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To bo ExhaustiTely Told in the Book
to be Published This Fall by
the Belief Commission.
MUCH OP THE MANUSCRIPT READY.
The Only Illustrations to le Maps Showing
the Peculiar Topography of
the State.
BUT OXE EDITION TO BE PDBLISHED,
And Qaten Victoria Mar Han to Head One Kot a B t
Better Brand Than Any Other.
Prof. John Bach McMaster, of the
University of Pennsylvania, in Philadel
phia, will arrive in the city to-day, with
some of the manuscript of the proposed
"History of the -Johnstown Disaster,"
which he is compiling for the Flood Belief
Commission of Pennsylvania, His visit to
the city is for the pnrpose of consultation
vrith three of the members of the commis
sion, Messrs. James B. Scott, Reuben Milfer
and S. S. Marvin, who reside in this city,
regarding the already prepared manuscript,
and to secure additional data for the com
pletion of the book, which will be presented
to the public early this fall, and which will
be a very exhaustive account of the Johns
town flood, its whys and wherefores, and a
graphic description of the various other
cities affected by the flood, beside a general
account of the receipts and disbursements of
money handled by the Belief Committee at
that time.
In an interview with Mr. Scott, yesterday
afternoon, concerning the proposed publica
tion, he said: 'The book is the -result of
the general demand all over the country
and the world, in fact for a definite accu
rate account of the terrible catastrophe.
Scientittsand students have been verymuch
interested, in both the cause and effect, and
have evinced an earnest desire to know
abont it, and then, as a historical occurrence
in which all humanity is interested, it is
worthy the publication.
KOT ITS PBOTEGE.
" Tounnderstand," continued Mr. Scott,
'that this book is sot the protege of the
Pittsburg Belief Committee, though it is
abont to present to the public a pamphlet
which will embody all that has been pub
lished in its other report, beside a de
tailed account of every penny received and
expended by the committee before it
became merged into the Flood Commission,
and all contributions made after thst, with
the corresponding disbursements. In the
first report made by the Citizens Belief
Committee, the Treasurer, Mr. W. B.
Thompson, did not go into details regard
ing his accounts, and consequently this
new book will be issued shortly, with a full
list of all contributors and contributions, a
report that entailed considerable labor on
Mr. J. B. Kremer, but will be more satis
factory to the public"
"Was the public dissatisfied with the first
report?" was the natural inquiry.
"No, no, the public wasn't; not in the
least; but come who contributed and whose
names were not in the list were inclined to
think they should have been. You know,
people all like to see their names
in print. Three of the members
ot the Citizens' Belief Committee,
however, Mr. Miller, Mr. Marvin and my
self are also members of the Flood Commis
sion, and as such we are interested in this
larger and more conclusive publication, and
are able to give definite information regard
ing Johnstown and the surrounding coun
try, for even after the Flood Commission
swallowed up the Citizens' Belief Commit
tee, the Philadelphia Belief Committee and
various other self-constituted committees,
we remained in the vicinity of Johnstown
and continued our labors there, and I was
given a very peculiar office that of "Dicta
tor,' a name which the papers yet occasion
ally apply to me, but a position that enabled
me to learn a great deal regarding the
evento of that ill-fated time.
MOKE THAI? iOKXSTfiXTK.
"The new book will proht by my knowl
edge and by the knowledge possessed by Mr.
Miller and Mr. Marvin in a general way.
It will not deal exclusively with Johns
town, bnt will embrace the whole State of
Pennsylvania, its topography, its liabilities
to and conditions that would lead to floods.
The Government will give us much valued
information concerning the State, gained
from surveys, and the book will enter
largely into facts that have no immediate
relation to previously published reports;
into the causes of the great phenomena, and
the character of the flood, and will also
cover in entirety all the cities and towns in
the Eastern part of the State that were"
affected by it."
"Who will do the illustrating for the
volume?"
"There wilt be no illustrations except
maps, and they will be designed to show the
physical condition and formation of the
State, as well as the course of the overflow."
'How large will the hrst edition beY
"It will be a first, last, and only edition
that we will have published, and we will
all be glad to get through with that; as to
how large it will be, I am not prepared to
eay. We intend ascertaining the number
of public libraries, educational institutions,
and public institutions of all sorts wherein
we might think it advisable to dace a vol
ume for the benefit of the reading public,
and the result of that search, combined with
the number we may viish to distribute else
where, will be the basis upon which we will
calculate for the edition. This is not a
money-making scheme, you see, so one
edition will be sufficient."
"How are the new books to be bound?"
VVU.Ii STAND BOUGH WEAB.
"That is not decided upon as yet We,
of course, intend to submit the book in
good, substantial bindings that will stand
wear and tear."
"Is it not true that some books are to be
very handsomely bound and presented to
Queen Victoria and the other titled digni
taries across the water who contributed
largely to the fund?"
"I am not positive abont that I don't
.know as any o. the books will be more hand
somely bound than the rest, nor am I certain
that there will not be some special copies.
Of course it would be impossible for every
person who contributed a dollar or more to
be presented with a book, but Mrs. Victoria
may be so honored and she may not It is
probable, however, that she will, but you
don't want to say so until it is
fnlly decided, if you wish to keep up
The Dispatch's reputation for veracity.
About the size of the book, it is likewise
difficult to answer, but necessarily It will
be a large volume. The list of contribu
tions from the various cities alone makes
an imposing manuscript I do not know
just when it will be issued, fori do not
know how lone a book has to remain in the
printer's hands, this being the first literary
production 1 have ever been interested in
personally, but we are pushing the work as
rapidly as possible. When it is issued,
and the Grand View Cemetery, together
with the memorial hospital that is to be
erected in Johnstown have both reached a
state of completion, then the Flood Belief
Commission will consider its work ended
and disband. It Will be tome months be
fore the various branches of the work we
are engaged in will be entirely completed,
but no time is being lost
A PBETTY SPOT.
