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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

bomb thrower named Norcross, went 10
Russell Sage's office and threw "a bomb
which exploded and kuled-not Uncle
Russell, but tho thrOWer himself Since
then Russell Sage has been in deadly
terror OF dynamite. and this is the only
fear he has ever known.
A great deal IS said about this very
rich old man who IS charged with being
tho stlnsiest man in the world. but
when the trl7th is known he SIS. although
not the most generous. very generous
indeed. But he gives away money In
stated channels and refuses miscellane-
Gus applications And this Us what has
given him the reputation OF stinginess.
The late Leland Stamford filled his
pockets every day with gold dollars
which he distributed among people who
asked him Tor help Russell Sage never
gives away money in this way. lie
would cheerfully chase a newsboy two
blocks FOR a cent. but he gives hundreds
Of dollars annually 20 charities in which
he and his wife arc interested.
pet charity OF his IS % give from
81 10 800 10 an babies that are named
after him. Russell Sage OGrady.
Russell Sage Spitzenheim' md RUS
sell Sage Luccr alike receive sums OF
money when proofs Of their baptismal
record are forwarded 10 Russell SAGE
one Of his former secretaries is author
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22
SOUTH FEELS The IMPETUS.
Many Evidences of Benefits from the
Marvellous Growth OF Exports.

