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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

Kempf, Brooklyn, N. Y; H. H. Smith, New
York; c. r. Morris, Adelaide, South Aus
tralia.
shoreham-w. H. Baitzeif, Pfttsburg; c.
F. Adams, New York; ]. ]. Casey, Mel
bourne; Marion Butler, North Carolina:
John B. Waldo, Chicago, :.
wnlard's-Mrs. B. B. Dovener Wheeling,
w. Va; Norman Findlay. New York; E.
L; White, Pittsburg.
J. D. Martins, Chicago; L. P: Clarke, Bos-
ton; A. F. Gebring, Cleveland.
National-Lester 1. Duryei, B. c. Cook
man, philadelphia; 7: B. Howard. Cincin-
Mo-; W. w. Broscoe, HI B. Bayne. New
York; ]. w. Jansen, Chicago: A. W. Nc
Neil, Watertown. N. YER. B.McConnell,
Superior, Neb.; E. w. Ehmann, San Fran
cisco.
Ebbitt-L. s. Upton, Manzanillo, Cuba
w. o. Tolford. Columbus, Ohio; S. P. Hedg-
es, Chicago, ILL.,; o. B. kieser, Munce Ind
w. c. Bunner. San Francisco; F. W. Han
key, Honolulu H J.: Vance McCreery To-
lcdo. Ohio; J. H Gillian, Scottsville, Ky.
RaIeigh-H. S. Graves, New Haven. Conn.
w. L. Meyer, New York; H. w Morrison
Little Rock; Henry Martin. New York; E
B. We'll, Kentucky; Robert Seegar, St
Paul; w. A. Raymond, Cincinnati; c. NJ
Gilbert, Philadelphia; NJ. E. Judd and wife
Dalton, Ga; L. S. swenson. Copenhagen;
r. B. Wheeler and wife, New York.
INoTnndnule~B. II. BIAS ana wire, WeSt
Virginia: W. s. Magee and wife. Miss Ida
Prick, Philadelphia: w. ]. Glenon, Cuba
N. Y: VIM. Friel. Milwaukee; A. G. Brown
jr., Richmond Va: E. B. Breeland, Sala-
mander. N. Y; T. F. Sparks, Milwaukee
Johnson-Geo. H. White. Oil City, Pa: L.
P. Dean and wife, Harrisburg, Pa; J. F.
De Berry, Palm Beach, Fla; Chas. A.
Wauff and wife, Madison, Ind. F. James.
Chicago, Ill; ]. T. Vanderpool. New York
Metropolitan-A. T. Peale, New York: r.
K. Long. Kansas City, Kan; ]. L. Balcum.
Nashville. Tenn; Y. F. Freeman and wife
Greenville, Ga; ]. N Kelly. North Caro-
lima; Thos. Heating, Winchester, Va; John
r. Watts and wife. Louisville, KY; NJ. D.
Evans, Pittsburg, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Slight Blaze.

An alarm was turned in from box 81
about IL 80 o'clock this morning for fire in
the house Of E. F. French. No. % B street
southeast. A servant in the house was
cleaning beds, and was using a lighted can
die. The bedding caught fire. and damage
amounting to about sos resulted.
While responding to the alarm No. s en-
CINE and No. hose carriage came near
colliding. In order to prevent a collision
the driver of the engine pulled his horses
toward the sidewalk on the south side of
the street. The pole was damaged by COM
ing in contact with tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
PLACED on PENSION LIST.
Policemen GessfOrd. King and Turn
burke to BE Retired.

burke to BE Retired.
Major Richard Sylvester, superintendent
Of police, today forwarded to the District
Commissioners, with approval, the recon-
mendation of the police retiring board that
Privates ]. W. Gessford RobertI. King and
]. T. T. Turnburke be retired with pen
sion Of $50 per month. The Commissioners,
1t Is understood, will approve the recon-
mendation. Private Gessford was former
ly lieutenant in the department, but has re-
Gently been on duty in Major Sylvester s
office. Private King has been on duty for
many years in the tax Office at the District
building, while Private Turnburke was
formerly at the house of detention, but
more recently at the Police Court The re-
firing board, it is understood, submitted
adverse reports upon the applications of
Frank Hibl and Charles Cramer both pri-
Yates who ask for retirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Arn,y OrfM.t

