Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1898-12 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTIOES. MARSHALL HALL. SEASON 1898. STEAMER CHARLES MACALESTER. Organizations, churches and schools will be booked for this popular excursion resort. For information apply or address Excursion Agent. Steamer Mac- ster, 7th st. wharf. Teleptene MOUNT VERN 3 STBT. CO., ATTENTION, IMPROVED ORDER OF RED Men! Assemble at Wigwam, Academy of Music building, vth and D ste. n.w., WE! DAY, April 20, at 7 o’elock, Ma: Don't wait until warm weather sets in for good sbefcre placing your order for a suitable sult. We're booking orders at a great rate for these famous Seotch Wool Suitings at $20, $25, $80 and $35. We're also making a spe- cial Ali-woel Suit fer $18. G. WARFIELD SIMPSO) Expect Tailer. ary 1208 F st. 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ADAMS, “Prompt” Printer, 512 11th st aplé- Tid HAAS, ENGRAVER AND PLATE PRINTER, Has removed from 1206 Pt Located at 1013 Next door to Brentan: Why “Second floor. Might as well drink the best whisky as some of the abominations now be- ing sold as pure. Berkeley Pure Rye Not Whisky, sold by Janes Tharp, 812 F st. p.w.. Is the connolsseurs’ chole», ? Aw a beverage or for family use 1t is the best upon the market. OFFICE OF THE L& M chine Co., Wai annual meeting of ton Monotype-Machine ‘The mpany will be heid at x —< Ballard ere Alexaadria, . loc) 2, OD URSDAY, the 2st day of April, bis 1808, for the purpose of electing a board of directors to serve for the en- eulng year and transacting such other business a ¥ properly come before it. Polls open 2 Transfer tooks will be closed April 15, at By order of the board. pdtap2t B. F. COLE, Secretary. fF. H. Bain. SEE 1D: KIRKPATRICK. KIMBALL BLDG., 1417 6 SE NWe Consultation an’ examination free. mb5-tt DON'T ORDER YOUR MANTELS OR TILE work until you see wy stock; 86 different styles of oak and white mantels to select from: 20 Gifferent styles of slate mantels and cabinets; convince yourself as to prices; goods and work- marship guaranteed; over 30 years’ practical experience. M. ROCHE, felt 3m 716 13th et. n.w. TROOPS FOR TAMPA. po: Arrangements were completed this after- noon by the depot quartermaster, U. S. A., at New York, for sending through Wash- ington tomorrow several thousand regulars, represerting the various branches of the service except heavy artillery. The men will come from Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, Sack:tt's Harbor and’ Plattsburg, and Fort Adams, R. I. They will be brought to this city by the Pennsylvania line and transported to Tampa by the Southern Railway Company. — Adverse Report. An adverse report was made today by the District Commissioners on Senate bill for the relief of the estate of the late Wim B. Todd. The measure has been introduced in Congress twice before, once having been reported adversely. ‘The Commissioners re- frained from making any recommendation at another time. TRY GRAIN-C1 TRY CRAIN-O1 Ask your Grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury es well as the adult. All who try it lke ft. OFF FOR THE FRONT Troops Leave Fort Myer and Wash- ington Barracks, CHICKAMAUGA THEIR DESTINATION Scenes About the Depot When Trains Pulled Out. REMINDER OF OTHER DAYS “It looks like "61,” said a man who was watching the troops board the trains at 9th street and Maryland avenue southwest today, on their way to Chickamauga. The speaker was tall and thin, and wore a grim look on his tace. “Those boys don’t realize what they are going into,” he continued. “Just lcok at them. They act like it was an excursion. Oh! well, I was the same way when I went to the war about thirty-seven years ago.” There was an air of activity in the south- west section this morning. with its center at Maryland avenue and 9th street, which has not been there for many years. It at- tracted a larger crowd by far than the un- thy with them and tueir mission, Secretary Alger, with his wife and daughter, drove down to the statioa and watched tke prep- arations for departure. He remained there some time, en interested spectator of the Preparations, and tken drove to the War Department. There were many carriages there contairing well-dressed people, and Eundreds of persons wended their way to the place on foot and a-wheel. Men Early Astir. Reveille sounded at Fort Myer this morn- | ing at 4:30 o'clock, and the men had their | breakfast early. They were hard at work last night arranging details of their depart- ure. Horses groomed, h wagons packed with kits and equipne:ts, the boys of the noted 6th, commanded by Col. S. 8. Sum- ner, 270 strong, with twenty officers, rode through the city, pussing in review before the house of General Miles on Rhode