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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1903)
THE OMAITA DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 100.1. T 1ETESCINE HOUSE CONTRACT lismban of kirtorj Board fe'ect Sacceii ful Bidden from Liit of Thirteen. MAYOR AGAINST THE CITY ROCK PILE Cnlef Bxeewtlro AIM frees Deetrae tUn of Dilapidate Ballalnns, av rnmber ( Which Ara Al. ready Condemned. Tha contract for tha construction of tha new fire angina houae at Twenty-seventh and Jonea streets waa awarded yesterday by tha advisory board to P. J.. Creedon 4 Bon who wera the loweat bidders with a proposal to do the work for $13,200. There were thirteen blda submitted, ranging from I15.M6 down. The plumbing and gas- faKlng went to Henry H. Kruger at t610 and tha ateam-hentlnf to J. J. Hantghen for $1.09. Tha total coat will be about $100 lose than the estimate, $15,000. . The award for forage waa secured by Marsh Jk Smith, the lowest bidders, It be ing calculated that the amount of forage used during; the year would cost W,28. All coal used by the city for the year ending September 1, 1904, will be furnished by Bunderland Bros., It having been found that on the whole they were the lowest bidders. The price for anthracite Is $10.60, for steam coal flM, and for Trenton (111.) lump $5.48. Mayor Moore spoke strongly against the establishment of a rock pile, saying that It would be a commendable enterprise, but would cost at least $1,000, and that the city at present has no money for the pur pose. He Intimated that he will veto the counoll resolution ordering tha atone yard, Willi Repairs Harried. The mayor aald he had signed the ap propriation of $5,000 for emergency street repairs, and he urged Engineer Rosewater to hurry the work aa much aa possible. Notifications were sent to the owners of the following property to appear two weeks from yesterday and, if they desired, show why the buildings should not be condemned and destroyed: Brick barn, rear 1418 Dodge street, John A. Crelejhton, owner; frame barn, rear 1914 Douglas, Herman Meyer, owner; damaged brick building, 1218 liar Bey, R. C. Peters, agent; frame buildings from 1711 to 1717 St. Mary's avenue, owned by the Elisabeth Kountx estate; two-story building at 141 Dodge, McCague Invest tnent company, agents; two old frame buildings at 811 and 815 Capitol avenue, J, II. Evans, owner, and a triune barn rear 131 Park avenue. "The town la full of old shacks that Might to come down," aald . the mayor, "Get rid of them as fast aa possible. We have recently had a horrible example, and ire don't want any more collapses. DOZEN CANDIDATES ON FILE Hamas of Republican Who Hare For sally Announced Their Intention to leek Nominations. Tha next candidate to file the required agreement and turn over the atso required check to Secretary Messtck of the republl- . can county committee will be No. 13. This announcement. Secretary Meaalck says, hould not deter candidates from calling on him, aa no little circumstance like that can Interfere In this republican age of prosperity. The latest filings are: E. F. Bralley coroner; J. W. Klnkead. William Altatadt and Charles M. Bachmann, Justice of the peace; Louis Berks, police magistrate for the Omaha district;. D M. Haver ly, clerk of the district court; F. W. MacQlnnls, Joe Marrow, constable. The filings ' made previous to September 1 were by Charlea Unltt, county clerk; Charlea 8.. Elgutter, - county judge; James Allan, and A. O. Harte, ' sheriff. Five thousand copies of the rules, ap portionment, and fees, will be ready for distribution next Monday. There la a big call for them by candidates ' and voters The apportionment of delegates In the county . convention for the Omaha wards already haa been published by ' The Bee, Every county precinct, except Clontarf, which will have only one delegate, will have five delegates. The apportionment for South Omaha Is: -First ward. First proclnct. four; Second pTeclnct, six; Second ward. First precinct, two; Second precinct, three; Third ward. First precinct, three; Second precinct, two; Fourth ward First precinct, one; Second precinct, two; Fifth ward, First precinct, two; Second precinct, one; Sixth ward. First precinct, five; Second precinct, four; total for South Omaha thirty-five; total of convention S27. A meeting of the county committee to name Judges and clerka, and select pieces for holding the primaries, will be held in Washington hall at i p. ' m., Saturday, September 12. farturtng dlKtrlrt, and abutting property owners are bidding for tnis strip whlcn shuts them out (rum building to the nee' street Una. Tne appraisers ara disposed to place a good run price on the prop erty acaiea, while tne abutting prop erty owners want It for a nominal con sideration. The appraisers are i peeled to make their report at tne next meeting ol the council. PARKS AND THE BAD STREETS Prosyect Hill Improvers Bpenn aa Erealag Debating Needed Changes. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Major Koutsij on the Policeman Bond Pajment Qauticn. UNCERTAINTY OF TENURE THE TROUBLE Disorganisation of Force t'nder Hoard's Control Makes It Exits aire to Par Premlam on Con. ' atantly Changing; Bonds. Tha Proapect Hill Improvement club meet Ins- at Thirty-fourth and Decatur streets last evening was attended by quite When the city council met on Monday . delegation of the mora energetic members night last a communication signed b A. and matters of general Interest discussed. Ths meeting was culled to order at I o'clock by President A. J. Plerson, and after W. O. Bchrlver announced his candidacy for the office of county assessor, the discussion of the acquisition of the strip of land west Of tha cemetery for a city park was taken up. A communication from Oeorge I Hurst, chairman of the park committee, was read by Secretary Unltt, wherein Mr. Hurst stated that the strip of land could be leased for a term of ten years at a nominal rental. The communication was laid over for further discussion at subse quent meetings. John F. Daily, chairman of the street and alley committee, stated briefly what had been done by hla committee as regards the grading of Decatur street; also In ref erence to the grade of Thirtieth atreet. Secretary Unltt wanted the bad sidewalks and the washed-out places along Charlea atreet repaired and entered Into , quite a discussion on the sink-holes In various lo calities, where stagnant water accumulated and became a menace to realdents and might prove death-traps for children. Mr. Dalley followed Mr. Unltt and stated that the dilapidated sidewalks along Charles street were not a circumstance to those of Thirty-fifth street. He averred that there were places along that well populated street that would make a snake dizzy to navigate. Mr. Starkey spoke at some length of the same holes, referring to them as "natural cesspools," and gave It as his opinion that property owners could be made to drain them. The matter waa finally referred to the street and alley com mittee. In the call for committee reports Mr. Van Otlder, chairman of the police and fire committee, stated that he had assur ance from the board that the hill was get ting adquate protection. He was followed by Mr. Starkey, who dwelt at some length on the dilapidated buildings In the vicinity of Charles and Thirty-first streets, which are used by tramps and bums as lodging places almost every night. This matter was referred to the police and fire com mittee. President F. A. Nash of the Omaha Elec trio Light and Power company was present and explained at considerable length the proposition of hla company to light the en tire city with arc lights. He was asked about the saving of $25,000 per year, which has been so often mentioned, and replied: "The city now psys $94.60 per year, each, for E00 lights. Under the new system, with the additional lights and the reduced cost per light, there would be a saving of ap proximately that amount to the city each year." After Mr. Nash had finished his talk tha lighting proposition was discussed by mem bers of the club. Two new members were Initiated. Labor Day Plana. ' The committees of Central Labor union are Dually engaged in preparing tne pro gram for the Labor day exercises which are to be held at Courtland beach next Monday. As at present planned it Is not contemplated to nave any parade, but to confine the exercises to the grounds at ths beach, where there will be addresses, ath letic events and other plans of making the aay com pieaaant ana instructive. fix logoffs Annoaneements of tho Theaters. Tonight at the Boyd will begin the win ter season of this theater, and quits ap propriately tha opening play la one of the merriest musical comedies aver written. "The Prince of Pilsen" contains all the elements of success, and has been equipped by Mr. Savage with everything that would aarve to enhance the beauty of the Plxley at ,Ludera' "words and music." Its first season's triumphs will be outdone by Its second season on the road. The engage ment lasts until after Saturday night, with a matinee Saturday. The first of the "bargain day" matinees that are to be made a feature at the new Krug theater was given yesterday after noon, and the house was filled with women and children, who showed much apprecia tion of the play, "Bweet Clover." Last night another large audience was enter tained, and "Sweet Clover" is evidently In for a big week's buslneaa Tha next matu nee will be given Saturday afternoon. The next attraction is "A Millionaire Tramp," which opens Sunday for four days, with matinees Sunday, Labor day and Wednes. day. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Simeon Bloom left last night for a three weens- trip la points in Michigan and Ohio. W. K. Kerr of University Place, Neb., Is an Omaha visitor, a guest at the Mer chants. J. D. J. Barnard, a live stock man of Douglas, Wyo., Is in the city, a guest at the Her Grand. W. D. Simmons of St. Louis , and W. A. Sain of Chicago, old time traveling men out of Omaha, are in the city, guests at the Her Grand. W. D. Moulton, formerly proprietor of the Eno hotel at Fremont and the Pad dock at Beatrice, la in the city from Ne braska City. Mrs. Moulton accompanies him. Mrs. C. A. Welter, Chauncey Welter of Fulierton, L. C. MltteUtadt of Norfolk, J. B. Walts, T. B. Hord of Central City. R, D. Russell. Miss Russell of Falrbury, E. Ewe) of Grand Island and W. A. Thomas of Lincoln are at the Paxton. John Wilson of Kearney. Mr, and Mrs. C. K. Storkey of Perry. Okl., U. 8. Grant or Box klder, Wyo., Joseph Collins of Piedmont, S. D., William Tyson of Calla way, Y. C. Slmesen of Hyannls and J. E. r-awaras or iiennard are at the Merchants. C. O. Bangster of Denver, Al. England, Cora Van Tassel, - Effle George of Humphrey, Mrs. L. J. Wyman of Ml chell, Ben DeFord, C. C. Campbell of Hasting. W. G. Togg of Alliance. Hugh Wilson of Aurora and: K. McFarland of Tobias are at the Murray. LOCAL BREVlfiFs. The Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic will hold their plcnlo at Krug park tomorrow. Joe Boyvey was arrested yesterday after noon and locked up, charged with being a suspicious character. M. Rachman, living at ttll South Four teenth atreet, was arrested on a warrant yesterday forenoon for - keeping a vicious dog.. Sergeant Whelan served a warrant on R. McDonald, residing at Forty-flfih and California streets yesterday. McDonald Is charged with petit larceny. E. A. Bchrlver. . Council niufTa Wank Smith of Chicago and j. B. JJjeely of Omaha were all arrested yesieiUay even ing and are charged with being suspicious characters. R. J. Rexford, who lives at the Klondike hotel, loaded up with liquor last night and Appraisers Begin Work. Councilman Huntington, J. W. Van Glider and M. J. Greevy, composing the board of city appraNers have started out on tins season's work. The city has vacate! thirty eight feet on Dm mirth side of Nicholas street east of Sixteenth street In the menu- proceeded to make things lively around that hostieiy. He was taken In by the Dolica. charged with being drunk and disorderly. Julia Davia, colored, residing at 415 North Twelfth street, reported to tne police last night that she had lout a clock, silk skin snd a coat, all valued at $40. The articles were stolen from her house by sneak thieves. While Dovle Clark of Kiniu Cltv an Charles Ciark of New London, Ark., both colored, were walking the streets last night in search of lodgings they were ar rested and locked up charged with being suspicious characters. A. T. Lewis of the B. & M., Q. F. Camp bell of the l niun Pacific and 1- A. Slorck of the Northwestern go to Kansas ( Ity Wednesday night to attend the meeting of the rate clerks of the tran-MI-ourl lines to arrange for the all year tourist rates. Mm. W. A. Graham, Fainam strset, reports to the po.ice that uuilng hr b veuce from homo ye Urday alternoon about o'clock sneak thieves entered her residence and carried off a gold waich, a pin and a ring, the whole valued at tio. Otto Peterson ro.le over from Page county, la., to epend a few of his surplus dollars In hl.an.ua living. Ho had last ot fairly started in bis celebration when e waa taken In by a uoilctman and charged with being drunk and disorderly. Mrs. John Munn ot Carroll, la., reported to the police the loan of her pocketbook at the City hotel yesterday. The pj,se w n taken from the table in the hotel wi.lle she had gone out. It contained a check for $360 drawn on the Natioual B ink of Carroll. Walter Klupp, a boy residing st 4811 Chi cago atreet, got Into an alif rcail n with a playmate yesterday afternoon and tried to settle the matter by the most approved Untie rulea. He succeeded so well that he put his chum out of business for a lima An officer was called an 1 locked ths boy up. charged with aaaault. , A fire alarm was turned In by a ne'ghbor of the people living at 114 Bjuth Twenty sixth street about I o clock yeuterdiy aft ernoon. When the firemen arrived on the scene they found that the furnace had been fllltd up with waste, which had been fired, making a dense cloud of black sua-iaa. There waa no Carnage, Safety and Economy It U aafe u well