"We are making a lovely spot of the lot
in the Grand View Cemetery which the
commission purchased tor the resting place
of the unknown bodies that were buried in
impromptu graves. Seven hundred and
fifty bodies have been removed to the cem
eterv, and each one has a marble marker to
the "grave, upon which is engraved the
word 'Unknown.' It is an imposing sight,
as well as a pathetic one, those long rows of
graves with tne little while headstones,
similar to the Union soldiers' graves in
other cemeteries. It is our intention to
erect a very handsome large monument to
the memory of the poor nameless unfor
tunates and a very commodious, elegantly
appointed hospital, as you know, in memory
ot the many who lost their lives.
These projects" are all carried on with the
surplus contributions by the Flootf Belief
Commission, that since the death of Judge
H. H. Cummin, of Williamsport, consists
of the following named gentlemen: James
A. Beaver, Chairman;; Bobert C. Ogden,
Benben Miller, Edwin H. Fitler, Francis
B. Beeves, S. S. Marvin, Thomas Dolan,
James B. Scott, John Y. Huber, J. C.
Bomberger, treasurer, and J. B. Kremer,
secretary.
A COLD PIPE LINE.
Composition and Fnrpjiea of the New Al
IrsliouT Cooling Company Operations
to bo Commenced na Soon n Possible
Cool Llquldn for Customers.
The secrecy so long maintained about the
members of the Pennsylvania Cooling Com
pany, of Allegheny, was broken yesterday
by Superintendent Edward Armstrong, of
the Allegheny Water Works. The com-
pany was formed to use one of Mr. Arm
strong's patents for distributing cooling
liquids to the houses in Allegheny, by
means of pipes. The idea is to do away
with the use of ice. The company had in
troduced an ordinance Into Councils granting
it the right to lay pipe lines over various
streets, but the ordinance was referred bacfc to
the Committee on Streets and Sewers, by Com
mon Conncil. During all the discussions noth
ing conld be learned on the outside as to who
composed the company.
Andrew J. Lawrence, of Spronll & Lawrence,
is at the head of the scheme, as President ot
the Pennsjlvanla Cooling Comoany. Reese C,
Tannebill. the contractor, is Vice President.
William A. Ford, of the Ben Franklin Insur
ance Company, is the Secretary, and Charles
Hctzel. of the Second National Bank, is Treas
urer. . ,
In speaking ot the fntnre of the company.
Mr. Armstrong said: "We intend to commence
operations just as soon as we got our or
dinance through. If it had passed we
would have had our plant iroiiig in
60 days. We do not know just how big a plant
wo will need. That will depend on the terri
tory we will cover. The cooling liquids will be
made by the ordinary ice macuines. The
change to liquids 'Hill be made after the Ice
machines have done their wort, with our
process a plant of the capacity of 200 tons of
ice a day will give us results which
would equal 00 tons per day. I don't know
where the main plant will be located, as we
have several sites in view. We do not need an
immense plant to start with, bnt wo can easily
add to it as onr territory increases."
HAY0B DOUBLET IN DEMAND.
He U Asked to Talk to the Pntrlotlo Sons of
America.
- Mayor Gourley yesterday received a com
munication from the State Chairman ot the
Patriotic Sons of America asking him to de
liver an address of welcome to the State Con
vention of that order which is to be held in this
city on August 12. The letter stated that the
convention would bo attended by 800 delegates.
Tho Mayor replied by letter that he would
comply willingly with the request provided he
didnotacceptan invitation to attend the annual
banquet of the Mayor of the city of Boston to
be held on that date.
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incident of a Day In Two CItle Condensed
far Ready Readings
The natural gas explosion and small fire
published as having occurred in James Cavitt
fc Co.'s works, on Bonth Twentieth street, on
bunday nicht last, is denied by the members of
that firm. The explosion occurred near Phil
lips & Co.'s works. The fire did but little dam
age. Teteb Maeqico, an Italian who lives at No.
SO Poplar alley, made an information before
Alderman Richards yesterday charging An
thony Barricio with assault and battery. It is
alleged by Margico that Barricio struck him
with a shovel, knocking him down.
Fkank Connoks will hare a hearing before
Alderman McMasters to-morrow to answer a
charge of assault and battery. Mary Milllgan
made the information, alleging that Connors
knocked her down and otherwise abnsed her.
Both live on Fountain street.
John Culmqan charged John Hartman
with assault and battery before Alderman
Belnhauer last evening. It is alleged that
Hartman cave Culhgan's son a. severe Deating
at the Pittsburg and Lake Erie depot, where
both had gone to get milk.
A site for a depot at Charleroi has at last
been selected bv the officials of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. Immediately on receipt of
this news, ground was broken near by lor a big
three-story brick hotel, to cover five lots and
cost about 30,000.
There was a meeting last night In Law
rcncevilleof about 23 young men who are in
terested in the organization of an Independent
Republican club in the Fifteenth ward. It was
decided to meet again on Thursday lor organ
ization. Last evening Mary Kaspescheck charged
Veronak Visnack with assault and battery be
fore Alderman Beinbaner. The prosecutrix
alleges that the defendant went to her door
and flapped her in the mouth. A warrant was
issued.
Thomas Pbice and James Cuff were ar
rested by Captain Mercer for flghtiog on Sec
ond avenue, near Brady street. Both were
locked up in the I onrteenth ward station, bnt
afterward gave bail for a bearing this morn
ing. Frances E. Clabk is tho person to whom a
three months' note for $20 is signed by another
party, who can get the same by calling on In
spector McAleese. The note was found by a
policeman and is due August 22.
James Wayne, the colored boy who wag
chained at borne by his mother, and then taken
to the Newsboys' Home, has skipped with a
new suit of clothes. He will be sent to Mor
ganza. when recaptured.
Warner Powell and his son Moses were
before Alderman Mclnerny yesterday for
shooting in the city limits. Powell senior paid
the penalty, In H and costs, and Moses was dis
charged. GUS Smith will have a hearing before Al
derman McMasters to-morrow. He is charged
with assaulting Laura Miller by knocking her
down. The prosecutrix lives at No. 87 Gibbon
street.
"WnxiAit HENKTG, the weU-known East
End barber, wishes it to be understood that he
is not the William Hennig who was arrested
in tho East End on Sunday for insulting ladies,
fcflfpECTOR McAleese has rereived a rather
ribald communication signed "Kickers," com
Dlaimncof being disturbed by the serrices at
tho Bethany Gospel Mission on Grant street.