Island avenue and the residence of Secretary Al- ger, on K street. The clattering of the horses’ feet on the pavement, the clank of their sabers and the sound of the bugle at intervals awoke residents of Washington along the line of their route, and zroused in them, or the older ones, memories of nearly four decades ago. The trooj rived % h street and at Maryland avenue soon :fter S o'clock. Even at_that early hour a crowd had gath- ered to watch ¢ The order to dis- mount ¥ given, and departure prepara- tions proceeded. The stock cars were ready for the horses, and they were loaded into these as quickly y horses were put unin were sleek and nd were full of spirits— : one of the troopers ex- leading of a circus ever did, and there were more small boys on hand than when there was a chance of seeing the elephant. The crowd numbered certainly some thousands of persons who had gathered to bid fare- well to the boys in blue and cheer them at the start. For cheer the men did when the first section of the train started, a few min- utes before noon, and the ladies waved their handkerchiefs bravely, though their cheeks were wet with tears and their eyes red with weeping. Then again sobs rose in the thr: of the men, those who knew that war was no play time. The soldier boys took off their hats end waved them while they cheered heartily in response from the windows of the cars. The Olid Familiar Strains. A few minutes before the first section started the 6th Cavalry Regimental Band, which had been entertaining the crowd with selections, played “The Girl I Left Behind and as a last tune, ‘The Star Spangled Banner,” during which the head of every trooper was bared of its regulation "iy7 ane Lr/ ¢ == oe. dun-colored slouch hat. It was the begin- ning—the curtain raiser, as it were—of a drama which may have a run of weeks, months or years. The wives, mothers and sweethearts of the defenders of the coun- try who were at the starting place when the trains drew out hoped that it would end with the first scene. There were four trains, or sections, which started from 9th street and Maryland ave- nue about noon today, to transport Troups A, E, G and H of the 6th Cavalry, from Fort Myer, and Light Battery E of the Ist Artillery, from Washington barracks, to Chickamauga. The men and all their equipments, horses and guns were trans- ported. The four sections of cars were made up as follows: First section, seven coaches, dining car and Pullman sleepers; second section, four baggage cars, four box cars, holding equipments, six gondolas with artillery; third section, seventeen stock cars, with cavalry and artillery horses, and one coach for the men in charge; fourth section, two baggage cars, two coaches, one sleeper, one box car, four stock cars and four gondoles. The trains will go by the Chesapeake and Ohio railread to Lexington, Ky.,and thence by the Queen and Crescent route to the destination. They will be pushed through as quickly as possible, and it is expected that the end of the journey will be reached in twenty-eight hours, unless some unfore- seen delay shall occur. Cars in Pince Last Night. ‘The cars had been all brought to the freight station at 9th street and Maryland avenue, extending up as far as 13% and D streets, last night, and were ready at 6 o'clock this morning. It was hoped that the first section could start at 11 o'clock, but it was an hour later before it did so. But the troopers and artillerymen were not idle in the meantime. Besides telling their sisters and sweethearts good-bye, they had to assist in arranging the equipments and their outfits on the cars. Lieutenant Colonel Humphreys, depot quartermaster, had his hands full getting the troops aboard the trains. The officers, with their swords and shoulder straps in evidence, hustled about here and there, giv- ing orders, but finding time to chat with the prettily gowned ladies“who had gone down to the train to see them depart. ‘There was mirth, for it is hard to restrain youth, even in the face of war itself, and there ‘was melancholy. In many respects the dif- ferent specie ae he paces resembled the vagaries of one present April days— a tears mingled. s to encourage the soldiers, or to show them that he was heartily in sympa- I'll show re you. Ye blaze-faced cow. man’s sentence was not he rest of the : had to dodge a of hed, for he heels, waich struck the side of the car with a thump. Passing by the side of the cars, after the he bad been led in them, was like a visit to a boiler yard. The patter- ing of heels against the sides was like shot ‘alling on a tin roof. The Army Mule. “There is one thing that reminds me more of the late war than anything else,” id an old fellow to his companion. “What is that?” he was asked. “Mules,” was