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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-02

Crockett. who had been asleep In his bunk.
after spending hours on deck, was avak-
eUcd by the mates cry and pushed his
way on deck through the stream of water.
Several of the passengers followed him.
Il got down o1t Of the rigging and went
forward TO see IL / could not launch a
dory fhat was lying on top of the deck
house l almost had the beat loose when
they lowered the foresail with a bang. II
covered mp the dory. and | could not get
n 4. Mai Ingraham and others were
working with ;he fastenings Of taa steam
launch Kennorma Several OF the Italians
We're trying TO get their boat loose. Our
boat finally foated of with several men
In l.: When K came back TO the schooner
we caught hold OF H. and the nien who
were saved began 10 pile in.
"rhe Boa, Is Doomed; We Die To-
Gethcr."
The missionary, ". {. Gambei. WAS on
deck. watching these operations. Every
few mirutcs some one would r member
his wife and ch.ld and ask Il they had
been brought out OF the cabin. lie gave
them TO answer. Finally he went back In
20 TIE cabin. va thought after the woman
ard baby. lie net one e. +. Chard. Of Sc
attle, coming ou;. Gambel said: The boat
is doomed we might as aeI die al to-
gt-3er' VITA taat ne Ws8f into Tho state
room ANA locked tire door.
Il hesitatsd about getting into the first
iIuetH as / ,noueh; X weuid he too full
anJ Is not 10 80 uatil Capt Crockett
said: Hurry up and u{l 5h,s boat The
l44uca was aiongS39e near the stern Of
the vessel when / eot -. As L fioated
away from tire vessel On 4 wave da1 n
graham fell into tae sen, lie SWAIN back
10 tae schooner and WAS hanging OF -
t3e s38e when the laurch came hack. /,
caught the .12asav ana crushed Hin quite
baa}v. 7 grabbed him and got h.Tr into
t8e boat ~ Hrst we Though; rs sniUrv
was serious ug; Re came around ali
rtgh;
Mate John Hansen behaved with great
bravery tie threw "a number of boxes
~ provisions into the launch from the
deck q she schooner, WITH every rock
OF tina boat the main boom would sweep
over Us once II caught Hansen IN th,
head ans nearly Knocked him overheard.
The schooner Us setting fast ard Ne
pulled tae men into the bost as fase ss
they came 70 tae y4N Finally W. broke
away from the schooner and drffted uut
OF s.K1t la ths darkness. We rad nota-
iEs b-.s tEo poles - svoik U5th aH3 could
rof x bIeE for any NOR men. There
weg~ tasrsy-f1er -1 tae &Ns4t e. thai Sim.
THE sea was running hign. "a; ths
ke#n0Frua rode the sEsz Ike Il duck
A hour and a ealf after the schooner
sank ~ picked so Job Johnson. % Long
Island y y. wso mad managed 20 keep
&A5as. by c.-aSsUz 20 oEe % the over
,g~nes boats He w4% azog.re 81 Ire
se50o9Tf's raj y aeu size weog dawn 4
sla3ds- nyCA - tae vessel threw hirn
taE3---a la s.<x-G-=- In fA4..1- he struck
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DRAWN TO DEATH BENEATH THE WAVES OF THE