u econom ical to buy Gorham Silver Safe, for the trade-mark guarantee , it sterling quality; economical, for Gorham silverware costs no more than the wares of unreliable makers. reepeeeible Jewelers kseplt rrewsaa he" L. Bergqulst, secretary of the Fire and Po lice board waa read, regarding the bonds of police officers. In this communication Mr. Bergqulst stated that none of the of ficers are now under bonds, although ap plications had been filled out and filed with him. He asked the council to make some arrangements with a surety company for the bonding of policemen and firemen. Mayor Koutsky'a attention was called to this matter yesterday afternoon. The mayor aald: "Under the olty charter the city pays for the surety bonds secured by Its employes. For policemen a fee of $5 a year is charged. Under the old System a police officer remained on duty Just as long aa he obeyed the rules of the de partment and attended strictly to business, consequently one bond a year was enough. Now, under the management ot the Fire and Police board, officers are removed fre quently, and sometimes without causa New men are being appointed at almost every meeting and to keep paying out money for bonds every month would soon make quite a hole In the city treasury. Aa far aa I am concerned no attention will be paid to the communication, for the reasons mentioned. I will not see the treasury de pleted for bonds for policemen or firemen who only work a week or a month." Two members of the council wera ques tioned on the same matter and they sided with the mayor. One said that If the police board wanted patrolmen under bonds every few days, the members could supply the money themselves or else make the ap pointees pay the sum as the city will not. Enrollment Flgrnres. Superintendent McLean of the public schools made up a statement last nlglit showing the enrollment of the schools on September 2. Central school has 41S pupils, Hawthorne 607, Jungmann 115, Brown Park 604, Madison 230, Highland 198. West S;de 444, Corrlgan 213, Lowell 237, Lincoln 433; total 3,749. In connection with these figures Professor McLean says that there Is a gain in every i district in the city except one, as com pared with the same date last year. The gain this year Is 251. In the high school the enrollment Is 263 as compared with 215 last year. There Is a slight decrease In the Lowell district. Superintendent McLean makes the re quest that all primary pupils enroll during the first two weeks of school. The revised compulsory education law, requiring pupils to attend the specified time during the first part of the year should receive the attention of parents. Attention to this com pulsory education law will be called to the notice of pupils and parents later. Hospital Benefit Tickets. Quite a number of the members of the South Omaha Hospital association are about the city selling tickets to Krug park for Saturday, September S. A certain portion of tha proceeds will go to the hospital fund. As the Institution needs money, most of the buslnesa men In the city, as well aa many Individuals, have pur chased tickets. This selling of tickets will be kept up until 'Saturday noon, "when the park opens under the auspices of the hos pital association. Those Shields Charges. I Although Chief of Police Brlggs filed Charges against P. H. Shields, night captain of police, charging him with sleeping while on duty and with neglect of duty at the Morrill fire, the - chargea were not . even mentioned at the meeting of the Fire and Police board Tuesday night. It Is Inferred from this that the charges were thrown in the waste basket and will never be dug up. Judge King proposes to bring Shields to account for giving back to a prisoner a cash bond and releasing him without ever haying brought the prisoner into police court. Georae Brewer Retnrna. George H. Brewer returned yesterday from Minneapolis, where he went two weeks ago to attend the National Under takers' association's annual convention. Mr. Brewer said that tha association mem bers were royally entertained while in Min neapolis and that every courtesy was shown them. After leaving Minneapolis Mr. and Mrs. Brewer went to Duluth, Minn., land ing there in the midet of a light snow storm. The weather cleared soon and their stay there waa greatly enjoyed. There was no business of public Interest transacted at the convention. Meeting; Under Trees. The South Omaha Toung Men's Christian association will hold an open air service under the trees In Highland park at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The principal address will be made by State Secretary Bailey of Omaha. The association male quartet will sing. Should the weather be unfavorable on Sunday