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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17


beginning of the end of the defense Of
the prisoners was commenced.
Twenty-Five or thirty men crowded
around the guards at the rear en-
trance and before Ihey could be inter
cepted, had pulled two from their po-
sition on the steps and disarmed them.
They were invited to go to dinner with
their assailants and were treated with
kindness but determination.
Made Definite Plans.
The guns were hastily examined, and
as soon as it was learned that none Of
them were loaded, the mob commenced
to develop definite plans. Man after
man was disarmed until nearly half the
force on duty had been deprived Of
rifles. and at 1921 the final determined
assault was made simultaneously at
the front and rear entrances. The
heavier guard at the rear entrance
htBl bdih Auoot Wlo dAAtiIpLtu "
mount the stair. but the guard at the
front was not so successful. A mem
Der Of the crowd at the front slowly
edged along the wall until he got so
close to the guard that he was chal-
lenged. He commenced joking and,
before any Of the men could divine his
purpose, he threw himself forward.
clasping the bayonets Of all four on
that step in his arms, while his COM
rades rushed forward.
In moment. 200 wildly cheering men
we're rushing up the stairway. Inter-
fering soldiers we're hastily dlsarmed
and passed on down the stair. Many
offered valiant resistance. but the fran
tic crowd stood no delay. One OF the
younger members OF the Oglethorpe
Continued on Eighth Page.
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OIL POURED ON CATO AND REED
AND FLAMES FED ON HUMAN FLESH

Statesboro, Ca, Aug. 1e.-At 1:2t
this afternoon. the military guard on
duty at the Court House was over
powered Will Cato and Paul Reed
we're taken from the building and car
rled two miles out of the city, where
they were burned at the stake.
The match was applied to the funeral
pyre at S:12 o'clock, and in two hours
there was nothing left but a small
mound of smouldering ashes as evil
dence of the execution.
The scenes enacted here to-day are
without precedent. The populace here
had never had such occasion for the
scenes of violence that followed the
finding of a trial jury in the case of
the state against prisoners accused of
one of the most heinous crimes COM
mitted in recent years. There was a
particularly inf1ammatory feature of
the case which has been in progress for
the past two days, involving the inter-
ests of every community in this and
adjoining counties-the unearthing of
a colored malta, of which the two pris-
oners executed were members, which
has been steadily growing and which
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17
'ULLOCH MOB OVERPOWERED AND DISARMED
'OOK WILL CATO AND PAUL REED FROM THE
a FEARFUL VENGEANCE
WAS DEMANDED BY
THE INFLAMED PEOPLE

With Pieces Uaded Avoid Great Loss of Life That Might Have Resulted
Capt NJ HchS Men Received the Attack of the Mob With Fixed
BayOnetS-FOughG Calamity, But Were Beaten
Down by Superior Numbers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17

not guilty of that crime, but I know
something about it. They had a meet
ing of the club and they had me in it,
but that crime that they got me guilty
of 1 am not guilty. There was crowd
in it and that club they got me in the
crowd with it. 1t was a crowd made
up at church to make money for
Preacher Gaines and Talbot and was
with them when they made the plot.
They signed me that night to be the
watchman when they went to Mr..
Hodges house; they put me to watch at
the forks of the road and when l heard
Mr.. Hodges holler 1 run and went back
home.
1.-THE plot was made up by Preacher
Gaines, Preacher Talbot, Handy Bell,
Will Rainey, Will Cato and Big John,
and he had another fellow with him,
Will Rainey did called him Kid, and
this Kid as Will Rainey they come to
my house that night about 8 O'Clock,
and they said Talbot had brought them
some distance in a buggy, but they did
not tell me where he brought them.
Just said they brought him a piece Of
the way in a buggy and this Big John
and Kid tells me that they come BY
and borrowed that same old pair Of
shoes to wear up there that night.
How Murders Was Planned.
'He was barefooted and he got the
Continued on Eighth Page.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE
NOT PROPERLY INFORMED
That Is the View That Is Expressed by the
Officials.

