Denounced speech flares in Senate over naval bill
Secretary Chandler is called a lobbyist on the Senate floor as Senator Anthony challenges charges. The row centers on Secretary Chandler and Lieutenant Commander Gorringe amid naval appropriation debates and proposed ship construction funding. The House and Senate move forward with appropriations while Chandler says Gorringe’s resignation is accepted.
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Wasukxoton
Chandler
Senate
Metherson
Naval
New Jersey
Utah
Anthony
O P Tion
McPherson
Secretary of the Navy
Arthur
Rollins
Omer
Navy Yards
Mare Island Navy Yard
District of Columbia
HOUSE
Hlouse
Yellowstone Park
Rule to Move Bill to Conference on Senate Tariff Amendment
Washington dispatch reports House Republicans puzzled over handling the Senate tariff amendment to the internal revenue bill. The party wavers between sending the measure to a conference committee or keeping it on the Speaker's table and risking a direct roll on passage. The Rules Committee considers a substitute to allow a suspension of the rules to move House Bill 5588 with the Senate amendment to conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuk Tis
Washington
House
Keifer
Committee On Rules
Robinson
Massachusetts
Senate
Kasson
Iowa
Lieutenant Commanders Gorringe Resignation Accepted
Washington reports Navy Secretary Chandler accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Commander Gorringe amid public correspondence. Gorringe, stating he works as a consulting engineer, explains he expects compensation from H. McK. Twombly and would resign if business connections interfered with his duties. He denies any outside obligation to influence service.
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Chandler
Washington
Inge
Gorringe
Realgua Mn
Chan
Tie
New York
Gorringo
Associated Press
Arthur
Secretary of the Navy
Ife
Navy Department
Department
New York Evening Post
H. McK. Twombly
United States Navy
Error in Tariff Bill Omitted Comma Alters Metal Rates
Republican caucus highlights a clerical slip in the Senate tariff bill now on the Speaker's table. The missing comma after fence wire changes the duty on iron and steel items, shifting the intended rate to exclude galvanized fence wire from the general iron and steel schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tare Tras
Wasursorox
Senate
Fannie Driscoll Dead The Gifted Wisconsin Girl
Special dispatch reports the death of Fannie Driscoll in Milwaukee at age twenty five. A poetess known for ten years of literary work, she recently married H T E White of the Chicago Tribune. She died at her parents home after a brief illness. Funeral will be private Sunday afternoon.
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Wisconsin
Tin Timms
MiLwacker
Iti
T. E. White
Fannie Driscoll
H. T. E. White
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Pattison's Staff Appointments Reported in Harmrispure
Governor and Adjutant General announce staff and line appointments. Chief clerk George C. Kelley of Union county and clerk J. M. Lowry of Indiana county named. Lieutenant Colonel D. Stanley Hassinger named Assistant Adjutant General. Colonels Lacey Goddard, Louis Read, John I. Rogers, George Sanderson, and others named in various posts. Notables Hassinger Read and Sanderson recalled from prior posts. Goddard and Rogers are Philadelphia notables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sanderson
Dauphin
Solomon Hawkhurst
Indiana
S. W. Buck
Bradford
Richard W. Hayward
Philadelphia
William Jones
David B. Jacoby
Hassinger
Read
Norristown
Hoyt
Sanderson
Scranton
Indictment Over Bunco Case Involves Star Route Juror Brown
Washington February 23 A grand jury indicted William H Brown a Star route juror for receiving a hundred dollars from James A Nelson to influence his vote in the John Long Bunco case Nelson is also charged with attempting to corrupt jurors Brown reportedly did not receive the eight dollar earnest passed to Nelson and the installment never reached him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Brown
First Star Route
James A. Nelson
John Long
Nelson
Brown
Star Route
Coroner's Verdict Names Dennis Meeley in Shieksbinny Murder
Special Dispatch to Tuk Trwes reports that the coroner's jury found Dennis Meeley delivered the fatal blow in the Shieksbinny murder. This afternoon Meeley and seven accomplices appeared before Judge Rice on habeas corpus. five prisoners were freed on bail, Meeley, Phillips, and Boyle were denied. Henry Conrad posted $5,000 bail.
