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Vol. XXXVII
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 13, IWJ5
No. 21
BRANTON ATTEMPTED TO
MURDER HIS FRIEND
WILL NOT
AUDIT CLAIMS
Kosclnirg
MRS. STANFORD CHADWICK JURY RETURNS
WASTOISONED VERDICT OF "GUILTY."
According to the Findings of the u
Honolulu Coroner Jury.
Chadwick Betrays Great Emotion When the
rvia a .
Shot John Fletcher Who Had His Life Insured in
Branton's Favor For $3,000-Brother
of Claude Branton.
Cottage (imve, Or., March 10 In himself and would never say so. When
the mail of (f Marshal Inderwood of j Pr- Corporan. who had been called ar
this prare v,M,.r.lav was a letter pur- ' rived, Fletcher declared that Branton
porting to it .written by John Fletcher, had shot liim. The foregoing fact he
stating that l he writer was tired of life incorpor.it.Ni ifi a sworn statement,
and had decided to commit suicide and Fletcher was brought to "this place,
telling the marshal where to find the here his eye was removed and his
body. Fletcher was found as indicated, wounds dressed.
with a bullet wound in his head, but H niale h'8 statement here and
that he Branton immediately after was arreet-
. , ... - - -1
was shot by John Branton, who ah"
uTf'te the letter, the crime being f.r the
pu ,'0ee, it is presumed, of getting life
I'iS'irance of 000, payable to Hranton
:it Fletcher's death. Fletcher has made
a statement dtclariug that Branton shot Am going to kill myself. You wilt find
him. Branton was arrested last eve- my body on the road between town and
nine. j Branton's ranch. John Fletcher.
Fletcher had been living with Bran- Fletcher's father who liver at Lorane.
ton for some time. Wednesdav night reached here yesterday, examined the
the two men attendedthe Woodmen of letter and declared his son never wrote
the World convention here and at 11 :30 it as be knew his son's handwriting. It
o'clock started home. When a part of 1 is believed the letter was written by
tbt distance had been covered Branton ' Branton and that he deliberately at
claimed he saw something near the road tempted to slay Hetcher for the life im
that looked like a dog or panther, surance oi 30O0 made payable to Bran-.
FVtcher havi g a revolver shot twice in . ton on Fletcher's death. The policy is
the direction indicated by Branton, i with the Woodmen of the World,
uol hing resulting. On going a little Claude Branton, a brother of the sus
farther Braii't c claimed to have a vio- pected man, was hanged at Kugene a
leut attack ot cramps, saying he sup- ' few years ago for the murder of a man
posed it came from eating a late supper, j in the Cascade mountains. John Bran
They went a little lurther, Fletcher j ton had three wives all of whom are
building a fire for Branton to warm him-' dead, and the anthorties believe Bran
self by, as he still complained of pains ton is responsible for some of their
in his stomach. They remained there death.
about an hour. While here Branton j Branton in Canty Jail.
suddenly exclaimed that he saw a pan
ther near at.d asked Fletcher for his re
volver to take a shot.
Skot His Friend.
He took the weapon, walked a little
distance nway and fired. The ball struck
Fletcher in the head and he fell over.
' My Sad are you hurt, John?'' Bran
ton exclaimed.
He tried to help Fletcher home, but
owing to the darkness left him on the
rond and went ahead saying he was go
irt for help. He reach the house an!
Parted to re: uru with Lv'.v hen tiiev
mi t Fletcher who had done his best to
get home, though suffering intensely !
had tied a handkerchief on bis bead and j
this was soaked with blood.
Fletcher asked for a doctor and while '
the man went for a physician, Bran'on ,
approached the bed whereon Fletcher
lay, and said :
"John, if anyone asks yon who did it
say yon did it yourself, or they will be
alter me."
Fletcher replied that he did not shoot
JUNCTION CITY ROAD SUPERVISOR IN TROUBLE
Eugene, March 11. M. F. Casteel,
road supervisor at Junction City, was
yesterday indicted by the grand jury fcr
obtaining money under false pretense".
It appeirs that Casteel. in the capaci
ty of supervisor, put in a bill to the
county court for an amount nearly $100
for labor on the roads alleged to have
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ed and charge! with attempting to kill
Fletcher.
