Aoki Sails for Japan Amid Immigration Controversy
Viscount Aoki Japanese Ambassador to the United States sailed for home on the Pace Mall liner Manchuria from San Francisco, accompanied by Viscountess Aoki and embassy secretary. He repudiated in print remarks about immigration and stated he had not discussed such matters since leaving Washington. Secret Service guarded him and a San Francisco detail joined the voyage.
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San Francisco
Insista
Secret
Cal
Aki
America
Washington
Pace Mall
Fairmount Hotel
Japan
Secret Service
Died on Monday in 1908 in memory of Mary Bennett
Obituary notices detail deaths and funeral plans for multiple individuals including Mary Louisa Bennett widow of Elenry Ho Bennett. Mary Carter widow of Robert Woodorder. Mary Tilden widow of James Stobbing. Catharine Shreve widow of William Ho Shreve. Martha Winslow widow aged sixty three. Services listed at homes, churches, and private interments, with dates around January 7 to January 9 1908 and locations in Washington DC and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louisa
Elenry Ho Bennett
Pan Rel
Provileare
Fall River
Callar
Turdeughler
J Maury Dove
New Hampshire Avenue
Mary A Carter
Robert Wodorter
St Mary's Church
Rockville
Union Station
Navy Medical School Hospital
William Halephings
St. Thomas’ Church
New Yok
Detroit
Vw Lork
Harry Herbort Wosley
TSN
Paul” Haley
Nineteenth Street
Church of the Holy Comforter
Breenth
East Capitol
Stres Rie Fey Teourntin
Rolock
Toor
Joseph J. Magiure
Carrell Coua- ET Kolb
G. K. Wol Fleishell
Romeins
Laure
Tilden
Wroithe Sal
Tepces
Colimbia
Catharine
Willow
William Ho Shreve
Stueilenson
Thomas P. Stephenson
Titteentl
Atrest
Janvass
Martha
Winsloa
Agnl
Puneril
Omaha
Plattsmouth Nebr
In Memoriam and Public Talks Across the Atlantic
In memoriam notices honor POM VERD L JORDAN one year after death with lifelong friendship acknowledged. At Tokyo the Okuma Kobe speech mistranslation causes a flurry of cables demanding repudiation or confirmation while France’s press seeks harmony with the United States and Japan, stressing the Franco-Japanese entente.
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Jordan
Nese
Okuma
Tokyo
London
Count Okuma
Kobe
India
Great Britain
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Qkuma
United States
Japan
Figaro
France
Petit Parisian
M. Jusserand
Washington
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with contact phones
A compact compilation of DC area undertakers including Thos H Sergeon R Nalley & Son Geo P Zurhorst William Lee Frank Geier’s Sons John R Wright R F Harveys Sons W Speare Frank A Speare and others with chapel locations and telephone numbers for arrangements and services.
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R. Nalley
Frank Geier
John R. Wright Co
Teur
Dver Cay
R. F. Harvey
Joni Nous Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A. Speare
Mgr. Pelonea
Priest Denounces Hibernians Over Daly Funeral
In Philadelphia Rev D J McDermott rector of St Marys declined funeral services for John Daly unless the invitation to the Ancient Order of Hibernians was revoked. He links his stance to memories of the Molly Maguire era and says he holds files detailing alleged facts about the group. Archbishop Ryan refused to discuss the matter.
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Philadelphia
Order of Hibernians
D. J. McDermott
St. Mary’s
John Daly
Father McDermott
Hibernians
St Mary's
Daly
Pennsylvania
Molly Maguires
Baltimore
Corcoran
Ryan
Corco
Mgr. Turner
Fire causes 250000 damage on Royal Street in New Orleans
A January 7 fire on Royal Street near Iberville in the business district caused about 250000 damage. The five story building housing W. G. Thebault furniture firm was practically destroyed, with three other structures damaged. Mrs Edward M Lund cashier of Tebault was injured by falling glass while safeguarding papers on the safe.
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New Orleans
Royal Street
Iberville
Todug
W. G. Thebault
Edward M. Lund
Deaths Record From City Health Office
Health office death notices list 16 individuals with ages and last-residence clues. Names include Gertrude Essig Elizabeth Gallagher Millard F Martin Margaret H Chollar Frances S McKane Edward F Loughram Thomas P Stephenson David K Hackman Narriet E Garvin Virginia W Alexander Julia S Maris Marcus R Jones Anna J Seymour and William McCullum with ages from 7 days to 80 years.