afternoon the serv ices will be held In the association parlors on N street. Masjlo City Gossip. South Omaha Is being flooded with green goods letters again. Mrs. John Wall, Twenty-third and N streets, Is quite sick. Mrs. W. 8. Wltten of Chicago Is here vis iting friends for a few daya Robert Fluhr. Twentieth and L streets, reports the tlrth of a daughter. Some counterfeit silver dollars are re ported to be in circulation here. Employes ot the street department are buay laying croaswalka In all parts of the city. Five sets of plans for the proposed high school have been submitted to the building committee of the Board of Education. That resolution of the Fire and Police board regulating limits for the "burnt" dis trict will not take effect for ninety daya Duffy's saloon, at Twenty-sixth and Q streets, waa paruauy ueairoyeu uy nre yes terday. The loss wld amount to about 3u0. Mrs. G. B. Sherwood and children have returned from iiartington. Neb., where they visited friends and relatives tor two months. The Ladles' Aid society of the First Methodist Episcopal church will meet at the paraonage at 2:30 o clock this after noon. Tea will be served. , Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Bibcock entertained a number of friends at tlieir home Tuesday night, the oocaaion being the twentieth an niversary of their marriage. Yesterday afternoon C. E. Scarr, C. A. Mekher, Dr. C. E. tiapp and Dr. C. M. bchindel left for a two-day stay al Dr. Schinuel'a farm on ths Platte. City Engineer Beat stated yesterday that stukes had been ret for the grading of Nineteenth street from O to P alreet and that the contractors could commence work at any time. W. 8. King, chief engineer of the Union Btock Yards company, has gone to Bemidji, Minn., to hah for a few dayn. Rev. Irving P. Jonnson, former rector of 81. 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K Crombt Smith. psUr of the F.nt Methodist tpiacopei rhur. n, conducted the srrvlcra '1 he interment was at Forent 1-awn. The nail bearers were selected from tne umma auarae and wera aa to I lows: 'Csptaiu Fnuikn-r, Corporals liavd son. Ralim and Ooddard and Private Mem. uaer, cunninanara wuiui nod NASH TALKS TO EXCHANGE Land. Eii Fro?oiition and Latubuti Op ponent's to Beil E ate Hen. COMMITTEE NAMED TO INVESTIGATE City Atorner Not Certnln that Stuht Injunction Precludes Proposi tion from the Gas Company. President F. A. Nash of the Omaha Elec tric Light and Power company appeared before the Real Estate exchange yes terday and spoke on his proposition to light, the streets exclusively by electricity. He Intimated that he was willing to ac cept less than a ten-year contract, re peated much that he has already said In favor of his plan, and declared he was sorry the action of the gas company pre vented him from giving; the details of his proposition. "I am a corporation man and have served corporations for many years," aald Mr. Kaah, "but I am still a citizen, as I have been for thirty years and I hold he In terest of the city higher than I do the In terests of any corporation. I propose to give the city a perfect system of lighting costing no more than at present. Every part of town will be lighted. As to the ten-year contract, I think I can meet the vlems of your exchange on that and we can agree on that clauae. Wa hold that as we Increase our volume of business we can lower our prices and ono reason for making our proposition Is to enable us to build an expensive pole line and re ceive some returns on It, In order to serve private consumers all over the city. Donqeets to Opponents. "The opposition to the proposition comes principally from a (ten Human prominent In local political circles, who proposes to foist a municipal electric light plant on the city In order to strengthen his political ma chine. He has said that a municipal light ing plant would be a good Investment If It did nothing more than get Mr. Nash out of politics. Veil, gentlemen, you can get him out of politics much cheaper than that. "I have served corporations long enough to learn that you can't fool the people, and that you have got to give them pret,ty nearly what they want. I know that what ever la dona now about lighting will be done because It la the general sentiment of the people. I want to stand on the merits of my proposition, and I -court thorough Investigation. I hold that If I have better gooda for less money I am entitled to the business. You have an honest city council, that Is not In the market, and if I get the contract It will have to be through public sentiment. "Five years ago this city began paying 130 lamp for gas lighting, when at the aame time the city of Denver was paying 111 for Identical service. You