coffee for use in state institutions ,
the officers of such institutions ; being
excepted from the use of such grade ;
but now it has been informed that at
; ast 4 cents a pound more will be
sked for this coffee by jobbers. i
Plan for 1911 Fair. " \1'
Secretary Mellor of the state board
of agriculture has already heard front \
most of the firms that made machin-
ery exhibits at the 1910 state fair ask-
ing to save the same space reserved
for them next year. '
To be deluged with requests of this
kind at so early a time is an ' unexpect- j
ed experience for the board. Individu-
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al I firms have sometimes put in a bid
for their old ! space immediately after
the fair. but the majority usually do
not show such haste.
Officers for the coming : year for the
state association of photographers
are : President. R. C. Nelson. Hastings ;
firist vice-president. W. S. Soper , Ne-
aska City ; second vice-president.
41f. A. Thorn , York ; secretary , R. R.
oszell. Beatrice ; treasurer. Arthur
Anderson , . Wahoo. The convention
was held at Lincoln.
Recently it was reported that the
state beard of public lands and , . build-
ngs proposed } to buy the . hirjts ; . dam- ,
aged ; by flood in the penitentiry . store-
mse. Some one has called ! the atten-
tion of the board to the fact that its'
; ntract with the maker of the shirL "
ovides that shirts made by convict . . ,
labor shall be shipped out of the st te.
, U ider this contract the &hit1s > ; : muse .
fir st be shipped out ofj.the.s\ : ( to r
; ticago or . C > uncil Bluffs befprVjEey :
can be bought by the state for use & at
state institutions. * t'
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