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Meeley
Tuk Trwes
Wilkesbarre
Shieksbinny
Clerk of Courts
Dennis Meeley
Briggs
Rice
Phillips
Boyle
Henry Conrad
Repentant Runaway Boy Killed by Train
A 14 year old boy from Baltimore who recently ran away from home was struck and killed by a southbound express near Wilmington at about 1 PM. He stepped onto the southbound track in front of another approaching train and was crushed, dying within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam Tiwes
Wilmington
Baltimore
Fire Charred Georgetown District with Heavy Loss
A severe blaze in Georgetown yesterday afternoon threatened the northern town area. Originating in cotton landed from the steamer Merchant, it destroyed the Accommodations Line warehouse and wharf, T. W. Dickinson property, P. E. Braswell’s store and warehouse, Miss T. E. Wisner millinery, and the Risley mansion with most contents. Also burned were the Morgan, Baum, and Forman dwellings. Loss included 250 bales of cotton, 50 tons of guano, and 600 bushels of seed rice.
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Georgetown
D. C
T. W. Dickinson
P. E. Braswell
T. £. Wisner
David Risley
W. D. Morgan
Baum
A Whole Family Poisoned Near Meadville
Special Dispatch to Tae Tra xs reports that the Barrett family near Meadville were poisoned yesterday, likely via tea. All drank tea except the youngest. Mrs. Barrett remains critical while others recover, amid unsettled estate troubles connected to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Tra
Meadville
Barrett
Ferry's Prospects Dwindling in Senate Balloting
Detroit report on February 23 details the first ballot in the Legislature for United States Senator with Chamberlain leading Democrats at 40 votes and Ferry securing 5, followed by Willets 17, Palmer 8, Crosley 10, Stockbridge 12, Withery 4, Stout 2, Hannah 2, and Lathrop 1.
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Ferry
Detroit
United States
Chamberlain
Dem
Palmer
Willets
Crosley
Stockbridge
Withery
Stout
Hannah
Lathrop
Favorites of the Trust Reported by Council Committee
A council committee investigating the Gas Works heirloom favors concludes the city lost 167 696.35 by covert tar deals with Warren, Lober & Co. It cites underpayment, missing tar, and a contract at one cent per gallon instead of a likely one dollar. The report also targets Trustee mismanagement and bias in coal hauling.
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Warren, Lober & Co
Messrs. Warren, Lober & Co
Spring Garden
Philadelphia Gas Works
A. Thompson
Twenty-sixth Ward
Gas Trust
Testimony of Cruel Treatment Before Dixmont Inquiry
Special Dispatch reports the legislative investigation into Dixmont State Insane Asylum began at the Monongahela House in Pittsburgh. A former inmate, A P Hopkins of Rochester, Pa, described strait-jacket confinement, choking, beaten and refused care, with attendants Leggate and Hamilton named. He testified of repeated abuse, unsafe restraints, inadequate food, and a man dying after being choked. Dr Levin of Erie was examined. similar cruelty cases were cited. Hearing to resume.
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Tax Times
Pittsburg
Legislative Investigation Committee
Dixmont
Monongahela House
A. P. Hopkins
Rochester
William Leggate
Joseph Hamilton
Mr. Hopkins
Leggate
Miller
Claysville
Washington County
Dixmont Hosital
Levin
Erie
Bankbook Heist Ties Chapman and Buchanan Plot
A Philadelphia savings fund theft ties Laura Smith and Dr. Martin V. Chapman to a conspiracy involving Chapman and Buchanan. Laura admitted drawing funds, filing under Mrs Craig’s name, then handed the cash to Chapman. Chapman and Laura were arrested. Chapman held on 1500 dollars bail and Laura on 8000 dollars. The case paused for further proof.
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Lewis Cay
Philadelphia
Wilmi
Baltimore
Gray's Ferry
Chester
South Thirty-first Street
Laura Smith
Craig
Philadelphia Savings
Laura
J. C. Chapman
South Mighth Street
Buchanan
Chapman
Smith
Mr. Craig
Savings Land
Miller & Sharkey
Miss Smith
South Eighth Street
Walter Smith
Protesting Innocence Craft Denies Kentucky Murder Charge
In ayson Kentucky Judge Brown reads indictment and sentence after Craft the murderer protests innocence and claims unfair trial. He asks for time to gather witnesses while stating he is as innocent as angels. He condemns the process and predicts future revelation as death sentence set for May 25. Craft is escorted to camp as soldiers prepare to move toward Riverton and the Ohio river.
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Ayson
Brown
Craft
Mrs. Gibbons
Sam
Sean
Eastern Kentucky Railroad
Riverton
Ohio River
Miscegenation in Baltimore Court Case Shocks City
Alexander Yancey a colored school teacher from Fysex county Virginia is to face court for assaulting a five year old girl. The case reveals a white mother revealed as Bailey’s wife and their seven year marriage performed by a Catholic priest. Yancey was captured by police after fleeing the scene as neighbors aided the child.