Atlanta, Aug. 1s.-Ohicials in the
adjutant generals department hold
that if they had been properly notified
as to the situation at Statesboro sufii-
cient troops would. have been sent
there to protect the prisoners and pre-
vent any lynching. Gov Terrell is out
of the state, having left the city to-
day. aecompa MED by his wife. for St.
Louis, so the matter at Statesboro
was left in the hands of Adjt. Gen. S.
w. Harris and his assistants.
Last night at 7:SO o'clock a telegram
was received from Judge A. f. Daley,
stating that the situation was quiet
and that he considered the military
force there sufficient to prevent any
disorder. At 9:O5 o'clock a telegram
was received from Lieut.. Cone of
Company A, stating that the crowd
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had dispersed and the situation was
quiet.
Under these circumstances. the Off
GERS of the adjutant generals depart-
ment retired with the feeling that ev-.
erything was safe. 1t was 1888 this
afternoon when a telegram came, stat
ing that more troops were wanted
within a hour or the prisoners would
be lynched. ....... ........
A telegram was sent Immediately to
Lieut.. Col. Grayson at Savannah, or
dering him to take a battalion to
Statesboro. 1t was too late then.
however. The work of the mob had
in the meantime been done.
The officers in the adjutant generals
department hold that no blame can at
tach to the military because everything
possible was done consistent with the
reports of the situation, which were
received here.
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statesboro, Ca, Aug. 16.-The extra
complement of troops which came from
Savannah at the call of Capt. Hitch
arrived here about an hour after the
incineration. The announcement that
word had been sent to Savannah for
extra military force is perhaps what
hastened the action of the lynchers.
The report that other troops were
coming could not be confirmed. as
Capt. Hitch ordered that no message
be sent out OF statesboro without his
seeing It FIRST. This censorship was
placed on the local telegraph Office at
i:24. only a few minutes . after the
prisoners had been secured. and was
not lifted until nearly 3 o'clock. Tele-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17

any expression. "of course regret
the matter exceedingly" he said. 'I
understood that at the time the eff
forts were made TO get at the prison.
ers that eighty-five of the 115 men on
duty were at camp. was under the Inn
preston that they were all in or
around the Court House. / believe
that with the number Of armed men
that were available of the company
only a very small mob could have
been successfully repulsed. The Of
ficers in charge acted with exceeding
calmness and perhaps good judgment.
There Is no way OF telling now what
more positive methods on the part of
the soldiers would have precipitated.
When questioned on the same sub
iect. Solicitor General Rawlings mere
ly said. Il am dumb"
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CHARRED BONES WERE
PRESENTED JUDGE DALEY.
None Fear That the Lynchers
VIII BE Dealt with.

Statesboro. Ca, Aug. 16.-Those
who participated in the execution
of the negroes seem to have no
fear of after results or that there
will be any steps taken to bring
those implicated to justice.
This afternoon, while walking
down the street with Solicitor
Rawlings, Judge Daley was met by
two young men, who stopped him.
One of them extended a number
of charred bones, with the remark:
well, we have finished it, and
here is all that is left of them"
Judge Daley shuddered and walk
ed on. He knew neither of the
young men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17

takes it's course. We need these men.
There are others to be brought to
justice and only through the informa-
ton to be gained from Cato and Reed
can we bring the right ones to justice
1 can almost promise you that when
the case is finally sifted there will be
five parties who are equally guilty"
Some one shouted back, 1--WE know
you are our friend. Kendrick. but
promise us that you will let these
men stay in the Statesboro Jail. and
not be taken to Savannah and we
will disperse; promise US that"
Took Soldiers Empty Gums.
Whatever reply the sheriff might
have made was drowned out in the
frantic cheering and calls of yes,
promise that, promise that and we will
let you take them to the Jail. You
shall not take them away from States
boro"
A commotion in the front of the
building drew the larger part of the
crowd there. Influential men took ad-
vantage of the temporary calm to min
gle with the crowd and counsel cool
headedness and a dispersal. This was
only temporary. and at / O'clock, the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17
LOOKING FOR BELL
WHO WAS RELEASED.

