Miraculous escapes after storehouse collapse in Broad and Vine area
A five story western wall toppled onto Vine Street from the Broad and Vine storehouse, burying Edward Curran, his wife, and child in 1416 Vine while rescuers saved Mrs Curran and their baby. Curran died. others escaped amid fires, alarms, and frantic rescues by Engine 17, Engine 20, and Truck A. Buildings damaged include 1416 and 1418 Vine. total rebuild costs estimated at $8,000 for the wrecked house and $1,500 for James Riley’s loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Curran
Broad
Vine Streets
Leeds Court
Vine Street
Engine 20
Knowles’ Warehouse
Engine 17
William Cavenaugh
James Reynolds
Thompson
Twentieth Police District
Tile
Vine
Mary Ellis
William Cavvenaugh
Curran
Con” Carroll
E. & J. C. Leeds
North Broad Street
Humphreys
Neddy
Emma
Leeds
Brandywine Street
James Riley
Liberal Tariff Talk at Ninth Street Meeting
A Liberal League gathering on Ninth street and Girard avenue debated whether a protective tariff protects workers. An impassioned speaker attacked monopolies and church power, but the crowd largely backed free trade, voting the tariff a curse to the country and the bane of the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burroughs
Liberal League
Ninth Street
Girard Avenue
Brother Burroughs
Committee of One Hundred
Pano
Murderer Rugg Escapes From Queens Jail
New York February 17 Charles H Rugg the Negro awaiting trial for murder of the Maybee family and Townsend of Long Island escaped from the Queens jail tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles H. Rugg
Maybee
Ae Townsend
Lonsland
Queens
Lasker Episode: State Dept Doubts Report of Bismarck Action
The State Department and German officials have received no corroboration that Prince Bismarck returned the condolence resolutions for Herr Lasker to Congress. Berlin’s Liberal press denounces the move, while German Americans brace for possible diplomatic friction. The American Legation has no information on the reported action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Wastimeron
Prince Bismarck
Herr Lasker
Congress
Vielinghuysen
United States
Run For Information
New York
New York Staats Zeitung
Lasker
Bismarck
Germany
Berlin
House of Representatives
Kerr Lasker
Reichstag
National Zeitung
Berlin Tradesmen’s Society
Rickert
Conventions Hopes Rise With Democratic Delegations
A Times special from Washington on February 17 reports Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis delegations already in the capital as Democrats begin courting the convention. Chicago has quarters at Willard's, St Louis plans a quieter but active presence, and Cincinnati may be favored for McDonald with St Louis backing Tilden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
the Times
Washington
Willard’s
Buncombe
Philadelphia
Griff Prather
Mr. Hewitt
Saratoga
New York
Tammany Hall
Prather
David H. Arrmstrong
Missouri
McDonald
Tilden
Morrison
Cleveland
Hewitt
Watterson Voices Support for Newspaper Copyright Bill
Henry Watterson argues Congress should pass a newspaper copyright measure to protect news as property. He cites exclusive twenty four hour rights and the need to reward skilled labor, forecasting favorable congressional consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Watterson
Congress
Mr. Watterson
Courier-Journal
Watterson
Congress Preparations For Key Bills This Week
Washington notes indicate Representative Dorsheimer will push to suspend rules and bring up his copyright bill. Keifer will pursue the Military Academy bill and naval appropriation actions may continue. Pending measures include the pleuro-pneumonia bill and inter State commerce regulation while the Chinese labor import ban faces committee action. Senate work centers on the McPherson banking bill through most of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dorsheimer
Keifer
Appropriations Committee
House
House Committee On Commerce