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Gertrude Essig
Eght, Ave
Elizabeth Gallagher
N, Haven
Millard F. Martin
Margaret H Chollar
Frances S McKane
Edward F. Loughram
St Se
Thomas P Stephenson
Ith St
David K Hackman
Bout Ow
Narriet E Garvin
12Th St. Nw
Virginia W. Alexander
William McCullum
Licensed to Marry Names in Tangle of Clergy Escorts
A list of marriage licenses shows multiple couples paired with clergymen across several locales including Sterling and Vienna Virginia, Baltimore Maryland, and Norwood Massachusetts. Couples include Clarence E Fishel 27 and Ethel Lockhart 25, John Purcell 31 and Bosale B Walton 38, and James C Lewis 38 with Ethel H Clark 27, among others.
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Clarence E. Fishel
Ethel Lockhart
James F. Mackin
Richard Ho Hurener
Sterling
Ruth Mention
Vienna
R. L. . M Arton
Ella M. Hummer
BH. L. Shipley
Lewis W. Cottman
Baltimore
Mary CC. Howard
Alfred Harding
Percy Owen-Jones
Norwood
Maso
Charlotte C. Massie
Thomas J. Packard
Frank W. Hackett
Margaret V. Miller
J. J. Muir
John
Purcell
Bosale B. Walton
Loulta
Weston Bruner
James C. Lewis
Valley Grove
W. Va
Ethel H Clark
Thomas Lewis
Irene Howard
Shelton Ashler
Claude Renner
Rosa B. Tucker
W . Howard
Robert Carter
Sadie Road
Rey, J. Howard
Motorman Whitmore Admits Note Sent Before Wife's Death
New York January report says Buck Whitmore the elevated motorman admitted to his lawyer he wrote the note sent to Lena Whitmore’s sister and staged her disappearance. He claimed Christmas quarrel led him to move belongings and send a telegram and note to mislead relatives. The case includes arraignments, witness detentions, and plans to bury Lena Whitmore in Schenectady after the inquest.
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Washington Post
New York
Buck" Whitmore
Branegan
Harrison
N. J
Day
Lena
Alexander Simpson
Besale Schmitter
Whitmore
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Radin
Tillary Street
Schenectady
Schmitters
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Bridge
Elliott
Lillie Phieler
Lena Whitmore
William Bartlett
Frank Englert
Baltimore man held for $17,000 whisky forgery
William J. Mackay, 31, of Baltimore, was held in $3,000 bail by Magistrate Harris to await extradition papers from Boston where he was indicted for forgery. Arrested at the Astor House, he allegedly passed $17,000 in whisky receipts forged to appear signed by prominent firms. He is son in law of one named, and attorney says Mackay has confessed.
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Washington Post
New York
William J. Mackay
Baltimore
Mail
Harris
Boston
Mackay
Astor House
Lemuel E. Demmelmoh
George T. Gambrill
Roxbury Rye Distilling Company
Corning & Co
Peoria
Bernheim Bros
Louisville
Weideman Company
Demmelmon
Gambril
Eugene M. Schwartzenberg
TRAIN ROBBERS VANQUISHED AT UNION STATION
Four men attempted a Missouri Kansas and Texas train robbery at Union Station Kansas City early today aboard the Hyer bound for the Southwest. Conductor H W Drew and porter David White confronted the robbers. Drew struck one with a lantern and lamp, the robbers fled. Police pursued, two men north and two south through freight car lines, then vanished.
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Kansas City
Kansas
H. W. Drew
David White
Drew
Night Riders Burn Town Warehouses in Kentucky
Masked and armed night riders struck the Burley district late last night visiting Sherburne in Fleming County and Bethel in Bath County. They burned the loiz tobacco warehouse of A. R. Robinson and the Peters Brothers general store in Bethel, and the Daugherty Brothers warehouse in Sherburne. No shots were fired, and telegraph lines were cut to block aid.
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Paris
Burley
Sherburne
Fleming County
Bethel
Bath County
A. R. Robinson
Peters Brothers
Daugherty Brothers
Attache Vetten Promoted To First Class Consul
Paris reports M Vetten French commercial attache in Washington and F Labroche French consul in Manila promoted to first class consuls. The move elevates two key diplomats in the French foreign service.