Forgrd a Letter..
A letter addressed to the city marshal
read as follows: "I am tired of life.
Eugene, March 12 John Branton, ac
cused of attempting to murder John
Fletcher near Cottage Grove Wednes
day night in order to get the $3000 in
surance held by Fletcher in the Wood
men of the World in Branton's favor, is
now in the county jail here, having been
brought down from Cottage Grove by
Deputv Sheriff Harry Bown.
The tin e for his preliminary exami
nation has not yet been set.
Reports from Cottage Grove today in
dicated that Fletcher is getting along
nicelv and if no complications set in, he
will probably recover from the terrible
wound inflicted by the shot from his
own revolver alleged to have been fired
by Branton. The bullet entered on the
right side of his face and going through
the bones of the nose, came oat at the
left eye, destroying that member.
If Fletcher does not recover Branton
will certainly follow in the footsteps of
his brother, Claud, who was hanged for
the murder of John Lind in the Cascade
mountains in 1898.
been performed by different persons in
i his district, as the custom is all over the
country. But these men whose names
were on ttie bill declare that they Jper
formed no work and received no money.
Casteel gave bonds in the sum of $500
but it is probable that bis trial will not
' be held until the June term of court.
If Referendum is Petitioned for the
Normal Schools Will Obtain
No Finds From
State
Salem, Or., March 8 Secretary Dun
bar says if the referendum ia petitioned
for he will refmse to audit claims for the
following till after the vote of the peo
ple decides the question :
Asylum, improvements
lie form school, improvements
Mute school, improvement . .
Blind school, improvements .
87.250
10,500
3,600
5,500
State university, additional
maintenance and improve
ment 62,500
Experimental station at I'nion.. 15,000
Agricultural college improve
ments t5,000
Monmouth normal, mainte
nance
Ashland normal, maintenance. .
Drain normal, maintenance. . .
Weston normal, maintenance .
Soldiers' Home, additional
maintenance
Soldiers' Home, improvements..
31,000
31,000
21,000
25,000
8.000
1,220
State biologist, expense 1,000
Irrigation commission, expenses
524
Total $373,0m
As far as is nee ,-ssary the following
will be audited :
Insane asylum, maintenance. . .-$400,000
Insane transportation 32,500
Penitentiary, maintenance 110,000
Convict tranaportation 15,000
Reform school, maintenance . . 53,800
Mute school, maintenance 37,500
Blind school, maintenance...... 15,500
Support of non-reeident poor... 5,000
Return of fugitives 3,000
Rewards for arrest 900
Expenses presidential electors.. 335
Total . $673,335
When the legislature failed to organ
ize in 1897, Secretary of State kincaid
refused to audit claims for the normal
schools, for the reason that there was
no authority of law for him to do so in
the absence of appropriations, and Sec
retary Dunbar will follow the precedent
if the appropriation bill should be .held
up.
Expenses for maintenance of normal
schools, for buildings and additional
maintenance at the asylum, university,
. Agricultural College and Soldiers' Home
will not be approved by the Secretary of
. State.
The asylum, penitentiary, reform
school, University of Oregon, Agricult
ural College and Soldiers' Home will
continue in operation, as they have in
the past. The university. Agricultural
I College and Soldiers' Home have etand
I ing appropriations, which can in no way
! be affected in any referendum move
ment, but the additional appropriations
made for these institutions cannot be
expended if the appropriation bill be re
ferred to the vote of the people, unless
the people vote in favor of the appro
priations. FRUIT YIELD
WILL BE GOOD
Oregon will have a record-breaking
fruit crop this year unless the state is
' visited by protracted cold rains or un
' timely frosts, late in the spring, accord
ing to Secretary George H. I.amberson.
of the State Board of Horticulture. He
has been obtaining reports from all parts
of the state and these all agree that
conditions for a heavy crop of fruit were
never more favorab'e at this time of
! year.
"A. H. Carson, a prominent fruit
grower of Southern Oregon, writes me
' that almonds and peach trees are now
j in bloom in all Southern Oregon
counties and be states that grape vines
: have begun to put forth new buda in a
manner that indicates early maturing as
' well as an abundant yield. Mr. Carson
has no feare of killing frosts thia year,
aa the season has been of the open va
riety, like that of 1888, when there were
no serious frosts after the blossoms ap
peared, and the crop of fruit was a very
large one."
