Murder of heiress by Chicago detective on Michigan Boulevard
Miss Mary Catherine Mulwell, an heiress, was slain Monday by Daniel Herman a Chicago policeman later found dead by suicide in an Archer Avenue lodging house. He had long pursued her after she rejected his marriage advances while she worked as sub teacher and organist at St James parish school. The crime occurred in a busy fashionable district witnessed by many. Herman shot three times then killed himself.
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Chicago
Mary Catherine Mulwell
Daniel Herman
Michigan Boulevard
Terman
Archer Avenue
St. James
Herman
Verman
Tierman
St. James Catholic
Evnen
Hierman
Chicago Polices
Fource
Kansas oil refinery plans and gas pumping bill
Kansas oil refinery bonds will be issued within ten days and construction will start once sold. Warden Fewett to select refinery site and Peru branch, with Peru paying for the site. Convict labor and brick to be used. The anti gas pumping bill passes, prohibiting pumps on wells but allowing compressors on pipelines.
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Topeka
Kane
Fewett
State Penitentiary
Peru
Kansas
Judge Swayne Cleared by Senate Impeachment Verdict
The Senate acquitted Judge Swayne on all articles. Voting began at 10 10 and ran to 11 20, with twelve votes needed for each article. The six highest vote for impeachment reached 25, the lowest against 47, and 26 votes supported conviction on the private railroad cars articles. Party lines largely dictated the larger votes.
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Washington
Senate
Swayne
House
Insurrection in Yemen Province Alarms Ottoman Forces
Reports from Constantinople describe a Yemen Rabia insurrection swelling in scale. A faulty transport hindered the dispatch of Turkish reinforcements and large camel losses occurred while a growing number of troops deserted.
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Constantinople
Yemen
Rabia
Girl Hills Sweetheart Accident Ends in Fatality
Miss Bessie Irby an 18 year old girl from Ardmore accidentally shot her sweetheart Clarence Morgan on Monday. They were handling a gun believed unloaded when a bullet struck Morgan in the chest, causing instant death. The shooter is Miss Irby, daughter of Marshal J P Irby.
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Girl Hills
Ardmore
Bessie Irby
J. P. Irby
Clarence Morgan
Morgan
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Anti-Trust Ruling
The National Cotton Oil Company v. Texas sees the U.S. Supreme Court sustain a lower court ruling finding the company guilty under Texas anti trust law. Washington announced the decision on Monday.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
National Cotton Oil Company
State of
Texas
Noted Boston Theft Suspects Arrested Over Five Years
A Boston police report states two clerks from Jordan Marsh & Co department store were arrested Sunday on warrants charging larceny of $50,000 over the past five years. The suspects are 134 years old and 1 year old respectively, with names listed as If. feel and Charles Hf. Gretsinger.
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Boston
Mass
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Charles Hf. Gretsinger
Lions City stock quotes and river incident report
Sioux City Tuesday quotations note Butcher steers and Yop Logs with prices. A ferryboat Katherine plying Cairo to Birds Point struck ice, sank, and passengers were rescued after several feet of water.
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Sioux City
Lions City
Fee
Worry Boar
Cairo
Katherine
Birds Point
Newton Farmer Murders Daughter Then Shoots Self
William B. Hart, a respected farmer four miles north of Newton, Kansas, shot his 10 year old daughter Myrtle Monday morning and then killed himself amid reports of strange behavior. Local authorities investigate motive and circumstances.
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Jimaril
Newton
Kan
William B. Hart
Myrtle
Mine Explosion in Wilcox Kills Many Miners in West Virginia
A Sunday blast at shaft No 1 of United States Coal and Coke Company in Wilcox, Bluefield area, West Virginia, leaves at least fifteen bodies recovered by 8 p m with twenty three feared dead. Rescue efforts continue as officials and families await news. Italians and Hungarians are among the dead, with cause of the explosion not yet known and few miners inside the shaft at the time. The company operates about seventy five miners normally in the shaft. The blast sent a powerful shock and dust clouds over the area drawing relatives to the scene. The United States Coal and Coke Company is part of United States Steel.