Capt Walter A. Thurston. 10Th Infantry.
has been relieved from duty at New Or
leans La, and ordered to Denyer, Col. for
recruiting duty, relieving, Capt. Francis C.
Marshall. 18th Cavalry. who has been or
dered to join his regiment at the Preside,
Cal. siist
Capt. Lutz Vail, 21st Infantry, has been
detailed for recruiting duty In New Or
leans, La.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Designs of Board Of Awards Approx
ed by Secretary.
AN EMBARRASSING CHOICE AVOIDED
Scene on Gun Deck Represent
ed Instead of a Type of Vessel.
SIMPSONS PROFILE USED

Acting upon the unanimous recommended
ton of the naval board of awards Secre-
tary Long today approved the designs for
the two medals provided for by Congress
to commemorate the achievements of the
United States navy in the campaign in the
West Indies during the Spanish American
war. Of these two medals the first is
known as the battle medal and the second
as the meritorious service medal.
In its report to Secretary Long the board
on awards takes particular pains to point
out that this battle medal is not conferred
for services rendered in any one engage
ment. 1t Is, as Congress ordered, intended
for all of the men who participated in the
West Indian campaign, and so it will go
to those who were at Santiago. or at Ponce,
or at San Juan, or at MatanZas, or at Car
denas, or off Cienfuegos, or to the fortu-
nate few who were in all of these battles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Marriage Lfcenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-Albert E. Fay and Mary e. Roz-
zelle; Thomas McKenna and Angela Doyle;
George E. Green and Pauline L. Burgy;
Patrick F. O'Connor and Margaret E. Hori-
gan; Joseph s. Emmert and Helen "
Chambers, both Of Baltimore, Md; Howard
w. Thayer Of Richmond, Va, and Mabel
Thomas of this city.
Colored-Frank c. Moseby and Aramenta
farley; James Thomas and Annie Martin;
Samuel l.. Gaskfns and Ira B. Peyton;
James E. Jones of Baltimore, Nd, and
Della E. Ttllman of Falls Church, Va;
Thomas ]. Proctor and Lucy E. Butler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

The District Commissioners have received
for execution copy of lease In triplicate
for the building now occupied by the Public
Library at 1926 New York avenue The
lease is for eight months. beginning July
and ending February %, 1902 The term of
the lease is taken as an Indication of the
time when II is expected the library will
be established in the building now being
erected in Mount Vernon square by gift of
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

The meritorious service medal is for
those who have rendered signal service
otherwise than in battle. 1t will go to such
men as HobsOn. Victor Blue, Ward and
Buck and very few others. The design is
a five-pointed star In open work and en-
circled by a laurel wreath and supported
by bar, the whole backed by a red, white
and blue ribbon. On the face the five points
of the star bear the inscriptions:
United States navy in the war with
SPAIN 1898"
A fouled anchor fills In the center OF the
star. The name Of the recipient will be
engraved on the back
The general design Of the two medals was
the work of Mr.. Robert 8. Skerrett, a clerk
In the Navy Department, son of the late
Admiral Skerrett. who also designed the
memorial tablet in honor of Mr.. Ramsden
the British consul at Santiago, who rem.
dered humane services to the Hobson marty
after the wreck Of the Merrimac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
III -
Naval Ordera. 1

Lieut.. G. c. Dawson has been detached
from the torpedo station and tordered to the
bureau of ordnance. Navy Department.
Chief Gunner J. r. Granger retired from
the inter depot, Maiden. Mass, to home on
waiting orders.
The departments order OF June % order
ing Naval Cadet NJ G. Cook to the Massa-
chusetts has been revoked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Bids for Boilers Opened.

Bids to furnish water tube boilers and
induced draft apparatus for the proposed
electric lighting plant for the Department
of the Interior were opened in the Office of
the chef clerk of the department Saturday.
of the bids follow: Heine Safety Boiler
Company, $12, 79S II set in one battery and
500 to be added II set in two batteries:
Babcock Wilcox Company. $1S.18l: Oil
City boiler works. $16,577; Aultman & Tay-
lor 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Leg Fractured.

Herman ]. Miller, twenty-six years old.
employed as driver of beer wagon, sus-
tanned a fracture Of the left leg this MORN
ing While handling a key of beer on the
steamer Manchester he slipped and fell, the
keg of beer falling on his leg. The injured
man was removed to the Emergency Hos
pitai in the hospital ambulance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Final Summer Conference.