COTTAGE GROVE
TO COOS BAY
Cottage Grove, March 9. The Oregon
and Southeastern Railway Company,
which was recently incorporated under
the laws of this state, ia negotiating
with Cottage Grove parties for land
joining the city terminal grounds, and
the company is said to be looking into
the project of building an electric line
to SiueUw and down the coast to Coos
Bay. G. B. Hengen, president of this
railroad, together with A. B. Wood, eec
retary and treasurer, and H. C. Diera,
chief engineer of the Willamette Valley
Electrical Company, on Tuesday left
kugene lor the Hiuiiaw country. It is
rumored here that the party wUl return
by Uie proposed route. If the road is
I uuni iruui mis piw, vouage iirnvc will
i :i f . 1. : . . ,. . -
be the direct outlet to a vaet country
which at the present time is shipping
its products to Ban Francisco.
The railroad companies have extend
ed the time for the shipping of exhibit
from St. Louis to Portland nntil the
latter part of March. This will serve
materially to better the appearance of
the exhibits for the fair, as it will afford
exhibitors more time in which to assem
ble and pack them.
DR. ROBERT
Hubert Hlmpsou Woodward, who In
sfltute. has been dean or the Bcbool t
since awl professor of imvhnnio
Be was born to Rochester. Mich . on
umtemuj oi iiicnigun in ton. lie Ueiil nameroaa places In the astronomical
and geodetic survey service and wus the author of several technical publications
under the Ruiltheoulnn Institution.
MUKDEN HAS FALLEN
AND JAPS PRESS ON
Fushun also Falls into the Hands of the
Victorious Japanese.
Thousands of Russians Killed and Taken Prison
ers. Kuropatkin Wires "Pray for Me."
Russian Army Gets Away.
Yinkow, March W. Mukden fell at
10 o'clock this morning. The !iuians
are panic-stricken Thousands of pris
oners and eoermous quantities of stores
and arms have been captured.
Tokio, March 10. F'ushun was occu
pied by the Japanese last night. The
fighting continues in the heights north
of Tuehun.
Tokio, March 10. Field Marshal
Oyama telegraphs as follows under date
of today : " Ve occupied Mukden at 10
o'clock this morning. Our surrounding
movement, in which we have been en
gaged for some days past, has now com
pletely succeeded. The fiercest fight
ing continues at several places in the
vicinity of Mukden.
"We captured a great numln-r of arms
ammunition, provisions, and other war
supplies. There is at present no time to
investigate the number of these."
Niu Chwang, March 10. According to
reliable information received here the
Russians have been driven out of Muk-
den and Fushun, and, with the railroad
cut, are retreating in a demoralized con-
ition to the hilly country toward the
northeast.
Detached bodies of Russians are
roughly trenching with a view to check
ing the pursuit, but no great rear-guard
action is being fought.
It will be impossible for the Russians
to keep any sort ol resistance lor many
days, as there are no means of provis-
ng in the tough country to which they
are retreating.
It is believed that the Russians may
attempt to reach KMaa, 225 mile- north
east '1 Mukden, through the vallevs.
but a special Japanese corps from the
direction of the Yalu river threaten to
cot them off. General Kureki ia ad
vancing northwest and is forcing the
Russians aganst General Yogi's army.
The casualties on both sides have
been enormous. The Russian Six
teenth Army Corps was practically an
nihilated at Tatchekiao. Eight thou
sand Russians fell at Leukuanpao.
Washington, March 10. The Jap
anese Legation today received the fol
lowing cablegram from Tokio: "Our
troops occupied Mukden at 10 A. M.
Friday. Our enveloping movement
some days since proved successful, and
the bloodiest battle is now proceeding
in various places near Mukden."
St. Petersburg, March 10. Kuropat
kin wired an intimate friend at Moscow :
Pray for me."
Tokio, March;i0. Fighting that made
Mukden's fall iKiesible occtired late
Wednesday by taking the villgae of Dan
spuntun, six miles west uf Mukden, and
commanding that place Blood flowed
like rivers, the Japanese storming the
place repeatedly, dislodging the Rue
aians, who fought desperately and cap
tured the village.