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Bluefield
W. Va
United States Coal and Coke Company
Wilcox
Reis
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Fortunes Stolen From Jordan Marsh Store
Boston police arrested John I. Sneef and Charles Ub Cretzinger on warrants accusing larceny of 50000 from Jordan Marsh Company over five years. Dennis H. Carrill was arrested earlier. All were shipping department workers alleged to have defrauded the store by forging fraudulent bills and sharing proceeds.
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Boston
Jordan Marsh Company
John I. Sneef
Charles Ub, Cretzinger
Dennis EH. Carrill
Nnto
Rome Rail Workers Push for Concessions Amid Delays
In Italy railway employees stall trains through overzealous rule obeying delaying traffic during peak tourist season. Cancellations rise and overall traffic falls about 60 percent as workers demand repeal of strict strike penalties and other concessions from railroads.
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Rome
Italy
Trattic
Lead coffin in Paris misidentified as John Paul Jones
A preliminary examination by Ambassador Porter found a lead coffin in Paris whose inscription reveals it belongs to an Englishman buried May 5 1790, two years before Jones. The coffin will not be opened, and the search continues to locate Jones in the Protestant cemetery near the current excavations.
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Paris
Porter
John Paul Jones
Jones
Mrs Chadwick defies U S bankruptcy court in Cleveland
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick refused to be sworn when ordered by Referee Remington in the bankruptcy court. After a conference she testified briefly that she had no personal property in New York, while remaining defiant throughout the proceeding.
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Chadwick
United States
Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Remington
Wen
New York
Ardmore Fatal Shooting In Play With Unloaded Gun
Miss Bessie Kirby an 18 year old Ardmore girl accidentally shoots her sweetheart Clarence Morgan while they play with a gun believed unloaded. The bullet enters his cheek and he dies instantly.
More Bodies Found In Virginie Mine Disaster
Rescuers in the Virginie mine recovered two more victims on Sunday, raising the total recovered to 1033 from last Monday's disaster. Bodies were brought to the surface as crews continued searching for survivors and remains.
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Nirmingham
Ada
Virginie
Mine Explosion Injures Men at Great Western Coal Yard
An explosion of gas in Mamplesmine Mo at Great Western Coal and Coke Company injured men, one likely to die. South McAlester LT reports the incident as a gas blast with several workers affected and undergoing treatment.
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South McAlester
Mamplesmine Mo. 2
Great Western Coal and Coke Company
Strike for Shorter Hours in Victoria Smelter Row
A general strike of British Columbia smelter employees follows the defeat of the eight hour bill. Workers press for shorter hours after legislative failure, with Victoria residents watching the dispute unfold and affecting local industry.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Prince and Princess of Wales to Visit India
London reports an official plan for the prince and princess of Wales to travel to India in November and remain through March. They will tour principal cities, meeting officials and observing local events during the royal visit.
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India
London
Prince and Princess of Wales
New Danger Seen in Russia as Peasants Seek Land Divisions
In St. Petersburg and southern provinces whispers of a March 4 manifesto promising a general land division stir peasant imaginations. Reports claim Moujiks seek parcels after emancipation, pledging to leave only buildings and forty eres to proprietors. Reservists spread the message that the war is over, with 200 defiant at Riazian asserting they will not serve.
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St. Petersburg
Tulga
Saratovë
Polteva
Riazian
Nathy
Ice Damage Sinks Big Kanawha Off Kentucky River
A heavy ice gorge in the Ohio River near Claysville Kentucky fractured Friday afternoon, tearing the Big Kanawha from its moorings. It drifted past the ferry Lawrence, ripped its guards, and punched a hole in the ship’s hall causing it to sink. Captain Williamson and crew narrowly escaped as men leaped onto ice to reach shore. Tacoma also sustained damage but is repairable.
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Low Claysville
Hysvillea
O Ho
Fce
Fee
Lawrence
Iee
Williamson
Tacoma
Celebration at Rome Fetes Washington's Birthday
Several hundred Americans gathered Wednesday at the American embassy in Rome to celebrate Washington's birthday. Present were Gen. Lucius Warren Mr and Mrs W IX Vanderbilt Mrs Levi P Morton Mr and Mrs Craig Biddle of Philadelphia and E A Bowen. Ambassador Meyer marked five consecutive Washington's birthday anniversaries in Rome.
