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Obituary. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      March,  1889. 
unnecessarily  large,  to  support  the  filter  in  a  cone  of  writing  paper,  folded 
like  a  plain  filter,  but  having  the  point  cut  off  sufficiently  for  permitting  the 
lower  end  of  the  filter  to  project  through  the  aperture. 
The  excursion  to  the  Pacific  Coast  in  connection  with  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be  held  at  San  Francisco,  June 
24th,  has  been  announced  to  start  from  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  Memphis  on 
Friday,  June  14th,  and  to  reach  Denver  Sunday  morning  at  7  o'clock. 
After  a  trip  through  Clear  Creek  Canon  to  Idaho  Springs,  Georgetown,  Sil- 
ver Plume  and  Graymount,  the  train  will  leave  Denver  on  Tuesday  evening 
for  Salt  Lake  City,  where  it  is  contemplated  to  spend  two  days,  and  then 
continue  the  journey  westward  so  as  to  reach  San  Francisco  on  Sunday, 
June  23,  at  11  A.  M.  The  tickets  on  this  train  are  limited  to  150,  and  the 
price  for  each  ticket  has  been  fixed  at  $160  from  Chicago,  $150  from  St. 
Louis  or  Memphis,  and  $140  from  Kansas  City,  for  the  round  trip  ;  the  ticket 
entitles  for  the  outward  trip  to  sleeping  car  and  first-class  hotel  accommo- 
dations, meals,  special  carriage  drives,  transportation  of  150  pounds  of  bag- 
gage, and  all  the  necessary  transfers  until  the  hotel  at  San  Francisco  is 
reached.    The  return  ticket  will  be  good  for  six  months. 
This  special  train  has  been  designated  as  the  Western  and  Southern  Official 
train  of  the  Association.  No  arrangements  appear  to  have  been  made  for 
members  residing  east  from  the  points  mentioned  above,  but  we  presume 
that  they  will  be  announced  at  some  future  time. 
OBITUARY. 
Imformation  of  the  death  of  the  following  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  has  been  received : 
Richard  Price,  class  1835,  died  in  Philadelphia,  November  27,  1888,  aged 
74  years.    His  thesis  on  senega  was  published  in  this  Journal,  vol.  viii.  p.  92. 
Benjamin  B.  Davis,  class  1850,  died  at  Willow  Grove,  Pa.,  August  18,  1888. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  had  been  a  resident  of  Eufaula,  Ala. 
C.  Collins  Hughes,  class  1857,  died  December  4,  1888,  at  his  late  residence, 
Eighth  and  Race  streets,  where  he  had  been  in  business  for  several  years. 
Jos.  Vincent  Wingert,  class  1878,  died  at  Pottsville,  Pa.,  January  29,  last. 
He  had  been  in  business  in  his  native  town  for  nearly  ten  years. 
Ihos.  M.  Galbreath,  class  1880,  a  native  of  Maryland,  died  January  25,  last, 
at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  where  he  had  been  in  business  for  some  time. 
Robert  L.  Hesson,  of  Philadelphia,  class  1884,  died  at  Curllsville,  Clarion 
county,  Pa.,  May  25, 1885. 
John  George  Engler,  class  1885,  lost  his  life  in  his  native  city  Hartford, 
Conn.,  on  the  morning  of  February  18,  when  through  the  explosion  of  the 
steam  boilers  the  Central  Park  Hotel  was  wrecked  and  twenty-three  persons 
were  killed.  Mr.  Engler  was  a  faithful  student  and  at  the  time  of  his  grad- 
uation, was  awarded  the  John  M.  Maisch  prize. 
Everett  V.  Alexander,  class  1886,  died  at  his  home  in  McConnellville,  Ohio, 
February  19, 1889. 
