Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-01
WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEETING
Convention Of Nebraska State Association
Opens in Lincoln This Evening.
TWO ADDRESSES BY Or, ANNA u. SHAW
Industrial Problems viii ne Dis
cussed Tuesday-MemoriaI Service
for the Late susan n.
Anthony.
From a stan Correspondent

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LINCOLN. Sept. 0.-tspecisl)-T
twenty-sixth annual convention Of the Ne
braska woman's Suffrage association will
open in Lincoln Monday evening with an
address by Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. one
of the most brilliant woman speakers in
the country and president Of the National
womans Suffrage association. She will
also speak Tuesday evening. the ssso-
citation will close Wednesday. Monday
evening DR.. Shaw will speak on the subject,
The rate Of Republics, and on Tuesday
evening, The New Man. The sessions
OF the convention will be held in All Souls
Unitarian church. Twelfth and n streets
Tuesday will be devoted TO the appoint
ment of committees, reports of officers and
standing committees Industrial prob
lens will be discussed at o'clock with
Mrs. Clara Young. vice president. prestd-
ing Wednesday the association will hear
reports OF clubs and county organizations
and devote some time to an executive ses-
sjon and a memorial hour for Miss Susan
B. Anthony. Rev. Newton Mann, for
merly Miss Anthony's pastor, will deliver
an address. Resolutions Will be reported
by a committee for adoption. The plan
OF the work in Nebraska will be outlined
at this convention. II il said the asso-
citation will present bill to the legisla-
ture, asking for equal suffrage.
Beveridge to Speak In Lincoln.
Senator Beverage will speak in Lincoln
at the Oliver theater on the evening of Oc-
tober 4. 1t is expected that the meeting
will be a big All railroads run
ming into Lincoln have granted an open
rate of one fare and one-third from sta
tons within radius of one hundred miles.
Tickets will be good returning October ).
Chairman w. b. Rose of the republican
state committee has invited W. Il. An
drews auditor of the treasury at Wash
ngton. to take part in the campaign and
has received word Mat Mr. Andrews will
deliver an address in Nebraska during the
latter part of October. An effort is being
made to SECURE the services OF Congress
man Walter L., Smith of Council Bluffs.
The national committee has expressed a
desire to aid in every way possible in the
Nebraska campaign.
No High school Foot Ball.
Unless a change of mind is brought
about the Lincoln high school foot ball
team will not be on the gridiron this fall.
This team held the western high school
foot ball championship last year and
claimed the championship of the entire
country. The. decision in opposition to
playing was arrived at by members of the
team Saturday. On account of the
scholastic restrictions and qualifications re-
quired by the principal Of the school and
the board. the players decided that the
maintenance OF a team worthy of the
school would be impossible. It is said
thar the new requirements permits only
nine Of the aspiring players to compete for
a, place on the eleven.
Governor I'm Business.
Govsrnor Mickey asserts that the new
cement company which he is identified
with IL not a trust. but is independent
of any trust that may be endeavoring to
control the output Of cement mills. The
governors new enterprise is the Union
Portland Cement company Of lola, Kan.
II was organized under the laws of Arizona
for the reason that the laws OF that state
I are more favorable to corporations than
the laws Of Nebraska or Kansas 1t cost
the company only $50 to file articles of in
corporation in Arizona although II has an
authorized capital stock Of ss.5O00Oo. The
company will build cement mills near lola
Kan, where there are two other companies
now operating. The governor is president
and Richard c. Patterson OF Omaha vice
president, John A. Wakefield of Omaha Is
secretary and treasurer and Guy C. Barton
OF Omaha is one OF the stockholders.
Missing state Contracts.
The state contracts calling for the ex-
pendture of several thousands of dollars
for food elevators and for porches costing
5000 at the Hastings asylum for the in
sane have not yet been presented to the
board for approval. The contracts are
said to be in the hands Of Superintendent
Kern at Hastings. II Is the rule to have
the president and secretary of the board
sign all contracts in the presence Of the
board of public lands and buildings This
has not been done in the case OF the
Hastings contract Land Commissioner
Eaton, president and Secretary of State
Galusha both say the contracts have never
been signed by them. Notwithstanding
this oversight, material is on the ground
for some Of the work Al Is said that su-
perintendent Kern will bring the contracts
before the board Monday and they will