BALTIMORE, January E-Speciai-
The impetus given 70 American trade
recorded hv the marvellous figures OF
exports for 1885, has been felt by the
South. The meetings or commercial poo-
ies 81 Richmond. Norfolk. Mobile, Cal
weston and other points giving oppor-
tunities for a review OF the past year
have also been noted for the spirit OF
enterprise and helpfulness perVadlng that
section. The shipments from GalVestoh OF
hundreds of thousands OF bushels OF corn
raised in that state, the expanding eN-
ports OF Mobile. marked by an increase
in the last four months or 1873 py more
than slO00.OOO. nearly S3OVVo OF winch
represents trade with Cuba the plan 70
establish steamship communication "e-
tween Norfolk Va, and SCUM amer :
can norris the increasing importance OF
Pensacola and the general acuNi'y at
ALI norris from the Chesapeake 10 the MO
Grande are evidences OF the prosi e99'''
spirit pervading the South. "a
For many years food products ana "a"
materiaI-such as cotton, naNai s'oi e.
iron and coal-will dominate 'he Sou'i-
ern exports. but already man uldS' =
in the shape of lumber, machinery 80
cotton goods have begun 10 ASSUME 10 IN, IN.
portance, and the STEADY lii Oi -,
run,ber Of smaller industries noteu Weeh-
~ 81, tha Manufacturers Record, side
Nv side with the great steel plants theit
tindred undertakings, ship-building' e.c''
ara measures OF the preparations u "
larger share bv the South in the eNpoi "
~ fnished products which nave peVi
rurtured nv representatives OF the gov
eminent I'm England, Germany Nu9s''
and the Far East. 60. IN
TSnjcal OF the preparations Tor IN
creased prosperity are the aliiO zen,
ments that 10 the Standard COTTON Si,''9'
at Rock Hill, 5. c., is TO De auu .'l. !, =
liant With 1000 spindles; the propossu
Installation Of 800 spindles and % al .
ditfonal looms 10 the Caraleigh Mis-, on
raleigh \. c.: the expenditure OF s7V,Vv0
for an addition to the Modena CoI1oii
Mills at Gastonia, and the adol.iom ~
20 spfndles TO the Louise Mills Oh
lotte. and OF $500 additional spihuies ~
the Cumberland Mills, or Cunoeri diiu'
n. c. and the building Of a 2o'Vo-spL III
die mill In Georgia at cost OF sfVV'V''
by a northern mill company.
In this connection are quoted the Woi u9
Of a prominent mill man OF Cnario''o'
n. c., who said:
..rbe condition Of the cotton business
IL "a be gagged not so much by the
number OF new mills 10 be built as oy
the number Of old mills that are pelhs
re-equipped with the newest ana hhes'
machinery Il IS fact that the MUS
OF the South, as a general thing nave
the finest machinery that Is maze =
better grade OF goods Will be mace III
the South this year than ever beIore'
All signs point 20 a prosperous year ioi
the Southern mills"
The most important new enterprises
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means many millions. He Is a little
given TO moralizing these days; and in
the evening up in his house in the fifties
H. likes TO sit IN front OF the CRATE fire,
and tell how he got rich.
When you ask him II the young man
of to-day stands as good chance as the
young men OF other days he will say,
no, The trouble with the young man
of to-day is that he wants to eat his
cake, and have IT," by which he means
that the young man Of to-day wants TO
spend his money and save Il. Save
your money" is the foundation stone
of a million. according TO Bonner.
Elbridge r. Gerry of the Gerry So
ciety. is one Of the most eccentric old
mon I'm Gotham. His attention IS di-
vided between yachting and poor chill
dem He yachts for weeks at a time,
but. when on land. he never goes 10 sea.
but puts On his days looking after the
money affairs Of the society which bears
his name. His hobby Is children; and
D. has succeeded in placing them I'm
avenues along which they can gather
education and not be compelled 10 work.
The stage child has Gerry's sympathy.
Commodore Gerry, like many other rich
Old men I'm Gotham lives on Fifth ave-
nue. facing Central Park. He has two
handsome daughters I'm society and a
beautiful wife, whom he accompanies to
the opera during the opera season. He
is a very industrious old man and at
tends 10 no other business outside his
fad and spending his million.
fbiwton uppa ihr rzyay ',auogng1 &C
John D. Rockefeller since he has
man of Gotham. and of course he is rich,
He walks frequently from Fifth avenue
and Finieth street down TO the Battery
iu New York city: and at night, unless
it has been a very hard day, he walks
home Therefore he can. if muscle and
strength be the deciding point, plead not
guilty to the term OF old. His face
though. is scanned by the law suits Of
tile last two years. and it IS noticed that
he walks down town less often than
formerly.
The fad OF this millionaire Is music
He plays every minute he is at home and
often huns q song on the street. He is
extremely charitable and is greatly
bothered by people who ask aims. But
De never refuses a man on the street. His
office has several clerks whose principal
duty It. Is to keep away beggars.
Rockefeller dresses like a clergyman
and might pass for a clerical gentleman
in his dignity of speech. He is the
greatest church goer Of Gotham. and
loves 90 take his entire family to sun
day school.
The Nanderbilis. Astors and Whitneys
arc AN young mcu--Or so account them
selves. Cornelius Vanderbilt has. since
his illness, aged from % 20 an apparent
65. lie IS feeble ard walks like an cd
man.
10 is noticed that most OF the great
mi.Aonaires of to-day are young men.
The Gouds the Brices, the Pulr,ans
and tne Ocrichs are AN young, so young
m fact chat. as one rich man Of Gotham
remarked to another. 1t made him
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

william NJ Evarts. who has failed at
the top. but who still lives lie can be
seen daily IN a little park near Seven
teenth street on the East side where,
with am attendant he walks up and
down the paths on pleasant days. His
mind is almost completely gone and
New Workers remember him for what
he did for his country i'm the days when
he was statesmUI Evarts Will leave
a family Of sons 10 divide his millions
and his talents for they are an clever.
Robert Bonner has always been con-
sidered a middle aged man until the other
day when he 10 81 a son of a.. and then
people began Counting up his years. Rob
ert Bonner IS considerably over seventy.
hut no youngfr old man lives in Gotham.
lie is short stout and looks exactly like
the gentlems farmer which be is. Tie
retired froUi the literary field some
years ago and devoted himself 10 the
raising OF fine horses and TO the petting
of Maud $. Bonner expects Maud $.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22
A Prompt GrOceryman.

that can always be depended upon
to deliver goods on time, is the one
that the housewife likes to patron
ize, especially when this merit IS
Joined to low prices for high-grade
food stuffs of all kinds ana a desire
10 please our patrons. Our stock
of Fine Groceries, Feed, Canned
Goods. and Wines and Liquors are
beyond competition at the quality
for the price.
Try our r5c Creamery Butter
It's as good as you pay 2oc Tor
elsewhere.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