Statesboro, Ca, Aug. 16.-All
witnesses in the Cato and Reed
case, including Handy Bell impli-
Gated both by Reed and Cato, were
released from custody this after
noon.
Tonight a posse is searching for
Bell. If captured he will probably
be lvnched.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17
GOVERNOR TERRELL
GREATLY SURPRISED.

Is Waiting on Advices to Deter
mine His Course.
Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 16.-Gov.
Terrell of Georgia passed through
here tonight en- route to st. Louis.
He expressed great surprise upon
being informed of the lynching at
Statesboro.
The Governor said he could not
tell what course he would pursue
until he was more fully advised.
The evening world., 1904-09-15
HUSBAND CHASED
HER,, WIFE AYERS

In an application for counsel fees and
allmony In a suit brought by Mrs. Annie
Messenger for separation against John
j. Melsinger, dry goods merchant. OF
No. $40 Broadway. Brooklyn, now pend.
Ing In the Supreme Court there, some
interesting testimony was produced To-
day about the unhappy nocturnal do
nestle conditions OF the Messengers.
The original action was on the grounds
Of cruelty,
The distinct act OF cruelty as alleged
nv Mrs. Meldnger happened on the
right OF July I. 1904. She says that her
husband came home at Q A. NJ. y a
condition unbecoming a gentleman and
chased her out OF the house clad only
Ia her night clothes, Mrs, Meislnger
begged to be allowed to return to her
home. This, she says, wa steadfastiy
refused bv Mr.. Messenger.
Messenger, on the other hand, says his
wife Is OF 50 fiery a disposition that
his life was endangered. and that even
now he has 70 keep himself locked up
for fear OF bodily harm. She threat
med TO stab him once. he alleges. and
now he Is In mortal terror that some.
thing OF the sort will happen again.
Counsel for Mr.. Messenger said some'
thing about a counter-charge In his an.
swer and Judge Herrick then allowed
the wife SIS counsel fees and 70 q week
alimony.
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FOR
BROADWAY ONLY
M'Adoo viii Add Squad Of Five
to Patrol Thoroughfare from
Fourteenth 10 Fifty. Ninth
Streets.

Police Commissioner McAdoo said to-
day that he will fix definitely the plans
for the extra roundsmen transformed
from detectlve-sergeants as soon as
their uniforms are ready. He will also
add a Broadway squad Of Ave posts to
the force.
The new police arrangements include
Ave s~traightaway posts on Broadway
from Fourteenth to Fifty-ninth street,
Five policemen will be taken from the
various precInts and stationed on
Broadway nine blocks apart. Their
duty will be on Broadway alone, no
side streets being included as hereto
fore, one policeman will he assigned to
the Circle,
The sevcnty-nlno detective-ssrgeants
are now without uniforms and as II
will be impossible to have the new
clothes made until the end OF the month
these men will not go on ~roundsmen :
duty until oct. l. They will be divided
into squads going on duty from I j..
NJ. until II midnight and from mid
nlght until 5 a. NJ.
The Commissioner thinks that the
big Seeing New York" automobiles are
Of such broad gauge that they Interfere
with trafiic. He will investigate this
matter In the near future.
The evening world., 1904-09-15

|0e--cud:u.a Soap.
Cuteura Salve.
|1A-lO Gu zine Pills,
z-srzir-
'4e-c.scara Pills, }
Gzsin, per 100.
5&-Csfier's Pills.
Me- eeehan's Pills.
e-Knmer's Swamp
lost; las2e si1s, &c.
-h. EafI's Won.
1I(d Kidny fab
lsfss s'ss. 4se
The evening world., 1904-09-15

meek Reported to Have Been Felt
at Malone.
MALONE, N. Y, Sept. ia distinct
oarthquake shock was felt In this city
81 ass o'clock last night.
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INQUIRY
AGAIN UNDER WAY
Considering Relnspectlon Re-.
ports Of Excursion Boats
Later Will Make Known Find.
ings and Recommendations.