Its possession was of vital importance
to the Japanese, so they reformed their
lines and charged time after time.
DanBpuntun finally fell after a desperate
hand-to-hand encounter. The dead
were scattered in the streets and court
yardH ol houses, and still remain un-
buried. The Japanese were able to
train their heavy guns on Mukden
station, and 'from this place opened a
heavy fire today. The latest advice say
S. WOODWARD.
s been chosen head of the Carnegie Id
f I'ure Scirncv at Columbia university
and llisthf matlfl physics since 13U3.
Inly 21, 1S4K. ntul graduated from the
the Japanese are concentrating their
efforts seven miles west of the railroad,
the ol ject being to break through and
cut off and surround the Russians.
Tukio. M n li 10. The most intent
jm t.itti prevails here oTer the fall of
Mukden. Patroic processions have for
med and great crowds joined in march
ing, -homing "Banzail" and waving
flags. Ordinary traffic is entirely sus
pended The victory had been antici
pated for several days. Everything i
complete for an unparalled demonstra
tion tonight when a brilliant lantern
parade will be held. Opinion differs
greatly as to whether the victory means
peace or not.
A Round Robin.
Bt. Petersburg, March 11 It is re
ported that t'00 officers of the Manchu
rian army have signed a round robin
addressed to General Kuropatkin de
manding the conclusion of hostilities:
The troops are discouraged as a n -ult oi
the chronic failure of their efforts.
St Petersburg. March 11. Kuropat
kin reported to the emperor : "Our re
treat is being conducted with the enemv
harassing both flanks. The second
artnv tinder Bilderting suffered Uie
heaviest in killed, wounded and prison
era. How many men are surrounded is
unknown at present."
Ft. Petersburg, March 11. A rumor is
current here that the czar is considering
summoning a special council to consider
the conditions of peace.
St. Petersburg, March 11. Kuropat
kin lost 300 guns and 60,000 prisoners,
according to the reports of the military
today.
Russian Army Gets Away
St. Petersburg, March 1 i A dispatch
from Tie Pass, dated at two p. M. states
that for ninny versts all the approaches
to Tie Pass i' re covered witii troops, ar
tillery and baggage transports pressing
northward.
Twenty-live miles away the strong
rear guard of troops which is personally
commanded by Oeneral Kuropatkin, is
retiring slowly doggedly disputing with
the pursuing enemy every foot of ground
in order to cover the retreat of the re
mainder of the army.
The thought of surrender has not for
an instant entered the mind of General
Kuropatkin and the word went thing
down the retreating columns that the
czar had sent word for every man to
"fight to the death."
The losses in this defeat which is the
more bitter yet experience! by the Rue
sian army, by a moderate computation,
is not less than 'JOO.OOd men on both
sides
The Russians, in addition, dest roved
enough ammunition for an entire army
the greater part of which was set on tire
as the troop were leaving Mukden.
Nay Ceatlase Retreat.
It is impossible to say whether tin
Russians wi 1 be able to put up a light
ami hold this position or whether it will
I necessary to continue the retreat to
Harbin, but the rank and tile, whose
militaty qualities never shine so bright
ly as in retreat and defeat, are far fron
being panic-stricken and under capable
leadership if given a brief time to
strengthen ositi3ii8, may be able to
check their pursuing enemy at this
point.
Mukden is the world's most dreadful
battleground. At l.eipsic, 114,000 were
lost ; at h vlan, 3i,000 were lost ; Gettyfr
burg, ("4,807, lost ; Waterloo, 55,000 lost
Mukden, Russian, 125,000; Japanese
7:1,000.
Inquiry at San Fran
cisco.
Honolulu, March 10. After two min
ute' dt-liberation, the Stanford jury re
turn a verdict of death by strychnine
poisoning. The end of the inquest with
a ositive verdict of murder, leaves the
police of Honolulu as much without a
clew as when Mrs. Stanford died High
ShenfT Henry said after the inquest i
that it was his opinion that the strych-1
nine was placed in the soda in San !
Francisco by a member of Mrs. Stan
ford's household. At the inquest Dr.
