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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS.
They Elect Their State Ticket by About
10000 Plurality.

PROVIDENCE, R. I. (speciaD.-Ths State
election, contrary to expectations, was de-
vol! OF the usual election excitement char
acterlstlc OF Presidential year. The Be-
publlcans elected their entire State ticket
by plurality OF about 10 600.
The next General Assembly will be over
whelminev Republican. The Democrats
made a gain in the general vote over that
ef last year. They succeeded in landing
four out OF Ave members OF the General As
.smbly In Woonsocket and two In New
Following Is the State ticket elected:
Governor. William Gregory; Lieutenant
Governor, Charles Dean Kimball; Secre-
tary of State, Charles p. Bennett. Attor,
neY-G General, Willard B. Tanner; Genera
Treasu rer, Walter A. Read.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
WoMEN'S TICKET BEATEN.

Men Regain Control OF Besttle kan@
After u Year Of Prohibition.
TOPEKA, Kan. (SpeclaD.-The election
FOR city officers in the town OF Deattie
Marshall County, was contest between
men and women. and the men won.
The ticket composed entirely OF women
was elected year AGO. The women off,
GERS, headed by Mrs. Elizabeth Totten, Ma
yor, were candidates for reelection.
The men rebelled against strict prohibit
tion enforced by the women, and the mems
ticket was elected with the exception OF u
clerk, one councilman and the marshul.
The latter is q man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
MINT BREAKS A. RECORD.

Heavy Coinage OF silver Doliars In Case
Cuba should Want Thern.
New osIrAss, La. (speclaD. Il Nationa'
record was broken by the New Orleans Mint
during the last month. 20 that psrlodtRo
million standard silver dollars were turned
out, that being more than were ever before
cotped either 1T the local Mint or at any
other Institution throughout the country.
Captain Boothby, Director OF the Mint,
says great quantities OF coin are being
held here "in case Cuba: wants somei
which there Is every reason to believe VIII
be the case soon." - -: - j.:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

:s He was born on April l, 1916, at schon-
hausen. When IN 1898 Otto Won Bismarck
was laid ito rest Germany planned the
founding OF "a memorial worthy Of the
greatness Of the man aud the. empire. re-.
= The idea spread with marvellous rapidity
aud the widest enthusiasm was aroused.
Everywhere the citizens determined to do
their utmost to honor the memory OF the
maker OF German unity. =: ~ss:ssst:s. ssstss S
. Inmany parts OF the country monHMents
wore erscted. and On the top oy5xhess
monuments bonfires burned all night lonRS
shedding their light fof miles. o:.s.sS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Classed With Horse Thieves.

Bicycle thieves received severe blow in
the Court OF General Sessions at Collm-
bla, S. C. Wheels have been stolen with
great frequency In the city. When cap
tured heretofore the thieves hive been
taken before magistrate aud have g.
cnped with thirty days on the chain gang,
Dut newspaper man who caught a thief
had hln sent to the higher Court. Tho
mau pleaded guilty aud Judge Bennet an
nounced that he ciasssd bicycle and uorse
stealing in the same category because both
could be ridden, aud sentenced the erimi-.
nal to I've years Imprisonment at hard
la hor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Died at the Age OF lO3.

Mrs. Mary Cleary Hyland died at he,
home in Orange, n. j., OF old age. Hei
brother and niece. who lived With her,
say that she was l03 years old. having been
born in Kings County, Ireland, and coming
to this country when quite young. She
was married in 1850 to Bernard Hyland
who died fifteen years ago. Mrs. Hyland
became totally blind year ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
GERMANY HoNoRs BISMARCK.

Bonflres Burn Throughout the Country
on the Birthday of the Iron Chancellor.
BERLIN CBy Cable).-on hill and noun.
tain peak all Germany was Illuminated by
blazing bonares in honor OF tue birthday
OF Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck, the
Iron Chancellor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Shot Dead - He Read to Hts Dsurhter

Shot Dead - He Read to Hts Dsushter
Harboring Imaginary wrongs, John W.
McKimm shot and instantly killed DR.. B.
p. Shaw, his brothsr-in-iaw, at * ansas
sClty, Mo-, as the lntter sat reading Sun
day-school lesson to his fye-year-old
daughter. McKimm, who had been On, In
mate Of a.sanitarinm and is believed to be
members ot'the family, but was, restrained
after a hard struggle. Dr.. Shaw, who wa
a:Hldowsr, spent Sunday at the McKlmm
house. .-.''> > =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Congressinen Renolninated.