eees s-ere. srkins =, last II al upright
easfgoa
~fs IfagToyised a tarpaulIa SAL
- ran 1etc~o Gae wiad- We
rst sea8 toward tie coast.
ss.s parallel VITA Sc. We sailed
amfl 5.o'clock saaeay atsernoon. then made
a DRAG. using 4 propes,er. the t&rpaBlgn.
s.ears u rope and canvas. aid tarew IL
syer the stern. Sc rode shere gasa 4
s'c:oek Moa1ag morning. Al that siTae a
.tsgn; eaaags - tae wind made IL possible
tev sig . head 8lree; far TIE land. ~ Il
Jcsoc& ~ caught slgat Of the highlands
~ Vancouver island.
40 we approached the shore we saw
rocks ana reefs. wl,n hardly a visible
channel. At lass ar opening. few cable
Isaxt3lz wide. vas made cut and we suc-
eeelea IN passing through and rounded
s.sat afterwards proved 10 be Rugged
print. We found ourselves In quiet cove
ln Kyuauolt sound. about sixty miles from
the north end OF Vancouver island.
we landed az O'Clock Monday after
noon. just thIFty-six hours after We had
left the wreck There had been no suffer
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Il boom which tore a big Mole In his gray
flannel shirt and bruised him severely.
He went down into the water consider
able distance and while under the water
started TO swim for fear that he would
become entangled in the rigging. The
last ne saw of the Italian launch was
a minute before the schooner went down.
1t had been knocked against the mainmaat
and its side partially crushed in, There
were four men in the boat. When he
came up he could see nothing of it. lie
got 10 the overturned boat and foated
with 1t until we picked him up. He was
not exhausted In the least although he
had been In tho water long time.
He Saw Gleason Die.
&C. J. Riley. Of Hartford. Conn, had
the narrowest escape Of any OF the sur
vivors. About 40 O'clock Sunday morn
ing We heard some one calling Justify
about - yards away from the launch.
We managed 10 pole in the direction OF the
cr.es, and soon came upon Riley hanging
70 bundle of lumber. He was almost
exhausted. and did not know whether he
was above or below water He had q
grip on the lumber that two men could
hardly break. In spite OF This he was
yelling in a deep bass voice. He had
jumped from the schooner just as she
went down. ard had seen nothing OF the
Italian launch afteTwar5!.
Riley saw w. II. Gleason. the Seattle
contractor. die. Gleason got hold OF one
end OF the pile OF boards that Raey man
aged 10 reach He was tired out wher,
he got 70 the lumber. and told Riley that
he could rot hold on very long Riley
tried 20 cheer him Ut and told HIN they
would soon be- picked up According %
Riley, his last words were: III have 70
give up Good-by.' With that he let
90 his hold and went down
1T was not the most pleasant thing in
the world 10 drift around in that little
launch. Some OF the passengers made
things very disasresable by refusing -
help and by dong everything they were
tell not 10 do. There were some OF the
ships stores IN the boat SO We did not
suffer fer want OF food. Strange 20 saw.
that although | had not eaten II meal
Since Friday morning I was not hungry
From the time we left the schooner IL
ne landed on Vancouver is4aad Monday
evening ! ate nothing bat a dozen prlInes.
We caught rain water in she folds az .ra
canvas cover Of the launch. There was
about two inches of fresh water in the
launch's tank bat name % the men n
the boat knew Il ave MAJ IngFahaul and
myself. We were saving X FOR an euner-
gsTcy. but fortunately did NOT need g.
my Wife. My ChiId-
4 can give absolutely no hope that any
2ne else WAS saved from the wreck The
Italian launeh undoubtedly went down. n
1t ga rot. ire men IN it were without water
ana provisions and would have little
chance / believe that he scam,d boys.
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Ing from hunger on thirst on the launch.
\ Gag Of pruncs and some turniTss were al
most untouched. II Tained part or tae t'n1e
and We caught plenty OF fresh water. The
terrible scene through which we had pass
"a deprived al OF appetite. The t31t had
been covered with an awning 10 prevent
she water sp,ashjug in. as the waves broke.
One man was kept constantly balHag ard
We discovered after we had landed thRt
two pl3ulea had BEEN smashed near the va
ter NGe. As the boat MAJ only twenty -eig}1t
feet long by feet inches beam, you can
understand what close quarters II was for
tweniy-seven men. Ne could neither lie
net sit
After landing we took an hour ~ Han
''"- up. ana thea tuiit . Gro. Som mU~.
sels were gathered ana these were leaked
fct ths evening meal Afout 0'uiusk or
Maudav afternoon v@ saw a1 Indian ia n
canoe anal learned NJ 3 e=s:%it u1snt aaoet
ssayen miles from Our cafoc. whore stores
could .e obtained The ln iiJu hal been
hunting drgv ana promised to cosna back
Tuesday morning sn1 show us ihe ay te
the village.
IA > o'clock the next morning We board
eA the launch once more and. following the
natives pG9f3ss reached kyoQu9it four
hours later There we fVsIed ghe asaItr
faNrrif~ - Victoria owned zua com
snaude3 ay capt. Mcclellan sac ySas Wtnd
bewa1 au beer way home from tes. sealing
grouui% capt. NJ f.~llaa received .sz q. ,a
gge4t ee~ a.'a ~ ana rrs1Hf agreed 80 ts<e
us tr Nirts~s a. scca 80 tAe vinj aet,t
rtr1alt sea ts seq ea1
We succeeded $50 Az tiEe ust 81 tise bsr-
h-r 81 Hoer vD TfHratAE. MAY p 4-l r.
t.~ baFHag W:ta Bead y .saAe s-H Drifting
EN- "a Winds. r~aefcd Nie,oea .t~1,or
ie.z o.srrI"S ~ o'e.-ek-
survivors Are ur~tttate.
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and S.a'k- That 5 al there is IN =.
story" -
I2p'' crockett emphasized he ac. ~.
mere was 80 excitement tie Aid ~.
after the launch was fioaye,3 he an, Ia =
others wStsd fer the Messenger "a 49, -
Mrs. Canned 20 the deck ana % ah,..s
Of the ia1aah with her chCd. No, ,ss.s
they had e jump for their Tvs ala y.
men on IN lsoal, he SAID. teser, ~
ship. ss
Il sent clsudiuS Brown. my fatAsr.s.
law. down allow after Mrs, tSar,hsss.
ne said, but her husband Wotia nor Z,
her come. Inthis manner Brown lost =
life" -
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uEIL-kSowS VICTIMS.
Something of the Lives of the pcas
Wen Who perishsd. NJ

