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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
300 LIVES ARE LOST
IN A THEATRE FIRE
Film Starts Blaze at Entertain
ment In Acapulco.
FESTIVAL FOR A GOVERNOR
Roasted Bodies of the Penned-In
Audience Buried in Trenches
Wooden Building Entirely De-
SfrOvqdL

Roasted Bodies Of the Penned-In
Audience Buried in Trenches
Wooden Building Entirely De-
stroyed.
Mexico City.-Between $50 and
800 persons were burned to death
and many injured in a fire which de-
stroyed the Flores Theatre in the
City Of Acapulco.
The Flores Theatre was a wooden
structure and more than 1000 per-
sons crowded it to witness a special
performance given in honor of Gov
ernor Damian Flores, of the State
OF Guerrero, who was visiting the
city. One of the numbers of the pro-
gram consisted of a series of moving
pictures. While the operator was
exhibiting these a film caught fire and
a blaze was quickly communicated
to some bunting which had been used
for decorative purposes. In an in
credibly short time the flames spread
to all parts of the structure. There
were only three narrow exits and the
panic-stricken audience rushed to
them, many falling, to be crushed to
death, their bodies choking the way
to escape to others.
The screams of those imprisoned
were terrifying. Owing to the rapid
1ty with which the fire spread and it's
intense heat 1t was impossible to at
tempt rescue work, and those impris-
oned were literally roasted alive, as
the fire burned with little smoke and
few were s~uffocated. The efforts of
the fire department were confined to
attempting to ave the adjoining
buildings. and they succeeded so that
the property loss was small. The
telegraph Office, ~postofice and Gus
tom House were damaged, but all of
the Governments records and regis
tered mail were saved.
Pitiful Genes of grief were en-
acted in the streets of the little west
coast port. Men, m and chill
dren wandered from place to place,
hunting for relatives or friends.
Many of the dead are from the first
families of the State, the affair at the
theatre being a social event of impor-
lance and calling out the wealthiest
A0 OA0Sot Ioblii1CS lOl lAllCo dlOtuu.
In some instances entire families
were wiped out of existence. The
municipal authorities caused large
trenches to be dug, and into these the
bodies of the dead were laid. Ac-
cording to kilograms received from
there recognition of the head has
been an impossibility, owing to the
fact that the bodies were burned, in
most cases, to a crisp.
kilograms sent to the American
Consul at Acapulco asking for the
names of the American dead were
not answered.
Acapulco, on the west coast of the
State of Guerrero, is one of the three
important ports of the Pacific coast
of Mexico. Nearly all of the steamer
Ines make 1t a port of call, and the
harbor is accounted the best in Mex
icOL
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Tousled But Happy.


Hunting the hare with beagles is
a particularly attractive sport for
women. The outskirts of the London
suburbs ring with the shouts of wo-
men beaglers on Saturdays. 1t is a
curious sight to see fifty or a hun
bred women rushing pell-melI behind
the beagles after a hare. Round
and round they go, tousled, bedrag-
gled and faces all aglow. No wonder
their compilations are the envy of the
world. The sight of an E~nglishwo-
man chasing a hare on foot through
bramble and thicket, over hedges and
stiles, heller SHELTER over everything
would make a German hausfrau sit
down in the middle Of the road with
her hands folded helplessly in front
of her.-Town and Country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
SHOUTING FROM A souNDLEss, sMoKELEss GUN
Hiram Maxim Shows the Noise Killer at Work-It Fits IN the Muzzle of Any
Gun and Breaks Down the Vibrations From the Explosion
Until the Ear No Longer Recognizes Them al Noise.