The Republican Sixteenth District Cons
gresstonal Convention ut Bsllaire. Ohio,
renomlnated the Hon. J. J. Gill by aecla.
nation for Congress. Congressman James
H. Southard OF Toledo, Ohio, was nomlna.
ted for Congress for the fourth time. John
Dalzell was renominated unanimously for
Congress ut Plttsburg, Penn, by the Re.
publicans Of the Twenty-second district, 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
DEWEY AND THE PRESIDENCY.

The Admlrai's Views About the "Highest
Honor in the Nations GIft.'
NEW YORK CITr (SpeciaD.-Admlral
George Dewey, according to announce
ments in the New York Herald aud World,
Is willing to be candidate for President.
He authorizes the World to announce to
the American people that after mature re-
Election and In response to the earnest en-
treaties from all parts OF the country his
former decision not under any circum-
stances to run for the Presidency Is Ia
scinded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
British PaY,naster Gone.

1t is announced at Vancouver, B. G.
that Paymaster CLARK OF the British North
Pacific Squadron has disappeared. Coin.
cident with his going away Is the loss OIL
$25. 900 belonging to the navy OF Great Brit
ain. Clark Is said to have come from l.
most excellent English family. He had
been prominent for many months IN the
social life OF Vancouver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
The Horton, Law Repeal Bin Signed.

The HortontLar~ Repeal Blu Signed.
Governor Roosevelt at Albany. n: T..
signed the bill introduced by Assemblyman
N. E. Lewis, Of Rochester, repealing the:
Horton boxing law OF 1896. The law goes
into effect September l next. Up until
that time the boxing bouts which have
been prevalent In New York City during
the past three years may continue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

Wife Dies as Her Husband Died.
CLARA 3. Gardiner, aged torty-avs years,
widow Of Harvey Gardner, OF Belmont,
N.Hs committed suicide by hanging at
Me- Home. Her husband took his life by
hanRl in the barn OF the same premises
about night months ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
KILLED CHILDREN AND HERSELF.
Owed the Grocer S1.06 and the Woman
Could Get No More Credit.

Owed the Grocer SI.UB anu tN6 "oHIat
Could Get No More Credit.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y. (speclai).-Bscauss she
could get 10 more credit at a grocery store,
Mrs. Catherine Meyer, wife OF "a driver,
killed her two children, daughter, three
years old, and a son, one year old. by
throwing them into a clstern UNDER the
door OF the kitchen. S. -
She then threw herself into tue clstern.
Mrs. Meyer left a note addressed TO ner
relatives. It was written incoherently, but
said she owed a grocery bill OF $1.06, and
that the grocer had refused to trust her for
any more. The letter said nothing alb b'nt
committing suicide. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
r,ect,on to ONCE Killed Him.

EleCt1On 70 OIhce nff"o
John Sargent received the news that he
had been elected Supervisor Of Massillon,
Ohio. He went home and died OF apoplexy.
The news OF his victory. which came ,.1.a. ua.
exrattedIy, killed him; Mr.. Sargent leaves caves
n wife and two children. He was sixt'
ypnrs old. x
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Inlianapolis Carpenters o at.

INDIANAPOLIS, Md. (Speciui) A strike Of
the union carpenters and union plumbers
was begun here by which nearly all the
men in both organizations put down their
tools. The carpenters demand an increase
in wages from thirty to thirty-ave cents an
hour, and the plumbers demand $3.50
day for eight hours work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

Eoer Pr,soners' High Death Rate.
The condition OF the &Boer prisoners at
simonstown, Cape Colony, is deplorabie.
The medical authorities seem unable to
cone With the spread Of typhoid Fever. Ihe
Jsad are buried with as much respect a.
he eIigsneies OF the place admit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
SHOT AT PRINCE OF WALES.
Belgian Youth Fired Twice at Him in
Brussels Station.