Probably 40 other victim II better ksvA
In the city than Ben =. Snlpes. jr, on0
the youngest men to NEE; death in the =
aster. sn!pes was the son az Ben
snlpes. who in hts time figured very pro-.
inentiy in tae history OF Seattle. Yoat
suipes made his home here for ears sn
was a member az what was known - ~
Aeayns Club, a local aociety orsanizausn.
He was about p years Of axe and weE aas
fayorabIy known IN Seattle. lie had ca
tsmplaied eoirg 10 Alaska for a long IN
When the Portland returned 70 tots CIV
WIKI her famous gold treasure be m
arrangements 20 10 uor,h. bat about =
time q position was given nm IN ne -
which caused him 10 abandon the 49,
Journey. The F3ld cFsze. however, Ess@
with him ard when. q few weeks ago.
opportunity 10 10 north again nreseDied
self, he took advantage Of IL.
Spencer W. Young. who went down ~
the Gray, vas a veteran miner. lie TeszS
al No. III PIKE ziree:. In this city. -
his Wife ard family. Ills daughter.
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~. G. Gatntel. missionary ~ s. LIS
Pence .z4agG ~ Gas EefinS sea, $50 r
eErasng 30 his station. a~coiapanst4 -
Dis wife and bas.Y daughter. They wee
q the lower eaela wren lar al.rx. va
sounded. Tae Enlss. cgs4ry caaae 0a sszTA
bong enough To see WA 1aa aappen.rr
rive arc doomed Re exclaimed '"T3srs
a. nothing ssfg has - die" he 5iseE
~eat below ard looked himself ir 'ae
cabin with ma wife and cassid. EGarts 50
q, him an deek onee more we're frssis-
asas; rsttaer oa3sa b. consent 20 tire res
tss CT hls wife. we shalt dle toget Beg. p
Vas al BE- ssi IN aoswsr % eatgea;les.
On belug freed from ;he wreckaEe the
launch Kennorna. w5fh THE Survivors
aboard. ass propef.ed 10 Vas.coever island
ard there "a schooner was fouad which
brought the weary viotlmH 70 Victoria.
The first news 81 TIE disaster eabled from
Victoria reached .beFa early yesterday
morning and cFeatesI The utmost exeI.e-
ssaens IN sbe city The jar Gray had 80
many wei kaawa Seattle people aboard
shat the neas carried poignant sorrow
everyYshere-
Tlio announcement that the SURVIVOR
were cezG!sg 20 Seattle o. tue steamer
City OF Kingston attracted "A great crowd
70 Yesler dock. As the steamer drew IN
from FIctor,a foriorn party was seen
standing by fne forward rail Tie nssn
were foagfsly dressed and their features
were plaened ard aFawn from suffering
ard exposure. A. they came silently
down I'll. gaugplank they were seized By
waiting men and women. who olasped
their hands ard gave fervent thanks for
their safety. Women with tears IN their
eyes pleaded Tor news of those whose
faces they did not see among the saved.
Al the words. 'sAll lost they turned away
tn an ageay fbai brought sympathetic
eoba from the hfca<ts ct strong raeu. MAJ.
1ngrsham vas especially sought for news.
Gnd as lie to!1 the sad story again ard
again, his face qalvesed with emotion. AS
eooa az he could ba ara wn from the eager
crowd Of questgnnsss ne was driven ia
Cab To the Post Tnteiilgencer office and
gave "a detailed account of the catastro-
phe and the events Immediately following
Ho said:
Mai. InEraham's t.rnphtc story.
''The Jane Gray founderea Sunday
morning. May .. a; o'cIocI; ninety miles
OF Cape Fll,;ery. IN latitude $50. long,
tude i2s:s5. / am accurate as 10 the hour.
sz4rre nay watch stunned "a T soranc srta
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MY Wife. My Child