Robert Anderson was begging on Kill,
buck street, Allegheny, yesterday. He became
obnoxious in his method and was retired to
Clairmont for 30 days.
Park Policemen Lono and Blackstock
mi.. ansnAnripri vesterdav. Lone refused to
pick up paper and Blackstock had refused to
arrest an old man.
A man who said he was C. W. McCnrdy, and
a teacher in one of the Sixth street colleges,
was arrested last night in Allegheny for reck
less driving.
Tiie Coroner's jury in the case of Andrew
K. Kirschner. who shot himself in Allegheny,
returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily
insane.
The Board of Viewers held meetings yester
day on the opening of Tredeger. BIgelow and
Kearcher streets, Twenty-third ward.
Absent for the Bummer.
Curing the absence of Dr. Sutton, of 419
Penn avenue, his colleague, Dr. William
son, will take care of his practice.
Dr. Sutton's private hospital on Bidge
avenue, Allegheny, will be closed until
September 1, when it will reopen. The
matron, Hits Kennedy, Is at Atlantio City.
Fire on the Socthtlde.
A fire broke out in the shaving vault at
Scbuette & Co.'s planing mill, Eighteenth
street, Southside, at about 12 o'clock. The
mill is fitted with the "Grinnell Automatic
Dry Pipe Sprinkler" system, and two heads
opened and quickly controlled the fire. The
loss will not exceed $100,
THE
TRICKS OF THE TUBE
An Impostor Tries to bo Sharp, and
,is Beaten at His Own Game.
A CALIFORNIA STREET CAR FLYER
Incomlnz Trains Bringing Sporting Men
From All Points.
HOTEL ASD DEPOT COKYERSATIMS.
Sporting men from the four cardinal
points of the compass came in yesterday, on
all the railroad lines centering in Pittsburg,
and set their baggage down at the numerous
hotels. They were out for fun barrelsof it.
In the dining rooms, in the lobbies, in the
corridors, there was one topic that was on
the tongues ot all. Everybody was talking
"horse." It was nothing but races at break
fast, "Homewood speed trials" at dinner,
and the same thing at the 6upper table.
"Horse racing has a peculiar charm for
many business men," remarked A. J. Mc
Donald, clerk at the Hotel Schlosser.
"When they grow rusty in the gruesome
cares of business, they go to the races to tear
themselves away Ironi the thralldom of toil.
How do you do, gentlemen?" he remarked
nleasantlr. as Messrs. G. W. Wilson and
Charles E. Shoup registered from Franklin,
Pa. "Wake you at C? Certainly! Sound
the bell promptly, to give you a 'go,' so you
can take a few hours' spin round thexity
and size it up before you go down the
Homewood stretch."
LOADED WITH TIPS.
A party of the "boys" seated in front of
the Seventh Avenue, last night, filled the
atmosphere with "tips" and "pointers"
from the turf. During a lull in the con
versation, a gentleman well known as one
of the best posted in trotting circles, spoke up.
"Not long ago," he said, "I was driving a trot
ter in a 2.30 race, when I tumbled to the fact
that another fellow was 'ringlnc,' that is, he
had a 220 horse entered in the 2.30 race, under
an assumed name. That game is often tried by
sharpers. Nobody suspected bis scheme, and!
did not say anything. The decisive heat was to
come oft, and, knowing that his horse was faster
than any of the rest, the sharper went around
taking all the bets be could get. I methimand
went him a cool hundred that his horse would
lose the race. He took me up. When the bell
rang for the heat to begin wo drove down the
stretch together and got the word to co.
All I could do was to hold his wheel till
we passed the half-mile pole. Than I showed
him a trick that was worth two of his. lheld
my whipstock down against the flying spokes
of the rapidly revolving sulky wheels. It made
a horrible racket. The sharper's horse lumped
aside In terror, reared and plunged and broke,
and while bis driver was holding him in to get
him down to a trot, my little mare, who was
trained to the spoke racket,
SAILED SERENELY PAST
and poked her nose under the wire ft'St, a
winner. The sharper could not squeal, without
I taking the chances of exposing himself, so he
I .1 ux M1UnB 111-a a llttln man "
Talking abont tricks of tho tnrf," said
another, "a gentleman was going through the
streets of San Franci-co once, when he was
struck by the gait of a street-car horse. He
thought ho sawgood points In him, bought the
horse and trained him till he trotted a mile at
a 220 clip. The fiver' was entered in a race,
and the fight 'lay between him and
another horse. Somehow the opposition 'got
on' to the fact that this horso had
yanked a street car, nnd they hatched up a
scheme. When the final beat came off the
two leaders came down the home stretch, neck
and neck. Suddenly the opposition driver
jingled a little bell under his seat. The street
car horse heard It, and, remembering old
times, stopped with a suddenness that nearly
threw his driver off the sulky."
"Did he lose the raceT" asked a bystander.
"Why, the band played then, and I left,"
and before the boys conld lynch him he had
faded down the street, singing softly, "Nobody
knows, nobody knows."
THE BA1IP1AYEB Iff THE LOBBY.
Contract Between III Alertness and the
Thouctilful Rlnn'a Preoccupation.
"It is said there are people so cross-eyed that
when they weep, tears from their left eye drop
on their right cheek, but the most cross-eyed
man this side of heaven could tell a baseball
player on sight," said Mr. J. B. Kelly, as ho
beamed all sunshine and rose3 from behind the
clerk's desk at the Monongahela, yesterday.
"Just take notice to the actions of that gentle
man over there," he continued, blotting tho
mystical characters of "P. L. B. B. C." freshly
written after the names of the Philadelphia
ball plavers on the register.
"Observe bis conduct as he pauses to look
about him, and yon will see be has that air ot
self-possession which denotes the ballplayer
who is alive to everything going on.
"Quite different from him is the pre-ocenpied
mau who paces the lobby with eyes bent on the
gronnd and oblivious to everything around
him. He is always thouehtful, and what he
wants Is some of the ballplayer's get-up-and-get
style to put new life Into him."
A FT. WAYNE MERCHANT'S VIEW.
advice From Lending Cities Show Good
Times All Around.