Brussels Station.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (By Cablel.-Just as
the Prince OF Wales's train, bearing him TO
Copenhagen for the purpose OF attending
the celebration OF King Christians birth
day, was, putting out OF the Northern Sta
tion a sixteen-year-old tinsnith named
sIpldo sprang upon the footboard OF the
carriage and fred two shots through the
window at the Prince. Neither shot took
effect.
>Slpido was Immediately arrested. His
pockets were found to be full OF Anarch-
istic literature. Sipido said he wanted to
kill the Prince OF Wales "because he caused
thousands OF men tV be slaughtered in
South Africa" e..
The Prince OF Wales appeared quite un-
affected by the incident. He asked whether
the revolver was loaded, and on being in
formed In the Affirmative, smiled and
begged that the culprit might not be
treated too severely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Strike on che Cornell Dam.

:. PEEKsK1LL, N. Y. Especially About four
hundred men employed In quarry which
supplies stone to the new Cornell Dam
near Croton- on Hudson went out on strike
for an increase OF wages. They demanded
an increase Of twenty-five cents o day. The
strikers are nearly all Itulians. The strike
cuts of the supply Of stone at the dam and
nearly eight hundred men will be thrown
out OF employment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
1912 Pensioner Dead.

Aunt Emily Bennett, the Oldest citizen
Plainleld and the last 1912 pensioner II
Wipdham County, Coun., died after long
illness aged eighty-nine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
J,nper,al Post In Germany.

All the private postal companies In Ger
many have been abolished and the I'm
psrial Post has taken their place through
ont the smpire
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

General Joubert's Dying Wish.
President Kruger said In public at Pre-.
toria, South African Republic, that the last
expressed desire OF the late Commandant
General Joubert was that he should be sue
ceeded as Commandant General by Louis
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

Grnsvenor Renominsted For congrsa'.
The Republican CONFESSIONS Coavsa-
:tion. at Atheus, Ohio, nominated G. II.
: ~GrosYsnor for Congress for ths sixth time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
pcYtar.l Ana, tho Brl.Is h.

LoxpoN{By Oable) The Lisbon GORE.
spondsnt ot The. Daily Mall says: "The
Portuguese. .Goyernunent has wired orders
oBeira TINT British troops and ammuni-
t,on be allowed topass through freely to
Rho desis. = s4$
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
FIRE IN OHIO PENlTENTIARY.
Largo Building BurRed While $500 Pri'
oners Were in Their Cells.

onera Were in Thoir Cells.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (speciar.-The large
three-story building within the walls OF
the Ohio Peniteutlary, occupied by bolt
manufacturing shops. was destroyed BY
Are, entaillng loss OF over S100, ,0o0. Inc
fire Is supposed to have originated on tue
third 6oor from q spark.
The Are occurred after supper, aud the
1900 prisoners were locked In their cells.
The States loss is estimated nt s40, GOD,
with no insurance. The Columbus Bolt
Works loss Is estimated at $50, 900 to $780, :
600. with $50, 900 Insurance..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Ambassador Tower osminr Home.

Charlemagne Tower, the United States
Ambassador at st. Petsrsburg, Russia,
and H. J. Hagerman, the Second Secretary
OF the American Embassy, will return TO
the United States In Nav.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
I,one Rranc,, Carpenters Out.

LONG BRANCH, N. ]. (SpeciaD. Two hunss
dred carpenters hero went out on strlke;
for working day OF eight hours. Tue meg
now work nine hours for $3.50. s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
Nebraska Bank Ordered Closed.

The State Bank Of Cambridge, Neb., was
closed on orders OF the State Banking
Board. The capital OF the bank is BIZ, 800
and its deposits 1000. An accumulation
OF bad paper Is given as the ca1se OF the
failure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

A Chicago Theatre Burned.
The Columbia Theatre In Chicago au1
the Iroquois Club were burned. with totai
loss OF SGD 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

TIE buboDic plague lu New South Wales
is spreading. There have been sevent!
cases aud twenty deaths. Tue quarantine
area ;ia- been changed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
STRIKES IN NEW ENGLAND.