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Washington
Gen
Lucius Warren
W. IX. Vanderbilt
Levi P. Morton
Craig Biddle
Philadelphia
E. A. Bowen
Venezuela
Meyer
Rome
Col Sobieski Honored At Chicago Reception
Col John Sobieski great grandson of Poland's last king was guest of honor at Wilkard hall in Chicago for a congratulations reception marking fifty years since his arrival in America. Speakers praised his temperance work over forty years and he recalled exile with his mother after his father was executed by Russians.
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Chicago
John Sobieski
Poland
Wilkard Hall
Col. Sobieski
America
Body of Paul Jones Claimed Found in Paris Graveyard
In Paris a lead coffin believed to hold John Paul Jones remains was uncovered sixteen feet beneath a grain shed at 14 Rue Grange aux Belles in a former foreign Protestant cemetery. Identification will occur in the ambassador’s presence. the silver plate on the coffin is illegible due to age.
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Paris
John Paul 2 Mes
Albassador Porter
Rue Grange Aux Belles
Punishing the Yaquis Prompted by Mexican Action
Consul General Wanna Priday telegraphed from Monterey to Washington that the Mexican government is punishing Yaqui Indians for killings of prominent Americans in Sonora. He reports over twenty Yaquis killed and more than 200 taken prisoner as part of the crackdown.
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Washington
Wanna Priday
State Department
Monterey
Sonora
William McGee Convicted in First Degree Manslaughter
New York man William McGee claimed as the last white survivor of the Custer Massacre was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for fatally stabbing Frank Mitchell, his reww obiate, and remanded for sentence.
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New York
Willian McGee
Custer
Ile
Irank Mitchell
Rew
Sad Case of a Young Attorney in Chicago
Leslie Fuller, 25, an assistant attorney at the Department of Justice in Washington, declared insane and sent home to Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a period of wags.
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Chicago
Leslie (. Fuller
Department of Justice
Washington
Wags
Day
Ile
Gig Rapids
Mich
Fire at Mot Springs Causes Major Loss in Business Quarter
Fire at Mot Springs Arkansas Friday night damaged the business district causing an estimated loss of 70000 dollars. Principal sufferers include Simon Mandel dry gourds with 45000 dollars and the Indiana Club with 20000 dollars.
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Mot Springs
Ark
Simon Mandel
Indiana Club
Fire at New York juvenile asylum delays brigade
A blaze at the New York juvenile asylum began Friday and spread quickly forcing the emergency crew to struggle to contain the flames. About 1,200 children were in the three buildings at the time, with no injuries reported.
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New York Asylum
New York
Kansas House to take up anti-discrimination bill next Tuesday
The Kansas House will consider the anti-discrimination bill next Tuesday. The measure targets Standard Oil Company, directing attention to its business practices on the house calendar.
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Topeka
Irian
Kansas House
Woodchopper Battle Over Timber Ends With Shootout
Sheriff and patrols return from Cat terson station scene with two badly wounded men and a cache of weapons after a Saturday fight among wood choppers Charles Love Myron Welliver Wilbert Collins and William Trigwins over timber ownership. Higgins is in precarious condition and under guard. Love sustained shotgun wounds while others were shot multiple times.
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A. Burlington
Williams
Shngluff
Prugh
Catterson Station
Charles Love
Myron Welliver
Wilbert Collins
William Trigwins
Love
Hivgins
Ourrest
Higgins
Skink
Hegins
Wolliver
Visgins
Tn Ooelf
Easnest
Hissins
Banker Is Freed In Iowa Bank Case
Martin Routhien, president of the de funct Savings Bank of New Liberty, released at Davenport after judge Bollinger ruled section P50 unconstitutional. Arnold Beaubhien pleaded guilty to two indictments but cannot be sentenced. ruling affects bank officers’ authority to borrow funds without prior board consent. The decision potentially impacts all state banks in Iowa.
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Martin Routhien
Davenport
Martin Touthien
Savings Bank of New Liberty
Code of Iowa
Fudge Famies Bollinger
Arnold Benthien
Arnold Beaubhien
Iowa
Cap Ebert Expelled From Iowa National Guard
For the first time a captain was removed from office in the Iowa National Guard. Capt M O Ebert of Company K Toledo Fifty third regiment was expelled on charges from former Adjutant General Byers including disobedience of orders refusal to answer letters and interrogations and failure to file reports when demanded.