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Baltimore
Alexander Yancey
Fysex County
Darkey
William Bailey
Yancey
Bailey
Book Trade Association opposes Senate tariff bill at banquet
The Book Trade Association celebrated its eleventh anniversary at Dooner's Hotel with a banquet and business meeting. Henry Carey Baird was elected president, with Roger Sherman Henry T. Coates and W. W. Harding as vice presidents, A. G. Elliot as secretary treasurer. Henry T. Baird offered resolutions denouncing the tariff bill which were adopted. The group urged Pennsylvania legislators to defeat the measure and telegraphed the resolutions to their representatives.
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Book Trade Association
Dooner
Henry Carey Baird
Roger Sherman
Henry T. Coates
W. W. Harding
A. G. Elliot
Henry T. Baird
Senate
Pennsylvania
Elliot
Baird
Charles Emory Smith
Association
Merchants Oppose Mexican Treaty Remonstrances
The Board of Trade and Exchange sent remonstrances to Washington against confirming the proposed United States Mexico commercial treaty. They argue treaties clash with national spirit, the public lacks knowledge of terms, and Mexican goods may enter duty free defying existing treaty stipulations with other nations and harming several interests. A Philadelphia petition against the treaty was also forwarded to Washington.
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Board of Trade and Maritime Exchange
Washington
United States
Mexico
Philadelphia
Two Young Lovers Drown Together Near Matamoros
In Matamoros Mexico Louis Fernandez and Carmen Lira both 16 bound themselves with a rope and jumped into the Yara river. They died and were found an hour later. The girl's mother, grief stricken after viewing her daughter's body, drowned herself in the same river.
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Matamoras
Mex
Louis Fernandez
Carmen Lira
Yara
Syeding Fernandez
Fernandez
Valencia firing corroborated by captain letter
Washington February 23 Secretary of State received a letter from Captain Hesse commanding the steamer Valencia confirming earlier reports of the firing on the vessel in the port of Curacao. No word yet from the U S Consul at Curacao who was aboard Valencia during the incident.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Hesse
Valencia
Curacoa
United States
Rates for the Railroads in the Senate Hearing
John Scott and President Roberts argued before the Senate committee on judiciary general against Gordon and Lee anti discrimination bills. Scott pressed vested rights and argued a board of revision would conflict with railroad rates. Roberts warned the measures would cripple state industry and rail traffic, urging a Massachusetts style commission to handle complaints and remedies.
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Pennsylvania Road
Senate Committee On Judiciary General
Gordon
Hanniesemno
John Scott
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate Committee On
Judiciary General
Roberts
Lee
Scott
Pennsylvania Railron
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Auditor General
GOWEN
THE
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Garfield
Ohio River
Ines
Wallace
Commonwealth
Erie
Seaboard
Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Buffalo
Philadelphia and
Cumberland
Maryland
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Massachusetts
The Adventures of a Stowaway
A sixteen year old stowaway arrives at Lewes after a voyage from an American vessel. He says he was sent to school abroad by his civil engineer father in Arizona three years ago. He fled, joined a merchant ship, survived a wreck in the West Indies, and was later carried to Nassau before boarding the vessel at Lewes. A telegram to his Arizona mother shows the family had moved, and a second message asks for a search for the family. The boy waits for his father’s arrival.
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the Times
Wilmington
Lewes
Arizona
West Indies
Nassau
Ventura
A Little Girl Shot to Death in Hickory Ridge
Special Dispatch to The Times reports that Mary Matechic, ten, died after a loaded gun in Joseph Rochinsky's hands discharged during tea at Hickory Ridge. Rochinsky fled to the woods. authorities hunted him as the fatal accident stirred the small mining patch.
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the Times
Shamorin
Hickory Ridge
Mary Matechic
James Matechic
Matechic
Joseph Rochinsky
Mary
Rochinsky
Lazaretto tug boat contract awarded to Waite & Co
The Board of Health and Councils committee awarded Samuel R. Waite & Co the Lazaretto tug boat contract for 15147.50 with conditions for additional appropriation of 3000. A 5000 security with City Solicitor was required. Archambault bid 15000. Several builders abstained to avoid price disclosure.
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Samuel R. Waite & Co
Board of Health and Councils
A. L. Archambault
Pone
Last of the Kromer Bribery Case Ends
Trenton February 23 John J Kromer of Atlantic City discharged from recognizance after grand jury failed to indict him in connection with the 1882 bribery investigation. Assemblyman Shinn had alleged Kromer offered $200 to influence a railroad bill vote.