can find places In Omaha where sis gas lamps are burning under an electric light and you can find from 100 to 150 old polea standing about the streets that were not used when new gas lamps were put In at other points at a total cost of $12 to the city for each new pole. "At present there Is being an effort made to delay action of any kind In order that we may be prevented from getting our system Installed before frost In the ground makes It Impossible to build the pole line. As a matter of fact attorneys went to Judge Dickinson for the (as company and he told them that In hla opinion the Stuht Injunc tion did not prevent them from making a proposition, and If It did he would modify It. "As to the power rsnal project, no one la more familiar with the details of ail proposed plans than myself. In the prop osition to the city I will provide a claure that If the project Is ever realised and the price of the production of electricity reduced, we will lower the price of 170 per lamp." . Chairman Wallace appointed the follow ing committee to Investigate tha lighting question: J. N. Frenxer. W. O. Ure. Henry Payne. Wright on Btnht Injnnetlon. City Attorney Wright (outside of this meeting) waa aaked If he would proceed at once to call a hearing on the Stuht In junction restraining the council from en tering Into a contract with the gas com pany. "I hare received no Instructions from tha council yet," he said, "Last June the ease was continued until the fall term of court by general agreement. I am of the opinion that the action was dlrectej ogalnat the old council and is not applicable to the present body, though of course the order Is binding." "Is the Injunction of a character that forbids the receipt of a proposal from the , gas company?" "Its terms may Include such a prohibi tion. I am hardly prepared to say. how ever, definitely. 1 regard the performance of the lighting company last night la about the same light that a horse raoe la aurted wasting time by- jockeying for all ad vantage possible." A committee couponed of Judge Lytle, W. Q. L're and D. C. Patteraon waa ap pointed by the exch&Jiso to protest against j J"1? """i1 l!?.n "la,te 1colds the appointment of a eeeond assistant city Hepten?bcr 17, wfththVloc! attorney, Judge Lytle having expressed the opinion that there Is no iturul authority for such an office. The new town of Tennant, Shelby county, la., on the Chicago Great Western rail way, wKI be opened to the public by an auction sale of lots Tuesday, September i. at 1 o'clock p. m., on the town site. Spe- i clal train will leave Council Bluffs at 9:30 ; a. m. on the day of sale. Fare, 60 cents for round trip. Lunch will be served. For full particulars apply to Oeorge F. Thomas, general agent, office Grand Hotel, Council Bluffs, or E. B. Meglll, manager town alts ; department. Fort Dodge, la. Retail firorrre Aaaorlation. The Omaha Retail Grocers' association nominated offtcera and directors of the association to be voted for at the next regular meeting. The trading stamp nui sance was denounced and attention cm.jd to Its foothold In Lincoln. A commuted of ten was appointed to arrange fur the entertainment or tne numerous mjrermnts who attend tho slate convention, October ay was sot for location nut deter mined. The unfortunate nec-sa)iy which Postponed the picnic was tha principal oplc of discussion, and I, -lose present waited until midnight in hope a dry piaoe Ciiuhl be found. 'ihtt Ji.'j'.'i;.tio'i also Indorsed Robert Smith, one of the members, in h(s candi dacy for the republican nomination for clerk of the dlatrict court. W'reatllnsi Match Spoiled. John Clark, who resides at Nineteenth and Cuming streets, and James NeS of 807 North Seventeenth atreet, bad an argu ment as to who was the better m n physic ally. They went to the rear of a saloon to decide the matter by wrestling. T. F. Moore of Franklin alr-i w.i Ukeu along to act as referee. Moore waa no loud in his orders ini the two wresileis mude so much noise that the attend m of x policeman waa attracted and he took the party to the atatlon. where they were charged with being drunk and disorderly. An exhibition In which a nomber of the residents of the locality were Interested was spoiled by the arrival of the offlcet. ill f 5 l V-l'TrMm-' e -r - vH r t 7 V.i;;R7 THE MODERN PASTE SHOE POLISH HIMOLA is far superior to all other nnllahr contain! ao acid or alkali Preserves the leather in wff a. nan a auu sMiwraH s snoca. sua prevents in MHIbTOLA dsuber sad polisher. It shines instantly. is eaailr spelled' with Bhinola OWE SHlNt LASTS A VICCK. It produces an Intense brilliant UaUoe black polish, without any blue or yellowish caat. 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