New York City. = Patents having
been obtained on it in twenty-four
countries, Hiram Percy Maxim gave
a demonstration and explanation of
his silencing device for rifles before a
large number of representatives of
newspapers and scientific publica-
lions. By the use of a sandbox tar
get the inventor made a series of ex-
periments by firing a variety of rifles,
ranging in power from a 20 calibre
up to the new Springfield 80 calibre
military rifle. They were fired both
with and without the "silencer," and
the spectators-or perhaps it might
be better to say auditors-marvelled
at the effect of the little device. 1t
is said scientific tests show that nine
ty per cent. of the noise of explosion
is eliminated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

The tests were made In the offices
of Redding, Greeley & Austin, coun-
sci for MI. Maxim, on the eighth floor
of the Potter Building, in Park row,
and it was cause for wonder among
those present that the noise made by
the explosion of the rifles without the
"silencer" did not arou the other
tenants in the building.
The "silencer" is a metal tube
about seven inches long and an inch
and a quarter in diameter, which can
be fastened quickly to the end of a
rifle barrel which has been provided
with a thread for that purpose.
1t is declared that the velocity of
the bullet is not lessened in the least
degree, as the gases have done all
their work on the projectile before
they reach the "silencer."
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Watch out how you come and whar
you gwine! l never seen a 'possum
git de big head, wen he felt his fat
ness, but some hongry hunter come
long wild a dog an a gun, an TO- dat
'possum knowed dat day wuz break
in, de hunter had him in de bag,
gwine home wild him ter br'akfas!-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Electroliers of French renaissance
design will be used to illuminate the
grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Paciic
exposition at Seattle. Hundreds of
the beautiful standards have been
built. On the top of each will be a
large sphere Of light containing sixty
thirty-candlepower globes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
A Simnle Calculation.

"Let me see," muses. the man, "my
wife told me to be sure to meet her
at the main entrance of Silk & Nosh-
uns at 10 o'clock, as she would take
the car from home at $50 sharp and
be 1t the store just at 10. So / won't
need to be there until II or later"
But" says the unmarried friend,
won't she be Disappointed"
"Not a bit. l know she will be half
an hour late catching her a and
that she will allow another half hour
for me TO be late keeping the appoint
ment. Chicago Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
BOY KILLED ESCAPING KISSES.
Ink-Eraser in Vest Pocket Pierced
His Heart.

F
New York City.-The b%ashfulness
of George Spencer Millett, an Office
boy, caused his death in the Metro
politan Life Building, at Twenty-third
street and Madison avenue. He
didn't want to be kissed by half a
dozen pretty stenographers. In run
ming away from them the lad Stun
bled and fell. A keen-bladed ink
eraser that he had in his vest pocket
penetrated just below his heart. He
died a few minutes after an ambu-
lance took him to the New York Hos
pital.
Spencer, as they knew him at his
home, No. 425 Pleasant avenue, was
fifteen years old. He had a present
or two in his pockets when he went
to the Office, and announced, when
questioned about them, that it was
his birthday. The girls threatened to
kiss him once for every year of his
age,
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Knox Made Eligible.

The House of Representatives, at
Washington, D. c., refused to pass
the bill reducing the salary Of the
Secretary of State from $4,000 to
$4,000, SO as to remove the Consti-
tutional bar to the taking of that
Office by Senator Knox. Then, under
a special rule requiring only a ma
jority vote, the bill was passed, 173
to III. Party lines were broken.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

fastened Itself on me. ] had awful
dizzy spells, headache and urinary ir-
regularities. My back was weak and
tender. | began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills and found quick relief. /
was soon restored to complete good
health"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
How,s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by hiE firm.
WALDINa, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, U.
Halls CatarrhC Cure is taken internally, act
ingdirectly upon the blood and ~ucuouss sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent tree.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Gets rs Years For Murder.

Judge Ten Eyck, at Newark, N. J.,
sentenced to a term of twenty-five
years In the Trenton State Prison,
Vincenzo Buonvesba, who pleaded
guilty of murder in the second de-
gree.s Buonvesba shot and killed his
son-in-law, Sabato D'Alisso, last Au-
gust, because D'Alisso had married
his daughter against his will.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
-AIspanish Commercial Float.

4 A number Of influential merchants
OF Barcelona have under contempla-
ton the chartering of a large vessel
upon which they intend to install an
exposition of Spanish manufactures
and Spanish agricultural products.
This vessel is to make a ten months
cruise, visiting the principal CONNER
cial ports of the world for the pur-
pose of creating a larger demand for
Spanish merchandise.-Daily Con-
sular and Trade Reports.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Not Born.