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Kromer
Trenton
John J. Kromer
Atlantic City
Shinn
Atlante
Parnell Speaks in Commons Amid Ireland Row
London February 23. The House of Commons opened the session with excitement as Mr Parnell prepared to answer Mr Forster on yesterday's charges. The lobbies and galleries overflowed, the Prince of Wales attended, and Parnell criticized Forster for soliciting informers. He defended Irish leaders, questioned press incitement, and urged Ireland to endure oppression. Trevelyan defended government actions, noting crime reduction, while Gorst’s amendment was rejected 259 to 174.
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London
House of Commons
Parnell
Forster
Teers
Prince of Wales
Ireland
Tie
Phenix Park
Land League
League
Trevelyan
Gorst
Earl Spencer
John O'Brien
Stafford Northcotesnia
Messrs. McCaun and
Blake
The Dublin Murderers Dusty February 23
Friends of Brennan deny he fled to America and say police know his whereabouts. They reject links to Phanix Park murders. Prisoners receive meals from the pub Carey drank at after leaving the murder scene on May 6. A stranger pays the bill weekly. Authorities end the Rings End basin knife search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusty
Brennan
Carey
America
Phanix Park
James Carey
Pope and Emperor Exchange Letters in Berlin
In the Landtag today Herr Von Gossler said there would be further interchanges of letters between the Emperor and the Pope. The Pope's last letter had been answered but the contents could not be revealed before the Pope received it.
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Berlin
Landtag
Herr von Gossler
Carey Expelled from Trade Societies by Bricklayers
A meeting of brick layers masons and other trades representatives disavowed Carey’s claim to represent workingmen and expelled him from the trade societies. The gathering repudiated any connection with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubin
Carey
Reciprocating America's Bounty in German Aid
In Bex on February 23 the first instalment of 1000 marks from Germany was sent to the United States to aid flood victims in the Ohio valley. The transfer marks a gesture of solidarity as relief efforts begin to flow across borders.
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America
Bex
Germany
United States
Ohio Valley
Twenty Two Drowned in Bosphorus Steamer Wreck
Constantinople February 23 It is now known that twenty two persons were drowned on Thursday by the wreck of a steamer in the Bosphorus.
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Constantinople
Bosphorus
Fourth District Policeman Fass Fights Fire at Hess & Bro's
Fire alarm chaos at Hess & Bros chair manufactory on Bread Street opposite Fetter Lane last night near 11. Policeman Fass pulled Gamewell box 13 six times but no engine arrived until Insurance Patrol was notified. Fire suppressed with little loss though alarm lines likely crossed wires at Central Station.
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Fass
Hess & Bro
Bread Street
Fetter Lane
Third
Cherry Streets
6Th Arch Street
Firth
Prisons Committee Tours Almshouse Notes Improved Care
A prisons committee visited the Almshouse to inspect the institution. Inmates largely praised the new management, citing kindness and improvement. The infants department houses about two hundred children. overall capacity about nine hundred. The supplies committee awarded the drug contract to Louis H. Kelly of Manayunk.
The Mongolian and His Persecutors
Sam Lang Ching a Chinaman who runs a Market Street laundry was attacked on Thursday night by two men, suffering severe beating and a head wound. Earlier a West Philadelphia tavern keeper assaulted him. Raruel Brough Thomas Lyons and John B Clark were committed on a charge of assaulting and cutting two Chinamen at Ah You s laundry 14 South Second Street on Thursday night.
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Sam Lang Ching
Market Street
Thirtyninth
West Philadelphia
Raruel Brough
Thomas Lyons
John B. Clark
Ah You's
South Second Street
First Comet of the Year Discovered by Warren Observatory
Director Swift of the Warren Observatory reported a bright telescopic comet visible in Pegasus near Beta with a half degree tail and slow eastward motion. It is the first comet of the year and expected to be a conspicuous object in the western sky.
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Tuy Tres
Rochester
N. Y
Swift
Warren Observatory
Pegasus
Northern Central Railroad elects new directors and officers
At the annual stockholders meeting in Baltimore on February 23 the Northern Central Railroad elected directors including George B. Roberts Wistar Morris Samuel Huey John P Green Edmund Smith George Small B I Newcomer 8 M Shoemaker J N Hutchinson Dell Noblit Harry Walters and Henry Gilbert Roberts was chosen president Frank Peomeoa vice president and Stephen A White secretary.
