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Show ' MAY" G"E1 TRE AStlRY-POST V Joseph II. Millard, formerly a United Stntes "-v. sennlor from Nebraska, Is Bald to havo been t"w tentatively tendored tho secretaryship of the i I treasury In tho coming Tuft cabinet. At lenst, he JL. iifc-sc iiA 18 "0Br r"0IIBl' 10 n Probability to make It reason-w'S reason-w'S $!flH n,l' Umt ,lv" nml twnnl' ''rlsht young nowspu-Ff nowspu-Ff SmA I,er wrliors In vurioiis portions of tho country, ''iJjr uoKlnnlng nt Washington, should sit down and t Y$2i, " 'Ml cl"'k "ut on ""Jlr typewriters, tho near-positive ( ' IwL. nsBiiranco that tho Job has been offered, nccept- 'ff&ZtfJrm, 0,1 n"'1 u" ,,ul started. That may not mean W7m 11,1,0,1 l" tl10 rt'n('L,r. or It may. 2KCVvW Mt Mlllara lB n '""'kor of Omaha, ami Is ono tMM!3SlnvM ot tl10 renl 'lm"!er linkers of the wost. Ills iif"lliH Institution, tho Omuhn National, Is considered SJ''M'S MlliHwIAur one of tho soundest of the western country. It hns always been a greut lender, and novor a borrower, bor-rower, In tho east. During tho hard limes which followed tho dry years of 1891-5, when Nebraska was In the throes of bankruptcy uud hundreds ot settlers set-tlers wero compelled to go east to save their lives, the Millard bank and Its minor connections were never in peril. Horn In Canada, the Omaha banker Is still an American In that both of his parents woro residents of this country who were temporarily domiciled across tho border. His early yeais were stent on the faj-m. He bus been president of tho bank since January 1, 1807 He was mayor of Omaha for ono term, and served ono term In the senate. |