NEW YORK. Jan. 21-The New Year
ends a bakers dozen Of rich old men IN
Gotham many Of whom are stepping
around hale and hearty, others less
hsorty but still halel
Uncle" Russell Sage leads them all
sn haleness and heartness and years,
Tor he celebrated his eighty-secOnd
birthday last month by going down town
ana working all day long at his Office.
Thanksgiving day he arrived ON the
scene OF his daily labor at 10 o'clock
in the morning and when a reporter OF
this newspaper asked him If he were
not going TO take a holiday he said. NO
I'm too busy."
Russell Sage has his office in the top
Of a sky scraper Of New York city. The
Office IS a bare looking affair adorned
only by a ticker and a great deal of
Iron network which is 20 keep out
bomb throwers. Seven years ago
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

At Wheeling union stogie matcrs earn
more than cigarmakers. the minimum
wages paid the former being 50 per l'v'.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

of the week reported by the Manufac-
turers Record were: 100000 cotton com
press, I25-barrel flour mill and 10000
cotton compress in Arkansas; $4,000 ma
chine works etc, in Alabama; $4,000
creamery. $4,000 foundry and machine
shop I'm Georgia: 3O-barrel flour mill In
Kentucky: $4,000 fibre company, S30,VO
saw mill and l000-tOn sugar mill in Lou
isiana $4,000 pharmical company, $1,000
box factory 3SOO-spinile cotton mill ad-
dtion. 8 J00-spindle addition, 5,O0J-spindle
addition and 1,3O0-spindle addition In
North Carolina; 7OO0-splndle mill IN
South Carolina 5-ton ice factory and
$4,000 iron ore company in Tennessee
$4,000 oil company, $4,000 -four mill ma
chinery company 10000 cotton mills
company and 500 900 land Improvement
company in Texas; 100000 silk manutac-
tory, $4,000 foundry and machine COM
pany, $500 coo gas and light company,
81. 90 boot and shoe company, 3'-Darrel
-four mill and 1880 ether company IN
Virginia: $4,000 coal ana lumber COM
pany, $4,000 bridge company $1,000 teie-
phone company and 100000 petroleum
company I'm West Virginia.
New buildings announced incurred
$3.50 90 warehouse, $4,000 hospital ana
s. 800 warehouse at Baltimore. Nd 5000
church at Plane Texas; $4,000 church
90 Newport News. Va; $4,000 business
building al Franklin Tenn; 5000 BANK
building al Plaquemine, "a, and S3lVV
courthouse at Trenton, Tenn.
At Wheeling union stogie mlScrs earn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

afraid to die and leave the monoponss
TO such children"
But they are not going to die Just ye,'
these rich old men OF Gothams ana
though the horoscope OF TWO Oh mem
reads that the year 80 VIII Dc Tue las',
their appearance so beiies IL Una. ~
boned that thew can be depended upon
TO manage the millions until 1900.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22

20 live forever. and Maud s. looks 20
Bonner 10 live as long as she does.
Besides horse raising Mr. Bonner in-
terests himself I'm the matters Of Dr.
Halls church and many other semi-pri-
Vate affairs The sons run successful
periodical
Robert Bonner began with nothing and
ends with several millions. 10 is not
known how rich he is but according To-
his own story he saved thousand dol
lars a week for many years, and that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22
Quick Service
We run ten fast delivery
WdpOnS.
A Canned Goods Feast.