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Iowa National Guard
Des Moines
M. O. Ebert
Corn Bolt Meat Producers' Association Reelects Parish as President
The Carroll County group met at the mayor's office in Carroll Saturday and re elected Mayor Parsons as President with LH OC Stevens as secretary and treasurer. They reduced the local membership fee to SU per year and resolved to press railroads to improve service and rates for shippers.
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Carroll County
Corn Bolt Meat Producers’ Association
Mivor
Carroll
Parsons
Lh.oc
Stevens
Fort Dodge Shoemaker Attacked in Shop
Patrick Smith, a veteran Fort Dodge shoemaker, was assaulted and left for dead in his shop. He regained consciousness and staggered into a saloon across the street with deep gashes. Robbery is the suspected motive. the shop showed signs of a struggle.
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Patrick Smith
Fort Dodge
Iowa Falls Acquires Jefferson Bible for Public Diary
Iowa Falls secures a copy of The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazaret for its public diary. The出版 item is one of 9,000 copies printed by Congress and is a tub ex net photographic reproduction of the original.
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Iowa Falls
Des Moines Business Men Arrested For Gambling
Seventeen prominent Des Moines businessmen were arrested at 12 30 Sunday morning in a city gambling room posing as a business men's club. The men were found engaged in high limit poker games with considerable money changing hands.
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Des Moines
At Business Men's Club
Senator Allison Names New Secretary in Dubuque Dispatch
A Dubuque dispatch reports Lee Mo. Neeley, formerly private secretary to Col Henderson, appointed private secretary to Senator Allison. He succeeds Congressman-elect Dawson and will begin duties on March. The article notes the transition as Dawson starts his term.
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Allison
Dubuque
Lee Mo. Neeley
Col Henderson
Alison
Elper Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Suit Against Modern Woodmen Over Heath Benefit
Mrs August PCR of Muscatine sues Modern Woodmen in Minnesota for denying a heath benefit after her husband Kirnuse died in Worthington. The suit claims wrongful refusal based on the peculiar circumstances of the death.
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August Pcr
Muscatine
Worthington
Minn
Kirnuse
Beatrice Creamery Files Articles of Incorporation
The Beatrice Creamery Company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state announcing an authorized capital stock of $3,000,000 and a filing fee of $3,015. The company plans to operate a dairy business in Des Moines.
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Beatrice Creamery Company
Collpiny
Des Moines
Logan special details Dennison arrest in Iowa
Tom Dennison, prisoner of federal marshal George M. Christian, arrived in Logan Saturday. Sheriff A J Shinn took a receipt at Northwestern depot. Dennison, with attorneys Cochran and Ngan, posted 2500 bonds and was later arrested on a diamond robbery indictment with 10000 bonds. He did not enter the courtroom and returned to Omaha Saturday.
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Logan
Tom Dennison
George M. Christian
Christian
Dennison
Clarrison County
A.J. Shinn
Northwestern
Court House
Cochran
Ngan
O. O. Rock
Ernest 14
Hart
J. P. Greenshields
Council Blutts
Tie
Hiw
Cochran & Ngan
Omaha
Fire Losses Decrease Amid Growth in Town Insurance
Town fire insurance companies report a year of fewer losses and a near ten percent rise in risk written. Total risks written reached 58,085, with losses dropping to 46,220 and premiums collected totaling 102,600. The data comes from the auditor of state compilation of company records.
Sensation in Thomas trial at Des Moines court
County Attorney Miller accuses defense of paying witnesses to favor the accused in the Thomas case. Coorse Noble, a back driver, testified he drove Miss Bel Schofield the night she supposedly died. Prosecution expects witnesses to claim Noble received money, while the defense seeks expert testimony on drowning rather than dragging to death.
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Des Moines Tharrie
Miller
Imi
Coorse Noble
Miatbel Schofield
Grey
Noble
Jntradicerd
Sele
Young Girl Shoplifter Arrested in Marshalltown
Nettie Seibert an 81 year old girl was arrested for shop lifting in Marshalltown. She was found to have pilfered from a dry goods store and stored the stolen goods at a friend’s house in the south part of the city. The occupants did not know what the packages contained. She may be sent to the industrial school and was released on bond posted by her father.