"Crops are good, shops are busy, money is
plenty, and times are good all around," com
mented Mr. M. Frank, a well-known Ft Wayne
drygoods man, while waiting for the west
bound limited in be Union depot last
night. "Onr trade Is prosperous this
year. Advices from Boston, New York, Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Chicago and all around in
dicate that the drvgoods business is doing
splendidly. It would be very desirable if we
conld snpply Sonth America with our products,
and I favor subsidizing vessels."
Mr. Frank, accompanied by his wife and fam
ily, is on his way home from a vacation trip to
Bedford Springs. "A great many have ex
pressed themselves as ready to leave if this
cool weather continues," he said,
POLITICS IK TEXAS.
A Brcnhnm Banker Diicuaaei Blatters In
the Lone Star Mate.
Tezans are apparently oblivions to all things
at present outside of local politics' Mr. C. A
Engelke, President of the First National Bank
of Brenham, Tex., who passed through Pitts
burg on bis way to Europe, made the following
observations: "'All Interest in the Lone Star
State is centered on the two candidates now be
fore the Texas people for the Democratic nom
ination for Governor. Political matters have
assumed a lively aspect, and the Democrats are
hustllnir.w
"Little attention is paid to the silver busi
ness and other public questions of the day, but
in regard to the Pan-American matter we
would favor the subsidizing of United States
steamers,"
Mock Better Fncllltles.
Mail delivery to Illinois, Indiana and other
points has been greatly facilitated since the
inauguration of the new Chicago-New Orleans
fast train, according to General Manager C. A.
Beck, of the Illinois Central, who passed
through the city yesterday in company with his
wife and two sons.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Kot, nnd
Others Who Talk.
Court business in Brie called a large
number of Pittsburgers away yesterday, among
them the Hon. M. W. Acheson, Judge ot the
Western Pennsylvania United States District
Court; Commissioner Stephen C. McCandless.
District Attorney Lyon, Assistant District At
torney Alcorn and other officials of the court,
Connt Heinrich Bormvitz, a German
nobleman, passed through tho city yesterday
accompanied by a valet and a large-sized mas
tiff. He said ho was on bis way to Lower Cali
fornia to investigate some property, which, if
It proves to be as represented, will be operated
by an organized Germany company.
Dr. Sutton and family, of Penn avenue,
left yesterday by the Allegheny Valley for
tbo Canadian Lakes. They will return by the
1st of September.
Colonel Norman M. Smith, of the
Eighteenth Regiment, left yesterday morning
to Join his regiment at Mt. Gretna.
P. N. Oliphant, prominently connected
with tho oil interests of Oil City, is stopping at
the Seventh Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. William McCullougb, of
North Highland avenue, left yesterday for At
lantio City. '
Mrs. William Thaw and family left for
the East 03 the 705 train last niebb t
PITTSBURGr DISPATCH.
TRAGEDIES OF A DAY.
A LONQ LIST OF FATALITIES AND ACCI
DENTS IN THE TWO CITIES.
Disastrous Remit of Flndlns Pjnnmlte One
Boy Drowned and Another Run Over
Fell Into a Pit of Molten Metal Kero.
ene Firo Kindlcrs Perish.
Michael Knee, of Jordan's alley, and
Patrick Coyne, of Selma street, employed
by Sloan & McIIvaine, were working in a
sewer trench on Linden street yesterday
afternoon, when they struck an unezploded
charge of dynamite. Knee was fearfully
cut and torn about the lower portion of the
body and face, and Coyne was almost as
seriously injured. The men were taken to
Mercy Hospital.
George Cowl, 16 years old, son of William
Cowl, chief of the PL Wayne yard police,
jumped off the rear of shifting engine at the
foot of Washington street, Allegheny, last
nlzht. He tripped and fell and tho engine
parsed over his body, killing him instantly.
George West, 9 years old, living at No. 18
Belmont street, Allegheny, was drowned in the
Allegheny river last evening. The boy could
not swim and stepped into a deep Aole.
A Pole named Much fell into a pit of molten
metal at the Black Diamond Steel Works last
evening. Besides being frightfully burned, his
skull was fractured, and he can hardly re
cover. Mrs. Sylvester RIese, a recent arrival from
Germany, last evening nndertook to kindle a
fire with kerosene at the home of her brother
on Warren street. Nunnery Hill. She will
probably die, and Officer bmitb, who tore off
her burning clothing, will be laid up for some
cays.
David Sanderson, aged It died yesterday at
his home, in Banksville, from injuries received
in Hartley Marshall's mines at that place a
few davs ago.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, of Elizabeth, yester
day used kerosene in a stove. Tho Coroner has
been notified.
John Harte had his hand crnsbed at Shoen
berger's Sixteenth street mill yesterday.
Frank Hall, of No. 76 Sarah street, Alle
gheny, was thrown from a buggy yesterday,
ana it is feared he is paralyzed.
While Anthony Rechart was sitting on the
Pemicky tracks, at Homestead, last night at 11
o'clock, he was struck by a freight train and
Instantly killed. Rechart was about 30 years of
age and employed by Herzic Bros., lime and
sand contractors.
THE GOOD W0BK 8THJ. "GOES ON.
Inspector McAleese Continuing the War
Asnlnit tbo Spenk-Kaales.
Inspector McAleese, of the First district. Is
still keeping up a quiet but nevertheless vigor
ous warfare against the speak-easies. Yester
day informations were made before Police
Magistrate McKenna against Mrs. Marie Hard,
of No. 80 Third avenue; Mrs. Mary Bradshaw,
of No. 47 Fourth avenue; Mrs. Sherry, of No.
37 Fourth avenue, and A. M. Skepler and Pat
rick Lawler. of No. 15 Third avenue. These
persons were charged with disorderly conduct
and were arrested. The hearing will take
place this morning.
During the past 40 days Inspector McAleese
has turned into the City Treasury nearly S10.000
from fines and costs in speak-easy cases.and be
thinks he can continue to get enough money
from this source to pay the bonus of SO cents
apiece for dead dogs.
At present there are very few speak-easles in
the First district, buttheir eradication has been
the result of unceasing vigilance and never
ending toil on the part of tho Inspector and
his subordinates.
AFBAID OF ttt:r MOTHER.
