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Fl THEN on July Is. 1870, the
~ 1 French EN- p;re declared war
~ against Prussia Napoleon III
v was one Of the few Frenchmen
who did not have confidence IN
the success, OF the French arms. But his
resources Of pleasing his people had been
exhausted. and I stability of imperial
ism IN France was undermined to such
an extent that he was OBJ iged to satisfy the
popular demand for war with Prussia,
the country which threatened to extia-
gulsh the military precomiuauce OF France
in Europe.
1he Prussan Government had foreseen
that after 1886 war with France could
not be avoided for any length of time,
and ner general staff had mace the mi
nutest preparations for such an emer-
gency. Nevertheless, at the time of the
declaration OF war all Germany was taken
oy surprise, as it was thought that the
voluntary withdrawal of Prince LeopoJd
OF Hohenzollern from his candidatesuin
for the throne OF Spain had. at least tenn
porarilv, removed all cause for Franch IN.
reference. But the imperial Governmant
as well as the French people were honnd
to war with Prussia under anv nretense
whatever, and N. Olivier. the imneriaI !
Premier. instructed Count Benedetti tho
French Charge d Affaires to the Prrs.ior
court, to demand Of King William d,cr.-
ration 20 the effect that in all the fn+,,r.
no Prince Of HohenzoIlern should he ~
mitted TO aspire TO the throne of Snsir
To render such declaration was an
possibility for King William. as Re We.
not.the head of that part of the bonsa ot
Hohenzollern % which Prince Leono,d
belonged; besides, the mere demand ~
the declaration constituted an insult and
q gross breach OF etiquette on the part of
Ben nedetti. The Insult was evidently in
tended, in order TO insure the refusal ot
the King, which was Immediately givcn
IN. unmistakabie terms, and was followed
by the sudden declaration of war bv
France.
An order for the mobilization of the
, French reserves had already been issued
on July 13. so that the movement of the
French armies toward the Rhine cou! G
commence ON the very day the war was
declared. The preparations of the
Prusslan general staff under the direction
OF Won Moltke were SO complete that not
withstanding the tine advantage of the
french, German army OF over 300 600
soldiers came pouring into French terri
tory within two weeks time after the
declaration, and more than 100000 Ger
man soldiers were getting ready 10 follow
lnem. The German movements were
conducted with such precision and quick
pess tnst only few advance guards OF
the French armies had been able to come
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anywhere near the Rhine, and, conse-
quently. the Germans were enabled to
meet the enemy from the very start with
superior forces, thereby gaining the grea:
advantage OF carrying on the war on the
soil OF their aggressors.
Only few unimportant skirmishes had
taken place till, on the 4th day of August,
a part Of the third German army, COM
manded by the Crown Prince, met the
first division OF Marshal MacMahon's
army at the little town of Weissen burg,
in Aisace. This French division. which
was commanded by General Douay, con-
sisted OF only eighteen battslions infantry,
eight squadrons cavalry, eighteen guns
and number OF mitrailleuses, as a part
OF the divi ion had been ordered to re-
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hills, and had to be employed in cutting
off the retreat of the French.
The attacking army consisted of the
Eleventh Prussisn and Second Bavarian
army corps and outnum bered General
Douay's forces four to one. At the COM
meucement OF the battle the Prussian and
Bavarian infantry simultaneously clim bed
up the hills leading to the French posi-
ton and succeeded in driving the enemy
from entrenchment to entrencnuent, but
not without sustaining severe losses in
killed and wounded, as the Frenchmen
fought with great bravery and did not re-
lInquish their favorable position until
il had become Untenable. The town of
Weissenburg had been taken by the Ger
mans at the very beginning of the fight
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enforce the French troops farther north.
Dcuay's @I--9::sion was pretty much isolated
at the time, but haa received orders from
MacMahon TO accept battle at Weissen-
burg if attacked by the Germans. The
position of the French division was well
chosen from strategic point of view, as
the town of Weissen burg, as well as all
the localities occuped by the French,
we're on highly elevated ground, had been
provided with extensive entrenchments
and offered many points of vantage from
which an enemy could be repulsed with
great loss. The natural and artificial ad-
vantage of the position had been greatly
augmented By heavy rains, which had so
saturated the soil that the German cav
airy could not getup the steep and slippery
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aud the French soldiers occupying it had
Joined their comrades in the entrench-
ments on the Geisberg, which had to be
taken one after the other, and manv OF
them at the point OF the bayonet. The
mitraileuses, of which the French had
expected so much. proved of little value
and were driven from the field as soon as
the German guns opened fire on them.
The most exciting episode of the battle
was the storming of the castle of Geisberg
by the Kings Grenadier regiment. This
castle Is situated on high ground, and at
that time was surrounded by an inner and
outer wall fifteen feet high, and outside OF
these walls were vegeta bic gardens, which
were also surrounded by low stone walls
The castle, therefore, offered splendid
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church, with its plain brownstone trim
mings, down in its business portion, and
built more elegant places oil worship
among the wealthy residences However
the building is well situated for a peoples
church. AID from Its pulpit is heard the
simple gospel from the peoples preacher.
DR.. Talmaee was installed copastor in
October, 1895, and each Sunday the build
ing is crowded to its utmost capacity with
people from far and near, who consider
him one of the chief attractions OF the
capital city.
The largest church on Capitol Hill, and
one OF the most beautiful buildings of the
city, is the Eastern Presbyterian Church,
built OF Potomac bluestone with Ohio
sandstone trimmings. The edifice is on
such high ground that it may be seen
from remote points of the city, and its
high round tower is among the first OBJ
jects seen from the car window on enter
ing the capital from the north or east.
a quarter of a century ago a little mis-
sion was opened a few blocks from the
present church site, which soon outgrew
its small quarters, built larger ones and
engaged a young minister to preach every
Sunday. In May, 1875, the Eastern Church
YVES formed, worshiping in the mission
chapel until the erection of the present
structure, the cornerstone of which was
laid in April. 1892. TIE building was
opened one year after, and a few days
later the present pastor, DR.. T. c. Easton,
formerly pastor OF the Calvary Pres byt te-
ran Church. San Francisco, was installed.
He is one of Washington's most popu-
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lar preachers, his audience-room being al
ways we'll filled and lines of people fre-
quently forming in front of the church 10
await the opening OF its doors on Sunday
evenings when the doctor is expected to
preach on themes of especial interest
During the four years of DR.. Easton's min
istry over 400 have united with the church.
Tne Sabbath school is the second largest
in the District of Columbia numbering
over 500 & Young Mems Literary Club
is one great feature, drawing and ho ding
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denomination. President and Mrs. Cleve-
land were ever devoted in their attentions
to this pastor, who joined their hands at
the marriage altar.
In 1875 queer little building on a
shady lane sutficed to hold the good Pres
byterians of Washington. This was re-
built in 1912 on an enlarged and i'm proved
scale somewhat resem bling a modern dis
trict school. When DR.. Sunderland was
called as pastor. over forty years ago, he
found s1art looking church on the
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grounds occupied by the present building.
in the then aristocrauc part of the city,
and there he preached the gospel of the
freedom of both black and white from the
bondage of all slavery. He himself says:
''My little trumpet gave forth no uncertain
sound during the hot days of war" There
were not many pastors then in the city
who dared speak boldly on this theme.
The city IN its growth has left the brick
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Church, where President Mckinley wor-
ships. This church, unlike any other
Methodist Episcopal church OF the coun-
try, belongs to no special conference, bav-
ing been built by contributions obtained
throughout the entire country and pas
tors are sent it from any con nference.
The cornerstone of this building was
laid in 1854. the church being organized In
1869, with Rev. John ?. Newman, DID,,
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a unique place among her sisters. During
the eight years of his administration Presi-
dent Cleveland worshiped there. and for
year and half the President OF the best
Government on earth listened alternately
to the sermons OF Dr.. 7. Dewitt TaImage,
who has been called ''lhe greatest word
painter on any continent of the earth"
and of Dr.. Byron Sunderland, one of the
oldest and most Influential pastors of the
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~rom the terrace of the Capitol at Wash
ington so many church spires may be seen
that the visitor is convinced that the
national capital is not 20 given up to evil
SIS he has often been informed. If he
co uld stand near the church doors and
watch the lawmakers reverently enter.
lie would further believe that something
beyond worldly gain actuates the DEEDS
OF many of them.
Prominent among the lofty spires rises
that of the Metropolitan Methodist
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large numbers of young men In fac
the church has more active, wide.awake
young Christian workers than any other
Presbyterian church in thu city. Dr..
Easton's relations with his old friends. DR..
Taimage and DR.. Sunderland, are very
close and intimate.
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ADEcnEE FOR FREDERroA EvAHa.
The Wine OF Henry r. Evans Gets . Divorce IN
o Knnsas Court.