the response. They were attached to the quartermaster’s wagon: Idaded down with impedimenta of all kind: Up at 1242 and D strets the artillery was being loaded on the gondolas. The guns were brought up at the ‘double quick’ under command of Capt. Capron, the fa- mous old Indian fighter, and it made a pretty sight as the bugl2 sounded, and the horses were detached, guns left standing, and the animals taken down below to oc- cupy traveling quarters with those of the cavalry. Those artillery horses were liv2- ly in the extreme, and made especially so by the passing locomotives and th» scene of bustle and activity. They did their best to unseat their riders, kicked up and ca- vorted around with great freedom and vigor. There were seventy-five men and sixty horses, with five 3.2-inch steel breech-ioad- ing guns. Another will be added to E Bat- tery at Chickamauga. By 11 o'clock the crowd had so increase there was not standing room about the cars, and the young troopers, who were telling their sweethearts all sorts of things their privacy invaded. “Oh, dear, I'm afraid I'll never see you again,” said one heart-broken girl. “That's all right. I'll get back safe and sound; don’t worry about me,” and there were many assuranccs of similar charac- ter. One girl hung around her brother’s neck weeping bitterly ard refusing to be com- forted. It was her brother without a doubt, for there was a strong resemblance between the two. An officer, with a stern face, holding his two little boys by the hand, walked down the line. One of the little fellows was crying bitterly, but the other evidently had the soldier's spirit in him, for he stepped forward bravely, with a similar gruff face. Wife Succumbs to Grief. . A Mrs. Neff, whose husband is a trooper, came up to the train to tell him farewell. She was so overcome at having to bid him good-bye she fainted, and when she had partially recovered had to he conveyed to her home at 355 O street southeast, in the police patrol wagon, almost in a state of to reconcile them to their departure, had | collapse. Other women: ke as if they were nearly overcome w{th emtion. The band, with the h-hatted players, who had been threatening to play for some time, keeping the crowd in a state of ex- pectation, lined up near the car which was to hold the officers and begar playing. “The Bride Elect March’ was rendeved, then a dirge, which made everybody But this was soon dispelled when:*‘The Girl I Left Behind Me” was started,:and q cheer went up. A The ladies, who had been bidding farewell in one of the Pullman coaches, said thelr adieus for the last time; stepped cut, and the train started a few minutes hefore 12. The men were furnished with two days’ travel rations and thirty days’ field rations. Forage for the horses was also carried. The contract for transportation was y terday signed with the’ Chesapeake Okio railroad for $9,251. —_—_—-—— . RAIN THIS EVENIAG. Fair Tomorrow, With Southeasterly Winds, Shifting to the West. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia, rain this evening; fair Wednesday; southeasterly, shifting to westerly, winds. Weather conditions and general forecast —The storm center has advanced to the south end of Lake Michigan and will prob- ably continue northeastward across the lake regions into Canada. The pressure has risen throughout the west and southwest. Rain has fallen during the past twenty- four hours in the northern portion of the gulf states and throughout the central val- leys and the lake regions, and has extend- ed castward to the middle Atlantic coast. The weather is clear in the Rocky moun- tain districts. The temperature has fallen in the lower Missouri valley and on the middle Atlantic coast, and remains nearly stationary in other districts. Rain is indicated for tonight in the north Atlantic states and lower lake region, probably clearing by Wediiesday morning, except in New England. Fair and colder weather will be experienced in the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys, and general- ly fair weather throughout the gulf states. The Mississippi river has begun to fall at Helena, Ark., but continues to rise at Vicksburg and New Orleans. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Mll- waukee. 1.04; Okalona, Miss., 2.26; Bates- ville, Miss., 1.60; Hernando, Miss., 1.80, Rivers—The following changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) have occurred Risen—Vicksburg, 0.3; New Orleans, 0.3. Fallen—Helena, Ark., 0.1; Memphis, 0.5. Above the danger line and rising—Vicks- burg, 7.7; New Orleans, 0.5. Above the danger line and falling—Hele- na, Ark., 4.9; Memphis, 2.0. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Temperature, 55; condi- tion, Receiving reservoir—Temperature, 59; condition at north connection, 3; condi- tion at south connection, 13. Distributing reservoir—Temperature, 57; condition at in- fluent gatehouse, 36; effluent gatehouse, Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 12:44 a.m. and p.m.; high tide, 6:40 a.m. and 7:16 Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:27 a. p.m.; high tide, The Today—Sun rises 5:17 a.m.; sun sets 6:41 p.m. Moon rises 4:38 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow sun rises 5:16 a.m. The City Lights: Gas lamps all lighted ‘by 7:50 p.m.: ex- tinguishing begun at 4:44 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour ,before the time named. Are lamps lighted guished at 4:39 a.m. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Tae following were the readings of the thermcmeter at the weather, bureau for the twenty-four hours bexinnfiig at 2 p.m. yesterday: April 18.4 p.m., 74; at 5 p.m.; extin- 8'pom.} 64; 12 mid- night, 5 April 19.—4 a.m., 52; 8 a.m., $1; 12 noon, p.m., 55 - Maximum, 75, at 3 p.m., April 18. Mini- mum, 51, at 8 a.m., April 19. The following we the readings of <he bafometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: April 18.—4 p.m., 0.02; 8 p.m., 30.10; 12 midnight, 30.10. April 19.4 a.m., 20.13; 8 a.m., 30.11; noon, 30.02; 2 p.m,, 29.96. —_~-. Charges Brutality. In a petition for divorce filed this after- noon, through Attorney Campbell Carring- ton, Grace Franzese states that when she married the defendant, Andrea Franzese, June 15, 1886, she was only fourteen years of age. Shortly after the marriage, Mrs. Franzese adds. her husband took her among the lowest and most degradad class of people and in evil and degraded sur- roundings. He also assaulted her, she charges, without cause on the day of their marriage, and from that time up to the present has treated her with systematic and persistent cruelty, becoming a chronic wife-beater, having assaulted her by strik- ing and kicking her and breaking chairs over her head on at. least forty or fifty occasions, Her husband seldom used kindly or proper language toward her, the petitioner goes on to say, but habitually accosted her in a rough manner and used the most vile, profane and indecent language toward her, frequently threatening to take her life, and on five or six occasions drawing a lcaded revolver and threatening to kill her. Mrs. Franzese recites in detail many al- leged instances of extreme cruelty on the part of her husband. In addition to a di- vorce she asks the court to grant her the custody of her five living children and to restrain the defendant from harassing her in any way. : | Vestry of St. Margaret's, At an adjourned meeting of the congrega- tion of St. Margaret's P. E. Church last evening the following were elected mem- bers of the vestry: L. R. Tuttle, J. B. Wimer, Robert J. Fisher, R. C. Stevens, Richard U. Goode, Gen. D. W. Flagler, Robert F. Shepard and Capt. Wm. M: Black. ee Alleged Perjury. Reuben T. Lucas, colored, was today held by Judge Kimball in $1,000 bail for the action of the grand jury to answer the charge of perjury in the case of William &mith, who was recently convicted in the Police Court of selling liquor on Sunday. FATAL PISTOL SHOT Ex-Chief of the Fire Department Commits Suicide. OF A DISORDERED MIND es EFFECTS Death Believed to Have Been In- stantaneous. INQUEST UNNECESSARY Martin Cronin, ex-chief of the District of Columbia fire department, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself in the right temple with an old-fashioned 38-caliber revolver. ‘Ihe deed was commit- ted in the house of Mr. W. D. Clark, No. 507 H street northwest, where the deceased and his brother, Patrick Cronin, a plate printer, boarded. Friends of the deceased, and he had a large circle, are satisfied that the deed was the result of a disordered mind. The sad end of Mr. will bring sadness to many residents in all classes of life During recent weeks the ex-chief has shown signs of meatal trouble, and Sunday night his condition became so serious that Dr. Sellhausen was called and prescribed for htm. He was again ill last night, and his brother, who slept in the recom with him, became very anxious, and remained awake all night watching him. The sick man got out of bed several tines, and each time he inquired of his brotker why he was not asleep. It was nearly daybreak when the sufferer firally arose and dressed himself. He then went out of the house for a walk. as had been his custom: When he returned it was about fifteen minutes before 19 o'clock. On his way home he had spoken to several friends, none of whom remem- bers to have noticed anything peculiar about his conduct. Mrs. Clark and the colored servant san, were at home when he reache house To Mrs. Clark he