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Attache Vetten
Paris
M. Vetten
Washington
F. Labroche
Manila
Saving Diamond Houses Plan Carried Through
New York January 7. Development to day indicates that the plan to place with trustees the assets of four large diamond houses in embarrassment will be carried through successfully. Creditors of Gattle Eltinger Hammell and E M Gattle Co consented. creditors of Joseph Frankel's Sons two firms expected to follow. Decline in diamond trade since October stringency blamed for trouble. Christmas sales far below prior year. one Maiden Lane jeweler reports $250000 usual season, only $30000 last Christmas. Diamond imports for 1907 show about $12 million drop from 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gattle, Eltinger & Hammell
E. M. Gattle & Co
Joseph Frankel
Maiden Lane
Bandit Attack Kills Tourist in Chile Territory
Residents forming bands for protection in Valparaiso region attack a German pleasure party mistaken for bandits. One American, Frank Liszt, is seriously wounded and another man killed. Five others injured in the January 7 incident between Valparaiso and Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chile
Santiago
Frank Liszt
Eight Thirsty Georgia Colonels Decline Prohibition on Savannah Run
New York reports the steamer City of Savannah reaching port with its liquor supply exhausted after eight Georgia colonels aboard fled Susannah and celebrated the end of Prohibition by blasting the ship’s bar. They toasted home, wired friends, and caused a chaotic scene as officers noted their impatience past Tybee light.
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New York
Savannah
State of Georgia
Georgia
Susannah
Sherman
Col
Cornelius Stephens
Ocean Steamship Company
Long Missing Liner Mount Royal Returns to Queenstown
The steamer Mount Royal, last seen off the Lizard December 10, enters Queenstown safely. Belonging to Canadian Pacific Railroad's Atlantic service, she left Antwerp December 7 with 4,000 Hungarian emigrants and a female crew. Severe gales and boiler trouble delayed her, but the engine room crew restored steam and she steered for the Irish coast, with all passengers and crew reported well.
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Queenstown
Mount Royal
Lizard
Atlantic
Bermuda
Preffle Railroad
Antwerp
St. John
New Brunswick
Michigan Treasurer Charged With Malfeasance in State Funds
Governor Warner filed formal charges of malfeasance and gross neglect of duty against Michigan State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier over $665,587 deposited in Chelsea Savings Bank. The bank failed in December. Glazier is ill at home and may miss the hearing date.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Fred M. Warner
Frank P. Glazier
Chelsea Savings Bank
Glazier
Warner
Deny Receivership Rumor In Chicago Great Western
From St. Paul Minnesota officials denied a rumor that the Chicago Great Western Railroad sought a receiver. R C Wight secretary said no receiver could be appointed until six months after bond interest defaults. General Manager Samuel G Stickney also said he had no knowledge of such plans.
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St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Railroad
R. C. Wight
Samuel G. Stickney
Snown Formula for Consumption Promoted by Eastern Clinician
A noted Eastern clinic specialist promotes a home remedy for consumption. The recipe mixes glycerine, whiskey, and half an ounce of concentrated oil of pine, dosed every four hours, with cautions to use genuine pine oil sold in half ounce tin sealed vials. The formula is claimed to cure bad coughs and colds swiftly.
Count on Hitchcock Denied Taft Campaign Manager Offer
War Secretary supporters deny Taft campaign split while Frank Hitchcock weighs joining as campaign manager. Reports say he would resign from the War Department. others say he has not decided. Ohio and Tennessee GOPs express mixed support for Taft and Foraker as battles for delegates intensify.
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Taft
Frank Hitchcock
Hitchcock
National Tube Works to Resume at McKeesport
National Tube Villa in McKeesport Pennsylvania will resume operations next Sunday night with about eight thousand men returning to work. The move follows a period of shutdown as the plant restarts under new conditions.
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National Tube Works
McKeesport
Pittsburg
National Tube Villa
No Arms Aboard Wreck Near Glovers Reef
Rumors of arms landing in Central America after the Alps wreck prompted Captain Maxwell to inspect the steamer. He found no arms on board and determined none had been landed. Capitalists William Adler and Moses Schwartz, linked to the story, had sailed to Belize seeking aid for the wrecked vessel.