The little Swede boy presented
himself before his new schoolma'am.
what is your name?' asked the
mistress.
"Yonny Olsen," he replied.
"How old are your" pursued the
teacher.
SAY not know how old Ay bane."
well, when were you born?" con
tinued the teacher.
SAY not born at all; Ay got step
mother. London Answers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Fred Big Wind, p. nj,

Representative Halvor Stevenson,
of Minnesota; recently made a recon-
mendation for the appointment of a
postmaster at Twin Lakes, Mimi,
which caused a laugh to roll from the
seventh to the lower floor of the Post
office Department. Mr.. Stevenson
proposed that Star Bad Boy, who has
been a good" boy ever since he has
been a Federal postmaster, be sue
ceeded for political reasons by Fred
Big Wind.-Chicago News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
SET HIS WIFE ABLAZE.
She Had Objected to Toolmaker's At
tentions to a Woman Guest.

one HAD objected to At
.tentions to a Woman Guest.
Port Chester, N. Y.-Because his
wife objected to his attentions to a
young woman who was visiting her,
Michael Hennessy, sixty years old, a
toolmaker, poured kerosene over her
and set her af1re. Mrs. Hennessy was
sent to the Smith Street Hospital and
her husband put under arrest.
Hennessy, who is a toolmaker by
trade, reached his home in East Will
lam street, Port Chester, intoxicated.
He found calling on his wife a young
woman from New York, whose name
has not been disclosed. Hennessy, it
is alleged, at one began to make adj
vances to the young woman despite
the remonstrances Of his wife and of
the visitor herself.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Little Charlie, a s~lx-year-old, heard
a man practicing on the calliope pref
~paratory to playing it in the circus
parade. Rushing to his father, he
said: Listen, papa" What is it?"'
asked his father. 'It's de elephant
singing" said Charlie.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

IrOm
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
e and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. 1 had
given up hope OF
ever being well
when l began to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
1 felt as though
pou 1ifo had honn
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
BACKACHE is KIDNEYACHE.
Usually There Are Other Sypmtoms
to Prove 1t.
Pain in the back is pain in the kid
neys, in most cases, and 1t points I'd

the need of a spe.
cial remedy to re-
and cure the
congestion or in
fammation of the
Kidneys that is in
~terfering with their
work and causing
that pain that
makes you say:
"Oh, my back!"
Henry Gullatt, of
Greensboro, Ca,
1.-Two years
ago kidney disease
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
The
Exceptional
Equipmenf

Of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific a~ttainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production Of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
~benefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup Of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Only Sixteen, But Invents a
Duplex Receiver For Wireless

Plymouth, Mass. = Harold B..
Doten, sixteen years old, who has
been a student of wireless telegraphy
for the last three years, and who has
a small power sending station at his
home, No. Z South street, has sue
ceeded in duplexing the receiving
portion of his plant SO that two oper-
ators can sit and "listen ~in">inde-
pendently of each other, the detectors
being in duplicate. This is done by
a process of tuning, and makes it
possible for two operators to work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

For Irritation Of the Throat, Coughs
or H~oarseness, Browns Bronchial
Troches are exceedingly beneficial. In
boxes 25 cents. Samples mailed free.
John l. Brown & Son, Boston, Mass.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

A union of the $4,000 milk pro-
ducers who supply Chicago is in con-
temptation. 1t is hoped to form a
close organization to regulate the
price of milk and to buy feed and
supplies on a cooperative plan.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
$1,000 New York Husbands
Have Deserted Wives.

Albany, N. Y.-That $4,000 hus-
bands in Manhattan and the Bronx
and 5000 in Brooklyn have been in
the police court, charged with aban-
donment and n%on-support of their
wives, is revealed in the preliminary
report of the commission to inquire
into the courts of inferior jurisdiction
in cities of the first class, made pub
lie by Governor Hughes.
The commission announces that 1t
is considering the a~dvisability of a
special court for these cases.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

The Japanese government has de-
cided to transfer its five sawmills to
private companies. although the rev.
enue from them for 19O7-'08 is es-
timated at over a million dollars.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
chinese School i'm 'Fris

A school will be established in Sari
Francisco, Cal, by the imperial Gov
eminent for Chinese children in Cal
ifornia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Turkey holds the record for the number
of aged persons in proportion to the popu-
lation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws.
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
gists for Murine Eye Remedy. Try Murine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