wi a member of the family, met him in the hallway she coffe “All right,” he answered, and entered his rcom. Heard the Report of the Weapon. Mrs. Clark walked to the dining room and was pouring out his coffee whem she heard the report of the weapen, whi was followed by the falling of the body to the floor. Life was virtually extinct whon the body reached the floor, for the big bullet had gone almost entirely through the head. “I believe Mr. Cronin has killed himself, Susan,” Mrs. Clark remarked to the co! ored domestic, and she sent the latter out to summon assistance, for there were no men in the house at the time. Mr. F. W. Suman, who lives in the ad- joining house, and’ Mr. Tapp, who was working with him at the time, hurried into Mr. Clark’s house and found the dead body of the ex-fire chief. On one bed in the room a number of ¢atche's had been placed, while an cpen trunk showed from where the revolver had been taken. ‘The window and door had been left open. Head Struck the Stove. The unfortunate man had evidently stood about the center of the room when he fired the shot, and in falling his head struck against the top of the stove in the room. When found his head rested on the mat beneath the stov2 and the weapon dropped frem his hand on his coat beside his body. ‘There was a bullet wound just back of the right ear, while on the opposite side of the head was evidence of the presence of the bullet. Coroner Carr arrived at the house s:0n after the deed was committed. He heard the statements of persons in the house, and decided that an inquest was unnecessary. Mind Unbalanced. Mr. and Mrs. Clark, with whom the un- fortunate man nad boarded for about six neonths, were very much affected by his death. During the time he resided in their house he was kind and consid- erate and had 2ndeared himself to them. It was only a few days ago that he re- marked to one of them that he had prayed to Ged to take him while he felt prepared to go. He also seemed to realize his con- dition, for he said he feared that he might become violent and hurt somebody. He had been in the habit of taking early mcrning walks each day, and he spent mest of his time walking. Since the meet- ing of Congress he had taken an interest in the congressional proceedings and spent considerable time in the House and Senate gallzries. When Coroner Carr reached the house he searched the body, thinking he might possibly find a letter which would throw some light on the deed, but no letter was found. The only writing bearing on the affair-was found in a note book in the dead man’s vest pocket, as follows: “To me on the 5th day of this month. “Oh, my God, I'm going crazy.” Mr. Patrick Cronin, brother of the de- ceased, who is employed at the bureau of engraving and printing, was sent for. He was not very much surprised at what his brother had done, for he realized that his condition had been serious. Undertaker Wright was sent for to take charge of the body and make preparations for the funeral. Detective Pays Him Tribute. Detective Weedon, who served in the fire department when the deceased was chief, was at police headquarters when the mes- sage announcing his death was received. “A good fireman has gone,” he remarked, “and he made an excellent chief. It was Martin Cronin who started the department on the road to what it now Is. “Chief Cronin,” he added, “was an all- round fireman, a good disciplinarian, and he never lost a fireman while he was in charge of the department. He was always careful with his men and never permitted them to go where their lives would be en- dangered. No man ever took more pride in a department intrusted to his care. He visited the houses at all hours of the night to see that the firemen were attending strictly to duty, and it was because of this that some of those who were willing to shirk their duty did not like him. At one time while he was chief he got in a contro- versy with Chief Shaw of the London fire department, and he got far the better of it.” Su- the s the same as and when she id to him: Cronin, I'll pour you out a cup of Cronin’s Carcer. Mr. Cronin was born {n South Washing- ton about fifty-four or fifty-five years ago and received his education here. He was: District fire department. Indeed, he was known as a scientific fire” » and it was his t_contention he Cronin's care=r | | FINANCIAL. Merchants’ Parcel Delivery Co. | 929-931 D Street. watchmen—fire pails and fire alarms. per month for rooms. month for rooms holding a large, double load of houschold effects. Trunks, 25¢. attended moving. Merchants’ Parcel Delivery Co., VERY facility—every advantage i here, for safe storage. Clean, dry rooms—clevators—night $1 to $15 Only $3 a Pianos, $1. UR padded vans and expert movers will save you all the worry and trouble that formerly E pack and ship goods to all parts of the world. *Phone 659. te WANTED. Carriage: price, R. NOTICE TO STOC INGTON LOAN A} The 23d vegular one-half. (154) per cent ou the capital st this company will be paid on MAY 2, 1808, when dividend checks will be mailed to ail stockhold- ers of registered address. The books for transfer of stock will be closed from April 22 to May 2. 