The final summer conference of Persons
interested in friendly visiting will be held
in the office OF the Associated Charities at
AIS this afternoon. newly appointed
committee on friendly visiting will re-
port at this time and special training
class VIII be organized to meet fortnightIy
throughout the summer There will be
several speakers and a general discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Early Close of Inquiry Anticipated

The grand jury met this morning at the
city hall and resumed it's investigation of
the Kenmore Hotel tragedy. The indica-
tions are that the inquiry will be closed
next Friday, when, it is thought, Miss Mi
nesSsS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Asks for Reimbursement,

Robert w. Dutton. chief engineer OF the
fire department. has forwarded to the Dis
trict Commissioners the application of r.
Dickson, Waterman in the department.. ask
ing that he be reinstated a private. In
favorably recommending the matter, Mr..
Dutton states that Waterman Dickson re-
Gently applied for retirement, but upon ex-
animation by the board Of police and fire
surgeons was reported to be ''ft for the
duties of fireman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Near Atlantic city Board Walk

Near the boardwalk In Atlantic City and
with view Of the ocean is the Lehman
Craig Hall, on Pennsylvania avenue
There are rooms with bath, while the house
has a library. Afternoon tea Is served and
IS one OF the features of the social life
of the place. Craighead & Craighead will
send booklet on application.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Two Fingers Severed.

Benjamin Wade. colored. sixty years old,
living in Southeast Washington, lost two
fingers this morning while at work on the
big sewer at Connecticut avenue and L
street. The accident resulted from his
hand being run over by a dirt truck. A
jured man went home. He refused to 20
to hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
FINANCIAL.
CASH CAPITAL. 81. 200. 900.

DON'T LEAVE THE CITY for
the summer without placing your
silverware, bric-a-brac, pictures and
other valuables beyond the reach of
fire and thieves-in the fire and
burglar proof vault of UNION
TRUST AND STORAGE CO.,
1914 F st.
UChests. Boxes, Trunks. etc, STORED WITH
GUARANTY.
te24-30d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

follows
Joseph ]. H. Klein, additions and repairs
to 1911 K street northwest; cost, 5000.
James H. Beck, addition and repairs to
20 9th street southeast; cost, 81. 800.
Mrs. H. s. Turner, addition and repairs to
1916 street northwest; cost, 81 200.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

its general appropriateness. a design of that
character served to recognize the services
of the Junior commissioned officer as well
as the services of the jackie" and the ma
rine. The suggestion was unanimously ap-
proved by the board of awards and will
prove unique and distinctive feature of
the medal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Embarra..ing Choice AYoided.

To Secretary Long belongs the credit OF
having "tle man behind the gun" made a
distinctive feature of the West Indian serv-
ice medal. The original idea of the board
OF awards was to have battle ship of the
Oregon type on the reverse of the medal
but the Secretary concluded that objection
might arise to the prominence given any
particular vessel which took part in the
Santiago battle and suggested the idea Of
the man behind the gun" In addition to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

HXeu at Si,OOU
Bankruptcy Court-Justice Hagner.
In re Samuel Bieber; time for confirma-
| ton of composition nisi fixed for July s.
Equity Court No 2-Justice Bradley
Travers agt. Travers; final ratification OF
sale. Ohio National Bank agt. King ct al;
leave to amend bill granted and defendant
required to answer. Motz ct al. agt. Dorr
ct al; decree for payment of legacies.
Brown agt. Brown ct al; decree for sale; F.
S Sddons, trustee $1,000. Rowland agt.
Baker ct al; confirmation of sale nlsi.
Starkweather agt Warner ct al; time for
filing transcript in Court of Appeals ex
tended
Criminal Court No. 1-Justice Clabaugh.
Webb ct al. agt. Queen ct al, civil case;
on trial. United States agt. Theodore
Handy larceny; defendant arraigned, plea
guilty, sentenced to West Virginia peniten-
tiary for two years, order to restore prop
erty. United States agt. Charles Wheeler,
housebreaking; defendant arraigned. plea
not guilty United States agt. Jos. Chissel,
do; do. United States agt. Norman Hoyle,
alias Frank Williams, do; do. United
States agt. John Barton, alias John Sey-
nour, HOUSEKEEPING; bench warrant or
man HOyle, alias Frank Williams house
breaking; defendant arraigned, plea not
guilty.
Probate Court-Justice Anderson.
Estate OF Margaret J. Guy; will fully
| proved. In re Robert A. Radford ct ali
ford guardian; bond, $3.50. Estate of Rose
Taylor; order Of sale. Estate of VIM. S,
Yeatman: inventory filed. Estate of So
phla Angler; will admitted to probate and
letters testamentary granted to Albert
Ballbach and Frederick c. Gieseking; bond
$4,000. Estate of Randall Hagner; state
ment for account filed Estate of jeremiah
c. Allen; will admitted to probate and
letters testamentary granted to Lorinda A.
Allen; bond. 500 (speciaD Estate of VIM
s. Yeatman; order of sale. Estate of Chas
I. Griffin; order Of publication Estate of
Chas. B. Osborne; order appointing Her
man c. Gauss guardian ad Item and order
granting letters of administration to Te-
resa M. Osborne; bond, $4,000 Estate of
John H. Butler; will dated January l, 1895
and petition for probate OF win and guard
ian ad litem filed, summons issued. Estate
of Anna l.. Leahy; petition of Joanna L.
Bean to be relieved of filing an inventory
and stating an account filed. Estate of Mar
garet ]. Guy; petition for probate of will
! filed. Estate Of Geo. E. McWilliamson:
account passed. Estate of Samuel N Hill
ton; do. Estate of Thomas 0. Jones: eta
| ton returned served. In re Mary L. Boegs:
! account passed. Estate Of Hannora DWire
petition for probate of will fled summons
issued. In re Clara c. Dahis; order of al
lowance. Estate Of Annie H. Doherty; will
and codicil partly proved. Estate of Jas
| E. Slaughter; petition for reimbursement of
| funeral expenses. etc, filed. Estate of
| Chas. B. Osborne; order of publication
| Estate of Henrietta Speier; statement for
account filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Why Sampson is Taken.