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
McPherson
Signal Service bill to boost river flood notices
Special Dispatch to Tae Tim ga reports Missouri Rep Dockery will introduce a bill in the House to spend 12000 dollars for new river observation stations under the Signal Service and to detail an army lieutenant to oversee reports from tributaries to prevent flood losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Tim Ga
Washington
Representative Dockery
Missouri
Army
Secretary of War
Signal Service
Tragedy in Canal Street Saloon Ends With Triple Shootout
In New York on February 17, Patrick McGowan a bartender shot Thomas Sullivan a 38 year old milkman in Patrick Hickey’s Canal street saloon. Sullivan suffered two shots in the back and one in the right shoulder and was removed to a hospital with life in danger. The men, both Republicans of John J. O'Brien faction, had quarreled over politics. After blows, McGowan left then returned and fired three times at Sullivan who remained near the bar. He has not yet been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Patrick Hickey
Canal Street
Thomas Sullivan
Patrick McGowan
Sullivan
John J. O’brien
McGowan
Ned
Jimmy” Kane
Kane & Fox
South Street
Seventh
Bainbridge Streets
Kane
Tob Henderson
Seventh and
Balnbridge
Bob” Haggerty
Haggerty
Hambridge Street
Seventh Street
Kelley
Paul
Seventeenth
Alaska Streets
Bainbridge Street
Cavanaugh
Carpenter Streets
Seventeenth District
Ile
Pennsylvania Hospital
Squire McMullen
Jimmy
Alaska
Henry Logan
Eastern
Logan
Andy Kane
Jimmy" Kane
Jimmy” Dougherty
Sixth and Catharine
Dougherty
Mink
Brooks
Arrests Made In Abduction Of Young Girl In Jamaica
John R. Baylis and his wife were arrested as they boarded a Port Jefferson train in Jamaica Long Island after abducting Cecilia Sills in Williamsburg yesterday. Baylis, an agent at Long Island Bath in Port Jefferson, offered no comment. The mother who died shortly after witnessed the incident. the girl appeared unaware of her mother’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
L. I
John R. Baylis
Port Jefferson
Cecilia Sills
Williamsburg
Baylis
Long Island
Kane fatally shot after quarrel near Seventh and Bainbridge
Jimmy Kane of Kane & Fox saloon at 510 South Street is mortally wounded near Seventh and Bainbridge after a quarrel with a strange man. He fired a shot toward Bainbridge street, shattered a window at Cavanaugh’s saloon, then collapsed. Kane, a former inmate, had enmity with Henry Logan’s faction. police pursue an unknown killer amid conflicting witness accounts.
Flood Devastates Plantations and Flooded Towns Across Arkansas
Describes rising waters in Arkansas and surrounding states on February 17, detailing submerged plantations near Pine Bluff and Fulton, with multiple towns inundated, homes lost, livestock drowning, and relief efforts by the steamer Belle Cooper. Cincinnati reports receding river levels and recovery of drowned victims from a building collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Pine Blurr
Ark
R. L. Cobb
Pine Bluff
Fulton
Red River
Belle Cooper
Fort Smith
Shawneetown
Ind
Wabash
Tennessee
Ohio
Paducah
New Liberty
Smithland
Cumberland River
Rosedale
Birdsview
Raleigh
Elizabethtown
Fairplay
Free Fight
Caseyville
Cincinnati
Pearl and
Ludlow Streets
Thomas Burke
Mary E. Colter
Jameson
J. W. Kyle
William B. Smith Sunday Levee Event
William B. Smith rested from his labors yesterday and, following a long nap, enjoyed breakfast in bed. In the evening he hosted an informal reception at his North Thirteenth Street residence where many ward and city workers called to congratulate the presumed next mayor on the nearing fruition of his hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Smith
North Thirteenth Street
Mr. Smith
Quarrel Over Funeral Divides Catholic, G A R