A Little Girl' Complaint Lends to nn In
restitution. Agent Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty Society,
yonerday preferred charges of cruelty against
Mrs. William Rhoe, of Fourteenth street, South
Bide, for ill-treating her 14-year-old daugh
ter, Annie. The girl stated at the hear
ing that her mother beat her violently about
the head, which resulted in her becoming ill.
Mr. Kerr, who lives in the adjoining house,
stated that the mother beat the child so fre
quently that he feared it would end in murder.
Mrs. Foster, of Seventeenth street, has taken
the girt in charge, and will take caro of her un
til otber provisions are made for her keeping.
Magistrate Succop deferred imposing sentence
nntll Thursday evening, when the case will be
further heard.
A $150,000 BONFIRE.
Alighting a 1-Cont Toby With n $1,000
City Bond.
Controller Morrow and his Chief Clerk, Ed.
Phelp3, made a bonfire in the cellar of City
Hall, yesterday afternoon, to get rid of $150,000 J
worth of exchanged anu cancelled oonus oi too
city of Pittsburg, that have been accumulating
for several years.
The new steel cabinet for the vault in the
Controller's office is to bo put in to-day, and In
the work or clearing up the place for the new
furnltnre, the old bonds were found. A list
was made of them, and they were then disposed
of by burning. After the list was completed,
theclerk9 in the office each lit a toby with a
one thousand dollar bond, for the pleasurejit
afforded them.
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FOUGHT OVER A DOG FIGHT.
Two Women Taken Hand In a Little 9IIa
understanding. Mrs. McCaully and Mrs. David Griffith en
tered cross snits against each otber tor assault
and battery before AldermanKing last night.
It appears that tbey became engaged In a fistic
encounter on Reed street, last night, over a
dog fight, in which two dogs owned by tho
women took pirt.
Mrs. Griffith's dog was getting worsted, and
Mrs McCaully picked up a club and sailed 1
to prevent tbefamilycolorsirombeingdragged
in the dust. Thereupon Mrs. Griffith took a
hand and commenced hammering Mrs. Mc
Caully. The cross suits were the outcome of
the affray.
KOT A BAD RECORD.
The Police Have Received Few Complaints
About the Slaughter of Dogi.
Inspector McAleese has heard but one com
plaint about valuable dogs being poisoned, and
he thinks that is a. good record when it is re
membered that about 1,200 canines have been
put out of the way. The crusade has been
transferred to the East End to-day, and the
police hope to make it safer for the unwary
pedestrian to travel after nightfall along the
streets lined with palatial residences, and some
that are not palatial.
bolts and Counter-Suits.
, Frank Raimouvitz was committed to jail Yes
terday by Alderman Mclnerny, in default of
$300 ball, for assault on James Tboma. Both
men are employed at Carnegie's Thirty-third
street mill. On Saturday Thoma was arrested
for assault on Raimouvitz. He gave bail to
the amount of $300, and then instituted a counter-suit
against Raimouvitz, which came up be
fore Alderman Mclnenry yesterday. The
trouble grew out of a quarrel between the two
men at the mill on Friday, when Raimouvitz
was thrown over a pile of steel rails.
I
An Old Play in n New Dress.
That old favorite, 'Ten Nights In a Bar
room," is the attraction at Harris' Theater
this week. It is newly dressed up, though, and
vesterday pleased two qnite large audiences.
The company presenting it is the same clever
one that has held the boards at this house for
several weeks.jvith slight changes, all j!or the
better. Miss Marie Baldwin being a pretty,
graceful Marie Medford.
The Special Linen Sale This Week.
Housekeepers should attend and save
money. Jos. Hobxe & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Summed travelers don't leave home with
out an autoharp or mandolin. Hamilton,
91 and 93 Pifth ave., will give you one
from ti upward.
PITTSBURG & LAKE ERIE R. R.
(Special Excursions This Week.
July 22, Lakewood (Lake Chautau
qua) and return $ 5 00
Jnlv 24, Cleveland, 0 3 00
July 24, Detroit, Mich 6 00
.TnIv24.SL Clair Springs and Port"
Huron 7 00
July 24, Mackinac 10 00
July 25 and 26, Lakewood (Lake Chautau
qua) and return , 5 00
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Artists, Teachers and Classes
Should send for our catalogue on artist
materials. Discount to teachers and classes.
Mail orders will receive prompt attention.
Liberal discount on picture frames. Teega
NOWAJt'B Art Store, 162 Wylie avenue.
TISSU
TUESDAY. JULY 29,
SETTLED THE STRIKE.
Tho
American Iron Works Affair
Arranged in Conference.
WORK TO BE SHORTLY RESUMED.
Green Glass Men to Ask 10 Per Cent Ad
vance on Beer Bottles.
THE JAENEGIE PLANTS UNLAEGED
As a result of a conference held last even
ing between the interested parties in the
American Iron Works difficulty a complete
seltlementof the matter has ensued. The
firm was represented by William Jones and
Manager C. Shivcly, and there were also
prcseut representatives from the different
departments, and Secretary William Mar
tin, of the Amalgamated Association.
The latter gentleman took occasion to
point out that, practically, the puddling de
partment in the works had two sides to it,
or in other words, that since there are two
separate trains of muck rolls, one-half of the
furnaces were supplying one train, irrespec
tive of what the other might be doing.
Thus, Mr. Martin argued, the mill was
practically two mills, and so with 45 fur
naces to a train of rolls, 33 furnices would
jconstitute a "majority of the furnaces"
under clause 3 of the present scale. As It was
improbable that more than one-half this num
ber would be working on hard mixture at a
time, this reading of the scale would give the
men an opportunity of appealing under tho
With this view the committee of the men and
Tia firm (-rA.ri- A verbal agreement or mu
tual understanding as to the reading of clause
8 of the scale has thus been arrived at without
affecting the scale as signed.
Previously to the conference referred to, Mr.
Martin visited meetings of the men interested
and explained to them the construction of tho
clause, as given. The explanation was received
with satisfaction, and the opinion was openly
expressed that if the matter had been placed in
that light earlier the men would not have
struck work. The agreoment was reached too
late in the evening to allow of the men turning
in to-day, but they will probably resume to
morrow or Thursday.
The lodges concerned in the matter will meet
to-day to ratify the agreement of their repre
sentatives at the conference. In all respects
other than tho construction of the "majority"
phrase in. clause 3, the clause, and scale gener
ally, stand.