A good honest remedy for Rheumatism,
Neuralgia and Sore Throat is Hamlins
Wizard Oil. Nothing will so quickly drive
out all pain and inflammation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
A Domestic Eye Remedy

The Hong-Kong harbor has a water area
of ten miles, and is regarded as one of the
finest in the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Noharmful drugs in GarfeldTea Natures
laxative-it is composed wholly of clean,
sweet, health-giving Herbsl For constipa-
ton, liver and kidney troubles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
GRIP IS PREYA-

LENT AGAIN. A
prompt remedy is what
every one is looking for.
The efficiency of Peru
nais so we'll known that
its value as a grip rem
edy need not be CUES
toned. The grip
yields more quickly if
taken in hand prompt
ly. If you feel grippy
get a bottle of Peruna
at once. Delay is almost
certain to aggravate
your case.
For a free illustrated booklet entitled
"The Truth About Peruna," address The
Peruna Co, Columbus, Ohio. Mailed post
paid.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
In Pittsburg.

Cleanliness is not next to godli-
ness; it's next to impossible.-The
News. N.Y.-8
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, %softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
AFTER
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Nd. -"FOr four years
my life was a misery to me. / suffered
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Coney Island is sometimes visited by
500, 600 people a day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

American railroad shops employ
$4,000 men. earning s2oo,o0o.ooe
1 year.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Onlv One "Rromo Ouinine"
when a 'Possum Gets a Big Head.

That is Laxative Bronze Quinine. Look
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Stamps up to the denomination of $500
have been issued by the Government Of
Victoria. Australia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

The foreign trade of Great Britain
has shown no signs of revival.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Soup made of fried wasp is a Chinese
delicacy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

There are 77,OO0,OOO bricks in the famous
Severn tunnel.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Korea's average annual rice crop is
placed at 1850, 900, 900 pounds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

The tunnel which will eventually connect
Sicily with Italy will be nearly nine miles
1onU
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Piles Cured in 6 to Il DAYS

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or P~rotruding
Piles in 6 to IA days or money refunded. soc.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

More than 5000 tons of hides and skins
are exported annually from Siberia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Every Woman Will Be interested.

If you have pains in the back, Urinary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble, and Wan a
Mother Gray's Australian Leaf. 1t is a reli-
able regulator. All Druggists 50 cts. Sample
FREE. The Mother Gray Co., LIE Roy, N. Y.
There are more women members OF clubs
in New York City than in any other w
cities in the world.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19
Defiance.

To all your whimpering nonsense
we have this only to say: If you
have any grievance in your system
against us for anything we have done,
said, i~nsinuated or even thought, just
please come to our Office, invite us to
yours, call US by phone, or meet us
on the street, Or arrange a meeting
any way to suit yourself, and spit out
your grievance to us personally.
Well gladly cuss, quarrel, fight or
Just merely "jaw" with you.-Lon-
don Democrat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

The largest orchard in the world is in
California.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-19

Japan gets 1873, 900 recruits yearly for her
regular army.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-07
Genesis of Books.

Books have progressed from the
days when they were only wooden
rods or bits Of bark. For the deriva-
ton that which connects book" di-
rectly with beech" both having been
''boc'' in Anglo-Saxon, is the favorite
sne. "Buchstaben." the German word
for letters of the alphabet. means lit.
orally beech slaves" Many book
words go back to such vegetable orr
gin. The Latin 'liber," a book,
whence comes our library" was
properly the inner bark or rind of q
tree. especially Of papyrus; the Greek
sbiblon." whence "Bible" and "biblio.
philsgz meantsmuch the same thing; o
''codex" was a block of wood. and
"leaf' Is obvious.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-05-07