. knnSns Court.
It was announced in Brooklyn yesterday that
Frederick Evans of 234 Jefferson avenue had
obtained a divorce in the District Court at Ola
the. Kan, from Henry F. Evans, and the Gus
tody OF their two children. Mrs. Evans, 1t In
understood, charged her husband with the mis-
management of her estate and with failing to
support her and the children. Mrs. Evans was
q Miss Frederick Holmes, and at the time Of
her marriage to Mr.. Evans in Kansas City In
1888 was only II years old. She inherited, 1t
Is said, nearly 100000 from her parents.
The couple moved to Brooklyn a year after their
marriage. Their troubles began about two
-ears ago, when Mr.. Evans lost a large amount
Of his wealth in q Mexican gold mine specula
ton.
pver a year, Mrs. Evans testified that her hus-
band had squandered her money In playing the
faccs and in stock Investments and visionary
lchemes. She also said that he bad induced her
70 indorse his paper and that IN eonsequenoe
eorled against her.. -
Mr.. Evans was for several years in the oil
business at 81 Maiden lane, but TWO years ago
was obliged to abandon it owing to his financial
difficulties and now has a desk in an office In
Temple Court. He express cd much surprise
yesterday when he heard that his wife had been
successful in her suit, rs he did not think she
could produce the necessary evidence 70 get q
his wife or squandered her money, and expressed
his purpose to appeal from the Kansas decision:
Il put in q general denial he said, "of AL
the charges, and / am surprised that q decree
should have been awarded TO my wife"
TO Kansas Mr.. Evans has continued to live IN
the jefferson avenue house.
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rAoo. July lo.-These were to-day's prices:


NEW York. Thursday, July lb.-Receipts az beevea
were bi7 head, mainly direct TO local sIhuyhtercn
40 trading OF any account. Dressed beef steady at
6@sc. ' n, for native sides. Cables from British
markets quote An ercan steers at lnSlic. y n.
dressed weight; American sheet at io3l2c, p n,
dreHsed weight; American refr' gerated beef AT Si,uU
Sec. y n. Exports to-day. 4O1 beeves ana ~ sheep;
no ~bipmcnt tomorrow.
Receipts OF calves. all for the market, were 79B
head. Yea 8 In good inquiry at hrm rices; other
calves quiet and weak The pens were fully cleared.
hu.tsrmilks at Sa.50@e3, 90; Western calves at
e3.7bSto. Dressed calves generally steady; city
dressed veals. st lOc. n.
Receipts OF sheep and lambs. including 2 cars direct
to butchers were 4,72s head 1912 carr IN sale. sheep
higher. but W. ak mad. and closed no bitter than yes.
t.rlay. Thr 0 cars were carried over. sheep sold At
$40 81. so y 100 lbs lambs al S54O@a8 10, Dressed
mutton. 7@9c. y n ;dresSed lambs. T@lOpc.
Receipts of hogs were 2,06l head, including lTe
head on sale. Higher At 90. COG ~. 2b Y 100 pIs
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Cotton was quiet but frmer to-day. The trading was
In the main Of a lotal professional character, but In.
c uded some buying o. Liverpool! and Southern &C.
count. The Official weather report this morning
showed no rain IL tbs entire cotton belt. and Liver
pool rallied affe- an easier op ming. These factors
induced some o " buying here, aud prioss advanced.
A ter the FIRST demand had teen satisfied. however.
Local scaip.s sold ani predictions OF show rs in
Arkansas. oklahoma, Mississippi md Louisiana also
mart-ts, were quiet. though rrm. The spot de
mand here and abroad. however. continues
good. Columbus. Ca July lo.-.rher- hu
be"n a marked improvement in crop rrospe' Is
during past two weeks. Weather very hot, with hot
niEbts and occasional showers. Cotton Is growing
rapidly. Growth End development .nst fortnight all
that could he desired. but crop ia still two to three
we'kl late. Except . few isolated places where rain
is needed. all reports are quite favorable, and We arc
inclined TO think that with favorable weather from
now on we shall yet mako n large crop. Blooms are
commencing to DO general and more adv anced crops
fruiting we'll"
CoTTEE-Rio on the spot was dun hut steady; No.
:. 7hc. Sales LOO bags Central American and 900
bags bucaramauEa on private terms The future
trading WA m follows.
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RuPPERr,s BREWERY ROBBED.
Hearty o., o Taken from . sare-Combina-
ton Apparently Known.