Vm BOTTLE BLOWERS.
Green Glass Workers to Demand 10 Per
Cent Increase on This Ware.
Trouble ahead for green bottle manufactur
ers seems to be one outcome of the Baltimore
Convention of the Green Glassblowers. The
statement 13 a bit premature, inasmuch as the
scale for the ensulhg year has not yet been
presented to the manufacturers; but sufficient
of the intentions of the workers leaked
out yesterday to warrant the assertion. When
manufacturers receive the scale, as they will In
a week or so, they will fina embodied in it a de
mand for an increase in the price of beer and
pop bottles of 10 per cent. Ihls demand does
not seem large, but it will prove enongb. If sus
tained, to create the biggest kind of a rumpu3
in the trade.
More especially will this district be affected
because beer and pop bottles comprise the
bulk of the work in that line. That the manu
facturers will not entertain the demand is a
certainty. The conditions of the trade during
the past'yoar have been none of the best, and
it is claimed that to concede 10 per cent on
present prices would be to cat off the little're
mainlng profit.
Should the men persist in the demand, a
lengthened fight would doubtless ensue, and
with the result, perhaps, of increasing the num
ber of non-union factories in tbo country. The
green bottle workers have not added to their
strength, numerically, during the past year.
Several honses have been lost to organized
labor, and a bait may be called before any
strnggle or a new scale is entered upon.
The number of union green bottle blowers in
the conntry is about 1.200; non-union, about
600. The fact that manufacturers are beginning
to advertise for apprentices may be taken as In
one sense a kind of preparation for the season.
Louis Arlington, of Masslllon, O., has been
re-elected President of L. A. 143.K. of L..which
comprises all of the green glass blowers of the
United States and Canada.
INCREASING THE OUTPUT.
New.Bar Rolls at Carnegie's Twenty-Ninth
Street Mill.
A new three-high train of bar rolls is now
being placed in Carnegie, Phipp3 A Co.'s
Twenty-ninth street mill, making the capacity
nearly double. They take the place of tho old
.two-high. The change to larger and heavier
rolls was necessary in order to roll all kinds of
material for heavy railway car supplies. In
connection with it a larger new beating fur
nace is being built in place of the old one.
This was also necessary In order to increase
the output.
The new open hearth Bessemer converting
department of seven furnaces, which is being
added to the Bessemer mill at Homestead, is
nearly completed. When lighted up, with
those that have been supplying the plant, the
daily capacity of raw basic and Bessemer steel
will bo over 1,000 tons per day. The finished
output of the four iron and steel mills of the
Carnegie firm will be very near 3,000 tons per
day. When this output Is reached, which will
be beforo long, the firm will hive to buy from
600 to 00 tons of metal and all kinds of old iron
and steel per day to supply them, because their
blast furnaces, when all in blast, tnrn out of
pig Iron but a little over 2,000 tons per day.
Their present output is about 1,700 tons per
day.
Adding to Their Capncllr.
The Allegheny Bessemer Steel Company, of
Duquesne.is erecting eight additional steel soak
ing pits. The capacity of the existing pits,
eight in number, is insufficient to work the
output of the converting mill.
The St. Clnlr Rond Running.
The conductors and molormen of the St.
Clair electric street railway returned to work
yesterday morning. The condition of the
track, complained about by the men, Is being
remeaiea.
Signing the cale.
The Linden Steel Company, and the Hubbard
Iron Company, have signed the Amalgamated
scale.
81 Until September 1, 1S90 S3 SO.
12 cabinet photos, $1, or a life-size crayon
portrait, $3 50. Aufrecht's Elite Gallery,
C16 Market St., Pittsburg, firing children.
89 To Chicago nnd Return S9.
On July 24 the Pittsburg and Western
Railroad will sell excursion tickets to Chi
cago, good ten days, for $9.
$20 Illen's Salts forS10.
We now ask you to step in aud-take your
pick of 2,500 men's fine suits that we've
marked down from $22, ?20 and 818, for 10.
They're elegant suits, in tact, what any other
clothier in Pittsburg would call regular
corkers at $22, 520 and 518. Our price for
to-day is $10.
P. U. O. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the Court House.
Onr Special Sals of Household Linens
To-Dny.
Come in and get some of these great bar
gains in table linens, napkins, towels, sheet
ings. I Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
BLACK surah silks, extra values, now
ottering at 50c, COc, 75c, 90c and $1 a yard.
TTSSU HUGTJS & HACKK.
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Oar Semi-Annual Linen Sale To-Dny.
Extra bargains in heavy and fine table
damasks and napkins. Don't miss this op
portunity. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
WHY is it the best? "Table Belie" Flour
is the best made because it makes whiter,
purer and better bread and more of it than
any other flour, and because a barrel of
"Table Belle" will make more bone and
muscle than three barrels of any other flour
made. Sold by first-class grocers only.
TUP , '
Outing flannels, newest effects and color
lmr extra oualitie", at 30c and 40c n yard
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PLUG-UGLIES DEPARTING.
MAGISTRATE LESLIE NOTICES A RAPID
DECREASE IN ROWDYISM.
The Tonali Elmnt Cowed bv tbo Prompt!
tnde of the Police Two Instances Given
Sadden Action Follows n Threat of
Discharge Caught Bcloro Morning.
Police Magistrate Leslie, during a visit
to Mayor Gourley yesterday, spoke of the
decadence of rowdyism in Pittsburg daring
the past two or three years. Mr. Leslie has
been Alderman and Police Magistrate of
of the 'Seventeenth ward for many years.
The Lawrenceville district used to have the
reputation ol being a very hard section of
the city, and bloody fights were every-day
incidents.,
Mr. Leslie jaid: "It is remarkable how
fast the Pittsburg plug-ugly is disappearing.
There is not one-third of the arrests made in
tho city that there used to be, notwithstand
ing the increased efficiency of the
police force. Rowdyism appears to
be going out of fashion, there Is
less drinking and a wonderful decrease in
drunkenness. If this change continues there
will soon be little or nothing for the Police
Magistrates to do. The tough element appears
to be thoroughly cowed by the promptness
with which tbo police follow up any outrage."