I can give absolutely no hope that any
,1e else was saved from the wreck. The
Italian iauneh undoubtedly won't down. n
Il did rot ire men in it were without water
and provisions and would have little
chance I believe that he scau.sd boys,
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The schooner was nowhere sn sight. Al
about 10 O'clock We rugged a sail Of a
piece OF canvas in the bottom Of Tho
launch and headed north, driven before
the wind
Sunday evening az dusk We rigRed n
drag 50 as 10 steady the boat. The next
morning. not long before moon. We sight
cd land. which proved To he the coast Of
Vancouver island. We made shore LATE
that afternoon in kyuquot sound W.
landed without difficulty and Immediately,
set about building fires anr making ready
10 camp We dug some rrusseis and ate
them ana obtained the first fresh water
we had had for over thirty hours from a
spring hard by. The following day We
were plotted - the Indian village of Kyu-
quot. where the British seaier FayoTlfe
lay at anchor. I arranged with Cant. Nc
Delian 20 take as TO Victor3a We were
wind bound until Thursday. buf after
thst made good time until we reached
Victoria at o'clock this morning.
aat was the cause OF the sinking OF
the Gray
she must Rave sprung butt" said
Capt. Crockett '''The SHIPS cargo v,as
well trimmed and she appea red Il, he
in every respect sound AMI acs worthy.
Had she not ! would not haze gone or
her as master. The accident Vas In many
respects one Of the most remarkable 10.
cuTreDces I have ever heard Of Tvae
break must have come very quickly
There was TO premoniliou or warning a.
danger wasn turned In near midnight
on Saturday night All I can sav ~ this:
the ship was all right a. FAR AZ any ono
could SEE until shortly before / was called
AZ O'Clock. We had shipped some water
forward through tae hawser holes but
this did not cause any alarm whether
the disaster was dac 10 & structural weak
nes$ or nor ! am rot Prepared to say.
There Was no time 20 make an inve@tlga-
ton. Ihs water Eok !ntn her hold some
way through her sLae and lhen aha agled
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