Tho special Federal Commission, OF
which Lawrence o. Murray, Assistant
Secretary OF the Department OF Com
merce and Labor Is chairman, appointed
20 investigate the Slocum disaster and
examine into the conditions OF the
United States Steamboat Inspection SER
vice at this port. resumed It's sessions
to-day at the local Offices In the White
hall Building on Battery Place.
The object Of the hearing at this time
Is to consider the r%einspectlon reports
OF the excursion boats ordered to- be
made Immediately after the awful dis
aster. which occurred In the East River
on Port Morris on June Is. When the
Commission adjourned, several weeks
ago. the reinspection had not been COM
pleted.
It will probably take until Saturday
to examine these reports. and then the
Investigation will be finished. Later on
the Commission will make known lis
findings and recommendations concern
ing the inspection service here.
The reinspection reports, which NUM-
Der nearly three hundred, are all tech-
Meal, describing In detail the condition
OF the hulls. boilers. machinery and Are
lighting and life-savtng equipment of
the vessels doubly examined.
The evening world., 1904-09-15

A -Woodbary's Fac.
ial Soap, Powder or
Cream.
SOC en- altines, all
kinds.
@c--Pcruna.
Sc-L uo1onei large
sire, 67e.
Bc Pitchers Csstosa a.
Dc Pin Diekinson's
Best Witch Hazel; per
quGt, 3jc.
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Fireman on the Steamship
Cedric Returns to the Vessel
After a Joyous Night and
Makes Too Much Noise.
DRAWS A PISTOL
WHEN He IS REBUKED.
Shoots One Man In the Hand,
and Is 0~verpowered and
Held Until the Police Are
Called.

One man Is held q prisoner IN r.
vincent's Hospital and three others are
under arrest at the Charles street police
station as the result Of q night on board
the White Star liner Cedric.
Michael Dillon. q fireman on the liner,
returned to the boat after a Joyous
niEht and began to wake his fellow
workers In the hold. William Frackle-
ton told him TO go 20 bed. Dillon struck
Frackleton In the face and the fight
was on. In the midst Of II Dillon drew
a revolver and fred. the bullet lust
grazing Frackleton's lip.
The other men In the hold ran to
william Hishton. a coai.passsr, tried
william Highton. a coal passer, tried
to take the pistol from Dillon. hand.
Dillon fred at him, the bullet striking
his left hand. INJECTING q painful
wound.
Peter Murphy. twenty-three years
old. also q o~oal-passer. then .risd 10
get the pistol. Dillon struck him on
the head with It. The three then
threw Dillon to the floor and held him.
The police had been %telephoned for.
and arrived while the three we're hold.
ing Dillon on the floor. AL four were
placed In the patrol wagon and taken
to 81. vincsnt's Hospital to have their
wounds dressed. Dillon was left there,
and the other three were taken to the
station. They were charged with dis
orderly conduct.
The evening world., 1904-09-15
WORK FOR STEEL MEN.

P~IrTsBURG. Pa, Sept. 15,-The Soho
blast furnace, OF the Jones a Laughlln
Steel Company, has been ordered In
blast at once. The furnace has a ca
paclty Of 800 tons. and the resumption
will give employment TO 600 men, who
have been idle four months. The third
Bessemer steel converter of the Jones Il
i.aughlin South eide plant has been
placed on full time after an ldleness
OF six months. This makes the Bessc.
mer department Of the works In full
operation.
The evening world., 1904-09-15