A Canned Goods Feast.
Thistle Tomatoes, SC can.
Best Sugar Corn, 6c can.
Best Table Peaches, 7c cam.
Extra quality New Orleans Mo-
lasses, 3oc gallon.
James River Shad Roe, IN 10 10.
kegs, Coo.
Rock Salt, &c ID.
Tomato Catsup, SC bottle.
Large Bananas, Sc dozen.
Wa,hboards, Sc.
Two-Hoop Buckets, s.,
New Figs, 4 lbs. for 25c.
Two-String Broom, Ioc.
Three-String Broom, i2c.
Four-Sring Broom, ISc.
ID. bars Poor Mans soap, s Tor
Good Bla,sing Brushes and Scrub
bing Brushes, Sc.
Roast Peanuts, SC quart,
Fresh Mixed Cakes, only 7c ID.
Elks Toilet Soap only sc cake.
Silver King Minnesota Patent
Family Flour, barrel S4.25, or
PC. bag
New Sauerkraut, &C quart.
White A Sugar, 414c. 10.
New Raisins, California, Sc. ID.
Have you tried our sc Creamery
Butter? It's the finest on the mar
ket.
Fresh made French Candy, SC ID.
Small genuine Smithdeld Hams,
1216c. ID.
Pure Sugar Syrup, I5c. gal.
New California PruneS, SC. ID.
Sour Pickles, I8c gallon.
Genuine Switzer Cheese. zoe ID.
Best you ever ate.
Fresh Made Chocolate Drops,
I21zc Id.
4 large cans Best Virginia Toma-
toes for 25c.
Condensed MIX, SC can.
Id. package Pearl Sage, SC.
New Lima Beans, sc. Id.
Pearline, sc. package.
Virginia Comb Honey, nc ID.
Large bottle Essence Lemon and
Vanilla. sc.
4-year-oll Rye Whisky, 81.
4-year-old Blackberry Wine, 4oc
gallon.
Rolled Oats, SC package.
ID. box Baking Powder, sc.
y ID. box Baking Powder, &c.
New Durham Cocoanut, Sc. pack
age.
Small Navy Beans, &c. at.
Duke Smoking Tobacco, ? for &c.
New James River Shad, Sc.
Pure Blackberry Brandy, 6oc.
gallon.
New Lake Fish, nc. dozen.
New Virginia Buck~eat, &c. h..
or Q lbs. for 2Sc.
Large cans Thistle Tomatoes, 7c.
HeckerS Prepared BuckWheat, sc
package.
New Hominy and GritS, &c. ID.
Homemade Jelly and Apple But
ter, sc.
lib. bricks Georges Boneles,
Goldfish, &c. lb.
Fresh Mountain Roll Butter, I5c.
ID.
New crop New Orleans MolasSes,
4oc gallon.
California Hams, 7c pound.
Table Peaches, 7c Can.
Flat can Salmon only &c.
Snowflake Patent Family Flour,
$500 barrel or CSC. bag.
Fresh Oyster Crackers and
Cracker Dust. SC lib.
I2-ounce cans best Bread Soda, &C.
3 lbs best Rio green Coffee, ,Sc.
Try our Jefferson Spring Wheat
-Four, finest on the market, $3.50
bbl., or zoe. sack.
I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
Thankful FOR HIS ARREST.

In the Yorkve Police Court yesterday morning
Henry KuhIe forty-hve years old. who said he
had been for thirty years a cattle droyer at Man
ming Iowa asked permission Of Magistrate Mayo
TO thank Policeman Mccoy. OF the East Twenty
second-st station. for locking him up on Saturday
night when he found helpessly drunk at
Fourteenth-st. and Avenue A on being searched
in the station It was found that Kuhle had In his
possession certificates showing that he a large
shareholder IN the First National Bank at Manning
Iowa: a draft for $40. payable on demand in Ger
many whittier he was bound $50 in gold OF German
currency a valuable gold watch and chain, pas
sage ticket on an ocean steamer and an American
nassport Kuhle permitted to thank the police
man and was told by Magistrate Mayo that he was
a most fortunate man TO fall into the hands OF the
policeman rather than into the care OF strangers.
KuhIe said he had intended To sail for the father
land on Saturday. but after taking in the sights
OF the Bowery, where he imbibed freely he went
10 sleep at the point where he had been found by
Policeman Mccoy. The prisoner was fined -, which
he paid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
ROBBED IN FTFTH-AVE.