Workers Demand the Nlne-Hour Day
and an Increase in Wages.
GsEzSwIcH, Conn. (Specla): -Four hun
dred members of tho Builders Trades
Union In Greenwich and Por! Chester did
not 20 to work few dnys ago as result
OF the failure OF contractors to accede to
demand for a nine-hour dny, made by the
workmen last January.
At meeting the master plumbers grant
ed their employees demands for an eight
hour day. aud nearly all the workmen con.
sented to 20 to work at once on condition
that they would not be obliged to work
with non-union men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

Boston (specia). The granite cutters OF
Boston und vicinity, whose contract with
their employers expired Oh Saturday nj ghtt,
have presented tho National union sched-
ule for 90 for work day OF eight hours.
Some of the manufacturers have granted
the demands OF the men 5but about ITS men
employed by various firms have struck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

WosuaS, Mass. (spsclaD. union
buffers, to the number OF about sixty, went
on strike In the American Hide aud Leather
Company and Begg & Cobb shops tor an
Increase In pay OF, 90 q week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

Compulsory Education In Holland.
A bill foe compulsory education has been
passed by the Dutch Parliament by vote
~ so to 40.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18
ALI BEY's WOES INCREASE.

The Turkish Minister Cannot Find .
Suitable Homo For His Harein.
l,wAsHrNaroS D. C. (speciaD The troub-,
les OF All Ferrouh Boy, the Turkish Minis
ter, In finding home suitable for harsn,
increase. he had selected % handsome
country seat near Chevy Chase, but the
landlord would not inclosH the grounds
and the min lister, falling tvAo 1t himself,
would cost him nearly q years salary.
concluded to forego the piessuese OF villa
life ~ n Il
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-18

HA7zRHrLL, Mass. Especially: One hun.
dred turned. workmen In the contract
shop OF Cerat. & Bonin, Smith & Chtlds.
George A. Knight and George Webster
went on strikein support OF demand for
an advance or ten per cent. The union
list In these shops expired recently, and
new agreement was submitted. A com.
promise offer from the firms was refused.
WEsrEaLr. R. I. Especially aD.-Members OF
Union No. 217, United Brotherhood OF Car
penters, went out on strike, und OF the l25
men employed by the four local building
firms only eighteen remained. The union
men struck to enforce recognition OF the
nlne.hour work day and mileage on all
Jobs over two miles from the place OF busl-
ness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-15
RIVER CORPSE HAS
Been Identified
That of Andrew Itchik, of Mayfield,
Who When Last Seen Was Head
ed Toward Foot Bridge at
olyphant.

The man who was found on the bank
ternoon. in the rear of the Anthracite
brewery nearby, by two little Italian
girls, has been identified as Andrew
Itchik. of Mayfield. who disappeared
froSa his home on Monday. December
3. The last seen of him was on that
date, when he sold horse and wagon
in Olyphant.
The remains were identified by a
neighbor of deceased, to whom Itchik
owed $50. When last seen he was going
towards the foot bridge which crosses
the Lackawanna river at Olyphant. and
was then in an intoxicated condition.
Coroner Roberts held an autopsy on the
body in Undertaken Tagues mOrgue
yesterday afternoon.
There was a depression in the skull
on the outside of the top of the head,
and fracture al the base of the brain.
These injuries were either caused by
falling or by being struck on the ton
of the head with some blunt instru-
ment. No other marks of violence We're
found on the body. Itchili was thirty
and several children.
A half-pint bottle half-tilled with
whiskey and another similar empty
bottle were found on the body, together
with quantity of tobacco and jack
knife. The identification was made
positive by the absence of the first joint
on the index finger of the left hand.
The coroner empanneled a jury of P.
w. Tague, David Sanford. George Zin-
tel, Dr.. w. A. Paine, Charles Parry and
w. II. Hughes, and an inquest will be
held at II o'clock today in Tague's
undertaking establishment. The body
Is still at the morgue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-15