Mdll lOOT'
&c - Wampole's PREP
aration Cod Liver Oil.
s5c-H Hair
Health.
2c--Malted Milk; hos
pital size. $3.50.
Tc-S:ott's Emulsion;
large sire, 67c.
81 & rien al Clean.
&c Dr.. Esfl's Meii-
Gated Soapi-tsr, sui
phrr and eaIto..c, per
cake.
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bunterbalanos on Broadway
Building Lift Gives Way, Send.
Ing Sixteen Female Employees
Plunglng Down Five Stories.
lANY FAINT, WHILE
OTHERS GET HISTORICAL.
1afsty Catches Fall to Work
wss but Victims Of Crash
Escape with Slight Cuts,
Bruises and Spralns.

sixteen Girls crowded together IN an
osvatcr In the big once building a,
~ ot-sss Broadway fell I'VE stories
o-eaI. landing In the basement Of the
hiding n on top OF another. some
snoonscious and the others screaming
fright.
in the building. which u n back TO
Nos. lS-io Crosby street, are employed
ebout n thousand men and women.
me elevator In the rear, which ia con-
nected with the Crosby street entrance.
used BY the employees Of the build
~ and during the rush hours when the
osn and women are hurrying to and
nom the building It u crowded to IL,
eullsst capacity.
Al 10 o'clock to-day a great crowd
q msn, women and boys were pushing
about the Crosby street entrance 10
oet into the elevator. Sixteen girls. all
y them In the employ of Ritter
uros.. leather merchants. who occupy
che eighth. floor. got on the car. The
elevator was In charge OF Jacob Marks.
ceuatsrbaiancs Gives Way.
The elevator started with the girls
squeezed close together and moved
slowly up to the fifth floor, when there
came Q loud report as the elevator
eountsrbalance gave way and crashed
through the side OF the shaft, Just MISS
ng the elevator In Its descent.
Immediately the elevator began 10
eescend. The safety catches worked.
Tut the load In the car was too srea,
Sor then. to hold. Faster and faster
she a shot down toward the bottom
Of the shaft. the girls screaming az n
progressed.
~ The elevator shot toward the hot.
som one OF the cable ropes gave way
and the loose end fell with all its weight
On the top OF the car. bending the ton
wires and braces.
The falling counterbalance had cau..a
xIleht among the women and men ana
ooys standing In the doorway, and thev
eecams panic-strieken when thew
beard the IMPRISONED girls in the elc.
vator screaming and then saw the c,r
shooting down the shaft. a.
The elevator struck In the basemen,
yifh a loud noise, throwing the girls
Prom their feet and pillng them IN
May Women U~nconsciou.
Hearing the screams of Tho
prisoned women. Policemen HlnJ. n am.
Brakeman, OF the Mulberry stree, s,nau
zion, fought their way through Tho
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WORK DONE BY
THE IROQU0IS

HILO, Nov. S.-The L. S. S. Iroquois,
which arrived Friday afternoon in
command of Capt. A. P. Niblack, is
making a tour of inspection of the
Federal lighthouses and government
buoys. At Kawaihae Capt. Niblack ex-
amined the lighthouse at that point
and will inspect the construction of
the new lighthouse now being, built on
Maui where the Kinau light formerly
stood. At Makena a relocation of the
buoy will be made and about January
LIST the Blond reef buoy designating
the entrance to Hilo harbor will be re-
placed by a regulation government
marking buoy.
During her stay in port the marines
off the vessel, under the name of the
Male Ilimas, played two games of
baseball with a picked Hilo nine, worst
ing the home team on both occasions.
Before her arrival at Hilo, the Iro-
quois proceeded to Kealakekua Bay and
the jackies put Captain Cooks monu-
ment in a more presentable shape. As
to the prospects for the early construc-
ton of. lighthouses in the Territory
and especially along the Hamakua
coast, Capt. Niblack was unable to give
any information. This is a matter of
governmental action at Washington
Tribune.
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shspptng Notes.