This statement was called forth by a refer
enco to thn arrest of the Brittain boys, who
beat Joseph Stroup, and David Malton, who as
saulted Airs. .Liucy Jenkins on oaiuruuy mm.
There was considerable hustling done to make
the latter arrest. The police in the Twelfth
ward were taking matters very easily on Sun
day, and had not caught the man when In
spector McAleese heard of the occurence In the
evening. Then there waB a grand shaking up.
The Inspector jumped into his buggy and
drove to the Twelftb ward station, where ho
stated very earnestly that nnless the man was
under arrest before morning, the city payroll
would cease to bo of interest to some members
of the force. When the inspector got down to
the station honse yesterday morning, Malton
was under arrest.
Sensible Hints for Summer.
To the many hundreds of families who do
not find it convenient to leave the city for
the summer months the following hints will
be found valuable. Avoid exposure to the
sun as tar as possible; do as little cooking as
you can, thereby keeping your honse and
yourself cool, and the best summer drink by
all odds is buttermilk. Cover your floors
with cool and clean matting, hang lace cur
tains to your windows, thereby letting in the
air and keeping out the flies, and where cur
tains are not used hang window shades that
will exclude the light and heat. During
the day wear a neat gingham dress and for
evening put on a cool satine wrapper, bathe
every day and get your hosiery, underwear,
fans, etc., from Arthur Schondelmver &
Co.. who have mattings at 8c and 10c per
yard, lace curtains at $1 a pair and upward,
window shades at 25c apiece and upward,
ginghams, percales and satines from lOo to
25c per yard. By observing the above binU
you will have no trouble getting through
the summer. Come to 68 and 70 Ohio st.
for cheapest carpels, wall paper and dry
goods in Allegheny. us
LADIES,
See to Yonr Fors.
Before leaving for the seashore or moun
tains, would it not be wise to take asly
peep at your seal garments ? They possibly
need repairing, changing or renovating
after being packed away so long. If they
do, now is the best time to have it done.
We can do our work much better and
cheaper than later in the'season.
J. G. Bennett & Co.,
Corner Wood street and Fifth avenue,
Pittsburg, Pa.
SPECIAL.
Via Allegheny Taller It. It., Saturday, July
SG, to Niagara Falls nnd Kelurn, $4 75.
Train Jeaves Union station at 8.30 A. M.,
consisting of Eastlake coaches and Pullman
parlor buffet cars. Tiokets good five days
returning.
$30 Men's Salts for $10.
We now ask you to step in and take your
nick of 2,500 men's fine snits that waive
marked down from $22, $20 and $18, for $10.
They're elegant suits, in fact.wbat any other
clothier in Pittsburg would call regular
corkers at $22, $20 and $ 18. Our price for
to-day is $10.
P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond
sts., opp. the Court House.
Bailer Than Ever la Wash Goods Depart
ment.
Eead these prices 33-cent ginghams at 15
cents.
Three hundred pieces Anderson's finest
ginghams at 25 cents.
Two hundred pieces fine French satinesat
15 cents.
One hundred and fifty pieces finest French
satines at Hi) cents.
Other special drives in addition. Come
and see. Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
HAVE you a piano at home? If not, get
one from Hamilton, 91 Fifth avenue, or a
fine organ: The money you will spend on
a trip to the seashore will pay for one, and
its beautiful tones will not only furnish you
pleasure through vacation days, but all
through the long winter evenings. Hamil
ton's summer prices will surprise you, and
vou run no risk the record of every instru
ment is established. Quick sales and small
profits is the motto this summer.
Fob the Sunday School Picnic If
you want something really delightful for
your picnio lunch basket, get Marvin's new
Stanley cakes. They have just been dis
covered, and are fit for a king's table.
TTS
Whebe can I get "Table Belle" Flour?
At first-class grocery stores only. The Orr
ville Milling Company makes 1,200 barrels
per day of it, and F. J. Eutledge is sole
agent.
Ladies' Traveling Dusters Choice Goods
nt 85 Each.
Our entire stock at reduced prices come
and see them in the suit room.
Jos. Horne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
B. ifcB.
Do you want a bargain in " choice wool
challies, cream grounds, pretty styles? If
so. see what we offer at 25c a yard.
Boucs & Buhl.
Amebican satines, entire line now 10c a
yard, were 15c and 18e.
USSa HUGT7S Si Hacke.
A Few Left Beaded Wraps at 81. 83 and
S3.
Also cloth shoulder capes at cut prices
in the suit room special bargains in cloth
jackets. Jos. Hobne & Co.,
609 621 Penn Avenue.
Good beer is the best thirst quencher.
No foreign-brewed beer can equal the su
perior product of Z.Wainwright & Co.
Families supplied direct. Telephone 5525.
Horses and Mules.
The Arnhim Live Stock Company, lim
ited, at 52 Second avenue, Pittsbure, Pa.,
have now in their stables 50 head of extra
fiue draught, drivine, saddle and general
purpose horses; also 75 head of draught and
pit mules. Anyone wishing to purchases
horse or mule should not fail to call.
All lovers of delicacies use Angostura
Bitters to secure a good digestion, xrssu
Silk embroidered, cream colored French
robes for evening and seaside wear, reduced
from $20 to $12 50 each.
ttssu Huatrs & Hacke.
Towels bv the Dozen and Toweling by tbe
Yard
At lowest prices you ever paid to-day at
our special linen sale.
JOS. HOBNE & CO.'B
PennAvenue Stores.
MOfiE FIRE ENGINES
Needed as Reserves, in tho Alle
gheny City Fire Department.
SDPT. ARMSTRONG'S SUGGESTIONS.
t
lb.8 Present'liuinber Inadequate to Control
a Big Confligration.
A SCHEME TO TY0EK IH VOLUNTEERS
The Elver avenue fire of Thursday night
has stirred up all Allegheny to the fact that
the city has inadequate fire protection. It
was onl the favorable wind that saved
blocks from being devastated. Although
the men held the fire in check, it was only
becanse the wind was at their backs, blow
ing the fldmes toward the river instead of
to the World's Museum and Federal
street. As it was, one engine broke down
and was rendered useless.
