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Show DEADWOOD GETS CONORESS. Next Nesslon or Mining C'ouirreM l ,e Ileli! In Tlmt City. The fifth annual session of tlie International In-ternational Mining congress, which has been in session In llutte, Is a thing of the paft, and when It reconvenes iu the joint city of Dead wood and Lead, S. I)., it will be the American Mlulng congress, the name having been changed. The following ofllcers were elected: President, J. II. Richards. Idaho; first vice president, 8. W. ltus-sell, ltus-sell, South Dakota; second vice president, presi-dent, E. H. llnckley, Missouri; third vice president, Thomas K. Kwing, California; Cali-fornia; treasurer, Charles. W. (loodule, Montana; executive committee, Joseph L. K. Armstrong of Wnshlng'on, (leo. T. Oraysou of Oregon, W. M. Kendall of Ohio. ' Tlie selection of Deadwood and Lead City, S. I)., as the place for holding the next meeting of the congress wus effected ef-fected very quietly unci there was little or no opposition. The limn for holding hold-ing the session was fixed for the month of September, next year, but a definite date will be fixed by tho executive committee. |