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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1889. 
advice  and  consent,  and  to  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  he  conveyed 
some  real  estate  which  at  the  present  time  is  valued  at  about  $10,000.  Mr. 
Rother  was  not  married ;  his  mother  survives  him. 
Frederick  A.  Tilge,  Ph.  G.,  died  in  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  November  10, 
1889,  of  pneumonia,  aged  47  years.  He  was  born  in  this  city,  learned  the  drug 
business  with  the  firm  of  Fred.  Brown,  graduated  in  1863,  and  then  started 
in  business  with  his  brother  George  as  importers  of  druggists'  sundries.  A  few 
years  ago  he  connected  himself  with  the  firm  of  Henry  Tilge  &  Co.,  hatters^ 
the  senior  member  being  his  father,  who  died  four  days  before  the  son. 
Joseph  Wiley,  Ph.  G.,  was  killed  by  the  explosion  of  "flash  powder"  at  his 
place  of  business  on  North  Seventh  street,  Philadelphia,  November  11th,  1889. 
He  learned  the  drug  business  with  the  firm  of  W.  R.  Warner  &  Co.,  of  whose 
manufacturing  department  he  had  been  in  charge  for  some  lime.  He  graduated 
from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1872,  afterwards  was  in  business 
as  a  pharmacist,  and  for  about  eight  years  as  a  wholesale  druggist  and  manu- 
facturer, the  firm  name  being  finally  Wiley  &  Wallace.  Several  accidents 
having  occurred  through  the  explosion  of  "  flash  powder  " — a  combination  of 
powdered  magnesium  with  oxidizing  agents,  Mr.  Wiley  was  engaged  in 
making  preparations  for  removing  from  the  premises  the  last  portions  of  the 
explosive  stock,  when  the  same  exploded,  instantly  killing  him  and  his  two 
assistants. 
Chas.  Wesley  Rinedoller,  Ph.  G.,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  was  an  apprentice 
in  the  store  of  Dr.  C.  G.  Frowert,  graduated  in  pharmacy  in  1887,  and  subse- 
quently had  charge  of  the  chemical  manufacturing  department  of  the  firm  of 
Wiley  &  Wallace,  when  he  was  killed  by  the  explosion  mentioned  before. 
Rudolph  Littmann,  the  third  victim  of  this  explosion,  was  a  student  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  had  attended  the  lectures  and  examina- 
tions up  to  Saturday  preceding  his  death.  At  a  meeting  of  the  class  his  fellow- 
students  passed  the  following  resolutions  ; 
Whereas  it  has  pleased  the  All-wise  Providence  to  remove  from  our  midst,  by 
a  most  distressing  casualty,  Rudolph  Littmann,  one  of  the  members  of  the 
Junior  Class  of  1889  and  '90  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy ;  it  is 
therefore, 
Resolved,  by  his  Classmates,  That  in  bowing  to  the  will  of  the  Almighty,  we 
recognize  the  affliction  that  has  befallen  us,  and  tender  to  his  family  and 
friends  our  heartfelt  sympathy. 
Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  engrossed  and  sent  to  tho 
family  of  our  deceased  Classmate,  and  that  they  be  published  in  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy  and  daily  papers. 
Clarence  W.  Elston, 
Edward  T.  N.  Stein, 
C.  E.  Kitchen, 
C.  Eugene  Lace:, 
W.  0.  Brice, 
Committee. 