Yesterday Superintendent Armstrong, of
the water works, aired his views od the
matter. He thinks Allegheny should have
reserve engines. He said:
"Allegheny is as liable to a big fire as
Pittsburg. The city is full of fire traps.and
yet we have only eight engines to depend
upon, while in Pittsburg they can call ont 20
engines.
'There is just as much necessity here as In
Pittsburg for a reserve force of engines. For
15,000 the city could add four more engines to
be used as reserves. We would not need to
form new fire companies. At a fire where tbey
would be needed there would be plenty of citi
zens to handle tbem. A regular flremau could
be spared to direct the citizens, and tbey could
operate under the Fire Chief just the same as
the paid denartxnent does. The stokers on each
of the enzines are able to act as engineers, or
they should be able.
"In this way the engines would not cost the
city each year much more than tbe Interest on
the investment. People might say citizens
would not act as firemen, but that is nonsense.
All a fireman needs is common sense Intelli
gence A citlztn mat not be as good as a
trained fireman, but under the direction of a
drilled man they would be almost as effective.
The great thing is to nit a fire low. Wnen the
stream Is thrown on In a soray it Is converted
into steam and is of no benefit, while if it is
struck solldlv below, tbe bulk of water will
have more effect, and the steam rising up wl.1
aid in extinguishing tbe fire.
"Besides this tbo engines may be disabled
and the reserves can be run in and take their
places. On Thursday night the Eureka engine
broke down. It was not because the machine
was not good, but any engine Is liable to break.
We have reserve enitines in every otber de
partment, and as a milter of safety Allegheny
City should bave at least four fire engines for
an emergency.
Special Low Prices on Ladles' Blonse
Waist.
Plaited lawn waists at 80 cents and up.
"London" waists at $L
Silk waists at $2 50 and up. J?
Wash flannel waist3 at $2 and up.
The largest assortment in the city and
lowest prices. Jos. Hobne & Co.,
609-621 Penn Avenue.
Cleanly Hotjse'wives. Housewives
who delight in cleanliness, and what house
wife does not, will be pleased to know that
tbe famous crackers and cakes of S. S. Mar
vin & Co. are made entirely by machinery,
which is always kept scrupulously clean,
and has the additional advantage of never
perspiring, even in the hottest weather.
Marvin's cakes, crackers and bread are not
only the best in the market, but they are
the cleanest and most wholesome. xxs
To those who from any reason stay at
home we say, get one of our Hamilton
euitars. They will solace you. 91 and 93
Fifth ave.
THE COOL WEATHER
LAST WEEK
Was caused by the arrival of our importation of
STRAW MATTINGS!
t. THE COOLEST
SUMMER
FLOOR COVERINGS.
PRICES REDUCED
JUST NOW
WHEN THEX ARE NEEDED.
400 Rolls at $1 a roll, worth $8.
400 Rolls at So a roll, worth S7.
00 Rolls at S9 a roll, worth $12.
200 Rolls Paeoda at S10 a roll, worth 14.
100 Rolls Jolntless at 512 a roll, worth SIS.
40 YARDS TO THE BOLL.
Cover yonr floors with Straw Matting and you
will need no refrigerator in the house.
EDWARD
BRDETZ1NGER.
627 and 629 Penn Avenue.
jylS-TTSSa
JUST RECEIVED!
Large Invoice '
LADIES' JERSEYS.
These are extra value at
51 60, $2 and 52 6a
A cheap purchase of
LACE CURTAINS,
Special good value at
tl 25 and 1 50 per pair.
Choice stylei
DRESS GING-HAMS,
Worth 12Kc.
Now offered at 9c.
LADIES' v
BLOUSE WAISTS
At 51 35 and up,
la White Lawn. Fancy Percales,
French Flannels, etc
EXTRA VALUE.
Gents' Outing Shirts!
Boys'- Star Waists.
Windsor Ties.
Ladies' and Children's Wash Suits.
BIBER & EA'STON,
505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
N. R STKo French Satines now, offered at
1 18a.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JDS. HDRNE I CD. 'E
PENN AVE. STORES.
SPECIAL
LINEN
SALE
THIS WEEK.
Irish, Scotch, German, Belgian
and French Household Linens,
in best mates.
Our low prices on extra finish
and solid weight Damask will de
light all housekeepers who will
come to see these goods.
We might tell you how many
hundreds of dozens of
TOWELS
NAPKINS,
But never mind that; we have
enough to supply the biggest
hotels, and the prices will be
found below rock bottom.
We include in this sale:
Bleached and Cream
Table Damasks.
Napkins, Towels,
Doylies,
Linen Sheetings,
Pillow and Bolster
Linens,
Made-Up Sheets,
Pillow and Bolster
Cases.
Odds andNe,nlarTn,ptafnrfcflcyv
and stamped Covers and Tray
Cloths in all sizes.
Plain satin finish Damask
Linens and "old Bleach" soft
finish plain Linens for fancy
work.
The stock is clean and fresh,
yet there are some lots of goods
slightly solid, and also remnants
even lower prices on these.
Come and see how much 1
will buy or $ 100 at this special
Linen sale.
JOS. HDRNE k CD.
609-621 PENN AVENUE
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THE LAST WEEK
OF OUR SALE
And we commence to rebuild. Slaughter
in all departments. We have decided
that the entire stock must be sold.
Silks down to 25;, 33c, 40c and i EOs.
Wool Dress Goods down to 15c, 20e, 23c,
33c and 40c.
Englisn Suitings down to 58c
French Eobes down to $4, 5 and $6 25.
Wool Cbal I ies down to 40c Cotton Coal
liei down to 3Kc
Mohair Challies down to 25c
French Satines down to 19c
Armure Satines down to 7Jc
Press Ginghams down to 7c
Suits, Jackets and Wraps less than half
price. "
White Dresses less than one-fourth their
value.
Lace Curtains, COc up. Children's Suits,
50o up.
WEISSER,
435 AND 437 ii ARKET STRtSET.
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A.BALPH
BUHJJINa CONTRACTOR.
First avenue and Grant street,
Pittsburg. Pa
Telephone 1344. se5-SS-TTS
"VT MAT, BON3 & CO.,
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DYEING AND CLEANING.
(A Bixtn Avenue,
Pittsburg,?.
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