George Gruber. an actor and Frederick Stark
weather. Of Syracuse, ~ Y, appeared COM
plainants in the jefferson Market Court yesterday
against two colored women. who. they said. had
robbed them Of about slSl. The women were Pearl
De Honey and Sadie Kings Of No l6i West Thirty
thrd-st ,
Mr. Gruber said that the women approached them
in Fifth-ave.. near Twenty-s@yenth-st about
Them, They became very familiar upon brief ac-
ouaintance" Mr.. Gruber testified, and put their
inns around us | told the who had me that
objected to being Rugged in public. and she de-
sisted Both women showed great fear when they
cause until all Of a sudden they began to run:
Then 7 soon learned that had been robbed OF 500
With had in an inside pocket and promssory
note for SN which was In the same pocket and my
friend discovered also that he had been robbed
The women were held for further hearing TO.
day. ball being fixed by Magistrate Cornell at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
SATISFACTORY WORK ~ SAMOA
DENIAL BY SECRETARY OF COMMISSION OF
UNFOUNDED REPORTs-NO RENEWAL
OF FIGHTING-C COMMISSION

Frs AGREE


Minneapolis. Aug. 2O.EdwIn V. Morgan secre-
tary OF the Samoan international Association. is
here.
Samoan affairs" said Mr.. Morgan to-day. (which
have not been adequately contradicted. The first
is that there has been fighting in Samoa since the
Commission left the islands This report l know
20 be without foundation because only dispatch
has been received from the islands since came
away and Il did not refer TO the alleged fighting
The report came from a passenger on a steamer
between Australia and Victoria. b. c.. who pro-
fessed to have got it from the officers of the Ger
man warship Fake Now. the Fake left Samoa
about !, weeks before the Commission sailed The
story 20 be attributed 10 a little family quarrel
that took place while we there. Some MEM
bers Of the Mataafa party made a present Of a
few cocoanuts, fowls and pigs which aroused the
jeaslousy OF some partisans of TAM and they took
TO throwing cocoanuts and other things at each
other. 1t was only trivial quarrel
THE other report that refer 20 is that there has
been serious differences between the members OF the
Commission. and that Baron sternburg had
made efforts to arrange an understanding with Mr..
Trpp to the disadvantage of the British Commits
soner. Nothing of the sort attempted Both
Judge Trip and the Baron too honorable and
too experienced In diplomacy TO contemplate such
a thing Mr.. Trip Is one Of the fairest minded,
most judcially constituted men / have met. In
truth. the whole Commission was animated by "A
desire TO bring about the most satisfactory solution
OF the Samoan trouble without reference to the
prejudces OF the various nations interested There
was no thought Of two Of the Commissioners com
It's origin in the fact that the British Commissioner
did not return the Badger with his colleagues.
and will reach the United States by the next steam
er from there"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
POLICEMAN HELD FOR CLUBBING.
n,crsrP.rE TELLER DISCHARGES A DEFENDANT
AND ORDERS THE ARREST OF HIS cAPToR

MAGISTRATE TELLER DISCHARGES A DEFENDANT
AND ORDERS THE ARREST OF HIS cAPToR
Policeman owen McKenna Of the West SHY
s,gb,h-st. station was placed under arrest IN 'n'
West side police court yesterday morning on INV
charge of assault, by the direction or Magsuae
Zeller. after hearing the story told by 1homas
white,ay a night Waterman. who was charseo "
the policeman with disorderly conduct and resis''hs
an officer The policeman said that on sa,ura~s
night at $50 o'clock his attention was called "
fight at Amsterdam-ave. and Sixty -nnth-st, 40
endeavoring to dispense the crowd. he alleged 40
was set upon and knocked down by Whiteley: ny
said that he drew his club In self defence ana s"
at his assailant. a and
Whiteley who bore ugly scalp WOUND; aiat
whose right hand was encased In splints, oen'ss
that he had assaulted the policeman. before ~
was placed under arrest he alleged; ne was suI his
twice with the policeman's club. In sheldIhs ~ ~
head from the blows he had two or MS ms. -
broken whitley Is understood ana MS sto,' 81.
Impressed the Magistrate that he dismissed W.
charge against him and ordered the arrest OF ~.
policeman who was taken In charge ny No'
officer Liebers 1919. vas
Captain Moynihan. Mckenna c9tma ,hnrs,nste
sent for and spoke good word for his suborulna $50
but Magistrate Zeller said that he could nov ~
why whitley could not have been taken 70 III ~.
station without the OF force. He SAID taat Ia
would probe the matter to the bottom, anu ~ an
McKenna in 81 900 bail for further examination , a. "a
Wednesday but afterward paroed the pohCe""
I'm Captain Moynlhans custody.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
REMOVAL or SACRED HEART SISTERS.