In Willsbarre February 17 a dispute over Captain John Mundy of Ely Post G A R arose after his death in Minersville. Father O Horan insisted on Catholic burial, opposing G A R regalia at the church. A compromise burial in a Catholic cemetery was arranged with G A R attendance as civilians, highlighting tensions between groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father O'Horan
Grand Army of the Republic
Times
Willsbarre
John Mundy
Ely Post
Minersville
Sehuykill County
Grand Army
Father Mathew Society
Father O'lforan
Patrick Mundy
O'Horan
G. A. Tt
Mundy
G. A. Ri
Hollenback Cemetery
O’horan
Hhe
Trenton Legislature Faces Slow Session and Railroad Tax Debate
Special dispatch from Trenton notes six weeks of session with little legislation. Senate more active, focusing on railroad taxation. Key bills include Vail's constitutional amendment for railroads, Assemblyman Resolins 88 proposal, and Prall's three-assessor board plan. Governor Abbott influence evident. conductors and passes discussed, with clerks certifying elections for member passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
House
Senate
Vail
Ssemblymann Prall
Mutiny at Cairo against Soudan troop dispatch
Egyptian soldiers protested to the Khedive against sending Egyptians to the Soudan and removal of British officers. Sir Evelyn Wood confronted the mutineers, who were arrested. Signatures on the petition were said to be forgeries. Officials feared disbanding the army. Rebels later fired on forts at Suakim before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Khedive
Evelyn Wood
Suakim
Soudan
Londoon
Reuter’s Says
Desperado shot in Lyxcusvure Va lynching threat
A Floyd County report states Jacob Dulaney from Montgomery county shot J. Dehart after a disturbance. The wounded deputy died. Dulaney fled on horseback, was captured by two unarmed citizens, and jailed amid threats of lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyxcusvure
Floyd Court House
Jacob Dulaney
Montgomery County
J. J. Dehart
Dehart
Dulaney
Debart
Ocean Steamship Arrivals At Liverpool-Critic
Shipping notices list passages from New Orleans Norfolk and New Orleans Parisian Sidonian and New York to Liverpool Queens town Pavonia Abyssinia with fast net passages noted in the schedule
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Critic
New Orleans
Norfolk
New York
Sidonian
Queenstown
Pavonia
Fastnet
Abyssinia
Telegraphic Brevities Highlight Dense News Snippets
The Alabama river rises and rainfall is heavy. Ball and Bros foundry burned in Madison Wisconsin with $20000 loss. Servian Ministry resigns over Conservative-Progress split. Admiral Courbet reports Millet now in command in Tonquin. George P Bennett dies of apoplexy in New York. Russian provincial governors seek reinforcements as peasant unrest grows. Judge Bibb of Montgomery dies at 87. long ago legislator. Police officer Nicholson murdered on patrol near boat. three head wounds. Kesher Shel Barzel annual meeting in New York notes tributes to Lasker and Montefiore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Ball & Bros
Madison
Wis
Servian
Courbet
Tonquin
General Millet
George P. Bennett
Old Dominion
Chambers Street Hospital
New York
Russia
Bibb
Montgomery
Ala
Nicholson
Canada
Kesher Shel Barzel
Platzek
Edouard Lasker
Oves Montefiore
Boy Burglar's Candid Tale of Picked Locks and Broadway Healings
James Stanton, a 20 year old amateur burglar, details a methodical plan using keys and wax marks to break into houses near Broadway. He entered about three homes weekly for six months, avoided violence, and funded theater trips with pilfered goods. Detectives recovered hints of his stash in a cellar near Thirteenth Street and Second Avenue, including a General Shrie paymaster valise and torn correspondence.
Umbrella Ad Draws Crowds to Saloon Bar
A Times reporter visits a busy beer saloon to locate Mr. Bell about an umbrella advertised in a morning paper. Bell denies involvement, grows hostile toward the reporter, and complains of repeated inquiries from lawyers, doctors, and others about the same umbrella.