Storey testified that the strychnine used
as showned by the tests, was a strych
nine such as is not usel generally for
medical purposes, but used principally
for poisoning animals. This statement
is regarded as of po:sible assistance in
tracing the purchase of the strychnine.
The detetti'W who are expected to ar
rive from San Francisco on the steamer
Alanieda tomorrow, may be able to take
up the investigation on new lines. The
local police admit that they are at sea.
THIS IS CERTAINLY
GOING SOME
I'p in the beautiful Mohawk Valley I
of New York, between points that Coop
er's farious hero, Ieatheratocking, took
nearly a week to traverse, a giant elec-
I trie locomotive recently pulied nine
heavy ears at sixty-nine miles an hour,
covering the distano- in a little more
man iuiit uiiuuiec.
In the presence of a party of electrical
i experts, railroad men, and journalists,
; and a great crowd of spectators, an
exciting race with the fast mail train,
the"ew worker, a train triat makes; Spencer and his little brother Lee,
almost as much speed as the Kmpire 1 agd 7, were locked in the house last
State Express, was also held. When ' night by their mother, who left to visit
the "New Yorker," with seven care, j her brother, who is suffering from pneu
speeding at the rate of sixty miles an monia. The bovs were in bed asleep
I hour, reached the electric locomotive,
I the later was going thirty miles an hour,
speed was put on, and in a mile s space
the new machine was running even
with the "New Yorker." Another turn
ol the copper handle on the master con-
troller. and the steam train appeared to
be moving elowiy backward. A lew
notches more, and, from the electric
cab. the steam express was seen to be
far in the rear. Sixty-nine miles an
hour was the record on the speed-gauge.
All th s had been done with no smoke
or dust, or the suggestion of a cinder,
and it cost considerably lees than it had
taken to drive the steam engine. It
looks as if electricity was certain to be
the motive power of the future.
A MODERN
CRUSOE FOUND
Three hundred miles off the coast of
Costa Rica out in the Pacific Ocean
there lies a beautiful little tropic island
of Koko. It is inhabited only by an
old man and his wife a modern Robin
son Cruoe and Friday, who have lived
a hermit life there for the past sixteen
years. They cultivate bananas, oranges
sums, (- tatoes. make their wine, cook
their own coffee, and the old gentleman
himself smokes cigars made by his own
i ands.
T1 ey never leave the island, and it is
naly on special occasions that ships
touch there. F"or all the poetic halo
that now rests over this little island, it
has a history of its own. It was once
the resort of filibusters and pirates, who
for two hundred years made things so
hot for the Spaniards. A famous free
booter, the buccaneer Btmto, once
caused several hundred rebellious sail
ors to be shot there, and the hermit
Crusoe often finds human bones in hia
tilling soil. There is a story that Binito
also hid a rich treasure in the island,
but in epite of the many eagei efforts.
Robinson has not succeeded in finding
it.
RAILROAD MEN
VISIT COOS BAY
Fhigene, March 12. H. C. Diers, chief
eguineer of the Willamette Valley Elec
tric Railway Co., who with G. B. Hen
gen and A. B Wood, of the Oregon &
Southern Railroad Uhe Bohemia line)
left here last week for Coos Bay via
Siuslaw, returned to Kugene this mort -
ing. Messrs. Hengen and Wood stopped
at Cottage Grove. They came by the
way of the I'mpqua-Scottsburg-Drain
route. Mr. Diers, when seen by a
Guard reporter today, stated that the
pricipal object of this visit to Coos Bay
was to examine some coal properties in
thai country.
This was Mr. Hengen's flret visit to
Coos Bay, and he was greatly impressed
with the country. There have been re
ports published of big railway proposi
tions in the interest of which it is said
these men made their trip, but no infor
mation along that line has been given
us for publication.
Several concessions have been let nt
the fair which require considerably
more space than the original plans for
the "Trail" would permit. The amuse
ment street will have to be enlarged so
as to provide several thousand square
feet for the additional space.
Full Import of the
Her. Will
Cleveland, Maach 11. Attorney Iaw
ley began the opening argument for the
defense at the Chadwick trial this morn
ing. Mrs
her aide, i
Chadwick with her eon at 1
t unmoved by the emotional
appeal ol her lawyer,
that the evidence aho
He contended
ed Mrs. Chad- !
wick had
. iibu ucpireiiei iih,uuu in Uie
. Oberlin bank and had lira
' rn.ooo.