The board states that it has placed
SIMPSONS head upon the medal because
he was commanderin-chief of the West
Indian squadron, as the head of Dewey was
placed the Manila medal. But the
medal will not be known as the Santiago
medal in particular, for the reason that 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
On Charge of yaxrancy,

Samuel Straughan and Francis H. Con-
molly forfeited $40 and $40 collateral. re-
spectively, before Judge ,Kimball today on
charges of vagrancy. They were arrested
in Lafayette Square by Oficer Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
The Diverse.

will bear upon the reverse the name of
the decisive battle in which the recipient
participated. The additional battles will
be represented by separate bars attached
to the suspending ribbon, the latter red,
white and blue, one bar for each battle.
Thus in the case of an officer like VAIN
wright. who figured in many engagements,
the bars Will be almost as conspicuous as
the medal.
The Sampson portrait is in profile taken
from a likeness made just before the out
break of the Spanish war. On this face of
the medal the inscription reads:
United States Naval Campaign in the
West Indies, 1S9S-Wiliam Thomas Samp-
son, Commander-in-Chief"
The suspending bar above bears the
American eagle over design In oak
leaves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
The City Lights.

The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingushng begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Recognition of the Men.

The reverse of the medal marks the gov
ernments recognition of the splendid serv-
ices of THE Man Behind the Gun" 1t
portrays spirited scene on gun deck of
an American man-of-war in full action. To
the left stripped to the waist, shading his
eyes with his hand, and just bending his
shoulder to direct rapid-fire gun, is the
figure of typical American blue Jacket.
In the foreground stands a young officer
with extended arms, indicating to the
jackie the mark to be struck. To the right
is marine in his shirt sleeves with his
belt heavy with cartridges and his rifle in
hand waiting for his turn. Over the bull
warks and in the distance IS the outline
! of warship in full play. This Is con-
ventionalized-it may be anything from a
| battle ship to a torpedo boat almost-and
SO the board has avoided some heartaches
and Jealousy among the captains of the
fleet. Surrounding the picture on the rim
of the medal is a handsome laurel wreath.
The inscription would read like this:
Santiago Tor Cienfuegos or San Juan,
etc., July Tor the appropriate date 1898.
John Smith, seaman U. S. S. Texas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 10; condi-
ton, l; receiving reservoir, tempera ture, II;
condition at north connection. >; condition
at south connection. 3; distributing reser-
Voir temperature, 76: condition at influent
gate house, 3; etfiuent gate house g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Hotel Arrivals,

Arlington-A H. Howe. New York; C. e
Hoffman. Ocean Grove, N. J.; N. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. 1-Justice Hagner
Washington Beneficial Endowment Asso-
citation agt. Commercial Alliance Life In
surance Company; appeal allowed and bond
fixed at $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Tide Tab

Today-Low tide, S:43 am and $50 pm.
high tide, 80 am and 2:0S pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide. 9:42 am and 9:4I
pm; high tide, 2:4j I'm. and 3:OS pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
The Sun and Moon.