Hearty o., 400 Taken from . sare-Combina-
ton Apparently Known.
Nearly $1,000 was stolen from q safe In tho
office of Jacob Rupperts brewery some time
between Saturday night, July ;. and the follow
ing Tuesday morning. Tho Office is at 1889
Third avenue, between Ninety-arst and Ninety
second streets. There is a big safe in the outer
Office, which Is used ordinarily to keep the
FIRMS books and papers, while tho cashiers
safe in the inner Office IL used for the cash.
The days collections arc placed in the safe six
nights Of the week, but tho collections of that
Saturday came in late, and we're placed In tho
bookkeepers' safe.
The safe has q combination lock, and tho
bookkeepers, Of whom there are four, are the
only persons supposed to Snow the .combina-
tion. As Monday, July s, was q holiday. the
money was not miss ed until Tuesday. An ex-
animation showed that tho lock was uninjured,
the combination apparently having been used
There is q possibility that some one may
have slipped behind the desk and stolen the tin
cash box before the safe w.s locked on Satur.
day night. but no ono really thinks a sneak
thief was the culprit. There are ehout thirty
questioned, but could throw no light on the
matter. The police have been asked to catch
the thief.
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Futures here closed quiet with prices unchanged to =
point lower. Tn. total sales W. re 300 Az. Hrv-e
advanced VI. Hamburg advanced = pig. Thare
was n holiday In Brazil and NO retuIns wert receiv, d.
AZ the opening here to-day some months advanced
slightly. In response to higher European rahles, hut
owing TO the scarcity OF buyers the tone became
easier.
NAVAL s~roREs-spirta steady At 26o ?BLc,; rosin
dull at 81 .60GTo I .66 for common to good str incd
PETRoIEuN-Crude certificates were unquvted here
and in oil city.
PRovIsIoss-Lard dull but nrmer. Prime, q lo0
0+.leL. Pork nrnl. Mess, SsSs s. so. Tallow. 3i.c.
Butter-crSamery WcS'eru, ia.sloHr Eggs->tate.
volume or trade In provisions twas fair. with prices rul.
ing higher most OF the tim, In sympathy with wheat
and closed steady at a small advance. Packers led IN
tine selling. with the demand largely on outsice
orders. The cash demand for meats was very good.
but poor for lard. Hog rec .ipts were liberal. with
that market stronger; 10000 hogs are estimated for
TO- mCrrow."
Sa'ss, $3.50 age centrifugal. as t-st. at 3ssc, Re.
nned quiet and nchang d.
CHICAGO. July lo.-These were to-day's prtcea:
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A brooklyn Child Fatally burned.