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Baltimore
Northern Central Railroad
George B. Roberts
Wistar Morris
Samuel @. Huey
John P. Green
Edmund Smith
George Small
B. I
Newcomer
8. M. Shoemaker
J. N. Hutchinson
Dell Noblit
Harry Walters
Henry Gilbert
Frank Peomeoa
Stephen A. White
Yearning Woman Reunites With Father In Philadelphia
Blanche Burdette, a Pittsburg child, traveled to Philadelphia to find her father after seven years apart. He, now poor, requests the Society to Protect Children from Cruelty to keep the girl in the Industrial Home for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Burdette
Pittsburg
Nearittsburg
Philadelphia
In Jail for Beating His Mother
Special Dispatch to Tur Times reports James Breslin of Tamaqua was jailed for brutally beating his 64 year old mother last night. Neighbors heard her cries and intervened as Breslin fled. The woman was taken to the Alms house and is in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Times
Porrsville
James Breslin
Tamaqua
Explosion at Queens County Oil Works In New York
A fire at Queens County Oil Works destroyed three large oil stills in an explosion of great force. Loss estimated at about $10,000. Authorities suspect spontaneous combustion as the cause of the blaze.
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New York
Queens County Oil Works
STATE PRISONERS REVOLT AT JEFFERSON CITY PENITENTIARY
Special Dispatch reports a noon mutiny at Missouri's Jefferson City Penitentiary led by John J. Johnson with armed convicts seizing shop foremen and starting a fire in the harness shop. Guards halted the uprising with a lone unarmed officer and a revolver, as 1,100 convicts were penned, many escaping flames and smoke filled buildings, while 1,400 prisoners were later confined to cells.
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St. Louis
Jefferson City Penitentiary
Hanahan
John J. Johnson
Shelby County
Johnson
Walla
Pat Krump
Krump
Missouri
Jesse Tolin
Tolin
Jefferson City
Flity
Geisecke Shoe Manufacturing Company
Meysenburg Shoe Company
Ite
Crittenden
Philadelphia Woman Sues. Brokers Arrested Over $10,309
In New York on February 23, authorities arrested Edward A. Weed and George Chandler after a Philadelphia woman, Mrs. Adelaide R. Kenny, filed suit for 10309 dollars. The plaintiff claims Weed and Chandler posed as reputable brokers with seats in the Stock Exchange and defrauded her by taking control of her money for speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Adelaide R. Kenny
Edward A. Weed
George Chandler
Weed
Weather summary for Middle Atlantic States report
Cloudiness increases across the Middle Atlantic States with rain or snow likely. Winds shift northeast to southeast as barometer remains steady or rises slightly. Yesterday’s temperature at the Signal Office ranged from a high near 42 to a low around 29 degrees with a mean near 31.3.
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Middle Atlantic States
City Notes on Flood Fund, Trials, and Local Affairs
The flood relief fund reached 14142.30 dollars. William W Watt's pilfering case continued in federal court. Two men broke into IL C Townsend’s stable on Baltimore avenue. authorities fired but the suspects escaped. Addis withdrew an objection to road and bridge repairs in Twenty-first ward after completion. Finance committee discussed paving reports and a Board of Experts. Frank Willing Leach became chief auditor in the Controller's office. S. Davis Page’s signature was needed for warrants despite county treasurer race loss. Park Commission opened bids for coal seed and vulcanite pavement. recommended 5000 dollars for a stone-breaker. Unitarian Church property sold for 40000 dollars for a new church on Chestnut near Twenty-second. Health board probes Mrs Frankel’s complaint over clothing lost during smallpox hospitalization. items reportedly destroyed. overcoat possibly buried with deceased husband.
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Gas Trust
Gardner
Sixth National Bank
William H. Smith
Amy
Gill
Mr. Smith
Leeds
Rittenhouse
Roberts
Smith
Gas Trust Equity
James Nevin Magee
Recorder Lane
Twenty Fifth Ward
Park
Lane
William W. Watt
United States District Court
Butler
Twenty-first District
Penn
ILC
Townsend
Baltimore Avenue
T. B. M. Addis
Mr. Claghorn
Frank Willing Leach
Controller's Office
William M. Taggart
Murphy
S. Davis Page
William B. Irvine
The
Park Commission
Unitarian
Tenth and Locust Streets
Chestnut Street
Board of Health
Martha Frankel
North Sixth Street
Mumici
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MR. Chandler
Gorringe and Chandler
Pattison
Conncilman Thompson
Jdob
Trust
Dixmont Asylum
Kentucky
Innocent
Tam Timka
Dublin
Pope
the Emperor
Pope Pius
Northern Central
Dr. Suddards
Suddards
Grace Episcopal Church
Twelfth
Stevens
Newton
Morton
Watson
Isaac 8. Williams
William Gilespie
M. J. Mitcheson
John Lucas
Andrew H. Miller
William Waterall
William M. Coates
Thomas Z. Gillespie
Thomas A. Robinson
William K. Knight
Society of the Sons of St. George
Dr. Suddarda
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