New Year Joss Feast Draws Street Gaze
In a South Tenth Street Chinese laundry a pasteboard temple and a paper Joss figure held a New Year feast. May Chung, a young Chinaman, speaks of offerings while a crowd of gamins eye the mysterious edibles and speculate on who eats them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Tenth Street
Joss
Joss Ward
May Chung
Attempt to Blow Up a Summer Resort
A bold attempt to blow up Ridgewood Park Hotel near Hunter's Point on February 17 ended when a man calling himself 3 Mooney detonated a patent bomb via a fuse. The device exploded outside the building, missing the hotel. the suspect, about 45, was found in an outhouse, arrested for attempted arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter’s Point
L. 1
Ridgewood Park
Mooney
Newtown
The Career of a Noted Pickpocket Molly Hog Wiggans
Lizzie Ellen Wiggans known as Molly Hog and Holbrook is jailed at police headquarters after detectives nabbed her as she left Boston jail where she served a year for pickpocketing. She had earlier been arrested in New York for the same offense, jumped bail, and faced a five year sentence later upheld on appeal. she now begins serving the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lizzie Ellen Wiggans
Molly Hog
Holbrook
Boston
Court of Appeals
Thief Caught Stealing From Mrs Langtry at Niblo's Garden
A thief snatched a carriage robe from Mrs Langtry's coach at Niblo's Garden. A nearby detective witnessed the theft and the man was arraigned in the Tombs. Mrs Langtry declined to testify while the coachman did, and the suspect was held for trial.
General Grant in Low Spirits After Fall and Rheumatism
Special Dispatch to Toe Times reports General Ulysses S Grant, still on crutches after an ice fall, is in low spirits. Harsh weather worsens his rheumatic discomfort, and if the weather does not improve he plans to travel to Norfolk Virginia toward the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grant
Toe Times
New York
Clothing-Cutters Union Holds National Convention Plan
In New York today February 17 representatives from numerous clothing cutters unions across the country discussed a convention to coordinate national trade standards and uniform rates for jobs in the country. The meeting aimed to set common practices to ensure steadier work and fair wages for workers in the garment industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clothing-Cutters’ Union
Italian Political Club backs Monroe and Iseminger tickets
The Italian Political Club at Cristoforo Colombo Hall in Philadelphia endorsed Select Councilman Monroe in the Third ward and Common Councilman Iseminger in the Second. The meeting urged members to oppose the machine Democratic Republican ticket headed by W H Davis, noting attempts to mislead about Monroe’s candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cristoforo Colombo Hall
Fitzwater
F. Vietri
A. Lagomarsino
J. B. Rago
A. Costa
F. Bartalucci
Monroe
Iseminger
Davis
Leeds in the Twenty-Ninth Ward Fight for Select Council
Gas Trustees William R. Leeds and Samuel Kelly campaigned all day in the Twenty-ninth ward to defeat K. Cuming for Select Council. Cuming narrowly missed nomination for council before the convention, held back by cash and patronage from Kelly and ex-Gas Trustee McManes. Republicans urging Cuming’s renomination cite indignity over the convention defeat and vow to expose frauds as detectives prepare to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Leeds
Samuel Kelly
K.cuming
Select Council
Leeds
Cuming
Gas Trust
Kelly
James MceManes
Committee of One Hundred
London Reports Preparations for Tokar Relief Battle
Preparing for a battle the British expedition is confined to Tokar relief. A decisive clash is expected on the 21st. General Gordon arrives at Khartoum and proclaims El Mahdi sultan of Kordofan, remitting half the taxes and restricting slave trade. Arabs in Khartoum show satisfaction as Osman Digma masss troops near a defile to block the coast road. Morghani and Messagdha secure only neutrality promises from nearby chiefs. Admiral Hewett moves four miles from Suakim with trenches within range of English fleet guns.