Today-Sun rises, 4:32 a. M; sun sets, 7:3
pm.
Moon sets, 1911 a m. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 49, am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24
Condition of the Water.

The b. and o. agent at Harper's Ferry
reported both rivers muddy at that place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

Downtown Temperature.
Up-River Water.

Afiecks standard thermometer register
ed today as follows: 8 am, SPY; II m, SO;
n
Holbrook argus., 1901-04-20
KURD AND THE CAMERA.
How Mumford, with Aid of Seyyid, Go
Some Photographs.

How Mumford, with Aid of Seyyid, Got
Some Photographs.
The seyyid-hackman and nothing
more-exacted the deferepc &C due to
him, all along the road. Once beside
deep, sluggish stream we came upon an
encampment &C nomads, who had come
down cut of the mountains to wash
ed shear their animals, says Harper's
Weekly. They were hard at work, the
boys holding down the sheep and goats,
while the elders removed the feeces.
The women, to whom health lent a
buxom kind of beauty, and who, after
the manner of mouptain women, were
lax about the exposure of their faces,
went about among the fiocks, drawing
milk into earthen vessels. AS | leaped
across the stream, camera in hand, a
great cry of protest went up, and the
chief of the outfit, brOnZed, bearded
and rangy gentleman, who missed his
proper place in the world by not being
where he could play right guard on a
Princeton eleven, came running with
half a dozen of his retainers and a doZ-
en- Kurdish sheep dogs at his heels. He
was roaring Justify and waving his
arms in mandate to me to get back to
the other bank, and, reaching for a sort
of bush hook that he carried to make
the argument good. In the widest
plunge of his onslaught he caught sight
of the seyyid's green belt. He stopped
as if some thoughtful person had pull
ed an airbrake on him, and began to
| kowtow.
With wrath and reverence struggling
in him he asked the seyyid what sort
of being was and what was going to
do to his people with that "box which
had the evil eye in the end of it." 1t
was explained to him. He looked
doubtingly at the camera, then whis-
pered to the seyyid, 'Is it sin?"
NO" said the lawgiver.
The chief relaxed his hold of his
snickersnee, and put his entire COM
pany, men, boys, sheep, goats and rosy
checked women, through their PAGES,
while the evil eye winked knowingly
and often.
Holbrook argus., 1901-04-20
HOT MEETING OF FRUIT MEN
Action of Association Is Denounced

San Jose-The fruit growers Of the
state held an excited meeting at Hale's
hall, a number of the speakers holly
denouncing the cured fruit association
for cutting the price of prunes from
to 2 cents per pound.
Some were in favor of putting the
association into liquidation, while 9TH
ers advocated a continuation of the
combine, at least until the present
surplus stock has been disposed of.
Judge Bond, president of the associa-
ton, talked for nearly an hour, review
ing the work of the organization from
the date of it formation. He said that
not only is the prune market over
stocked, but there is the same surplus
in the east and abroad in pears, april
cots and apples. He said that the east
ern jobbers absolutely refused to han
die any considerable quantity of prunes
at a rate exceeding a 2-cent basis.
Judge Bond announced that the as
ISOLATION had decided to do no more
Holbrook argus., 1901-04-20
RICHES FROM BENEATH ICE
Pay Gravel Excites More Miners Report
Of Silver Strike on The Upper PeIIy

Victoria, B. C.-Telegrams received
from Dawson on the steamer Amur,
which has arrived here, tell of excite
ment at Nome over the richness of
the gravel in the big dumps which
were taken from beneath the ice. They
were giving 80 cents to the pan.
A rich strike is also reported at Sell
kirk from the upper Pelly. F. Brown,
an old Comstock silver miner, gives a
story to the Dawson News of the find
ing of a rich silver quartz lead within
eight days travel of Dawson.
The first sluicing is reported to have
commenced on Klondyke creeks, but
full sluice head is not expected to be
had before another week.
]. w. Field is the latest claimant of
the Skagway townsite, forming a part
of the ground on which Skagway is
built and on which he says he lived in
1895.
On the way down the steamer Amur
picked up the steamer Carrie G. Davis
of Seattle, which had broken down and
was at the mercy of the winds and
tides. The Danube found her showing
distress signals on Tuesday last and
towed her to Taku.
Washington-Gen Greedy, chief
signal officer. has received by way of
Seattle a dispatch from st. Michael,
dated February IS, saying that every
body was we'll in that part of Alaska.
This message was carried by courier
from St Michael to Fort Egbert, which
accounted for the two months delay.