The w. b Flint left Makaweli for
San Francisco Nov. 9th.
The bark Amy Turner, warlano.
cleared from HiIo for San francisco
on Nov. End.
The Maui arrived yesterday morning
from the Hamakua coast with so cat
tie for the Metropolitan Meat Co.
The Sonoma is due Tuesday morning
from the Colonies and the Doric will
arrive that evening from San Fran
cisco.
Several sailing vessels are due. The
Coronado is out Is days from San Fran
cisco and the Mary E. Foster is out 70
days from Port Gamble.
The Andrew Welch received the last
of her sugar yesterday. She departs
at noon for San Francisco with several
passengers and 1000 tons of sugar
The bark Kaiulani is overdue from
San Francisco. She has been out twen-
ty days now. Besides a large general
cargo, she brings several passengers
and 2S4 hogs
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Mauna Loa Arrives.

The Mauna Loa arrived yesterday
from Kona and Kau ports with a fair
passenger list and a large amount of
freight which consisted of 4Sss bags
sugar, SO head cattle 1852 bags coffee,
SO bags ava. 10 hogs, 81 pkgs. hides,
6 cts. chickens, bags cabbages, 8 bags
.cocoanuts, rs kegs and tins butter, Is
cts. fruit. 81 cts. fish, $50 bags taro,
126 punches bananas, % bags beans. q
bags ginger and 175 pkgs. sundries.
Purser Conkling reports that the
Porto Ricans who left Honolulu after
the murder of Ed Damon and went to
Kona to work on the roads there, are
a terror to the community. Robberies
have been almost constant in Kona
since they went there and now they
are waylaying people and robbing them.
Last week a couple of Hawaiians were
stabbed on the road from Kailua to
Kainaliu because they refused to give
UP their money. Things have come to
such pass that everybody goes about
armed at night.
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Kona ports: ]. a. Mcguire, II. Green
well, B. Waggoner: from Maui ports:
G. B. Wirts, w. Tougher, w. Searby,
w. r. Castle, j. b. Thompson, II. E.
Hendricks. George Freeland, o. Kani-
vera, H. K. Nahaleloa, DR.. Dureger
and wife and SIS deck.
Per strnr. Maui November II. from
Hamakua ports-Cheong Kim, wife and
children.
BOOKED TO DEPART.
Per bk. Andrew, Nov. II. for san
Francisco-Geo. II. Paris, wife and
child, Edward Edwards, H. S. Johnson,
F. Wittram
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'LAYSAN KING"
BUYS SCHOONER

PORT TOWNSEND. Oct. 1S.-cap-
tain Max schlemmer, of Laysan island,
has purchased the schooner G. Kenne-
dy, now lying at Seattle, and will bring
the vessel here to make some minor
repairs, after which he will load her
with cord-wood and sail for Honolulu,
from which port she will trade to List
ansky and Laysan islands, carrying
guano to the island metropolis.
Capt. Max Schlemmer is reported to
be ON the way here from Port Town
send. The master of the vessel is said
to be a former mate of the Robert
Levers.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Friday. Nov. IL, 1904.
Stmr. Mauna Loa, Simerson, from
Kona and Kau ports, 5:S2 a. m.
Stmr. Noeau, Peterson, from Kauai
ports, 6:25 a. M
Stnr. Maui, F. Bennett, from Hama
kua ports, 1880 a. m.
DEPARTED,
Stmr. Noeau, Peterson, for windward
Kauai ports. 4 p. m.
DUE TO-DAY.
sstmr. Kaiulani W. G. Bennett, from
Maui and Molokai ports, due.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman, from Hilo
and way ports, a. m.
DEPART TO-DAY.
Blk Andrew WEIGH, Drew, for San
Francisco, IL m.
PASSENGERS.
Arrived.
Per stmr- Noeau, November IL from
Kauai ports: Mrs. Kinkler and deck.
Per stmr. Mauna Loa, November II,
from Kau and the Volcano: Mrs. W.
G.. Ogg. Father Stephen. st. c. Bidgood
and wife, Col. Sam. Norris. Miss Han
nah Sheldon, j. B. Bergstronls from