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United States
Fuerte Cortes
Honduras
New Oreang
Alps
Glovers Reef
Central America
Lee Christmas
Puerto Barrios
New Orleans
Maxwell
Marietta
Glovers ‘Reef
Wiliam Adler
Moses Schwartz
Belize
Mauretania to Race Kaiser Wilhelm II for Ocean Records
Cunard liner Mauretania will depart New York on April 1 to race the North German Lloyd Kaiser Wilhelm II, aiming to beat her rival and deliver mail and passengers to London quickly. The Kaiser starts March 31 at 1 am from Plymouth, while the Mauretania begins its new twice weekly service at 4 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cunard Line
London
Plymouth
Mauretania
Government seeks higher bond in Standard Oil Indiana case
Chicago January 7 District Attorney Edward W Sims filed in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals a petition asking to raise the supersedeas bond for Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The government contends the company has assets over 27000000 and that the bond should match the 29210000 fine imposed by Judge Landis. It says property subject to execution is far above 20000000 and cites years profits totaling over 25057000 with 1906 profits at 1051612.
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Chicago
Edward W. Sims
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
K. M. Landis
New Land Fraud Suits Spark Quashed Indictment Case
Denver January 7 Half a dozen suits with over sixty defendants seek land worth millions seized by the federal government. Indictments quashed by Judge R E Lewis are the basis for the suits alleging timber stone and coal land fraud. Portland Oregon January 7 Assistant United States Attorney Cole Ws resigns. Christian Schuebel nominated by the President to be United States district attorney for Oregon. The office change follows prosecution methods in public land fraud cases.
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Denver
Cole
R. EB. Lewis
Portland
Oreg
United States
Cole Ws
Christian Schuebel
Oregon
Ruef to be sent to jail by order of Judge Dunne
Judge Dunne announces he will issue an order terminating the elisor in the Abraham Ruef graft case. Ruef, held in a private prison during trials, will be handed to the sheriff for proper custody once the sheriff takes office. The judge faulted the sheriff and coroner for disqualification.
Physician A Wheeler Dies by Own Action in Newburg
A Hartford dispatch reports Dr. A G Wheeler who ran a cancer hospital at Cornwall near Newburg committed suicide by jumping from a Sound steamer. He leaves a wife and several children. He had been away on business recently. no motive was suggested. His practice was reported as prosperous.
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Newburg
N. Y
Hartford
Duchess of Manchester Welcomes Daughter at Kylemore Castle
Dublin reports the Duchess of Manchester born a daughter to Helen Zimmerman formerly of Cincinnati. The child arrived Sunday at Kylemore Castle, marking the third child for her grace.
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Grace
Helen Zimmerman
Dublin
Duchess of Manchester
Cincinnati
Kylemore Castle
Safety and 2 Percent Interest Prompt In Strong Company
An investment notice invites accounts of any size from a robust company boasting 1.6 million dollars in capital and surplus. The list of names includes Milton E. Atles Herren Charles J. Belt Georee Hu Henry F. Blount Hea John C. Boyd John McLean Samuel Burdett Clarence F. Norment Albert Curry Crosby S. Noyen William M. Coates Myron M. Parker Robert Dorman Tareph Paul George T. Dunlop Albert M. Read James Fitch Ward Thorton William J. Flather Frank A. Vanderlip Henry H. Flather John F. Witkine Daniel Yacer Henry A. Willard James M. Gresn Joseph Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton E. Atles
Herren
Charles J. Belt
Georee
Henry F. Blount
John C. Boyd
John
McLean
Samuel 8. Burdett
Clarence F. Norment
Albert Curry
Crosby S. Noyen
William M. Coates
Myron M. Parker
Robert Dorman
Tareph Paul
George T. Dunlop
Albert M. Read
James &. Fitch
Ward Thorton
William J. Flather
Frank A. Vanderlip
Henry H. Flather
John F. Witkine
Daniel #yacer
Henry A. Willard
James M. Gresn
Joseph Wright
Flashed Money Leads to Hospital Blast of Odd Stories
A string of brief items reports Joseph Pointer, 23, beaten during a New Brunswick to New York card game, losing $17 and injuring his head at a coffee shop on First Avenue. Other incidents include a train collision near Twenty Ninth Street injuring Yeaman, a clash with a “millionaire cop” Mrs Mulhall and her son, a woman twice laid out for dead in Ohio, a farmer attacked by a bull in Ormond, perfume thieves traced to Dooley, and two men dying during heart examinations in Chicago.