Two-year-old Lena McCumesky. while playing
around the kitchen range AT her home. at $40
Court street. Brooklyn. yesterday morning,
during the temporary absence of her mother.
sst her clothing afro anu was enyeloped in
flames. Her mother, startled by her screams,
ran upstairs to the rescue. She rolled the child
IN Q blanket md carried her downstairs. Park
Policeman M~cCuWssky. the father, was on duty
CLOSE ny IN carroll Park, and reached the house
one was terribly burned on The arms, legs, and
body, and died within a Few hours AT the long
Island College Hospital. Mrs AlcCumesky re-
csiVed severe burns on the hands aud arms,
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John NJ. King has been appointed receiver OF
the Crane & King Oxygen Works, at 21s West
Forty-second street, by Judge Russell OF the
Supreme Court, in q suit brought BY Mr.. King
against his partner. John r. Crane, for the dis
solution OF the firm.
Morris II. Riedcrs. jobber in tobacco and cigar
manufacturer Mt 1908 Third avenue. made an
assignment yesterday to Joseph Jacobs. EtyinE
preferences to s. Jacobs & Sons, $500. and Nina
Pfeiffer, 5000.
Deputy Sheriff Mulvaney took charge yestsr-
day Of the Dean Tire Company, manufactures
OF uDber tires at - Warren street and 400
East Ninety.tirst street, on four executions ror
$1,905. The claims are principally for salaries.
The executions, 1t is said, are the result OF die
sensions in the company.
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proposals.

PROPOSALS FOR SUBSISTENCE SUPPLIES
L pnice Purchasing Commits AIRY. U. :. Army. Army
Building, No. 81 Whitehall street, New York city,
Ject to the usual conditions, vii be received at this
otie' untl II o'clock \. NJ. July i7th. 4Ng7. for fur
sisten q Department, United StNtrs Army. deity "a
n New York. Subsistence stor"s' viz; Baking powder
brans. rice, cofeeS. teas. sugars. vlnrga.. rAnilrL
soar. laundry and toilc'. salt. c nned articles. cnu'o
late. navOrinR extracts, syrups, spices, stationery. To-
hhcco, starch. brushes. MATCHES, towels. &c., Sc lu'
formation. with conditions, list Of s~r,lles, Inanli'
ties, kini. modes OF packing, sc. obtgi ned nj taig
ONCE. The = ght Is reserved 10 reject any or all prp.
IosSls. Envelopes containing bids should he ma ed
Proposals for Subsistence supplies" opened luiy
18th. 1897. and addressed TO Major J. +. WESTON.
@. g., u. +, A.
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Jesse c. Bennett 4 Co. have sold for Henry =.
sohlo' AN to Morris Hecht M. 30 West Eighty seventh
stree, a fOur-story hrownstnnS box stop dwell Jug,
2lE80El02, for about Sl5. 900.
NJ, L, Henry has sold for Mrs. X. Curtin to g. stsr-
house No. 2849 Morris avenue. q twostory frame
dwelling ON lot o0xl05. for $4,000 also for j. j. Muir.
ply TO n; Devoe. No: 1890 Bathgate avenue, dwelling.
lot 1888. for o.. 1000.
According to the transfers recorded on Wednesday,
George Croker has taken title to TIL property NOS,
90 Dr idway and ~ New street. on " hich he obtained
an option from the George Jones estate last year. The
price Il $3.50, 900, OF which $500, 900 Ii left on thIee
year, mortgage.
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HAVERsTRAW ass EssORs WIN.
Their Assessment or the National Rank stoc
Approved by the Court.