THEIR CHANGE OF LOCATION CONTEMPLATED
FOR TWO YEARs-A NEW ITALIAN SCHOOL.
When asked about the report that the Missionary
Sisters Of the Sacred Heart removing their
home from No. 81 West Fourteenth-st TO their
new property near One-hundred-and-e eighty ninth
ST. because neighbors have complained 10 the
authorities that the children have become unduly
boisterous VI. Francis Xavier Cabrini, the Supe-
rior General said TO a Tribune reporter:
Il am surprised learn Of such report. l
have never heard a word unpleasantly spoken OF
US To be sure we receive children here for our
convent at West Park the Hudson and some
times as many as fifteen are at play together in
the yard We have contemplated a change OF
quarters for more than two years. Proper santa =
ton and an environment suitable for the care Of
children are entirely lacking here. BY September
/ we hope therefore TO occupy our new house OF
reception which is near the river. and has the
benefits OF pure air and sunshine. 1t will be called
Cords Jesu villa" II is said that the property
was purchased for $4,000
From other sources IT was learned that new
school for Italian children Is soon to be established
i'm the lowest East Side. and that Archbishop Cor
rigan is giving his best thought to the under
taking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
ROBBERY AT "DEVERYS CORNER"

An early morning robbery and assault upon a
young woman occurred at Eighth-ave. and Twenty
ninth-st. at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. the
victim being Jane White, of No 355 West Nine
teenth-st. who was returning home under the
escort OF man. who left her standing on the
corner while he went into a hotel TO buy a cigar.
While the young woman alone she was ap-
preached by three men, one OF whom seized her
around the neck and grabbed a brooch from her
collar. The young woman raised an alarm and
caught hold OF the man. who gave her blow in
the face with his fist and darted down the avenue.
AL Twenty-eighth-st he was intercepted by a
crowd OF men, attracted by the wonan's shouts.
Policeman Strebel, Of the West Thirty-seventh-s ST.
station, arrested the and took him to the
station house. where he described himself John
Dunn. twenty,nve years old. OF No. $50 West Thir-
tieth-st The brooch was not recovered.
In the West Side Police Court yesterday morning
Magistrate Zeller held Dunn in Il 900 bail for trial
The place whers the robbery was committed is
Mazet Committee he was in the habit OF standing
during the early hours OF the morning Ito receive
reports" It's pity he wasn't there yesterday
morning. but he is out Of the city on his vacation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
TWO CABMEN PUT UNDER BONDS.

The four men arrested on suspicion OF haVIns
robbed Mrs Anna Rome. OF No. 400 Eighth-a'e'
early Saturday morning, were arraigned IN .''
Harlem Court yesterday. Magistrate crane o''
charged John Crowley twenty-five years ou. "
No Is Lawrence-st. and Martin Mullaly' niner'"
years old. OF No $50 West nehundred-and-t"en
ty-fourth-st He held John McDermott. OF NO. ~
West One-hundred- nd twenty -fourth-st ana JUL"
Lacey OF No as West One hundred and -twenS
third-st in 500 bail for good conduct for 'n'"
months. =. ber
Mrs Rome alleged that she was robbed y,..,b he's
pocketbook and her wedding ring. Her cio,sses 81
were torn and she was rendered unconscious. S
was found time later by policeman IN t r.b
condition McDermott was the driver OF the go
which Mrs. Rome had hired. and Lacey Is ano'"S'
cabman