There was no change in judges
or clerks in the first precinct.
All the hacks and even partially
closed conveyances in town were
kept busy conveying voters to the
polls.
Mrs. Mary Woods took the place
of Mrs. e. Stewart as Judge of cleo
ton in the third or west precinct
today. The clerks in that precinct
were Mrs. Browning and Mrs. o.
L. Gibbs.
By filing up and signing the.
United States enlistment blank
published in our advertising col
ums today anyone between Is and
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George Gould on War
lcontinuod From FIrst Pagel

sympathy OF foreign nations. We
could not affci.i to antagonize the
sentiment of the rest of the civil
lied world in such a war"
And do not you believe that
matters have now reached such n
stage that we should have the sym
pathy of foreign nations in case of
warp inquired the reporter.
~ could not answer that gpes-
ton. My information is not sufii-
cient for me to decide" was the
answer And then Mr.. Gould re-
peated his previous observation
Il don't think that war with Spain
would hurt u.s."
While the train was switching
Mr.. Gould's eyes were taking in
the surroundings and his practical
interest in railroad matters was
evidenced by several remarks to
Superintendent Burns as to the
quality of the rails used and other
technical details.
He had left the car as the train
stopped by the depot platform and
while he was yet talking to the
Tribune reporter, the train started.
With a hasty handshake and a
hearty glad to have met you, THE
man who owns half a dozen rail
roads ran to catch the cars like any
belated passenger. and took his
seat on the front platform, to better
observe the country and catch a
glimpse of the Cyanide reduction
works, which the reporter had told
him would soon come into view.
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Ridgway, His, April 5 Torrents
of water lashed by the fierce wind
into waves ten feet high threatened
to make complete the obstruction
of Shawneetown and add still more
victims to the long list of those
who perished in the great disaster
Last night hundreds slept on the
river banks and neighboring hills
without shelter, i'll clad, and with
little or no food, Women and
children are suffering terribly from
exposure. Little has been done
yet toward recovering the bodies
of the dead.
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The Dcfcndnnt,. pIeod,na

In rural district in the west of Eng
land there lived an eccentric old farm
err who was continually appearing be-
fore the magistrates for allowing his
cattle to stray on the highway. During
the hearing of his case for similar. Of
Tense upon the last occasion he elected
much laughter from the presiding gen
tlemen on the bench" and Others. The
chairman. addressing the defendant,
asked: DO you plead guilty or not
guilty." We'll. yer 'onor, / expects
as l be guilty, but don't be too hard on
reg'lar customer."-Spare Moments.
Leave your address and have
The Tribune left at your door,
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A COMBINED POLICY
Select Life and Accident Company
Plan of the Company

Each policy is for $1,000 straight
life insurance and provides for
$1,000 per week accident indem-
nifty and one half the policy in
cash for total permanent disability
or blindness; also $500 for loss of
hand or foot.
Double indemnity paid for an
accident while travelling as pas
senger in a'public conveyance pro
PEELED by steam, cable or electric
ity,
Women admitted ON the same
terms and rates as men.
One, two or three policies of
$1,000 each will be issued to the
same person.
Two medical examinations of
each applicant will be required in
all cases.
In the event of the death of a
member within two years from
date of policy, the amount to be
paid on each policy is limited to
$1,000, in addition thereto all pay
ments made by the member are
returned.
Saloon keepers, underground
workers, sailors and others engag-
ed in hazardous occupations not
accepted.
The policy is incontestible from
any cause after two years. except
failure to pay premiums.
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45 can volunteer to serve his coun-

45 can volunteer to serve his coun-
try.
The Gould special passed
through Florence on its return
from the Royal Gorge at Has.
Mr.. Gould will go directly east
over the Missouri Pacific.
In the second precinct there
was no change in the personality
of either judges or clerks.
The small baskets and following
Inscriptions invited the contrubu-
tions of voters in the town hall.
"The hungry loveth a cheerful
giver." "lf you can't put anything
in for the Lords sake don't take
anything out" For the immedi-
ate relief of the workers in this
booth" ANY old thing please" "
A beer check. burnt almond and
one cent were in the baskets at
noon.
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VICTIMS OF THE
ILLINOIS FLOOD
Hungry and Cold, Many of Them
Slept on HjIisides
OTHERS PACKED IN HOUSES

Cypress Junction, Ills, April s.
The condition of the flood refugees
is most serious There are hun
dreds crowded into second story
buildings out of reach of the water
but hungry and cold. More cooked
food is needed.
The waterstill covers everything
for miles. The death list now
reaches $50.
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NOTICE.