1898, both dates inclusive. Stockholders who have changed telr address since date of previous dividend will pleas notify the company. ANDREW ., April JOSE BEAUTIFU Office, 610 Fourteenth st. MONEY TO 1A) IN SUMS FROM $1.000 UPWARD, TEREST, REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. O HOLTZMAN COR. 10TH AND F STS. N.W. ‘ineer of the department, Chief Engineer William wood being removed. When Mr M. G. Emery succeeded Mr. Bowen as mayor of the corporation of Washington ef Cronin was removed to make way for George Holmes. The latter was at the head of the department for about a year, when the old corporation w abolished by the establishment of the terri- terlal form of government for the Distric: Gov. Cooke removing Hoimes and reap- pointing Cronin as chief engineer of the | strict fire department in June, 1 The fire departments until then of the two cities of Washington and Georgetown were se rate. Mr. Cronin was, therefore, the fi chief of the District fire department. Retired in 1886. He remained as euch until May 1, 1883 when the Commissioners of the District, the territorial form of government having meantime been succeeded by the present form of government, retired him from ac- tive service and appointed the present chief engineer of the department, Joseph Parris. When Mr. Cronin first became chief of | the department it consisted of but five en- gine companies and cne truck compan} When he was retirad he had secured its in crease to seven engine companies and two | truck companies, he establishing one of the truck companies in the eastern part of the city and the other in the western por- tion. The largest fire during his term as chief was that at the patent office, when he was forced by the inadequacy of the District department to seek assistan from the Baltimore fire department. But it is said that when the Baltimore engi: arrived Chief Crorfin had about conquered | 2 the fire. During his service Mr. Cron: personally saved many Iv Mr. Cronin was at one time president of the International Association of Fi Chiefs, and was 2 man whose abilities were well known. At a fire at the Boston Varicty Store he was injured by coming in ecntact with an electric wire, and it is be- Meved his retirement later was due primar- ily to those injuries. He was retired on a pension of $50 a month. He never married He was a member of the District Firemen’: Relief Association, from which his nearesi relatives will draw some $600. Chief Parris will place First Assistant Chief Engineer Belt in charge of the detail of firemen at the fureral, and the funeral escort will consist of about twenty men from the different companies. ——>_—_ Vestrymen and Wardens Chosen. The Parish of the Incarnation recently elected the following gentlemen to serve as vestrymen and wardens the coming year: Edward Harper, senior warden, and C. Norton, junior warden. Vestrymen— ward M. Dickinson, George E. Graves, John L. Newbold, George C. Payne, T. O. W. Roberts, jr., Ed. Harper, C. C. Norton and Dr. 8. E. Watkins. John L. Newbold was elected treasurer; Dr. S. E. Watkins, reg- ister; delegate to diocesan convention, George E. Graves, and Edwin Harper, al- ternate. > Promotions Ordered. Private T. D. McLane of the District fire department was today promoted to the po- sition of assistant foreman, vice Hopkins, promoted to be foreman. ———— INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. ATTORNEYS. AUCTION SALES. AMUSEMENTS BICYCLES. Page BOARDING. Page BUSINESS CHANCI Page CITY ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS... DENTISTRY. EDUCATIONAL... EXCURSIONS. FINANCIAL... .... OR EXCHANGE........ FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. FOR RENT (Viats).. FOR RENT (Halls)... OR RENT (Houses) OR RENT (Misc.llanevus). Page eeenreraenesokewaita FOR RENT (Stores). FOR SALE (Bi. ycles) FOR SALE (Hous:s) #OR SALE (Lo:s). FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. OCEAN TRAVEL... CETTE asst Riititt | AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO, | Fireproof Storage For Houschold Goods, Works of Art, Bric-a-Brac, Trunks, ete. Lowest Insurance In the City. Estimates gladly furnished at any time. Inspection invited. Packers of China, Furniture, Works of Art And household belongings of every kind. 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