District Attorney Sollivan addressed
the jury for the state. During Sullivan'e
preroration Mrs. Chadwick wept vio-
' lently.
ludge Taylor began the charge to the )
jury at 2 :45 p
m. and the jury retired
at 3 :30
Mn. Chadwick Foaad faulty
Cleveland. March 11. The trial of ;
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick charged with
conspiracy to commit an offense against j
the I nited States in that she entered
into a conspiracy to procure a certifica- j
tion of checks on a National bank at a
I time when she had no money in the '
j bank, came to an end this evening when i
the jury returned a verdict of guilty
I against the accused woman.
BOY LOCKED IN
PERISHED IN FLAMES
ia uranoe, ur-. March i. t-:encr
j Field, aged 10, is dead, and Lee Field,
j aged 7, ia dying from the effects of burns
j received during a fire last night in which
their home was totally destroyed.
I when their mother left. A lighted lamp
j exploded during her absence, scattering
, hre through the entire house, which
! was rapidly consumed by the flames
1 The boys woke up and tried to get oat.
but as the doors were locked they could
j not eacape. The neighbors, who rapidly
gathered, thought no one was in the
j house until they saw the younger child
j at the window. The glass was broken
and the little fellow
was rescued, his
horribly burned
nightgown on tire and
j about the bodv.
The elder boy perished in the flames
and his charred body was recovered this
morning in the burning embers of the
house.
The mother states that she locked the
door, taking the key with her. as she
had seen a man prowling around the
house and feared he would break in
during her absence.
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Verdict Dawns Upon
Appeal Case.
Mrs. Chadwick was found guilty on
seven counts which related to her cer
tification with no funds on denoait. On
all of these the jury found indictments
against her. According to law she can
be hned on each count not more than
$10,000 nor imprisoned for more than
two years on each count. At first Mrs.
Chadwick failed utterly to grasp the
meaning of the verdict, but when its
import dawned upon her, her limbs
seemed to give way beneath her and she
sank feebly into a chair, her head fell
lorwara on tier bands and a succession
of strangling sob came from her. She
was carried to the office of Marshal
Chandler and placed on a sofa. An at
tack of hysteria followed which lasted
fully 18 minutes, her sobs and cries be-
ing distinctly audible in the hall outside.
In about half an hour Mrs. Chadwick,
restored to comparative composure,
waa then taken to jail. From the time
of leaving the marshal's office until the
door of the jail closed behind her she
kept up a continuous moaning that was
distressing to hear. The court will
hear arguments for a new trial at a later
date.
jCOOS COUNTY
SELECTS SITE
Portland, March 11 Coos County,
Oregon, which announced some time
ago that it would erect a separate pavil
ion at the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
has made good its announcement by
selecting a site for the structure. The
pavilion will stand a short dawrr from
the Colonnade Entrance, a little to the
west of the Ad n. in is: ration Building.
Coos County's Building will be SO x 60
feet in sixe. and will be constructed en-
tirely of Coos county materials. Coos
county workmen will perform the labor,
and a Coos county man will oversee the
I job.
! Coos county timber, coal, gold, dairr
and other resources will be exploited in
a most practical way. The building will
be finished in natural woods inside and
out. For the interior the decorations
will be in panel work, the different
valuable woods being used to advantage
in this way. Among the woods so need
will be the myrtle, maple, alder, white
and yellow firs, white cedar, Port Orford
cedar, red cedar, and oak. The block
myrtle of Coos county, the country's
most famous wood, is worth $500 pea
thousand feet, B. M.
Construction work on the building
will be completed and fitted with exhib
its several weeks before the opening day.
The building will cost about $10,000.
A Grand Ball will be given at Wilson's
Hall, Melrose, Or., March 24, 1905, H.
E. Wilson, Manager. ti
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ROSEN. Ri. MESON
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Capital Stock
$5o,ooo
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Vice President.
BOARD OP OIRBCTOR3
P. W. BKtiHON. R. A. BOOTH J. B. BOOTH.
J. T BKI 1X4BS, JUS. LYONS. A. C. MAMSTKJU
K. - MILLER.
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