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London
Tokar
Gordon
Khartoum
el Mahdi
Kordofan
Trinkitat
Cairo
Osman Digma
Tahir Pasha
Moncrief
Sheikh Morghani
Messagdha
Suakim
Political note seeks votes for City Solicitor candidate
In Philadelphia on February 16 1884 a note from Gro Mountjoy asks William M Singerlys saw mill workers to vote for Charles F Warwick for City Solicitor. Similar notes circulated to many workers across an up town building operation and streetcar employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philapelrura
Charles F. Warwick
Gro. Mountjoy
Times
Loss of Bat Harold Dampens Seventh Ward Support for Smith
Friends of William B. Smith in the Seventh ward mourn the setback after Bat Harold, a convention delegate and ardent Smith supporter, was arrested Thursday for planning house robberies and possessing stolen goods. He led efforts to rally colored voters and reportedly faced police intervention while serving as a key organizer. It is alleged he would have been rewarded with a police lieutenant appointment if Smith won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Smith
Seventh Ward
Bat” Harold
Bat
Republican founders plan repeaters to boost vote in wards
Trustworthy information reported to the committee of one hundred states that preparations by Republican leaders to organize gangs of repeaters in multiple wards aim to swell the stalwart vote and defeat the Reform ticket. Leaders of four gangs are named, under the supervision of a known Wood Street figure, with forty dollars per man and immediate bail if arrested. Wards targeted include the First, Seventh, Tenth, Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-seventh, with a combined attack planned in the Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth divisions of the Tenth ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of One Hundred
Reform
Wood Street
Recaptured Camden Jail Breaker in Woodbury
William Lawrence one of four men who escaped Camden County Jail on Saturday afternoon was captured yesterday in Woodbury New Jersey by Marshal A W Cattell. He was jailed in Woodbury until this morning and will be returned to Camden. Authorities found twelve new saws and six broken blades hidden in mattresses used by the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lawrence
Camden Caba
Camden County
Woodbury
N. J
A. W. Cattell
Camden
Heriff
Wreck near the railroad after axle break injures worker
A broken axle on an eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train Engine No 384 wrecked two cars half a mile west of town last night. The track was blocked past midnight. While lifting one car with jacks it toppled toward the canal, nearly crushing five wrecking crew workers. Alexander Dunlap was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Tim
Columbia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Canal
Alexander Dunlap
Fire Devastates Block in Prescott Arizona
A morning blaze in Prescott destroyed an entire block housing stores saloons and law offices. Owner S. N. Holmes of the Daily Miner died attempting to save papers. A woman named Kitty Purcell rescued a child at great risk. To save the town several buildings were blown up. Loss totals unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
N. Holmes
Daily Miner
Kitty Purcell
Murder or death by own action in Kansas
Was it murder or death by own action Henry Prawl of Seneca Kansas. Friday night a quarrel with his brother William ended in a gunshot to Williams head. The shooter is unknown and the wife accuses William of suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Kansas
Henry
William
Philadelphia relief committee reports flood aid totals
The Western flooded districts have received 9250 dollars so far from Philadelphia citizens relief. Contributions continue, bringing the sum to 11424.38 dollars by Saturday night. The committee plans another meeting at noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Citizens’ Relief Committee
Champion Fly-Caster Reuben Wood Dies at Home
Syracuse news reports Reuben Wood, America’s champion fly-caster, died suddenly from heart disease last night. He previously served on the American staff for the Inter Geurae Fisheries Exhibition in London scheduled for April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Reuben Wood
America
London
From Poverty to Wealth The Widow and Children of Davison
The widow and two children of John Davison, a man who killed his mother and died in Moyamensing Jail on July 1, 1882, inherit an estate valued at about fifty thousand dollars after a Denver pioneer named Scanlon left wealth to his church. A Denver detective traced Davison to his family in Philadelphia, where the widow and sons endured hardship, while Davison’s mother supported them by fruit selling. A jury ruled in favor of the widow and her children, who plan to move to Colorado to claim the inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davison
Moyamensing
James Scanlon
County Donegal
Ireland
New York
Ish
Philadelphia
James
Scanion