Or likely to become a drunkard TO cease
the purchase OF liquor. and If he disre-
CARDS the notice he shall be deemed a
s~isordeTiy person and punished.
The Washington times., 1909-01-08

and Mrs. ". II. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
W. Tr0WbTdge, Hon. and Mrs GeoTg
sutherland Miss Edith Sutherland lion
and Mrs. j. r. TalIa1errO. Hon. and Mrs,
r. NJ Teller, Mrs. Willard Teller Hon,
b. r. Warren, Gen. and Mrs j. d, Per
shing
The Speaker Of the House. Miss Can
Honr Mrs j.. ". LcSsuTe, hon. II. g.
Cousins, lion. and Mrs. j. s. FassvtJ
hon. and Mrs. A. =. Gardner Hon d.
II. GiHetJ, Hon. and Mrs ~. 81. How
ard, Hon. and Mrs. Nicholas LOugW0Tth,
Mrs Walliugford, Hon. aud Mrs r..
WaEnc Parker Miss Alice q. Parker.
Miss Eleanor w Parker. Miss Elizabeth
W. Parker, Hon and Airs Herbert Par
sons, don. and Mrs. James g. Perkins.
Hon and Mrs. r, G.. Stevens, Hon. j. A..
TaWuey-
aIaj. cen. and Mrs. J. FRANKLIN Bell.
Miss Van NOUThis. Brig Gen. John H.
Wilson Miss Leila w Waller, Miss
Florence G. Brooks
The Admiral of the Navy and Mrs
IfeTCE. Lieut. Commander H. Y Butler.
Airs. Butler, Miss Butler, the Surgeon
General of the Navy and Mrs. RiXCy
Miss l. HeuTie EiNey, the Chief OF the
Bureau Of Equipment or the Navy and
Mrs. Cowles, Air- and Mrs Bayard Cut
capt. A. " Butt, CAPT. :. A. Cheney,
Capt. r. r. Lay, Lieut. II. ~. D-ter-
laus, Lieut.. Semmes Read, Lieut. 9. j.
EuWClif. Lieut.. ChaUucgE SharEFgTd
Hon. and Mrs. IT, p. T.. mcfarland,
Hon. John w Douglass, Miss Helen
Douglass, Mrs. William n. Strong,
William strong, lr,, Hon. and Mrs. II.
J. Wes-, Miss West, Miss Minnie a.
Frank C.. Cosby.
Mrs. r. j.. Bayard. Mrs II. S. b.
Beale, Mrs. y. Donald Cameron, Miss
ton, Mrs. j. G. Bancroft Davis Mr. and
Mrs. James ~. WaGsW0rth, ir.. Mrs.
1aifetL a. Hobart. Mrs STANLEY Mat
lleWs. Miss Mitchell Mrs. NJ. @. Moore,
Miss NlcOlay. Mrs Thomas b. Osborne
Mrs EObesou. Miss Robson. Mrs.
Charles Emory Smith. Misses Strong.
Mrs. Woods, Misses Woods.
Hon. William Phillips Mrs. john C.
Phillips, Miss Phillips, Right Rev. and
Mrs Alfred Harding, Miss Harriet
Douglas Bishop and Mrs. Earl Grams
ton, Mr.. and Mrs O. IT. Sheriff. Prof
and Mrs H. Fairfield Osborn, Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. DaEr, Hon. and Mrs.
Frank L. Kellogg, Hon. and Mrs. VIII
liam Barnes lr-, Hon. and Mrs. Tim
Uthy T. Woodruff, Mr.. and Mrs Wood
run. Mrs Joseph SLIckney. Miss Gwen
dolEn Burden, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j.
Wyuue, Miss ida Wyune. Miss Daisy
hoen, Misses SheWaus Mrs. Wolc0tt,
Mr. and Mrs. r. ID. Roosevelt, Mrs.
ITeIeI. Miss luedeN. Mrs Richard TT.
Townsend, Miss Townsend. Mrs Letter,
Sir. and Mrs Joseph Letter, Miss Olaf
LeIL1n- Lieut. COL and Mrs. Charles T.
MeCawiey- Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Harris. ir- William Reynolds. Miss
Nora Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs j. @.
SHaner, Hon. and Mrs. Beekman Win
rErop, Sir John and Lady Harrington.
AI0uzp FL Stewart, Miss Stewart. Mrs
Russell b. Harrison. Miss Harrison,
Miss i-auucef0te. Hon. end Mrs. Hunt
iugr1u Wilson. Judge and Mrs. T. L.
Lewis Mrs. Hanna, Mr.. and Mrs &. 4.
Severance, Hon. and Mrs r. O. Stevens.
Misses stevens, Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Romans.
Hon. and Mrs. Levi u. Morton, Miss
Howard