The main question that was remain
ing unsolved yesterday in the PennsylL
vania Coal company deal was as to
how the company's interests would
hereafter be managed.
From source that can be taken as
being as good as official comes infor-
nation on which can be based an an
swer to that question, and the answer
Is given in one word-Erie.
The most generally accepted report
up to yesterday was that the company's
property would be divided up and par
celled out among three or four Of the
railroad companies in which the Nor
gan people have large interests.
Yesterdays information is that the
Erie will not only take all the coal
property, but also the Erie and Wyo-
ming Valley road.
The road will be operated as a branch
Of the Erie under a long term lease,
and hereafter all the Pennsylvania Coal
company's breakers and the Butler
company's breakers. at Pittston, re-
Gently acquired by the Erie, will send
their output over that road to Hawley
and thence by way of the Erie to tide
water.
Whether or not the Pennsylvania
company will be merged with the Hill
side Coal and Iron company or retain
its identity and be managed as a sepa-
rate concern is not as yet known, but
the general opinion is that the two
properties will be made into one and
placed under the management of the
Erie's present coal department, the
Hillside Coal and Iron company, of
which Captain w. A. May is general
manager.
The extensive improvements project
ed in anticipation Of the extension Of
the Erie and Wyoming to tidewater
will not, it is thought, be affected by
the halt that has been called to the
Delaware Valley and Kingston road.
The new shops at Dunmore, the en-
largement of yard facilities at Avoca
and WINNERS and the Strengthening
and Strengthening of the roadway, were
virtual necessities, with the new road
left out of consideration, so it is only
plausible to suppose that when the
new management comes to deal with
this matter it will conclude that the
improvements should 60 on undis-
turbed.
The Erie in full control of the Erie
and wyoming will nnure to the bene
fit of Scranton, no doubt, as it means
another large trunk line having en-
trance here, and consequently more
competition in traffic rates.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-15
sEcoND-oLAss CITY FINANCES
An idea Of How They Spend Money
In Pittsburg.

Anent the second-class city discus
sion, the following from the CONNER
cial Gazette, of Pittsburg, regarding
that city's finances. may prove Of In
terest:
An increase Of half a million dollars Is eS-
pected in the revenues of the city for the fiscal
wear of lgOi-2 This will be due to the enormous
growth Of the valuation of taxables as shown
by the tricnnial assessment, estimates of which
were published exclusively in the Commercial
Gazette yesterday.
The receipts of the city for the current fiscal
year at II mills Lpoll u taxable valuation of
S21I, 900 OOO were si,5l0,O0O. \ taxable vaua-
tion Of $500 O0O. 900 is expected by the city fnan
,iers. which will yield sj.100,O00 at the same
millagc.
This means an increase in the revenues of $50,
700 for the ensuing year An addition of half
a million dollars to the revenues Of the city
means n wide margin TO work upon and gives
bright prospects Of surplus for next year.
These figures were furnished yesterday by Con-
troler Lewis. The magc for next year will,
not be fixed for couple of months. but the
financiers at city hall have decided there will
doubtless he no change.
Treasurer David Il. florence said yesterday
that he thought the millagc would remain the
same, and others in city hall expressed the
same opinion.
Treasurer Terrence has borrowed 100000 this
month to meet the monthly pay rolls Of the
city and will have to borrow between $500. 600
and Si0O.OOO more during the next two months
This is $4,000 less than the city borrowed last
year for the month of December and was the
first Of the present year. So stated Treasurer
Terrence yesterday. For years il has b1en the
custom Of the city to commence borrowing about
the first of October. and one year it occurred
as early as September.
This year the city has had enough funds TO
run its affairs for ten months and. as published
in the Commercial Gazette few days ago.
Controller Lewis expects to finish the year with
out n deficit. He expects to replace the bor-
rowed money now due from the delinquent tax
collectors office anil from the state on school
warrants.
Treasurer Terrence says the city will yet about
$l20. 900 from the state about $4,000 delin-
1uent taxes and some from miscellaneous
sources. lie says the money being borrowed at
the present time is for the regular expenses OF
the city, consisting of salaries and bills
Tie fiscal year OF the city ends on Jan. 81
hut the city is compelled to continue to borrow
during the month of February, as the taxes Of
the next year are not available before the first OF
March. Thus the money borrowed during Febru-
ury is replaced soon as the taxes begin to
flow into the city treasury. The deficit for the
fiscal year of 100O-0l. il there is any, WILL there
for, consist of the difference in the receipts and
expenditures during the two months of Deccm-
Der and january,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-15
For Sale.

Our warehouse property. corner West
Lackawanna avenue and Eighth street,
being about 25 feet front on Lacka-
wanna avenue and 1870 feet on Eighth
street, and about lat feet on the line of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad, with five-story brick
warehouse. track and switching privi-
leges.
Also our barn lot on Dix court. about
85 feet on Dix court by 30 feet deep to
Lee court. with brick stable and frame
warehouse; located between Lacka-
wanna avenue and Spruce street.
~ The Hunt & Connell Co.