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New York
Joseph Pointer
New Brunswick
N. J
Metropolis
Flower Hospital
Pointer
Joseph Moser
First Avenue
Ruth
East Fifty-first Street
Alexander Seizke
Cummings
George Yoaman
Twenty-ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Yoaman
Martin Keeley
Yeaman
Keeley
Yoamian
New York Hospital
Julia Muthail
East 1Th Street
Charles Reilly
City Hall
Reilly
Lieut Jackson
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Lucinda Carrothers
Robert Crowley
Ancelin
Coney Island
Dooley
Henry Press
Julius Steffens
Movements of Ocean Steamers Te PETS
An irregular list of ship movements includes ANSEL from Hamburg via Glasgow and Naples, Antwerp to New York, BAILED bound New York to Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg, Falermo Sicilian Prince from Piraeus to New York, and other routes mentioning New York and Bremen factors.
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ANSEL
New York
Binecher
Hamburg
Forneasia
Glasgow
Algeria
Naples
Antwerp
Zeeland
Kronprins Wilhelm
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Falermo
Piraeus
Clothes on a liner: Paris and London styles aboard Europa
London and Paris fashion houses will establish on board the Europa a few rooms for tailoring and stock making to suit passengers during the voyage. A London tailor and American dressmakers will operate near staterooms while the ship travels trans Atlantic. A French dressmaker and a top jeweler may also run exhibitions and shops aboard.
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New York
London
Madame
Mademoiselle
Europa
Hamburg-Ametica Line
Herr Ballin
Hamburg
Carlton-Ritz
Paris
Samuel C. Fessenden Dies in Stamford Connecticut
Samuel C. Fessenden a long prominent Connecticut and national political figure and author of the motto God Almighty hates a quitter died in Stamford Connecticut of heart disease He was born in Rockland Missouri April 12 1847 and served in the Seventh Maine Battery and the Army of the Wilderness later becoming a captain He studied law at Harvard and began practice in Stamford He led the Connecticut delegation for Thomas B Reed at the Republican convention He sought the U S Senate several times but was defeated by rivals including Bulkeley Hawley and Brandegee His sister in law Mrs Huxford of Stamford will attend the funeral He was mourned by family and city officials.
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Stamford
Conn
San
Samuel
Pessenden
Connecticut
Fessenden
Rockland
Maine
United States
Harvard Law School
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
Joseph Manley
United States Senate
Morgan G Bulkeley
Bulkeley
Joseph R Haawley
Hawley
Fresenden
Orville Platt
Brandegee
Huxford
Mas Huxford
Admiral Ludlow Very Ill in Relapse at Estate Home
Admiral Nicol Ludlow U S retired is gravely ill with grip at the country estate home. He had a temporary recovery but relapsed, and his condition is now extremely critical. His wife in Washington has been notified and is en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oakdale
Long Island
Nicol Ludlow
U. S
Why I Lost My Job
A first person tale blames unemployment on ongoing personal troubles and a troubled stomach. The narrator recounts how worry and indigestion impaired performance, then credits Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets with restoring health and a successful job. The ad urges readers to try the product and request a free sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Waterloo
Stuart
AL Stuart Co
Marahait, Mich
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Aoki
Mrcct
J M Nye
York
Jo A Sommers
Munnitt
Soret Sersive
Manchuria
Thos
Sergeon
Cainty
Ason
Blackistone
14Th & H Sts
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Gude
F St
Northwest
Health Office Record
To-Kalon Wine Coo
14Th St. A.W
Conductor
Great Western Railroad
Eumors
Merer
Hitchcocok
Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
W. A. Thomas
Republican Committee
Thomas
Congress
Ashishula
House
White County
Republican Executive Committee
Sparta
Tenn
Taft Club
Erie
Foraker
Congressional Committee
James Kennedy
National Committee
Natonal Committee
F. Anderson
Youngstown
Republican National Committee
Eighteenth
Anderson
Senator Foraker
Columbia County
Stark County
Jan
American Cotton Oil Company
Indiana Company
NEW Land
Abe Ruef
Duchess
American Security and Trust Company
Fteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bell
Jake
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WIRE
Willionaire
East 128Th Street
Mulhall
Ormond
Joshua H | Bennett
Bennett
Man
Doctor
Frank J. Stewart
Lewis Cass Robinson
Stewart
Mr. Robinson
Samuel C. Fessenden
God
Admiral Ludlow
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