Mia Wile
Denver
Colorado
Father O' Hern
Scanton
John Cody
Michael Bostwick
Father O'Hern
Scanlon
James Seanlon
Henson
Seanlon
Davison
Duffy
Second District
Swanlon
Swanson Street
Second
Cody
Sam
Christian Street
James Scantlon
Plots Against King Humbert Near Corneto
Government reports from Civita Vecchia describe an ambush on a returning royal train as it passed between Mont Alto and Corneto. Four men fired on the carbineer guard. he fired six shots, wounding one assailant and disabling a bottle with a lighted fuse thrown aboard. The attackers escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Civita Vecchia
Humbert
Mont Alto
Corneto
Churchill to Succeed Northcote as Tory Leader
London on February 17 reports Lord Randolph Churchill elected President of the National Conservative Union. The move signals his likely replacement of Sir Stafford Northcote as leader in the House of Commons. Rumors say Northcote may accept a peerage and resign the leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Randolph Churchill
National Conservative Union
Sir Stafford Northcote
House of Commons
Sir Stafford
SRR O
Stafford
Commission named to study poor dwellings in Britain
London February 17 a Royal Commission is appointed to inquire into the condition of the dwellings of the poor in the United Kingdom. The commission includes Cardinal Manning delegates from workingmen's associations and Irish and Scotch MPs with Sir Charles Dilke as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Cardinal Manning
Charles Dilke
Plon-Plons Adherents Rally for Constitution Change
In Paris on February 17 the followers of Prince Napoleon known as Plon-Plon held a meeting with about three thousand attendees. They adopted resolutions demanding constitutional revision a constituent assembly and restoration of direct election of the Chief of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Napoleon
Plon-Plon
Fate of Greely Expedition Murder Theory Bares
The Observer reports from London on February 17 that amid chronic mutiny seen in Arctic relief expeditions the Greely party may have murdered their commander, reflecting doubts about discipline in such dangerous explorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greely
London
the Observer
Dr. Kane
Captain Hall
Death of Admiral Carr Glyn heir to Barony of Wolverton
Lonpoy February 17 Admiral Carr Glyn is dead. He was heir to the Barony of Wolverton. He was named heir to her estate by the late Miss Neilson the actress with whom he had intimate relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpoy
Carr Glyn
Wolverton
Hert
Miss Neilson
Weather Summary for Middle Atlantic States Report
For the Middle Atlantic States the forecast calls for clearing weather in extreme southern portions light rain and partly cloudy in northern and central portions a slight rise in temperature winds shifting to south and west a slight rise in barometer. Yesterday at the Signal Office the temperature ranged with a high of 61 and a low of 34 a mean of 44.1 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic States
Religious services at Bijou Theatre and local political notes
The Rev Dr McVickar led non church goers services at the Bijou Theatre. Edward Carey claims Fire Commissioner GipPin trades votes for Henry Clay in exchange for votes for King. Policeman Faris saw Thomas Loughlin steal a watch at Third and Girard. thief pursued and to be examined today. A spurious ticket aims to defeat Francis Gowen’s Reform Select Council bid in Twenty second ward, naming ex railroad president Franklin Gowen. Thomas McCall and John Thomas held on $500 for court for larceny of blankets from cabs at Broad Street Station. M F Wilhere spoke at Dougherty’s Hall under Patrick Sarsfield Branch of Irish National League. Philip Murphy presided. F J McCready lectured at Meadow Chapel on Indian habits and caste in native dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McVickar
Holy Trinity Protestant’ Episcopal Church
Bijou
Edward Carey
Sixteenth
Gilpin
Henry Clay
King
Faris
Thomas O. Loughlin
Frederick Bettle
Third Street
Girard Avenue
Francis I. Gowen
Counci
Frankin B. Gowen
Exrailroad
Thomas McCall
John Thomas
Twentieth District
Broad Street
Lennon
M. F. Wilhere
Dougherty
Richmond Street
Somerset
Patrick Sarsfield
Irish National League
Philip Murphy
F. J. McCready
India
Newton Theological Seminary
Meadow Chapel
Moyamensing Avenue
Seventh Street
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Jimmy’ Humphreys
Sarah Horton
Joseph Hollicks
Robert, Soby
John McCabe
Riley
Stumphreys
Humphrey
League
Rugg
The
Jim" Kane
Virginia
James Stanton
Ie Ja
Broadway
Wallack’s
Union Square
Fifth Avenue
Price
Ihrie
Grant
West
Stanton
Thirteenth Street
Second Avenue
Itou
Gen. Thrie
George P. Shrie
United States Army
San Francisco
Shire
Mr. Bell
Joseph
the Clothing-Cutters’ Union
Selectman Monroe
Commoner
Harry Shoch
William M. Singerly
Flood & Mountjoy
Norris
Harold
Arizona
Churchill
Northcote
Great Britain
Plon
Admiral Carr Glyn
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