Their Assessment or the National hank stock
Approved by the Court.
NEwBURG. July l5.-Judge Hirschberg has
decided the case of tho assessors of Haverstraw
against the National Bank of that place in favor
of the assessors. The assessors had fixed the
value of the banks stock at $2l4 a share and
assessed 1t upon that basis. Tho bank unsuc-
~cessfully tried to reduce tho assessment. Then
which came from the profit account OF the bank,
and afterward another effort was made to no.
duce the assessment. The assessors were, how
ever. ohdurate and refused to comply. and then
the case got into the court on a writ TO review
the assessment; A referee took evidence. and
division of its funds to escape taxation. Judge
Hirschberg decided that the assessors were
grounds upon which they declined to lower tbS
assessment were good and valid.
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rwo brooklyn Cops l.rlsoueru.

Policeman William H.. 6. Meyers OF the Bergen
street station In Brooklyn was before Justice
TeAle yesterday In tho Myrtle Avenue Court
charged with having administered an uncalled.
arrested Tor inloxication.
Policeman Daniel MoGinnis OF the Fourth
eyenge station was also arraiKned for beating
eoasd WV
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2rrSpual gottees.

AUNOl,UTE 90 days r sidence.
blN ONtH<- HOGGATT q CARUTHFPS
Of have Eastern onices. 22n Broadway.
MISSING from her home. scranto.., Pa, since TurG'
4u day, June 20. 1891. NrB. Andrew wlsen.Hs.
DARK coinple ion, dErk brown ey =, a largo dark
mole on sAch chs' L, Hack bsIr. sli.htly miTAd wi'h
gray; "a y ArS old; vegas about lac pounds. Inior
nStIon thankfully received by her husband, An
DREW wIsERFLUE, Alp Nortn Chestnut o., S0IaH
yoa. Pa. or y. W. WIsESBLUE. L. n Y.L- Q. A.. H
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Attachment for Accident Insurance.

Tho Sheriff received yesterday an attachment
for $17,011 against the London Guarantee and
Accident Company, whose office lie at 90 Cedar
street, in favor Of Frank Z. Pnrshley on a claim
growing out OF the collapse Of the building corner
OF West Broadway and Third street, where
fourteen lives were lost. The policy was issued
TO John II. Parker. ,insuring against, damages
for injuries to employees. He did tbs mason
work on the building and has since expended
S17, 900 in legal proceedings. defending suits
against him. The company will give a bond to
discharge Tho attachment,
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Real Kstate auction saloa.

At the Broadway Sslesroom yesterday Peter T..
Meyer 4 Co; sold No. 1880 ia5th street, southeast
eOrnsr OF s:ebhinS avenue, three story franc dwell.
Ing lot 20-77.s. foreclosure sale. TO the plaintin,
JGcob R. CaryAlho, for ~. $50.
James l. Wells sold No. 244 Cherry street, near
Rutgers street. n~yestoFy briok tenement house, with
thrCeStory brick tSAsmsnt kouHs % rear loG 26AE-
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Csurt CALENDAR Th,s nay.

Appellate Division-supreme c~curt-Reaae.
Supreme Court-specifi Term-Pan L-A0aon oai'
surrogate's Court-Chsmbcrs.-No day calendar.
For probate-wills OF Susanna A. Steern, George =.
Hardy, Meyer Lehman, Adam Wiling, Alfred Woln,
Meyer Mnmlock. Julia A. woodward. Frances Dansig.
Chester Billings, lt 1889 A. n.
City ~Court-Specinl
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xsS,sxIsI.i1 foreclosure sale. 70 ths plaintiff -
executor, Ernest Hall. for e91,pb0,
Strong 4 ireland sold In iTeth street; norsneess Sor
sale, 10 the piaintiT, JosepL ,. oponnen, for tooo.