Any subscribers who may fail to
receive their papers regularly will
confer favor upon the manage
ment of The Tribune if they will
call or write and notify us. 1t is
impossible for us to know whether
the boys deliver all their papers
unless we are notified of delin-
quencies.
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Chicago Special.

One night, Denver to Chicago,
The Burlington Routes famous
train, the Chicago Special, was re-
storey Sunday, Feb. 6.
1t will leave Denver at 10 a. M.
after arrival of ID. & r. G. train
from the west, reaching Chicago
at 2:15 p. m. the next day-in am
pie time to connect with the fast
afternoon trains for the east.
Chicago will be reached in twen-
ty-seven and a quarter and New
York in ffty-four and half hours
after leaving Denver.
The Chicago Special is the only
zone night on the road train be
tween Denver and Chicago-the
only fast east bound morning train
out of Denver-the only Denver
Chicago train making close CON
nections at Chicago with afternoon
trains for New York, Philadelphia
Boston, Baltimore and all other
eastern cities.
Its equipment consists of sleep
ing, reclining chair, dining and
smoking cars, Meals are served
on the European plan-you pay
only for what you order.
The Chicago Special will be in
addition to and in no way interfere
with the Burlington's "Vestibuled
Flyer" which will continue to
leave Denver at $50 p. M, reach
ing Omaha at p. M. the next
afternoon, and Chicago at S:20 the
following morning.
For tickets and full information
call at Offices of connecting lines.
or write to q. w. Nallery, general
agent, 1889 l7th ST, Denver
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nu..,nn rransintion OF Dickens.

The quizzically expanded metaphors
and idiomatic, slaugy expressions in
the sprightly comical parts of the book
(''Dombey and SOM have sometimes,
naturally, proved too hard nuts for the
honest foreigner to crack. A ludicrous
instance of such fiasco occurs in chap
ter 2. where Mr.. Chicks matrimonial
chickering's with his better half form
the theme of our inimitable humorist's
sportive and allegorical muse. "OfteIf
when Mr.. Chick seemed beaten, he
would suddenly make a start, turn the
tables, clatter them about the ears of
Mrs. Chick, and carry all before him. -
The Russian rendering of this SEN
tence, which / translated verbatim.
runs: Often, when Mr.. Chick seemed
beaten, he would start up from his seat,
catch hold of the chair, make n clatter
close to the ears of his astonished
spouse, and fling about everything that
came ready to hand" Well, indeed.
might the elegant and ladylike Louisa
show astonishment at such emphatic
contributions to the debate.-Notesa and
Queries.
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War seems certain. That being
the case, the sooner our ships pol
ish off the Almirante Oquendo and
the Vizcayn and then proceed to
capture the torpedo flotilla, the
better.
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GOOD TIMES HAVE COME.

You can afford to Indulge yourself c. your
family in the luxury OF a good weekly news
paper and quarterly magazine of fiction.
You can get both of these publications with
almost library Of good novels for fs per xear
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-05

WANTED A middle aged woman to do
housework and attend 5-year-old
boy. Address p. O. box 202.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-05

Lots in Fairview addition, the
cheapest in the city. Decided
water rights, title perfect. See j.
j. Fitzgerrell.
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Classified

FURNITURE, including roller-to top desk,
and crockery for sale at 5O7 Pixies
Peak ave. Please call afternoons.
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WANTED D-Dressmahing in private
families bytirst-class dressmalSer. En-
quire of Mrs. G. L. Kelso, West Sd ST