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Nettie Seibert
Marshalltown
Creek Overflow Closes Council Bluffs Yard
Flood from Iuditn Creek flooded railroad yards at Council Bluffs. Water swept down from the bluffs with ice and debris forming a dam at the Northwestern bridge. The surge backed up Broadway flooding business blocks and halted traffic on that end of town.
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Council Bluffs
First National Bank of Pomeroy Reelects Cashier Nixon
At a directors meeting of the First National Bank of Pomeroy Nixon was re elected cashier. He has held the post for six years since his appointment upon reaching adulthood now aged 27 making him likely the youngest cashier of a national or other bank in the state.
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First National Bank of
Pomeroy
Nixon
Efefis
Apple Buds AMLight Reported By Greene
State culture scientist Wesley Greene received several Jonathan apple buds from Tlarkin. He examined them and found them in very good condition with slightly colored bark. Greene notes it is too early to determine the final condition of the fruit.
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State Worth
Wesley Crreene
Jonathan
Tlarkin
Beuds
Greene
Girl Burned Cleaning Gloves At Cedar Malls Home
Miss Mae Jensen of Cedar Malls suffered severe burns while cleaning gloves with gasoline and drying them near the kitchen fire. Family members smothered the flames with rags and blankets, averting a worse injury.
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Miss Mae Jensen
Cedar Malls
Vin
Alden Depot Burns in Illinois Central blaze
The Alden Illinois Central depot burned Monday night, likely started by an overheated stove. The railroad agent, sleeping upstairs, escaped but suffered severe burns to the head and hands. The entire structure and contents were a total loss.
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Alden
Ilinois
Railroad Boilermakers Quit at Marshalltown Shops
Central repair boilermakers at Marshalltown quit work over wage schedules prompting a conference with Superintendent Sweeney. Indications point to an adjustment after talks. Poison death of Carroll County man Lyttle reported from Carroll city last Wednesday confirms a self-inflicted lead poisoning case.
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Central
Marshalltown
Sweeney
Erry
Sioux City men cleared of prairie game charges by jury
Joseph Strange Fred W. Strnnge and C. DC. Strange of Sioux City were accused by Deputy Game Warden it Wohl of possessing two dozen prairie thickings and other items after a season. They were found not guilty by a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Strange
Fred W. Strnnge
C. DC. Strange
Sioux City
It Wohl
Strangled Babe Found In Oil Shed Near Dubuque
A nine month old boy was found dead in an oil shed along the Illinois Central stockyards at Dubuque. A shoestring around the neck was the apparent cause of death. Authorities have no clue to the murderer.
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Dubuque
Notable Political and Naval Figures Named in Diverse Reports
Francis J. Leupp is profiled as a respected Indian affairs official with long service and literary work. The item notes Elisha Nye Pierce, Robert Waterman, Rutherford, von Spaun, and other figures, detailing careers, honors, and roles in commissions and institutions. It also mentions Edison, Castro, McClellan, Trepoff, and local figures like Gov Herrick and Sheriff Bogardus, with brief career notes and historic actions.
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Arabia
Wilccox
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Paul Jones
Ardmore, I. A
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Fen
Russia
Big Kanawha
Old Hero
Standard Oil
News OF the Week
Patterson
Banker
Ebert
Snes Moderna Woodmen
Young Pomeroy Bank
Bo. Lyttle
Luidanum
Francis E. Leupl
Francis J. Leupp
Ian
Bardedag
Willams College
Law
Columbia University
National Civil Service
Jeformy League
United States Board of Indian Commissioners
Loupa
Aife
Lpresiders
Elisha Nye Pierce
Rye Unites States
Waltham, Magy
Robert Watehorn
Ohio
Arked Consylvania
Prof
Rutherford
Heap
British Royal Society
Baron von Spaun
Dagger Bank
Epistle
PM. von Spars
Tegethoff
Lissa
William J. van Patten
Burlington, Vt
Vermont Sons of the Revolution
Ethan Allen
Indian Rock
Thomas A. Edison
Marr
Cipriano Castro
Supreme Court of Venezuela
American Asphalt Company
Ignaco Andrade
Castron
Harry Boulton
John D. Rockefeller
George B. McClellan
Connecticut Avenue
Trepoff
Moscow
Tneros
Gorky
Gov. Herrick
Obadiah C. Bogardus
Monmouth County
N. J
James Jewett Turner
Pennsylvania Lines
General Cast Ho
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